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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):
June 28, 2011
AMC NETWORKS INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware
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No. 1-35106
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No. 27-5403694 |
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(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
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(Commission File Number)
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(IRS Employer Identification
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11 Penn Plaza |
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New York, NY
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(Address of principal executive offices)
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Registrants telephone number, including area code: (212) 324-8500
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(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Item 1.01 |
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Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement. |
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Item 2.03 |
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Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant. |
7.75% Senior Notes due 2021
On June 30, 2011 (the Closing Date), AMC Networks Inc. (AMC Networks) issued $700 million
in aggregate principal amount of its 7.75% Senior Notes due 2021 (the Notes) to CSC Holdings, LLC
(CSC Holdings), as partial consideration for the transfer to AMC Networks of the AMC Networks
business on June 6, 2011. The transfer was made pursuant to the Contribution Agreement, dated as
of June 6, 2011 (the Contribution Agreement), among AMC Networks, CSC Holdings and Cablevision
Systems Corporation (Cablevision), and was in connection with the spin-off of AMC Networks from
Cablevision (the Spin-Off), which was completed on June 30, 2011.
CSC Holdings, which was until the Spin-Off the direct parent of AMC Networks, transferred the
Notes on the Closing Date to Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and JPMorgan Chase
Funding Inc. (the Selling Noteholders), in satisfaction and discharge of certain existing debt of
CSC Holdings. Pursuant to a Purchase Agreement, dated as of June 22, 2011, among the Company, the
Selling Noteholders and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and J.P. Morgan
Securities LLC, as representatives of the initial purchasers (the Initial Purchasers), the
Selling Noteholders sold the Notes on the Closing Date to Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
Incorporated and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, as representatives of the initial purchasers (the
Initial Purchasers) in connection with the offering of the Notes (the Offering) to qualified
institutional buyers under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933 (the Securities Act) and to
non-U.S. persons outside the United States in reliance on Regulation S under the Securities Act.
The Notes were issued under an indenture dated as of June 30, 2011 (the Indenture), among
AMC Networks, certain of its subsidiaries, as Guarantors, and U.S. Bank National Association, as
trustee.
Interest on the Notes accrues at the rate of 7.75% per annum and is payable semi-annually in
arrears on January 15 and July 15 of each year, commencing on January 15, 2012. The Notes mature on
July 15, 2021.
The Notes may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at any time on or after July 15, 2016, at a
redemption price equal to 103.875% of the principal amount thereof (plus accrued and unpaid
interest thereon, if any, to the date of such repurchase), declining annually to 100% of the
principal amount thereof (plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to the date of such
repurchase) beginning on July 15, 2019.
In addition, if AMC Networks experiences a Change of Control (as defined in the Indenture),
the holders of the Notes may require AMC Networks to repurchase for cash all or a portion of their
Notes at a price equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof (plus accrued and unpaid interest
thereon, if any, to the date of such repurchase).
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The notes are guaranteed on a senior unsecured basis by each of AMC Networks existing and
future domestic restricted subsidiaries (the Subsidiary Guarantors), subject to certain
exceptions.
The Indenture contains certain affirmative and negative covenants applicable to AMC Networks
and its restricted subsidiaries. These include restrictions on AMC Networks ability to incur
additional indebtedness, make investments in entities that are not Restricted Subsidiaries (as
defined in the Indenture), place liens on its assets, enter into certain affiliate transactions and
make certain restricted payments, including restrictions on AMC Networks ability to pay
dividends on its common stock.
The Indenture has been filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and the
description of the Indenture contained herein is qualified in its entirety by reference to the
Indenture, which is incorporated into this Item 1.01 by reference.
In connection with the Offering, AMC Networks entered into the registration rights agreement,
dated as of June 30, 2011 (the Registration Rights Agreement), among AMC Networks, the Subsidiary
Guarantors and the Initial Purchasers, pursuant to which AMC Networks agreed to file a registration
statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) with respect to an offer to
exchange the Notes for registered notes which will have terms identical in all material respects to
the Notes except that the registered notes will not contain terms that provide for restrictions on transfer, and use
its commercially reasonable best efforts to cause the exchange offer registration statement to be
declared effective by the SEC by July 1, 2012. In certain circumstances, AMC Networks may be
required to file a shelf registration statement with the SEC registering the resale of the Notes by
the holders thereof, in lieu of an exchange offer to such holders. AMC Networks will be required
to pay specified additional interest on the Notes if it fails to comply with its registration
obligations under the Registration Rights Agreement.
The Registration Rights Agreement has been filed as Exhibit 99.2 to this Current Report on
Form 8-K and the description of the Registration Rights Agreement contained herein is qualified in
its entirety by reference to the Registration Rights Agreement, which is incorporated into this
Item 1.01 by reference.
Senior Secured Credit Facility
On June 30, 2011, AMC Networks, as Borrower, and certain of its subsidiaries, as restricted
subsidiaries, entered into a Credit Agreement (the Credit Agreement) with JPMorgan Chase Bank,
National Association, as Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent and L/C Issuer, the lenders party
thereto and the other financial institutions party thereto.
The Credit Agreement provides AMC Networks with senior secured credit facilities consisting of
a $1,130 million Term Loan A Facility (the Term A Facility), a $595 million Term Loan B Facility
(the Term B Facility) and a $500 million revolving credit facility (the Revolving Facility).
On the Closing Date, AMC Networks issued approximately $577 million of borrowings under the Term B
Facility (the Contribution Loans) to CSC Holdings as partial consideration for the transfer to
AMC Networks of the AMC Networks business on June 6, 2011
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pursuant to the Contribution Agreement.
Pursuant to separate Payment in Satisfaction of Revolving Loan Agreements, dated as of June 22,
2011, between CSC Holdings and each of the Selling Noteholders, CSC Holdings transferred the
Contribution Loans to the Selling Noteholders in satisfaction and discharge of certain existing
debt of CSC Holdings. The Revolving Facility was not drawn upon on the Closing Date.
Borrowings under the Credit Agreement bear interest at a floating rate, which at the option of
AMC Networks may be (1) for the Term A Facility and the Revolving Facility, either (a) a base rate
plus an additional rate ranging from 0.50% to 1.25% per annum (determined based on a cash flow
ratio), or (b) a Eurodollar rate plus an additional rate ranging from 1.50% to 2.25% per annum
(determined based on a cash flow ratio), and (2) for the Term B Facility, either (a) 2.00% per
annum above the base rate, or (b) 3.00% per annum above a Eurodollar rate (and subject to a LIBOR
floor of 1.00% per annum).
The Credit Agreement requires AMC Networks to pay a commitment fee of between 0.25% and 0.50%
(determined based on a cash flow ratio) in respect of the average daily unused commitments under
the Revolving Facility. AMC Networks is also required to pay customary letter of credit fees, as
well as fronting fees, to banks that issue letters of credit pursuant to the Credit Agreement.
All obligations under the Credit Agreement are guaranteed by certain of AMC Networks existing
and future domestic restricted subsidiaries in accordance with the Credit Agreement. All obligations under the Credit Agreement,
including the guarantees of those obligations, are secured by certain assets of AMC Networks and
these subsidiaries.
The Credit Agreement contains certain affirmative and negative covenants similar to those
contained in the Indenture and also requires AMC Networks to comply with the following financial
covenants: (i) a maximum ratio of net debt to annual operating cash flow (each defined in the
Credit Agreement) of 7.00:1 initially, and decreasing in increments to 5.50:1 for periods on and
after January 1, 2015; and (ii) a minimum ratio of annual operating cash flow to annual total
interest expense (as defined in the Credit Agreement) of 2.50:1 initially, increasing to 2.75:1 for
periods on and after January 1, 2014.
The Credit Agreement has been filed as Exhibit 99.3 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and the
description of the Credit Agreement contained herein is qualified in its entirety by reference to
the Credit Agreement, which is incorporated into this Item 1.01 by reference.
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Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain
Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. |
On June 28, 2011, the following persons were elected as directors of AMC Networks effective at
the time of the distribution by Cablevision Systems Corporation (Cablevision) of all of the
common stock of AMC Networks to the stockholders of Cablevision (the Distribution):
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Elected by the holder of AMC Networks Class A Common Stock:
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Neil Ashe |
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Alan D. Schwartz |
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Leonard Tow |
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Robert Wright |
Elected by the holder of AMC Networks Class B Common Stock:
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William J. Bell |
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Charles F. Dolan |
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James L. Dolan |
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Kristin A. Dolan |
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Patrick F. Dolan |
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Thomas C. Dolan |
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Marianne Dolan Weber |
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Brian G. Sweeney |
Information concerning these individuals, including biographies and compensation information,
is included in AMC Networks Form 10 registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the SEC). Such information is incorporated by reference into this Form 8-K.
Messrs. Ashe, Tow (Chairman) and Wright have been appointed to serve as members of the Audit
Committee of the AMC Networks Board of Directors. The Board of Directors has determined that each
member of the Audit Committee is independent within the meaning of the rules of both The NASDAQ
Stock Market LLC and the SEC, has not participated in the preparation of the financial statements
of AMC Networks or any current subsidiary of AMC Networks at any time during the past three years,
is able to read and understand fundamental financial statements, including balance sheets, income
statements and cash flow statements, and is an audit committee financial expert within the
meaning of the rules of the SEC.
Messrs. Ashe (Chairman) and Tow have been appointed to serve as members of the Compensation
Committee of the AMC Board of Directors. The Board of Directors has determined that each member of
the Compensation Committee is independent under the rules of The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC.
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Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year. |
On June 28, 2010, AMC Networks filed its amended and restated certificate of incorporation
which, among other things, effected a reclassification of its common stock so that its outstanding
common stock was reclassified into 57,813,256.75 shares of Class A Common Stock and 13,534,418.25
shares of Class B Common Stock. The amended and restated
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certificate of incorporation, including
such reclassification information, has been filed as Exhibit 99.4 to this Form 8-K.
On June 30, 2010, AMC Networks amended and restated by-laws became effective. The amended
and restated by-laws have been filed as Exhibit 99.5 to this Form 8-K.
On June 30, 2011, Cablevision effected the distribution of all of AMCs outstanding common
stock. In the Distribution, each holder of Cablevision NY Group Class A Common Stock of record as
of the close of business, New York City time, on June 16, 2011 (the record date), received one
share of AMC Class A Common Stock for every four shares of Cablevision NY Group Class A Common
Stock held on the record date. Each record holder of Cablevision NY Group Class B Common Stock
received one share of AMC Class B Common Stock for every four shares of Cablevision NY Group
Class B Common Stock held on the record date. In the Distribution, an aggregate of
57,813,256.75 shares of AMC Class A Common Stock and 13,534,418.25 shares of AMC Class B Common
Stock were issued.
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Financial Statements and Exhibits |
(d)
99.1 Indenture, dated June 30, 2011, between AMC Networks Inc., the subsidiaries of AMC
Networks named therein, as Guarantors, and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee.
99.2 Registration Rights Agreement dated June 30, 2011 between AMC Networks Inc., the
subsidiaries of AMC Networks named therein, and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated
and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, as representatives of the several initial purchasers.
99.3 Credit Agreement dated June 30, 2011 among AMC Networks Inc., as the Borrower, certain
subsidiaries of AMC Networks named therein, as restricted subsidiaries, JPMorgan Chase Bank,
National Association, as Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent and L/C Issuer, the lenders party
thereto and the other financial institutions party thereto.
99.4 Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of AMC Networks Inc.
99.5 Amended and Restated By-Laws of AMC Networks Inc.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly
caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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AMC NETWORKS INC. (Registrant)
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/s/ Joshua W. Sapan |
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Joshua W. Sapan |
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President and Chief Executive Officer |
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Dated: July 1, 2011
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Exhibit
99.1
EXECUTION VERSION
AMC NETWORKS INC.,
Issuer,
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EACH OF THE GUARANTORS PARTY HERETO
and
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
Trustee
Indenture
Dated as of June 30, 2011
$700,000,000
7.75% Senior Notes due 2021
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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RECITALS OF THE COMPANY |
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ARTICLE ONE DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION |
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Section 101. Definitions |
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Section 102. Other Definitions |
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Section 103. Compliance Certificates and Opinions |
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Section 104. Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee |
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Section 105. Acts of Holders |
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Section 106. Notices, Etc. to Trustee and Company |
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Section 107. Notice to Holders; Waiver |
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Section 108. Conflict of Any Provision of Indenture with Trust Indenture Act |
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Section 109. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents |
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Section 110. Successors and Assigns |
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Section 111. Separability Clause |
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Section 112. Benefits of Indenture |
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Section 113. Governing Law; Waiver of Jury Trial |
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Section 114. Legal Holidays |
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Section 115. No Recourse Against Others |
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Section 116. U.S.A. Patriot Act |
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Section 117. Force Majeure |
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ARTICLE TWO SECURITY FORMS |
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Section 201. Forms Generally; Incorporation of Form in Indenture |
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Section 202. Form of Face of Security |
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Section 203. Form of Reverse of Security |
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Section 204. Form of Trustees Certificate of Authentication |
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Section 205. Form of Legend on Restricted Securities |
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Section 206. Form of Legend for Book-Entry Securities |
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ARTICLE THREE THE SECURITIES |
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Section 301. Title and Terms |
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Section 302. Denominations |
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Section 303. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating |
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Section 304. Temporary Securities |
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Section 305. Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange |
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Section 306. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities |
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Section 307. Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved |
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Section 308. Persons Deemed Owners |
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Section 309. Cancellation |
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Section 310. Computation of Interest |
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Section 311. Registration Rights of Holders of Initial Securities |
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Section 312. ISIN and CUSIP Numbers |
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Section 313. Book-Entry Provisions for Global Securities |
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Section 314. Special Transfer Provisions |
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ARTICLE FOUR SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE |
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Section 401. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture |
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Section 402. Application of Trust Money |
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ARTICLE FIVE REMEDIES |
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Section 501. Events of Default |
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Section 502. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission |
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Section 503. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee |
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Section 504. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim |
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Section 505. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities |
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Section 506. Application of Money Collected |
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Section 507. Limitation on Suits |
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Section 508. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal and Interest |
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Section 509. Restoration of Rights and Remedies |
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Section 510. Rights and Remedies Cumulative |
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Section 511. Delay or Omission Not Waiver |
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Section 512. Control by Holders |
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Section 513. Waiver of Past Defaults |
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Section 514. Undertaking for Costs |
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Section 515. Waiver of Stay, Extension or Usury Laws |
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ARTICLE SIX THE TRUSTEE |
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Section 601. Certain Duties and Responsibilities |
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Section 602. Certain Rights of Trustee |
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Section 603. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities |
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Section 604. May Hold Securities |
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Section 605. Money Held in Trust |
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Section 606. Compensation and Reimbursement |
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Section 607. Conflicting Interests |
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Section 608. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility |
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Section 609. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor |
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Section 610. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor |
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Section 611. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business |
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Section 612. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company |
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Section 613. Trustees Application for Instructions from the Company |
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Section 614. Notice of Defaults |
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ARTICLE SEVEN HOLDERS LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY |
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Section 701. Disclosure of Names and Addresses of Holders |
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Section 702. Reports by Trustee |
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Section 703. Reports by Company |
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ARTICLE EIGHT CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE |
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Section 801. Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms |
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Section 802. Successor Substituted |
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ARTICLE NINE SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES |
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Section 901. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders |
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Section 902. Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders |
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Section 903. Execution of Supplemental Indentures |
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Section 904. Effect of Supplemental Indentures |
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Section 905. Conformity with Trust Indenture Act |
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Section 906. Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures |
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ARTICLE TEN COVENANTS |
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Section 1001. Payment of Principal and Interest |
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Section 1002. Maintenance of Office or Agency |
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Section 1003. Money for Security Payments to Be Held in Trust |
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Section 1004. Corporate Existence |
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Section 1005. Payment of Taxes and Other Claims |
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Section 1006. Maintenance of Properties |
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Section 1007. Limitation on Indebtedness |
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Section 1008. Limitation on Liens |
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Section 1009. Limitation on Restricted Payments |
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Section 1010. Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Restricted Subsidiaries |
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Section 1011. Transactions with Affiliates |
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Section 1012. Designation of Restricted and Unrestricted Subsidiaries |
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Section 1013. Guarantees |
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Section 1014. Asset Sales |
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Section 1015. Offer to Repurchase upon a Change of Control |
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Section 1016. Suspension of Covenants Upon Investment Grade Ratings |
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Section 1017. Limitation on Issuances and Sales of Equity Interests in Restricted Subsidiaries |
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Section 1018. [RESERVED] |
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Section 1019. Statement as to Compliance |
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Section 1020. Waiver of Certain Covenants |
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Section 1021. Statement by Officers as to Default |
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ARTICLE ELEVEN REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES |
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Section 1101. Notices to Trustee |
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Section 1102. Selection of Securities to Be Redeemed |
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Section 1108. Repurchase at the Option of Holders |
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ARTICLE TWELVE NOTE GUARANTEES |
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TESTIMONIUM |
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SIGNATURES AND SEALS |
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S-1 |
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS |
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S-2 |
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EXHIBIT A List of Restricted Subsidiaries |
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EXHIBIT B Form of Notation of Guarantee |
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Reconciliation and Tie Between Trust Indenture Act
of 1939 and Indenture
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Trust Indenture |
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Act Section |
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Indenture Section |
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701 |
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§313 |
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702 |
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§314(a) |
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703 |
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(a)(4) |
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1019 |
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(c)(1) |
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103 |
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(c)(2) |
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103 |
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(e) |
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103 |
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§315(b) |
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601 |
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§316(a)(last sentence) |
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101
(Outstanding) |
(a)(1)(A) |
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502, 512 |
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(a)(1)(B) |
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513 |
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(b) |
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508 |
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(c) |
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105 |
(d) |
§317(a)(1) |
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503 |
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(a)(2) |
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504 |
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(b) |
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1003 |
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§318(a) |
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108 |
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Note: |
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This reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose, be deemed
to be a part of this Indenture. |
v
INDENTURE, dated as of June 30, 2011, among AMC Networks Inc., a Delaware corporation
(hereinafter called the Company), the Guarantors (as defined herein) and U.S. Bank National
Association, a national banking association, as trustee (hereinafter called the Trustee).
RECITALS OF THE COMPANY
The Company has duly authorized the creation of an issue of its 7.75% Senior Notes due 2021
(hereinafter called the Initial Securities, and together with any Exchange Securities (as defined
herein) and any Additional Securities, the Securities), of substantially the tenor and amount
hereinafter set forth, and to provide therefor the Company has duly authorized the execution and
delivery of this Indenture.
Upon the issuance of the Exchange Securities, if any, or the effectiveness of the Exchange
Offer Registration Statement (as defined herein) or, under certain circumstances, the effectiveness
of the Shelf Registration Statement (as defined herein), this Indenture shall be subject to, and
shall be governed by, the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are required to be part of
this Indenture and shall to the extent applicable be governed by such provisions.
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Securities by the Holders
thereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all
Holders of the Securities, as follows:
ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
Section 101. Definitions.
For all purposes of this Indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the
context otherwise requires:
(a) the terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to them in this
Article and include the plural as well as the singular;
(b) all other terms used herein which are defined in the Trust Indenture Act, either
directly or by reference therein, have the meanings assigned to them therein;
(c) all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to
them in accordance with GAAP (as defined herein); and
(d) the words herein, hereof and hereunder and other words of similar import
refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other
subdivision.
Acquired Indebtedness means Indebtedness of a Person (a) existing at the time such Person is
merged with or into the Company or a Subsidiary or becomes a Subsidiary or (b) assumed in
connection with the acquisition of assets from such Person.
Additional Securities means an unlimited maximum aggregate principal amount of 7.75% Senior Notes
due 2021 (other than the Initial Securities and Exchange Securities) issued under this Indenture in
accordance with Section 303 and subject to Section 1007 hereof.
Affiliate means, with respect to any specified Person, any other Person directly or indirectly
controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person.
For the purposes of this definition, control, when used with respect to any specified Person,
means the power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly,
whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise, and the terms
controlling and controlled have meanings correlative to the foregoing.
Affiliation Agreement means any agreement between the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries and a distributor pursuant to which such distributor agrees, among other things, to
distribute and exhibit to its subscribers programming of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary,
as the case may be.
Agent Members has the meaning specified in Section 313.
Annual Operating Cash Flow means, as of any date, Operating Cash Flow for the period of four
consecutive fiscal quarters covered by the then most recent report furnished or deemed furnished to
the Trustee and the Holders of Securities under Section 703.
Asset Sale means:
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the sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition of any
property or assets; other than a sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition
governed by Section 1015 or Article 8; and |
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the issuance of Equity Interests by any of the Companys
Restricted Subsidiaries or the sale by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary
thereof of Equity Interests in any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than
directors qualifying shares and shares issued to foreign nationals to the
extent required by applicable law). |
Notwithstanding the preceding, the following items shall be deemed not to be Asset Sales:
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any single transaction or series of related transactions that
involves properties or assets having a Fair Market Value of less than $25.0
million; |
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the sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition of properties
or assets between or among the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries
(including any transfer to any Person that concurrently becomes a Restricted
Subsidiary); |
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an issuance of Equity Interests by a Restricted Subsidiary to
the Company or to another Restricted Subsidiary; |
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the sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition of equipment,
inventory, materials, accounts receivable or other assets in the ordinary
course of business; |
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the sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition of
intellectual property and other intangibles in the ordinary course of business; |
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(6) |
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the licensing or sublicensing of intellectual property,
intellectual property rights or other general intangibles, and licenses,
leases, sublicenses or subleases of other assets or property which do not
materially interfere with the business of the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries; |
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the sale, conveyance or other disposition of cash and Cash
Equivalents; |
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(8) |
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the sale, conveyance or other disposition of accounts
receivables, including overdue or disputed accounts receivable, in connection
with the compromise, settlement or collection thereof or in bankruptcy or
similar proceedings; |
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(9) |
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a Restricted Payment that is not prohibited by Section 1009 and
any Investment that is not prohibited Section 1012, including any Permitted
Investment; |
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(10) |
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the granting of a Lien not prohibited under this Indenture; |
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(11) |
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any surrender or waiver of contract rights or the settlement,
release or surrender of contract rights, tort claims or other litigation
claims; |
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(12) |
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the termination of hedging or similar arrangements; |
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the sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition of properties
or assets that has become damaged, worn out, obsolete or otherwise unsuitable
for use in connection with the business of the Company or its Restricted
Subsidiaries; |
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(a) the sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition of
property or assets to an Unrestricted Subsidiary or to a joint venture of an
Unrestricted Subsidiary, provided, that as of the date of such Asset Sale the
aggregate fair market value of property and assets subject to such Asset Sale
(determined at the time of such Asset Sale) pursuant to this clause (14)(a)
during the term of this Indenture does not exceed $100.0 million, or (b) the
sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition of Unrestricted Subsidiaries; |
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the sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition of assets or
properties to the extent that such assets or properties are exchanged for
credit against the purchase price of similar replacement assets or properties
or the proceeds of such disposition are reasonably promptly applied to the
purchase price of such replacement assets or properties, in each case, in the
ordinary course of business; |
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the settlement of tort or other litigation claims; provided
that if any such settled claim shall have a value in excess of $25.0 million,
the board of directors or similar governing body of the Company determines it
to be fair and reasonable in light of the circumstances; and |
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the sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition in accordance
with a Distribution Transaction Agreement (as defined in the Credit
Agreement). |
Bankruptcy Law has the meaning specified in Section 501.
Beneficial Owner has the meaning assigned to such term in Rule 13d-3 and Rule 13d-5 under the
Exchange Act. The terms Beneficially Owns and Beneficially Owned shall each have a
corresponding meaning.
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 and to be in full
force and effect on the date of such certification and delivered to the Trustee.
Book-Entry Security means a Security represented by a Global Security and registered in the name
of the nominee of the Depository.
Business Day means each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday that is not a day on
which banking institutions in The City of New York are authorized or obligated by law, regulation
or executive order to close.
Cablevision means Cablevision Systems Corporation, a Delaware corporation.
Capital Stock means, with respect to any Person, any and all shares, interests, participations or
other equivalents (however designated) of such Persons capital stock whether now outstanding or
issued after the date of this Indenture, including, without limitation, all Common Stock, Preferred
Stock and Disqualified Stock.
Capitalized Lease Obligation means any obligation of a Person to pay rent or other amounts under
a lease (or other agreement conveying the right to use) with respect to any property, whether real,
personal or mixed, which obligation is required to be accounted for as a capital lease on the
balance sheet of such Person in accordance with GAAP, and the amount of such Capitalized Lease
Obligation shall be the amount so required to be accounted for as a capital lease.
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Cash Equivalents means:
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United States dollars; |
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(2) |
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marketable direct obligations of the United States of America
maturing, unless such securities are deposited to defease any Indebtedness,
within 397 days of the date of purchase; |
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(3) |
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commercial paper issued by a Person having consolidated net
worth of at least $250.0 million, which conducts a substantial part of its
business in the United States of America, maturing within 180 days from the
date of the original issue thereof, and rated P-1 or better by Moodys or
A-1 or better by S&P; |
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fully collateralized repurchase agreements with financial
institutions having a rating of Baa or better from Moodys or a rating of
A- or better from S&P; |
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(5) |
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certificates of deposit, bankers acceptances and time deposits
maturing within 397 days after the date of purchase, which are issued by a
United States national or state bank or foreign bank having capital, surplus
and undivided profits totaling more than $100.0 million, and having a rating of
Baa or better from Moodys, or a rating of A- or better from S&P; |
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(6) |
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money market funds that (i) comply with the criteria set forth
in the Commissions Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, (ii)
are rated AAA by S&P and Aaa by Moodys and (iii) have portfolio assets of
at least $3 billion; |
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(7) |
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repurchase obligations of any lender under the Credit Agreement
or of any commercial bank satisfying the requirements of clause (3) of this
definition, having a term of not more than thirty days, with respect to
securities issued or fully guaranteed or insured by the United States
government; |
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(8) |
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obligations of any State, commonwealth or territory of the
United States or any political subdivision thereof for the payment of the
principal and redemption price of and interest on which there shall have been
irrevocably deposited the government obligations described in clause (2) of
this definition maturing as to principal and interest at times and in amounts
sufficient to provide such payment; |
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auction preferred stock rated in the highest short-term credit
rating category by S&P or Moodys; |
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(10) |
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securities with maturities of six months or less from the date
of acquisition backed by standby letters of credit issued by any lender under
the Credit |
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Agreement or any commercial bank satisfying the requirements of clause (3)
of this definition); or |
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(11) |
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money market mutual or similar funds that invest exclusively in
assets satisfying the requirements of clauses (1) through (10) of this
definition. |
Cash Flow Ratio means, as of any date, the ratio of (a) the sum of the aggregate outstanding
principal amount of all Net Debt outstanding on such date determined on a consolidated basis, but
excluding all Interest Swap Obligations and all Monetization Indebtedness, plus (but without
duplication of Indebtedness supported by letters of credit) the aggregate undrawn face amount of
all letters of credit outstanding on such date to (b) Annual Operating Cash Flow.
Change of Control means the occurrence of any of the following:
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the direct or indirect sale, transfer, conveyance or other
disposition (other than by way of pledge, merger or consolidation), in one or a
series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the properties
or assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to
any person (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act),
other than to one or more of the Dolan Family Interests; |
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(2) |
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the adoption of a plan relating to the liquidation or
dissolution of the Company; |
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(3) |
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any person or group (as such terms are used in Sections
13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act), other than one or more of the Dolan
Family Interests, becomes the ultimate Beneficial Owner, directly or
indirectly, of 50% or more of the voting power of the Voting Stock of the
Company; |
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(4) |
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the first day on which a majority of the members of the board
of directors of the Company are not Continuing Directors; or |
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(5) |
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the Company consolidates with, or merges with or into, any
Person, or any Person consolidates with, or merges with or into the Company, in
any such event pursuant to a transaction in which any of the outstanding Voting
Stock of the Company or such other Person is converted into or exchanged for
cash, securities or other property, other than any such transaction where (a)
the Voting Stock of the Company outstanding immediately prior to such
transaction is converted into or exchanged for Voting Stock (other than
Disqualified Stock) of the surviving or transferee Person constituting, or
remains outstanding and constitutes, a majority of the outstanding shares of
such Voting Stock of such surviving or transferee Person (immediately after
giving effect to such issuance) and (b) immediately after such transaction, no
person or group (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the
Exchange Act), other than one or more of the Dolan Family Interests, becomes,
directly or indirectly, the ultimate Beneficial Owner of 50% or more of the
voting power of the Voting Stock |
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of the surviving or transferee Person; provided that, following completion
of the offer to purchase Securities pursuant to Section 1015, any subsequent
change in the voting power of the Voting Stock of the surviving or
transferee Person Beneficially Owned by the person or group (as such
terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act) that
resulted in such earlier Change of Control shall not result in an additional
Change of Control. |
Collateral Documents means, collectively, the security agreement and each of the other
agreements, instruments or documents that creates or purports to create a Lien for the benefit of
the secured parties named in the Credit Agreement.
Commission means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any successor thereto.
Common Stock means, with respect to any Person, any and all shares, interests and participations
(however designated and whether voting or non-voting) in such Persons common equity, whether now
outstanding or issued after the date of this Indenture, and includes, without limitation, all
series and classes of such common stock.
Company means the Person named as the Company in the first paragraph of this instrument, until
a successor Person shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture,
and thereafter Company shall mean such successor Person. To the extent necessary to comply with
the requirements of the provisions of Trust Indenture Act Sections 310 through 317 as they are
applicable to the Company, the term Company shall include any other obligor with respect to the
Securities for the purposes of complying with such provisions.
Company Request or Company Order means a written request or order signed in the name of the
Company (a) by its Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, a Vice Chairman, its President or a Vice
President and (b) by its Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, its Secretary or an Assistant Secretary
and delivered to the Trustee; provided, however, that such written request or order may be signed
by any two of the officers or directors listed in clause (a) above in lieu of being signed by one
of such officers or directors listed in such clause (a) and one of the officers listed in clause
(b) above.
Consolidated Secured Leverage Ratio means, as of any date, the ratio of:
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(1) |
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the sum of (i) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of
all Indebtedness of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries outstanding on
such date determined on a consolidated basis, but excluding all Interest Swap
Obligations and all Monetization Indebtedness, plus (ii) (but without
duplication of Indebtedness supported by letters of credit) the aggregate
undrawn face amount of all letters of credit outstanding on such date, in the
case of each of clauses (i) and (ii), to the extent secured by a Lien on any
assets of the Company or any Subsidiary thereof, to |
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(2) |
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Annual Operating Cash Flow. |
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Continuing Directors means, as of any date of determination, any member of the board of directors
of the Company who:
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(1) |
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was a member of such board of directors on the date of issuance
of the Securities; or |
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(2) |
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was nominated for election or elected to such board of
directors with the approval of a majority of the Continuing Directors who were
members of such board of directors at the time of such nomination or election. |
Corporate Trust Office means the office of the Trustee at which at any particular time its
corporate trust business shall be administered, which office on the date hereof is located at 100
Wall Street, 16th Floor, New York, New York 10005.
corporation includes corporations, associations, partnerships, limited liability companies,
companies and business trusts.
Credit Agreement means that certain credit agreement, dated as of the date of this Indenture, by
and among the Company, certain of its Subsidiaries, JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, as
Administrative Agent, the other agents party thereto and the lenders party thereto from time to
time, as amended, modified, renewed, refunded, replaced, restated, restructured, increased,
substituted or refinanced in whole or in part from time to time, regardless of whether such
amendment, modification, renewal, refunding, replacement, restatement, restructuring, increase,
substitution or refinancing is with the same financial institutions or otherwise.
Credit Facilities means one or more debt or borrowing facilities (including, without limitation,
the Credit Agreement), commercial paper facilities or indentures, in each case with banks or other
institutional lenders or a trustee, providing for revolving credit loans, term loans, receivables
financing (including through the sale of receivables to such lenders or to special purpose entities
formed to borrow from such lenders against such receivables), letters of credit or issuances of
notes, in each case, as amended, modified, renewed, refunded, replaced, restated, restructured,
increased, substituted or refinanced in whole or in part from time to time, regardless of whether
such amendment, modification, renewal, refunding, replacement, restatement, restructuring,
increase, substitution or refinancing is with the same financial institutions or otherwise.
Cumulative Cash Flow Credit means the sum of:
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(a) |
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cumulative Operating Cash Flow during the period commencing on
July 1, 2011 and ending on the last day of the most recent month preceding the
date of the proposed Restricted Payment for which financial information is
available or, if cumulative Operating Cash Flow for such period is negative,
minus the amount by which cumulative Operating Cash Flow is less than zero,
plus |
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(b) |
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the aggregate net proceeds received by the Company from the
issuance or sale (other than to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary) of its
Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) on or after July 1, 2011, plus |
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(c) |
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the aggregate net proceeds received by the Company from the
issuance or sale (other than to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary) of its
Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) on or after July 1, 2011, upon
the conversion of, or exchange for, Indebtedness of the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary or from the exercise of any options, warrants or other
rights to acquire Capital Stock of the Company. |
For purposes of this definition, the net proceeds in property other than cash received by the
Company as contemplated by clauses (b) and (c) above shall be valued at the Fair Market Value
thereof as of the date of receipt by the Company.
Cumulative Interest Expense means, for the period commencing on July 1, 2011 and ending on the
last day of the most recent month preceding the proposed Restricted Payment for which financial
information is available, the aggregate of the interest expense of the Company and its Restricted
Subsidiaries for such period, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, including
interest expense attributable to Capitalized Lease Obligations.
Debt with respect to any Person means, without duplication, any liability, whether or not
contingent:
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(a) |
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in respect of borrowed money or evidenced by bonds, notes,
debentures or similar instruments or letters of credit (or reimbursement
agreements with respect thereto), but excluding reimbursement obligations under
any surety bond; |
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(b) |
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representing the balance deferred and unpaid of the purchase
price of any property (including pursuant to Capitalized Lease Obligations),
except any such balance that constitutes a trade payable; |
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(c) |
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under Swap Contracts (as defined in the Credit Agreement)
relating to interest rates entered into pursuant to the Credit Agreement or
with respect to Hedging Obligations; |
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(d) |
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under any other agreement related to the fixing of interest
rates on any Indebtedness, such as an interest swap, cap or collar agreement
(if and to the extent any of the foregoing would appear as a liability upon a
balance sheet of such Person prepared on a consolidated basis in accordance
with GAAP); |
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(e) |
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Guarantees of items of other Persons which would be included
within this definition for such other Persons, whether or not the Guarantee
would appear on such balance sheet; or |
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(f) |
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representing Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of a
Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor, valued at the greater of its
voluntary or involuntary maximum fixed repurchase price plus accrued dividends. |
Debt does not include:
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(a) |
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any liability for federal, state, local or other taxes owed or
owing by such Person; or |
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(b) |
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any accounts payable or other liability for trade credit,
including Guarantees thereof or instruments evidencing such liabilities. |
Default means any event that is, or after notice or passage of time or both would be, an Event of
Default.
Deferred Carriage Fee Amortization means the amount identified in the Companys consolidated
statement of cash flows on the line identified as Amortization of Deferred Carriage Fees and
determined in accordance with GAAP.
Depository means, with respect to the Securities issued in the form of one or more Book-Entry
Securities, The Depository Trust Company or another Person designated as Depository by the Company,
which must be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act.
Disqualified Stock means any Capital Stock of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary which, by
its terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is
exchangeable), or upon the happening of any event, matures or is mandatorily redeemable, pursuant
to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof, in
whole or in part, on or prior to the maturity date of the Securities.
Distribution Agreement means the Distribution Agreement dated as of June 6, 2011, between the
Company and CSC Holdings, LLC, relating to, inter alia, the contribution of the Programming Network
Business to the Company.
Distribution Transaction means (i) the contribution to the Company of the Programming Network
Business from CSC Holdings, LLC in exchange for the issuance or transfer to CSC Holdings, LLC of
common stock of the Company, the notes and loans under the Credit Agreement, (ii) the distribution
by CSC Holdings, LLC of the Companys common stock to Cablevision, and (iii) the distribution by
Cablevision of the Companys common stock to the common shareholders of Cablevision, in each case
pursuant to the Distribution Agreement.
Dolan Family Interests means (i) any Dolan Family Member, (ii) any trusts for the benefit of any
Dolan Family Members, (iii) any estate or testamentary trust of any Dolan Family Member for the
benefit of any Dolan Family Members, (iv) any executor, administrator, conservator or legal or
personal representative of any Person or Persons specified in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above to
the extent acting in such capacity on behalf of any Dolan Family Member or Members and not
individually, (v) any corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other similar entity,
in each case 80% of which is owned and controlled by any of the foregoing
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or combination of the foregoing, and (vi) The Dolan Family Foundation, a New York not-for-profit
corporation.
Dolan Family Members means Charles F. Dolan, his spouse, his descendants and any spouse of any of
such descendants.
Domestic Subsidiary means any Restricted Subsidiary other than a Restricted Subsidiary that is
(i) a controlled foreign corporation under Section 957 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended (other than any such entity that Guarantees Indebtedness of the Company or of any of its
other Domestic Subsidiaries), or (ii) a Subsidiary of an entity described in the preceding clause
(i).
Equity Interests means Capital Stock and all warrants, options or other rights to acquire Capital
Stock (but excluding any debt security that is convertible into, or exchangeable for, Capital
Stock).
Event of Default has the meaning specified in Article Five.
Exchange Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Exchange Offer means the offer by the Company to the Holders of the Initial Securities or any
Additional Securities to exchange all of the Initial Securities or such Additional Securities, as
the case may be, for Exchange Securities, as provided for in the Registration Rights Agreement.
Exchange Offer Registration Statement means the Exchange Offer Registration Statement as defined
in the Registration Rights Agreement.
Exchange Securities has the meaning specified in the first recital of this Indenture and refers
to any Securities containing terms substantially identical to the Initial Securities and Additional
Securities (except that (a) such Exchange Securities shall not contain terms with respect to
transfer restrictions and shall be registered under the Securities Act, and (b) certain provisions
relating to an increase in the stated rate of interest thereon shall be eliminated) that are issued
and exchanged for the Initial Securities or Additional Securities in accordance with the Exchange
Offer, as provided for in the Registration Rights Agreement and this Indenture.
Existing Indebtedness means the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness of the Company and its
Subsidiaries (other than Indebtedness under the Credit Agreement) in existence on the date of this
Indenture after giving effect to the application of the proceeds of (i) the Securities and (ii) any
borrowings made under the Credit Agreement on the date of this Indenture.
Fair Market Value means the price that would be paid in an arms length transaction between an
informed and willing seller under no compulsion to sell and an informed and willing buyer under no
compulsion to buy, as determined, unless otherwise specified, in good faith by the board of
directors or senior management, whose determination in all cases shall be conclusive.
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Generally Accepted Accounting Principles or GAAP means U.S. generally accepted accounting
principles, as in effect on the date of determination, consistently applied.
Global Security means one or more Securities evidencing all or a part of the Securities to be
issued as Book-Entry Securities, issued to the Depository in accordance with Section 303 and
bearing the legend prescribed in Section 206 and, in the case of a Restricted Security, the legend
prescribed in Section 205.
Guarantee means, as to any Person, a guarantee other than by endorsement of negotiable
instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business, direct or indirect, in any manner
including, without limitation, by way of a pledge of assets or through letters of credit or
reimbursement agreements in respect thereof, of all or any part of any Indebtedness of another
Person.
Guarantors means:
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each direct or indirect Domestic Subsidiary on the date of this
Indenture, other than any Insignificant Subsidiary; and |
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(2) |
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any other Subsidiary that executes a Note Guarantee in
accordance with the provisions of this Indenture; |
and their respective successors and assigns until released from their obligations under their Note
Guarantees and this Indenture in accordance with the terms of this Indenture.
Hedging Obligations means, with respect to any specified Person, the obligations of such Person
under:
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interest rate swap agreements, interest rate cap agreements,
interest rate collar agreements and other agreements or arrangements with
respect to interest rates; |
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(2) |
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commodity swap agreements, commodity option agreements, forward
contracts and other agreements or arrangements with respect to commodity
prices; and |
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(3) |
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foreign exchange contracts, currency swap agreements and other
agreements or arrangements with respect to foreign currency exchange rates. |
Holder means a Person in whose name a Security is registered in the Security Register.
Indebtedness with respect to any Person means the Debt of such Person; provided that, for
purposes of the definition of Indebtedness (including the term Debt to the extent incorporated
in such definition) and for purposes of the definition of Event of Default, the term Guarantee
shall not be interpreted to extend to a Guarantee under which recourse is limited to the Capital
Stock of an entity that is not a Restricted Subsidiary.
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Indenture means this instrument as originally executed (including all exhibits and schedules
hereto) and as it may from time to time be supplemented or amended by one or more indentures
supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof.
Initial Interest Payment Date has the meaning specified in Section 301.
Initial Securities has the meaning specified in the recitals to this Indenture.
Insignificant Subsidiary means any Subsidiary designated by the Company as an Insignificant
Subsidiary; provided that the total assets of all Subsidiaries that are so designated do not in
the aggregate at any time exceed 3% of the assets of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries
as reflected on the Companys most recent consolidating balance sheet prepared in accordance with
GAAP.
Interest Payment Date means the Stated Maturity of an installment of interest on the Securities.
Interest Swap Obligations means, with respect to any Person, the obligations of such Person
pursuant to any arrangement with any other Person whereby, directly or indirectly, such Person is
entitled to receive from time to time periodic payments calculated by applying either a floating or
a fixed rate of interest on a stated notional amount in exchange for periodic payments made by such
Person calculated by applying a fixed or a floating rate of interest on the same notional amount.
Investment means any advance, loan, account receivable (other than an account receivable arising
in the ordinary course of business or owing to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary from any
Unrestricted Subsidiary for management or other services or other overhead or shared expenses
allocated in the ordinary course of business provided by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary
to such Unrestricted Subsidiary), or other extension of credit (excluding, however, accrued and
unpaid interest in respect of any advance, loan or other extension of credit) or any capital
contribution to (by means of transfers of property to others, payments for property or services for
the account or use of others, or otherwise), any purchase or ownership of any stock, bonds, notes,
debentures or other securities (including, without limitation, any interests in any limited
liability company, partnership, joint venture or any similar enterprise) of, or any bank accounts
with or Guarantee of any Indebtedness or other obligations of, any Unrestricted Subsidiary or
Affiliate that is not a Subsidiary; provided that (a) the term Investment shall not include any
transaction that would otherwise constitute an Investment of the Company or a Subsidiary to the
extent that the consideration provided by the Company or such Subsidiary in connection therewith
consists of Capital Stock of the Company (other than Disqualified Stock) and (b) the term
Guarantee shall not be interpreted to extend to a guarantee under which recourse is limited to
the Capital Stock of an entity that is not a Restricted Subsidiary.
Investment Grade Rating means (1) a rating of BBB- or better, in the case of S&P (or its
equivalent under any successor Rating Categories of S&P) and a rating of Baa3 or better, in the
case of Moodys (or its equivalent under any successor Rating Categories of Moodys), or (2) in
each case, if a Rating Agency in the foregoing clause (1) ceases to rate the
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Securities for reasons outside the control of the Company, an equivalent Rating Category of any
other Rating Agency.
Lease means any capital lease, operating lease, equipment lease, real property lease or other
lease.
Lien means any lien, security interest, charge or encumbrance of any kind (including any
conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any lease in the nature of a security interest
and any agreement to give any security interest). A Person shall be deemed to own subject to a
Lien any property which such Person has acquired or holds subject to the interest of a vendor or
lessor under a conditional sale agreement, capital lease or other title retention agreement.
Liquidated Damages means all liquidated damages then owing pursuant to Section 4 of the
Registration Rights Agreement, or, in the case of Additional Securities, the applicable section of
the registration rights agreement entered into with respect to those Additional Securities.
Material Subsidiary means a Subsidiary (or Subsidiaries which together constitute a Material
Subsidiary) that meets any of the following conditions:
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the consolidated total assets of the Subsidiary exceeds 10% of
the total assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis as
of the end of the most recently completed fiscal year, or |
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the consolidated revenues of the Subsidiary exceed 10% of the
revenues of the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for the
most recently completed fiscal year. |
Maturity when used with respect to any Security means the date on which the principal of such
Security becomes due and payable as therein or herein provided whether at the Stated Maturity, by
declaration of acceleration or otherwise.
Monetization Indebtedness means any Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary
thereof issued in connection with a Monetization Transaction; provided that, (i) on the date of its
incurrence, the purchase price or principal amount of such Monetization Indebtedness does not
exceed the Fair Market Value of the securities that are the subject of such Monetization
Transaction on such date and (ii) the obligations of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries
with respect to the purchase price or principal amount of such Monetization Indebtedness (x) may be
satisfied in full by delivery of the securities that are the subject of such Monetization
Transaction and any related options on such securities or any proceeds received by the Company or
any Restricted Subsidiary thereof on account of such options; provided that if the Company or such
Restricted Subsidiary no longer owns sufficient securities that were the subject of such
Monetization Transaction and/or related options on such securities to satisfy in full the
obligations of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries under such Monetization Indebtedness,
such Indebtedness shall no longer be deemed to be Monetization Indebtedness, and (y) are not
secured by any Liens on any of the Companys or its Restricted Subsidiaries assets
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other than the securities that are the subject of such Monetization Transaction and the related
options on such securities.
Monetization Transaction means a transaction pursuant to which (i) securities received pursuant
to an Asset Sale are sold, transferred or otherwise conveyed (including by way of a forward
purchase agreement, prepaid forward sale agreement, secured borrowing or similar agreement) within
180 days of such Asset Sale and (ii) the Company receives (including by way of borrowing under
Monetization Indebtedness) not less than 75% of the Fair Market Value of such securities in the
form of cash.
Moodys means Moodys Investors Service, Inc. and its successors.
Net Debt means, as to the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries as at any date of
determination, the aggregate amount of all Indebtedness of the Company and its Restricted
Subsidiaries, less the aggregate amount of Qualified Cash of the Company and its Restricted
Subsidiaries as of such date in an aggregate amount not to exceed 33% of Operating Cash Flow for
the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters covered by the then most recent report furnished or
deemed furnished to the Trustee and the Holders of Securities under Section 703.
Net Proceeds means the aggregate cash proceeds, including payments in respect of deferred payment
obligations (to the extent corresponding to the principal, but not the interest component, thereof)
received by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of any Asset Sale
(including, without limitation, any cash received upon the sale or other disposition of any
non-cash consideration received in any Asset Sale), net of (1) the direct costs relating to such
Asset Sale, including, without limitation, legal, accounting, investment banking and brokerage
fees, and sales commissions, and any relocation expenses incurred as a result thereof, (2) taxes
paid or payable as a result thereof, in each case, after taking into account any available tax
credits or deductions and any tax sharing arrangements, (3) amounts required to be applied to the
repayment of Indebtedness or other liabilities, secured by a Lien on the asset or assets that were
the subject of such Asset Sale, or is required to be paid as a result of such sale, (4) any reserve
for adjustment in respect of the sale price of such asset or assets established in accordance with
GAAP and (5) appropriate amounts to be provided by the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries as a
reserve against liabilities associated with such Asset Sale, including, without limitation, pension
and other post employment benefit liabilities, liabilities related to environmental matters and
liabilities under any indemnification obligations associated with such Asset Sale, all as
determined in accordance with GAAP.
Note Guarantee means a Guarantee of the Securities pursuant to this Indenture.
Offer Amount has the meaning specified in Section 1108.
Offer Period has the meaning specified in Section 1108.
Offering Memorandum means the final offering memorandum, dated June 22, 2011, relating to the
sale of the Initial Securities.
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Officers Certificate means a certificate signed by (a) the Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, a
Vice Chairman, the President, a Vice President or the Treasurer of the Company and (b) the
Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee; provided, however,
that such certificate may be signed by two of the officers or directors listed in clause (a) above
in lieu of being signed by one of such officers or directors listed in such clause (a) and one of
the officers listed in clause (b) above.
Operating Cash Flow means, for any period, the following for the Company and its Restricted
Subsidiaries for such period, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP: (a)
aggregate operating revenues minus (b) aggregate operating expenses (including technical,
programming, sales, selling, general and administrative expenses and salaries and other
compensation, in each case net of amounts allocated to Affiliates, but excluding depreciation and
amortization (but, for the avoidance of doubt, depreciation and amortization shall not include the
amortization of programming expenses (films, series, shows and other content), which is treated as
an operating expense), charges and credits relating to employee stock plans, and restructuring
charges and credits and, to the extent otherwise included in operating expenses, any losses
resulting from a write-off or write-down of Investments by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary
in Affiliates), plus (c), without duplication, Deferred Carriage Fee Amortization; provided,
however, that for purposes of determining Operating Cash Flow for any period (A) there shall be
excluded all management fees paid to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary during such period by
any Unrestricted Subsidiary other than any such amounts settled in cash to the extent not in excess
of 5% of Operating Cash Flow for the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries as determined without
including any such fees, (B) there shall be excluded operating expenses in connection with the
Distribution Transaction in an amount not to exceed $5.0 million in the aggregate, (C) the amount
of Operating Cash Flow attributable to any non-wholly owned Restricted Subsidiary shall be included
only to the extent of the Companys direct or indirect economic interest in the Equity Interests of
such non-wholly owned Restricted Subsidiary; provided, that the amount of Operating Cash Flow
attributable to all non-wholly owned Restricted Subsidiaries shall in no event exceed 10% of the
total Operating Cash Flow for such period, and (D) Operating Cash Flow for such period shall be
increased or reduced, as the case may be, by the Operating Cash Flow of assets or businesses
acquired or disposed of (provided that in each case it has an impact on Annual Operating Cash Flow
of at least $1.0 million) (including by means of any redesignation of any Subsidiary pursuant to
Section 1012) by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary on or after the first day of such period,
determined on a pro forma basis (it being agreed that such pro forma calculations may be based upon
GAAP as applied in the preparation of the financial statements for the Company, delivered in
accordance with Section 703 rather than as applied in the financial statements of the entity whose
assets were acquired and may include, in the Companys discretion, a reasonable estimate of savings
resulting from any such acquisition or disposition (1) that have been realized, (2) for which the
steps necessary for realization have been taken, or (3) for which the steps necessary for
realization are reasonably expected to be taken within 12 months of the date of such acquisition or
disposition), as though the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary acquired or disposed of such
assets on the first day of such period. For purposes of this definition, operating revenues and
operating expenses shall exclude any non-recurring, non-cash items in excess of $2,500,000.
Operating Cash Flow may also be adjusted to normalize an acceleration of programming expenses
(films, series, shows and other content) required to be recognized in accordance with GAAP when the
programs useful life is shortened or otherwise changed from
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the originally projected useful life. Furthermore, to the extent the programs are abandoned
and, to the extent that the amortization of such programming expenses are, in accordance with GAAP,
required to be accelerated into the year of such impairment, the Company may treat such costs as
being amortized over a period equal to the original projected useful life. In the event of any
suspension of carriage by any party to an Affiliation Agreement during renewal negotiations of such
Affiliation Agreement or upon the expiration or termination of, or during disputes under, such
Affiliation Agreement, the Operating Cash Flow calculation (except for the purposes of (i)
calculating Cumulative Cash Flow Credit and (ii) calculating the Cash Flow Ratio in clause (21) of
the definition of Permitted Investments) may be adjusted (the Carriage Suspension Adjustment) to
include the Operating Cash Flow attributable to the affected Affiliation Agreement from the
corresponding period one year prior to each period during which such suspension of carriage
continues, but in any event not to exceed three months, provided that the Carriage Suspension
Adjustment shall be limited only to the Operating Cash Flow attributable to one Affiliation
Agreement during any three-month period being tested.
Opinion of Counsel means a written opinion of counsel, who may be counsel for the Company.
Outstanding when used with respect to Securities means, as of the date of determination, all
Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, except:
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Securities theretofore canceled by the Trustee or delivered to
the Trustee for cancellation; |
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Securities, or portions thereof, for whose payment or purchase
money in the necessary amount has been theretofore deposited with the Trustee
or any Paying Agent (other than the Company) in trust or set aside and
segregated in trust by the Company (if the Company shall act as its own Paying
Agent) for the Holders of such Securities; and |
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Securities paid pursuant to Section 306, Securities in exchange
for which, or in lieu of which, other Securities have been authenticated and
delivered pursuant to this Indenture, other than any such Securities in respect
of which there shall have been presented to the Trustee proof satisfactory to
it that such Securities are held by a bona fide purchaser in whose hands the
Securities are valid obligations of the Company; |
provided, however, that, in determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of
Outstanding Securities have given any request, demand, direction, consent or waiver hereunder,
Securities owned by the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities, or any Affiliate of the
Company, or such other obligor, shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that,
in determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such request, demand,
direction, consent or waiver, only Securities which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee actually
knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Securities so owned which have been pledged in good
faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee
the pledgees right so to act with respect to such Securities and that the
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pledgee is not the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company
or such other obligor.
Paying Agent means any Person authorized by the Company to pay the principal of or interest on
any Securities on behalf of the Company.
Permitted Additional Secured Obligations means obligations under any other Indebtedness (other
than subordinated Indebtedness), including, without limitation, under any Credit Facility, secured
by Liens; provided that immediately after giving effect to the incurrence of such obligations, the
Consolidated Secured Leverage Ratio of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries would be less
than or equal to 4.75 to 1.0.
Permitted Affiliate Payments means (a) payments under equity and other compensation
incentive programs to employees and directors of the Company or any of its current or former
Affiliates in the ordinary course of business; provided that, in the case of employees or directors
of former Affiliates, such payments relate to awards granted prior to the consummation of the
Distribution Transaction, and (b) payments due and payable under the Distribution Transaction
Agreements (as defined in the Credit Agreement).
Permitted Business means any business conducted or proposed to be conducted (as described in the
Offering Memorandum) by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries on the date of this Indenture
and other businesses reasonably related or ancillary thereto.
Permitted Debt has the meaning specified in Section 1007.
Permitted Investments means:
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any Investment in the Company or in a Restricted Subsidiary; |
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any Investment in cash, Cash Equivalents or marketable
securities; |
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any Investment by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in a
Person, if as a result of such Investment: |
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such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary; or |
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such Person is merged, consolidated or
amalgamated with or into, or transfers or conveys substantially all of
its assets to, or is liquidated into, the Company or a Restricted
Subsidiary; |
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any Investment made as a result of the receipt of non-cash
consideration from an Asset Sale that was made pursuant to and in compliance
with Section 1014; |
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Investments to the extent financed with Equity Interests (other
than Disqualified Stock) of the Company; |
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Hedging Obligations that are incurred for the purpose of
fixing, hedging or swapping interest rate, commodity price or foreign currency
exchange rate risk (or to reverse or amend any such agreements previously made
for such purposes), and not for speculative purposes, and that do not increase
the Indebtedness of the obligor outstanding at any time other than as a result
of fluctuations in interest rates, commodity prices or foreign currency
exchange rates or by reason of fees, indemnities and compensation payable
thereunder; |
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any Investments received in satisfaction of judgments or in
settlement of debt or compromises of obligations incurred in the ordinary
course of business, including pursuant to any plan of reorganization or similar
arrangement upon bankruptcy or insolvency; |
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any Investments received as a result of a foreclosure by the
Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries with respect to any secured
Investment or other transfer of title with respect to any secured Investment in
default; |
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advances to customers or suppliers in the ordinary course of
business that are recorded in accordance with GAAP as accounts receivable or
prepaid expenses or lease, utility or other similar deposits in the ordinary
course of business; |
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advances of payroll payments to employees in the ordinary
course of business; |
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Investments consisting of the licensing or contribution of
intellectual property in the ordinary course of business; |
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Investments existing on the date of this Indenture and any
modification, replacement, renewal or extension thereof; provided, that the
amount of the Investment outstanding on the date of this Indenture is not
increased except pursuant to the terms of such Investment (in existence on the
date of this Indenture) or is otherwise a Permitted Investment pursuant to a
separate clause of this definition; |
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receivables owing to the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries, including receivables from and advances to suppliers, if created,
acquired or made in the ordinary course of business and payable or
dischargeable in accordance with customary trade terms; |
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loans and advances to officers, directors, employees,
consultants and members of management (including for travel, entertainment,
relocation and analogous business expenses) in an aggregate amount not to
exceed $5.0 million at any time outstanding; provided that such loans and
advances shall comply with all applicable laws; |
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Investments (including debt obligations) (i) received in
connection with the bankruptcy and reorganization of suppliers and customers in
settlement of delinquent obligations of, and (ii) received in connection with
the settlement of other disputes with customers and suppliers; |
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Investments consisting of extensions of credit or endorsements
for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business; |
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Guarantees of leases of the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries entered into in the ordinary course of business; |
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Investments in one or more Unrestricted Subsidiaries or joint
ventures having an aggregate Fair Market Value that do not exceed $100.0
million at any one time outstanding (with the Fair Market Value of each
Investment being measured at the time made and without giving effect to
subsequent changes in value); |
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to the extent that they constitute Investments, Indebtedness,
Liens or Restricted Payments permitted to be incurred under this Indenture; |
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Permitted Affiliate Payments; |
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other Investments provided that the Cash Flow Ratio shall be
less than or equal to 4.75 to 1.0 on a pro forma basis after giving effect to
such Investment; or |
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other Investments having an aggregate Fair Market Value, taken
together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (22), that do
not exceed $100.0 million at any one time outstanding (with the Fair Market
Value of each Investment being measured at the time made and without giving
effect to subsequent changes in value). |
Permitted Liens means the following types of Liens:
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Liens existing on the issuance date of the Securities; |
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Liens on shares of the Capital Stock of an entity that is not a
Restricted Subsidiary; |
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Liens securing Monetization Indebtedness; |
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Liens on Receivables and Related Assets (and proceeds thereof)
securing only Indebtedness otherwise permitted to be incurred by a
Securitization Subsidiary; |
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Liens securing obligations under any Credit Facilities in an
amount not to exceed $2,225.0 million; |
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Liens granted in favor of the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary; |
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Liens securing Permitted Additional Secured Obligations; |
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Liens securing the Securities; |
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Liens on property or assets of a Person existing at the time
such Person is merged with or into or consolidated with the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary; provided that such Liens were in existence prior to the
contemplation of such merger or consolidation and do not extend to any
properties or assets other than those of the Person merged into or consolidated
with the Company or the Restricted Subsidiary; |
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Liens on property or assets existing at the time of acquisition
thereof by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, provided that such Liens
were in existence prior to the contemplation of such transaction and do not
extend to any properties or assets other than those so acquired by the Company
or the Restricted Subsidiary; |
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Liens on property or assets used to defease Indebtedness that
was not incurred in violation of this Indenture; |
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Liens securing Hedging Obligations or margin stock, as
defined in Regulations G and U of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System; |
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Liens on cash or Cash Equivalents securing Hedging Obligations
of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that do not constitute
Indebtedness or securing letters of credit that support such Hedging
Obligations; |
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Liens imposed by law, such as statutory Liens of landlords and
carriers, warehousemen, mechanics, suppliers, materialmen, repairmen or other
like liens arising in the ordinary course of business of the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary and with respect to amounts not yet delinquent or being
contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings; |
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Liens for taxes, assessments, government charges or claims not
yet delinquent or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate
proceedings; |
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survey exceptions, encumbrances, easements or reservations of,
or rights of others for rights of way, sewers, electric lines, telegraph and
telephone lines and other similar purposes, or other restrictions or
encumbrances as to the use of real properties or Liens incidental to the
conduct of the business of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or
to the ownership of its properties which do not in the aggregate materially
impair |
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their use in the ordinary operation of the business of the Company or any of
its Restricted Subsidiaries; |
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any zoning, building or similar laws or rights reserved to or
vested in any governmental authority; |
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Liens arising by reason of any judgment, decree or order of any
court, arbitral tribunal or similar entity so long as any appropriate legal
proceedings that may have been initiated for the review of such judgment,
decree or order have not been finally terminated or the period within which
such proceedings may be initiated has not expired or Liens arising out of
judgments or awards not constituting an Event of Default; |
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Liens (a) incurred or deposits made in connection with workers
compensation, unemployment insurance and other types of social security or
similar legislation or (b) incurred in the ordinary course of business securing
insurance premiums or reimbursement obligations under insurance policies
related to the items specified in the foregoing clause (a), or (c) obligations
in respect of letters of credit or bank guarantees that have been posted by
such Person to support the payment of the items set forth in clauses (a) and
(b) of this clause (19); |
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Liens consisting of pledges or deposits of cash or securities
made by such Person as a condition to obtaining or maintaining any licenses
issued to it by, or to satisfy other similar requirements of, any applicable
governmental authority; |
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(a) deposits made to secure the performance of bids, tenders,
contracts (other than for borrowed money) or Leases to which the Company or any
of its Restricted Subsidiaries is a party, (b) deposits to secure public or
statutory obligations of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries,
surety and appeal bonds, performance bonds and other obligations of a like
nature, (c) deposits as security for contested taxes or import duties or for
the payment of rent, and (d) obligations in respect of letters of credit or
bank guarantees that have been posted by the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to support the payment of items set forth in clauses (a) and (b)
of this clause (21); |
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Liens arising from precautionary UCC financing statements (or
similar filings under applicable law) regarding leases entered into by the
Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of
business, operating leases or consignments; |
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Liens arising in the ordinary course of business by virtue of
any contractual, statutory or common law provision relating to bankers Liens,
rights of set-off or similar rights and remedies covering deposit or securities
accounts (including funds or other assets credited thereto and |
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pooling and netting arrangements) or other funds maintained with a
depository institution or securities intermediary; |
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any interest or title of a lessor, licensor or sublicensor in
the property subject to any lease, license or sublicense and the rights
reserved or vested in any other Person by the terms of any lease, license,
franchise, grant or permit held by such Person or by a statutory provision to
terminate any such lease, license, franchise, grant or permit or to require
periodic payments as a condition to the continuance thereof; |
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purchase money mortgages or other purchase money liens
(including, without limitation, any Capitalized Lease Obligations) upon any
fixed or capital assets acquired after the issuance date of the Securities, or
purchase money mortgages (including, without limitation, Capitalized Lease
Obligations) on any such assets hereafter acquired or existing at the time of
acquisition of such assets, whether or not assumed, so long as (i) such
mortgage or lien does not extend to or cover any other asset of the Company or
any Restricted Subsidiary and (ii) such mortgage or lien secures the obligation
to pay the purchase price of such asset, interest thereon and other charges
incurred in connection therewith (or the obligation under such Capitalized
Lease Obligation) only; |
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Liens to secure Indebtedness (including Capitalized Lease
Obligations) permitted by clause (4) of Section 1007(b) covering only the
assets acquired with such Indebtedness; |
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Liens securing reimbursement obligations with respect to
commercial letters of credit which encumber documents and other property
relating to such letters of credit and products and proceeds thereof; |
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Liens encumbering deposits made to secure obligations arising
from statutory, regulatory, contractual or warranty requirements of the Company
or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, including rights of offset and set-off; |
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Liens created in the ordinary course of business and customary
in the relevant industry with respect to the creation of content, and the
components thereof, securing the obligations of any of the Company and its
Restricted Subsidiaries owing in respect of compensation or other payments owed
for services rendered by creative or other personnel that do not constitute
Indebtedness; provided that any such Lien shall attach solely to the content,
or applicable component thereof, that are subject to the arrangements giving
rise to the underlying obligation; |
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assignments of insurance or condemnation proceeds provided to
landlords (or their mortgagees) pursuant to the terms of any lease and Liens or
rights |
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reserved in any lease for rent or for compliance with the terms of such
lease; |
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Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a
matter of law to secure payment of customs duties in connection with the
importation of goods in the ordinary course of business; |
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Liens on Equity Interests in any Unrestricted Subsidiary or
joint venture held by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary; |
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Liens (a) on advances of cash or Cash Equivalents in favor of
the seller of any property to be acquired in an Investment permitted under this
Indenture to be applied against the purchase price for such Investment or (b)
consisting of an agreement to dispose of any property in an Asset Sale that was
made pursuant to and in compliance with Section 1014, in each case, solely to
the extent such Investment or Asset Sale, as the case may be, would have been
permitted on the date of the creation of such Lien; |
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restrictions on transfers of securities imposed by applicable
securities laws; |
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Liens arising out of conditional sale, title retention,
consignment or similar arrangements for sale of goods entered into by such
Person in the ordinary course of business; |
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any extension, renewal or replacement, in whole or in part, of
any Lien described in the immediately preceding clauses; provided that any such
extension, renewal or replacement is no more restrictive in any material
respect than the Lien so extended, renewed or replaced and does not extend to
any additional property or assets; or |
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Additional Liens with respect to obligations that do not exceed
$20.0 million at any one time outstanding. |
Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness means:
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any Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries (other than Disqualified Stock) issued in exchange for, or the net
proceeds of which are used to extend, refinance, renew, replace, defease or
refund other Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
(other than Disqualified Stock and intercompany Indebtedness); provided that: |
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the principal amount (or accreted value, if
applicable) of such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed
the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of the
Indebtedness so extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced, defeased or
refunded (plus all accrued and unpaid interest thereon and the amount
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reasonable premium necessary to accomplish such refinancing and such
reasonable expenses incurred in connection therewith); |
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such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness has a
final maturity date later than the final maturity date of, and has a
Weighted Average Life to Maturity equal to or greater than the Weighted
Average Life to Maturity of, the Indebtedness being extended,
refinanced, renewed, replaced, defeased or refunded; |
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if the Indebtedness being extended, refinanced,
renewed, replaced, defeased or refunded is subordinated in right of
payment to the Securities or the Note Guarantees, such Permitted
Refinancing Indebtedness has a final maturity date later than the final
maturity date of, and is subordinated in right of payment to, the
Securities on terms at least as favorable, taken as a whole in all
material respects, to the Holders of Securities as those contained in
the documentation governing the Indebtedness being extended,
refinanced, renewed, replaced, defeased or refunded; |
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if the Indebtedness being extended, refinanced,
renewed, replaced, defeased or refunded is pari passu in right of
payment with the Securities or any Note Guarantees, such Permitted
Refinancing Indebtedness is pari passu with, or subordinated in right
of payment to, the Securities or the Note Guarantees; and |
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such Indebtedness is incurred either by the
Company or by the Restricted Subsidiary who is the obligor on the
Indebtedness being extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced, defeased or
refunded; and |
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any Disqualified Stock of the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries issued in exchange for, or the net proceeds of which are used to
extend, refinance, renew, replace or refund Indebtedness or other Disqualified
Stock of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than
Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock held by the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries); provided that: |
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the liquidation or face value of such Permitted
Refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount (or
accreted value, if applicable) of the Indebtedness, or the liquidation
or face value of the Disqualified Stock, as applicable, so extended,
refinanced, renewed, replaced or refunded (plus all accrued and unpaid
interest or dividends thereon and the amount of any reasonable premium
necessary to accomplish such refinancing and such reasonable expenses
incurred in connection therewith); |
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such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness has a
final redemption date later than the final maturity or redemption date
of, and has a |
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Weighted Average Life to Maturity equal to or greater than the
Weighted Average Life to Maturity of, the Indebtedness or
Disqualified Stock being extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced or
refunded; |
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such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness has a
final redemption date later than the final maturity date of, and is
subordinated in right of payment to, the Securities on terms at least
as favorable, taken as a whole in all material respects, to the Holders
of Securities as those contained in the documentation governing the
Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock being extended, refinanced, renewed,
replaced or refunded; |
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such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness is not
redeemable at the option of the Holder thereof or mandatorily
redeemable prior to the final maturity or redemption date of the
Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock being extended, refinanced, renewed,
replaced or refunded; and |
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such Disqualified Stock is issued either by the
Company or by the Restricted Subsidiary who is the issuer of the
Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock being extended, refinanced, renewed,
replaced or refunded. |
Person means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture,
association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or
political subdivision thereof.
Physical Security has the meaning specified in Section 303.
Predecessor Security of any particular Security means every previous Security evidencing all or a
portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such particular Security; and, for the purposes of
this definition, any Security authenticated and delivered under Section 306 in exchange for a
mutilated security or in lieu of a lost, destroyed or stolen Security shall be deemed to evidence
the same debt as the mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen Security.
Preferred Stock means, with respect to any Person, any and all shares, interests, participations
or other equivalents (however designated) of such Persons preferred or preference stock, whether
now outstanding or issued after the date of this Indenture, and includes, without limitation, all
classes and series of preferred or preference stock.
Programming Network Business means (i) the programming businesses conducted by the Company and
its Restricted Subsidiaries as of the date of this Indenture and which collectively consist of the
programming networks currently known as AMC, IFC, Sundance Channel and WEtv and (ii) the other
programming and related assets contributed to the Company pursuant to the Distribution Agreement.
Purchase Date has the meaning specified in Section 1108.
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Qualified Cash means, of any Person, all cash and Cash Equivalents of such Person in deposit or
securities accounts in which the Collateral Agent (as defined in the Credit Agreement) has
control pursuant to and within the meaning of Section 9-104 and/or 9-106 of the UCC pursuant to
the terms and conditions set forth in the Security Agreement (as defined in the Credit Agreement)
or any other Collateral Document.
Qualified Equity Offering means (i) an offer and sale of Equity Interests (other than
Disqualified Stock) of the Company pursuant to a registration statement that has been declared
effective by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act (other than a registration statement on
Form S-8 or otherwise relating to equity securities issuable under any employee benefit plan of the
Company) or (ii) any private placement of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the
Company to any Person other than a Subsidiary.
Qualified Institutional Buyer or QIB shall have the meaning specified in Rule 144A under the
Securities Act.
Rating Agency means (1) each of S&P and Moodys and (2) if S&P or Moodys ceases to rate the
Securities for reasons outside the control of the Company, a nationally recognized statistical
rating organization within the meaning of Rule 15c-3-1(c)(vi)(F) under the Exchange Act selected
by the Company, which shall be substituted for S&P or Moodys, as the case may be.
Rating Category means (1) with respect to S&P, any of the following categories (any of which may
include a + or at the end thereof): AAA, AA, A, BBB, BB, B, CCC, CC, C and D (or equivalent
successor categories), (2) with respect to Moodys, any of the following categories any of which
may include a 1, 2 or 3 at the end thereof: Aaa, Aa, A, Baa, Ba, B, Caa, Ca, C and D (or
equivalent successor categories), and (3) the equivalent of any such categories of S&P or Moodys
used by another Rating Agency, if applicable.
Receivables and Related Assets means:
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accounts receivable, instruments, chattel paper, obligations,
general intangibles, equipment and other similar assets, including interests in
merchandise or goods, the sale or lease of which gives rise to the foregoing,
related contractual rights, Guarantees, insurance proceeds, collections and
other related assets; |
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proceeds of all of the above. |
Redemption Date, when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed, means the date fixed for
such redemption by or pursuant to this Indenture.
Redemption Price has the meaning specified in Section 1107.
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Registration Rights Agreement means (1) with respect to the Initial Securities, the
Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of the date of this Indenture, among the Company, the
Guarantors and the initial purchasers of the Initial Securities, and (2) with respect to any
Additional Securities, any registration rights agreement among the Company and the other parties
thereto relating to the registration by the Company of such Additional Securities under the
Securities Act.
Regular Record Date for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date means the January 1 or
July 1 (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment
Date.
Regulation S Global Security has the meaning specified in Section 303.
Replacement Assets means any combination of (i) non-current assets that shall be used or useful
in a Permitted Business or (ii) all or substantially all the assets of a Permitted Business or a
majority of the Voting Stock of any Person engaged in a Permitted Business (including by means of a
merger, consolidation or other business combination permitted under this Indenture) that shall
become on the date of acquisition thereof a Restricted Subsidiary.
Repurchase Offer has the meaning specified in Section 1108.
Responsible Officer, when used with respect to the Trustee, means any vice president, any
assistant vice president, any trust officer or assistant trust officer or any other officer of the
Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated
officers or assigned by the Trustee to administer corporate trust matters and also means, with
respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred
because of his knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.
Restricted Investment means any Investment other than a Permitted Investment.
Restricted Payment means:
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any Stock Payment by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary; |
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(b) |
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any direct or indirect payment by the Company or a Restricted
Subsidiary to redeem, purchase, defease or otherwise acquire or retire for
value, prior to any scheduled maturity, scheduled repayment or scheduled
sinking fund payment, any Indebtedness of the Company that is subordinate in
right of payment to the Securities; provided, however, that any direct or
indirect payment by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary to redeem, purchase,
defease or otherwise acquire or retire for value, prior to any scheduled
maturity, scheduled repayment or scheduled sinking fund payment, any
Indebtedness of the Company that is subordinate in right of payment to the
Securities shall not be a Restricted Payment if either (i) after giving effect
thereto, the ratio of the Senior Indebtedness of the Company and its Restricted
Subsidiaries to Annual Operating Cash Flow is less than or equal to 5.0 to 1.0
or (ii) such subordinate Indebtedness is redeemed, purchased, defeased or
otherwise acquired or retired in exchange for, or |
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out of, (x) the proceeds of a sale (within one year before or 180 days after
such redemption, purchase, defeasance, acquisition or retirement) of
Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness or Capital Stock of the Company or
warrants, rights or options to acquire Capital Stock of the Company or (y)
any source of funds other than the incurrence of Indebtedness (it being
understood that the use of such funds to repay Indebtedness that is later
reborrowed to redeem, purchase, defease or otherwise acquire or retire the
subordinate Indebtedness shall be considered a source of funds other than
the incurrence of Indebtedness); |
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any direct or indirect payment by the Company or a Restricted
Subsidiary to redeem, purchase, defease or otherwise acquire or retire for
value any Disqualified Stock at its mandatory redemption date or other maturity
date if and to the extent that Indebtedness is incurred to finance such
redemption, purchase, defeasance or other acquisition or retirement; or |
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any Restricted Investment. |
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Restricted Payments shall not include (a) payments by any
Restricted Subsidiary to the Company or any other Restricted Subsidiary or (b) any Permitted
Investment or designation of a Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary permitted under
Section 1012.
Restricted Security has the meaning specified in Section 205.
Restricted Subsidiary means any Subsidiary, whether existing on the date of this Indenture or
created subsequent thereto, designated from time to time by the Company as a Restricted
Subsidiary; provided, however, that no Subsidiary that is not a Securitization Subsidiary can be
or remain so designated unless (a) at least 67% of each of the total equity interest and the voting
control of such Subsidiary is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company or another Restricted
Subsidiary and (b) such Subsidiary is not restricted, pursuant to the terms of any loan agreement,
note, indenture or other evidence of indebtedness, from
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paying dividends or making any distribution on such
Subsidiarys Capital Stock or other equity securities or paying any
Indebtedness owed to the Company or to any Restricted Subsidiary; |
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making any loans or advances to the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary; or |
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(iii) |
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transferring any of its properties or assets to the Company or
any Restricted Subsidiary |
(it being understood that a financial covenant any of the components of which are directly impacted
by the taking of the action (e.g., the payment of a dividend) itself (such as a minimum net worth
test) would be deemed to be a restriction on the foregoing actions, while a financial covenant none
of the components of which is directly impacted by the taking of the action (e.g., the payment of a
dividend) itself (such as a debt to cash flow test) would not be deemed to
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be a restriction on the foregoing actions); and provided further that the Company may, from time to
time, redesignate any Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary in accordance with
Section 1012.
Rule 144A Global Security has the meaning specified in Section 303.
S&P means Standard & Poors Financial Services LLC, a subsidiary of The McGraw-Hill Companies,
Inc., and its successors.
Securities Act means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Securities Issue Date means June 30, 2011 with respect to the Initial Securities, the date of
original issuance of the Exchange Securities with respect to the Exchange Securities and the date
of original issuance of the Additional Securities with respect to any Additional Securities.
Securitization Subsidiary means a Restricted Subsidiary that is established for the limited
purpose of acquiring and financing Receivables and Related Assets and engaging in activities
ancillary thereto; provided that (a) no portion of the Indebtedness of a Securitization Subsidiary
is Guaranteed by or is recourse to the Company or any other Restricted Subsidiary (other than
recourse for customary representations, warranties, covenants and indemnities, none of which
relates to the collectability of the Receivables and Related Assets) and (b) none of the Company or
any other Restricted Subsidiary has any obligation to maintain or preserve such Securitization
Subsidiarys financial condition.
Security and Securities have the meaning specified in the second paragraph of this Indenture,
such terms to include the Initial Securities, the Exchange Securities and any Additional
Securities. The Initial Securities, the Exchange Securities and any Additional Securities shall be
treated as a single class for all purposes under this Indenture.
Security Register and Security Registrar have the respective meanings specified in Section 305.
Senior Indebtedness means, with respect to any Person, all principal of (premium, if any) and
interest (including interest accruing on or after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy or for
reorganization relating to such Person whether or not a claim for post filing interest is allowed
in such proceedings) with respect to all Indebtedness of such Person; provided that Senior
Indebtedness shall not include
(a) any Indebtedness of such Person that, by its terms or the terms of the instrument creating
or evidencing such Indebtedness, is expressly subordinate in right of payment to the Securities;
(b) any Guarantee of Indebtedness of any subsidiary of such Person if recourse against such
Guarantee is limited to the Capital Stock or other equity interests of such subsidiary;
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(c) any obligation of such Person to any subsidiary of such Person or, in the case of a
Restricted Subsidiary, to the Company or any other Subsidiary; or
(d) any Indebtedness of such Person (and any accrued and unpaid interest in respect thereof)
that is subordinate or junior in any respect to any other Indebtedness or other obligation of such
Person.
Shelf Registration Statement means the Shelf Registration Statement as defined in the
Registration Rights Agreement.
Significant Subsidiary means any Subsidiary that would constitute a significant subsidiary
within the meaning of Article 1 of Regulation S-X promulgated pursuant to the Exchange Act, as such
Regulation is in effect on the date of this Indenture.
Special Record Date means a date fixed by the Trustee for the payment of any Defaulted
Interest pursuant to Section 307.
Stated Maturity, when used with respect to any Security or any installment of interest thereon,
means the date specified in such Security as the fixed date on which the principal of such Security
or such installment of interest is due and payable.
Stock Payment means, with respect to any Person, the payment or declaration of any dividend,
either in cash or in property (except dividends payable in common stock or common shares of Capital
Stock of such Person), or the making by such Person of any other distribution, on account of any
shares of any class of its Capital Stock, now or hereafter outstanding, or the redemption,
purchase, retirement or other acquisition or retirement for value by such Person, directly or
indirectly, of any shares of any class of its Capital Stock, now or hereafter outstanding, other
than the redemption, purchase, defeasance or other acquisition or retirement for value of any
Disqualified Stock at its mandatory redemption date or other maturity date.
subsidiary means, as to a particular parent entity at any time, any entity of which more than 50%
of the outstanding Voting Stock or other equity interest entitled ordinarily to vote in the
election of the directors or other governing body (however designated) of such entity is at the
time beneficially owned or controlled directly or indirectly by such parent corporation, by one or
more such entities or by such parent corporation and one or more such entities.
Subsidiary means any subsidiary of the Company.
Suspended Covenants has the meaning specified in Section 1016.
Suspension Condition has the meaning specified in Section 1016.
Transactions means the transactions contemplated by (i) the Distribution Transaction, (ii) the
Credit Agreement and (iii) the offering of the Initial Securities.
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Trust Indenture Act means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, and as in force at the
date as of which this instrument was executed, except as provided in Section 905; provided,
however, that, in the event that the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 is amended after such date, Trust
Indenture Act means, to the extent required by any such amendment, the Trust Indenture Act of 1939
as so amended.
Trustee means the Person named as the Trustee in the first paragraph of this Indenture, until a
successor Trustee shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture,
and thereafter Trustee shall mean such successor Trustee.
UCC has the meaning given to such term in the Collateral Documents.
Unrestricted Subsidiary means any Subsidiary that is not a Restricted Subsidiary.
Voting Stock means any Capital Stock having voting power under ordinary circumstances to vote in
the election of the directors of a corporation (irrespective of whether or not at the time stock of
any other class or classes shall have or might have voting power by reason of the happening of any
contingency).
Weighted Average Life to Maturity means, when applied to any Indebtedness at any date, the number
of years obtained by dividing:
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the sum of the products obtained by multiplying (a) the amount
of each then remaining installment, sinking fund, serial maturity or other
required payments of principal, including payment at final maturity, in respect
thereof, by (b) the number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth)
that shall elapse between such date and the making of such payment; by |
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the then outstanding principal amount of such Indebtedness. |
Section 102. Other Definitions.
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105 |
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Bankruptcy Law |
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501 |
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Change of Control Offer |
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1015 |
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Change of Control Payment |
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1015 |
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Change of Control Payment Date |
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1015 |
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Custodian |
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501 |
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Defaulted Interest |
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307 |
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incorporated provision |
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108 |
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Restricted Security |
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205 |
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Security Register |
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Security Registrar |
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successor |
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801 |
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Section 103. Compliance Certificates and Opinions.
Upon any application or request by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under any
provision of this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee an Officers Certificate
stating that all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture (including any
covenant compliance with which constitutes a condition precedent) relating to the proposed action
have been complied with and an Opinion of Counsel stating that in the opinion of such counsel all
such conditions precedent, if any, have been complied with, except that, in the case of any such
application or request as to which the furnishing of such documents is specifically required by any
provision of this Indenture relating to such particular application or request, no additional
certificate or opinion need be furnished.
Every certificate or opinion (other than the certificates required by Section 1019) with
respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture shall include:
(a) a statement that each individual signing 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 opinion contained in such certificate or opinion are based;
(c) a statement that, in the opinion of each such individual, he has made such
examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to express an informed opinion as
to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and
(d) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such individual, such condition
or covenant has been complied with.
Section 104. Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee.
In any case where several matters are required to be certified by, or covered by an opinion
of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all such matters be certified by, or covered by
the opinion of, only one such Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one document,
but one such Person may certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one or more
other such Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify or give an opinion as to
such matters in one or several documents.
Any certificate or opinion of an officer of the Company may be based, insofar as it relates to
legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, counsel, unless such
officer knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion
or representations with respect to the matters upon which his certificate or opinion is based are
erroneous. Any such certificate or Opinion of Counsel may be based, insofar as it relates to
factual matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, an officer or officers of
the Company stating that the information with respect to such factual matters is in the possession
of the Company, unless such counsel knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care
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should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to such matters
are erroneous.
Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more applications, requests,
consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other instruments under this Indenture, they may,
but need not, be consolidated and form one instrument.
Section 105. Acts of Holders.
(a) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action
provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one
or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by agent
duly appointed in writing; and, except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall
become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered to the Trustee and, where it is
hereby expressly required, to the Company. Such instrument or instruments (and the action embodied
therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the Act of the Holders signing
such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing
appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and (subject to
Trust Indenture Act Section 315) conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Company, if made in the
manner provided in this Section 105.
(b) The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing may be
proved in any reasonable manner that the Trustee deems sufficient.
(c) The ownership of Securities shall be proved by the Security Register.
(d) If the Company shall solicit from the Holders any request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, the Company may, at its option, by or pursuant to
a Board Resolution, fix in advance a record date for the determination of such Holders entitled to
give such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, but the
Company shall have no obligation to do so. Notwithstanding Trust Indenture Act Section 316(c), any
such record date shall be the record date specified in or pursuant to such Board Resolution, which
shall be a date not more than 30 days prior to the first solicitation of Holders generally in
connection therewith and no later than the date such solicitation is completed.
If such a record date is fixed, such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent, waiver or other Act may be given before or after such record date, but only the Holders of
record at the close of business on such record date shall be deemed to be Holders for the purposes
of determining whether Holders of the requisite proportion of Securities then Outstanding have
authorized or agreed or consented to such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent, waiver or other Act, and for this purpose the Securities then Outstanding shall be
computed as of such record date; provided that no such request, demand, authorization, direction,
notice, consent, waiver or other Act by the Holders on such record date shall be deemed effective
unless it shall become effective pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture not later than six
months after the record date.
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(e) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act by the
Holder of any Security shall bind every future Holder of the same Security or the Holder of every
Security issued upon the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu
thereof, in respect of anything done, suffered or omitted to be done by the Trustee, any Paying
Agent or the Company in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such
Security.
Section 106. Notices, Etc. to Trustee and Company.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or Act of Holders or
other document provided or permitted by this Indenture to be made upon, given or furnished to, or
filed with,
(a) the Trustee by any Holder, the agents under the Credit Agreement or the Company shall be
sufficient for every purpose hereunder if made, given, furnished or delivered, in writing (which
may be delivered via electronic mail or facsimile), to or with the Trustee at its Corporate Trust
Office, Attention: Corporate Trust Services; or
(b) the Company by the Trustee or by any Holder shall be sufficient for every purpose
hereunder (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if made, given, furnished or delivered in
writing to the Company addressed to AMC Networks Inc., 11 Penn Plaza, New York, New York 10001,
Attention: James G. Gallagher, Esq. or at any other address previously furnished in writing to the
Trustee by the Company.
Section 107. Notice to Holders; Waiver.
Where this Indenture provides for notice to Holders of any event, such notice shall be
sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed,
first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder affected by such event, at his address as it appears in
the Security Register, not later than the latest date, and not earlier than the earliest date,
prescribed for the giving of such notice. In any case where notice to Holders is given by mail,
neither the failure to mail such notice, nor any defect in any notice so mailed, to any particular
Holder shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Holders. Any notice when
mailed to a Holder in the aforesaid manner shall be conclusively deemed to have been received by
such Holder whether or not actually received by such Holder.
Where this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be waived in writing
by the Person entitled to receive such notice, either before or after the event, and such waiver
shall be the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by Holders shall be filed with the
Trustee, but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in
reliance upon such waiver.
In case by reason of the suspension of regular mail service or by reason of any other cause,
it shall be impracticable to mail notice of any event as required by any provision of this
Indenture, then any method of giving such notice as shall be satisfactory to the Trustee shall be
deemed to be a sufficient giving of such notice.
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Section 108. Conflict of Any Provision of Indenture with Trust Indenture Act.
If and to the extent that any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with
the duties imposed by Trust Indenture Act Sections 310 to 318, inclusive, or conflicts with any
provision (an incorporated provision) required by or deemed to be included in this Indenture by
operation of such Trust Indenture Act Sections, such imposed duties or incorporated provision shall
control. If any provision of this Indenture modifies or excludes any provision of the Trust
Indenture Act that may be so modified or excluded, the latter provision shall be deemed to apply to
this Indenture as so modified or excluded, as the case may be.
Section 109. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents.
The Article and Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are for convenience only and
shall not affect the construction hereof.
Section 110. Successors and Assigns.
All covenants and agreements in this Indenture by the Company shall bind its respective
successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.
Section 111. Separability Clause.
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 112. Benefits of Indenture.
Nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities, express or implied, shall give to any Person
(other than the parties hereto and their successors hereunder, any Paying Agent and the Holders)
any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.
Section 113. 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, without regard to conflicts of laws principles.
This Indenture is subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are required to be
part of this Indenture and shall, to the extent applicable, be governed by such provisions.
