-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, BcPKLbyBrSHM8PhZwEvrkXQdoQr8eXJIjTywCmCgfo1APGT3Yq3cWRXu3KJB3Eno JCfzc7vp/ikSpZwMsSICgg== 0000950134-09-000793.txt : 20090121 0000950134-09-000793.hdr.sgml : 20090121 20090121160601 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950134-09-000793 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 4 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20090114 ITEM INFORMATION: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement ITEM INFORMATION: Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20090121 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20090121 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: METROPCS COMMUNICATIONS INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001283699 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: RADIO TELEPHONE COMMUNICATIONS [4812] IRS NUMBER: 200836269 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-33409 FILM NUMBER: 09536797 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2250 LAKESIDE BLVD CITY: RICHARDSON STATE: TX ZIP: 75082 BUSINESS PHONE: 214-265-2550 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2250 LAKESIDE BLVD CITY: RICHARDSON STATE: TX ZIP: 75082 8-K 1 d65964e8vk.htm FORM 8-K e8vk
 
 
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): January 14, 2009
METROPCS COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
         
DELAWARE   1-33409   20-0836269
(State or Other Jurisdiction of   (Commission File Number)   (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
Incorporation)        
     
2250 Lakeside Boulevard    
Richardson, Texas   75082
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 214-570-5800
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report): Not Applicable
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
o   Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
 
o   Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
 
o   Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
 
o   Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
 
 

 


 

Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
Purchase Agreement
On January 14, 2009, an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of MetroPCS Communications, Inc. (the “Company”), MetroPCS Wireless, Inc. (“Wireless”), entered into a Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., Banc of America Securities LLC, HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. (collectively, the “Initial Purchasers”) and the Guarantors (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) to sell 91/4% Senior Notes due 2014 in an aggregate principal amount of $550 million (the “Notes”) in a private offering. Although the terms and covenants with respect to the Notes described herein are substantially identical to Wireless’ existing 91/4% senior notes due 2014, the Notes described herein are not additional debt securities under the indenture governing Wireless’ existing 91/4% senior notes due 2014, are issued under a new indenture, will not vote together with Wireless’ existing 91/4% senior notes due 2014, and will not necessarily trade with Wireless’ existing 91/4% senior notes due 2014.
     The Purchase Agreement includes customary representations, warranties and covenants. Under the terms of the Purchase Agreement, Wireless and the Guarantors have agreed to indemnify the Initial Purchasers against certain liabilities.
Indenture
     The Notes were issued pursuant to an Indenture, dated as of January 20, 2009, with The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (the “Indenture”). The Notes bear interest at 91/4% per annum on the principal amount, payable semi-annually in cash on May 1 and November 1 of each year, commencing May 1, 2009. The Notes will mature on November 1, 2014. The Notes are guaranteed on a senior unsecured basis by the Company, MetroPCS, Inc. (which owns all of the capital stock of Wireless) and all of Wireless’ current and future domestic restricted wholly-owned subsidiaries. The Notes are not guaranteed by Royal Street Communications, a company in which the Company holds a non-controlling 85% ownership interest, or its wholly-owned subsidiaries. The Notes are Wireless’, and the guarantees are the Guarantors’, direct, unsecured senior obligations and will rank equally in right of payment with all of Wireless’ and the Guarantors’ existing and future senior unsecured indebtedness, including, without limitation, Wireless’ existing 91/4% senior notes due 2014.
     There is no mandatory redemption or sinking fund required for the Notes. Wireless may, at its option, redeem some or all of the Notes at any time on or after November 1, 2010, at redemption prices ranging from 104.625% to 100%, depending on the date of redemption. In addition, prior to November 1, 2009, Wireless may, at its option, redeem up to 35% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes with the net cash proceeds of certain sales of equity securities or certain contributions to its equity at a redemption price of 109.250% of the principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest and Liquidated Damages (as defined in the Indenture), if any, to the redemption date. Also, at any time prior to November 1, 2010, Wireless may, at its option, redeem all or a part of the Notes at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes redeemed plus an Applicable Premium (as defined in the Indenture), and accrued and unpaid interest and Liquidated Damages, if any, to the redemption date.

 


 

     If Wireless experiences specific kinds of changes in control as set forth in the Indenture, each holder of Notes may require Wireless to repurchase all or a portion of the Notes at a price equal to 101% of the principal amount of the Notes, plus any accrued and unpaid interest and Liquidated Damages, if any, on the Notes repurchased to the date of purchase.
     The Indenture contains covenants that restrict the ability of Wireless and its subsidiaries who are Guarantors to, among other things, incur debt, pay dividends and make distributions, make certain investments, repurchase stock, create liens without also securing the Notes, enter into transactions with affiliates, enter into agreements that restrict dividends or distributions from subsidiaries, and merge, consolidate or sell, or otherwise dispose of, substantially all of its assets. These limitations are subject to a number of important qualifications and exceptions. Upon an Event of Default (as defined in the Indenture), the trustee or the holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, may declare all the Notes to be due and payable immediately. In the case of certain Events of Default, all outstanding Notes will become due and payable immediately without further action or notice.
Registration Rights Agreement
     On January 20, 2009, Wireless and the Guarantors also entered into a Registration Rights Agreement (“Registration Rights Agreement”) with the Initial Purchasers in connection with the consummation of the sale of the Notes.
     Under the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement, Wireless agrees to file a registration statement on or before the 270th day after the Notes’ issue date covering the Notes. Wireless also agreed to use commercially reasonable efforts to have such Registration Statement declared effective on or prior to the 300th day after the Notes’ issue date. Alternatively, if Wireless is unable to consummate the Exchange Offer (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) or if holders of the Notes cannot participate in the Exchange Offer for certain specified reasons, then Wireless and the Guarantors will use commercially reasonable efforts to file a shelf registration statement within the times specified in the Registration Rights Agreement to facilitate resale of the Notes. All registration expenses will be paid by Wireless and the Guarantors.
     Should Wireless fail to file the registration statement, have such registration statement declared effective, consummate the Exchange Offer or, in the alternative, have the shelf registration statement declared effective, Wireless will be required to pay certain Liquidated Damages as provided in the Registration Rights Agreement.
     Under the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement, Wireless and the Guarantors have agreed to indemnify certain holders of the Notes against certain liabilities.
     This description of the Purchase Agreement, Indenture, and Registration Rights Agreement is a summary only and is qualified in its entirety by the full and complete terms of each of the Purchase Agreement, Indenture, and Registration Rights Agreement, copies of which are attached as exhibits hereto, and incorporated herein by reference.

 


 

Item 2.03   Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.
     The disclosure under Item 1.01 of this report is also responsive to Item 2.03 of this report and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 8.01 Other Events.
     On January 20, 2009, Wireless consummated the sale of the Notes to the Initial Purchasers at a price equal to 89.50% of the principal amount of such Notes (less discounts and fees payable to the Initial Purchasers), pursuant to the Purchase Agreement. The sale resulted in net proceeds of approximately $480.5 million, which Wireless intends to use for general corporate purposes, which could include working capital, capital expenditures, future liquidity needs, additional opportunistic spectrum acquisitions, corporate development opportunities and future technology initiatives.
     The Notes were offered and sold only to qualified institutional buyers in reliance on Rule 144A and in offshore transactions pursuant to Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). The Notes have not been registered under the Securities Act or any state securities laws and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from registration requirements or a transaction not subject to the registration requirements of the Securities Act or any state securities laws.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
     (d) Exhibits
         
EXHIBIT        
NUMBER       DESCRIPTION
 
       
1.1
    Purchase Agreement, dated as of January 14, 2009, by and among MetroPCS Wireless, Inc., the Guarantors (as defined therein), J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., Banc of America Securities LLC, and HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., for 91/4% Senior Notes due 2014 in an aggregate principal amount of $550,000,000.
 
       
10.1
    Indenture, dated as of January 20, 2009, by and among MetroPCS Wireless, Inc., the Guarantors (as defined therein) and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee.
 
       
10.2
    Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of January 20, 2009, by and among MetroPCS Wireless, Inc., the Guarantors (as defined therein), J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., Banc of America Securities LLC, and HSBC Securities (USA) Inc.

 


 

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.
         
  METROPCS COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
 
 
Date: January 21, 2009  By:   /s/ J. Braxton Carter    
    J. Braxton Carter   
    Executive Vice President and CFO   
 

 

EX-1.1 2 d65964exv1w1.htm EX-1.1 exv1w1
Exhibit 1.1
Execution Copy
     
 
METROPCS WIRELESS, INC.
THE GUARANTORS NAMED ON SCHEDULE I HERETO
$550,000,000
91/4% Senior Notes due 2014
Purchase Agreement
January 14, 2009
J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES INC.
BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC
HSBC SECURITIES (USA) INC.
 

 


 

METROPCS WIRELESS, INC.
$550,000,000
91/4% Senior Notes due 2014
PURCHASE AGREEMENT
January 14, 2009
New York, New York
J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES INC.
BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC
HSBC SECURITIES (USA) INC.
c/o J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.
270 Park Avenue, 8th Floor
New York, NY 10017
Ladies & Gentlemen:
     MetroPCS Wireless, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), proposes to issue and sell to J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., Banc of America Securities LLC and HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. (each an “Initial Purchaser” and together, the “Initial Purchasers”) $550,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of 91/4% Senior Notes due 2014 (the “Initial Notes”), subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein.
     1. The Transactions. Subject to the terms and conditions herein contained, the Company proposes to issue and sell to the Initial Purchasers $550,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of the Initial Notes. The Initial Notes and the Exchange Notes (as defined below) are collectively referred to herein as the “Notes.” The Notes will (i) have the terms and provisions that are described in the Offering Memorandum (as defined below) under the heading “Description of Notes” and such other terms as are customary for notes of the kind offered and mutually agreed between the parties and (ii) be issued pursuant to an indenture (the “Indenture”), to be dated the Closing Date (as defined below), among the Company, the Guarantors (as defined below) and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (the “Trustee”).
     The Initial Purchasers and other holders (including the direct and indirect transferees of the Initial Notes) of the Initial Notes will be entitled to the benefits of the exchange and registration rights agreement, to be dated as of the Closing Date (as defined below) (the “Registration Rights Agreement”), among the Company, the Guarantors (as defined below) and the Initial Purchasers, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A, for so long as such Initial Notes constitute “Transfer Restricted Securities” (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement). Pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Registration Rights Agreement, the Company and the Guarantors will agree, among other things, under certain limited circumstances as described therein to (i) file (A) a registration statement (the “Registration Statement”) on the appropriate

 


 

form with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (together with the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder, the “Securities Act”), registering a new series of 91/4% Senior Notes due 2014 (the “Exchange Notes”) identical in all material respects to the Initial Notes (except that the Exchange Notes will not contain terms with respect to transfer restrictions) to be offered in exchange for the Initial Notes (the “Exchange Offer”) and (B) under certain circumstances specified in the Registration Rights Agreement, file a shelf registration statement pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act (the “Shelf Registration Statement”) and (ii) use their commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Registration Statement and, if applicable, the Shelf Registration Statement to be declared effective and to consummate the Exchange Offer as provided in the Registration Rights Agreement.
     The sale of the Initial Notes and the Guarantees (as defined below) to the Initial Purchasers (the “Offering”) will be made without registration under the Securities Act, in reliance upon the exemption therefrom provided by Section 4(2) of the Securities Act.
     In connection with the sale of the Securities (as defined below), the Company prepared a preliminary offering memorandum, dated January 14, 2009 (the “Preliminary Offering Memorandum”), and has prepared a final offering memorandum, dated the date hereof (the “Offering Memorandum”), each setting forth information regarding the Company, MetroPCS Communications, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), MetroPCS, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“HoldCo”), the Subsidiaries (as defined below), Royal Street (as defined below), the Securities (as defined below), the terms of the Offering and the transactions contemplated by the Offering Documents (as defined below), and any material developments relating to the Company and the Guarantors occurring after the date of the most recent financial statements included or incorporated by reference therein. The Preliminary Offering Memorandum and the Offering Memorandum incorporate by reference Parent’s (i) Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007 (excluding the information incorporated by reference to Parent’s Definitive Proxy Statement filed on April 28, 2008, other than sections of such Proxy Statement entitled “Executive Management,” “Corporate Governance” and “Transactions with Related Persons and Approval”), (ii) Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2008; June 30, 2008 and September 30, 2008, (iii) Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on January 10, 2008; February 8, 2008; March 7, 2008; March 13, 2008; March 26, 2008; March 31, 2008; June 25, 2008; July 1, 2008; July 3, 2008; September 19, 2008; September 29, 2008; October 6, 2008; November 13, 2008 and January 8, 2009 and (iv) any future filings made by the Company with the Commission under Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (together with the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder, the “Exchange Act”) (excluding any portions thereof that are deemed to be furnished and not filed), through the date on which the Initial Purchasers have sold all of the Initial Notes to Eligible Purchasers (all such information listed in clauses (i) through (iv) is referred to herein as the “Incorporated Information”). Any references herein to the Preliminary Offering Memorandum or the Offering Memorandum shall be deemed to include, in each case, all amendments and supplements thereto and the Incorporated Information. The Company hereby confirms that it has authorized the use of the Disclosure Package (as defined below) and the Offering Memorandum in connection with the offering and resale of the Initial Notes by the Initial Purchasers.

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     The Company understands that the Initial Purchasers propose to make an offering of the Initial Notes (the “Exempt Resales”) only on the terms and in the manner set forth in the Offering Memorandum, as amended or supplemented, and Sections 4 and 5 hereof as soon as the Initial Purchasers deem advisable after this Agreement has been executed and delivered, solely to (i) persons in the United States whom the Initial Purchasers reasonably believe to be “qualified institutional buyers” (“QIBs”) as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act, as such rule may be amended from time to time (“Rule 144A”), in transactions under Rule 144A, and (ii) certain persons outside the United States in reliance on Regulation S (“Regulation S”) under the Securities Act (each, a “Reg S Investor”). The QIBs and the Reg S Investors are collectively referred to herein as the “Eligible Purchasers.” The Initial Purchasers will offer the Initial Notes to such Eligible Purchasers initially at a price equal to 89.500% of the principal amount thereof. Such price may be changed by the Initial Purchasers at any time without notice.
     The payment of principal of, premium and liquidated damages, if any, and interest on the Initial Notes and the Exchange Notes will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed on a senior unsecured basis, jointly and severally, by (i) Parent, (ii) HoldCo, (iii) each of the Company’s Subsidiaries listed in Schedule I hereto, and (iv) any subsidiary of the Company or Parent formed or acquired after the Closing Date that executes an additional guarantee in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, and respective successors and assigns of Parent, HoldCo and the Subsidiaries of the Company or Parent referred to in (iii) and (iv) above (collectively, the “Guarantors”), pursuant to their guarantees (the “Guarantees”). The Initial Notes and the Guarantees attached thereto are herein collectively referred to as the “Securities”; and the Exchange Notes and the Guarantees attached thereto are herein collectively referred to as the “Exchange Securities.”
     This Agreement, the Securities, the Exchange Securities, the Indenture and the Registration Rights Agreement are hereinafter referred to collectively as the “Offering Documents.” Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Offering Memorandum, and if not defined therein, in the Indenture.
     2. Representations and Warranties of the Company and the Guarantors. The Company and the Guarantors, jointly and severally and as of the date hereof, represent and warrant to, and agree with, the Initial Purchasers that:
          (a) (i) The Preliminary Offering Memorandum as of its date did not, (ii) the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, as supplemented by the information and documents listed in Schedule II hereto (the “Pricing Supplement”) (the Preliminary Offering Memorandum and the Pricing Supplement taken together, the “Disclosure Package”), as of the Applicable Time (as defined below) does not, (iii) the Offering Memorandum as of its date does not, and as of the Closing Date will not and (iv) any supplement or amendment to any of the documents referenced in clauses (i) through (iii) above does not as of its respective date and will not as of the Closing Date, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, except that the representations and warranties contained in this paragraph shall not apply to statements in or omissions from the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Disclosure Package or the Offering Memorandum (or any supplement or amendment thereto,

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including the Pricing Supplement) made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to the Initial Purchasers furnished to the Company and the Guarantors in writing by the Initial Purchasers expressly for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by the Initial Purchasers consists of the information described as such in Section 11 hereof. For purposes of this Agreement, the “Applicable Time” is 4:00 p.m., New York City time on the date of this Agreement. Any reference herein to the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Disclosure Package or the Offering Memorandum shall be deemed to refer to and include (i) all documents filed with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date of the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Disclosure Package or the Offering Memorandum, as the case may be, through the date on which the Initial Purchasers have sold all of the Initial Notes to Eligible Purchasers and (ii) any Additional Issuer Information (as defined in Section 6(i) hereof) furnished by the Company prior to the completion of the distribution of the Initial Notes; and all documents filed under the Exchange Act and so deemed to be included in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Disclosure Package or the Offering Memorandum, as the case may be, or any amendment or supplement thereto are hereinafter called the “Exchange Act Reports.” The Exchange Act Reports, when they were or are filed with the Commission, conformed or will conform in all material respects to the applicable requirements of the Exchange Act.
          (b) The Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum have been or will be prepared by the Company for use by the Initial Purchasers in connection with the Offering.
          (c) (intentionally omitted).
          (d) Subsequent to the respective dates as of which information is given in the Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum, except as disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum, neither Parent, Royal Street Communications, LLC and its subsidiaries (“Royal Street”) nor any Subsidiary (as defined below) has declared, paid or made any dividends or other distributions of any kind on or in respect of its capital stock and there has been no material adverse change in the capital stock or the long-term debt, or material increase in the short-term debt (other than under the current portion of capital leases and the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement executed on December 15, 2005 as of December 22, 2004, by and between the Company and Royal Street Communications, LLC, as amended (the “Royal Street Credit Agreement”)), of Parent, Royal Street or any Subsidiary from that set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business, in or affecting (i) the business, assets, financial condition, results of operations or properties of Parent, Royal Street and the Subsidiaries (as defined below), taken as a whole or (ii) the ability of the Company to consummate the Offering or any of the other transactions contemplated by the Offering Documents. Since the date of the latest balance sheet included or incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum, neither Parent nor any Subsidiary has incurred or undertaken any liabilities or obligations, whether direct or indirect, liquidated or contingent, matured or unmatured, or entered into any transactions, including any acquisition or disposition of any business or asset, which is material to Parent, Royal Street and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, except for liabilities, obligations and transactions which are disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum and purchase transactions,

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Royal Street loans under the Royal Street Credit Agreement and capital leases in the ordinary course of business.
          (e) Parent and each Subsidiary (i) has been duly organized and is validly existing as a corporation, partnership or limited liability company in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization, (ii) has all requisite power and authority to carry on its business as it is currently being conducted and as described in the Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum, and to own, lease and operate its respective properties and (iii) is duly qualified and authorized to do business and is in good standing as a foreign corporation, partnership or limited liability company in each jurisdiction in which the character or location of its properties (owned, leased or licensed) or the nature or conduct of its business makes such qualification necessary, except for those failures to be so qualified or in good standing which (individually or in the aggregate) would not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on (A) the business, assets, financial condition, results of operations, or properties of Parent, Royal Street and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (B) the long-term debt or capital stock of Parent, Royal Street or any Subsidiary, (C) the issuance or marketability of the Notes or (D) the validity of this Agreement or any other Offering Document or the transactions described in the Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum under the caption “Use of Proceeds” (any such effect being a “Material Adverse Effect”).
          (f) The subsidiaries listed on Exhibit B (collectively, the “Subsidiaries” and individually, a “Subsidiary”) are the only “subsidiaries” of Parent (within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act) other than Royal Street, in which Parent indirectly holds an 85% non-controlling interest. Except for the Subsidiaries or as otherwise disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum, Parent does not hold ownership or other interest, nominal or beneficial, direct or indirect, in any corporation, partnership, joint venture or other business entity. All of the issued shares of capital stock of, or other ownership interests in, each Subsidiary have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and non-assessable and are owned, directly or indirectly, by Parent, free and clear of any lien, charge, mortgage, pledge, security interest, claim, limitation on voting rights, equity, trust or other encumbrance, preferential arrangement, defect or restriction of any kind whatsoever (any “Lien”), except (1) for any such security interests, claims, liens, limitations on voting rights or encumbrances as would (a) constitute “Permitted Liens” (“Permitted Liens”) as defined in the section of the Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum entitled “Description of Notes” (the “DoN”) or (b) be immaterial to the business, assets, financial condition, results of operations or properties of Parent and the Subsidiaries taken as a whole, or (2) any restrictions on transfer under applicable federal or state securities laws.
          (g) Except as disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum, no Subsidiary has outstanding subscriptions, rights, warrants, calls, commitments of sale or options to acquire, or any preemptive rights or other rights to subscribe for or to purchase, or any contracts or commitments to issue or sell, or instruments convertible into or exchangeable for, any capital stock or other equity interest in the Subsidiaries (any “Relevant Security”). All of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of Parent are fully paid and non-assessable and have been duly and validly authorized and issued, in compliance with all applicable state, federal and foreign securities laws and not in violation of or subject to any preemptive or similar right that does or will entitle any person, upon the issuance or sale of any

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security, to acquire from Parent or any Subsidiary any Relevant Security of Parent or any Subsidiary, except for such violations which would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
          (h) When the Initial Notes and the Guarantees thereof are issued and delivered pursuant to this Agreement, no securities of Parent or any Subsidiary will be (i) of the same class (within the meaning of Rule 144A) as the Initial Notes and the Guarantees thereof and (ii) listed on a national securities exchange registered under Section 6 of the Exchange Act or quoted in a United States automated interdealer quotation system.
          (i) The Company and each of the Guarantors has the required corporate or limited liability company power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement and each of the other Offering Documents to which it is a party and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including, without limitation, the corporate or limited liability company power and authority to issue, sell and deliver the Notes and to issue and deliver the related Guarantees as provided herein and therein.
          (j) The Initial Notes have been duly and validly authorized by the Company for issuance and sale to the Initial Purchasers pursuant to this Agreement and, when executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture and when delivered to and paid for by the Initial Purchasers in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof, will be duly and validly executed, issued and delivered and will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, entitled to the benefits of the Indenture and enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, except that the enforcement thereof may be limited by (i) bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws now or hereafter in effect relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally and (ii) general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding at law or in equity) (clauses (i) and (ii) are referred to herein collectively as the “Enforceability Exceptions”). The Initial Notes will conform in all material respects to the descriptions thereof in the Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum. At the Closing Date, the Initial Notes will be in the form contemplated by the Indenture.
          (k) The Guarantees of the Initial Notes have been duly and validly authorized by each of the Guarantors for issuance to the Initial Purchasers pursuant to this Agreement and, when executed by the respective Guarantors in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture and when delivered to the Initial Purchasers in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof, and when the Initial Notes have been issued and authenticated in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture and delivered to and paid for by the Initial Purchasers in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof, will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of each of the Guarantors, entitled to the benefits of the Indenture and enforceable against each of them in accordance with their terms, except that the enforcement thereof may be limited by the Enforceability Exceptions. The Guarantees of the Initial Notes will conform in all material respects to the descriptions thereof in the Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum.
          (l) The Exchange Notes have been duly and validly authorized for issuance by the Company and, when issued and executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee in accordance with the terms of the Exchange Offer and the Indenture, will constitute

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valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, entitled to the benefits of the Indenture and enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, except that the enforcement thereof may be limited by the Enforceability Exceptions. The Exchange Notes will conform in all material respects to the descriptions thereof in the Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum.
          (m) The Guarantees of the Exchange Notes have been duly and validly authorized by each of the Guarantors and, when executed by the respective Guarantors and when delivered in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture and when the Exchange Notes have been issued and authenticated in accordance with the terms of the Exchange Offer and the Indenture, will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of each of the Guarantors, entitled to the benefits of the Indenture and enforceable against each of them in accordance with their terms, except that the enforcement thereof may be limited by the Enforceability Exceptions. The Guarantees of the Exchange Notes will conform in all material respects to the descriptions thereof in the Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum.
          (n) The Indenture has been duly and validly authorized by the Company and each of the Guarantors, and when duly executed and delivered by the Company and each Guarantor and (assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery by the Trustee), will constitute a valid and legally binding agreement of the Company and each Guarantor, enforceable against each of them in accordance with its terms, except that the enforcement thereof may be limited by the Enforceability Exceptions. The Indenture conforms in all material respects to the description thereof in the Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum. On the Closing Date, the Indenture will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the “Trust Indenture Act”), and the rules and regulations of the Commission applicable to an indenture that is qualified thereunder.
          (o) The Registration Rights Agreement has been duly and validly authorized by the Company and each Guarantor and, when duly executed and delivered by the Company and each Guarantor (assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery by the Initial Purchasers), will constitute a valid and legally binding obligation of the Company and each Guarantor, enforceable against each of them in accordance with its terms, except that the enforcement thereof may be limited by the Enforceability Exceptions. The Registration Rights Agreement conforms in all material respects to the description thereof in the Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum.
          (p) This Agreement has been duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and each Guarantor.
          (q) Neither Parent nor any Subsidiary (i) is in violation of its certificate or articles of incorporation, by-laws, certificate of formation, limited liability company agreement, partnership agreement or other organizational documents, (ii) is in default under, and no event has occurred which, with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default under, or result in the creation or imposition of any Lien upon, any property or assets of Parent or any Subsidiary pursuant to, any bond, debenture, note, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it is bound or to which any of its properties or assets is subject or (iii) is in violation of any statute, law, rule,

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regulation, ordinance, directive, judgment, decree or order of any judicial, regulatory or other legal or governmental agency or body, foreign or domestic, except (in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) above) for violations or defaults that would not (individually or in the aggregate) reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and except (in the case of clause (ii) alone) for any Lien disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum.
          (r) None of (i) the execution, delivery and performance by the Company and each Guarantor of this Agreement and consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Offering Documents to which each of them, respectively, is a party, (ii) the issuance and sale of the Initial Notes, the issuance of the Exchange Notes, and the issuance of the Guarantees or (iii) the consummation by Parent and the Subsidiaries of the transactions described in the Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum under the caption “Use of Proceeds,” violates or will violate, conflicts with or will conflict with, requires or will require consent under, or results or will result in a breach of any of the terms and provisions of, or constitutes or will constitute a default (or an event which with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default) under, or results or will result in the creation or imposition of any Lien upon any property or assets of Parent or any Subsidiary, or an acceleration of any Indebtedness (as defined in the DoN) of Parent or any Subsidiary pursuant to (A) any provision of the certificate or articles of incorporation, by-laws, certificate of formation, limited liability company agreement, partnership agreement or other organizational documents of Parent or any Subsidiary, (B) any bond, debenture, note, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement, instrument, franchise, license or permit to which Parent or any Subsidiary is a party or by which Parent or any Subsidiary or their respective properties, operations or assets is or may be bound or (C) assuming the representations of the Initial Purchasers contained herein are true and correct, any statute, law, rule, regulation, ordinance, directive, judgment, decree or order of any judicial, regulatory or other legal or governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign, except (x) in the case of the Registration Rights Agreement, consents and approvals that will be obtained and made under the Securities Act, the Trust Indenture Act, and state securities or blue sky laws and regulations, and (y) (in the case of clauses (B) and (C) above) as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
          (s) Each of Parent and the Subsidiaries has all necessary consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations, qualifications, licenses, filings and permits of, with and from all judicial, regulatory and other legal or governmental agencies and bodies and all third parties, foreign and domestic (collectively, the “Consents”), to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as it is now being conducted and as disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum, and each such Consent is valid and in full force and effect, except in each case as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Except as disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum, neither Parent nor any Subsidiary has received notice of any investigation or proceedings which, if decided adversely to Parent or any Subsidiary, would reasonably be expected to result in the revocation of, or imposition of a materially burdensome restriction on, any Consent. Except as disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum, each of Parent and each Subsidiary is in compliance with all applicable laws, rules, regulations, ordinances, judgments, decrees and orders, foreign and domestic, except where failure to be in compliance would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

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          (t) After giving effect to the transactions contemplated by each of the Offering Memorandum and the Offering Documents, no Consent is required for (i) the execution, delivery and performance by each of the Company and the Guarantors of this Agreement or consummation of the Offering, the Exchange Offer and the other transactions contemplated by the Offering Documents to which each of them, respectively, is a party or (ii) the issuance, sale and delivery of the Initial Notes (and the issuance of the Exchange Notes in connection with the Exchange Offer), and the issuance of the Guarantees, except such Consents as have been or will be obtained and made on or prior to the Closing Date (or, in the case of the Registration Rights Agreement, will be obtained and made under the Securities Act, the Trust Indenture Act, and state securities or blue sky laws and regulations) and that the Commission must declare the Registration Statement effective, if required pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, except where the failure to obtain such Consent would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
          (u) Except as disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum, there is (i) no judicial, regulatory, arbitral or other legal or governmental proceeding or other litigation or arbitration pending, domestic or foreign, to which Parent, any Subsidiary or, to Parent’s knowledge, Royal Street, is a party or of which the business, property, operations or assets of Parent or any Subsidiary is subject, (ii) no statute, rule, regulation or order that has been enacted, adopted or issued by any governmental agency, and (iii) no injunction, restraining order or order of any nature by a federal or state court or foreign court of competent jurisdiction to which Parent or any Subsidiary is subject or to which the business, property, operations or assets of Parent or any Subsidiary is or may be subject which, if determined adversely to Parent or any Subsidiary, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and to Parent’s knowledge, no such proceeding, litigation or arbitration is threatened or contemplated.
          (v) There exists as of the date hereof (after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by each of the Offering Documents) no event or condition that would constitute a default or an event of default (in each case as defined in each of the Offering Documents) under any of the Offering Documents that would result in a Material Adverse Effect or materially adversely affect the ability of the Company to consummate the Offering and the other transactions contemplated by the Offering Documents, including, without limitation, the Exchange Offer.
          (w) (i) To Parent’s knowledge, no action has been taken and no statute, rule, regulation or order has been enacted, adopted or issued by any governmental agency that prevents the issuance of the Notes or the Guarantees or prevents or suspends the use of the Disclosure Package or the Offering Memorandum or any amendment or supplement thereto, (ii) no injunction, restraining order or order of any nature by a federal or state court of competent jurisdiction has been issued that prevents the issuance of the Notes or the Guarantees or prevents or suspends the sale of the Initial Notes or the Guarantees in any jurisdiction referred to in Section 6(e) hereof, (iii) every request of any securities authority or agency of any jurisdiction for additional information relating to the issuance of the Notes or Guarantees or the sale of the Initial Notes has been complied with in all material respects and (iv) no order asserting that any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are subject to the registration requirements

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of the Securities Act has been issued and no proceeding for that purpose has commenced or is pending or, to Parent’s knowledge, is contemplated.
          (x) There is (i) no material unfair labor practice complaint pending against Parent or any Subsidiary nor, to Parent’s knowledge, threatened against any of them, before the National Labor Relations Board, any state or local labor relations board or any foreign labor relations board, and no material grievance or material arbitration proceeding arising out of or under any collective bargaining agreement is so pending against Parent or any Subsidiary or, to Parent’s knowledge, threatened against any of them, (ii) no material strike, labor dispute, slowdown, or stoppage pending against Parent or any Subsidiary nor, to Parent’s knowledge, threatened against any of them, (iii) no material labor disturbance by the employees of Parent or any Subsidiary or, to Parent’s knowledge, no such disturbance is imminent and (iv) no union representation petition has been submitted to Parent or any Subsidiary. To Parent’s knowledge, no collective bargaining organizing activities are taking place with respect to Parent or any Subsidiary. Neither Parent nor any Subsidiary has violated (i) any federal, state or local law or foreign law relating to discrimination in hiring, promotion or pay of employees or (ii) any applicable wage or hour laws, except those violations that would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
          (y) No “prohibited transaction” (as defined in either Section 406 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, including the regulations and published interpretations thereunder (“ERISA”) or Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time (the “Code”)), “accumulated funding deficiency” (as defined in Section 302 of ERISA) or other event of the kind described in Section 4043(b) of ERISA (other than events with respect to which the 30-day notice requirement under Section 4043 of ERISA has been waived) has occurred with respect to any employee benefit plan for which Parent or any Subsidiary would have any liability which would (individually or in the aggregate) reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; each employee benefit plan for which Parent or any Subsidiary would have any liability is in compliance with its terms and applicable law, including (without limitation) ERISA and the Code, except where such violation would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; neither Parent nor any Subsidiary has incurred liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to the termination of, or withdrawal from any “pension plan” or “multi-employer plan” (as defined in Section 3(37) of ERISA); and each plan for which Parent or any Subsidiary would have any liability that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code is so qualified in all material respects, its related trust is exempt from taxation under Section 501(a) of the Code, and nothing has occurred, whether by action or by failure to act, which would cause the loss of such qualification. The execution and delivery of this Agreement, the other Offering Documents and the sale of the Securities to be purchased by Eligible Purchasers will not involve any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. The representation made by the Company and the Guarantors in the preceding sentence is made in reliance upon and subject to the accuracy of, and compliance with, the representations and covenants made or deemed made by Eligible Purchasers as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum under the caption “Notice to Investors.”
          (z) None of Parent or any Subsidiary has violated, or is in violation of, any foreign, federal, state or local law or regulation relating to the protection of human health and

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safety, the environment or hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants (collectively, “Environmental Laws”), which violations could, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
          (aa) There is no alleged liability, or to Parent’s knowledge, potential liability (including, without limitation, alleged or potential liability or investigatory costs, cleanup costs, governmental response costs, natural resource damages, property damages, personal injuries or penalties) of Parent or any Subsidiary arising out of, based on or resulting from (i) the presence or release into the environment of any Hazardous Material (as defined below) at any location, whether or not owned by Parent or any Subsidiary, as the case may be or (ii) any violation or alleged violation of any Environmental Laws, other than as disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum and except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The term “Hazardous Material” means (i) any “hazardous substance” as defined by the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as amended, (ii) any “hazardous waste” as defined by the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, as amended, (iii) any petroleum or petroleum product, (iv) any polychlorinated biphenyl and (v) any pollutant or contaminant or hazardous, dangerous or toxic chemical, material, waste or substance regulated under or within the meaning of any other law relating to protection of human health or the environment or imposing liability or standards of conduct concerning any such chemical material, waste or substance.
          (bb) (intentionally omitted).
          (cc) Parent, Royal Street and the Subsidiaries own or lease all such properties as are reasonably necessary to the conduct of the businesses of Parent, Royal Street and the Subsidiaries as presently operated as described in the Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum. Parent, Royal Street and the Subsidiaries have (i) good and marketable title in fee simple to all real property and good and marketable title to all personal property owned by them, in each case free and clear of any and all Liens, except for Permitted Liens, Liens under the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement executed on December 15, 2005 as of December 22, 2004, by and between Company and Royal Street Communications, LLC, as amended, the Amended and Restated Security Agreement executed on December 15, 2005 as of December 22, 2004, between Royal Street Communications, LLC and the Company and the Amended and Restated Pledge Agreement executed on December 15, 2005 as of December 22, 2004 between Royal Street Communications, LLC and the Company, and except such as are described in the Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum or such as do not (individually or in the aggregate) materially affect the value of such property or materially interfere with the use made or proposed to be made of such property by Parent, Royal Street and the Subsidiaries and (ii) peaceful and undisturbed possession of any material real property and buildings held under lease or sublease by Parent, Royal Street and the Subsidiaries and such leased or subleased real property and buildings are held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases and no default exists thereunder, (including, to Parent’s knowledge, defaults by the landlord) with such exceptions as are not material to, and do not interfere with, the use made and proposed to be made of such property and buildings by Parent, Royal Street and the Subsidiaries. Neither Parent nor any Subsidiary, nor to Parent’s knowledge Royal Street, has received any notice of any claim adverse to its ownership of any real or personal property or of

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any claim against the continued possession of any real property, whether owned or held under lease or sublease by Parent, Royal Street or any Subsidiary, which would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
          (dd) Parent and each Subsidiary (i) owns or possesses right to use all patents, patent applications, trademarks, service marks, domain names, trade names, trademark registrations, service mark registrations, copyrights, licenses, formulae, customer lists, and know-how and other intellectual property (including trade secrets and other unpatented and/or unpatentable proprietary or confidential information, systems or procedures, the “Intellectual Property”) necessary for the conduct of their respective businesses as presently being conducted and as described in the Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum, except where the failure to own or possess would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and (ii) have no reason to believe that the conduct of their respective businesses does or will conflict with, and have not received any notice of any claim of conflict with, any such right of others (except for such right, or claimed right pursuant to the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of February 20, 2007, among the Company, as borrower, the several lenders from time to time parties thereto, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent and syndication agent, J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., as sole lead arranger and joint book runner, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, as joint book runner and Banc of America Securities LLC, as joint book runner (the “Credit Agreement”) or as disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum). Except as disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum, or as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, to Parent’s knowledge, there is no infringement by third parties of any Intellectual Property of Parent or any Subsidiary; except as disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum, or as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, there is no pending or, to Parent’s knowledge, threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others challenging the rights in or to any Intellectual Property of Parent or any Subsidiary; and except as disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum, or as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, there is no pending or, to Parent’s knowledge, threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others that Parent or any Subsidiary infringes or otherwise violates any patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret or other proprietary rights of others.
          (ee) Parent and each Subsidiary has, in all material respects, accurately prepared and timely filed all federal, and all material state, foreign and other tax returns that are required to be filed by it and has paid or made provision (to the extent required by U.S. GAAP) for the payment of all taxes, assessments, governmental or other similar charges, including without limitation, all sales and use taxes and all taxes which Parent or any Subsidiary is obligated to withhold from amounts owing to employees, creditors and third parties, with respect to the periods covered by such tax returns (whether or not such amounts are shown as due on any tax return). No material deficiency assessment with respect to a proposed adjustment of Parent or any Subsidiary’s federal, state, local or foreign taxes is pending or, to Parent’s knowledge, threatened. The accruals and reserves on the books and records of Parent and the Subsidiaries in respect of tax liabilities for any taxable period not finally determined are adequate in all material respects (in accordance with U.S. GAAP) to meet any assessments and related liabilities for any such period and, since December 31, 2007, Parent and the Subsidiaries have not incurred any material liability for taxes other than in the ordinary course of its business. There is no tax lien,

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whether imposed by any federal, state, foreign or other taxing authority, outstanding against the assets, properties or business of Parent or any Subsidiary, except such liens as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
          (ff) Parent, the Subsidiaries and, to the Parent’s knowledge after due inquiry, Royal Street maintain a system of internal accounting and other controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations, (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP and to maintain accountability for assets, (iii) access to material assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences.
          (gg) Parent is not aware of any existing material weaknesses in its internal control over financial reporting. Since the date of the latest audited financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum, there has been no change in Parent’s internal control over financial reporting that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially adversely affect, Parent’s internal control over financial reporting.
          (hh) Parent maintains disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Exchange Act) that have been designed to ensure that material information relating to Parent and its Subsidiaries is disclosed to Parent’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer by others within those entities and, as of December 31, 2007, such disclosure controls and procedures are effective.
          (ii) Parent maintains insurance in such amounts and covering such risks as Parent reasonably considers adequate for the conduct of Parent and each Subsidiary’s businesses and the value of Parent’s and each Subsidiary’s properties and as is customary for publicly held companies engaged in similar businesses in similar industries, all of which insurance is in full force and effect, except where the failure to maintain such insurance would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. There are no material claims by Parent or any Subsidiary under any such policy or instrument as to which any insurance company is denying liability or defending under a reservation of rights clause. Parent reasonably believes that Parent and each Subsidiary will be able to renew their respective existing insurance as and when such coverage expires or will be able to obtain replacement insurance adequate for the conduct of the business and the value of its properties at a cost that would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Neither Parent nor any Subsidiary has received notice from any insurer or agent of such insurer that substantial capital improvements or other expenditures will have to be made in order to continue such insurance.
          (jj) Parent has in effect insurance covering its directors and officers as is customary for similarly-sized publicly held companies engaged in similar businesses in similar industries for liabilities or losses arising in connection with the Offering, except where the failure to have such coverage would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

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          (kk) Except as disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum, no relationship, direct or indirect, exists between or among Parent, any Subsidiary or any affiliate of the Company, on the one hand, and any director, executive officer or security holder (or any immediate family member of such director, executive officer or security holder), of Parent, any Subsidiary or any affiliate of the Company, on the other hand, which is required by the Securities Act to be described in the Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum if the Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum were prospectuses included in registration statements on Form S-1 filed with the Commission. There are no outstanding loans, advances (except normal advances for business expenses in the ordinary course of business) or guarantees of indebtedness by the Company or Parent to or for the benefit of any of the executive officers or directors of the Company or Parent or any of their respective family members. Parent has not, in violation of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations promulgated in connection therewith (the “Sarbanes-Oxley Act”), directly or indirectly, including through a Subsidiary, extended or maintained credit, arranged for the extension of credit, or renewed an extension of credit, in the form of a personal loan to or for any director or executive officer of Parent.
          (ll) Parent, each Subsidiary, and to Parent’s knowledge Royal Street, is not now and, after sale of the Initial Notes as contemplated hereunder and application of the net proceeds of such sale as described in the Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum under the caption “Use of Proceeds,” will not be, required to register as an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”) and is not and will not be an entity “controlled” by an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act.
          (mm) Except as described in the Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum, no holder of any Relevant Security of Parent or any Subsidiary, or to Parent’s knowledge Royal Street, has any rights to require registration of any Relevant Security by reason of the execution by the Company or any of the Guarantors of this Agreement or any other Offering Document to which it is a party or the consummation by the Company or any of the Guarantors of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, or as part or on account of, or otherwise in connection with the Offering and any of the other transactions contemplated by the Offering Documents, and any such rights so disclosed have been effectively waived by the holders thereof, and any such waivers remain in full force and effect.
          (nn) None of Parent, any Subsidiary, or any affiliate of the Company (within the meaning of Rule 144 under the Securities Act) has (i) taken, directly or indirectly, any action which constitutes or is designed to cause or result in, or which could reasonably be expected to constitute, cause or result in, the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of Parent or any Subsidiary to facilitate the sale or resale of the Initial Notes or (ii) since the date of the Preliminary Offering Memorandum (A) sold, bid for, purchased or paid any person any compensation for soliciting purchases of the Initial Notes or (B) paid or agreed to pay to any person any compensation for soliciting another to purchase any other securities of Parent or any Subsidiary.
          (oo) None of Parent or any Subsidiary or any of their respective affiliates (as defined in Rule 501(b) of Regulation D under the Securities Act) or representatives directly, or

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through any agent, (i) sold, offered for sale, solicited offers to buy or otherwise negotiated in respect of any “security” (as defined in the Securities Act) which is or could be integrated with the sale of the Notes in a manner that would require the registration under the Securities Act of the Notes or (ii) engaged in any form of general solicitation or general advertising (as those terms are used in Regulation D under the Securities Act) in connection with the offer and sale of the Securities or in connection with Exempt Resales of the Securities, or in any manner involving a public offering within the meaning of Section 4(2) of the Securities Act. Assuming the accuracy of the Initial Purchasers’ representations and warranties set forth in Section 3 hereof, neither (i) the offer and sale of the Initial Notes and the Guarantees to the Initial Purchasers in the manner contemplated by this Agreement, the Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum nor (ii) the Exempt Resales requires registration under the Securities Act and prior to the effectiveness of any Registration Statement, the Indenture does not require qualification under the Trust Indenture Act. No securities of the same class as the Notes have been issued and sold by Parent or any Subsidiary within the six-month period immediately prior to the date hereof.
          (pp) The financial information and statements, including the notes thereto, and the supporting schedules included or incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum present fairly the financial position as of the dates indicated and the cash flows and results of operations for the periods specified of Parent and its consolidated subsidiaries in all material respects; except as otherwise stated in the Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum, said financial statements have been prepared in conformity with U.S. GAAP applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved in all material respects; and the supporting schedules included or incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum present fairly the information required to be stated therein in all material respects. The other financial and statistical information included or incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum derived from the historical, pro forma and as adjusted financial information and statements, present fairly the information included therein in all material respects and have been prepared on a basis consistent with that of the financial statements, historical, pro forma and as adjusted financial information and statements, that are included or incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum and the books and records of the respective entities presented therein and, to the extent such information is a range, projection or estimate, is based on the good faith belief and estimates of the management of Parent.
          (qq) Deloitte & Touche LLP, who have certified or will certify the financial statements and supporting schedules and information of Parent and its subsidiaries included or to be included as part of the Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2005, 2006 and 2007, is an independent registered public accounting firm as required by the Securities Act and the Exchange Act.
          (rr) (intentionally omitted).
          (ss) The statistical, industry-related and market-related data included in the Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum are based on or derived from sources which the Company and the Guarantors reasonably and in good faith believe are reliable and accurate

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in all material respects, and such data agree with the sources from which they are derived in all material respects.
          (tt) Each of (i) the Preliminary Offering Memorandum as of its date, (ii) the Disclosure Package as of the Applicable Time, (iii) the Offering Memorandum as of its date and as of the Closing Date and (iv) each amendment or supplement to any of the documents referenced in (i), (ii) or (iii), in each case, as of its date, contains the information specified in, and meets the requirements of, Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act.
          (uu) Assuming the accuracy of the representations of the Initial Purchasers contained in this Agreement, the sale of the Initial Notes pursuant to Regulation S is not part of a plan or scheme to evade the registration provisions of the Securities Act.
          (vv) None of the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, the issuance and sale of the Securities, the application of the proceeds from the issuance and sale of the Securities and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum, will violate Regulations T, U or X promulgated by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or analogous foreign laws and regulations, in each case as in effect, or as the same may hereafter be in effect, on the Closing Date (the “Regulations”) and neither Parent nor any Subsidiaries nor any agent thereof acting on the behalf of any of them has taken, and none of them will take, any action that might cause this Agreement or the issuance or sale of the Initial Notes and the Guarantees to violate the Regulations.
          (ww) Neither the Company nor any Guarantor is, nor will any of them be, after giving effect to the execution, delivery and performance of the Offering Documents and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby, (i) left with unreasonably small capital with which to carry on their respective businesses as proposed to be conducted, (ii) unable to pay their debts (contingent or otherwise) as they mature or (iii) insolvent. The fair value and present fair saleable value of the assets of the Company and each Guarantor exceeds the amount that will be required to be paid on or in respect of its existing debts and other liabilities (including contingent liabilities) as they become absolute and matured.
          (xx) Except pursuant to this Agreement, there are no contracts, agreements or understandings between or among Parent and the Subsidiaries, and any other person that would give rise to a valid claim against Parent or any Subsidiary or the Initial Purchasers for a brokerage commission, finder’s fee or like payment in connection with the issuance, purchase and sale of the Initial Notes and the Guarantees.
          (yy) Except as described in the Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum, none of Parent or any of the Subsidiaries is in default under any of the Offering Documents or any of the contracts described in the Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum, has received a notice or claim of any such default or has knowledge of any breach of such contracts by the other party or parties thereto, except such defaults or breaches as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
          (zz) (intentionally omitted).