EACH OF THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED
BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR
RELATING TO THIS INDENTURE, THE SECURITIES OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.
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Section 114. Legal Holidays.
In any case where any Interest Payment Date, any date established for payment of Defaulted
Interest pursuant to Section 307, or any Maturity with respect to any Security shall not be a
Business Day, then (notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or of the Securities)
payment of interest or principal need not be made on such date, but may be made on the next
succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on the Interest Payment Date, or
date established for payment of Defaulted Interest pursuant to Section 307, or Maturity, and no
interest shall accrue with respect to such payment for the period from and after such Interest
Payment Date, or date established for payment of Defaulted Interest pursuant to Section 307, or
Maturity, as the case may be, to the next succeeding Business Day.
Section 115. 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 this Indenture or for any
claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their creation. Each Holder by
accepting any of the Securities waives and releases all such liability.
Section 116. U.S.A. Patriot Act.
The parties hereto acknowledge that in accordance with Section 326 of the Uniting and
Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism
Act of 2001, as amended from time to time (the USA Patriot Act), the Trustee, like all financial
institutions and in order to help fight the funding of terrorism and money laundering, is required
to obtain, verify, and record information that identifies each person or legal entity that
establishes a relationship or opens an account with the Trustee. The parties to this Indenture
agree that they shall provide the Trustee with such information as it may request in order for the
Trustee to satisfy the requirements of the USA Patriot Act.
Section 117. Force Majeure
In no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the
performance of its obligations hereunder arising out of or caused by, directly or indirectly,
forces beyond its control, including, without limitation, to the extent beyond its control,
strikes, work stoppages, accidents, acts of war or terrorism, civil or military disturbances,
nuclear or natural catastrophes or acts of God, and interruptions, loss or malfunctions of
utilities, communications or computer (software and hardware) services; it being understood that
the Trustee shall use reasonable efforts which are consistent with accepted practices in the
banking industry to prevent such actions from occurring and to resume performance as soon as
practicable under the circumstances.
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ARTICLE TWO
SECURITY FORMS
Section 201. Forms Generally; Incorporation of Form in Indenture.
The Securities and the Trustees certificate of authentication with respect thereto shall be
in substantially the forms set forth in this Article, with such appropriate legends, insertions,
omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by this Indenture and
may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements
placed thereon as may be required to comply with the rules of any securities exchange or as may,
consistently herewith, be determined by the officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by
their execution of the Securities. Any portion of the text of any Security may be set forth on the
reverse thereof, with an appropriate reference thereto on the face of the Security. Each Security
shall be dated the date of its authentication.
The definitive Securities shall be typewritten, printed, lithographed, engraved or otherwise
produced or produced by any combination of these methods or may be produced in any other manner
permitted by the rules of any securities exchange on which the Securities may be listed, all as
determined by the officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution of such
Securities.
Section 202. Form of Face of Security.
[THIS SECURITY IS ISSUED WITH ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT FOR PURPOSES OF SECTION 1271 ET SEQ. OF
THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE. A HOLDER MAY OBTAIN THE ISSUE PRICE, AMOUNT OF ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT,
ACCRUAL PERIODS, ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE AND YIELD TO MATURITY FOR SUCH SECURITY BY SUBMITTING A
REQUEST FOR SUCH INFORMATION TO THE FOLLOWING ADDRESS: AMC NETWORKS INC., 11 PENN PLAZA, NEW YORK,
NEW YORK 10001, ATTENTION: JAMES G. GALLAGHER, ESQ.]*
AMC NETWORKS INC.
7.75% Senior Notes due 2021
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AMC Networks Inc., a Delaware corporation (herein called the Company, which term
includes any successor entity under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received,
hereby promises to pay to _________________ or registered assigns the principal sum of ______
Dollars on July 15, 2021, at the office or agency of the Company referred to below,
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and to pay interest thereon on [ ]**, and semiannually thereafter, on January 15
and July 15 in each year from the Securities Issue Date or from the most recent Interest Payment
Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for at the rate of 7.75% per annum until the
principal hereof is paid or duly provided for, and (to the extent lawful) to pay on demand interest
on any overdue interest at the rate borne by the Securities from the date of the Interest Payment
Date on which such overdue interest becomes payable to the date payment of such interest has been
made or duly provided for.
[The Holder of this Security is entitled to the benefits of the Registration Rights Agreement,
dated June 30, 2011 (the Registration Rights Agreement), among the Company, the Guarantors named
therein and the Initial Purchasers named therein. Subject to the terms of the Registration Rights
Agreement, in the event an exchange offer (the Exchange Offer) for this Initial Security is not
consummated or a registration statement under the Securities Act with respect to resales of this
Security (the Shelf Registration Statement) is not declared effective by the Commission on or
prior to the 400th calendar day following June 30, 2011, in either case, in accordance
with the Registration Rights Agreement, the aforesaid interest rate borne by this Security shall be
increased by one-quarter of one percent per annum for the first 90 days following June 30, 2011.
Such interest rate shall increase by an additional one-quarter of one percent per annum thereafter,
up to a maximum aggregate increase of one half of one percent per annum. Subject to the terms of
the Registration Rights Agreement, upon consummation of the Exchange Offer or the effectiveness of
a Shelf Registration Statement, as the case may be, the interest rate borne by this Security shall
be reduced to 7.75% per annum.]***
If any interest has accrued on this Security in respect of any period prior to the issuance of
this Security, such interest shall be payable in respect of such period at the rate or rates borne
by the Predecessor Security surrendered in exchange for this Security from time to time during such
period. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment
Date shall, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or
one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record
Date for such interest, which shall be the January 1 or July 1 (whether or not a Business Day), as
the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so punctually
paid or duly provided for, and interest on such defaulted interest at the interest rate borne by
this Security, to the extent lawful, shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such
Regular Record Date, and may be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more
Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the
payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to
Holders of Securities not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or may be paid at
any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities
exchange on which the Securities may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such
exchange, all as more fully provided in the Indenture. Payment of the principal
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of and interest on this Security shall be made at the office or agency of the Company
maintained for that purpose in The City of New York, or at such other office or agency of the
Company as may be maintained for such purpose, in such coin or currency of the United States of
America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts;
provided, however, that payment of interest may be made at the option of the Company by check
mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear on the Security
Register.
Interest on the Securities shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day
months.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse
hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at
this place.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been duly executed by the Trustee referred
to on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Security shall not be entitled to any benefit
under the Indenture, or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed under its
corporate seal.
Section 203. Form of Reverse of Security.
This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company designated as its
7.75% Senior Notes due 2021 (herein called the Securities), which may be issued under an
indenture, dated as of June 30, 2011 (herein called the Indenture), among the Company, the
Guarantors named therein and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (herein called the
Trustee, which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), to which Indenture and
all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective
rights, limitations of rights, duties, obligations and immunities thereunder of the Company, the
Trustee, the holders of the Senior Indebtedness and the Holders of the Securities, and of the terms
upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Security is one of
the series designated on the face hereof, initially limited in aggregate principal amount to
$700,000,000; provided, however, that the Company may from time to time, without notice to or the
consent of the Holders of Securities, create and issue further Securities of this series (the
Additional Securities) having the same terms and ranking equally and ratably with the Securities
of this series in all respects and with the same CUSIP number as the Securities of this series, or
in all respects except for payment of interest accruing prior to the issue date of such Additional
Securities or except for the first payment of interest following the issue date of such Additional
Securities. Any Additional Securities shall be consolidated and form a single series with the
Securities and shall have the same terms as to status, redemption and otherwise as the Securities.
Any Additional Securities may be issued pursuant to authorization provided by a Board Resolution, a
supplement to the Indenture, or under an Officers Certificate pursuant to the
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Indenture. No Additional Securities may be issued if an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing with respect to the Securities of this series.
[This Security is exchangeable under certain circumstances as provided in the Indenture for
the Exchange Securities (as defined under the Indenture) issued under the Indenture. Unless the
context otherwise requires, the Securities and Exchange Securities shall constitute one series for
all purposes under the Indenture, including without limitation amendments and waivers.]*
On or after July 15, 2016, the Company may redeem Securities, at its option in whole or in
part at any time and from time to time, at the redemption prices (expressed as percentages of
principal amount) set forth below, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, to the applicable
Redemption Date, if redeemed during the twelve month period beginning on July 15 of the years
indicated below:
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Any redemption of this Security shall be made pursuant to the provisions of Sections 1101
through 1106 of the Indenture.
If an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, the principal of all the Securities may
be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.
This Security does not have the benefit of any sinking fund obligations.
The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and
the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders under
the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a
majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding. The Indenture
also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in aggregate principal
amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities,
to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past
defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by or on behalf of
the Holder of this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future
Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in
exchange herefor or in lieu hereof whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon
this Security.
No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or of the Indenture
shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and
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unconditional, to pay the principal of and interest on this Security at the times, place, and
rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the
transfer of this Security is registrable on the Security Register of the Company, upon surrender of
this Security for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company maintained for
such purpose in The City of New York, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of
transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the
Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Securities,
of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, shall be issued to the
designated transferee or transferees.
The Securities are issuable only in registered form without coupons in minimum denominations
of $2,000 and any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof. As provided in the Indenture and
subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the Securities are exchangeable for a like
aggregate principal amount of Securities of a different authorized denomination, as requested by
the Holder surrendering the same.
No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities,
but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to pay all documentary, stamp or similar
issue or transfer taxes or other governmental charges payable in connection with any registration
of transfer or exchange.
Prior to the time of due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer, the
Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name
this Security is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security be
overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any agent shall be affected by notice to the
contrary.
This Security shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of
New York, without regard to conflicts of laws principles thereof.
All terms used in this Security that are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings
assigned to them in the Indenture.
Certificate of Transfer**
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers this Security to
(Please typewrite or print name and taxpayer identification number)
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(Please typewrite or print address)
and hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints _______________________ his attorney to transfer
the same on the books of the Company, with full power of substitution in the premises.
In connection with any transfer of all or any portion of the Security evidenced by this
certificate for as long as such Security is a Restricted Security, the undersigned confirms that
such Security is being transferred:
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Unless one of the boxes above is checked, the Trustee shall refuse to register all or any
portion of the Security evidenced by this certificate in the name of any person other than the
registered holder thereof (or hereof); provided, however, that the Trustee may, in its sole
discretion, register the transfer of such Security if it has received such certifications, legal
opinions and/or other information as it has reasonably requested to confirm that such transfer is
being made pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration
requirements of the Securities Act.
NOTE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of
this Security in every particular, without alteration or enlargement, or any change whatever.
TO BE COMPLETED BY PURCHASER IF (a) ABOVE IS CHECKED:
The undersigned represents and warrants that it is purchasing this Security for its own
account or an account with respect to which it exercises sole investment discretion and that it and
any such account is a qualified institutional buyer within the meaning of Rule 144A under the
Securities Act and is aware that the sale to it is being made in reliance on Rule 144A and
acknowledges that it has received such information regarding the Company as the undersigned has
requested pursuant to Rule 144A (including the information specified in Rule 144(d)(4)) or has
determined not to request such information and that it is aware that the transferor is relying upon
the undersigneds foregoing representations in order to claim the exemption from registration
provided by Rule 144A.
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SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES FOR DEFINITIVE SECURITIES
The following exchanges of a part of this Security in global form for definitive Securities or
of definitive Securities for a part of this Security in global form have been made:
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Section 204. Form of Trustees Certificate of Authentication.
TRUSTEES CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Securities referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
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Section 205. Form of Legend on Restricted Securities.
During the period beginning on the Securities Issue Date with respect to a Security that is
not an Exchange Security and ending on the later of the date occurring one year after such date and
the date on which such Security is (a) freely transferable in accordance with Rule 144 by a person
that is not an affiliate (as defined in Rule 144) of the Company where no conditions under Rule
144 are then applicable (other than the holding period requirement of paragraph (d) of Rule 144 so
long as such holding period requirement is satisfied at such time of determination), (b) does not
bear any restrictive legends relating to the Securities Act and (c) does not bear a restrictive
CUSIP number, any such Security issued or owned during the period set forth above, as the case may
be, and any Security (other than an Exchange Security) issued upon registration of transfer of, or
in exchange for, or in lieu of, such Security shall be deemed a Restricted Security and shall be
subject to the restrictions on transfer provided in the legend set forth below; provided, however,
that the term Restricted Security shall not include (a) any Security which is issued upon
transfer of, or in exchange for, any Security which is not a Restricted Security, (b) any Security
(other than an Exchange Security) as to which such restrictions on transfer have been terminated in
accordance with Section 314 or (c) any Exchange
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Security issued pursuant to an Exchange Offer. Any Restricted Security shall bear a legend in
substantially the following form:
THE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED
(THE SECURITIES ACT), OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS. NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR ANY
INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN MAY BE REOFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED,
ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR UNLESS SUCH
TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT SUBJECT TO, REGISTRATION AS SET FORTH BELOW. BY ITS
ACQUISITION HEREOF, THE HOLDER (1) REPRESENTS THAT (A) IT IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL
BUYER (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (RULE 144A)), OR (B) IT IS NOT A
U.S. PERSON AND IS ACQUIRING THIS SECURITY IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION, (2) AGREES TO OFFER,
SELL, PLEDGE OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER SUCH SECURITY PRIOR TO THE DATE WHICH IS ONE YEAR AFTER
THE DATE OF ORIGINAL ISSUE HEREOF ONLY (A) TO THE COMPANY, (B) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION
STATEMENT WHICH HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) FOR SO LONG AS THE
SECURITIES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (RULE
144A) TO A PERSON IT REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER AS DEFINED IN
RULE 144A THAT PURCHASES FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL
BUYER TO WHOM NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (D)
OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES PURSUANT TO OFFERS AND SALES TO NON-U.S. PERSONS IN AN OFFSHORE
TRANSACTION PURSUANT TO REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE
REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 904 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR (E) PURSUANT TO ANOTHER AVAILABLE
EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT, SUBJECT TO THE COMPANYS
AND THE TRUSTEES RIGHT PRIOR TO ANY SUCH OFFER, SALE OR TRANSFER PURSUANT TO CLAUSE (D)
PRIOR TO THE END OF THE 40 DAYS DISTRIBUTION COMPLIANCE PERIOD WITHIN THE MEANING OF
REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT TO CLAUSE (E) TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF
AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, CERTIFICATION AND/OR OTHER INFORMATION SATISFACTORY TO EACH OF THEM.
Section 206. Form of Legend for Book-Entry Securities.
Any Global Security authenticated and delivered hereunder shall bear a legend (which would be
in addition to any other legends required in the case of a Restricted Security) 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
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NAME OF A DEPOSITORY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS
SECURITY MAY
NOT BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR A SECURITY REGISTERED, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS
SECURITY IN WHOLE OR IN PART MAY BE REGISTERED, IN THE NAME OF ANY PERSON OTHER THAN SUCH
DEPOSITORY OR ITS NOMINEE EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE.
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY
TRUST COMPANY (55 WATER STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10041) TO THE ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR
REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT AND SUCH CERTIFICATE ISSUED IN EXCHANGE FOR
THIS CERTIFICATE IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO., OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS REQUESTED BY
AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER
USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL, SINCE THE REGISTERED
OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
ARTICLE THREE
THE SECURITIES
Section 301. Title and Terms.
The aggregate principal amount of Initial Securities that may be authenticated and delivered
under this Indenture is limited to $700,000,000 and the aggregate principal amount of Exchange
Securities and Additional Securities is unlimited, except, in each case, for Securities
authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of,
other Securities pursuant to Section 303, 304, 305, 306 or 906.
The Securities shall be known and designated as the 7.75% Senior Notes due 2021 of the
Company. Their Stated Maturity shall be July 15, 2021, and they shall bear interest at the rate of
7.75% per annum (except as otherwise provided for in the form of Security) from the relevant
Securities Issue Date, or the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or
duly provided for on a given Security or a Security surrendered in exchange for such Security, as
the case may be, payable on the relevant Initial Interest Payment Date (as defined below) and
semiannually thereafter on January 15 and July 15 of each year and at said Stated Maturity, until
the principal thereof is paid or duly provided for. The term Initial Interest Payment Date means
(a) with respect to any Security other than the Initial Securities, the first January 15 or July 15
occurring after the Securities Issue Date for such Security and (b) with respect to each Initial
Security, January 15, 2012. The Initial Securities, the Exchange Securities and any Additional
Securities issued hereunder shall rank pari passu.
The principal of and interest on the Securities shall be payable at the office or agency of
the Company maintained for such purpose in The City of New York, or at such other office or agency
of the Company as may be maintained for such purpose; provided, however,
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that, at the option of the
Company, cash interest may be paid by check mailed to addresses of the Persons entitled thereto as
such addresses shall appear on the Security Register.
The Securities are subject to redemption at the option of the Company on terms and in the
manner set forth in Sections 1101 through 1107 hereof and the Securities are subject to repurchase
at the option of Holders on terms and in the manner set forth in Section 1108 hereof.
The Securities shall be senior unsecured obligations of the Company and shall rank pari passu
in right of payment with all existing and future unsubordinated indebtedness of the Company.
Section 302. Denominations.
The Securities shall be issuable only in registered form without coupons and only in minimum
denominations of $2,000 and any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof.
Section 303. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating.
The Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Company by any one of the following: its
Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, one of its Vice Chairmen, its President, one of its Vice
Presidents. The signature of any of these officers on the Securities may be manual or facsimile.
Securities bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who were at any time the
proper officers of the Company shall bind the Company, notwithstanding that such individuals or any
of them have ceased to hold such offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such
Securities or did not hold such offices at the date of such Securities.
The Trustee shall, except as set forth in the following sentences, upon Company Order)
authenticate and deliver (a) the Initial Securities for original issue in an aggregate principal
amount of up to $700,000,000, (b) the Exchange Securities for issue only in a registered Exchange
Offer pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement for a like principal amount of the Initial
Securities or Additional Securities, if any, and (c) Additional Securities as set forth below. In
connection with any surrender of a Security for registration of transfer pursuant to Section 305,
the Trustee shall, upon receipt of the surrendering Holders certificate of transfer in lieu of a
Company Order, authenticate and deliver Securities in aggregate principal amount equal to the
Securities so surrendered, in such denominations and registered in such names as such surrendering
Holder shall specify in such written instructions (and such Securities shall, if so specified in
such instructions, be issued in global form as a Rule 144A Global Security or a Regulation S Global
Security (each as defined below), registered in the name of the Depositary or the nominee of the
Depositary).
Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication.
No Security endorsed thereon shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be valid
or obligatory for any purpose unless there appears on such Security a certificate of authentication
substantially in the form provided for herein duly executed by the Trustee by
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manual signature of
one of its duly authorized signatories, and such certificate upon any Security shall be conclusive
evidence, and the only evidence, that such Security has been duly authenticated and delivered
hereunder and is entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.
In case the Company, pursuant to Article Eight, shall be consolidated or merged with or into
any other Person or shall convey, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of substantially all of its
properties and assets to any Person, and the successor Person resulting from such consolidation, or
surviving such merger, or into which the Company shall have been merged, or the successor Person
which shall have received a conveyance, transfer, Lease or other disposition as aforesaid, shall
have executed an indenture supplemental hereto with the Trustee pursuant to Article Eight, any of
the Securities authenticated or delivered prior to such consolidation, merger, conveyance,
transfer, Lease or other disposition may, from time to time, at the request of the successor
Person, be exchanged for other Securities executed in the name of the successor Person with such
changes in phraseology and form as may be appropriate, but otherwise in substance of like tenor as
the Securities surrendered for such exchange and of like principal amount; and the Trustee, upon
written order of the successor Person, shall authenticate and deliver Securities as specified in
such request for the purpose of such exchange. If Securities shall at any time be authenticated
and delivered in any new name of a successor Person pursuant to this Section 303 in exchange or
substitution for or upon registration of transfer of any Securities, such successor Person, at the
option of any Holder but without expense to such Holder, shall provide for the exchange of all
Securities at the time Outstanding held by such Holder for Securities authenticated and delivered
in such new name.
Except as described below, the Securities shall be deposited with, or on behalf of, the
Depository, and registered in the name of the Depository or the nominee of the Depository in the
form of one or more global note certificates (each a Rule 144A Global Security), for credit to
the respective accounts of the beneficial owners of the Securities represented thereby. The Rule
144A Global Securities shall bear the legend set forth in Section 206 and, in the case of
Restricted Securities, the legend set forth in Section 205.
Securities purchased by persons outside the United States pursuant to sales in accordance with
Regulation S under the Securities Act shall be deposited with, or on behalf of, the Depository, and
registered in the name of the Depository or the nominee of the Depository in the form of one or
more global note certificates (each a Regulation S Global Security), for credit to the respective
accounts of the beneficial owners of the Securities represented thereby (or such other accounts as
they may direct). Securities represented by a Regulation S Global Security shall not be
exchangeable for Securities in registered definitive form (each a Physical Security) until the
expiration of the 40-day restricted period within the meaning of Rule 903(c)(3) of Regulation S
under the Securities Act. During this 40-day restricted period, Regulation S Global Securities may
only be held through Euroclear System and Clearstream Banking, S.A., unless transferred to a person
that takes delivery through a Rule 144A Global Security. The Regulation S Global Securities shall
bear the legend set forth in Section 206 and, in the case of Restricted Securities, the legend set
forth in Section 205.
The two paragraphs immediately preceding shall not have effect until such time as the Trustee
shall be instructed (in a Company Order or in a Holders instruction upon surrender for
registration of transfer) to register the transfer of the Initial Securities upon surrender thereof
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as a Rule 144A Global Security or a Regulation S Global Security, and until such time the Initial
Securities shall be issued in certificated form in such denominations and registered in the name of
such Holders as shall be set forth in a Company Order (with respect to the initial
authentication and delivery of the Initial Securities) or in a Holders certificate of
transfer upon surrender for registration of transfer, as set forth in this Section 303.
The Company may, subject to Article Ten of this Indenture and applicable law, issue under this
Indenture Additional Securities and Exchange Securities therefor; provided, however, that the
Company may not issue any Additional Securities if an Event of Default with respect to any
Outstanding Securities shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of such issuance. All
Securities issued under this Indenture shall be treated as a single class for all purposes under
this Indenture.
Section 304. Temporary Securities.
Pending the preparation of definitive Securities, the Company may execute, and upon Company
Order the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, temporary Securities which are typewritten,
printed, lithographed, engraved or otherwise produced or produced by any combination of these
methods, in any authorized denomination, substantially of the tenor of the definitive Securities in
lieu of which they are issued and with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and
other variations as the officers executing such Securities may determine, as conclusively evidenced
by their execution of such Securities.
If temporary Securities are issued, the Company shall cause definitive Securities to be
prepared without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of definitive Securities, the temporary
Securities shall be exchangeable for definitive Securities upon surrender of the temporary
Securities at the office or agency of the Company designated for such purpose pursuant to Section
1002, without charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary
Securities, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange
therefor a like principal amount of definitive Securities of authorized denominations. Until so
exchanged, the temporary Securities shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under
this Indenture as definitive Securities.
Section 305. Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange.
The Company shall cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee a register
(the register maintained in such office and in any other office or agency designated pursuant to
Section 1002 being herein sometimes referred to as the Security Register) in which, subject to
such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall provide for the registration of
Securities and of transfers of Securities. The Trustee is hereby initially appointed Security
Registrar for the purpose of registering Securities and transfers of Securities as herein
provided. Such Security Register shall distinguish between Initial Securities, Exchange Securities
and Additional Securities.
Except as otherwise described in this Article Three, upon surrender for registration of
transfer of any Security at the office or agency of the Company designated pursuant to Section 1002
for such purpose, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall
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authenticate and deliver, in the
name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Securities of any authorized
denomination or denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount.
At the option of the Holder, Securities may be exchanged for other Securities of any
authorized denomination or denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount upon surrender of
the Securities to be exchanged at such office or agency. Whenever any Securities are so
surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver, the Securities which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive; provided that
no exchange of Initial Securities or Additional Securities for Exchange Securities shall occur
until an Exchange Offer Registration Statement shall have been declared effective by the
Commission, the Trustee shall have received an Officers Certificate confirming that the Exchange
Offer Registration Statement has been declared effective by the Commission and the Initial
Securities or Additional Securities to be exchanged for the Exchange Securities shall be canceled
by the Trustee.
All Securities issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities shall be the
valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt, and (subject to the provisions in the
Initial Securities regarding the payment of additional interest) entitled to the same benefits
under this Indenture, as the Securities surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.
Every Security presented or surrendered for registration of transfer, or for exchange, shall
(if so required by the Company or the Security Registrar) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a
written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar, duly
executed by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing.
Every Restricted Security shall be subject to, and no transfer shall be made other than in
accordance with, the restrictions on transfer provided in the legend set forth on the form of the
face of each Restricted Security and the restrictions set forth in this Article Three, and the
Holder of each Restricted Security, by such Holders acceptance thereof, agrees to be bound by such
restrictions on transfer.
The Security Registrar shall notify the Company of any proposed transfer of a Restricted
Security to any Person.
No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities,
but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to pay all documentary, stamp or similar
issue or transfer taxes or other governmental charges that may be imposed in connection with any
registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, other than exchanges pursuant to Section 303,
304 or 906 not involving any transfer.
The Company shall not be required to issue, register the transfer of or exchange any Security
during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before an Interest Payment Date and
ending on the close of business on such Interest Payment Date.
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The Trustee shall have no obligation or duty to monitor, determine or inquire as to compliance
with any restrictions on transfer imposed under this Indenture or under applicable law with respect
to any transfer of any interest in any Security (including any transfers between or among Agent
Members or beneficial owners of interests in any Global Security) other than to
require delivery of such certificates and other documentation or evidence as are expressly
required by, and to do so if and when expressly required by the terms of, this Indenture, and to
examine the same to determine substantial compliance as to form with the express requirements
hereof.
Section 306. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities.
If (a) any mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee, or (b) the Company and the
Trustee receive evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Security,
and there is delivered to the Company and the Trustee such security or indemnity satisfactory to
them to save each of them and any agent 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 Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in exchange for
any such mutilated Security or in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen Security, a
replacement Security 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 replacement
Security, pay such Security.
Upon the issuance of any replacement Securities under this Section 306, the Company may
require the payment of a sum sufficient to pay all documentary, stamp or similar issue or transfer
taxes or other governmental charges that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses
(including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected therewith.
Every replacement Security issued pursuant to this Section 306 in lieu of any destroyed, lost
or stolen Security shall constitute a 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 benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other
Securities duly issued hereunder.
The provisions of this Section 306 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 307. Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved.
Interest on any Security which is payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided for, on any
Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name that Security (or one or more
Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such
interest.
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Any interest on any Security which is payable, but is not punctually paid or duly provided
for, on any Interest Payment Date and interest on such defaulted interest at the interest rate
borne by the Securities, to the extent lawful (such defaulted interest and interest thereon herein
collectively called Defaulted Interest), shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on the
relevant Regular Record Date by virtue of having been such Holder; and such Defaulted
Interest may be paid by the Company, at its election in each case, as provided in Subsection
(a) or (b) below:
(a) The Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest to the Persons in
whose names the Securities (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at
the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest,
which shall be fixed in the following manner. The Company shall notify the Trustee in
writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each Security and the
date of the proposed payment, and at the same time the Company shall deposit with the
Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of
such Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such
deposit prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held in
trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest as in this
Subsection provided. Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a Special Record Date for the payment
of such Defaulted Interest that shall be not more than 15 days and not less than 10 days
prior to the date of the proposed payment and not less than 10 days after the receipt by the
Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment. The Trustee shall promptly notify the
Company of such Special Record Date. In the name and at the expense of the Company, the
Trustee shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the
Special Record Date therefor to be mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder at
his address as it appears in the Security Register, not less than 10 days prior to such
Special Record Date. Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the
Special Record Date therefor having been so mailed, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to
the Persons in whose names the Securities (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are
registered at the close of business on such Special Record Date and shall no longer be
payable pursuant to the following Subsection (b).
(b) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest in any other lawful manner
not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Securities
may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, if, after notice
given by the Company to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this Subsection,
such payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.
Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section 307, each Security delivered under this
Indenture upon registration of transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu of any other Security
shall carry the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such
other Security.
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Section 308. Persons Deemed Owners.
Prior to the time of due presentment for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee
and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name any Security is
registered as the owner of such Security for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and
(subject to Section 307) interest on such Security and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether
or not such Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company
or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
Section 309. Cancellation.
All Securities surrendered for payment, registration of transfer or exchange shall, if
surrendered to any Person other than the Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee and shall be promptly
canceled by it. The Company may at any time deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any Securities
previously authenticated and delivered hereunder which the Company may have acquired in any manner
whatsoever, and all Securities so delivered shall be promptly canceled by the Trustee. No
Securities shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Securities canceled as provided
in this Section 309, except as expressly permitted by this Indenture. All canceled Securities held
by the Trustee shall be disposed of by the Trustee in accordance with its customary procedures.
Section 310. Computation of Interest.
Interest on the Securities shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day
months.
Section 311. Registration Rights of Holders of Initial Securities.
Pursuant to the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement, Holders of Initial Securities and
Additional Securities, if applicable, shall be entitled to the benefits of the Registration Rights
Agreement.
Section 312. ISIN and CUSIP Numbers.
The Company in issuing the Securities may use ISIN and CUSIP numbers (if then generally in
use) in addition to serial numbers, and, if so, the Trustee shall use such ISIN and CUSIP
numbers in addition to serial numbers in notices of repurchase 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 repurchase and
that reliance may be placed only on the serial or other identification numbers printed on the
Securities, and any such repurchase shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such
ISIN or CUSIP numbers. The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee in writing of any change
in the ISIN or CUSIP numbers.
Section 313. Book-Entry Provisions for Global Securities.
(a) The Global Securities initially shall (i) be registered in the name of the Depository or
the nominee of such Depository, (ii) be delivered to the Trustee as custodian for
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such Depository
and (iii) bear legends as set forth in Section 206 and, in the case of Restricted Securities in the
form of Global Securities, Section 205.
Members of, or participants in, the Depository (Agent Members) shall have no rights under
this Indenture with respect to any Global Security held on their behalf by the Depository, or the
Trustee as its custodian, or under the Global Security, and the Depository may be treated by the
Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee as the absolute owner of the
Global Security for all purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing, 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 the Depository or impair, as between the Depository and its Agent Members, the
operation of customary practices governing the exercise of the rights of a Holder of any Security.
(b) Transfers of Global Securities shall be limited to transfers in whole, but not in part, to
the Depository, its successors or their respective nominees. Interests of beneficial owners in a
Rule 144A Global Security may be transferred or exchanged for interests in a Regulation S Global
Security, and interests of beneficial owners in a Regulation S Global Security may be transferred
or exchanged for interests in a Rule 144A Global Security, in each case in accordance with the
rules and procedures of the Depository and the provisions of Section 314. Interests of beneficial
owners in the Global Securities may be transferred or exchanged for Physical Securities in
accordance with the rules and procedures of the Depository and the provisions of Section 314.
In addition, Physical Securities shall be transferred to all beneficial owners in exchange for
their beneficial interests in a Global Security if (i) the Depository (x) notifies the Company that
it is unwilling or unable to continue as a depository for such Global Security or (y) if at any
time the Depository ceases to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act and, in either
case, a successor depository is not appointed by the Company within 90 days, (ii) there shall have
occurred and be continuing an Event of Default with respect to the Securities represented by such
Global Security and the Trustee has received a written request from the Depository or (iii) the
Company at any time notifies the Trustee, in writing, that it elects not to have Securities
represented by a Global Security.
Except as provided above, any Security authenticated and delivered upon registration of
transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, any Global Security, whether pursuant to this
Section 313, Section 304, 305, 306 or 906 or otherwise, shall also be a Global Security and bear
the legend specified in Section 206.
(c) In connection with any transfer or exchange of a portion of the beneficial interest in any
Global Security to beneficial owners pursuant to paragraph (b), the Security Registrar shall (if
one or more Physical Securities are to be issued) reflect on its books and records the date and a
decrease in the principal amount of the Global Security in an amount equal to the principal amount
of the beneficial interest in the Global Security to be transferred, and the Company shall execute,
and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, one or more Physical Securities of like tenor and
principal amount of authorized denominations.
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(d) In connection with the transfer of Global Securities as an entirety to beneficial owners
pursuant to paragraph (b), the Global Securities shall be deemed to be surrendered to the Trustee
for cancellation, and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, to
each beneficial owner identified by the Depository in exchange for its beneficial interest in the
Global Securities, an equal aggregate principal amount of Physical Securities of like tenor of
authorized denominations.
(e) Any Physical Security delivered in exchange for an interest in a Global Security pursuant
to paragraph (b) or (c) of this Section 313 shall, except as otherwise provided
by clause (i)(x) of paragraph (a) and by paragraph (e) of Section 314, bear the legend set
forth in Section 205.
(f) The Holder of any Global Security may grant proxies and otherwise authorize any person,
including Agent Members and persons that may hold interests through Agent Members, to take any
action that a Holder is entitled to take under this Indenture or the Securities.
Section 314. Special Transfer Provisions.
(a) Transfers to Non-U.S. Persons. The following provisions shall apply with respect
to the registration of any proposed transfer of a Restricted Security to any non-U.S. person:
(i) the Security Registrar shall register the transfer of any Restricted Security if
(x) the requested transfer is not prior to the later of the date which is one year (or such
other period as may be prescribed by Rule 144 under the Securities Act or any successor
provision thereunder) after the later of the original issue date of such Security (or of any
Predecessor Security) or the date on which such Security is (a) freely transferable in
accordance with Rule 144 by a person that is not an affiliate (as defined in Rule 144) of
the Company where no conditions under Rule 144 are then applicable (other than the holding
period requirement of paragraph (d) of Rule 144 so long as such holding period requirement
is satisfied at such time of determination), (b) does not bear any restrictive legends
relating to the Securities Act and (c) does not bear a restrictive CUSIP number or (y) the
proposed transferee has checked the box provided for on the form of Security stating, and
has provided to the Security Registrar such certifications, opinions and other information
as the Security Registrar may (and, if so directed by the Company, shall) require, stating
that such Security is being transferred pursuant to offers and sales to non-U.S. persons
that occur outside the United States within the meaning of Regulation S under the Securities
Act; and
(ii) the Security Registrar shall register the transfer of any Restricted Security if
the proposed transferor is an Agent Member holding a beneficial interest in a Rule 144A
Global Security, upon receipt by the Security Registrar of (x) the certificate stating that
such Security is being transferred pursuant to offers and sales to non-U.S. Persons that
occur outside the United States in compliance with Rule 903 or 904 of Regulation S under the
Securities Act and (y) instructions given in accordance with the Depositorys and the
Security Registrars procedures;
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whereupon the Security Registrar shall reflect on its books and records the date of such transfer
and (A) (if the transfer involves a transfer of a beneficial interest in a Rule 144A Global
Security) a decrease in the principal amount of such Rule 144A Global Security in an amount equal
to the principal amount to be transferred and (B) an increase in the principal amount of a
Regulation S Global Security in an amount equal to the principal amount to be transferred.
(b) Transfers to QIBs. The following provisions shall apply with respect to the
registration of any proposed transfer of a Restricted Security to a person purporting to be a QIB
(excluding transfers to non-U.S. persons):
(i) the Security Registrar shall register the transfer of any Restricted Security if
such transfer is being made by a proposed transferor who has checked the box provided for on
the form of Security stating, or who has otherwise advised the Company and the Security
Registrar in writing, that the transfer has been made in compliance with the exemption from
registration under the Securities Act provided under Rule 144A to a transferee who has
signed the certification provided for on the form of Security stating, or has otherwise
advised the Company and the Security Registrar in writing, that such transferee represents
and warrants that it is purchasing the Security for its own account or an account with
respect to which it exercises sole investment discretion and that each of it and any such
account is a QIB within the meaning of Rule 144A and is aware that the sale to it is being
made in reliance on Rule 144A and acknowledges that it has received such information
regarding the Company as it has requested pursuant to Rule 144A or has determined not to
request such information and that it is aware that the transferor is relying upon the
foregoing representations in order to claim the exemption from registration provided by Rule
144A; and
(ii) the Security Registrar shall register the transfer of any Restricted Security if
the proposed transferee is an Agent Member, and the Securities to be transferred consist of
Physical Securities which after transfer are to be evidenced by an interest in the Rule 144A
Global Security, upon receipt by the Security Registrar of instructions given in accordance
with the Depositorys and the Security Registrars procedures, the Security Registrar shall
reflect on the Security Register the date and an increase in the principal amount of the
Rule 144A Global Security in an amount equal to the principal amount of the Physical
Securities to be transferred, and the Trustee shall cancel the Physical Securities so
transferred.
(c) Transfers during the 40-day Restricted Period. The following provisions shall
apply with respect to the exchange of beneficial interests in the Regulation S Global Securities
for beneficial interests in the Rule 144A Global Securities prior to the expiration of the 40-day
restricted period:
(i) the requested transfer is not prior to the later of (a) the date which is one year
(or such other period as may be prescribed by Rule 144 under the Securities Act or any
successor provision thereunder) after the later of the original issue date of such Security
(or of any Predecessor Security) and (b) the date on which such Security is (I) freely
transferable in accordance with Rule 144 by a person that is not an affiliate (as defined
in Rule 144) of the Company where no conditions under Rule 144 are then
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applicable (other
than the holding period requirement of paragraph (d) of Rule 144 so long as such holding
period requirement is satisfied at such time of determination), (II) does not bear any
restrictive legends relating to the Securities Act and (III) does not bear a restrictive
CUSIP number; and
(ii) the transferor delivers to the Security Registrar a written certificate that the
Securities are being transferred to a Person (a) who the transferor reasonable believes to
be a QIB, (b) who represents and warrants that it is purchasing the Security for its own
account or an account with respect to which it exercises sole investment discretion and that
it and any such account is a QIB within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act
and is aware that the sale to it is being made in reliance on Rule 144A and acknowledges
that it has received such information regarding the Company as the undersigned has requested
pursuant to Rule 144A (including the information specified in Rule 144(d)(4)) or has
determined not to request such information and that it is aware that the transferor is
relying upon the undersigneds foregoing representations in order to claim the exemption
from registration provided by Rule 144A and (c) in accordance with all applicable securities
laws of the states of the United States and other jurisdictions.
(d) Other Transfers. If a Holder proposes to transfer a Security pursuant to any
exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act other than as provided for by
Sections 314(a) and 314(b), the Security Registrar shall only register such transfer or exchange if
such transferor delivers to the Security Registrar and the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel
satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar that such transfer is in compliance with the
Securities Act and the terms of this Indenture; provided that the Company may, based upon the
opinion of its counsel, instruct the Security Registrar by a Company Order not to register such
transfer in any case where the proposed transferee is not a QIB or a non-U.S. person.
(e) Private Placement Legend. Upon the registration of transfer, exchange or
replacement of Restricted Securities, the Security Registrar shall deliver only Securities that
bear the legend set forth in Section 205 unless the circumstances contemplated by clause (a)(1)(x)
of this Section 314 exist. By its acceptance of any Security bearing the legend set forth in
Section 205, each Holder of such a Security acknowledges the restrictions on transfer of such
Security set forth in this Indenture and in such legend and agrees that it shall transfer such
Security only as provided in this Indenture.
The Security Registrar shall retain copies of all letters, notices and other written
communications received pursuant to Section 313 or this Section 314 for a period of two years,
after which time such letters, notices and other written communications shall at the written
request of the Company be delivered to the Company. The Company shall have the right to inspect
and make copies of all such letters, notices or other written communications at any reasonable time
upon the giving of reasonable prior written notice to the Security Registrar.
(f) Termination of Restrictions. The restrictions imposed by this Section 314 upon
the transferability of any particular Restricted Security shall cease and terminate (i) on the
later of the date occurring one year after the Securities Issue Date with respect to such
Restricted Security (or any Predecessor Security of such Restricted Security) and the date on which
such
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Security is (a) freely transferable in accordance with Rule 144 by a person that is not an
affiliate (as defined in Rule 144) of the Company where no conditions under Rule 144 are then
applicable (other than the holding period requirement of paragraph (d) of Rule 144 so long as such
holding period requirement is satisfied at such time of determination), (b) does not bear any
restrictive legends relating to the Securities Act and (c) does not bear a restrictive CUSIP number
or (ii) (if earlier) if and when such Restricted Security has been sold pursuant to an
effective registration statement under the Securities Act. Any Restricted Security as to which
such restrictions on transfer shall have expired in accordance with their terms or shall have
terminated may, upon surrender of such Restricted Security for exchange to the Trustee or any
transfer agent in accordance with the provisions of Section 305, be exchanged for a new Initial
Security or any Additional Security, as the case may be, of like tenor and aggregate principal
amount, which shall not bear the restrictive legend required by Section 205. The Company shall
inform the Trustee in writing of (i) the effective date of any registration statement registering
the Initial Securities or any Additional Security, as the case may be, under the Securities Act and
(ii) the date which is one year after the last date on which the Company or any Affiliate of the
Company was the owner of a Restricted Security in the event that an Exchange Offer has not been
consummated.
ARTICLE FOUR
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
Section 401. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.
This Indenture shall, upon Company Request, cease to be of further effect (except as to
surviving rights of registration of transfer or exchange of Securities herein expressly provided
for) and the Trustee, on demand of and at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper
instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, when
(i) all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than (A)
Securities which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been replaced or
paid as provided in Section 306 and (B) Securities for whose payment money has
theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Company
and thereafter repaid to the Company or discharged from such trust, as provided in
Section 1003) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or
(ii) all such Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation
(A) have become due and payable, or
(B) shall become due and payable within one year,
and the Company, in the case of subclauses (A) or (B) above, has irrevocably
deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust for the
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purpose an amount sufficient to pay and discharge 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) or to the Stated Maturity;
(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 606 and, if money shall have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to
subclause (ii) of Subsection (a) of this Section 401, the obligations of the Trustee under Section
402 and the last paragraph of Section 1003 shall survive such satisfaction and discharge.
Section 402. Application of Trust Money.
Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 1003, all money deposited with the
Trustee pursuant to Section 401 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 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 the Trustee.
ARTICLE FIVE
REMEDIES
Section 501. Events of Default.
An Event of Default occurs if:
(a) the Company defaults in the payment of interest on any Security when the same
becomes due and payable and such default continues for a period of 30 days;
(b) the Company defaults in the payment of the principal of any Security when the same
becomes due and payable at maturity, upon acceleration or otherwise;
(c) the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary fails to comply with any of its other
agreements or covenants in, or provisions of, the Securities or this Indenture, and the
Default continues for the period and after the notice, if any, specified below;
(d) a default occurs under any mortgage, indenture or instrument under which there may
be issued or by which there may be secured or evidenced any Indebtedness for money borrowed
by the Company or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries (or the payment of
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which is Guaranteed
by the Company or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries), whether such Indebtedness or
guarantee now exists or shall be created hereafter (but excluding any Indebtedness for the
deferred purchase price of property or services owed to the Person providing such property
or services as to which the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary is contesting its
obligation to pay the same in good faith and by proper
proceedings and for which the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary has established
appropriate reserves), and (i) either (A) such event of default results from the failure to
pay any such Indebtedness at final maturity or (B) as a result of such event of default the
maturity of such Indebtedness has been accelerated prior to its expressed maturity and (ii)
the principal amount of such Indebtedness equals $25.0 million or more or, together with the
principal amount of any such Indebtedness in default for failure to pay principal at
maturity or the maturity of which has been so accelerated, aggregates $25.0 million or more;
(e) a final judgment or final judgments for the payment of money are entered by a court
or courts of competent jurisdiction against the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary and
either (i) an enforcement proceeding shall have been commenced by any creditor upon such
judgment or (ii) such judgment remains undischarged and unbonded for a period (during which
execution shall not be effectively stayed) of 60 days, provided that the aggregate of all
such judgments exceeds $25.0 million;
(f) except as permitted by this Indenture, the Note Guarantee of any Subsidiary that is
not an Insignificant Subsidiary shall be held in any judicial proceeding to be unenforceable
or invalid or shall cease for any reason to be in full force and effect or any such
Guarantor, or any Person acting on behalf of any such Guarantor, shall deny or disaffirm in
writing its obligations under its Note Guarantee;
(g) the Company, any Guarantor that is not an Insignificant Subsidiary or any
Significant Subsidiary (or any Restricted Subsidiaries that together would constitute a
Significant Subsidiary) pursuant to or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law:
(i) commences a voluntary case or proceeding;
(ii) consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary
case or proceeding;
(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) admits in writing that it generally is unable to pay its debts as the same
become due; or
(h) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any Bankruptcy
Law that:
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(i) is for relief against the Company, any Guarantor that is not an
Insignificant Subsidiary or any Significant Subsidiary (or any Restricted
Subsidiaries that together would constitute a Significant Subsidiary), in an
involuntary case or proceeding;
(ii) appoints a Custodian of the Company, any Guarantor that is not an
Insignificant Subsidiary or any Significant Subsidiary (or any Restricted
Subsidiaries that together would constitute a Significant Subsidiary) or for all or
substantially all of the property of the Company, any Guarantor that is not an
Insignificant Subsidiary or any Significant Subsidiary (or any Restricted
Subsidiaries that together would constitute a Significant Subsidiary); or
(iii) orders the liquidation of the Company, any Guarantor that is not an
Insignificant Subsidiary or any Significant Subsidiary (or any Restricted
Subsidiaries that together would constitute a Significant Subsidiary);
and in each case the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 60 days.
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,
sequestrator or similar official under any Bankruptcy Law.
A Default under Section 501(c) is not an Event of Default until the Trustee notifies the
Company in writing, or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Securities then
Outstanding notify the Company and the Trustee in writing, of the Default, and the Company does not
cure the Default within 60 days (30 days in the case of a Default under Section 801, 1003, 1014 or
1015) after receipt of the notice. The notice must specify the Default, demand that it be remedied
and state that the notice is a Notice of Default. Such notice to the Company shall be given by
the Trustee if so requested in writing by the Holders of 25% of the principal amount of the
Securities then Outstanding.
Section 502. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission.
If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in Section 501(g) or (h))
occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% of the principal amount of the
Securities then Outstanding, voting together as a single class, by written notice to the Company
and the agents, if any, under the Credit Agreement (and to the Trustee if such notice is given by
the Holders), may, and the Trustee at the request of such Holders shall, declare all unpaid
principal of and accrued interest on all the Securities to be due and payable, as specified below.
Upon a declaration of acceleration, such principal and accrued interest shall be due and payable 10
days after receipt by the Company of such written notice given hereunder. If an Event of Default
specified in Section 501(g) or (h) with respect to the Company occurs, the amounts described above
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. Upon payment of such principal and interest, all of the
Companys obligations under the Securities and this Indenture, other than obligations under Section
606, shall terminate.
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The Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Securities then Outstanding,
voting together as a single class, by written notice to the Trustee, may rescind an acceleration
and its consequences if (i) all existing Events of Default, other than the non-payment of principal
of or interest on the Securities which have become due solely because
of the acceleration, have been cured or waived and (ii) the rescission would not conflict with
any judgment or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction.
Notwithstanding the preceding paragraph, in the event of a declaration of acceleration in
respect of the Securities because an Event of Default specified in Section 501(d) shall have
occurred and be continuing, such declaration of acceleration shall be automatically annulled if the
Indebtedness that is the subject of such Event of Default has been discharged or the holders
thereof have rescinded their declaration of acceleration in respect of such Indebtedness, and
written notice of such discharge or rescission, as the case may be, shall have been given to the
Trustee by the Company and countersigned by the holders of such Indebtedness or a trustee,
fiduciary or agent for such holders, within 30 days after such declaration of acceleration in
respect of the Securities, and no other Event of Default has occurred during such 30-day period
which has not been cured or waived during such period.
Notices by the Trustee to the agents under the Credit Agreement provided for herein shall be
delivered or mailed to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Loan and Agency Services Group 1111 Fannin,
10th Floor, Houston, Texas 77002, Attention: Yi-Chun Kuo, Facsimile No.: (713) 750-2878
and e-mail Address: yi-chun.kuo@jpmorgan.com, with a copy to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., 383 Madison
Avenue, New York, New York 10179, Attention: John Kowalczuk, Facsimile No.: (212) 270-5127 and
E-mail Address: john.kowalczuk@jpmorgan.com; and to any other person who hereafter becomes an agent
under the Credit Agreement, provided the Trustee has been notified by the Company or the agents
under the Credit Agreement of the names and mailing addresses of such persons.
Section 503. 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 the principal of any Security at the Maturity
thereof,
the Company shall, 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,
with interest upon the overdue principal and, to the extent that payment of such interest shall be
legally enforceable, upon overdue installments of interest, at the rate borne by the Securities;
and, in addition thereto, such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and
expenses of collection, including the compensation, reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances
of the Trustee, its agents and counsel.
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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 and may prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree, and may
enforce the same against the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities and collect the
moneys adjudged or decreed to be payable in the manner provided by
law out of the property of the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities, wherever
situated.
If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may proceed to protect and
enforce its rights and the rights of the Holders under this Indenture by such appropriate private
or judicial proceedings necessary to protect and enforce such rights.
Section 504. 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 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 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
this Indenture.
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 proposal, plan of reorganization, arrangement,
adjustment or composition or other similar arrangement 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 505. 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 and 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 506. Application of Money Collected.
Any money collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article 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 under this Indenture;
SECOND: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid upon the Securities for
principal and interest, 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; and
THIRD: The balance, if any, to the Company.
Section 507. Limitation on Suits.
No Holder of any Securities shall have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or
otherwise, with respect to this Indenture or the Securities, 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;
(b) the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Securities then
Outstanding, voting together as a single class, 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 reasonably
satisfactory to it 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
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(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;
it being understood and intended that no one or more 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 Holders, or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference
over any other Holders or to enforce any right under this Indenture except in the manner
provided in this Indenture and for the equal and ratable benefit of all the Holders (it being
understood that the Trustee does not have an affirmative duty to ascertain whether or not such
actions or forbearances are unduly prejudicial to such Holders).
Section 508. 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 (subject
to Section 307) interest on such Security on the respective due dates expressed in such Security
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 509. 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 the
Company, the Trustee and the Holders shall, subject to any determination in such proceeding, 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 510. Rights and Remedies Cumulative.
Except as provided in Section 306, 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 511. Delay or Omission Not Waiver.
No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of any Security 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.
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Section 512. Control by Holders.
The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities then Outstanding, voting
together as a single class, 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, provided that
(a) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this Indenture
or expose the Trustee to personal liability, and
(b) subject to the provisions of Trust Indenture Act Section 315, the Trustee may take
any other action deemed proper by the Trustee that is not inconsistent with such direction.
Section 513. Waiver of Past Defaults.
The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities then Outstanding, voting
together as a single class, may on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities waive any past
Default or Event of Default hereunder and its consequences, except a Default or Event of Default
(a) in the payment of the principal of or interest on any Security, or
(b) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which under Article Nine cannot be
modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected.
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 514. 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 and expenses, 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 514 shall not apply 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 Securities then Outstanding, voting together as a single
class, 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 respective Stated Maturities expressed in such
Security; provided that neither this Section 514 nor the Trust Indenture Act
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shall be deemed to
authorize any court to require such an undertaking or to make such an assessment in any suit
instituted by the Company.
Section 515. Waiver of Stay, Extension or Usury Laws.
The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it shall not at any time
insist upon, or 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; and the Company
(to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any
such law, and covenants that it shall not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein
granted to the Trustee, but shall suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no
such law had been enacted.
ARTICLE SIX
THE TRUSTEE
Section 601. Certain Duties and Responsibilities.
(a) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default,
(i) the Trustee undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are
specifically set forth in this Indenture, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be
read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and
(ii) in the absence of willful misconduct or gross negligence 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; but in the case of any such certificates or opinions
which by any provision hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, the
Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the same 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 stated therein).
(b) In case 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.
(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 Subsection shall not be construed to limit the effect of clause (a) of this
Section 601;
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(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;
(iii) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken or omitted to be
taken by it in good faith in accordance with the direction of the Holders of a majority in
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities 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; and
(iv) 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.
(d) 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 602. Certain Rights of Trustee.
Subject to the provisions of Trust Indenture Act Sections 315(a) through 315(d):
(a) the Trustee may conclusively rely 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 (whether in its original or facsimile form) 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
of the Company 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, rely upon an Officers Certificate;
(d) the Trustee may consult with counsel of its selection and the advice of such
counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in
respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in
reliance thereon;
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(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
reasonably satisfactory to it 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 expense 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;
(h) the Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken, suffered, or omitted to be
taken by it in good faith and reasonably believed by it to be authorized or within the
discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it by this Indenture;
(i) in no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for special, indirect,
punitive or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including, but not limited
to, loss of profit) irrespective of whether the Trustee has been advised of the likelihood
of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action;
(j) the Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice of any Default or Event of Default
unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge thereof or unless written
notice of any event which is in fact such a default is received by the Trustee at the
Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and such notice references the Securities and this
Indenture;
(k) 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;
(l) the Trustee shall not be required to give any bond or surety in respect of the
performance of its powers and duties hereunder; and
(m) the Trustee may request that the Company deliver a certificate setting forth the
names of individuals and/or titles of officers authorized at such time to take specified
actions pursuant to this Indenture.
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FORM OF INCUMBENCY CERTIFICATE
The undersigned, ____________, being the ____________ of ____________ (the Company) does
hereby certify that the individuals listed below are qualified and acting officers of the Company
as set forth in the right column opposite their respective names and the signatures appearing in
the extreme right column opposite the name of each such officer is a true specimen of the genuine
signature of such officer and such individuals have the authority to execute documents to be
delivered to, or upon the request of, _______________________, as
Trustee (the Trustee) under the Indenture dated as of _________ __, 20__, by and between the
Company and the Trustee.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has duly executed and delivered this Certificate as of the
____ day of ________, 20_.
Section 603. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities.
The recitals contained herein and in the Securities, except the Trustees certificates of
authentication, shall be taken as the statements of the Company, and the Trustee 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 shall not be accountable for the
use or application by the Company of Securities or the proceeds thereof, except that the Trustee
represents that it is duly authorized to execute and deliver this Indenture, authenticate the
Securities and perform its obligations hereunder and that the statements to be made by it in a
Statement of Eligibility on Form T-1 supplied to the Company are true and accurate, subject to the
qualifications set forth therein.
Section 604. May Hold Securities.
The Trustee, any Paying Agent, Security Registrar or any other agent of the Company, in its
individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and, subject to
Trust Indenture Act Sections 310(b) and 311, may otherwise deal with the Company with the same
rights it would have if it were not Trustee, Paying Agent, Security Registrar or such other agent.
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Section 605. Money Held in Trust.
Money held by the Trustee in trust hereunder need not be segregated from other funds except to
the extent required by law. The Trustee shall be under no liability for interest on any money
received by it hereunder except as otherwise agreed in writing with the Company.
Section 606. Compensation and Reimbursement.
The Company agrees:
(a) to pay to the Trustee from time to time such compensation as shall be agreed to in
writing between the Company and the Trustee for all services rendered by it hereunder (which
compensation shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a
trustee of an express trust);
(b) except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to reimburse the Trustee upon its
request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the
Trustee in accordance with any provision of this Indenture (including the reasonable
compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its agents and counsel), except any such
expense, disbursement or advance as shall have been caused by its negligence or willful
misconduct; and
(c) to indemnify each of the Trustee or any predecessor Trustee for, and to hold it
harmless against, any and all loss, damage, claim, liability or expense including taxes
(other than taxes based on the income of the Trustee) incurred without gross negligence or
willful misconduct on its part, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or
administration of this trust, including the costs and expenses of defending itself against
any claim or (whether asserted by the Company, a Guarantor, a Holder or any other Person)
liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties
hereunder.
As security for the performance of the obligations of the Company under this Section 606, the
Trustee shall have a Lien prior to the Securities upon all property and funds held or collected by
the Trustee as such, except funds held in trust for the benefit of Holders of particular
Securities.
When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services in connection with an Event of Default
specified in Section 501(f) or 501(g), the expenses (including the reasonable charges and expenses
of its counsel) and the compensation for the services shall be intended to constitute expenses of
administration under any Bankruptcy Law.
The provisions of this Section 606 shall survive the termination of this Indenture.
Section 607. Conflicting Interests.
The Trustee shall comply with the provisions of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.
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Section 608. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility.
There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder qualified or to be qualified under Trust
Indenture Act Section 310(a)(1) and which shall have a combined capital and surplus of at least
$50,000,000 to the extent there is such an institution eligible and willing to serve. If the
Trustee publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of
Federal, State, Territorial or District of Columbia supervising or examining authority, then
for the purposes of this Section 608, the combined capital and surplus of the Trustee shall be
deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition
so published. If at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the
provisions of this Section 608, it shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect
hereinafter specified in this Article.
Section 609. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.
(a) No resignation or removal of the Trustee and no appointment of a successor Trustee
pursuant to this Article shall become effective until the acceptance of appointment by the
successor Trustee under Section 610.
(b) The Trustee may resign at any time by giving written notice thereof to the Company. If an
instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee shall not have been delivered to the Trustee within
30 days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee may petition at the
expense of the Company any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor
Trustee.
(c) The Trustee may be removed at any time by an Act of the Holders of a majority in principal
amount of the Outstanding Securities, delivered to the Trustee and the Company. If an instrument
of acceptance by a successor Trustee shall not have been delivered to the Trustee within 30 days
after the giving of such notice of removal, the removed Trustee may petition at the expense of the
Company any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.
(d) If at any time:
(i) the Trustee shall fail to comply with the provisions of Trust Indenture Act Section
310(b) after written request therefor by the Company or by any Holder who has been a bona
fide Holder of a Security for at least six months, or
(ii) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section 608 and shall fail to resign
after written request therefor by the Company or by any Holder who has been a bona fide
Holder of a Security for at least six months, or
(iii) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting or shall be adjudged a bankrupt or
insolvent, or a receiver of the Trustee or of its property shall be appointed or any public
officer shall take charge or control of the Trustee or of its property or affairs for the
purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation,
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then, in any case, (A) the Company by a Board Resolution may remove the Trustee, or (B) subject to
Section 514, the Holder of any Security who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least
six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of
competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee.
(e) If the Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting, or if a vacancy
shall occur in the office of Trustee for any cause, the Company, by a Board Resolution, shall
promptly appoint a successor Trustee. If, within one year after such resignation, removal or
incapability, or the occurrence of such vacancy, a successor Trustee shall be appointed by Act of
the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities delivered to the
Company and the retiring Trustee, the successor Trustee so appointed shall, forthwith upon its
acceptance of such appointment in accordance with Section 610, become the successor Trustee and
supersede the successor Trustee appointed by the Company. If no successor Trustee shall have been
so appointed by the Company or the Holders of the Securities and so accepted appointment, the
Holder of any Security who has been a bona fide Holder for at least six months may, on behalf of
himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the
appointment of a successor Trustee.
(f) The Company shall give notice of each resignation and each removal of the Trustee and each
appointment of a successor Trustee by mailing written notice of such event by first-class mail,
postage prepaid, to the Holders of Securities as their names and addresses appear in the Security
Register. Each notice shall include the name of the successor Trustee and the address of its
Corporate Trust Office.
Section 610. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor.
Every successor Trustee appointed hereunder shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the
Company and to the retiring Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment, and thereupon the
resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective and such successor Trustee,
without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers,
trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee, provided, however, that the retiring Trustee shall
continue to be entitled to the benefit of Section 606(c); but, on request of the Company or the
successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall, upon payment of its charges, 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. Upon request of any such successor Trustee, the
Company shall execute any and all instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in and
confirming to such successor Trustee all such rights, powers and trusts.
No successor Trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the time of such acceptance such
successor Trustee shall be qualified and eligible under this Article.
Section 611. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business.
Any corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be
consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or
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consolidation to which
the Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to all or substantially all of the
corporate trust business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder, provided
such corporation shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this Article, without the
execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto. In
case any Securities shall have been authenticated, but not delivered, by the Trustee then in
office, any successor by merger, conversion or consolidation to such
authenticating Trustee may adopt such authentication and deliver the Securities so
authenticated with the same effect as if such successor Trustee had itself authenticated such
Securities.
Section 612. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company.
If and when the Trustee shall be or become a creditor of the Company (or any other obligor
under the Securities), the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act
regarding the collection of claims against the Company (or any such other obligor).
Section 613. Trustees Application for Instructions from the Company.
Any application by the Trustee for written instructions from the Company may, at the option of
the Trustee, set forth in writing any action proposed to be taken or omitted by the Trustee under
this Indenture and the date on and/or after which such action shall be taken or such omission shall
be effective. The Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken by, or omission of, the Trustee
in accordance with a proposal included in such application on or after the date specified in such
application (which date shall not be less than three Business Days after the date any officer of
the Company actually received such application) unless, with respect to any such action (or the
effective date in the case of an omission), the Trustee shall have received written instructions in
response to such application specifying the action to be taken or omitted.
Section 614. Notice of Defaults.
Within 90 days after the occurrence of any Default, the Trustee shall transmit by mail to all
Holders, as their names and addresses appear in the Security Register, notice of such Default
hereunder actually known to a Responsible Officer of the Trustee, unless such default shall have
been cured or waived; provided, however, that, except in the case of a default in the payment of
the principal of or interest on any Security, the Trustee shall be protected in withholding such
notice if and so long as a trust committee of directors and/or Responsible Officers of the Trustee
in good faith determines that the withholding of such notice is in the interest of the Holders; and
provided further that, in the case of any default or breach of the character specified in Section
501(d), no such notice to Holders shall be given until at least 30 days after the occurrence
thereof.
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ARTICLE SEVEN
HOLDERS LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY
Section 701. Disclosure of Names and Addresses of Holders.
The rights of Holders to communicate with other Holders with respect to their rights under
this Indenture or under the Securities, and the corresponding rights and privileges of the Trustee,
shall be as provided by the Trust Indenture Act.
Every Holder, by receiving and holding the same, agrees with the Company and the Trustee that
neither the Company nor the Trustee or any agent of either of them shall be held accountable by
reason of the disclosure of any information as to the names and addresses of the
Holders in accordance with Trust Indenture Act Section 312, regardless of the source from
which such information was derived, and that the Trustee shall not be held accountable by reason of
mailing any material pursuant to a request made under Trust Indenture Act Section 312.
Section 702. Reports by Trustee.
Within 60 days after May 15 of each year commencing with May 15, 2012, the Trustee shall
transmit by mail to all Holders, as their names and addresses appear in the Security Register, as
provided in Trust Indenture Act Section 313(c), a brief report dated as of such May 15 if required
by Trust Indenture Act Section 313(a).
Section 703. Reports by Company.
The Company shall supply without cost to each Holder, and file with the Trustee (if not
otherwise filed with the Trustee pursuant to this Indenture) within 30 days after the Company is
required to file the same with the Commission, copies of the annual reports and quarterly reports
and of the information, documents and other reports which the Company may be required to file with
the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act. If the Company is
not required to file with the Commission such reports and other information referred to in the
immediately preceding sentence, the Company shall furnish without cost to each Holder and file with
the Trustee (i) within 140 days after the end of each fiscal year, annual reports containing the
information required to be contained in Items 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8 and 9 of Form 10-K promulgated under
the Exchange Act, or substantially the same information required to be contained in comparable
items of any successor form, and (ii) within 75 days after the end of each of the first three
fiscal quarters of each fiscal year, quarterly reports containing the information required to be
contained in Form 10-Q promulgated under the Exchange Act, or substantially the same information
required to be contained in any successor form. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall
be deemed to have furnished such reports referred to above to the Holders and the Trustee if the
Company has filed such reports with the Commission via the EDGAR filing system and such reports are
publicly available; provided, however, that the trustee shall have no responsibilities whatsoever
to determine whether such filing has occurred.
At any time when the Company is not subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, upon
the request of a Holder of a restricted note, the Company shall promptly
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furnish or cause to be
furnished such information as is specified pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act (or
any successor provision thereto) to such Holder or to a prospective purchaser of such restricted
note designated by such Holder, as the case may be, in order to permit compliance by such Holder
with Rule 144A under the Securities Act.
Delivery of such reports, information and documents under this Section 703, as well as any
such reports, information and documents pursuant to this Indenture, to the Trustee is for
informational purposes only and the Trustees receipt of such shall not constitute constructive
notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein,
including the Companys compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is
entitled to rely exclusively on Officers Certificates). The Trustee shall have no responsibility
or liability for the filing, timeliness or content of any report required under this
Section 703 or any other reports, information and documents required under this Indenture
(aside from any report that is expressly the responsibility of the Trustee subject to the terms
hereof).
The Company shall be entitled to require certification as to a persons bona fide status as a
beneficial owner or prospective investor, as applicable, prior to distributing to such person the
information to be provided by the Company.
ARTICLE EIGHT
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE
Section 801. Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms.
The Company shall not consolidate or merge with or into, or sell, assign, transfer, lease,
convey, or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its assets to, any Person, unless:
(a) the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than
the Company), or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or disposition
shall have been made, is a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the United
States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia and shall assume by supplemental
indenture hereto all the obligations of the Company under the Securities, this Indenture and
the Registration Rights Agreement;
(b) immediately before and immediately after such transaction, and after giving effect
thereto, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing;
(c) each Guarantor, unless such Guarantor is the Person with which the Company has
entered into a transaction under this Section 801, shall have by amendment to its applicable
Note Guarantee confirmed that such Note Guarantee shall apply to the obligations of the
Company or the surviving Person in accordance with the Securities and this Indenture;
(d) immediately after such transaction, and after giving effect thereto, the Person
formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger, or to which such sale, assignment,
transfer, lease or conveyance or disposition shall have been made (the
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successor) would be
able to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Cash Flow Ratio test
set forth in Section 1007(a); and
(e) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers Certificate and an Opinion of
Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger or transfer and such supplemental
indenture, if one is required by this Section 801, comply with this Section 801 and that all
conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction have been complied
with.
Cash Flow Ratio for purposes of this Section 801 shall be computed as if any such successor
were the Company.
Section 802. Successor Substituted.
Upon any consolidation or merger, or any sale, assignment, transfer, Lease or conveyance or
other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets, of the Company in accordance with
Section 801, the successor Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged
or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, 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 had been named as the Company
herein. When a successor assumes all the obligations of its predecessor under this Indenture, the
Registration Rights Agreement and the Securities, the predecessor shall be released from those
obligations, provided that in the case of a transfer by Lease, the predecessor corporation shall
not be released from the payment of principal and interest on the Securities.
ARTICLE NINE
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
Section 901. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders.
Without the consent of any Holders, the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and
the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, may enter into one or more indentures supplemental
hereto in form satisfactory to the Trustee, for any of the following purposes:
(a) to evidence the succession of another Person to the Company and the assumption by
any such successor of the covenants of the Company herein and in the Securities;
(b) to add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit of the Holders, or to
surrender any right or power herein or in the Securities conferred upon the Company;
(c) to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision herein which may be
defective or inconsistent with any other provision herein, or to make any other provisions
with respect to matters or questions arising under this Indenture;
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provided that, in each
case, such provisions shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders in any
material respect;
(d) to secure the Securities, if the Company so elects;
(e) to make any changes necessary to qualify this Indenture under the Trust Indenture
Act in connection with the Exchange Offer or the Shelf Registration Statement; or
(f) to make any other change that does not adversely affect the rights of any Holder.
Section 902. Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders.
With the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of
the Securities then Outstanding, voting together as a single class, by Act of such Holders
delivered to the Company and the Trustee, the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and
the Trustee may enter into one or more indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any
provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or
of waiving or modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders under this Indenture; provided,
however, that no such supplemental indenture, amendment or waiver shall, without the consent of the
Holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby:
(a) change the Stated Maturity of, the principal of, or any installment of interest on,
any Security, or reduce the principal amount thereof or the rate of interest thereon, or
change the coin or currency in which the principal of any Security or the interest thereon
is payable, or impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment
after the Stated Maturity thereof; or
(b) release any Guarantor from any of its obligations under its Note Guarantee or this
Indenture, except in accordance with the terms of this Indenture; or
(c) amend, change or modify the obligation of the Company to make and consummate a
Change of Control Offer in the event of a Change of Control in accordance with Section 1015
after such Change of Control has occurred, including amending, changing or modifying any
definition relating thereto; or
(d) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities the consent
of whose Holders is required for any such supplemental indenture, or the consent of whose
Holders is required for any waiver (of compliance with certain provisions of this Indenture
or certain defaults hereunder and their consequences) provided for in this Indenture; or
(e) modify any of the provisions of this Section 902 or Section 513, except to increase
the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities the consent of whose
Holders is required for the relevant action or to provide that certain other provisions of
this Indenture cannot be modified or waived without the consent of the Holder of each
Outstanding Security affected thereby.
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It shall not be necessary for any Act of Holders under this Section 902 to approve the
particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such Act
shall approve the substance thereof.
Section 903. Execution of Supplemental Indentures.
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 provided with, and (subject to Trust Indenture Act Section 315(a) through 315(d)
and Section 602 hereof) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel and
Officers Certificate, each stating that the execution of such supplemental indenture
is authorized or permitted by this Indenture. The Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to,
enter into any such supplemental indenture which affects the Trustees own rights, duties or
immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.
Section 904. Effect of Supplemental Indentures.
Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture under this Article, this Indenture shall be
modified in accordance therewith, and such supplemental indenture shall form a part of this
Indenture for all purposes; and every Holder theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered
hereunder shall be bound thereby.
Section 905. Conformity with Trust Indenture Act.
Every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article shall conform to the
requirements of the Trust Indenture Act as then in effect.
Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the Trust Indenture Act, the provision is
incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture.
The following Trust Indenture Act terms used in this Indenture have the following meanings:
indenture trustee or institutional trustee means the Trustee; and
obligor on the Securities and the Note Guarantees means the Company and the Guarantors,
respectively, and any successor obligor upon the Securities and the Note Guarantees, respectively.
All other terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the Trust Indenture Act, defined by
Trust Indenture Act reference to another statute or defined by Commission rule under the Trust
Indenture Act have the meanings so assigned to them.
Section 906. Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures.
Securities authenticated and delivered after the execution of any supplemental indenture
pursuant to this Article may, and shall if required by the Trustee, bear a notation in form
approved by the Trustee as to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If
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the
Company shall so determine, new Securities so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Trustee
and the Company, to any such supplemental indenture may be prepared and executed by the Company and
authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in exchange for Outstanding Securities.
ARTICLE TEN
COVENANTS
Section 1001. Payment of Principal and Interest.
The Company shall duly and punctually pay the principal of and interest on the Securities in
accordance with the terms of the Securities and this Indenture.
Section 1002. Maintenance of Office or Agency.
The Company shall maintain, in The City of New York, an office or agency where Securities may
be presented or surrendered for payment, where Securities may be surrendered for registration of
transfer or exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the
Securities and this Indenture may be served. If the Corporate Trust Office is located in New York
City, then it shall be such office or agency of the Company, unless the Company shall designate and
maintain some other office or agency for one or more of such purposes. The Company shall give
prompt written notice to the Trustee of any change in the location of any such office or agency.
If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail
to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and
demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office, and the Company hereby appoints the
Trustee as its agent to receive all such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.
The Company may from time to time designate one or more other offices or agencies (in or
outside of The City of New York) where the Securities may be presented or surrendered for any or
all such purposes, and may from time to time rescind such designation; provided, however, that no
such designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Company of its obligation to
maintain an office or agency in The City of New York for such purposes. The Company shall give
prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and any change in the
location of any such office or agency.
Section 1003. Money for Security Payments to Be Held in Trust.
If the Company shall at any time act as its own Paying Agent, it shall, on or before each due
date of the principal of or interest on any of the Securities, segregate and hold in trust for the
benefit of the Persons entitled thereto a sum sufficient to pay the principal or interest so
becoming due until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein
provided, and shall promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act.
Whenever the Company shall have one or more Paying Agents for the Securities, it shall, on or
before each due date of the principal of or interest on any Securities, deposit with a Paying Agent
a sum in same day funds (or New York Clearing House funds if such deposit is
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made prior to the date
on which such deposit is required to be made) sufficient to pay the principal or interest so
becoming due, such sum to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such
principal or interest and (unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the Company shall promptly
notify the Trustee of such action or any failure so to act.
The Company shall cause each Paying Agent other than the Trustee to execute and deliver to the
Trustee an instrument in which such Paying Agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the
provisions of this Section 1003, that such Paying Agent shall:
(a) hold all sums held by it for the payment of the principal of or interest on
Securities in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto until such sums shall be
paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided;
(b) give the Trustee notice of any default by the Company (or any other obligor upon
the Securities) in the making of any payment of principal or interest; and
(c) at any time during the continuance of any such default, upon the written request of
the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums so held in trust by such Paying Agent.
The Company may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction and discharge of
this Indenture or for any other purpose, pay, or by Company Order direct any Paying Agent to pay,
to the Trustee all sums held in trust by the Company or such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by
the Trustee upon the same trusts as those upon which such sums were held by the Company or such
Paying Agent; and, upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the Trustee, such Paying Agent shall be
released from all further liability with respect to such money.
Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Company, in
trust for the payment of the principal of or interest on any Security and remaining unclaimed for
two years after such principal or interest has become due and payable shall be paid to the Company
on Company Request or (if then held by the Company) shall be discharged from such trust; and the
Holder of such Security shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the
Company for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to
such trust money, and all liability of the Company as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease.
Section 1004. Corporate Existence.
Subject to Article Eight, the Company shall do or cause to be done all things necessary to
preserve and keep in full force and effect its corporate existence and that of each Restricted
Subsidiary and the corporate rights (charter and statutory), corporate licenses and corporate
franchises of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, except where a failure to do so, singly
or in the aggregate, is not likely to have a materially adverse effect upon the business, assets,
financial condition or results of operations of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries taken
as a whole determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP; provided that the Company
shall not be required to preserve any such existence (except of the Company), right, license or
franchise if the Company or the Restricted Subsidiary concerned
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shall determine that the
preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of the Company or such
Restricted Subsidiary and that the loss thereof is not disadvantageous in any material respect to
the Holders.
Section 1005. Payment of Taxes and Other Claims.
The Company shall pay or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged, before the same shall
become delinquent, (a) all material taxes, assessments and governmental charges levied or imposed
upon it or any Subsidiary or upon the income, profits or property of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries and (b) all material lawful claims for labor, materials and supplies, which, if
unpaid, might by law become a Lien upon the property of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary;
provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to pay or discharge or cause to be paid
or discharged any such tax, assessment, charge or claim whose amount, applicability or validity is
being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings.
Section 1006. Maintenance of Properties.
The Company shall cause all material properties owned by or leased to it or any Restricted
Subsidiary and necessary in the conduct of its business or the business of such Restricted
Subsidiary to be maintained and kept in normal condition, repair and working order, ordinary wear
and tear excepted; provided that nothing in this Section 1006 shall prevent the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary from discontinuing the use, operation or maintenance of any of such
properties, or disposing of any of them, if such discontinuance or disposal is, in the judgment of
the Company or the Restricted Subsidiary concerned, or of any officer (or other agent employed by
the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary) of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary having
managerial responsibility for any such property, desirable in the conduct of the business of the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary and if such discontinuance or disposal is not adverse in any
material respect to the Holders.
The Company shall provide or cause to be provided, for itself and any Restricted Subsidiaries,
insurance (including appropriate self-insurance) against loss or damage of the kinds customarily
insured against by corporations similarly situated and owning like properties in the same general
areas in which the Company or such Restricted Subsidiaries operate.
Section 1007. Limitation on Indebtedness.
(a) The Company shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, directly or
indirectly, incur any Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness between or among any of the Company and
its Restricted Subsidiaries) unless, after giving effect thereto, the Cash Flow Ratio shall be less
than or equal to 7.0 to 1.
(b) So long as no Default would be caused thereby, this Section 1007 shall not prohibit the
incurrence of any of the following (collectively, Permitted Debt):
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the incurrence at any time by the Company of Indebtedness under
Credit Facilities (and the incurrence by Restricted Subsidiaries of Guarantees
thereof) in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding pursuant
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principal
amount equal to the maximum potential liability of the Company and its
Restricted Subsidiaries thereunder) not to exceed $2,225.0 million, less the
aggregate amount of all Net Proceeds of Asset Sales applied by the Company or
any Restricted Subsidiary to permanently repay any such
Indebtedness pursuant to mandatory prepayment requirements of the
instruments or agreements governing such Indebtedness; |
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the incurrence of Existing Indebtedness; |
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the incurrence by the Company and the Guarantors of
Indebtedness represented by the Initial Securities and the related Note
Guarantees and the Exchange Securities in respect of such Initial Securities
and the Note Guarantees of such Exchange Securities; |
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the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries of Indebtedness represented by Capitalized Lease Obligations,
mortgage financings or purchase money obligations, in each case, incurred for
the purpose of financing all or any part of the purchase price or cost of
construction or improvement of property, plant or equipment used in the
business of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary for fixed or capital
assets, in an aggregate principal amount, including all Permitted Refinancing
Indebtedness incurred to refund, refinance or replace any Indebtedness incurred
pursuant to this clause (4), not to exceed $75.0 million at any time
outstanding; |
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the incurrence by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of
Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in exchange for, or the net proceeds of
which are used to refund, refinance or replace Indebtedness (other than
intercompany Indebtedness) that was permitted to be incurred under Section
1007(a) or clauses (2), (3), (4), (5), (10) or (18) of this Section 1007(b); |
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the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries of intercompany Indebtedness owing to and held by the Company or
any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided, however, that: |
(a) if the Company or any Guarantor is the obligor on such Indebtedness and
such Indebtedness is held by a Person that is not the Company or a
Guarantor, such Indebtedness must be unsecured and expressly subordinated to
the prior payment in full in cash of all obligations with respect to the
Securities, in the case of the Company, or the Note Guarantee, in the case
of a Guarantor;
(b) Indebtedness owed to the Company or any Guarantor must be evidenced by
an unsubordinated promissory note, unless the obligor under such
Indebtedness is the Company or a Guarantor; and
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(c) (i) any subsequent issuance or transfer of Equity Interests that results
in any such Indebtedness being owed to a Person other than the Company or a
Restricted Subsidiary and (ii) any sale or other transfer of any such
Indebtedness to a Person that is not either the Company or a Restricted
Subsidiary, shall be deemed, in each case, to constitute an
incurrence of such Indebtedness by the Company or such Restricted
Subsidiary, as the case may be, that was not permitted by this clause (6);
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the issuance of shares of Preferred Stock by any of the
Companys Restricted Subsidiaries to the Company or to a Guarantor; provided
that (i) any subsequent issuance or transfer of any Equity Interests that
results in such Preferred Stock being held by a Person other than the Company
or a Guarantor and (ii) any sale or other transfer of any such Preferred Stock
to a Person that is not either the Company or a Guarantor shall be deemed, in
each case, to constitute an issuance of such shares of Preferred Stock that was
not permitted by this clause (7); |
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the Note Guarantee by the Company or any of the Restricted
Subsidiaries of Indebtedness of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary that was
permitted to be incurred by another provision of this Section 1007; |
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the incurrence of Monetization Indebtedness; |
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the incurrence of Acquired Indebtedness (other than
Indebtedness incurred in contemplation of, or in connection with, the
transaction or series of related transactions pursuant to which such Person is
acquired by or otherwise merged into or consolidated with the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary); provided that after giving effect to such transaction,
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(a) the Company would be permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional
Indebtedness pursuant to the Cash Flow Ratio test set forth in Section
1007(a), or
(b) the Cash Flow Ratio of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries would
be no higher as a result of such transaction;
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the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries of Indebtedness to the extent the net proceeds thereof are
promptly deposited to satisfy and discharge this Indenture as described in
Section 401; |
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Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (i) in
connection with surety, performance, appeal or similar bonds, completion
guarantees, or similar instruments entered into in the ordinary course of
business or from letters of credit or other obligations in respect of property,
casualty or liability insurance, self-insurance, workers compensation
obligations or similar arrangements and (ii) consisting of the financing of
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in supply arrangements,
in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business; |
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Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries arising from the honoring by a bank or other financial institution
of a check, draft
or similar instrument inadvertently (except in the case of daylight
overdrafts such amount need not be inadvertent) drawn against insufficient
funds in the ordinary course of business; |
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Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary
arising from agreements for indemnification, earnouts or purchase price
adjustment obligations or similar obligations, or from guarantees or letters of
credit, surety bonds or performance bonds securing any obligation of the
Company or a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to such an agreement, in each case,
incurred or assumed in connection with the acquisition or disposition of any
business, assets or properties; |
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cash management obligations and Indebtedness incurred in
respect of netting services, overdraft protection and similar arrangements; |
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Indebtedness consisting of obligations under deferred
compensation, earn-out or other similar arrangements incurred by the Company or
any Restricted Subsidiary in connection with the Transactions or any
acquisition not prohibited by this Indenture; |
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Indebtedness under Hedging Obligations; provided that such
contracts are not entered into for speculative purposes; or |
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the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries of additional Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount (or
accreted value, as applicable) at any time outstanding, including all Permitted
Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to refund, refinance or replace any
Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause (18), not to exceed $200.0
million. |
For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 1007, in the event that any proposed
Indebtedness meets the criteria of more than one of the categories of Permitted Debt described in
clauses (1) through (18) above, or is entitled to be incurred pursuant to Section 1007(a), the
Company shall be permitted to classify at the time of its incurrence such item of Indebtedness in
any manner that complies with this Section 1007. Indebtedness under the Credit Agreement
outstanding on the date on which Securities are first issued under this Indenture shall be deemed
to have been incurred on such date in reliance on the exception provided by clause (1) of Section
1007(b). In addition, (A) any Indebtedness originally classified as
incurred pursuant to clauses
(1) through (18) above may later be reclassified by the Company such that it shall be deemed as
having been incurred pursuant to another of such clauses to the extent that such reclassified
Indebtedness could be incurred pursuant to such new clause at the time of such reclassification and
(B) any Indebtedness originally classified as
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incurred pursuant to Section 1007(a), or pursuant to
Section 1007(b) (2) through (18) may later be reclassified by the Company such that it shall be
deemed as having been incurred pursuant to Section 1007(a) or pursuant to another of such clauses
to the extent that such reclassified Indebtedness could be incurred pursuant to Section 1007(a) or
such new clause at the time of such reclassification.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 1007:
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the maximum amount of Indebtedness that may be
incurred pursuant to this Section 1007 shall not be deemed to be
exceeded with respect to any outstanding Indebtedness due solely to the
result of fluctuations in the exchange rates of currencies or changes
in GAAP; |
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any Indebtedness of a Person existing at the
time such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary shall be deemed to be
incurred by such Restricted Subsidiary at the time it becomes a
Restricted Subsidiary; |
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neither the accrual of interest nor the
accretion of original issue discount (to the extent provided for when
the Indebtedness on which such interest is paid was originally issued)
shall be considered an incurrence of Indebtedness; as applicable; and |
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the payment of interest in the form of
additional Indebtedness with the same terms and the payment of
dividends on Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock in the form of
additional shares of the same class of Disqualified Stock (to the
extent provided for when the Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or
Preferred Stock on which such interest or dividend is paid was
originally issued) shall not be considered an incurrence of
Indebtedness. |
The Company shall not incur any Indebtedness that is subordinate or junior in right of payment
to any other Indebtedness of the Company unless it is subordinate in right of payment to the
Securities to the same extent. No Guarantor shall incur any Indebtedness that is subordinate or
junior in right of payment to any other Indebtedness of such Guarantor unless it is subordinate in
right of payment to such Guarantors Note Guarantee to the same extent. For purposes of the
foregoing, no Indebtedness shall be deemed to be subordinated in right of payment to any other
Indebtedness of the Company or any Guarantor, as applicable, solely by virtue of being unsecured or
by virtue of the fact that the holders of any secured Indebtedness have entered into intercreditor
agreements giving one or more of such holders priority over the other holders in the collateral
held by them.
Section 1008. Limitation on Liens.
The Company shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, directly or
indirectly, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien of any kind, except for Permitted
Liens, on or with respect to any of its property or assets, whether owned at the date of this
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Indenture or thereafter acquired, unless (x) in the case of any Lien securing Indebtedness that is
subordinated in right of payment to the Securities, the Securities are secured by a Lien on such
property, assets or proceeds that is senior in priority to such Lien and (y) in the case of any
other Lien, the Securities are equally and ratably secured.
Section 1009. Limitation on Restricted Payments.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this Section 1009, the Company shall not, and shall not
permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, make any Restricted Payment if (1) at the time of such
proposed Restricted Payment, a Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or
shall occur as a consequence of such Restricted Payment, (2) the Company would, at the time of such
Restricted Payment and after giving pro forma effect thereto, have been prohibited from incurring
at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Cash Flow Ratio test in Section 1007(a)
or (3) immediately after giving effect to such Restricted Payment, the aggregate of all Restricted
Payments that shall have been made since the date of this Indenture would exceed the sum of $100.0
million plus an amount equal to the difference between (i) the Cumulative Cash Flow Credit and (ii)
1.4 multiplied by Cumulative Interest Expense.
For purposes of this Section 1009, the amount of any Restricted Payment, if other than cash,
shall be based upon Fair Market Value.
(b) The foregoing provisions of this Section 1009 shall not prevent:
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the payment of any dividend within 60 days after the date of
declaration thereof, if at such date of declaration such payment complied with
the foregoing provisions of this Section 1009; |
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Permitted Affiliate Payments; |
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the retirement, redemption, purchase, defeasance or other
acquisition of any shares of the Companys Capital Stock or warrants, rights or
options to acquire Capital Stock of the Company, in exchange for, or out of the
proceeds of a sale (within one year before or 180 days after such retirement,
redemption, purchase, defeasance or other acquisition) of, other shares of the
Companys Capital Stock or warrants, rights or options to acquire Capital Stock
of the Company; |
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the payment of any dividend by a Restricted Subsidiary to the
holders of its common Equity Interests on a pro rata basis; |
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repurchases of Equity Interests in a cashless transaction
deemed to occur upon exercise or vesting of restricted stock, stock options or
warrants; |
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the direct or indirect payment by the Company or a Restricted
Subsidiary to redeem, purchase, repay, defease or otherwise acquire or retire
for value the Indebtedness of Rainbow National Services, LLC existing prior to
the date of this Indenture; |
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the payment of cash in lieu of the issuance of fractional
shares or scrip in connection with the exercise of warrants, options or other
securities convertible into or exercisable for Capital Stock of the Company; |
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the repurchase, retirement or other acquisition or retirement
for value of Capital Stock of the Company held by any future, present or former
employee or director of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or
the estate, heirs or legatees of, or any entity controlled by, any such
employee or director, pursuant to any management equity plan or stock option
plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement in
connection with the termination of such persons employment for any reason
(including by reason of death or disability); provided, however, that the
aggregate Restricted Payments made under this clause (8) does not exceed in any
calendar year the sum of (A) $1.5 million (with unused amounts in any calendar
year being carried over to succeeding calendar years subject to a maximum
(without giving effect to the following proviso) of $5.0 million in any
calendar year) and (B) the cash proceeds of key man life insurance policies on
the life of any such person received by the Company and its Restricted
Subsidiaries after the date of this Indenture; and |
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Restricted Payments made in connection with the Transactions as
described in this offering memorandum. |
For purposes of determining the aggregate permissible amount of Restricted Payments in
accordance with clause (3) of Section 1009(a), all amounts expended pursuant to Section 1009(b)(1)
shall be included and all amounts expended or received pursuant to Sections 1009(b)(2) through (9)
shall be excluded; provided, however, that amounts paid pursuant to Section 1009(b)(1) shall be
included only to the extent that such amounts were not previously included in calculating
Restricted Payments.