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          (aaa) Neither Parent nor any Subsidiary has distributed or, prior to the later to occur of (i) the Closing Date and (ii) completion of the distribution of the Initial Notes, will distribute any material in connection with the offering and sale of the Initial Notes other than the Disclosure Package, the Offering Memorandum or other material, if any, not prohibited by the Securities Act and the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 of the United Kingdom (“FSMA”) (or regulations promulgated under the Securities Act or the FMSA) and approved by the Initial Purchasers, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed.
          (bbb) The Company, the Guarantors and their respective affiliates and all persons acting on their behalf (other than the Initial Purchasers, as to whom the Company and the Guarantors make no representation) have not engaged and will not engage in any directed selling efforts, within the meaning of Regulation S, with respect to the Initial Notes, and have complied with and will comply with the offering restrictions requirements of Regulation S in connection with the offering of the Initial Notes outside the United States and, in connection therewith, the Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum will contain the disclosure required by Rule 902(g)(2) under the Securities Act.
          (ccc) Each of the Company and the Guarantors is a “reporting issuer”, as defined in Rule 902 under the Securities Act.
          (ddd) Parent is subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act and files reports with the Commission on the EDGAR System. Parent’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Common Stock”), is registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and the outstanding shares of Common Stock are listed on the New York Stock Exchange, and the Company has taken no action designed to, or likely to have the effect of, terminating the registration of the Common Stock under the Exchange Act or de-listing the Common Stock from the New York Stock Exchange, nor has the Company received any notification that the Commission or the New York Stock Exchange is contemplating terminating such registration or listing.
          (eee) Since the date of effectiveness of its registration statement on Form 10 (Registration No. 000-50869), Parent has filed in a timely manner each document or report required to be filed by it pursuant to the Exchange Act.
          (fff) Parent is in compliance in all material respects with all applicable provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, and is taking commercially reasonable steps to ensure that it will be in compliance in all material respects with other provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act not currently in effect, upon the effectiveness of such provisions.
          Any certificate signed by or on behalf of the Company or any Guarantor and delivered to the Initial Purchasers or to counsel for the Initial Purchasers pursuant to this Agreement shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty by the Company or such Guarantor, as the case may be, to the Initial Purchasers as to the matters covered thereby.
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counsel for the Company and the Guarantors and counsel for the Initial Purchasers, will rely upon the accuracy and truth of the foregoing representations and hereby consent to such reliance.
     3. Representations and Warranties of the Initial Purchasers. Each of the Initial Purchasers, severally and not jointly, represents, warrants and covenants to the Company and the Guarantors and agrees that:
          (a) it is a QIB and an accredited investor within the meaning of Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act;
          (b) such Initial Purchaser acknowledges that the Initial Notes have not been registered under the Securities Act and may not be offered or sold within the United States or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons except pursuant to an exemption from, or in transactions not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act;
          (c) it has not solicited offers for, or offered or sold, and will not solicit offers for, or offer or sell, the Initial Notes by means of any form of general solicitation or general advertising within the meaning of Rule 502(c) of Regulation D under the Securities Act (“Regulation D”) or in any manner involving a public offering within the meaning of Section 4(2) of the Securities Act;
          (d) it has not and will not use, authorize use of, refer to, or participate in the planning for use of, any written communication that constitutes an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy the Initial Notes other than (i) the Preliminary Offering Memorandum and the Offering Memorandum, (ii) a written communication that contains no “issuer information” (as defined in Rule 433(h)(2) under the Securities Act) that was not included (including through incorporation by reference) in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum or the Offering Memorandum, (iii) any written communication listed on Schedule II or Schedule III or prepared pursuant to Section 2(a) above (including any electronic road show), (iv) any written communication prepared by such Initial Purchaser and approved by the Company in advance in writing or (v) any written communication relating to or that contains the terms of the Initial Notes and/or other information that was included (including through incorporation by reference) in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum or the Offering Memorandum; and
          (e) it has not solicited offers for, or offered or sold, and will not solicit offers for, or offer or sell, the Initial Notes as part of their initial offering except:
     (i) within the United States to persons whom it reasonably believes to be QIBs in transactions pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act (“Rule 144A”) and in connection with each such sale, it has taken or will take reasonable steps to ensure that the purchaser of the Initial Notes is aware that such sale is being made in reliance on Rule 144A; or
     (ii) in accordance with the restrictions set forth in Schedule IV hereto.

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          The Initial Purchasers acknowledge that the Company and the Guarantors and, for purposes of the opinions to be delivered to the Initial Purchasers pursuant to Section 10 hereof, counsel for the Company and the Guarantors and counsel for the Initial Purchasers will rely upon the accuracy and truth of the foregoing representations and hereby consent to such reliance.
     4. Purchase, Sale and Delivery.
          (a) On the basis of the representations, warranties, covenants and agreements contained in this Agreement, and subject to its terms and conditions, the Company agrees to issue and sell to the Initial Purchasers, and the Initial Purchasers agree, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company, the principal amount of Initial Notes set forth opposite the name of such Initial Purchaser on Exhibit C. In the event that any Initial Purchaser fails to purchase all of its portion of the Initial Notes, the remaining Initial Purchasers shall be subject to the obligations set forth in Section 13(e) hereof. The purchase price for the Initial Notes will be $875.50 per $1,000 principal amount of Initial Notes.
          (b) On the Closing Date, the Company shall deliver to the Initial Purchasers, in such denomination or denominations and registered in such name or names as the Initial Purchasers request upon notice to the Company at least 48 hours prior to the Closing Date, one or more Initial Notes in definitive global form (the “Global Notes”), registered in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee of The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”), having an aggregate amount corresponding to the aggregate principal amount of the Initial Notes sold against payment of the purchase price therefor by wire transfer of same-day funds to the account of the Company, previously designated by it in writing. Such delivery of and payment for the Initial Notes shall be made at the offices of Latham & Watkins LLP, 885 Third Avenue, Suite 1000, New York, NY 10022 or such other location as may be mutually acceptable. Such delivery and payment shall be made at 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on January 20, 2009 or at such other time as shall be agreed upon by the Initial Purchasers and the Company. The time and date of such delivery and payment are herein called the “Closing Date.” The Global Notes shall be made available to the Initial Purchasers for inspection not later than 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the business day immediately preceding the Closing Date.
     5. Offering by Initial Purchasers. The Initial Purchasers propose to make an offering of the Securities at the price and upon the terms set forth in the Offering Memorandum as soon as practicable after this Agreement is entered into and as, in the judgment of the Initial Purchasers, is advisable.
     6. Agreements of the Company and the Guarantors. Each of the Company and the Guarantors, jointly and severally, covenants and agrees with the Initial Purchasers that:
          (a) The Company and the Guarantors shall advise the Initial Purchasers promptly and, if requested by the Initial Purchasers, confirm such advice in writing, upon the Company or any Guarantor becoming aware (i) of the issuance by any state securities commission or other regulatory authority of any stop order or order suspending the qualification or exemption from qualification of any Notes or the related Guarantees for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or the initiation of any proceeding for such purpose by any state securities commission or other regulatory authority and (ii) of the happening of any event that makes any

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statement of a material fact made in the Disclosure Package or the Offering Memorandum untrue or that requires the making of any additions to or changes in the Disclosure Package or the Offering Memorandum in order to make the Disclosure Package or the Offering Memorandum not misleading in the light of the circumstances existing at the time it is delivered to an Eligible Purchaser. The Company and the Guarantors shall use their respective commercially reasonable efforts to prevent the issuance of any stop order or order suspending the qualification or exemption from qualification of any Notes or the related Guarantees under any state securities or blue sky laws and, if at any time any state securities commission or other regulatory authority shall issue an order suspending the qualification or exemption from qualification of any Notes or the related Guarantees under any state securities or blue sky laws, the Company and the Guarantors shall use their respective commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the withdrawal or lifting of such order at the earliest possible time.
          (b) The Company and the Guarantors shall, without charge, during the period referred to in paragraph (c) below, provide to the Initial Purchasers and to counsel to the Initial Purchasers, and to those persons identified by the Initial Purchasers to the Company as many copies of the Preliminary Offering Memorandum and the Offering Memorandum, including all documents incorporated therein by reference, and any amendments or supplements thereto, as the Initial Purchasers may reasonably request. The Company and the Guarantors consent to the use of the Preliminary Offering Memorandum and the Offering Memorandum, and any amendments and supplements thereto required pursuant hereto, by the Initial Purchasers in connection with Exempt Resales. The Initial Purchasers may not use any written materials other than the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Offering Memorandum, the Free Writing Offering Document and one or more term sheets relating to the Securities containing customary information and conveyed to purchasers of Securities, unless such material would not violate applicable laws.
          (c) Neither the Company nor any Guarantor will amend or supplement the Preliminary Offering Memorandum or the Offering Memorandum or any amendment or supplement thereto during such period as, in the opinion of counsel for the Initial Purchasers, the Preliminary Offering Memorandum or the Offering Memorandum is required by law to be delivered in connection with Exempt Resales and in connection with market-making activities of the Initial Purchasers for so long as any Initial Notes are outstanding unless the Initial Purchasers shall previously have been advised thereof and furnished a copy for a reasonable period of time prior to the proposed amendment or supplement and as to which the Initial Purchasers shall not have given its consent. The Company and the Guarantors shall promptly, upon the request of the Initial Purchasers or counsel to the Initial Purchasers, make any amendment or supplement to the Preliminary Offering Memorandum or the Offering Memorandum that may be necessary or advisable in connection with such Exempt Resales or such market making activities.
          (d) If, during the period referred to in 6(c) above, any event shall occur as a result of which, it is necessary or advisable, in the opinion of counsel for the Initial Purchasers, to amend or supplement the Preliminary Offering Memorandum or the Offering Memorandum in order to make such Preliminary Offering Memorandum or Offering Memorandum not materially misleading in the light of the circumstances existing at the time it is delivered to an Eligible Purchaser, or if for any other reason it shall be necessary or advisable to amend or supplement the Preliminary Offering Memorandum or the Offering Memorandum to comply with applicable

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laws, rules or regulations, the Company and the Guarantors shall (subject to Section 6(c) hereof) forthwith amend or supplement such Preliminary Offering Memorandum or Offering Memorandum at its own expense so that, as so amended or supplemented, such Preliminary Offering Memorandum or Offering Memorandum will not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading or so that such Preliminary Offering Memorandum or Offering Memorandum will comply with all applicable laws, rules or regulations. The Company and the Guarantors shall supply any amendment or supplemented Offering Memorandum to the Initial Purchasers in such quantities as the Initial Purchasers may reasonably request. From the time the Company notifies the Initial Purchasers that any such amendment or modification is necessary until the amendment or modification is made, the Initial Purchasers shall cease use of the Preliminary Offering Memorandum or the Offering Memorandum, as applicable.
          (e) The Company and the Guarantors shall reasonably cooperate with the Initial Purchasers and counsel for the Initial Purchasers in connection with the qualification or registration of the Initial Notes and the Guarantees thereof for offering and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Initial Purchasers may designate and shall continue such qualifications in effect for as long as may be necessary to complete the Exempt Resales, but in no event longer than 365 days from the Closing Date; provided, however, that in connection therewith neither the Company nor any Guarantor shall be required to qualify as a foreign corporation where it is not now so qualified or to execute a general consent to service of process in any jurisdiction or to take any other action that would subject it to general service of process or to taxation in respect of doing business in any jurisdiction in which it is not otherwise subject, in each case, other than as to matters and transactions relating to the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Offering Memorandum or Exempt Resales.
          (f) The Company shall apply the net proceeds from the sale of the Initial Notes in the manner set forth under “Use of Proceeds” in the Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum.
          (g) (intentionally omitted).
          (h) None of the Company, the Guarantors or any of their respective “affiliates” (as defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act) will sell, offer for sale, solicit offers to buy or otherwise negotiate in respect of any “security” (as defined in the Securities Act) that could be integrated with the sale of the Initial Notes in a manner that would require the registration under the Securities Act of the sale to the Initial Purchasers or the Eligible Purchasers of the Initial Notes or to take any other action that would result in the Exempt Resales not being exempt from registration under the Securities Act.
          (i) For so long as any of the Notes remain outstanding and are “restricted securities” within the meaning of Rule 144 under the Securities Act and are not able to be sold in their entirety under Rule 144 under the Securities Act (or any successor provision), for the benefit of holders from time to time of Initial Notes, the Company will furnish at its expense, upon request, to any holder or beneficial owner of Initial Notes and prospective purchasers of the Initial Notes, information (the “Additional Issuer Information”) specified in Rule 144A(d)(4)

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under the Securities Act, unless the Company and the Guarantors are then subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act.
          (j) The Company and the Guarantors shall use all commercially reasonable efforts to (i) permit the Notes to be included for quotation on The PORTALSM Market and (ii) permit the Notes to be eligible for clearance and settlement through DTC.
          (k) During any period that they are not subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, but in no event longer than two years from the Closing Date, the Company and the Guarantors shall deliver without charge to the Initial Purchasers (i) as soon as available, copies of each report and other communication (financial or otherwise) of the Company mailed to the Trustee of the holders of the Notes, stockholders or any national securities exchange on which any class of securities of the Company or any Guarantor may be listed (including without limitation, press releases) other than materials filed with the Commission or posted to intralinks.com and (ii) from time to time such other information concerning Parent and the Subsidiaries as the Initial Purchasers may reasonably request in writing.
          (l) The Company and the Guarantors shall not take, directly or indirectly, any action which constitutes or is designed to cause or result in, or which could reasonably be expected to constitute, cause or result in, the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company or any Guarantor to facilitate the sale or resale of the Notes, or take any action prohibited by Regulation M under the Exchange Act, in connection with the distribution of the Securities and the Exchange Securities contemplated hereby. Except as permitted by the Securities Act, neither the Company nor any Guarantor will distribute any (i) preliminary offering memorandum, including, without limitation, the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, (ii) offering memorandum, including, without limitation, the Offering Memorandum or (iii) other offering material in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities.
          (m) For so long as the Notes constitute “restricted” securities within the meaning of Rule 144 under the Securities Act, the Company and the Guarantors shall not, and shall not permit any Subsidiary to, solicit any offer to buy or offer to sell the Notes by means of any form of general solicitation or general advertising (as those terms are used in Regulation D under the Securities Act) or in any manner involving a public offering within the meaning of Section 4(2) of the Securities Act.
          (n) During the period from the Closing Date until two years after the Closing Date, without the prior written consent of the Initial Purchasers, the Company and the Guarantors shall not, and shall not permit any of their respective “affiliates” (as defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act) to, resell any of the Securities or the Exchange Securities that constitute “restricted securities” under Rule 144 that have been reacquired by any of them.
          (o) Prior to the Closing Date, the Company and the Guarantors shall not, and shall not permit any of their respective “affiliates” (as defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act) to issue any press release or other communications, directly or indirectly, or hold any press conference with respect to the issuance of the Initial Notes, Parent or any Subsidiary, the properties, business, results of operations, condition (financial or otherwise), affairs or prospects

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of Parent or any Subsidiary, without the prior consent of the Initial Purchasers, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed.
          (p) Without the prior consent of the Initial Purchasers, which consent may not be unreasonably withheld, the Company and the Guarantors shall not, and shall not permit any of their respective “affiliates” (as defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act) to make any offer relating to the Initial Notes that would constitute a “free writing prospectus” (if the offering of the Notes was made pursuant to a registered offering under the Securities Act) as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act (a “Free Writing Offering Document”); any such Free Writing Offering Document the use of which has been consented to by the Initial Purchasers is listed on Schedule III hereto; if at any time following issuance of a Free Writing Offering Document any event occurred or occurs as a result of which such Free Writing Offering Document would conflict with the information in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum or the Offering Memorandum or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances then prevailing, not misleading, the Company will give prompt notice thereof to the Initial Purchasers and, if requested by the Initial Purchasers, will prepare and furnish without charge to the Initial Purchasers a Free Writing Offering Document or other document which will correct such conflict, statement or omission.
          (q) During the period from the date hereof through and including the date that is ninety (90) days after the date hereof, the Company and each of the Guarantors will not, without the prior written consent of J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., offer, sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of any debt securities issued or guaranteed by the Company or any of the Guarantors and having a maturity date of more than one year from the date of sale.
     7. Expenses. Whether or not the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are consummated or this Agreement becomes effective or is terminated (pursuant to Section 13 hereof or otherwise), the Company and the Guarantors hereby jointly and severally agree to pay all costs and expenses incident to the performance of their respective obligations hereunder, including the following: (i) the negotiation, preparation, printing, typing, filing, reproduction, execution and delivery of this Agreement and of the other Offering Documents, any amendment or supplement to or modification of any of the foregoing and any and all other documents furnished pursuant hereto or thereto or in connection herewith or therewith and with the Exempt Resales; (ii) the preparation, printing or reproduction of each Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Offering Memorandum (including, without limitation, financial statements) and all amendments and supplements to any of them; (iii) the issuance, transfer and delivery of the Initial Notes and the Guarantees endorsed thereon to the Initial Purchasers; (iv) the registration or qualification of the Initial Notes and the related Guarantees for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of the several states (including, without limitation, filing fees, the cost of printing and mailing a preliminary and final blue sky memorandum, and the reasonable fees and disbursements of outside counsel to the Initial Purchasers relating to such registration or qualification); (v) the delivery (including postage, air freight charges and charges for counting and packaging) of such copies of each Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Offering Memorandum and all amendments or supplements to any of them as may be requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Initial Notes and the Exempt Resales; (vi) the preparation, printing, authentication, issuance and delivery of certificates for the Initial

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Notes, including any stamp taxes in connection with the original issuance and sale of the Notes and Trustee’s fees; (vii) the fees, disbursements and expenses of the Company’s and the Guarantors’ counsel (including local and special counsel, if any) and accountants; (viii) the reproduction and delivery of this Agreement and the other Offering Documents, the preliminary and supplemental blue sky memoranda and all other agreements or documents reproduced and delivered in connection with the offering of the Initial Notes; (ix) all fees and expenses (including fees and expenses of counsel) of the Company and the Guarantors in connection with the approval of the Notes by DTC for “book-entry” transfer; (x) any fees charged by investment rating agencies for the rating of the Initial Notes; (xi) the fees and expenses of the Trustee and its outside counsel; (xii) all expenses incurred in connection with the performance by the Company and the Guarantors of their other obligations under this Agreement and the other Offering Documents; (xiii) the transportation and other “roadshow” expenses incurred by or on behalf of the Company representatives in connection with presentations to and related communications with prospective purchasers of the Notes; and (xiv) all expenses and listing fees incurred by the Company, the Guarantors or the Initial Purchasers in connection with the application for quotation of the Initial Notes on The PORTALSM Market.
     8. Indemnification and Contribution.
          (a) Indemnification of the Initial Purchasers. The Company and each of the Guarantors jointly and severally agree to indemnify and hold harmless each Initial Purchaser, its affiliates, directors and officers and each person, if any, who controls such Initial Purchaser within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, from and against any and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including, without limitation, reasonable outside legal fees and other expenses incurred in connection with any suit, action or proceeding or any claim asserted, as such fees and expenses are incurred), joint or several, that arise out of, or are based upon, any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, any of the other information contained in the Disclosure Package, any Additional Issuer Information or the Offering Memorandum (or any amendment or supplement thereto) or any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, in each case except insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities arise out of, or are based upon, any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with any information relating to any Initial Purchaser furnished to the Company in writing by such Initial Purchaser expressly for use therein.
          (b) Indemnification of the Company. Each Initial Purchaser agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each of the Guarantors, each of their respective directors and officers and each person, if any, who controls the Company or any of the Guarantors within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act to the same extent as the indemnity set forth in paragraph (a) above, but only with respect to any losses, claims, damages or liabilities that arise out of, or are based upon, any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with any information relating to such Initial Purchaser furnished to the Company in writing by such Initial Purchaser expressly for use in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, any of the other information contained in the Disclosure Package, any Additional Issuer

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Information or the Offering Memorandum (or any amendment or supplement thereto), it being understood and agreed that the only such information consists of such information identified in Section 11 hereto.
          (c) Notice and Procedures. If any suit, action, proceeding (including any governmental or regulatory investigation), claim or demand shall be brought or asserted against any person in respect of which indemnification may be sought pursuant to either paragraph (a) or (b) above, such person (the “Indemnified Person”) shall promptly notify the person against whom such indemnification may be sought (the “Indemnifying Person”) in writing; provided that the failure to notify the Indemnifying Person shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have under this Section 8 except to the extent that it has been materially prejudiced (through the forfeiture of substantive rights or defenses) by such failure; and provided, further, that the failure to notify the Indemnifying Person shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have to an Indemnified Person otherwise than under this Section 8. If any such proceeding shall be brought or asserted against an Indemnified Person and it shall have notified the Indemnifying Person thereof, the Indemnifying Person shall retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person (who shall not, without the consent of the Indemnified Person (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), be counsel to the Indemnifying Person) to represent the Indemnified Person and any others entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Section 8 that the Indemnifying Person may designate in such proceeding and shall pay the fees and expenses of such proceeding and shall pay the fees and expenses of such counsel related to such proceeding, as incurred. In any such proceeding, any Indemnified Person shall have the right to retain its own counsel, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Indemnified Person unless (i) the Indemnifying Person and the Indemnified Person shall have mutually agreed to the contrary; (ii) the Indemnifying Person has failed within a reasonable time to retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person; (iii) the Indemnified Person shall have reasonably concluded that there may be legal defenses available to it that are different from or in addition to those available to the Indemnifying Person; or (iv) the named parties in any such proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both the Indemnifying Person and the Indemnified Person and representation of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between them, in which case in this clause (iv), the Indemnifying Person’s obligations shall be for reasonable outside counsel fees and expenses. It is understood and agreed that the Indemnifying Person shall not, in connection with any proceeding or related proceeding in the same jurisdiction, be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm (in addition to any local counsel) for all Indemnified Persons, and that all such fees and expenses shall be reimbursed as they are incurred. Any such separate firm for any Initial Purchaser, its affiliates, directors and officers and any control persons of such Initial Purchaser shall be designated in writing by J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. and any such separate firm for the Company, the Guarantors, their respective directors and officers and any control persons of the Company and the Guarantors shall be designated in writing by the Company. The Indemnifying Person shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent, but if settled with such consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the Indemnifying Person agrees to indemnify each Indemnified Person from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment. No Indemnifying Person shall, without the written consent of the Indemnified Person, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which any Indemnified Person is or could have been a party and indemnification could have been sought hereunder by such

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Indemnified Person, unless such settlement (x) includes an unconditional release of such Indemnified Person from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding and (y) does not include any statement as to or any admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any Indemnified Person.
          (d) Contribution. If the indemnification provided for in paragraphs (a) and (b) above is unavailable to an Indemnified Person or insufficient in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to therein, then each Indemnifying Person under such paragraph, in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Person thereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Person as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company and the Guarantors on the one hand and the Initial Purchasers on the other from the offering of the Initial Notes or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) but also the relative fault of the Company and the Guarantors on the one hand and the Initial Purchasers on the other in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company and the Guarantors on the one hand and the Initial Purchasers on the other shall be deemed to be in the same respective proportions as the net proceeds (before deducting expenses) received by the Company from the sale of the Initial Notes and the total discounts and commissions received by the Initial Purchasers in connection therewith, as provided in this Agreement, bear to the aggregate offering price of the Initial Notes. The relative fault of the Company and the Guarantors on the one hand and the Initial Purchasers on the other shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or any Guarantor or by the Initial Purchasers and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.
          (e) Limitation on Liability. The Company, the Guarantors and the Initial Purchasers agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 8 were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Initial Purchasers were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in paragraph (d) above. The amount paid or payable by an Indemnified Person as a result of the losses, claims, damages and liabilities referred to in paragraph (d) above shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any reasonable outside counsel fees or expenses incurred by such Indemnified Person in connection with any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 8, in no event shall an Initial Purchaser be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total discounts and commissions received by such Initial Purchaser with respect to the offering of the Notes exceeds the amount of any damages that such Initial Purchaser has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Initial Purchasers’ obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 8 are several in proportion to their respective purchase obligations hereunder and not joint.

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          (f) Non-Exclusive Remedies. The remedies provided for in this Section 8 are not exclusive and shall not limit any rights or remedies that may otherwise be available to any Indemnified Person at law or in equity.
     9. [Intentionally Omitted].
     10. Conditions of Initial Purchasers’ Obligations. The obligations of the Initial Purchasers to purchase and pay for the Initial Notes, as provided herein, are subject to the absence from any certificates, opinions, written statements or letters furnished to the Initial Purchasers pursuant to this Section 10 of any material misstatement or omissions and to the satisfaction of the following additional conditions unless waived in writing by the Initial Purchasers:
          (a) All of the representations and warranties of the Company and the Guarantors contained in this Agreement shall be true and correct on the date hereof and on the Closing Date with the same force and effect as if made on and as of the date hereof and the Closing Date, respectively. The Company and each Guarantor shall have performed or complied with all of the agreements and satisfied all conditions on their respective parts to be performed, complied with or satisfied hereunder at or prior to the Closing Date.
          (b) The Offering Memorandum shall have been distributed to the Initial Purchasers not later than 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the day that is two business days following the date of this Agreement or at such later date and time as to which the Initial Purchasers may agree.
          (c) No stop order suspending the qualification or exemption from qualification of the Initial Notes or the Guarantees thereof in any jurisdiction referred to in Section 6(e) hereof shall have been issued and no proceeding for that purpose shall have been commenced or shall be pending or threatened.
          (d) None of the issuance and sale of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated by any of the other Offering Documents shall be enjoined (temporarily or permanently) and no restraining order or other injunctive order shall have been issued; and there shall not have been any legal action, statute, order, rule, regulation, decree or other administrative proceeding enacted, instituted, adopted, issued or threatened against the Company, the Guarantors, or against the Initial Purchasers relating to the issuance of the Securities or the Initial Purchasers’ activities in connection therewith or any other transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Offering Memorandum, or the other Offering Documents. No stop order shall have been issued preventing the use of the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, any Free Writing Offering Document, the Offering Memorandum, or any amendment or supplement thereto.
          (e) The Initial Purchasers shall have received certificates, dated the Closing Date, signed by the chief executive officer and the chief financial officer of the Company and each Guarantor (in their respective capacities as such), in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Initial Purchasers, confirming, as of the Closing Date, the matters set forth in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of this Section 10 and that, as of the Closing Date, the obligations of

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the Company and such Guarantor, as the case may be, to be performed hereunder on or prior thereto have been duly performed.
          (f) The Initial Purchasers shall have received on the Closing Date:
     (i) an opinion, dated the Closing Date, of Baker Botts, LLP, counsel for the Company and the Guarantors, in the form set forth in Exhibit D hereto.
     (ii) an opinion, dated the Closing Date, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Initial Purchasers and Latham & Watkins LLP, counsel for the Initial Purchasers, of Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP, federal communications regulatory counsel for the Company and the Guarantors, to the effect set forth in Exhibit E hereto.
     (iii) an opinion, dated the Closing Date, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Initial Purchasers and Latham & Watkins LLP, counsel for the Initial Purchasers, of Patton Boggs, LLP, counsel for Royal Street, to the effect set forth in Exhibit F hereto.
     (iv) an opinion, dated the Closing Date, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Initial Purchasers, of Latham & Watkins LLP, counsel for the Initial Purchasers, relating to this Agreement and such other related matters as the Initial Purchasers may require.
          (g) Deloitte & Touche LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm for the Company and the Guarantors, shall deliver to the Initial Purchasers three customary “comfort” letters addressed to the Initial Purchasers and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Initial Purchasers and Latham & Watkins LLP, counsel for the Initial Purchasers, with respect to the financial statements and certain financial information of Parent and Parent’s subsidiaries contained in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum and the Offering Memorandum and/or incorporated therein by reference as follows: (i) with respect to the Preliminary Offering Memorandum on the date of the Offering Memorandum, (ii) with respect to the Offering Memorandum on the date of the Offering Memorandum and (iii) with respect to the Offering Memorandum on the Closing Date.
          (h) The Initial Purchasers and Latham & Watkins LLP, counsel to the Initial Purchasers, shall have been furnished with such information, certificates and documents, in addition to those set forth above, as they may reasonably require for the purpose of enabling them to review or pass upon the matters referred to in this Section 10 and in order to evidence the accuracy, completeness or satisfaction in all material respects of any of the representations, warranties or conditions herein contained.
          (i) The Company and the Guarantors and the Trustee shall have entered into the Indenture and the Initial Purchasers shall have received counterparts, conformed as executed, thereof and the Initial Notes and the Guarantees thereof shall have been duly executed and delivered by the Company and the Guarantors, and the Initial Notes shall have been duly authenticated by the Trustee.

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          (j) The Company, the Guarantors and the Initial Purchasers shall have entered into the Registration Rights Agreement and the Initial Purchasers shall have received counterparts, conformed as executed, thereof, and such agreement shall be in full force and effect.
          (k) On or after the date hereof (i) there shall not have occurred any downgrading, suspension or withdrawal of, nor shall there have been any announcement of any potential or intended downgrading, suspension or withdrawal of, or of any review (or of any potential or intended review) for a possible downgrading, or with negative implications, or direction not determined of, any rating of the Company or any Guarantor or any securities of the Company or any Guarantor (including, without limitation, the placing of any of the foregoing ratings on credit watch with negative or developing implications or under review with an uncertain direction) by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” as such term is defined for purposes of Rule 436(g)(2) under the Securities Act, (ii) there shall not have occurred any change, nor shall any notice have been given of any potential or intended change, in the outlook for any rating of the Company or any Guarantor or any securities of the Company or any Guarantor by any such rating organization and (iii) no such rating organization shall have given notice that it has assigned (or is considering assigning) a lower rating to the Notes than that on which the Notes were marketed.
          (l) The Notes shall have been approved for trading on The PORTALSM Market.
          (m) Each of the Offering Documents and each other agreement or instrument executed in connection with the transactions contemplated thereby shall have been executed and delivered by all the respective parties thereto and shall be in full force and effect, and there shall have been no material amendments, alterations, modifications or waivers of any provision thereof since the date of this Agreement.
          (n) All opinions, certificates, letters, schedules, documents or instruments to be delivered pursuant to this Section 10 by the Company and the Guarantors but not otherwise identified in subsections (a) through (m) above will be in compliance with the provisions hereof only if they are reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Initial Purchasers and counsel to the Initial Purchasers. The Company and the Guarantors shall furnish the Initial Purchasers such conformed copies of such opinions, certificates, letters, schedules, documents and instruments in such quantities as the Initial Purchasers shall reasonably request.
     11. Initial Purchasers’ Information. The Company and the Guarantors acknowledge that the statements with respect to the offering of the Initial Notes set forth in the seventh and ninth paragraphs and the fifth sentence of the tenth paragraph under the heading “Plan of Distribution” in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum and the Offering Memorandum constitute the only written information relating to the Initial Purchasers furnished to the Company and the Guarantors by or on behalf of the Initial Purchasers expressly for use in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum, for purposes of Sections 2(a), 8(a) and 8(b) hereof.

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     12. Survival of Representations and Agreements. The respective representations, warranties, covenants, agreements, indemnities and other statements of the Company and the Guarantors, their respective officers and the Initial Purchasers set forth in this Agreement or made by or on behalf of them, respectively pursuant to this Agreement shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of (i) any investigation made by or on behalf of the Company, the Guarantors, any of their respective officers of directors, the Initial Purchasers or any controlling person referred to in Section 8 hereof and (ii) delivery of and payment for the Initial Notes to and by the Initial Purchasers, and shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of, any successors, assigns, heirs, personal representatives of the Company, the Guarantors, the Initial Purchasers and the indemnified parties referred to in Section 8 hereof. The respective representations, agreements, covenants, indemnities and other statements set forth in Sections 7, 8, 12 and 13(d) shall survive the termination of this Agreement, regardless of any termination or cancellation of this Agreement.
     13. Effective Date of Agreement; Termination.
          (a) This Agreement shall become effective upon execution and delivery of a counterpart hereof by each of the parties hereto.
          (b) This Agreement may be terminated in the sole discretion of the Initial Purchasers by notice to the Company from the Initial Purchasers, without liability (other than with respect to Section 8 hereof) on the Initial Purchasers’ part to the Company or any Guarantor in the event that the Company or any Guarantors have failed, refused or been unable to perform or satisfy all conditions on their respective parts to be performed or satisfied hereunder on or prior to the Closing Date, any other condition to the obligations of the Initial Purchasers hereunder as provided in Section 10 hereof is not fulfilled when and as required or has not been waived, or if:
     (i) in the reasonable judgment of the Initial Purchasers, any material adverse change shall have occurred since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Disclosure Package in the financial condition, business, properties, assets, prospects, results of operations or properties of Parent and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, other than as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum;
     (ii) any domestic or international event or act or occurrence has materially disrupted, or in the opinion of the Initial Purchasers will in the immediate future materially disrupt, the market for the Company’s or any Guarantor’s securities or for securities in general;
     (iii) trading in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange or over-the-counter market shall have been suspended or made subject to material limitations, or minimum or maximum prices for trading shall have been fixed, or maximum ranges for prices for securities shall have been required, on the New York Stock Exchange or over-the-counter market, or by order of the Commission or other regulatory body or governmental authority having jurisdiction;

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     (iv) a banking moratorium has been declared by any state or federal authority or any material disruption in commercial banking or securities settlement or clearance services shall have occurred;
     (v) (A) there shall have occurred any material outbreak or escalation of hostilities or acts of terrorism involving the United States or there is a declaration of a national emergency or war by the United States, or (B) there shall have been any other calamity or crisis or any change in political, financial or economic conditions if the effect of any such event in (A) or (B), in the Initial Purchasers’ judgment, makes it inadvisable or impracticable to proceed with the offering, sale and delivery of the Securities, on the terms and in the manner contemplated hereby and in the Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum;
     (vi) any debt securities of the Company or any Guarantor shall have been downgraded or placed on any “watch list” for possible downgrading by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” as defined for purposes of Rule 436(g) under the Securities Act; or
     (vii) trading of any securities issued or guaranteed by the Company or any Guarantors shall have been suspended on any exchange or over-the-counter market.
          (c) Any notice of termination pursuant to this Section 13 shall be by telephone or facsimile and, in either case, confirmed in writing by letter.
          (d) If this Agreement shall be terminated pursuant to any of the provisions hereof (other than pursuant to clauses (ii) through (v) of Section 13(b)), or if the sale of the Initial Notes provided for herein is not consummated because any condition to the obligations of the Initial Purchasers set forth herein is not satisfied or because of any refusal, inability or failure on the part of the Company or any Guarantor to perform any agreement herein or comply with any provision hereof, the Company and the Guarantors will, subject to demand by the Initial Purchasers, reimburse the Initial Purchasers for all reasonable and actual out-of-pocket expenses (including the reasonable fees and expenses of the Initial Purchasers’ outside counsel), incurred by the Initial Purchasers in connection herewith.
          (e) If on the Closing Date any one or more of the Initial Purchasers shall fail or refuse to purchase the Initial Notes that it or they have agreed to purchase hereunder on such date and the aggregate principal amount of the Initial Notes that such defaulting Initial Purchaser or Initial Purchasers, as the case may be, agreed but failed or refused to purchase is not more than one-tenth of the aggregate principal amount of the Initial Notes to be purchased on such date by all Initial Purchasers, each non-defaulting Initial Purchaser shall be obligated severally, in the proportion that the principal amount of the Initial Notes set forth opposite its name in Exhibit C bears to the aggregate principal amount of the Initial Notes that all the non-defaulting Initial Purchasers, as the case may be, have agreed to purchase, or in such other proportion as J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. may specify, to purchase the Initial Notes which such defaulting Initial Purchaser or Initial Purchasers, as the case may be, agreed but failed or refused to

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purchase on such date; provided that in no event shall the aggregate principal amount of the Initial Notes that any Initial Purchaser has agreed to purchase pursuant to Section 4 hereof be increased pursuant to this Section 13 by an amount in excess of one-tenth of such principal amount of the Initial Notes without the written consent of such Initial Purchaser. If on the Closing Date any Initial Purchaser or Initial Purchasers shall fail or refuse to purchase the Initial Notes and the aggregate principal amount of the Initial Notes with respect to which such default occurs is more than one-tenth of the aggregate principal amount of the Initial Notes to be purchased by all Initial Purchasers and arrangements satisfactory to the Initial Purchasers and the Company for purchase of such Initial Notes are not made within 48 hours after such default, this Agreement will terminate without liability on the part of any non-defaulting Initial Purchaser and the Company, except that the provisions of Section 8 hereof shall at all times be effective and shall survive such termination. In any such case that does not result in termination of this Agreement, either J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. or the Company shall have the right to postpone the Closing Date, but in no event for longer than seven days, in order that the required changes, if any, in the Offering Memorandum or any other documents or arrangements may be effected. Any action taken under this paragraph shall not relieve any defaulting Initial Purchaser from liability in respect of any default of any such Initial Purchaser under this Agreement.
     14. Notices. All communications hereunder shall be in writing and, if sent to the Initial Purchasers, shall be hand-delivered, mailed by first-class mail, couriered by next-day air courier or faxed and confirmed in writing to J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., 270 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10017, Attention: Syndicated and Leveraged Finance Group, and with a copy to Latham & Watkins LLP, 885 Third Avenue, Suite 1000, New York, NY 10022, Attention: Marc D. Jaffe, Esq. If sent to the Company and the Guarantors, all communications hereunder shall be mailed, delivered, couriered or faxed and confirmed in writing to MetroPCS Wireless, Inc., 2250 Lakeside Boulevard, Richardson, Texas 75082, Attention: Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, and with a copy to Baker Botts, LLP, 2001 Ross Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75201, Attention: Andrew M. Baker.
     15. Successors. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of, and shall be binding upon, the Initial Purchasers, the Company, the Guarantors and their respective successors, legal representatives and assigns, and nothing expressed or mentioned in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any other person any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of, or by virtue of, this Agreement or any provision herein contained; this Agreement and all conditions and provisions hereof being intended to be and being for the sole and exclusive benefit of such persons and for the benefit of no other person except that (i) the indemnities of the Company and the Guarantors contained in Section 8 hereof shall also be for the benefit of the controlling persons and agents referred to in Section 8 hereof and (ii) the indemnities of the Initial Purchasers contained in Section 8 hereof shall also be for the benefit of the directors of the Company and the Guarantors, and their respective officers, employees and agents and any controlling person or persons referred to in Sections 8 hereof. No purchaser of Initial Notes from the Initial Purchasers will be deemed a successor, legal representative or assign because of such purchase.
     16. No Waiver; Modifications in Writing. No failure or delay on the part of the Company, any Guarantor or the Initial Purchasers in exercising any right, power or remedy hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such

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right, power or remedy preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or remedy. The remedies provided for herein are cumulative and are not exclusive of any remedies that may be available to the Company, any Guarantor or the Initial Purchasers at law or in equity or otherwise. No waiver of or consent to any departure by the Company, any Guarantor or the Initial Purchasers from any provision of this Agreement shall be effective unless signed in writing by the party entitled to the benefit thereof; provided that notice of any such waiver shall be given to each party hereto as set forth above. Except as otherwise provided herein, no amendment, modification or termination of any provision of this Agreement shall be effective unless signed in writing by or on behalf of the Company, each Guarantor and the Initial Purchasers. Any amendment, supplement or modification of or to any provision of this Agreement, any waiver of any provision of this Agreement, and any consent to any departure by the Company, the Guarantors or the Initial Purchasers from the terms of any provision of this Agreement shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which made or given. Except where notice is specifically required by this Agreement, no notice to or demand on the Company or any Guarantor in any case shall entitle the Company or any Guarantor to any other or further notice or demand in similar or other circumstances.
     17. Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement among the parties hereto and supersedes all prior and contemporaneous agreements, understandings and arrangements, oral or written, among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof.
     18. Applicable Law. THE VALIDITY AND INTERPRETATION OF THIS AGREEMENT, AND THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS SET FORTH HEREIN SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE IN THIS AGREEMENT.
     19. Contractual Relationship. The Company and the Guarantors hereby acknowledge and agree that (a) the purchase and sale of the Initial Notes pursuant to this Agreement is an arm’s-length commercial transaction between the Company and the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Initial Purchasers, on the other, (b) each Initial Purchaser is acting solely as a principal and not as the agent or fiduciary of the Company or the Guarantors with respect to the sale of the Initial Notes contemplated hereby, (c) each Initial Purchaser has not assumed an advisory or fiduciary responsibility in favor of the Company or the Guarantors with respect to the sale of the Initial Notes contemplated hereby (irrespective of whether the Initial Purchasers have advised or are currently advising the Company or the Guarantors on other matters) and (d) the Company and the Guarantors have consulted their own legal and financial advisors to the extent they deem appropriate. The Company and the Guarantors agree that they will not claim that the Initial Purchasers have rendered advisory services of any nature or respect, or owes a fiduciary or similar duty, to the Company or the Guarantors in connection with the sale of the Initial Notes contemplated hereby or the process leading thereto. The Company and the Guarantors and the Initial Purchasers agree that they are each responsible for making their own independent judgments with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any matters leading up to such transactions, and that any opinions or views expressed by the Initial Purchasers to the Company or the Guarantors regarding such transactions, including but not limited to any opinions or views with respect to the price or market for the Company’s securities, do not constitute advice or recommendations to the Company or the Guarantors.