If the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary makes a Restricted Payment that at the time of the
making of such Restricted Payment, would be in the Companys good faith determination permitted
under the requirements of this Section 1009, such Restricted Payment shall be deemed to have been
made in compliance with this Section 1009 notwithstanding any subsequent adjustments made in good
faith to the Companys financial statements affecting the calculations set forth above for any
period.
For the purposes of this Section 1009, the net proceeds from the issuance of shares of the
Companys Capital Stock upon conversion of Indebtedness shall be deemed to be an amount equal to
the accreted value of such Indebtedness on the date of such conversion and the additional
consideration, if any, the Company receives upon such conversion, minus any cash payment on account
of fractional shares (such consideration, if in property other than cash, to be determined by the
Companys board of directors, whose good faith determination shall be conclusive).
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Section 1010. Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Restricted Subsidiaries.
(a) The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to,
directly or indirectly, create or permit to exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or
restriction on the ability of any Restricted Subsidiary to:
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pay dividends or make any other distributions on its Capital
Stock (or with respect to any other interest or participation in, or measured
by, its profits) to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or pay
any Indebtedness owed to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; |
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make loans or advances to the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries; or |
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transfer any of its properties or assets to the Company or any
of its Restricted Subsidiaries. |
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The restrictions set forth in Section 1010(a) shall not apply to encumbrances or
restrictions:
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existing under, by reason of or with respect to the Credit
Agreement, Existing Indebtedness or any other agreements in effect on the date
of this Indenture and any amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals,
extensions, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings thereof,
provided, that the encumbrances and restrictions in any such amendments,
modifications, restatements, renewals, extensions, supplements, refundings,
replacements or refinancings are not materially more restrictive, taken as a
whole, than those contained in the Credit Agreement, Existing Indebtedness or
such other agreements, as the case may be, as in effect on the date of this
Indenture; |
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set forth in this Indenture, the Securities and the Note
Guarantees; |
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existing under, by reason of or with respect to applicable law,
rule, regulation or order; |
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with respect to any Person or the property or assets of a
Person acquired by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries existing
at the time of such acquisition and not incurred in connection with or in
contemplation of such acquisition, which encumbrance or restriction is not
applicable to any Person or the properties or assets of any Person, other than
the Person, or the property or assets of the Person, so acquired and any
amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, extensions, supplements,
refundings, replacements or refinancings thereof, provided, that the
encumbrances and restrictions in any such amendments, modifications,
restatements, renewals, extensions, supplements, refundings, replacements, or
refinancings are not materially more |
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restrictive, taken as a whole, than those in effect on the date of the
acquisition; |
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in the case of Section 1010(a)(3): |
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that restrict in a customary manner the
subletting, assignment or transfer of any property or asset that is a
lease, license, conveyance or contract or similar property or asset; |
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existing by virtue of any transfer of,
agreement to transfer, option or right with respect to, or Lien on, any
property or assets of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary thereof
not otherwise prohibited by this Indenture; or |
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arising or agreed to in the ordinary course of
business, not relating to any Indebtedness, and that do not,
individually or in the aggregate, materially detract from the value of
property or assets of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary thereof; |
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existing under, by reason of or with respect to any agreement
for the sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the Capital
Stock of, or property and assets of, a Restricted Subsidiary that restrict
distributions by that Restricted Subsidiary pending such sale or other
disposition; |
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restrictions on cash or other deposits or net worth imposed by
customers or lessors or required by insurance, surety or bonding companies, in
each case, under contracts, leases or other agreements entered into in the
ordinary course of business; and |
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existing under, by reason of or with respect to customary
supermajority voting provisions and customary provisions with respect to the
disposition or distribution of assets or property, in each case contained in
joint venture, partnership, or limited liability company agreements. |
Section 1011. Transactions with Affiliates.
The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, effect any
transaction with any Affiliate of the Company that is not a Restricted Subsidiary, having a value,
or for consideration having a value, in excess of $20.0 million unless the Companys or such
Restricted Subsidiarys board of directors (or the person duly authorized to perform similar
functions) shall make a good faith determination that the terms of such transaction are, taken as a
whole, no less favorable to the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be than
would at the time be obtainable for a comparable transaction in arms-length dealing with an
unrelated third party; provided, however, that this provision shall not apply to:
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overhead and other ordinary course allocations of costs and
services on a reasonable basis; |
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allocations of tax liabilities and other tax-related items
among the Company and its Affiliates based principally upon the financial
income, taxable income, credits and other amounts directly related to the
respective parties, to the extent that the share of such liabilities and other
items allocable to the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries shall not exceed
the amount that such Persons would have been responsible for as a direct
taxpayer; |
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Permitted Investments and Restricted Payments permitted under
Section 1009; |
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matters described in or contemplated by the Form 10 of the
Company, as amended or modified from time to time, or other reports filed by
the Company with the Commission; |
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contracts or arrangements between the Company and/or any of its
Subsidiaries and any of its Affiliates regarding coordination and/or joint
defense of any litigation or any other action, suit, proceeding, claim or
dispute before any courts, arbitrators or governmental authority; |
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contracts or arrangements to sell or buy advertising between
the Company and/or any of its Subsidiaries and any of its Affiliates; |
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affiliation agreements or arrangements between the Company
and/or its Subsidiaries and any of its Affiliates; |
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contracts or arrangements entered into in the ordinary course
of business providing for the acquisition or provision of goods or services
(including guarantees otherwise permissible under any Credit Facility, leases
or licenses of property, equipment, facilities and other real or personal
property) (i) between the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and any
Unrestricted Subsidiary or (ii) under which the Company or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries may be jointly and severally liable with any of its
Unrestricted Subsidiaries as to which costs are allocated based on cost, usage
or other reasonable method of allocation (or are otherwise immaterial); |
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contracts or arrangements between the Company and/or any of its
Subsidiaries and any Affiliates regarding transponder usage rights; |
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film and/or content programming allocation contracts or
arrangements between the Company and/or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and
any Unrestricted Subsidiary; |
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contracts or arrangements between the Company and/or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries and any Unrestricted Subsidiary regarding the use of
intellectual property; |
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contracts or arrangements between the Company and/or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries and any Unrestricted Subsidiary for the purpose of
securing (a) production and product related arrangements or (b) arrangements
for the compensation of talent through third-party intermediaries; |
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the Distribution Transaction Agreements (as defined in the
Credit Agreement); |
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contracts or arrangements between Company and/or any of its
Subsidiaries and any of its Affiliates approved in accordance with the
Companys policies that are not otherwise included in or contemplated by any of
the foregoing items; |
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contracts or arrangements between Company and/or any of its
Subsidiaries and any Dolan Family Interests approved in accordance with the
Companys policies that are not otherwise included in or contemplated by any of
the foregoing items; and |
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amendments, modifications, renewals or replacements from time
to time of any of the contracts, arrangements, leases, services or other
matters referred to or contemplated by any of the foregoing items. |
Section 1012. Designation of Restricted and Unrestricted Subsidiaries.
(a) Unless designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, each newly acquired or created Subsidiary
or a Restricted Subsidiary shall be a Restricted Subsidiary. Any Restricted Subsidiary may be
designated by the Company as an Unrestricted Subsidiary; provided that:
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any Guarantee by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary
thereof of any Indebtedness of the Subsidiary being so designated shall be
deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness by the Company or such Restricted
Subsidiary (or both, if applicable) at the time of such designation, and such
incurrence of Indebtedness would be permitted under Section 1007; |
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the aggregate Fair Market Value of all outstanding Investments
owned by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in the Subsidiary being so
designated (including any Guarantee by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary
of any Indebtedness of such Subsidiary) shall be deemed to be a Restricted
Investment made as of the time of such designation and that such Investment
would be permitted under Section 1009; |
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such Subsidiary does not hold any Liens (other than Permitted
Liens) on any property of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary thereof; |
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is not party to any agreement, contract,
arrangement or understanding with the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary unless the terms of any such agreement, contract,
arrangement or understanding are no less favorable to the Company or
such Restricted Subsidiary than those that might be obtained at the
time from Persons who are not Affiliates of the Company unless the
Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries would have been permitted to be
a party to such agreement, contract, arrangement or understanding under
Section 1011; |
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is a Person with respect to which neither the
Company nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries has any direct or
indirect obligation (i) to subscribe for additional Equity Interests or
(ii) to maintain or preserve such Persons financial condition or to
cause such Person to achieve any specified levels of operating results;
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has not Guaranteed or otherwise directly or
indirectly provided credit support for any Indebtedness of the Company
or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, except to the extent such
Guarantee or credit support would be released upon such designation;
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no Default or Event of Default would be in existence following
such designation. |
(b) Any designation of a Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be
evidenced to the Trustee by filing with the Trustee an Officers Certificate certifying that such
designation complied with the preceding conditions and was permitted by this Indenture. If, at any
time, any Unrestricted Subsidiary would fail to meet any of the preceding requirements described in
Section 1012(a)(4) above and such failure continues for a period of 90 days, it shall thereafter
cease to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary for purposes of this Indenture and any Indebtedness,
Investments, or Liens on the property, of such Subsidiary shall be deemed to be incurred or made by
a Restricted Subsidiary as of such date and, if such Indebtedness, Investments or Liens are not
permitted to be incurred or made as of such date under this Indenture, the Company shall be in
violation of this Section 1012.
(c) The Company may at any time designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted
Subsidiary; provided that:
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such designation shall be deemed to be an incurrence of
Indebtedness by a Restricted Subsidiary of any outstanding Indebtedness of such
Unrestricted Subsidiary and such designation shall only be permitted if such
Indebtedness is permitted under Section 1007, calculated on a pro forma basis
as if such designation had occurred at the beginning of the applicable
four-quarter reference period; |
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all outstanding Investments owned by such Unrestricted
Subsidiary shall be deemed to be made as of the time of such designation and
such Investments shall only be permitted if such Investments would be permitted
under Section 1009; |
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all Liens upon property or assets of such Unrestricted
Subsidiary existing at the time of such designation would be permitted under
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Section 1013. Guarantees.
(a) The Company shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than any
Insignificant Subsidiary), directly or indirectly, to Guarantee or pledge any assets to secure the
payment of any other Indebtedness of the Company or any of the Companys other Restricted
Subsidiaries unless such Restricted Subsidiary (x) is a Guarantor under this Indenture or (y)
becomes a Guarantor under this Indenture and simultaneously executes and delivers a supplemental
indenture providing for the Guarantee of the payment of the Securities by such Restricted
Subsidiary, provided that such Guarantee shall be senior to or pari passu with such Subsidiarys
Guarantee of such other Indebtedness. In addition, in the event that any Restricted Subsidiary
that is an Insignificant Subsidiary ceases to be an Insignificant Subsidiary, then such Restricted
Subsidiary must become a Guarantor and execute a supplemental indenture and, if requested, deliver
an opinion of counsel to the Trustee.
(b) A Guarantor may sell or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its assets to, or
consolidate with or merge with or into (whether or not such Guarantor is the surviving Person),
another Person, other than the Company or another Guarantor, provided that immediately after giving
effect to that transaction, no Default or Event of Default exists.
(c) The Note Guarantee of a Guarantor shall be released:
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in connection with any sale or other disposition of all of the
Capital Stock of that Guarantor to a Person that is not (either before or after
giving effect to such transaction) a Restricted Subsidiary, if the sale of all
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upon the release or discharge of the Guarantee (including the
Guarantee under the Credit Agreement) which resulted in the creation of such
Note Guarantee pursuant to this Section 1013 (except a discharge or release by
or as a result of payment under such Guarantee); provided that such Guarantor
does not have any preferred stock outstanding at such time that is not held by
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Section 1014. Asset Sales.
(a) The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to,
consummate an Asset Sale unless:
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the Company (or the Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be)
receives consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at least equal to the
Fair Market Value of the assets or Equity Interests issued or sold or otherwise
disposed of; provided that this clause (1) shall not apply to an Asset Sale
resulting solely from a foreclosure or sale by a third party upon assets or
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where such Fair Market Value exceeds $50.0 million, the
Companys determination of such Fair Market Value is set forth in an Officers
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at least 75% of the consideration therefor received by the
Company or such Restricted Subsidiary is in the form of cash, Cash Equivalents
or Replacement Assets or a combination thereof. For purposes of this
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any liabilities (as shown on the Companys or
such Restricted Subsidiarys most recent balance sheet, or would be
shown on the Companys or such Restricted Subsidiarys balance sheet on
the date of such Asset Sale) of the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary (other than contingent liabilities, Indebtedness that is by
its terms subordinated to the Securities or any Note Guarantee and
liabilities to the extent owed to the Company or any Affiliate of the
Company) that are assumed by the transferee of any such assets pursuant
to a written agreement that releases the Company or such Restricted
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any securities, notes or other obligations
received by the Company or any such Restricted Subsidiary from such
transferee that are converted (including by way of any Monetization
Transaction) by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary into cash (to
the extent of the cash received in that conversion) within 180 days of
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(b) The Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries may use the Net Proceeds of any Asset
Sale in any manner that is not prohibited by this Indenture.
Section 1015. Offer to Repurchase upon a Change of Control.
(a) Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, each Holder shall have the right to require
the Company to repurchase all or any part (equal to $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof) of that
Holders Securities pursuant to the offer described below (the Change of Control Offer) at a
repurchase price in cash (the Change of Control Payment) equal to 101%
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of the aggregate principal amount of Securities repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest
thereon to the Change of Control Payment Date (as defined below).
(b) Within 60 days following any Change of Control, the Company shall mail a notice to each
Holder describing the transaction or transactions that constitute the Change of Control and
offering to repurchase Securities outstanding on a date (the Change of Control Payment Date)
specified in such notice, which date shall be no earlier than 30 days and no later than 60 days
from the date such notice is mailed.
(c) On the Change of Control Payment Date, the Company shall, to the extent lawful:
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deposit with the Paying Agent an amount equal to the Change of
Control Payment in respect of all Securities or portions thereof so tendered;
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deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the Securities
so accepted together with an Officers Certificate stating the aggregate
principal amount of Securities or portions thereof being purchased by the
Company. |
(d) The Paying Agent shall promptly mail or wire transfer to each Holder of Securities so
tendered the Change of Control Payment for such Securities, and the Trustee shall promptly
authenticate and mail (or cause to be transferred by book entry) to each Holder a new Security
equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of the Securities surrendered, if any;
provided that each such new Security shall be in a principal amount of $2,000 or an integral
multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof.
(e) This Section 1015 shall be applicable regardless of whether any other provisions of this
Indenture are applicable, so long as any Securities are outstanding. Except as described above
with respect to a Change of Control, this Indenture does not contain provisions that permit the
Holders of the Securities to require that the Company repurchase or redeem the Securities in the
event of a takeover, recapitalization or similar transaction.
(f) The Company shall comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and
any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent such laws and regulations are
applicable in connection with the repurchase of the Securities as a result of a Change of Control.
To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with this Section
1015, the Company shall comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be
deemed to have breached their obligations under the Change of Control provisions of this Indenture
by virtue of such compliance.
(g) The Company shall not be required to make a Change of Control Offer upon a Change of
Control if a third party makes the Change of Control Offer in the manner, at the times and
otherwise in compliance with the requirements set forth in this Section 1015 applicable to a Change
of Control Offer made by the Company and purchases all Securities validly tendered and not
withdrawn under such Change of Control Offer.
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Section 1016. Suspension of Covenants Upon Investment Grade Ratings.
(a) During any period of time that the Securities maintain an Investment Grade Rating from
both Rating Agencies and no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing (the
foregoing conditions being referred to collectively as the Suspension Condition), the Company and
its Restricted Subsidiaries shall not be subject to Sections 801(b), 801(d), 1007, 1009, 1010,
1011, 1017 and 1108 (collectively, the Suspended Covenants).
(b) If the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries are not subject to the Suspended Covenants
with respect to the Securities for any period of time as a result of the foregoing and,
subsequently, one or both Rating Agencies withdraw their Investment Grade Rating or downgrade the
Investment Grade Rating assigned to the Securities such that the Securities no longer have an
Investment Grade Rating from both Rating Agencies, then the Company and each of its Restricted
Subsidiaries shall thereafter again be subject to the Suspended Covenants. Compliance with the
Suspended Covenants with respect to Restricted Payments made after the time of such withdrawal or
downgrade shall be calculated in accordance with Section 1009 as if such covenant had been in
effect during the entire period of time from the date of this Indenture.
Section 1017. Limitation on Issuances and Sales of Equity Interests in Restricted
Subsidiaries.
The Company shall not transfer, convey, sell, lease or otherwise dispose of, and shall not
permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to issue, transfer, convey, sell, lease or otherwise
dispose of, any Equity Interests in any Restricted Subsidiary to any Person (other than the Company
or a Restricted Subsidiary or shares of its Capital Stock constituting directors qualifying shares
or issuances of shares of Capital Stock of foreign Restricted Subsidiaries to foreign nationals, to
the extent required by applicable law), except:
(a) if, immediately after giving effect to such issuance, transfer, conveyance, sale, lease or
other disposition, such Restricted Subsidiary would no longer constitute a Restricted Subsidiary
and any Investment in such Person remaining after giving effect to such issuance or sale would have
been permitted to be made under Section 1009 if made on the date of such issuance or sale; or
(b) sales of Equity Interests of a Restricted Subsidiary by the Company or a Restricted
Subsidiary.
Section 1018. [RESERVED].
Section 1019. Statement as to Compliance.
The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year
ending after December 31, 2011, a brief certificate of its principal executive officer, principal
financial officer or principal accounting officer stating whether, to such officers knowledge, the
Company is in compliance with all covenants and conditions under this Indenture. For purposes of
this Section 1019, such compliance shall be determined without regard to any period of grace or
requirement of notice under this Indenture.
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Section 1020. Waiver of Certain Covenants.
The Company may omit in any particular instance to comply with any covenant or condition set
forth in Sections 1007 through 1017 if, before or after the time for such compliance, the Holders
of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities, by Act of such Holders,
waive such compliance in such instance or generally waive compliance with such covenant or
condition, but no such waiver shall extend to or affect such covenant or condition except to the
extent so expressly waived, and, until such waiver shall become effective, the obligations of the
Company and the duties of the Trustee in respect of any such covenant or condition shall remain in
full force and effect.
Section 1021. Statement by Officers as to Default.
The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, as soon as possible and in any event within five
days after the Company becomes aware of the occurrence of any Event of Default or an event which,
with notice or the lapse of time or both, would constitute an Event of Default, an Officers
Certificate setting forth the details of such Event of Default or default and the action which the
Company proposes to take with respect thereto.
ARTICLE ELEVEN
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
Section 1101. Notices to Trustee.
If the Company elects to redeem Securities pursuant to the optional redemption provisions of
Section 1107 hereof, it shall furnish to the Trustee, at least 30 days but not more than 60 days
before a Redemption Date, an Officers Certificate setting forth (i) the Section of this Indenture
pursuant to which the redemption shall occur, (ii) the Redemption Date, (iii) the principal amount
of Securities to be redeemed and (iv) the Redemption Price.
Section 1102. Selection of Securities to Be Redeemed.
(a) If less than all of the Securities are to be redeemed at any time, the Trustee shall
select the Securities to be redeemed among the Holders of the Securities in compliance with the
requirements of the principal national securities exchange, if any, on which the Securities are
listed or, if the Securities are not so listed, on a pro rata basis, by lot or in accordance with
any other method the Trustee considers fair and appropriate. In the event of partial redemption by
lot, the particular Securities to be redeemed shall be selected, unless otherwise provided herein,
not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee from the
outstanding Securities not previously called for redemption.
(b) The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company in writing of the Securities selected for
redemption and, in the case of any Security selected for partial redemption, the principal amount
at maturity thereof to be redeemed. No Securities in amounts of $2,000 or less shall be redeemed
in part. Securities and portions of Securities selected for redemption shall be in amounts of
$1,000 or integral multiples thereof; provided that the unredeemed portion of Securities held by a
Holder after giving effect to the redemption shall not
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be in an amount of less than $2,000; and provided further that if all of the Securities of a
Holder are to be redeemed, the entire outstanding amount of Securities held by such Holder, even if
not $2,000 or a multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof, shall be redeemed. Except as provided in the
preceding sentence, provisions of this Indenture that apply to Securities called for redemption
also apply to portions of Securities called for redemption.
Section 1103. Notice of Redemption.
(a) At least 30 days but not more than 60 days before a Redemption Date, the Company shall
mail or cause to be mailed, by first class mail, a notice of redemption to each Holder whose
Securities are to be redeemed at its registered address.
The notice shall identify the Securities (including the CUSIP or ISIN numbers) to be redeemed
and shall state:
(i) the Redemption Date;
(ii) if any Security is being redeemed in part, the portion of the principal amount at
maturity of such Security to be redeemed and that, after the Redemption Date upon surrender
of such Security, a new Security or Securities in principal amount equal to the unredeemed
portion of the original Security shall be issued in the name of the Holder thereof upon
cancellation of the original Security;
(iii) the name and address of the Paying Agent;
(iv) that Securities called for redemption must be surrendered to the Paying Agent to
collect the Redemption Price and become due on the date fixed for redemption;
(v) that, unless the Company defaults in making such redemption payment, interest, if
any, on Securities called for redemption ceases to accrue on and after the Redemption Date;
and
(vi) that no representation is made as to the correctness or accuracy of the ISIN or
CUSIP number, if any, listed in such notice or printed on the Securities.
(b) At the Companys request, the Trustee shall give the notice of redemption in the Companys
name and at its expense; provided, however, that the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee,
at least 35 days prior to the Redemption Date, an Officers Certificate requesting that the Trustee
give such notice and setting forth the information to be stated in such notice as provided in the
preceding paragraph. The notice, if mailed in the manner provided herein shall be presumed to have
been given, whether or not the Holder receives such notice.
Section 1104. Effect of Notice of Redemption.
A notice of redemption may be conditional. Once notice of redemption is mailed in accordance
with Section 1103 hereof, provided that any conditions to such redemption are satisfied, Securities
called for redemption shall become irrevocably due and payable on the Redemption Date at the
Redemption Price.
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Section 1105. Deposit of Redemption Price.
(a) Not later than 11:00 am on the Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee
or with the Paying Agent money sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of and accrued interest and
Liquidated Damages, if any, on all Securities to be redeemed on that date. The Trustee or the
Paying Agent shall promptly return to the Company any money deposited with the Trustee or the
Paying Agent by the Company in excess of the amounts necessary to pay the Redemption Price of, and
accrued interest and Liquidated Damages, if any, on, all Securities to be redeemed.
(b) If the Company complies with the provisions of the preceding paragraph, on and after the
Redemption Date, interest shall cease to accrue on the Securities or the portions of Securities
called for redemption. If a Security is redeemed on or after a Regular Record Date but on or prior
to the related interest payment date, then any accrued and unpaid interest shall be paid to the
Person in whose name such Security was registered at the close of business on such Regular Record
Date. If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender for redemption
because of the failure of the Company to comply with the preceding paragraph, interest shall be
paid on the unpaid principal, from the Redemption Date until such principal is paid, and to the
extent lawful on any interest not paid on such unpaid principal, in each case at the rate provided
in the Securities and in Section 1001 hereof.
Section 1106. Securities Redeemed in Part.
Upon surrender of a Security that is redeemed in part, the Company shall issue and the Trustee
shall authenticate for the Holder at the expense of the Company a new Security equal in principal
amount to the unredeemed portion of the Security surrendered. No Securities in denominations of
$2,000 or less shall be redeemed in part.
Section 1107. Optional Redemption.
(a) On or after July 15, 2016, the Company may redeem Securities, at its option in whole or in
part at any time and from time to time, at the redemption prices (expressed as percentages of
principal amount) set forth below, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, to the applicable
Redemption Date, if redeemed during the twelve month period beginning on July 15 of the years
indicated below:
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Redemption Price. Any redemption pursuant to this Section 1107 shall be made pursuant to the
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Section 1108. Repurchase at the Option of Holders.
In the event that, pursuant to Section 1015, the Company shall be required to commence an
offer to all Holders to purchase all or a portion of their respective Securities (a Repurchase
Offer), they shall follow the procedures specified in such Sections and, to the extent not
inconsistent therewith, the procedures specified below.
The Repurchase Offer shall remain open for a period of no less than 30 days and no more than
60 days following its commencement, except to the extent that a longer period is required by
applicable law (the Offer Period). No later than three Business Days after the termination of
the Offer Period (the Purchase Date), the Company shall purchase the principal amount of
Securities required to be purchased pursuant to 1015 hereof (the Offer Amount) or, if less than
the Offer Amount has been tendered, all Securities tendered in response to the Repurchase Offer.
Payment for any Securities so purchased shall be made in the same manner as interest payments are
made.
If the Purchase Date is on or after an interest record date and on or before the related
interest payment date, any accrued and unpaid interest shall be paid to the Person in whose name a
Security is registered at the close of business on such record date, and no additional interest
shall be payable to Holders who tender Securities pursuant to the Repurchase Offer.
Upon the commencement of a Repurchase Offer, the Company shall send, by first class mail, a
notice to each of the Holders, with a copy to the Trustee. The notice shall contain all
instructions and materials necessary to enable such Holders to tender Securities pursuant to the
Repurchase Offer. The Repurchase Offer shall be made to all Holders. The notice, which shall
govern the terms of the Repurchase Offer, shall state:
(i) that the Repurchase Offer is being made pursuant to this Section 1108 and Section
1015 hereof, and the length of time the Repurchase Offer shall remain open;
(ii) the Offer Amount, the purchase price and the Purchase Date;
(iii) that any Security not tendered or accepted for payment shall continue to accrue
interest;
(iv) that, unless the Company defaults in making such payment, any Security (or portion
thereof) accepted for payment pursuant to the Repurchase Offer shall cease to accrue
interest after the Purchase Date;
(v) that Holders electing to have a Security purchased pursuant to a Repurchase Offer
may elect to have Securities purchased in integral multiples of $2,000 only and integral
multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof;
(vi) that Holders electing to have a Security purchased pursuant to any Repurchase
Offer shall be required to surrender the Security, with the form entitled Option of Holder
to Elect Purchase on the reverse of the Security completed, or transfer by book-entry
transfer, to the Company, a depositary, if appointed by the
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Company, or a Paying Agent at the address specified in the notice at least three days
before the Purchase Date;
(vii) that Holders shall be entitled to withdraw their election if the Company, a
depositary, if appointed by the Company, or the Paying Agent, as the case may be, receives,
not later than the expiration of the Offer Period, a facsimile transmission or letter
setting forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of the Security the Holder
delivered for purchase and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing his election to have
such Security purchased;
(viii) that, if the aggregate amount of Securities surrendered by Holders exceeds the
Offer Amount, the Trustee shall select the Securities to be purchased on a pro rata basis
(with such adjustments as may be deemed appropriate by the Trustee so that only Securities
in denominations of $2,000, or integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof, shall be
purchased); and
(ix) that Holders whose Securities were purchased only in part shall be issued new
Securities equal in principal amount to the unpurchased portion of the Securities
surrendered (or transferred by book-entry transfer).
On the Purchase Date, the Company shall, to the extent lawful accept for payment on a pro rata
basis to the extent necessary, the Offer Amount of Securities (or portions thereof) tendered
pursuant to the Repurchase Offer, or if less than the Offer Amount has been tendered, all
Securities tendered, and shall deliver to the Trustee an Officers Certificate stating that such
Securities (or portions thereof) were accepted for payment by the Company in accordance with the
terms of this Section 1108. The Company, a depositary, if appointed by the Company, or the Paying
Agent, as the case may be, shall promptly (but in any case not later than three days after the
Purchase Date) mail or deliver to each tendering Holder an amount equal to the purchase price of
Securities tendered by such Holder, as the case may be, and accepted by the Company for purchase,
and the Company shall promptly issue a new Security. The Trustee, upon written request from the
Company shall authenticate and mail or deliver such new Security to such Holder, in a principal
amount at maturity equal to any unpurchased portion of the Security surrendered. Any Security not
so accepted shall be promptly mailed or delivered by the Company to the respective Holder thereof.
The Company shall publicly announce the results of the Repurchase Offer on the Purchase Date.
The Company shall comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any
other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent such laws or regulations are
applicable in connection with the repurchase of the Securities pursuant to a Repurchase Offer. To
the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with 1015 or 1108,
the Company shall comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be
deemed to have breached its obligations under 1015 or 1108 by virtue of such compliance.
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ARTICLE TWELVE
NOTE GUARANTEES
Section 1201. Note Guarantee.
(a) Subject to this Article Twelve, each of the Guarantors hereby, jointly and severally, and
fully and unconditionally, guarantees to each Holder and to the Trustee and its successors and
assigns, irrespective of the validity and enforceability of, this Indenture, the Securities or the
obligations of the Company hereunder or thereunder, that: (i) the principal of, premium, if any,
and interest on the Securities shall be promptly paid in full when due, whether at maturity, by
acceleration, redemption or otherwise, and interest on the overdue principal of, premium, if any,
and interest on the Securities, if lawful (subject in all cases to any applicable grace period
provided herein), and all other obligations of the Company to the Holders or the Trustee hereunder
or thereunder shall be promptly paid in full, all in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof;
and (ii) in case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any Securities or any of such
other obligations, the same shall be promptly paid in full when due in accordance with the terms of
the extension or renewal, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise. Failing
payment when due of any amount so guaranteed for whatever reason, the Guarantors shall be jointly
and severally obligated to pay the same immediately. Each Guarantor agrees that this is a
guarantee of payment and not a guarantee of collection.
(b) The Guarantors hereby agree that, to the maximum extent permitted under applicable law,
their obligations hereunder shall be unconditional, irrespective of the validity, regularity or
enforceability of the Securities or this Indenture, the absence of any action to enforce the same,
any waiver or consent by any Holder with respect to any provisions hereof or thereof, the recovery
of any judgment against the Company, any action to enforce the same or any other circumstance which
might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a Guarantor. Subject to
Section 507, each Guarantor hereby waives diligence, presentment, demand of payment, filing of
claims with a court in the event of insolvency or bankruptcy of the Company, any right to require a
proceeding first against the Company, protest, notice and all demands whatsoever and covenants that
this Note Guarantee shall not be discharged except by complete performance of the obligations
contained in the Securities and this Indenture.
(c) If any Holder or the Trustee is required by any court or otherwise to return to the
Company, the Guarantors or any custodian, trustee, liquidator or other similar official acting in
relation to the Company or the Guarantors, any amount paid by any of them to the Trustee or such
Holder, this Note Guarantee, to the extent theretofore discharged, shall be reinstated in full
force and effect.
(d) Each Guarantor agrees that it shall not be entitled to any right of subrogation in
relation to the Holders in respect of any obligations guaranteed hereby until payment in full of
all obligations guaranteed hereby. Each Guarantor further agrees that, as between the Guarantors,
on the one hand, and the Holders and the Trustee, on the other hand, (i) the maturity of the
obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article Five for the purposes of
this Note Guarantee, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other
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prohibition
preventing such acceleration in respect of the obligations guaranteed hereby, and (ii) in the
event of any declaration of acceleration of such obligations as provided in Article Five hereof,
such obligations (whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith become due and payable by the
Guarantors for the purpose of this Note Guarantee. The Guarantors shall have the right to seek
contribution from any non-paying Guarantor so long as the exercise of such right does not impair
the rights of the Holders under the Note Guarantee.
Section 1202. Limitation on Guarantor Liability.
Each Guarantor, and by its acceptance of Securities, each Holder, hereby confirms that it is
the intention of all such parties that the Note Guarantee of such Guarantor not constitute (i) a
fraudulent transfer or conveyance for purposes of Bankruptcy Law, the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance
Act, the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act or any similar federal, state or foreign law to the extent
applicable to its Note Guarantee or (ii) an unlawful distribution under any applicable state law
prohibiting shareholder distributions by an insolvent subsidiary to the extent applicable to its
Note Guarantee. To effectuate the foregoing intention, the Trustee, the Holders and the Guarantors
hereby irrevocably agree that the obligations of such Guarantor shall be limited to the maximum
amount as shall, after giving effect to all other contingent and fixed liabilities of such
Guarantor that are relevant under such laws, and after giving effect to any collections from,
rights to receive contribution from or payments made by or on behalf of any other Guarantor in
respect of the obligations of such other Guarantor under its Note Guarantee or this Article Twelve,
result in the obligations of such Guarantor under its Note Guarantee not constituting a fraudulent
transfer or conveyance or such an unlawful shareholder distribution.
Section 1203. Execution and Delivery of Note Guarantee.
(a) To evidence its Note Guarantee set forth in Section 1201, each Guarantor hereby agrees
that a notation of such Note Guarantee substantially in the form included in Exhibit B
shall be endorsed by an Officer or member of such Guarantor by manual or facsimile signature on
each Security authenticated and delivered by the Trustee.
(b) Each Guarantor hereby agrees that its Note Guarantee set forth in Section 1201 shall
remain in full force and effect notwithstanding any failure to endorse on each Security a notation
of such Note Guarantee.
(c) If an Officer or member of a Guarantor whose signature is on a Note Guarantee no longer
holds that office at the time the Trustee authenticates the Security on which a Note Guarantee is
endorsed, such Note Guarantee shall be valid nevertheless.
(d) The delivery of any Security by the Trustee, after the authentication thereof hereunder,
shall constitute due delivery of the Note Guarantee set forth in this Indenture on behalf of the
Guarantors.
(e) If required by Section 1013, the Company shall cause such Subsidiaries to execute
supplemental indentures to this Indenture and notations of Note Guarantee in accordance with
Section 1013 and this Article Twelve, to the extent applicable.
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This Indenture may be signed in any number of counterparts with the same effect as if the
signatures to each counterpart were upon a single instrument, and all such counterparts together
shall be deemed an original of this Indenture.
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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.
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AMC NETWORKS INC.
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11 PENN TV, LLC
AMC FILM HOLDINGS LLC
AMC TELEVISION PRODUCTIONS LLC
AMERICAN MOVIE CLASSICS COMPANY LLC
AMERICAN MOVIE CLASSICS IV HOLDING CORPORATION
CASSIDY HOLDINGS, INC.
DIGITAL STORE LLC
IFC ENTERTAINMENT HOLDINGS LLC
IFC ENTERTAINMENT LLC
IFC FILMS LLC
IFC IN THEATERS LLC
IFC PRODUCTIONS I L.L.C.
IFC THEATRES CONCESSIONS LLC
IFC THEATRES, LLC
LS VOD COMPANY LLC
LS VOD HOLDINGS LLC
RAINBOW DBS COMPANY LLC
RAINBOW DBS HOLDINGS, INC.
RAINBOW FILM HOLDINGS LLC
RAINBOW MEDIA ENTERPRISES, INC.
RAINBOW MEDIA GLOBAL LLC
RAINBOW MEDIA HOLDINGS LLC
RAINBOW NATIONAL SERVICES LLC
RAINBOW NATIONAL SPORTS HOLDINGS LLC
RAINBOW NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS
RAINBOW PROGRAMMING HOLDINGS LLC
RMH GE HOLDINGS I, INC.
RMH GE HOLDINGS II, INC.
RMH GE HOLDINGS III, INC.
RNC HOLDING CORPORATION
RNC II HOLDING CORPORATION
RNS CO-ISSUER CORPORATION
SELECTS VOD LLC
SPORTS ON DEMAND LLC
SUNDANCE CHANNEL ASIA LLC
SUNDANCE CHANNEL EUROPE LLC
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Networks Inc. Indenture
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SUNDANCE CHANNEL L.L.C.
THE INDEPENDENT FILM CHANNEL LLC
TWD PRODUCTIONS II LLC
TWD PRODUCTIONS LLC
WE TV ASIA LLC
WE: WOMENS ENTERTAINMENT LLC
WEDDING CENTRAL LLC
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Name: Joshua Sapan |
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Title: Authorized Signatory |
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U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
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EXHIBIT A
RESTRICTED SUBSIDIARIES
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11 PENN TV, LLC
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Delaware |
AMC FILM HOLDINGS LLC
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AMC TELEVISION PRODUCTIONS LLC
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AMERICAN MOVIE CLASSICS COMPANY LLC
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AMERICAN MOVIE CLASSICS IV HOLDING CORPORATION
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Delaware |
CASSIDY HOLDINGS, INC.
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Delaware |
DIGITAL STORE LLC
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Delaware |
IFC ENTERTAINMENT HOLDINGS LLC
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Delaware |
IFC ENTERTAINMENT LLC
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IFC FILMS LLC
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IFC IN THEATERS LLC
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IFC PRODUCTIONS I L.L.C.
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IFC THEATRES CONCESSIONS LLC
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IFC THEATRES, LLC
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LS VOD COMPANY LLC
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LS VOD HOLDINGS LLC
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RAINBOW DBS COMPANY LLC
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Delaware |
RAINBOW DBS HOLDINGS, INC.
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RAINBOW FILM HOLDINGS LLC
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Delaware |
RAINBOW MEDIA ENTERPRISES, INC.
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RAINBOW MEDIA GLOBAL LLC
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RAINBOW MEDIA HOLDINGS LLC
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Delaware |
RAINBOW NATIONAL SERVICES LLC
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Delaware |
RAINBOW NATIONAL SPORTS HOLDINGS LLC
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Delaware |
RAINBOW NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS
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RAINBOW PROGRAMMING HOLDINGS LLC
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RMH GE HOLDINGS I, INC.
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RMH GE HOLDINGS II, INC.
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RMH GE HOLDINGS III, INC.
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RNC HOLDING CORPORATION
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RNC II HOLDING CORPORATION
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RNS CO-ISSUER CORPORATION
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SELECTS VOD LLC
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SPORTS ON DEMAND LLC
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SUNDANCE CHANNEL ASIA LLC
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SUNDANCE CHANNEL EUROPE LLC
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SUNDANCE CHANNEL L.L.C.
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SUNDANCE CHANNEL (UK) LIMITED
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THE INDEPENDENT FILM CHANNEL LLC
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TWD PRODUCTIONS II LLC
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TWD PRODUCTIONS LLC
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WE TV ASIA LLC
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WEDDING CENTRAL LLC
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EXHIBIT B
FORM OF NOTATION OF GUARANTEE
For value received, each Guarantor (which term includes any successor Person under the
Indenture) has, jointly and severally, unconditionally guaranteed, to the extent set forth in and
subject to the provisions in the Indenture dated, as of June 30, 2011 (the Indenture) among AMC
Networks Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company), the Guarantors and U.S. Bank National
Association, as trustee (the Trustee), (a) the due and punctual payment of the principal of,
premium, if any, and interest on the Securities (as defined in the Indenture), whether at maturity,
by acceleration, redemption or otherwise, and the due and punctual payment of interest on overdue
principal, premium, if any, and interest on the Securities, if lawful (subject in all cases to any
applicable grace periods provided in the Indenture and the Securities), and the due and punctual
performance of all other obligations of the Company to the Holders or the Trustee all in accordance
with the terms of the Indenture and the Securities and (b) in case of any extension of time of
payment or renewal of any Securities or any of such other obligations, the same shall be promptly
paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal,
whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise. Each Holder, by accepting the same, (a)
agrees to and shall be bound by such provisions and (b) appoints the Trustee attorney-in-fact of
such Holder for such purpose.
Each Guarantor, and by its acceptance of Securities, each Holder, hereby confirms that it is
the intention of all such parties that the Note Guarantee of such Guarantor not constitute (i) a
fraudulent transfer or conveyance for purposes of Bankruptcy Law, the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance
Act, the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act or any similar federal, state or foreign law to the extent
applicable to its Note Guarantee or (ii) an unlawful distribution under any applicable state law
prohibiting shareholder distributions by an insolvent subsidiary to the extent applicable to its
Note Guarantee.
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IN WITNESS HEREOF, each Guarantor has caused this Notation of Guarantee to be signed manually
or by facsimile by its duly authorized officers.
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exv99w2
Exhibit
99.2
AMC NETWORKS INC.
7.75% Senior Notes due 2021
Registration Rights Agreement
Dated: June 30, 2011
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT, dated June 30, 2011 (this Agreement), among AMC Networks
Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company), the guarantors listed on Part A of Schedule III of
the Purchase Agreement (collectively, the Guarantors) and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
Incorporated and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, as representatives of the several initial purchasers
(the Initial Purchasers) of the Securities (as defined below) referred to in the Purchase
Agreement, dated June 22, 2011, among the Company, the Guarantors, the selling noteholders named
therein and the Initial Purchasers in connection with the issuance of $700,000,000 aggregate
principal amount of the Companys 7.75% Senior Notes due 2021 (the Notes) pursuant to the
Indenture, dated as of June 30, 2011 (the Indenture), among the Company, the Guarantors and U.S.
Bank, National Association, trustee. The payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest on
the Notes will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed on a senior basis, jointly and severally, by
the Guarantors, pursuant to their guarantees (the Guarantees). The Notes and the Guarantees are
herein collectively referred to as the Securities.
In consideration of the foregoing, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1. Certain Definitions.
As used in this Agreement, the following defined terms shall have the following meanings:
Business Day shall mean any day except (i) a Saturday, Sunday or other day in The
City of New York on which banks are required or authorized to close or (ii) any other day on
which the SEC is closed.
Closing Date shall mean the Closing Date as defined in the Purchase Agreement.
Company shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.
Exchange Act shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to
time.
Exchange Offer shall mean the exchange offer by the Company of Exchange Securities
for Registrable Securities pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof.
Exchange Offer Registration shall mean a registration under the Securities Act
effected pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof.
Exchange Offer Registration Statement shall mean an exchange offer registration
statement of the Company and the Guarantors pursuant to the provisions of Section 2(a)
hereof on Form S-4 (or, if applicable, on another appropriate form), and all amendments and
supplements to such registration statement, in each case including the
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Prospectus contained therein, all exhibits thereto and all material incorporated by
reference therein.
Exchange Securities shall mean the 7.75% Senior Notes due 2021 issued by the Company
under the Indenture as Exchange Securities (as defined therein), to be offered to Holders
pursuant to the Exchange Offer.
Guarantee shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.
Guarantors shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.
Holder shall mean, individually, each of the Initial Purchasers, for so long as they
own any Registrable Securities, and any of the Initial Purchasers successors, assigns and
direct and indirect transferees who become registered owners of Registrable Securities.
Indenture shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.
Initial Purchasers shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.
Majority Holders shall mean the Holders of a majority of the aggregate principal
amount of outstanding Registrable Securities.
Notes shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.
Person shall mean an individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company,
trust or unincorporated organization, or a government or agency or political subdivision
thereof.
Prospectus shall mean the prospectus included in a Registration Statement, including
any preliminary prospectus, and any such prospectus as amended or supplemented by any
prospectus supplement, including a prospectus supplement with respect to the terms of the
offering of any portion of the Registrable Securities covered by a Shelf Registration
Statement, and by all other amendments and supplements to a prospectus, including
post-effective amendments, and in each case including all material incorporated by reference
therein.
Purchase Agreement shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.
Registrable Securities shall mean the Securities; provided, however, that any such
Securities shall cease to be Registrable Securities upon the earliest to occur of the date
on which (i) the Exchange Offer has been consummated, (ii) a Registration Statement with
respect to such Securities shall have been declared effective under the Securities Act and
such Securities shall have been disposed of pursuant to such Registration Statement,
provided, that Securities not disposed of pursuant to an effective Shelf Registration
Statement shall cease to be Registrable Securities one year from the date such Shelf
Registration Statement is declared effective by the SEC, or such longer period as the
Companys and the Guarantors obligation to keep such Shelf Registration
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Statement effective is extended in accordance with Section 5 hereof, (iii) such
Securities (a) are freely transferable in accordance with Rule 144 by a person that is not
an affiliate (as defined in Rule 144) of the Company where no conditions under Rule 144
are then applicable (other than the holding period requirement of paragraph (d) of Rule 144
so long as such holding period requirement is satisfied at such time of determination), (b)
do not bear any restrictive legends relating to the Securities Act and (c) do not bear a
restrictive CUSIP number, or (iv) such Registrable Securities shall have ceased to be
outstanding.
Registration Expenses shall mean any and all expenses incident to the performance of
or compliance by the Company and the Guarantors with this Agreement, including without
limitation: (i) all SEC or Financial Industry Regulatory Authority registration and filing
fees, (ii) all fees and expenses incurred in connection with compliance with state
securities or blue sky laws, (iii) all expenses of any Persons acting on behalf of the
Company or the Guarantors in preparing or assisting in preparing, word processing, printing
and distributing any Registration Statement, any Prospectus, any amendments or supplements
thereto and other documents reasonably relating to the performance of and compliance with
this Agreement by the Company and the Guarantors, (iv) all rating agency fees, (v) the fees
and disbursements of counsel for the Company and the Guarantors and, in connection with a
Shelf Registration Statement, the fees and disbursements of one counsel for the Holders
(which counsel shall be selected by the Majority Holders and shall be reasonably acceptable
to the Company), and (vi) any fees and expenses of the independent registered public
accounting firm of the Company, including the expenses of any special audits or cold
comfort letters (in connection with a Shelf Registration) required by or necessary to such
performance and compliance, but excluding underwriting discounts and commissions, fees and
expenses and transfer taxes, if any, relating to the sale or disposition of Registrable
Securities by a Holder.
Registration Statement shall mean any Exchange Offer Registration Statement or Shelf
Registration Statement.
Rule 144 means Rule 144 under the Securities Act.
SEC shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Securities shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.
Securities Act shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time.
Shelf Registration shall mean a registration effected pursuant to Section 2(b)
hereof.
Shelf Registration Statement shall mean a shelf registration statement of the
Company and the Guarantors pursuant to the provisions of Section 2(b) hereof which covers
all of the Registrable Securities on an appropriate form under Rule 4l5 under the Securities
Act, or any similar rule that may be adopted by the SEC and all amendments
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and supplements to such registration statement, including post-effective amendments, in
each case including the Prospectus contained therein, all exhibits thereto and all material
incorporated by reference therein.
Trustee shall mean the trustee with respect to the Securities and the Exchange
Securities under the Indenture.
2. Registration Under the Securities Act.
(a) Exchange Offer Registration. The Company and the Guarantors shall, for the benefit of the
Holders of the Securities, file an Exchange Offer Registration Statement with respect to Exchange
Securities and use their commercially reasonable best efforts to cause such Exchange Offer
Registration Statement to be declared effective under the Securities Act within 367 days after the
Closing Date. Upon such Exchange Offer Registration Statement becoming effective under the
Securities Act, the Company shall offer the Exchange Securities in return for surrender of the
Securities.
The Exchange Offer shall remain open for not less than 20 Business Days (or longer if required
by applicable law) after the date notice of the Exchange Offer is mailed to Holders of the
Securities. For the Securities surrendered to the Company and the Guarantors under the Exchange
Offer, the Holder will receive Exchange Securities having an aggregate principal amount equal to
that of the surrendered Securities. Interest on the Exchange Securities shall accrue from the last
maturity date of any interest installment on which interest was paid on the Security so surrendered
(or the Exchange Securities, as the case may be or, if no interest has been paid on the Securities,
from June 30, 2011). The Company shall commence the Exchange Offer by mailing the related Exchange
Offer Prospectus and accompanying documents to each Holder stating, in addition to such other
disclosures as are required by applicable law:
(i) that the Exchange Offer is being made pursuant to this Registration Rights
Agreement and that all Registrable Securities validly tendered will be accepted for
exchange;
(ii) the date of acceptance for exchange (which shall be a Business Day) (the Exchange
Date);
(iii) that any Registrable Security not tendered will remain outstanding and shall
accrue interest at the initial rate borne by the Securities and, other than Registrable
Securities referred to in Section 2(b)(iii) below, will not retain any rights under this
Registration Rights Agreement;
(iv) that Holders electing to have a Registrable Security exchanged pursuant to the
Exchange Offer will be required to surrender such Registrable Security, together with
letters of transmittal, to the institution and at the address (located in the Borough of
Manhattan, City of New York) specified in the notice prior to the close of business on the
Business Day immediately preceding the Exchange Date; and
(v) that Holders will be entitled to withdraw the election, not later than the close of
business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Exchange Date, by
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sending to the institution and at the address (located in the Borough of Manhattan,
City of New York) specified in the notice, a telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or
letter setting forth the name of such Holder, the number of shares of Registrable Securities
delivered for exchange, and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing its election to have
such Registrable Securities exchanged.
On the Exchange Date, the Company shall:
(i) accept for exchange Registrable Securities tendered and not validly withdrawn
pursuant to the Exchange Offer; and
(ii) deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Trustee for cancellation all Registrable
Securities so accepted for exchange by the Company, and issue and mail to each Holder or
such Holders nominee, for the Registrable Securities so surrendered, new Exchange
Securities having an aggregate principal amount equal to that of the Registrable Securities
surrendered by such Holder.
The Company shall use its commercially reasonable best efforts to complete the Exchange Offer as
provided above, and in accordance with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act, the
Exchange Act and other applicable laws in connection with the Exchange Offer. Consummation of the
Exchange Offer shall not be subject to any conditions, other than that the Exchange Offer does not,
and consummation of the Exchange Offer will not, violate applicable law or any applicable
interpretation of the staff of the SEC. The Initial Purchasers shall have the right to contact the
Holders to whom the Exchange Offer is made and otherwise facilitate the tender of Registrable
Securities in the Exchange Offer.
(b) Shelf Registration. In the event that (A) the Company determines that the Exchange Offer
Registration provided in Section 2(a) above is not available or may not be consummated because it
would violate applicable law or the applicable interpretations of the SEC staff, (B) the Exchange
Offer is not for any other reason consummated within 400 days after the Closing Date or (C)
following the consummation of the Exchange Offer a Registration Statement must be filed and a
Prospectus must be delivered by the Initial Purchasers in connection with any offering or sale of
Registrable Securities because such Registrable Securities represent an unsold allotment of the
Registrable Securities purchased by the Initial Purchasers from the Company, unless the Company and
the Guarantors have previously done so, the Company and the Guarantors will (a) file as soon as
practicable after such determination or date, as the case may be, a Shelf Registration Statement
providing for the sale by the Holders of all of the Registrable Securities, (b) use their
commercially reasonable best efforts to have such Shelf Registration Statement declared effective
by the SEC and (c) keep the Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective until such time as
the Securities covered by such Shelf Registration Statement are freely transferrable or such
shorter period which will terminate when all of the Registrable Securities covered by the Shelf
Registration Statement have been sold pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement. In the event
the Company and the Guarantors are required to file a Shelf Registration Statement solely as a
result of the matters referred to in clause (C) of the preceding sentence, the Company and the
Guarantors shall file and have declared effective by the SEC both an Exchange Offer Registration
Statement pursuant to Section 2(a) with respect to all Registrable Securities and a Shelf
Registration Statement (which
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may be a combined Registration Statement with the Exchange Offer Registration Statement) with
respect to offers and sales of Registrable Securities held by the Initial Purchasers after
completion of the Exchange Offer. The Company and the Guarantors further agree, if necessary, to
supplement or amend the Shelf Registration Statement, if required by the rules, regulations or
instructions applicable to the registration form used by the Company and the Guarantors for such
Shelf Registration Statement or by the Securities Act or by any other rules and regulations
thereunder for shelf registration, and the Company and the Guarantors agree to furnish to the
Holders of Registrable Securities copies of any such supplement or amendment promptly after its
being used or filed with the SEC.
(c) Expenses. The Company shall pay all Registration Expenses in connection with any
registration pursuant to Section 2(a) or 2(b) hereof.
(d) Effective Registration Statement. An Exchange Offer Registration Statement pursuant to
Section 2(a) hereof or a Shelf Registration Statement pursuant to Section 2(b) hereof will not be
deemed to have become effective unless it has been declared effective by the SEC; provided,
however, that if, after it has been declared effective, the offering of Registrable Securities
pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement is interfered with by any stop order, injunction or
other order or requirement of the SEC or any other governmental agency or court, such Registration
Statement will be deemed not to have been effective during the period of such interference, until
the offering of Registrable Securities pursuant to such Registration Statement may legally resume.
3. Participation of Broker-Dealers in Exchange Offer.
(a) The SEC staff has taken the position that any broker-dealer that receives Exchange
Securities for its own account in the Exchange Offer in exchange for Securities that were acquired
by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making or other trading activities (a Participating
Broker-Dealer) may be deemed to be an underwriter within the meaning of the Securities Act and
must deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any
resale of such Exchange Securities.
The Company and the Guarantors understand that it is the SEC staffs position that if the
Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement includes a plan of distribution
containing a statement to the above effect and the means by which Participating Broker-Dealers may
resell the Exchange Securities, without naming the Participating Broker-Dealers or specifying the
amount of Exchange Securities owned by them, such Prospectus may be delivered by Participating
Broker-Dealers and other Persons, if any, subject to similar prospectus delivery requirements to
satisfy their prospectus delivery obligation under the Securities Act in connection with resales of
Exchange Securities for their own accounts, so long as the Prospectus otherwise meets the
requirements of the Securities Act.
(b) In light of the above, notwithstanding the other provisions of this Agreement, the Company
and the Guarantors agree that the provisions of this Agreement as they relate to a Shelf
Registration shall also apply to an Exchange Offer Registration to the extent, and with such
reasonable modifications thereto as may be, reasonably requested by the Initial Purchasers or by
one or more Participating Broker-Dealers, in each case as provided in clause (ii)
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below, in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of any Exchange Securities by
Participating Broker-Dealers consistent with the positions of the SEC staff recited in Section 3(a)
above; provided that:
(i) the Company and the Guarantors shall not be required to amend or supplement the
Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as would otherwise be
contemplated by Section 5(i), for a period exceeding 90 days after the last Exchange Date
(as such period may be extended pursuant to the penultimate paragraph of Section 5 of this
Agreement) and Participating Broker-Dealers shall not be authorized by the Company and the
Guarantors to deliver and shall not deliver such Prospectus after such period in connection
with the resales contemplated by this Section 3; and
(ii) the application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 5 of
this Agreement to an Exchange Offer Registration, to the extent not required by the
positions of the SEC staff or the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder,
will be in conformity with the reasonable request to the Company by the Initial Purchasers
or with the reasonable request in writing to the Company by one or more broker-dealers who
certify to the Initial Purchasers and the Company in writing that they anticipate that they
will be Participating Broker-Dealers; and provided further that, in connection with such
application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 5 to an Exchange Offer
Registration, the Company and the Guarantors shall be obligated (x) to deal only with one
entity representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be one of the Initial
Purchasers unless they collectively elect not to act as such representative, (y) to pay the
fees and expenses of only one counsel representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which
shall be counsel to the Initial Purchasers unless such counsel elects not to so act and (z)
to cause to be delivered only one, if any, cold comfort letter with respect to the
Prospectus in the form existing on the last Exchange Date and with respect to each
subsequent amendment or supplement, if any, effected during the period specified in clause
(i) above; provided, that the provisions of clauses (y) and (z) of this Section 3(b)(ii)
shall apply only if one or more Participating Broker-Dealers holding at least $25,000,000
principal amount of Registrable Securities shall request that the provisions of this
Agreement as they relate to a Shelf Registration also apply to an Exchange Offer
Registration Statement for the disposition of Exchange Securities by Participating
Broker-Dealers.
4. Liquidated Damages.
In the event that, for any reason, the Exchange Offer is not consummated or a Shelf
Registration Statement is not declared effective on or prior to the 400th calendar day
following the Closing Date, the interest rate borne by the Securities shall be increased by
one-quarter of one percent per annum for the first 90 days following such 400-day period. Such
interest rate will increase by an additional one-quarter of one percent per annum thereafter up to
a maximum aggregate increase of one half of one percent per annum. Upon the consummation of the
Exchange Offer or the effectiveness of a Shelf Registration Statement, as the case may be, the
interest rate borne by the Securities will be reduced to the original interest rate.
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5. Registration Procedures.
In connection with the obligations of the Company and the Guarantors with respect to the
Registration Statement, if required, pursuant to Sections 2(a) and 2(b) hereof, the Company and the
Guarantors shall:
(a) prepare and file with the SEC a Registration Statement on the appropriate form
under the Securities Act, which form (i) shall be selected by the Company and the Guarantors
and (ii) shall, in the case of a Shelf Registration, be available for the sale of the
Registrable Securities in accordance with the intended method or methods of distribution as
the Company and the Guarantors are so advised of by the selling Holders thereof and (iii)
shall comply as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the applicable
form and include (including through incorporation by reference, if available to the Company
and the Guarantors) all financial statements required by the SEC to be filed therewith, and
the Company and the Guarantors shall use their commercially reasonable best efforts to cause
such Registration Statement to become effective and remain effective in accordance with
Section 2 hereof;
(b) prepare and file with the SEC such amendments and post-effective amendments to such
Registration Statement as may be necessary to keep such Registration Statement in compliance
with the Securities Act; and cause the Prospectus to be supplemented by any required
prospectus supplement, and as so supplemented to be filed pursuant to Rule 424 under the
Securities Act;
(c) in the case of a Shelf Registration, furnish to each Holder of Registrable
Securities, without charge, as many copies of the Prospectus, including each preliminary
prospectus, and any amendment or supplement thereto and such other documents as such Holder
may reasonably request, in order to facilitate the public sale or other disposition of the
Registrable Securities;
(d) in the case of a Shelf Registration, use their commercially reasonable best efforts
to register or qualify the Registrable Securities under all applicable state securities or
blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as any Holder of Registrable Securities covered by
such Shelf Registration Statement shall reasonably request in writing by the time the
applicable Shelf Registration Statement is declared effective by the SEC, and do any and all
other acts and things which may be reasonably necessary or advisable to enable such Holder
to consummate the disposition in each such designated jurisdiction, provided, however, that
none of the Company nor any Guarantor shall be required to (i) qualify generally to do
business as a foreign corporation or as a broker-dealer in any jurisdiction where it would
not otherwise be required to qualify but for this Section 5(d), (ii) consent to general
service of process in any such jurisdiction or (iii) subject itself to taxation in any such
jurisdiction;
(e) in the case of a Shelf Registration, promptly notify each Holder of Registrable
Securities and, if requested by such Holder, confirm such advice in writing (i) when such
Shelf Registration Statement has become effective and when any post-effective amendments and
supplements thereto become effective, (ii) of the issuance by
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the SEC or any state securities authority of any stop order suspending the
effectiveness of such Shelf Registration Statement or the initiation of any proceedings for
that purpose, (iii) if, between the effective date of such Shelf Registration Statement and
the closing of any sale of Registrable Securities covered thereby, the Company and the
Guarantors receive any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of
the Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation of any proceeding
for such purpose, and (iv) of the happening of any event during the period such Shelf
Registration Statement is effective which makes any statement made in such Shelf
Registration Statement or the related Prospectus untrue in any material respect or which
requires the making of any changes in such Shelf Registration Statement or Prospectus in
order to make the statements therein not misleading;
(f) make every reasonable effort to obtain the withdrawal of any order suspending the
effectiveness of a Registration Statement promptly and shall provide notice to each Holder
of Registrable Securities of the withdrawal of any such order as promptly as practicable;
(g) in the case of a Shelf Registration, furnish to each Holder of Registrable
Securities, without charge, at least one conformed copy of such Shelf Registration Statement
and any post-effective amendment thereto (without documents incorporated therein by
reference or exhibits thereto, unless requested);
(h) in the case of a Shelf Registration, cooperate with the selling Holders of
Registrable Securities to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates
representing Registrable Securities to be sold and not bearing any restrictive legends; and
enable such Registrable Securities to be in such denominations and registered in such names
as the selling Holders may reasonably request at least two business days prior to the
closing of any sale of Registrable Securities;
(i) in the case of a Shelf Registration, upon the occurrence of any event contemplated
by Section 5(e)(iv) hereof, use their commercially reasonable best efforts to prepare a
supplement or post-effective amendment to such Shelf Registration Statement or the related
Prospectus or any document incorporated therein by reference or file any other required
document so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of the Registrable Securities,
such Prospectus will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a
material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading;
(j) in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, enter into and deliver all such
customary agreements, documents and take such other actions (including causing the delivery
of opinions of counsel and comfort letters of independent registered public accounting
firms) as are reasonably required to expedite or facilitate the disposition of Registrable
Securities;
(k) in the case of a Shelf Registration, upon reasonable notice make available for
inspection by a representative of the Holders of the Registrable Securities and any attorney
or accountant designated by the Selling Holders, at reasonable times and in a
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reasonable manner, all financial and other records, pertinent documents and properties
of the Company and the Guarantors, and cause the respective officers, directors and
employees of the Company to supply all information reasonably requested by any such
representative, attorney or accountant in connection with a Shelf Registration Statement;
provided, however, that such representatives, attorneys or accountants shall be acceptable
to the Company in its judgment reasonably exercised and shall agree to enter into a written
confidentiality agreement mutually acceptable to the Company regarding any records,
information or documents that are designated by the Company as confidential unless such
records, information or documents are available to the public or disclosure of such records,
information or documents is required by court or administrative order after the exhaustion
of appeals therefrom and to use such information obtained pursuant to this provision only in
connection with the transaction for which such information was obtained, and not for any
other purpose;
(1) in the case of a Shelf Registration, provide copies of any Prospectus, any
amendment to any applicable Shelf Registration Statement or amendment or supplement to any
Prospectus or any document which is to be incorporated by reference into such Shelf
Registration Statement or any Prospectus after the initial filing of such Shelf Registration
Statement, a reasonable time prior to the filing of any such Prospectus, amendment,
supplement or document, to the Initial Purchasers on behalf of the Holders , and except with
respect to a Shelf Registration filed pursuant to Section 2(b)(iii) not file any such
document in a form to which the Initial Purchasers on behalf of the Holders shall reasonably
object; and make the representatives of the Company as shall be reasonably requested by the
Holders or the Initial Purchasers on behalf of such Holders available for discussion of such
document; provided that the requirements of this paragraph shall not apply to the Companys
annual report on Form 10-K, its quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, its current reports on Form
8-K or any other documents filed pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act (the Exchange Act Documents); and further provided that the Company shall
promptly notify Holders of Registrable Securities of the filing of any Exchange Act
Documents except for such Exchange Act Documents specifically related to the offering of
other securities and not to the Registrable Securities;
(m) obtain a CUSIP number for all Exchange Securities or Registrable Securities, as the
case may be, not later than the effective date of any Registration Statement; and
(n) cause the Indenture to be qualified under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended (the TIA), in connection with the registration of the Exchange Securities,
cooperate with the Trustee and the Holders to effect such changes to the Indenture as may be
required for the Indenture to be so qualified in accordance with the terms of the TIA and
execute, and use their commercially reasonable best efforts to cause the Trustee to execute,
all documents as may be required to effect such changes, and all other forms and documents
required to be filed with the SEC to enable the Indenture to be so qualified in a timely
manner.
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In the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, the Company may (as a condition to such
Holders participation in a Shelf Registration) require each Holder to furnish to the Company
information regarding the Holder and the proposed distribution by such Holder of any Registrable
Securities as the Company may from time to time reasonably request in writing.
In the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, each Holder of Registrable Securities agrees
that, upon receipt of any (i) notice from the Company of the happening of any event of the kind
described in Section 5(e)(ii) or (iv) hereof, (ii) notice from the Company that it is in possession
of material information that has not been disclosed to the public and the Company reasonably deems
it to be advisable not to disclose such information in a registration statement or (iii) notice
from the Company that it is in the process of a registered offering of securities and the Company
reasonably deems it to be advisable to temporarily discontinue disposition of Registrable
Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement (in each case, such notice being
hereinafter referred to as a Suspension Notice), such Holder will forthwith discontinue
disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to any Shelf Registration Statement and shall not be
entitled to the benefits provided under Section 6 hereof with respect to any sales made by it in
contravention of this paragraph, until such Holders receipt of the copies of the supplemented or
amended Prospectus contemplated by Section 5(i) or a notice in accordance with Section 5(f) hereof
that any order suspending the effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement has been withdrawn,
or, in the case of (ii) or (iii) above, until further notice from the Company that disposition of
Registrable Securities may resume, provided that (except with respect to a Shelf Registration filed
pursuant to Section 2(b)(iii)) such further notice will be given within 90 days of the Suspension
Notice in the case of (ii) above and within 120 days of the Suspension Notice in the case of (iii)
above, and provided further that in the case of (ii) and (iii) above that any Suspension Notice
must be based upon a good faith determination of the Board of Directors of the Company or the
Executive Committee thereof that such Notice is necessary; and, if so directed by the Company, such
Holder will deliver to the Company (at the expense of the Company) all copies in its possession,
other than permanent file copies then in such Holders possession, of the Prospectus covering such
Registrable Securities current at the time of receipt of such notice. If the Company shall give
any such notice to suspend the disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to any Shelf
Registration Statement, if necessary to facilitate the disposition of Registrable Securities
pursuant to such Shelf Registration Statement, the Company and the Guarantors shall extend the
period during which such Shelf Registration Statement shall be maintained effective pursuant to
this Agreement by the number of days during the period from and including the date of the giving of
such notice to and including the date when the Holders shall have received copies of the
supplemented or amended Prospectus necessary to resume such dispositions or received notice that
any order suspending dispositions of the Securities has been withdrawn.
Each Holder of Registrable Securities will furnish to the Company such information regarding
such Holder and the distribution of such Registrable Securities as the Company may from time to
time reasonably request in writing, but only to the extent that such information is required in
order to comply with the Securities Act or any relevant state securities or Blue Sky law or
obligation. Each Holder of Registrable Securities as to which any registration is being effected
agrees to notify the Company as promptly as practicable of any inaccuracy or change in information
previously furnished by such Holder to the Company or of the happening of any event, in either case
as a result of which any Prospectus relating to such
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registration contains an untrue statement of a material fact regarding such Holder or the
distribution of such Registrable Securities or omits to state any material fact regarding such
Holder or the distribution of such Registrable Securities required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading, and to furnish to the Company promptly any additional information required to
correct and update any previously furnished information or required such that such prospectus shall
not contain, with respect to such holder or the distribution of such Registrable Securities, an
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein
or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they
were made, not misleading.
6. Indemnification; Contribution.
(a) Each of the Company and the Guarantors agrees, jointly and severally, to indemnify and
hold harmless each Holder and each Person, if any, who controls any Holder within the meaning of
Section 15 of the Securities Act as follows:
(i) against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense whatsoever, as
incurred, arising out of any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact
contained in any Shelf Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto) pursuant to which
Registrable Securities were registered under the Securities Act, including all documents
incorporated therein by reference, or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a
material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading or arising out of any untrue statement or alleged
untrue statement of a material fact contained in any preliminary prospectus or any
Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) or the omission or alleged omission
therefrom of a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light
of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;
(ii) against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense whatsoever, as
incurred, to the extent of the aggregate amount paid in settlement of any litigation, or
investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or
of any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue statement or omission, or any such
alleged untrue statement or omission, if such settlement is effected with the written
consent of the Company; and
(iii) against any and all expense whatsoever, as incurred (including fees and
disbursements of counsel chosen by any Holder), reasonably incurred in investigating,
preparing or defending against any litigation, or investigation or proceeding by any
governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever based upon any
such untrue statement or omission, or any such alleged untrue statement or omission, to the
extent that any such expense is not paid under subparagraph (i) or (ii) above;
provided, however, that this indemnity does not apply to any loss, claim, damage, liability or
expense to the extent it arises out of an untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement
or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the
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Company by any Holder expressly for use in a Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto) or
any Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto).
The foregoing indemnity with respect to any untrue statement contained in or any omission from
a preliminary prospectus shall not inure to the benefit of any Holder (or any Person controlling
such Holder) from whom the Person asserting any such loss, liability, claim, damage or expense
purchased any of the Securities that are the subject thereof if the Company shall sustain the
burden of proving that such Person was not conveyed a copy of any amendment or supplement thereto
at or prior to the time of sale of such Securities to such Person and the untrue statement
contained in or the omission from such preliminary prospectus was corrected in such amendment or
supplement thereto.
(b) Each Holder severally agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company and the
Guarantors, their respective directors, officers and each Person, if any, who controls the Company
or any Guarantor within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act, against any and all loss,
liability, claim, damage and expense described in the indemnity contained in Section 6(a) hereof,
as incurred, but only with respect to untrue statements or omissions, or alleged untrue statements
or omissions, made in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto) or any Prospectus (or
any amendment or supplement thereto) in reliance upon and in conformity with written information
furnished to the Company by such Holder expressly for use in the Registration Statement (or any
amendment thereto) or such Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto).
(c) Each indemnified party shall give prompt notice to each indemnifying party of any action
commenced against it in respect of which indemnity may be sought hereunder, but failure to so
notify an indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability which it may have otherwise
than under this indemnity agreement. An indemnifying party may participate at its own expense in
the defense of such action; provided, however, that counsel to the indemnifying party shall not
(except with the consent of the indemnified party) also be counsel to the indemnified party. In no
event shall the indemnifying party or parties be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one
counsel for all indemnified parties in connection with any one action or separate but similar or
related actions in the same jurisdiction, arising out of the same general allegations or
circumstances.
(d) In order to provide for just and equitable contribution in circumstances in which the
indemnity agreement provided for in this Section 6 is for any reason held to be unenforceable by
the indemnified parties although applicable in accordance with its terms, the Company and the
Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Holders, on the other hand, shall contribute to the aggregate
losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses of the nature contemplated by such indemnity
agreement incurred by the Company and the Guarantors, on the one hand, and one or more of the
Holders, on the other hand; provided, however, that no Person guilty of fraudulent
misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to
contribution from any Person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. As between
the Company and the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Holders, on the other hand, such parties
shall contribute to the aggregate losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses of the nature
contemplated by such indemnity agreement in such proportion as shall be appropriate to reflect (i)
the relative benefits received by the Company and
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the Guarantors on the one hand and the Holders on the other hand, from the offering of the
Exchange Securities or Registrable Securities included in such offering, and (ii) the relative
fault of the Company and the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Holders, on the other hand, with
respect to the statements or omissions which resulted in such loss, liability, claim, damage or
expense, or action in respect thereof, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The
Company, the Guarantors and the Holders of the Registrable Securities agree that it would not be
just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 6 were to be determined by pro
rata allocation or by any other method of allocation which does not take into account the
relevant equitable considerations. For purposes of this Section 6, each Person, if any, who
controls a Holder within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act shall have the same rights
to contribution as such Holder, and each director of the Company or any Guarantor, each officer of
the Company or any Guarantor who signed the Registration Statement, and each Person, if any, who
controls the Company or any Guarantor within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act shall
have the same rights to contribution as the Company and the Guarantors.
7. Miscellaneous.
(a) No Inconsistent Agreements. Neither the Company nor the Guarantors have entered into nor
will the Company or the Guarantors on or after the date of this Agreement enter into any agreement
which is inconsistent with the rights granted to the Holders in this Agreement or otherwise
conflicts with the provisions hereof. The rights granted to the Holders hereunder do not in any
way conflict with and are not inconsistent with the rights granted to the holders of the Companys
or the Guarantors other issued and outstanding securities under any such agreements.
(b) Amendments and Waivers. The provisions of this Agreement, including the provisions of
this sentence, may not be amended, modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to departures
from the provisions hereof may not be given unless the Company has obtained the written consent of
Holders of at least a majority of the issued and outstanding Registrable Securities affected by
such amendment, modification, supplement, waiver or departure; provided, however, no amendment,
modification or supplement, waiver or consent with respect to the provisions of Section 6 hereof
shall be effective as against any Holder of Registrable Securities unless consented to in writing
by such Holder.
(c) Notices. All notices and other communications provided for or permitted hereunder shall
be made in writing by hand delivery, registered first-class mail, telex, telecopier, or any courier
guaranteeing overnight delivery (i) if to a Holder, at the most current address given by such
Holder to the Company and the Guarantors by means of a notice given in accordance with the
provisions of this Section 8(c); (ii) if to the Company or the Guarantors, initially AMC Networks
Inc., 11 Penn Plaza, New York, New York 10001, attention of James G. Gallagher, Esq. (fax: (646)
273-7392), with a copy to Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, 125 Broad Street, New York, New York 10004,
attention of John P. Mead, Esq. (fax: (212) 558-3588), and thereafter at such other address, notice
of which is given in accordance with the provisions of this Section 8(c).
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All such notices and communications shall be deemed to have been duly given: at the time
delivered by hand, if personally delivered; five business days after being deposited in the mail,
postage prepaid, if mailed; when answered back, if telexed; when receipt is acknowledged, if
telecopied; and on the next business day if timely delivered to any courier guaranteeing overnight
delivery.
Copies of all such notices, demands, or other communications shall be concurrently delivered
by the Person giving the same to the Trustee at U.S. Bank, National Association, 100 Wall Street,
16th Floor, New York, New York 10005, Attention: Corporate Trust Department.
(d) Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon
the successors, assigns and transferees of each of the parties, including, without limitation and
without the need for an express assignment, subsequent Holders; provided that nothing herein shall
be deemed to permit any assignment, transfer or other disposition of Registrable Securities in
violation of the terms of the Purchase Agreement. If any transferee of any Holder shall acquire
Registrable Securities, in any manner, whether by operation of law or otherwise, such Registrable
Securities shall be held subject to all of the terms of this Agreement, and by taking and holding
such Registrable Securities such Person shall be conclusively deemed to have agreed to be bound by
and to perform all of the terms and provisions of this Agreement and such Person shall be entitled
to receive the benefits hereof.
(e) Enforcement by Initial Purchasers. The Initial Purchasers shall have the right to
directly enforce the agreements made hereunder between the Company and the Guarantors, on the one
hand, and the Holders, on the other hand, to the extent they deem such enforcement necessary or
advisable to protect their rights or the rights of Holders hereunder, provided, however, that such
right of direct enforcement shall terminate upon consummation of an Exchange Offer.
(f) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the
parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an
original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.
(g) Headings. The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall
not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.
(h) Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the
laws of the State of New York.
(i) Severability. In the event that any one or more of the provisions contained herein, or
the application thereof in any circumstance, is held invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the
validity, legality and enforceability of any such provision in every other respect and of the
remaining provisions contained herein shall not be affected or impaired thereby.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first written
above.
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AMC NETWORKS INC. |
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/s/ Joshua Sapan |
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Name: Joshua Sapan |
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Title: President and Chief Executive Officer |
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11 PENN TV, LLC |
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AMC FILM HOLDINGS LLC |
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AMC TELEVISION PRODUCTIONS LLC |
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AMERICAN MOVIE CLASSICS COMPANY LLC |
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AMERICAN MOVIE CLASSICS IV HOLDING CORPORATION |
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CASSIDY HOLDINGS, INC. |
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DIGITAL STORE LLC |
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IFC ENTERTAINMENT HOLDINGS LLC |
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IFC ENTERTAINMENT LLC |
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IFC FILMS LLC |
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IFC IN THEATERS LLC |
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IFC PRODUCTIONS I L.L.C. |
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IFC THEATRES CONCESSIONS LLC |
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IFC THEATRES, LLC |
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LS VOD COMPANY LLC |
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LS VOD HOLDINGS LLC |
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RAINBOW DBS COMPANY LLC |
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RAINBOW DBS HOLDINGS, INC. |
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RAINBOW FILM HOLDINGS LLC |
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RAINBOW MEDIA ENTERPRISES, INC. |
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RAINBOW MEDIA GLOBAL LLC |
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RAINBOW MEDIA HOLDINGS LLC |
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RAINBOW NATIONAL SERVICES LLC |
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RAINBOW NATIONAL SPORTS HOLDINGS LLC |
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RAINBOW NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS |
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RAINBOW PROGRAMMING HOLDINGS LLC |
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RMH GE HOLDINGS III, INC. |
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RNC HOLDING CORPORATION |
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RNC II HOLDING CORPORATION |
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RNS CO-ISSUER CORPORATION |
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SELECTS VOD LLC |
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SPORTS ON DEMAND LLC |
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SUNDANCE CHANNEL ASIA LLC |
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SUNDANCE CHANNEL EUROPE LLC |
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SUNDANCE CHANNEL L.L.C. |
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THE INDEPENDENT FILM CHANNEL LLC |
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TWD PRODUCTIONS II LLC |
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TWD PRODUCTIONS LLC |
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WE TV ASIA LLC |
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WE: WOMENS ENTERTAINMENT LLC |
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WEDDING CENTRAL LLC |
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CONFIRMED AND ACCEPTED,
as of the date first above written:
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH
INCORPORATED
J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC
By: MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH
INCORPORATED
For itself and as a Representative of the other Initial Purchasers named in Schedule I to the
Purchase Agreement
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Name: Henrik Dahlback
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Title: Director |
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By: J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC
For itself and as a Representative of the other Initial Purchasers named in Schedule I to the
Purchase Agreement
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Name: Earl Dowling
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exv99w3
Exhibit
99.3
EXECUTION VERSION
CREDIT AGREEMENT
dated as of June 30, 2011
among
AMC NETWORKS INC.,
as the Borrower,
CERTAIN SUBSIDIARIES OF THE BORROWER,
as Restricted Subsidiaries,
THE LENDERS PARTY HERETO,
and
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent and L/C Issuer
J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC
and
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED,
as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners
BNP PARIBAS,
CITICORP NORTH AMERICA, INC.,
and
THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA
as Joint Bookrunners and Co-Documentation Agents
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
as Syndication Agent
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I
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DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING MATTERS
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Section 1.01 Certain Defined Terms |
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Section 1.02 Other Interpretive Provisions |
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Section 1.03 Accounting Terms |
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Section 1.04 Rounding |
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Section 1.06 Letter of Credit Amounts |
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ARTICLE II
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THE COMMITMENTS AND CREDIT EXTENSIONS
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Section 2.01 The Loans |
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Section 2.03 Letters of Credit |
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Section 2.06 Repayment of Loans |
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Section 2.08 Fees |
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Section 2.09 Computation of Interest and Fees |
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Section 2.10 Evidence of Debt |
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Section 2.11 Payments Generally; Administrative Agents Clawback |
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Section 2.12 Sharing of Payments by Lenders |
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Section 2.13 Increase in Commitments |
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Section 2.14 Incremental Term Facility |
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Section 3.02 Illegality |
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Section 3.03 Inability to Determine Rates |
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Section 4.01 Guaranty |
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CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
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Section 5.01 Conditions of Initial Credit Extension |
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ARTICLE VI
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REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
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Section 6.01 Existence, Qualification and Power |
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80 |
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Section 6.02 Subsidiaries; Affiliates; Loan Parties |
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80 |
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Section 6.03 Authority; No Conflict |
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81 |
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Section 6.04 Financial Condition |
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81 |
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Section 6.05 Litigation, Compliance with Laws |
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82 |
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Section 6.06 Titles and Liens |
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82 |
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Section 6.07 Regulation U; Investment Company Act |
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82 |
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Section 6.08 Taxes |
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82 |
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Section 6.09 Senior Debt |
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83 |
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Section 6.10 Full Disclosure |
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83 |
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Section 6.11 No Default |
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83 |
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Section 6.12 Governmental and Third Party Approvals |
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83 |
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Section 6.13 Binding Agreements |
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83 |
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Section 6.14 Collective Bargaining Agreements |
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83 |
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Section 6.15 Investments |
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84 |
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Section 6.16 ERISA Compliance |
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84 |
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Section 6.17 Solvency |
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84 |
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Section 6.18 Casualty, Etc. |
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84 |
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Section 6.19 Collateral Documents |
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84 |
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Section 6.20 Environmental Compliance |
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84 |
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Section 6.21 Other Debt |
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85 |
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ARTICLE VII
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COVENANTS OF THE LOAN PARTIES
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Section 7.01 Financial Statements and Other Information |
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86 |
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Section 7.02 Taxes and Claims |
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88 |
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Section 7.03 Insurance |
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88 |
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Section 7.04 Maintenance of Existence; Conduct of Business |
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88 |
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Section 7.05 Maintenance of and Access to Properties |
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88 |
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Section 7.06 Compliance with Applicable Laws |
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88 |
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Section 7.07 Litigation |
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88 |
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Section 7.08 Subsidiaries |
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89 |
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Section 7.09 Books and Records |
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90 |
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Section 7.10 Use of Proceeds |
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90 |
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Section 7.11 Covenant to Guarantee Obligations and Give Security |
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90 |
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Section 7.12 Further Assurances |
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91 |
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Section 7.13 Designation as Senior Debt |
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92 |
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Section 7.14 Maintenance of Ratings |
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92 |
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Section 7.15 Indebtedness |
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92 |
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Section 7.16 Contingent Liabilities |
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94 |
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Section 7.17 Liens |
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96 |
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Section 7.18 Investments |
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97 |
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Section 7.19 Restricted Payments |
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99 |
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Section 7.20 Transactions with Affiliates |
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100 |
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Section 7.21 Amendments of Certain Instruments |
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100 |
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Section 7.22 Change in Nature of Business |
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100 |
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Section 7.23 Fundamental Changes |
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101 |
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Section 7.24 Dispositions |
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102 |
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Section 7.25 Operating Cash Flow to Total Interest Expense |
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103 |
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Section 7.26 Cash Flow Ratio |
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104 |
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ARTICLE VIII
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EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES
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Section 8.01 Events of Default |
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104 |
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Section 8.02 Remedies upon Event of Default |
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106 |
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Section 8.03 Application of Funds |
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107 |
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ARTICLE IX
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THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
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Section 9.01 Appointment and Authority |
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108 |
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Section 9.02 Administrative Agent Individually |
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109 |
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Section 9.03 Duties of Administrative Agent; Exculpatory Provisions |
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110 |
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Section 9.04 Reliance by Administrative Agent |
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111 |
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Section 9.05 Delegation of Duties |
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111 |
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Section 9.06 Resignation of Administrative Agent |
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111 |
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Section 9.07 Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Lender Parties |
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113 |
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Section 9.08 No Other Duties, Etc. |
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114 |
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Section 9.09 Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim |
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114 |
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Section 9.10 Collateral and Guaranty Matters |
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114 |
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Section 9.11 Removal of Administrative Agent |
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115 |
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ARTICLE X
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MISCELLANEOUS
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Section 10.01 Amendments, Etc. |
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115 |
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Section 10.02 Notices; Effectiveness; Electronic Communications |
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117 |
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Section 10.03 No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies |
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123 |
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Section 10.04 Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver |
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123 |
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Section 10.05 Payments Set Aside |
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125 |
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Section 10.06 Successors and Assigns |
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126 |
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Section 10.07 Right of Setoff |
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130 |
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Section 10.08 Interest Rate Limitation |
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131 |
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Section 10.09 Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness |
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131 |
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Section 10.10 Survival of Representations and Warranties |
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131 |
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Section 10.11 Severability |
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131 |
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Section 10.12 Replacement of Lenders |
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131 |
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Section 10.13 Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Etc. |
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132 |
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Section 10.14 Waiver of Jury Trial |
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133 |
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Section 10.15 No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility |
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133 |
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Section 10.16 USA PATRIOT Act Notice |
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134 |
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Section 10.17 No Liability of Members, Partners and Other Persons |
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134 |
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Section 10.18 Authorization of Third Parties to Deliver Information and Discuss Affairs |
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134 |
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SCHEDULES: |
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Schedule 1.01(i)
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Restricted Subsidiaries |
Schedule 1.01(ii)
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Unrestricted Subsidiaries |
Schedule 1.01(iii)
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Guarantors |
Schedule 1.01(iv)
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Distribution Transaction Agreements |
Schedule 2.01
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Commitments and Applicable Percentages |
Schedule 6.02
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Subsidiaries; Affiliates; Loan Parties |
Schedule 6.03
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Required Consents and Regulatory Approvals |
Schedule 6.05
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Existing Litigation |
Schedule 6.06
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Material Real Property |
Schedule 6.15
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Existing Investments |
Schedule 6.20
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Environmental Compliance |
Schedule 7.15
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Existing Indebtedness |
Schedule 7.16
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Existing Guarantees |
Schedule 7.17
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Existing Liens |
Schedule 7.20
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Transactions with Affiliates |
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EXHIBITS: |
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EXHIBIT A
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Form of Committed Loan Notice |
EXHIBIT B-1
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Form of Term A Note |
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EXHIBIT B-2
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Form of Term B Note |
EXHIBIT B-3
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Form of Revolving Credit Note |
EXHIBIT B-4
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Form of Swingline Note |
EXHIBIT C
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Form of Compliance Certificate |
EXHIBIT D-1
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Form of Certificate as to Quarterly Financial Statements |
EXHIBIT D-2
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Form of Certificate as to Annual Financial Statements |
EXHIBIT E
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Form of Opinion of General Counsel for the Borrower and the other Loan Parties |
EXHIBIT F
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Form of Opinion of Special New York Counsel to the Borrower and the other Loan Parties |
EXHIBIT G
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Form of Opinion of Special New York Counsel to the Administrative Agent |
EXHIBIT H
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Form of Assignment and Assumption |
EXHIBIT I
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Form of Incremental Term Supplement |
EXHIBIT J
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Form of Loan Certificate |
EXHIBIT K
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Form of Guaranty Supplement |
EXHIBIT L
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Form of Mortgage |
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CREDIT AGREEMENT
This CREDIT AGREEMENT is entered into as of June 30, 2011 (this Credit Agreement),
among AMC NETWORKS INC., a Delaware corporation (the Borrower), the Restricted
Subsidiaries identified herein, the lenders which are parties hereto, together with their
respective successors and assigns, and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Administrative
Agent, Collateral Agent and L/C Issuer.
R E C I T A L S
WHEREAS, the Borrower has requested that the Lenders provide revolving credit and term loans
in connection with the Distribution Transaction (such term and each other capitalized term used but
not defined in these recitals having the meaning ascribed thereto in Article I of this Credit
Agreement) and for the purposes set forth in Section 7.10, including the repayment of
amounts outstanding under the Existing RNS Credit Agreement and the Existing RNS Notes;
WHEREAS, the Revolving Credit Facility and the Term A Facility are to be made available by the
Lenders in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Credit Agreement by the funding of the
loans thereunder as set forth herein;
WHEREAS, CSC Holdings, LLC, acting in its capacity as Initial Term B Lender, is to initially
make the loans under the Term B Facility in connection with its contribution to the Borrower of the
Programming Network Business pursuant to the Distribution Agreement;
WHEREAS, each of the Guarantors expects to derive benefit, directly or indirectly, from the
making of the loans under the Facilities and the contribution of the Initial Term B Lender; and
WHEREAS, the Lenders are willing to make available the loans under the Facilities on the terms
and conditions set forth herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained, the
receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto covenant and agree as
follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING MATTERS
Section 1.01 Certain Defined Terms.
As used herein, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
Activities has the meaning given to such term in Section 9.02(b).
Administrative Agent means JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, in its
capacity as administrative agent for the Lenders hereunder and its successors in such capacity.
Administrative Agents Office means the Administrative Agents address and, as
appropriate, account as set forth in Section 10.02 or such other address or account as the
Administrative Agent may from time to time notify to the Borrower and the Lenders.
Administrative Questionnaire means an administrative questionnaire in a form
supplied by the Administrative Agent.
Affiliate means, as to any Person, any other Person which directly or indirectly
controls, or is under common control with, or is controlled by, such Person. As used in this
definition, control (including, with its correlative meanings, controlled by
and under common control with) means possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to
direct or cause the direction of management or policies of a Person (whether through ownership of
securities or partnership or other ownership interests, by contract or otherwise); provided
that, in any event, any Person which owns directly or indirectly 10% or more of the securities
having ordinary voting power for the election of directors or other governing body of a corporation
or 10% or more of the partnership or other ownership interests of any other Person (other than as a
limited partner of such other Person) will be deemed to control such corporation or other Person;
and provided further that no individual shall be an Affiliate of a Person solely by
reason of his or her being an officer, director, manager, member or partner of such Person, except
in the case of a partner or member if his or her interests in such partnership or limited liability
company, as applicable, shall qualify him or her as an Affiliate.
Affiliation Agreement means any agreement between the Borrower or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries and a distributor pursuant to which such distributor agrees, among other
things, to distribute and exhibit to its subscribers programming of the Borrower or such Restricted
Subsidiary, as the case may be.
Agents Group has the meaning given to such term in Section 9.02(b).
Aggregate Commitments means the Commitments of all the Lenders.
AMC means American Movie Classics Company LLC, a New York limited liability company.
Annual Operating Cash Flow means, as of any date,. Operating Cash Flow for the
period of four consecutive Quarters covered by the then most recent Compliance Certificate
delivered to the Lenders pursuant to Section 7.01(d); provided that, (a) for
purposes of determining an amount of Annual Operating Cash Flow for the period ending September 30,
2011, such amount shall equal Operating Cash Flow for the Quarter covered by the Compliance
Certificate delivered to the Lenders pursuant to Section 7.01(d) for the period ending
September 30, 2011 multiplied by four; (b) for purposes of determining an amount of Annual
Operating Cash Flow for the period ending December 31, 2011, such amount shall equal Operating Cash
Flow for the period of two consecutive Quarters covered by the Compliance Certificate delivered to
the Lenders pursuant to Section 7.01(d) for the period ending December 31, 2011 multiplied
by two; and (c) for purposes of determining an amount of Annual Operating Cash Flow for the period
ending March 31, 2012, such amount shall equal Operating Cash Flow for the period of three
consecutive Quarters covered by the Compliance Certificate delivered to the Lenders pursuant to
Section 7.01(d) for the period ending March 31, 2012 multiplied by 4/3.
Annual Total Interest Expense means, as of any date, Total Interest Expense for the
period of four consecutive Quarters covered by the then most recent Compliance Certificate
delivered to the Lenders pursuant to Section 7.01(d); provided that, (a) for
purposes of determining an amount of Annual Total Interest Expense for the period ending September
30, 2011, such amount shall equal Total Interest Expense for the Quarter covered by the Compliance
Certificate delivered to the Lenders pursuant to Section 7.01(d) for the period ending
September
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30, 2011 multiplied by four; (b) for purposes of determining an amount of Annual Total
Interest Expense for the period ending December 31, 2011, such amount shall equal Total Interest
Expense for the period of two consecutive Quarters covered by the Compliance Certificate delivered
to the Lenders pursuant to Section 7.01(d) for the period ending December 31, 2011
multiplied by two; and (c) for purposes of determining an amount of Annual Total Interest Expense
for the period ending March 31, 2012, such amount shall equal Total Interest Expense for the period
of three consecutive Quarters covered by the Compliance Certificate delivered to the Lenders
pursuant to Section 7.01(d) for the period ending March 31, 2012 multiplied by 4/3.
Applicable Percentage means (a) in respect of the Term A Facility, with respect to
any Term A Lender at any time, the percentage (carried out to the ninth decimal place) of the Term
A Facility represented by (i) on or prior to the Closing Date, such Term A Lenders Term A
Commitment at such time and (ii) thereafter, the principal amount of such Term A Lenders Term A
Loans at such time, (b) in respect of the Term B Facility, with respect to any Term B Lender at any
time, the percentage (carried out to the ninth decimal place) of the Term B Facility represented by
(i) on or prior to the Closing Date, such Term B Lenders Term B Commitment at such time and (ii)
thereafter, the principal amount of such Term B Lenders Term B Loans at such time, (c) in respect
of any Incremental Term Facility, with respect to any Incremental Term Lender at any time, the
percentage (carried out to the ninth decimal place) of such Incremental Term Facility represented
by the principal amount of such Incremental Term Lenders Incremental Term Loans at such time, and
(d) in respect of the Revolving Credit Facility, with respect to any Revolving Credit Lender at any
time, the percentage (carried out to the ninth decimal place) of the Revolving Credit Facility
represented by such Revolving Credit Lenders Revolving Credit Commitment at such time. If the
commitment of each Revolving Credit Lender to make Revolving Credit Loans and the obligation of the
L/C Issuer to make L/C Credit Extensions have been terminated pursuant to Section 8.02, or
if the Revolving Credit Commitments have expired, then the Applicable Percentage of each Revolving
Credit Lender in respect of the Revolving Credit Facility shall be determined based on the
Applicable Percentage of such Revolving Credit Lender in respect of the Revolving Credit Facility
most recently in effect, giving effect to any subsequent assignments. The initial Applicable
Percentage of each Lender in respect of each Facility is set forth opposite the name of such Lender
on Schedule 2.01 (or, in the case of any Incremental Term Lender, on Schedule I to an
Incremental Term Supplement, if any) or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such
Lender becomes a party hereto, as applicable.
Applicable Rate means, (a) with respect to the Term A Facility and the Revolving
Credit Facility, the applicable percentage per annum set forth below determined by reference to the
Cash Flow Ratio as set forth in the most recent Compliance Certificate received by the
Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 7.01(d); provided, until the delivery of
the Compliance Certificate with respect to the Quarter ending September 30, 2011, the Applicable
Rate in respect of the Term A Facility and the Revolving Credit Facility shall be 1.00% per annum
for Base Rate Loans and 2.00% per annum for Eurodollar Rate Loans:
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Term A Facility |
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Eurodollar Rate |
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Cash Flow Ratio |
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Base Rate |
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<4.00:1.00
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1.50 |
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0.50 |
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; (b) with respect to the Term B Facility, from time to time, (i) 2.00% per annum for Base Rate
Loans and (ii) 3.00% per annum for Eurodollar Rate Loans; and (c) with respect to an Incremental
Term Facility, the rate specified as such in the applicable Incremental Term Supplement.
Any increase or decrease in the Applicable Rate with respect to the Term A Facility and
Revolving Credit Facility resulting from a change in the Cash Flow Ratio shall become effective as
of the first Business Day immediately following the date a Compliance Certificate is delivered
pursuant to Section 7.01(d); provided, however, that if a Compliance
Certificate is not delivered when due in accordance with such Section, then Pricing Level 4 shall
apply in respect of the Term A Facility and the Revolving Credit Facility as of the first Business
Day after the date on which such Compliance Certificate was required to have been delivered.
Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage means with respect to any Revolving Credit
Lender at any time, such Revolving Credit Lenders Applicable Percentage in respect of the
Revolving Credit Facility at such time.
Appropriate Lender means, at any time, (a) with respect to any of the Term A
Facility, Term B Facility, Revolving Credit Facility, or Incremental Term Facility, if any, a
Lender that has a Commitment with respect to such Facility or holds a Term A Loan, Term B Loan,
Revolving Credit Loan or Incremental Term Loan, if any, respectively, at such time, (b) with
respect to the Swingline Sublimit, the Swingline Lender, and (c) with respect to the Letter of
Credit Sublimit, (i) the L/C Issuer and (ii) if any Letters of Credit have been issued pursuant to
Section 2.03(a), the Revolving Credit Lenders.
Approved Electronic Communications means, for purposes of identifying all
Communications which may be made on the Approved Electronic Platform, each Communication that any
Loan Party is obligated to, or otherwise chooses to, provide to the Administrative Agent pursuant
to any Loan Document or the transactions contemplated therein, including any financial statement,
financial or other report, notice, request, certificate or other information material;
provided, however, that, solely with respect to delivery of any such Communication
by any Loan Party to the Administrative Agent and without limiting or otherwise affecting either
the Administrative Agents right to effect delivery of such Communication by posting such
Communication to the Approved Electronic Platform or the protections afforded hereby to the
Administrative Agent in connection with any such posting, Approved Electronic Communication shall
exclude (i) any notice of borrowing, letter of credit request, swingline loan request, notice of
conversion or continuation, and any other notice, demand, communication, information, document or
other material relating to a request for a new, or a conversion of an
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existing, Borrowing, (ii) any notice pursuant to Section 2.04(a) and Section
2.04(b) and any other notice relating to the payment of any principal or other amount due under
any Loan Document prior to the scheduled date therefor, (iii) all notices of any Default or Event
of Default and (iv) any notice, demand, communication, information, document or other material
required to be delivered to satisfy any of the conditions set forth in Article V or any
other condition to any Borrowing or other extension of credit hereunder or any condition precedent
to the effectiveness of this Credit Agreement (provided that, for avoidance of doubt any
such excluded Communication listed in clause (i) through clause (iv) may be made by electronic mail
as provided in Section 10.02(b)(iv)).
Approved Electronic Platform has the meaning given to such term in Section
10.02(d).
Approved Fund means any Fund that is administered or managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an
Affiliate of a Lender or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a
Lender.
Assignee Group means two or more Eligible Assignees that are Affiliates of one
another or two or more Approved Funds managed by the same investment advisor.
Assignment and Assumption means an assignment and assumption entered into by a
Lender and an Eligible Assignee (with the consent of any party whose consent is required by
Section 10.06(b)(iii)), and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in substantially the form
of Exhibit H or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.
Availability Period means in respect of the Revolving Credit Facility, the period
from and including the Closing Date to the earliest of (i) the Maturity Date for the Revolving
Credit Facility, (ii) the date of termination of the Revolving Credit Commitments pursuant to
Section 2.05, and (iii) the date of termination of the commitment of each Revolving Credit
Lender to make Revolving Credit Loans and of the obligation of the L/C Issuer to make L/C Credit
Extensions pursuant to Section 8.02.
Bankruptcy Code means Title 11 of the United States Code entitled Bankruptcy, as
now and hereafter in effect, or any successor statute.
Base Rate means for any day a fluctuating rate per annum equal to the highest of (a)
the Federal Funds Rate plus 1/2 of 1%, (b) the rate of interest in effect for such day as
publicly announced from time to time by JPMCB as its prime rate and (c) the Eurodollar Rate that
would be payable on such day for a Eurodollar Rate Loan with a one month interest period
plus 1%. The prime rate is a rate set by JPMCB based upon various factors including
JPMCBs costs and desired return, general economic conditions and other factors, and is used as a
reference point for pricing some loans, which may be priced at, above, or below such announced
rate. Any change in such rate announced by JPMCB shall take effect at the opening of business on
the day specified in the public announcement of such change.
Base Rate Loan means a Revolving Credit Loan, Term A Loan, Term B Loan, Swingline
Loan or Incremental Term Loan, if any, that bears interest based on the Base Rate.
Borrower has the meaning given to such term in the preamble to this Credit
Agreement.
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Borrowing means a Revolving Credit Borrowing, Term A Borrowing, Term B Borrowing,
Swingline Borrowing or Incremental Term Borrowing, if any, as the context may require.
Business Day means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which
commercial banks are authorized to close under the Laws of, or are in fact closed in, the State of
New York and, if such day relates to any Eurodollar Rate Loan, means any such day on which dealings
in Dollar deposits are conducted by and between banks in the London interbank eurodollar market.
Cablevision means Cablevision Systems Corporation, a Delaware corporation.
Capital Lease Obligations means, as to any Person, the obligations of such Person to
pay rent or other amounts under a Lease of (or other agreement conveying the right to use) real
and/or personal property, which obligations are required to be classified and accounted for as a
capital lease on a balance sheet of such Person under GAAP and, for purposes of this Credit
Agreement, the amount of such obligations shall be the capitalized amount thereof, determined in
accordance with GAAP.
Carriage Suspension Adjustment has the meaning specified in the definition of
Operating Cash Flow.
Cash Collateral has the meaning given to such term in Section 2.03(g).
Cash Collateralize has the meaning given to such term in Section 2.03(g).
Cash Equivalents means any of the following types of Investments, to the extent
owned by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries free and clear of all Liens (other than
Liens created under the Collateral Documents and other Liens permitted hereunder):
(a) marketable, direct obligations of the United States of America maturing within 397
days of the date of purchase;
(b) commercial paper outstanding at any time issued by any Person organized under the
laws of any state of the United States of America, which Person shall have a consolidated
net worth of at least $250,000,000 and shall conduct a substantial part of its business in
the United States of America, maturing within 180 days from the date of the original issue
thereof, and rated P-1 or better by Moodys or A-1 or better by S&P;
(c) fully collateralized repurchase agreements in such amounts and with such financial
institutions having a rating of Baa or better from Moodys, or a rating of A- or better
from S&P, as the Borrower may select from time to time;
(d) certificates of deposit, bankers acceptances and time deposits maturing within
397 days after the date of purchase, which are issued by any Lender or by a United States
national or state bank or foreign bank having capital, surplus and undivided profits
totaling more than $100,000,000, and having a rating of Baa or better from Moodys or a
rating of A- or better from S&P;
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(e) money market funds that (i) comply with the criteria set forth in SEC Rule 2a-7
under the Investment Company Act of 1940, (ii) are rated AAA by S&P and Aaa by Moodys and
(iii) have portfolio assets of at least $3,000,000,000;
(f) repurchase obligations of any Lender or of any commercial bank satisfying the
requirements of clause (d) of this definition, having a term of not more than thirty days,
with respect to securities issued or fully guaranteed or insured by the United States
government;
(g) obligations of any State, commonwealth or territory of the United States or any
political subdivision thereof for the payment of the principal and redemption price of and
interest on which there shall have been irrevocably deposited the government obligations
described in clause (a) of this definition maturing as to principal and interest at times
and in amounts sufficient to provide such payment;
(h) auction preferred stock rated in the highest short-term credit rating category by
S&P or Moodys;
(i) securities with maturities of six months or less from the date of acquisition
backed by standby letters of credit issued by any Lender or any commercial bank satisfying
the requirements of clause (b) of this definition); or
(j) money market mutual or similar funds that invest exclusively in assets satisfying
the requirements of clauses (a) through (i) of this definition.
Cash Flow Ratio means, as of any date, the ratio of (i) the sum of the aggregate
outstanding principal amount of all Net Debt outstanding on such date (determined on a consolidated
basis) plus (but without duplication of Indebtedness supported by Letters of Credit) the
aggregate undrawn face amount of all L/C Obligations outstanding on such date to (ii) Annual
Operating Cash Flow (and any change in such ratio as a result of a change in the amount of
Indebtedness or Letters of Credit shall be effective as of the date such change shall occur and any
change in such ratio as a result of a change in the amount of Annual Operating Cash Flow shall be
effective as of the date of receipt by the Administrative Agent of the Compliance Certificate
delivered pursuant to Section 7.01(d), reflecting such change). Notwithstanding the
foregoing, for purposes of calculating the Cash Flow Ratio, there shall be excluded from Net Debt,
to the extent otherwise included as Net Debt, (A) any deferred or contingent obligation of the
Company to pay the consideration for an Investment not prohibited by Section 7.18 to the
extent such obligation can be satisfied with the delivery of Equity Interests of the Borrower and
the Borrower covenants and agrees in a notice to the Administrative Agent that such obligation
shall be satisfied solely by the delivery of such Equity Interests; (B) any deferred purchase price
in connection with any acquisition not prohibited by Section 7.18 to the extent that the
Borrowers obligations in respect of such deferred purchase price consist solely of an agreement to
deliver Equity Interests of the Borrower and the Borrower covenants and agrees in a notice to the
Administrative Agent that such obligation shall be satisfied solely by the delivery of such Equity
Interests; (C) all obligations under any interest rate Swap Contract or Monetization Indebtedness;
and (D)(x) all obligations under any Guarantee permitted under subparagraph (x) of Section
7.16 and (y) all obligations under any Guarantee not prohibited by Section 7.16 so long
as the obligations under such Guarantees referred to in this clause (y) are payable, solely at the
option of the Borrower, in Equity Interests of the Borrower and the Borrower covenants and agrees
in a notice to the Administrative Agent that such obligation shall be satisfied solely by the
delivery of such Equity Interests.
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Cash Management Agreement means any agreement to provide cash management services,
including treasury, depository, overdraft, credit or debit card, electronic funds transfer and
other cash management arrangements.
Cash Management Bank means any Person that, at the time it enters into a Cash
Management Agreement, is a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender, in its capacity as a party to such
Cash Management Agreement.
CFC means a Person that is a controlled foreign corporation under Section 957 of the
Code.
Change in Law means the occurrence, after the date of this Credit Agreement, of any
of the following: (a) the adoption or taking effect of any law, rule, regulation or treaty, (b) any
change in any law, rule, regulation or treaty or in the administration, interpretation or
application thereof by any Governmental Authority or (c) the making or issuance of any request,
guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) by any Governmental Authority;
provided, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (x) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street
Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or
issued in connection therewith and (y) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated by
the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any
successor or similar authority) or the United States or foreign regulatory authorities, in each
case pursuant to Basel III, shall in each case be deemed to be a Change in Law, regardless of the
date enacted, adopted or issued.
Closing Date means the first date all the conditions precedent in Section
5.01 are satisfied or waived in accordance with Section 10.01.
Code means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
Collateral means all of the Collateral referred to in the Collateral
Documents and all of the other property that is or is intended under the terms of the Collateral
Documents to be subject to Liens in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the
Secured Parties.
Collateral Agent means JPMCB in its capacity as collateral agent for the Lenders
under the Collateral Documents and its successors in such capacity.
Collateral Documents means, collectively, the Security Agreement, the Pledge
Agreement, the Intellectual Property Security Agreement(s), the Mortgages and each of the other
agreements, instruments or documents that creates or purports to create a Lien in favor of the
Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties.
Committed Loan Notice means a notice of (a) a Term A Borrowing, (b) a Term B
Borrowing, (c) a Revolving Credit Borrowing, (d) a Swingline Borrowing, (e) a conversion of Loans
from one Type to the other, or (f) a continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans, pursuant to Section
2.02(a), which, if in writing, shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A.
Commitment means a Term A Commitment, Term B Commitment, Revolving Credit Commitment
or Incremental Term Commitment, if any, as the context may require.
Commitment Fee has the meaning given to such term in Section 2.08(a).
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Communications means each notice, demand, communication, information, document and
other material provided for hereunder or under any other Loan Document or otherwise transmitted
between the parties hereto relating to this Credit Agreement, the other Loan Documents, any Loan
Party or its Affiliates, or the transactions contemplated by this Credit Agreement or the other
Loan Documents including, without limitation, all Approved Electronic Communications.
Compliance Certificate means a certificate of a senior financial executive of the
Borrower in substantially the form of Exhibit C.
Contractual Obligation means, as to any Person, any provision of any security issued
by such Person or of any agreement, instrument or other undertaking to which such Person is a party
or by which it or any of its property is legally bound.
Control means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or
cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ability to
exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise. Controlling and Controlled
have meanings correlative thereto.
Copyright Licenses means any agreement, whether written or oral, providing for the
grant by or to a Person of any right under any Copyright.
Copyrights means all copyrights in all works, now existing or hereafter created or
acquired, all registrations and recordings thereof, and all applications in connection therewith,
whether in the United States Copyright Office or in any similar office or agency of the United
States, any state thereof or any other country or any political subdivision thereof, or otherwise.
Credit Agreement has the meaning given to such term in the preamble hereto.
Credit Extension means each of the following: (a) a Borrowing and (b) an L/C Credit
Extension.
Cumulative Operating Cash Flow means an amount, determined on the date of any
proposed Restricted Payment, as applicable, equal to Operating Cash Flow for the period from July
1, 2011 through the end of the most recently ended Quarter as to which financial statements have
been delivered pursuant to Section 7.01.
Cumulative Total Interest Expense means for the period from July 1, 2011 through the
end of the most recently ended Quarter as to which financial statements have been delivered
pursuant to Section 7.01, the aggregate of the interest expense of the Borrower and its
Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with
GAAP.
Debt Instruments means, collectively, the respective notes and debentures
evidencing, and indentures and other agreements governing, any Indebtedness.
Debtor Relief Laws means the Bankruptcy Code, and all other liquidation,
conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement,
receivership, insolvency, reorganization, or similar debtor relief Laws of the United States or
other applicable jurisdictions from time to time in effect and affecting the rights of creditors
generally.
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Default means any event or condition that constitutes an Event of Default or that,
with the giving of any notice, the passage of time, or both, would be an Event of Default.
Default Rate means (a) when used with respect to Obligations other than Letter of
Credit Fees, an interest rate equal to (i) the Base Rate plus (ii) the Applicable Rate, if
any, applicable to Base Rate Loans plus (iii) 2% per annum; provided,
however, that with respect to a Eurodollar Rate Loan, the Default Rate shall be an interest
rate equal to the interest rate (including any Applicable Rate) otherwise applicable to such Loan
plus 2% per annum and (b) when used with respect to Letter of Credit Fees, a rate equal to
the Applicable Rate plus 2% per annum.
Defaulting Lender means, at any time, a Lender as to which the Administrative Agent
has notified the Borrower that (i) such Lender has failed for three Business Days or more to comply
with its obligations under this Credit Agreement to make a Loan or make a payment to the L/C Issuer
in respect of an L/C Obligation or make a payment to the Swingline Lender in respect of a Swingline
Loan (each a funding obligation) unless such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent and
the Borrower in writing that such failure is the result of such Lenders good faith determination
that one or more conditions precedent to funding (each of which conditions precedent, together with
any applicable default, shall be specifically identified in such writing) has not been satisfied,
or (ii) such Lender has notified the Administrative Agent in writing, or has stated publicly, that
it will not comply with any such funding obligation, or (iii) a Lender Insolvency Event has
occurred and is continuing with respect to such Lender (provided that neither the
reallocation of funding obligations provided for in Section 2.16(b) as a result of a Lender
being a Defaulting Lender nor the performance by Non-Defaulting Lenders of such reallocated funding
obligations shall by themselves cause the relevant Defaulting Lender to become a Non-Defaulting
Lender). Any determination that a Lender is a Defaulting Lender under clauses (i) through (iii)
above shall be made by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion acting in good faith.
The Administrative Agent will promptly send to all parties hereto a copy of any notice to the
Borrower referred to above.
Deferred Carriage Fee Amortization means the amount identified in the Borrowers
Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows on the line identified as Amortization of Deferred Carriage
Fees and determined in accordance with GAAP.
Disposition or Dispose means the sale, transfer, license, lease or other
disposition (including any sale and leaseback transaction) of any property by any Person (or the
granting of any option or other right to do any of the foregoing), including any sale, assignment,
transfer or other disposal, with or without recourse, of any notes or accounts receivable or any
rights and claims associated therewith; provided that the term Disposition specifically
excludes (i) sale, transfer, license, lease or other disposition of obsolete or worn out property,
whether now owned or hereafter acquired, in the ordinary course of business, (ii) sale, transfer,
license, lease or other disposition of receivables, inventory and other current assets in the
ordinary course of business; (iii) sale, transfer, license, lease or other disposition of property
by any Restricted Subsidiary to the Borrower or to another Restricted Subsidiary; provided
that if the transferor of such property is a Guarantor, the transferee thereof must either be the
Borrower or a Guarantor; (iv) sale, transfer, license, lease or other disposition of property
permitted by Section 7.24(i) through (vii) and (x) through (xvi); and
(v) sale, transfer, license, lease or other disposition of property involving property or
assets having a fair market value of less than $1,000,000.
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Distribution Agreement means the Distribution Agreement dated as of June 6, 2011,
between the Borrower and CSC Holdings, LLC, relating to, inter alia, the contribution of the
Programming Network Business to the Borrower.
Distribution Transaction means (i) the contribution to the Borrower of the
Programming Network Business from CSC Holdings, LLC in exchange for the issuance or transfer to CSC
Holdings, LLC of common stock of the Borrower, Senior Notes and Term B Notes, (ii) the distribution
by CSC Holdings, LLC of the Borrowers common stock to Cablevision, and (iii) the distribution by
Cablevision of the Borrowers common stock to the common shareholders of Cablevision, in each case
pursuant to the Distribution Agreement.
Distribution Transaction Agreements means the agreements listed on Schedule
1.01(iv).
Dolan means Charles F. Dolan.
Dolan Family Interests means (i) any Dolan Family Member, (ii) any trusts for the
benefit of any Dolan Family Members, (iii) any estate or testamentary trust of any Dolan Family
Member for the benefit of any Dolan Family Members, (iv) any executor, administrator, conservator
or legal or personal representative of any Person or Persons specified in clauses (i), (ii) and
(iii) above to the extent acting in such capacity on behalf of any Dolan Family Member or Members
and not individually, and (v) any corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other
similar entity, in each case 80% of which is owned and controlled by any of the foregoing or
combination of the foregoing.
Dolan Family Members means Dolan, his spouse, his descendants and any spouse of any
of such descendants.
Dollars and $means lawful money of the United States of America.
Domestic Subsidiary shall mean any Subsidiary that is organized and existing under
the laws of the United States or any state or commonwealth thereof or under the laws of the
District of Columbia.
Eligible Assignee means (a) with respect to any assignment of any Revolving Credit
Commitment or Revolving Credit Loan, (i) a Revolving Credit Lender, (ii) an Affiliate of a
Revolving Credit Lender, and (iii) any other Person (other than a natural person) approved by (A)
the Administrative Agent, (B) in the case of any assignment of a Revolving Credit Commitment, the
Swingline Lender and the L/C Issuer, and (C) unless an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, the Borrower (each such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), and (b)
with respect to any assignment of any Term Commitment or Term Loan, (i) a Lender, (ii) an Affiliate
of a Lender, (iii) an Approved Fund, (iv) any other Person (other than a natural person) approved
by (A) the Administrative Agent, and (B) unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing,
the Borrower (each such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed); provided, the
Borrower shall be deemed to have approved of such Person unless it shall object thereto by written
notice to the Administrative Agent within seven (7) Business Days after having received written
notice thereof, and (v) with respect to any Term Loan, the Borrower or any of the Borrowers
Affiliates or Subsidiaries; provided that, (1) none of the Borrower or any of the
Borrowers Affiliates or Subsidiaries holding Term Loans shall have any right to (A) attend
(including by telephone) any meeting or discussions (or portion thereof) among the Administrative
Agent or any Lender to which representatives of the Borrower are not then present
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or (B) receive any information or material prepared by the Administrative Agent or any Lender
or any communication by or among Administrative Agent and one or more Lenders, except to the extent
such information or materials have been made available to the Borrower or its representatives, (2)
any purchase of Term Loans by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries by assignment pursuant to
Section 10.6 shall (x) be effected by an offer to purchase such Term Loans pro rata from each Term
Lender of the applicable Term Facility in a manner reasonably acceptable to the Administrative
Agent, (y) result in such Term Loans being retired upon such assignment and (z) not be funded with
a borrowing of Revolving Credit Loans, and (3) the aggregate principal amount of Term Loans
purchased by assignment pursuant to Section 10.06 and held at any one time by any of the Borrowers
Affiliates (which are not required to be retired pursuant to clause (2) above) may not exceed 10%
of the outstanding principal amount of all Term Loans under any Term Facility.
Environmental Laws means any and all Federal, state, local, and foreign statutes,
laws, regulations, ordinances, rules, judgments, orders, decrees, permits, concessions, grants,
franchises, licenses, agreements or governmental restrictions relating to pollution and the
protection of the environment or the release of any materials into the environment, including those
related to hazardous substances or wastes, air emissions and discharges to waste or public systems.
Environmental Liability means any liability (including any liability for damages,
costs of environmental remediation, fines, penalties or indemnities), of the Borrower, any other
Loan Party or any of their respective Subsidiaries resulting from or based upon (a) violation of
any Environmental Law, (b) the generation, use, handling, transportation, storage, treatment or
disposal of any Hazardous Materials, (c) exposure to any Hazardous Materials, (d) the release or
threatened release of any Hazardous Materials into the environment or (e) any contract, agreement
or other consensual arrangement pursuant to which liability is assumed or imposed with respect to
any of the foregoing.
Equity Interests means, with respect to any Person, any of the shares of capital
stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person, any of the warrants, options or
other rights for the purchase or acquisition from such Person of shares of capital stock of (or
other ownership or profit interests in) such Person, any of the securities convertible into or
exchangeable for shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person
or warrants, rights or options for the purchase or acquisition from such Person of such shares (or
such other interests), and any of the other ownership or profit interests in such Person (including
partnership, member or trust interests therein), whether voting or nonvoting, and whether or not
such shares, warrants, options, rights or other interests are outstanding on any date of
determination.
ERISA means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.
ERISA Affiliate means, when used with respect to a Plan, ERISA, the PBGC or a
provision of the Code pertaining to employee benefit plans, any Person that is a member of any
group of organizations within the meaning of Sections 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the Code of which
the Borrower is a member.
Eurodollar Base Rate means, for such Interest Period, the rate per annum equal to
the British Bankers Association LIBOR Rate (BBA LIBOR), as published by Reuters (or other
commercially available source providing quotations of BBA LIBOR as designated by the
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Administrative Agent from time to time) at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two Business
Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period, for Dollar deposits (for delivery on the
first day of such Interest Period) with a term equivalent to such Interest Period. If such rate is
not available at such time for any reason, then the Eurodollar Base Rate for such Interest Period
shall be the rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent to be the rate at which deposits
in Dollars for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period in same day funds in the
approximate amount of the Eurodollar Rate Loan being made, continued or converted by JPMCB and with
a term equivalent to such Interest Period would be offered by JPMCBs London Branch to major banks
in the London interbank eurodollar market at their request at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London
time) two Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period.
Eurodollar Rate means for any Interest Period with respect to a Eurodollar Rate
Loan, a rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent pursuant to the following formula:
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provided that, solely with respect to Term B Loans, the Eurodollar Rate shall be no
lower than 1.00% per annum.
Eurodollar Rate Loan means a Revolving Credit Loan, Term A Loan, Term B Loan or
Incremental Term Loan, if any, that bears interest at a rate based on the Eurodollar Rate.
Eurodollar Reserve Percentage means, for any day during any Interest Period, the
reserve percentage (expressed as a decimal, carried out to five decimal places) in effect on such
day, whether or not applicable to any Lender, under regulations issued from time to time by the
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System for determining the maximum reserve requirement
(including any emergency, supplemental or other marginal reserve requirement) with respect to
Eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as Eurocurrency liabilities). The Eurodollar Rate
for each outstanding Eurodollar Rate Loan shall be adjusted automatically as of the effective date
of any change in the Eurodollar Reserve Percentage.
Event of Default means any of the events described in Article VIII.
Event of Loss means, with respect to any property, (i) the actual or constructive
total loss of such property or the use thereof, resulting from destruction, damage beyond repair,
or the rendition of such property permanently unfit for normal use from any casualty or similar
occurrence whatsoever, (ii) the destruction or damage of a material portion of such property from
any casualty or similar occurrence whatsoever under circumstances in which such damage cannot
reasonably be expected to be repaired, or such property cannot reasonably be expected to be
restored to its condition immediately prior to such destruction or damage, within 180 days after
the occurrence of such destruction or damage, (iii) the condemnation, confiscation or seizure of,
or requisition of title to or use of, any property, or (iv) in the case of any property located
upon a leasehold, the termination or expiration of such leasehold.
Exchange shall mean a Disposition constituting any exchange of assets or properties
for consideration consisting solely of other assets or properties, subject to the last sentence of
this definition, and of comparable value and use to those assets or properties being exchanged, and
having a value equal to the fair market value of those assets or properties being exchanged,
including exchanges involving the transfer or acquisition (or both transfer and
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acquisition) of Equity Interests of a Person so long as substantially all of the Equity
Interests of such Person are transferred or acquired, as the case may be (and such Person becomes a
Restricted Subsidiary and a Guarantor hereunder). It is understood that exchanges of the kind
described above as to which a portion of the consideration paid or received is in the form of cash
or Cash Equivalents shall nevertheless constitute Exchanges for the purposes of this Credit
Agreement so long as the aggregate consideration received by the Borrower and its Restricted
Subsidiaries in connection with such exchange represents fair market value for the assets or
properties and cash or Cash Equivalents being transferred by the Borrower and its Restricted
Subsidiaries.
Excluded Indebtedness has the meaning given to such term in Section 8.01(e).
Excluded Taxes means, with respect to the Administrative Agent, any Lender, the L/C
Issuer or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any obligation of the
Borrower hereunder, (a) taxes imposed on or measured by its overall net income (however
denominated), and franchise taxes imposed on it (in lieu of net income taxes), as a result of a
present or former connection between such Administrative Agent, Lender or L/C Issuer, as the case
may be, and the jurisdiction of the Governmental Authority imposing such tax or any taxing
authority thereof or therein (other than any such connection arising solely from the Administrative
Agent, such Lender or such L/C Issuer having executed, delivered or performed its obligations or
received a payment under, or enforced, any Loan Document), (b) any branch profits taxes imposed by
the United States or any similar tax imposed by any other jurisdiction in which the Borrower is
located, (c) any Tax imposed pursuant to FATCA, and (d) in the case of a Foreign Lender (other than
an assignee pursuant to a request by the Borrower under Section 10.12), any withholding tax
that is imposed on amounts payable to such Foreign Lender at the time such Foreign Lender becomes a
party hereto (or designates a new Lending Office) or is attributable to such Foreign Lenders
failure or inability (other than as a result of a Change in Law) to comply with Section
3.01(e), except to the extent that such Foreign Lender (or its assignor, if any) was entitled,
at the time of designation of a new Lending Office (or assignment), to receive additional amounts
from the Borrower with respect to such withholding tax pursuant to Section 3.01(a).
Existing RNS Credit Agreement means that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of July
5, 2006, as amended, among the Rainbow National Services, LLC, the Guarantors named therein, Bank
of America, N.A., as syndication agent, Credit Suisse (formerly Credit Suisse First Boston),
Citicorp North America, Inc. and Wachovia Bank, National Association, as co-documentation agents,
JPMCB, as administrative agent, and the other Loan Parties (as defined therein) party thereto.
Existing RNS Indenture means that certain Indenture, dated as of August 20, 2004,
among The Bank of New York, Rainbow National Services, LLC, RNS Co-Issuer Corporation and the
Guarantors (as defined therein) with respect to the Existing RNS Notes.
Existing RNS Notes shall mean the 10-3/8% Senior Subordinated Notes Due 2014 issued
pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Existing RNS Indenture in the aggregate original
principal amount of $325,000,000.
Facility means the Term A Facility, the Term B Facility, the Revolving Credit
Facility or an Incremental Term Facility, if any, as the context may require.
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Facility Fee Letter means any fee letter entered into between the Borrower and the
Joint Lead Arrangers on or prior to the Closing Date.
FATCA means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the date of this Credit
Agreement, including any regulations or official interpretations thereof, whether issued before or
after the date of this Credit Agreement.
FCC means the Federal Communications Commission, or any Governmental Authority
succeeding to any of its principal functions.
Federal Funds Rate means, for any day, the rate per annum equal to the weighted
average of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve
System arranged by Federal funds brokers on such day, as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of
New York on the Business Day next succeeding such day; provided that (a) if such day is not
a Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be such rate on such transactions on the
next preceding Business Day as so published on the next succeeding Business Day, and (b) if no such
rate is so published on such next succeeding Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day
shall be the average rate (rounded upward, if necessary, to a whole multiple of 1/100 of 1%)
charged to JPMCB on such day on such transactions as determined by the Administrative Agent.
Fee Letters means the Facility Fee Letter and the JPMCB Fee Letter.
Financial Covenants means the financial covenants applicable to the Borrower and the
Restricted Subsidiaries from time to time as set forth in Section 7.25 and 7.26.
Foreign Lender means any Lender that is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction
other than that in which the Borrower is resident for tax purposes. For purposes of this
definition, the United States, each State thereof and the District of Columbia shall be deemed to
constitute a single jurisdiction.
Fund means any Person (other than a natural person) that is (or will be) engaged in
making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans and similar extensions of
credit in the ordinary course of its business.
GAAP means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States set forth
in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board and the American Institute of
Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting
Standards Board or such other principles as may be approved by a significant segment of the
accounting profession in the United States, that are applicable to the circumstances as of the date
of determination, consistently applied; provided, that, at any time after the Closing Date,
the Borrower may elect to apply IFRS accounting principles in lieu of GAAP and, upon any such
election, except as otherwise provided in Section 1.03(b), references herein to GAAP shall
thereafter be construed to mean IFRS (and equivalent pronouncements) as in effect at the date of
such election, except as otherwise provided in this Credit Agreement; provided
further, that any calculation or determination in this Credit Agreement that requires the
application of GAAP for periods that include Quarters ended prior to the adoption of IFRS shall
remain as previously calculated or determined.
Governmental Authority means the government of the United States or any other
nation, or of any political subdivision thereof, whether state or local, and any agency,
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authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising
executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or
pertaining to government (including any supra-national bodies such as the European Union or the
European Central Bank).
Granting Lender has the meaning set forth in Section 10.06(h).
Guarantees has the meaning given to such term in Section 7.16.
Guarantors means the Persons set forth on Schedule 1.01(iii) and each New
Restricted Subsidiary required to become a Guarantor pursuant to Section 7.08.
Guaranty means the Guaranty made by the Guarantors under Article IV in favor
of the Secured Parties.
Guaranty Supplement has the meaning given to such term in Section 4.11.
Hazardous Materials means all explosive or radioactive substances or wastes and all
hazardous or toxic substances, wastes or other pollutants, including petroleum or petroleum
distillates, asbestos or asbestos-containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls, radon gas,
infectious or medical wastes and all other substances or wastes of any nature regulated pursuant to
any Environmental Law.
Hedge Bank means any Person that, at the time it enters into a Secured Hedge
Agreement, is a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender, in its capacity as a party to such Secured
Hedge Agreement.
Honor Date has the meaning given to such term in Section 2.03(c)(i).
IFRS means the International Financial Reporting Standards as adopted by the
International Accounting Standards Board.
IFC means The Independent Film Channel LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
Increase Effective Date has the meaning given to such term in Section
2.13(d).
Incremental Term Borrowing means a borrowing consisting of simultaneous Incremental
Term Loans of the same Type and, in the case of Eurodollar Rate Loans, having the same Interest
Period made by each of the Incremental Term Lenders pursuant to Section 2.14.
Incremental Term Commitments has the meaning given to such term in Section
2.14(a).
Incremental Term Facility means, any additional tranche of Incremental Term
Commitments and Incremental Term Loans established pursuant to an Incremental Term Supplement.
Incremental Term Lender means a Lender with an Incremental Term Commitment or an
outstanding Incremental Term Loan.
Incremental Term Loan has the meaning given to such term in Section 2.14(a).
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Incremental Term Note means a promissory note made by the Borrower in favor of an
Incremental Term Lender, evidencing Incremental Term Loans made by such Incremental Term Lender,
substantially in the form attached to the Incremental Term Supplement.
Incremental Term Supplement has the meaning given to such term in Section
2.14(c).
Indebtedness means, as to any Person, Capital Lease Obligations of such Person and
other indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money (whether by loan or the issuance and sale of
debt securities) or for the deferred purchase or acquisition price of property or services other
than accounts payable and accrued expenses (other than for borrowed money) incurred in the ordinary
course of business of such Person. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, such term
shall include (a) when applied to the Borrower and/or any Restricted Subsidiary, all obligations of
the Borrower and/or any Restricted Subsidiary under Swap Contracts and (b) when applied to the
Borrower or any other Person, all Indebtedness of others Guaranteed by such Person.
Indemnified Taxes means Taxes other than Excluded Taxes.
Indemnitee has the meaning given to such term in Section 10.04(b).
Information has the meaning given to such term in Section 10.02(f).
Initial Term B Lender means CSC Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
Intellectual Property means the Copyrights, Copyright Licenses, Patents, Patent
Licenses, Software, Trade Secrets, Trade Secret Licenses, Trademarks and Trademark Licenses of the
Loan Parties.
Intellectual Property Security Agreement means an Intellectual Property Security
Agreement, between each Loan Party owning any Intellectual Property or applications for
Intellectual Property and the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, and any
similar security agreement or any security agreement supplement delivered pursuant to Section
7.08.
Interest Payment Date means, (a) as to any Eurodollar Rate Loan, the last day of
each Interest Period applicable to such Loan and the Maturity Date of the Facility under which such
Loan was made; provided, however, that if any Interest Period for a Eurodollar Rate
Loan exceeds three months, the respective dates that fall every three months after the beginning of
such Interest Period shall also be Interest Payment Dates; and (b) as to any Base Rate Loan, the
last Business Day of each March, June, September and December and the Maturity Date of the Facility
under which such Loan was made.
Interest Period means, as to each Eurodollar Rate Loan, the period commencing on the
date such Eurodollar Rate Loan is disbursed or converted to or continued as a Eurodollar Rate Loan
and ending on the date one, two, three or six months thereafter, or if made available by the
Lenders nine or twelve months thereafter, as selected by the Borrower in its Committed Loan Notice;
provided that:
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(a) any Interest Period that would otherwise end on a day that is not a Business Day
shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless such Business Day falls in
another calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding
Business Day;
(b) any Interest Period that begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or
on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the
end of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the calendar month at
the end of such Interest Period; and
(c) no Interest Period shall extend beyond the Maturity Date of the Facility under
which such Loan was made.
Investments has the meaning given to such term in Section 7.18.
ISP means the International Standby Practices (ISP98) International Chamber of
Commerce Publication No. 590, as the same may be amended and as in effect from time to time.
Issuer Documents means with respect to any Letter of Credit, the Letter of Credit
Application, and any other document, agreement and instrument entered into by the L/C Issuer and
the Borrower or any Subsidiary or in favor the L/C Issuer and relating to any such Letter of
Credit.
Joint Lead Arrangers means J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Merrill Lynch, Pierce,
Fenner & Smith Incorporated.
JPMCB means JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, and its successors.
JPMCB Fee Letter means the letter agreement, dated June 30, 2011, among the
Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuer.
Laws means, collectively, all international, foreign, Federal, state and local
statutes, treaties, rules, guidelines, regulations, ordinances, codes and administrative or
judicial precedents or authorities, including the interpretation or administration thereof by any
Governmental Authority charged with the enforcement, interpretation or administration thereof, and
all applicable administrative orders, directives, requests, licenses, authorizations and permits
of, and agreements with, any Governmental Authority, in each case whether or not having the force
of law.
L/C Advance means, with respect to each Revolving Credit Lender, such Lenders
funding of its participation in any L/C Borrowing in accordance with its Applicable Revolving
Credit Percentage.
L/C Borrowing means an extension of credit resulting from a drawing under any Letter
of Credit which has not been reimbursed on the date when made or refinanced as a Revolving Credit
Borrowing.
L/C Credit Extension means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the issuance
thereof or extension of the expiry date thereof, or the increase of the amount thereof.
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L/C Issuer means JPMCB in its capacity as issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder or
any successor issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder and any other Lender reasonably acceptable to
the Borrower and Administrative Agent that has agreed to act as an L/C Issuer hereunder.
L/C Obligations means, as of any date of determination, the aggregate amount
available to be drawn under all outstanding Letters of Credit plus the aggregate of all
Unreimbursed Amounts, including all L/C Borrowings. For purposes of computing the amount available
to be drawn under any Letter of Credit, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be determined in
accordance with Section 1.06. For all purposes of this Credit Agreement, if on any date of
determination a Letter of Credit has expired by its terms but any amount may still be drawn
thereunder by reason of the operation of Rule 3.14 of the ISP, such Letter of Credit shall be
deemed to be outstanding in the amount so remaining available to be drawn.
Leases means leases and subleases (excluding Capital Lease Obligations), licenses to
use property, and easements.
Lender means the banks or other financial institutions which are parties hereto,
including the Initial Term B Lender, the Swingline Lender and any Incremental Term Lender, together
with their respective successors and assigns.
Lender Insolvency Event means that (i) a Lender or its Lender Parent is insolvent or
(ii) an event of the kind referred to in clause (g)(ii), (g)(v) or (h) of
Section 8.01 occurs, excluding any Undisclosed Administration, with respect to such Lender
or its Lender Parent (as if the references in such provisions to the Borrower or Significant
Restricted Subsidiaries referred to such Lender or Lender Parent); provided that, for the
avoidance of doubt, a Lender shall not be a Defaulting Lender solely by virtue of the ownership or
acquisition of any Equity Interest in that Lender or any direct or indirect parent company thereof
by a Governmental Authority so long as such ownership interest does not result in or provide such
Lender with immunity from the jurisdiction of courts within the United States or from the
enforcement of judgments or writs of attachment on its assets or permit such Lender (or such
Governmental Authority) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made
with such Lender.
Lender Parent means, with respect to a Lender, the bank holding company (as defined
in Federal Reserve Board Regulation Y), if any, of such Lender, or any Person owning, beneficially
or of record, directly or indirectly, a majority of the shares of such Lender.
Lender Party means any Lender, the L/C Issuer or the Swingline Lender.
Lender Party Appointment Period has the meaning given to such term in Section
9.06(a).
Lending Office means, as to any Lender, the office or offices of such Lender
described as such in such Lenders Administrative Questionnaire, or such other office or offices as
a Lender may from time to time notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.
Letter of Credit means any letter of credit issued hereunder. A Letter of Credit
may be a commercial letter of credit or a standby letter of credit.
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Letter of Credit Application means an application and agreement for the issuance or
amendment of a Letter of Credit in the form from time to time in use by the L/C Issuer.
Letter of Credit Expiration Date means the day that is seven days prior to the
Maturity Date then in effect for the Revolving Credit Facility (or, if such day is not a Business
Day, the next preceding Business Day).
Letter of Credit Fee has the meaning given to such term in Section 2.03(i).
Letter of Credit Sublimit means an amount equal to $50,000,000. The Letter of
Credit Sublimit is part of, and not in addition to, the Revolving Credit Facility.
Liens has the meaning given to such term in Section 7.17.
Loan means an extension of credit by a Lender to the Borrower under Article
II in the form of a Term Loan, Swingline Loan or Revolving Credit Loan.
Loan Documents means, collectively, (a) this Credit Agreement, (b) the Notes, (c)
the Collateral Documents, (d) the Fee Letters, (e) each Issuer Document, (f) each Secured Hedge
Agreement, (g) each Secured Cash Management Agreement, and (h) each Incremental Term Supplement, if
any; provided that for purposes of the definition of Materially Adverse Effect and
Articles V through IX and Section 10.01, Loan Documents shall not include
Secured Hedge Agreements or Secured Cash Management Agreements.
Loan Parties means, collectively, the Borrower and each Guarantor.
Mandatory Borrowing has the meaning given to such term in Section 2.15(b).
Margin Stock means margin stock as defined in Regulation U.
Materially Adverse Effect means a materially adverse effect upon (i) the business,
assets, financial condition or results of operations of the Borrower and the Restricted
Subsidiaries taken as a whole on a combined basis in accordance with GAAP, (ii) the ability of the
Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole to perform the Obligations hereunder or
(iii) the legality, validity, binding nature or enforceability of this Credit Agreement or any
other Loan Document or the validity, perfection, priority or enforceability of the security
interest created, or purported to be created, by any of the Collateral Documents.
Maturity Date means (a) with respect to the Revolving Credit Facility, June 30,
2016, (b) with respect to the Term A Facility, June 30, 2017, (c) with respect to the Term B
Facility, December 31, 2018, and (d) with respect to each Incremental Term Facility, if any, the
date specified as such in the respective Incremental Term Supplement.
Material Real Property has the meaning given to such term in the Security Agreement.
Maximum Rate has the meaning given to such term in Section 10.08.
Monetization Indebtedness means any Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Restricted
Subsidiary thereof issued in connection with a Monetization Transaction; provided
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that, (i) on the date of its incurrence, the purchase price or principal amount of such
Monetization Indebtedness does not exceed the fair market value of the securities that are the
subject of such Monetization Transaction on such date and (ii) the obligations of the Borrower and
its Restricted Subsidiaries with respect to the purchase price or principal amount of such
Monetization Indebtedness (x) may be satisfied in full by delivery of the securities that are the
subject of such Monetization Transaction and any related options on such securities or any proceeds
received by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary thereof on account of such options;
provided further, that if the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary no longer owns
sufficient securities that were the subject of such Monetization Transaction and/or related options
on such securities to satisfy in full the obligations of the Borrower and its Restricted
Subsidiaries under such Monetization Indebtedness, such Indebtedness shall no longer be deemed to
be Monetization Indebtedness, and (y) are not secured by any Liens on any of the Borrowers or its
Restricted Subsidiaries assets other than the securities that are the subject of such Monetization
Transaction and the related options on such securities.
Monetization Transaction means a transaction pursuant to which (i) securities
received pursuant to a Disposition or Exchange are sold, transferred or otherwise conveyed
(including by way of a forward purchase agreement, prepaid forward sale agreement, secured
borrowing or similar agreement) within 180 days of such Disposition or Exchange and (ii) the
Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries receive (including by way of borrowing under Monetization
Indebtedness) not less than 75% of the fair market value of such securities in the form of cash.
Moodys means Moodys Investors Service, Inc. and any successor thereto.
Mortgages means the deeds of trust, trust deeds, deeds to secure debt and mortgages,
substantially in the form of Exhibit L (with such changes as may be satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent and its counsel to account for local law matters) and otherwise in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (and each other Mortgage delivered
pursuant to Section 7.11 from time to time), in each case as amended, restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
Multiemployer Plan means a Plan that is a multiemployer plan as defined in Section
4001(a)(3) of ERISA.
Net Cash Proceeds means proceeds received by the Borrower or any of the Restricted
Subsidiaries in cash from (x) any Disposition or the incurrence, issuance or sale of Indebtedness
or capital stock of the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries, in each case after
deduction of the underwriting discounts and commissions in, the costs of, and any income,
franchise, transfer or other tax liability arising from, such sale, Disposition, incurrence or
issuance, (y) a capital contribution in respect of the common stock of any class of the Borrower to
the Borrower by the holder thereof, or (z) any insurance, condemnation awards or other payment with
respect to an Event of Loss, after deduction of the costs of, and any income, franchise, transfer
or other tax liability arising therefrom. If any amount payable to the Borrower or any such
Restricted Subsidiary in respect of any such incurrence or issuance shall be or become evidenced by
any promissory note or other negotiable or non-negotiable instrument, the cash proceeds received on
any such note or instrument shall constitute Net Cash Proceeds.
Net Debt means, as to the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries as at any date of
determination, the aggregate amount of all Indebtedness of the Borrower and the Restricted
Subsidiaries, less the aggregate amount of Qualified Cash of the Borrower and the
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Restricted Subsidiaries as of such date in an aggregate amount not to exceed 33% of Operating
Cash Flow for the period of four consecutive Quarters covered by the then most recent Compliance
Certificate delivered to the Lenders pursuant to Section 7.01(d).
New Restricted Subsidiary means any New Subsidiary designated as a Restricted
Subsidiary pursuant to Section 7.08(b) and any Unrestricted Subsidiary redesignated as a
Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to Section 7.08(c).
New Subsidiary means any Person that becomes a Subsidiary of the Borrower after the
Closing Date.
New Unrestricted Subsidiary means any New Subsidiary deemed an Unrestricted
Subsidiary pursuant to Section 7.08(a).
Non-Defaulting Lender means, at any time, a Lender that is not a Defaulting Lender.
Note means a Term A Note, Term B Note, Revolving Credit Note, Swingline Note or
Incremental Term Note, if any, as the context may require.
Obligations means all advances to, and debts, liabilities, obligations, covenants
and duties of, any Loan Party arising under any Loan Document or otherwise with respect to any Loan
or Letter of Credit, whether direct or indirect (including those acquired by assumption), absolute
or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising and including interest and
fees that accrue after the commencement by or against any Loan Party or any Affiliate thereof of
any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Laws naming such Person as the debtor in such proceeding,
regardless of whether such interest and fees are allowed claims in such proceeding.
OID has the meaning given to such term in Section 2.10(a).
Operating Cash Flow means, for any period, the following for the Borrower and the
Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with
GAAP: (i) aggregate operating revenues, minus (ii) aggregate operating expenses (including
technical, programming, sales, selling, general administrative expenses and salaries and other
compensation, in each case net of amounts allocated to Affiliates, but excluding depreciation and
amortization (but, for the avoidance of doubt, depreciation and amortization will not include the
amortization of programming expenses (films, series, shows and other content), which is treated as
an operating expense), charges and credits relating to employee stock plans, and restructuring
charges and credits, and, to the extent otherwise included in operating expenses, any losses
resulting from a write-off or write-down of Investments by the Borrower or any Restricted
Subsidiary in Affiliates), plus (iii), without duplication, Deferred Carriage Fee
Amortization; provided, however, that for purposes of determining Operating Cash
Flow for any period (A) there shall be excluded all management fees paid to the Borrower or any
Restricted Subsidiary during such period by any Unrestricted Subsidiary other than any such amounts
settled in cash to the extent not in excess of 5% of Operating Cash Flow for the Borrower and the
Restricted Subsidiaries as determined without including any such fees, (B) there shall be excluded
operating expenses in connection with the Distribution Transaction in an amount not to exceed
$5,000,000 in the aggregate, (C) the amount of Operating Cash Flow attributable to any non-wholly
owned Restricted Subsidiary shall be included only to the extent of the Borrowers direct or
indirect economic interest in the Equity Interests of such non-wholly owned Restricted Subsidiary;
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provided, that the amount of Operating Cash Flow attributable to all non-wholly owned
Restricted Subsidiaries shall in no event exceed 10% of the total Operating Cash Flow for such
period, and (D) Operating Cash Flow for such period shall be increased or reduced, as the case may
be, by the Operating Cash Flow of assets or businesses acquired or disposed of (provided that in
each case it has an impact on Annual Operating Cash Flow of at least $1,000,000) (including by
means of any redesignation of any Subsidiary pursuant to Section 7.08(c)) by the Borrower
or any Restricted Subsidiary on or after the first day of such period, determined on a pro forma
basis reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (it being agreed that it shall be
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that such pro forma calculations may be based upon GAAP as
applied in the preparation of the financial statements for the Borrower, delivered in accordance
with Section 7.01 rather than as applied in the financial statements of the Person whose
assets were acquired and may include, in the Borrowers discretion, a reasonable estimate of
savings resulting from any such acquisition or disposition (a) that have been realized, (b) for
which the steps necessary for realization have been taken, or (c) for which the steps necessary for
realization are reasonably expected to be taken within 12 months of the date of such acquisition or
disposition), as though the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary acquired or disposed of such
assets on the first day of such period. For purposes of this definition, operating revenues and
operating expenses shall exclude any non-recurring, non-cash items in excess of $2,500,000.
Operating Cash Flow may also be adjusted to normalize an acceleration of programming expenses
(films, series, shows and other content) required to be recognized in accordance with GAAP when the
programs useful life is shortened or otherwise changed from the originally projected useful life.
Furthermore, to the extent the programs are abandoned and, to the extent that the amortization of
such programming expenses are, in accordance with GAAP, required to be accelerated into the year of
such impairment, the Borrower may treat such costs as being amortized over a period equal to the
original projected useful life. In the event of any suspension of carriage by any party to an
Affiliation Agreement during renewal negotiations of such Affiliation Agreement or upon the
expiration or termination of, or during disputes under, such Affiliation Agreement, the Operating
Cash Flow calculation, for purposes of complying with the Financial Covenants (but not for any
other purpose), may be adjusted (the Carriage Suspension Adjustment) to include the
Operating Cash Flow attributable to the affected Affiliation Agreement from the corresponding
period one year prior to each period during which such suspension of carriage continues, but in any
event not to exceed three months, provided that the Carriage Suspension Adjustment shall be limited
only to the Operating Cash Flow attributable to one Affiliation Agreement during any three-month
period being tested.
Operating Company means (i) each of AMC, IFC, WE and Sundance, and (ii) each other
Restricted Subsidiary that directly or indirectly owns a material programming network that had $100
million or more in gross operating revenues for the period of four consecutive Quarters covered by
the then most recent Compliance Certificate delivered to the Lenders pursuant to Section
7.01(d).
Other Taxes means all present or future stamp or documentary taxes or any other
excise, property, mortgage recording or other similar taxes, charges or similar levies arising from
any payment made hereunder or under any other Loan Document or from the execution, delivery or
enforcement of, or otherwise with respect to, this Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document.
Outstanding Amount means (a) with respect to Loans on any date, the aggregate
outstanding principal amount thereof after giving effect to any borrowings and prepayments or
repayments thereof occurring on such date and (b) with respect to any L/C Obligations on any date,
the amount of such L/C Obligations on such date after giving effect to
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any L/C Credit Extension occurring on such date and any other changes in the aggregate amount
of the L/C Obligations as of such date, including as a result of any reimbursements by the Borrower
of Unreimbursed Amounts.
Participant has the meaning given to such term in Section 10.06(d).
Patent Licenses means all agreements, whether written or oral, providing for the
grant by or to a Person of any right to manufacture, use or sell any invention covered by a Patent.
Patents means (a) all letters patent of the United States or any other country, now
existing or hereafter arising, and all improvement patents, reissues, reexaminations, patents of
additions, renewals and extensions thereof, and (b) all applications for letters patent of the
United States or any other country, now existing or hereafter arising, and all provisions,
division, continuations and continuations-in-part and substitutes thereof.
PATRIOT Act has the meaning given to such term in Section 10.16.
PBGC means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or any entity succeeding to any
or all of its functions under ERISA.
Permitted Acquisition means any acquisition (including by merger, amalgamation,
consolidation or other form of combination) of all or substantially all of the assets of, or all or
substantially all of the Equity Interests (other than directors qualifying shares) in, a Person or
division, line of business or other business unit of a Person who will become, or which assets will
become property of, a Restricted Subsidiary so long as (a) there is no Default or Event of Default
both before and after giving pro forma effect to such acquisition and any incurrence of
Indebtedness in connection therewith, (b) the Borrower would be in compliance, on a pro forma basis
after giving effect to the consummation of such acquisition and any incurrence of Indebtedness in
connection therewith (such pro forma basis to include, in the Borrowers discretion, a reasonable
estimate of savings resulting from any such acquisition (i) that have been realized, (ii) for which
the steps necessary for realization have been taken, or (iii) for which the steps necessary for
realization are reasonably expected to be taken within 12 months of the date of such acquisition,
in each case, certified by the Borrower), with the Financial Covenants recomputed as of the last
day of the most recently ended Quarter for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant
to Section 7.01 and calculated as if such acquisition was consummated and such Indebtedness
was incurred on the first day of the 12-month period then ended; provided, the Financial
Covenants for purposes of determining such pro forma compliance, shall be determined in a manner to
be more restrictive than the level otherwise applicable for the relevant test period by 0.25:1.00,
(c) the acquired company or assets are in the same business as the Borrower and its subsidiaries or
are in a line of business that is generally related to the lines of business conducted by the
Borrower and its subsidiaries, (d) any acquired company and its subsidiaries (other than any
subsidiary that shall be a Foreign Subsidiary) shall become Guarantors and pledge their assets to
the Collateral Agent and (e) the Borrower shall have notified the Administrative Agent at least ten
Business Days prior to the consummation of such proposed acquisition, and shall have delivered to
the Administrative Agent documents related to the proposed acquisition reasonably requested by the
Administrative Agent.
Permitted Affiliate Payments means (a) payments under equity and other compensation
incentive programs to employees and directors of the Borrower or any of its current or former
Affiliates in the ordinary course of business; provided that, in the case of employees or
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directors of former Affiliates, such payments relate to awards granted prior to the
consummation of the Distribution Transaction, and (b) payments due and payable under the
Distribution Transaction Agreements.
Permitted Debt means any Indebtedness incurred, issued or sold by the Borrower after
the Closing Date, and any Guarantees thereof issued by the Guarantors permitted pursuant to Section
7.16(viii), provided that:
(i) such Indebtedness (A) shall be unsecured, (B) shall have a commercially reasonable
interest rate (which rate shall be deemed commercially reasonable if such Indebtedness is sold by a
member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority in an underwritten offering, in a private
placement pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, or on a best efforts basis),
(C) shall be neither (1) redeemable, payable or required to be purchased or otherwise retired or
extinguished in whole or in part at a fixed or determinable date (whether by operation of a sinking
fund or otherwise), at the option of any Person other than the Borrower or upon the occurrence of a
condition other than a change of control (as defined in the Debt Instruments governing such
Indebtedness) not solely within the control of the Borrower (such as a redemption required to be
made out of future earnings) nor (2) convertible into any other Indebtedness or capital stock of
the Borrower that may be so retired, extinguished or converted, in the case of clause (1) or (2)
above, at any time before the date that is six months after the last Maturity Date applicable to
the Facilities as in effect at the time of the incurrence, issuance or sale of such Indebtedness,
(D) shall have a weighted average life to maturity equal to or greater than the weighted average
life to maturity of the Facilities (assuming each of the Facilities had been entered into with a
six month additional weighted life), (E) shall be issued subject to the demonstration of pro forma
compliance after giving effect to such Indebtedness with the Financial Covenants recomputed as of
the last day of the most recently ended Quarter for which financial statements have been delivered
pursuant to Section 7.01 and calculated as if incurred on the first day of the 12-month
period then ended, and (F) shall have terms and conditions no more restrictive or burdensome, taken
as a whole, than the terms and conditions of the Senior Notes (whether or not the Senior Notes are
outstanding at the date of such determination); and
(ii) at the time of and immediately after giving effect to the incurrence, issuance or sale of
such Indebtedness, no Default shall have occurred and be continuing, and the Borrower shall have so
certified to the Administrative Agent;
and provided further, that the Borrower shall (a) prior to the issuance of any such Indebtedness,
provide notice to the Administrative Agent of the proposed issuance thereof and of the use of the
proceeds thereof and (b) as soon as available, provide to the Administrative Agent copies of the
Debt Instruments governing such Indebtedness.
Permitted Liens means, with respect to any Person:
(i) (a) pledges or deposits by such Person under workers compensation laws, unemployment
insurance laws or other social security legislation, and deposits securing liability to insurance
carriers under related insurance or self-insurance arrangements, (b) Liens incurred in the ordinary
course of business securing insurance premiums or reimbursement obligations under insurance
policies related to the items specified in the foregoing clause (a), or (c) obligations in respect
of letters of credit or bank guarantees that have been posted by such Person to support the payment
of the items set forth in clauses (a) and (b) of this clause (i);
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(ii) (a) deposits to secure the performance of bids, tenders, contracts (other than for
borrowed money) or Leases to which such Person is a party, (b) deposits to secure public or
statutory obligations of such Person, surety and appeal bonds, performance bonds and other
obligations of a like nature, (c) deposits as security for contested taxes or import duties or for
the payment of rent, and (d) obligations in respect of letters of credit or bank guarantees that
have been posted by such Person to support the payment of items set forth in clauses (a) and (b) of
this clause (ii);
(iii) Liens consisting of pledges or deposits of cash or securities made by such Person as a
condition to obtaining or maintaining any licenses issued to it by, or to satisfy other similar
requirements of, any applicable Governmental Authority;
(iv) Liens imposed by law, such as (a) carriers, warehousemens and mechanics materialmens,
landlords, or repairmens Liens, or (b) other like Liens arising in the ordinary course of
business securing obligations which are not overdue by more than 30 days or which if more than 30
days overdue, (1) the period of grace, if any, related thereto has not expired or which are being
contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings; provided that a reserve or other appropriate
provision shall have been made therefor as appropriate in accordance with GAAP, or (2) the
aggregate principal outstanding amount of the obligations secured thereby does not exceed
$1,000,000;
(v) Liens arising out of judgments or awards not constituting an Event of Default;
(vi) survey exceptions, encumbrances, easements or reservations of, or rights of others for
rights of way, sewers, electric lines, telegraph and telephone lines and other similar purposes, or
other restrictions or encumbrances as to the use of real properties or Liens incidental to the
conduct of the business of such Person or to the ownership of its properties which do not in the
aggregate materially impair their use in the ordinary operation of the business of such Person;
(vii) any zoning, building or similar laws or rights reserved to or vested in any Governmental
Authority;
(viii) Liens created in the ordinary course of business and customary in the relevant industry
with respect to the creation of content, and the components thereof, securing the obligations of
any of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries owing in respect of compensation or other
payments owed for services rendered by creative or other personnel that do not constitute
Indebtedness; provided that any such Lien shall attach solely to the content, or applicable
component thereof, that are the subject to the arrangements giving rise to the underlying
obligation;
(ix) Liens for (a) taxes (other than property taxes), assessments, charges or other
governmental levies not overdue by more than 30 days or which if more than 30 days overdue, (1) the
period of grace, if any, related thereto has not expired or which are being contested in good faith
by appropriate proceedings; provided that a reserve or other appropriate provision shall have been
made therefor as appropriate in accordance with GAAP and (2) the aggregate principal outstanding
amount of the obligations secured thereby does not exceed $2,000,000, and (b) property taxes not
yet due and payable or which are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings (and
as to which all foreclosures and other enforcement proceedings shall have been fully bonded or
otherwise effectively stayed);
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(x) Liens arising in the ordinary course of business by virtue of any contractual, statutory
or common law provision relating to bankers Liens, rights of set-off or similar rights and
remedies covering deposit or securities accounts (including funds or other assets credited thereto
and pooling and netting arrangements) or other funds maintained with a depository institution or
securities intermediary;
(xi) restrictions on transfers of securities imposed by applicable securities laws;
(xii) (a) any interest or title of a lessor, licensor or sublessor under any Lease, license
or sublease entered into by such Person in the ordinary course of its business and covering only
the assets so leased, licensed or subleased and (b) the rights reserved or vested in any other
Person by the terms of any Lease, license, franchise, grant or permit held by such Person or by a
statutory provision to terminate any such Lease, license, franchise, grant or permit or to require
periodic payments as a condition to the continuance thereof;
(xiii) assignments of insurance or condemnation proceeds provided to landlords (or their
mortgagees) pursuant to the terms of any Lease and Liens or rights reserved in any Lease for rent
or for compliance with the terms of such Lease;
(xiv) Liens arising from precautionary UCC financing statement filings (or similar filings
under applicable law) regarding Leases entered into by such Person in the ordinary course of
business;
(xv) Liens arising out of conditional sale, title retention, consignment or similar
arrangements for sale of goods entered into by such Person in the ordinary course of business not
prohibited by this Credit Agreement;
(xvi) Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to secure
payment of customs duties in connection with the importation of goods in the ordinary course of
business; and
(xvii) additional Liens so long as the aggregate principal outstanding amount of the
obligations secured thereby does not exceed $10,000,000 at any time.
Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness means any Indebtedness issued in exchange for, or
the net proceeds of which are used to extend, refinance, renew, replace, defease or refund
(collectively, to Refinance), the Indebtedness being Refinanced (or previous refinancings thereof
constituting Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness); provided, that (a) the principal amount
(or accreted value, if applicable) of such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed the
principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of the Indebtedness so Refinanced (plus unpaid
accrued interest and premium thereon and underwriting discounts, fees, commissions and expenses),
(b) the weighted average life to maturity of such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness is greater
than or equal to the weighted average life to maturity of the Indebtedness being Refinanced, (c)
the final maturity of such Permitted Refinancing shall be no earlier than the Maturity Date of the
Term B Facility, (d) if the Indebtedness being Refinanced is subordinated in right of payment to
the Obligations under this Credit Agreement, such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness shall be
subordinated in right of payment to such Obligations on terms at least as favorable to the Lenders
as those contained in the documentation governing the Indebtedness being Refinanced, (e) no
Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness shall have different obligors than the Indebtedness being
Refinanced and (f) if the Indebtedness being Refinanced is secured by any collateral (whether
equally and ratably with, or junior to, the Secured Parties or otherwise), such
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Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness may be secured by such collateral on terms no less
favorable to the Secured Parties than those contained in the documentation governing the
Indebtedness being Refinanced.
Person means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust,
joint venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental Authority or other entity.
Plan means, at any time, an employee pension benefit plan which is covered by Title
IV of ERISA or subject to the minimum funding standards under Section 412 of the Code and is either
(i) maintained by the Borrower or an ERISA Affiliate or (ii) a Multiemployer Plan to which the
Borrower or an ERISA Affiliate is then making or accruing an obligation to make contributions or
has within the preceding six plan years made contributions.
Pledge Agreement means that certain Pledge Agreement, dated as of June 30, 2011,
among certain Loan Parties and the Collateral Agent.
Pledged Equity Interests has the meaning given to such term in the Pledge Agreement.
Pledgor has the meaning given to such term in the Pledge Agreement.
Potential Defaulting Lender means, at any time, a Lender (i) as to which the
Administrative Agent has notified the Borrower that an event of the kind referred to in the
definition of Lender Insolvency Event has occurred and is continuing in respect of any financial
institution affiliate of such Lender, or (ii) as to which the Administrative Agent has in good
faith determined and notified the Borrower that such Lender or its Lender Parent or a Subsidiary
thereof has defaulted on its funding obligations under any other loan agreement or credit
agreement. Any determination that a Lender is a Potential Defaulting Lender under any of clauses
(i) through (ii) above shall be made by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion
acting in good faith. The Administrative Agent will promptly send to all parties hereto a copy of
any notice to the Borrower referred to above.
Programming Network Business means (i) the programming businesses conducted by the
Restricted Subsidiaries identified on Schedule 1.01(i) as of the date hereof and which
collectively consist of the programming networks currently known as AMC, IFC, Sundance and WE and
(ii) the other programming and related assets contributed to the Borrower pursuant to the
Distribution Agreement.
Prohibited Transaction means a transaction that is prohibited under Section 4975 of
the Code or Section 406 of ERISA and not exempt under Section 4975 of the Code or Section 408 of
ERISA.
Quarter means a fiscal quarterly period of the Borrower.
Qualified Cash means, of any Person, all cash and Cash Equivalents of such Person in
deposit or securities accounts in which the Collateral Agent has control pursuant to and within
the meaning of Section 9-104 and/or 9-106 of the UCC pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth
in the Security Agreement or any other Collateral Document.
Reduction Amount has the meaning set forth in Section 2.04(b)(vi).
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Register has the meaning given to such term in Section 10.06(c).
Registered Public Accounting Firm has the meaning given to such term by the
Securities Laws and shall be independent of the Borrower as prescribed by the Securities Laws.
Regulation U means Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System as the same may be amended or supplemented from time to time.
Related Parties means, with respect to any Person, such Persons Affiliates and the
partners, directors, officers, employees, agents and advisors of such Person and of such Persons
Affiliates.
Reportable Event means (i) any of the events set forth in Section 4043(c) (other
than a Reportable Event as to which the provision of 30 days notice to the PBGC is waived under
applicable regulations), 4062(e) or 4063(a) of ERISA or the regulations thereunder, (ii) a
determination that any Plan is an at risk status within the meaning of Section 303 of ERISA and
the failure of such Plan to make the required funding to the Plan as provided by Section 303(i) of
ERISA and (iii) any failure to make payments required by Section 430(j) of the Code if such failure
continues for 30 days following the due date for any required installment.
Request for Credit Extension means (a) with respect to a Borrowing, conversion or
continuation of Term Loans or Revolving Credit Loans, a Committed Loan Notice, and (b) with respect
to an L/C Credit Extension, a Letter of Credit Application.
Required Incremental Term Lenders means, as of any date of determination and as to
any Incremental Term Facility, Incremental Term Lenders holding more than 50% of such Incremental
Term Facility on such date; provided that the portion of such Incremental Term Facility
held by any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of Required
Incremental Term Lenders.
Required Lenders means, as of any date of determination, Lenders holding more than
50% of the sum of the (a) Total Outstandings (with the aggregate amount of each Revolving Credit
Lenders risk participation and funded participation in L/C Obligations being deemed held by such
Revolving Credit Lender for purposes of this definition) and (b) aggregate unused Revolving Credit
Commitments; provided that (i) the unused Revolving Credit Commitment of, and the portion
of the Total Outstandings held or deemed held by, any Defaulting Lender, and (ii) the Loans held by
the Borrower or any of its Affiliates or Subsidiaries, shall in each case be excluded for purposes
of making a determination of Required Lenders.
Required Prepayment Date has the meaning given to such term in Section
2.04(b)(vii).
Required Revolving Lenders means, as of any date of determination, Revolving Credit
Lenders holding more than 50% of the sum of the (a) Total Revolving Credit Outstandings (with the
aggregate amount of each Revolving Credit Lenders risk participation and funded participation in
L/C Obligations being deemed held by such Revolving Credit Lender for purposes of this
definition) and (b) aggregate unused Revolving Credit Commitments; provided that the unused
Revolving Credit Commitment of, and the portion of the Total Revolving Credit Outstandings held or
deemed held by, any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of
Required Revolving Lenders.
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Required Revolving/Term A Lenders means, as of any date of determination, Lenders
(other than Term B Lenders and Incremental Term Lenders, if any) holding more than 50% of the sum
of the (a) the Total Outstandings (with the aggregate amount of each Revolving Credit Lenders risk
participation and funded participation in L/C Obligations being deemed held by such Revolving
Credit Lender for purposes of this definition) less the Outstanding Amount of the Term B
Loans and Incremental Term Loans, if any, and (b) aggregate unused Revolving Credit Commitments;
provided, that (i) the unused Revolving Credit Commitment of, and the portion of the Total
Outstandings held or deemed held by, any Defaulting Lender (other than any Term B Lender or
Incremental Term Lender, if any), and (ii) the Loans held by the Borrower or any of its Affiliates
or Subsidiaries, shall in each case be excluded for purposes of making a determination of Required
Revolving/Term A Lenders.
Required Term A Lenders means, as of any date of determination, Term A Lenders
holding more than 50% of the Term A Facility on such date; provided that (i) the portion of
the Term A Facility held by any Defaulting Lender, and (ii) the Loans held by the Borrower or any
of its Affiliates or Subsidiaries, shall in each case be excluded for purposes of making a
determination of Required Term A Lenders.
Required Term B Lenders means, as of any date of determination, Term B Lenders
holding more than 50% of the Term B Facility on such date; provided that (i) the portion of
the Term B Facility held by any Defaulting Lender, and (ii) the Loans held by the Borrower or any
of its Affiliates or Subsidiaries, shall in each case be excluded for purposes of making a
determination of Required Term B Lenders.
Responsible Officer means the chief executive officer, president, chief financial
officer, senior vice president-finance, chief accounting officer, controller, treasurer or
assistant treasurer of a Loan Party. Any document delivered hereunder that is signed by a
Responsible Officer of a Loan Party shall be conclusively presumed to have been authorized by all
necessary corporate, partnership and/or other action on the part of such Loan Party and such
Responsible Officer shall be conclusively presumed to have acted on behalf of such Loan Party.
Restricting Information has the meaning given to such term in Section
10.02(g).
Restricted Group Reporting Period means any Quarter or fiscal year of the Borrower
if, as of the end of such period, either (i) the combined revenues of the Unrestricted Subsidiaries
exceed 3% of the combined revenues of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries for the four
Quarter period then ended, or (ii) the aggregate amount of the assets of the Unrestricted
Subsidiaries as recorded on the balance sheet of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries
exceeds 3% of the aggregate amount of the assets of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries
on such balance sheet.
Restricted Payments means (i) direct or indirect distributions, dividends or other
payments by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary on account of (including, without limitation,
sinking fund or other payments on account of the redemption, retirement, purchase or acquisition
of) any general or limited partnership or joint venture interest in, or any capital stock of, the
Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be (whether made in cash, property or other
obligations), other than any such distributions, dividends and other payments made by (a) a
Restricted Subsidiary to the Borrower or another Loan Party on account of any such Equity Interests
of the former held by the latter and (b) a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party to
another Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party on account of any such
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Equity Interests of the former held by the latter, and (ii) any prepayment of principal or
interest on account of any Permitted Debt or any Indebtedness of the Borrower issued under the
Senior Notes Indenture (other than (a) so long as no Default or Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing, any prepayment of interest on account of any Permitted Debt or the
Senior Notes, (b) any prepayment of principal or interest on account of any Indebtedness under the
Existing RNS Credit Agreement and Existing RNS Notes, and (c) any prepayment of principal on any
Indebtedness being Refinanced with Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness).
Restricted Subsidiaries means the Persons set forth on Schedule 1.01(i) and
any New Restricted Subsidiary, provided that any Restricted Subsidiary redesignated as an
Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to and in compliance with Section 7.08(c) shall cease to
be a Restricted Subsidiary.
Restricting Information has the meaning given to such term in Section
10.02(g).
Revolving Credit Borrowing means a borrowing consisting of simultaneous Revolving
Credit Loans of the same Type and, in the case of Eurodollar Rate Loans, having the same Interest
Period made by each of the Revolving Credit Lenders pursuant to Section 2.01(c).
Revolving Credit Commitment means, as to each Revolving Credit Lender, its
obligation to (a) make Revolving Credit Loans to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.01(c),
and (b) purchase participations in L/C Obligations, in an aggregate principal amount at any one
time outstanding not to exceed the amount set forth opposite such Lenders name on Schedule
2.01 under the caption Revolving Credit Commitment or opposite such caption in the Assignment
and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender becomes a party hereto, as applicable, as such amount
may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with this Credit Agreement.
Revolving Credit Facility means, at any time, the aggregate amount of the Revolving
Credit Lenders Revolving Credit Commitments at such time.
Revolving Credit Lender means, at any time, any Lender that has a Revolving Credit
Commitment or Revolving Credit Loan at such time.
Revolving Credit Loan has the meaning given to such term in Section 2.01(c);
provided, that a Swingline Loan shall not constitute a Revolving Credit Loan.
Revolving Credit Note means a promissory note made by the Borrower in favor of a
Revolving Credit Lender evidencing Revolving Credit Loans made by such Revolving Credit Lender,
substantially in the form of Exhibit B-3.
Revolving/Term A Event of Default means any Event of Default contained in clause (c)
of Section 8.01, but only with respect to Sections 7.25 and 7.26.
S&P means Standard & Poors Financial Services LLC, a subsidiary of The McGraw-Hill
Companies, Inc., and any successor thereto.
SEC means the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any Governmental Authority
succeeding to any of its principal functions.
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Secured Cash Management Agreement means any Cash Management Agreement that is
entered into by and between one or more Loan Parties and any Cash Management Bank.
Secured Hedge Agreement means any interest rate Swap Contract permitted under
Article VII that is entered into by and between the Borrower and any Hedge Bank.
Secured Parties means, collectively, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, the L/C
Issuer, the Hedge Banks, the Cash Management Banks, each co-agent or sub-agent appointed by the
Administrative Agent from time to time pursuant to Section 9.05, and the other Persons the
Obligations owing to which are or are stated to be secured by the Collateral under the terms of the
Collateral Documents.
Securities Laws means the Securities Act of 1933, the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, and the applicable accounting and auditing principles, rules,
standards and practices promulgated, approved or incorporated by the SEC or the Public Company
Accounting Oversight Board.
Security Agreement means that certain Security Agreement, dated as of June 30, 2011,
among certain Loan Parties and the Collateral Agent.
Senior Notes means the 7.75% Senior Notes due 2021, issued pursuant to the Senior
Notes Indenture in the aggregate original principal amount of $700,000,000.
Senior Notes Indenture means that certain Indenture, dated as of June 30, 2011, by
and among the Borrower, the guarantors party thereto and U.S. Bank National Association, as
trustee, with respect to the Senior Notes.
Senior Secured Leverage Ratio means, as of any date, the ratio of (i) the Total
Outstandings on such date to (ii) Annual Operating Cash Flow determined as of the last day of the
month covered by the then most recent Compliance Certificate delivered to the Lenders pursuant to
Section 7.01(d), a copy of which has been delivered to the Administrative Agent (and any change in
such ratio as a result of a change in the amount of Total Outstandings shall be effective as of the
date such change shall occur and any change in such ratio as a result of a change in the amount of
Annual Operating Cash Flow shall be effective as of the date of receipt by the Administrative Agent
of the Compliance Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 7.01(d) reflecting such change).
Significant Restricted Subsidiary means a Restricted Subsidiary having (x) revenues
in excess of $10,000,000 for the four Quarter period then ended or (y) assets in excess of
$25,000,000 recorded on its most recent audited balance sheet.
Software means the intellectual property rights embodied in computer programs,
computer applications, source code, object code and related documentation.
Solvent and Solvency mean, with respect to any Person on any date of
determination, that on such date (a) the fair value of the property of such Person is greater than
the total amount of liabilities, including contingent liabilities, of such Person, (b) the present
fair salable value of the assets of such Person is not less than the amount that will be required
to pay the probable liability of such Person on its debts as they become absolute and matured, (c)
such Person does not intend to, and does not believe that it will, incur debts or liabilities
beyond such
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Persons ability to pay such debts and liabilities as they mature and (d) such Person is not
engaged in business or a transaction, and is not about to engage in business or a transaction, for
which such Persons property would constitute an unreasonably small capital. The amount of
contingent liabilities at any time shall be computed as the amount that, in the light of all the
facts and circumstances existing at such time, represents the amount that can reasonably be
expected to become an actual or matured liability.
Solvency Certificate means a certificate of a senior financial executive of the
Borrower in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
SPC has the meaning given to such term in Section 10.06(h).
Spot Rate has the meaning given to such term in Section 1.07.
Subordinated Debt means any Indebtedness of any Loan Party that is subordinated to
the Obligations of such Loan Party under the Loan Documents.
Subordinated Debt Documents means all agreements, indentures and instruments
pursuant to which any Subordinated Debt is issued, in each case as amended to the extent permitted
under the Loan Documents.
Subsidiary of a Person means a corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited
liability company or other business entity of which a majority of the shares or securities or other
interests having ordinary voting power for the election of directors or other governing body (other
than securities or interests having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency)
are at the time beneficially owned, or the management of which is otherwise controlled, directly,
or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, or both, by such Person. Unless otherwise
specified, all references herein to a Subsidiary or to Subsidiaries shall refer
to a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of the Borrower.
Sundance means Sundance Channel L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company.
Swap Contract means (a) any and all rate swap transactions, basis swaps, credit
derivative transactions, forward rate transactions, commodity swaps, commodity options, forward
commodity contracts, equity or equity index swaps or options, bond or bond price or bond index
swaps or options or forward bond or forward bond price or forward bond index transactions, interest
rate options, forward foreign exchange transactions, cap transactions, floor transactions, collar
transactions, currency swap transactions, cross-currency rate swap transactions, currency options,
spot contracts, or any other similar transactions or any combination of any of the foregoing
(including any options to enter into any of the foregoing), whether or not any such transaction is
governed by or subject to any master agreement, and (b) any and all transactions of any kind, and
the related confirmations, which are subject to the terms and conditions of, or governed by, any
form of master agreement published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc.,
any International Foreign Exchange Master Agreement, or any other master agreement (any such master
agreement, together with any related schedules, a Master Agreement), including any such
obligations or liabilities under any Master Agreement.
Swingline Borrowing means a borrowing of Swingline Loans made by the Swingline
Lender pursuant to Section 2.15(a)
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Swingline Lender means any Lender or the Administrative Agent as agreed to at any
time by the Borrower and such Lender or the Administrative Agent, in either case as designated in
accordance with this Credit Agreement. The initial Swingline Lender shall be JPMCB.
Swingline Loans has the meaning given to such term in Section 2.01(d).
Swingline Note means a promissory note made by the Borrower in favor of the
Swingline Lender evidencing Swingline Loans made by the Swingline Lender, substantially in the form
of Exhibit B-4.
Swingline Sublimit means $20,000,000. The Swingline Sublimit is part of, and not in
addition to, the Revolving Credit Facility.
Taxes means all present or future taxes, assessments or other charges (including
withholdings) imposed by any Governmental Authority with authority to impose the same, including
any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.
Term A Borrowing means a borrowing consisting of simultaneous Term A Loans of the
same Type and, in the case of Eurodollar Rate Loans, having the same Interest Period made by each
of the Term A Lenders pursuant to Section 2.01(a).
Term A Commitment means, as to each Term A Lender, its obligation to make Term A
Loans to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.01(a) in an aggregate principal amount at any
one time outstanding not to exceed the amount set forth opposite such Term A Lenders name on
Schedule 2.01 under the caption Term A Commitment or opposite such caption in the
Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Term A Lender becomes a party hereto, as
applicable, as such amount may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with this Credit
Agreement.
Term A Facility means at any time (a) on or prior to the Closing Date, the aggregate
amount of the Term A Commitments at such time and (b) thereafter, the aggregate principal amount of
the Term A Loans of all Term A Lenders outstanding at such time.
Term A Lender means (a) at any time on or prior to the Closing Date, any Lender that
has a Term A Commitment at such time and (b) at any time after the Closing Date, any Lender that
holds Term A Loans at such time.
Term A Loan means an advance made by any Term A Lender under the Term A Facility.
Term A Note means a promissory note made by the Borrower in favor of a Term A Lender
evidencing Term A Loans made by such Term A Lender, substantially in the form of Exhibit
B-1.
Term B Borrowing means a borrowing consisting of simultaneous Term B Loans of the
same Type and, in the case of Eurodollar Rate Loans, having the same Interest Period made by each
of the Term B Lenders pursuant to Section 2.01(b).
Term B Commitment means, as to each Term B Lender, its obligation to make Term B
Loans to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.01(b) in an aggregate principal amount at
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any one time outstanding not to exceed the amount set forth opposite such Lenders name on
Schedule 2.01 under the caption Term B Commitment or opposite such caption in the
Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Term B Lender becomes a party hereto, as
applicable, as such amount may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with this Credit
Agreement.
Term B Facility means at any time (a) on or prior to the Closing Date, the aggregate
amount of the Term B Commitments at such time and (b) thereafter, the aggregate principal amount of
the Term B Loans of all Term B Lenders outstanding at such time.
Term B Lender means (a) at any time on or prior to the Closing Date, any Lender that
has a Term B Commitment at such time and (b) at any time after the Closing Date, any Lender that
holds Term B Loans at such time.
Term B Loan means an advance made by any Term B Lender under the Term B Facility.
Term B Note means a promissory note made by the Borrower in favor of a Term B
Lender, evidencing Term B Loans made by such Term B Lender, substantially in the form of
Exhibit B-2.
Term Borrowing means a Term A Borrowing, Term B Borrowing or Incremental Term
Borrowing, if any, as the context may require.
Term Commitment means a Term A Commitment, Term B Commitment or Incremental Term
Commitment, if any, as the context may require.
Term Facility means, at any time, the Term A Facility, Term B Facility or
Incremental Term Facility, if any, as the context may require.
Term Lender means, at any time, a Term B Lender, Term B Lender or Incremental Term
Lender, if any, as the context may require.
Term Loan means a Term A Loan, Term B Loan or Incremental Term Loan, if any, as the
context may require.