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     20. Partial Unenforceability. The invalidity or unenforceability of any Section, paragraph or provision of this Agreement shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other Section, paragraph or provision hereof.
     21. Headings. The headings herein are inserted for convenience of reference only and are not intended to be part of, or to affect the meaning or interpretation of, this Agreement.
     22. DTPA Waiver. In consideration of the Initial Purchasers’ agreement to perform the services described in this Agreement, each of the Company and the Guarantors hereby WAIVES AND RELEASES all of their respective rights and remedies under the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices—Consumer Protection Act (hereinafter referred to as the DTPA), Subchapter E of Chapter 17 of the Texas Business and Commerce Code, if any, including without limitation, all rights and remedies resulting from, arising out of or associated with any and all acts or practices of the Initial Purchasers in connection with the Offering and the use of proceeds therefrom and/or the other transactions contemplated hereby (collectively, the Transactions), whether such acts or practices occur before or after the date hereof or consummation of any of the Transactions. Each of the Company and the Guarantors understands that its rights and remedies with respect to the Transactions and with respect to all acts or transactions shall be governed by legal principles other than the DTPA; provided, however, that neither the Company nor any Guarantor waives subchapter 17.555 of the DTPA. In connection with this waiver, each of the Company and the Guarantors acknowledges, represents and warrants that it has assets of $5.0 million or more (calculated in accordance with U.S. GAAP), that it has knowledge and experience in financial and business matters that enable it to evaluate the merits and risks of transactions such as the Transactions, and that it is not in a significantly disparate bargaining position with the Initial Purchasers. Neither termination of this Agreement, nor consummation of the Offering or any of the transactions contemplated hereby shall affect the provisions of this Section 22, which shall remain operative and in full force and effect.
     23. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of a signed counterpart of this Agreement by facsimile transmission or electronic mail shall constitute valid and sufficient delivery thereof.
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If the foregoing correctly sets forth the understanding among the Initial Purchasers, the Company and the Guarantors please so indicate in the space provided below for that purpose, whereupon this letter shall constitute a binding agreement among us.
         
  Very truly yours,


METROPCS WIRELESS, INC.
 
 
  By:   /s/ Roger D. Linquist    
    Name:   Roger D. Linquist   
    Title:   President and Chief Executive Officer   
 
  METROPCS AWS, LLC
METROPCS, INC.
METROPCS CALIFORNIA, LLC
METROPCS FLORIDA, LLC
METROPCS GEORGIA, LLC
METROPCS MICHIGAN, INC.
METROPCS TEXAS, LLC
METROPCS COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
METROPCS MASSACHUSETTS, LLC
METROPCS NEVADA, LLC
METROPCS NEW YORK, LLC
METROPCS PENNSYLVANIA, LLC
METROPCS 700 MHz, LLC
 
 
  By:   /s/ Roger D. Linquist    
    Name:   Roger D. Linquist   
    Title:   President and Chief Executive Officer   

 


 

         
Accepted and agreed to as of
the date first above written:
J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES INC.
         
By:
  /s/ Paul Finger
 
   
Name: Paul Finger    
Title: Executive Director    
 
       
BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC    
 
       
By:
  Daniel J. Kelly
 
   
Name: Daniel J. Kelly    
Title: Managing Director    
 
       
HSBC SECURITIES (USA) INC.    
 
       
By:
  Maureen K. Sweeny
 
   
Name: Maureen K. Sweeny    
Title: Vice President    

 


 

Schedule I
Guarantors
     
    Jurisdiction of
Entity   Organization
MetroPCS AWS, LLC
  Delaware
 
MetroPCS, Inc.
  Delaware
 
MetroPCS California, LLC
  Delaware
 
MetroPCS Florida, LLC
  Delaware
 
MetroPCS Georgia, LLC
  Delaware
 
MetroPCS Michigan, Inc.
  Delaware
 
MetroPCS Texas, LLC
  Delaware
 
MetroPCS 700 MHz, LLC
  Delaware
 
MetroPCS Communications, Inc.
  Delaware
 
MetroPCS Massachusetts, LLC
  Delaware
 
MetroPCS Nevada, LLC
  Delaware
 
MetroPCS New York, LLC
  Delaware
 
MetroPCS Pennsylvania, LLC
  Delaware

 


 

Schedule II
Pricing Information

 


 

Schedule III
Free Writing Offering Documents
None.

 


 

Schedule IV
Restrictions on Offers and Sales Outside the United States
     In connection with offers and sales of Initial Notes outside the United States:
     (a) Each Initial Purchaser acknowledges that the Initial Notes have not been registered under the Securities Act and may not be offered or sold within the United States or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons except pursuant to an exemption from, or in transactions not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act.
     (b) Each Initial Purchaser, severally and not jointly, represents, warrants and agrees that:
     (i) Such Initial Purchaser has offered and sold the Initial Notes, and will offer and sell the Initial Notes, (A) as part of their distribution at any time and (B) otherwise until 40 days after the later of the commencement of the offering of the Initial Notes and the Closing Date, only in accordance with Regulation S under the Securities Act (“Regulation S”) or Rule 144A or any other available exemption from registration under the Securities Act.
     (ii) None of such Initial Purchaser or any of its affiliates or any other person acting on its or their behalf has engaged or will engage in any directed selling efforts with respect to the Initial Notes, and all such persons have complied and will comply with the offering restrictions requirement of Regulation S.
     (iii) At or prior to the confirmation of sale of any Initial Notes sold in reliance on Regulation S, such Initial Purchaser will have sent to each distributor, dealer or other person receiving a selling concession, fee or other remuneration that purchases Initial Notes from it during the distribution compliance period a confirmation or notice to substantially the following effect:
“The Initial Notes covered hereby have not been registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and may not be offered or sold within the United States or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons (i) as part of their distribution at any time or (ii) otherwise until 40 days after the later of the commencement of the offering of the Initial Notes and the date of original issuance of Initial Notes, except in accordance with Regulation S or Rule 144A or any other available exemption from registration under the Securities Act. Terms used above have the meanings given to them by Regulation S.”
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the Initial Notes, except with its affiliates or with the prior written consent of the Company.
Terms used in paragraph (a) and this paragraph (b) and not otherwise defined in this Agreement have the meanings given to them by Regulation S.
     (c) Each Initial Purchaser, severally and not jointly, represents, warrants and agrees that:
     (i) it has only communicated or caused to be communicated and will only communicate or cause to be communicated any invitation or inducement to engage in investment activity (within the meaning of Section 21 of the United Kingdom Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (the “FSMA”)) received by it in connection with the issue or sale of any Initial Notes in circumstances in which Section 21(1) of the FSMA does not apply to the Company or the Guarantors; and
     (ii) it has complied and will comply with all applicable provisions of the FSMA with respect to anything done by it in relation to the Initial Purchasers in, from or otherwise involving the United Kingdom.
     (d) Each Initial Purchaser acknowledges that no action has been or will be taken by the Company that would permit a public offering of the Initial Notes, or possession or distribution of any of the Offering Memorandum or other information contained in the Disclosure Package, any Additional Issuer Information or any other offering or publicity material relating to the Initial Notes, in any country or jurisdiction where action for that purpose is required.

 


 

Exhibit A
Form of Registration Rights Agreement

 


 

Exhibit B
Subsidiaries of Parent
     
    Jurisdiction of
Entity   Organization
MetroPCS, Inc.
  Delaware
 
MetroPCS Wireless, Inc.
  Delaware
 
MetroPCS AWS, LLC
  Delaware
 
MetroPCS California, LLC
  Delaware
 
MetroPCS Florida, LLC
  Delaware
 
MetroPCS Georgia, LLC
  Delaware
 
MetroPCS Michigan, Inc.
  Delaware
 
MetroPCS Texas, LLC
  Delaware
 
MetroPCS 700 MHz, LLC
  Delaware
 
MetroPCS Massachusetts, LLC
  Delaware
 
MetroPCS Nevada, LLC
  Delaware
 
MetroPCS New York, LLC
  Delaware
 
MetroPCS Pennsylvania, LLC
  Delaware
 
MetroPCS Finance, Inc.
  Delaware

 


 

Exhibit C
         
    Principal Amount  
Initial Purchaser   of Notes  
J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.
  $ 385,000,000  
 
Banc of America Securities LLC
  $ 137,500,000  
HSBC Securities (USA) Inc.
  $ 27,500,000  
 
     
Total
  $ 550,000,000  
 
     

 


 

Exhibit D
Form of Opinion of Baker Botts LLP
     1. Parent and each Subsidiary (a) has been duly incorporated or formed and is validly existing as a corporation, partnership or limited liability company in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization and (b) has the corporate, partnership or limited liability company power and authority to own its properties and conduct its business as described in the Offering Memorandum.
     2. The Company and each of the Guarantors has the corporate, partnership or limited liability company power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under the Purchase Agreement and each of the other Offering Documents to which it is a party and to consummate the transactions contemplated thereby, including, without limitation, the power and authority to issue, sell and deliver the Notes and to issue and deliver the related Guarantees as provided therein.
     3. All of the outstanding shares of capital stock or other equity securities of each Subsidiary are owned of record and beneficially, directly or indirectly, by Parent, free and clear of all Liens, other than as described in the Offering Memorandum and the Disclosure Package and other than under the Credit Agreement, and are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid (in the case of limited partnership or limited liability company interests, to the extent required under the respective partnership or limited liability company agreements) and non-assessable (except as such non-assessability may be limited by the limited partnership or limited liability company statute of the jurisdiction of formation of such entity), and have not been issued in violation of any preemptive or similar rights under (i) the applicable Subsidiary’s organizational documents or (ii) the laws of its jurisdiction of organization. To such counsel’s knowledge, there are (i) no outstanding or authorized options, warrants, calls, subscriptions, rights, commitments or other instruments or agreements of any character obligating Parent or any Subsidiary to issue any shares of capital stock or other equity interest of any Subsidiary or any securities convertible into or evidencing the right to purchase or subscribe for any shares of such stock or equity interest of any Subsidiary, and (ii) other than the Credit Agreement, no agreements with respect to the voting, sale or transfer of any shares of capital stock of any Subsidiary. To such counsel’s knowledge, there are no outstanding contractual obligations of Parent or any Subsidiary to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any outstanding shares of capital stock or other ownership interests of any Subsidiary.
     4. The Purchase Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and each of the Guarantors.
     5. The Registration Rights Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and each of the Guarantors, and (assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery of the Registration Rights Agreement by the Initial Purchaser) is a valid and legally binding obligation of the Company and each of the Guarantors, enforceable against each of them in accordance with its terms, except that (a) the enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent transfer or other similar laws now or hereafter in effect relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally and general

 


 

principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding at law or in equity) and (b) any rights to indemnity or contribution thereunder may be limited by federal and state securities laws and the public policy considerations underlying such laws.
     6. The Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and each of the Guarantors, and (assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery of the Indenture by the Trustee) is a valid and legally binding obligation of the Company and each of the Guarantors, enforceable against each of them in accordance with its terms, except that the enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent transfer or other similar laws now or hereafter in effect relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally and general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding at law or in equity).
     7. The Initial Notes have been duly authorized by the Company for issuance and sale to the Initial Purchasers pursuant to the Purchase Agreement and, when executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and delivered to the Initial Purchasers against payment therefor in accordance with the terms of the Purchase Agreement and the Indenture, the Initial Notes will be valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, entitled to the benefits of the Indenture and the Registration Rights Agreement, and enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, except that the enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent transfer or other similar laws now or hereafter in effect relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally and general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding at law or in equity).
     8. The Guarantees of the Initial Notes have been duly authorized by each of the Guarantors for issuance to the Initial Purchasers pursuant to the Purchase Agreement and, when executed and delivered in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and when the Initial Notes have been issued by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and delivered to the Initial Purchasers against payment therefor in accordance with the terms of the Purchase Agreement and the Indenture, the Guarantees of the Initial Notes will be valid and legally binding obligations of each Guarantor, entitled to the benefits of the Indenture and the Registration Rights Agreement, and enforceable against each Guarantor in accordance with their terms, except that the enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent transfer or other similar laws now or hereafter in effect relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally and general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding at law or in equity).
     9. The Exchange Notes have been duly authorized by the Company for issuance and, when executed and issued by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee in accordance with the terms of the Exchange Offer and the Indenture, the Exchange Notes will be valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, entitled to the benefits of the Indenture and the Registration Rights Agreement, and enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, except that the enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent transfer or other similar laws now or hereafter in effect relating to or

 


 

affecting creditors’ rights generally and general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding at law or in equity).
     10. The Guarantees of the Exchange Notes have been duly authorized by each of the Guarantors and, when executed and delivered in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and when the Exchange Notes have been issued by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee in accordance with the terms of the Exchange Offer and the Indenture, the Guarantees of the Exchange Notes will be valid and legally binding obligations of each Guarantor, entitled to the benefits of the Indenture and the Registration Rights Agreement, and enforceable against each Guarantor in accordance with their terms, except that the enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent transfer or other similar laws now or hereafter in effect relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally and general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding at law or in equity).
     11. Each of the Indenture, the Initial Notes, the Guarantees of the Initial Notes, and the Registration Rights Agreement conforms in all material respects to the descriptions thereof contained in the Offering Memorandum.
     12. The statements in the Offering Memorandum under the captions “Description of Notes,” insofar as such statements constitute summaries of certain provisions of documents referred to therein and reviewed by such counsel, fairly summarize such provisions in all material respects.
     13. The statements in the Offering Memorandum under the caption “Certain United States Federal Income Tax Considerations,” insofar as such statements constitute matters of law or legal conclusions, fairly summarize the matters referred to therein in all material respects.
     14. The (a) execution, delivery and performance by the Company and each of the Guarantors of the Purchase Agreement and each of the other Offering Documents to which any of them is a party, and the performance by the Company and each of the Guarantors of their respective obligations thereunder, (b) issuance and sale of the Notes and the issuance of the Guarantees and (c) consummation by the Company of the transactions described in the Offering Memorandum under the caption “Use of Proceeds,” do not and will not (i) violate or result in a breach of any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute a default (or an event that with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default) under, any of the agreements set forth on Exhibit A hereto, which agreements were identified to us in an officer’s certificate of the Company as all of the material agreements of the Company and its Subsidiaries or (ii) violate or conflict with the certificate of incorporation, by-laws, or operating agreement of Parent or any Subsidiary, any statute, rule or regulation applicable to Parent or any Subsidiary or any of their respective properties or assets, or, to such counsel’s knowledge, any of the judgments, orders or decrees of any court or judicial, regulatory or other legal or governmental agency or body set forth on Exhibit B, which judgments, orders or decrees were identified to us in an officer’s certificate of the Company as all of the material judgments, orders or decrees applicable to the Company and its Subsidiaries. Subject to the assumptions set forth in paragraph 16, no consent, approval, authorization or qualification of or with any federal or state court or governmental or administrative agency or body is required for the issue and sale of the Initial Notes, the issue of

 


 

the Exchange Notes, the issue of the respective Guarantees, the execution and delivery by the Company and the Guarantors of the Purchase Agreement and the other Offering Documents to which each is a party, the consummation by the Company and the Guarantors of the transactions contemplated thereby or the performance by the Company or any of the Guarantors of their obligations thereunder, except for (i) such as have been or shall be obtained under the Securities Act or the Trust Indenture Act, or otherwise in connection with the obligations of the Company and the Guarantors under the Registration Rights Agreement and (ii) such as may be required under state securities or blue sky laws in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Securities (as to which such counsel need express no opinion).
     15. To such counsel’s knowledge, other than as set forth in the Offering Memorandum, there is no judicial, regulatory or other legal or governmental proceeding, action, suit, or investigation before or by any court, arbitrator or governmental agency, body or official, domestic or foreign, now pending to which Parent or any Subsidiary is a party or of which the business or property of Parent or any Subsidiary is the subject that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
     16. Assuming (a) compliance by the Initial Purchasers, the Company and the Guarantors with their respective covenants set forth in the Purchase Agreement, (b) the accuracy of the representations and warranties made in accordance with the Purchase Agreement and the Offering Memorandum by purchasers who buy the Initial Notes in the Exempt Resales, (c) the compliance by the Initial Purchasers with the offering and transfer procedures and restrictions described in the Offering Memorandum, and (d) the representations of the Initial Purchasers, the Company and the Guarantors are true and correct, it is not necessary in connection with the offer, sale and delivery of the Initial Notes to the Initial Purchasers pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, in the manner contemplated by the Purchase Agreement and described in the Offering Memorandum, or in connection with the Exempt Resales, to register the Securities under the Securities Act, or to qualify the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act.
     17. To such counsel’s knowledge, when the Initial Notes and the Guarantees thereof are issued and delivered pursuant to the Purchase Agreement and the Indenture, no Initial Notes or Guarantees thereof will be of the same class (within the meaning of Rule 144A) as securities of the Company or any Guarantor that are listed on a national securities exchange registered under Section 6 of the Exchange Act or that are quoted in a United States automated interdealer quotation system.
     18. None of Parent or any Subsidiary is, and after giving effect to the sale of the Initial Notes and the application of the net proceeds thereof as described in the Offering Memorandum will not be, required to register as an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act.
     19. To such counsel’s knowledge, no stop order preventing the use of the Offering Memorandum, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or any order asserting that any of the transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement are subject to the registration requirements of the Securities Act, has been issued.
     In addition, such opinion shall also contain a statement that such counsel has participated in conferences with officers and representatives of the Company and the Guarantors,

 


 

representatives of the independent public accountants for the Company and the Guarantors and the Initial Purchasers and their representatives at which the contents of the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum (in each case, including the Incorporated Information) and related matters were discussed and, although such counsel has not verified such information and are not passing upon, and do not assume any responsibility for, the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the statements contained in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Disclosure Package, the Offering Memorandum, the Incorporated Information or any Free Writing Offering Document (except to the extent set forth in paragraphs 12 and 13 above), no facts have come to the attention of such counsel which lead such counsel to believe that (i) the Disclosure Package as of the Applicable Time and as of the Closing Date, (ii) the Offering Memorandum as of its date and as of the Closing Date [and (iii) any supplement or amendment to any of the documents referenced in (i) and (ii) as of the date of such amendment or supplement and as of the Closing Date]1, contained or contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (it being understood that such counsel need express no belief or opinion with respect to the financial statements, the notes thereto and the auditors’ report thereon, and the related schedules and other financial and accounting data included therein or omitted therefrom).
 
1   To be included only if applicable.

 


 

Exhibit E
Form of Opinion of Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP
     1. The execution and delivery by the Company, and the performance by the Company of its obligations under and in accordance with the terms, of the Purchase Agreement do not cause the Company to violate the Communications Laws and do not require any consent or approval of, or registration or filing with, or any other action by, the FCC.
     2. Each Subsidiary of the Company holds the FCC license or licenses identified on Attachment 1 hereto as being held by such Subsidiary (the “Licenses”). The Licenses are in full force and effect. The Licenses are not subject to any conditions other than those that: (a) appear on the Licenses; or (b) are imposed by the FCC in the ordinary course upon broadband PCS or Advanced Wireless Services licenses of similar character.
     3. To our knowledge, there are no actions, suits, investigations, or other administrative proceedings pending or overtly threatened in writing by or before the FCC against the Company, its Subsidiaries, or the Licenses that, if adversely determined, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, except as set forth in the Offering Memorandum.
     4. To our knowledge, the Company and each Subsidiary of the Company have timely filed with the FCC all material applications and reports as are required under the Communications Laws where the failure to do so would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
     5. The statements in the Offering Memorandum under the captions “Risks Related to Legal and Regulatory Matters,” “Business, Regulation,” “Business, Federal Regulation,” “Business, Broadband Spectrum Allocations,” “Business, Construction Obligations,” “Business, License Term,” “Business, Revocation of Licenses,” “Business, Transfer and Assignment of FCC Licenses,” “Business, Disaggregation, Partitioning and Spectrum Leasing,” “Business, Spectrum and Market Concentration Limits,” “Business, Foreign Ownership Restrictions,” “Business, Designated Entity Requirements,” “Business, General Regulatory Obligations,” “Business, State, Local and Other Regulation,” “Business, Future Regulation,” insofar as such statements constitute a summary of matters of law under the Communications Laws pertaining to the business of the Company, fairly summarize in all material respects such legal matters as of the date hereof.

 


 

Exhibit F
Form of Opinion of Patton Boggs LLP
     1. Royal Street (a) is a limited liability company duly formed, validly existing, and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and (b) to our knowledge, has the limited liability company power and authority to own its properties and conduct its business as currently conducted.
     2. To our knowledge, except as set forth in and contemplated by the Credit Agreement and the Security Documents (as defined in the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of February 20, 2007, by and among MetroPCS, as borrower, and the lenders party thereto) (collectively, the “MetroPCS Loan Documents”), all of the outstanding equity securities of Royal Street that are owned of record by Borrower are owned free and clear of all liens except for the liens created in favor of Borrower pursuant to the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement executed on December 15, 2005 as of December 22, 2004, by and among MetroPCS and Royal Street, as amended on November 2, 2006, August 29, 2007, April 2, 2008, and June 12, 2008 (the “Royal Street Loan Documents”), and have not been issued in violation of any preemptive or similar rights under (i) Royal Street’s organizational documents or (ii) the laws of its jurisdiction of organization. To our knowledge, there are (i) no outstanding or authorized options, warrants, calls, subscriptions, rights, commitments or other instruments or agreements of any character obligating Royal Street to issue any equity interest of Royal Street or any securities convertible into or evidencing the right to purchase or subscribe for any such equity interest of Royal Street and (ii) other than the limited liability company agreement of Royal Street, no agreements with respect to the voting, sale or transfer of any interests of Royal Street.
     3. Royal Street is not required to register as an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act of 1940. To the best of our knowledge, without independent investigation, Royal Street is not prohibited by any Federal or state statute or regulation from incurring indebtedness for borrowed money pursuant to the Royal Street Loan Documents.

 

EX-10.1 3 d65964exv10w1.htm EX-10.1 exv10w1
Exhibit 10.1
 
METROPCS WIRELESS, INC.
AND EACH OF THE GUARANTORS PARTY HERETO
9 1/4% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2014
 
INDENTURE
Dated as of January 20, 2009
 
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.
Trustee
 
 

 


 

CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE*
     
Trust Indenture    
Act Section   Indenture Section
310(a)(1)
  7.10
(a)(2)
  7.10
(a)(3)
  N.A.
(a)(4)
  N.A.
(a)(5)
  7.10
(b)
  7.10
(c)
  N.A.
311(a)
  7.11
(b)
  7.11
(c)
  N.A.
312(a)
  2.05
(b)
  12.03
(c)
  12.03
313(a)
  7.06
(b)(1)
  N.A.
(b)(2)
  7.06; 7.07
(c)
  7.06; 12.02
(d)
  7.06
314(a)
  4.03;12.02; 12.05
(b)
  N.A.
(c)(1)
  12.04
(c)(2)
  12.04
(c)(3)
  N.A.
(d)
  N.A.
(e)
  12.05
(f)
  N.A.
315(a)
  7.01
(b)
  7.05; 12.02
(c)
  7.01
(d)
  7.01
(e)
  6.11
316(a) (last sentence)
  2.09
(a)(1)(A)
  6.05
(a)(1)(B)
  6.04
(a)(2)
  N.A.
(b)
  6.07
(c)
  2.12
317(a)(1)
  6.08
(a)(2)
  6.09
(b)
  2.04
318(a)
  12.01
(b)
  N.A.
(c)
  12.01
 
N.A. means not applicable.
 
*   This Cross Reference Table is not part of the Indenture.

 


 

TABLE OF CONTENTS
         
    Page  
ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
 
       
Section 1.01 Definitions
    1  
Section 1.02 Other Definitions
    24  
Section 1.03 Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act
    24  
Section 1.04 Rules of Construction
    25  
 
       
ARTICLE 2
THE NOTES
 
       
Section 2.01 Form and Dating
    25  
Section 2.02 Execution and Authentication
    26  
Section 2.03 Registrar and Paying Agent
    26  
Section 2.04 Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust
    27  
Section 2.05 Holder Lists
    27  
Section 2.06 Transfer and Exchange
    27  
Section 2.07 Replacement Notes
    39  
Section 2.08 Outstanding Notes
    39  
Section 2.09 Treasury Notes
    40  
Section 2.10 Temporary Notes
    40  
Section 2.11 Cancellation
    40  
Section 2.12 Defaulted Interest
    40  
 
       
ARTICLE 3
REDEMPTION AND PREPAYMENT
 
       
Section 3.01 Notices to Trustee
    40  
Section 3.02 Selection of Notes to Be Redeemed or Purchased
    41  
Section 3.03 Notice of Redemption
    41  
Section 3.04 Effect of Notice of Redemption
    42  
Section 3.05 Deposit of Redemption or Purchase Price
    42  
Section 3.06 Notes Redeemed or Purchased in Part
    42  
Section 3.07 Optional Redemption
    43  
Section 3.08 Mandatory Redemption
    43  
Section 3.09 Offer to Purchase by Application of Excess Proceeds
    44  
 
       
ARTICLE 4
COVENANTS
 
       
Section 4.01 Payment of Notes
    45  
Section 4.02 Maintenance of Office or Agency
    45  
Section 4.03 Reports
    46  
Section 4.04 Compliance Certificate
    47  
Section 4.05 Taxes
    48  
Section 4.06 Stay, Extension and Usury Laws
    48  
Section 4.07 Restricted Payments
    48  
Section 4.08 Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Subsidiaries
    51  
Section 4.09 Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock
    53  
Section 4.10 Asset Sales
    56  
Section 4.11 Transactions with Affiliates
    58  

 


 

         
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Section 4.12 Liens
    59  
Section 4.13 Business Activities
    60  
Section 4.14 Corporate Existence
    60  
Section 4.15 Offer to Repurchase Upon Change of Control
    60  
Section 4.16 Payments for Consent
    62  
Section 4.17 Additional Note Guarantees
    62  
Section 4.18 Designation of Restricted and Unrestricted Subsidiaries
    62  
Section 4.19 Changes in Covenants When Notes Rated Investment Grade
    62  
 
       
ARTICLE 5
SUCCESSORS
 
       
Section 5.01 Merger, Consolidation, or Sale of Assets
    63  
Section 5.02 Successor Corporation Substituted
    64  
 
       
ARTICLE 6
DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
 
       
Section 6.01 Events of Default
    65  
Section 6.02 Acceleration
    66  
Section 6.03 Other Remedies
    67  
Section 6.04 Waiver of Past Defaults
    67  
Section 6.05 Control by Majority
    67  
Section 6.06 Limitation on Suits
    67  
Section 6.07 Rights of Holders of Notes to Receive Payment
    68  
Section 6.08 Collection Suit by Trustee
    68  
Section 6.09 Trustee May File Proofs of Claim
    68  
Section 6.10 Priorities
    69  
Section 6.11 Undertaking for Costs
    69  
 
       
ARTICLE 7
TRUSTEE
 
       
Section 7.01 Duties of Trustee
    69  
Section 7.02 Rights of Trustee
    70  
Section 7.03 Individual Rights of Trustee
    71  
Section 7.04 Trustee’s Disclaimer
    71  
Section 7.05 Notice of Defaults
    71  
Section 7.06 Reports by Trustee to Holders of the Notes
    71  
Section 7.07 Compensation and Indemnity
    72  
Section 7.08 Replacement of Trustee
    73  
Section 7.09 Successor Trustee by Merger, etc.
    73  
Section 7.10 Eligibility; Disqualification
    74  
Section 7.11 Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company
    74  
Section 7.12 Force Majeure
    74  
 
       
ARTICLE 8
LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
 
       
Section 8.01 Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance
    74  
Section 8.02 Legal Defeasance and Discharge
    74  
Section 8.03 Covenant Defeasance
    75  
Section 8.04 Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance
    75  
Section 8.05 Deposited Money and Government Securities to be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions
    77  

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    Page  
Section 8.06 Repayment to Company
    77  
Section 8.07 Reinstatement
    77  
 
       
ARTICLE 9
AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER
 
       
Section 9.01 Without Consent of Holders of Notes
    78  
Section 9.02 With Consent of Holders of Notes
    79  
Section 9.03 Compliance with Trust Indenture Act
    80  
Section 9.04 Revocation and Effect of Consents
    80  
Section 9.05 Notation on or Exchange of Notes
    80  
Section 9.06 Trustee to Sign Amendments, etc
    81  
 
       
ARTICLE 10
NOTE GUARANTEES
 
       
Section 10.01 Guarantee
    81  
Section 10.02 Limitation on Guarantor Liability
    82  
Section 10.03 Execution and Delivery of Note Guarantee
    82  
Section 10.04 Guarantors May Consolidate, etc., on Certain Terms
    83  
Section 10.05 Releases
    83  
 
       
ARTICLE 11
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
 
       
Section 11.01 Satisfaction and Discharge
    84  
Section 11.02 Application of Trust Money
    85  
 
       
ARTICLE 12
MISCELLANEOUS
 
       
Section 12.01 Trust Indenture Act Controls
    85  
Section 12.02 Notices
    86  
Section 12.03 Communication by Holders of Notes with Other Holders of Notes
    87  
Section 12.04 Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent
    87  
Section 12.05 Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion
    87  
Section 12.06 Rules by Trustee and Agents
    87  
Section 12.07 No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and Stockholders
    87  
Section 12.08 Governing Law
    88  
Section 12.09 Waiver of Jury Trial
    88  
Section 12.10 No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements
    88  
Section 12.11 Successors
    88  
Section 12.12 Severability
    88  
Section 12.13 Counterpart Originals
    88  
Section 12.14 Table of Contents, Headings, etc.
    88  
EXHIBITS
     
Exhibit A
  FORM OF NOTE
Exhibit B
  FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER
Exhibit C
  FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF EXCHANGE
Exhibit D
  FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF ACQUIRING INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR
Exhibit E
  FORM OF NOTATION OF GUARANTEE
Exhibit F
  FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

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     INDENTURE dated as of January 20, 2009 among MetroPCS Wireless, Inc., a Delaware corporation, the Guarantors (as defined) and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee.
     NOW THEREFORE, the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee agree as follows for the benefit of each other and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders (as defined) of the 9 1/4% Senior Notes due 2014 (the “Notes”):
ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
Section 1.01 Definitions.
     “144A Global Note” means a Global Note substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto bearing the Global Note Legend and the Private Placement Legend and deposited with or on behalf of, and registered in the name of, the Depositary or its nominee that will be issued in a denomination equal to the outstanding principal amount of the Notes sold in reliance on Rule 144A.
     “Acquired Debt” means, with respect to any specified Person:
     (1) Indebtedness of any other Person existing at the time such other Person is merged with or into or became a Subsidiary of such specified Person, whether or not such Indebtedness is incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such other Person merging with or into, or becoming a Restricted Subsidiary of, such specified Person, but does not include Indebtedness owed or outstanding to the Company or any Guarantor; and
     (2) Indebtedness secured by a Lien encumbering any asset acquired by such specified Person, but does not include Indebtedness owed or outstanding to the Company or any Guarantor.
     “Additional Notes” means additional Notes (other than the Initial Notes) issued under this Indenture in accordance with Sections 2.02 and 4.09 hereof, as part of the same series as the Initial Notes.
     “Affiliate” of any specified Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person. For purposes of this definition, “control,” as used with respect to any Person, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by agreement or otherwise; provided that beneficial ownership of 10% or more of the Voting Stock of a Person will be deemed to be control. For purposes of this definition, the terms “controlling,” “controlled by” and “under common control with” have correlative meanings.
     “Agent” means any Registrar, co-registrar, Paying Agent or additional paying agent.
     “Applicable Premium” means, with respect to any Note on any redemption date, the greater of:
     (1) 1.0% of the principal amount of the Note; or
     (2) the excess of: (a) the present value at the redemption date of (i) the redemption price of the Note at November 1, 2010, (such redemption price being set forth in the table appearing in Section 3.07(c) hereof) plus (ii) all required interest payments due on the Note through November 1, 2010, (excluding accrued but unpaid interest to the applicable redemption

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date), computed using a discount rate equal to the Treasury Rate as of such redemption date plus 50 basis points; over (b) the principal amount of the Note, if greater.
     “Applicable Procedures” means, with respect to any transfer or exchange of or for beneficial interests in any Global Note, the rules and procedures of the Depositary, Euroclear and Clearstream that apply to such transfer or exchange.
     “Asset Acquisition” means:
     (1) an Investment by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in any other Person pursuant to which such Person shall become a Restricted Subsidiary or shall be merged into or consolidated with the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries but only if (x) such Person’s primary business constitutes a Permitted Business and (y) the financial condition and results of operations of such Person are not already consolidated with those of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries immediately prior to such Investment, or
     (2) an acquisition by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of the property and assets of any Person other than the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that constitute all or substantially all of a division, operating unit or line of business of such Person but only (x) if the property and assets so acquired constitute a Permitted Business and (y) the financial condition and results of operations of such Person are not already consolidated with those of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries immediately prior to such acquisition.
     “Asset Disposition” means the sale or other disposition by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries other than to the Company or another Restricted Subsidiary of (1) all or substantially all of the Capital Stock owned by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of any Restricted Subsidiary or any Person that is a Permitted Joint Venture Investment or (2) all or substantially all of the assets that constitute a division, operating unit or line of business of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.
     “Asset Sale” means:
     (1) the sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition of any assets or rights; provided that the sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole will be governed by the provisions of Section 4.15 hereof and/or Section 5.01 hereof and not by the provisions of Section 4.10 hereof; and
     (2) the issuance of Equity Interests in any of the Company’s Restricted Subsidiaries or the sale of Equity Interests in any of its Subsidiaries.
Notwithstanding the preceding, none of the following items will be deemed to be an Asset Sale:
     (3) any single transaction or series of related transactions that involves assets having a Fair Market Value of less than $10.0 million;
     (4) a transfer of assets between or among the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries;
     (5) an issuance of Equity Interests by a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company to the Company or to a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company;

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     (6) the sale, lease, sub-lease or other disposition of (a) assets, products, services or accounts receivable in the ordinary course of business, (b) equipment or other assets pursuant to a program for the maintenance or upgrading of such equipment or assets, or (c) any sale or other disposition of damaged, worn-out or obsolete assets in the ordinary course of business;
     (7) the sale or other disposition of cash or Cash Equivalents;
     (8) a surrender or waiver of contract rights or settlement, release or surrender of contract, tort or other claims in the ordinary course of business or a grant of a Lien not prohibited by this Indenture;
     (9) a Restricted Payment that does not violate the provisions of Section 4.07 hereof;
     (10) arms-length sales, leases or sub-leases (as lessor or sublessor), sale and leasebacks, assignments, conveyances, transfers or other dispositions of assets or rights to Royal Street in accordance with the applicable Royal Street Agreements or to a Person that is a Permitted Joint Venture Investment;
     (11) licenses and sales of intellectual property in the ordinary course of business; or
     (12) a Permitted Investment.
     “Auction 58” means the public auction for advanced wireless services licenses held by the FCC pursuant to the procedures outlined in FCC Report No. AUC-04-58-C.
     “Bankruptcy Law” means Title 11, U.S. Code or any similar federal or state law for the relief of debtors.
     “Beneficial Owner” has the meaning assigned to such term in Rule 13d-3 and Rule 13d-5 under the Exchange Act, except that in calculating the beneficial ownership of any particular “person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), such “person” will be deemed to have beneficial ownership of all securities that such “person” has the right to acquire by conversion or exercise of other securities, whether such right is currently exercisable or is exercisable only after the passage of time. The terms “Beneficially Owns” and “Beneficially Owned” have a corresponding meaning.
     “Board of Directors” means:
     (1) with respect to a corporation, the board of directors of the corporation or any committee thereof duly authorized to act on behalf of such board;
     (2) with respect to a partnership, the Board of Directors of the general partner of the partnership;
     (3) with respect to a limited liability company, the managing member or members or any controlling committee of managing members thereof; and
     (4) with respect to any other Person, the board or committee of such Person serving a similar function.
     “Broker-Dealer” has the meaning set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement.
     “Business Day” means any day other than a Legal Holiday.

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     “Capital Lease Obligation” means, at the time any determination is to be made, the amount of the liability in respect of a capital lease that would at that time be required to be capitalized on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP, and the Stated Maturity thereof shall be the date of the last payment of rent or any other amount due under such lease prior to the first date upon which such lease may be prepaid by the lessee without payment of a penalty.
     “Capital Stock” means:
     (1) in the case of a corporation, corporate stock;
     (2) in the case of an association or business entity, any and all shares, interests, participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated) of corporate stock;
     (3) in the case of a partnership or limited liability company, partnership interests (whether general or limited) or membership interests; and
     (4) any other interest or participation that confers on a Person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of assets of, the issuing Person, but excluding from all of the foregoing any debt securities convertible into Capital Stock, whether or not such debt securities include any right of participation with Capital Stock.
     “Cash Equivalents” means:
     (1) United States dollars;
     (2) securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the United States government or any agency or instrumentality of the United States government (provided that the full faith and credit of the United States is pledged in support of those securities) having maturities of not more than one year from the date of acquisition;
     (3) demand deposits, certificates of deposit and eurodollar time deposits with maturities of six months or less from the date of acquisition, bankers’ acceptances with maturities not exceeding one year and overnight bank deposits, in each case, with any lender party to the Credit Agreement or with any domestic commercial bank having capital and surplus in excess of $500.0 million and a Thomson Bank Watch Rating of “B” or better;
     (4) repurchase obligations with a term of not more than seven days for underlying securities of the types described in clauses (2) and (3) above entered into with any financial institution meeting the qualifications specified in clause (3) above;
     (5) commercial paper having one of the two highest ratings obtainable from Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. or Standard & Poor’s Rating Services and, in each case, maturing within one year after the date of acquisition;
     (6) securities issued and fully guaranteed by any state, commonwealth or territory of the United States, or by any political subdivision or agency or instrumentality thereof, rated at least “A” by Moody’s or S&P and having maturities of not more than one year after the date of acquisition
     (7) auction rate securities rated “AAA” by S&P or Moody’s and with reset dates of one year or less from the time of purchase; and

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     (8) money market funds at least 95% of the assets of which constitute Cash Equivalents of the kinds described in clauses (1) through (7) of this definition.
Change of Control” means the occurrence of any of the following:
     (1) the direct or indirect sale, lease, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (other than by way of 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 Subsidiaries taken as a whole to any “person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act) other than a Principal or a Related Party of a Principal;
     (2) the adoption of a plan relating to the liquidation or dissolution of the Company;
     (3) the consummation of any transaction (including, without limitation, any merger or consolidation), the result of which is that any “person” (as defined above), other than the Principals and their Related Parties, becomes the Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the Voting Stock of the Company, measured by voting power rather than number of shares;
     (4) 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 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 a majority of the outstanding shares of such Voting Stock of such surviving or transferee Person (immediately after giving effect to such issuance);
     (5) the first day more than 90 days after an initial public offering of the Company or any direct or indirect parent of the Company on which a majority of the members of the Board of Directors of Parent are not Continuing Directors; or
     (6) the first date on which Parent ceases to own, directly or indirectly, a majority of the outstanding Equity Interests of the Company.
     “Clearstream” means Clearstream Banking, S.A.
     “Company” means MetroPCS Wireless, Inc., and any and all successors thereto.
     “Consolidated Cash Flow” means, with respect to any specified Person for any period, the Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period plus, without duplication:
     (1) an amount equal to any extraordinary loss plus any net loss realized by such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with an Asset Sale, to the extent such losses were deducted in computing such Consolidated Net Income; plus
     (2) provision for taxes based on income or profits of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, to the extent that such provision for taxes was deducted in computing such Consolidated Net Income; plus

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     (3) the Consolidated Interest Expense of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, to the extent that such Consolidated Interest Expense was deducted in computing such Consolidated Net Income; plus
     (4) depreciation, amortization (including amortization of intangibles but excluding amortization of prepaid cash expenses that were paid in a prior period) and other non-cash expenses or charges (excluding any such non-cash expense to the extent that it represents an accrual of or reserve for cash expenses in any future period or amortization of a prepaid cash expense that was paid in a prior period) of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period to the extent that such depreciation, amortization and other non-cash expenses or charges were deducted in computing such Consolidated Net Income; plus
     (5) any after-tax extraordinary, nonrecurring (to include customary fees and expenses related to the incurrence of Indebtedness or the issuance of any Capital Stock) or unusual gains or losses, or income or expenses or charges, provided that with respect to each item of gain, loss, income, expense or charge, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate specifying and quantifying such loss, expense or charge and stating that such item of gain, loss, income, expense or charge is after-tax extraordinary, nonrecurring or unusual; minus
     (6) non-cash items increasing such Consolidated Net Income for such period, other than the accrual of revenue in the ordinary course of business,
in each case, on a consolidated basis and determined in accordance with GAAP.
     Notwithstanding the preceding, the provision for taxes based on the income or profits of, and the depreciation and amortization and other non-cash expenses of, a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor will be added to Consolidated Net Income to compute Consolidated Cash Flow of the Company only to the extent that a corresponding amount would be permitted at the date of determination to be dividended to the Company by such Restricted Subsidiary without prior governmental approval (that has not been obtained), and without direct or indirect restriction pursuant to the terms of its charter and all agreements, instruments, judgments, decrees, orders, statutes, rules and governmental regulations applicable to that Restricted Subsidiary or its stockholders.
     “Consolidated Indebtedness” means, with respect to any Person as of any date of determination, the sum, without duplication, of (i) the total amount of Indebtedness of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries, plus (ii) the total amount of Indebtedness of any other Person, to the extent that such Indebtedness has been Guaranteed by the referent Person or one or more of its Restricted Subsidiaries, plus (iii) the aggregate liquidation value of all Disqualified Stock of such Person and all preferred stock of Subsidiaries of such Person, in each case, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
     “Consolidated Interest Expense” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the sum of without duplication
     (1) the consolidated interest expense of such Person and its Subsidiaries for such period, whether paid or accrued (including, without limitation, amortization of debt issuance costs or original issue discount, non-cash interest payments, the interest component of any deferred payment obligations, the interest component of all payments associated with Capital Lease Obligations, commissions, discounts and other fees and charges incurred in respect of letter of credit or bankers’ acceptance financings, and net of payments (if any) pursuant to Hedging Obligations); plus

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     (2) the consolidated interest expense of such Person and its Subsidiaries that was capitalized during such period; plus
     (3) any interest expense on that portion of Indebtedness of another Person that is guaranteed by such Person or one of its Subsidiaries or secured by a Lien on assets of such Person or one of its Subsidiaries (whether or not such Guarantee or Lien is called upon); plus
     (4) the product of (a) all dividend payments on any series of preferred stock of such Person or any of its Subsidiaries, times (b) a fraction, the numerator of which is one and the denominator of which is one minus the then current combined federal, state and local statutory tax rate of such Person, expressed as a decimal;
in each case, on a consolidated basis and in accordance with GAAP.
     “Consolidated Net Income” means, with respect to any specified Person for any period, the aggregate of the Net Income of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, on a consolidated basis, determined in accordance with GAAP; provided that:
     (1) the Net Income (but not loss) of any Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary or that is accounted for by the equity method of accounting will be included only to the extent of the amount of dividends or similar distributions paid in cash to the specified Person or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Person;
     (2) the Net Income of any Restricted Subsidiary will be excluded to the extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by that Restricted Subsidiary of that Net Income is not at the date of determination permitted without any prior governmental approval (that has not been obtained) or, directly or indirectly, by operation of the terms of its charter or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or governmental regulation applicable to that Restricted Subsidiary or its stockholders; and
     (3) the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles will be excluded; and
     (4) notwithstanding clause (1) above, the Net Income of any Unrestricted Subsidiary will be excluded, whether or not distributed to any specified Person or one of its Subsidiaries.
     “Continuing Directors” means, as of any date of determination, any member of the Board of Directors of Parent who:
     (1) was a member of such Board of Directors on the date 90 days after an initial public offering of the Capital Stock of the Company or any direct or indirect parent of the Company; or
     (2) was nominated for election or elected to such Board of Directors with the approval of a majority of the Continuing Directors who were members of such Board of Directors at the time of such nomination or election.
     “Contribution Indebtedness” means, Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount, including all Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to renew, refund, refinance, replace, defease or discharge such Indebtedness, not to exceed 150% of the aggregate amount of all Net Equity Proceeds.