Termination Event means (i) a Reportable Event, (ii) the termination of a Plan, or
the filing of a notice of intent to terminate a Plan, or the treatment of a Plan amendment as a
termination under Section 4041(e) of ERISA, (iii) the institution of proceedings to terminate a
Plan under Section 4042 of ERISA or (iv) the appointment of a trustee to administer any Plan under
Section 4042 of ERISA.
Total Interest Expense means, for any period, the sum of (i) the aggregate amount of
interest accrued during such period in respect of Indebtedness (including the interest component of
rentals in respect of Capital Lease Obligations) of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries
(determined on a consolidated basis), other than obligations under any Guarantee permitted under
subparagraph (x) of Section 7.16, (ii) the aggregate amount of fees accrued in respect of
the Letters of Credit hereunder during such period and (iii) the aggregate amount of Commitment
Fees accrued hereunder during such period. For purposes of this definition, the amount of interest
accrued in respect of Indebtedness for any period (A) shall be increased (to the extent not already
treated as interest expense or income, as the case may be) by the excess, if any,
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of amounts payable by the Borrower and/or any Restricted Subsidiary arising under any interest
rate Swap Contract during such period over amounts receivable by the Borrower and/or any Restricted
Subsidiary thereunder (or reduced by the excess, if any, of such amounts receivable over such
amounts payable) and interest on a Capital Lease Obligation shall be deemed to accrue at an
interest rate reasonably determined by the Borrower to be the rate of interest implicit in such
Capital Lease Obligation in accordance with GAAP and (B) shall be increased or reduced, as the case
may be, by the amount of interest accrued during such period in respect of Indebtedness of the
Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in respect of assets acquired or disposed of (including by
means of any redesignation of any Subsidiary pursuant to Section 7.08(c)) by the Borrower
or any Restricted Subsidiary on or after the first day of such period, determined on a pro forma
basis reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (it being agreed that it shall be
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that such pro forma calculations may be based upon GAAP as
applied in the preparation of the financial statements for the Borrower, delivered in accordance
with Section 7.01 rather than as applied in the financial statements of the Person whose
assets were acquired and may include, in the Borrowers discretion, a reasonable estimate of
savings resulting from any such acquisitions or dispositions, as though the Borrower or such
Restricted Subsidiary acquired or disposed of such assets on the first day of such period.
Total Outstandings means the aggregate Outstanding Amount of all Loans and all L/C
Obligations.
Total Revolving Credit Outstandings means the aggregate Outstanding Amount of all
Revolving Credit Loans, Swingline Loans and L/C Obligations.
Trade Secrets means all confidential and proprietary information, including, without
limitation, know-how, trade secrets, inventions, research and development information, databases
and data, pricing and cost information, business and marketing plans and customer and supplier
lists and information.
Trade Secret Licenses means any agreement, whether written or oral, providing for
the grant by or to a Person of any right under a Trade Secret.
Trademark Licenses means any agreement, whether written or oral, providing for the
grant by or to a Person of any right to use any Trademark.
Trademarks means all trademarks, trade names, corporate names, company names,
business names, fictitious business names, service marks, elements of package or trade dress of
goods or services, logos and other source or business identifiers, together with the goodwill
associated therewith, now existing or hereafter adopted or acquired, all registrations and
recordings thereof, and all application in connection therewith, whether in the United States
Patent and Trademark Office or in any similar office or agency of the United States, any State
thereof or any other country or any political subdivision thereof and all renewals thereof.
Transaction means, collectively, (a) the entering into by the Loan Parties and their
applicable Subsidiaries of the Loan Documents to which they are or are intended to be a party, (b)
the payment of all fees and expenses incurred in connection with the Loan Documents, and (c) the
Distribution Transaction.
Type means, with respect to a Loan, its character as a Base Rate Loan or a
Eurodollar Rate Loan.
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UCC has the meaning given to such term in the Security Agreement.
UCP means the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits, 2007 revision,
International Chamber of Commerce Publication No. 600, as the same may be amended and in effect
from time to time.
Undisclosed Administration means in relation to a Lender the appointment of an
administrator, provisional liquidator, conservator, receiver, trustee, custodian or other similar
official by a supervisory authority or regulator under or based on the law in the country where
such Lender is subject to home jurisdiction supervision if applicable law requires that such
appointment is not to be publicly disclosed.
Unreimbursed Amount has the meaning given to such term in Section
2.03(c)(i).
Unrestricted Subsidiaries means the Persons set forth on Schedule 1.01(ii)
and any New Unrestricted Subsidiaries; provided that any Unrestricted Subsidiary
redesignated by the Borrower as a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to and in compliance with
Section 7.08(c) shall cease to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
Waivable Prepayment has the meaning given to such term in Section
2.04(b)(vii).
WE means WE: Womens Entertainment LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
Section 1.02 Other Interpretive Provisions. With reference to this Credit Agreement and each other Loan Document, unless otherwise
specified herein or in such other Loan Document:
(a) The definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural
forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include
the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words include,
includes and including shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase
without limitation. The word will shall be construed to have the same meaning
and effect as the word shall. Unless the context requires otherwise, (i) any
definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document (including any
organization document) shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or
other document as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to
any restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications set forth herein or in
any other Loan Document), (ii) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to
include such Persons successors and assigns, (iii) the words herein,
hereof and hereunder, and words of similar import when used in any Loan
Document, shall be construed to refer to such Loan Document in its entirety and not to any
particular provision thereof, (iv) all references in a Loan Document to Articles, Sections,
Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and
Exhibits and Schedules to, the Loan Document in which such references appear, (v) any
reference to any law shall include all statutory and regulatory provisions consolidating,
amending, replacing or interpreting such law and any reference to any law or regulation
shall, unless otherwise specified, refer to such law or regulation as amended, modified or
supplemented from time to time,
and (vi) the words asset and property (except when used as
accounting terms, in
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which case GAAP shall apply) shall be construed to have the same
meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and
properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights.
(b) In the computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later specified
date, the word from means from and including; the words to
and until each mean to but excluding; and the word through
means to and including.
(c) Section headings herein and in the other Loan Documents are included for
convenience of reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Credit
Agreement or any other Loan Document.
Section 1.03 Accounting Terms. (a) Generally. All accounting terms not specifically or completely defined herein
shall be construed in conformity with, and all financial data (including financial ratios and other
financial calculations) required to be submitted pursuant to this Credit Agreement shall be
prepared in conformity with, GAAP applied on a consistent basis, as in effect from time to time,
applied in a manner consistent with that used in preparing the audited financial statements,
except as otherwise specifically prescribed herein.
(b) Changes in GAAP. (i) If at any time any change in GAAP would affect the
computation of any financial ratio or requirement set forth in any Loan Document, and either the
Borrower or (x) in the case of any financial ratio applicable only to a Financial Covenant, the
Applicable Rate or Section 2.08(a), the Required Revolving/Term A Lenders and (y) in the case of
any other financial ratio, the Required Lenders, shall so request, the Administrative Agent, the
applicable Lenders and the Borrower shall negotiate in good faith to amend such ratio or
requirement to preserve the original intent thereof in light of such change in GAAP (subject to the
approval of the Required Lenders or Required Revolving/Term A Lenders, as applicable);
provided that, until so amended, (i) such ratio or requirement shall continue to be
computed in accordance with GAAP prior to such change therein and (ii) the Borrower shall provide
to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders financial statements and other documents required under
this Credit Agreement or as reasonably requested hereunder setting forth a reconciliation between
calculations of such ratio or requirement made before and after giving effect to such change in
GAAP.
(ii) The Borrower may at any time elect to apply IFRS accounting principles in lieu of GAAP,
but prior to any such change shall notify the Administrative Agent of any intended change to the
manner in which any financial statements shall be prepared. Following such notification, if
requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent
shall negotiate in good faith to amend any computation of any financial ratio or requirement set
forth in any Loan Document to preserve the original intent thereof in light of such change from
GAAP to IFRS. Unless the Required Lenders shall have objected to such required amendments within
10 Business Days after the Lenders shall have been notified thereof by the Administrative Agent (it
being agreed that the Administrative Agent shall give such notice promptly via the Approved
Electronic Platform after reaching agreement with the Borrower with respect to such required
amendments), such amendments shall become effective and shall be binding on all parties hereto;
provided that, until so amended, (i) each such ratio or requirement shall continue to be
computed in accordance with GAAP and (ii) the Borrower shall provide to the Administrative Agent
and the Lenders financial statements and
other documents required under this Credit Agreement or as reasonably requested hereunder
setting forth a reconciliation between calculations of such ratio or requirement made before and
after giving effect to such change to IFRS.
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Section 1.04 Rounding. Any financial ratios required to be maintained by the Borrower pursuant to this Credit
Agreement shall be calculated by dividing the appropriate component by the other component,
carrying the result to one place more than the number of places by which such ratio is expressed
herein and rounding the result up or down to the nearest number (with a rounding-up if there is no
nearest number).
Section 1.05 Times of Day. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to times of day shall be references to
Eastern time (daylight or standard, as applicable).
Section 1.06 Letter of Credit Amounts. Unless otherwise specified herein, the amount of a Letter of Credit at any time shall be
deemed to be the stated amount of such Letter of Credit in effect at such time; provided,
however, that with respect to any Letter of Credit that, by its terms or the terms of any
Issuer Document related thereto, provides for one or more automatic increases in the stated amount
thereof, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be the maximum stated amount of
such Letter of Credit after giving effect to all such increases, whether or not such maximum stated
amount is in effect at such time.
Section 1.07 Currency Equivalents Generally. Any amount specified in this Credit Agreement (other than in Articles II,
IV and IX) or any of the other Loan Documents to be in Dollars shall also include
the equivalent of such amount in any currency other than Dollars, such equivalent amount thereof in
the applicable currency to be determined by the Administrative Agent at such time on the basis of
the Spot Rate (as defined below) for the purchase of such currency with Dollars. For purposes of
this Section 1.07, the Spot Rate for a currency means the rate determined by the
Administrative Agent to be the rate quoted by the Person acting in such capacity as the spot rate
for the purchase by such Person of such currency with another currency through its principal
foreign exchange trading office at approximately 11:00 a.m. on the date two Business Days prior to
the date of such determination; provided that the Administrative Agent may obtain such spot
rate from another financial institution designated by the Administrative Agent if the Person acting
in such capacity does not have as of the date of determination a spot buying rate for any such
currency.
ARTICLE II
THE COMMITMENTS AND CREDIT EXTENSIONS
Section 2.01 The Loans. (a) The Term A Borrowing. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein,
each Term A Lender severally agrees to make a single loan to the Borrower on the Closing Date in an
amount not to exceed such Term A Lenders Term A Commitment. The Term A Borrowing shall
consist of Term A Loans made simultaneously by the Term A Lenders in accordance with their
respective Applicable Percentage of the Term A Facility. Amounts borrowed under this Section
2.01(a) and repaid or prepaid may not be reborrowed. Term A Loans may be Base Rate Loans or
Eurodollar Rate Loans, as further provided herein.
(b) The Term B Borrowing. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the
Initial Term B Lender agrees to make a single loan to the Borrower on the Closing Date in an amount
not to exceed such Initial Term B Lenders Term B Commitment; provided, that the Initial
Term B Lenders obligation to make such Term B Loan to the Borrower shall be satisfied by the
Initial Term B Lenders transfer of the Programming Network Business to the Borrower as
contemplated by the Distribution Agreement. The Term B Borrowing shall consist of Term B Loans
made by the Term B Lenders, including the Initial Term B Lender, in
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accordance with their
respective Term B Commitments. Amounts borrowed under this Section 2.01(b) and repaid or
prepaid may not be reborrowed. Term B Loans may be Base Rate Loans or Eurodollar Rate Loans, as
further provided herein.
(c) The Revolving Credit Borrowings. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth
herein, each Revolving Credit Lender severally agrees to make loans (each such loan, a
Revolving Credit Loan) to the Borrower from time to time, on any Business Day during the
Availability Period, in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any time outstanding the amount of
such Lenders Revolving Credit Commitment; provided, however, that after giving
effect to any Revolving Credit Borrowing, (i) the Total Revolving Credit Outstandings shall not
exceed the Revolving Credit Facility, and (ii) the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Revolving
Credit Loans of any Lender, plus such Revolving Credit Lenders Applicable Revolving Credit
Percentage of the Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations shall not exceed such Revolving Credit
Lenders Revolving Credit Commitment. Within the limits of each Revolving Credit Lenders
Revolving Credit Commitment, and subject to the other terms and conditions hereof, the Borrower may
borrow under this Section 2.01(c), prepay under Section 2.04, and reborrow under
this Section 2.01(c). Revolving Credit Loans may be Base Rate Loans or Eurodollar Rate
Loans, as further provided herein.
(d) The Swingline Borrowings. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein,
including Section 2.15, the Swingline Lender, in its individual capacity, may in its sole
discretion make revolving loans (each a Swingline Loan and, collectively, the
Swingline Loans) to the Borrower from time to time, on any Business Day during the
Availability Period, in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any time outstanding the Swingline
Sublimit; provided, however, that after giving effect to any Swingline Borrowing,
the Total Revolving Credit Outstandings shall not exceed the Revolving Credit Facility. Amounts
borrowed under this Section 2.01(d) and repaid or prepaid may be reborrowed in accordance
with the provisions of this Credit Agreement.
Section 2.02 Borrowings, Conversions and Continuations of Loans. (a) Each Term Borrowing, each Revolving Credit Borrowing, each conversion of Term Loans or
Revolving Credit Loans from one Type to the other, and each continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans
shall be made upon the Borrowers irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent, which may be
given by telephone. Each such notice must be received by the Administrative Agent not later than
1:00 p.m. (i) three Business Days prior to the requested date of any Borrowing of, conversion to or
continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans or of any conversion of Eurodollar Rate Loans to Base Rate
Loans, and (ii) on the requested date of any Borrowing of Base Rate Loans; provided,
however, that notice of (x) the initial Borrowing of Base Rate Loans
may be received by the Administrative Agent not later than 3:00 p.m. on the Closing Date and
(y) any conversion of such initial Borrowing to Eurodollar Rate Loans may be received by the
Administrative Agent no later than 5:00 p.m. on the third Business Day prior to the requested date
of conversion. Each telephonic notice by the Borrower pursuant to this Section 2.02(a)
must be confirmed promptly by delivery to the Administrative Agent of a written Committed Loan
Notice, appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower. In the case
of any discrepancies between telephonic and written notices received by the Administrative Agent,
the telephonic notice shall be effective as understood in good faith by the Administrative Agent.
Each Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be in a principal
amount of $1,000,000 or a whole multiple of $500,000 in excess thereof. Except as provided in
Section 2.03(c), each Borrowing of or conversion to Base Rate Loans shall be in a principal
amount of $500,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof. Each Committed Loan Notice
(whether telephonic or written) shall specify (i) whether the Borrower is requesting a
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Term A
Borrowing, a Term B Borrowing, a Revolving Credit Borrowing or an Incremental Term Borrowing, if
available, a conversion of Term Loans or Revolving Credit Loans from one Type to the other, or a
continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans, (ii) the requested date of the Borrowing, conversion or
continuation, as the case may be (which shall be a Business Day), (iii) the principal amount of
Loans to be borrowed, converted or continued, (iv) the Type of Loans to be borrowed or to which
existing Term Loans or Revolving Credit Loans are to be converted, and (v) if applicable, the
duration of the Interest Period with respect thereto. If the Borrower fails to specify a Type of
Loan in a Committed Loan Notice or if the Borrower fails to give a timely notice requesting a
conversion or continuation, then the applicable Term Loans or Revolving Credit Loans shall be made
as, or converted to, Base Rate Loans. Any such automatic conversion to Base Rate Loans shall be
effective as of the last day of the Interest Period then in effect with respect to the applicable
Eurodollar Rate Loans. If the Borrower requests a Borrowing of, conversion to, or continuation of
Eurodollar Rate Loans in any such Committed Loan Notice, but fails to specify an Interest Period,
it will be deemed to have specified an Interest Period of one month.
(b) Following receipt of a Committed Loan Notice or a request or a deemed request by the
Swingline Lender for repayment of any outstanding Swingline Loans under Section 2.15(b),
the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender of the amount of its Applicable
Percentage under the applicable Facility of the applicable Term A Loans, Term B Loans, Revolving
Credit Loans or Incremental Term Loans, if any, and if no timely notice of a conversion or
continuation is provided by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent shall notify each Lender of the
details of any automatic conversion to Base Rate Loans described in Section 2.02(a). In
the case of a Term Borrowing or a Revolving Credit Borrowing, each Appropriate Lender shall make
the amount of its Loan available to the Administrative Agent in immediately available funds at the
Administrative Agents Office not later than (i) one hour after receipt of notice from the
Administrative Agent on the Closing Date in the case of the initial Borrowing of Base Rate Loans
(as long as such notice is received prior to 3:00 p.m. on such day) or (ii) 3:00 p.m. on the
Business Day specified in the applicable Committed Loan Notice. Upon satisfaction of the
applicable conditions set forth in Section 5.02 (and, (x) if such Borrowing is the initial
Credit Extension, Section 5.01 and (y) if such Borrowing is the Incremental Term Borrowing,
the applicable conditions set forth in the Incremental Term Supplement), the Administrative Agent
shall make all funds so received available to the Borrower in like funds as received by the
Administrative Agent either by (i) crediting the account of the Borrower on the books of JPMCB with
the amount of such funds or (ii) wire transfer of such funds, in each case in accordance with
instructions provided to (and reasonably acceptable to) the Administrative Agent by the Borrower;
provided, however, that if, on the date a Committed Loan Notice with respect to a
Revolving Credit Borrowing is given by the Borrower, there are L/C Borrowings outstanding,
then the proceeds of such Revolving Credit Borrowing, first, shall be applied to the payment
in full of any such L/C Borrowings, and second, shall be made available to the Borrower as provided
above.
(c) Except as otherwise provided herein, a Eurodollar Rate Loan may be continued or converted
only on the last day of an Interest Period for such Eurodollar Rate Loan. During the existence of
a Default, the Administrative Agent may notify the Borrower that Loans may only be converted into
or continued as Loans of certain specified Types and, thereafter, until no Default shall continue
to exist, Loans may not be converted into or continued as Loans of any Type other than one or more
of such specified Types.
(d) The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Borrower and the Lenders of the
interest rate applicable to any Interest Period for Eurodollar Rate Loans upon
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determination of
such interest rate. At any time that Base Rate Loans are outstanding, the Administrative Agent
shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders of any change in JPMCBs prime rate used in determining
the Base Rate promptly following the public announcement of such change.
(e) After giving effect to all Term A Borrowings, all conversions of Term A Loans from one
Type to the other, and all continuations of Term A Loans as the same Type, there shall not be more
than 12 Interest Periods in effect in respect of the Term A Facility. After giving effect to all
Term B Borrowings, all conversions of Term B Loans from one Type to the other, and all
continuations of Term B Loans as the same Type, there shall not be more than 12 Interest Periods in
effect in respect of the Term B Facility. After giving effect to all Revolving Credit Borrowings,
all conversions of Revolving Credit Loans from one Type to the other, and all continuations of
Revolving Credit Loans as the same Type, there shall not be more than 12 Interest Periods in effect
in respect of the Revolving Credit Facility.
Section 2.03 Letters of Credit. (a) The Letter of Credit Commitment. (i) Subject to the terms and conditions set
forth herein, (A) the L/C Issuer agrees, in reliance upon the agreements of the Revolving Credit
Lenders set forth in this Section 2.03, (1) from time to time on any Business Day during
the period from the Closing Date until the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, to issue Letters of
Credit for the account of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries, and to amend Letters of Credit
previously issued by it, in accordance with Section 2.03(b), and (2) to honor drawings
under the Letters of Credit; and (B) the Revolving Credit Lenders severally agree to participate in
Letters of Credit issued for the account of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries and any drawings
thereunder; provided that after giving effect to any L/C Credit Extension with respect to
any Letter of Credit, (x) the Total Revolving Credit Outstandings shall not exceed the Revolving
Credit Facility, (y) the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Revolving Credit Loans of any
Revolving Credit Lender, plus such Lenders Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage of the
Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations shall not exceed such Lenders Revolving Credit
Commitment, and (z) the Outstanding Amount of the L/C Obligations shall not exceed the Letter of
Credit Sublimit. Each request by the Borrower for the issuance or amendment of a Letter of Credit
shall be deemed to be a representation by the Borrower that the L/C Credit Extension so requested
complies with the conditions set forth in the proviso to the preceding sentence. Within the
foregoing limits, and subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Borrowers ability to obtain
Letters of Credit shall be fully revolving, and accordingly the Borrower may, during the foregoing
period, obtain Letters of Credit to replace Letters of Credit that have expired or that have been
drawn upon and reimbursed.
(ii) The L/C Issuer shall not issue any Letter of Credit if:
(A) the expiry date of such requested Letter of Credit would occur more than
twelve months after the date of issuance, unless the Required Revolving Lenders
have approved such expiry date;
(B) the expiry date of such requested Letter of Credit would occur after the
Letter of Credit Expiration Date, unless all the Revolving Credit Lenders have
approved such expiry date; or
(C) such Letter of Credit is to be denominated in a currency other than
Dollars.
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(iii) The L/C Issuer shall not be under any obligation to issue any Letter of Credit
if:
(A) any order, judgment or decree of any Governmental Authority or arbitrator
shall by its terms purport to enjoin or restrain the L/C Issuer from issuing such
Letter of Credit, or any Law applicable to the L/C Issuer or any request or
directive (whether or not having the force of law) from any Governmental Authority
with jurisdiction over the L/C Issuer shall prohibit, or request that the L/C
Issuer refrain from, the issuance of letters of credit generally or such Letter of
Credit in particular or shall impose upon the L/C Issuer with respect to such
Letter of Credit any restriction, reserve or capital requirement (for which the L/C
Issuer is not otherwise compensated hereunder) not in effect on the Closing Date,
or shall impose upon the L/C Issuer any unreimbursed loss, cost or expense which
was not applicable on the Closing Date and which the L/C Issuer in good faith deems
material to it;
(B) the issuance of such Letter of Credit would violate one or more policies
of the L/C Issuer generally applicable to the issuance of letters of credit;
(C) except as otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuer,
such Letter of Credit is in an initial stated amount less than $100,000;
(D) such Letter of Credit contains any provisions for automatic reinstatement
of the stated amount after any drawing thereunder; or
(E) a default of any Lenders obligations to fund under Section
2.03(c) exists or any Lender is at such time a Defaulting Lender hereunder,
unless the L/C Issuer has entered into satisfactory arrangements with the Borrower
or such Lender to eliminate the L/C Issuers risk with respect to such Lender.
(iv) The L/C Issuer shall not amend any Letter of Credit if the L/C Issuer would not
be permitted at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its amended form under the
terms hereof.
(v) The L/C Issuer shall be under no obligation to amend any Letter of Credit if (A)
the L/C Issuer would have no obligation at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its
amended form under the terms hereof, or (B) the beneficiary of such Letter of Credit does
not accept the proposed amendment to such Letter of Credit.
(vi) The L/C Issuer shall act on behalf of the Revolving Credit Lenders with respect
to any Letters of Credit issued by it and the documents associated therewith, and the L/C
Issuer shall have all of the benefits and immunities (A) provided to the Administrative
Agent in Article IX with respect to any acts taken or omissions suffered by the L/C
Issuer in connection with Letters of Credit issued by it or proposed to be issued by it and
Issuer Documents pertaining to such Letters of Credit as fully as if the term
Administrative Agent as used in Article IX included the L/C Issuer with respect
to such acts or omissions, and (B) as additionally provided herein with respect to the L/C
Issuer.
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(b) Procedures for Issuance and Amendment of Letters of Credit. (i) Each Letter of
Credit shall be issued or amended, as the case may be, upon the request of the Borrower delivered
to the L/C Issuer (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) in the form of a Letter of Credit
Application, appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower. Such
Letter of Credit Application must be received by the L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent not
later than 11:00 a.m. at least two Business Days (or such later date and time as the Administrative
Agent and the L/C Issuer may agree in a particular instance in their sole discretion) prior to the
proposed issuance date or date of amendment, as the case may be. In the case of a request for an
initial issuance of a Letter of Credit, such Letter of Credit Application shall specify in form and
detail satisfactory to the L/C Issuer: (A) the proposed issuance date of the requested Letter of
Credit (which shall be a Business Day); (B) the amount thereof; (C) the expiry date thereof; (D)
the name and address of the beneficiary thereof; (E) the documents to be presented by such
beneficiary in case of any drawing thereunder; (F) the full text of any certificate to be presented
by such beneficiary in case of any drawing thereunder; and (G) such other matters as the L/C Issuer
may require. In the case of a request for an amendment of any outstanding Letter of Credit, such
Letter of Credit Application shall specify in form and detail satisfactory to the L/C Issuer (1)
the Letter of Credit to be amended; (2) the proposed date of amendment thereof (which shall be a
Business Day); (3) the nature of the proposed amendment; and (4) such other matters as the L/C
Issuer may require. Additionally, the Borrower shall furnish to the L/C Issuer and the
Administrative Agent such other documents and information pertaining to such requested Letter of
Credit issuance or amendment, including any Issuer Documents, as the L/C Issuer or the
Administrative Agent may require.
(ii) Promptly after receipt of any Letter of Credit Application, the L/C Issuer will
confirm with the Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) that the Administrative
Agent has received a copy of such Letter of Credit Application from the Borrower and, if
not, the L/C Issuer will provide the Administrative Agent with a copy thereof. Unless the
L/C Issuer has received written notice from any Revolving Credit Lender, the Administrative
Agent or any Loan Party, at least one Business Day prior to the requested date of issuance
or amendment of the applicable Letter of Credit, that one or more applicable conditions
contained in Article V shall not then be satisfied, then, subject to the terms and
conditions hereof, the L/C Issuer shall, on the requested date, issue a Letter of Credit
for the account of the Borrower (or the applicable Subsidiary) or enter into the applicable
amendment, as the case may be, in each case in accordance with the L/C Issuers usual and
customary business practices. Immediately upon the issuance of each Letter of Credit, each
Revolving Credit Lender shall be deemed to, and hereby
irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to, purchase from the L/C Issuer a risk
participation in such Letter of Credit in an amount equal to the product of such Revolving
Credit Lenders Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage times the amount of such Letter of
Credit.
(iii) Promptly after its delivery of any Letter of Credit or any amendment to a Letter
of Credit to an advising bank with respect thereto or to the beneficiary thereof, the L/C
Issuer will also deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent a true and complete
copy of such Letter of Credit or amendment.
(c) Drawings and Reimbursements; Funding of Participations. (i) Upon receipt from
the beneficiary of any Letter of Credit of any notice of a drawing under such Letter of Credit, the
L/C Issuer shall notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent thereof. Not later than 11:00
a.m. on the date of any payment by the L/C Issuer under a Letter of Credit (each such date, an
Honor Date), the Borrower shall reimburse the L/C Issuer through the
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in an amount equal to the amount of such drawing. If the Borrower fails to so reimburse the L/C
Issuer by such time, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Revolving Credit Lender of
the Honor Date, the amount of the unreimbursed drawing (the Unreimbursed Amount), and the
amount of such Revolving Credit Lenders Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage thereof. In such
event, the Borrower shall be deemed to have requested a Revolving Credit Borrowing of Base Rate
Loans to be disbursed on the Honor Date in an amount equal to the Unreimbursed Amount, without
regard to the minimum and multiples specified in Section 2.02 for the principal amount of
Base Rate Loans, but subject to the amount of the unutilized portion of the Revolving Credit
Commitments and the conditions set forth in Section 5.02 (other than the delivery of a
Committed Loan Notice). Any notice given by the L/C Issuer or the Administrative Agent pursuant to
this Section 2.03(c)(i) may be given by telephone if immediately confirmed in writing;
provided that the lack of such an immediate confirmation shall not affect the
conclusiveness or binding effect of such notice.
(ii) Each Revolving Credit Lender shall upon any notice pursuant to Section
2.03(c)(i) make funds available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C
Issuer at the Administrative Agents Office in an amount equal to its Applicable Revolving
Credit Percentage of the Unreimbursed Amount not later than 1:00 p.m. on the Business Day
specified in such notice by the Administrative Agent, whereupon, subject to the provisions
of Section 2.03(c)(iii), each Revolving Credit Lender that so makes funds available
shall be deemed to have made a Base Rate Loan to the Borrower in such amount. The
Administrative Agent shall remit the funds so received to the L/C Issuer.
(iii) With respect to any Unreimbursed Amount that is not fully refinanced by a
Revolving Credit Borrowing of Base Rate Loans because the conditions set forth in
Section 5.02 cannot be satisfied or for any other reason, the Borrower shall be
deemed to have incurred from the L/C Issuer an L/C Borrowing in the amount of the
Unreimbursed Amount that is not so refinanced, which L/C Borrowing shall be due and payable
on demand (together with interest) and shall bear interest at the Default Rate. In such
event, each Revolving Credit Lenders payment to the Administrative Agent for the account
of the L/C Issuer pursuant to Section 2.03(c)(ii) shall be deemed payment in
respect of its participation in such L/C Borrowing and shall constitute an L/C Advance from
such Lender in satisfaction of its participation obligation under this Section
2.03.
(iv) Until each Revolving Credit Lender funds its Revolving Credit Loan or L/C Advance
pursuant to this Section 2.03(c) to reimburse the L/C Issuer for any
amount drawn under any Letter of Credit, interest in respect of such Lenders
Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage of such amount shall be solely for the account of
the L/C Issuer.
(v) Each Revolving Credit Lenders obligation to make Revolving Credit Loans to the
Borrower or L/C Advances to reimburse the L/C Issuer for amounts drawn under Letters of
Credit, as contemplated by this Section 2.03(c), shall be absolute and
unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including (A) any setoff,
counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right which such Lender may have against the L/C
Issuer, the Borrower or any other Person for any reason whatsoever; (B) the occurrence or
continuance of a Default, or (C) any other occurrence, event or condition, whether or not
similar to any of the foregoing; provided, however, that each Revolving
Credit Lenders obligation to make Revolving Credit Loans pursuant to this Section
2.03(c) is subject to the conditions set forth in Section 5.02 (other than
delivery by the Borrower of a Committed Loan Notice ). No such making of an L/C Advance
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shall relieve or otherwise impair the obligation of the Borrower to reimburse the L/C
Issuer for the amount of any payment made by the L/C Issuer under any Letter of Credit,
together with interest as provided herein.
(vi) If any Revolving Credit Lender fails to make available to the Administrative
Agent for the account of the L/C Issuer any amount required to be paid by such Lender
pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.03(c) by the time specified
in Section 2.03(c)(ii), the L/C Issuer shall be entitled to recover from such
Lender (acting through the Administrative Agent), on demand, such amount with interest
thereon for the period from the date such payment is required to the date on which such
payment is immediately available to the L/C Issuer at a rate per annum equal to the greater
of the Federal Funds Rate and a rate determined by the L/C Issuer in accordance with
banking industry rules on interbank compensation. A certificate of the L/C Issuer
submitted to any Revolving Credit Lender (through the Administrative Agent) with respect to
any amounts owing under this Section 2.03(c)(vi) shall be conclusive absent
manifest error.
(d) Repayment of Participations. (i) At any time after the L/C Issuer has made a
payment under any Letter of Credit and has received from any Revolving Credit Lender such Lenders
L/C Advance in respect of such payment in accordance with Section 2.03(c), if the
Administrative Agent receives for the account of the L/C Issuer any payment in respect of the
related Unreimbursed Amount or interest thereon (whether directly from the Borrower or otherwise,
including proceeds of Cash Collateral applied thereto by the Administrative Agent), the
Administrative Agent will distribute to such Lender its Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage
thereof (appropriately adjusted, in the case of interest payments, to reflect the period of time
during which such Lenders L/C Advance was outstanding) in the same funds as those received by the
Administrative Agent.
(ii) If any payment received by the Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C
Issuer pursuant to Section 2.03(c)(i) is required to be returned under any of the
circumstances described in Section 10.05 (including pursuant to any settlement
entered into by the L/C Issuer in its discretion), each Revolving Credit Lender shall pay
to the Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C Issuer its Applicable Revolving
Credit Percentage thereof on demand of the Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from
the date of such demand to the date such amount is returned by such Lender, at a rate per
annum equal to the Federal Funds Rate from time to time in effect. The
obligations of the Lenders under this clause shall survive the payment in full of the
Obligations and the termination of this Credit Agreement.
(e) Obligations Absolute. The obligation of the Borrower to reimburse the L/C Issuer
for each drawing under each Letter of Credit and to repay each L/C Borrowing shall be absolute,
unconditional and irrevocable, and shall be paid strictly in accordance with the terms of this
Credit Agreement under all circumstances, including the following:
(i) any lack of validity or enforceability of such Letter of Credit, this Credit
Agreement, or any other Loan Document;
(ii) the existence of any claim, counterclaim, setoff, defense or other right that the
Borrower or any Subsidiary may have at any time against any beneficiary or any transferee
of such Letter of Credit (or any Person for whom any such beneficiary or any such
transferee may be acting), the L/C Issuer or any other Person, whether in
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connection with
this Credit Agreement, the transactions contemplated hereby or by such Letter of Credit or
any agreement or instrument relating thereto, or any unrelated transaction;
(iii) any draft, demand, certificate or other document presented under such Letter of
Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent, invalid or insufficient in any respect or any
statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect; or any loss or delay in the
transmission or otherwise of any document required in order to make a drawing under such
Letter of Credit;
(iv) any payment by the L/C Issuer under such Letter of Credit against presentation of
a draft or certificate that does not strictly comply with the terms of such Letter of
Credit; or any payment made by the L/C Issuer under such Letter of Credit to any Person
purporting to be a trustee in bankruptcy, debtor-in-possession, assignee for the benefit of
creditors, liquidator, receiver or other representative of or successor to any beneficiary
or any transferee of such Letter of Credit, including any arising in connection with any
proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law; or
(v) any other circumstance or happening whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of
the foregoing, including any other circumstance that might otherwise constitute a defense
available to, or a discharge of, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.
The Borrower shall promptly examine a copy of each Letter of Credit and each amendment thereto
that is delivered to it and, in the event of any claim of noncompliance with the Borrowers
instructions or other irregularity, the Borrower will immediately notify the L/C Issuer. The
Borrower shall be conclusively deemed to have waived any such claim against the L/C Issuer and its
correspondents unless such notice is given as aforesaid.
(f) Role of L/C Issuer. Each Lender and the Borrower agree that, in paying any
drawing under a Letter of Credit, the L/C Issuer shall not have any responsibility to obtain any
document (other than any sight draft, certificates and documents expressly required by the Letter
of Credit) or to ascertain or inquire as to the validity or accuracy of any such document or the
authority of the Person executing or delivering any such document. None of the L/C Issuer, the
Administrative Agent, any of their respective Related Parties nor any correspondent, participant or
assignee of the L/C Issuer shall be liable to any Lender for (i) any action taken or omitted in
connection herewith at the request or with the approval of the Revolving Credit Lenders or the
Required Revolving Lenders, as applicable; (ii) any action taken or omitted in the absence of gross
negligence or willful misconduct; or (iii) the due execution, effectiveness, validity or
enforceability of any document or instrument related to any Letter of Credit or Issuer Document.
The Borrower hereby assumes all risks of the acts or omissions of any beneficiary or transferee
with respect to its use of any Letter of Credit; provided, however, that this
assumption is not intended to, and shall not, preclude the Borrowers pursuing such rights and
remedies as it may have against the beneficiary or transferee at law or under any other agreement.
None of the L/C Issuer, the Administrative Agent, any of their respective Related Parties nor any
correspondent, participant or assignee of the L/C Issuer shall be liable or responsible for any of
the matters described in clauses (i) through (v) of Section 2.03(e); provided,
however, that anything in such clauses to the contrary notwithstanding, the Borrower may
have a claim against the L/C Issuer, and the L/C Issuer may be liable to the Borrower, to the
extent, but only to the extent, of any direct, as opposed to consequential or exemplary, damages
suffered by the Borrower which the Borrower proves were caused by the L/C Issuers willful
misconduct or gross negligence or the
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L/C Issuers willful failure to pay under any Letter of
Credit after the presentation to it by the beneficiary of a sight draft and certificate(s) strictly
complying with the terms and conditions of a Letter of Credit. In furtherance and not in
limitation of the foregoing, the L/C Issuer may accept documents that appear on their face to be in
order, without responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any notice or information to
the contrary, and the L/C Issuer shall not be responsible for the validity or sufficiency of any
instrument transferring or assigning or purporting to transfer or assign a Letter of Credit or the
rights or benefits thereunder or proceeds thereof, in whole or in part, which may prove to be
invalid or ineffective for any reason.
(g) Cash Collateral. Upon the request of the Administrative Agent, (i) if the L/C
Issuer has honored any full or partial drawing request under any Letter of Credit and such drawing
has resulted in an L/C Borrowing, or (ii) if, as of the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, any L/C
Obligation for any reason remains outstanding, the Borrower shall, in each case, immediately Cash
Collateralize the then Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations. Section 2.04,
Section 2.16 and Section 8.02 set forth certain additional requirements to deliver
Cash Collateral hereunder. For purposes of this Section 2.03, Section 2.04,
Section 2.16, Section 8.02 and Section 8.03, Cash Collateralize means, in
respect of an obligation, to provide and pledge (as a first priority perfected security interest)
cash collateral (Cash Collateral) in Dollars, at a location and pursuant to documentation
in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and, in the case of any
L/C Obligations to be Cash Collateralized, the L/C Issuer. Derivatives of such term have
corresponding meanings. The Borrower hereby grants to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of
the L/C Issuer and the Lenders, a security interest in all such cash, deposit accounts and all
balances therein and all proceeds of the foregoing. Cash Collateral shall be maintained in
blocked, non-interest bearing deposit accounts at JPMCB. If at any time the Administrative Agent
determines that any funds held as Cash Collateral are subject to any right or claim of any Person
other than the Administrative Agent or that the total amount of such funds is less than the
aggregate Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations, the Borrower will, forthwith upon demand by
the Administrative Agent, pay to the Administrative Agent, as additional funds to be deposited as
Cash Collateral, an amount equal to the excess of (x) such aggregate Outstanding Amount over (y)
the total amount of funds, if any, then held as Cash Collateral that the Administrative Agent
determines to be free and clear of any such right and claim. Upon the drawing of any Letter of
Credit for which funds are on deposit as Cash Collateral, such funds shall be applied, to the
extent permitted under applicable Laws, to reimburse the L/C Issuer.
(h) Applicability of ISP and UCP. Unless otherwise expressly agreed by the L/C Issuer
and the Borrower when a Letter of Credit is issued, (i) the rules of the ISP shall apply to each
standby Letter of Credit, and (ii) the rules of the UCP, as most recently published by the
International Chamber of Commerce at the time of issuance shall apply to each commercial Letter of
Credit.
(i) Letter of Credit Fees. The Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the
account of each Revolving Credit Lender in accordance with its Applicable Revolving Credit
Percentage a Letter of Credit Fee (the Letter of Credit Fee) for each Letter of Credit
equal to the Applicable Rate times the daily amount available to be drawn under such Letter of
Credit. For purposes of computing the daily amount available to be drawn under any Letter of
Credit, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be determined in accordance with Section
1.06. Letter of Credit Fees shall be (A) computed on a quarterly basis in arrears and (B) due
and payable on the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December, commencing with
the first such date to occur after the issuance of such Letter of Credit, on the Letter of Credit
Expiration Date and thereafter on demand. If there is any change in the Applicable Rate during
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any
Quarter, the daily amount available to be drawn under each Letter of Credit shall be computed and
multiplied by the Applicable Rate separately for each period during such Quarter that such
Applicable Rate was in effect. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, upon the
request of the Required Revolving Lenders, while any Event of Default exists, all Letter of Credit
Fees shall accrue at the Default Rate.
(j) Fronting Fee and Documentary and Processing Charges Payable to L/C Issuer. The
Borrower shall pay directly to the L/C Issuer for its own account a fronting fee with respect to
each Letter of Credit, at a rate per annum of 0.125%, computed on the daily amount available to be
drawn under such Letter of Credit on a quarterly basis in arrears. Such fronting fee shall be due
and payable on the tenth Business Day after the end of each March, June, September and December in
respect of the most recently-ended quarterly period (or portion thereof, in the case of the first
payment), commencing with the first such date to occur after the issuance of such Letter of Credit,
on the Letter of Credit Expiration Date and thereafter on demand. For purposes of computing the
daily amount available to be drawn under any Letter of Credit, the amount of such Letter of Credit
shall be determined in accordance with Section 1.06. In addition, the Borrower shall pay
directly to the L/C Issuer for its own account the customary issuance, presentation, amendment and
other processing fees, and other standard costs and charges, of the L/C Issuer relating to letters
of credit as from time to time in effect. Such customary fees and standard costs and charges are
due and payable on demand and are nonrefundable.
(k) Conflict with Issuer Documents. In the event of any conflict between the terms
hereof and the terms of any Issuer Document, the terms hereof shall control.
(l) Letters of Credit Issued for Subsidiaries. Notwithstanding that a Letter of
Credit issued or outstanding hereunder is in support of any obligations of, or is for the account
of, a Subsidiary, the Borrower shall be obligated to reimburse the L/C Issuer hereunder for any and
all drawings under such Letter of Credit. The Borrower hereby acknowledges that the issuance of
Letters of Credit for the account of Subsidiaries inures to the benefit of the Borrower, and that
the Borrowers business derives substantial benefits from the businesses of such Subsidiaries.
Section 2.04 Prepayments
(a) Optional. The Borrower may, upon notice to the Administrative Agent, at any time
or from time to time voluntarily prepay (i) the Term A Loans and Revolving Credit Loans in whole or
in part without premium or penalty and (ii) the Term B Loans in whole or in part without premium
or penalty with the proceeds of Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness; provided that (A) such
notice must be received by the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m. (I) three Business
Days prior to any date of prepayment of Eurodollar Rate Loans and (II) on the date of prepayment of
Base Rate Loans; (B) any prepayment of Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be in a principal amount of
$1,000,000 or a whole multiple of $500,000 in excess thereof; and (C) any prepayment of Base Rate
Loans shall be in a principal amount of $500,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof
or, in each case, if less, the entire principal amount thereof then outstanding. Each such notice
shall specify the date and amount of such prepayment, the Type(s) of Loans to be prepaid. The
Administrative Agent will promptly notify each Lender of its receipt of each such notice, and of
the amount of such Lenders ratable portion of such prepayment (based on such Lenders Applicable
Percentage in respect of the relevant Facility). If such notice is given by the Borrower, the
Borrower shall make such prepayment and the payment amount specified in such notice shall be due
and payable on the date specified therein. Any prepayment of a Eurodollar Rate Loan shall be
accompanied by all accrued interest on the
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amount prepaid, together with any additional amounts
required pursuant to Section 3.05. Each prepayment of the outstanding Loans pursuant to
this Section 2.04(a) shall be applied to the principal repayment installments thereof as
directed by the Borrower (and if not so directed, on a pro-rata basis), and each such prepayment
shall be paid to the Lenders in accordance with their respective Applicable Percentages in respect
of the applicable Facility.
(b) Mandatory. (i) If the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (A)
Disposes of any property (other than any deemed Disposition referred to in Section 7.08(c))
or (B) suffers an Event of Loss, in each case, which results in the realization by such Person of
Net Cash Proceeds, the Borrower shall prepay (or, in the case of the Term B Loan or Incremental
Term Facility, if any, offer to purchase at par), immediately upon receipt thereof by such Person,
an aggregate principal amount of Loans equal to 100% of such Net Cash Proceeds which, in the
aggregate with any other Net Cash Proceeds described in this Section 2.04(b)(i) that have
not been used to prepay the Loans pursuant to this Section 2.04(b)(i) or reinvested
pursuant to the proviso set forth below, exceeds $50,000,000; provided, that, the foregoing
requirement to offer to purchase Term B Loans or Incremental Term Loans, if any, shall only apply
in the case of a Disposition of any Operating Company or substantially all the assets of any
Operating Company; provided, further, that, with respect to any Net Cash Proceeds
described in this Section 2.04(b)(i), at the election of the Borrower (as notified by the
Borrower to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the receipt of such Net Cash Proceeds), and so
long as no Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Borrower or such Restricted
Subsidiary may reinvest all or any portion of such Net Cash Proceeds in operating assets so long as
within 365 days after the receipt of such Net Cash Proceeds, such reinvestment shall have been
consummated (as certified by the Borrower in writing to the Administrative Agent); and
provided, however, that any Net Cash Proceeds not so reinvested shall be
immediately applied to the prepayment of the Loans as set forth in this Section 2.04(b)(i).
(ii) Upon the incurrence or issuance by the Borrower or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries of any Indebtedness (other than any Indebtedness expressly permitted to be
incurred or issued pursuant to Section 7.15), the Borrower shall prepay an
aggregate principal amount of Term A Loans and Revolving Credit Loans equal to 100% of all
Net Cash Proceeds received therefrom immediately upon receipt thereof by the Borrower or
such Restricted Subsidiary.
(iii) Each prepayment of Loans pursuant to Section 2.04(b)(i) shall be
applied, first, ratably to the Term A Facility and, to the extent such prepayment
is to be made from the Net Cash Proceeds of a Disposition of an Operating Company, but
subject to Section 2.04(b)(vii), the Term B Facility and Incremental Term Facility, if any,
and to the principal repayment of installments thereof on a pro-rata basis and,
second, to the Revolving Credit Facility in the manner set forth in clause
(vi) of this Section 2.04(b).
(iv) Each prepayment of Loans pursuant to Section 2.04(b)(ii) shall be
applied, first, to the Term A Facility and to the principal repayment of
installments thereof on a pro-rata basis and, second, to the Revolving Credit
Facility in the manner set forth in clause (vi) of this Section 2.04(b).
(v) If for any reason the Total Revolving Credit Outstandings at any time exceed the
Revolving Credit Facility at such time, the Borrower shall immediately prepay Revolving
Credit Loans, Swingline Loans or L/C Borrowings or Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations
(other than the L/C Borrowings) in an aggregate amount equal to such excess.
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(vi) Prepayments of the Revolving Credit Facility made pursuant to this Section
2.04(b), first, shall be applied ratably to the L/C Borrowings and the
Swingline Loans, second, shall be applied ratably to the outstanding Revolving
Credit Loans, and, third, shall be used to Cash Collateralize the remaining L/C
Obligations; and, in the case of prepayments of the Revolving Credit Facility required
pursuant to clause (i) or (ii) of this Section 2.04(b), the amount
remaining, if any, after the prepayment in full of all L/C Borrowings, Swingline Loans and
Revolving Credit Loans outstanding at such time and the Cash Collateralization of the
remaining L/C Obligations in full (the sum of such prepayment amounts, cash
collateralization amounts and remaining amount being, collectively, the Reduction
Amount) may be retained by the Borrower for use in the ordinary course of its
business. Upon the drawing of any Letter of Credit that has been Cash Collateralized, the
funds held as Cash Collateral shall be applied (without any further action by or notice to
or from the Borrower or any other Loan Party) to reimburse the L/C Issuer or the Revolving
Credit Lenders, as applicable.
(vii) Anything contained herein to the contrary notwithstanding, in the event the
Borrower is required to make, in accordance with Section 2.04(b)(i), an offer to purchase
at par the outstanding Term B Loans or Incremental Term Loans, if any (a Waivable
Prepayment), not less than three Business Days prior to the date (the Required
Prepayment Date) on which the Borrower is required to make such Waivable Prepayment,
the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of the amount of such prepayment, and
the Administrative Agent will promptly thereafter notify each Lender holding outstanding
Term B Loans of the amount of such Term B Lenders Applicable Percentage of such Waivable
Prepayment and such Term B Lenders option to refuse such amount. Each such Term B Lender
may exercise such option to refuse such amount by giving written notice to the Borrower and
the Administrative Agent of its election to do so on or before 1:00 p.m., New York City
time, on the first Business Day prior to the Required Prepayment Date (it being understood
that any Term B Lender which does not notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent of
its election to exercise such option on or before 1:00 p.m., New York City time, on the
first Business Day prior to the Required Prepayment Date shall be deemed to have elected,
as of such date, not to exercise such option). On the Required Prepayment Date, the
Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent the amount of the Waivable Prepayment, which
amount shall be
applied (i) in an amount equal to that portion of the Waivable Prepayment payable to
those Lenders that have elected not to exercise such option, to prepay the Term B Loans
held by such Lenders (which prepayment shall be applied to the scheduled Installments of
principal of the Term B Loans in accordance with Section 2.06(b)), and (ii) in an amount
equal to that portion of the Waivable Prepayment that otherwise would have been payable to
those Term B Lenders that have elected to exercise such option, to prepay the Term A Loans
and Revolving Credit Loans, which prepayment shall be further applied to the scheduled
installments of principal of the Term A Loans and Revolving Credit Loans in accordance with
Section 2.04(b)(iv).
Section 2.05 Termination or Reduction of Commitments. (a) Optional. The Borrower may, upon notice to the Administrative Agent at any
time, terminate the Revolving Credit Facility, the Swingline Sublimit or the Letter of Credit
Sublimit, or from time to time permanently reduce the Revolving Credit Facility, the Swingline
Sublimit or the Letter of Credit Sublimit, in each case without premium or penalty;
provided that (i) any such notice shall be received by the Administrative Agent not later
than 11:00 a.m. five Business Days prior to the date of termination or reduction, (ii) any such
partial reduction shall be in an aggregate amount of $5,000,000 or any whole multiple of $1,000,000
in excess thereof and (iii) the Borrower shall not
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terminate or reduce (A) the Revolving Credit
Facility if, after giving effect thereto and to any concurrent prepayments hereunder, the Total
Revolving Credit Outstandings would exceed the Revolving Credit Facility, (B) the Swingline
Sublimit if, after giving effect thereto, the Outstanding Amount of the Swingline Loans would
exceed the Swingline Sublimit or (C) the Letter of Credit Sublimit if, after giving effect thereto,
the Outstanding Amount of L/C Obligations not fully Cash Collateralized hereunder would exceed the
Letter of Credit Sublimit.
(b) Mandatory. (i) The aggregate Term A Commitments and Term B Commitments shall be
automatically and permanently reduced to zero on the date of the Term A Borrowing and Term B
Borrowing, respectively.
(ii) If after giving effect to any reduction or termination of Revolving Credit
Commitments under this Section 2.05, the Letter of Credit Sublimit or the Swingline
Sublimit exceeds the Revolving Credit Facility at such time, the Letter of Credit Sublimit
or the Swingline Sublimit, as the case may be, shall be automatically reduced by the amount
of such excess.
(iii) The Revolving Credit Facility shall be automatically and permanently reduced on
each date on which the prepayment of Revolving Credit Loans outstanding thereunder is
required to be made pursuant to Section 2.04(b)(i) or (ii) by an amount
equal to the applicable Reduction Amount.
(c) Application of Commitment Reductions; Payment of Fees. The Administrative Agent
will promptly notify the Lenders of any termination or reduction of the Letter of Credit Sublimit,
Swingline Sublimit or the Revolving Credit Commitment under this Section 2.05. Upon any
reduction of the Revolving Credit Commitments, unless otherwise permitted under this Section
2.05, the Revolving Credit Commitment of each Revolving Credit Lender shall be reduced by such
Lenders Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage of such reduction amount. All fees in respect of
the Revolving Credit Facility accrued until the effective date of any termination of the Revolving
Credit Facility shall be paid on the effective date of such termination.
(d) Termination of Defaulting Lender. The Borrower may terminate the unused amount of
the Commitment of any Lender that is a Defaulting Lender upon not less than five Business Days
prior notice to the Administrative Agent (which shall promptly notify the Lenders thereof), and in
such event the provisions of Section 2.16(c) will apply to all amounts thereafter paid by
the Borrower for the account of such Defaulting Lender under this Credit Agreement (whether on
account of principal, interest, fees, indemnity or other amounts), provided that (i) no
Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and (ii) such termination shall not be
deemed to be a waiver or release of any claim the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the L/C
Issuer, the Swingline Lender or any Lender may have against such Defaulting Lender.
Section 2.06 Repayment of Loans. (a) Term A Loans. The Borrower shall repay to the Term A Lenders the aggregate
principal amount of all Term A Loans outstanding on the following dates in the respective amounts
set forth opposite such dates (which amounts shall be reduced as a result of the application of
prepayments in accordance with the order of priority set forth in Section 2.04):
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Principal |
|
|
Amortization Payment |
|
|
(shown as a % of Original |
Date |
|
Principal Amount) |
Sept. 30, 2011 |
|
|
0.00 |
% |
Dec. 31, 2011 |
|
|
0.00 |
% |
March 31, 2012 |
|
|
0.00 |
% |
June 30, 2012 |
|
|
0.00 |
% |
Sept. 30, 2012 |
|
|
1.25 |
% |
Dec. 31, 2012 |
|
|
1.25 |
% |
March 31, 2013 |
|
|
1.25 |
% |
June 30, 2013 |
|
|
1.25 |
% |
Sept. 30, 2013 |
|
|
2.50 |
% |
Dec. 31, 2013 |
|
|
2.50 |
% |
March 31, 2014 |
|
|
2.50 |
% |
June 30, 2014 |
|
|
2.50 |
% |
Sept. 30, 2014 |
|
|
3.75 |
% |
Dec. 31, 2014 |
|
|
3.75 |
% |
March 31, 2015 |
|
|
3.75 |
% |
June 30, 2015 |
|
|
3.75 |
% |
Sept. 30, 2015 |
|
|
5.00 |
% |
Dec. 31, 2015 |
|
|
5.00 |
% |
March 31, 2016 |
|
|
5.00 |
% |
June 30, 2016 |
|
|
5.00 |
% |
Sept. 30, 2016 |
|
|
5.00 |
% |
Dec. 31, 2016 |
|
|
5.00 |
% |
March 31, 2017 |
|
|
5.00 |
% |
June 30, 2017 |
|
Outstanding Principal Amount |
Total: |
|
|
100 |
% |
provided, however, that the final principal repayment installment of the Term A Loans shall
be repaid on the Maturity Date for the Term A Facility and in any event shall be in an amount equal
to the aggregate principal amount of all Term A Loans outstanding on such date; and
provided
further, that with the prior written consent of the Term A Lenders holding at least 10% of
the outstanding Term A Loans, such consenting Term A Lenders can extend the amortization schedule
and the maturity of their Term A Loans as agreed upon among such consenting Term A Lenders and the
Borrower (with the new amortization schedule and Maturity Date thereafter applying to such Term A
Loans), and the Borrower may pay additional interest or an extension fee to, and as agreed with,
such consenting Term A Lenders with respect to such extension, without having any obligation to
make any additional payments with respect to such extension to non-consenting Term A Lenders (and
the pro rata payment provisions of Section 2.12 shall automatically be deemed adjusted to
reflect the provisions of this Section).
(b) Term B Loans. The Borrower shall repay to the Term B Lenders the aggregate
principal amount of all Term B Loans outstanding on the following dates in the respective amounts
set forth opposite such dates (which amounts shall be reduced as a result of the application of
prepayments in accordance with the order of priority set forth in Section 2.04):
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Principal |
|
|
Amortization Payment |
|
|
(shown as a % of Original |
Date |
|
Principal Amount) |
Sept. 30, 2011 |
|
|
0.25 |
% |
Dec. 31, 2011 |
|
|
0.25 |
% |
March 31, 2012 |
|
|
0.25 |
% |
June 30, 2012 |
|
|
0.25 |
% |
Sept. 30, 2012 |
|
|
0.25 |
% |
Dec. 31, 2012 |
|
|
0.25 |
% |
March 31, 2013 |
|
|
0.25 |
% |
June 30, 2013 |
|
|
0.25 |
% |
Sept. 30, 2013 |
|
|
0.25 |
% |
Dec. 31, 2013 |
|
|
0.25 |
% |
March 31, 2014 |
|
|
0.25 |
% |
June 30, 2014 |
|
|
0.25 |
% |
Sept. 30, 2014 |
|
|
0.25 |
% |
Dec. 31, 2014 |
|
|
0.25 |
% |
March 31, 2015 |
|
|
0.25 |
% |
June 30, 2015 |
|
|
0.25 |
% |
Sept. 30, 2015 |
|
|
0.25 |
% |
Dec. 31, 2015 |
|
|
0.25 |
% |
March 31, 2016 |
|
|
0.25 |
% |
June 30, 2016 |
|
|
0.25 |
% |
Sept. 30, 2016 |
|
|
0.25 |
% |
Dec. 31, 2016 |
|
|
0.25 |
% |
March 31, 2017 |
|
|
0.25 |
% |
June 30, 2017 |
|
|
0.25 |
% |
Sept. 30, 2017 |
|
|
0.25 |
% |
Dec. 31, 2017 |
|
|
0.25 |
% |
March 31, 2018 |
|
|
0.25 |
% |
June 30, 2018 |
|
|
0.25 |
% |
Sept. 30, 2018 |
|
|
0.25 |
% |
Dec. 31, 2018 |
|
Outstanding Principal Amount |
Total: |
|
|
100 |
% |
provided, however, that the final principal repayment installment of the Term B Loans shall
be repaid on the Maturity Date for the Term B Facility and in any event shall be in an amount equal
to the aggregate principal amount of all Term B Loans outstanding on such date; and
provided further, that with the prior written consent of the Term B Lenders holding
at least 10% of the outstanding Term B Loans, such consenting Term B Lenders can extend the
amortization schedule and the maturity of their Term B Loans as agreed upon among such consenting
Term B Lenders and the Borrower (with the new amortization schedule and Maturity Date thereafter
applying to such Term B Loans), and the Borrower may pay additional interest or an extension fee
to, and as agreed with, such consenting Term B Lenders with respect to such extension, without
having any obligation to make any additional payments with respect to such extension to
non-consenting Term B Lenders (and the pro rata payment provisions of Section 2.12 shall
automatically be deemed adjusted to reflect the provisions of this Section).
(c) Revolving Credit Loans. The Borrower shall repay to the Revolving Credit Lenders
on the Maturity Date for the Revolving Credit Facility the aggregate principal amount of all
Revolving Credit Loans outstanding on such date. All L/C Borrowings and Swingline Loans then
outstanding shall be due and payable on the Maturity Date for the Revolving Credit Facility;
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provided, that with the prior written consent of the Revolving Credit Lenders holding at
least 10% of the sum of (i) the Total Revolving Credit Outstandings (with the aggregate amount of
each Revolving Credit Lenders risk participation and funded participation in L/C Obligations being
deemed held by such Revolving Credit Lender for purposes of this definition) and (ii) the
aggregate unused Revolving Credit Commitments, such consenting Revolving Credit Lenders may extend
the maturity of their Revolving Credit Commitments and Revolving Credit Loans as agreed upon among
such consenting Revolving Credit Lenders and the Borrower (with such new Maturity Date thereafter
applying to such Revolving Credit Commitments and Revolving Credit Loans), and the Borrower may pay
an extension fee to, and as agreed with, such Revolving Credit Lenders with respect to such
extension without having any obligation to make any additional payments with respect to such
extension to non-consenting Revolving Credit Lenders, (and the pro rata payment provisions of
Section 2.12 shall automatically be deemed adjusted to reflect the provisions of this
Section).
(d) Incremental Term Loans. Any unpaid principal and interest of the Incremental Term
Loans and any other outstanding Obligations under any of the Incremental Term Commitments shall be
due and payable in full on the Maturity Date applicable thereto.
Section 2.07 Interest. (a) Subject to the provisions of Section 2.07(b), (i) each Eurodollar Rate Loan
under a Facility shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof for each Interest
Period at a rate per annum equal to the Eurodollar Rate for such Interest Period plus the
Applicable Rate for such Facility; and (ii) each Base Rate Loan under a Facility shall bear
interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof from the applicable borrowing date at a rate
per annum equal to the Base Rate plus the Applicable Rate for such Facility.
(b) (i) If any amount of principal of any Loan is not paid when due (without regard to any
applicable grace periods), whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, such amount
shall thereafter bear interest at a fluctuating interest rate per annum at all times equal to the
Default Rate to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws.
(ii) If any amount (other than principal of any Loan) payable by the Borrower under
any Loan Document is not paid when due (without regard to any applicable grace periods),
whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, then upon the request of (x) in
the case of any amount payable only to the Revolving Credit Lenders and/or the Term A
Lenders, the Required Revolver/Term A Lenders and (y) in the case of any other amount, the
Required Lenders, such amount shall thereafter bear interest at a fluctuating interest rate
per annum at all times equal to the Default Rate to the fullest extent permitted by
applicable Laws.
(iii) Accrued and unpaid interest on past due amounts (including interest on past due
interest) shall be due and payable upon demand.
(c) Interest on each Loan shall be due and payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date
applicable thereto and at such other times as may be specified herein. Interest hereunder shall be
due and payable in accordance with the terms hereof before and after judgment, and before and after
the commencement of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law.
Section 2.08 Fees. In addition to certain fees described in Section 2.03(i) and (j):
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(a) Commitment Fee. The Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the
account of each Revolving Credit Lender in accordance with its Applicable Revolving Credit
Percentage, a commitment fee (the Commitment Fee) on the actual daily amount by which the
Revolving Credit Facility exceeds the Total Revolving Credit Outstandings, at the applicable
percentage per annum set forth below determined by reference to the Cash Flow Ratio as set forth in
the most recent Compliance Certificate delivered to the Lenders pursuant to Section
7.01(d); provided that, until the delivery of the Compliance Certificate with respect
to the Quarter ending September 30, 2011, the Commitment Fee shall be 0.375%:
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Cash Flow Ratio |
|
Commitment Fee |
<4.00:1.00 |
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0.25 |
% |
≥4.00:1.00 but <5.00:1.00 |
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|
0.25 |
% |
≥5.00:1.00 but <5.75:1.00 |
|
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0.375 |
% |
≥5.75:1.00 |
|
|
0.50 |
% |
The commitment fee shall accrue at all times during the Availability Period, including at any
time during which one or more of the conditions in Article V is not met, and shall be due
and payable quarterly in arrears on the last Business Day of each March, June, September and
December, commencing with the first such date to occur after the Closing Date, and on the last day
of the Availability Period for the Revolving Credit Facility. The commitment fee shall be
calculated quarterly in arrears.
(b) Other Fees. (i) The Borrower shall pay fees in the amounts and at the times
specified in the Facility Fee Letter. Such fees shall not be refundable for any reason whatsoever.
(ii) The Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent and the applicable L/C Issuer
for their own respective accounts fees in the amounts and at the times specified in the
JPMCB Fee Letter and/or as mutually agreed in writing. Such fees shall not be refundable
for any reason whatsoever.
(iii) The Borrower shall pay to the Lenders (or the Administrative Agent on behalf of
the Lenders) such fees as shall have been separately agreed upon in writing, to the Lenders
and in the amounts and at the times so specified. Such fees shall not be refundable for
any reason whatsoever.
(c) Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, during such period as a Lender is a
Defaulting Lender, such Defaulting Lender shall not be entitled to any fees accruing during such
period pursuant to Section 2.03(i) and this Section 2.08 (without prejudice to the
rights of the Non-Defaulting Lenders in respect of such fees), provided that (a) to the extent that
a portion of the L/C Obligations or the Outstanding Amount of Swingline Loans of such Defaulting
Lender is reallocated to the Non-Defaulting Lenders pursuant to Section 2.16(b), such fees
that would have accrued for the benefit of such Defaulting Lender shall instead accrue for the
benefit of and be payable to such Non-Defaulting Lenders, pro rata in accordance with their
respective Commitments, and (b) to the extent of any portion of such L/C Obligations or Outstanding
Amount of Swingline Loans that cannot be so reallocated such fees shall instead accrue for the
benefit of and be payable to the L/C Issuer and the Swingline Lender as their interests appear (and
the pro rata payment provisions of Section 2.12 shall automatically be deemed adjusted to
reflect the provisions of this Section); provided that if the Borrower Cash Collateralizes any
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portion of such Defaulting Lenders L/C Obligations pursuant to Section 2.16(b), the
Borrower shall not be required to pay any Commitment Fee or Letter of Credit Fees with respect to
such Defaulting Lenders L/C Obligations during the period such Defaulting Lenders L/C Obligations
are Cash Collateralized.
Section 2.09 Computation of Interest and Fees. All computations of interest for Base Rate Loans when the Base Rate is determined by
JPMCBs prime rate shall be made on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as the case may be,
and actual days elapsed. All other computations of fees and interest shall be made on the basis of
a 360-day year and actual days elapsed (which results in more fees or interest, as applicable,
being paid than if computed on the basis of a 365-day year). Interest shall accrue on each Loan
for the day on which the Loan is made, and shall not accrue on a Loan, or any portion thereof, for
the day on which the Loan or such portion is paid, provided that any Loan that is repaid on
the same day on which it is made shall, subject to Section 2.11(a), bear interest for one
day. Each determination by the Administrative Agent of an interest rate or fee hereunder shall be
conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error.
Section 2.10 Evidence of Debt. (a) The Credit Extensions made by each Lender shall be evidenced by one or more accounts
or records maintained by such Lender and by the Administrative Agent in the ordinary course of
business. The accounts or records maintained by the Administrative Agent and each Lender shall be
conclusive absent manifest error of the amount of the Credit Extensions made by the Lenders to the
Borrower and the interest and payments thereon. Any failure to so record or any error in doing so
shall not, however, limit or otherwise affect the obligation of the Borrower hereunder to pay any
amount owing with respect to the Obligations. In the event of any conflict between the accounts
and records maintained by any Lender and the accounts and records of the
Administrative Agent in respect of such matters, the accounts and records of the
Administrative Agent shall control in the absence of manifest error. Upon the request of any
Lender made through the Administrative Agent, the Borrower shall execute and deliver to such Lender
(through the Administrative Agent) a Note, which shall evidence such Lenders Loans in addition to
such accounts or records. In the event such Note is issued with more than a de minimis amount of
original issue discount (OID) as defined in the Code, the Borrower shall legend the Note
by stating on its face that it was issued with OID in accordance with Treasury Regulations Section
1.1275-3(b). Each Lender may attach schedules to its Note and endorse thereon the date, Type (if
applicable), amount and maturity of its Loans and payments with respect thereto.
(b) In addition to the accounts and records referred to in Section 2.10(a), each
Lender and the Administrative Agent shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice accounts
or records evidencing the purchases and sales by such Lender of participations in Letters of
Credit. In the event of any conflict between the accounts and records maintained by the
Administrative Agent and the accounts and records of any Lender in respect of such matters, the
accounts and records of the Administrative Agent shall control in the absence of manifest error.
Section 2.11 Payments Generally; Administrative Agents Clawback. (a) General. All payments to be made by the Borrower shall be made without
condition or deduction for any counterclaim, defense, recoupment or setoff. Except as otherwise
expressly provided herein, all payments by the Borrower hereunder shall be made to the
Administrative Agent, for the account of the respective Lenders to which such payment is owed, at
the Administrative Agents Office in Dollars and in immediately available funds not later than 2:00
p.m. on the date specified herein. The Administrative Agent will promptly distribute to each
Lender its Applicable Percentage in respect of the relevant Facility (or other applicable share as
provided herein) of such payment in
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like funds as received by wire transfer to such Lenders
Lending Office. All payments received by the Administrative Agent after 2:00 p.m. shall be deemed
received on the next succeeding Business Day and any applicable interest or fee shall continue to
accrue. If any payment to be made by the Borrower shall come due on a day other than a Business
Day, payment shall be made on the next following Business Day, and such extension of time shall be
reflected on computing interest or fees, as the case may be.
(b) (i) Funding by Lenders; Presumption by Administrative Agent. Unless the
Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior to the proposed date of any
Borrowing of Eurodollar Rate Loans (or, in the case of any Borrowing of Base Rate Loans, prior to
the time funds are due in accordance with Section 2.02(b)) that such Lender will not make available
to the Administrative Agent such Lenders share of such Borrowing, the Administrative Agent may
assume that such Lender has made such share available on such date in accordance with Section
2.02 (or, in the case of a Borrowing of Base Rate Loans, that such Lender has made such share
available in accordance with and at the time required by Section 2.02) and may, in reliance
upon such assumption, make available to the Borrower a corresponding amount. In such event, if a
Lender has not in fact made its share of the applicable Borrowing available to the Administrative
Agent, then the applicable Lender and the Borrower severally agree to pay to the Administrative
Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding amount in immediately available funds with interest
thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is made available to the Borrower to
but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at (A) in the case of a payment to
be made by such Lender, the greater of the Federal Funds Rate and a rate determined by the
Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation, and (B)
in the case of a payment to be made by the Borrower, the interest rate applicable to Base Rate
Loans. If the Borrower and such Lender shall pay such
interest to the Administrative Agent for the same or an overlapping period, the Administrative
Agent shall promptly remit to the Borrower the amount of such interest paid by the Borrower for
such period. If such Lender pays its share of the applicable Borrowing to the Administrative
Agent, then the amount so paid shall constitute such Lenders Loan included in such Borrowing. Any
payment by the Borrower shall be without prejudice to any claim the Borrower may have against a
Lender that shall have failed to make such payment to the Administrative Agent.
(ii) Payments by Borrower; Presumptions by Administrative Agent. Unless the
Administrative Agent shall have received notice from the Borrower prior to the time at
which any payment is due to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders or the
L/C Issuer hereunder that the Borrower will not make such payment, the Administrative Agent
may assume that the Borrower has made such payment on such date in accordance herewith and
may, in reliance upon such assumption, distribute to the Appropriate Lenders or the L/C
Issuer, as the case may be, the amount due. In such event, if the Borrower has not in fact
made such payment, then each of the Appropriate Lenders or the L/C Issuer, as the case may
be, severally agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand the amount so
distributed to such Lender or the L/C Issuer, in immediately available funds with interest
thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is distributed to it to but
excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at the greater of the Federal
Funds Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking
industry rules on interbank compensation.
A notice of the Administrative Agent to any Lender or the Borrower with respect to any amount
owing under this subsection (b) shall be conclusive, absent manifest error.
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(c) Failure to Satisfy Conditions Precedent. If any Lender makes available to the
Administrative Agent funds for any Loan to be made by such Lender as provided in the foregoing
provisions of this Article II, and such funds are not made available to the Borrower by the
Administrative Agent because the conditions to the applicable Credit Extension set forth in
Article V are not satisfied or waived in accordance with the terms hereof, the
Administrative Agent shall return such funds (in like funds as received from such Lender) to such
Lender, without interest.
(d) Obligations of Lenders Several. The obligations of the Lenders hereunder to make
Term Loans and Revolving Credit Loans, to fund participations in Letters of Credit and to make
payments pursuant to Section 10.04(c) are several and not joint. The failure of any Lender
to make any Loan, to fund any such participation or to make any payment under Section
10.04(c) on any date required hereunder shall not relieve any other Lender of its corresponding
obligation to do so on such date, and no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other
Lender to so make its Loan, to purchase its participation or to make its payment under Section
10.04(c).
(e) Funding Source. Nothing herein shall be deemed to obligate any Lender to obtain
the funds for any Loan in any particular place or manner or to constitute a representation by any
Lender that it has obtained or will obtain the funds for any Loan in any particular place or
manner.
(f) Insufficient Funds. If at any time insufficient funds are received by and
available to the Administrative Agent to pay fully all amounts of principal, L/C Borrowings,
interest and fees then due hereunder, such funds shall be applied (i) first, toward payment
of
interest and fees then due hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance
with the amounts of interest and fees then due to such parties, and (ii) second, toward
payment of principal and L/C Borrowings then due hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled
thereto in accordance with the amounts of principal and L/C Borrowings then due to such parties.
Section 2.12 Sharing of Payments by Lenders. If any Lender shall, by exercising any right of setoff or counterclaim or otherwise, obtain
payment in respect of (a) Obligations in respect of any of the Facilities due and payable to such
Lender hereunder and under the other Loan Documents at such time in excess of its ratable share
(according to the proportion of (i) the amount of such Obligations due and payable to such Lender
at such time to (ii) the aggregate amount of the Obligations in respect of such Facilities due and
payable to all Lenders hereunder and under the other Loan Documents at such time) of payments on
account of the Obligations in respect of such Facilities due and payable to all Lenders hereunder
and under the other Loan Documents at such time obtained by all the Lenders at such time or (b)
Obligations in respect of any of such Facilities owing (but not due and payable) to such Lender
hereunder and under the other Loan Documents at such time in excess of its ratable share (according
to the proportion of (i) the amount of such Obligations owing (but not due and payable) to such
Lender at such time to (ii) the aggregate amount of the Obligations in respect of such Facilities
owing (but not due and payable) to all Lenders hereunder and under the other Loan Parties at such
time) of payments on account of the Obligations in respect of the Facilities owing (but not due and
payable) to all Lenders hereunder and under the other Loan Documents at such time obtained by all
of the Lenders at such time then the Lender receiving such greater proportion shall (a) notify the
Administrative Agent of such fact, and (b) purchase (for cash at face value) participations in the
Loans and subparticipations in L/C Obligations of the other Lenders, or make such other adjustments
as shall be equitable, so that the benefit of all such payments shall be shared by the Lenders
ratably in accordance with the aggregate amount of Obligations in respect of the
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Facilities then
due and payable to the Lenders or owing (but not due and payable) to the Lenders, as the case may
be, provided that:
(i) if any such participations or subparticipations are purchased and all or any
portion of the payment giving rise thereto is recovered, such participations or
subparticipations shall be rescinded and the purchase price restored to the extent of such
recovery, without interest; and
(ii) the provisions of this Section shall not be construed to apply to (A) any payment
made by the Borrower pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of this Credit
Agreement or (B) any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for the assignment of or
sale of a participation in any of its Loans or subparticipations in L/C Obligations to any
assignee or participant.
Each Loan Party consents to the foregoing and agrees, to the extent it may effectively do so
under applicable law, that any Lender acquiring a participation pursuant to the foregoing
arrangements may exercise against such Loan Party rights of setoff and counterclaim with respect to
such participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor of such Loan Party in the
amount of such participation.
Section 2.13 Increase in Commitments. (a) Request for Increase. Provided that no
Default shall have occurred and be continuing at such time or would result therefrom, upon notice
to the Administrative Agent (which shall promptly notify the Revolving Credit Lenders and the Term
A Lenders, as applicable), the Borrower may request, from time to time, without the
consent of any Lender, an increase in the Revolving Credit Facility or Term A Loans or both by
an aggregate amount not exceeding, when taken together with all previous increases in the Revolving
Credit Facility and Term A Loans pursuant to this Section 2.13 and all Incremental Term Facilities
pursuant to Section 2.14, the greater of (i) $400,000,000 and (ii) an amount which, after
giving effect to such increase (and assuming such increased Revolving Credit Facility is fully
drawn on the date of, and after giving effect to, such increase), would not cause the Senior
Secured Leverage Ratio to exceed 4.75 to 1.00 as of the date of the incurrence of the increase;
provided, any such request for an increase shall be in a minimum amount of $50,000,000. At
the time of sending such notice, the Borrower (in consultation with the Administrative Agent) shall
specify the time period within which each Revolving Credit Lender or Term A Lender, as applicable,
is requested to respond (which shall in no event be less than 10 Business Days from the date of
delivery of such notice to such Lenders by the Administrative Agent).
(b) Lender Elections to Increase. Each Revolving Credit Lender and Term A Lender, as
applicable, shall notify the Administrative Agent within such time period whether or not it agrees
to increase its Revolving Credit Commitment or Term A Commitment, respectively, and, if so, whether
by an amount equal to, greater than, or less than its ratable portion (based on such Lenders
Applicable Percentage in respect of the Revolving Credit Facility or Term A Facility, respectively)
of such requested increase. Any Revolving Credit Lender or Term A Lender not responding within
such time period shall be deemed to have declined to increase its Revolving Credit Commitments or
Term A Loans, respectively.
(c) Notification by Administrative Agent; Additional Lenders. The Administrative
Agent shall notify the Borrower and each Revolving Credit Lender and Term A Lender, as applicable,
of the Revolving Credit Lenders and Term A Lenders responses, as the case may be, to each request
made hereunder. If the aggregate increase participated in by the
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existing Lenders is less than the
requested increase, then to achieve the full amount of the requested increase, and subject to the
approval of the Administrative Agent, the Borrower may also invite additional Eligible Assignees to
become Revolving Credit Lenders or Term A Lenders, as applicable, pursuant to a joinder agreement
in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and its counsel.
(d) Effective Date and Allocations. If the Revolving Credit Facility or Term A Loans
or both are increased in accordance with this Section, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower
shall determine the effective date (the Increase Effective Date) and the final allocation
of such increase. The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Borrower and the Revolving
Credit Lenders and the Term A Lenders, including the proposed new lenders, as applicable, of the
final allocation of such increase and the Increase Effective Date. Such amendment may be signed by
the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders.
(e) Conditions to Effectiveness of Increase. As a condition precedent to such
increase, (1) the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a certificate of each Loan
Party dated as of the Increase Effective Date (in sufficient copies for each Lender) signed by a
Responsible Officer of such Loan Party (i) certifying and attaching the resolutions adopted by such
Loan Party approving or consenting to such increase, and (ii) in the case of the Borrower,
certifying that, before and after giving effect to such increase, (A) the representations and
warranties contained in Article VI and the other Loan Documents are true and correct on and
as of the Increase Effective Date, except to the extent that such representations and warranties
specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct as of such earlier
date, and except that for purposes of this Section 2.13, the representations and warranties
contained in
subsections (a) and (b) of Section 6.04 shall be deemed to refer to the most recent
statements furnished pursuant to clauses (b) and (a), respectively, of Section 7.01, and
(B) no Default exists or would result from such increase; (2) all fees and expenses of the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders in connection with such increase shall have been paid on or
prior to the Increase Effective Date; and (3) on such Increase Effective Date, on a pro forma basis
after giving effect to any such increase in Loans, including any acquisitions consummated or
payments of Indebtedness made with the proceeds thereof, and any acquisitions or dispositions after
the first day of the most recently ended Quarter for which financial statements were delivered
pursuant to Section 7.01 (such pro forma basis to include, in the Borrowers discretion, a
reasonable estimate of savings resulting from any such acquisition or disposition (A) that have
been realized, (B) for which the steps necessary for realization have been taken, or (C) for which
the steps necessary for realization are reasonably expected to be taken within 12 months of the
date of such acquisition or disposition, in each case, certified by the Borrower) but prior to or
simultaneous with the borrowing of any such increased Loans, the Borrower would be in compliance
with the Financial Covenants, recomputed as of the last day of the most recently ended Quarter for
which financial statements were delivered pursuant to Section 7.01 and calculated as if
such transaction occurred on the first day of the 12-month period then ended.
(f) In the event of an increase in the Revolving Credit Commitment in accordance with this
Section, on the Increase Effective Date, the Borrower shall borrow Revolving Credit Loans and
prepay any outstanding Revolving Credit Loans from each Revolving Credit Lender (and pay any
additional amounts required pursuant to Section 3.05) to the extent necessary to keep the
outstanding Revolving Credit Loans ratable among the Revolving Credit Lenders in accordance with
their respective revised Applicable Revolving Credit Percentages arising from any nonratable
increase in the Revolving Credit Commitments under this Section. Any additional Term A Loans shall
be made by the Term A Lenders participating therein pursuant to the procedures set forth in
Section 2.02.
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(g) Conflicting Provisions. This Section shall supersede any provisions in
Section 2.12 to the contrary.
Section 2.14 Incremental Term Facility. (a) Request for Incremental Term Facility.
Provided that no Default shall have occurred and be continuing at such time or would result
therefrom, upon notice to the Administrative Agent, the Borrower may request, on one or more
occasions, without the consent of any Lender, a separate tranche of commitments (Incremental
Term Commitments) and loans (Incremental Term Loans) to be established under this
Credit Agreement in an amount not exceeding, when taken together with the amount of any increase in
the Revolving Credit Facilities (as if fully drawn on the date of determination of compliance
hereunder) and Term A Loans incurred pursuant to Section 2.13, the greater of (i)
$400,000,000 and (ii) an amount which, after giving effect to such increase, would not cause the
Senior Secured Leverage Ratio to exceed 4.75 to 1.00 as of the date of the incurrence of the
increase; provided that any such request for an Incremental Term Facility shall be in a
minimum amount of $50,000,000.
(b) Incremental Term Lenders. The Borrower shall be entitled to elect, in its own
discretion, Incremental Term Lenders from among the existing Lenders and any additional banks,
financial institutions and other institutional lenders or investors, subject to the consent of (i)
such proposed Incremental Term Lender and (ii) the Administrative Agent (which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld), if such consent would be required under Section 10.06(b)(iii), for
an assignment of loans or commitments, as applicable, to such Incremental Term Lender.
(c) Conditions to Effectiveness of Incremental Term Facility. As a condition
precedent to the effectiveness of each Incremental Term Facility, (1) the Borrower, the
Administrative Agent and the Incremental Term Lenders party thereto shall enter into a supplement
to this Credit Agreement in substantially the form of Exhibit I (an Incremental Term
Supplement) duly completed such that such Incremental Term Supplement shall set forth the
terms and conditions relating to such Incremental Term Facility, which, to the extent that they
differ from those applicable to the Term B Facility shall be reasonably acceptable to the
Administrative Agent (except to the extent that they are consistent with the provisos to this
clause (c)); provided that, in any event, such Incremental Term Facility shall (i)
not have a final maturity date earlier than the Maturity Date applicable to the Term B Facility or
a weighted average life to maturity shorter than the weighted average life to maturity of the Term
B Facility, (ii) be guaranteed only by the Guarantors hereunder, (iii) rank pari passu or junior in
right of payment and of security with the Term B Facility and (iv) except as to pricing and
amortization, shall have terms and documentation no more restrictive than the terms of the Term B
Loans unless such terms are reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent; provided,
further, that in the event that the initial all-in yield for the Incremental Term Loans
under such Incremental Term Facility exceeds the all-in yield for the Term B Loans by more than 50
basis points, then the Applicable Rate for the Term B Loans shall be adjusted so that the all-in
yield for the Incremental Term Loans under such Incremental Term Facility does not exceed the
all-in yield applicable to the Term B Loans by more than 50 basis points; provided, that
the determination of the all-in yield for the Term B Loans and Incremental Term Loans under an
Incremental Term Facility shall include the following items: (x) interest rate margins, (y)
Eurodollar Rate and Base Rate floors and (z) OID or upfront fees (which shall be deemed to
constitute like amounts of OID) payable to the Lenders in the primary syndication thereof (with OID
being equated to interest based on an assumed four-year life to maturity) and shall exclude
customary arrangement or commitment fees payable to the arrangers (or their Affiliates) of such
loans, (2) the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a certificate of each Loan Party
dated as of the effective date of an
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Incremental Term Facility (in sufficient copies for each
Lender) signed by a Responsible Officer of such Loan Party (i) certifying and attaching the
resolutions adopted by such Loan Party approving or consenting to such Incremental Term Facility,
and (ii) in the case of the Borrower, certifying that, before and after giving effect to such
Incremental Term Facility, (A) the representations and warranties contained in Article VI
and the other Loan Documents are true and correct on and as of such effective date, except to the
extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which
case they are true and correct as of such earlier date, and except that for purposes of this
Section 2.14, the representations and warranties contained in subsections (a) and (b) of
Section 6.04 shall be deemed to refer to the most recent statements furnished pursuant to
clauses (b) and (a), respectively, of Section 7.01, and (B) no Default exists, and (3) all
fees and expenses of the Administrative Agent and the Incremental Term Lenders in connection with
such Incremental Term Facility shall have been paid on or prior to the effectiveness of such
Incremental Term Facility. Upon the effective date of an Incremental Term Supplement, each lender
thereunder shall become an Incremental Term Lender hereunder and such Incremental Term Supplement
shall be deemed part of this Credit Agreement for all purposes thereafter.
(d) Any Incremental Term Loans shall be made available to the Borrower as set forth in the
applicable Incremental Term Supplement; provided that, on such date, on a pro forma basis
after giving effect to such increase in Loans, including any acquisitions consummated or payments
of Indebtedness made with the proceeds thereof, and any acquisitions or dispositions after the
first day of the most recently ended Quarter for which financial statements were delivered pursuant
to Section 7.01 (such pro forma basis to include, in the Borrowers discretion, a
reasonable estimate of savings resulting from any such acquisition or disposition (A) that have
been realized, (B) for which the steps necessary for realization have been taken, or (C) for
which the steps necessary for realization are reasonably expected to be taken within 12 months of
the date of such acquisition or disposition, in each case, certified by the Borrower) but prior to
or simultaneous with the borrowing of any Incremental Term Loans, the Borrower would be in
compliance with the Financial Covenants, recomputed as of the last day of the most recently ended
Quarter for which financial statements were delivered pursuant to Section 7.01 and
calculated as if such transaction occurred on the first day of the 12-month period then ended.
Section 2.15 Swingline Loans.
(a) Swingline Borrowings.
(i) Notices; Disbursement. Whenever the Borrower desires a Swingline
Borrowing hereunder it shall give irrevocable notice to the Swingline Lender not later than
1:00 p.m. on the date of the requested Swingline Borrowing in the form of a Committed Loan
Notice. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth herein, the Swingline Lender
shall initiate the transfer of funds representing such Borrowing to the Borrower by 3:00
p.m. on the Business Day specified by the Borrower in the applicable Committed Loan Notice.
(ii) Minimum Amounts. Each Swingline Borrowing shall be in a minimum
principal amount of $500,000 and integral multiples of $250,000, in excess thereof.
(b) Repayment of Swingline Loans. Each Swingline Borrowing shall be due and payable
on the earliest of (i) 10 days from the date of such Borrowing, (ii) the date of the next
succeeding Revolving Credit
Borrowing, or (iii) the Maturity Date for the Revolving Credit
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Facility; provided, however, the Borrower may prepay any Swingline Borrowing prior
to the date it is due upon notice to the Swingline Lender not later than 1:00 p.m. on the date of
prepayment of such Borrowing. If such notice is given by the Borrower, the Borrower shall make
such prepayment and the payment amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable on the
date specified therein, together with accrued interest to such date on the amount prepaid. If, and
to the extent, any Swingline Loans shall be outstanding on the date of any Revolving Credit
Borrowing, such Swingline Loans shall be repaid from the proceeds of such Revolving Credit
Borrowing prior to any distribution of such proceeds to the Borrower. If, and to the extent, a
Revolving Credit Borrowing is not requested prior to earlier of (A) the Maturity Date for the
Revolving Credit Facility or (B) the last day of any such 10 day period from the date of any
Swingline Borrowing, the Borrower shall be deemed to have requested a Base Rate Loan on the
Business Day immediately preceding the Maturity Date for the Revolving Credit Facility or the last
day of such 10 day period, as applicable, in the amount of the Swingline Loans then outstanding,
the proceeds of which shall be used to repay the Swingline Lender for such Swingline Loans. In
addition, the Swingline Lender may, at any time, in its sole discretion by written notice to the
Borrower and the Administrative Agent, require repayment of its Swingline Loans by way of a
Revolving Credit Loan, in which case the Borrower shall be deemed to have requested a Base Rate
Advance of the Revolving Credit Loans in the amount of such Swingline Loans; provided,
however, that any such demand shall be deemed to have been given one Business Day prior to
the Maturity Date for the Revolving Credit Facility and upon the occurrence of any Event of Default
described in Section 8.01(g) or 8.01(h) and also upon acceleration of the
Obligations, whether on account of an Event of Default described in Section 8.01(g) or
8.01(h) or any other Event of Default, in accordance with the provisions of Section
8.02 following an Event of Default (each such Revolving Credit Loan made on account of any such
deemed request therefor as provided
herein being hereinafter referred to as a Mandatory Borrowing). Each Lender hereby
irrevocably agrees to make its Applicable Percentage of such Revolving Credit Loans promptly upon
any such request or deemed request on account of each Mandatory Borrowing in the amount and in the
manner specified in the preceding sentence and on the same such date, notwithstanding (I) the
amount of Mandatory Borrowing may not comply with the minimum amount for advances of Revolving
Credit Loans otherwise required hereunder, (II) whether any conditions specified in Article
V are then satisfied, (III) whether a Default then exists, (IV) failure for any such request or
deemed request for Revolving Credit Loans to be made by the time otherwise required in Section
2.02, (V) the date of such Mandatory Borrowing, or (VI) any reduction in the Revolving Credit
Commitment or termination of the Revolving Credit Commitment relating thereto immediately prior to
such Mandatory Borrowing or contemporaneously therewith; provided, however, that no
Lender shall be required to make such Revolving Credit Loans if, at the time that the Swingline
Lender agreed to fund any requested Swingline Borrowing, the Swingline Lender had knowledge of the
existence of a Default or such Mandatory Borrowing would cause a Lender to exceed its Revolving
Credit Commitment. In the event that any Mandatory Borrowing cannot for any reason be made on the
date otherwise required above (including, without limitation, as a result of the commencement of
any proceeding under any Debtor Relief
Laws with respect to the Borrower or any other obligor
hereunder), then each Revolving Credit Lender hereby agrees that it shall forthwith purchase (as of
the date the Mandatory Borrowing would otherwise have occurred, but adjusted for any payments
received from the Borrower on or after such date and prior to such purchase) from the Swingline
Lender such participations in the outstanding Swingline Loans as shall be necessary to cause each
such Revolving Credit Lender to share in such Swingline Loans ratably based upon its respective
Applicable Percentage in respect of the Revolving Credit Facility (determined before giving effect
to any termination of the Revolving Credit Commitment pursuant to Section 8.02), provided
that (A) all interest payable on the Swingline Loans shall be for the account of the Swingline
Lender until the date as of which the respective participation is purchased, and (B) at the time
any purchase of participations
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pursuant to this sentence is actually made, the purchasing Lender
shall be required to pay (to the extent not paid by the Borrower) to the Swingline Lender interest
on the principal amount of participation purchased for each day from and including the day upon
which the Mandatory Borrowing would otherwise have occurred but excluding the date of payment for
such participation, at the rate equal to, if paid within two Business Days of the date of the
Mandatory Borrowing, the Federal Funds Rate, and thereafter at a rate equal to the Base Rate.
(c) Interest on Swingline Loans. Swingline Loans shall bear interest at the simple
per annum interest rate equal to the sum of (x) the Base Rate and (y) the Applicable Rate then in
effect with respect to Base Rate Loans under the Revolving Credit Facility, computed on the basis
of a year of 365/366 days for the actual number of days elapsed; provided, however,
that (i) from and after any failure to make any payment of principal or interest in respect of any
of the Loans hereunder when due (after giving effect to any applicable grace period), whether at
scheduled or accelerated maturity or on account of any mandatory prepayment or (ii) while any
Swingline Loans in which the Lenders have acquired participations pursuant to Section
2.15(b) remain outstanding, the principal of and, to the extent permitted by law, interest on,
Swingline Loans shall bear interest, payable on demand, at the Default Rate. Interest on each
Swingline Loan shall be payable in arrears on the date payment of such Swingline Loan is due
pursuant to Section 2.15(b).
(d) Reporting. Unless the Swingline Lender is the Administrative Agent, the Swingline
Lender shall provide to the Administrative Agent, on Friday of each week and on each date the
Administrative Agent notifies the Swingline Lender that the Borrower has delivered a
Committed Loan Notice or the Administrative Agent otherwise requests the same, an accounting
for the outstanding Swingline Loans in form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
(e) Termination of Swingline Loans; Designation of Swingline Lender. Unless a Default
then exists, the Swingline Lender shall give the Borrower and the Administrative Agent at least
seven days prior written notice before exercising its discretion herein not to make Swingline
Loans. The Borrower must give ten days prior written notice to the Administrative Agent of any
change in designation of the Swingline Lender. The replaced Swingline Lender shall continue to be
a Swingline Lender for purposes of repayment of any Swingline Loans made prior to such
replacement and outstanding after such replacement.
Section 2.16 Cash Collateral; Defaulting Lenders. (a) If any Lender becomes, and during the
period it remains, a Defaulting Lender or a Potential Defaulting Lender, if any Letter of Credit or
Swingline Loan is at the time outstanding, the L/C Issuer and the Swingline Lender, as the case may
be, may (except, in the case of a Defaulting Lender, to the extent the Commitments have been
reallocated pursuant to Section 2.16(b)), by notice to the Borrower and such Defaulting
Lender or Potential Defaulting Lender through the Administrative Agent, require the Borrower to
Cash Collateralize the obligations of the Borrower to the L/C Issuer and the Swingline Lender in
respect of such Letter of Credit or Swingline Loan, as the case may be, in amount at least equal to
the aggregate amount of the unallocated obligations (contingent or otherwise) of such Defaulting
Lender or such Potential Defaulting Lender in respect thereof, or to make other arrangements
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, and to the L/C Issuer and the Swingline Lender, as the
case may be, in their reasonable discretion to protect them against the risk of non-payment by such
Defaulting Lender or Potential Defaulting Lender.
(b) In addition to the other conditions precedent herein set forth, if any Lender becomes, and
during the period it remains, a Defaulting Lender or a Potential Defaulting Lender, the L/C Issuer
will not be required to issue any Letter of Credit or to amend any
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outstanding Letter of Credit,
and the Swingline Lender will not be required to make any Swingline Loan, unless:
(i) in the case of a Defaulting Lender, the L/C Obligations and the Outstanding Amount
of Swingline Loans of such Defaulting Lender is reallocated, as to outstanding and future
Letters of Credit and Swingline Loans, to the Non-Defaulting Lenders as provided in clause
(i) of Section 2.16(c), and
(ii) to the extent full reallocation does not occur as provided in clause (i) above,
the Borrower Cash Collateralizes the obligations of the Borrower in respect of such Letter
of Credit or Swingline Loan in an amount at least equal to the aggregate amount of the
unallocated obligations (contingent or otherwise) of such Defaulting Lender or such
Potential Defaulting Lender in respect of such Letter of Credit or Swingline Loan, or makes
other arrangements satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer and the
Swingline Lender in their reasonable discretion to protect them against the risk of
non-payment by such Defaulting Lender or Potential Defaulting Lender, or
(iii) to the extent that neither reallocation nor Cash Collateralization occurs
pursuant to clauses (i) or (ii), then in the case of a proposed issuance of a Letter of
Credit or making of a Swingline Loan, by an instrument or instruments in form and substance
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, and to the L/C Issuer and the Swingline Lender,
as the case may be, (i) the Borrower agrees that the face amount of
such requested Letter of Credit or the principal amount of such requested Swingline
Loan will be reduced by an amount equal to the unallocated, non Cash-Collateralized portion
thereof as to which such Defaulting Lender or Potential Defaulting Lender would otherwise
be liable, and (ii) the Non-Defaulting Lenders confirm, in their discretion, that their
obligations in respect of such Letter of Credit or Swingline Loan shall be reduced on a
pro rata basis in accordance with the Commitments of the Non-Defaulting
Lenders, and that the pro rata payment provisions of Section 2.12
will be deemed adjusted to reflect this provision (provided that nothing in this
clause (iii) will be deemed to increase the Commitment of any Lender, nor to constitute a
waiver or release of any claim the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer, the
Swingline Lender or any other Lender may have against such Defaulting Lender, nor to cause
such Defaulting Lender to be a Non-Defaulting Lender).
(c) If a Lender becomes, and during the period it remains, a Defaulting Lender, the following
provisions shall apply with respect to any outstanding L/C Obligations and any Outstanding Amount
of Swingline Loans of such Defaulting Lender:
(i) the L/C Obligations and the Outstanding Amount of Swingline Loans of such
Defaulting Lender will, upon notice by the Administrative Agent, and subject in any event
to the limitation in the proviso below, automatically be reallocated (effective on the day
such Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender) among the Non-Defaulting Lenders pro
rata in accordance with their respective Commitments; provided that (a) the
conditions set forth in Sections 5.02(a) and (b) are satisfied at the time
of such reallocation (with such reallocation being deemed a Credit Extension for purposes
of such conditions), (b) the sum of the total outstanding Revolving Credit Loans and
Swingline Loans owed to each Non-Defaulting Lender and its total L/C Obligations may not in
any event exceed the Commitment of such Non-Defaulting Lender as in effect at the time of
such reallocation, (c) such reallocation will not constitute a waiver or release
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of any
claim the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer, the Swingline Lender or any
other Lender may have against such Defaulting Lender, and (d) neither such reallocation nor
any payment by a Non-Defaulting Bank as a result thereof will cause such Defaulting Lender
to be a Non-Defaulting Lender;
(ii) to the extent that any portion (the unreallocated portion) of the
Defaulting Lenders L/C Obligations and Outstanding Amounts of Swingline Loans cannot be so
reallocated, whether by reason of the proviso in clause (i) above or otherwise, the
Borrower will, not later than three Business Days after demand by the Administrative Agent,
(a) Cash Collateralize the obligations of the Borrower to the L/C Issuer and the Swingline
Lender in respect of such L/C Obligations or Outstanding Amounts of Swingline Loans, as the
case may be, in an amount at least equal to the aggregate amount of the unreallocated
portion of such L/C Obligations or Outstanding Amounts of Swingline Loans, (b) in the case
of such Outstanding Amount of Swingline Loans prepay in full the unreallocated portion
thereof, or (c) make other arrangements satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, and to
the L/C Issuer and the Swingline Lender, as the case may be, in their reasonable discretion
to protect them against the risk of non-payment by such Defaulting Lender; and
(iii) any amount paid by the Borrower for the account of a Defaulting Lender under
this Credit Agreement (whether on account of principal, interest, fees, indemnity payments
or other amounts) will not be paid or distributed to such Defaulting Lender, but shall
instead be retained by the Administrative Agent in a segregated escrow
account until (subject to Section 2.16(e)) the termination of the Commitments
and payment in full of all obligations of the Borrower hereunder and will be applied by the
Administrative Agent, to the fullest extent permitted by law, to the making of payments
from time to time in the following order of priority:
first to the payment of any amounts owing by such Defaulting Lender to the
Administrative Agent under this Credit Agreement,
second to the payment of any amounts owing by such Defaulting Lender to the
L/C Issuer or the Swingline Lender (pro rata as to the respective amounts
owing to each of them) under this Credit Agreement,
third to the payment of post-default interest and then current interest due
and payable to the Non-Defaulting Lenders hereunder, ratably among them in accordance with
the amounts of such interest then due and payable to them,
fourth to the payment of fees then due and payable to the Non-Defaulting
Lenders hereunder, ratably among them in accordance with the amounts of such fees then due
and payable to them,
fifth to pay principal and unreimbursed L/C Borrowings then due and payable to
the Non-Defaulting Lenders hereunder ratably in accordance with the amounts thereof then
due and payable to them,
sixth to the ratable payment of other amounts then due and payable to the
Non-Defaulting Lenders, and
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seventh after the termination of the Commitments and payment in full of all
obligations of the Borrower hereunder, to pay amounts owing under this Credit Agreement to
such Defaulting Lender or as a court of competent jurisdiction may otherwise direct.
(d) In furtherance of the foregoing, if any Lender becomes, and during the period it remains,
a Defaulting Lender or a Potential Defaulting Lender, each of the L/C Issuer and the Swingline
Lender is hereby authorized by the Borrower (which authorization is irrevocable and coupled with an
interest) to give, through the Administrative Agent, Committed Loan Notices pursuant to Section
2.03(c)(v) in such amounts and in such times as may be required to (i) reimburse an outstanding
L/C Borrowing, (ii) repay an outstanding Swingline Loans, or (iii) Cash Collateralize the
obligations of the Borrower in respect of outstanding Letters of Credit or Swingline Loans in an
amount at least equal to the aggregate amount of the unallocated obligations (contingent or
otherwise) of such Defaulting Lender or Potential Defaulting Lender in respect of such Letter of
Credit or Swingline Loan.
(e) If the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer and the Swingline Lender agree
in writing that a Lender that is a Defaulting Lender should no longer be deemed to be a Defaulting
Lender, the Administrative Agent will so notify the parties hereto, whereupon as of the effective
date specified in such notice and subject to any conditions set forth therein (which may include
arrangements with respect to any amounts then held in the segregated escrow account referred to in
Section 2.16(c)), such Lender shall purchase such portions of the outstanding Loans of the
other Lenders, and/or make such other adjustments, as the Administrative Agent may determine to be
necessary to cause the Lenders to hold Loans on a pro
rata basis in accordance with their respective Commitments, whereupon such Lender
shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender and will be a Non-Defaulting Lender (and the L/C Obligations
and Outstanding Amount of Swingline Loans of each Lender shall automatically be adjusted on a
prospective basis to reflect the foregoing); provided that no adjustments shall be made
retroactively with respect to fees accrued or payments made by or on behalf of the Borrower and
applied as set forth in Section 2.16(c)(iii) while such Lender was a Defaulting Lender; and
provided, further, that except to the extent otherwise expressly agreed by the
affected parties, no change hereunder from Defaulting Lender to Non-Defaulting Lender shall
constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder arising from such Lenders
having been a Defaulting Lender.
(f) If any Lender is a Defaulting Lender, the Borrower may, upon at least five Business Days
written notice to the Administrative Agent (which shall then give prompt notice thereof to the
relevant Lender), replace such Lender with an Eligible Assignee selected by the Borrower in
accordance with Section 10.12; provided, however, that no Event of Default
shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of such request and at the time of such
assignment; provided, further, that the assigning Lenders rights under
Sections 3.01, 3.04 and 10.04, and its obligations under Section
10.04, shall survive such assignment as to matters occurring prior to the date of assignment.
ARTICLE III
TAXES, YIELD PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY
Section 3.01 Taxes. (a) Payments Free of Taxes. Any and all payments by or on account of any
obligation of the Borrower hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall be made free and clear
of and without reduction or withholding for any Indemnified Taxes or Other
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Taxes, provided
that if the Borrower shall be required by applicable law to deduct any Indemnified Taxes (including
any Other Taxes) from such payments, then (i) the sum payable shall be increased as necessary so
that after making all required deductions (including deductions applicable to additional sums
payable under this Section) the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the L/C Issuer, as the case may
be, receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions been made,
(ii) the Borrower shall make such deductions and (iii) the Borrower shall timely pay the full
amount deducted to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law.
(b) Payment of Other Taxes by the Borrower. Without limiting the provisions of
subsection (a) above, the Borrower shall timely pay any Other Taxes to the relevant Governmental
Authority in accordance with applicable law.
(c) Indemnification by the Borrower. The Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative
Agent, each Lender and the L/C Issuer, within 10 days after demand therefor, for the full amount of
any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes (including Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes imposed or
asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section) paid by the Administrative
Agent, such Lender or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, and any penalties, interest and
reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified
Taxes or Other Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental
Authority; provided that the Borrower shall not indemnify the Administrative Agent, any
Lender or the L/C Issuer for any penalties or interest that are imposed solely as a result of gross
negligence or willful misconduct of the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the L/C Issuer. A
certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to the Borrower
by a Lender or the L/C Issuer (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), or by the
Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender or the L/C Issuer, shall be
conclusive absent manifest error. If, in the reasonable discretion of the Borrower, any
Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes are incorrectly or not legally imposed or asserted by the relevant
Governmental Authority, the Administrative Agent, each Lender or the L/C Issuer, as the case may
be, shall, at the expense of the Borrower, use commercially reasonable efforts to cooperate with
the Borrower to recover and promptly remit such Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes to the Borrower in
accordance with subsection (f) of this Section. Nothing contained herein shall derogate from the
right of any Lender, the Administrative Agent or the L/C Issuer to arrange its tax affairs in
whatever manner it sees fit nor shall require any Lender, the Administrative Agent or the L/C
Issuer to disclose any information relating to its tax affairs that it deems confidential other
than as required under Section 3.01(e).
(d) Evidence of Payments. As soon as practicable after any payment of Indemnified
Taxes or Other Taxes by the Borrower to a Governmental Authority, the Borrower shall deliver to the
Administrative Agent the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental
Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of the return reporting such payment or other evidence of
such payment reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
(e) Status of Lenders. Any Foreign Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or
reduction of withholding tax under the law of the jurisdiction in which the Borrower is resident
for tax purposes, or any treaty to which such jurisdiction is a party, with respect to payments
hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall deliver to the Borrower (with a copy to the
Administrative Agent), at the time or times prescribed by applicable law or reasonably requested by
the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, such properly completed and executed documentation
prescribed by applicable law as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a
reduced rate of withholding. In addition, any Lender, if requested by
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the Borrower or the
Administrative Agent, shall deliver such other documentation prescribed by applicable law or
reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as will enable the Borrower or the
Administrative Agent to determine whether or not such Lender is subject to backup withholding or
information reporting requirements.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, if the Borrower is resident for tax purposes
in the United States, any Foreign Lender shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent
(in such number of copies as shall be reasonably requested by the recipient) on or prior to the
date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Credit Agreement (and from time to
time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, but only
if such Foreign Lender is legally entitled to do so), whichever of the following is applicable:
(i) duly completed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN claiming eligibility
for benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United States is a party,
(ii) duly completed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI,
(iii) in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of the exemption for
portfolio interest under section 881(c) of the Code, (A) a certificate to the effect that
such Foreign Lender is not (1) a bank within the meaning of section 881(c)(3)(A) of the
Code, (2) a 10 percent shareholder of the Borrower within the meaning of section
881(c)(3)(B) of the Code, or (3) a controlled foreign corporation
described in section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code and (B) duly completed copies of
Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN, or
(iv) any other form prescribed by applicable law as a basis for claiming exemption
from or a reduction in United States Federal withholding tax duly completed together with
such supplementary documentation as may be prescribed by applicable law to permit the
Borrower to determine the withholding or deduction required to be made (including, for the
avoidance of doubt, documentation necessary for the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to
comply with its obligations under FATCA, to determine whether any recipient of amounts
arising under this Agreement has or has not complied with such recipients obligations
under FATCA, or to determine the amount to deduct and/or withhold from such amounts under
FATCA).
(f) Treatment of Certain Refunds. If the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the L/C
Issuer determines, in good faith, that it has received a refund of any Taxes or Other Taxes as to
which it has been indemnified by the Borrower or with respect to which the Borrower has paid
additional amounts pursuant to this Section, it shall pay to the Borrower an amount equal to such
refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made, or additional amounts paid, by the
Borrower under this Section with respect to the Taxes or Other Taxes giving rise to such refund),
net of all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses of the Administrative Agent, such Lender or the L/C
Issuer, as the case may be, and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant
Governmental Authority with respect to such refund), provided that the Borrower, upon the
request of the Administrative Agent,
such Lender or the L/C Issuer, agrees to repay the amount paid
over to the Borrower (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant
Governmental Authority) to the Administrative Agent, such Lender or the L/C Issuer if the
Administrative Agent, such Lender or the L/C Issuer is required to repay such refund to such
Governmental Authority. This subsection shall not be construed to require the Administrative
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Agent, any Lender or the L/C Issuer to make available its tax returns (or any other information
relating to its taxes that it deems confidential) to the Borrower or any other Person.
Section 3.02 Illegality. If any Lender determines that any Law has made it unlawful, or that any Governmental
Authority has asserted that it is unlawful, for any Lender or its applicable Lending Office to
make, maintain or fund Eurodollar Rate Loans, or to determine or charge interest rates based upon
the Eurodollar Rate, or any Governmental Authority has imposed material restrictions on the
authority of such Lender to purchase or sell, or to take deposits of, Dollars in the London
interbank market, then, on notice thereof by such Lender to the Borrower through the Administrative
Agent, any obligation of such Lender to make or continue Eurodollar Rate Loans or to convert Base
Rate Loans to Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be suspended until such Lender notifies the
Administrative Agent and the Borrower that the circumstances giving rise to such determination no
longer exist. Upon receipt of such notice, the Borrower shall, upon demand from such Lender (with
a copy to the Administrative Agent), prepay or, if applicable, convert all Eurodollar Rate Loans of
such Lender to Base Rate Loans, either on the last day of the Interest Period therefor, if such
Lender may lawfully continue to maintain such Eurodollar Rate Loans to such day, or immediately, if
such Lender may not lawfully continue to maintain such Eurodollar Rate Loans. Upon any such
prepayment or conversion, the Borrower shall also pay accrued interest on the amount so prepaid or
converted.
Section 3.03 Inability to Determine Rates. If the Required Lenders determine that for any reason in connection with any request for a
Eurodollar Rate Loan or a conversion to or continuation thereof that (a) Dollar deposits are not
being offered to banks in the London interbank eurodollar market for the applicable amount and
Interest Period of such Eurodollar Rate Loan, (b) adequate and reasonable means do not exist for
determining the Eurodollar Base Rate for any requested Interest Period with respect to a proposed
Eurodollar Rate Loan, or (c) the Eurodollar Base Rate for any requested Interest Period with
respect to a proposed Eurodollar Rate Loan does not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such
Lenders of funding such Loan, the Administrative Agent will promptly so notify the Borrower and
each Lender. Thereafter, the obligation of the Lenders to make or maintain Eurodollar Rate Loans
shall be suspended until the Administrative Agent (upon the instruction of the Required Lenders)
revokes such notice. Upon receipt of such notice, the Borrower may revoke any pending request for
a Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans or, failing that, will be
deemed to have converted such request into a request for a Committed Borrowing of Base Rate Loans
in the amount specified therein.
Section 3.04 Increased Costs; Reserves on Eurodollar Rate Loans. (a) Increased Costs Generally. If any Change in Law shall:
(i) impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit, compulsory loan,
insurance charge or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the account
of, or credit extended or participated in by, any Lender (except any reserve requirement
reflected in the Eurodollar Rate contemplated by Section 3.04(e)) or the L/C
Issuer;
(ii) subject any Lender or the L/C Issuer to any tax of any kind whatsoever with
respect to this Credit Agreement, any Letter of Credit, any participation in a Letter of
Credit or any Eurodollar Rate Loan made by it, or change the basis of taxation of payments
to such Lender or the L/C Issuer in respect thereof (except for Indemnified Taxes or Other
Taxes covered by Section 3.01 and the imposition of, or any change in the rate of,
any Excluded Tax payable by such Lender or the L/C Issuer); or
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(iii) impose on any Lender or the L/C Issuer or the London interbank market any other
condition, cost or expense affecting this Credit Agreement or Eurodollar Rate Loans made by
such Lender or any Letter of Credit or participation therein;
and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Lender of making
or maintaining any Eurodollar Rate Loan (or of maintaining its obligation to make any such Loan),
or to increase the cost to such Lender or the L/C Issuer of participating in, issuing or
maintaining any Letter of Credit (or of maintaining its obligation to participate in or to issue
any Letter of Credit), or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender or
the L/C Issuer hereunder (whether of principal, interest or any other amount) then, upon request of
such Lender or the L/C Issuer, the Borrower will pay to such Lender or the L/C Issuer, as the case
may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or the L/C Issuer, as the
case may be, for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered.
(b) Capital Requirements. If any Lender or the L/C Issuer determines that any Change
in Law affecting such Lender or the L/C Issuer or any Lending Office of such Lender or such
Lenders or the L/C Issuers holding company, if any, regarding capital requirements has or would
have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lenders or the L/C Issuers capital or
on the capital of such Lenders or the L/C Issuers holding company, if any, as a consequence
of this Credit Agreement, the Commitments of such Lender or the Loans made by, or participations in
Letters of Credit held by, such Lender, or the Letters of Credit issued by the L/C Issuer, to a
level below that which such Lender or the L/C Issuer or such Lenders or the L/C Issuers holding
company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lenders or
the L/C Issuers policies and the policies of such Lenders or the L/C Issuers holding company
with respect to capital adequacy), then from time to time the Borrower will pay to such Lender or
the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such
Lender or the L/C Issuer or such Lenders or the L/C Issuers holding company for any such
reduction suffered.
(c) Certificates for Reimbursement. A certificate of a Lender or the L/C Issuer
setting forth the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or the L/C Issuer or its
holding company, as the case may be, as specified in subsection (a) or (b) of this Section and
delivered to the Borrower shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Borrower shall pay such
Lender or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, the amount shown as due on any such certificate
within 10 days after receipt thereof.
(d) Delay in Requests. Failure or delay on the part of any Lender or the L/C Issuer
to demand compensation pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section shall not constitute a
waiver of such Lenders or the L/C Issuers right to demand such compensation, provided
that the Borrower shall not be required to compensate a Lender or the L/C Issuer pursuant to the
foregoing provisions of this Section for any increased costs incurred or reductions suffered more
than nine months prior to the date that such Lender or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, notifies
the Borrower of the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions and of such
Lenders or the L/C Issuers intention to claim compensation therefor (except that, if the Change
in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions is retroactive, then the nine-month period
referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof).
(e) Reserves on Eurodollar Rate Loans. The Borrower shall pay to each Lender, as long
as such Lender shall be required to maintain reserves with respect to liabilities or
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assets
consisting of or including Eurocurrency funds or deposits (currently known as Eurocurrency
liabilities), additional interest on the unpaid principal amount of each Eurodollar Rate Loan
equal to the actual costs of such reserves allocated to such Loan by such Lender (as determined by
such Lender in good faith, which determination shall be conclusive), which shall be due and payable
on each date on which interest is payable on such Loan, provided the Borrower shall have received
at least 10 days prior notice (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) of such additional
interest from such Lender. If a Lender fails to give notice 10 days prior to the relevant Interest
Payment Date, such additional interest shall be due and payable 10 days from receipt of such
notice.
Section 3.05 Compensation for Losses. Upon demand of any Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) from time to time, the
Borrower shall promptly compensate such Lender for and hold such Lender harmless from any loss,
cost or expense incurred by it as a result of:
(a) any continuation, conversion, payment or prepayment of any Loan other than a Base Rate
Loan on a day other than the last day of the Interest Period for such Loan (whether voluntary,
mandatory, automatic, by reason of acceleration, or otherwise);
(b) any failure by the Borrower (for a reason other than the failure of such Lender to make a
Loan) to prepay, borrow, continue or convert any Loan other than a Base Rate Loan on the date or in
the amount notified by the Borrower; or
(c) any assignment of a Eurodollar Rate Loan on a day other than the last day of the Interest
Period therefor as a result of a request by the Borrower pursuant to Section 10.12;
including any loss of anticipated profits and any loss or expense arising from the liquidation
or reemployment of funds obtained by it to maintain such Loan or from fees payable to terminate the
deposits from which such funds were obtained. The Borrower shall also pay any customary
administrative fees charged by such Lender in connection with the foregoing.
For purposes of calculating amounts payable by the Borrower to the Lenders under this
Section 3.05, each Lender shall be deemed to have funded each Eurodollar Rate Loan made by
it at the Eurodollar Base Rate used in determining the Eurodollar Rate for such Loan by a matching
deposit or other borrowing in the London interbank eurodollar market for a comparable amount and
for a comparable period, whether or not such Eurodollar Rate Loan was in fact so funded.
Section 3.06 Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders. (a) Designation of a Different Lending Office. If any Lender requests
compensation under Section 3.04, or the Borrower is required to pay any additional amount
to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section
3.01, or if any Lender gives a notice pursuant to Section 3.02, then such Lender shall
use reasonable efforts to designate a different Lending Office for funding or booking its Loans
hereunder or to assign its rights and obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches or
affiliates, if, in the judgment of such Lender, such designation or assignment (i) would eliminate
or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section 3.01 or Section 3.04, as the case may
be, in the future, or eliminate the need for the notice pursuant to Section 3.02, as
applicable, and (ii) in each case, would not subject such Lender to any unreimbursed cost or
expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender. The Borrower hereby agrees to
pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in connection with any such
designation or assignment.
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(b) Replacement of Lenders. If any Lender requests compensation under Section
3.04, or if the Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any
Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 3.01, or if any
Lender gives a notice pursuant to Section 3.02, the Borrower may replace such Lender in
accordance with Section 10.12.
Section 3.07 Survival. All of the Borrowers obligations under this Article III shall survive termination of
the Aggregate Commitments and repayment of all other Obligations hereunder.
ARTICLE IV
GUARANTY
Section 4.01 Guaranty. Each of the Guarantors hereby, jointly and severally, absolutely and unconditionally
guarantees, as a guaranty of payment and performance and not merely as a guaranty of collection,
prompt payment when due, whether at stated maturity, by required prepayment, upon acceleration,
demand or otherwise, and at all times thereafter, of any and all of the Obligations, whether for
principal, interest, premiums, fees, indemnities, damages, costs, expenses or otherwise, of the
Borrower to the Secured Parties, arising hereunder and under the other Loan Documents (including
all renewals, extensions, amendments, refinancings and other modifications thereof and all costs,
attorneys fees and expenses incurred by the Secured Parties in connection with the collection or
enforcement thereof). The Administrative Agents books and records showing the amount of the
Obligations shall be admissible in evidence in any action or proceeding, and shall be binding upon
each Guarantor, and conclusive for the purpose of establishing the amount of the Obligations,
absent manifest error. This Guaranty shall not be affected by the genuineness, validity,
regularity or enforceability of the Obligations or any instrument or agreement evidencing any
Obligations, or by the existence, validity, enforceability, perfection, non-perfection or extent of
any collateral therefor, or by any fact or circumstance relating to the Obligations which might
otherwise constitute a defense to the obligations of any Guarantor under this Guaranty, and each
Guarantor hereby irrevocably waives any defenses it may now have or hereafter acquire in any way
relating to any or all of the foregoing.
Section 4.02 Rights of Lenders. Each Guarantor consents and agrees that the Secured Parties may, at any time and from time
to time, without notice or demand, and without affecting the enforceability or continuing
effectiveness hereof: (a) amend, extend, renew, compromise, discharge, accelerate or otherwise
change the time for payment or the terms of the Obligations or any part thereof; (b) take, hold,
exchange, enforce, waive, release, fail to perfect, sell, or otherwise dispose of any security for
the payment of this Guaranty or any Obligations; (c) apply such security and direct the order or
manner of sale thereof as the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer and the Secured Parties in their
sole discretion may determine; and (d) release or substitute one or more of any endorsers or other
guarantors of any of the Obligations. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each
Guarantor consents to the taking of, or failure to take, any action which might in any manner or to
any extent vary the risks of such Guarantor under this Guaranty or which, but for this provision,
might operate as a discharge of such Guarantor.
Section 4.03 Certain Waivers. Each Guarantor waives (a) any defense arising by reason of any disability, change in
corporate existence or structure or other defense of the Borrower or any other Guarantor, or the
cessation from any cause whatsoever (including any act or omission of any Secured Party) of the
liability of the Borrower or any other Guarantor; (b) any defense based on any claim that such
Guarantors obligations exceed or are more burdensome
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than those of the Borrower or any other
Guarantor; (c) the benefit of any statute of limitations affecting such Guarantors liability
hereunder; (d) any right to proceed against the Borrower, proceed against or exhaust any security
for the Obligations, or pursue any other remedy in the power of any Secured Party whatsoever; (e)
any benefit of and any right to participate in any security now or hereafter held by any Secured
Party; and (f) to the fullest extent permitted by law, any and all other defenses or benefits that
may be derived from or afforded by applicable law limiting the liability of or exonerating
guarantors or sureties. Each Guarantor expressly waives all setoffs and counterclaims and all
presentments, demands for payment or performance, notices of nonpayment or nonperformance,
protests, notices of protest, notices of dishonor and all other notices or demands of any kind or
nature whatsoever with respect to the Obligations, and all notices of acceptance of this
Guaranty or of the existence, creation or incurrence of new or additional Obligations.
Section 4.04 Obligations Independent. The obligations of each Guarantor hereunder are those of primary obligor, and not merely as
surety, and are independent of the Obligations and the obligations of any other Guarantor, and a
separate action may be brought against such Guarantor to enforce this Guaranty whether or not the
Borrower or any other Person is joined as a party.
Section 4.05 Subrogation. Each Guarantor shall not exercise any right of subrogation, contribution, indemnity,
reimbursement or similar rights with respect to any payments it makes under this Guaranty until all
of the Obligations and any amounts payable under this Guaranty have been indefeasibly paid and
performed in full and the Commitments and the Facilities are terminated. If any amounts are paid
to any Guarantor in violation of the foregoing limitation, then such amounts shall be held in trust
for the benefit of the Secured Parties and shall forthwith be paid to the Secured Parties to reduce
the amount of the Obligations, whether matured or unmatured.
Section 4.06 Termination; Reinstatement. This Guaranty is a continuing and irrevocable guaranty of all Obligations now or hereafter
existing and shall remain in full force and effect until all Obligations and any other amounts
payable under this Guaranty are indefeasibly paid in full in cash and the Commitments and the
Facilities with respect to the Obligations are terminated. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this
Guaranty shall continue in full force and effect or be revived, as the case may be, if any payment
by or on behalf of the Borrower or any Guarantor is made, or any of the Secured Parties exercises
its right of setoff, in respect of the Obligations and such payment or the proceeds of such setoff
or any part thereof is subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set
aside or required (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by any of the Secured Parties
in their discretion) to be repaid to a trustee, receiver or any other party, in connection with any
proceeding under any Debtor Relief Laws or otherwise, all as if such payment had not been made or
such setoff had not occurred and whether or not the Secured Parties are in possession of or have
released this Guaranty and regardless of any prior revocation, rescission, termination or
reduction. The obligations of each Guarantor under this paragraph shall survive termination of
this Guaranty.
Section 4.07 Subordination. Each Guarantor hereby subordinates the payment of all obligations and indebtedness of the
Borrower owing to such Guarantor, whether now existing or hereafter arising, including but not
limited to any obligation of the Borrower to such Guarantor as subrogee of the Secured Parties or
resulting from such Guarantors performance under this Guaranty, to the indefeasible payment in
full in cash of all Obligations. If the Secured Parties so request, any such obligation or
indebtedness of the Borrower to any Guarantor shall be enforced and performance received by such
Guarantor as trustee for the Secured Parties and the proceeds
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thereof shall be paid over to the
Secured Parties on account of the Obligations, but without reducing or affecting in any manner the
liability of such Guarantor under this Guaranty.
Section 4.08 Stay of Acceleration. If acceleration of the time for payment of any of the Obligations is stayed, in connection
with any case commenced by or against any Guarantor or the Borrower under any Debtor Relief Laws,
or otherwise, all such amounts shall nonetheless be payable by such Guarantor immediately upon
demand by the Secured Parties.
Section 4.09 Condition of Borrower. Each Guarantor acknowledges and agrees that it has the sole responsibility for, and has
adequate means of, obtaining from the Borrower and any other Guarantor such information concerning
the financial condition, business and operations of the Borrower and any such other Guarantor as
such Guarantor requires, and that none of the Secured Parties has any duty, and such Guarantor is
not relying on the Secured Parties at any time, to disclose to such Guarantor any information
relating to the business, operations or financial condition of the Borrower or any other Guarantor
(such Guarantor waiving any duty on the part of the Secured Parties to disclose such information
and any defense relating to the failure to provide the same).
Section 4.10 Limitation on Guaranty. It is the intention of the Guarantors, the Lenders and the Borrower that the obligations of
each Guarantor hereunder shall be in, but not in excess of, the maximum amount permitted by
applicable law. To that end, but only to the extent such obligations would otherwise be avoidable,
the obligations of each Guarantor hereunder shall be limited to the maximum amount that, after
giving effect to the incurrence thereof, would not render such Guarantor insolvent or unable to
make payments in respect of any of its indebtedness as such indebtedness matures or leave such
Guarantor with an unreasonably small capital. The need for any such limitation shall be
determined, and any such needed limitation shall be effective, at the time or times that such
Guarantor is deemed, under applicable law, to incur the Obligations hereunder. Any such limitation
shall be apportioned amongst the Obligations pro rata in accordance with the respective amounts
thereof. This paragraph is intended solely to preserve the rights of the Lenders under this Credit
Agreement to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, and neither the Guarantors, the
Borrower nor any other Person shall have any right under this paragraph that it would not otherwise
have under applicable law. The Borrower and each Guarantor agree not to commence any proceeding or
action seeking to limit the amount of the obligation of such Guarantor under this Article
IV by reason of this paragraph. For the purposes of this paragraph, insolvency,
unreasonably small capital and unable to make payments in respect of any of its indebtedness as
such indebtedness matures shall be determined in accordance with applicable law.
Section 4.11 Guaranty Supplements. Upon the execution and delivery by any Person of a guaranty supplement in substantially the
form of Exhibit K hereto (each, a Guaranty Supplement), (i) such Person shall
become and be a Guarantor hereunder, and each reference in the Loan Documents to a Guarantor
shall also mean and be a reference to such Person, and each reference in any other Loan Document to
a Guarantor shall also mean and be a reference to such Person, and (ii) each reference in the
Loan Documents to the Guaranty, thereunder, thereof or words of like import referring to this
Guaranty, shall mean and be a reference to this Guaranty as supplemented by such Guaranty
Supplement.
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ARTICLE V
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
Section 5.01 Conditions of Initial Credit Extension. The obligation of the L/C Issuer and each Lender to make the initial Credit Extension
hereunder is subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent on or prior to the
date of such initial Credit Extension:
(a) Execution of Loan Documents and Notes. The Administrative Agents receipt of the
following, each of which shall be originals or facsimiles (followed promptly by originals) unless
otherwise specified, each properly executed by a Responsible Officer of the signing Loan Party,
each dated the Closing Date (or, in the case of certificates of governmental officials, a recent
date before the Closing Date) and each in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent and each of the Lenders:
(i) this Credit Agreement duly executed and delivered by each of the Borrower, the
Guarantors, the Lenders named on the signature pages hereof, the Swingline Lender, the L/C
Issuer and the Administrative Agent;
(ii) a Note executed by the Borrower in favor of each Lender requesting a Note; and
(iii) the Pledge Agreement, the Security Agreement and the Intellectual Property
Security Agreement(s), each duly executed and delivered by each of the Loan Parties party
thereto and the Collateral Agent, together with:
(A) with respect to the Pledge Agreement, certificates representing the
Pledged Equity Interests referred to therein accompanied by undated stock powers
executed in blank;
(B) proper UCC-1 Financing Statements in form appropriate for filing under the
Uniform Commercial Code of all jurisdictions that the Collateral Agent may deem
necessary in order to perfect the Liens created under each of the Collateral
Documents, covering the Collateral described in the Collateral Documents; and
(C) evidence that all other action that the Collateral Agent may deem
necessary in order to perfect the Liens created under the Collateral Documents has
been taken (including receipt of duly executed payoff letters and UCC-3 termination
statements).
(b) Signatures. Each of the Loan Parties shall have certified to the Administrative
Agent (with copies to be provided for each Lender) the name and signature of each of the persons
authorized (i) to sign on its respective behalf this Credit Agreement and each of the other Loan
Documents to which it is a party and (ii) in the case of the Borrower, to borrow under this Credit
Agreement. The Lenders may conclusively rely on such certifications until they receive notice in
writing from such Loan Party, as the case may be, to the contrary.
(c) Loan Certificates. The Administrative Agent shall have received a loan
certificate of each Loan Party, in substantially the form of Exhibit J, together with
appropriate attachments which shall include, without limitation, the following items: (i) a true,
complete
and
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correct copy of the articles of incorporation, certificate of limited partnership or
certificate of formation or organization of such Loan Party, certified by the Secretary of State of
such Loan Partys organization, (ii) a true, complete and correct copy of the by-laws, partnership
agreement or limited liability company or operating agreement of such Loan Party, (iii) a copy of
the resolutions of the board of directors or other appropriate entity of such Loan Party
authorizing the execution, delivery and performance by such Loan Party of this Credit Agreement and
the other Loan Documents to which it is a party and, with respect to the Borrower, authorizing the
borrowings hereunder, and (iv) certificates of existence of such Loan Party issued by the Secretary
of State or similar state official for the state of such Loan Partys organization.
(d) Opinions of Counsel to the Borrower and the Other Loan Parties. The Lenders shall
have received favorable opinions of:
(i) the general counsel for the Borrower and the other Loan Parties, substantially in
the form of Exhibit E; and
(ii) Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, special New York counsel to the Borrower and the other
Loan Parties, substantially in the form of Exhibit F;
and covering such other matters as any Lender or Lenders or special New York counsel to the
Administrative Agent, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, may reasonably request (and for purposes
of such opinions such counsel may rely upon opinions of counsel in other jurisdictions,
provided that such other counsel are satisfactory to special counsel to the Administrative
Agent and such other opinions state that the Lenders are entitled to rely thereon).
(e) Opinion of Lenders Counsel. Each Lender shall have received a favorable opinion
of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, special New York counsel to the Administrative Agent,
substantially in the form of Exhibit G and covering such other matters as any Lender or
Lenders may reasonably request.
(f) Compliance Certificate. The Lenders shall have received a Compliance Certificate
showing that, after giving effect to this Credit Agreement and the Indebtedness contemplated to be
incurred by the Borrower on the Closing Date and the use of proceeds thereof, (i) the Borrower is
in compliance with the provisions of this Credit Agreement on a pro forma basis as of the Closing
Date and (ii) the Cash Flow Ratio on the Closing Date after giving effect to all transactions
contemplated by the Loan Documents on a pro forma basis shall not exceed 7.00 to 1.00.
(g) Other Documents. Such other documents, filings, instruments and papers relating
to the documents referred to herein and the transactions contemplated hereby as any Lender or
special counsel to the Administrative Agent shall reasonably require shall have been received by
the Administrative Agent, including information reasonably requested as described in Section 10.16.
(h) Certain Fees. All fees required to be paid to the Administrative Agent, the Joint
Lead Arrangers and the other Lenders on or before the Closing Date shall have been paid. Unless
waived by the Administrative Agent, the Borrower shall have paid all fees, charges and
disbursements of counsel to the Administrative Agent to the extent properly invoiced prior to or
on the Closing Date, plus such additional amounts of such fees, charges and disbursements as
shall constitute its reasonable estimate of such fees, charges and disbursements incurred or to be
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incurred by it through the closing proceedings (provided that such estimate shall not
thereafter preclude a final settling of accounts between the Borrower and the Administrative
Agent).
(i) Regulatory Approvals. The Borrower shall have obtained all consents and approvals
of, and made all filings and registrations with, any Governmental Authority set forth on
Schedule 6.03 required with respect to this Credit Agreement and the transactions
contemplated hereby (other than as specified in Schedule 6.03).
(j) Financial Statements. The Administrative Agent shall have received (a) audited
consolidated financial statements of the Borrower and its subsidiaries for the two fiscal years
ended December 31, 2010 (and also, in the case of the year ended December 31, 2010, on a pro forma
basis, unaudited consolidated financial statements giving effect to the Transaction as if it
occurred at the beginning of such period), and unaudited consolidated financial statements of the
Borrower and its subsidiaries (subject to year-end and audit adjustments) for any interim quarterly
periods that have ended since the most recent of such audited financial statements and at least 45
days prior to the Closing Date, it being understood and agreed that the financial statements
included in the Form 10 of the Borrower have been received by the Administrative Agent and satisfy
this clause (a), and (b) forecasts prepared by management of the Borrower and its subsidiaries,
each in form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
(k) Solvency Certificate. A Solvency Certificate attesting to the Solvency of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, after giving effect to the Transaction and the
incurrence of indebtedness related thereto, from the chief financial officer of the Borrower.
(l) Distribution Transaction. The Joint Lead Arrangers shall be satisfied that all
transactions required to be completed as a condition to the tax-free nature of the Distribution
Transaction have been completed or will be completed simultaneously with the initial fundings under
the Facility.
(m) Existing RNS Credit Agreement. The Lenders shall have received satisfactory
evidence that the Existing RNS Credit Agreement concurrently with the Closing Date is being
terminated and all Liens securing obligations under the Existing RNS Credit Agreement concurrently
with the Closing Date are being released.
(n) Debt Ratings. The Borrower shall have received a corporate credit rating of the
Borrower after giving effect to the Transaction and a rating for each of the Facilities, in each
case, from Moodys and S&P.
(o) No Materially Adverse Effect. There shall not have occurred since December 31,
2010 any Materially Adverse Effect.
(p) Request for Credit Extension. The Administrative Agent shall have received a
Request for Credit Extension in accordance with the requirements hereof.
Without limiting the generality of the provisions of Section 9.04, for purposes of
determining compliance with the conditions specified in this Section 5.01, each Lender that
has signed this Credit Agreement shall be deemed to have consented to, approved or accepted or to
be satisfied with, each document or other matter required thereunder to be consented to or approved
by or
acceptable or satisfactory to a Lender unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice
from such Lender prior to the proposed Closing Date specifying its objection thereto.
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Section 5.02 Conditions to all Credit Extensions. The obligation of the L/C Issuer and each Lender to make each Credit Extension hereunder
(which shall not include any conversion or continuation of any outstanding Loan or any Credit
Extension the proceeds of which are to reimburse (i) the Swingline Lender for Swingline Loans or
(ii) the L/C Issuer for amounts drawn under a Letter of Credit) is subject to the additional
conditions precedent that:
(a) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result from
such proposed Credit Extension or from the application of proceeds thereof;
(b) the representations and warranties of the Borrower and each other Loan Party in
Article VI hereof or any other Loan Document, or which are contained in any document
furnished at any time under or in connection herewith or therewith, shall be true and correct, in
all material respects, on and as of the date of the making of, and after giving effect to, such
Credit Extension with the same force and effect as if made on and as of such date, except to the
extent that such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date, in which case
they shall be true and correct, in all material respects, as of such earlier date, and except that
for purposes of this Section 5.02, the representations and warranties contained in
Section 6.04(a) and (b) shall be deemed to refer to the most recent statements
furnished pursuant to Section 7.01(b) and (a), respectively;
(c) to the extent requested by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, a senior executive of
the Borrower shall have certified compliance with clauses (a) and (b) above to the Administrative
Agent; and
(d) the Administrative Agent and, if applicable, the L/C Issuer shall have received a Request
for Credit Extension in accordance with the requirements hereof.
The Borrower shall be deemed to have made a representation and warranty hereunder as of the
time of each Credit Extension hereunder that the conditions specified in such clauses have been
fulfilled as of such time.
ARTICLE VI
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
Each Loan Party represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders as
follows:
Section 6.01 Existence, Qualification and Power. Each Loan Party and each of their Restricted Subsidiaries is a limited or general
partnership, limited liability company or corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good
standing under the Laws of its jurisdiction of organization and is duly qualified to transact
business and is in good standing in all jurisdictions in which such qualification is necessary in
view of the properties and assets owned and presently intended to be owned and the business
transacted and presently intended to be transacted by it except for qualifications the lack of
which, singly or in the aggregate, have not had and are not likely to have a Materially
Adverse Effect, and each Loan Party and each of their Restricted Subsidiaries has full power,
authority and legal right to perform its obligations under this Credit Agreement, the Notes and the
other Loan Documents to which it is a party.
Section 6.02 Subsidiaries; Affiliates; Loan Parties. Schedules 1.01(i) and 1.01(ii) contain a complete and correct list, as of
the Closing Date, of all Restricted Subsidiaries and
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Unrestricted Subsidiaries of the Borrower,
respectively, and a description of the legal nature of such Subsidiaries (including, with respect
to each Restricted Subsidiary, the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, the address
of its principal place of business and its U.S. taxpayer identification number), the nature of the
ownership interests (shares of stock or general or limited partnership or other interests) in such
Subsidiaries and the holders of such interests and, except as disclosed to the Lenders in writing
prior to the Closing Date, the Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries owns all of the ownership
interests of its Subsidiaries indicated in such Schedules as being owned by the Borrower or such
Subsidiary, as the case may be, free and clear of all Liens except those created under the
Collateral Documents, and all such ownership interests are validly issued and, in the case of
shares of stock, fully paid and non-assessable. Schedule 6.02 contains a complete and
correct list, as of the Closing Date, of all Controlled Affiliates of the Borrower that are not
Subsidiaries of the Borrower, the nature of the respective ownership interests in each such
Affiliate, and the holder of each such interest.
Section 6.03 Authority; No Conflict. The execution, delivery and performance by each of the Loan Parties of each Loan Document
to which it is a party, and each Credit Extension hereunder, have been duly authorized by all
necessary corporate or other organizational action and do not and will not: (a) subject to the
consummation of the action described in Section 6.12 hereof, violate any Law currently in
effect (other than violations that, singly or in the aggregate, have not had and are not likely to
have a Materially Adverse Effect), or any provision of any of the Borrowers or the Restricted
Subsidiaries respective organizational documents presently in effect; (b) conflict with or result
in the breach of, or constitute a default or require any consent (except for the consents described
on Schedule 6.03, each of which has been duly obtained) under, or require any payment to be
made under (i) any Contractual Obligation to which the Borrower or any of the Restricted
Subsidiaries is a party or their respective properties may be bound or affected or (ii) any order,
injunction, writ or decree of any Governmental Authority or any arbitral award to which the
Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or their respective properties are subject (in each
case, other than any conflict, breach, default or required consent that, singly or in the
aggregate, have not had and are not likely to have a Materially Adverse Effect); or (c) except as
provided under any Loan Document, result in, or require, the creation or imposition of any Lien
upon or with respect to any of the properties or assets now owned or hereafter acquired by the
Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries.
Section 6.04 Financial Condition. The Borrower has furnished to each Lender:
(a) The consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of
December 31, 2010, and the related consolidated statements of operations and members capital or
deficiency for the fiscal year ended on said date, said financial statements
having been certified by a Registered Public Accounting Firm of nationally recognized standing
reasonably acceptable to the Required Lenders; and
(b) The unaudited consolidated balance sheets of the Borrower and its consolidated
Subsidiaries as of March 31, 2011, and the related consolidated statements of operations for the
Quarter then ended.
All financial statements referred to above (i) are complete and correct in all material
respects (subject, in the case of the unaudited financial statements referred to above, to year-end
and audit adjustments), (ii) were prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout
the period covered thereby, except as otherwise expressly noted therein, and (iii) fairly present
the financial condition of the respective entity or groups of entities which is or are the subject
of such financial statements (as stated above), on a consolidated basis, as of the
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respective dates
of the balance sheets included in such financial statements and the results of operations of such
entity or groups of entities for the respective periods ended on said dates.
None of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries had on any of said dates any material
contingent liabilities, liabilities for Taxes, unusual forward or long-term commitments or
unrealized or anticipated losses from any unfavorable commitments or operations which are
substantial in amount, except as referred to or reflected or provided for in said financial
statements of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of said respective dates or as
disclosed to the Lenders in writing prior to the Closing Date. Except as disclosed to the Lenders
in writing prior to the Closing Date, since December 31, 2010, there has been no material adverse
change in the financial condition (from that shown by the respective balance sheet as of December
31, 2010 included in said financial statements) or the businesses or operations of the Borrower and
the Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole on a pro forma combined basis (after giving effect to
the Indebtedness contemplated to be incurred on the Closing Date and the use of proceeds thereof).
Section 6.05 Litigation, Compliance with Laws. Except as disclosed to the Lenders on Schedule 6.05, there are no actions, suits,
proceedings, claims or disputes pending, or to the knowledge of any Loan Party threatened, against
any Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary or any of their respective properties or assets, before
any court or arbitrator or by or before any Governmental Authority that, singly or in the
aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Materially Adverse Effect. None of the Loan
Parties or any Restricted Subsidiary is in default under or in violation of or with respect to any
Laws or any writ, injunction or decree of any court, arbitrator or Governmental Authority, except
for (a) defaults or violations that have been cured or remedied on or prior to the date of this
Credit Agreement and (b) defaults or violations which, if continued unremedied, would not be
reasonably expected to have a Materially Adverse Effect.
Section 6.06 Titles and Liens. Except as set forth on Schedule 7.17, each of the Loan Parties and the Restricted
Subsidiaries has good title to its properties and assets, free and clear of all Liens, except those
permitted by Section 7.17. To the knowledge of the Loan Parties, each of the Loan Parties
and their Restricted Subsidiaries owns, or has the right to use, all Intellectual Property
necessary for each of them to conduct its business substantially in the same manner as currently
conducted, except to the extent that the failure to own or have such right would not be reasonably
expected to have a Materially Adverse Effect. Schedule 6.06 sets forth a complete and
accurate list in all
material respects as of the Closing Date of the locations of all Material Real Property owned
by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries showing the street address or other relevant
information and state.
Section 6.07 Regulation U; Investment Company Act. (a) None of the proceeds of any of the Credit Extensions shall be used to purchase or
carry, or to reduce or retire or refinance any credit incurred to purchase or carry, any Margin
Stock or to extend credit to others for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any Margin Stock. If
requested by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, the Borrower will furnish to the
Administrative Agent or such Lender statements in conformity with the requirements of Regulation U.
(b) None of the Borrower, any Person Controlling the Borrower, or any Subsidiary is or is
required to be registered as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940.
Section 6.08 Taxes. Each of the Loan Parties and the Restricted Subsidiaries has filed all Federal, state and
other material tax returns that are required to be filed under any law
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applicable thereto except
such returns as to which the failure to file, singly or in the aggregate, has not had and will not
have a Materially Adverse Effect, and has paid, or made provision for the payment of, all Taxes
shown to be due pursuant to said returns or pursuant to any assessment received by any of the Loan
Parties or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries, except such Taxes, if any, as are being contested in
good faith and as to which adequate reserves have been provided or as to which the failure to pay,
singly or in the aggregate, has not had and is not likely to have a Materially Adverse Effect.
Section 6.09 Senior Debt. The Obligations constitute Senior Debt (or the equivalent term) as such term is defined
in each Subordinated Debt Document to which the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries is a
party and that contains such a definition or any similar definition.
Section 6.10 Full Disclosure. None of the financial statements referred to in Section 6.04, certificates or any
other written statements delivered by or on behalf of any Loan Party to the Administrative Agent or
any Lender contains, as of the Closing Date, any untrue statement of a material fact nor do such
financial statements, certificates and such other written statements, taken as a whole, omit to
state a material fact necessary to make the statements contained therein, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
Section 6.11 No Default. None of the Loan Parties or their Restricted Subsidiaries is in default in the payment or
performance or observance of any material Contractual Obligation, which default, either alone or in
conjunction with all other such defaults, has had or is likely to have a Materially Adverse Effect.
Section 6.12 Governmental and Third Party Approvals. Except as set forth on Schedule 6.03, no approval or consent of, or filing or
registration with, any (x) Governmental Authority or (y) any other third party, in the case of this
clause (y) pursuant to any Contractual Obligation that is material to the business of the
Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, is required in connection with (a) the execution,
delivery and performance by, or enforcement against, any of the Loan Parties of any Loan Document
to which it is a party, (b) the grant by any of the Loan Parties of the Liens granted by it
pursuant to the Collateral Documents, (c) the perfection or maintenance of the Liens created under
the Collateral Documents (including the first priority nature thereof) or (d) the exercise by the
Administrative Agent or any Lender of its rights under the Loan Documents or the remedies in
respect of the Collateral pursuant to the Collateral Documents. All approvals, consents, filings,
registrations or other actions described in Schedule 6.03 have been duly obtained, taken,
given or made and are in full force and effect (other than as set forth in Schedule 6.03).
Section 6.13 Binding Agreements. This Credit Agreement constitutes, and each other Loan Document when executed and delivered
will constitute, the legal, valid and binding obligations of each of the Loan Parties that is a
party thereto, enforceable in accordance with their respective terms (except for limitations on
enforceability under bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency and other similar laws affecting
creditors rights generally and limitations on the availability of the remedy of specific
performance imposed by the application of general equitable principles).
Section 6.14 Collective Bargaining Agreements. Except as disclosed to the Lenders in writing prior to the Closing Date, there are no
collective bargaining agreements between the Borrower or the Restricted Subsidiaries and any trade
or labor union or other employee collective bargaining agent.
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Section 6.15
Investments. Schedule 6.15 contains a complete and correct list, as of the Closing Date, of all
Investments of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries (other than any Investments in other
Restricted Subsidiaries) in excess of $5,000,000, showing the respective amounts of each such
Investment and the respective entity (or group thereof) in which each such Investment has been
made.
Section 6.16 ERISA Compliance. Except that would not reasonably be expected to have a Materially
Adverse Effect, (i) neither the Borrower nor any ERISA Affiliate has, as a result of maintaining or
terminating a Plan or withdrawing from a Multiemployer Plan, (A) incurred, or reasonably expects to
incur, any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to any Plan, (B) incurred, or reasonably
expects to incur, any liability under Section 4201 or 4203 of ERISA with respect to a Multiemployer
Plan, or (C) engaged in a transaction during the past five years that could be subject to Section
4069 or 4212(c) of ERISA; (ii) no Termination Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur
with respect to any Plan; (iii) neither the Borrower nor any ERISA Affiliate has been notified by
the sponsor of a Multiemployer Plan that such Multiemployer Plan is in reorganization (within the
meaning of Section 4241 of ERISA), insolvent (within the meaning of Section 4245 of ERISA) or has
been determined to be in endangered or critical status within the meaning of Section 432 of the
Code or Section 305 of
ERISA, and no such Multiemployer Plan is reasonably expected to be in reorganization,
insolvent or in endangered or critical status.
Section 6.17 Solvency. As of the Closing Date, the Loan Parties and their Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a
whole, after giving effect to the transactions contemplated hereby and by the other Loan Documents,
are Solvent.
Section 6.18 Casualty, Etc. Except as would not individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be
expected to have a Materially Adverse Effect, since December 31, 2010, neither the businesses nor
the properties of any Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary is or has been affected by any fire,
explosion, accident or other casualty (whether or not covered by insurance).
Section 6.19 Collateral Documents. The provisions of the Collateral Documents are effective to
create in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties a legal, valid and
enforceable first priority Lien (subject to Liens permitted by Section 7.17) on all right,
title and interest of the Borrower and the Guarantors in the Collateral described therein. Except
for filings completed prior to the Closing Date or as otherwise contemplated hereby or by the
Collateral Documents, no filing or other action will be necessary to perfect such Liens.
Section 6.20 Environmental Compliance. Except as set forth on Schedule 6.20 and with such
exceptions as, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a
Materially Adverse Effect:
(i) (A) the business of the Loan Parties and their Restricted Subsidiaries is in compliance
with all applicable Environmental Laws; and (B) all real property owned by the Loan Parties and
their Restricted Subsidiaries is in compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws;
(ii) (A) to the knowledge of the Loan Parties, there are no underground storage tanks on any
of the real property owned by the Loan Parties or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries, and (B) to
the knowledge of the Loan Parties, no Hazardous Materials have been spilled or released in, on or
under any of the real property owned by the Loan Parties or any of their Restricted
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Subsidiaries in
an amount that would trigger a reporting or remediation obligation under current Environmental
Laws;
(iii) none of the Loan Parties or their Restricted Subsidiaries have received any written
notice, order, directive, claim or demand from any Governmental Authority with respect to any
actual or potential liability under Environmental Laws on the part of any Loan Party or Restricted
Subsidiary in connection with the business of the Loan Parties and their Restricted Subsidiaries
that remains outstanding;
(iv) to the knowledge of the Loan Parties, none of the Loan Parties, their Restricted
Subsidiaries nor any of their respective predecessors is currently in any negotiations with any
person that would require, and agreements or undertakings with any Person that require, the cleanup
of Hazardous Materials on the real property or any third party site by the Loan Parties and their
Restricted Subsidiaries;
(v) no Hazardous Materials generated by the Loan Parties or their Restricted Subsidiaries in
connection with the business of the Loan Parties or their Restricted Subsidiaries are the subject
of a written claim or demand from any third party;
(vi) no actions or proceedings are pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened,
to revoke, modify or terminate any permit issued to the Loan Parties or their Restricted
Subsidiaries under Environmental Laws; and
(vii) with respect to the business of the Loan Parties and their Restricted Subsidiaries,
neither the Borrower nor the Loan Parties nor their Restricted Subsidiaries are the subject of any
outstanding written notice, order or claim with any Governmental Authority or other Person relating
to the business of the Loan Parties and their Restricted Subsidiaries regarding Environmental Laws.
Section 6.21 Other Debt. Schedule 7.15 (Existing Indebtedness), Schedule 7.16
(Existing Guarantees) and Schedule 7.17 (Existing Liens) contain complete and correct
lists, as of the Closing Date, of all credit agreements, indentures, purchase agreements,
obligations in respect of letters of credit, guarantees and other instruments (including Capital
Lease Obligations) in effect on the Closing Date providing for, evidencing, securing or otherwise
relating to any Indebtedness of the Loan Parties or their Restricted Subsidiaries in a principal or
face amount equal to $5,000,000 or more and such lists correctly set forth the names of the debtor
or lessee and creditor or lessor with respect to the Indebtedness outstanding or to be outstanding
thereunder, the rate of interest or rentals, a description of any security given or to be given
therefor, and the maturity or maturities or expiration date or dates thereof.
ARTICLE VII
COVENANTS OF THE LOAN PARTIES
From the Closing Date and so long as the Commitments of the Lenders shall be in effect and
until the payment in full of all Obligations hereunder, the expiration or termination of all
Letters of Credit and the performance of all other Obligations of the Loan Parties under the Loan
Documents, each of the Loan Parties agrees that, unless (x) in the case of a Financial Covenant,
the Required Revolving/Term A Lenders and (y) in the case of any other covenant, the Required
Lenders, shall otherwise consent in writing:
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A. Informational Covenants:
Section 7.01 Financial Statements and Other Information. The Borrower will deliver to the Administrative Agent and each Lender:
(a) As soon as available and in any event within 60 days after the end of each of the first
three Quarters of each fiscal year of the Borrower: (A) consolidated statements of operations of
the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries, taken together, and, for any Restricted Group
Reporting Period, of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, taken together, for such Quarter
and for the period from the beginning of such fiscal year to the end of such Quarter and (B) the
related consolidated balance sheets and consolidated cash flow statements of the Borrower and its
consolidated Subsidiaries, taken together, and, for any Restricted Group Reporting Period, of the
Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, taken together, as of the end of such Quarter (which
financial statements (other than statements of cash flows) shall set forth in comparative form the
corresponding figures as of the end of and for the corresponding Quarter in the preceding fiscal
year), all in reasonable detail and accompanied by a certificate in the form of Exhibit D-1
of a senior financial executive of the Borrower certifying such financial statements as fairly
presenting the financial condition and results of operations of
the respective entities covered thereby in accordance with GAAP, excluding accompanying
footnotes to the consolidated financial statements and subject, however, to year-end and audit
adjustments, which certificate shall include a statement that the senior financial executive
signing the same has no knowledge, except as specifically stated, that any Default has occurred and
is continuing.
(b) As soon as available and in any event within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of
the Borrower: (A) consolidated statements of operations of the Borrower and its consolidated
Subsidiaries, taken together, and, for any Restricted Group Reporting Period, of the Borrower and
the Restricted Subsidiaries, taken together, for such fiscal year, and (B) the related consolidated
balance sheets and cash flow statements of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries, taken
together, and, for any Restricted Group Reporting Period, of the Borrower and the Restricted
Subsidiaries, taken together, as of the end of such fiscal year (which financial statements (other
than cash flow statements), beginning with the financial statements for the year ended December 31,
2012, shall set forth in comparative form the corresponding figures as of the end of and for the
preceding fiscal year), all in reasonable detail and prepared in accordance with GAAP and
accompanied by (x) an opinion of a Registered Public Accounting Firm of nationally recognized
standing selected by the Borrower and reasonably acceptable to the Required Lenders as to said
consolidated financial statements of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries and a
certificate of such accountants stating that, in making the examination necessary for said opinion,
they obtained no knowledge, except as specifically stated, of any failure by the Borrower or any
Restricted Subsidiaries to perform or observe any of its covenants relating to financial matters in
this Credit Agreement, and (y) a certificate in the form of Exhibit D-2 of a senior
financial executive of the Borrower stating that such financial statements are correct and complete
and fairly present the financial condition and results of operations of the respective entities
covered thereby as of the end of and for such fiscal year and that the executive signing the same
has no knowledge, except as specifically stated, that any Default has occurred and is continuing.
(c) Promptly after their becoming available, to the extent not provided pursuant to
Section 7.01(a) or 7.01(b), copies of all financial statements and reports which
the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary shall have sent to the holders of the Senior Notes, any
Permitted Debt and any Indebtedness specified in Schedule 7.15, to the extent such
statements and reports
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contain information relating to the designation of the Borrowers
Subsidiaries as restricted subsidiaries under the Debt Instruments governing any such
Indebtedness, and to the calculation of financial ratios thereunder and copies of all regular and
periodic reports, if any, which the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary shall have filed with the
SEC or with any national securities exchange.
(d) Concurrently with the delivery of the financial statements referred to in Section
7.01(a) and (b) (or on or prior to December 30, 2011 in the case of the Quarter ending
September 30, 2011), a Compliance Certificate, duly completed signed by the chief executive
officer, chief financial officer, treasurer or controller of the Borrower.
(e) As soon as possible and in any event within ten days after any senior executive of the
Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary or of any general partner of any Restricted Subsidiary shall
have obtained knowledge of the occurrence of a Default, a statement describing such Default and the
action which is proposed to be taken with respect thereto.
(f) From time to time, with reasonable promptness, such further information regarding the
business, affairs and financial condition of the Loan Parties and their Restricted
Subsidiaries as the Administrative Agent or any Lender, through the Administrative Agent, may
reasonably request.
(g) Concurrently with the delivery of the financial statements referred to in Section
7.01(a) and (b), a list of any new, or redesignation with respect to, Restricted
Subsidiaries and Unrestricted Subsidiaries.
(h) As soon as available, but in any event within the time period in which the Borrower must
deliver its annual audited financials under Section 7.01(a), a report supplementing
Schedule 6.06, identifying all Material Real Property acquired or disposed of by any Loan
Party during such fiscal year.
Following the closing of the Distribution Transaction, documents or information required to be
delivered pursuant to this Section 7.01 (to the extent any such documents or information
are included in materials otherwise filed with the SEC) shall be deemed to have been delivered on
the date on which (i) the Borrower files quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and annual reports on Form
10-K, as applicable, with the SEC, or on the date on which the Borrower provides a link thereto on
the Borrowers website on the Internet at the website address listed in Section 10.02 or
(ii) such documents are posted on the Borrowers behalf on an Internet or intranet website, if any,
to which each Lender and the Administrative Agent have access (whether a commercial, third-party
website or whether sponsored by the Administrative Agent); provided that: (A) the Borrower
shall deliver paper copies of such documents to the Administrative Agent or any Lender that
requests the Borrower to deliver such paper copies until a written request to cease delivering
paper copies is given by the Administrative Agent or such Lender and (B) the Borrower shall notify
the Administrative Agent (by facsimile or electronic mail) of the posting of any such documents and
provide to the Administrative Agent by electronic mail electronic versions (i.e., soft
copies) of such documents. Notwithstanding anything contained herein, in every instance the
Borrower shall be required to provide paper copies of the Compliance Certificates required by
Section 7.01(d) to the Administrative Agent. Except for such Compliance Certificates, the
Administrative Agent shall have no obligation to request the delivery or to maintain copies of the
documents referred to above, and in any event shall have no responsibility to monitor compliance by
the Borrower with any such request for delivery, and each Lender shall be solely responsible for
requesting delivery to it or maintaining its copies of such documents.
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B. Affirmative Covenants:
Section 7.02 Taxes and Claims. Each of the Loan Parties will, and will cause its Restricted Subsidiaries to, pay and
discharge all material Taxes imposed upon it or upon its income or profits, or upon any properties
or assets belonging to it, and all material fees or other charges for all lawful claims which, if
unpaid, could be reasonably expected to become a Lien (other than Permitted Liens) upon the
property of any of the Loan Parties or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries, provided that
none of the Loan Parties or their Restricted Subsidiaries shall be required to pay any such Tax,
fee or other claim as to which the such Loan Party or Restricted Subsidiary has a good faith basis
to believe is not due and owing and, to the extent then appropriate, the payment thereof is being
contested in good faith and by proper proceedings, provided that such Loan Party or Restricted
Subsidiary maintains adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP with respect thereto.
Section 7.03 Insurance. Each of the Loan Parties will, and will cause its Restricted Subsidiaries to, maintain
insurance issued by financially sound and reputable insurance companies with respect to its
properties and business in such amounts and against such risks as is usually carried by owners of
similar businesses and properties in the same general areas in which such Loan Party or Restricted
Subsidiary operates. Each of the Loan Parties will, and will cause its Restricted Subsidiaries to,
require that each insurance policy on its assets and properties name the Administrative Agent, as
administrative agent for the Secured Parties, as additional insured and loss payee to the extent of
the Obligations. The Borrower will furnish (or cause to be furnished) to any Lender, upon the
request of such Lender from time to time, full information as to the insurance maintained in
accordance with this Section 7.03.
Section 7.04 Maintenance of Existence; Conduct of Business. Each of the Loan Parties will, and will cause its Restricted Subsidiaries to, preserve,
renew and maintain in full force and effect its legal existence and good standing under the Laws of
the jurisdiction of its organization, and all of its rights, privileges, licenses and franchises,
except (i) where a failure to do so, singly or in the aggregate, is not likely to have a Materially
Adverse Effect or (ii) pursuant to a transaction expressly permitted pursuant to this Credit
Agreement.
Section 7.05 Maintenance of and Access to Properties. Each of the Loan Parties will, and will cause its Restricted Subsidiaries to, preserve and
protect its properties and assets necessary in its business in good working order and condition,
ordinary wear and tear excepted and except where a failure to do so, singly or in the aggregate, is
not likely to have a Materially Adverse Effect, and will permit representatives of the
Administrative Agent (and solely during the continuance of an Event of Default, the respective
Revolving Credit Lenders and Term A Lenders) to visit and inspect such properties, and to examine
and make extracts from its books and records, during normal business hours.
Section 7.06 Compliance with Applicable Laws. Each of the Loan Parties will, and will cause its Restricted Subsidiaries to, comply with
the requirements of all applicable Laws (including but not limited to Environmental Laws) and all
orders, writs, injunctions and decrees of any Governmental Authority a breach of which is likely to
have, singly or in the aggregate, a Materially Adverse Effect, except where contested in good faith
and by proper proceedings if it maintains adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP with respect
thereto.
Section 7.07 Litigation. Each of the Loan Parties will promptly give to the Administrative Agent notice in writing
(and the Administrative Agent will notify each Lender) of all actions, suits, proceedings, claims
or disputes before any courts, arbitrators or Governmental
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Authority against it or its Restricted
Subsidiaries or, to its knowledge, otherwise affecting it or any of its respective properties or
assets, except actions, suits, proceedings, claims or disputes which are not reasonably likely to,
singly or in the aggregate, have a Materially Adverse Effect. Following the initial notice of each
such action, suit, proceeding, claim or dispute, supplementary notices of all material developments
in respect thereof shall be given from time to time in like manner. The parties hereby acknowledge
that the prompt notice to the Administrative Agent and each Lender required by this Section
7.07 shall be satisfied by public reporting of such actions, suits,
proceedings, claims or disputes by the Borrower with the SEC in a filing made pursuant to
Securities Laws.
Section 7.08
Subsidiaries. (a) Any New Subsidiary acquired or formed by the Borrower shall be deemed an Unrestricted
Subsidiary unless the provisions of Section 7.18 would not permit the Investment in such
Unrestricted Subsidiary at the time of its acquisition or formation.
(b) The Borrower may designate, so long as (i) no Default exists or would result therefrom and
(ii) the Borrower is in pro forma compliance with the Financial Covenants recomputed as of the last
day of the most recently ended Quarter for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant
to Section 7.01, any New Subsidiary, including a New Subsidiary deemed to be an
Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to clause (a) above, as a Restricted Subsidiary by giving a notice
captioned Designation of Restricted Subsidiary to the Administrative Agent promptly upon the
acquisition or formation of such New Subsidiary, such notice to specify whether such New Subsidiary
has been designated as a restricted subsidiary for purposes of any Debt Instruments governing any
Permitted Debt or any Indebtedness specified in Schedule 7.15. Promptly upon such
designation, the Borrower will cause such New Restricted Subsidiary to undertake all of the
obligations of (i) a Restricted Subsidiary under this Credit Agreement, and (ii) in the event
that the New Restricted Subsidiary is a wholly owned Domestic Subsidiary (x) a Guarantor under
this Credit Agreement, (y) a Grantor under the Security Agreement and Intellectual Property
Agreement, and (z) if applicable, a Pledgor under the Pledge Agreement. Each such New Restricted
Subsidiary shall thereafter be a Restricted Subsidiary and, in the event that the New Restricted
Subsidiary is a wholly owned Domestic Subsidiary, a Guarantor for all purposes of this Credit
Agreement, a Grantor for all purposes of the Security Agreement, and (if applicable) a Pledgor
for all purposes of the Pledge Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Borrower may cause,
at its election, in order to meet the conditions applicable to an Exchange or a Permitted
Acquisition hereunder, a New Restricted Subsidiary that is not a wholly owned Domestic Subsidiary
to undertake all of the obligations of (I) a Guarantor under this Agreement, (II) a Grantor
under the Security Agreement, and (III) if applicable, a Pledgor under the Pledge Agreement.
Each such New Restricted Subsidiary so designated shall thereafter be a Guarantor for all
purposes of this Agreement, a Grantor for all purposes of the Security Agreement and (if
applicable) a Pledgor for all purposes of the Pledge Agreement.
(c) (i) The Borrower may redesignate, so long as (i) no Default exists or would result
therefrom and (ii) the Borrower is in pro forma compliance with the Financial Covenants recomputed
as of the last day of the most recently ended Quarter for which financial statements have been
delivered pursuant to Section 7.01, any Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary
or any Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary by giving a notice to the Administrative
Agent captioned Redesignation of Restricted Subsidiary or Redesignation of Unrestricted
Subsidiary, as the case may be. In the case of any redesignation of any Unrestricted Subsidiary
as a Restricted Subsidiary, promptly upon such redesignation, the Borrower will cause (by
documentation reasonably satisfactory to the Required Lenders) such New Restricted Subsidiary to
undertake all of the obligations of (A) a Restricted Subsidiary
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under this Credit Agreement, (B)
in the event that the New Restricted Subsidiary is a wholly owned Domestic Subsidiary, (x) a
Guarantor under this Credit Agreement, (y) a Grantor under the Security Agreement and
Intellectual Property Agreement, and (z) if applicable, a Pledgor under the Pledge Agreement.
Each such New Restricted Subsidiary shall thereafter be a Restricted Subsidiary and, in the event
that the New Restricted Subsidiary is a Domestic Subsidiary, a Guarantor for all purposes of this
Credit Agreement, a Grantor for all purposes
of the Security Agreement, and (if applicable) a Pledgor for all purposes of the Pledge
Agreement.
(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 7.08, in no
event shall (i) any Operating Company be redesignated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, or (ii) any
New Subsidiary be designated, or any Unrestricted Subsidiary be redesignated, as a Restricted
Subsidiary if not owned directly by the Borrower or another Restricted Subsidiary.
Section 7.09 Books and Records. (a) Maintain proper books of record and account, in which entries that are full, true and
correct in all material respects and are in conformity with GAAP consistently applied shall be made
of all material financial transactions and material matters involving the assets and business of
the Loan Parties or the Restricted Subsidiaries, as the case may be; and (b) except to the extent
failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have a Materially Adverse Effect, maintain
such books of record and account in conformity with all applicable requirements of any Governmental
Authority having regulatory jurisdiction over the Loan Parties or the Restricted Subsidiaries, as
the case may be.
Section 7.10 Use of Proceeds. Use the proceeds of the Credit Extensions to (i) refinance certain Indebtedness of the
Borrower and its subsidiaries, (ii) make permitted investments, acquisitions and distributions, and
(iii) fund working capital and general corporate purposes of the Borrower and its Restricted
Subsidiaries not in contravention of any Law or of any Loan Document, including the payment of fees
and expenses related to the Transaction, including the Distribution Transaction and the
transactions contemplated hereby. The Term B Notes will be issued on the Closing Date to the
Initial Term B Lender in partial consideration for the transfer to the Borrower of the Programming
Network Business.
Section 7.11 Covenant to Guarantee Obligations and Give Security. Upon (x) the formation or acquisition of any new Subsidiary (other than an Unrestricted
Subsidiary, a CFC or a Subsidiary that is held directly or indirectly by a CFC) by any Loan Party
that is required to become a Guarantor, Grantor and, if applicable, Pledgor under Section
7.08, or (y) the acquisition of any property by any Loan Party if such property, in the
reasonable judgment of the Administrative Agent, shall not already be subject to a perfected first
priority security interest in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured
Parties, then the Borrower shall, at the Borrowers expense:
(i) within 30 days (or such longer period as the Administrative Agent may agree in its
reasonable discretion) after such formation or acquisition, cause such Subsidiary (if it
has not already done so), to duly execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent a
Guaranty Supplement;
(ii) within 30 days (or such longer period as the Administrative Agent may agree in
its reasonable discretion) after such formation or acquisition, furnish to the
Administrative Agent a description of the real and personal property of such Subsidiary or
such newly-acquired property, in detail reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent;
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(iii) within 45 days (or such longer period as the Administrative Agent may agree in
its reasonable discretion) after such formation or acquisition, cause such Subsidiary (if
it has not already done so) to duly execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent
supplemental Collateral Documents, as specified by and in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (or in substantially the form attached to the
Security Agreement, if applicable) (including delivery of all certificates representing
Pledged Equity Interests in and of such Subsidiary, and other instruments of the type
specified in Section 5.01(a)(iii));
(iv) within 60 days (or such longer period as the Administrative Agent may agree in
its reasonable discretion) after such formation or acquisition, cause such Subsidiary (if
it has not already done so) to take any actions required under the Security Agreement
(including the recording of mortgages with respect to any Material Real Property so
acquired, the filing of UCC financing statements, the giving of notices and the endorsement
of notices on title documents) may be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent to
vest in the Administrative Agent (or in any representative of the Administrative Agent
designated by it) valid and subsisting Liens on the properties subject to the supplemental
Collateral Documents delivered pursuant to this Section 7.11; provided
that, for the avoidance of doubt, in the case of an entity that is a first-tier CFC, such
pledge shall be limited to 66% of the capital stock of such CFC or, if as a result in a
Change in Law there is an increase or decrease in the amount of capital stock of a CFC that
may be pledged without being treated as an indirect pledge of such CFCs assets, such
percentage as provided by such Change in Law rounded down to the nearest whole number of
percentage points; and
(v) within 60 days after such formation or acquisition in the case of any Material
Real Property, deliver, (i) upon the request of the Administrative Agent in its reasonable
discretion, to the Administrative Agent with respect to each parcel of Material Real
Property owned by each Loan Party or newly acquired or newly formed Subsidiary, the
Mortgages, title reports and surveys, each in scope, form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, (ii) to the extent received by the Borrower, to
the Administrative Agent with respect to each parcel of Material Real Property owned by
each Loan Party or newly acquired or newly formed Subsidiary, engineering, soils and other
reports, and environmental assessment reports and (iii) to the Administrative Agent, all
other items set forth on Schedule 7.16, each in scope, form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
Section 7.12 Further Assurances. Promptly upon request by the Administrative Agent, or any Lender through the Administrative
Agent, each Loan Party shall (a) correct any material defect or error that may be discovered in any
Loan Document or in the execution, acknowledgment, filing or recordation thereof, and (b) do,
execute, acknowledge, deliver, record, re-record, file, re-file, register and re-register any and
all such further acts, deeds, certificates, assurances and other instruments as the Administrative
Agent, or any Lender through the Administrative Agent, may reasonably require from time to time in
order to (i) carry out more effectively the purposes of the Loan Documents, (ii) to the fullest
extent permitted by applicable Law, subject any Loan Partys or any of its Subsidiaries
properties, assets, rights or interests to the Liens now or hereafter intended to be covered by any
of the Collateral Documents, (iii) perfect and maintain the validity, effectiveness and priority of
any of the Collateral Documents and any of the Liens intended to be created thereunder and (iv)
assure, convey, grant, assign, transfer, preserve, protect and confirm more
effectively unto the Secured Parties the rights granted or now or hereafter intended to be
granted to the Secured Parties under any Loan
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Document or under any other instrument executed in
connection with any Loan Document to which any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries is or is to be
a party, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to do so.
Section 7.13
Designation as Senior Debt. The Loan Parties shall designate all Obligations as the
sole Designated Senior Indebtedness (or an equivalent term) under, and defined in, any
Subordinated Debt Documents.
Section 7.14 Maintenance of Ratings. In the case of the Borrower, at all times use commercially
reasonable efforts to maintain public ratings issued by Moodys and S&P with respect to itself as
an entity, and with respect to the Loans made hereunder.
C. Negative Covenants:
Section 7.15 Indebtedness. None of the Loan Parties will, or will permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to,
create, incur or suffer to exist any Indebtedness except:
(i) Indebtedness hereunder;
(ii) Indebtedness in respect of the Senior Notes, any Permitted Debt and any Permitted
Refinancing Indebtedness;
(iii) (i) obligations under or in respect of interest rate Swap Contracts up to an
aggregate notional principal amount not to exceed at any time an amount equal to the
Commitments of all the Lenders in the aggregate at such time and (ii) obligations owing
under other Swap Contracts entered into in order to manage existing or anticipated exchange
rate or commodity price risks and not for speculative purposes;
(iv) Guarantees and letters of credit not prohibited by Section 7.16;
(v) Indebtedness of any Loan Party owed to any other Loan Party;
(vi) Indebtedness issued and outstanding on the Closing Date to the extent set forth
on Schedule 7.15 and any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness related thereto;
(vii) Indebtedness incurred by the Borrower or any Guarantor as consideration for
Permitted Acquisitions, so long as (i) such indebtedness is unsecured; (ii) the Borrower
would be in compliance, on a pro forma basis after giving effect to the consummation of
such acquisition and the incurrence or assumption of such indebtedness in connection
therewith, with the Financial Covenants recomputed as of the last day of the most recently
ended Quarter for which financial statements were delivered pursuant to Section
7.01 and calculated as if such acquisition was consummated and such indebtedness was
incurred on the first day of the 12-month period then ended (such pro forma basis to
include, in the Borrowers discretion, a reasonable estimate of savings from such
acquisition (A) that have been realized, (B) for which the steps necessary for realization
have been taken, or (C) for which the steps necessary for realization are reasonably
expected to be taken within 12 months of the date of such acquisition, in each
case, certified by the Borrower), (iii) before and after giving effect thereto, no
default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, and (iv) such
Indebtedness has a maturity date no earlier than the date that is six months after the
Maturity Date with
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respect to the Term B Facility and has no mandatory redemptions prior to
the Maturity Date with respect to the Term B Facility (other than customary asset sale and
change of control offers that are subject to prior payment and termination of the
Facilities);
(viii) Capital Lease Obligations and purchase money obligations for fixed or capital
assets in an aggregate amount outstanding at any one time not to exceed $75,000,000;
(ix) Indebtedness in connection with issuance of one or more standby letters of credit
or performance bonds securing obligations of the type set forth in clauses (i) and (ii) of
the definition of Permitted Liens;
(x) Indebtedness consisting of (i) the financing of insurance premiums or (ii)
take-or-pay obligations of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries contained in
supply arrangements, in each case, in the ordinary course of business;
(xi) cash management obligations and Indebtedness incurred in respect of netting
services, overdraft protection and similar arrangements;
(xii) Indebtedness of a Person existing at the time such Person became a Restricted
Subsidiary or property was acquired from such Person to the extent such Indebtedness was
not incurred in connection with or in contemplation of, such Person becoming a Restricted
Subsidiary or the acquisition of such property, not to exceed in an aggregate principal
amount at any time outstanding $20,000,000 and any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness
related thereto (it being understood that any accrued but unpaid interest and the amount of
all expenses and premiums incurred in connection therewith added to any principal amount
shall not constitute an increment in principal for purposes of this paragraph);
(xiii) any earnout obligation that comprises a portion of the consideration for a
Permitted Acquisition;
(xiv) Indebtedness consisting of obligations under deferred compensation or other
similar arrangements incurred by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in connection
with the Transaction and any Permitted Acquisition;
(xv) Monetization Indebtedness; provided that, the Borrower shall provide to
the Administrative Agent prompt written notice of any such Monetization Indebtedness
incurred by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary together with a brief description of
the terms thereof;
(xvi) Indebtedness incurred as consideration for any Permitted Acquisition and
consisting solely of a deferred or contingent obligation to deliver Equity Interests in the
Borrower; and
(xvii) other Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, to the extent
not otherwise permitted by clauses (i) through (xvi) of this Section 7.15,
so
long as the aggregate principal amount of all such Indebtedness outstanding at any one
time pursuant to this clause (xvii) shall not exceed the sum of $200,000,000.