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     “Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee” means, solely for purposes of presenting Notes, The Bank of New York Mellon located at 101 Barclay Street, 7 East, New York, New York 10014, and, for all other purposes, the office of the Trustee at which any time its corporate trust business shall be administered, which at the date hereof is located at 601 Travis Street, 16th Floor, Houston, Texas 77002, Attention: Corporate Trust Services, re: MetroPCS Wireless, Inc., or such other address as the Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the Holders and the Company, or the principal corporate trust office of any successor Trustee (or such other address as such successor Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the Holders and the Company).
     “Credit Agreement” means that certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of February 20, 2007, by and among the Company, Bear Stearns Corporate Lending Inc., as administrative agent and syndication agent, Bear, Stearns & Co., Inc., as sole lead arranger and joint book runner, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated as joint book runner and Banc of America Securities LLC as joint book runner, providing for revolving credit and term loan borrowings and letters of credit, including any related notes, collateral documents, instruments and agreements executed in connection therewith, and, in each case, as amended, restated, modified, renewed, refunded, replaced (whether upon or after termination or otherwise) or refinanced (including by means of sales of debt securities to institutional investors) in whole or in part from time to time.
     “Credit Facilities” means, one or more debt facilities (including, without limitation, the Credit Agreement) or commercial paper facilities, in each case with banks, other institutional lenders or investors 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) or letters of credit, in each case, as amended, restated, modified, renewed, refunded, replaced (whether upon or after termination or otherwise) or refinanced (including by means of sales of debt securities to institutional investors) in whole or in part from time to time.
     “Custodian” means the Trustee, as custodian with respect to the Notes in global form, or any successor entity thereto.
     “Debt to Cash Flow Ratio” means, with respect to any Person as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) the Consolidated Indebtedness of such Person as of such date to (b) the Consolidated Cash Flow of such Person for the four most recent full fiscal quarters ending immediately prior to such date for which internal financial statements are available.
     For purposes of making the computation referred to above:
     (1) pro forma effect shall be given to Asset Dispositions and Asset Acquisitions (including giving pro forma effect to any related financing transactions and the application of proceeds of any Asset Disposition) that occur during such four-quarter period or subsequent to such four quarter period but on or prior to the date on which the Debt to Cash Flow Ratio is to be calculated as if they had occurred and such proceeds had been applied on the first day of such four-quarter period;
     (2) pro forma effect shall be given to asset dispositions and asset acquisitions (including giving pro forma effect to any related financing transactions and the application of proceeds of any asset disposition) that have been made by any Person that has become a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or has been merged with or into the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary during such four-quarter period or subsequent to such four quarter period but on or prior to the date on which the Debt to Cash Flow Ratio is to be calculated and that would have constituted Asset Dispositions or Asset Acquisitions had such transactions occurred

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when such Person was a Restricted Subsidiary, as if such asset dispositions or asset acquisitions were Asset Dispositions or Asset Acquisitions that occurred on the first day of such four-quarter period;
     (3) to the extent that the pro forma effect of any transaction is to be made pursuant to clause (1) or (2) above, such pro forma effect shall be determined in good faith on a reasonable basis by a responsible financial or accounting officer of the specified Person, as if the subject transaction(s) had occurred on the first day of the four-quarter reference period and Consolidated Cash Flow for such reference period shall be calculated without giving effect to clause (3) of the proviso set forth in the definition of Consolidated Net Income;
     (4) the Consolidated Cash Flow attributable to discontinued operations, as determined in accordance with GAAP, and operations or businesses disposed of (without duplication of clauses (1) and (2) above) prior to the date on which the Debt to Cash Flow Ratio is to be calculated, shall be excluded;
     (5) any Person that is a Restricted Subsidiary on the date on which the Debt to Cash Flow Ratio is to be calculated will be deemed to have been a Restricted Subsidiary at all times during such four-quarter period; and
     (6) any Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary on the date on which the Debt to Cash Flow Ratio is to be calculated will be deemed not to have been a Restricted Subsidiary at any time during such four-quarter period.
     “Default” means any event that is, or with the passage of time or the giving of notice or both would be, an Event of Default.
     “Definitive Note” means a certificated Note registered in the name of the Holder thereof and issued in accordance with Section 2.06 hereof, substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto except that such Note shall not bear the Global Note Legend and shall not have the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto.
     “Depositary” means, with respect to the Notes issuable or issued in whole or in part in global form, the Person specified in Section 2.03 hereof as the Depositary with respect to the Notes, and any and all successors thereto appointed as depositary hereunder and having become such pursuant to the applicable provision of this Indenture.
     “Disqualified Stock” means any Capital Stock that, by its terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible, or for which it is exchangeable, in each case at the option of the holder of the Capital Stock), or upon the happening of any event, matures or is mandatorily redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or redeemable at the option of the holder of the Capital Stock, in whole or in part, on or prior to the date that is 91 days after the date on which the Notes mature. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, any Capital Stock that would constitute Disqualified Stock solely because the holders of the Capital Stock have the right to require the Company to repurchase such Capital Stock upon the occurrence of a change of control or an asset sale will not constitute Disqualified Stock if the terms of such Capital Stock provide that the Company may not repurchase or redeem any such Capital Stock pursuant to such provisions unless such repurchase or redemption complies with Section 4.07 hereof. The amount of Disqualified Stock deemed to be outstanding at any time for purposes of this Indenture will be the maximum amount that the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries may become obligated to pay upon the maturity of, or pursuant to any mandatory redemption provisions of, such Disqualified Stock, exclusive of accrued dividends.

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     “Domestic Restricted Subsidiary” means any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that was formed under the laws of the United States or any state of the United States or the District of Columbia or any such Restricted Subsidiary that guarantees or otherwise provides direct credit support for any Indebtedness of the Company.
     “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).
     “Euroclear” means Euroclear Bank, S.A./N.V., as operator of the Euroclear system.
     “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
     “Exchange Notes” means the Notes issued in the Exchange Offer pursuant to Section 2.06(f) hereof.
     “Exchange Offer” has the meaning set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement.
     “Exchange Offer Registration Statement” has the meaning set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement.
     “Existing Indebtedness” means Indebtedness of the Company and its Subsidiaries (other than Indebtedness under the Credit Agreement) in existence on November 3, 2006, until such amounts are repaid.
     “Fair Market Value” means the value that would be paid by a willing buyer to an unaffiliated willing seller in a transaction not involving distress or necessity of either party, determined in good faith, in the case of amounts under $10.0 million, by a financial officer of the Company, in the case of amounts over $10.0 million but equal to or less than $50.0 million, by the Board of Directors of the Company (unless otherwise provided in this Indenture) and, in the case of amounts over $50.0 million, by the Board of Directors of Parent whose determination must be based upon an opinion or appraisal issued by an accounting, appraisal or investment banking firm of recognized standing.
     “FCC” means the United States Federal Communications Commission and any successor agency which is responsible for regulating the United States telecommunications industry.
     “GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in such other statements by such other entity as have been approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession, which are in effect from time to time.
     “Global Note Legend” means the legend set forth in Section 2.06(g)(2) hereof, which is required to be placed on all Global Notes issued under this Indenture.
     “Global Notes” means, individually and collectively, each of the Restricted Global Notes and the Unrestricted Global Notes deposited with or on behalf of and registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee, substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto and that bears the Global Note Legend and that has the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto, issued in accordance with Section 2.01, 2.06(b)(3), 2.06(b)(4), 2.06(d)(2) or 2.06(f) hereof.

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     “Government Securities” means direct obligations of, or obligations guaranteed by, the United States of America, and the payment for which the United States pledges its full faith and credit.
     “Guarantee” means a guarantee other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business, direct or indirect, in any manner including, 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 (whether arising by virtue of partnership arrangements, or by agreements to keep-well, to purchase assets, goods, securities or services, to take or pay or to maintain financial statement conditions or otherwise).
     “Guarantors” means each of:
     (1) Parent;
     (2) HoldCo;
     (3) the Company’s direct and indirect Restricted Subsidiaries existing on the date of this Indenture; and
     (4) any other Subsidiary of Parent that executes a Note Guarantee in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture either (a) as required pursuant to Section 4.17 hereof or (b) because Parent, in its sole discretion, causes such Subsidiary to do so;
and their respective successors and assigns, in each case, until the Note Guarantee of such Person has been released in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture.
     “Hedging Obligations” means, with respect to any specified Person, the obligations of such Person under:
     (1) interest rate swap agreements (whether from fixed to floating or from floating to fixed), interest rate cap agreements and interest rate collar agreements;
     (2) other agreements or arrangements designed to manage interest rates or interest rate risk; and
     (3) other agreements or arrangements designed to protect such Person against fluctuations in currency exchange rates or commodity prices.
     “HoldCo” means MetroPCS, Inc.
     “Holder” means a Person in whose name a Note is registered.
     “IAI Global Note” means a Global Note substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto bearing the Global Note Legend and the Private Placement Legend and deposited with or on behalf of and registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee that will be issued in a denomination equal to the outstanding principal amount of the Notes sold to Institutional Accredited Investors.
     “Indebtedness” means, with respect to any specified Person, without duplication, any indebtedness of such Person (excluding accrued expenses and trade payables), whether or not contingent:
     (1) in respect of borrowed money;

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     (2) evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments or letters of credit (or reimbursement agreements in respect thereof);
     (3) in respect of banker’s acceptances;
     (4) representing Capital Lease Obligations;
     (5) representing the balance deferred and unpaid of the purchase price of any property or services due more than six months after such property is acquired or such services are completed; or
     (6) representing any Hedging Obligations,
if and to the extent any of the preceding items (other than letters of credit and Hedging Obligations) would appear as a liability upon a balance sheet of the specified Person prepared in accordance with GAAP. In addition, the term “Indebtedness” includes all Indebtedness of others secured by a Lien on any asset of the specified Person (whether or not such Indebtedness is assumed by the specified Person) and, to the extent not otherwise included, the Guarantee by the specified Person of any Indebtedness of any other Person.
     “Indenture” means this Indenture, as amended or supplemented from time to time.
     “Indirect Participant” means a Person who holds a beneficial interest in a Global Note through a Participant.
     “Initial Notes” means the first $550.0 million aggregate principal amount of Notes issued under this Indenture on the date hereof.
     “Institutional Accredited Investor” means an institution that is an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act, who are not also QIBs.
     “Investments” means, with respect to any Person, all direct or indirect investments by such Person in other Persons (including Affiliates) in the forms of loans (including Guarantees or other obligations), advances (excluding commission, travel, entertainment, drawing accounts and similar advances to officers and employees made in the ordinary course of business) or capital contributions, purchases or other acquisitions for consideration of Indebtedness, Equity Interests or other securities, together with all items that are or would be classified as investments on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP. If the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company sells or otherwise disposes of any Capital Stock of any direct or indirect Restricted Subsidiary of the Company such that, after giving effect to any such sale or disposition, such Person is no longer a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, the Company will be deemed to have made an Investment on the date of any such sale or disposition equal to the Fair Market Value of the Company’s Investments in such Restricted Subsidiary that were not sold or disposed of in an amount determined as provided in the final paragraph of Section 4.07 hereof. The acquisition by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of a Person that holds an Investment in a third Person will be deemed to be an Investment by the Company or such Subsidiary in such third Person in an amount equal to the Fair Market Value of the Investments held by the acquired Person in such third Person in an amount determined as provided in the final paragraph of Section 4.07 hereof. Except as otherwise provided in this Indenture, the amount of an Investment will be determined at the time the Investment is made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value.

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     “Legal Holiday” means a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in the City of New York or at a place of payment are authorized by law, regulation or executive order to remain closed. If a payment date is a Legal Holiday at a place of payment, payment may be made at that place on the next succeeding day that is not a Legal Holiday, and no interest shall accrue on such payment for the intervening period.
     “Letter of Transmittal” means the letter of transmittal to be prepared by the Company and sent to all Holders of the Notes for use by such Holders in connection with the Exchange Offer.
     “Lien” means, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest or encumbrance of any kind in respect of such asset, whether or not filed, recorded or otherwise perfected under applicable law, including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any lease in the nature thereof, any option or other agreement to sell or give a security interest in and any filing of or agreement to give any financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code (or equivalent statutes) of any jurisdiction.
     “Liquidated Damages” means all liquidated damages then owing pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement.
     “Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.
     “Net Equity Proceeds” means the net cash proceeds received by the Company since November 3, 2006 as a contribution to its common equity capital or from the issue or sale of Equity Interests of the Company (other than Disqualified Stock)
     “Net Income” means, with respect to any specified Person, the net income (loss) of such Person, determined in accordance with GAAP and before any reduction in respect of preferred stock accretion or dividends, excluding, however:
     (1) any gain (but not loss), together with any related provision for taxes on such gain (but not loss), realized in connection with:
     (a) any Asset Sale; or
     (b) the disposition of any securities by such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or the extinguishment of any Indebtedness of such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; and
     (2) any extraordinary gain (but not loss), together with any related provision for taxes on such extraordinary gain (but not loss).
     “Net Proceeds” means the aggregate cash proceeds 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 the direct costs relating to such Asset Sale, including, without limitation, (a) legal, accounting and investment banking fees, sales commissions, employee severance costs, and any relocation expenses incurred as a result of the Asset Sale, (b) taxes paid or payable as a result of the Asset Sale, in each case, after taking into account any available tax credits or deductions and any tax sharing arrangements, (c) amounts required to be applied to the repayment of Indebtedness, other than Indebtedness under a Credit Facility, secured by a Lien on the asset or assets that were the subject of such Asset Sale, and (d) any amounts to be set aside in any reserve established in accordance with GAAP or any amount placed in escrow, in

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either case for adjustment in respect of the sale price of such properties or assets or for liabilities associated with such Asset Sale and retained by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries until such time as such reserve is reversed or such escrow arrangement is terminated, in which case Net Proceeds shall include only the amount of the reserve so reversed or the amount returned to the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries from such escrow arrangement, as the case may be.
     “Non-Recourse Debt” means Indebtedness:
     (1) as to which neither the Company nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (a) provides credit support of any kind (including any undertaking, agreement or instrument that would constitute Indebtedness), (b) is directly or indirectly liable as a guarantor or otherwise, or (c) constitutes the lender;
     (2) no default with respect to which (including any rights that the holders of the Indebtedness may have to take enforcement action against an Unrestricted Subsidiary) would permit upon notice, lapse of time or both any holder of any other Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to declare a default on such other Indebtedness or cause the payment of the Indebtedness to be accelerated or payable prior to its Stated Maturity; and
     (3) as to which the lenders have been notified in writing that they will not have any recourse to the stock or assets of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.
Non-U.S. Person” means a Person who is not a U.S. Person.
     “Note Guarantee” means the Guarantee by each Guarantor of the Company’s obligations under this Indenture and the Notes, executed pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture.
     “Notes” has the meaning assigned to it in the preamble to this Indenture. The Initial Notes and the Additional Notes shall be treated as a single class for all purposes under this Indenture, and unless the context otherwise requires, all references to the Notes shall include the Initial Notes and any Additional Notes.
     “Obligations” means any principal, interest, penalties, fees, indemnifications, reimbursements, damages and other liabilities payable under the documentation governing any Indebtedness.
     “Officer” means, with respect to any Person, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief Operating Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, the Controller, the Secretary or any Vice-President of such Person.
     “Officers’ Certificate” means a certificate signed on behalf of the Company by two Officers of the Company, one of whom must be the principal executive officer, the principal financial officer, the treasurer or the principal accounting officer of the Company, that meets the requirements of Section 12.05 hereof.
     “Opinion of Counsel” means an opinion from legal counsel who is reasonably acceptable to the Trustee, that meets the requirements of Section 12.05 hereof. The counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company or the Trustee.
     “Parent” means MetroPCS Communications, Inc.

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     “Participant” means, with respect to the Depositary, Euroclear or Clearstream, a Person who has an account with the Depositary, Euroclear or Clearstream, respectively (and, with respect to DTC, shall include Euroclear and Clearstream).
     “Permitted Business” means those businesses in which the Company and its Subsidiaries were engaged on November 3, 2006, or any business similar, related, incidental or ancillary thereto or that constitutes a reasonable extension or expansion thereof, or any business reasonably related to the telecommunications industry, and the acquisition, holding or exploitation of any license relating to the delivery of those services.
     “Permitted Investments” means:
     (1) any Investment in the Company or in any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that is a Guarantor;
     (2) any Investment in Cash Equivalents;
     (3) any Investment by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company in a Person, if as a result of such Investment:
     (a) such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company; or
     (b) 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 of the Company;
     (4) 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 4.10 hereof;
     (5) any acquisition of assets or Capital Stock solely in exchange for the issuance of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company;
     (6) any Investments received in compromise or resolution of (A) obligations of trade creditors or customers that were incurred in the ordinary course of business of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, including pursuant to any plan of reorganization or similar arrangement upon the bankruptcy or insolvency of any trade creditor or customer; or (B) litigation, arbitration or other disputes with Persons who are not Affiliates;
     (7) Investments represented by Hedging Obligations;
     (8) loans or advances to employees made in the ordinary course of business of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $5.0 million at any one time outstanding;
     (9) repurchases of (i) the Notes or (ii) any of the Company’s 9 1/4% Senior Notes due 2014 issued pursuant to that certain Indenture, dated November 3, 2006, among the Company, the Guarantors named therein and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., f.k.a. The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., as trustee;
     (10) advances and prepayments for asset purchases in the ordinary course of business in a Permitted Business of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;

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     (11) Investments existing on November 3, 2006;
     (12) the acquisition by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Equity Interests of Royal Street;
     (13) Investments in Royal Street represented by the Royal Street Loan or Investments required or contemplated by the Royal Street Agreements in the geographic markets covered by the assets purchased by Royal Street in Auction 58; and
     (14) (a) Permitted Joint Venture Investments, and (b) other Investments in any Person other than an Affiliate of the Company (excluding any Person that is an Affiliate of the Company solely by reason of Parent’s ownership, directly or indirectly, of Equity Interests of such Person), to the extent such Investment under (a) or (b) has an aggregate Fair Market Value (measured on the date each such Investment was made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value), when taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (14) that are at the time outstanding, not to exceed 10% of the Company’s Total Assets on the date such Investment is made.
Notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary, no Permitted Investment shall be deemed to be a Restricted Payment.
     “Permitted Joint Venture Investment” means, with respect to any specified Person, Investments in any other Person engaged in a Permitted Business (a) (i) over which the specified Person has or controls 40% or more of the votes on the management committee or Board of Directors of such other Person, (ii) with which such specified Person is party to an FCC approved services agreement pursuant to which such specified Person actively participates in the day-to-day management of such other Person, or (iii) over which the specified Person otherwise has operational and managerial control of such other Person, and (b) of which at least 40% of the outstanding Capital Stock of such other Person is at the time owned directly or indirectly by the specified Person.
     “Permitted Liens” means:
     (1) Liens securing Indebtedness and other Obligations under Credit Facilities and/or securing Hedging Obligations related thereto permitted by Section 4.09(b)(1), (8) and (16) hereof;
     (2) Liens in favor of the Company or the Guarantors;
     (3) Liens on property of a Person existing at the time such Person is merged with or into or consolidated with the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company; provided that such Liens were in existence prior to the contemplation of such merger or consolidation and do not extend to any assets other than those of the Person merged into or consolidated with the Company or the Subsidiary;
     (4) Liens on property (including Capital Stock) existing at the time of acquisition of the property by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company; provided that such Liens were in existence prior to, such acquisition, and not incurred in contemplation of, such acquisition;
     (5) bankers’ Liens, rights of setoff and Liens to secure the performance of bids, tenders, trade or governmental contracts, leases, licenses, statutory obligations, surety or appeal bonds, performance bonds or other obligations of a like nature incurred in the ordinary course of business;

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     (6) Liens to secure Indebtedness (including Capital Lease Obligations) permitted by Section 4.09(b)(4) hereof covering only the assets (including the proceeds thereof, accessions thereto and upgrades thereof) acquired with or financed by such Indebtedness;
     (7) Liens existing on November 3, 2006;
     (8) Liens for taxes, assessments or governmental charges or claims that are not yet delinquent or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings promptly instituted and diligently concluded; provided that any reserve or other appropriate provision as is required in conformity with GAAP has been made therefor;
     (9) Liens imposed by law, such as carriers’, warehousemen’s, suppliers’, vendors’, construction, repairmen’s, landlord’s and mechanics’ Liens or other similar Liens, in each case, incurred in the ordinary course of business;
     (10) survey exceptions, easements or reservations of, or rights of others for, licenses, rights-of-way, sewers, electric lines, telegraph and telephone lines and other similar purposes, or zoning or other restrictions as to the use of real property that were not incurred in connection with Indebtedness and that do not in the aggregate materially adversely affect the value of said properties or materially impair their use in the operation of the business of such Person;
     (11) Liens arising by reason of a judgment, attachment, decree or court order, to the extent not otherwise resulting in an Event of Default, and any Liens that are required to protect or enforce any rights in any administrative, arbitration or other court proceedings in the ordinary course of business;
     (12) Liens created for the benefit of (or to secure) (i) the Notes (or the Note Guarantees) or (ii) any of the Company’s 9 1/4% Senior Notes due 2014 issued pursuant to that certain Indenture, dated November 3, 2006, among the Company, the Guarantors named therein and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., f.k.a. The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (and the Guarantees by the Guarantors of such notes);
     (13) Liens to secure any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness permitted to be incurred under this Indenture; provided, however, that:
     (a) the new Lien shall be limited to all or part of the same property and assets that secured or, under the written agreements pursuant to which the original Lien arose, could secure the original Lien (plus improvements and accessions to such property and assets and proceeds or distributions of such property and assets and improvements and accessions thereto); and
     (b) the Indebtedness secured by the new Lien is not increased to any amount greater than the sum of (x) the outstanding principal amount, or, if greater, committed amount, of the Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness and (y) an amount necessary to pay any fees and expenses, including premiums, related to such renewal, refunding, refinancing, replacement, defeasance or discharge;
     (14) Liens contained in purchase and sale agreements limiting the transfer of assets pending the closing of the transactions contemplated thereby;

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     (15) Liens that may be deemed to exist by virtue of contractual provisions that restrict the ability of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries from granting or permitting to exist Liens on their respective assets;
     (16) Liens in favor of the Trustee as provided for in this Indenture on money or property held or collected by the trustee in its capacity as trustee;
     (17) Liens on cash or Cash Equivalents securing (a) workers’ compensation claims, self-insurance obligations, unemployment insurance or other social security, old age pension, bankers’ acceptances, performance bonds, completion bonds, bid bonds, appeal bonds, surety bonds, public liability obligations, or other similar bonds or obligations, or securing any Guarantees or letters of credit functioning as or supporting any of the foregoing, in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business or (b) letters of credit required to be issued for the benefit of (x) C9 Wireless, LLC in accordance with the Royal Street Agreements or (y) any Person that controls a Permitted Joint Venture Investment to secure any put right for the benefit of the Person controlling the Permitted Joint Venture Investment;
     (18) Liens arising from Uniform Commercial Code financing statement filings regarding operating leases entered into in the ordinary course of business covering only the property under lease (plush improvements and accessions to such property and proceeds or distributions of such property and improvements and accessions thereto); and
     (19) Liens with respect to obligations that do not exceed $5.0 million at any one time outstanding.
Permitted Payments to Parent” means , without duplication as to amounts:
     (1) payments to Parent (directly or through HoldCo) to permit Parent to pay reasonable accounting, legal, investment banking fees and administrative expenses of Parent when due; and
     (2) for so long as the Company is a member of a group filing a consolidated or combined tax return with Parent, payments to Parent (directly or through HoldCo) in respect of an allocable portion of the tax liabilities of such group that is attributable to the Company and its Subsidiaries (“Tax Payments”). The Tax Payments shall not exceed the lesser of (i) the amount of the relevant tax (including any penalties and interest) that the Company would owe if the Company were filing a separate tax return (or a separate consolidated or combined return with its Subsidiaries that are members of the consolidated or combined group), taking into account any carryovers and carrybacks of tax attributes (such as net operating losses) of the Company and such Subsidiaries from other taxable years and (ii) the net amount of the relevant tax that Parent actually owes to the appropriate taxing authority. Any Tax Payments received from the Company shall be paid over to the appropriate taxing authority within 30 days of Parent’s receipt of such Tax Payments or refunded to the Company.
     “Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness” means any Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, any Disqualified Stock of the Company or any preferred stock of any Restricted Subsidiary issued (a) in exchange for, or the net proceeds of which are used to, extend the maturity, renew, refund, refinance, replace, defease, discharge or otherwise retire for value, in whole or in part, or (b) constituting an amendment, modification or supplement to or a deferral or renewal of ((a) and (b) above, collectively, a “Refinancing”), any other Indebtedness of the Company any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than intercompany Indebtedness), any Disqualified Stock of the Company or any

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preferred stock of a Restricted Subsidiary in a principal amount or, in the case of Disqualified Stock of the Company or preferred stock of a Restricted Subsidiary, liquidation preference, not to exceed (after deduction of reasonable and customary fees and expenses incurred in connection with the Refinancing) the lesser of:
     (1) the principal amount or, in the case of Disqualified Stock or preferred stock, liquidation preference, of the Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock so Refinanced (plus, in the case of Indebtedness, the amount of premium, if any paid in connection therewith), and
     (2) if the Indebtedness being Refinanced was issued with any original issue discount, the accreted value of such Indebtedness (as determined in accordance with GAAP) at the time of such Refinancing.
Notwithstanding the preceding, no Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock will be deemed to be Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness, unless:
     (1) such Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock has a final maturity date or redemption date, as applicable, later than the final maturity date or redemption date, as applicable, of, and has a Weighted Average Life to Maturity equal to or greater than the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of, the Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock being Refinanced;
     (2) if the Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock being Refinanced is contractually subordinated in right of payment to the Notes, such Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock is contractually subordinated in right of payment to, the Notes, on terms at least as favorable to the Holders of Notes as those contained in the documentation governing the Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock being Refinanced at the time of the Refinancing; and
     (3) such Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock is incurred or issued by the Company or such Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock is incurred or issued by the Restricted Subsidiary who is the obligor on the Indebtedness being Refinanced or the issuer of the Disqualified Stock or preferred stock being Refinanced.
     “Person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, limited liability company or government or other entity.
     “Principals” means any direct or indirect Beneficial Owner of the Company or any of its subsidiaries on November 3, 2006.
     “Private Placement Legend” means the legend set forth in Section 2.06(g)(1) hereof to be placed on all Notes issued under this Indenture except where otherwise permitted by the provisions of this Indenture.
     “QIB” means a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined in Rule 144A.
     “Registration Rights Agreement” means the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of January 20, 2009, among the Company, the Guarantors and the other parties named on the signature pages thereof, as such agreement may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time and, with respect to any Additional Notes, one or more registration rights agreements among the Company, the Guarantors and the

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other parties thereto, as such agreement(s) may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, relating to rights given by the Company to the purchasers of Additional Notes to register such Additional Notes under the Securities Act.
     “Regulation S” means Regulation S promulgated under the Securities Act.
     “Regulation S Global Note” means a Global Note in the form of Exhibit A hereto bearing the Global Note Legend and the Private Placement Legend and deposited with or on behalf of and registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee, issued in a denomination equal to the outstanding principal amount of the Notes initially sold in reliance on Rule 903 of Regulation S.
     “Related Party” means:
     (1) any controlling stockholder, 80% (or more) owned Subsidiary, or immediate family member (in the case of an individual) of any Principal; or
     (2) any trust, corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity, the beneficiaries, stockholders, partners, members, owners or Persons beneficially holding an 80% or more controlling interest of which consist of any one or more Principals and/or such other Persons referred to in the immediately preceding clause (1).
     “Responsible Officer,” when used with respect to the Trustee, means any officer within the Corporate Trust Administration of the Trustee (or any successor group of the Trustee) or any other officer of the Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated officers 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 Definitive Note” means a Definitive Note bearing the Private Placement Legend.
     “Restricted Global Note” means a Global Note bearing the Private Placement Legend.
     “Restricted Investment” means an Investment other than a Permitted Investment.
     “Restricted Subsidiary” of a Person means any Subsidiary of the referenced Person that is not an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
     “Royal Street” means Royal Street Communications, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
     “Royal Street Agreements” means the Royal Street Credit Agreement, the Royal Street Equipment and Facilities Lease Agreement, the Royal Street Letter of Credit Agreement, the Royal Street LLC Agreement, the Royal Street Pledge Agreement, the Royal Street Promissory Note, the Royal Street Security Agreement and the Royal Street Services Agreement.
     “Royal Street Credit Agreement” means the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, executed on December 15, 2005 as of December 22, 2004, by and between Royal Street and the Company, as amended from time to time, as in effect on November 3, 2006, and as amended, supplemented or modified from time to time after November 3, 2006 so long as such amendment, supplement or modification does not materially adversely affect the Liens granted to the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor pursuant to the Royal Street Credit Agreement, the Royal Street Security Agreement or Royal Street Pledge Agreement, each as in effect on November 3, 2006.

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     “Royal Street Equipment and Facilities Lease Agreement” means the Master Equipment and Facilities Lease Agreement executed as of May 17, 2006, by and between Royal Street and the Company, as amended from time to time, as in effect on November 3, 2006, and as amended, supplemented or modified from time to time after November 3, 2006.
     “Royal Street Letter of Credit Agreement” means the Letter of Credit Agreement, dated November 24, 2004, by GWI PCS1, Inc. to and for the benefit of C9 Wireless II, LLC, as amended from time to time, as in effect on November 3, 2006, and as amended, supplemented or modified from time to time after November 3, 2006.
     “Royal Street LLC Agreement” means the Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Royal Street, executed on December 15, 2005 as of November 24, 2004, by and between C9 Wireless, LLC, GWI PCS1, Inc., and the Company, as amended from time to time, as in effect on November 3, 2006, and as amended, supplemented or modified from time to time after November 3, 2006.
     “Royal Street Loan” means the aggregate amount of loans by the Company to Royal Street in order to fund the purchase by Royal Street of wireless spectrum in Auction 58 and the build-out of the Royal Street systems and the operations of Royal Street, as amended from time to time, as in effect on November 3, 2006, and as amended, supplemented or modified from time to time after November 3, 2006.
     “Royal Street Pledge Agreement” means the Amended and Restated Pledge Agreement, executed on December 15, 2005 as of December 22, 2004, by and between Royal Street and the Company, as amended from time to time, as in effect on November 3, 2006, and as amended, supplemented or modified from time to time after November 3, 2006 so long as such amendment, supplement or modification does not materially adversely affect the Liens granted to the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor pursuant to the Royal Street Credit Agreement, the Royal Street Security Agreement or Royal Street Pledge Agreement, each as in effect on November 3, 2006.
     “Royal Street Promissory Note” means the Amended and Restated Promissory Note, executed on December 15, 2005 as of December 22, 2004, by Royal Street to the order of the Company, as amended from time to time, as in effect on November 3, 2006, and as amended, supplemented or modified from time to time after November 3, 2006.
     “Royal Street Security Agreement” means the Amended and Restated Security Agreement, executed on December 15, 2005 as of December 22, 2004, by and between Royal Street and the Company, as amended from time to time, as in effect on November 3, 2006, and as amended, supplemented or modified from time to time after November 3, 2006 so long as such amendment, supplement or modification does not materially adversely affect the Liens granted to the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor pursuant to the Royal Street Credit Agreement, the Royal Street Security Agreement or Royal Street Pledge Agreement, each as in effect on November 3, 2006.
     “Royal Street Services Agreement” means the Amended and Restated Services Agreement, executed on December 15, 2005 as of November 24, 2004, by and between Royal Street and the Company, as amended from time to time, as in effect on November 3, 2006, and as amended, supplemented or modified from time to time after November 3, 2006.
     “Rule 144” means Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act.
     “Rule 144A” means Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities Act.

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     “Rule 903” means Rule 903 promulgated under the Securities Act.
     “Rule 904” means Rule 904 promulgated under the Securities Act.
     “S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Rating Group.
     “SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
     “Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
     “Shelf Registration Statement” means the Shelf Registration Statement as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement.
     “Significant Subsidiary” means any Restricted Subsidiary that would be a “significant subsidiary” as defined in Article 1, Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X, promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Regulation is in effect on November 3, 2006.
     “Stated Maturity” means, with respect to any installment of interest or principal on any series of Indebtedness, the date on which the payment of interest or principal was scheduled to be paid in the documentation governing such Indebtedness as of the date of this Indenture, and will not include any contingent obligations to repay, redeem or repurchase any such interest or principal prior to the date originally scheduled for the payment thereof.
     “Subsidiary” means, with respect to any specified Person:
     (1) any corporation, association or other business entity of which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of Capital Stock entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency and after giving effect to any voting agreement or stockholders’ agreement that effectively transfers voting power) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees of the corporation, association or other business entity is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by that Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person (or a combination thereof); and
     (2) any partnership (a) the sole general partner or the managing general partner of which is such Person or a Subsidiary of such Person or (b) the only general partners of which are that Person or one or more Subsidiaries of that Person (or any combination thereof).
     “Subsidiary Guarantors” means, collectively, the Guarantors that are Subsidiaries of the Company.
     “TIA” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (15 U.S.C. §§ 77aaa-77bbbb).
     “Total Assets” means the total assets of a Person as set forth on the most recent balance sheet of such Person prepared in accordance with GAAP.
     “Treasury Rate” means, as of any redemption date, the yield to maturity as of such redemption date of United States Treasury securities with a constant maturity (as compiled and published in the most recent Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 (519) that has become publicly available at least two business days prior to the redemption date (or, if such Statistical Release is no longer published, any publicly available source of similar market data)) most nearly equal to the period from the redemption date to November 1, 2010; provided, however, that if the period from the redemption date to November 1,

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2010, is less than one year, the weekly average yield on actually traded United States Treasury securities adjusted to a constant maturity of one year will be used. The Company will (1) calculate the Treasury Rate on the third business day preceding the applicable redemption date and (2) prior to such redemption date file with the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate setting forth the Applicable Premium and the Treasury Rate and showing the calculation of each in reasonable detail.
     “Trustee” means The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., until a successor replaces it in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Indenture and thereafter means the successor serving hereunder.
     “Unrestricted Definitive Note” means a Definitive Note that does not bear and is not required to bear the Private Placement Legend.
     “Unrestricted Global Note” means a Global Note that does not bear and is not required to bear the Private Placement Legend.
     “Unrestricted Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Company that is designated by the Board of Directors of the Company as an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to a resolution of the Board of Directors, but only to the extent that such Subsidiary:
     (1) has no Indebtedness other than Non-Recourse Debt;
     (2) except as permitted by Section 4.11 hereof, is not party to any agreement, contract, arrangement or understanding with the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company 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;
     (3) is a Person with respect to which neither the Company nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries has any direct or indirect obligation (a) to subscribe for additional Equity Interests or (b) to maintain or preserve such Person’s financial condition or to cause such Person to achieve any specified levels of operating results; and
     (4) has not guaranteed or otherwise directly or indirectly provided credit support for any Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.
     “U.S. Person” means a U.S. Person as defined in Rule 902(k) promulgated under the Securities Act.
     “Voting Stock” of any specified Person as of any date means the Capital Stock of such Person that is at the time entitled to vote in the election of the Board of Directors of such Person.
     “Weighted Average Life to Maturity” means, when applied to any Indebtedness at any date, the number of years obtained by dividing:
     (1) 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 of the Indebtedness, by (b) the number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth) that will elapse between such date and the making of such payment; by

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     (2) the then outstanding principal amount of such Indebtedness.
Section 1.02 Other Definitions.
         
    Defined in  
Term   Section  
Affiliate Transaction
    4.11  
Asset Sale Offer
    3.09  
Authentication Order
    2.02  
Change of Control Offer
    4.15  
Change of Control Payment
    4.15  
Change of Control Payment Date
    4.15  
Covenant Defeasance
    8.03  
DTC
    2.03  
Event of Default
    6.01  
Excess Proceeds
    4.10  
incur
    4.09  
Legal Defeasance
    8.02  
Offer Amount
    3.09  
Offer Period
    3.09  
Paying Agent
    2.03  
Permitted Debt
    4.09  
Payment Default
    6.01  
Purchase Date
    3.09  
Registrar
    2.03  
Restricted Payments
    4.07  
Section 1.03 Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act.
     Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, the provision is incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture.
     The following TIA terms used in this Indenture have the following meanings:
     “indenture securities” means the Notes;
     “indenture security Holder” means a Holder of a Note;
     “indenture to be qualified” means this Indenture;
     “indenture trustee” or “institutional trustee” means the Trustee; and
     “obligor” on the Notes and the Note Guarantees means the Company and the Guarantors, respectively, and any successor obligor upon the Notes and the Note Guarantees, respectively.
     All other terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the TIA, defined by TIA reference to another statute or defined by SEC rule under the TIA have the meanings so assigned to them.

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Section 1.04 Rules of Construction.
     Unless the context otherwise requires:
     (1) a term has the meaning assigned to it;
     (2) an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to it in accordance with GAAP;
     (3) “or” is not exclusive;
     (4) words in the singular include the plural, and in the plural include the singular;
     (5) “will” shall be interpreted to express a command;
     (6) provisions apply to successive events and transactions; and
     (7) references to sections of or rules under the Securities Act will be deemed to include substitute, replacement of successor sections or rules adopted by the SEC from time to time.
ARTICLE 2
THE NOTES
Section 2.01 Form and Dating.
     (a) General. The Notes and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication will be substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto. The Notes may have notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule or usage. Each Note will be dated the date of its authentication. The Notes shall be in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000.
     The terms and provisions contained in the Notes will constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of this Indenture and the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby. However, to the extent any provision of any Note conflicts with the express provisions of this Indenture, the provisions of this Indenture shall govern and be controlling.
     (b) Global Notes. Notes issued in global form will be substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto (including the Global Note Legend thereon and the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto). Notes issued in definitive form will be substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto (but without the Global Note Legend thereon and without the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto). Each Global Note will represent such of the outstanding Notes as will be specified therein and each shall provide that it represents the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes from time to time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby may from time to time be reduced or increased, as appropriate, to reflect exchanges and redemptions. Any endorsement of a Global Note to reflect the amount of any increase or decrease in the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby will be made by the Trustee or the Custodian, at the direction of the Trustee, in accordance with instructions given by the Holder thereof as required by Section 2.06 hereof.

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     (c) Euroclear and Clearstream Procedures Applicable. The provisions of the “Operating Procedures of the Euroclear System” and “Terms and Conditions Governing Use of Euroclear” and the “General Terms and Conditions of Clearstream Banking” and “Customer Handbook” of Clearstream will be applicable to transfers of beneficial interests in the Regulation S Global Note that are held by Participants through Euroclear or Clearstream.
Section 2.02 Execution and Authentication.
     At least one Officer must sign the Notes for the Company by manual or facsimile signature.
     If an Officer whose signature is on a Note no longer holds that office at the time a Note is authenticated, the Note will nevertheless be valid.
     A Note will not be valid until authenticated by the manual signature of the Trustee. The signature will be conclusive evidence that the Note has been authenticated under this Indenture.
     The Trustee will, upon receipt of a written order of the Company signed by at least one Officer (an “Authentication Order”), authenticate Notes for original issue that may be validly issued under this Indenture, including any Additional Notes. The aggregate principal amount of Notes outstanding at any time may not exceed the aggregate principal amount of Notes authorized for issuance by the Company pursuant to one or more Authentication Orders, except as provided in Section 2.07 hereof.
     The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent acceptable to the Company to authenticate Notes. An authenticating agent may authenticate Notes whenever the Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by such agent. An authenticating agent has the same rights as an Agent to deal with Holders or an Affiliate of the Company.
Section 2.03 Registrar and Paying Agent.
     The Company will maintain an office or agency where Notes may be presented for registration of transfer or for exchange (“Registrar”) and an office or agency where Notes may be presented for payment (“Paying Agent”). The Registrar will keep a register of the Notes and of their transfer and exchange. The Company may appoint one or more co-registrars and one or more additional paying agents. The term “Registrar” includes any co-registrar and the term “Paying Agent” includes any additional paying agent. The Company may change any Paying Agent or Registrar without notice to any Holder. The Company will notify the Trustee in writing of the name and address of any Agent not a party to this Indenture. If the Company fails to appoint or maintain another entity as Registrar or Paying Agent, the Trustee shall act as such. The Company or any of its Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent or Registrar. If the Holder has given wire transfer instructions to the Company and the Company is the Paying Agent, the Company will pay all principal, interest and premiums and Liquidated Damages, if any, on that Holder’s Notes in accordance with these instructions. All other payments on the Notes will be made at the office of the agent of the Trustee within the City and State of New York, which as of the date hereof is the office of The Bank of New York Mellon, N.A., which as of the date hereof is located at 101 Barclay Street, 7 East, New York, New York 10014, unless the Company elects to make interest payments by check mailed to the Holders at their address in the register of the Holders.
     The Company initially appoints The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) to act as Depositary with respect to the Global Notes. The Company may change the Depository at any time without notice to any Holder, but the Company will notify the Trustee of the name and address of any new Depository.

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     The Company initially appoints the Trustee to act as the Registrar and Paying Agent and to act as Custodian with respect to the Global Notes.
Section 2.04 Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust.
     The Company will require each Paying Agent other than the Trustee to agree in writing that the Paying Agent will hold in trust for the benefit of Holders or the Trustee all money held by the Paying Agent for the payment of principal, premium or Liquidated Damages, if any, or interest on the Notes, and will notify the Trustee of any default by the Company in making any such payment. While any such default continues, the Trustee may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee. The Company at any time may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee. Upon payment over to the Trustee, the Paying Agent (if other than the Company or a Subsidiary) will have no further liability for the money. If the Company or a Subsidiary acts as Paying Agent, it will segregate and hold in a separate trust fund for the benefit of the Holders all money held by it as Paying Agent. Upon any bankruptcy or reorganization proceedings relating to the Company, the Trustee will serve as Paying Agent for the Notes.
Section 2.05 Holder Lists.
     The Company and the Guarantors shall furnish or caused to be furnished to the Trustee at stated intervals of not more than six months, and at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, all information in the possession or control of such obligor, or any of its paying agents, as to the names and addresses of the Holders, and the Trustee shall preserve, in as current form as is reasonably practicable, all such information so furnished to it or received by it in the capacity of Paying Agent. The Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee shall otherwise comply with TIA § 77lll(a).
Section 2.06 Transfer and Exchange.
     (a) Transfer and Exchange of Global Notes. A Global Note may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary, by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or to another nominee of the Depositary, or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor Depositary. All Global Notes will be exchanged by the Company for Definitive Notes if:
     (1) the Company delivers to the Trustee notice from the Depositary that the Depository is unwilling or unable to continue to act as Depositary or that it is no longer a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act and, in either case, a successor Depositary is not appointed by the Company within 120 days after the date of such notice from the Depositary;
     (2) the Company in its sole discretion determines that the Global Notes (in whole but not in part) should be exchanged for Definitive Notes and delivers a written notice to such effect to the Trustee; or
     (3) there has occurred and is continuing a Default or Event of Default with respect to the Notes.
     Upon the occurrence of either of the preceding events in (1) or (2) above, Definitive Notes shall be issued in such names as the Depositary shall instruct the Trustee. Global Notes also may be exchanged or replaced, in whole or in part, as provided in Sections 2.07 and 2.10 hereof. Every Note authenticated and delivered in exchange for, or in lieu of, a Global Note or any portion thereof, pursuant to this Section 2.06 or Section 2.07 or 2.10 hereof, shall be authenticated and delivered in the form of, and shall be, a

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Global Note. A Global Note may not be exchanged for another Note other than as provided in this Section 2.06(a), however, beneficial interests in a Global Note may be transferred and exchanged as provided in Section 2.06(b), (c) or (f) hereof.
     (b) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in the Global Notes. The transfer and exchange of beneficial interests in the Global Notes will be effected through the Depositary, in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture and the Applicable Procedures. Beneficial interests in the Restricted Global Notes will be subject to restrictions on transfer comparable to those set forth herein to the extent required by the Securities Act. Transfers of beneficial interests in the Global Notes also will require compliance with either subparagraph (1) or (2) below, as applicable, as well as one or more of the other following subparagraphs, as applicable:
     (1) Transfer of Beneficial Interests in the Same Global Note. Beneficial interests in any Restricted Global Note may be transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in the same Restricted Global Note in accordance with the transfer restrictions set forth in the Private Placement Legend. Beneficial interests in any Unrestricted Global Note may be transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note. No written orders or instructions shall be required to be delivered to the Registrar to effect the transfers described in this Section 2.06(b)(1).
     (2) All Other Transfers and Exchanges of Beneficial Interests in Global Notes. In connection with all transfers and exchanges of beneficial interests that are not subject to Section 2.06(b)(1) above, the transferor of such beneficial interest must deliver to the Registrar either:
(A) both:
     (i) a written order from a Participant or an Indirect Participant given to the Depositary in accordance with the Applicable Procedures directing the Depositary to credit or cause to be credited a beneficial interest in another Global Note in an amount equal to the beneficial interest to be transferred or exchanged; and
     (ii) instructions given in accordance with the Applicable Procedures containing information regarding the Participant account to be credited with such increase; or
(B) both:
     (i) a written order from a Participant or an Indirect Participant given to the Depositary in accordance with the Applicable Procedures directing the Depositary to cause to be issued a Definitive Note in an amount equal to the beneficial interest to be transferred or exchanged; and
    (ii) instructions given by the Depositary to the Registrar containing information regarding the Person in whose name such Definitive Note shall be registered to effect the transfer or exchange referred to in (1) above.
Upon consummation of an Exchange Offer by the Company in accordance with Section 2.06(f) hereof, the requirements of this Section 2.06(b)(2) shall be deemed to have been satisfied upon receipt by the Registrar of the instructions contained in the Letter of Transmittal delivered by the Holder of such beneficial interests in the Restricted Global Notes. Upon satisfaction of all of the requirements for

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transfer or exchange of beneficial interests in Global Notes contained in this Indenture and the Notes or otherwise applicable under the Securities Act, the Trustee shall adjust the principal amount of the relevant Global Note(s) pursuant to Section 2.06(h) hereof.
     (3) Transfer of Beneficial Interests to Another Restricted Global Note. A beneficial interest in any Restricted Global Note may be transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Restricted Global Note if the transfer complies with the requirements of Section 2.06(b)(2) above and the Registrar receives the following:
     (A) if the transferee will take delivery in the form of a beneficial interest in the 144A Global Note, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof;
     (B) if the transferee will take delivery in the form of a beneficial interest in the Regulation S Global Note, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (2) thereof; and
     (C) if the transferee will take delivery in the form of a beneficial interest in the IAI Global Note, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications, certificates and Opinion of Counsel required by item (3) thereof, if applicable.
     (4) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in a Restricted Global Note for Beneficial Interests in an Unrestricted Global Note. A beneficial interest in any Restricted Global Note may be exchanged by any holder thereof for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note if the exchange or transfer complies with the requirements of Section 2.06(b)(2) above and:
     (A) such exchange or transfer is effected pursuant to the Exchange Offer in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement and the holder of the beneficial interest to be transferred, in the case of an exchange, or the transferee, in the case of a transfer, certifies in the applicable Letter of Transmittal that it is not (i) a Broker-Dealer, (ii) a Person participating in the distribution of the Exchange Notes or (iii) a Person who is an affiliate (as defined in Rule 144) of the Company;
     (B) such transfer is effected pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement;
     (C) such transfer is effected by a Broker-Dealer pursuant to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement; or
     (D) the Registrar receives the following:
     (i) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(a) thereof; or
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delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (4) thereof;
and, in each such case set forth in this subparagraph (D), if the Registrar so requests or if the Applicable Procedures so require, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.
     If any such transfer is effected pursuant to subparagraph (B) or (D) above at a time when an Unrestricted Global Note has not yet been issued, the Company shall issue and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.02 hereof, the Trustee shall authenticate one or more Unrestricted Global Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of beneficial interests transferred pursuant to subparagraph (B) or (D) above.
     Beneficial interests in an Unrestricted Global Note cannot be exchanged for, or transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of, a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note.
     (c) Transfer or Exchange of Beneficial Interests for Definitive Notes.
     (1) Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes to Restricted Definitive Notes. If any holder of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a Restricted Definitive Note or to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Restricted Definitive Note, then, upon receipt by the Registrar of the following documentation:
     (A) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a Restricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (2)(a) thereof;
     (B) if such beneficial interest is being transferred to a QIB in accordance with Rule 144A, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof;
     (C) if such beneficial interest is being transferred to a Non-U.S. Person in an offshore transaction in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (2) thereof;
     (D) if such beneficial interest is being transferred pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act in accordance with Rule 144, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(a) thereof;
     (E) if such beneficial interest is being transferred to an Institutional Accredited Investor in reliance on an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act other than those listed in subparagraphs (B) through (D) above, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications, certificates and Opinion of Counsel required by item (3) thereof, if applicable;

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     (F) if such beneficial interest is being transferred to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(b) thereof; or
     (G) if such beneficial interest is being transferred pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(c) thereof,
the Trustee shall cause the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Global Note to be reduced accordingly pursuant to Section 2.06(h) hereof, and the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Person designated in the instructions a Definitive Note in the appropriate principal amount. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note pursuant to this Section 2.06(c) shall be registered in such name or names and in such authorized denomination or denominations as the holder of such beneficial interest shall instruct the Registrar through instructions from the Depositary and the Participant or Indirect Participant. The Trustee shall deliver such Definitive Notes to the Persons in whose names such Notes are so registered. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note pursuant to this Section 2.06(c)(1) shall bear the Private Placement Legend and shall be subject to all restrictions on transfer contained therein.
     (2) Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes. A holder of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note may exchange such beneficial interest for an Unrestricted Definitive Note or may transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note only if:
     (A) such exchange or transfer is effected pursuant to the Exchange Offer in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement and the holder of such beneficial interest, in the case of an exchange, or the transferee, in the case of a transfer, certifies in the applicable Letter of Transmittal that it is not (i) a Broker-Dealer, (ii) a Person participating in the distribution of the Exchange Notes or (iii) a Person who is an affiliate (as defined in Rule 144) of the Company;
     (B) such transfer is effected pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement;
     (C) such transfer is effected by a Broker-Dealer pursuant to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement; or
     (D) the Registrar receives the following:
     (i) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(b) thereof; or
     (ii) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (4) thereof;

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and, in each such case set forth in this subparagraph (D), if the Registrar so requests or if the Applicable Procedures so require, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.
     (3) Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes. If any holder of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a Definitive Note or to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Definitive Note, then, upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 2.06(b)(2) hereof, the Trustee will cause the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Global Note to be reduced accordingly pursuant to Section 2.06(h) hereof, and the Company will execute and the Trustee will authenticate and deliver to the Person designated in the instructions a Definitive Note in the appropriate principal amount. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest pursuant to this Section 2.06(c)(3) will be registered in such name or names and in such authorized denomination or denominations as the holder of such beneficial interest requests through instructions to the Registrar from or through the Depositary and the Participant or Indirect Participant. The Trustee will deliver such Definitive Notes to the Persons in whose names such Notes are so registered. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest pursuant to this Section 2.06(c)(3) will not bear the Private Placement Legend.
     (d) Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for Beneficial Interests.
     (1) Restricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes. If any Holder of a Restricted Definitive Note proposes to exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note or to transfer such Restricted Definitive Notes to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note, then, upon receipt by the Registrar of the following documentation:
     (A) if the Holder of such Restricted Definitive Note proposes to exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (2)(b) thereof;
     (B) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to a QIB in accordance with Rule 144A, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof;
     (C) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to a Non-U.S. Person in an offshore transaction in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (2) thereof;
     (D) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act in accordance with Rule 144, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(a) thereof;
     (E) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to an Institutional Accredited Investor in reliance on an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act other than those listed in subparagraphs (B) through (D) above, a

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certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications, certificates and Opinion of Counsel required by item (3) thereof, if applicable;
     (F) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(b) thereof; or
     (G) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(c) thereof,
the Trustee will cancel the Restricted Definitive Note, increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of, in the case of clause (A) above, the appropriate Restricted Global Note, in the case of clause (B) above, the 144A Global Note, in the case of clause (C) above, the Regulation S Global Note, and in all other cases, the IAI Global Note.
     (2) Restricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes. A Holder of a Restricted Definitive Note may exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or transfer such Restricted Definitive Note to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note only if:
     (A) such exchange or transfer is effected pursuant to the Exchange Offer in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement and the Holder, in the case of an exchange, or the transferee, in the case of a transfer, certifies in the applicable Letter of Transmittal that it is not (i) a Broker-Dealer, (ii) a Person participating in the distribution of the Exchange Notes or (iii) a Person who is an affiliate (as defined in Rule 144) of the Company;
     (B) such transfer is effected pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement;
     (C) such transfer is effected by a Broker-Dealer pursuant to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement; or
     (D) the Registrar receives the following:
     (i) if the Holder of such Definitive Notes proposes to exchange such Notes for a beneficial interest in the Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(c) thereof; or
     (ii) if the Holder of such Definitive Notes proposes to transfer such Notes to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in the Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (4) thereof;
and, in each such case set forth in this subparagraph (D), if the Registrar so requests or if the Applicable Procedures so require, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the

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Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.
     Upon satisfaction of the conditions of any of the subparagraphs in this Section 2.06(d)(2), the Trustee will cancel the Definitive Notes and increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of the Unrestricted Global Note.
     (3) Unrestricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes. A Holder of an Unrestricted Definitive Note may exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or transfer such Definitive Notes to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note at any time. Upon receipt of a request for such an exchange or transfer, the Trustee will cancel the applicable Unrestricted Definitive Note and increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of one of the Unrestricted Global Notes.
     If any such exchange or transfer from a Definitive Note to a beneficial interest is effected pursuant to subparagraphs (2)(B), (2)(D) or (3) above at a time when an Unrestricted Global Note has not yet been issued, the Company will issue and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.02 hereof, the Trustee will authenticate one or more Unrestricted Global Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of Definitive Notes so transferred.
     (e) Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for Definitive Notes. Upon request by a Holder of Definitive Notes and such Holder’s compliance with the provisions of this Section 2.06(e), the Registrar will register the transfer or exchange of Definitive Notes. Prior to such registration of transfer or exchange, the requesting Holder must present or surrender to the Registrar the Definitive Notes duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instruction of transfer in form satisfactory to the Registrar duly executed by such Holder or by its attorney, duly authorized in writing. In addition, the requesting Holder must provide any additional certifications, documents and information, as applicable, required pursuant to the following provisions of this Section 2.06(e).
     (1) Restricted Definitive Notes to Restricted Definitive Notes. Any Restricted Definitive Note may be transferred to and registered in the name of Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a Restricted Definitive Note if the Registrar receives the following:
     (A) if the transfer will be made pursuant to Rule 144A, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof;
     (B) if the transfer will be made pursuant to Rule 903 or Rule 904, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (2) thereof; and
     (C) if the transfer will be made pursuant to any other exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications, certificates and Opinion of Counsel required by item (3) thereof, if applicable.
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transferred to a Person or Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note if:
     (A) such exchange or transfer is effected pursuant to the Exchange Offer in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement and the Holder, in the case of an exchange, or the transferee, in the case of a transfer, certifies in the applicable Letter of Transmittal that it is not (i) a Broker-Dealer, (ii) a Person participating in the distribution of the Exchange Notes or (iii) a Person who is an affiliate (as defined in Rule 144) of the Company;
     (B) any such transfer is effected pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement;
     (C) any such transfer is effected by a Broker-Dealer pursuant to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement; or
     (D) the Registrar receives the following:
     (i) if the Holder of such Restricted Definitive Notes proposes to exchange such Notes for an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(d) thereof; or
     (ii) if the Holder of such Restricted Definitive Notes proposes to transfer such Notes to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (4) thereof;
and, in each such case set forth in this subparagraph (D), if the Registrar so requests, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.
     (3) Unrestricted Definitive Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes. A Holder of Unrestricted Definitive Notes may transfer such Notes to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note. Upon receipt of a request to register such a transfer, the Registrar shall register the Unrestricted Definitive Notes pursuant to the instructions from the Holder thereof.
     (f) Exchange Offer. Upon the occurrence of the Exchange Offer in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement, the Company will issue and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.02 hereof, the Trustee will authenticate:
     (1) one or more Unrestricted Global Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the beneficial interests in the Restricted Global Notes accepted for exchange in the Exchange Offer by Persons that certify in the applicable Letters of Transmittal that (A) they are not Broker-Dealers, (B) they are not participating in a distribution of the Exchange Notes and (C) they are not affiliates (as defined in Rule 144) of the Company; and

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     (2) Unrestricted Definitive Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Restricted Definitive Notes accepted for exchange in the Exchange Offer by Persons that certify in the applicable Letters of Transmittal that (A) they are not Broker-Dealers, (B) they are not participating in a distribution of the Exchange Notes and (C) they are not affiliates (as defined in Rule 144) of the Company.
     Concurrently with the issuance of such Notes, the Trustee will cause the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Restricted Global Notes to be reduced accordingly, and the Company will execute and the Trustee will authenticate and deliver to the Persons designated by the Holders of Definitive Notes so accepted Unrestricted Definitive Notes in the appropriate principal amount.
     (g) Legends. The following legends will appear on the face of all Global Notes and Definitive Notes issued under this Indenture unless specifically stated otherwise in the applicable provisions of this Indenture.
     (1) Private Placement Legend.
     (A) Except as permitted by subparagraph (B) below, each Global Note and each Definitive Note (and all Notes issued in exchange therefor or substitution thereof) shall bear the legend in substantially the following form:
“THE SECURITY (OR ITS PREDECESSOR) EVIDENCED HEREBY WAS ORIGINALLY ISSUED IN A TRANSACTION EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER SECTION 5 OF THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR AN APPLICABLE EXEMPTION THEREFROM. EACH PURCHASER OF THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE SELLER MAY BE RELYING ON THE EXEMPTION FROM THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5 OF THE SECURITIES ACT. THE HOLDER OF THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ISSUER THAT (A) SUCH SECURITY MAY BE OFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY (1) (a) IN THE UNITED STATES TO A PERSON WHO THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A, (b) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 904 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (c) IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (d) TO AN INSTITUTIONAL “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” (AS DEFINED IN RULE 501 (a) (1), (2), (3) OR (7) OF THE SECURITIES ACT (AN “INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR”)) THAT, PRIOR TO SUCH TRANSFER, FURNISHES THE TRUSTEE A SIGNED LETTER CONTAINING CERTAIN REPRESENTATIONS AND AGREEMENTS (THE FORM OF WHICH CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE TRUSTEE) AND, IF SUCH TRANSFER IS IN RESPECT OF AN AMOUNT OF NOTES LESS THAN $250,000, AN OPINION OF COUNSEL ACCEPTABLE TO METROPCS WIRELESS, INC. THAT SUCH TRANSFER IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT OR (e) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANOTHER EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT (AND BASED UPON AN OPINION OF COUNSEL ACCEPTABLE TO METROPCS WIRELESS, INC. IF METROPCS WIRELESS, INC. SO REQUESTS), (2) TO METROPCS WIRELESS, INC. OR (3) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT AND, IN EACH CASE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE JURISDICTION AND (B) THE HOLDER WILL, AND EACH SUBSEQUENT HOLDER IS

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REQUIRED TO, NOTIFY ANY PURCHASER FROM IT OF THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY OF THE RESALE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN (A) ABOVE.”
     (B) Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Global Note or Definitive Note issued pursuant to subparagraphs (b)(4), (c)(3), (c)(4), (d)(2), (d)(3), (e)(2), (e)(3) or (f) of this Section 2.06 (and all Notes issued in exchange therefor or substitution thereof) will not bear the Private Placement Legend.
     (2) Global Note Legend. Each Global Note will bear a legend in substantially the following form:
“THIS GLOBAL NOTE IS HELD BY THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE GOVERNING THIS NOTE) OR ITS NOMINEE IN CUSTODY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS HEREOF, AND IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEPT THAT (1) THE TRUSTEE MAY MAKE SUCH NOTATIONS HEREON AS MAY BE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06 OF THE INDENTURE, (2) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06(a) OF THE INDENTURE, (3) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.11 OF THE INDENTURE AND (4) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE COMPANY.
UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED FOR NOTES IN DEFINITIVE FORM, THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY. UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (55 WATER STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10041) (“DTC”), TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.”
     (3) Original Issue Discount Legend. Each Note will bear a legend in substantially the following form:
“THIS NOTE WAS ISSUED WITH ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT FOR PURPOSES OF SECTIONS 1272, 1273, AND 1275 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED. METROPCS WIRELESS, INC. AGREES TO PROVIDE PROMPTLY TO THE HOLDER OF THIS NOTE, UPON WRITTEN REQUEST, THE ISSUE PRICE, THE AMOUNT OF ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT, ISSUE DATE AND YIELD TO MATURITY WITH RESPECT TO THE NOTE. ANY SUCH WRITTEN REQUEST SHOULD BE SENT TO METROPCS WIRELESS, INC. AT THE FOLLOWING ADDRESS: METROPCS WIRELESS, INC., 2250 LAKESIDE BLVD., RICHARDSON, TEXAS 75082, ATTENTION: EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER.”

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     (h) Cancellation and/or Adjustment of Global Notes. At such time as all beneficial interests in a particular Global Note have been exchanged for Definitive Notes or a particular Global Note has been redeemed, repurchased or canceled in whole and not in part, each such Global Note will be returned to or retained and canceled by the Trustee in accordance with Section 2.11 hereof. At any time prior to such cancellation, if any beneficial interest in a Global Note is exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Note or for Definitive Notes, the principal amount of Notes represented by such Global Note will be reduced accordingly and an endorsement will be made on such Global Note by the Trustee or by the Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such reduction; and if the beneficial interest is being exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Note, such other Global Note will be increased accordingly and an endorsement will be made on such Global Note by the Trustee or by the Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such increase.
     (i) General Provisions Relating to Transfers and Exchanges.
     (1) To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Company will execute and the Trustee will authenticate Global Notes and Definitive Notes upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.02 hereof or at the Registrar’s request.
     (2) No service charge will be made to a Holder of a beneficial interest in a Global Note or to a Holder of a Definitive Note for any registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or similar governmental charge payable in connection therewith (other than any such transfer taxes or similar governmental charge payable upon exchange or transfer pursuant to Sections 2.10, 3.06, 3.09, 4.10, 4.15 and 9.05 hereof).
     (3) The Registrar will not be required to register the transfer of or exchange of any Note selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part.
     (4) All Global Notes and Definitive Notes issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Global Notes or Definitive Notes will be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Global Notes or Definitive Notes surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.
     (5) Neither the Registrar nor the Company will be required:
     (A) to issue, to register the transfer of or to exchange any Notes during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of any selection of Notes for redemption under Section 3.02 hereof and ending at the close of business on the day of selection;
     (B) to register the transfer of or to exchange any Note selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part; or
     (C) to register the transfer of or to exchange a Note between a record date and the next succeeding interest payment date.
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registered as the absolute owner of such Note for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and interest on such Notes and for all other purposes, and none of the Trustee, any Agent or the Company shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
     (7) The Trustee will authenticate Global Notes and Definitive Notes in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.02 hereof.
     (8) All certifications, certificates and Opinions of Counsel required to be submitted to the Registrar pursuant to this Section 2.06 to effect a registration of transfer or exchange may be submitted by facsimile.
Section 2.07 Replacement Notes.
     If any mutilated Note is surrendered to the Trustee or the Company and the Trustee receives evidence to its satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Note, which may include a certificate from the Holder thereof in accordance with Section 12.05 hereof, the Company will issue and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, will authenticate a replacement Note if the Trustee’s requirements are met. If required by the Trustee or the Company, an indemnity bond must be supplied by the Holder that is sufficient in the judgment of the Trustee and the Company to protect the Company, the Trustee, any Agent and any authenticating agent from any loss that any of them may suffer if a Note is replaced. The Company may charge for its expenses in replacing a Note.
     Every replacement Note is an additional obligation of the Company and will be entitled to all of the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with all other Notes duly issued hereunder.
Section 2.08 Outstanding Notes.
     The Notes outstanding at any time are all the Notes authenticated by the Trustee except for those canceled by it, those delivered to it for cancellation, those reductions in the interest in a Global Note effected by the Trustee in accordance with the provisions hereof, and those described in this Section 2.08 as not outstanding. Except as set forth in Section 2.09 hereof, a Note does not cease to be outstanding because the Company or an Affiliate of the Company holds the Note; however, Notes held by the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company shall not be deemed to be outstanding for purposes of Section 3.07(a) hereof.
     If a Note is replaced pursuant to Section 2.07 hereof, it ceases to be outstanding unless the Trustee receives proof satisfactory to it, which may include a certificate in accordance with Section 12.05 hereof, that the replaced Note is held by a protected purchaser and shall be deemed cancelled for all purposes.
     If the principal amount of any Note is considered paid under Section 4.01 hereof, it ceases to be outstanding, shall be deemed cancelled, and interest on it ceases to accrue.
     If the Paying Agent (other than the Company, a Subsidiary or an Affiliate of any thereof) holds, on a redemption date or maturity date, money sufficient to pay Notes payable on that date, then on and after that date such Notes will be deemed to be no longer outstanding, shall be deemed cancelled, and will cease to accrue interest.

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Section 2.09 Treasury Notes.
     In determining whether the Holders of the required principal amount of Notes have concurred in any direction, waiver or consent, Notes owned by the Company or any Guarantor, or by any Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with the Company or any Guarantor, shall be disregarded, except that for the purposes of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such direction, waiver or consent, only Notes that the Trustee knows are so owned will be so disregarded.
Section 2.10 Temporary Notes.
     Until certificates representing Notes are ready for delivery, the Company may prepare and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, will authenticate temporary Notes. Temporary Notes will be substantially in the form of certificated Notes but may have variations that the Company considers appropriate for temporary Notes and as may be reasonably acceptable to the Trustee. Without unreasonable delay, the Company will prepare and the Trustee will authenticate definitive Notes in exchange for temporary Notes.
     Holders of temporary Notes will be entitled to all of the benefits of this Indenture.
Section 2.11 Cancellation.
     The Company at any time may deliver Notes to the Trustee for cancellation. The Registrar and Paying Agent will forward to the Trustee any Notes surrendered to them for registration of transfer, exchange or payment. The Trustee and no one else will cancel all Notes surrendered for registration of transfer, exchange, payment, replacement or cancellation and will destroy canceled Notes (subject to the record retention requirement of the Exchange Act). Certification of the destruction of all canceled Notes will be delivered to the Company promptly following cancellation. The Company may not issue new Notes to replace Notes that it has paid or that have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.
Section 2.12 Defaulted Interest.
     If the Company defaults in a payment of interest on the Notes, it will pay the defaulted interest in any lawful manner plus, to the extent lawful, interest payable on the defaulted interest, to the Persons who are Holders on a subsequent special record date, in each case at the rate provided in the Notes and in Section 4.01 hereof. The Company will notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of defaulted interest proposed to be paid on each Note and the date of the proposed payment. The Company will fix or cause to be fixed each such special record date and payment date; provided that no such special record date may be less than 10 days prior to the related payment date for such defaulted interest. At least 15 days before the special record date, the Company (or, upon the written request of the Company, the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company) will mail or cause to be mailed to Holders a notice that states the special record date, the related payment date and the amount of such interest to be paid.
ARTICLE 3
REDEMPTION AND PREPAYMENT
Section 3.01 Notices to Trustee.
     If the Company elects to redeem Notes pursuant to the optional redemption provisions of Section 3.07 hereof, it must furnish to the Trustee, at least 10 days but not more than 60 days before a redemption date, an Officers’ Certificate setting forth:

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     (1) the clause of this Indenture pursuant to which the redemption shall occur;
     (2) the redemption date;
     (3) the principal amount of Notes to be redeemed; and
     (4) the redemption price.
Section 3.02 Selection of Notes to Be Redeemed or Purchased.
     If less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed or purchased in an offer to purchase at any time, the Trustee will select Notes for redemption or purchase on a pro rata basis unless otherwise required by law or applicable stock exchange requirements.
     In the event of partial redemption or purchase by lot, the particular Notes to be redeemed or purchased will be selected, unless otherwise provided herein, not less than 10 nor more than 60 days prior to the redemption or purchase date by the Trustee from the outstanding Notes not previously called for redemption or purchase.
     The Trustee will promptly notify the Company in writing of the Notes selected for redemption or purchase and, in the case of any Note selected for partial redemption or purchase, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed or purchased. Notes and portions of Notes selected will be in amounts of $1,000 or whole multiples of $1,000; except that if all of the Notes of a Holder are to be redeemed or purchased, the entire outstanding amount of Notes held by such Holder, even if not a multiple of $1,000, shall be redeemed or purchased. Except as provided in the preceding sentence, provisions of this Indenture that apply to Notes called for redemption or purchase also apply to portions of Notes called for redemption or purchase.
Section 3.03 Notice of Redemption.
     Subject to the provisions of Section 3.09 hereof, at least 10 days but not more than 60 days before a redemption date, the Company will mail or cause to be mailed, by first class mail, a notice of redemption to each Holder whose Notes are to be redeemed at its registered address, except that redemption notices may be mailed more than 60 days prior to a redemption date if the notice is issued in connection with a defeasance of the Notes or a satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture pursuant to Articles 8 or 11 hereof.
     The notice will identify the Notes to be redeemed and will state:
     (1) the redemption date;
     (2) the redemption price;
     (3) if any Note is being redeemed in part, the portion of the principal amount of such Note to be redeemed and that, after the redemption date upon surrender of such Note, a new Note or Notes in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion will be issued upon cancellation of the original Note;
     (4) the name and address of the Paying Agent;

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     (5) that Notes called for redemption must be surrendered to the Paying Agent to collect the redemption price;
     (6) that, unless the Company defaults in making such redemption payment, interest on Notes called for redemption ceases to accrue on and after the redemption date;
     (7) the paragraph of the Notes and/or Section of this Indenture pursuant to which the Notes called for redemption are being redeemed; and
     (8) that no representation is made as to the correctness or accuracy of the CUSIP number, if any, listed in such notice or printed on the Notes.
     At the Company’s request, the Trustee will give the notice of redemption in the Company’s name and at its expense; provided, however, that the Company has delivered to the Trustee, at least 45 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.
Section 3.04 Effect of Notice of Redemption.
     Once notice of redemption is mailed in accordance with Section 3.03 hereof, Notes called for redemption become irrevocably due and payable on the redemption date at the redemption price. A notice of redemption may not be conditional.
Section 3.05 Deposit of Redemption or Purchase Price.
     One Business Day prior to the redemption or purchase date, the Company will deposit with the Trustee or with the Paying Agent money sufficient to pay the redemption or purchase price of and accrued interest and Liquidated Damages, if any, on all Notes to be redeemed or purchased on that date. Such funds deposited with the Trustee will be held in a money market account with The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. The Trustee or the Paying Agent will 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 or purchase price of, and accrued interest and Liquidated Damages, if any, on, all Notes to be redeemed or purchased.
     If the Company complies with the provisions of the preceding paragraph, on and after the redemption or purchase date, interest will cease to accrue on the Notes or the portions of Notes called for redemption or purchase. If a Note is redeemed or purchased on or after an interest record date but on or prior to the related interest payment date, then any accrued and unpaid interest shall be paid to the Person in whose name such Note was registered at the close of business on such record date. If any Note called for redemption or purchase is not so paid upon surrender for redemption or purchase because of the failure of the Company to comply with the preceding paragraph, interest shall be paid on the unpaid principal, from the redemption or purchase date until such principal is paid, and to the extent lawful on any interest not paid on such unpaid principal, in each case at the rate provided in the Notes and in Section 4.01 hereof.
Section 3.06 Notes Redeemed or Purchased in Part.
     Upon surrender of a Note that is redeemed or purchased in part, the Company will issue and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, the Trustee will authenticate for the Holder at the expense of the Company a new Note equal in principal amount to the unredeemed or unpurchased portion of the Note surrendered.

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Section 3.07 Optional Redemption.
     (a) At any time prior to November 1, 2009, the Company may on any one or more occasions redeem up to 35% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes issued under this Indenture at a redemption price of 109.250% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest and Liquidated Damages, if any, to the redemption date, with the net cash proceeds of one or more sales of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company or contributions to the Company’s common equity capital made with the net cash proceeds of one or more sales of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of Parent; provided that:
     (1) at least 65% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes issued under this Indenture (excluding Notes held by the Company and its Subsidiaries) remains outstanding immediately after the occurrence of such redemption; and
     (2) the redemption occurs within 90 days of the date of the closing of such sale of Equity Interests.
     (b) [intentionally omitted].
     (c) On or after November 1, 2010, the Company may redeem all or a part of the Notes upon not less than 10 nor more than 60 days’ notice, at the redemption prices (expressed as percentages of principal amount) set forth below plus accrued and unpaid interest and Liquidated Damages, if any, on the Notes redeemed to the applicable redemption date, if redeemed during the twelve-month period beginning on November 1 of the years indicated below, subject to the rights of Holders on the relevant record date to receive interest on the relevant interest payment date:
         
Year   Percentage
2010
    104.625 %
2011
    102.313 %
2012 and thereafter
    100.000 %
     Unless the Company defaults in the payment of the redemption price, interest will cease to accrue on the Notes or portions thereof called for redemption on the applicable redemption date.
     (d) Any redemption pursuant to this Section 3.07 shall be made pursuant to the provisions of Sections 3.01 through 3.06 hereof.
     (e) At any time prior to November 1, 2010, the Company may also redeem all or a part of the Notes, upon not less than 10 nor more than 60 days prior notice mailed by first-class mail to each Holder’s registered address, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of Notes redeemed plus the Applicable Premium as of, and accrued and unpaid interest and Liquidated Damages, if any, to the applicable date of redemption, subject to the rights of Holders on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date.
Section 3.08 Mandatory Redemption.
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Section 3.09 Offer to Purchase by Application of Excess Proceeds.
     In the event that, pursuant to Section 4.10 hereof, the Company is required to commence an offer to all Holders to purchase Notes (an “Asset Sale Offer”), it will follow the procedures specified below.
     The Asset Sale Offer shall be made to all Holders and all holders of other Indebtedness that is pari passu with the Notes containing provisions similar to those set forth in this Indenture with respect to offers to purchase or redeem with the proceeds of sales of assets. The Asset Sale Offer will remain open for a period of at least 20 Business Days following its commencement and not more than 30 Business Days, 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 will apply all Excess Proceeds (the “Offer Amount”) to the purchase of Notes and such other pari passu Indebtedness (on a pro rata basis, if applicable) or, if less than the Offer Amount has been tendered, all Notes and other Indebtedness tendered in response to the Asset Sale Offer. If any Excess Proceeds remain after consummation of an Asset Sale Offer, the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries may use those Excess Proceeds for any purpose not otherwise prohibited by this Indenture. Payment for any Notes so purchased will 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 and Liquidated Damages, if any, will be paid to the Person in whose name a Note is registered at the close of business on such record date, and no additional interest will be payable to Holders who tender Notes pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer.
     Upon the commencement of an Asset Sale Offer, the Company will send, by first class mail, a notice to the Trustee and each of the Holders, with a copy to the Trustee. The notice will contain all instructions and materials necessary to enable such Holders to tender Notes pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer. The notice, which will govern the terms of the Asset Sale Offer, will state:
     (1) that the Asset Sale Offer is being made pursuant to this Section 3.09 and Section 4.10 hereof and the length of time the Asset Sale Offer will remain open;
     (2) the Offer Amount, the purchase price and the Purchase Date;
     (3) that any Note not tendered or accepted for payment will continue to accrue interest;
     (4) that, unless the Company defaults in making such payment, any Note accepted for payment pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer will cease to accrue interest after the Purchase Date;
     (5) that Holders electing to have a Note purchased pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer may elect to have Notes purchased in integral multiples of $1,000 only;
     (6) that Holders electing to have Notes purchased pursuant to any Asset Sale Offer will be required to surrender the Note, with the form entitled “Option of Holder to Elect Purchase” attached to the Notes completed, or transfer by book-entry transfer, to the Company, a Depositary, if appointed by the Company, or a Paying Agent at the address specified in the notice at least two Business Days before the Purchase Date;
     (7) that Holders will be entitled to withdraw their election if the Company, the Depositary or the Paying Agent, as the case may be, receives, not later than the expiration of the Offer Period, a telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the

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Holder, the principal amount of the Note the Holder delivered for purchase and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing his election to have such Note purchased;
     (8) that, if the aggregate principal amount of Notes and other pari passu Indebtedness surrendered by holders thereof exceeds the Offer Amount, the Trustee will select the Notes and other pari passu Indebtedness to be purchased on a pro rata basis based on the principal amount of Notes and such other pari passu Indebtedness surrendered (with such adjustments as may be deemed appropriate by the Trustee so that only Notes in denominations of $1,000, or integral multiples thereof, will be purchased); and
     (9) that Holders whose Notes were purchased only in part will be issued new Notes equal in principal amount to the unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered (or transferred by book-entry transfer).
     On or before the Purchase Date, the Company will, to the extent lawful, accept for payment, on a pro rata basis to the extent necessary, the Offer Amount of Notes or portions thereof tendered pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer, or if less than the Offer Amount has been tendered, all Notes tendered, and will deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the Notes properly accepted together with an Officers’ Certificate stating that such Notes or portions thereof were accepted for payment by the Company in accordance with the terms of this Section 3.09. The Company, the Depositary or the Paying Agent, as the case may be, will promptly (but in any case not later than five days after the Purchase Date) mail or deliver to each tendering Holder an amount equal to the purchase price of the Notes tendered by such Holder and accepted by the Company for purchase, and the Company will promptly issue a new Note, and the Trustee, upon written request from the Company, will authenticate and mail or deliver (or cause to be transferred by book entry) such new Note to such Holder, in a principal amount equal to any unpurchased portion of the Note surrendered. Any Note not so accepted shall be promptly mailed or delivered by the Company to the Holder thereof. The Company will publicly announce the results of the Asset Sale Offer on the Purchase Date.
     Other than as specifically provided in this Section 3.09, any purchase pursuant to this Section 3.09 shall be made pursuant to the provisions of Sections 3.01 through 3.06 hereof.
ARTICLE 4
COVENANTS
Section 4.01 Payment of Notes.
     The Company will pay or cause to be paid the principal of, premium, if any, and interest and Liquidated Damages, if any, on the Notes on the dates and in the manner provided in the Notes. Principal, premium, if any, and interest and Liquidated Damages, if any will be considered paid on the date due if the Paying Agent, if other than the Company or a Subsidiary thereof, holds as of 12:00 Noon Eastern Time on the due date money deposited by the Company in immediately available funds and designated for and sufficient to pay all principal, premium, if any, and interest then due. The Company will pay all Liquidated Damages, if any, in the same manner on the dates and in the amounts set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement.
Section 4.02 Maintenance of Office or Agency.
     The Company will maintain in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York, an office or agency (which may be an office of the Trustee or an affiliate of the Trustee, Registrar or co-registrar) where Notes may be surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange and where notices and

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demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Notes and this Indenture may be served. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency. If at any time the Company fails to maintain any such required office or agency or fails to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee.
     The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or agencies where the Notes may be presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such designations; provided, however, that no such designation or rescission will in any manner relieve the Company of its obligation to maintain an office or agency in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York for such purposes. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other office or agency.
     The Company hereby designates the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee as one such office or agency of the Company in accordance with Section 2.03 hereof. For purposes of this Section 4.02, the address of the Trustee’s office is 101 Barclay Street, 7 East, New York, New York 10014.
Section 4.03 Reports.
     (a) Whether or not required by the rules and regulations of the SEC, so long as any Notes are outstanding, Parent will furnish to the Holders of Notes or cause the Trustee to furnish to the Holders of Notes:
     (1) within 45 days after the end of a quarterly period and within 90 days after the end of Parent’s fiscal year, all quarterly and annual reports that would be required to be filed with the SEC on Forms 10-Q and 10-K if Parent were required to file reports and, with respect to the annual information only, a report thereon by Parent’s certified independent accountants; and
     (2) within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and regulations, all current reports that would be required to be filed with the SEC on Form 8-K if Parent were required to file such reports.
     All such reports will be prepared in all material respects in accordance with all of the rules and regulations applicable to such reports; provided that, if neither Parent nor the Company is required under the rules and regulations of the SEC to file such reports with the SEC for public availability, such reports need not be prepared in accordance with all of the rules and regulations applicable to such reports and shall include only the information or disclosure that would be required by such form to the extent that, and in the same general style of presentation as, the same or substantially similar information or disclosure was included in the Offering Memorandum, dated January 14, 2009, for the Notes.
     In addition, following the consummation of the Exchange Offer contemplated by the Registration Rights Agreement, Parent will file a copy of each of the reports referred to in clauses (1) and (2) above with the SEC for public availability within the time periods specified in the rules and regulations applicable to such reports (unless the SEC will not accept such a filing) and will post the reports on its website or on intralinks.com within those time periods. The Company will at all times comply with TIA § 77 nnn(a).
     If, at any time after consummation of the Exchange Offer contemplated by the Registration Rights Agreement, Parent is no longer subject to the periodic reporting requirements of the Exchange Act for any reason, Parent will nevertheless continue filing the reports specified in the preceding paragraph with the SEC within the time periods specified above unless the SEC will not accept such a filing. Parent

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will not take any action for the purpose of causing the SEC not to accept any such filings. If, notwithstanding the foregoing, the SEC will not accept Parent’s filings for any reason, Parent will post the reports referred to in the preceding paragraph on its website or on intralinks.com within the time periods that would apply if Parent were required to file those reports with the SEC.
     (b) If (i) the Company has designated any of its Subsidiaries as Unrestricted Subsidiaries or (ii) the combined operations of Parent and its Subsidiaries, excluding the operations of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries and excluding cash and Cash Equivalents, would, if held by a single Unrestricted Subsidiary of the Company, constitute a Significant Subsidiary of the Company, then the quarterly and annual financial information required by paragraph (a) of this Section 4.03 will include a reasonably detailed presentation, either on the face of the financial statements or in the footnotes thereto, and in Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, of (A) in the case of (i) above, the financial condition and results of operations of Parent, HoldCo, the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries separate from the financial condition and results of operations of the Unrestricted Subsidiaries of the Company and (B) in the case of (ii) above, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries separate from the financial condition and results of operations of Parent and its other Subsidiaries; provided however, that the requirements of this paragraph shall not apply if Parent files with the SEC the reports referred to in clauses (1) and (2) of subsection (a) of this Section 4.03, and any such report contains the information required in this paragraph.
     (c) For so long as any Notes remain outstanding, if at any time they are not required to file with the SEC the reports required by paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section 4.03, the Company and the Guarantors will furnish to the Holders and to securities analysts and prospective investors, upon their request, the information required to be delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act.
Section 4.04 Compliance Certificate.
     (a) The Company and each Guarantor (to the extent that such Guarantor is so required under the TIA) shall deliver to the Trustee, within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year, an Officers’ Certificate stating that a review of the activities of the Company and its Subsidiaries during the preceding fiscal year has been made under the supervision of the signing Officers with a view to determining whether the Company has kept, observed, performed and fulfilled its obligations under this Indenture, and further stating, as to each such Officer signing such certificate, that to his or her knowledge the Company has kept, observed, performed and fulfilled each and every covenant contained in this Indenture and is not in default in the performance or observance of any of the terms, provisions and conditions of this Indenture (or, if a Default or Event of Default has occurred, describing all such Defaults or Events of Default of which he or she may have knowledge and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto) and that to his or her knowledge no event has occurred and remains in existence by reason of which payments on account of the principal of or interest, if any, on the Notes is prohibited or if such event has occurred, a description of the event and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.
     (b) [Intentionally omitted].
     (c) So long as any of the Notes are outstanding, the Company will deliver to the Trustee, forthwith upon any Officer becoming aware of any Default or Event of Default, an Officers’ Certificate specifying such Default or Event of Default and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.