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Section 7.16 Contingent Liabilities. None of the Loan Parties will, or will permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to,
directly or indirectly (including, without limitation, by means of causing a bank to open a letter
of credit), guarantee, endorse, contingently agree to purchase or to furnish funds for the payment
or maintenance of, or otherwise be or become contingently liable upon or with respect to, the
Indebtedness, other obligations, net worth, working capital or earnings of any Person, or guarantee
the payment of dividends or other distributions upon the stock or other ownership interests of any
Person, or agree to purchase, sell or lease (as lessee or lessor) property, products, materials,
supplies or services primarily for the purpose of enabling a debtor to make payment of its
obligations or to assure a creditor against loss (all such transactions being herein called
Guarantees), except:
(i) the Guarantees in Article IV;
(ii) endorsements of negotiable instruments for deposit or collection in the ordinary
course of business;
(iii) Guarantees by the Borrower or one or more of the Restricted Subsidiaries of
Indebtedness of, and other obligations (incurred in the ordinary course of business) of,
another Restricted Subsidiary, but only if such Indebtedness or obligations are permitted
by this Credit Agreement;
(iv) obligations under agreements to indemnify Persons who have issued bid or
performance bonds or letters of credit issued in lieu of such bonds in the ordinary course
of business of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary securing performance by such
Person of activities otherwise permissible hereunder;
(v) Guarantees of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries issued for the purpose
of securing (a) production and product related arrangements, or (b) arrangements for the
compensation of talent through third-party intermediaries;
(vi) the Guarantees described on Schedule 7.16 (as such schedule may be
amended by the Borrower from time to time), undertaken in the ordinary course of business
of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, including, without limitation, Guarantees
issued for purposes of securing (a) programming or transponder rights, (b) Affiliation
Agreements, (c) advertising representation agreements, marketing and service arrangements,
(d) real estate leases, and extensions, replacements and modifications of the foregoing,
provided that the aggregate amount of all such Guarantees under this Section
7.16(vi) at any time outstanding does not exceed $75,000,000;
(vii) Capital Lease Obligations to the extent they constitute Guarantees by reason of
having been assigned by the lessor to a lender to such lessor (provided that the
obligors in respect of such Capital Lease Obligations do not increase their liability by
reason of such assignment);
(viii) unsecured Guarantees by Loan Parties of the Borrowers obligations in respect
of (a) any Permitted Debt and (b) Indebtedness issued and
outstanding under the Senior Notes Documents on the Closing Date, and any Permitted
Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof;
(ix) Letters of Credit;
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(x) any Guarantee by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary of the obligations of any
Unrestricted Subsidiary or any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party, so long as
(A) recourse to the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary thereunder is limited solely to
shares of capital stock of such Unrestricted Subsidiary, such Restricted Subsidiary that is
not a Loan Party, or their Subsidiaries and to no other assets of the Borrower or the other
Loan Parties and (B) neither the Borrower nor any Restricted Subsidiary agrees, in
connection therewith, to any limitation on the amount of Indebtedness which may be incurred
by them, to the granting of any Liens on assets of the Borrower or any of the Restricted
Subsidiaries (other than shares of stock of such Unrestricted Subsidiary, such Restricted
Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party, or their Subsidiaries), to any acquisition or
disposition of any assets of the Borrower or the Restricted Subsidiaries (other than shares
of capital stock of such Unrestricted Subsidiary, such Restricted Subsidiary that is not a
Loan Party, or their Subsidiaries) or to any modification or supplement of this Credit
Agreement or any agreement entered into by the Borrower or any of the Restricted
Subsidiaries refinancing any substantial portion of the Indebtedness outstanding under this
Credit Agreement;
(xi) any Guarantee by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary of the obligations or
Indebtedness of any Unrestricted Subsidiary, Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan
Party, or joint venture; provided that the aggregate amount of all such Guarantees,
when combined with the aggregate amount of Investments in Unrestricted Subsidiaries and
joint ventures made pursuant to Section 7.18(xii), does not exceed $100,000,000 at
any time outstanding;
(xii) Guarantees which would constitute Investments which are not prohibited by
Section 7.18;
(xiii) Obligations under contracts providing for the acquisition of or provision of
goods or services (including Leases or licenses of property) incurred in the ordinary
course of business for which the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries may be
jointly and severally liable with Affiliates of the Borrower as to which costs are
allocated (as among the Borrower and its Affiliates) based on cost, usage or other
reasonable method of allocation; provided that the undertaking of such liabilities
are not intended as a guaranty or other credit support of such obligations;
(xiv) any Guarantee by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary of any obligation to
the extent such obligation can be entirely satisfied (at the option of the Borrower or such
Restricted Subsidiary) by the delivery of Equity Interests in the Borrower, if the Borrower
agrees in a notice to the Administrative Agent that such obligation shall be satisfied
solely by the delivery of such Equity Interests;
(xv) Guarantees incurred in connection with a Monetization Transaction;
(xvi) Guarantees of Leases of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries entered
into in the ordinary course of business;
(xvii) any Guarantee by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness of
the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary which Indebtedness is permitted to be incurred
under Section 7.15; and
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(xviii) other Guarantees, including, but not limited to, without duplication, surety
bonds, by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that the aggregate
amount of the obligations guaranteed does not exceed $100,000,000 at any one time
outstanding;
provided, that, other than as permitted under clauses (x)-(xii) of this Section 7.16, no
Loan Party shall Guarantee the obligations of any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party.
Section 7.17 Liens. None of the Loan Parties will, or will permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, create
or suffer to exist, any mortgage, pledge, security interest, conditional sale or other title
retention agreement, lien, charge or encumbrance upon any of its assets, now owned or hereafter
acquired, securing any Indebtedness or other obligation (all such security being herein called
Liens), except:
(i) Liens on property securing Indebtedness owed to the Borrower or any Restricted
Subsidiary;
(ii) Liens securing Capital Lease Obligations or other Indebtedness for the deferred
acquisition price of property or services to the extent such Liens attach solely to the
property acquired with or subject to such Indebtedness;
(iii) Liens securing all of the obligations of the Borrower and the Restricted
Subsidiaries hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, including Liens in favor of a
Hedge Bank or a Non-Interest Rate Hedge Bank, as the case may be, in connection with a
Secured Hedge Agreement;
(iv) Permitted Liens and Permitted Encumbrances (as defined in a Mortgage);
(v) other Liens on property or assets in effect on the Closing Date to the extent set
forth on Schedule 7.17;
(vi) Liens on Equity Interests in any Unrestricted Subsidiary or joint venture of the
Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary;
(vii) Liens (i)(A) on advances of cash or Cash Equivalents in favor of the seller of
any property to be acquired in an Investment permitted pursuant to Section 7.18 to
be applied against the purchase price for such Investment or (B) consisting of an agreement
to dispose of any property in a disposition permitted under Section 7.24, in each
case, solely to the extent such Investment or disposition, as the case may be, would have
been permitted on the date of the creation of such Lien and (ii) on cash earnest money
deposits made by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in connection with any
transaction that constitutes or will constitute a Permitted Acquisition; and
(viii) Liens securing Monetization Indebtedness.
In addition, neither the Borrower nor any Restricted Subsidiary will enter into or permit to exist
any undertaking by it or affecting any of its properties whereby the Borrower or such Restricted
Subsidiary shall agree with any Person (other than the Lenders or the Administrative Agent) not to
create or suffer to exist any Liens in favor of any other Person, provided that the
foregoing restriction shall not apply to any such undertaking contained in any indenture or other
agreement
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(i) governing any Indebtedness outstanding at the date hereof and identified on
Schedule 7.15 hereto, (ii) governing any Indebtedness in respect of the Senior Notes, the
Permitted Debt (to the extent that such undertaking in any Permitted Debt is no more restrictive
than the corresponding terms of the Senior Notes) and any renewals, extensions or refundings
thereof, (iii) governing specific property to be sold pursuant to an executed agreement with
respect to an asset sale permitted hereunder, or (iv) constituting a customary restriction on
assignment, subletting, or other transfer contained in Leases, licenses, franchises and other
similar agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business or otherwise creating a
Permitted Lien (provided that any restriction referred to in clauses (iii) or (iv) is
limited to the property or asset subject to such sale, Lease, license, franchise or other similar
agreement or Permitted Lien, as the case may be).
Section 7.18 Investments. None of the Loan Parties will, or will permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to,
directly or indirectly, (a) make or permit to remain outstanding any advances, loans, accounts
receivable (other than (x) accounts receivable arising in the ordinary course of business of such
Loan Party or Restricted Subsidiary and (y) accounts receivable owing to any Loan Party or
Restricted Subsidiary from any Unrestricted Subsidiary for management or other services or other
overhead or shared expenses allocated in the ordinary course of business provided by such Loan
Party or Restricted Subsidiary to such Unrestricted Subsidiary) or other extensions of credit
(excluding, however, accrued and unpaid interest in respect of any advance, loan or other extension
of credit) or capital contributions to (by means of transfers of property to others, or payments
for property or services for the account or use of others, or otherwise) any Person (other than any
Loan Party), (b) purchase or own any stocks, bonds, notes, debentures or other securities
(including, without limitation, any interests in any limited liability company, partnership, joint
venture or any similar enterprise) of, any Person (other than a Loan Party), or (c) purchase or
acquire (in one transaction or a series of transactions) assets of another Person (other than any
Loan Party) that constitute a business unit or all or a substantial part of the business of, such
Person (all such transactions referred to in clauses (a), (b) and (c) being herein called
Investments), except for:
(i) Investments in cash, Cash Equivalents and marketable securities;
(ii) Investments set forth on Schedule 6.15 and any modification, replacement,
renewal or extension thereof; provided, that the amount of the Investment
outstanding on the Closing Date is not increased except pursuant to the terms of such
Investment or as otherwise permitted by this Section 7.18;
(iii) receivables owing to the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries,
including receivables from and advances to suppliers, if created, acquired or made in the
ordinary course of business and payable or dischargeable in accordance with customary trade
terms;
(iv) loans and advances to officers, directors, employees, consultants and members of
management (including for travel, entertainment, relocation and analogous business
expenses) in an aggregate amount not to exceed $5,000,000 at any
time outstanding; provided that such loans and advances shall comply with all
applicable Laws;
(v) Investments (including debt obligations) (i) received in connection with the
bankruptcy and reorganization of suppliers and customers in settlement of delinquent
obligations of, and (ii) received in connection with the settlement of other disputes with
customers and suppliers;
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(vi) to the extent that they constitute Investments, (A) Indebtedness not prohibited
by Section 7.15; (B) Guarantees not prohibited by Section 7.16 other than
clause (xii) thereof, (C) Liens not prohibited by Section 7.17, or (D) Restricted
Payments not prohibited by Section 7.19;
(vii) Permitted Acquisitions;
(viii) Investments consisting of extensions of credit or endorsements for collection
or deposit in the ordinary course of business;
(ix) Investments consisting of notes, other similar instruments or non-cash
consideration received in connection with any disposition not prohibited by Section
7.24;
(x) Investments to the extent financed with Equity Interests of the Borrower;
(xi) Investments in Swap Contracts entered into in order to manage existing or
anticipated interest rate, exchange rate or commodity price risks and not for speculative
purposes;
(xii) Investments in one or more Unrestricted Subsidiaries, Restricted Subsidiaries
that are not Loan Parties, or joint ventures; provided that the aggregate amount of
all such Investments, when combined with the aggregate amount of Guarantees permitted
pursuant to Section 7.16(xi), does not exceed $100,000,000 at any one time
outstanding;
(xiii) advances of payroll payments to employees in the ordinary course of business;
(xiv) Investments of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries consisting of
settlements of overdue debts or accounts with customers and suppliers in bankruptcy in the
ordinary course of business;
(xv) other Investments of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary; provided,
that (A) no Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time such Investment is
made or would result from the making of such Investment, (B) the Loan Parties shall be in
compliance on a pro forma basis after giving effect to such Investment with the Financial
Covenants, recomputed as of the last day of the most recently ended Quarter for which
financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 7.01 and calculated as
if such Investment was consummated on the first day of the 12-month period then ended, (C)
at the time of such Investment, the Cash Flow Ratio shall be less than or equal to 6.00 to
1.00 on a pro forma basis after giving effect to such Investment,
and (D) during any time that the Cash Flow Ratio is greater than or equal to 4.75 to
1.00 (such compliance to be determined on the basis of the financial information most
recently delivered to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders pursuant to Section
7.01(a) or (b)), at the time of such Investment after giving effect to the
making thereof, the aggregate amount of Investments made pursuant to this clause (xv)(D)
and not repaid or otherwise returned, together with the aggregate amount of Restricted
Payments made pursuant to clause (vi)(D) of Section 7.19, shall not exceed (i) the
sum of (a) $100 million plus (b) the net proceeds from any sale or issuance of
Equity Interests by the Borrower to any
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Person (other than the Borrower or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries) after the Closing Date (with non-cash proceeds to be valued by the
Borrower in good faith) plus (c) an amount equal to (1) Cumulative Operating Cash
Flow minus (2) 1.4 multiplied by Cumulative Interest Expense;
(xvi) Permitted Affiliate Payments; and
(xvii) other investments of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, to the extent
not otherwise permitted by clauses (i) through (xvi) of this Section 7.18;
provided that the aggregate amount of all such Investments made pursuant to this
clause does not exceed $100,000,000 at any one time outstanding;
provided, that the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary may convert the form of any
outstanding Investment by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary in any Unrestricted Subsidiary
or Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party that was permitted under this Section
7.18 when first made by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary at all times prior to any
Responsible Officer having knowledge of the occurrence and continuance of a Default.
Section 7.19 Restricted Payments. None of the Loan Parties will, or will permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to,
directly or indirectly, declare or make or declare any Restricted Payment (other than any
Restricted Payment payable (and paid) in Equity Interests of the Borrower), or incur any obligation
(contingent or otherwise) to do so at any time, except for:
(i) the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries may make dividends and other
distributions payable solely in the same class of Equity Interests of such Person;
(ii) Permitted Affiliate Payments;
(iii) repurchases of Equity Interests in a cashless transaction deemed to occur upon
exercise or vesting of restricted stock, stock options or warrants;
(iv) so long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would
result therefrom, the Borrower may make Restricted Payments with the proceeds received from
the issuance of its Equity Interests (other than the issuance of Equity Interests to a Loan
Party or any Subsidiary thereof);
(v) to the extent constituting Restricted Payments, the Borrower and its Restricted
Subsidiaries may enter into transactions permitted by Sections 7.23 and
7.24; and
(vi) other Restricted Payments of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary;
provided, that (A) no Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time
such Restricted Payment is made or would result from the making or declaration of such
Restricted Payment, (B) the Loan Parties shall be in compliance on a pro forma basis after
giving effect to such Restricted Payment with the Financial Covenants, recomputed as of the
last day of the most recently ended Quarter for which financial statements have been
delivered pursuant to Section 7.01 and calculated as if such Restricted Payment was
made on the first day of the 12-month period then ended, (C) at the time of such Restricted
Payment, the Cash Flow Ratio shall be less than or equal to 6.00 to 1.00 on a pro forma
basis after giving effect to such Restricted Payment, and (D)
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during any time that the Cash
Flow Ratio is greater than or equal to 4.75 to 1.00 (such compliance to be determined on
the basis of the financial information most recently delivered to the Administrative Agent
and the Lenders pursuant to Section 7.01(a) or (b)), at the time of such
Restricted Payment after giving effect to the making thereof, the aggregate amount of
Restricted Payments made pursuant to this clause (vi)(D), together with the aggregate
amount of Investments made pursuant to clause (xv)(D) of Section 7.18 and not
repaid or otherwise returned, shall not exceed (i) the sum of (a) $100 million plus
(b) the net proceeds from any sale or issuance of Equity Interests by the Borrower to any
Person (other than the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries) after the Closing
Date (with non-cash proceeds to be valued by the Borrower in good faith) plus (c)
an amount equal to (1) Cumulative Operating Cash Flow minus (2) 1.4
multiplied by Cumulative Interest Expense.
Section 7.20 Transactions with Affiliates. Other than as set forth on Schedule 7.20, none of the Loan Parties will, or will
permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, effect any transaction with any Affiliate of the
Borrower that is not a Restricted Subsidiary, having a value, or for consideration having a value,
in excess of $20,000,000 unless the board of directors (or the person duly authorized to perform
similar functions) of the Borrower or such other Restricted Subsidiary shall make a good faith
determination that the terms of such transaction are, taken as a whole, no less favorable to the
Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, than would at the time be obtainable
for a comparable transaction in arms-length dealing with an unrelated third party;
provided, however, that this provision shall not apply to (i) overhead and other ordinary
course allocations of costs and services on a reasonable basis, (ii) allocations of tax liabilities
and other tax-related items among the Borrower and its Affiliates based principally upon the
financial income, taxable income, credits and other amounts directly related to the respective
parties, to the extent that the share of such liabilities and other items allocable to the Borrower
and its Restricted Subsidiaries shall not exceed the amount that such Persons would have been
responsible for as a direct taxpayer, (iii) Distribution Transaction Agreements and amendments,
renewals and extensions thereof on terms not materially less favorable in the aggregate to the
interests of the Lenders than those existing on the date hereof, and (iv) any Investment permitted
by Section 7.18 or any Restricted Payment permitted by Section 7.19.
Section 7.21 Amendments of Certain Instruments. None of the Loan Parties will, or will permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, modify
or supplement, or consent to any waiver of any of the provisions of, any Debt Instrument governing
any Permitted Debt or any Indebtedness specified in Schedule 7.15 except to the extent,
after giving effect thereto, that such Permitted Debt or other Indebtedness could be incurred on
such modified or supplemented terms by such Loan Party or Restricted Subsidiary on
the effective date of the modification, supplement or consent. In addition, none of the Loan
Parties will, or will permit any of their Restricted Subsidiaries to, enter into any amendment, or
agree to or accept any waiver, of any of the provisions of (a) the certificate of incorporation or
organization, by-laws, limited liability company agreement, partnership agreement or any other
governing document of any of the Loan Parties or their Restricted Subsidiaries, in each case if
doing so would materially adversely affect the rights of the Loan Parties, the Restricted
Subsidiaries, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, or any of them, or (b) any other agreement
between any of the Loan Parties or the Restricted Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and any of its
Affiliates, on the other hand, which would have a Materially Adverse Effect.
Section 7.22 Change in Nature of Business. None of the Loan Parties will, or will permit any of
its Restricted Subsidiaries to, engage in any material line of business substantially different
from those lines of business conducted by the Loan Parties and their Restricted
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Subsidiaries on the
Closing Date or any business reasonably related or incidental thereto, other than reasonable
extensions thereof.
Section 7.23 Fundamental Changes. None of the Loan Parties will, or will permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, merge,
dissolve, liquidate, consolidate with or into another Person, or Dispose of (whether in one
transaction or in a series of transactions) all or substantially all of its assets (whether now
owned or hereafter acquired) to or in favor of any Person, except that, so long as no Event of
Default exists or would result therefrom:
(i) any Restricted Subsidiary may merge, dissolve, liquidate or consolidate with or
into (i) the Borrower, provided that the Borrower shall be the continuing or
surviving Person, (ii) a Loan Party, provided that the Loan Party shall be the
continuing or surviving Person, or (iii) any one or more other Restricted Subsidiaries,
provided that when any wholly owned Subsidiary is merging with another Subsidiary,
such wholly owned Subsidiary shall be the continuing or surviving Person;
(ii) any Loan Party (other than the Borrower) may Dispose of (whether in one
transaction or in a series of transactions) all or substantially all of its assets (whether
now owned or hereafter acquired, upon voluntary liquidation or otherwise) to the Borrower
or to another Loan Party;
(iii) any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party may Dispose of (whether in
one transaction or in a series of transactions) all or substantially all its assets
(whether now owned or hereafter acquired, upon voluntary liquidation or otherwise) to (i)
another Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party or (ii) to a Loan Party;
(iv) the Borrower and its Subsidiaries may consummate the Transaction;
(v) any Restricted Subsidiary may merge, dissolve, liquidate or consolidate with or
into another Person (subject to clause (i)) or be subject to a transaction resulting in the
Disposition of (whether in one transaction or in a series of transactions) all or
substantially all of its assets (so long such Disposition is not a Disposition of all or
substantially all of the assets of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a
whole) (whether now owned or hereafter acquired, upon voluntary liquidation or otherwise)
to or in favor of any Person in a transaction permitted under Section 7.24; and
(vi) any Loan Party or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries may merge, dissolve,
liquidate or consolidate with or into any other Person or permit any other Person to merge,
dissolve, liquidate or consolidate with or into it; provided that (i) in the case
of a merger, dissolution, liquidation or consolidation to which a wholly owned Subsidiary
of the Borrower is a party, the Person surviving such merger, dissolution, liquidation or
consolidation shall be a wholly owned Subsidiary of the Borrower, (ii) in the case of any
merger, dissolution, liquidation or consolidation to which the Borrower is a party, the
Borrower is the surviving Person, (iii) in the case of any merger, dissolution, liquidation
or consolidation to which any Loan Party is a party, a Loan Party is the surviving Person,
and (iv) in the case of a merger, dissolution, liquidation or consolidation to which a
Restricted Subsidiary is a party, the Person surviving such merger, dissolution,
liquidation or consolidation shall be a Restricted Subsidiary.
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Section 7.24 Dispositions. None of the Loan Parties will, or will permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, make
any Disposition or enter into any agreement to make any Disposition, except:
(i) Dispositions of obsolete, worn out, damaged, surplus or otherwise no longer used
or useful machinery, parts, equipment or other assets no longer used or useful in the
conduct of the business of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in the
ordinary course of business;
(ii) Dispositions of cash, Cash Equivalents, inventory, materials and other current
assets in the ordinary course of business (including the sale, transfer or other
disposition of overdue or disputed accounts receivable, in connection with the compromise
or collection thereof) and the conversion of cash into Cash Equivalents and Cash
Equivalents into cash;
(iii) Dispositions of property subject to Events of Loss;
(iv) the sale or issuance of any Subsidiarys Equity Interests to the Borrower or any
Restricted Subsidiary; provided that any Guarantor shall only issue or sell its
Equity Interests to the Borrower or another Guarantor;
(v) Dispositions by the Borrower to any Subsidiary or any Subsidiary to the Borrower
or to the Borrower or another Subsidiary of the Borrower; provided that if the
transferor is a Restricted Subsidiary, the transferee thereof must either be the Borrower
or a Restricted Subsidiary; provided, further that if the transferor is the
Borrower or a Guarantor, the transferee must be either the Borrower or a Guarantor;
(vi) Dispositions that are Investments not prohibited by Section 7.18 or
Dispositions that are permitted by Section 7.24;
(vii) Dispositions of property or assets from a Loan Party to a Subsidiary that is not
a Loan Party or to a joint venture of a Loan Party; provided, that as of the date
of such Disposition the aggregate fair market value of property and assets subject to such
Dispositions (determined at the time of such Dispositions) pursuant to this clause
(vii) during the term of this Agreement does not exceed $100,000,000;
(viii) Dispositions or Exchanges by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries to
the extent that the Net Cash Proceeds of any such Disposition or Exchange are applied to
prepay the Term Loans pursuant to (and to the extent required by) Section 2.04;
(ix) Dispositions of Investments in joint ventures to the extent required by, or made
pursuant to buy/sell arrangements between the joint venture parties set forth in joint
venture arrangements or similar binding arrangements (i) in substantially the form as such
arrangements are in effect on the Closing Date and (ii) to the extent that the Net Cash
Proceeds of any such Disposition are applied to prepay the Term Loans pursuant to (and to
the extent required by) Section 2.04(b)(ii);
(x) Dispositions of Unrestricted Subsidiaries;
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(xi) Leases, subleases, licenses or sublicenses of assets or properties in the
ordinary course of business and which do not materially interfere with the business of the
Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries;
(xii) Dispositions of Intellectual Property which, in the reasonable good faith
determination of the Borrower, are not material to the conduct of the business of the
Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, and the licensing or sublicensing of Intellectual
Property rights and other transfers of Intellectual Property and copyrighted material in
the ordinary course of business or that are otherwise not material to the conduct of the
business of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries;
(xiii) Dispositions of assets or properties to the extent that such assets or
properties are exchanged for credit against the purchase price of similar replacement
assets or properties or the proceeds of such Disposition are reasonably promptly applied to
the purchase price of such replacement assets or properties, in each case, in the ordinary
course of business;
(xiv) termination of Swap Contracts;
(xv) the settlement of tort or other litigation claims, provided that if any
such settled claim shall have a value in excess of $25,000,000, the board of directors or
similar governing body of the Borrower determines it to be fair and reasonable in light of
the circumstances;
(xvi) Dispositions in accordance with a Distribution Transaction Agreement; and
(xvii) any Disposition that involves property or assets having a fair market value of
less than $25,000,000;
provided that (A) with respect to clause (viii) above, any such Disposition or
Exchange shall be for fair market value and, with respect to any Disposition (but not any
Exchange), at least 75% of the consideration received therefor by the Loan Parties or any such
Restricted Subsidiary shall be in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents (including by way of any
Monetization Transaction) and (B) after giving effect to any such Disposition or Exchange pursuant
to clause (viii), (1) the Loan Parties shall be in compliance on a pro forma basis with the
Financial Covenants, recomputed as of the last day of the most recently ended Quarter for which
financial statements have been
delivered pursuant to Section 7.01 and calculated as if such Disposition occurred on the
first day of the 12-month period then ended and (2) no Event of Default shall exist or shall result
therefrom.
D. Financial Covenants:
Section 7.25 Operating Cash Flow to Total Interest Expense. The Borrower and other Loan Parties will cause, for each Quarter, the ratio of Annual
Operating Cash Flow for the period ending with such Quarter to Annual Total Interest Expense for
the period ending with such Quarter to be at least the following respective amounts at all times
during the following respective periods:
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2.75 to 1.00 |
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Section 7.26 Cash Flow Ratio. The Borrower and other Loan Parties will not permit the Cash Flow Ratio to exceed the
following respective amounts at any time during the following respective periods:
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From and including January 1, 2013 to and including December
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ARTICLE VIII
EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES
Section 8.01 Events of Default. Each of the following shall constitute an Event of Default:
(a) Any representation or warranty in this Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document or in
any certificate, statement or other document furnished to the Lenders or the Administrative Agent
pursuant hereto (including, without limitation, any amendment thereto), or any certification made
or deemed to have been made by any Loan Party to any Lender or the Administrative Agent hereunder,
shall prove to have been incorrect, or shall be breached, in any material respect when made or
deemed made; provided that any representation made pursuant to
Section 5.02 in respect of the absence of any Default shall not constitute an Event of
Default if (i) at the time of such representation, such Default was not known to a Responsible
Officer of the Borrower and (ii) prior to such Default, the absence of which is the subject of such
representation, becoming an Event of Default, such Default has been cured or waived in accordance
with this Credit Agreement; or
(b) Default in the payment when due of any principal of any Revolving Credit Loan, Term Loan,
Swingline Loan or any L/C Obligation, default in the deposit when due of funds as Cash Collateral
in respect of Swingline Loans or L/C Obligations or default in the payment when due of interest on
any Revolving Credit Loan, Term Loan or on any L/C Obligation, or any fee due hereunder or any
other amount payable to any Revolving Credit Lender, Term Lender or the Administrative Agent
hereunder, and the failure to pay such interest, fee or such other amount within two Business Days
after the same becomes due; or
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(c) Default by any of the Loan Parties in the performance or observance of any of its
agreements in Article VII (other than Section 7.01, Section 7.02,
Section 7.03, Section 7.05, Section 7.06, Section 7.07, Section
7.08, Section 7.09, Section 7.10,
Section 7.11, Section 7.14,
Section 7.18 and Section 7.20 but including Section 7.01(e)); or
(d) Default by any of the Loan Parties in the performance or observance of any of its other
agreements herein (other than those specified in Section 8.01(c)) or in any other Loan
Document, which shall remain unremedied for 30 days after notice thereof shall have been given to
the Borrower by any Lender or the Administrative Agent (provided that such period shall be
fifteen days and no such notice shall be required in the case of a default under Section
7.01(d)); or
(e) Any Indebtedness of any of the Loan Parties (including any Indebtedness hereunder) or any
of the Restricted Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount of $25,000,000 or more, excluding
(i) any Indebtedness owing solely to the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary and (ii) any
Indebtedness for the deferred purchase price of property or services owed to the Person providing
such property or services as to which the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary has a good faith
basis to believe is not due and owing and, to the extent then appropriate, is contesting its
obligation to pay the same in good faith and by proper proceedings and for which the Borrower or
such Restricted Subsidiary has established appropriate reserves (such Indebtedness under clauses
(i) and (ii) above herein called Excluded Indebtedness), shall (i) become due before
stated maturity by the acceleration of the maturity thereof by reason of default or (ii) become due
by its terms and shall not be promptly paid or extended; or
(f) Any default under any indenture, credit agreement or loan agreement or other agreement or
instrument under which Indebtedness of any of the Loan Parties or any of the Restricted
Subsidiaries constituting indebtedness for borrowed money in an aggregate principal amount of
$25,000,000 or more is outstanding (other than Excluded Indebtedness), or by which any such
Indebtedness is evidenced, shall have occurred and shall continue for a period of time sufficient
to permit the holder or holders of any such Indebtedness (or a trustee or agent on its or their
behalf) to accelerate the maturity thereof or to enforce any Lien provided for by any such
indenture, agreement or instrument, as the case may be, unless such default shall have been
permanently waived by the respective holder of such Indebtedness; or
(g) Any Loan Party or any Significant Restricted Subsidiary shall (i) apply for or consent to
the appointment of, or the taking of possession by, a receiver, custodian, trustee or liquidator of
itself or of all or a substantial part of its property, (ii) admit in writing its inability, or be
generally unable, to pay its debts as they become due, (iii) make a general assignment for the
benefit of creditors, (iv) be adjudicated as bankrupt or insolvent, (v) commence a voluntary
case under any Debtor Relief Law (as now or hereafter in effect), (vi) file a petition seeking to
take advantage of any Debtor Relief Law, (vii) acquiesce in writing to, or fail to controvert in a
timely and appropriate manner, any petition filed against any of the Loan Parties or any
Significant Restricted Subsidiary in any involuntary case under any such Debtor Relief Law, or
(viii) take any action for the purpose of effecting any of the foregoing; or
(h) A case or other proceeding shall be commenced, without the application, approval or
consent of any of the Loan Parties or any Significant Restricted Subsidiary, in any court of
competent jurisdiction, seeking the liquidation, reorganization, dissolution, winding up, or
composition or readjustment or debts of such Loan Party or Significant Restricted Subsidiary, the
appointment of a trustee, receiver, custodian, liquidator or the like of such Loan Party or
Significant Restricted Subsidiary or of all or any substantial part of its assets, or any other
similar action with respect to such Loan Party or Significant Restricted Subsidiary under any
Debtor
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Relief Law, and such case or proceeding shall continue undismissed, or unstayed and in
effect, for any period of 60 consecutive days, or an order for relief against any of the Loan
Parties or any Significant Restricted Subsidiary shall be entered in an involuntary case under any
Debtor
Relief Law (as now or hereafter in effect); or
(i) (i) A judgment for the payment of money in excess of $25,000,000 (to the extent not
covered by insurance) shall be rendered against any Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary and
such judgment shall remain unsatisfied and in effect for any period of 30 consecutive days without
a stay of execution or (if a stay is not provided for by applicable law) without having been fully
bonded or (ii) a final judgment or final judgments for the payment of money are entered by a court
or courts of competent jurisdiction against any Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary and either
(x) an enforcement proceeding shall have been commenced by any creditor upon such judgment or (y)
such judgment remains undischarged and unbonded for a period (during which execution shall not be
effectively stayed) of 60 days; provided, that, the aggregate of all such judgments exceeds
$25,000,000 (to the extent not covered by insurance); or
(j) (i) Any Termination Event shall occur; (ii) an application for a minimum funding waiver
with respect to any Plan is made; (iii) any Person shall engage in any Prohibited Transaction
involving any Plan; (iv) the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate is in default (as defined in Section
4219(c)(5) of ERISA) with respect to payments to a Multiemployer Plan resulting from the Borrowers
or any ERISA Affiliates complete or partial withdrawal (as described in Section 4203 or 4205 of
ERISA) from such Multiemployer Plan; (v) the conditions for imposition of a lien under Section
303(k) of ERISA shall have been met with respect to a Plan; (vi) the Borrower or any ERISA
Affiliate shall fail to pay when due an amount which is payable by it to the PBGC or to a Plan
under Title IV of ERISA; (vii) the assumption of, or any material increase in, the contingent
liability of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary with respect to any post-retirement welfare
liability; and any or all of such events described in clauses (i) through (vii) as applicable
result in a liability of the Borrower or ERISA Affiliate in excess of $25,000,000; or
(k) Dolan Family Interests shall cease at any time to have beneficial ownership (within the
meaning of Rule 13d-3 (as in effect on the Closing Date) promulgated under the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended) of shares of the capital stock of the Borrower having sufficient votes to
elect (or otherwise designate) at such time a majority of the members of the Board of Directors of
the Borrower; or
(l) Any of the Loan Parties or any of their respective Affiliates (including any Restricted
Subsidiary) institutes any proceedings seeking to establish or any Person obtains a judgment
establishing that (i) any provision of the Loan Documents is invalid, not binding or unenforceable
or (ii) the Lien created, or purported to be created, by the Loan Documents is not a valid and
perfected first priority security interest in the property in which such Lien is created, or
purported to be created, pursuant to the Loan Documents.
Section 8.02 Remedies upon Event of Default.
(a) Revolving/Term A Event of Default. If any Revolving/Term A Event of Default
occurs and is continuing, the Administrative Agent shall, at the request of, or may, with the
consent of, the Required Revolving/Term A Lenders, take any or all of the following actions:
(i) declare the commitment of each Revolving Credit Lender and each Term A Lender to
make Loans and any obligation of (a) the L/C Issuer to make L/C
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Credit Extensions and (b)
the Swingline Lender to make Swingline Loans to be terminated, whereupon such commitments
and obligation shall be terminated;
(ii) declare the unpaid principal amount of all outstanding Revolving Credit Loans and
Term A Loans, all interest accrued and unpaid thereon, and all other amounts owing or
payable to any Revolving Credit Lender or Term A Lender or under any other Loan Document to
be immediately due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any
kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by the Borrower;
(iii) require that the Borrower Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations (in an amount
equal to the then Outstanding Amount thereof); and
(iv) exercise on behalf of itself, the Revolving Credit Lenders and the Term A Lenders
and the L/C Issuer all rights and remedies available to it and such Lenders under the Loan
Documents.
(b) Other Event of Default. If any Event of Default (other than a Revolving/Term A
Event of Default) occurs and is continuing, the Administrative Agent shall, at the request of, or
may, with the consent of, the Required Lenders, take any or all of the following actions:
(i) declare the commitment of each Lender to make Loans and any obligation of (a) the
L/C Issuer to make L/C Credit Extensions and (b) the Swingline Lender to make Swingline
Loans to be terminated, whereupon such commitments and obligations shall be terminated;
(ii) declare the unpaid principal amount of all outstanding Loans, all interest
accrued and unpaid thereon, and all other amounts owing or payable hereunder or under any
other Loan Document to be immediately due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest
or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by the Borrower;
(iii) require that the Borrower Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations (in an amount
equal to the then Outstanding Amount thereof); and
(iv) exercise on behalf of itself, the Lenders and the L/C Issuer all rights and
remedies available to it and such Lenders under the Loan Documents;
provided, however, that upon the occurrence of an actual or deemed entry of an
order for relief with respect to the Borrower under the Bankruptcy Code, the obligation of each
Lender to make Loans, any obligation of the Swingline Lender to advance Swingline Loans and any
obligation of the L/C Issuer to make L/C Credit Extensions shall automatically terminate, the
unpaid principal amount of all outstanding Loans and all interest and other amounts as aforesaid
shall automatically become due and payable, and the obligation of the Borrower to Cash
Collateralize the L/C Obligations as aforesaid shall automatically become effective, in each case
without further act of the Administrative Agent or any Lender.
Section 8.03 Application of Funds. After the exercise of remedies provided for in Section 8.02 (or after the Loans
have automatically become immediately due and payable and the L/C Obligations have automatically
been required to be Cash Collateralized as set forth in the
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proviso to Section 8.02), any
amounts received on account of the Obligations shall be applied by the Administrative Agent in the
following order:
First, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting fees,
indemnities, expenses and other amounts (including fees, charges and disbursements of
counsel to the Administrative Agent and amounts payable under Article III) payable
to the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such;
Second, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting fees,
indemnities and other amounts (other than principal, interest and Letter of Credit Fees)
payable to the Lenders and the L/C Issuer (including fees, charges and disbursements of
counsel to the respective Lenders and the L/C Issuer and amounts payable under Article
III), ratably among them in proportion to the respective amounts described in this
clause Second payable to them;
Third, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting accrued and
unpaid Letter of Credit Fees and interest on the Loans, L/C Borrowings and other
Obligations, to the extent due and payable, ratably among the Lenders and the L/C Issuer in
proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Third payable to
them;
Fourth, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting unpaid
principal of the Loans, L/C Borrowings and amounts owing under Secured Hedge Agreements and
Secured Cash Management Agreements, and which have become due and owing, ratably among the
Lenders, the L/C Issuer, the Hedge Banks and the Cash Management Banks in proportion to the
respective amounts described in this clause Fourth held by them;
Fifth, to the Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C Issuer, to Cash
Collateralize that portion of L/C Obligations comprised of the aggregate undrawn amount of
Letters of Credit; and
Last, the balance, if any, after all of the Obligations have been indefeasibly
paid in full, to the Borrower or as otherwise required by Law.
Subject to Section 2.03(c), amounts used to Cash Collateralize the aggregate undrawn
amount of Letters of Credit pursuant to clause Fifth above shall be applied to satisfy
drawings under such Letters of Credit as they occur. If any amount remains on deposit as Cash
Collateral after all Letters of Credit have either been fully drawn or expired, such remaining
amount shall be applied to the other Obligations, if any, in the order set forth above.
ARTICLE IX
THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Section 9.01 Appointment and Authority. (a) Each of the Lender Parties hereby irrevocably appoints JPMCB to act on its behalf as
the Administrative Agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents and authorizes the
Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are
delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms hereof or thereof, together with such actions
and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The provisions of this Article are solely for the
benefit of the Administrative Agent, and the Lender Parties, and neither the Borrower nor any other
Loan Party shall have rights as a third party beneficiary of any of such provisions.
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(b) The Administrative Agent shall also act as the collateral agent under the Loan
Documents, and each of the Lenders (in its capacities as a Lender, potential Hedge Bank and
potential Cash Management Bank) and the L/C Issuer hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the
Administrative Agent to act as the agent of such Lender and the L/C Issuer for purposes of
acquiring, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted by any of the Loan Parties
to secure any of the Obligations, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably
incidental thereto. In this connection, the Administrative Agent, as collateral agent and any
co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed by the Administrative Agent pursuant to
Section 9.05 for purposes of holding or enforcing any Lien on the Collateral (or any
portion thereof) granted under the Collateral Documents, or for exercising any rights and remedies
thereunder at the direction of the Administrative Agent), shall be entitled to the benefits of all
provisions of this Article IX and Article X (including Section 10.04(c), as
though such co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact were the collateral agent under the Loan
Documents) as if set forth in full herein with respect thereto.
Section 9.02 Administrative Agent Individually. (a) The Person serving as the Administrative
Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender Party as any
other Lender Party and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent and the
term Lender Party or Lender Parties shall, unless otherwise expressly indicated or unless the
context otherwise requires, include the Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder in its
individual capacity. Such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, act
as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for and generally engage in any kind of
business with the Borrower or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if such Person were not
the Administrative Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lender Parties.
(b) Each Lender Party understands that the Person serving as Administrative Agent, acting in
its individual capacity, and its Affiliates (collectively, the Agents Group) are engaged
in a wide range of financial services and businesses (including investment management, financing,
securities trading, corporate and investment banking and research) (such services and businesses
are collectively referred to in this Section 9.02 as Activities) and may engage
in the
Activities with or on behalf of one or more of the Loan Parties or their respective
Affiliates. Furthermore, the Agents Group may, in undertaking the Activities, engage in trading
in financial products or undertake other investment businesses for its own account or on behalf of
others (including the Loan Parties and their Affiliates and including holding, for its own account
or on behalf of others, equity, debt and similar positions in the Borrower, another Loan Party or
their respective Affiliates), including trading in or holding long, short or derivative positions
in securities, loans or other financial products of one or more of the Loan Parties or their
Affiliates. Each Lender Party understands and agrees that in engaging in the Activities, the
Agents Group may receive or otherwise obtain information concerning the Loan Parties or their
Affiliates (including information concerning the ability of the Loan Parties to perform their
respective Obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents) which information may not be
available to any of the Lender Parties that are not members of the Agents Group. None of the
Administrative Agent nor any member of the Agents Group shall have any duty to disclose to any
Lender Party or use on behalf of the Lender Parties, and shall not be liable for the failure to so
disclose or use, any information whatsoever about or derived from the Activities or otherwise
(including any information concerning the business, prospects, operations, property, financial and
other condition or creditworthiness of any Loan Party or any Affiliate of any Loan Party) or to
account for any revenue or profits obtained in connection with the Activities, except that the
Administrative Agent shall deliver or otherwise make available to each Lender Party such
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documents
as are expressly required by any Loan Document to be transmitted by the Administrative Agent to the
Lender Parties.
(c) Each Lender Party further understands that there may be situations where members of the
Agents Group or their respective customers (including the Loan Parties and their Affiliates)
either now have or may in the future have interests or take actions that may conflict with the
interests of any one or more of the Lender Parties (including the interests of the Lender Parties
hereunder and under the other Loan Documents). Each Lender Party agrees that no member of the
Agents Group is or shall be required to restrict its activities as a result of the Person serving
as Administrative Agent being a member of the Agents Group, and that each member of the Agents
Group may undertake any Activities without further consultation with or notification to any Lender
Party. None of (i) this Credit Agreement nor any other Loan Document, (ii) the receipt by the
Agents Group of information (including Information) concerning the Loan Parties or their
Affiliates (including information concerning the ability of the Loan Parties to perform their
respective Obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents) nor (iii) any other matter
shall give rise to any fiduciary, equitable or contractual duties (including without limitation any
duty of trust or confidence) owing by the Administrative Agent or any member of the Agents Group
to any Lender Party including any such duty that would prevent or restrict the Agents Group from
acting on behalf of customers (including the Loan Parties or their Affiliates) or for its own
account.
Section 9.03
Duties of Administrative Agent; Exculpatory Provisions. (a) The Administrative Agents duties hereunder and under the other Loan Documents are solely
ministerial and administrative in nature and the Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or
obligations except those expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take
any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, but shall be required to act or
refrain from acting (and shall be fully protected in so acting or refraining from acting) upon the
written direction of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as
shall be expressly provided for herein or in the other Loan Documents), provided that the
Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinion or the
opinion of its counsel, may expose the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates to
liability or that is contrary to any Loan Document or applicable law.
(b) The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it (i)
with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of
the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith shall
be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in Section 10.06 or Section 8.02)
or (ii) in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct. The Administrative Agent
shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default or the event or events that give or may give
rise to any Default unless and until the Borrower or any Lender Party shall have given notice to
the Administrative Agent describing such Default and such event or events.
(c) Neither the Administrative Agent nor any member of the Agents Group shall be responsible
for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty, representation or
other information made or supplied in or in connection with this Credit Agreement, any other Loan
Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or
thereunder or in connection herewith or therewith or the adequacy, accuracy and/or completeness of
the information contained therein, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants,
agreements or other terms or conditions set forth herein or therein or the occurrence of any
Default, (iv) the validity, enforceability,
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effectiveness or genuineness of this Credit Agreement,
any other Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document or the perfection or
priority of any Lien or security interest created or purported to be created by the Collateral
Documents or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article V or elsewhere herein,
other than (but subject to the foregoing clause (ii)) to confirm receipt of items expressly
required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent.
(d) Nothing in this Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document shall require the
Administrative Agent or any of its Related Parties to carry out any know your customer or other
checks in relation to any Person on behalf of any Lender Party and each Lender Party confirms to
the Administrative Agent that it is solely responsible for any such checks it is required to carry
out and that it may not rely on any statement in relation to such checks made by the Administrative
Agent or any of its Related Parties.
Section 9.04 Reliance by Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability
for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or
other writing (including any electronic message, Internet or intranet website posting or other
distribution) believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or otherwise authenticated
by the proper Person. The Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally
or by telephone and believed by it to have been made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any
liability for relying thereon. In determining compliance with any condition hereunder to the
making of a Loan, or the issuance of a Letter of Credit, that by its terms must be fulfilled to the
satisfaction of a Lender Party, the Administrative Agent may presume that such condition is
satisfactory to such Lender Party unless an officer of the Administrative Agent responsible for the
transactions contemplated hereby shall have received notice to the contrary from such Lender Party
prior to the making of such Loan or the issuance of such Letter of Credit, and in the case of a
Borrowing, such Lender Party shall not have made available to the Administrative Agent such Lender
Partys ratable portion of such Borrowing. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel
(who may be counsel for the Borrower or any other Loan Party), independent
accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or
not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts.
Section 9.05 Delegation of Duties. The Administrative Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and
powers hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or through any one or more sub-agents
appointed by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may perform
any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through their respective Related
Parties. Each such sub-agent and the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent and each such
sub-agent shall be entitled to the benefits of all provisions of this Article IX and
Section 10.04 (as though such sub-agents were the Administrative Agent under the Loan
Documents) as if set forth in full herein with respect thereto.
Section 9.06 Resignation of Administrative Agent. (a) The Administrative Agent may at any time give notice of its resignation to the Lender
Parties and the Borrower. Upon receipt of any such notice of resignation, the Required Lenders
shall have the right, in consultation with the Borrower, to appoint a successor, which shall be a
bank with an office in the United States, or an Affiliate of any such bank with an office in the
United States. If no such successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall
have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice
of its resignation (such 30-day period, the Lender Party Appointment Period), then the
retiring Administrative Agent may on
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behalf of the Lender Parties, appoint a successor
Administrative Agent meeting the qualifications set forth above. In addition and without any
obligation on the part of the retiring Administrative Agent to appoint, on behalf of the Lender
Parties, a successor Administrative Agent, the retiring Administrative Agent may at any time upon
or after the end of the Lender Party Appointment Period notify the Borrower and the Lender Parties
that no qualifying Person has accepted appointment as successor Administrative Agent and the
effective date of such retiring Administrative Agents resignation. Upon the resignation effective
date established in such notice and regardless of whether a successor Administrative Agent has been
appointed and accepted such appointment, the retiring Administrative Agents resignation shall
nonetheless become effective and (i) the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its
duties and obligations as Administrative Agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents and
(ii) all payments, communications and determinations provided to be made by, to or through the
Administrative Agent shall instead be made by or to each Lender Party directly, until such time as
the Required Lenders appoint a successor Administrative Agent as provided for above in this
paragraph. Upon the acceptance of a successors appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder,
such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and
duties as Administrative Agent of the retiring (or retired) Administrative Agent, and the retiring
Administrative Agent shall be discharged from all of its duties and obligations as Administrative
Agent hereunder or under the other Loan Documents (if not already discharged therefrom as provided
above in this paragraph). The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent
shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower
and such successor. After the retiring Administrative Agents resignation hereunder and under the
other Loan Documents, the provisions of this Article IX and Section 10.04 shall
continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its sub-agents and their
respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them
while the retiring Administrative Agent was acting as Administrative Agent.
(b) Any resignation pursuant to this Section by a Person acting as Administrative Agent shall,
unless such Person shall notify the Borrower and the Lender Parties otherwise, also act to relieve
such Person and its Affiliates of any obligation to advance or issue new, or extend existing,
Swingline Loans or Letters of Credit where such advance, issuance or extension is to occur on or
after the effective date of such resignation. Upon the acceptance of a successors appointment as
Administrative Agent hereunder, (i) such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of
the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring L/C Issuer and Swingline Lender, (ii) the
retiring L/C Issuer and Swingline Lender shall be discharged from all of their respective duties
and obligations hereunder or under the other Loan Documents, (iii) the successor Swingline Lender
shall enter into an Assignment and Assumption and acquire from the retiring Swingline Lender each
outstanding Swingline Loan of such retiring Swingline Lender for a purchase price equal to par plus
accrued interest and (iv) the successor L/C Issuer shall issue letters of credit in substitution
for the Letters of Credit, if any, outstanding at the time of such succession or make other
arrangement satisfactory to the retiring L/C Issuer to effectively assume the obligations of the
retiring L/C Issuer with respect to such Letters of Credit.
(c) In addition to the foregoing, if a Lender becomes, and during the period it remains, a
Defaulting Lender or a Potential Defaulting Lender, the L/C Issuer and/or the Swingline Lender may,
at any time, upon giving 20 Business Days prior written notice to the Borrower and the
Administrative Agent, resign as L/C Issuer or Swingline Lender, respectively, effective at the
close of business New York time on a date specified in such notice; provided that such
resignation by the L/C Issuer shall have no effect on the validity or enforceability of any Letter
of Credit then outstanding or on the obligations of the Borrower or any Lender under this
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Agreement with respect to any such outstanding Letter of Credit or otherwise to the L/C Issuer; and
provided, further, that such resignation by the Swingline Lender shall have no
effect on its rights in respect of any outstanding Swingline Loans or on the obligations of the
Borrower or any Lender under this Credit Agreement with respect to any such outstanding Swingline
Loan.
Section 9.07 Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Lender Parties.
(a) Each Lender Party confirms to the Administrative Agent, each other Lender Party and each
of their respective Related Parties that it (i) possesses (individually or through its Related
Parties) such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters that it is capable,
without reliance on the Administrative Agent, any other Lender Party or any of their respective
Related Parties, of evaluating the merits and risks (including tax, legal, regulatory, credit,
accounting and other financial matters) of (x) entering into this Credit Agreement, (y) making
Loans and other extensions of credit hereunder and under the other Loan Documents and (z) in taking
or not taking actions hereunder and thereunder, (ii) is financially able to bear such risks and
(iii) has determined that entering into this Credit Agreement and making Loans and other extensions
of credit hereunder and under the other Loan Documents is suitable and appropriate for it.
(b) Each Lender Party acknowledges that (i) it is solely responsible for making its own
independent appraisal and investigation of all risks arising under or in connection with this
Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents, (ii) that it has, independently and without reliance
upon the Administrative Agent, any other Lender Party or any of their respective Related Parties,
made its own appraisal and investigation of all risks associated with, and its own credit analysis
and decision to enter into, this Credit Agreement based on such documents and information, as it
has deemed appropriate and (iii) it will, independently and without reliance upon the
Administrative Agent, any other Lender Party or any of their respective Related Parties, continue
to be solely responsible for making its own appraisal and investigation of all risks
arising under or in connection with, and its own credit analysis and decision to take or not
take action under, this Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents based on such documents and
information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, which may include, in each case:
(A) the financial condition, status and capitalization of the Borrower and each other
Loan Party;
(B) the legality, validity, effectiveness, adequacy or enforceability of this Credit
Agreement and each other Loan Document and any other agreement, arrangement or document
entered into, made or executed in anticipation of, under or in connection with any Loan
Document;
(C) determining compliance or non-compliance with any condition hereunder to the
making of a Loan, or the issuance of a Letter of Credit and the form and substance of all
evidence delivered in connection with establishing the satisfaction of each such condition;
(D) the adequacy, accuracy and/or completeness of any information delivered by the
Administrative Agent, any other Lender Party or by any of their respective Related Parties
under or in connection with this Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby or any other agreement, arrangement or
document entered into, made or executed in anticipation of, under or in connection with any
Loan Document.
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Section 9.08 No Other Duties, Etc. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, none of the Persons acting as Joint Lead
Arranger, Joint Bookrunners, Syndication Agents or Co-Documentation Agents listed on the cover page
hereof shall have any powers, duties or responsibilities under this Credit Agreement or any of the
other Loan Documents, except in its capacity, as applicable, as the Administrative Agent or as a
Lender Party hereunder.
Section 9.09 Administrative Agent 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 any
Loan Party, the Administrative Agent (irrespective of whether the principal of any Loan or L/C
Obligation shall then be due and payable as herein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and
irrespective of whether the Administrative Agent shall have made any demand on the Borrower) shall
be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise
(a) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of the principal and interest owing and
unpaid in respect of the Loans, L/C Obligations and all other Obligations that are owing and unpaid
and to file such other documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of
the Lenders, the L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent (including any claim for the reasonable
compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Lenders, the L/C Issuer and the
Administrative Agent and their respective agents and counsel and all other amounts due the Lenders,
the L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent under Section 2.03(i) and (j),
Section 2.08 allowed in such judicial proceeding; and
(b) to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such
claims and to distribute the same;
and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official
in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Lender and the L/C Issuer to make such
payments to the Administrative Agent and, if the Administrative Agent shall consent to the making
of such payments directly to the Lenders and the L/C Issuer, to pay to the Administrative Agent any
amount due for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the
Administrative Agent and its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Administrative Agent
under Section 2.08.
Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to authorize the Administrative Agent to authorize or
consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Lender or the L/C Issuer any plan of reorganization,
arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Obligations or the rights of any Lender or the
L/C Issuer or to authorize the Administrative Agent to vote in respect of the claim of any Lender
the L/C Issuer or in any such proceeding.
Section 9.10 Collateral and Guaranty Matters. The Secured Parties and the L/C Issuer irrevocably authorize the Administrative Agent, at
its option and in its discretion,
(a) to release any Lien on any property granted to or held by the Administrative Agent under
any Loan Document (i) upon termination of the Aggregate Commitments and payment in full of all
Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations) and the expiration or termination
of all Letters of Credit, (ii) that is sold or to be sold as part of or in connection with any sale
permitted hereunder or under any other Loan Document, or (iii) if approved, authorized or ratified
in writing in accordance with Section 10.01;
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(b) to release any Guarantor from its obligations under the Guaranty if such Person ceases to
be a Subsidiary as a result of a transaction permitted hereunder; and
(c) to subordinate any Lien on any property granted to or held by the Administrative Agent
under any Loan Document to the holder of any Lien on such property that is permitted by Section
7.17(ii).
Upon request by the Administrative Agent at any time, the Required Lenders will confirm in
writing the Administrative Agents authority to release or subordinate its interest in particular
types or items of property, or to release any Guarantor from its obligations under the Guaranty
pursuant to this Section 9.10. In each case as specified in this Section 9.10, the
Administrative Agent will, at the Borrowers expense, execute and deliver to the applicable Loan
Party such documents as such Loan Party may reasonably request to evidence the release of such item
of Collateral from the assignment and security interest granted under the Collateral Documents or
to subordinate its interest in such item, or to release such Guarantor from its obligations under
the Guaranty, in each case in accordance with the terms of the Loan Documents and this Section
9.10.
Section
9.11 Removal of Administrative Agent. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, if
at any time the Required Lenders determine that the Person serving as Administrative Agent is
(without taking into account any provision in the definition of Defaulting Lender or Potential
Defaulting Lender requiring notice from the Administrative
Agent or any other party) a Defaulting Lender or a Potential Defaulting Lender, the Required
Lenders (determined after giving effect to Section 10.01) may by notice to the Borrower and
such Person remove such Person as Administrative Agent and appoint a replacement Administrative
Agent hereunder with the consent of the Borrower (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld),
provided that (i) such removal shall, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, in
any event become effective if no such replacement Administrative Agent is appointed hereunder
within 30 days after the giving of such notice and (ii) no such consent of the Borrower shall be
required if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at the time of such appointment.
ARTICLE X
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 10.01 Amendments, Etc. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document,
and no consent to any departure by the Borrower or any other Loan Party therefrom, shall be
effective unless in writing signed by the Borrower or the applicable Loan Party, as the case may
be, and (i) in the case of an amendment or waiver of any Financial Covenant or Revolving/Term A
Event of Default, the Required Revolving/Term A Lenders and (ii) in the case of an amendment or
waiver of any other provision or Event of Default, the Required Lenders, and acknowledged by the
Administrative Agent, and each such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific
instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided, however, that no
such amendment, waiver or consent shall:
(a) waive any conditions set forth in Section 5.01 as to the initial Credit Extension
hereunder, without the written consent of each Lender;
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(b) extend or increase the Commitment of a Lender (or reinstate any Commitment of a Lender
terminated pursuant to Section 8.02) without the written consent of such Lender;
(c) postpone any date fixed by this Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document for any
payment (excluding mandatory prepayments) of principal, interest, fees or other amounts due to the
Lenders (or any of them) hereunder or under such other Loan Document without the written consent of
each Lender entitled to such payment;
(d) reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on, any Loan or L/C
Borrowing, or (subject to clause (v) of the second proviso to this Section 10.01) any fees
or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document, or change the manner of
computation of any financial ratio (including any change in any applicable defined term) used in
determining the Applicable Rate that would result in a reduction of any interest rate on any Loan
or any fee payable hereunder without the written consent of each Lender entitled to such amount;
provided, however, that only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary
to amend the definition of Default Rate or to waive any obligation of the Borrower to pay
interest or Letter of Credit Fees at the Default Rate;
(e) amend any provision of this Credit Agreement that would alter the allocation of payments
between Term A Lenders and Term B Lenders, without the prior written consent of each of the
Required Term A Lenders and the Required Term B Lenders;
(f) change (i) any provision of this Section 10.01 or the definition of Required
Lenders or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to
amend, waive or otherwise modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any
consent hereunder (other than the definitions specified in clause (ii) of this Section
10.01(f)), without the written consent of each Lender or (ii) the definition of Required
Revolving Lenders, Required Term A Lenders, Required Term B Lenders, Required Revolving/Term
A Lenders or Required Incremental Term Lenders without the written consent of each Lender under
the applicable Facility or Facilities;
(g) release all or substantially all of the Collateral in any transaction or series of related
transactions, without the written consent of each Lender;
(h) release or remove all or substantially all of the value of the Guarantees, taken as a
whole, without the written consent of each Lender; or
(i) impose any greater restriction on the ability of any Lender under a Facility to assign any
of its rights or obligations hereunder without the written consent of (i) if such Facility is the
Term A Facility, the Required Term A Lenders, (ii) if such Facility is the Term B Facility, the
Required Term B Lenders, (iii) if such Facility is the Revolving Credit Facility, the Required
Revolving Lenders, and (iv) if such Facility is an Incremental Term Facility, the Required
Incremental Term Lenders with respect to such Incremental Term Facility, if any;
and provided, further, that (i) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in
writing and signed by the L/C Issuer in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights
or duties of the L/C Issuer under this Credit Agreement or any Issuer Document relating to any
Letter of Credit issued or to be issued by it; (ii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless
in writing and signed by the Swingline Lender in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the
rights or duties of the Swingline Lender under this Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document;
(iii) no
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amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Administrative
Agent in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Administrative
Agent under this Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document; (iv) Section 10.06(h) may not
be amended, waived or otherwise modified without the consent of each Granting Lender all or any
part of whose Loans are being funded by an SPC at the time of such amendment, waiver or other
modification; and (v) the Fee Letters may be amended, or rights or privileges thereunder waived, in
a writing executed only by the parties thereto.
Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, during such period as a Lender is a
Defaulting Lender, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law such Lender shall not be
entitled to vote in respect of amendments and waivers hereunder and the Commitment and the
outstanding Loans or other Credit Extension of such Lender hereunder shall not be taken into
account in determining whether the Required Lenders or all of the Lenders, as the case may be, have
approved any such amendment or waiver (and the definition of Required Lenders shall automatically
be deemed modified accordingly for the duration of such period); provided, that any such
amendment or waiver that would increase or extend the term of the Commitment of such Defaulting
Lender, or extend the date fixed for the payment of principal or interest owing to such Defaulting
Lender hereunder, or reduce the principal amount of any obligation owing to such Defaulting Lender,
or reduce the amount of or the rate or amount of interest on any amount owing to such Defaulting
Lender, or of any fee payable to such Defaulting Lender hereunder, or alter the terms of this
proviso, shall require the consent of such Defaulting Lender.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Affiliate of the Borrower that is a Lender
shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder and any
amendment, waiver or consent which by its terms requires the consent of all Lenders or each
affected Lender may be effected with the consent of the applicable Lenders other than such
affiliated Lenders, except that any waiver, amendment or modification requiring the consent of all
Lenders or each affected Lender that by its terms affects any such affiliated Lender in its
capacity as a Lender more adversely than other affected Lenders shall require the consent of such
affiliated Lender.
Section 10.02 Notices; Effectiveness; Electronic Communications
All notices, demands, requests, consents and other communications provided for in this
Credit Agreement shall be given in writing, or by any telecommunication device capable of creating
a written record (including electronic mail), and addressed to the party to be notified as follows:
(i) if to the Borrower or any other Loan Party,
AMC Networks Inc.
11 Penn Plaza
New York, New York 10001
Attention: Sean Sullivan
Telephone: 646-393-8135
Facsimile: 646-273-7392
Each with a copy to:
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
Attention: John Mead
125 Broad Street
New York, New York 10004-2498
Telephone: (212) 558-3764
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Facsimile No.: (212) 558-3588
E-mail Address: meadj@sullcrom.com
(ii) if to the Administrative Agent
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
Loan and Agency Services Group
1111 Fannin, 10th Floor
Houston, Texas 77002
Attention: Yi-Chun Kuo
Facsimile No.: (713) 750-2878
E-mail Address: yi-chun.kuo@jpmorgan.com
Each with a copy to:
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
383 Madison Avenue
New York, New York 10179
Attention: John Kowalczuk
Facsimile No.: (212) 270-5127
E-mail Address: john.kowalczuk@jpmorgan.com
(iii) if to the Collateral Agent
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
Loan and Agency Services Group
1111 Fannin, 10th Floor
Houston, Texas 77002
Attention: Yi-Chun Kuo
Facsimile No.: (713) 750-2878
E-mail Address: yi-chun.kuo@jpmorgan.com
Each with a copy to:
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
383 Madison Avenue
New York, New York 10179
Attention: John Kowalczuk
Facsimile No.: (212) 270-5127
E-mail Address: john.kowalczuk@jpmorgan.com
(iv) if to the L/C Issuer,
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
Global Trade Services
10420 Highland Manor Drive, Floor 4
Tampa, Florida 33610-9128
Attention: Letter of Credit Department
Facsimile: (813) 432-5162
E-mail Address: james.alonzo@jpmchase.com
(v) if to the Swingline Lender
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
Loan and Agency Services Group
118
1111 Fannin, 10th Floor
Houston, Texas 77002
Attention: Yi-Chun Kuo
Facsimile No.: (713) 750-2878
E-mail Address: yi-chun.kuo@jpmorgan.com
Each with a copy to:
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
383 Madison Avenue
New York, New York 10179
Attention: John Kowalczuk
Facsimile No.: (212) 270-5127
E-mail Address: john.kowalczuk@jpmorgan.com
(v) if
to any other Lender Party, to it at its address (or
facsimile number) set forth in its Administrative Questionnaire.
or at such other address as shall be notified in writing (x) in the case of the Borrower, the
Administrative Agent and the Swingline Lender, to the other parties and (y) in the case of all
other parties, to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.
(b) All notices, demands, requests, consents and other communications described in clause (a)
shall be effective (i) if delivered by hand, including any overnight courier service, upon personal
delivery, (ii) if delivered by mail, on the date five Business Days after dispatch by certified or
registered mail, (iii) if delivered by posting to an Approved Electronic Platform, an Internet
website or a similar telecommunication device requiring that a user have prior access to such
Approved Electronic Platform, website or other device (to the extent permitted by clause
(d) below to be delivered thereunder), when such notice, demand, request, consent and other
communication shall have been made generally available on such Approved Electronic Platform,
Internet website or similar device to the class of Person being notified (regardless of whether any
such Person must accomplish, and whether or not any such Person shall have accomplished, any action
prior to obtaining access to such items, including registration, disclosure of contact information,
compliance with a standard user agreement or undertaking a duty of confidentiality) and such Person
has been notified in respect of such posting that a communication has been posted to the Approved
Electronic Platform and (iv) if delivered by electronic mail or any other telecommunications
device, when transmitted to an electronic mail address (or by another means of electronic delivery)
as provided in clause (a); provided, that if such notice or communication is given pursuant
to clause (iii) or (iv) hereof and is not posted or transmitted, as applicable, during the normal
business hours of the recipient, such notice or communication shall be deemed to have been sent at
the opening of business on the next Business Day of the recipient; provided,
however, that notices and communications to the Administrative Agent pursuant to
Article II or Article IX shall not be effective until received by the
Administrative Agent.
(c) Notwithstanding clauses (a) and (b) (unless the Administrative Agent requests that the
provisions of clause (a) and (b) be followed) and any other provision in this Credit Agreement or
any other Loan Document providing for the delivery of any Approved Electronic Communication by any
other means, the Loan Parties shall deliver all Approved Electronic Communications to the
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Administrative Agent by properly transmitting such Approved Electronic Communications in an
electronic/soft medium in a format acceptable to the Administrative Agent to
oploanswebadmin@citigroup.com or such other electronic mail address (or similar means of electronic
delivery) as the Administrative Agent may notify to the Borrower. Nothing in this clause (c) shall
prejudice the right of the Administrative Agent or any Lender Party to deliver any Approved
Electronic Communication to any Loan Party in any manner authorized in this Credit Agreement or to
request that the Borrower effect delivery in such manner.
(d) Electronic Communications. (i) Each of the Lender Parties and each Loan Party
agree that the Administrative Agent may, but shall not be obligated to, make the Approved
Electronic Communications available to the Lender Parties by posting such Approved Electronic
Communications on IntraLinks or a substantially similar electronic platform chosen by the
Administrative Agent to be its electronic transmission system (the Approved Electronic
Platform).
(ii) Although the Approved Electronic Platform and its primary web portal are secured
with generally-applicable security procedures and policies implemented or modified by the
Administrative Agent from time to time (including, as of the Closing Date, a dual firewall
and a User ID/Password Authorization System) and the
Approved Electronic Platform is secured through a single-user-per-deal authorization method
whereby each user may access the Approved Electronic Platform only on a deal-by-deal basis,
each of the Lender Parties and each Loan Party acknowledges and agrees that the
distribution of material through an electronic medium is not necessarily secure and that
there are confidentiality and other risks associated with such distribution. In
consideration for the convenience and other benefits afforded by such distribution and for
the other consideration provided hereunder, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby
acknowledged, each of the Lender Parties and each Loan Party hereby approves distribution
of the Approved Electronic Communications through the Approved Electronic Platform and
understands and assumes the risks of such distribution.
(iii) THE APPROVED ELECTRONIC PLATFORM AND THE APPROVED ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS ARE
PROVIDED AS IS AND AS AVAILABLE. NONE OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT NOR ANY OTHER MEMBER
OF THE AGENTS GROUP WARRANT THE ACCURACY, ADEQUACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE APPROVED
ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS OR THE APPROVED ELECTRONIC PLATFORM AND EACH EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS
ANY LIABILITY FOR ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN THE APPROVED ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS OR THE
APPROVED ELECTRONIC PLATFORM. NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY,
INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS OR FREEDOM FROM VIRUSES OR OTHER CODE
DEFECTS, IS MADE BY THE AGENT PARTIES IN CONNECTION WITH THE APPROVED ELECTRONIC
COMMUNICATIONS OR THE APPROVED ELECTRONIC PLATFORM.
(iv) Each of the Lender Parties and each Loan Party agree that the Administrative
Agent may, but (except as may be required by applicable law) shall not be obligated to,
store the Approved Electronic Communications on the Approved Electronic Platform in
accordance with the Administrative Agents generally-applicable document retention
procedures and policies.
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(e) Reliance by Administrative Agent, L/C Issuer and Lenders. The Administrative
Agent, the L/C Issuer and the Lenders shall be entitled to rely and act upon any notices (including
telephonic Committed Loan Notices) purportedly given by or on behalf of the Borrower even if (i)
such notices were not made in a manner specified herein, were incomplete or were not preceded or
followed by any other form of notice specified herein, or (ii) the terms thereof, as understood by
the recipient, varied from any confirmation thereof. The Borrower shall indemnify the
Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer, each Lender and the Related Parties of each of them from all
losses, costs, expenses and liabilities resulting from the reliance by such Person on each notice
purportedly given by or on behalf of the Borrower. All telephonic notices to and other telephonic
communications with the Administrative Agent may be recorded by the Administrative Agent, and each
of the parties hereto hereby consents to such recording.
(f) Confidentiality. Each of the Administrative Agent and the Lender Parties agrees
to maintain the confidentiality of the Information (as defined below), except that Information may
be disclosed (a) to its Affiliates and to its and its Affiliates respective partners, directors,
officers, employees, agents, advisors and representatives on a need to know basis (it being
understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential
nature of such Information and instructed to keep such Information confidential), (b)
to the extent requested by any regulatory authority purporting to have jurisdiction over it
(including any self-regulatory authority, such as the National Association of Insurance
Commissioners), (c) to the extent required by applicable laws or regulations or by any subpoena or
similar legal process, (d) to any other party hereto, (e) in connection with the exercise of any
remedies hereunder or under any other Loan Document, any action or proceeding relating to this
Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, the enforcement of rights hereunder or thereunder, (f)
subject to an agreement containing provisions substantially the same as those of this Section
(other than in the case of a pledge to any Federal Reserve Bank or other central banking
authority), to (i) any assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective assignee of or Participant
in, any of its rights or obligations under this Credit Agreement, (ii) any pledge referred to in
Section 10.06(f), (iii) any actual or prospective swap counterparty (or its managers,
administrators, trustees, partners, directors, officers, employees, agents, advisors and other
representatives) surety, reinsurer, guarantor or credit liquidity enhancer (or their advisors) to
or in connection with any swap, derivative or other similar transaction under which payments are to
be made by reference to the Obligations or to the Borrower and its obligations or to this Credit
Agreement or payments hereunder, (iv) to any rating agency when required by it or (v) the CUSIP
Service Bureau or any similar organization, (g) with the written consent of the Borrower or (h) to
the extent such Information (i) becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of
this Section or (ii) becomes available to the Administrative Agent, any Lender Party or any of
their respective Affiliates on a non-confidential basis from a source other than the Borrower or
any other Loan Party. For purposes of this Section, Information means all information
received from any Loan Party or any Subsidiary thereof relating to any Loan Party or any Subsidiary
thereof or any of their respective businesses, other than any such information that is available to
the Administrative Agent or any Lender Party on a non-confidential basis prior to disclosure by any
Loan Party or any Subsidiary thereof, provided that, in the case of information received
from a Loan Party or any such Subsidiaries after the Closing Date, such information is not marked
PUBLIC or otherwise identified at the time of delivery as confidential.
(g) Treatment of Information. (i) Certain of the Lenders may enter into this Credit
Agreement and take or not take action hereunder or under the other Loan Documents on the basis of
information that does not contain material non-public information with respect to any of the Loan
Parties or their securities (Restricting Information). Other Lenders may enter into this
Credit Agreement and take or not take action hereunder or under the other Loan Documents
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on the
basis of information that may contain Restricting Information. Each Lender Party acknowledges that
United States federal and state securities laws prohibit any Person from purchasing or selling
securities on the basis of material, non-public information concerning the such issuer of such
securities or, subject to certain limited exceptions, from communicating such information to any
other Person. Neither the Administrative Agent nor any of its Related Parties shall, by making any
Communications (including Restricting Information) available to a Lender Party, by participating in
any conversations or other interactions with a Lender Party or otherwise, make or be deemed to make
any statement with regard to or otherwise warrant that any such information or Communication does
or does not contain Restricting Information nor shall the Administrative Agent or any of its
Related Parties be responsible or liable in any way for any decision a Lender Party may make to
limit or to not limit its access to Restricting Information. In particular, none of the
Administrative Agent nor any of its Related Parties (i) shall have, and the Administrative Agent,
on behalf of itself and each of its Related Parties, hereby disclaims, any duty to ascertain or
inquire as to whether or not a Lender Party has or has not limited its access to Restricting
Information, such Lender Partys policies or procedures regarding the safeguarding of material,
nonpublic information or such Lender Partys compliance with applicable laws related thereto or
(ii) shall have, or incur, any liability to any Loan Party or Lender Party or any of their
respective Related Parties arising out of or relating to the Administrative Agent or any of
its Related Parties providing or not providing Restricting Information to any Lender Party.
(ii) Each Loan Party agrees that (i) all Communications it provides to the
Administrative Agent intended for delivery to the Lender Parties whether by posting to the
Approved Electronic Platform or otherwise shall be clearly and conspicuously marked PUBLIC
if such Communications do not contain Restricting Information which, at a minimum, means that
the word PUBLIC shall appear prominently on the first page thereof, (ii) by marking
Communications PUBLIC, each Loan Party shall be deemed to have authorized the
Administrative Agent and the Lender Parties to treat such Communications as either publicly
available information or not material information (although, in this latter case, such
Communications may contain sensitive business information and, therefore, remain subject to
the confidentiality undertakings of Section 10.02(f) with respect to such Loan Party
or its securities for purposes of United States Federal and state securities laws, (iii) all
Communications marked PUBLIC may be delivered to all Lender Parties and may be made
available through a portion of the Approved Electronic Platform designated Public Side
Information, and (iv) the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to treat any Communications
that are not marked PUBLIC as Restricting Information and may post such Communications to a
portion of the Approved Electronic Platform not designated Public Side Information.
Neither the Administrative Agent nor any of its Affiliates shall be responsible for any
statement or other designation by a Loan Party regarding whether a Communication contains or
does not contain material non-public information with respect to any of the Loan Parties or
their securities nor shall the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates incur any
liability to any Loan Party, any Lender Party or any other Person for any action taken by the
Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates based upon such statement or designation,
including any action as a result of which Restricting Information is provided to a Lender
Party that may decide not to take access to Restricting Information. Nothing in this
Section 10.02(g) shall modify or limit a Lender Partys obligations under Section
10.02(f) with regard to Communications and the maintenance of the confidentiality of or
other treatment of Information.
(iii) Each Lender Party acknowledges that circumstances may arise that require it to
refer to Communications that might contain Restricting Information.
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Accordingly, each Lender
Party agrees that it will nominate at least one designee to receive Communications (including
Restricting Information) on its behalf and identify such designee (including such designees
contact information) on such Lender Partys Administrative Questionnaire. Each Lender Party
agrees to notify the Administrative Agent from time to time of such Lender Partys designees
e-mail address to which notice of the availability of Restricting Information may be sent by
electronic transmission.
(iv) Each Lender Party acknowledges that Communications delivered hereunder and under
the other Loan Documents may contain Restricting Information and that such Communications are
available to all Lender Parties generally. Each Lender Party that elects not to take access
to Restricting Information does so voluntarily and, by such election, acknowledges and agrees
that the Administrative Agent and other Lender Parties may have access to Restricting
Information that is not available to such electing Lender Party. None of the Administrative
Agent nor any Lender Party with access to Restricting Information shall have any duty to
disclose such Restricting Information to such electing Lender Party or to use such
Restricting Information on behalf
of such electing Lender Party, and shall not be liable for the failure to so disclose or
use, such Restricting Information.
(v) The provisions of the foregoing clauses of this Section 10.02(g) are
designed to assist the Administrative Agent, the Lender Parties and the Loan Parties, in
complying with their respective contractual obligations and applicable law in circumstances
where certain Lender Parties express a desire not to receive Restricting Information
notwithstanding that certain Communications hereunder or under the other Loan Documents or
other information provided to the Lender Parties hereunder or thereunder may contain
Restricting Information. Neither the Administrative Agent nor any of its Related Parties
warrants or makes any other statement with respect to the adequacy of such provisions to
achieve such purpose nor does the Administrative Agent or any of its Related Parties warrant
or make any other statement to the effect that a Loan Partys or Lender Partys adherence to
such provisions will be sufficient to ensure compliance by such Loan Party or Lender Party
with its contractual obligations or its duties under applicable law in respect of Restricting
Information and each of the Lender Parties and each Loan Party assumes the risks associated
therewith.
Section 10.03 No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies. No failure on the part of the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer or any Lender to
exercise, and no delay by any such Person in exercising, and no course of dealing with respect to,
any right, remedy, power or privilege under this Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document shall
operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power
or privilege under this Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document preclude any other or further
exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege. The right, remedy, power
or privilege provided herein, and provided under any other Loan Document, are cumulative and not
exclusive of any right, remedy, power or privilege provided by law.
Section 10.04 Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver. (a) Costs and Expenses. The Borrower shall pay (i) all reasonable out-of-pocket
expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent and its Affiliates (including the reasonable fees,
charges and disbursements of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, counsel for the Administrative
Agent and of special and local counsel to the Lenders retained by the Administrative Agent
following consultation with the Borrower), for which an invoice has been presented to the Borrower,
in connection with the preparation, due diligence, administration, syndication and closing of this
Credit Agreement and
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the other Loan Documents or any amendments, modifications or waivers of the
provisions hereof or thereof (whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby shall
be consummated), (ii) all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the L/C Issuer, for which
an invoice has been presented to the Borrower, in connection with the issuance, amendment, renewal
or extension of any Letter of Credit or any demand for payment thereunder and (iii) all expenses
incurred by the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the L/C Issuer (including the fees, charges and
disbursements of one primary counsel for the Administrative Agent and one additional counsel for
the Lenders) for which an invoice has been presented to the Borrower, in connection with the
enforcement or protection of its rights (A) in connection with this Credit Agreement and the other
Loan Documents, including its rights under this Section, or (B) in connection with Loans made or
Letters of Credit issued hereunder, including all such out-of-pocket expenses incurred during any
workout, restructuring or negotiations in respect of such Loans or Letters of Credit.
(b) Indemnification by the Borrower. The Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative
Agent (and any sub-agent thereof), the Joint Lead Arrangers, the Lenders, the L/C Issuer and each
of their respective Affiliates, officers, directors, employees, members, partners and agents (each
such Person being called an Indemnitee) against, and hold each Indemnitee harmless from,
any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and related reasonable out-of-pocket documented
expenses (including, without limitation, the reasonable out-ofpocket documented and invoiced
fees, disbursements and other charges of (a) one counsel, (b) in the case of a material conflict
between two or more Indemnitees, as so determined in the reasonable opinion of existing counsel,
one additional counsel, and (c) one local counsel in each applicable jurisdiction), incurred by any
Indemnitee or asserted against any Indemnitee by any third party or by the Borrower or any other
Loan Party (but excluding any proceeding brought by a Lender against any other Lender (in such
Lenders capacity as a Lender and not in any capacity as a Joint Lead Arranger or the
Administrative Agent)) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of (i) the execution or
delivery of this Credit Agreement, any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument
contemplated hereby or thereby, the performance by the parties hereto of their respective
obligations hereunder or thereunder or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or
thereby, or, in the case of the Administrative Agent (and any sub-agent thereof) and its
Affiliates, officers, directors, employees and agents only, the administration of this Credit
Agreement and the other Loan Documents, (ii) any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use or proposed
use of the proceeds therefrom (including any refusal by the L/C Issuer to honor a demand for
payment under a Letter of Credit if the documents presented in connection with such demand do not
strictly comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit), (iii) any actual or alleged presence or
release of Hazardous Materials on or from any property owned or operated by the Borrower or any of
its Subsidiaries, or any Environmental Liability of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or
(iv) any actual or prospective claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding (or preparation of a
defense in connection therewith) relating to any of the foregoing, whether based on contract, tort
or any other theory, whether brought by a third party or by the Borrower or any other Loan Party or
any of the Borrowers or such Loan Partys directors, shareholders or creditors, and regardless of
whether any Indemnitee is a party thereto, in all cases, whether or not caused by or arising, in
whole or in part, out of the comparative, contributory or sole negligence of the Indemnitee;
provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent
that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses (x) are determined by a court of
competent jurisdiction to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such
Indemnitee or (y) result from a claim brought by the Borrower or any other Loan Party against an
Indemnitee for material breach of such Indemnitees material obligations hereunder or under any
other Loan Document, if the Borrower or such Loan Party has obtained a judgment in its favor on
such claim from a court of competent jurisdiction.
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(c) Reimbursement by Lenders. To the extent that the Borrower for any reason fails to
indefeasibly pay any amount required under subsection (a) or (b) of this Section to be paid by it
to the Administrative Agent (or any sub-agent thereof), the L/C Issuer or any Related Party of any
of the foregoing, each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent (or any such
sub-agent), the L/C Issuer or such Related Party, as the case may be, such Lenders Applicable
Percentage (determined as of the time that the applicable unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment
is sought) of such unpaid amount, provided that the unreimbursed expense or indemnified
loss, claim, damage, liability or related expense, as the case may be, was incurred by or asserted
against the Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent) or the L/C Issuer in its capacity as such,
or against any Related Party of any of the foregoing acting for the Administrative Agent (or any
such sub-agent) or L/C Issuer in connection with such capacity. The obligations of the Lenders
under this subsection (c) are subject to the provisions of Section 2.11(d).
(d) Waiver of Consequential Damages, Etc. To the fullest extent permitted by
applicable law, the Borrower shall not assert, and hereby waives, any claim against any Indemnitee,
on any theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to
direct or actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of, this Credit
Agreement, any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby, the
transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use of the
proceeds thereof. No Indemnitee referred to in subsection (b) above shall be liable for any
damages arising from the use by unintended recipients of any information or other materials
distributed by it through telecommunications, electronic or other information transmission systems
in connection with this Credit Agreement or the other Loan Documents or the transactions
contemplated hereby or thereby.
(e) Payments. All amounts due under this Section shall be payable not later than ten
Business Days after demand therefor.
(f) Survival. The agreements in this Section shall survive the resignation of the
Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuer, the replacement of any Lender, the termination of the
Aggregate Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all the other Obligations.
Section 10.05 Payments Set Aside. To the extent that any payment by or on behalf of the Borrower is made to the
Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer or any Lender, or the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer or
any Lender exercises its right of setoff, and such payment or the proceeds of such setoff or any
part thereof is subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside or
required (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by the Administrative Agent, the L/C
Issuer or such Lender in its discretion) to be repaid to a trustee, receiver or any other party, in
connection with any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law or otherwise, then (a) to the extent of
such recovery, the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall be revived
and continued in full force and effect as if such payment had not been made or such setoff had not
occurred, and (b) each Lender and the L/C Issuer severally agrees to pay to the Administrative
Agent upon demand its applicable share (without duplication) of any amount so recovered from or
repaid by the Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date
such payment is made at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Rate from time to time in
effect. The obligations of the Lenders and the L/C Issuer under clause (b) of the preceding
sentence shall survive the payment in full of the Obligations and the termination of this Credit
Agreement.
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Section 10.06 Successors and Assigns. (a) Successors and Assigns Generally. The provisions of this Credit Agreement
shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective
successors and assigns permitted hereby, except that neither the Borrower nor any other Loan Party
may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior
written consent of the Administrative Agent and each Lender and no Lender may assign or otherwise
transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder except (i) to an Eligible Assignee in
accordance with the provisions of Section 10.06(b), (ii) by way of participation in
accordance with the provisions of Section 10.06(d), (iii) by way of pledge or assignment of
a security interest subject to the restrictions of Section 10.06(f), or (iv) to an SPC in
accordance with the provisions of Section 10.06(h) (and any other attempted assignment or
transfer by any party hereto shall be null and void). Nothing in this Credit Agreement, expressed
or implied, shall be construed to confer upon
any Person (other than the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted
hereby, Participants to the extent provided in subsection (d) of this Section and, to the extent
expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each of the Administrative Agent, the L/C
Issuer and the Lenders) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this
Credit Agreement.
(b) Assignments by Lenders. Any Lender (other than the Swingline Lender with respect
to the Swingline Loans) may at any time assign to one or more Eligible Assignees all or a portion
of its rights and obligations under this Credit Agreement (including all or a portion of its
Commitment and the Loans (including for purposes of this Section 10.06(b), participations
in L/C Obligations) at the time owing to it); provided that any such assignment shall be
subject to the following conditions:
(i) Minimum Amounts.
(A) in the case of an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the
assigning Lenders Commitment under any Facility and the Loans at the time owing to
it under such Facility or in the case of an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of
a Lender or an Approved Fund, no minimum amount need be assigned; and
(B) in any case not described in subsection (b)(i)(A) of this Section, the
aggregate amount of the Commitment (which for this purpose includes Loans
outstanding thereunder) or, if the Commitment is not then in effect, the principal
outstanding balance of the Loans of the assigning Lender subject to each such
assignment, determined as of the date the Assignment and Assumption with respect to
such assignment is delivered to the Administrative Agent or, if Trade Date is
specified in the Assignment and Assumption, as of the Trade Date, shall not be less
than $5,000,000, in the case of any assignment in respect of the Revolving Credit
Facility or Term A Facility, or $1,000,000, in the case of any assignment in
respect of the Term B Facility or Incremental Facility, if any, unless each of the
Administrative Agent and, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, the Borrower otherwise consents (each such consent not to be
unreasonably withheld or delayed); provided, however, that
concurrent assignments to members of an Assignee Group and concurrent assignments
from members of an Assignee Group to a single Eligible Assignee (or to an Eligible
Assignee and members of its Assignee Group) will be treated as a single assignment
for purposes of determining whether such minimum amount has been met; provided
further, that, in any case, unless an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, after giving effect to an assignment under any Facility, the
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aggregate
amount of the Facility held by such assigning Lender shall not be less than
$10,000,000, in the case of any assignment in respect of the Revolving Credit
Facility, or $1,000,000, in the case of any assignment in respect of the Term A
Facility, Term B Facility or Incremental Facility, if any.
(ii) Proportionate Amounts. Each partial assignment shall be made as an
assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lenders rights and obligations
under this Credit Agreement with respect to the Loans or the Commitment assigned, except
that this clause (ii) shall not prohibit any Lender from assigning all or a portion of its
rights and obligations among separate Facilities on a non-pro rata basis;
(iii) Required Consents. No consent shall be required for any assignment
except to the extent required by subsection (b)(i)(B) of this Section and, in addition:
(A) the consent of the Borrower (such consent not to be unreasonably
withheld or delayed) shall be required unless (1) an Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing at the time of such assignment or (2) such
assignment is to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund;
provided, no consent of the Borrower shall be required for an
assignment by the Initial Term B Lender; provided further, the
Borrower shall be deemed to have consented to any assignment of Term Loans
unless it shall object thereto by written notice to the Administrative Agent
within seven (7) Business Days after having received written notice thereof;
(B) the consent of the Administrative Agent (such consent not to be
unreasonably withheld or delayed) shall be required for assignments in respect
of (i) any Term Commitment or Revolving Credit Commitment if such assignment is
to a Person that is not a Lender with a Commitment in respect of the applicable
Facility, an Affiliate of such Lender or an Approved Fund with respect to such
Lender or (ii) any Term Loan to a Person that is not a Lender, an Affiliate of
a Lender or an Approved Fund or the Borrower or any of its Affiliates or
Subsidiaries; and
(C) the consent of the L/C Issuer (such consent not to be unreasonably
withheld or delayed) shall be required for any assignment that increases the
obligation of the assignee to participate in exposure under one or more Letters
of Credit (whether or not then outstanding).
(iv) Assignment and Assumption. The parties to each assignment shall execute
and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Assumption, together with a
processing and recordation fee in the amount of $3,500; ; provided,
however, that concurrent assignments to members of an Assignee Group and concurrent
assignments from members of an Assignee Group to a single Eligible Assignee (or to an
Eligible Assignee and members of its Assignee Group) will be treated as a single assignment
for purposes of determining the processing and recordation fee; provided,
further, that the Administrative Agent may, in its sole discretion, elect to waive
such processing and recordation fee in the case of any assignment. The assignee, if it
shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an Administrative
Questionnaire.
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(v) No Assignment to Natural Persons. No such assignment shall be made to a
natural person.
Subject to acceptance and recording thereof by the Administrative Agent pursuant to subsection
(c) of this Section, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Assumption,
the Eligible Assignee thereunder shall be a party to this Credit Agreement and, to the extent of
the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, have the rights and obligations of a
Lender under this Credit Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the
interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, be released from its obligations under this
Credit Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Assumption covering all of the assigning
Lenders rights and obligations under this Credit Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party
hereto but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Section
3.01, Section 3.04, Section 3.05 and Section 10.04 with
respect to facts and circumstances occurring prior to the effective date of such assignment). Upon
request, the Borrower (at its expense) shall execute and deliver a Note to the assignee Lender.
Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Credit Agreement that
does not comply with this subsection shall be treated for purposes of this Credit Agreement as a
sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with
Section 10.06(d).
(c) Register. The Administrative Agent, acting solely for this purpose as an agent of
the Borrower, shall maintain at the Administrative Agents Office a copy of each Assignment and
Assumption delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the
Lenders, and the Commitments of, and principal amounts of the Loans and L/C Obligations owing to,
each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the Register). The entries
in the Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and the Borrower, the Administrative
Agent and the Lenders may treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the
terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Credit Agreement, notwithstanding
notice to the contrary. The Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrower and any
Lender at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.
(d) Participations. Any Lender may at any time, without the consent of, or notice to,
the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, sell participations to any Person (other than a natural
person or the Borrower or any of the Borrowers Affiliates or Subsidiaries) (each, a
Participant) in all or a portion of such Lenders rights and/or obligations under this
Credit Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and/or the Loans (including such
Lenders participations in L/C Obligations) owing to it); provided that (i) such Lenders
obligations under this Credit Agreement shall remain unchanged, (ii) such Lender shall remain
solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations and (iii)
the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the L/C Issuer shall continue to deal
solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lenders rights and obligations under
this Credit Agreement. Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Lender sells such a
participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this Credit
Agreement and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Credit
Agreement; provided that such agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will
not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, waiver or other modification
described in clauses (b), (c), (d), (f) or (g) of the first
proviso to Section 10.01 that affects such Participant. Subject to subsection (e)
of this Section, the Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of
Section 3.01, Section 3.04 and Section 3.05 to the same extent as if it
were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to Section 10.06(b). To
the extent permitted by law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section
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10.07 as though it were a Lender; provided such Participant agrees to be subject to
Section 2.12 as though it were a Lender.
(e) Limitations upon Participant Rights. A Participant shall not be entitled to
receive any greater payment under Section 3.01 or Section 3.04 than the applicable
Lender would have been entitled to receive with respect to the participation sold to such
Participant, unless the sale of the participation to such Participant is made with the Borrowers
prior written consent. A Participant that would be a Foreign Lender if it were a Lender shall not
be entitled to the benefits of Section 3.01 unless the Borrower is notified of the
participation sold to such Participant and such Participant agrees, for the benefit of the
Borrower, to comply with Section 3.01(e) as though it were a Lender.
(f) Certain Pledges. Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest
in all or any portion of its rights under this Credit Agreement (including under its Note, if any)
to secure obligations of such Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a
Federal Reserve Bank or other central banking authority; provided that no such pledge or
assignment shall release such Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such
pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.
(g) Electronic Execution of Assignments. The words execution, signed,
signature, and words of like import in any Assignment and Assumption shall be deemed to include
electronic signatures or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the
same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature or the use of a
paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any
applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act,
the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, or any other similar state laws based on
the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act.
(h) Special Purpose Funding Vehicles. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained herein, any Lender (a Granting Lender) may grant to a special purpose funding
vehicle identified as such in writing from time to time by the Granting Lender to the
Administrative Agent and the Borrower (an SPC) the option to provide all or any part of
any Loan that such Granting Lender would otherwise be obligated to make pursuant to this Credit
Agreement; provided that (i) nothing herein shall constitute a commitment by any SPC to
fund any Loan, and (ii) if an SPC elects not to exercise such option or otherwise fails to make all
or any part of such Loan, the Granting Lender shall be obligated to make such Loan pursuant to the
terms hereof or, if it fails to do so, to make such payment to the Administrative Agent as is
required under Section 2.11(b)(ii). Each party hereto hereby agrees that (i) neither the
grant to any SPC nor the exercise by any SPC of such option shall increase the costs or expenses or
otherwise increase or change the obligations of the Borrower under this Credit Agreement (including
its obligations under Section 3.04), (ii) no SPC shall be liable for any indemnity or
similar payment obligation under this Credit Agreement for which a Lender would be liable, and
(iii) the Granting Lender shall for all purposes, including the approval of any amendment, waiver
or other modification of any provision of any Loan Document, remain the lender of record hereunder.
The making of a Loan by an SPC hereunder shall utilize the Commitment of the Granting Lender to
the same extent, and as if, such Loan were made by such Granting Lender. In furtherance of the
foregoing, each party hereto hereby agrees (which agreement shall survive the termination of this
Credit Agreement) that, prior to the date that is one year and one day after the payment in full of
all outstanding commercial paper or other senior debt of any SPC, it will not institute against, or
join any other Person in instituting against, such SPC any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement,
insolvency, or liquidation proceeding under the laws of the United
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States or any State thereof.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, any SPC may (i) with notice to, but
without prior consent of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent and with the payment of a
processing fee in the amount of $2,500, assign all or any portion of its right to receive payment
with respect to any Loan to the Granting Lender and (ii) disclose on a confidential basis any
non-public information relating to its funding of Loans to any rating agency, commercial paper
dealer or provider of any surety or Guarantee or credit or liquidity enhancement to such SPC.
(i) Resignation as Swingline Lender and L/C Issuer after Assignment. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained herein, if at any time JPMCB assigns all of its Revolving Credit
Commitments and Revolving Credit Loans pursuant to Section 10.06(b), JPMCB may, upon 30
days notice to the Borrower and the Lenders, resign as Swingline Lender
or L/C Issuer. In the event of any such resignation as Swingline Lender or L/C Issuer, the
Borrower shall be entitled to appoint from among the Lenders a successor Swingline Lender or L/C
Issuer, as the case may be, hereunder; provided, however, that no failure by the
Borrower to appoint any such successor shall affect the resignation of JPMCB as Swingline Lender or
L/C Issuer. If JPMCB resigns as Swingline Lender, it shall retain all the rights, powers,
privileges and duties of the Swingline Lender hereunder with respect to all Swingline Loans
outstanding as of the effective date of its resignation as Swingline Lender and all Obligations
with respect thereto (including the right to require the Lenders to make Base Rate Loans or fund
Mandatory Borrowings pursuant to Section 2.03(c)). If JPMCB resigns as L/C Issuer, it
shall retain all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the L/C Issuer hereunder with respect
to all Letters of Credit outstanding as of the effective date of its resignation as L/C Issuer and
all L/C Obligations with respect thereto (including the right to require the Lenders to make Base
Rate Loans or fund risk participations in Unreimbursed Amounts pursuant to Section
2.03(c)). Upon the appointment and acceptance of a successor L/C Issuer, (a) such successor
shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the
retiring L/C Issuer, and (b) the successor L/C Issuer shall issue letters of credit in substitution
for the Letters of Credit, if any, outstanding at the time of such succession or make other
arrangements satisfactory to JPMCB to effectively assume the obligations of JPMCB with respect to
such Letters of Credit.
Section 10.07 Right of Setoff. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, each Lender, the L/C Issuer and
each of their respective Affiliates is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, to the
fullest extent permitted by applicable law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or
special, time or demand, provisional or final, in whatever currency) at any time held and other
obligations (in whatever currency) at any time owing by such Lender, the L/C Issuer or any such
Affiliate to or for the credit or the account of the Borrower or any other Loan Party against any
and all of the obligations of the Borrower or such Loan Party now or hereafter existing under this
Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document to such Lender or the L/C Issuer, irrespective of
whether or not such Lender or the L/C Issuer shall have made any demand under this Credit Agreement
or any other Loan Document and although such obligations of the Borrower or such Loan Party may be
contingent or unmatured or are owed to a branch or office of such Lender or the L/C Issuer
different from the branch or office holding such deposit or obligated on such indebtedness. The
rights of each Lender, the L/C Issuer and their respective Affiliates under this Section are in
addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) that such Lender, the L/C
Issuer or their respective Affiliates may have. Each Lender and the L/C Issuer agrees to notify
the Borrower and the Administrative Agent promptly after any such setoff and application,
provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such setoff
and application.
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Section 10.08 Interest Rate Limitation. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any Loan Document, the interest paid
or agreed to be paid under the Loan Documents shall not exceed the maximum rate of non-usurious
interest permitted by applicable Law (the Maximum Rate). If the Administrative Agent or
any Lender shall receive interest in an amount that exceeds the Maximum Rate, the excess interest
shall be applied to the principal of the Loans or, if it exceeds such unpaid principal, refunded to
the Borrower. In determining whether the interest contracted for, charged, or received by the
Administrative Agent or a Lender exceeds the Maximum Rate, such Person may, to the extent permitted
by applicable Law, (a) characterize any payment that is not principal as an expense, fee, or
premium rather than interest, (b) exclude voluntary prepayments and the
effects thereof, and (c) amortize, prorate, allocate, and spread in equal or unequal parts the
total amount of interest throughout the contemplated term of the Obligations hereunder.
Section 10.09 Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness. This Credit Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto
in different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken
together shall constitute a single contract. This Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents
constitute the entire contract among the parties relating to the subject matter hereof and
supersede any and all previous agreements and understandings, oral or written, relating to the
subject matter hereof. Except as provided in Section 5.01, this Credit Agreement shall
become effective when it shall have been executed by the Administrative Agent and when the
Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts hereof that, when taken together, bear the
signatures of each of the other parties hereto. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature
page of this Credit Agreement by telecopy or electronic transmission shall be effective as delivery
of a manually executed counterpart of this Credit Agreement.
Section 10.10 Survival of Representations and Warranties. All representations and warranties made hereunder and in any other Loan Document or other
document delivered pursuant hereto or thereto or in connection herewith or therewith shall survive
the execution and delivery hereof and thereof. Such representations and warranties have been or
will be relied upon by the Administrative Agent and each Lender, regardless of any investigation
made by the Administrative Agent or any Lender or on their behalf and notwithstanding that the
Administrative Agent or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of any Default at the time of
any Credit Extension, and shall continue in full force and effect as long as any Loan or any other
Obligation hereunder shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied or any Letter of Credit shall remain
outstanding.
Section 10.11 Severability. If any provision of this Credit Agreement or the other Loan Documents is held to be
illegal, invalid or unenforceable, (a) the legality, validity and enforceability of the remaining
provisions of this Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall not be affected or impaired
thereby and (b) the parties shall endeavor in good faith negotiations to replace the illegal,
invalid or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as
close as possible to that of the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provisions. The invalidity of a
provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision
in any other jurisdiction.
Section 10.12 Replacement of Lenders. If any Lender requests compensation under Section 3.04, or if the Borrower is
required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account
of any Lender pursuant to Section 3.01, or if any Lender gives a notice pursuant to
Section 3.02, or if any Lender is a Defaulting Lender and the Borrower gives a notice
pursuant to Section 2.16(f), or if any Lender does not agree to any request by the
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for a consent, approval, amendment or waiver hereunder that requires the consent or approval of all
of the Lenders, then the Borrower may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to such Lender
and the Administrative Agent, require such Lender to assign and delegate, without recourse (in
accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in, and consents required by, Section 10.05), all of its interests, rights and obligations under this Credit Agreement and
the related Loan Documents to an assignee that shall assume such obligations (which assignee may be
another Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment), provided that:
(a) the Borrower shall have paid to the Administrative Agent the assignment fee
specified in Section 10.06(b);
(b) such Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding
principal of its Loans and L/C Advances, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all
other amounts payable to it hereunder and under the other Loan Documents (including any
amounts under Section 3.05) from the assignee (to the extent of such outstanding
principal and accrued interest and fees) or the Borrower (in the case of all other
amounts);
(c) in the case of any such assignment resulting from a claim for compensation under
Section 3.04 or payments required to be made pursuant to Section 3.01, such
assignment will result in a reduction in such compensation or payments thereafter; and
(d) such assignment does not conflict with applicable Laws.
A Lender shall not be required to make any such assignment or delegation if, prior thereto, as
a result of a waiver by such Lender or otherwise, the circumstances entitling the Borrower to
require such assignment and delegation cease to apply.
Section 10.13 Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Etc.
(a) GOVERNING LAW. THIS CREDIT AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
(b) SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION. THE BORROWER AND EACH OTHER LOAN PARTY IRREVOCABLY
AND UNCONDITIONALLY SUBMITS, FOR ITSELF AND ITS PROPERTY, TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE
COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND OF THE FEDERAL COURTS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA SITTING
IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN, AND ANY APPELLATE COURT FROM ANY THEREOF, IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING
ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS CREDIT AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT, OR FOR RECOGNITION
OR ENFORCEMENT OF ANY JUDGMENT, AND EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY
AGREES THAT ALL CLAIMS IN RESPECT OF ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE HEARD AND DETERMINED IN
SUCH NEW YORK STATE COURT OR, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN SUCH FEDERAL
COURT. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO AGREES THAT A FINAL JUDGMENT IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING
SHALL BE CONCLUSIVE AND MAY BE ENFORCED IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS BY SUIT ON THE JUDGMENT OR IN ANY
OTHER MANNER PROVIDED BY LAW. NOTHING IN THIS CREDIT AGREEMENT OR IN ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT SHALL
AFFECT ANY RIGHT THAT THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, ANY LENDER OR THE L/C ISSUER MAY OTHERWISE HAVE TO
BRING ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS CREDIT AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER
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LOAN DOCUMENT AGAINST
THE BORROWER OR ANY OTHER LOAN PARTY OR ITS PROPERTIES IN THE COURTS OF ANY JURISDICTION.
(c) WAIVER OF VENUE. THE BORROWER AND EACH OTHER LOAN PARTY IRREVOCABLY AND
UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY OBJECTION THAT IT
MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OF ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR
RELATING TO THIS CREDIT AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT IN ANY COURT REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPH
(B) OF THIS SECTION. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT
PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE DEFENSE OF AN INCONVENIENT FORUM TO THE MAINTENANCE OF SUCH ACTION
OR PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT.
(d) SERVICE OF PROCESS. EACH PARTY HERETO IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO SERVICE OF PROCESS
IN THE MANNER PROVIDED FOR NOTICES IN SECTION 10.02. NOTHING IN THIS CREDIT AGREEMENT WILL
AFFECT THE RIGHT OF ANY PARTY HERETO TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE
LAW.
Section 10.14 Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE
LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY
ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS CREDIT AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS
CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY
HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PERSON HAS REPRESENTED,
EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PERSON WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO
ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN
INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS CREDIT AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS,
THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.
Section 10.15 No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility. In connection with all aspects of each transaction contemplated hereby, the Borrower
acknowledges and agrees that: (i) the credit facilities provided for hereunder and any related
arranging or other services in connection therewith (including in connection with any amendment,
waiver or other modification hereof or of any other Loan Document) are an arms-length commercial
transaction between the Borrower and its Affiliates, on the one hand, and the Administrative Agent
and Joint Lead Arrangers, on the other hand, and the Borrower is capable of evaluating and
understanding and understands and accepts the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions
contemplated hereby and by the other Loan Documents (including any amendment, waiver or other
modification hereof or thereof); (ii) in connection with the process leading to such transaction,
the Administrative Agent and the Joint Lead Arrangers each is and has been acting solely as a
principal and is not the financial advisor, agent or fiduciary, for the Borrower or any of its
Affiliates, stockholders, creditors or employees or any other Person; (iii) neither the
Administrative Agent, any Lender nor any Joint Lead Arranger has assumed or will assume an
advisory, agency or fiduciary responsibility in favor of the Borrower with respect to any of the
transactions contemplated hereby or the process leading thereto, including with respect to any
amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or of any
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(irrespective of whether the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any Joint Lead Arranger has
advised or is currently advising the Borrower or any of its Affiliates on other matters) and
neither the Administrative Agent, any Lender nor any Joint Lead Arranger has any obligation to the
Borrower or any of its Affiliates with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby except those
obligations expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents; (iv) the Administrative
Agent, the Lenders and the Joint Lead Arrangers and their respective Affiliates may be engaged in a
broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of the Borrower and its
Affiliates, and neither the Administrative Agent nor any Joint Lead Arranger has any obligation to
disclose any of such interests by virtue of any advisory, agency or fiduciary relationship; and (v)
the Administrative Agent and the Joint Lead Arrangers have not provided and will not provide any
legal, accounting, regulatory or tax advice with respect to any of the transactions contemplated
hereby (including any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or of any other Loan Document)
and the Borrower has consulted its own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent
it has deemed appropriate. The Borrower hereby waives and releases, to the fullest extent
permitted by law, any claims that it may have against the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the
Joint Lead Arrangers with respect to any breach or alleged breach of agency or fiduciary duty.
Section 10.16 USA PATRIOT Act Notice. Each Lender that is subject to the USA PATRIOT Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed
into law October 26, 2001)) (the Patriot Act) and the Administrative Agent (for itself and not on
behalf of any Lender) hereby notifies the Borrower that pursuant to the requirements of the Patriot
Act, it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies each Loan Party, which
information includes the name and address of each Loan Party and other information that will allow
such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as applicable, to identify each Loan Party in accordance
with the Patriot Act.
Section 10.17 No Liability of Members, Partners and Other Persons. No limited partner, member, officer, manager, employee, director, stockholder or other
holder of an ownership interest of or in any Loan Party or any partnership, limited liability
company, corporation or other entity which is a stockholder or other holder of an ownership
interest of or in any Loan Party shall have any personal liability in respect of such obligations
by reason of his, her or its status as such limited partner, officer, manager, employee, director,
stockholder or holder. In addition, no general partner of any Loan Party that is a partnership,
joint venture or joint adventure shall have any personal liability in respect of such Loan Partys
obligation under this Credit Agreement or the Notes by reason of his, her or its status as such
general partner.
Section 10.18 Authorization of Third Parties to Deliver Information and Discuss
Affairs. The Borrower hereby confirms that it has authorized and directed each Person whose
preparation or delivery to the Administrative Agent or the Lenders of any opinion, report or other
information is a condition or covenant under this Credit Agreement (including under Article
V and Article VII) to so prepare or deliver such opinions, reports or other information
for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders. The Borrower agrees to confirm such
authorizations and directions provided for in this Section 10.18 from time to time as may
be requested by the Administrative Agent.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Credit Agreement to be duly executed
as of the day and year first above written.
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AMC NETWORKS INC. |
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/s/ Joshua Sapan |
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Name: Joshua Sapan |
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Title: President and Chief Executive Officer |
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11 PENN TV, LLC |
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AMC FILM HOLDINGS LLC |
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AMC TELEVISION PRODUCTIONS LLC |
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AMERICAN MOVIE CLASSICS COMPANY LLC |
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AMERICAN MOVIE CLASSICS IV HOLDING CORPORATION |
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CASSIDY HOLDINGS, INC. |
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DIGITAL STORE LLC |
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IFC ENTERTAINMENT HOLDINGS LLC |
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IFC ENTERTAINMENT LLC |
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IFC FILMS LLC |
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IFC IN THEATERS LLC |
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IFC PRODUCTIONS I L.L.C. |
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IFC THEATRES CONCESSIONS LLC |
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IFC THEATRES, LLC |
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LS VOD COMPANY LLC |
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LS VOD HOLDINGS LLC |
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RAINBOW DBS COMPANY LLC |
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RAINBOW DBS HOLDINGS, INC. |
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RAINBOW FILM HOLDINGS LLC |
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RAINBOW MEDIA ENTERPRISES, INC. |
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RAINBOW MEDIA GLOBAL LLC |
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RAINBOW MEDIA HOLDINGS LLC |
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RAINBOW NATIONAL SERVICES LLC |
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RAINBOW NATIONAL SPORTS HOLDINGS LLC |
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RAINBOW NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS |
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RAINBOW PROGRAMMING HOLDINGS LLC |
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RMH GE HOLDINGS I, INC. |
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RMH GE HOLDINGS III, INC. |
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RNC HOLDING CORPORATION |
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RNC II HOLDING CORPORATION |
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RNS CO-ISSUER CORPORATION |
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SELECTS VOD LLC |
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SPORTS ON DEMAND LLC
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SUNDANCE CHANNEL (UK) LIMITED |
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SUNDANCE CHANNEL ASIA LLC |
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SUNDANCE CHANNEL EUROPE LLC |
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SUNDANCE CHANNEL L.L.C. |
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THE INDEPENDENT FILM CHANNEL LLC |
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TWD PRODUCTIONS II LLC |
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TWD PRODUCTIONS LLC |
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WE TV ASIA LLC |
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JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, L/C Issuer,
Swingline Lender and a Lender
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Executive Director |
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BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
as Syndication Agent and a Lender
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/s/ Todd Shipley |
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Name: Todd Shipley |
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Title: Managing Director |
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BNP PARIBAS,
as Co-Documentation Agent and a Lender
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/s/ Barbara E. Nash |
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Name: Barbara E. Nash |
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Title: Managing Director |
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CITICORP NORTH AMERICA, INC.,
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THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA,
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CSC HOLDINGS, LLC
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Name: Kevin Watson |
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Title: Senior Vice President & Treasurer |
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BARCLAYS BANK PLC,
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CHASE LINCOLN FIRST COMMERCIAL CORPORATION,
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CREDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK,
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CREDIT SUISSE AG, Cayman Islands Branch,
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Kevin Buddhdew |
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DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS,
as a Lender
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Anca Trifan |
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Evelyn Thierry |
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GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA,
as a Lender
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Mark Walton |
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Authorized Signatory |
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MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED
as a Lender
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Anand Mdvani
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Anand Mdvani |
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MORGAN STANLEY BANK, N.A.,
as a Lender
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Sherrese Clarke |
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MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC.,
as a Lender
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/s/ Sherrese Clarke
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Sherrese Clarke |
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Vice President |
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NOMURA INTERNATIONAL PLC,
as a Lender
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Murvew Jones
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Murvew Jones |
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Managing Director |
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Royal Bank of Canada,
as a Lender
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SCOTlABANC INC.,
as a Lender
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J.F. Todd |
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Managing Director |
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SUNTRUST BANK,
as a Lender
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Kevin Curtin |
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The Royal Bank of Scotland plc,
as a Lender
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Alex Daw |
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U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as a Lender
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Gail F. Scannell |
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Senior Vice President |
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UBS Loan Finance LLC, as a Lender
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Irja R. Otsa |
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Mary E. Evans |
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exv99w4
Exhibit 99.4
AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
AMC NETWORKS INC.
Pursuant to Sections 242 and 245 of
The General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware
AMC Networks Inc., a Delaware corporation, hereby certifies as follows:
1. The name of the corporation is AMC Networks Inc. The date of filing of its original
certificate of incorporation with the Secretary of State was March 9, 2011.
2. This restated certificate of incorporation amends, restates and integrates the provisions
of the certificate of incorporation of said corporation and has been duly adopted in accordance
with the provisions of Sections 242 and 245 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware
by written consent of the holder of all of the outstanding stock entitled to vote thereon and all
of the outstanding stock of each class entitled to vote thereon as a class in accordance with the
provisions of Section 228 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.
3. The text of the certificate of incorporation is hereby amended and restated to read herein
as set forth in full:
AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
AMC NETWORKS INC.
FIRST. The name of this corporation (hereinafter called the Corporation) is AMC
Networks Inc.
SECOND. The name and address, including street, number, city and county, of the registered
office of the Corporation in the State of Delaware is Corporation Service Company, 2711 Centerville
Road, Suite 400, City of Wilmington, County of New Castle.
THIRD. The nature of the business and of the purposes to be conducted and promoted by the
Corporation are to conduct any lawful business, to promote any lawful purpose, and to engage in any
lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of
the State of Delaware.
FOURTH. The aggregate number of shares of capital stock which the Corporation shall have
authority to issue shall be four hundred and ninety-five million (495,000,000) shares, which shall
be divided into the following classes:
(a) three hundred and sixty million (360,000,000) shares shall be of a class designated
Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share (Class A Common Stock);
(b) ninety million (90,000,000) shares shall be of a class designated Class B common
stock, par value $0.01 per share (Class B Common Stock and together with Class A
Common Stock, Common Stock);
(c) forty-five million (45,000,000) shares shall be of a class designated preferred
stock, par value $0.01 per share (Preferred Stock).
When the filing of this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation with the Secretary
of State of the State of Delaware becomes effective in accordance with the General Corporation Law
of the State of Delaware (the Effective Time), shares of common stock, par value, $.01
per share, of the Corporation (Old Common Stock), in the aggregate outstanding
immediately prior to the Effective Time shall automatically be reclassified as and converted into
an aggregate of 57,813,256.75 shares of Class A Common Stock and 13,534,418.25 shares of Class B
Common Stock. From and after the Effective Time, certificates that previously represented shares
of Old Common Stock shall, until the same are presented for exchange, represent the number of
shares of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock into which such shares of Old Common Stock
were reclassified and converted pursuant hereto.
The following is a statement of (a) the designations, preferences and relative, participating,
optional or other special rights, and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, of
the Common Stock; and (b) the authority expressly vested in the Board of Directors hereunder with
respect to the issuance of series of Preferred Stock:
A. Common Stock.
I. Priority of Preferred Stock.
Each of the Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock is subject to all the powers,
rights, privileges, preferences and priorities of any series of Preferred Stock as are stated and
expressed herein and as shall be stated and expressed in any Certificates of Designations filed
with respect to any series of Preferred Stock pursuant to authority expressly granted to and vested
in the Board of Directors by the provisions of Paragraph B of this Article FOURTH.
II. Dividends.
Subject to (a) any other provisions of this Certificate of Incorporation including, without
limitation, Section A.V of this Article FOURTH, and (b) the provisions of any Certificates of
Designations filed with respect to any series of Preferred Stock, holders of Class A Common Stock
and Class B Common Stock shall be entitled to receive equally on a per share basis such dividends
and other distributions in cash, stock or property of the Corporation as may be declared thereon by
the Board of Directors from time to time out of assets or funds of the
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Corporation legally available therefor; provided that, subject to Section A.V of this Article,
the Board of Directors shall declare no dividend, and no dividend shall be paid, with respect to
any outstanding share of Class A Common Stock or Class B Common Stock, whether paid in cash or
property, unless, simultaneously, the same dividend is paid with respect to each share of Class A
Common Stock and Class B Common Stock.
III. Voting.
(a) Except as otherwise required (i) by statute, (ii) pursuant to the provisions of this
Certificate of Incorporation, or (iii) pursuant to the provisions of any Certificates of
Designations filed with respect to any series of Preferred Stock, the holders of Common Stock shall
have the sole right and power to vote on all matters on which a vote of stockholders is to be
taken. At every meeting of the stockholders, each holder of Class A Common Stock shall be entitled
to cast one (1) vote in person or by proxy for each share of Class A Common Stock standing in his
or her name on the transfer books of the Corporation and each holder of Class B Common Stock shall
be entitled to cast ten (10) votes in person or by proxy for each share of Class B Common Stock
standing in his or her name on the transfer books of the Corporation.
Except in the election of directors of the Corporation (voting in respect of which shall be
governed by the terms set forth in subsections (b) and (c) of this Section III) and as otherwise
required (i) by statute, (ii) pursuant to the provisions of this Certificate of Incorporation, or
(iii) pursuant to the provisions of any Certificates of Designations filed with respect to any
series of Preferred Stock, the holders of Common Stock shall vote together as a single class;
provided, that the affirmative vote or consent of the holders of at least 66 2/3% of the
outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock, voting separately as a class, shall be required for (1)
the authorization or issuance of any additional shares of Class B Common Stock and (2) any
amendment, alteration or repeal of any of the provisions of this Certificate of Incorporation which
adversely affects the powers, preferences or rights of Class B Common Stock. Except as provided in
the previous sentence, the number of authorized shares of any class of Common Stock may be
increased or decreased (but not below the number of shares thereof then outstanding) by the
affirmative vote of the holders of the majority of the stock of the Corporation entitled to vote.
(b) With respect to the election of directors:
(i) If on the record date for notice of any meeting of stockholders of the Corporation
at which directors are to be elected by the holders of Common Stock (the Common Stock
Directors), the aggregate number of outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock is at
least 10% of the total aggregate number of outstanding shares of Common Stock, holders of
Class A Common Stock shall vote together as a separate class and shall be entitled to elect
25% of the total number of Common Stock Directors; provided, that if such 25% is not a whole
number, then the holders of Class A Common Stock, voting together as a separate class, shall
be entitled to elect the nearest higher whole number of directors that is at least 25% of
the total number of the Common Stock Directors. Subject to subsection (iii) of this Section
III(b), holders of Class B Common
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Stock shall vote together as a separate class to elect the remaining Common Stock
Directors;
(ii) If on the record date for notice of any meeting of stockholders of the Corporation
at which Common Stock Directors are to be elected, the aggregate number of outstanding
shares of Class A Common Stock is less than 10% of the total aggregate number of outstanding
shares of Common Stock, the holders of Common Stock shall vote together as a single class
with respect to the election of the Common Stock Directors and the holders of Class A Common
Stock, voting together as a separate class, shall not have the right to elect 25% of the
Common Stock Directors, but shall have one (1) vote per share for all Common Stock Directors
and the holders of Class B Common Stock shall be entitled to ten (10) votes per share for
all Common Stock Directors; and
(iii) If on the record date for notice of any meeting of stockholders of the
Corporation at which Common Stock Directors are to be elected, the aggregate number of
outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock is less than 12 1/2% of the total aggregate
number of outstanding shares of Common Stock, then the holders of Class A Common Stock,
voting together as a separate class, shall continue to elect a number of directors equal to
25% of the total number of Common Stock Directors (or the next highest whole number) in
accordance with subsection (b)(i) of this Section III and, in addition, shall vote together
with the holders of Class B Common Stock, as a single class, to elect the remaining Common
Stock Directors, with the holders of Class A Common Stock entitled to one (1) vote per share
for all Common Stock Directors and the holders of Class B Common Stock entitled to ten (10)
votes per share for all Common Stock Directors.
(c) Any vacancy in the office of a Common Stock Director elected by the holders of Class A
Common Stock voting as a separate class during the term for which such Common Stock Director was
elected shall be filled by a vote of holders of Class A Common Stock voting as a separate class,
and any vacancy in the office of a Common Stock Director elected by the holders of Class B Common
Stock voting as a separate class during the term for which such Common Stock Director was elected
shall be filled by a vote of holders of Class B Common Stock voting as a separate class or, in the
absence of a stockholder vote, in the case of a vacancy in the office of a Common Stock Director
elected by either class during the term for which such Common Stock Director was elected, such
vacancy may be filled by the remaining directors of such class. Except as provided in the foregoing
sentence, any vacancy on the Board of Directors may be filled by a vote of holders of Class A
Common Stock or the Common Stock Directors elected thereby if the number of Common Stock Directors
elected thereby is then less than 25% of the total number of Common Stock Directors, and otherwise
may be filled by a vote of holders of Class B Common Stock or the Common Stock Directors elected
thereby; provided, that in each case at the time of the filling of such vacancy, the holders of
such class of stock were then entitled to elect directors to the Board of Directors by class vote.
Any director elected by the Board of Directors to fill a vacancy shall serve until the next annual
meeting of stockholders (at which time such persons term shall expire) and until such persons
successor has been duly
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elected and qualified. If the Board of Directors increases the number of directors in
accordance with Article FIFTH of this Certificate of Incorporation, any newly created directorship
may be filled by the Board of Directors; provided that, so long as the holders of Class A Common
Stock have the rights provided in subsections (b) and (c) of this Section III in respect of the
last preceding annual meeting of stockholders to elect 25% of the total number of Common Stock
Directors, (i) the Board of Directors may be so enlarged by the directors only to the extent that
at least 25% of the enlarged board consists of (1) Common Stock Directors elected by the holders of
Class A Common Stock, (2) persons appointed to fill vacancies created by the death, resignation or
removal of persons elected by the holders of Class A Common Stock or (3) persons appointed by
Common Stock Directors elected by holders of Class A Common Stock or persons appointed to fill
vacancies created by the death, resignation or removal of persons elected by holders of Class A
Common Stock and (ii) each person filling a newly-created directorship is designated either (x) as
a Common Stock Director to be elected by holders of Class A Common Stock and is appointed by Common
Stock Directors elected by holders of Class A Common Stock or persons appointed to fill vacancies
created by the death, resignation or removal of persons elected by holders of Class A Common Stock
or (y) as a Common Stock Director to be elected by holders of Class B Common Stock and is appointed
by Common Stock Directors elected by holders of Class B Common Stock or persons appointed to fill
vacancies created by the death, resignation or removal of persons elected by the holders of Class B
Common Stock.
(d) Notwithstanding anything in this Section III to the contrary, the holders of Class A
Common Stock shall have exclusive voting power on all matters upon which, pursuant to this
Certificate of Incorporation or applicable laws, the holders of Common Stock are entitled to vote,
at any time when no shares of Class B Common Stock are issued and outstanding.
(e) Wherever any provision of this Certificate of Incorporation or the By-laws of the
Corporation sets forth a specific percentage of the shares outstanding and entitled to vote which
is required for approval or ratification of any action upon which the vote of the stockholders is
required or may be obtained, such provision shall mean such specified percentage of the votes
entitled to be cast by holders of shares then outstanding and entitled to vote on such action.
(f) From and after the date on which Cablevision Systems Corporation (Cablevision) first
distributes to its stockholders shares of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock pursuant to
the Distribution Agreement, dated as of June 6, 2011, between the Corporation and Cablevision, no
action of stockholders of the Corporation required or permitted to be taken at any annual or
special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation may be taken without a meeting of stockholders,
without prior notice and without a vote, and the power of the stockholders of the Corporation to
consent in writing to the taking of any action without a meeting is specifically denied.
Notwithstanding this clause (f), the holders of any series of Preferred Stock of the Corporation
shall be entitled to take action by written consent to such extent, if any, as may be provided in
the terms of such series.
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IV. Conversion Rights.
(a) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Article FOURTH, each share of Class B Common
Stock shall be convertible at any time and from time to time, at the option of the holder thereof,
at the office of any transfer agent for such Class B Common Stock and at such other place or
places, if any, as the Board of Directors may designate, or, if the Board of Directors shall fail
so to designate, at the principal office of the Corporation (attention of the Secretary of the
Corporation), into one (1) fully paid and non-assessable share of Class A Common Stock. Upon
conversion, the Corporation shall make no payment or adjustment on account of dividends accrued or
in arrears on Class B Common Stock surrendered for conversion or on account of any dividends on the
Class A Common Stock issuable on such conversion; provided, that the foregoing shall not affect the
right of any holder of Class B Common Stock on the record date for any dividend to receive payment
of such dividend. Before any holder of Class B Common Stock shall be entitled to convert the same
into Class A Common Stock, he or she shall surrender the certificate or certificates for such Class
B Common Stock at the office of said transfer agent (or other place as provided above), which
certificate or certificates, if the Corporation shall so request, shall be duly endorsed to the
Corporation or in blank or accompanied by proper instruments of transfer to the Corporation or in
blank (such endorsements or instruments of transfer to be in form satisfactory to the Corporation),
and shall give written notice to the Corporation at said office that he or she elects so to convert
said Class B Common Stock in accordance with the terms of this Section IV, and shall state in
writing therein the name or names in which he or she wishes the certificate or certificates for
Class A Common Stock to be registered. Every such notice of election to convert shall constitute a
binding contract between the holder of such Class B Common Stock and the Corporation, whereby the
holder of such Class B Common Stock shall be deemed to subscribe for the amount of Class A Common
Stock which he or she shall be entitled to receive upon such conversion, and, in satisfaction of
such subscription, to deposit the Class B Common Stock to be converted and to release the
Corporation from all liability thereunder, and thereby the Corporation shall be deemed to agree
that the surrender of the certificate or certificates therefor and the extinguishment of liability
thereon shall constitute full payment of such subscription for Class A Common Stock to be issued
upon such conversion. The Corporation will as soon as practicable after such deposit of a
certificate or certificates for Class B Common Stock, accompanied by the written notice, issue and
deliver at the office of said transfer agent (or other place as provided above) to the person for
whose account such Class B Common Stock was so surrendered, or to his nominee or nominees, a
certificate or certificates for the number of full shares of Class A Common Stock to which he shall
be entitled as aforesaid. Subject to the provisions of subsection (c) of this Section IV, such
conversion shall be deemed to have been made as of the date of such surrender of the Class B Common
Stock to be converted; and the person or persons entitled to receive the Class A Common Stock
issuable upon conversion of such Class B Common Stock shall be treated for all purposes as the
record holder or holders of such Class A Common Stock on such date. Upon conversion of shares of
Class B Common Stock, shares of Class B Common Stock so converted will be canceled and retired by
the Corporation, such shares shall not be reissued and the number of shares of Class B Common Stock
which the Corporation shall have authority to issue shall be decreased by the number of shares of
Class B
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Common Stock so converted and the Board of Directors shall take such steps as are required
to so retire such shares.
(b) The issuance of certificates for shares of Class A Common Stock upon conversion of shares
of Class B Common Stock shall be made without charge for any stamp or other similar tax in respect
of such issuance. However, if any such certificate is to be issued in a name other than that of the
holder of the share or shares of Class B Common Stock converted, the person or persons requesting
the issuance thereof shall pay to the Corporation the amount of any tax which may be payable in
respect of any transfer involved in such issuance or shall establish to the satisfaction of the
Corporation that such tax has been paid or that no such tax is due.
(c) The Corporation shall not be required to convert Class B Common Stock, and no surrender of
Class B Common Stock shall be effective for that purpose, while the stock transfer books of the
Corporation are closed for any purpose; but the surrender of Class B Common Stock for conversion
during any period while such books are closed shall be deemed effective for conversion immediately
upon the reopening of such books, as if the conversion had been made on the date such Class B
Common Stock was surrendered.
(d) The Corporation will at all times reserve and keep available, solely for the purpose of
issue upon conversion of the outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock, such number of shares of
Class A Common Stock as shall be issuable upon the conversion of all such outstanding shares;
provided, that nothing contained herein shall be construed to preclude the Corporation from
satisfying its obligations in respect of the conversion of the outstanding shares of Class B Common
Stock by delivery of shares of Class A Common Stock which are held in the treasury of the
Corporation. The Corporation covenants that if any shares of Class A Common Stock, required to be
reserved for purposes of conversion hereunder, require registration with or approval of any
governmental authority under any federal or state law before such shares of Class A Common Stock
may be issued upon conversion, the Corporation will use its best efforts to cause such shares to be
duly registered or approved, as the case may be. The Corporation will endeavor to list the shares
of Class A Common Stock required to be delivered upon conversion prior to such delivery upon each
national securities exchange, if any, upon which the outstanding Class A Common Stock is listed at
the time of such delivery. The Corporation covenants that all shares of Class A Common Stock which
shall be issued upon conversion of the shares of Class B Common Stock will, upon issue, be fully
paid and non-assessable and not entitled to any preemptive rights.
V. Securities Distributions.
(a) The Corporation may declare and pay a dividend or distribution consisting of shares of
Class A Common Stock, Class B Common Stock or any other securities of the Corporation or any other
person (hereinafter sometimes called a share distribution) to holders of one or more
classes of Common Stock only in accordance with the provisions of this Section V.
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(b) If at any time a share distribution is to be made with respect to Class A Common Stock or
Class B Common Stock, such share distribution may be declared and paid only as follows:
(i) a share distribution consisting of shares of Class A Common Stock (or Convertible
Securities (as defined below) convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of
Class A Common Stock) to holders of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock, on an
equal per share basis;
(ii) a share distribution consisting of shares of Class A Common Stock (or Convertible
Securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of Class A Common
Stock) to holders of Class A Common Stock and, on an equal per share basis, shares of Class
B Common Stock (or like Convertible Securities convertible into or exercisable or
exchangeable for shares of Class B Common Stock) to holders of Class B Common Stock; and
(iii) a share distribution consisting of any class or series of securities of the
Corporation or any other person other than as described in clauses (i) and (ii) of this
subsection (a) of this Section V, either (1) on the basis of a distribution of identical
securities, on an equal per share basis, to holders of Class A Common Stock and Class B
Common Stock or (2) on the basis of a distribution of one class or series of securities to
holders of Class A Common Stock and another class or series of securities to holders of
Class B Common Stock; provided, that the securities so distributed (and, if the distribution
consists of Convertible Securities, the securities into which such Convertible Securities
are convertible or for which they are exercisable or exchangeable) do not differ in any
respect other than differences in their rights (other than voting rights) consistent in all
material respects with the differences between the Class A Common Stock and the Class B
Common Stock and difference in their relative voting rights, with holders of shares of Class
B Common Stock receiving the class or series having the higher relative voting rights
(without regard to whether such voting rights differ to a greater or lesser extent than the
corresponding differences in the voting rights of the Class A Common Stock and the Class B
Common Stock provided in Section A.III of this Article FOURTH); provided, that if the
securities so distributed constitute capital stock of a subsidiary of the Corporation, such
voting rights shall not differ to a greater extent than the corresponding differences in
voting rights of the Class A Common Stock and the Class B Common Stock provided in Section
A.III of this Article FOURTH, and provided in each case that such distribution is otherwise
made on an equal per share basis, as determined by the Board of Directors in its sole
discretion.
For purposes of this Certificate of Incorporation, Convertible Securities shall mean
any securities of the Corporation (other than any class of Common Stock) or any subsidiary thereof
that are convertible into, exchangeable for or evidence the right to purchase any shares of any
class of Common Stock, whether upon conversion, exercise, exchange, pursuant to anti-dilution
provisions of such securities or otherwise.
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VI. Liquidation Rights.
In the event of any liquidation, dissolution, or winding up of the Corporation, whether
voluntary or involuntary, after payment or provision for payment of the debts and other liabilities
of the Corporation and after payment in full of the amounts to be paid to holders of Preferred
Stock as set forth in any Certificates of Designations filed with respect thereto, the remaining
assets and funds of the Corporation shall be divided among, and paid ratably to the holders of
Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock (including those persons who shall become holders of
Class A Common Stock by reason of the conversion of their shares of Class B Common Stock) as a
single class. For the purposes of this Section VI, a consolidation or merger of the Corporation
with one or more other corporations or business entities shall not be deemed to be a liquidation,
dissolution or winding up, voluntary or involuntary.
VII. Reclassifications, Etc.
Neither the Class A Common Stock nor the Class B Common Stock may be subdivided, consolidated,
reclassified or otherwise changed unless contemporaneously therewith the other class of Common
Stock is subdivided, consolidated, reclassified or otherwise changed in the same proportion and in
the same manner.
VIII. Mergers, Consolidations, Etc.
In any merger, consolidation or business combination of the Corporation with or into another
corporation, whether or not the Corporation is the surviving corporation, the consideration per
share to be received by holders of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock in such merger,
consolidation or business combination must be identical to that received by holders of the other
class of Common Stock, except that in any such transaction in which shares of capital stock are
distributed, such shares may differ as to voting rights to the extent and only to the extent that
the voting rights of the Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock differ as provided herein.
IX. Rights and Warrants.
In case the Corporation shall issue rights or warrants to purchase shares of capital stock of
the Corporation, the terms of the rights and warrants, and the number of rights or warrants per
share, to be received by holders of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock must be identical
to that received by holders of the other class of Common Stock, except that the shares of capital
stock into which such rights or warrants are exercisable may differ as to voting rights to the
extent and only to the extent that the voting rights of the Class A Common Stock and Class B Common
Stock differ as provided herein.
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B. Preferred Stock.
I. Issuance.
Preferred Stock may be issued from time to time in one or more series, the shares of each
series to have such powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or
other special rights, and qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, as are stated and
expressed herein or in a Certificate or Certificates of Designations providing for the issuance of
such series, adopted by the Board of Directors as hereinafter provided.
II. Powers of the Board of Directors.
Authority is hereby expressly granted to the Board of Directors to authorize the issue of one
or more series of Preferred Stock, and with respect to each series to set forth in a Certificate or
Certificates of Designations provisions with respect to the issuance of such series, the powers,
designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights, and
qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof of the shares of each series of Preferred
Stock, including without limitation the following:
(a) The maximum number of shares to constitute such series and the distinctive
designation thereof;
(b) Whether the shares of such series shall have voting rights, in addition to any
voting rights provided by law, and, if so, the terms of such voting rights;
(c) The dividend rate, if any, on the shares of such series, the conditions and
dates upon which such dividends shall be payable, the preference or relation which such
dividends shall bear to the dividends payable on any other class or classes or on any
other series of capital stock, and whether such dividends shall be cumulative or
non-cumulative;
(d) Whether the shares of such series shall be subject to redemption by the
Corporation, and, if made subject to redemption, the times, prices and other terms and
conditions of such redemption;
(e) The rights of the holders of shares of such series upon the liquidation,
dissolution or winding up of the Corporation;
(f) Whether or not the shares of such series shall be subject to the operation of a
retirement or sinking fund, and, if so, the extent to and manner in which any such
retirement or sinking fund shall be applied to the purchase or redemption of the shares
of such series for retirement or to other corporate purposes and the terms and
provisions relative to the operation thereof;
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(g) Whether or not the shares of such series shall be convertible into, or exchangeable
for, shares of stock of any other class or classes, or of any other series of the same
class, and if so convertible or exchangeable, the price or prices or the rate or rates
of conversion or exchange and the method, if any, of adjusting the same;
(h) The limitations and restrictions, if any, to be effective while any shares of
such series are outstanding upon the payment of dividends or making of other
distributions on, and upon the purchase, redemption or other acquisition by the
corporation of the Class A Common Stock, the Class B Common Stock or any other class or
classes of stock of the corporation ranking junior to the shares of such series either
as to dividends or upon liquidation;
(i) The conditions or restrictions, if any, upon the creation of indebtedness of
the corporation or upon the issue of any additional stock (including additional shares
of such series or of any other series or of any other class) ranking on a parity with or
prior to the shares of such series as to dividends or distribution of assets on
liquidation, dissolution or winding up; and
(j) Any other preference and relative, participating, optional, or other special
rights, and qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof as shall not be
inconsistent with this Article FOURTH.
III. Ranking.
All shares of any one series of Preferred Stock shall be identical with each other in all
respects, except that shares of any one series issued at different times may differ as to the dates
from which dividends, if any, thereon shall be cumulative; and all series shall rank equally and be
identical in all respects, except as permitted by the foregoing provisions of Section B.II of this
Article FOURTH; and all shares of Preferred Stock shall rank senior to the Common Stock both as to
dividends and upon liquidation.
IV. Liquidation Rights.
Except as shall be otherwise stated and expressed in the Certificate or Certificates of
Designations adopted by the Board of Directors with respect to any series of Preferred Stock, in
the event of any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, before any payment or
distribution of the assets of the Corporation (whether capital or surplus) shall be made to or set
apart for the holders of any class or classes of stock of the Corporation ranking junior to the
Preferred Stock upon liquidation, the holders of the shares of the Preferred Stock shall be
entitled to receive payment at the rate fixed in the resolution or resolutions adopted by the Board
of Directors providing for the issue of such series, plus (if dividends on shares of such series of
Preferred Stock shall be cumulative) an amount equal to all dividends (whether or not earned or
declared) accumulated to the date of final distribution to such holders; but they shall be entitled
to no further payment. Except as aforesaid, if, upon any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of
the Corporation, the assets of the Corporation, or proceeds thereof, distributable among the
holders of the shares of the Preferred Stock shall be insufficient to pay in full the preferential
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amount aforesaid, then such assets, or the proceeds thereof, shall be distributed among such
holders ratably in accordance with the respective amounts which would be payable on such shares if
all amounts payable thereon were paid in full. For the purposes of this Section IV, a consolidation
or merger of the Corporation with one or more other corporations or business entities shall not be
deemed to be a liquidation, dissolution or winding up, voluntary or involuntary.
V. Voting.
Except as shall be otherwise stated and expressed herein or in the Certificate or Certificates
of Designations adopted by the Board of Directors with respect to the issuance of any series of
Preferred Stock and except as otherwise required by the laws of the State of Delaware, the holders
of shares of Preferred Stock shall have, with respect to such shares, no right or power to vote on
any question or in any proceeding or to be represented at, or to receive notice of, any meeting of
stockholders.
FIFTH. The management of the business and the conduct of the affairs of the Corporation,
including the election of the Chairman, if any, the President, the Treasurer, the Secretary, and
other principal officers of the Corporation, shall be vested in its Board of Directors. The number
of directors of the Corporation shall be fixed by the By-Laws of the Corporation and may be altered
from time to time as provided therein. A director shall be elected to hold office until the
expiration of the term for which such person is elected (which shall expire at the next annual
meeting of stockholders after such persons election), and until such persons successor shall be
duly elected and qualified.
SIXTH. Whenever a compromise or arrangement is proposed between the Corporation and its
creditors or any class of them and/or between the Corporation and its stockholders or any class of
them, any court of equitable jurisdiction within the State of Delaware may, on the application in a
summary way of the Corporation or any creditor or stockholder thereof or on the application of any
receiver or receivers appointed for this corporation under the provisions of Section 291 of the
General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware or on the application of trustees in dissolution
or of any receiver or receivers appointed for the Corporation under the provisions of Section 279
of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware order a meeting of the creditors or class
of creditors, and/or the stockholders or class of stockholders of the Corporation, as the case may
be, to be summoned in such manner as the said court directs. If a majority in number representing
three-fourths in value of the creditors or class of creditors, and/or of the stockholders or class
of stockholders of the Corporation, as the case may be, agree to any compromise or arrangement and
to any reorganization of the Corporation as a consequence of such compromise or arrangement, and
the said reorganization shall, if sanctioned by the court to which the said application has been
made, be binding on all the creditors or class of creditors, and/or on all the stockholders or
class of stockholders, of the Corporation, as the case may be, and also on this corporation.
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SEVENTH. The power to make, alter, or repeal the By-Laws, and to adopt any new By-Law, shall
be vested in the Board of Directors and the stockholders entitled to vote in the election of
directors.
EIGHTH. The Corporation shall, to the fullest extent permitted by Section 145 of the General
Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as the same may be amended and supplemented, or by any
successor thereto, indemnify any and all persons whom it shall have power to indemnify under said
section from and against any and all of the expenses, liabilities or other matters referred to in
or covered by said section. Such right to indemnification shall continue as to a person who has
ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs,
executors and administrators of such a person. The indemnification provided for herein shall not be
deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification may be entitled under
any By-Law, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.
No director of the Corporation shall be personally liable to the Corporation or its
stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except that this
paragraph shall not eliminate or limit the liability of a director (A) for any breach of the
directors duty of loyalty to the Corporation or its stockholders, (B) for acts or omissions not in
good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (C) under Section
174 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, or (D) for any transaction from which
the director derived an improper personal benefit.
NINTH. No contract or transaction between the Corporation and one or more of its directors or
officers, or between the Corporation and any other corporation, partnership, association or other
organization in which one or more of its directors or officers are directors or officers, or have a
financial interest, shall be void or voidable solely for this reason, or solely because the
director or officer is present at or participates in the meeting of the Board of Directors or
committee thereof which authorizes the contract or transaction, or solely because such directors
or officers votes are counted for such purpose, if:
A. The material facts as to the directors or officers relationship or interest and as
to the contract or transaction are disclosed or are known to the Board of Directors or the
committee, and the Board of Directors or committee in good faith authorizes the contract or
transaction by the affirmative votes of a majority of the disinterested directors, even
though the disinterested directors be less than a quorum; or
B. The material facts as to the directors or officers relationship or interest and as
to the contract or transaction are disclosed or are known to the stockholders entitled to
vote thereon, and the contract or transaction is specifically approved in good faith by vote
of the stockholders; or
C. The contract or transaction is fair as to the Corporation as of the time it is
authorized, approved or ratified, by the Board of Directors, a committee thereof, or the
stockholders.
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Common or interested directors may be counted in the presence of a quorum at a meeting of the
Board of Directors or of a committee which authorizes the contract or transaction.
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It is recognized that (a) certain directors and officers of the Corporation and its
subsidiaries (the Overlap Persons) have served and may serve as directors, officers,
employees and agents of Cablevision Systems Corporation and of Madison Square Garden, Inc. (MSG)
and their subsidiaries and successors (each of the foregoing is an Other Entity), (b)
the Corporation and its subsidiaries, directly or indirectly, may engage in the same, similar or
related lines of business as those engaged in by any Other Entity and other business activities
that overlap with or compete with those in which such Other Entity may engage, (c) the Corporation
or its subsidiaries may have an interest in the same areas of business opportunity as an Other
Entity, (d) the Corporation will derive substantial benefits from the service as directors or
officers of the Corporation and its subsidiaries of Overlap Persons, and (e) it is in the best
interests of the Corporation that the rights of the Corporation, and the duties of any Overlap
Persons, be determined and delineated as provided in this Article TENTH in respect of any Potential
Business Opportunities (as defined below) and in respect of the agreements and transactions
referred to herein. The provisions of this Article TENTH will, to the fullest extent permitted by
law, regulate and define the conduct of the business and affairs of the Corporation and its
officers and directors who are Overlap Persons in connection with any Potential Business
Opportunities and in connection with any agreements and transactions referred to herein. Any
person purchasing or otherwise acquiring any shares of capital stock of the Corporation, or any
interest therein, will be deemed to have notice of and to have consented to the provisions of this
Article TENTH. References in this Article TENTH to directors, officers, employees and
agents of any person will be deemed to include those persons who hold similar positions or
exercise similar powers and authority with respect to any other entity that is a limited liability
company, partnership, joint venture or other non-corporate entity.
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If a director or officer of the Corporation who is an Overlap Person is presented or offered,
or otherwise acquires knowledge of, a potential transaction or matter that may constitute or
present a business opportunity for the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries, in which the
Corporation or any of its subsidiaries could, but for the provisions of this Article TENTH, have an
interest or expectancy (any such transaction or matter, and any such actual or potential business
opportunity, a Potential Business Opportunity), (i) such Overlap Person will, to the
fullest extent permitted by law, have no duty or obligation to refrain from referring such
Potential Business Opportunity to any Other Entity and, if such Overlap Person refers such
Potential Business Opportunity to an Other Entity, such Overlap Person shall have no duty or
obligation to refer such Potential Business Opportunity to the Corporation or to any of its
subsidiaries or to give any notice to the Corporation or to any of its subsidiaries regarding such
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Potential Business Opportunity (or any matter related thereto), (ii) if such Overlap Person
refers a Potential Business Opportunity to an Other Entity, such Overlap Person, to the fullest
extent permitted by law, will not be liable to the Corporation as a director, officer, stockholder
or otherwise, for any failure to refer such Potential Business Opportunity to the Corporation, or
for referring such Potential Business Opportunity to any Other Entity, or for any failure to give
any notice to the Corporation regarding such Potential Business Opportunity or any matter relating
thereto; (iii) any Other Entity may participate, engage or invest in any such Potential Business
Opportunity notwithstanding that such Potential Business Opportunity may have been referred to such
Other Entity by an Overlap Person, and (iv) if a director or officer who is an Overlap Person
refers a Potential Business Opportunity to an Other Entity, then, as between the Corporation and/or
its subsidiaries, on the one hand, and such Other Entity, on the other hand, the Corporation and
its subsidiaries shall be deemed to have renounced any interest, expectancy or right in or to such
Potential Business Opportunity or to receive any income or proceeds derived therefrom solely as a
result of such Overlap Person having been presented or offered, or otherwise acquiring knowledge
of, such Potential Business Opportunity, unless in each case referred to in clause (i), (ii), (iii)
or (iv), such Potential Business Opportunity satisfies all of the following conditions (any
Potential Business Opportunity that satisfies all of such conditions, a Restricted Potential
Business Opportunity): (A) such Potential Business Opportunity was expressly presented or
offered to the Overlap Person solely in his or her capacity as a director or officer of the
Corporation; (B) the Overlap Person believed that the Corporation possessed, or would reasonably be
expected to be able to possess, the resources necessary to exploit such Potential Business
Opportunity; and (C) substantially all of such opportunity, at the time it is presented to the
Overlap Person, is, and is expected to remain, an Independent Film Network; provided, that the
Corporation or any of its subsidiaries is directly engaged in that business at the time the
Potential Business Opportunity is presented or offered to the Overlap Person. For purposes hereof,
an Independent Film Network shall mean a nationally distributed cable television network
that (i) has at least fifty million viewing subscribers in the United States, (ii) at least 75% of
its (x) programming is comprised of and (y) revenues are derived from, independent films and other
programming relating to the world of independent film, and (iii) is not targeted to sports fans or
music fans (including, without limitation, such network does not feature a material portion of
music or sports-related programming). The Corporation hereby renounces, on behalf of itself and
its subsidiaries, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any interest or expectancy in any
Potential Business Opportunity that is not a Restricted Potential Business Opportunity. In the
event the Corporations board of directors declines to pursue a Restricted Potential Business
Opportunity, Overlap Persons shall be free to refer such Restricted Potential Business Opportunity
to an Other Entity.
C. Certain Agreements and Transactions Permitted.
No contract, agreement, arrangement or transaction (or any amendment, modification or
termination thereof) entered into between the Corporation and/or any of its subsidiaries, on the
one hand, and Cablevision or MSG and/or any of their subsidiaries, on the other hand, before the
Corporation ceased to be an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Cablevision shall be void or
voidable or be considered unfair to the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries solely because an
Other Entity is a party thereto, or because any directors, officers or
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employees of an Other Entity were present at or participated in any meeting of the board of
directors, or a committee thereof, of the Corporation, or the board of directors, or committee
thereof, of any subsidiary of the Corporation, that authorized the contract, agreement, arrangement
or transaction (or any amendment, modification or termination thereof), or because his, her or
their votes were counted for such purpose. The Corporation may from time to time enter into and
perform, and cause or permit any of its subsidiaries to enter into and perform, one or more
contracts, agreements, arrangements or transactions (or amendments, modifications or supplements
thereto) with an Other Entity. To the fullest extent permitted by law, no such contract,
agreement, arrangement or transaction (nor any such amendments, modifications or supplements), nor
the performance thereof by the Corporation, or any subsidiary of the Corporation, or by an Other
Entity, shall be considered contrary to any fiduciary duty owed to the Corporation (or to any
subsidiary of the Corporation, or to any stockholder of the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries)
by any director or officer of the Corporation (or by any director or officer of any subsidiary of
the Corporation) who is an Overlap Person. To the fullest extent permitted by law, no director or
officer of the Corporation or any subsidiary of the Corporation who is an Overlap Person thereof
shall have or be under any fiduciary duty to the Corporation (or to any subsidiary of the
Corporation, or to any stockholder of the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries) to refrain from
acting on behalf of the Corporation or Cablevision or MSG, or any of their respective subsidiaries,
in respect of any such contract, agreement, arrangement or transaction or performing any such
contract, agreement, arrangement or transaction in accordance with its terms and each such director
or officer of the Corporation or any subsidiary of the Corporation who is an Overlap Person shall
be deemed to have acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in or
not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation and its subsidiaries, and shall be deemed not
to have breached his or her duties of loyalty to the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries or any
of their respective stockholders, and not to have derived an improper personal benefit therefrom.
D. Amendment of Article TENTH.
No alteration, amendment or repeal of, or adoption of any provision inconsistent with, any
provision of this Article TENTH will have any effect upon (a) any agreement between the Corporation
or a subsidiary thereof and any Other Entity, that was entered into before the time of such
alteration, amendment or repeal or adoption of any such inconsistent provision (the Amendment
Time), or any transaction entered into in connection with the performance of any such
agreement, whether such transaction is entered into before or after the Amendment Time, (b) any
transaction entered into between the Corporation or a subsidiary thereof and any Other Entity,
before the Amendment Time, (c) the allocation of any business opportunity between the Corporation
or any subsidiary thereof and any Other Entity before the Amendment Time, or (d) any duty or
obligation owed by any director or officer of the Corporation or any subsidiary of the Corporation
(or the absence of any such duty or obligation) with respect to any Potential Business Opportunity
which such director or officer was offered, or of which such director or officer otherwise became
aware, before the Amendment Time (regardless of whether any proceeding relating to any of the above
is commenced before or after the Amendment Time).
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, AMC NETWORKS INC. has caused this certificate to be signed by Joshua W.
Sapan, its President and Chief Executive Officer, on the 28th day of June, 2011.
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Exhibit 99.5
AMENDED BY-LAWS
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AMC NETWORKS INC.
(A DELAWARE CORPORATION)
AMENDED EFFECTIVE AS OF JUNE 30, 2011
AMC NETWORKS INC.
BY-LAWS
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AMENDED BY-LAWS
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AMC NETWORKS INC.
(A DELAWARE CORPORATION)
ARTICLE I
STOCKHOLDERS
1. Certificates; Uncertificated Shares. The shares of stock in the corporation shall be
represented by certificates, provided that the Board of Directors may provide by resolution or
resolutions that some or all of any or all classes or series of the corporations stock shall be
uncertificated shares. Any such resolution shall not apply to shares represented by a certificate
theretofore issued until such certificate is surrendered to the Corporation. Notwithstanding the
adoption of such a resolution by the Board, to the extent, if any, required by applicable law,
every holder of stock in the corporation represented by a certificate shall be entitled to have a
certificate signed by, or in the name of, the corporation by the Chairman, the Chief Executive
Officer or Vice Chairman, if any, or by the President, if any, or a Vice President and by the
Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer or the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the corporation
certifying the number of shares owned by him in the corporation. If such certificate is
countersigned by a transfer agent other than the corporation or its employee or by a registrar
other than the corporation or its employee, any other signature on the certificate may be a
facsimile. In case any officer, transfer agent, or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile
signature has been placed upon a certificate shall have ceased to be such officer, transfer agent,
or registrar before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the corporation with the same
effect as if he were such officer, transfer agent, or registrar at the date of issue.
Whenever the corporation shall be authorized to issue more than one class of stock or more
than one series of any class of stock, and whenever the corporation shall issue any shares of its
stock as partly paid stock, the certificates representing shares of any such class or series or of
any such partly paid stock shall set forth thereon the statements prescribed by the General
Corporation Law. Any restrictions on the transfer or registration of transfer of any shares of
stock of any class or series shall be noted conspicuously on the certificate representing such
shares. Within a reasonable time after the issuance or transfer of uncertificated stock, the
corporation shall send to the registered owner thereof a written notice containing the information
required by law to be set forth or stated on certificates or a statement that the corporation will
furnish without charge to each stockholder who so requests the powers, designations, preferences
and relative, participating, optional or other special rights of each class of stock or series
thereof and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights.
The corporation may issue a new certificate of stock in place of any certificate theretofore
issued by it, alleged to have been lost, stolen, or destroyed, and the Board of Directors may
require the owner of any lost, stolen, or destroyed certificate, or such owners legal
representative, to give the corporation a bond sufficient to indemnify the corporation against any
claim that may be made against it on account of the alleged loss, theft, or destruction of any such
certificate or the issuance of any such new certificate.
2. Fractional Share Interests. The corporation may, but shall not be required to, issue
fractions of a share. In lieu thereof it shall either pay in cash the fair value of fractions of a
share, as determined by the Board of Directors, to those entitled thereto or issue scrip or
fractional warrants in registered form, either represented by a certificate or uncertificated, or
bearer form over the manual or facsimile signature of an officer of the corporation or of its
agent, exchangeable as therein provided for full shares, but such scrip or fractional warrants
shall not entitle the holder to any rights of a stockholder except as therein provided. Such scrip
or fractional warrants may be issued subject to the condition that the same shall become void if
not exchanged for certificates representing full shares of stock or uncertificated full shares of
stock before a specified date, or subject to the condition that the shares of stock for which such
scrip or fractional warrants are exchangeable may be sold by the corporation and the proceeds
thereof distributed to the holders of such scrip or fractional warrants, or subject to any other
conditions which the Board of Directors may determine.
3. Stock Transfers. Upon compliance with provisions restricting the transfer or registration
of transfer of shares of stock, if any, transfers or registration of transfer of shares of stock of
the corporation shall be made only on the stock ledger of the corporation by the registered holder
thereof, or by such holders attorney thereunto authorized by power of attorney duly executed and
filed with the Secretary of the corporation or with a transfer agent or a registrar, if any, and,
in the case of shares represented by certificates, on surrender of the certificate or certificates
for such shares of stock properly endorsed and the payment of all taxes due thereon.
4. Record Date for Stockholders. For the purpose of determining the stockholders entitled to
notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, or for the purpose
of determining stockholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or
the allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change,
conversion, or exchange of stock, or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the directors may
fix, in advance, a date as the record date for any such determination of stockholders. Such date
shall not be more than sixty days nor less than ten days before the date of such meeting, nor more
than sixty days prior to any other action. If no record date is fixed, the record date for the
determination of stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall
be at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which notice is given, or, if
notice is waived, at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which the meeting
is held; the record date for determining stockholders for any other purpose shall be at the close
of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution relating thereto.
When a determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of
stockholders has been made as provided in this paragraph, such determination shall apply to any
adjournment thereof; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may fix a new record date for
the adjourned meeting.
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5. Meaning of Certain Terms. As used herein in respect of the right to notice of a meeting of
stockholders or a waiver thereof or to participate or vote thereat, the term share or shares or
share of stock or shares of stock or stockholder or stockholders refers to an outstanding
share or shares of stock and to a holder or holders of record of outstanding shares of stock when
the corporation is authorized to issue only one class of shares of stock, and said reference is
also intended to include any outstanding share or shares of stock and any holder or holders of
record of outstanding shares of stock of any class upon which or upon whom the certificate of
incorporation confers such rights where there are two or more classes or series of shares of stock
or upon which or upon whom the General Corporation Law confers such rights notwithstanding that the
certificate of incorporation may provide for more than one class or series of shares of stock, one
or more of which are limited or denied such rights thereunder; provided, however, that no such
right shall vest in the event of an increase or a decrease in the authorized number of shares of
stock of any class or series which is otherwise denied voting rights under the provisions of the
certificate of incorporation, including any Preferred Stock which is denied voting rights under the
provisions of the resolution or resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors with respect to the
issuance thereof.
6. Stockholder Meetings.
Time. The annual meeting shall be held on the date and at the time fixed, from time to time,
by the directors. A special meeting shall be held on the date and at the time fixed by the
directors.
Place. Annual meetings and special meetings shall be held at such place, within or without
the State of Delaware, as the directors may, from time to time, fix. Whenever the directors shall
fail to fix such place, the meeting shall be held at the registered office of the corporation in
the State of Delaware.
Call. Annual meetings and special meetings may be called by the Board of Directors only.
Notice or Waiver of Notice. Notice of all meetings shall be given, stating the place, date,
and hour of the meeting. The notice of an annual meeting shall state that the meeting is called
for the election of directors and for the transaction of other business which may properly come
before the meeting, and shall (if any other action which could be taken at a special meeting is to
be taken at such annual meeting) state such other action or actions as are known at the time of
such notice. The notice of a special meeting shall in all instances state the purpose or purposes
for which the meeting is called. If any action is proposed to be taken which would, if taken,
entitle stockholders to receive payment for their shares of stock, the notice shall include a
statement of that purpose and to that effect. Except as otherwise provided by the General
Corporation Law, a copy of the notice of any meeting shall be given, personally or by mail or in
such other manner as may be permitted by the General Corporation Law, not less than ten days nor
more than sixty days before the date of the meeting, unless the lapse of the prescribed period of
time shall have been waived, and directed to each stockholder at such stockholders record address
or at such other address which he may have furnished for such purpose in writing to the Secretary
of the corporation. Notice by mail shall be deemed to be given when deposited, with postage
thereof prepaid, in the United States mail. If a meeting is adjourned to another time, not
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more than thirty days hence, and/or to another place, and if an announcement of the adjourned
time and/or place is made at the meeting, it shall not be necessary to give notice of the adjourned
meeting unless the directors, after adjournment, fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting.
Notice need not be given to any stockholder who submits a written waiver of notice before or after
the time stated therein. Attendance of a person at a meeting of stockholders shall constitute a
waiver of notice of such meeting, except when the stockholder attends a meeting for the express
purpose of objecting, at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business because
the meeting is not lawfully called or convened. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the
purpose of, any regular or special meeting of the stockholders need be specified in any written
waiver of notice.
Stockholder List. There shall be prepared and made, at least ten days before every meeting of
stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders, arranged in alphabetical order, and showing the
address of each stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder.
Such list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the
meeting, during ordinary business hours, for a period of at least ten days prior to the meeting
either at a place within the city or other municipality or community where the meeting is to be
held, which place shall be specified in the notice of the meeting, or if not so specified, at the
place where the meeting is to be held. The list shall also be produced and kept at the time and
place of the meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder who is
present. The stock ledger shall be the only evidence as to who are the stockholders entitled to
examine the stock ledger, the list required by this section or the books of the corporation, or to
vote at any meeting of stockholders.
Conduct of Meeting. Meetings of the stockholders shall be presided over by one of the
following officers in the order or seniority and if present and acting, the Chairman, if any, the
Executive Chairman, if any, the Chief Executive Officer, if any, a Vice Chairman, if any, the
President, if any, a Vice President, a chairman for the meeting chosen by the Board of Directors,
or, if none of the foregoing is in office and present and acting, by a chairman to be chosen by the
stockholders. The Secretary of the corporation, or in his or her absence, an Assistant Secretary,
shall act as secretary of every meeting, but if neither the Secretary nor an Assistant Secretary is
present, the chairman for the meeting shall appoint a secretary of the meeting. The presiding
officer shall: call the meeting to order; determine when proxies must be filed with the secretary
of the meeting; open the polls, establish the time period for which polls remain open and close the
polls; decide who may address the meeting and generally determine the order of business and time
for adjournment of the meeting. The presiding officer shall also maintain proper and orderly
conduct, and shall take all means reasonably necessary to prevent or cease disruptions, personal
attacks or inflammatory remarks at the meeting. In addition to the powers and duties specified
herein, the presiding officer shall have the authority to make all other determinations necessary
for the order and proper conduct of the meeting.
Proxy Representation. Every stockholder may authorize another person or persons to act for
such stockholder by proxy in all matters in which a stockholder is entitled to participate, whether
by waiving notice of any meeting or voting or participating at a meeting. Such authorization may
take any form permitted by the General Corporation Law. No proxy shall be voted or acted upon
after three years from its date unless such proxy provides for a longer period. A duly executed
proxy shall be irrevocable if it states that it is irrevocable and, if,
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and only as long as, it is coupled with an interest sufficient in law to support an
irrevocable power. A proxy may be made irrevocable regardless of whether the interest with which
it is coupled is an interest in the stock itself or an interest in the corporation generally.
Inspectors and Judges. The directors, in advance of any meeting, may, but need not, appoint
one or more inspectors of election or judges of the vote, as the case may be, to act at the meeting
or any adjournment thereof. If an inspector or inspectors or judge or judges are not appointed,
the person presiding at the meeting may, but need not, appoint one or more inspectors or judges.
In case any person who may be appointed as an inspector or judge fails to appear or act, the
vacancy may be filled by appointment made by the person presiding thereat. Each inspector or
judge, if any, before entering upon the discharge of such inspectors duties, shall take and sign
an oath faithfully to execute the duties of inspector or judge at such meeting with strict
impartiality and according to the best of his or her ability. The inspectors or judges, if any,
shall determine the number of shares of stock outstanding and the voting power of each, the shares
of stock represented at the meeting, the existence of a quorum, the validity and effect of proxies,
and shall receive votes or ballots, hear and determine all challenges and questions arising in
connection with the right to vote, count and tabulate all votes or ballots, determine the result,
and do such acts as are proper to conduct the election or vote with fairness to all stockholders.
On request of the person presiding at the meeting, the inspector or inspectors or judge or judges,
if any, shall make a report in writing of any challenge, question or matter determined by such
inspector(s) and execute a certificate of any fact found by such inspector(s).
Quorum. Except as the General Corporation Law or these by-laws may otherwise provide, the
holders of a majority of the votes represented by the outstanding shares of stock entitled to vote
shall constitute a quorum at a meeting of stockholders for the transaction of any business;
provided, however, that if the certificate of incorporation or the General Corporation Law provides
that voting on a particular action is to be by class, a majority of the votes represented by the
outstanding shares of stock of such class shall constitute a quorum at a meeting of stockholders
for the authorization of such action. The stockholders present may adjourn the meeting despite the
absence of a quorum. When a quorum is once present to organize a meeting, it is not broken by the
subsequent withdrawal of any stockholders.
Voting. Except as otherwise provided in these by-laws, the certificate of incorporation or,
with respect to Preferred Stock, the resolution or resolutions of the Board of Directors providing
for the issuance thereof, and except as otherwise provided by the General Corporation Law, at every
meeting of the stockholders, each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting shall be entitled to
the number of votes as specified, and to the extent provided for, in the certificate of
incorporation or, with respect to Preferred Stock, the resolution or resolutions of the Board of
Directors providing for the issuance thereof, in person or by proxy, for each share of stock
entitled to vote held by such stockholder. In the election of directors, a plurality of the votes
cast by each class of stock, voting separately as a class, shall elect the directors that such
class is authorized to elect as specified, and to the extent provided for, in the certificate of
incorporation. Any other action shall be authorized by a majority of the votes cast except where
the certificate of incorporation or the General Corporation Law prescribes a different percentage
of votes and/or a different exercise of voting power. Voting by ballot shall not be required for
corporate action except as otherwise provided by the General Corporation Law.
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Advance Notice of Stockholder Proposals. At any annual or special meeting of stockholders,
proposals by stockholders and persons nominated for election as directors by stockholders shall be
considered only if advance notice thereof has been timely given as provided herein. Notice of any
proposal to be presented by any stockholder or of the name of any person to be nominated by any
stockholder for election as a director of the corporation at any meeting of stockholders shall be
given to the Secretary of the corporation not less than 60 nor more than 90 days prior to the date
of the meeting; provided, however, that if the date of the meeting is publicly announced or
disclosed less than 70 days prior to the date of the meeting, such notice shall be given not more
than ten days after such date is first so announced or disclosed. No additional public
announcement or disclosure of the date of any annual meeting of stockholders need be made if the
corporation shall have previously disclosed, in these by-laws or otherwise, that the annual meeting
in each year is to be held on a determinable date, unless and until the Board of Directors
determines to hold the meeting on a different date. Any stockholder who gives notice of any such
proposal shall deliver therewith the text of the proposal to be presented and a brief written
statement of the reasons why such stockholder favors the proposal and setting forth such
stockholders name and address, the number and class of all shares of each class of stock of the
corporation beneficially owned by such stockholder and any material interest of such stockholder in
the proposal (other than as a stockholder). Any stockholder desiring to nominate any person for
election as a director of the corporation shall deliver with such notice a statement in writing
setting forth the name of the person to be nominated, the number and class of all shares of each
class of stock of the corporation beneficially owned by such person, the information regarding such
person required by Item 401 of Regulation S-K adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission (or
the corresponding provisions of any regulation subsequently adopted by the Securities and Exchange
Commission applicable to the corporation), such persons signed consent to serve as a director of
the corporation if elected, such stockholders name and address and the number and class of all
shares of each class of stock of the corporation beneficially owned by such stockholder. As used
herein, shares beneficially owned shall mean all shares as to which such person, together with
such persons affiliates and associates (as defined in Rule 12b-2 under the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934), may be deemed to beneficially own pursuant to Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Securities
and Exchange Act of 1934, as well as all shares as to which such person, together with such
persons affiliates and associates, has the right to become the beneficial owner pursuant to any
agreement or understanding, or upon the exercise of warrants, options or rights to convert or
exchange (whether such rights are exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time or the
occurrence of conditions). The person presiding at the meeting shall determine whether such notice
has been duly given and shall direct that proposals and nominees not be considered if such notice
has not been given.
ARTICLE II
DIRECTORS
1. Functions and Definitions. The business of the corporation shall be managed by or under
the direction of the Board of Directors of the corporation. The use of the phrase whole Board of
Directors herein refers to the total number of directors which the corporation would have if there
were no vacancies.
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2. Qualifications and Number. A director need not be a stockholder, a citizen of the United
States, or a resident of the State of Delaware. The initial Board of Directors shall consist of 12
persons. Thereafter the number of directors constituting the whole Board of Directors shall be at
least three. Subject to the foregoing limitation and except for the first Board of Directors, such
number may be fixed from time to time by action of the Board of Directors only, or, if the number
is not fixed, the number shall be 12.
3. Election and Term. The first Board of Directors shall be elected by the incorporator and
shall hold office until the next election of the class for which such directors have been chosen
and until their successors have been elected and qualified or until their earlier resignation or
removal. Any director may resign at any time upon written notice to the corporation. Thereafter,
directors who are elected at an annual meeting of stockholders, and directors who are elected in
the interim to fill vacancies and newly created directorships, shall hold office for the term of
the class for which such directors shall have been chosen and until their successors have been
elected and qualified or until their earlier resignation or removal. In the interim between annual
meetings of stockholders or of special meetings of stockholders called for the election of
directors and/or for the removal of one or more directors and for the filling of any vacancies in
the Board of Directors, including vacancies resulting from the removal of directors for cause or
without cause, any vacancy in the Board of Directors may be filled as provided in the certificate
of incorporation.
4. Meeting.
Time. Meetings shall be held at such time as the Board of Directors shall fix.
First Meeting. The first meeting of each newly elected Board of Directors may be held
immediately after each annual meeting of the stockholders at the same place at which the annual
meeting of stockholders is held, and no notice of such meeting shall be necessary, provided a
quorum shall be present. In the event such first meeting is not so held immediately after the
annual meeting of the stockholders, it may be held at such time and place as shall be specified in
the notice given as hereinafter provided for special meetings of the Board of Directors, or at such
time and place as shall be fixed by the consent in writing of all of the directors.
Place. Meetings, both regular and special, shall be held at such place within or without the
State of Delaware as shall be fixed by the Board of Directors.
Call. No call shall be required for regular meetings for which the time and place have been
fixed. Special meetings may be called by or at the direction of the Chairman, if any, a Vice
Chairman, if any, the Chief Executive Officer, or the President, if any, or of a majority of the
directors in office.
Notice or Actual or Constructive Waiver. No notice shall be required for regular meetings for
which the time and place have been fixed. Written, oral, electronic or any other mode of notice of
the time and place shall be given for special meetings in sufficient time for the convenient
assembly of the directors thereat. The notice of any meeting need not specify
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the purpose of the meeting. Any requirement of furnishing a notice shall be waived by any
director who signs a written waiver of such notice before or after the time stated therein.
Attendance of a director at a meeting of the Board of Directors shall constitute a waiver of
notice of such meeting, except when the director attends a meeting for the express purpose of
objecting, at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business because the meeting
is not lawfully called or convened.
Quorum and Action. A majority of the whole Board of Directors shall constitute a quorum
except when a vacancy or vacancies prevents such majority, whereupon a majority of the directors in
office shall constitute a quorum; provided, however, that such majority shall constitute at least
one-third (1/3) of the whole Board of Directors. Any director may participate in a meeting of the
Board of Directors by means of a conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means
of which all directors participating in the meeting can hear each other, and such participation in
a meeting of the Board of Directors shall constitute presence in person at such meeting. A
majority of the directors present, whether or not a quorum is present, may adjourn a meeting to
another time and place. Except as herein otherwise provided, and except as otherwise provided by
the General Corporation Law or the certificate of incorporation, the act of the Board of Directors
shall be the act by vote of a majority of the directors present at a meeting, a quorum being
present. The quorum and voting provisions herein stated shall not be construed as conflicting with
any provisions of the General Corporation Law and these by-laws which govern a meeting of directors
held to fill vacancies and newly created directorships in the Board of Directors.
Chairman of the Meeting. The Chairman, if any and if present and acting, shall preside at all
meetings; otherwise, any other director chosen by the Board of Directors shall preside.
5. Removal of Directors. Any or all of the directors may be removed for cause or without
cause by the stockholders; provided, however, that so long as the certificate of incorporation
provides that each class of stock, voting separately as a class, shall elect a certain percentage
of directors, a director may be removed without cause by stockholders only by the vote of the class
of stock, voting separately as a class, that either elected such director or elected the
predecessor of such director whose position was filled by such director due to the predecessor
directors death, resignation or removal.
6. Action in Writing. Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the
Board of Directors or any committee thereof may be taken without a meeting if all members of the
Board of Directors or committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing, and the writing or
writings are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board of Directors or committee.
7. Executive Committee.
Powers. The Board of Directors may appoint an Executive Committee of the Board of Directors
of the corporation of such number of members as shall be determined from time to time by the Board
of Directors. The term of office of each member of the Executive
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Committee shall be co-extensive with the term of such members office as director. Any member
of the Executive Committee who shall cease to be a director of the corporation shall ipso facto
cease to be a member of the Executive Committee. A majority of the members of the Executive
Committee shall constitute a quorum for the valid transaction of business. The Executive Committee
may meet at stated times or on two days notice by any member of the Executive Committee to all
other members, by delivered letter, by mail, by courier service or by email. The provisions of
Section 4 of this Article II with respect to waiver of notice of meetings of the Board of Directors
and participation at meetings of the Board of Directors by means of a conference telephone or
similar communications equipment shall apply to meetings of the Executive Committee. The
provisions of Section 6 of this Article II with respect to action taken by a committee of the Board
of Directors without a meeting shall apply to action taken by the Executive Committee. The
Executive Committee shall have and may exercise all the powers and authority of the board of
directors in the management of the business and affairs of the corporation, except as limited by
the General Corporation Law. The Executive Committee shall have power to make rules and
regulations for the conduct of its business. Vacancies in the membership of the Executive
Committee shall be filled by the Board of Directors from among the directors at a regular meeting,
or at a special meeting held for that purpose.
Chairman and Secretary. The Executive Committee shall elect from its own members a chairman
who shall hold office during the term of such persons office as a member of the Executive
Committee. When present, the chairman shall preside over all meetings of the Executive Committee.
The Executive Committee shall also elect a secretary of the Executive Committee who shall attend
all meetings of the Executive Committee and keep the minutes of its acts and proceedings. Such
secretary shall be a member of the Board of Directors and may, but need not, be a member of the
Executive Committee.
Minutes. The Executive Committee shall keep minutes of its acts and proceedings which shall
be submitted at the next meeting of the Board of Directors, and any action taken by the Board of
Directors with respect thereto shall be entered in the minutes of the Board of Directors.
Meetings. The Executive Committee may hold meetings, both regular and special, either within
or without the State of Delaware, as shall be set forth in the Notice of the Meeting or in a duly
executed Waiver of Notice thereof.
8. Other Committees. The Board of Directors may from time to time, by resolution adopted by
affirmative vote of a majority of the whole Board of Directors, appoint other committees of the
Board of Directors which shall have such powers and duties as the Board of Directors may properly
determine. No such other committee of the Board of Directors shall be composed of fewer than two
directors. Meetings of such committees of the Board of Directors may be held at any place, within
or without the State of Delaware, from time to time designated by the Board of Directors or the
committee in question. Such committees may meet at stated times or on two days notice by any
member of such committee to all other members, by delivered letter, by mail, by courier service or
by email. The provisions of Section 4 of this Article II with respect to waiver of notice of
meetings of the Board of Directors and participation at meetings of the Board of Directors by means
of a conference telephone or similar communications equipment shall apply to meetings of such other
committees.
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ARTICLE III
OFFICERS
1. Officers. The directors may elect or appoint an Executive Chairman, a Chief Executive
Officer, a Chief Operating Officer, a Chief Financial Officer, a Chief Accounting Officer, one or
more Vice Chairmen, a President, one or more Vice Presidents (one or more of whom may be
denominated Executive Vice President or Senior Vice President), a Secretary, one or more
Assistant Secretaries, a Treasurer, one or more Assistant Treasurers, a Controller, one or more
Assistant Controllers and such other officers as they may determine. Any number of offices may be
held by the same person.
2. Term of Office; Removal. Unless otherwise provided in the resolution of election or
appointment, each officer shall hold office until the meeting of the Board of Directors following
the next annual meeting of stockholders and until such officers successor has been elected and
qualified. The Board of Directors may remove any officer for cause or without cause.
3. Authority and Duties. All officers, as between themselves and the corporation, shall have
such authority and duties as generally pertain to their respective offices, as well as such powers
and duties as from time to time may be conferred by these by-laws, or, to the extent not so
provided, by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may delegate to the Chairman or to the
Chief Executive Officer the power and authority to define the authority and duties of any or all of
the other officers of the corporation.
4. The Chairman. The Chairman, if any, shall preside at all meetings of the Board of
Directors; otherwise, any other director chosen by the Board of Directors shall preside. The
Chairman, if any, shall have such additional duties as the Board of Directors may prescribe. As
used in these by-laws, the term Chairman means the Executive Chairman if any.
ARTICLE IV
VOTING OF STOCK IN OTHER COMPANIES
Unless otherwise ordered by the Board of Directors, the Chairman, if any, the Executive
Chairman, the Chief Executive Officer, a Vice Chairman, the President, a Vice President, the
Secretary or the Treasurer shall have full power and authority on behalf of the corporation to
attend and to act and vote at any meetings of stockholders of any corporation, or to execute
written consents as a stockholder of any corporation, in which the corporation may hold stock and
at any such meeting, or in connection with any such consent, shall possess and exercise any and all
of the rights and powers incident to the ownership of such stock which as the owner thereof the
corporation might have possessed and exercised if present or any of the foregoing officers of the
corporation may in his or her discretion give a proxy or proxies in the name of the corporation to
any other person or persons, who may vote said stock, execute any written consent, and exercise any
and all other rights in regard to it here accorded to the officers. The Board of Directors by
resolution from time to time may limit or curtail such power. The
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officers named above shall have the same powers with respect to entities which are not
corporations.
ARTICLE V
CORPORATE SEAL AND CORPORATE BOOKS
The corporate seal shall be in such form as the Board of Directors shall prescribe.
The books of the corporation may be kept within or without the State of Delaware, at such
place or places as the Board of Directors may, from time to time, determine.
ARTICLE VI
FISCAL YEAR
The fiscal year of the corporation shall be fixed, and shall be subject to change, by the
Board of Directors.
ARTICLE VII
CONTROL OVER BY-LAWS
The power to amend, alter, and repeal these by-laws and to adopt new by-laws shall be vested
in both the Board of Directors and the stockholders entitled to vote in the election of directors.
ARTICLE VIII
INDEMNIFICATION
A. The corporation shall indemnify each person who was or is made a party or is threatened to
be made a party to or is involved in any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or
proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (hereinafter a proceeding),
by reason of the fact that he or she, or a person of whom he or she is the legal representative, is
or was a director or officer of the corporation or is or was serving at the request of the
corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership,
joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including service with respect to employee benefit plans,
whether the basis of such proceeding is alleged action in official capacity as a director, officer,
employee or agent or alleged action in any other capacity while serving as a director, officer,
employee or agent, to the maximum extent authorized by the General Corporation Law, as the same
exists or may hereafter be amended (but, in the case of any such amendment, only to the extent that
such amendment permits the corporation to provide broader indemnification rights than said law
permitted the corporation to provide prior to such amendment), against all expense, liability and
loss (including attorneys fees, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes or penalties and amounts paid
or to be paid in settlement) reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such proceeding.
Such indemnification shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer,
employee or agent and shall
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inure to the benefit of his or her heirs, executors and administrators. The right to
indemnification conferred in this Article shall be a contract right and shall include the right to
be paid by the corporation the expenses incurred in defending any such proceeding in advance of its
final disposition; provided, however, that, if the General Corporation Law so requires, the payment
of such expenses incurred by a director or officer in advance of the final disposition of a
proceeding shall be made only upon receipt by the corporation of an undertaking by or on behalf of
such person to repay all amounts so advanced if it shall ultimately be determined that such person
is not entitled to be indemnified by the corporation as authorized in this Article or otherwise.
B. The right to indemnification and advancement of expenses conferred on any person by this
Article shall not limit the corporation from providing any other indemnification permitted by law
nor shall it be deemed exclusive of any other right which any such person may have or hereafter
acquire under any statute, provision of the certificate of incorporation, by-law, agreement, vote
of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.
C. The corporation may purchase and maintain insurance, at its expense, to protect itself and
any director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation or another corporation, partnership,
joint venture, or other enterprise against any expense, liability or loss, whether or not the
corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such expense, liability or loss
under the General Corporation Law.
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