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Section 4.05 Taxes.
     The Company will pay, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to pay, prior to delinquency, all material taxes, assessments, and governmental levies except such as are contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings, or where the failure to effect such payment is not adverse in any material respect to the Holders of the Notes.
Section 4.06 Stay, Extension and Usury Laws.
     The Company and each of the Guarantors covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any time insist upon, plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay, extension or usury law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, that may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the Company and each of the Guarantors (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenants that it will not, by resort to any such law, hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law has been enacted.
Section 4.07 Restricted Payments.
     (a) The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly:
     (1) declare or pay any dividend or make any other payment or distribution on account of the Company’s or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries’ Equity Interests (including, without limitation, any payment in connection with any merger or consolidation involving the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries) or to the direct or indirect holders of the Company’s or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries’ Equity Interests in their capacity as such (other than dividends or distributions payable in Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company and other than dividends or distributions payable to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company);
     (2) purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire or retire for value (including without limitation, in connection with any merger or consolidation involving the Company) any Equity Interests of the Company or any direct or indirect parent of the Company;
     (3) make any payment on or with respect to, or purchase, redeem, defease or otherwise acquire or retire for value any Indebtedness of the Company or any Guarantor that is contractually subordinated to the Notes or to any Note Guarantee (excluding any intercompany Indebtedness between or among the Company and any of its Restricted Subsidiaries), except a payment of interest or principal at the Stated Maturity thereof; or
     (4) make any Restricted Investment (all such payments and other actions set forth in these clauses (1) through (4) above being collectively referred to as “Restricted Payments”),
     unless, at the time of and after giving effect to such Restricted Payment:
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     (2) the Company would, at the time of such Restricted Payment and after giving pro forma effect thereto as if such Restricted Payment had been made at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period, have been permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Debt to Cash Flow Ratio test set forth in Section 4.09(a) hereof; and
     (3) such Restricted Payment, together with the aggregate amount of all other Restricted Payments made by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries since November 3, 2006 (excluding Restricted Payments permitted by clauses (2), (3), (4), (6), (7), (8), (9) and (11) of paragraph (b) of this Section 4.07), is less than the sum, without duplication of:
     (A) 100% of the Consolidated Cash Flow of the Company for the period (taken as one accounting period) from the beginning of the first fiscal quarter commencing after November 3, 2006 to the end of the Company’s most recently ended fiscal quarter for which internal financial statements are available at the time of such Restricted Payment, less the product of 1.5 times the Company’s Consolidated Interest Expense for the same period; plus
     (B) 100% of the aggregate net cash proceeds received by the Company since November 3, 2006 as a contribution to its common equity capital or from the issue or sale of Equity Interests of the Company (other than Disqualified Stock) or from the issue or sale of convertible or exchangeable Disqualified Stock or convertible or exchangeable debt securities of the Company that have been converted into or exchanged for such Equity Interests (other than Equity Interests (or Disqualified Stock or debt securities) sold to a Subsidiary of the Company); plus
     (C) to the extent that any Restricted Investment that was made after November 3, 2006 is sold for cash or Cash Equivalents, or otherwise is liquidated or repaid for cash or Cash Equivalents, an amount equal to such cash and Cash Equivalents, but not to exceed the initial amount of such Restricted Investment; plus
     (D) to the extent that any Unrestricted Subsidiary of the Company designated as such after November 3, 2006 is redesignated as a Restricted Subsidiary after November 3, 2006, the lesser of (i) the Fair Market Value of the Company’s Investment in such Subsidiary as of the date of such redesignation or (ii) such Fair Market Value as of the date on which such Subsidiary was originally designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary after November 3, 2006; plus
     (E) 100% of any cash dividends or cash distributions actually received directly or indirectly by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that is a Guarantor after the date of this Indenture from an Unrestricted Subsidiary of the Company, to the extent that such dividends were not otherwise included in the Consolidated Net Income of the Company for such period; minus
     (F) the aggregate amount on any Net Equity Proceeds taken into account for the purposes of Incurring Indebtedness pursuant to clause (14) of the definition of “Permitted Debt” set forth in Section 4.09(b) hereof.
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     (1) the payment of any dividend or the consummation of any irrevocable redemption within 60 days after the date of declaration of the dividend, if at the date of declaration the dividend payment or giving of the redemption notices, as the case may be, if at the date of declaration or notice, the dividend or redemption payment would have complied with the provisions of this Indenture;
     (2) the making of any Restricted Payment in exchange for, or out of the net cash proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale (other than to a Subsidiary of the Company) of, Equity Interests of the Company (other than Disqualified Stock) or from the substantially concurrent contribution of common equity capital to the Company; provided that the amount of any such net cash proceeds that are utilized for any such Restricted Payment will be excluded from clause (3)(B) of Section 4.07(a) hereof;
     (3) the repurchase, redemption, defeasance or other acquisition or retirement for value of Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor that is contractually subordinated to the Notes or to any Note Guarantee with the net cash proceeds from a substantially concurrent incurrence of Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness;
     (4) the payment of any dividend (or, in the case of any partnership or limited liability company, any similar distribution) by a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company to the holders of its Equity Interests on a pro rata basis;
     (5) the repurchase, redemption or other acquisition or retirement for value of any Equity Interests of Parent, HoldCo, the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company held by any current or former officer, director or employee of Parent, HoldCo, the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to any equity subscription agreement, stock option agreement, shareholders’ agreement or similar agreement; provided that the aggregate price paid for all such repurchased, redeemed, acquired or retired Equity Interests may not exceed $5.0 million in any twelve-month period;
     (6) the repurchase, redemption or other acquisition or retirement of Equity Interests deemed to occur upon the exercise or exchange of stock options, warrants or other similar rights to the extent such Equity Interests represent a portion of the exercise or exchange price of those stock options, warrants or other similar rights, and the repurchase, redemption or other acquisition or retirement of Equity Interests made in lieu of withholding takes resulting from the exercise or exchange of stock options, warrants or other similar rights;
     (7) the declaration and payment of regularly scheduled or accrued dividends to holders of any class or series of Disqualified Stock of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company issued on or after November 3, 2006 in accordance with the Debt to Cash Flow Ratio test described in Section 4.09 hereof;
     (8) Permitted Payments to Parent;
     (9) the repurchase, redemption or other acquisition or retirement for value of any Equity Interests of Parent to the extent necessary to comply with law or to prevent the loss or secure the renewal or reinstatement of any FCC license held by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;
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account for purposes of incurring Indebtedness pursuant to clause (14) of the definition of “Permitted Debt” set forth in Section 4.09(b) hereof; and
     (11) other Restricted Payments in an aggregate amount not to exceed $75.0 million since November 3, 2006.
     The amount of all Restricted Payments (other than cash) will be the Fair Market Value on the date of the Restricted Payment of the asset(s) or securities proposed to be transferred or issued by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, pursuant to the Restricted Payment. The determination of the Fair Market Value of any assets or securities that are required to be valued by this Section 4.07 will be delivered to the Trustee if the Fair Market Value of such assets or securities exceeds $5.0 million.
Section 4.08 Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Subsidiaries.
     (a) The Company will not, and will 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:
     (1) pay dividends or make any other distributions on its Capital Stock to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or with respect to any other interest or participation in, or measured by, its profits, or pay any Indebtedness owed to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;
     (2) make loans or advances to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; or
     (3) sell, lease or transfer any of its properties or assets to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.
     (b) The restrictions in Section 4.08(a) hereof will not apply to encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by reason of:
     (1) agreements or instruments governing Existing Indebtedness or Equity Interests and Credit Facilities as in effect on November 3, 2006 and any amendments, restatements, modifications, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings of those agreements or instruments; provided that the amendments, restatements, modifications, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings are not materially more restrictive, taken as a whole, with respect to such dividend and other payment restrictions than those contained in those agreements or instruments on November 3, 2006;
     (2) agreement or instruments governing Credit Facilities not in effect on November 3, 2006 so long as either (a) the encumbrances and restrictions contained therein do not impair the ability of any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company to pay dividends or make any other distributions or payments directly or indirectly to the Company in an amount sufficient to permit the Company to pay the principal of, or interest and premium and Liquidated Damages, if any, on the Notes, or (b) the encumbrances and restrictions contained therein are no more restrictive, taken as a whole, than those contained in this Indenture;
     (3) (i) this Indenture, the Notes and the Note Guarantees and (ii) that certain Indenture, dated November 3, 2006, among the Company, the Guarantors named therein and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., f.k.a. The Bank of New York Trust Company,

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N.A., as trustee and the Company’s 9 1/4% Senior Notes due 2014 and Guarantees thereof issued thereunder;
     (4) applicable law, rule, regulation or order;
     (5) any agreements instrument governing Indebtedness or Capital Stock of a Person acquired by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries as in effect at the time of such acquisition (except to the extent such Indebtedness or Capital Stock was 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; provided that, in the case of Indebtedness, such Indebtedness was permitted by the terms of this Indenture to be incurred;
     (6) customary non-assignment provisions in contracts and licenses entered into in the ordinary course of business;
     (7) any instrument governing any secured Indebtedness or Capital Lease Obligation that imposes restrictions on the assets securing such Indebtedness or the subject of such lease of the nature described in clause (3) of Section 4.08(a) hereof;
     (8) any agreement for the sale or other disposition of a Restricted Subsidiary that imposes restrictions of the nature described in clauses (1) and/or (3) of Section 4.08(a) hereof on the Restricted Subsidiary pending the sale or other disposition;
     (9) Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness; provided that the restrictions contained in the agreements governing such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness are not materially more restrictive, taken as a whole, than those contained in the agreements governing the Indebtedness being refinanced;
     (10) Liens permitted to be incurred under the provisions of Section 4.12 hereof that limit the right of the debtor to dispose of the assets subject to such Liens;
     (11) provisions limiting the disposition or distribution of assets or property in joint venture agreements, asset sale agreements, sale-leaseback agreements, stock sale agreements and other similar agreements entered into with the approval of the Company’s Board of Directors, which limitation is applicable only to the assets that are the subject of such agreements;
     (12) restrictions on cash or other deposits or net worth imposed by customers under contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business; and
     (13) any agreement or instrument with respect to Indebtedness incurred, or preferred stock issued, by any Restricted Subsidiary, provided that the restrictions contained in the agreements or instruments governing such Indebtedness or preferred stock (a) either (i) apply only in the event of a payment default or a default with respect to a financial covenant in such agreement or instrument or (ii) will not materially affect the Company’s ability to pay all principal, interest and premium and Liquidated Damages, if any, on the Notes, as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company, whose determination shall be conclusive; and (b) are not materially more disadvantageous to the Holders of the Notes than is customary in comparable financings.

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Section 4.09 Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock.
     (a) The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, issue, assume, guarantee or otherwise become directly or indirectly liable, contingently or otherwise, with respect to (collectively, “incur”) any Indebtedness (including Acquired Debt), and the Company will not issue any Disqualified Stock and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to issue any shares of preferred stock; provided, however, that the Company may incur Indebtedness (including Acquired Debt) or issue Disqualified Stock, and the Subsidiary Guarantors may incur Indebtedness (including Acquired Debt) or issue preferred stock, if the Debt to Cash Flow Ratio for the Company’s most recently ended four full fiscal quarters for which internal financial statements are available immediately preceding the date on which such additional Indebtedness is incurred or such Disqualified Stock or preferred stock is issued, as the case may be, would have been no greater than (a) 7.0 to 1, if such incurrence or issuance is on or prior to March 31, 2008, (b) 6.5 to 1, if such occurrence or issuance is after March 31, 2008 but on or prior to March 31, 2009 or (c) 6.0 to 1, if such incurrence of issuance is after March, 31 2009, in each case determined on a pro forma basis (including a pro forma application of the net proceeds therefrom), as if the additional Indebtedness had been incurred or the Disqualified Stock or the preferred stock had been issued, as the case may be, at the beginning of such four-quarter period.
     (b) The provisions of Section 4.09(a) hereof will not prohibit the incurrence of any of the following items of Indebtedness (collectively, “Permitted Debt”):
     (1) the incurrence by the Company and any Subsidiary Guarantor of additional Indebtedness under Credit Facilities in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding under this clause (1) (with letters of credit being deemed to have a principal amount equal to the maximum potential liability of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries thereunder), including all Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to renew, refund, refinance, replace, defease or discharge any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause (1), not to exceed the greater of (x) $1.7 billion and (y) 450% of Consolidated Cash Flow of the Company for the most recently ended four full fiscal quarters for which financial statements are available, in each case, less the aggregate amount of all Net Proceeds of Asset Sales applied by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries since November 3, 2006 to repay any term Indebtedness under Credit Facilities or to repay any revolving credit Indebtedness under Credit Facilities and effect a corresponding commitment reduction thereunder pursuant to Section 4.10 hereof; provided, however, that the maximum amount permitted to be outstanding under this clause (1) shall not be deemed to limit additional Indebtedness under the Credit Facilities to the extent that the incurrence of such additional Indebtedness is permitted pursuant to any of the other provisions of this covenant;
     (2) the incurrence by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries of any Existing Indebtedness;
     (3) the incurrence by the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors of Indebtedness represented by $1.0 billion of the Company’s 9 1/4% Senior Notes due 2014 issued on November 3, 2006 pursuant to that certain Indenture, dated November 3, 2006, among the Company, the Guarantors named therein and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., f.k.a. The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (and the Guarantees by the Guarantors of such notes) and all of the Company’s 9 1/4% Senior Notes due 2014 issued in accordance with that certain Registration Rights Agreement, dated November 3, 2006, by and among the Company, the Guarantors named therein, and the Initial Purchasers named therein (and the Guarantees by

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the Guarantors of such notes) and in exchange for the Company’s 9 1/4% Senior Notes due 2014 issued on November 3, 2006;
     (4) the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness represented by Capital Lease Obligations, mortgage financings or purchase money obligations, in each case, incurred for the purpose of financing (whether prior to or within 270 days after) all or any part of the purchase price or cost of design, construction, installation or improvement of property, plant or equipment or the Capital Stock of any Person owning such assets used in the business of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, in an aggregate principal amount, including all Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to renew, refund, refinance, replace, defease or discharge any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause (4), not to exceed the greater of (a) $150.0 million and (b) 3.0% of the Company’s Total Assets, at any time outstanding;
     (5) the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in exchange for, or the net proceeds of which are used to refund, refinance, replace, defease or discharge Indebtedness (other than intercompany Indebtedness) that was permitted by this Indenture to be incurred under Section 4.09(a) hereof or clauses (2), (3), (4), (5), (13), (14), (15) or (16) of this Section 4.09(b);
     (6) the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of intercompany Indebtedness between or among Parent, HoldCo, the Company and any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided, however, that:
     (A) if the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor is the obligor on such Indebtedness and the payee is not the Company or a Guarantor, such Indebtedness must be expressly subordinated to the prior payment in full in cash of all Obligations then due with respect to the Notes, in the case of the Company, or the Note Guarantee, in the case of a Subsidiary Guarantor; and
     (B) (1) any subsequent issuance or transfer of Equity Interests that results in any such Indebtedness being held by a Person other than Parent, HoldCo, the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company and (2) any sale or other transfer of any such Indebtedness to a Person that is not either Parent, HoldCo, the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company,
will 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);
     (7) the issuance by any of the Company’s Restricted Subsidiaries to the Company or to any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of shares of preferred stock; provided, however, that:
     (A) any subsequent issuance or transfer of Equity Interests that results in any such preferred stock being held by a Person other than Parent, HoldCo, the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company; and
     (B) any sale or other transfer of any such preferred stock to a Person that is not either Parent, HoldCo, the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company,
will be deemed, in each case, to constitute an issuance of such preferred stock by such Restricted Subsidiary that was not permitted by this clause (7);

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     (8) the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Hedging Obligations as required under the Credit Agreement or in the ordinary course of business;
     (9) the guarantee by the Company or any of the Subsidiary Guarantors of Indebtedness of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that was permitted to be incurred by another provision of this Section 4.09; provided that if the Indebtedness being guaranteed is subordinated to or pari passu with the Notes, then the Guarantee shall be subordinated or pari passu, as applicable, to the same extent as the Indebtedness guaranteed;
     (10) the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness in respect of workers’ compensation claims, self-insurance obligations, bankers’ acceptances, performance bonds, completion bonds, bid bonds, appeals bonds and surety bonds, or other similar bonds or obligations, in the ordinary course of business, and any Guarantees or letters of credit functioning as or supporting any of the foregoing;
     (11) the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness arising from the honoring by a bank or other financial institution of a check, draft or similar instrument inadvertently drawn against insufficient funds, so long as such Indebtedness is covered within five Business Days;
     (12) the Incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness in respect of letters of credit required to be issued on behalf of Royal Street in accordance with the Royal Street Agreements or in connection with any Permitted Joint Venture Investment;
     (13) the Incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness for relocation or clearing obligations relating to the Company’s or any of its Restricted Subsidiary’s FCC licenses in an aggregate principal amount (or accreted value, as applicable) at any time outstanding not to exceed $50.0 million;
     (14) the Incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Contribution Indebtedness;
     (15) the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness) used to finance an acquisition or a merger with another Person, provided that, the Company or the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary), on the date of such transaction after giving pro forma effect thereto and any related financing transactions as if the same had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period, would either (a) be permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Debt to Cash Flow Ratio test set forth in Section 4.09(a) hereof or (b) have a Debt to Cash Flow Ratio no greater than the Debt to Cash Flow Ratio of the Company immediately prior to such transaction; and
     (16) the incurrence by the Company or any of the Subsidiary Guarantors of additional Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount (or accreted value, as applicable) at any time outstanding, including all Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to renew, refund, refinance, replace, defease or discharge any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause (16), not to exceed $75.0 million.
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Indebtedness of the Company or such Guarantor unless such Indebtedness is also contractually subordinated in right of payment to the Notes and the applicable Note Guarantee on substantially identical terms; provided, however, that no Indebtedness shall be deemed to be contractually subordinated in right of payment to any other Indebtedness solely by virtue of such Indebtedness being unsecured or by virtue of such Indebtedness being secured on a first or junior Lien basis.
     For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 4.09, in the event that an item of proposed Indebtedness meets the criteria of more than one of the categories of Permitted Debt described in clauses (1) through (16) above or is entitled to be incurred pursuant to Section 4.09(a) hereof, the Company will be permitted to classify all or a portion of such item of Indebtedness on the date of its incurrence, or later reclassify all or a portion of such item of Indebtedness, in any manner that complies with this Section 4.09. Indebtedness under Credit Facilities outstanding on the date on which Notes are first issued and authenticated under this Indenture will initially be deemed to have been incurred on such date in reliance on the exception provided by clause (1) of the definition of Permitted Debt. The accrual of interest, the accretion or amortization of original issue discount, the payment of interest on any Indebtedness in the form of additional Indebtedness with the same terms, the reclassification of preferred stock as Indebtedness due to a change in accounting principles, and the payment of dividends on Disqualified Stock in the form of additional shares of the same class of Disqualified Stock will not be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness or an issuance of Disqualified Stock for purposes of this Section 4.09; provided, in each such case, that the amount thereof is included in Consolidated Interest Expense of the Company as accrued. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 4.09, the maximum amount of Indebtedness that the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary may incur pursuant to this Section 4.09 shall not be deemed to be exceeded solely as a result of fluctuations in exchange rates or currency values.
     The amount of any Indebtedness outstanding as of any date will be:
     (1) the accreted value of the Indebtedness, in the case of any Indebtedness issued with original issue discount;
     (2) the principal amount of the Indebtedness, in the case of any other Indebtedness; and
     (3) in respect of Indebtedness of another Person secured by a Lien on the assets of the specified Person, the lesser of:
     (A) the Fair Market Value of such assets at the date of determination; and
     (B) the amount of the Indebtedness of the other Person.
Section 4.10 Asset Sales.
     The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate an Asset Sale unless:
     (1) the Company (or the Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be) receives consideration at the time of the Asset Sale at least equal to the Fair Market Value of the assets or Equity Interests issued or sold or otherwise disposed of; and

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     (2) at least 75% of the consideration received in the Asset Sale by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary is in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents. For purposes of this provision, each of the following shall be deemed to be cash:
     (A) any liabilities, as shown on the Company’s most recent consolidated balance sheet (or as would be shown on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet as of the date of such Asset Sale), of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than contingent liabilities and liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to the Notes or any Note Guarantee) that are assumed by the transferee of any such assets pursuant to a customary novation agreement that releases the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary from further liability;
     (B) any securities, notes or other obligations received by the Company or any such Restricted Subsidiary from such transferee that are converted by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary into cash within 30 days after such Asset Sale, to the extent of the cash received in that conversion; and
     (C) any stock or assets of the kind referred to in clauses (2) or (4) of the next paragraph of this Section 4.10.
     Notwithstanding the foregoing, the 75% limitation referred to above shall be deemed satisfied with respect to any Asset Sale in which the cash or Cash Equivalents portion of the consideration received therefrom, determined in accordance with the foregoing provision on an after-tax basis, is equal to or greater than what the after-tax proceeds would have been had such Asset Sale complied with the aforementioned 75% limitation
     Within 365 days after the receipt of any Net Proceeds from an Asset Sale, the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary may apply an amount equal to such Net Proceeds:
     (1) to prepay, repay, defease, redeem, purchase or otherwise retire Indebtedness and other Obligations under a Credit Facility or Indebtedness secured by property that is subject to such Asset Sale and, if the Indebtedness repaid is revolving credit Indebtedness, to correspondingly reduce commitments with respect thereto;
     (2) to acquire all or substantially all of the assets of, or any Capital Stock of, another Permitted Business, if, after giving effect to any such acquisition of Capital Stock, the Permitted Business is or becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company;
     (3) to make a capital expenditure; or
     (4) to acquire other assets that are not classified as current assets under GAAP and that are used or useful in a Permitted Business.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if within 365 days after the receipt of any Net Proceeds from an Asset Sale, the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary enters into a binding written agreement irrevocably committing the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary to an application of funds of the kind described in clause (2), (3) or (4) above, and as to which the only condition to closing not satisfied within 365 days of the receipt of such Net Proceeds is the receipt of required governmental approvals, the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary shall be deemed not to be in violation of the preceding paragraph so long as such application of funds is consummated within 545 days of the receipt of such Net Proceeds.

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     Pending the final application of any Net Proceeds, the Company may temporarily reduce revolving credit borrowings or otherwise use the Net Proceeds in any manner that is not prohibited by this Indenture.
     An amount equal to any Net Proceeds from Asset Sales that are not applied or invested as provided in the third paragraph of this Section 4.10 will constitute “Excess Proceeds.” When the aggregate amount of Excess Proceeds exceeds $20.0 million, within ten (10) days thereof, the Company will make an Asset Sale Offer to all Holders of Notes and all holders of other Indebtedness that is pari passu with the Notes containing provisions similar to those set forth in this Indenture with respect to offers to purchase or redeem with the proceeds of sales of assets in accordance with Section 3.09 hereof to purchase the maximum principal amount of Notes and such other pari passu Indebtedness that may be purchased out of the Excess Proceeds. The offer price in any Asset Sale Offer will be equal to 100% of the principal amount plus accrued and unpaid interest and Liquidated Damages, if any, to the date of purchase, and will be payable in cash. If any Excess Proceeds remain after consummation of an Asset Sale Offer, the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries may use those Excess Proceeds for any purpose not otherwise prohibited by this Indenture. If the aggregate principal amount of Notes and other pari passu Indebtedness tendered into such Asset Sale Offer exceeds the amount of Excess Proceeds, the Trustee shall select the Notes and such other pari passu Indebtedness to be purchased on a pro rata basis. Upon completion of each Asset Sale Offer, the amount of Excess Proceeds will be reset at zero.
     The Company will 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 each repurchase of Notes pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the provisions of Section 3.09 hereof or this Section 4.10 or compliance with Section 3.09 hereof or this Section 4.10 would constitute a violation of any such laws or regulations, the Company will comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have breached its obligations under Section 3.09 hereof or this Section 4.10 by virtue of such compliance.
Section 4.11 Transactions with Affiliates.
     (a) The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, make any payment to, or sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its properties or assets to, or purchase any property or assets from, or enter into or make or amend any transaction, contract, agreement, understanding, loan, advance or guarantee with, or for the benefit of, any Affiliate of the Company (each an “Affiliate Transaction”), unless:
     (1) the Affiliate Transaction is on terms that are no less favorable to the Company or the relevant Restricted Subsidiary than those that would have been obtained in a comparable transaction by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary with an unrelated Person; and
     (2) the Company delivers to the Trustee:
     (A) with respect to any Affiliate Transaction or series of related Affiliate Transactions involving aggregate consideration in excess of $10.0 million, a resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company set forth in an Officers’ Certificate certifying that such Affiliate Transaction complies with clause (1) of this Section 4.11(a) and that such Affiliate Transaction has been approved by a majority of the disinterested members of the Board of Directors of the Company; and

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     (B) with respect to any Affiliate Transaction or series of related Affiliate Transactions involving aggregate consideration in excess of $50.0 million, an opinion as to the fairness to the Company or such Subsidiary of such Affiliate Transaction from a financial point of view issued by an accounting, appraisal or investment banking firm of national standing.
     (b) The following items will not be deemed to be Affiliate Transactions and, therefore, will not be subject to the provisions of Section 4.11(a) hereof:
     (1) any employment agreement, employee benefit plan, agreement or plan relating to employee or officer compensation, officer or director indemnification agreement or any similar arrangement entered into by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries existing on November 3, 2006, or entered into thereafter in the ordinary course of business, and any indemnities or other transactions permitted or required by bylaw, statutory provisions or any of the foregoing agreements, plans or arrangements and payments pursuant thereto;
     (2) transactions between or among Parent, HoldCo, the Company and/or its Restricted Subsidiaries;
     (3) transactions with a Person (other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary of the Company) that is an Affiliate of the Company solely because the Company owns, directly or through a Restricted Subsidiary, an Equity Interest in, or controls, such Person;
     (4) payment of reasonable directors’ fees;
     (5) any issuance of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company to         , or receipt of any capital contribution from, any Affiliate of the Company;
     (6) transactions with Royal Street in accordance with the applicable Royal Street Agreements and transactions in connection with any Permitted Joint Venture Investment;
     (7) any Permitted Investments or Restricted Payments that do not violate Section 4.07 hereof; and
     (8) any contracts, agreements or understandings existing as of November 3, 2006 and disclosed in the notes to the consolidated financial statements of Parent for the year ended December 31, 2005 or for the nine months ended September 30, 2006, and any amendments to or replacements of such contracts, agreements or understandings so long as any such amendment or replacement, taken as a whole, is not more disadvantageous to the Company or to the Holders of the Notes in any material respect than the original agreement as in effect on November 3, 2006.
Section 4.12 Liens.
     The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien securing Indebtedness upon any asset now owned or hereafter acquired, except Permitted Liens, unless the Notes are equally and ratably secured (except that Liens securing Indebtedness that is contractually subordinated to the Notes shall be expressly subordinate to any Lien securing the Notes to at least the same extent that such Indebtedness is subordinate to the Notes).

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Section 4.13 Business Activities.
     The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, engage in any business other than Permitted Businesses, except to such extent as would not be material to the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole.
Section 4.14 Corporate Existence.
     Subject to Article 5 hereof, the Company shall do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect:
     (1) its corporate existence, and the corporate, partnership or other existence of each of its Subsidiaries, in accordance with the respective organizational documents (as the same may be amended from time to time) of the Company or any such Subsidiary; and
     (2) the rights (charter and statutory), licenses and franchises of the Company and its Subsidiaries;
     provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to preserve any such right, license or franchise, or the corporate, partnership or other existence of any of its Subsidiaries, if the Board of Directors shall determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and that the loss thereof is not adverse in any material respect to the Holders of the Notes; provided, further, that the foregoing shall not prohibit any merger, conversion, consolidation, liquidation or dissolution permitted under Section 5.01 hereof.
Section 4.15 Offer to Repurchase Upon Change of Control.
     (a) Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, the Company will make an offer (a “Change of Control Offer”) to each Holder to repurchase all or any part (equal to $1,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000) of that Holder’s Notes at a purchase price in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes repurchased plus accrued and unpaid interest and Liquidated Damages, if any, on the Notes repurchased to the date of purchase, subject to the rights of Holders on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date (the "Change of Control Payment”). Within thirty days following any Change of Control, the Company will mail a notice to each Holder describing the transaction or transactions that constitute the Change of Control and stating:
     (1) that the Change of Control Offer is being made pursuant to this Section 4.15 and that all Notes tendered will be accepted for payment;
     (2) the purchase price and the purchase date, which shall be no earlier than 10 days and no later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed (the “Change of Control Payment Date”);
     (3) that any Note not tendered will continue to accrue interest;
     (4) that, unless the Company defaults in the payment of the Change of Control Payment, all Notes accepted for payment pursuant to the Change of Control Offer will cease to accrue interest after the Change of Control Payment Date;
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Elect Purchase” attached to the Notes completed, or transfer by book-entry transfer, to the Paying Agent at the address specified in the notice prior to the close of business on the third Business Day preceding the Change of Control Payment Date;
     (6) that Holders will be entitled to withdraw their election if the Paying Agent receives, not later than the close of business on the second Business Day preceding the Change of Control Payment Date, a telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of Notes delivered for purchase, and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing his election to have the Notes purchased; and
     (7) that Holders whose Notes are being purchased only in part will be issued new Notes equal in principal amount to the unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered, which unpurchased portion must be equal to $1,000 in principal amount or an integral multiple thereof.
     The Company will comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent those laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of the Notes as a result of a Change in Control. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the provisions of Sections 3.09 or 4.15 hereof or compliance with the provisions of Sections 3.09 or 4.15 hereof would constitute a violations of any such laws or regulations, the Company will comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have breached its obligations under Section 3.09 hereof or this Section 4.15 by virtue of such compliance.
     (b) On the Change of Control Payment Date, the Company will, to the extent lawful:
     (1) accept for payment all Notes or portions of Notes properly tendered pursuant to the Change of Control Offer;
     (2) deposit with the Paying Agent an amount equal to the Change of Control Payment in respect of all Notes or portions of Notes properly tendered; and
     (3) deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the Notes properly accepted together with an Officers’ Certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of Notes or portions of Notes being purchased by the Company.
     The Paying Agent will promptly mail (but in any case not later than five Business Days after the Change of Control Payment Date) to each Holder of Notes properly tendered the Change of Control Payment for such Notes, and the Trustee will promptly authenticate and mail (or cause to be transferred by book entry) to each Holder a new Note equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered, if any; provided that each new Note will be in a principal amount of $2,000 or an integral amount of $1,000. The Company will publicly announce the results of the Change of Control Offer on or as soon as practicable after the Change of Control Payment Date.
     (c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 4.15, the Company will not be required to make a Change of Control Offer upon a Change of Control if (1) 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 4.15 and Section 3.09 hereof and purchases all Notes properly tendered and not withdrawn under the Change of Control Offer, or (2) notice of redemption has been given pursuant to Section 3.07 hereof, unless and until there is a default in payment of the applicable redemption price.

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Section 4.16 Payments for Consent.
     The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, pay or cause to be paid any consideration to or for the benefit of any Holder of Notes for or as an inducement to any consent, waiver or amendment of any of the terms or provisions of this Indenture or the Notes unless such consideration is offered to be paid and is paid to all Holders of the Notes that consent, waive or agree to amend in the time frame set forth in the solicitation documents relating to such consent, waiver or agreement.
Section 4.17 Additional Note Guarantees.
     If (a) the Company or any of the Company’s Domestic Restricted Subsidiaries acquires or creates another Domestic Restricted Subsidiary after the date of this Indenture or (b) any Subsidiary of Parent (other than the Company) Guarantees any Credit Facility of the Company after the date of this Indenture, then the Company or Parent, as applicable, will cause that newly acquired or created Domestic Restricted Subsidiary or Subsidiary of Parent to execute a Note Guarantee in substantially the form of Exhibit E attached hereto, pursuant to a supplemental indenture in substantially the form of Exhibit F attached hereto, and deliver an Opinion of Counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee within 10 Business Days after the date on which it was acquired or created or guarantees such Credit Facility, as applicable.
Section 4.18 Designation of Restricted and Unrestricted Subsidiaries.
     The Board of Directors of the Company may designate any Restricted Subsidiary to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary if that designation would not cause a Default. If a Restricted Subsidiary is designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, the aggregate Fair Market Value of all outstanding Investments owned by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in the Subsidiary designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary will be deemed to be an Investment made as of the time of the designation and will reduce the amount available for Restricted Payments under Section 4.07 hereof or under one or more clauses of the definition of Permitted Investments, as determined by the Company. That designation will only be permitted if the Investment would be permitted at that time and if the Restricted Subsidiary otherwise meets the definition of an Unrestricted Subsidiary. The Board of Directors of the Company may redesignate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary if that redesignation would not cause a Default.
     Any designation of a Subsidiary of the Company as an Unrestricted Subsidiary will be evidenced to the Trustee by filing with the Trustee a certified copy of a resolution of the Board of Directors giving effect to such designation and an Officers’ Certificate certifying that such designation complied with the preceding conditions and was permitted by Section 4.07 hereof. If, at any time, any Unrestricted Subsidiary would fail to meet the preceding requirements as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, it will thereafter cease to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary for purposes of this Indenture and any Indebtedness of such Subsidiary will be deemed to be incurred by a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company as of such date and, if such Indebtedness is not permitted to be incurred as of such date under Section 4.09 hereof, the Company will be in default of such covenant. The Board of Directors of the Company may at any time designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that such designation will be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness by a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company of any outstanding Indebtedness of such Unrestricted Subsidiary and such designation will only be permitted if (1) such Indebtedness is permitted under Section 4.09 hereof, calculated on a pro forma basis as if such designation had occurred at the beginning of the four-quarter reference period; and (2) no Default or Event of Default would be in existence following such designation.
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     If on any date following the date of this Indenture:
     (1) the Notes are rated Baa3 or better by Moody’s (or any successor company acquiring all or substantially all of its assets) and BBB- or better by S&P (or any successor company acquiring all or substantially all of its assets) (or, if either such entity ceases to exist or ceases to rate the Notes for reasons outside of the control of the Company, the equivalent investment grade credit rating from any other “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” within the meaning of Rule 15c3-1(c)(2)(vi)(F) under the Exchange Act selected by the Company as a replacement agency); and
     (2) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing (other than with respect to Sections of this Indenture listed in the following list),
then, beginning on that day and subject to the provisions of the following paragraph, the provisions of the following Sections of this Indenture will be suspended: 4.07, 4.08, 4.09, 4.10, 4.11, 4.18 and clause (3) (to the extent that a Default or Event of Default exists by reason of one or more of the Sections in this list) and (4) of Section 5.01.
     During any period that the foregoing covenants have been suspended, the Company’s Board of Directors may not designate any of its Subsidiaries as Unrestricted Subsidiaries pursuant Section 4.18 or the second paragraph of the definition of “Unrestricted Subsidiary.”
     Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the rating assigned by either such rating agency should subsequently decline to below Baa3 or BBB-, respectively, the foregoing covenants will be reinstituted as of and from the date of such rating decline and any actions taken, or omitted to be taken, before such rating decline that would have been prohibited had the foregoing covenants been in effect shall not form the basis for a Default or an Event of Default. Calculations under the reinstated Section 4.07 will be made as if Section 4.07 had been in effect since the date of this Indenture except that no Default or Event of Default will be deemed to have occurred solely by reason of a Restricted Payment made while Section 4.07 was suspended.
ARTICLE 5
SUCCESSORS
Section 5.01 Merger, Consolidation, or Sale of Assets.
     The Company shall not: (i) consolidate or merge with or into another Person (whether or not the Company is the surviving corporation); or (2) directly or indirectly sell, assign, transfer, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole, in one or more related transactions, to another Person, unless:
     (1) either:
     (A) the Company is the surviving corporation; or
     (B) the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than the Company) or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition has been made is a corporation, limited liability company or partnership organized or existing under the laws of the United States, any state of the United States or the District of Columbia; provided that if such Person is not a corporation, such Person immediately causes a Subsidiary that is a corporation organized or existing under the

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laws of the United States, any state of the United States or the District of Columbia to be added as a co-issuer of the Notes under this Indenture;
     (2) the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than the Company) or the Person to which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition has been made assumes all the obligations of the Company under the Notes, this Indenture and the Registration Rights Agreement pursuant to agreements reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee;
     (3) immediately after such transaction, no Default or Event of Default exists; and
     (4) the Company or the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than the Company), or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition has been made would, on the date of such transaction after giving pro forma effect thereto and any related financing transactions as if the same had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period, either (a) be permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Debt to Cash Flow Ratio test set forth in Section 4.09(a) hereof or (b) have a Debt to Cash Flow Ratio no greater than the Debt to Cash Flow Ratio of the Company immediately prior to such transaction.
     In addition, the Company will not, directly or indirectly, lease all or substantially all of the properties and assets of it and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole, in one or more related transactions, to any other Person.
     This Section 5.01 will not apply to:
     (1) a merger of the Company with an Affiliate solely for the purpose of reincorporating the Company in another jurisdiction; or
     (2) any consolidation or merger, or any sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance, lease or other disposition of assets between or among the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries.
Section 5.02 Successor Corporation Substituted.
     Upon any consolidation or merger, or any sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Company in a transaction that is subject to, and that complies with the provisions of, Section 5.01 hereof, the successor Person formed by such consolidation or into or with 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 (so that from and after the date of such consolidation, merger, sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition, the provisions of this Indenture referring to the “Company” shall refer instead to the successor Person and not to the Company), 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; provided, however, that the predecessor Company shall not be relieved from the obligation to pay the principal of and interest on the Notes except (a) in the case of a sale of all of the Company’s assets in a transaction that is subject to, and that complies with the provisions of, Section 5.01 hereof, or (b) when the successor Person assumes all of the Company’s obligations under this Indenture. If the successor Person assumes all of the Company’s obligations under this Indenture, the Company shall be discharged from those obligations.

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ARTICLE 6
DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
Section 6.01 Events of Default.
     Each of the following is an “Event of Default”:
     (1) default for 30 days in the payment when due of interest on, or Liquidated Damages, if any, with respect to, the Notes;
     (2) default in the payment when due (at maturity, upon redemption or otherwise) of the principal of, or premium, if any, on, the Notes;
     (3) failure by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries for 30 days after notice to the Company by the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding voting as a single class to comply with the provisions of Sections 4.10 or 4.15 (in each case other than a failure to purchase Notes which will constitute an Event of Default under clause (2) of this Section 6.01) or 5.01 hereof;
     (4) failure by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries for 60 days after notice to the Company by the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding voting as a single class to comply with any of the other agreements in this Indenture;
     (5) default 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 any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (or the payment of which is guaranteed by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries), whether such Indebtedness or Guarantee now exists, or is created after the date of this Indenture, if that default:
     (A) is caused by a failure to pay principal of, or interest or premium, if any, on, such Indebtedness prior to the expiration of the grace period provided in such Indebtedness on the date of such default (a “Payment Default”); or
     (B) results in the acceleration of such Indebtedness prior to its express maturity,
and, in each case, the principal amount of any such Indebtedness, together with the principal amount of any other such Indebtedness under which there has been a Payment Default or the maturity of which has been so accelerated, aggregates $25.0 million or more;
     (6) failure by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to pay or discharge final judgments entered by a court or courts of competent jurisdiction aggregating in excess of $25.0 million, which judgments are not paid, discharged or stayed (to the extent not covered by insurance) for a period of 60 consecutive days following entry of such final judgment or decree during which a stay of enforcement of such final judgment or decree, by reason of pending appeal or otherwise, is not in effect;

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     (7) the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that is a Significant Subsidiary, or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries of the Company that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary, pursuant to or within the meaning of Bankruptcy Law:
     (A) commences a voluntary case,
     (B) consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary case,
     (C) consents to the appointment of a custodian of it or for all or substantially all of its property,
     (D) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors, or
     (E) generally is not paying its debts as they become due;
     (8) a court of competent jurisdiction enters a final order or decree under any Bankruptcy Law that:
     (A) is for relief against the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that is a Significant Subsidiary or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries of the Company that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary in an involuntary case;
     (B) appoints a custodian of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that is a Significant Subsidiary or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries of the Company that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary or for all or substantially all of the property of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that is a Significant Subsidiary or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries of the Company that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary; or
     (C) orders the liquidation of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that is a Significant Subsidiary or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries of the Company that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary;
and the final order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 60 consecutive days; or
     (9) except as permitted by this Indenture, any Note Guarantee is held in any judicial proceeding to be unenforceable or invalid or ceases for any reason to be in full force and effect, or any Guarantor, or any Person acting on behalf of any Guarantor, denies or disaffirms its obligations under its Note Guarantee.
Section 6.02 Acceleration.
     In the case of an Event of Default specified in clause (7) or (8) of Section 6.01 hereof, with respect to the Company, any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that is a Significant Subsidiary or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries of the Company that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary, all outstanding Notes will become due and payable immediately without further action or notice. If any other Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may declare all the Notes to be due and payable immediately.

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     Upon any such declaration, the Notes shall become due and payable immediately.
     The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes by written notice to the Trustee may, on behalf of all of the Holders, rescind an acceleration and its consequences, if the rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree and if all existing Events of Default (except nonpayment of principal, interest or premium or Liquidated Damages, if any, that has become due solely because of the acceleration) have been cured or waived.
Section 6.03 Other Remedies.
     If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may pursue any available remedy to collect the payment of principal, premium and Liquidated Damages, if any, and interest on the Notes or to enforce the performance of any provision of the Notes or this Indenture.
     The Trustee may maintain a proceeding even if it does not possess any of the Notes or does not produce any of them in the proceeding. A delay or omission by the Trustee or any Holder of a Note in exercising any right or remedy accruing upon an Event of Default shall not impair the right or remedy or constitute a waiver of or acquiescence in the Event of Default. All remedies are cumulative to the extent permitted by law.
     In the case of any Event of Default occurring by reason of any willful action (or inaction) taken (or not taken) by or on behalf of the Company with the intention of avoiding payment of the premium that the Company would have had to pay if the Company then had elected to redeem the Notes pursuant to the optional redemption provisions of this Indenture, an equivalent premium will also become and be immediately due and payable to the extent permitted by law upon the acceleration of the Notes.
Section 6.04 Waiver of Past Defaults.
     Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes by notice to the Trustee may on behalf of the Holders of all of the Notes waive an existing Default or Event of Default and its consequences hereunder, except a continuing Default or Event of Default in the payment of the principal of, premium and Liquidated Damages, if any, or interest on, the Notes (including in connection with an offer to purchase); provided, however, that the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may rescind an acceleration and its consequences, including any related payment default that resulted from such acceleration. Upon any such waiver, such Default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured for every purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or impair any right consequent thereon.
Section 6.05 Control by Majority.
     Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for exercising any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on it. However, the Trustee may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law or this Indenture that the Trustee determines may be unduly prejudicial to the rights of other Holders of Notes or that may involve the Trustee in personal liability.
Section 6.06 Limitation on Suits.
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     (1) such Holder gives to the Trustee written notice that an Event of Default is continuing;
     (2) Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes make a written request to the Trustee to pursue the remedy;
     (3) such Holder or Holders offer and, if requested, provide to the Trustee security or indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee against any loss, liability or expense;
     (4) the Trustee does not comply with the request within 60 days after receipt of the request and the offer of security or indemnity; and
     (5) during such 60-day period, Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes do not give the Trustee a direction inconsistent with such request.
     A Holder of a Note may not use this Indenture to prejudice the rights of another Holder of a Note or to obtain a preference or priority over another Holder of a Note.
Section 6.07 Rights of Holders of Notes to Receive Payment.
     Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the right of any Holder of a Note to receive payment of principal, premium and Liquidated Damages, if any, and interest on the Note, on or after the respective due dates expressed in the Note (including in connection with an offer to purchase), or to bring suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective dates, shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of such Holder.
Section 6.08 Collection Suit by Trustee.
     If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(1) or (2) hereof occurs and is continuing, the Trustee is authorized to recover judgment in its own name and as trustee of an express trust against the Company for the whole amount of principal of, premium and Liquidated Damages, if any, and interest remaining unpaid on, the Notes and interest on overdue principal and, to the extent lawful, interest and such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and outside counsel, and the reasonable and actual expenses of its inside counsel.
Section 6.09 Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.
     The Trustee is authorized to file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and outside counsel and the reasonable and actual expenses of its inside counsel) and the Holders of the Notes allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the Company (or any other obligor upon the Notes), its creditors or its property and shall be entitled and empowered to collect, receive and distribute any money or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and any custodian in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the Trustee, and in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due to it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.07 hereof. To the extent that the payment of any such compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and outside counsel and the reasonable and actual expenses of its inside counsel, and any other amounts due

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the Trustee under Section 7.07 hereof out of the estate in any such proceeding, shall be denied for any reason, payment of the same shall be secured by a Lien on, and shall be paid out of, any and all distributions, dividends, money, securities and other properties that the Holders may be entitled to receive in such proceeding whether in liquidation or under any plan of reorganization or arrangement or otherwise. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Notes or the rights of any Holder, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding.
Section 6.10 Priorities.
     If the Trustee collects any money pursuant to this Article 6, it shall pay out the money in the following order:
     First: to the Trustee, its agents and attorneys for amounts due under Section 7.07 hereof, including payment of all compensation, expenses and liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the Trustee and the costs and expenses of collection;
     Second: to Holders of Notes for amounts due and unpaid on the Notes for principal, premium and Liquidated Damages, if any, and interest, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on the Notes for principal, premium and Liquidated Damages, if any and interest, respectively; and
     Third: to the Company or to such party as a court of competent jurisdiction shall direct.
     The Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to Holders of Notes pursuant to this Section 6.10.
Section 6.11 Undertaking for Costs.
     In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as a Trustee, a court in its discretion may require the filing by any party litigant in the suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of the suit, and the court in its discretion may assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, against any party litigant in the suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by the party litigant. This Section 6.11 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 aggregate principal amount of the Notes outstanding, or to any suit instituted by any Holder for the enforcement of the payment of principal of or interest on any such Note, on or after the respective due dates expressed in such Note.
ARTICLE 7
TRUSTEE
Section 7.01 Duties of Trustee.
     (a) If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee will exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in its exercise, as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of such person’s own affairs.

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     (b) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default:
     (1) the Trustee shall not be liable except for the performance of such duties as are specifically set out in this Indenture; and
     (2) the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, in the absence of bad faith on the part of such Trustee, upon certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture; but the Trustee shall examine the evidence furnished to it pursuant to TIA § 77nnn to determine whether or not such evidence conforms to the requirements of this Indenture.
     (c) The Trustee may not be relieved from liabilities for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct, except that:
     (1) this paragraph does not limit the effect of paragraph (b) of this Section 7.01;
     (2) the Trustee will not be liable for and shall be protected pursuant to the indemnification provisions in Section 7.07 hereof from, any error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer, unless it shall be proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts; and
     (3) the Trustee will not be liable for and shall be protected pursuant to the indemnification provisions in Section 7.07 hereof from, any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in accordance with a direction received by it pursuant to Section 6.05 hereof.
     (d) Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture that in any way relates to the Trustee is subject to paragraphs (a), (b), and (c) of this Section 7.01.
     (e) No provision of this Indenture will require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or incur any liability. The Trustee will be under no obligation to exercise any of its rights and powers under this Indenture at the request of any Holders, unless such Holder has offered to the Trustee security and indemnity satisfactory to it against any loss, liability or expense.
     (f) The Trustee will not be liable for interest on any money received by it except as the Trustee may agree in writing with the Company. Money held in trust by the Trustee need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.
Section 7.02 Rights of Trustee.
     (a) The Trustee may conclusively rely upon any document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper Person. The Trustee need not investigate any fact or matter stated in the document.
     (b) Before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require an Officers’ Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel or both. The Trustee will not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on such Officers’ Certificate or Opinion of Counsel. The Trustee may consult with counsel and the written advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel will be full and complete authorization and protection from liability in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon.

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     (c) The Trustee may act through its attorneys and agents and will not be responsible for the misconduct or negligence of any agent appointed with due care.
     (d) The Trustee will not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith that it believes to be authorized or within the rights or powers conferred upon it by this Indenture.
     (e) Unless otherwise specifically provided in this Indenture, any demand, request, direction or notice from the Company will be sufficient if signed by an Officer of the Company.
     (f) The Trustee will 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 unless such Holders have offered to the Trustee reasonable indemnity or security against the losses, liabilities and expenses that might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction.
Section 7.03 Individual Rights of Trustee.
     The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with the Company or any Affiliate of the Company with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee. However, in the event that the Trustee acquires any conflicting interest it must eliminate such conflict within 90 days, apply to the SEC for permission to continue as trustee (if this Indenture has been qualified under the TIA) or resign. Any Agent may do the same with like rights and duties. The Trustee is also subject to Sections 7.10 and 7.11 hereof.
Section 7.04 Trustee’s Disclaimer.
     The Trustee will not be responsible for and makes no representation as to the validity or adequacy of this Indenture or the Notes, it shall not be accountable for the Company’s use of the proceeds from the Notes or any money paid to the Company or upon the Company’s direction under any provision of this Indenture, it will not be responsible for the use or application of any money received by any Paying Agent other than the Trustee, and it will not be responsible for any statement or recital herein or any statement in the Notes or any other document in connection with the sale of the Notes or pursuant to this Indenture other than its certificate of authentication.
Section 7.05 Notice of Defaults.
     If a Default or Event of Default occurs and is continuing and if it is known to the Trustee, the Trustee shall give to Holders of Notes in the manner and to the extent provided in subsection (c) of TIA § 77mmm, notice of the Default or Event of Default within 90 days after the occurrence thereof; provided, that this Indenture shall automatically be deemed to provide that, except in the case of default in the payment of principal of or interest or premium or Liquidated Damages, if any, on any Notes, the Trustee shall be protected pursuant to the indemnification provisions in Section 7.07 hereof in withholding such notice if and so long as the board of directors, the executive committee, or a trust committee of directors and/or responsible officers, of the Trustee in good faith determine that the withholding of such notice is in the interests of the Holders.
Section 7.06 Reports by Trustee to Holders of the Notes.
     (a) Within 60 days after each May 15 beginning with the May 15 following the date of this Indenture, and for so long as Notes remain outstanding, the Trustee will mail to the Holders of the Notes a brief report dated as of such reporting date that complies with TIA § 77mmm(a) (but if no event described in TIA § 77mmm(a) has occurred within the twelve months preceding the reporting date, no report need

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be transmitted). The Trustee also will comply with TIA § 77mmm(b)(2). The Trustee will also transmit by mail all reports as required by TIA § 77mmm(c).
     (b) A copy of each report at the time of its mailing to the Holders of Notes will be mailed by the Trustee to the Company and filed by the Trustee with the SEC and each stock exchange on which the Notes are listed in accordance with TIA § 77mmm(d). The Company will promptly notify the Trustee when the Notes are listed on any stock exchange.
Section 7.07 Compensation and Indemnity.
     (a) The Company will pay to the Trustee from time to time reasonable compensation for its acceptance of this Indenture and services hereunder. The Trustee’s compensation will not be limited by any law on compensation of a trustee of an express trust. The Company will reimburse the Trustee promptly upon request for all reasonable disbursements, advances and expenses incurred or made by it in addition to the compensation for its services. Such expenses will include the reasonable compensation, disbursements and expenses of the Trustee’s agents and outside counsel and the reasonable and actual expenses of its inside counsel.
     (b) The Company and the Guarantors will indemnify the Trustee against any and all losses, liabilities or expenses incurred by it arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of its duties under this Indenture, including the costs and expenses of enforcing this Indenture against the Company and the Guarantors (including this Section 7.07) and defending itself against any claim (whether asserted by the Company, the Guarantors, any Holder or any other Person) or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder, except to the extent any such loss, liability or expense may be attributable to its negligence or bad faith. The Trustee will notify the Company promptly of any claim for which it may seek indemnity. Failure by the Trustee to so notify the Company will not relieve the Company or any of the Guarantors of their obligations hereunder. The Company or such Guarantor will defend the claim and the Trustee will cooperate in the defense. The Trustee may have separate counsel and the Company will pay the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel. Neither the Company nor any Guarantor need pay for any settlement made without its consent.
     (c) The obligations of the Company and the Guarantors under this Section 7.07 will survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture.
     (d) To secure the Company’s and the Guarantors’ payment obligations in this Section 7.07, the Trustee will have a Lien prior to the Notes on all money or property held or collected by the Trustee, except that held in trust to pay principal and interest on particular Notes. Such Lien will survive the satisfaction or discharge of this Indenture.
     (e) When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(7) or (8) hereof occurs, the expenses and the compensation for the services (including the fees and expenses of its agents and counsel) are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any Bankruptcy Law.
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Section 7.08 Replacement of Trustee.
     (a) A resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a successor Trustee will become effective only upon the successor Trustee’s acceptance of appointment as provided in this Section 7.08.
     (b) The Trustee may resign in writing at any time and be discharged from the trust hereby created by so notifying the Company at least 30 days prior to the effective date of such resignation. The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may remove the Trustee by so notifying the Trustee and the Company in writing. The Company may remove the Trustee if:
     (1) the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10 hereof;
     (2) the Trustee is adjudged a bankrupt or an insolvent or an order for relief is entered with respect to the Trustee under any Bankruptcy Law;
     (3) a custodian or public officer takes charge of the Trustee or its property; or
     (4) the Trustee becomes incapable of acting.
     (c) If the Trustee resigns or is removed or if a vacancy exists in the office of Trustee for any reason, the Company will promptly appoint a successor Trustee. Within one year after the successor Trustee takes office, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may appoint a successor Trustee to replace the successor Trustee appointed by the Company.
     (d) If a successor Trustee does not take office within 60 days after the retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee, the Company, or the Holders of at least 10% in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.
     (e) If the Trustee, after written request by any Holder who has been a Holder for at least six months, fails to comply with Section 7.10 hereof, such Holder may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee.
     (f) A successor Trustee will deliver a written acceptance of its appointment to the retiring Trustee and to the Company. Thereupon, the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee will become effective, and the successor Trustee will have all the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee under this Indenture. The successor Trustee will mail a notice of its succession to Holders. The retiring Trustee will promptly transfer all property held by it as Trustee to the successor Trustee; provided all sums owing to the Trustee hereunder have been paid and subject to the Lien provided for in Section 7.07 hereof. Notwithstanding replacement of the Trustee pursuant to this Section 7.08, the Company’s obligations under Section 7.07 hereof will continue for the benefit of the retiring Trustee.
Section 7.09 Successor Trustee by Merger, etc.
     If the Trustee consolidates, merges or converts into, or transfers all or substantially all of its corporate trust business to, another corporation, the successor corporation without any further act will be the successor Trustee.

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Section 7.10 Eligibility; Disqualification.
     There will at all times be a Trustee hereunder that is a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America or of any state thereof that is authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trustee power, that is subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authorities and that has a combined capital and surplus of at least $100.0 million as set forth in its most recent published annual report of condition.
     This Indenture will always have a Trustee who satisfies the requirements of TIA § 77jjj(a)(1), (2) and (5). The Trustee is subject to TIA § 77jjj(b).
Section 7.11 Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company.
     The Trustee is subject to TIA § 77kkk(a), excluding any creditor relationship listed in TIA § 77kkk(b). A Trustee who has resigned or been removed shall be subject to TIA § 77kkk(a) to the extent indicated therein.
Section 7.12 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 strikes, work stoppages, accidents, acts or 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 resume performance as soon as practicable under the circumstances.
ARTICLE 8
LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
Section 8.01 Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.
     The Company may at any time, at the option of its Board of Directors evidenced by a resolution set forth in an Officers’ Certificate, elect to have either Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof be applied to all outstanding Notes upon compliance with the conditions set forth below in this Article 8.
Section 8.02 Legal Defeasance and Discharge.
     Upon the Company’s exercise under Section 8.01 hereof of the option applicable to this Section 8.02, the Company and each of the Guarantors will, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 hereof, be deemed to have been discharged from their obligations with respect to all outstanding Notes (including the Note Guarantees) on the date the conditions set forth below are satisfied (hereinafter, “Legal Defeasance”). For this purpose, Legal Defeasance means that the Company and the Guarantors will be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire Indebtedness represented by the outstanding Notes (including the Note Guarantees), which will thereafter be deemed to be “outstanding” only for the purposes of Section 8.05 hereof and the other Sections of this Indenture referred to in clauses (1) and (2) below, and to have satisfied all their other obligations under such Notes, the Note Guarantees and this Indenture (and the Trustee, on demand of and at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), except for the following provisions which will survive until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder:

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     (1) the rights of Holders of outstanding Notes to receive payments in respect of the principal of, or interest or premium and Liquidated Damages, if any, on, such Notes when such payments are due from the trust referred to in Section 8.04 hereof;
     (2) the Company’s obligations with respect to such Notes under Article 2 and Section 4.02 hereof;
     (3) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder and the Company’s and the Guarantors’ obligations in connection therewith; and
     (4) this Article 8.
     Subject to compliance with this Article 8, the Company may exercise its option under this Section 8.02 notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option under Section 8.03 hereof.
Section 8.03 Covenant Defeasance.
     Upon the Company’s exercise under Section 8.01 hereof of the option applicable to this Section 8.03, the Company and each of the Guarantors will, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 hereof, be released from each of their obligations under the covenants contained in Sections 4.07, 4.08, 4.09, 4.10, 4.11, 4.12, 4.13, 4.15, 4.16, 4.17 and 4.18 hereof and clause (4) of Section 5.01 hereof with respect to the outstanding Notes on and after the date the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 hereof are satisfied (hereinafter, “Covenant Defeasance”), and the Notes will thereafter be deemed not “outstanding” for the purposes of any direction, waiver, consent or declaration or act of Holders (and the consequences of any thereof) in connection with such covenants, but will continue to be deemed “outstanding” for all other purposes hereunder (it being understood that such Notes will not be deemed outstanding for accounting purposes). For this purpose, Covenant Defeasance means that, with respect to the outstanding Notes and Note Guarantees, the Company and the Guarantors may omit to comply with and will have no liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in any such covenant, whether directly or indirectly, by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such covenant or by reason of any reference in any such covenant to any other provision herein or in any other document and such omission to comply will not constitute a Default or an Event of Default under Section 6.01 hereof, but, except as specified above, the remainder of this Indenture and such Notes and Note Guarantees will be unaffected thereby. In addition, upon the Company’s exercise under Section 8.01 hereof of the option applicable to this Section 8.03, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 hereof, Sections 6.01(3) through 6.01(8) (in the case of Sections 6.01(7) and 6.01(8), only with respect to the Company’s Subsidiaries) hereof will not constitute Events of Default.
Section 8.04 Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance.
     In order to exercise either Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance under either Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof:
     (1) the Company must irrevocably deposit with the Trustee, in trust, for the benefit of the Holders, cash in U.S. dollars, non-callable Government Securities, or a combination thereof, in such amounts as will be sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized investment bank, appraisal firm, or firm of independent public accountants, to pay the principal of, premium and Liquidated Damages, if any, and interest on, the outstanding Notes on the stated date for payment thereof or on the applicable redemption date, as the case may be, and the Company must specify whether the Notes are being defeased to such stated date for payment or to a particular redemption date;

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     (2) in the case of an election under Section 8.02 hereof, the Company must deliver to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel confirming that:
     (A) the Company has received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling; or
     (B) since the date of this Indenture, there has been a change in the applicable federal income tax law,
in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such Opinion of Counsel shall confirm that, the Holders of the outstanding Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such Legal Defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such Legal Defeasance had not occurred;
     (3) in the case of an election under Section 8.03 hereof, the Company must deliver to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel confirming that the Holders of the outstanding Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such Covenant Defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such Covenant Defeasance had not occurred;
     (4) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit (other than a Default or Event of Default resulting from the borrowing of funds to be applied to such deposit) and the deposit will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any other material instrument to which the Company or any Guarantor is a party or by which the Company or any Guarantor is bound;
     (5) such Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any material agreement or instrument (other than this Indenture) to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is bound;
     (6) the Company must deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating that the deposit was not made by the Company with the intent of preferring the Holders of Notes over the other creditors of the Company with the intent of defeating, hindering, delaying or defrauding any creditors of the Company or others;
     (7) the Company must deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent relating to the Legal Defeasance or the Covenant Defeasance have been complied with; and
     (8) the Company must deliver to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel (which Opinion of Counsel may be subject to customary assumptions, qualifications and exclusions), stating that all conditions precedent set forth in clauses (2), (3) and (5) of this Section 8.04, as applicable, have been complied with; provided that the Opinion of Counsel with respect to clause (5) of this Section 8.04 may be to the knowledge of such counsel.

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Section 8.05 Deposited Money and Government Securities to be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions.
     Subject to Section 8.06 hereof, all money and non-callable Government Securities (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee, collectively for purposes of Section 8.05, the “Trustee”) pursuant to Section 8.04 hereof in respect of the outstanding Notes will be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of such Notes and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Holders of such Notes of all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of principal, premium and Liquidated Damages, if any, and interest, but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.
     The Company will pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against the cash or non-callable Government Securities deposited pursuant to Section 8.04 hereof or the principal and interest received in respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or other charge which by law is for the account of the Holders of the outstanding Notes.
     Notwithstanding anything in this Article 8 to the contrary, the Trustee will deliver or pay to the Company from time to time upon the request of the Company any money or non-callable Government Securities held by it as provided in Section 8.04 hereof which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee (which may be the opinion delivered under Section 8.04(1) hereof), are in excess of the amount thereof that would then be required to be deposited to effect an equivalent Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.
Section 8.06 Repayment to Company.
     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, premium or Liquidated Damages, if any, or interest on, any Note and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal, premium or Liquidated Damages, if any, or interest has become due and payable shall be paid to the Company on its request or (if then held by the Company) will be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Note will thereafter be permitted to 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, will thereupon cease; provided, however, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment, may at the expense of the Company cause to be published once, in the New York Times and The Wall Street Journal (national edition), notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which will not be less than 30 days from the date of such notification or publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to the Company.
Section 8.07 Reinstatement.
     If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any U.S. dollars or non-callable Government Securities in accordance with Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof, as the case may be, by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, then the Company’s and the Guarantors’ obligations under this Indenture and the Notes and the Note Guarantees will be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money in accordance with Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof, as the case may be; provided, however, that, if the Company makes any payment of principal of, premium or Liquidated Damages, if any, or interest on, any Note

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following the reinstatement of its obligations, the Company will be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Notes to receive such payment from the money held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.
ARTICLE 9
AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER
Section 9.01 Without Consent of Holders of Notes.
     Notwithstanding Section 9.02 of this Indenture, the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture or the Notes or the Note Guarantees without the consent of any Holder of Note:
     (1) to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency;
     (2) to provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated Notes;
     (3) to provide for the assumption of the Company’s or a Guarantor’s obligations to the Holders of the Notes and Note Guarantees by a successor to the Company or such Guarantor pursuant to Article 5 or Article 10 hereof;
     (4) to effect the release of a Guarantor from its Note Guarantee and the termination of such Note Guarantee, all in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture governing such release and termination;
     (5) to add any Subsidiary Guarantee or to secure the Notes or any Subsidiary Guarantee;
     (6) to make any change that would provide any additional rights or benefits to the Holders of the Notes or that does not adversely affect the legal rights hereunder of any Holder;
     (7) to comply with requirements of the SEC in order to effect or maintain the qualification of this Indenture under the TIA;
     (8) to conform the text of this Indenture, the Note Guarantees or the Notes to any provision of the “Description of Notes” section of the Company’s Offering Memorandum dated January 14, 2009, relating to the initial offering of the Notes, to the extent that such provision in that “Description of Notes” was intended to be a verbatim recitation of a provision of this Indenture, the Note Guarantees or the Notes;
     (9) to provide for the issuance of Additional Notes in accordance with the limitations set forth in this Indenture as of the date hereof; or
     (10) to allow any Guarantor to execute a supplemental indenture and/or a Note Guarantee with respect to the Notes.
     Upon the request of the Company accompanied by a resolution of its Board of Directors authorizing the execution of any such amended or supplemental indenture, and upon receipt by the Trustee of the documents described in Section 7.02 hereof, the Trustee will join with the Company and the Guarantors in the execution of any amended or supplemental indenture authorized or permitted by the terms of this Indenture and to make any further appropriate agreements and stipulations that may be

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therein contained, but the Trustee will not be obligated to enter into such amended or supplemental indenture that affects its own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.
Section 9.02 With Consent of Holders of Notes.
     Except as provided below in this Section 9.02, the Company and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture (including, without limitation, Section 3.09, 4.10 and 4.15 hereof) and the Notes and the Note Guarantees with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes (including, without limitation, Additional Notes, if any) voting as a single class (including, without limitation, consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for, or purchase of, the Notes), and, subject to Sections 6.04 and 6.07 hereof, any existing Default or Event of Default (other than a Default or Event of Default in the payment of the principal of, premium or Liquidated Damages, if any, or interest on, the Notes, except a payment default resulting from an acceleration that has been rescinded) or compliance with any provision of this Indenture or the Notes or the Note Guarantees may be waived with the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes (including, without limitation, Additional Notes, if any) voting as a single class (including, without limitation, consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for, or purchase of, the Notes). Section 2.08 hereof shall determine which Notes are considered to be “outstanding” for purposes of this Section 9.02.
     Upon the request of the Company accompanied by a resolution of its Board of Directors authorizing the execution of any such amended or supplemental indenture, and upon the filing with the Trustee of evidence satisfactory to the Trustee of the consent of the Holders of Notes as aforesaid, and upon receipt by the Trustee of the documents described in Section 7.02 hereof, the Trustee will join with the Company and the Guarantors in the execution of such amended or supplemental indenture unless such amended or supplemental indenture directly affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise, in which case the Trustee may in its discretion, but will not be obligated to, enter into such amended or supplemental Indenture.
     It is not be necessary for the consent of the Holders of Notes under this Section 9.02 to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment, supplement or waiver, but it is sufficient if such consent approves the substance thereof.
     After an amendment, supplement or waiver under this Section 9.02 becomes effective, the Company will mail to the Holders of Notes affected thereby a notice briefly describing the amendment, supplement or waiver. Any failure of the Company to mail such notice, or any defect therein, will not, however, in any way impair or affect the validity of any such amended or supplemental indenture or waiver. Subject to Sections 6.04 and 6.07 hereof, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding voting as a single class may waive compliance in a particular instance by the Company with any provision of this Indenture or the Notes or the Note Guarantees. However, without the consent of each Holder affected, an amendment, supplement or waiver (including a waiver pursuant to Section 6.04) under this Section 9.02 may not (with respect to any Notes held by a non-consenting Holder):
     (1) reduce the principal amount of Notes whose Holders must consent to an amendment, supplement or waiver;
     (2) reduce the principal of or change the fixed maturity of any Note or alter the provisions with respect to the redemption of the Notes (except as provided above with respect to Sections 3.09, 4.10 and 4.15 hereof);

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     (3) reduce the rate of or change the time for payment of interest, including default interest, on any Note;
     (4) waive a Default or Event of Default in the payment of principal of, or premium or Liquidated Damages, if any, or interest on, the Notes (except a rescission of acceleration of the Notes by the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes and a waiver of the payment default that resulted from such acceleration);
     (5) make any Note payable in money other than that stated in the Notes;
     (6) make any change in the provisions of this Indenture relating to waivers of past Defaults or the rights of Holders of Notes to receive payments of principal of, or interest or premium or Liquidated Damages, if any, on, the Notes;
     (7) waive a redemption payment with respect to any Note (other than a payment required by Sections 3.09, 4.10 or 4.15 hereof);
     (8) 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
     (9) make any change in the preceding amendment and waiver provisions.
Section 9.03 Compliance with Trust Indenture Act.
     Every amendment or supplement to this Indenture or the Notes will be set forth in an amended or supplemental indenture that complies with the TIA as then in effect.
Section 9.04 Revocation and Effect of Consents.
     Until an amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective, a consent to it by a Holder of a Note is a continuing consent by the Holder of a Note and every subsequent Holder of a Note or portion of a Note that evidences the same debt as the consenting Holder’s Note, even if notation of the consent is not made on any Note. However, any such Holder of a Note or subsequent Holder of a Note may revoke the consent as to its Note if the Trustee receives written notice of revocation before 11:59 p.m. New York City Time on the Business Day immediately prior to the date the amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective. An amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective in accordance with its terms and thereafter binds every Holder.
Section 9.05 Notation on or Exchange of Notes.
     The Trustee may place an appropriate notation about an amendment, supplement or waiver on any Note thereafter authenticated. The Company in exchange for all Notes may issue and the Trustee shall, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, authenticate new Notes that reflect the amendment, supplement or waiver.
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Section 9.06 Trustee to Sign Amendments, etc.
     The Trustee will sign any amended or supplemental indenture authorized pursuant to this Article 9 if the amendment or supplement does not adversely affect the rights, duties, liabilities or immunities of the Trustee. The Company may not sign an amended or supplemental indenture until the Board of Directors of the Company approves it. In executing any amended or supplemental indenture, the Trustee will be entitled to receive and (subject to Section 7.01 hereof) will be fully protected in relying upon, in addition to the documents required by Section 12.04 hereof, an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such amended or supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture.
ARTICLE 10
NOTE GUARANTEES
Section 10.01 Guarantee.
     (a) Subject to this Article 10, each of the Guarantors hereby, jointly and severally, unconditionally guarantees to each Holder of a Note authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and to the Trustee and its successors and assigns, irrespective of the validity and enforceability of this Indenture, the Notes or the obligations of the Company hereunder or thereunder, that:
     (1) the principal of, premium and Liquidated Damages, if any, and interest on, the Notes will be promptly paid in full when due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, redemption or otherwise, and interest on the overdue principal of and interest on the Notes, if any, if lawful, and all other obligations of the Company to the Holders or the Trustee hereunder or thereunder will be promptly paid in full or performed, all in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof; and
     (2) in case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any Notes or any of such other obligations, that same will be promptly paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise.
     Failing payment when due of any amount so guaranteed or any performance so guaranteed for whatever reason, the Guarantors will 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 their obligations hereunder are unconditional, irrespective of the validity, regularity or enforceability of the Notes or this Indenture, the absence of any action to enforce the same, any waiver or consent by any Holder of the Notes with respect to any provisions hereof or thereof, the recovery of any judgment against the 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. 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 covenant that this Note Guarantee will not be discharged except by complete performance of the obligations contained in the Notes 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 either the Company or the Guarantors, any amount paid by either to the Trustee or such Holder, this Note Guarantee, to the extent theretofore discharged, will be reinstated in full force and effect.

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     (d) Each Guarantor agrees that it will 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, (1) the maturity of the obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article 6 hereof for the purposes of this Note Guarantee, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the obligations guaranteed hereby, and (2) in the event of any declaration of acceleration of such obligations as provided in Article 6 hereof, such obligations (whether or not due and payable) will forthwith become due and payable by the Guarantors for the purpose of this Note Guarantee. The Guarantors will 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 10.02 Limitation on Guarantor Liability.
     Each Guarantor, and by its acceptance of Notes, each Holder, hereby confirms that it is the intention of all such parties that the Note Guarantee of such Guarantor not constitute a fraudulent transfer or conveyance for purposes of Bankruptcy Law, the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act, the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act or any similar federal or state law to the extent applicable to any Note Guarantee. To effectuate the foregoing intention, the Trustee, the Holders and the Guarantors hereby irrevocably agree that the obligations of such Guarantor will be limited to the maximum amount that will, after giving effect to such maximum amount and all other contingent and fixed liabilities of such Guarantor that are relevant under such laws, and after giving effect to any collections from, rights to receive contribution from or payments made by or on behalf of any other Guarantor in respect of the obligations of such other Guarantor under this Article 10, result in the obligations of such Guarantor under its Note Guarantee not constituting a fraudulent transfer or conveyance.
Section 10.03 Execution and Delivery of Note Guarantee.
     To evidence its Note Guarantee set forth in Section 10.01 hereof, each Guarantor hereby agrees that a notation of such Note Guarantee substantially in the form attached as Exhibit E hereto will be endorsed by an Officer of such Guarantor on each Note authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and that this Indenture will be executed on behalf of such Guarantor by one of its Officers.
     Each Guarantor hereby agrees that its Note Guarantee set forth in Section 10.01 hereof will remain in full force and effect notwithstanding any failure to endorse on each Note a notation of such Note Guarantee.
     If an Officer whose signature is on this Indenture or on the Note Guarantee no longer holds that office at the time the Trustee authenticates the Note on which a Note Guarantee is endorsed, the Note Guarantee will be valid nevertheless.
     The delivery of any Note by the Trustee, after the authentication thereof hereunder, will constitute due delivery of the Note Guarantee set forth in this Indenture on behalf of the Guarantors.
     In the event that (a) the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries creates or acquires any Domestic Restricted Subsidiary after the date of this Indenture or (b) any Subsidiary of Parent (other than the Company) Guarantees any Credit Facility of the Company after the date of this Indenture, if required by Section 4.17 hereof, the Company or Parent, as applicable will cause such Domestic Restricted Subsidiary or Subsidiary of Parent to comply with the provisions of Section 4.17 hereof and this Article 10, to the extent applicable.

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Section 10.04 Guarantors May Consolidate, etc., on Certain Terms.
     Except as otherwise provided in Section 10.05 hereof, no Guarantor (other than Parent) 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, unless:
     (1) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Default or Event of Default exists; and
     (2) either:
          (a) subject to Section 10.05 hereof and if it is not already a Guarantor, the Person acquiring the property in any such sale or disposition or the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger unconditionally assumes all the obligations of that Guarantor under this Indenture, its Note Guarantee and the Registration Rights Agreement on the terms set forth herein or therein, pursuant to a supplemental indenture in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee; or
          (b) the Net Proceeds of such sale or other disposition are applied in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Indenture, including without limitation, Section 4.10 hereof.
     In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance and upon the assumption by the successor Person, by supplemental indenture, executed and delivered to the Trustee and satisfactory in form to the Trustee, of the Note Guarantee endorsed upon the Notes and the due and punctual performance of all of the covenants and conditions of this Indenture to be performed by the Guarantor, such successor Person will succeed to and be substituted for the Guarantor with the same effect as if it had been named herein as a Guarantor. Such successor Person thereupon may cause to be signed any or all of the Note Guarantees to be endorsed upon all of the Notes issuable hereunder which theretofore shall not have been signed by the Company and delivered to the Trustee. All the Note Guarantees so issued will in all respects have the same legal rank and benefit under this Indenture as the Note Guarantees theretofore and thereafter issued in accordance with the terms of this Indenture as though all of such Note Guarantees had been issued at the date of the execution hereof.
     Except as set forth in Articles 4 and 5 hereof, and notwithstanding clauses 2(a) and (b) above, nothing contained in this Indenture or in any of the Notes will prevent any consolidation or merger of a Guarantor with or into the Company or another Guarantor, or will prevent any sale or conveyance of the property of a Guarantor as an entirety or substantially as an entirety to the Company or another Guarantor.
Section 10.05 Releases.
     (a) In the event of any sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of any Guarantor, by way of merger, consolidation or otherwise, or a sale or other disposition of all of the Capital Stock of any Guarantor, in each case to a Person that is not (either before or after giving effect to such transactions) the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, then such Guarantor (in the event of a sale or other disposition, by way of merger, consolidation or otherwise, of all of the Capital Stock of such Guarantor) or the corporation acquiring the property (in the event of a sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of such Guarantor) will be released and relieved of any obligations under its Note Guarantee; provided that the Net Proceeds of such sale or other disposition are applied in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Indenture, including without limitation Section 4.10 hereof. Upon delivery by the Company to the Trustee of an Officers’ Certificate and an

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Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such sale or other disposition was made by the Company in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture, including without limitation Section 4.10 hereof, the Trustee will execute any documents reasonably required in order to evidence the release of any Guarantor from its obligations under its Note Guarantee.
     (b) Upon designation of any Guarantor as an Unrestricted Subsidiary in accordance with the terms of this Indenture, such Guarantor will be released and relieved of any obligations under its Note Guarantee.
     (c) Upon Legal Defeasance in accordance with Article 8 hereof or satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture in accordance with Article 11 hereof, each Guarantor will be released and relieved of any obligations under its Note Guarantee.
     Any Guarantor not released from its obligations under its Note Guarantee as provided in this Section 10.05 will remain liable for the full amount of principal of and interest and premium and Liquidated Damages, if any, on the Notes and for the other obligations of any Guarantor under this Indenture as provided in this Article 10.
ARTICLE 11
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
Section 11.01 Satisfaction and Discharge.
     This Indenture will be discharged and will cease to be of further effect as to all Notes issued hereunder, when:
     (1) either:
          (a) all Notes that have been authenticated, except lost, stolen or destroyed Notes that have been replaced or paid and Notes for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust and thereafter repaid to the Company, have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or
          (b) all Notes that have not been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation have become due and payable by reason of the mailing of a notice of redemption or otherwise or will become due and payable within one year and the Company or any Guarantor has irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust solely for the benefit of the Holders, cash in U.S. dollars, non-callable Government Securities, or a combination thereof, in such amounts as will be sufficient, without consideration of any reinvestment of interest, to pay and discharge the entire Indebtedness on the Notes not delivered to the Trustee for cancellation for principal, premium and Liquidated Damages, if any, and accrued interest to the date of maturity or redemption;
     (2) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing on the date of such deposit (other than a Default or Event of Default resulting from the borrowing of funds to be applied to such deposit)
     (3) such deposit will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any material agreement or instrument (other than this Indenture) to which the Company or any Guarantor is a party or by which the Company or any Guarantor is bound;

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     (4) the Company or any Guarantor has paid or caused to be paid all sums payable by it under this Indenture; and
     (5) the Company has delivered irrevocable instructions to the Trustee under this Indenture to apply the deposited money toward the payment of the Notes at maturity or on the redemption date, as the case may be.
In addition, the Company must deliver an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel to the Trustee stating that all conditions precedent to satisfaction and discharge have been satisfied.
     In addition, the Company must deliver to the trustee (a) an Officers’ Certificate, stating that all conditions precedent set forth in clauses (1) through (5) above have been satisfied, and (b) an Opinion of Counsel (which Opinion of Counsel may be subject to customary assumptions and qualifications), stating that all conditions precedent set forth in clauses (3) and (5) above have been satisfied; provided that the Opinion of Counsel with respect to clause (3) above may be to the knowledge of such counsel.
     Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, if money has been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to subclause (b) of clause (1) of this Section 11.01, the provisions of Sections 11.02 and 8.06 hereof will survive. In addition, nothing in this Section 11.01 will be deemed to discharge those provisions of Section 7.07 hereof, that, by their terms, survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture.
Section 11.02 Application of Trust Money.
     Subject to the provisions of Section 8.06 hereof, all money deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 11.01 hereof shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Notes and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal (and premium and Liquidated Damages, if any) and interest for whose payment such money has been deposited with the Trustee; but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.
     If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any money or Government Securities in accordance with Section 11.01 hereof by reason of any legal proceeding or by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, the Company’s and any Guarantor’s obligations under this Indenture and the Notes shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 11.01 hereof; provided that if the Company has made any payment of principal of, premium or Liquidated Damages, if any, or interest on, any Notes because of the reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Notes to receive such payment from the money or Government Securities held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.
ARTICLE 12
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 12.01 Trust Indenture Act Controls.
     If any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with the duties imposed by TIA § 77rrr(c), the imposed duties will control.

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Section 12.02 Notices.
     Any notice or communication by the Company, any Guarantor or the Trustee to the others is duly given if in writing and delivered in Person or by first class mail (registered or certified, return receipt requested), facsimile transmission or any electronic means Trustee agrees to accept, or overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery, to the others’ address:
If to the Company and/or any Guarantor:
MetroPCS Wireless, Inc.
2250 Lakeside Boulevard
Richardson, Texas 75082
Facsimile No.: (866) 685-9618
Attention: Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
With a copy to:
Baker Botts, L.L.P.
2001 Ross Avenue
Dallas, Texas 75201
Facsimile No.: (214) 661-4735
Attention: Andrew Baker
If to the Trustee:
The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.
601 Travis Street, 16th Floor
Houston, Texas 77002
Facsimile No.: (713) 483-6979
Attention: Mr. Brian R. Echausse
     The Company, any Guarantor or the Trustee, by notice to the others, may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.
     All notices and communications (other than those sent to Holders) will be deemed to have been duly given: at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; five Business Days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; when receipt acknowledged, if transmitted by facsimile; and the next Business Day after timely delivery to the courier, if sent by overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery.
     Any notice or communication to a Holder will be mailed by first class mail, certified or registered, return receipt requested, or by overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery to its address shown on the register kept by the Registrar. Any notice or communication will also be so mailed to any Person described in TIA § 77mmm(c), to the extent required by the TIA. Failure to mail a notice or communication to a Holder or any defect in it will not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Holders.
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     If the Company mails a notice or communication to Holders, it will mail a copy to the Trustee and each Agent at the same time.
Section 12.03 Communication by Holders of Notes with Other Holders of Notes.
     Holders may communicate pursuant to TIA § 77lll(b) with other Holders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or the Notes. The Trustee shall follow the provisions of and have the protections of TIA § 77lll. The Company, the Trustee, the Registrar and anyone else shall have the protection of TIA § 77lll(c).
Section 12.04 Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent.
     Upon any request or application by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee:
     (1) an Officers’ Certificate in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee (which must include the statements set forth in Section 12.05 hereof) stating that, in the opinion of the signers, all conditions precedent and covenants, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been satisfied; and
     (2) an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee (which must include the statements set forth in Section 12.05 hereof) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such conditions precedent and covenants have been satisfied.
Section 12.05 Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion.
     Each certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture (other than a certificate provided pursuant to TIA § 77nnn(a)(4)) must comply with the provisions of TIA § 77nnn(e) and must include:
     (1) a statement that the Person making such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition;
     (2) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based;
     (3) a statement that, in the opinion of such Person, he or she has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him or her to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and
     (4) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such Person, such condition or covenant has been complied with.
Section 12.06 Rules by Trustee and Agents.
     The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or at a meeting of Holders. The Registrar or Paying Agent may make reasonable rules and set reasonable requirements for its functions.
Section 12.07 No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and Stockholders.
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under the Notes, this Indenture, the Note Guarantees or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder of Notes by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Notes.
Section 12.08 Governing Law.
     THE INTERNAL LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WILL GOVERN AND BE USED TO CONSTRUE THIS INDENTURE, THE NOTES AND THE NOTE GUARANTEES WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW TO THE EXTENT THAT THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY.
Section 12.09 Waiver of Jury Trial.
     EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS INDENTURE.
Section 12.10 No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements.
     This Indenture may not be used to interpret any other indenture, loan or debt agreement of the Company or its Subsidiaries or of any other Person. Any such indenture, loan or debt agreement may not be used to interpret this Indenture.
Section 12.11 Successors.
     All agreements of the Company in this Indenture and the Notes will bind its successors. All agreements of the Trustee in this Indenture will bind its successors. All agreements of each Guarantor in this Indenture will bind its successors, except as otherwise provided in Section 10.05 hereof.
Section 12.12 Severability.
     In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Notes is invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions will not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
Section 12.13 Counterpart Originals.
     The parties may sign any number of copies of this Indenture. Each signed copy will be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement.
Section 12.14 Table of Contents, Headings, etc.
     The Table of Contents, Cross-Reference Table and Headings of the Articles and Sections of this Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not to be considered a part of this Indenture and will in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.
[Signatures on following page]

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly executed, all as of the date first written above.
         
  METROPCS WIRELESS, INC.
 
 
  By:   /s/ Roger D. Linquist    
    Name:   Roger D. Linquist   
    Title:   President and Chief Executive Officer   
         
  METROPCS AWS, LLC
METROPCS, INC.
METROPCS CALIFORNIA, LLC
METROPCS FLORIDA, LLC
METROPCS GEORGIA, LLC
METROPCS MICHIGAN, INC.
METROPCS TEXAS, LLC
METROPCS COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
METROPCS MASSACHUSETTS, LLC
METROPCS NEVADA, LLC
METROPCS NEW YORK, LLC
METROPCS PENNSYLVANIA, LLC
METROPCS 700 MHz, LLC
 
 
  By:   /s/ Roger D. Linquist    
    Name:   Roger D. Linquist   
    Title:   President and Chief Executive Officer   
 
         
  THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.
 
 
  By:   /s/ Brian Echausse    
    Name:   Brian Echausse   
    Title:   Assistant Treasurer   
 

 


 

[Face of Note]
 
THIS NOTE WAS ISSUED WITH ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT FOR PURPOSES OF SECTIONS 1272, 1273, AND 1275 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED. METROPCS WIRELESS, INC. AGREES TO PROVIDE PROMPTLY TO THE HOLDER OF THIS NOTE, UPON WRITTEN REQUEST, THE ISSUE PRICE, THE AMOUNT OF ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT, ISSUE DATE AND YIELD TO MATURITY WITH RESPECT TO THE NOTE. ANY SUCH WRITTEN REQUEST SHOULD BE SENT TO METROPCS WIRELESS, INC. AT THE FOLLOWING ADDRESS: METROPCS WIRELESS, INC., 2250 LAKESIDE BLVD., RICHARDSON, TEXAS 75082, ATTENTION: EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER.
CUSIP/CINS                     
9 1/4% Senior Notes due 2014
No.                        $                    
METROPCS WIRELESS, INC.
promises to pay to [                    ] or registered assigns,
the principal sum of                                                              DOLLARS on                                      , 20                    .
Interest Payment Dates: May 1 and November 1
Record Dates: April 15 and October 15
Dated:                                         , 200                    
         
  METROPCS WIRELESS, INC.
 
 
  By:      
    Name:   Roger D. Linquist   
    Title:   President and Chief Executive Officer   
 
This is one of the Notes referred to
in the within-mentioned Indenture:
The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.,
     as Trustee
         
By:
       
 
 
 
Authorized Signatory
   
     
 

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[Back of Note]
9 1/4% Senior Notes due 2014
[Insert the Global Note Legend, if applicable pursuant to the provisions of the Indenture]
[Insert the Private Placement Legend, if applicable pursuant to the provisions of the Indenture]
     Capitalized terms used herein have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture referred to below unless otherwise indicated.
     (1) Interest. MetroPCS Wireless, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Note at 9 1/4% per annum from ___, 20___ until maturity and shall pay the Liquidated Damages, if any, payable pursuant to Section 5 of the Registration Rights Agreement referred to below. The Company will pay interest and Liquidated Damages, if any, semi-annually in arrears on May 1 and November 1 of each year, or if any such day is not a Business Day, on the next succeeding Business Day (each, an “Interest Payment Date”). Interest on the Notes will accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid, from the date of issuance; provided that if there is no existing Default in the payment of interest, and if this Note is authenticated between a record date referred to on the face hereof and the next succeeding Interest Payment Date, interest shall accrue from such next succeeding Interest Payment Date; provided further that the first Interest Payment Date shall be ___, 20_. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
     (2) Method of Payment. The Company will pay interest on the Notes (except defaulted interest) and Liquidated Damages, if any, to the Persons who are registered Holders of Notes at the close of business on the April 15 or October 15 next preceding the Interest Payment Date, even if such Notes are canceled after such record date and on or before such Interest Payment Date, except as provided in Section 2.12 of the Indenture with respect to defaulted interest. The Notes will be payable as to principal, premium and Liquidated Damages, if any, and interest at the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose within or without the City and State of New York, or, at the option of the Company, payment of interest and Liquidated Damages, if any, may be made by check mailed to the Holders at their addresses set forth in the register of Holders; provided that payment by wire transfer of immediately available funds will be required with respect to principal of and interest, premium and Liquidated Damages, if any, on, all Global Notes and all other Notes the Holders of which will have provided wire transfer instructions to the Company or the Paying Agent. Such payment will be in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts.
     (3) Paying Agent and Registrar. Initially, The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., the Trustee under the Indenture, has arranged for its agent, The Bank of New York Mellon, N.A., to act as Paying Agent and Registrar. The Company may change any Paying Agent or Registrar without notice to any Holder. The Company or any of its Subsidiaries may act in any such capacity.
     (4) Indenture. The Company issued the Notes under an Indenture dated as of January 20, 2009 (the “Indenture”) among the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee. The terms of the Notes include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the TIA. The Notes are subject to all such terms, and Holders are referred to the

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Indenture and such Act for a statement of such terms. To the extent any provision of this Note conflicts with the express provisions of the Indenture, the provisions of the Indenture shall govern and be controlling. The Notes are unsecured obligations of the Company. The Indenture does not limit the aggregate principal amount of Notes that may be issued thereunder.
          (5) Optional Redemption.
     (a) On or after November 1, 2010, the Company will have the option to redeem all or a part of the Notes upon not less than 10 nor more than 60 days’ notice, at the redemption prices (expressed as percentages of principal amount) set forth below plus accrued and unpaid interest and Liquidated Damages, if any, on the Notes redeemed to the applicable redemption date, if redeemed during the twelve-month period beginning on November 1 of the years indicated below, subject to the rights of Holders on the relevant record date to receive interest on the relevant interest payment date:
         
Year   Percentage
2010
    104.625 %
2011
    102.313 %
2012 and thereafter
    100.000 %
     Unless the Company defaults in the payment of the redemption price, interest will cease to accrue on the Notes or portions thereof called for redemption on the applicable redemption date.
     At any time prior to November 1, 2010, the Company may also redeem all or a part of the Notes, upon not less than 10 nor more than 60 days prior notice mailed by first-class mail to each Holder’s registered address, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of Notes redeemed plus the Applicable Premium as of, and accrued and unpaid interest and Liquidated Damages, if any, to the applicable date of redemption, subject to the rights of Holders on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date.
     (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph 5, at any time prior to November 1, 2009, the Company may on any one or more occasions redeem up to 35% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes issued under the Indenture with the net cash proceeds of one or more sales of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company or contributions to the Company’s common equity capital made with the net cash proceeds of one or more sales of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of Parent; provided that at least 65% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes issued under the Indenture (excluding Notes held by the Company and its Subsidiaries) remains outstanding immediately after the occurrence of such redemption and that such redemption occurs within 90 days of the date of the closing of such sale of Equity Interests.
          (6) Mandatory Redemption.
     The Company is not be required to make mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with respect to the Notes.
          (7) Repurchase at the Option of Holder.
               (a) If there is a Change of Control, the Company will be required to make an offer (a “Change of Control Offer”) to each Holder to repurchase all or any part (equal to $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof) of each Holder’s Notes at a purchase price in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest and Liquidated Damages, if any, thereon to the date of purchase, subject to the rights of Holders on the relevant

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record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date (the “Change of Control Payment”). Within 30 days following any Change of Control, the Company will mail a notice to each Holder setting forth the procedures governing the Change of Control Offer as required by the Indenture.
               (b) If the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company consummates any Asset Sales, within ten days of each date on which the aggregate amount of Excess Proceeds exceeds $20.0 million, the Company will commence an offer to all Holders of Notes and all holders of other Indebtedness that is pari passu with the Notes containing provisions similar to those set forth in the Indenture with respect to offers to purchase or redeem with the proceeds of sales of assets (an “Asset Sale Offer”) pursuant to Section 3.09 of the Indenture to purchase the maximum principal amount of Notes (including any Additional Notes) and such other pari passu Indebtedness that may be purchased out of the Excess Proceeds at an offer price in cash in an amount equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest and Liquidated Damages, if any, thereon to the date of purchase, in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Indenture. To the extent that the aggregate amount of Notes (including any Additional Notes) and other pari passu Indebtedness tendered pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer is less than the Excess Proceeds, the Company (or such Restricted Subsidiary) may use such deficiency for any purpose not otherwise prohibited by the Indenture. If the aggregate principal amount of Notes and other pari passu Indebtedness tendered into such Asset Sale Offer exceeds the amount of Excess Proceeds, the Trustee shall select the Notes and such other pari passu Indebtedness to be purchased on a pro rata basis. Holders of Notes that are the subject of an offer to purchase will receive an Asset Sale Offer from the Company prior to any related purchase date and may elect to have such Notes purchased by completing the form entitled “Option of Holder to Elect Purchase” attached to the Notes.
          (8) Notice of Redemption. Notice of redemption will be mailed at least 10 days but not more than 60 days before the redemption date to each Holder whose Notes are to be redeemed at its registered address, except that redemption notices may be mailed more than 60 days prior to a redemption date if the notice is issued in connection with a defeasance of the Notes or a satisfaction or discharge of the Indenture. Notes in denominations larger than $1,000 may be redeemed in part but only in whole multiples of $1,000, unless all of the Notes held by a Holder are to be redeemed.
          (9) Denominations, Transfer, Exchange. The Notes are in registered form without coupons in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000. The transfer of Notes may be registered and Notes may be exchanged as provided in the Indenture. The Registrar and the Trustee may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and the Company may require a Holder to pay any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the Indenture. The Company need not exchange or register the transfer of any Note or portion of a Note selected for redemption, except for the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part. Also, the Company need not exchange or register the transfer of any Notes for a period of 15 days before a selection of Notes to be redeemed or during the period between a record date and the corresponding Interest Payment Date.
          (10) Persons Deemed Owners. The registered Holder of a Note may be treated as its owner for all purposes.
          (11) Amendment, Supplement and Waiver. Subject to certain exceptions, the Indenture or the Notes or the Note Guarantees may be amended or supplemented with the consent

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of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes including Additional Notes, if any, voting as a single class, and any existing Default or Event or Default or compliance with any provision of the Indenture or the Notes or the Note Guarantees may be waived with the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes including Additional Notes, if any, voting as a single class. Without the consent of any Holder of a Note, the Indenture or the Notes or the Note Guarantees may be amended or supplemented to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency, to provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated Notes, to provide for the assumption of the Company’s or a Guarantor’s obligations to Holders of the Notes and Note Guarantees in case of a merger or consolidation, to effect the release of a Guarantor from its Note Guarantee and the termination of such Note Guarantee (all accordance with the provisions of the Indenture governing such release and termination), to add any Subsidiary Guarantee or to secure the Notes or any Subsidiary Guarantee, to make any change that would provide any additional rights or benefits to the Holders of the Notes or that does not adversely affect the legal rights under the Indenture of any such Holder, to comply with the requirements of the SEC in order to effect or maintain the qualification of the Indenture under the TIA, to conform the text of the Indenture or the Notes to any provision of the “Description of Notes” section of the Company’s Offering Memorandum dated January 14, 2009, relating to the initial offering of the Notes, to the extent that such provision in that “Description of Notes” was intended to be a verbatim recitation of a provision of the Indenture, the Note Guarantees or the Notes; to provide for the issuance of Additional Notes in accordance with the limitations set forth in the Indenture, or to allow any Guarantor to execute a supplemental indenture to the Indenture and/or a Note Guarantee with respect to the Notes.
          (12) Defaults and Remedies. Events of Default include: (i) default for 30 days in the payment when due of interest on, or Liquidated Damages, if any, with respect to the Notes; (ii) default in the payment when due of the principal of, or premium, if any, on, the Notes when the same becomes due and payable at maturity, upon redemption (including in connection with an offer to purchase) or otherwise, (iii) failure by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries for 30 days after notice to the Company by the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes including Additional Notes, if any, then outstanding voting as a single class to comply with Section 4.10 or 4.15 (in each case other than a failure to purchase Notes which will constitute an Event of Default under clause (ii)) or 5.01 of the Indenture; (iv) failure by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries for 60 days after notice to the Company by the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes including Additional Notes, if any, then outstanding voting as a single class to comply with any of the other agreements in the Indenture or the Note; (v) default under certain other agreements relating to Indebtedness of the Company which default results in the acceleration of such Indebtedness prior to its express maturity; (vi) certain final judgments for the payment of money aggregating in excess of $25.0 million that remain undischarged for a period of 60 consecutive days, (vii) certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency with respect to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that is a Significant Subsidiary or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary; and (viii) except as permitted by the Indenture, any Note Guarantee is held in any judicial proceeding to be unenforceable or invalid or ceases for any reason to be in full force and effect or any Guarantor or any Person acting on its behalf denies or disaffirms its obligations under such Guarantor’s Note Guarantee. If any Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may declare all the Notes to be due and payable immediately. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of an Event of Default arising from certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency, with respect to the Company, any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Significant Subsidiary or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that,

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taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary, all outstanding Notes will become due and payable immediately without further action or notice. Holders may not enforce the Indenture or the Notes except as provided in the Indenture. Subject to certain limitations, Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may direct the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power. The Trustee may withhold from Holders of the Notes notice of any continuing Default or Event of Default (except a Default or Event of Default relating to the payment of principal or interest or premium or Liquidated Damages, if any,) if it determines that withholding notice is in their interest. The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes by notice to the Trustee may, on behalf of the Holders of all of the Notes, rescind an acceleration or waive any existing Default or Event of Default and its consequences under the Indenture except a continuing Default or Event of Default in the payment of interest or premium or Liquidated Damages, if any, on, or the principal of, the Notes. The Company is required to deliver to the Trustee annually a statement regarding compliance with the Indenture, and the Company is required, upon becoming aware of any Default or Event of Default, to deliver to the Trustee a statement specifying such Default or Event of Default.
          (13) Trustee Dealings with Company. The Trustee, in its individual or any other capacity, may make loans to, accept deposits from, and perform services for the Company or its Affiliates, and may otherwise deal with the Company or its Affiliates, as if it were not the Trustee.
          (14) No Recourse Against Others. A director, officer, employee, incorporator or stockholder of the Company or any of the Guarantors, as such, will not have any liability for any obligations of the Company or the Guarantors under the Notes, the Note Guarantees or the Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issuance of the Notes.
          (15) Authentication. This Note will not be valid until authenticated by the manual signature of the Trustee or an authenticating agent.
          (16) Abbreviations. Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (= tenants in common), TEN ENT (= tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (= Custodian), and U/G/M/A (= Uniform Gifts to Minors Act).
          (17) Additional Rights of Holders of Restricted Global Notes and Restricted Definitive Notes. In addition to the rights provided to Holders of Notes under the Indenture, Holders of Restricted Global Notes and Restricted Definitive Notes will have all the rights set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement dated as of January 20, 2009, among the Company, the Guarantors and the other parties named on the signature pages thereof or, in the case of Additional Notes, Holders of Restricted Global Notes and Restricted Definitive Notes will have the rights set forth in one or more registration rights agreements, if any, among the Company, the Guarantors and the other parties thereto, relating to rights given by the Company and the Guarantors to the purchasers of any Additional Notes (collectively, the “Registration Rights Agreement”).
          (18) CUSIP Numbers. Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the Company has caused CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Notes, and the Trustee may use CUSIP numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as

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printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of redemption, and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers placed thereon.
          (19) GOVERNING LAW. THE INTERNAL LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WILL GOVERN AND BE USED TO CONSTRUE THE INDENTURE, THIS NOTE AND THE NOTE GUARANTEES WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW TO THE EXTENT THAT THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY.
     The Company will furnish to any Holder upon written request and without charge a copy of the Indenture and/or the Registration Rights Agreement. Requests may be made to:
MetroPCS Communications, Inc.
2250 Lakeside Blvd.
Richardson, Texas 75082
Attention: Vice President and Treasurer

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Assignment Form
     To assign this Note, fill in the form below:
     
(I) or (we) assign and transfer this Note to:
   
 
   
 
  (Insert assignee’s legal name)
 
(Insert assignee’s soc. sec. or tax I.D. no.)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(Print or type assignee’s name, address and zip code)
     
and irrevocably appoint
   
 
   
to transfer this Note on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him.
Date:                     
         
 
  Your Signature:    
 
       
    (Sign exactly as your name appears on the face of this Note)
Signature Guarantee*:                                         
 
*   Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program (or other signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee).

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Option of Holder to Elect Purchase
     If you want to elect to have this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 4.10 or 4.15 of the Indenture, check the appropriate box below:
     
¬Section 4.10   ¬Section 4.15
     If you want to elect to have only part of the Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 4.10 or Section 4.15 of the Indenture, state the amount you elect to have purchased:
     
 
  $                    
Date:                     
         
 
  Your Signature:    
 
       
    (Sign exactly as your name appears on the face of this Note)
         
 
      Tax Identification No.:    
 
       
Signature Guarantee*:                                         
 
*   Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program (or other signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee).

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Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note *
     The following exchanges of a part of this Global Note for an interest in another Global Note or for a Definitive Note, or exchanges of a part of another Global Note or Definitive Note for an interest in this Global Note, have been made:
                                 
                    Principal Amount        
                    of this Global     Signature of  
    Amount of decrease in     Amount of increase in     Note following     authorized  
    Principal Amount of     Principal Amount of     such decrease     officer of Trustee or  
Date of Exchange   this Global Note     this Global Note     (or increase)     Custodian  
 
                               
 
*   This schedule should be included only if the Note is issued in global form.

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EXHIBIT B
FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER
MetroPCS Communications, Inc.
2250 Lakeside Blvd.
Richardson, Texas 75082
Attention: Vice President and Treasurer
The Bank of New York Mellon, N.A.
101 Barclay Street, 7 East
New York, New York 10014
     Re: 9 1/4% Senior Notes due 2014
     Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of January 20, 2009 (the “Indenture”), among MetroPCS Wireless, Inc., as issuer (the “Company”), the Guarantors party thereto and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Indenture.
                                             , (the “Transferor”) owns and proposes to transfer the Note[s] or interest in such Note[s] specified in Annex A hereto, in the principal amount of $                     in such Note[s] or interests (the “Transfer”), to                                                              (the “Transferee”), as further specified in Annex A hereto. In connection with the Transfer, the Transferor hereby certifies that:
[CHECK ALL THAT APPLY]
     1. Check if Transferee will take delivery of a beneficial interest in the 144A Global Note or a Restricted Definitive Note pursuant to Rule 144A. The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and, accordingly, the Transferor hereby further certifies that the beneficial interest or Definitive Note is being transferred to a Person that the Transferor reasonably believes is purchasing the beneficial interest or Definitive Note for its own account, or for one or more accounts with respect to which such Person exercises sole investment discretion, and such Person and each such account is a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A, and such Transfer is in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note will be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the 144A Global Note and/or the Restricted Definitive Note and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.
     2. Check if Transferee will take delivery of a beneficial interest in the Regulation S Global Note or a Restricted Definitive Note pursuant to Regulation S. The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904 under the Securities Act and, accordingly, the Transferor hereby further certifies that (i) the Transfer is not being made to a Person in the United States and (x) at the time the buy order was originated, the Transferee was outside the United States or such Transferor and any Person acting on its behalf reasonably believed and believes that the Transferee was outside the United States or (y) the transaction was executed in, on or through the facilities of a designated offshore securities market and neither such Transferor nor any Person acting on its behalf knows that the transaction was prearranged with a buyer in the United States, (ii) no directed selling efforts have been made in contravention of the requirements of Rule 903(b) or Rule 904(b) of Regulation S under the Securities Act or (iii) the transaction is not part of a plan or scheme to evade the registration

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requirements of the Securities Act. Upon consummation of the proposed transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note will be subject to the restrictions on Transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Regulation S Global Note and/or the Restricted Definitive Note and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.
     3. Check and complete if Transferee will take delivery of a beneficial interest in the IAI Global Note or a Restricted Definitive Note pursuant to any provision of the Securities Act other than Rule 144A or Regulation S. The Transfer is being effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to beneficial interests in Restricted Global Notes and Restricted Definitive Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States, and accordingly the Transferor hereby further certifies that (check one):
     (a) such Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act;
or
     (b) such Transfer is being effected to the Company or a subsidiary thereof;
or
     (c) such Transfer is being effected pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act and in compliance with the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act;
or
     (d) such Transfer is being effected to an Institutional Accredited Investor and pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act other than Rule 144A, Rule 144, Rule 903 or Rule 904, and the Transferor hereby further certifies that it has not engaged in any general solicitation within the meaning of Regulation D under the Securities Act and the Transfer complies with the transfer restrictions applicable to beneficial interests in a Restricted Global Note or Restricted Definitive Notes and the requirements of the exemption claimed, which certification is supported by (1) a certificate executed by the Transferee in the form of Exhibit D to the Indenture and (2) if such Transfer is in respect of a principal amount of Notes at the time of transfer of less than $250,000, an Opinion of Counsel provided by the Transferor or the Transferee (a copy of which the Transferor has attached to this certification), to the effect that such Transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act. Upon consummation of the proposed transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note will be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the IAI Global Note and/or the Restricted Definitive Notes and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.
     4. Check if Transferee will take delivery of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or of an Unrestricted Definitive Note.
     (a) Check if Transfer is pursuant to Rule 144. (i) The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act and in compliance with the transfer restrictions contained in the Indenture and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States and (ii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act. Upon consummation of the proposed

 


 

Transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note will no longer be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Global Notes, on Restricted Definitive Notes and in the Indenture.
     (b) Check if Transfer is Pursuant to Regulation S. (i) The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904 under the Securities Act and in compliance with the transfer restrictions contained in the Indenture and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States and (ii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note will no longer be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Global Notes, on Restricted Definitive Notes and in the Indenture.
     (c) Check if Transfer is Pursuant to Other Exemption. (i) The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in compliance with an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act other than Rule 144, Rule 903 or Rule 904 and in compliance with the transfer restrictions contained in the Indenture and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any State of the United States and (ii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note will not be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Global Notes or Restricted Definitive Notes and in the Indenture.
     This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and the benefit of the Company.

             
         
 
      [Insert Name of Transferor]    
 
           
 
  By:        
 
           
 
      Name:    
 
      Title:    
     Dated:                                         

 


 

ANNEX A TO CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER
1. The Transferor owns and proposes to transfer the following:
[CHECK ONE OF (a) OR (b)]
          (a) a beneficial interest in the:
     (i) 144A Global Note (CUSIP                     ), or
     (ii) Regulation S Global Note (CUSIP                     ), or
     (iii) IAI Global Note (CUSIP                     ); or
          (b) a Restricted Definitive Note.
2. After the Transfer the Transferee will hold:
[CHECK ONE]
          (a) a beneficial interest in the:
     (i) 144A Global Note (CUSIP                     ), or
     (ii) Regulation S Global Note (CUSIP                     ), or
     (iii) IAI Global Note (CUSIP                     ); or
     (iv) Unrestricted Global Note (CUSIP                     ); or
          (b) a Restricted Definitive Note; or
          (c) an Unrestricted Definitive Note,
          in accordance with the terms of the Indenture.

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EXHIBIT C
FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF EXCHANGE
MetroPCS Communications, Inc.
2250 Lakeside Blvd.
Richardson, Texas 75082
Attention: Vice President and Treasurer
The Bank of New York Mellon, N.A.
101 Barclay Street, 7 East
New York, New York 10014
     Re: 9 1/4% Senior Notes due 2014
(CUSIP                                         )
     Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of January 20, 2009 (the “Indenture”), among MetroPCS Wireless, Inc., as issuer (the “Company”), the Guarantors party thereto and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Indenture.
                                                                 , (the “Owner”) owns and proposes to exchange the Note[s] or interest in such Note[s] specified herein, in the principal amount of $                     in such Note[s] or interests (the “Exchange”). In connection with the Exchange, the Owner hereby certifies that:
     1. Exchange of Restricted Definitive Notes or Beneficial Interests in a Restricted Global Note for Unrestricted Definitive Notes or Beneficial Interests in an Unrestricted Global Note
     (a) Check if Exchange is from beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note to beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note. In connection with the Exchange of the Owner’s beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note in an equal principal amount, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the beneficial interest is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to the Global Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note is being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States.
     (b) Check if Exchange is from beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note to Unrestricted Definitive Note. In connection with the Exchange of the Owner’s beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note for an Unrestricted Definitive Note, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the Definitive Note is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to the Restricted Global Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the Definitive Note is being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States.
     (c) Check if Exchange is from Restricted Definitive Note to beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note. In connection with the Owner’s Exchange of a Restricted Definitive Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the beneficial interest is

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being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to Restricted Definitive Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the beneficial interest is being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States.
     (d) Check if Exchange is from Restricted Definitive Note to Unrestricted Definitive Note. In connection with the Owner’s Exchange of a Restricted Definitive Note for an Unrestricted Definitive Note, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the Unrestricted Definitive Note is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to Restricted Definitive Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the Unrestricted Definitive Note is being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States.
     2. Exchange of Restricted Definitive Notes or Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes for Restricted Definitive Notes or Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes
     (a) Check if Exchange is from beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note to Restricted Definitive Note. In connection with the Exchange of the Owner’s beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note for a Restricted Definitive Note with an equal principal amount, the Owner hereby certifies that the Restricted Definitive Note is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer. Upon consummation of the proposed Exchange in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the Restricted Definitive Note issued will continue to be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Definitive Note and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.
     (b) Check if Exchange is from Restricted Definitive Note to beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note. In connection with the Exchange of the Owner’s Restricted Definitive Note for a beneficial interest in the [CHECK ONE] 144A Global Note, Regulation S Global Note, IAI Global Note with an equal principal amount, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the beneficial interest is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer and (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to the Restricted Global Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, and in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States. Upon consummation of the proposed Exchange in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the beneficial interest issued will be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the relevant Restricted Global Note and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.
     This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and the benefit of the Company.

             
 
     
 
[Insert Name of Transferor]
   
 
           
 
  By:        
 
           
 
      Name:    
 
      Title:    
Dated:                                                             

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EXHIBIT D
FORM OF CERTIFICATE FROM
ACQUIRING INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR
MetroPCS Communications, Inc.
2250 Lakeside Blvd.
Richardson, Texas 75082
Attention: Vice President and Treasurer
The Bank of New York Mellon, N.A.
101 Barclay Street, 7 East
New York, New York 10014
     Re: 9 1/4% Senior Notes due 2014
     Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of January 20, 2009 (the “Indenture”), among MetroPCS Wireless, Inc., as issuer (the “Company”), the guarantors party thereto and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Indenture.
     In connection with our proposed purchase of $                     aggregate principal amount of:
     (a) a beneficial interest in a Global Note, or
     (b) a Definitive Note,
     we confirm that:
     1. We understand that any subsequent transfer of the Notes or any interest therein is subject to certain restrictions and conditions set forth in the Indenture and the undersigned agrees to be bound by, and not to resell, pledge or otherwise transfer the Notes or any interest therein except in compliance with, such restrictions and conditions and the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”).
     2. We understand that the offer and sale of the Notes have not been registered under the Securities Act, and that the Notes and any interest therein may not be offered or sold except as permitted in the following sentence. We agree, on our own behalf and on behalf of any accounts for which we are acting as hereinafter stated, that if we should sell the Notes or any interest therein, we will do so only (A) to the Company or any subsidiary thereof, (B) in accordance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act to a “qualified institutional buyer” (as defined therein), (C) to an institutional “accredited investor” (as defined below) that, prior to such transfer, furnishes (or has furnished on its behalf by a U.S. broker-dealer) to you and to the Company a signed letter substantially in the form of this letter and, if such transfer is in respect of a principal amount of Notes, at the time of transfer of less than $250,000, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Company to the effect that such transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act, (D) outside the United States in accordance with Rule 904 of Regulation S under the Securities Act, (E) pursuant to the provisions of Rule 144 under the Securities Act or (F) pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, and we further agree to provide to any Person purchasing the Definitive Note or beneficial interest in a Global Note from us in a transaction meeting the requirements of clauses (A) through (E) of this paragraph a notice advising such purchaser that resales thereof are restricted as stated herein.
     3. We understand that, on any proposed resale of the Notes or beneficial interest therein, we will be required to furnish to you and the Company such certifications, legal opinions and other

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information as you and the Company may reasonably require to confirm that the proposed sale complies with the foregoing restrictions. We further understand that the Notes purchased by us will bear a legend to the foregoing effect.
     4. We are an institutional “accredited investor” (as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) of Regulation D under the Securities Act) and have such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of our investment in the Notes, and we and any accounts for which we are acting are each able to bear the economic risk of our or its investment.
     5. We are acquiring the Notes or beneficial interest therein purchased by us for our own account or for one or more accounts (each of which is an institutional “accredited investor”) as to each of which we exercise sole investment discretion.
     You and the Company are entitled to rely upon this letter and are irrevocably authorized to produce this letter or a copy hereof to any interested party in any administrative or legal proceedings or official inquiry with respect to the matters covered hereby.

             
         
 
      [Insert Name of Accredited Investor]    
 
           
 
  By:        
 
           
 
      Name:    
 
      Title:    
Dated:                                                             

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EXHIBIT E
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 the Indenture and subject to the provisions in the Indenture dated as of January 20, 2009 (the “Indenture”) among MetroPCS Wireless, Inc., (the “Company”), the Guarantors party thereto and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (the “Trustee”), (a) the due and punctual payment of the principal of, premium and Liquidated Damages, if any, and interest on, the Notes, whether at maturity, by acceleration, redemption or otherwise, the due and punctual payment of interest on overdue principal of and interest on the Notes, if any, if lawful, 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 (b) in case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any Notes or any of such other obligations, that the same will be promptly paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise. The obligations of the Guarantors to the Holders of Notes and to the Trustee pursuant to the Note Guarantee and the Indenture are expressly set forth in Article 10 of the Indenture and reference is hereby made to the Indenture for the precise terms of the Note Guarantee.
     Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings given to them in the Indenture.
         
  [Name of Guarantor(s)]
 
 
  By:      
    Name:      
    Title:      
 

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EXHIBIT F
FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
TO BE DELIVERED BY SUBSEQUENT GUARANTORS
     Supplemental Indenture (this “Supplemental Indenture”), dated as of                                         , 200___, among                                          (the “Guaranteeing Subsidiary”), a subsidiary of MetroPCS Wireless, Inc. (or its permitted successor), a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), the Company, the other Guarantors (as defined in the Indenture referred to herein) and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee under the Indenture referred to below (the “Trustee”).
W I T N E S S E T H
     WHEREAS, the Company has heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee an indenture (the “Indenture”), dated as of January 20, 2009 providing for the issuance of 9 1/4% Senior Notes due 2014 (the “Notes”);
     WHEREAS, the Indenture provides that under certain circumstances the Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture pursuant to which the Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall unconditionally guarantee all of the Company’s Obligations under the Notes and the Indenture on the terms and conditions set forth herein (the “Note Guarantee”); and
     WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 9.01 of the Indenture, the Trustee is authorized to execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture.
     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the Guaranteeing Subsidiary and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes as follows:
     1. Capitalized Terms. Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
     2. Agreement to Guarantee. The Guaranteeing Subsidiary hereby agrees to provide an unconditional Guarantee on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Note Guarantee and in the Indenture including but not limited to Article 10 thereof.
     4. No Recourse Against Others. No past, present or future director, officer, employee, incorporator, stockholder or agent of the Guaranteeing Subsidiary, as such, shall have any liability for any obligations of the Company or any Guaranteeing Subsidiary under the Notes, any Note Guarantees, the Indenture or this Supplemental Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder of the Notes by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Notes.
     5. NEW YORK LAW TO GOVERN. THE INTERNAL LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SHALL GOVERN AND BE USED TO CONSTRUE THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW TO THE EXTENT THAT THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY.
     6. Counterparts. The parties may sign any number of copies of this Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement.

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EXHIBIT F
     7. Effect of Headings. The Section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
     8. The Trustee. The Trustee shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture or for or in respect of the recitals contained herein, all of which recitals are made solely by the Guaranteeing Subsidiary and the Company.

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EXHIBIT F
     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed and attested, all as of the date first above written.
     Dated:                                         , 20                    
         
  [Guaranteeing Subsidiary]
 
 
  By:      
    Name:      
    Title:      
 
  METROPCS WIRELESS, INC.
 
 
  By:      
    Name:      
    Title:      
 
  [Existing Guarantors]
 
 
  By:      
    Name:      
    Title:      
 
  The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.,
   as Trustee
 
 
  By:      
    Authorized Signatory   
       
 

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EX-10.2 4 d65964exv10w2.htm EX-10.2 exv10w2
Exhibit 10.2
 
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
by and among
METROPCS WIRELESS, INC.
THE GUARANTORS PARTY HERETO
and
J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES INC.
BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC
HSBC SECURITIES (USA) INC.
January 20, 2009
 

 


 

          This Registration Rights Agreement (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of January 20, 2009 by and among MetroPCS Wireless, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and each of the guarantors listed on Schedule I hereto (the “Guarantors”) and J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., Banc of America Securities LLC and HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. (the “Initial Purchasers”). The Initial Purchasers have, jointly and not severally, agreed to purchase the Company’s 91/4% Senior Notes due 2014 (the “Notes”) pursuant to the Purchase Agreement (as defined below).
          This Agreement is made pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, dated January 14, 2009, (the “Purchase Agreement”), by and among the Company, the Guarantors, and the Initial Purchasers. In order to induce the Initial Purchasers to purchase the Notes, the Company and the Guarantors have agreed to provide the registration rights set forth in this Agreement. The execution and delivery of this Agreement is a condition to the obligations of the Initial Purchasers set forth in Section 10(j) of the Purchase Agreement. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meaning assigned to them in the Indenture (the “Indenture”), dated January 20, 2009, among the Company, the Guarantors and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee, relating to the Notes and the Exchange Notes (as defined below).
          The parties hereby agree as follows:
SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS
          As used in this Agreement, the following capitalized terms shall have the following meanings:
          Affiliate: As defined in Rule 144 of the Securities Act.
          Broker-Dealer: Any broker or dealer registered under the Exchange Act.
          Capital Stock: As defined in the Purchase Agreement.
          Certificated Securities: Definitive Notes, as defined in the Indenture.
          Closing Date: The date hereof.
          Commission: The United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
          Consummate: An Exchange Offer shall be deemed “Consummated” for purposes of this Agreement upon the occurrence of (a) the filing and effectiveness under the Securities Act of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement relating to the Exchange Notes to be issued in the Exchange Offer, (b) the maintenance of such Exchange Offer Registration Statement continuously effective and the keeping of the Exchange Offer open for a period not less than the period required pursuant to Section 3(b) hereof and (c) the delivery by the Company to the Registrar under the Indenture of Exchange Notes in the same aggregate principal amount as the aggregate principal amount of Notes tendered by Holders thereof pursuant to the Exchange Offer.

 


 

          Consummation Deadline: As defined in Section 3(b) hereof.
          Effectiveness Deadline: As defined in Sections 3(a) and 4(a) hereof.
          Exchange Act: The United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
          Exchange Notes: The Company’s 91/4% Senior Notes due 2014 and the related guarantees to be issued pursuant to the Indenture: (i) in the Exchange Offer or (ii) as contemplated by Section 4 hereof.
          Exchange Offer: The exchange and issuance by the Company of a principal amount of Exchange Notes (which shall be registered pursuant to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement) equal to the outstanding principal amount of Notes that are tendered by such Holders in connection with such exchange and issuance, and evidencing the same continuing Indebtedness.
          Exchange Offer Registration Statement: The Registration Statement relating to the Exchange Offer, including the related Prospectus.
          Exempt Resales: The transactions in which the Initial Purchasers propose to sell the Notes to certain “qualified institutional buyers,” as such term is defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act and pursuant to Regulation S under the Securities Act.
          Filing Deadline: As defined in Sections 3(a) and 4(a) hereof.
          Holders: As defined in Section 2 hereof.
          Prospectus: The prospectus included in a Registration Statement at the time such Registration Statement is declared effective, as amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement and by all other amendments thereto, including post-effective amendments, and all material incorporated by reference into such Prospectus.
          Recommencement Date: As defined in Section 6(d) hereof.
          Registration Default: As defined in Section 5 hereof.
          Registration Statement: Any registration statement of the Company and the Guarantors relating to (a) an offering of Exchange Notes pursuant to an Exchange Offer or (b) the registration for resale of Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement, in each case, (i) that is filed pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement and (ii) including the Prospectus included therein, all amendments and supplements thereto (including post-effective amendments) and all exhibits and material incorporated by reference therein.
          Regulation S: Regulation S promulgated under the Securities Act.
          Rule 144: Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act.
          Securities Act: The United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

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          Shelf Registration Statement: As defined in Section 4 hereof.
          Suspension Notice: As defined in Section 6(d) hereof.
          TIA: The Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. Section 77aaa-77bbbb) as in effect on the date of the Indenture.
          Transfer Restricted Securities: Each (A) Note, until the earliest to occur of (i) the date on which such Note is exchanged in the Exchange Offer for an Exchange Note which is entitled to be resold to the public by the Holder thereof without complying with the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act, (ii) the date on which such Note has been disposed of in accordance with a Shelf Registration Statement (and the purchasers thereof have been issued Exchange Notes), or (iii) the date on which such Note is distributed to the public pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act and each (B) Exchange Note held by a Broker Dealer until the date on which such Exchange Note is disposed of by a Broker-Dealer pursuant to the “Plan of Distribution” contemplated by the Exchange Offer Registration Statement (including the delivery of the Prospectus contained therein).
SECTION 2. HOLDERS
          A Person is deemed to be a holder of Transfer Restricted Securities (each, a “Holder”) whenever such Person owns Transfer Restricted Securities.
SECTION 3. REGISTERED EXCHANGE OFFER
          (a) Unless the Exchange Offer shall not be permitted by applicable law (after the procedures set forth in Section 6(a)(i) below have been complied with) or Commission policy, the Company and the Guarantors shall (i) cause the Exchange Offer Registration Statement to be filed with the Commission on or prior to the 270th day after the issue date of the Notes (such date being the “Filing Deadline”), (ii) use all commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Exchange Offer Registration Statement to be declared effective by the Commission on or prior to 300 days after the issue date of the Notes (such day being the “Effectiveness Deadline”), (iii) in connection with the foregoing, (A) file all pre-effective amendments to such Exchange Offer Registration Statement as may be necessary in order to cause the Exchange Offer Registration Statement to be declared effective, (B) file, if applicable, a post-effective amendment to such Exchange Offer Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 430A under the Securities Act and (C) cause all necessary filings, if any, in connection with the registration and qualification of the Exchange Notes to be made under the Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as are necessary to permit Consummation of the Exchange Offer, and (iv) as soon as practicable following the effectiveness of such Exchange Offer Registration Statement, commence and Consummate the Exchange Offer. The Exchange Offer shall be on the appropriate form permitting (i) registration of the Exchange Notes to be offered in exchange for the Notes that are Transfer Restricted Securities and (ii) resales of Exchange Notes by Broker-Dealers that tendered into the Exchange Offer Notes that such Broker-Dealer acquired for its own account as a result of market making activities or other trading activities (other than Notes acquired directly from the Company or any of its Affiliates) as contemplated by Section 3(c) below.

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          (b) The Company and the Guarantors shall use their respective commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Exchange Offer Registration Statement to be effective continuously, and shall keep the Exchange Offer open for a period of not less than the minimum period required under applicable federal and state securities laws to Consummate the Exchange Offer; provided, however, that in no event shall such period be less than 20 business days. The Company and the Guarantors shall cause the Exchange Offer to comply with all applicable federal and state securities laws. No securities other than the Exchange Notes shall be included in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement. The Company and the Guarantors shall use all commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Exchange Offer to be Consummated on the earliest practicable date after the Exchange Offer Registration Statement has become effective, but in no event later than 30 business days thereafter, or longer, if required by the federal securities laws (the last day of such period being the “Consummation Deadline”).
          (c) The Company shall include a “Plan of Distribution” section in the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement and indicate therein that any Broker-Dealer who holds Transfer Restricted Securities that were acquired for the account of such Broker-Dealer as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities (other than Notes acquired directly from the Company or any Affiliate of the Company), may exchange such Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to the Exchange Offer. Such “Plan of Distribution” section shall also contain all other information with respect to such sales by such Broker-Dealers that the Commission may require in order to permit such sales pursuant thereto, but such “Plan of Distribution” shall not name any such Broker-Dealer or disclose the amount of Transfer Restricted Securities held by any such Broker-Dealer, except to the extent required by the Commission as a result of a change in policy, rules or regulations after the date of this Agreement. See the Shearman & Sterling no-action letter (available July 2, 1993).
          Because such Broker-Dealer may be deemed to be an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act and must, therefore, deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act in connection with its initial sale of any Exchange Notes received by such Broker-Dealer in the Exchange Offer, the Company and the Guarantors shall permit the use of the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement by such Broker-Dealer to satisfy such prospectus delivery requirement. To the extent necessary to ensure that the prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is available for sales of Exchange Notes by Broker-Dealers, the Company and the Guarantors agree to use their respective commercially reasonable efforts to keep the Exchange Offer Registration Statement continuously effective, supplemented, amended and current as required by and subject to the provisions of Section 6(a) and (c) hereof and in conformity with the requirements of this Agreement, the Securities Act and the policies, rules and regulations of the Commission as announced from time to time, for a period of 180 days from the Consummation Deadline or such shorter period as will terminate when all Transfer Restricted Securities covered by such Registration Statement have been sold pursuant thereto. The Company and the Guarantors shall provide sufficient copies of the latest version of such Prospectus to such Broker-Dealers, promptly upon request, and in no event later than two business days after such request, at any time during such period.

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SECTION 4. SHELF REGISTRATION
          (a) Shelf Registration. If (i) the Company and the Guarantors are not (A) required to file the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or (B) permitted to Consummate the Exchange Offer because the Exchange Offer is not permitted by applicable law (after the Company and the Guarantors have complied with the procedures set forth in Section 6(a)(i) below) or Commission policy or (ii) if any Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities shall notify the Company within 20 business days following the consummation of the Exchange Offer that (A) such Holder was prohibited by law or Commission policy from participating in the Exchange Offer; (B) such Holder may not resell the Exchange Notes acquired by it in the Exchange Offer to the public without delivering a prospectus and the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is not appropriate or available for such resales by such Holder; or (C) such Holder is a Broker-Dealer and holds Notes acquired directly from the Company or any of its Affiliates, then the Company and the Guarantors shall use all commercially reasonable efforts to file with the Commission a Shelf Registration Statement (as defined below) to cover resales of the Notes by Holders of the Notes who satisfy certain conditions relating to the provision of information in connection with the Shelf Registration Statement. If obligated to file a Shelf Registration Statement, the Company and the Guarantors shall use all commercially reasonable efforts to:
     (x) file, on or prior to 30 days after the earlier of (i) the date on which the Company determines that the Exchange Offer Registration Statement cannot be filed as a result of clause (a)(i) above and (ii) the date on which the Company receives the notice specified in clause (a)(ii) above, (such earlier date, the “Filing Deadline”), a shelf registration statement pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act (which may be an amendment to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement (the “Shelf Registration Statement”)), relating to all Transfer Restricted Securities, and
     (y) cause such Shelf Registration Statement to be declared effective by the Commission on or prior to 180 days after the Filing Deadline for the Shelf Registration Statement (such 180th day the “Effectiveness Deadline”).
          If, after the Company and the Guarantors have filed an Exchange Offer Registration Statement that satisfies the requirements of Section 3(a) above, the Company and the Guarantors are required to file and make effective a Shelf Registration Statement solely because the Exchange Offer is not permitted under applicable federal law (i.e., clause (a)(i) above), then the filing of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement shall be deemed to satisfy the requirements of clause (x) above; provided that, in such event, the Company and the Guarantors shall remain obligated to meet the Effectiveness Deadline set forth in clause (y).
          To the extent necessary to ensure that the Shelf Registration Statement is available for sales of Transfer Restricted Securities by the Holders thereof entitled to the benefit of this Section 4(a) and the other securities required to be registered therein pursuant to Section 6(b)(ii) hereof, the Company and the Guarantors shall use their respective commercially reasonable efforts to keep any Shelf Registration Statement required by this Section 4(a) continuously effective, supplemented, amended and current as required by and subject to the provisions of Sections 6(b) and (c) hereof and in conformity with the requirements of this Agreement, the Securities Act and the policies, rules and regulations of the Commission as announced from time

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to time, for a period of at least two years (as extended pursuant to Section 6(c)(i) hereof) following the Closing Date, or such shorter period as will terminate at such time there are no longer any Transfer Restricted Securities that are covered by the Shelf Registration Statement outstanding.
          (b) Provision by Holders of Certain Information in Connection with the Shelf Registration Statement. No Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities may include any of its Transfer Restricted Securities in any Shelf Registration Statement pursuant to this Agreement unless and until such Holder furnishes to the Company in writing, within 20 days after receipt of a request therefor, the information specified in Item 507 or Item 508 of Regulation S-K, as applicable, of the Securities Act for use in connection with any Shelf Registration Statement or Prospectus or preliminary Prospectus included therein. No Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities shall be entitled to liquidated damages pursuant to Section 5 hereof unless such Holder shall have provided all such information in the required times. Each selling Holder agrees to promptly furnish additional information required to be disclosed in order to make the information previously furnished to the Company by such Holder not materially misleading.
SECTION 5. LIQUIDATED DAMAGES
          If (i) any Registration Statement required by this Agreement is not filed with the Commission by the applicable Filing Deadline, (ii) any such Registration Statement has not been declared effective by the Commission by the applicable Effectiveness Deadline, (iii) the Exchange Offer has not been Consummated by the Consummation Deadline or (iv) any Registration Statement required by this Agreement is filed and declared effective but shall thereafter cease to be effective or fail to be usable for its intended purpose without being succeeded immediately by a post-effective amendment to such Registration Statement that cures such failure and that is itself declared effective within 5 days of filing such post-effective amendment to such Registration Statement (each such event referred to in clauses (i) through (iv), a Registration Default), then the Company and the Guarantors hereby jointly and severally agree to pay to each Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities affected thereby liquidated damages in an amount equal to $0.05 per week per $1,000 in principal amount of Transfer Restricted Securities held by such Holder for each week or portion thereof that the Registration Default continues for the first 90-day period immediately following the occurrence of such Registration Default. The amount of the liquidated damages shall increase by an additional $0.05 per week per $1,000 in principal amount of Transfer Restricted Securities with respect to each subsequent 90-day period until all Registration Defaults have been cured, up to a maximum amount of liquidated damages of $0.20 per week per $1,000 in principal amount of Transfer Restricted Securities; provided that the Company and the Guarantors shall in no event be required to pay liquidated damages for more than one Registration Default at any given time. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, (1) upon filing of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement (and/or, if applicable, the Shelf Registration Statement), in the case of (i) above, (2) upon the effectiveness of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement (and/or, if applicable, the Shelf Registration Statement), in the case of (ii) above, (3) upon Consummation of the Exchange Offer, in the case of (iii) above, or (4) upon the filing of a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or an additional Registration Statement that causes the Exchange Offer Registration Statement (and/or, if applicable, the Shelf Registration Statement) to again be declared effective or made usable in the case of (iv) above, the liquidated damages

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payable with respect to the Transfer Restricted Securities as a result of such clause (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv), as applicable, shall cease.
          All accrued liquidated damages shall be paid to the Holders entitled thereto, in the manner provided for the payment of interest in the Indenture, on each Interest Payment Date, as more fully set forth in the Indenture and the Notes. Notwithstanding the fact that any securities for which liquidated damages are due cease to be Transfer Restricted Securities, all obligations of the Company and the Guarantors to pay liquidated damages with respect to securities shall survive until such time as such obligations with respect to such securities shall have been satisfied in full. Notwithstanding anything contained herein or in the Indenture to the contrary, the payment of liquidated damages shall be the only remedy available to holders of Notes for any Registration Default.
SECTION 6. REGISTRATION PROCEDURES
          (a) Exchange Offer Registration Statement. In connection with the Exchange Offer, the Company and the Guarantors shall (x) comply with all applicable provisions of Section 6(c) below, (y) use their respective commercially reasonable efforts to effect such exchange and to permit the resale of Exchange Notes by Broker-Dealers that tendered in the Exchange Offer Notes that such Broker-Dealer acquired for its own account as a result of its market making activities or other trading activities (other than Notes acquired directly from the Company or any of its Affiliates) being sold in accordance with the intended method or methods of distribution thereof, and (z) comply with all of the following provisions:
          (i) If, following the date hereof there has been announced a change in Commission policy with respect to exchange offers such as the Exchange Offer, that in the reasonable opinion of counsel to the Company raises a substantial question as to whether the Exchange Offer is permitted by applicable federal law, the Company and the Guarantors hereby agree to use commercially reasonable efforts to seek a no-action letter or other favorable decision from the Commission allowing the Company and the Guarantors to Consummate an Exchange Offer for such Transfer Restricted Securities. The Company and the Guarantors hereby agree to pursue the issuance of such a decision to the Commission staff level. In connection with the foregoing, the Company and the Guarantors hereby agree to take all such other commercially reasonable actions as may be requested by the Commission or otherwise required in connection with the issuance of such decision, including without limitation (A) participating in telephonic conferences with the Commission, (B) delivering to the Commission staff an analysis prepared by counsel to the Company setting forth the legal bases, if any, upon which such counsel has concluded that such an Exchange Offer should be permitted and (C) diligently pursuing a resolution (which need not be favorable) by the Commission staff.
          (ii) As a condition to its participation in the Exchange Offer, each Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities (including, without limitation, any Holder who is a Broker Dealer) shall furnish, upon the request of the Company, prior to the Consummation of the Exchange Offer, a written representation to the Company and the Guarantors (which may be contained in the letter of transmittal contemplated by the Exchange Offer Registration Statement) to the effect that (A) it is not an Affiliate of the Company, (B) it is not

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engaged in, and does not intend to engage in, and has no arrangement or understanding with any person to participate in, a distribution of the Exchange Notes to be issued in the Exchange Offer and (C) it is acquiring the Exchange Notes in its ordinary course of business. As a condition to its participation in the Exchange Offer each Holder using the Exchange Offer to participate in a distribution of the Exchange Notes shall acknowledge and agree that, if the resales are of Exchange Notes obtained by such Holder in exchange for Notes acquired directly from the Company or an Affiliate thereof, it (1) could not, under Commission policy as in effect on the date of this Agreement, rely on the position of the Commission enunciated in Morgan Stanley and Co., Inc. (available June 5, 1991) and Exxon Capital Holdings Corporation (available May 13, 1988), as interpreted in the Commission’s letter to Shearman & Sterling dated July 2, 1993, and similar no-action letters (including, if applicable, any no-action letter obtained pursuant to clause (i) above), and (2) must comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act in connection with a secondary resale transaction and that such a secondary resale transaction must be covered by an effective registration statement containing the selling security holder information required by Item 507 or 508, as applicable, of Regulation S-K.
          (iii) Prior to effectiveness of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, the Company and the Guarantors shall provide a supplemental letter to the Commission (A) stating that the Company and the Guarantors are registering the Exchange Offer in reliance on the position of the Commission enunciated in Exxon Capital Holdings Corporation (available May 13, 1988), Morgan Stanley and Co., Inc. (available June 5, 1991) as interpreted in the Commission’s letter to Shearman & Sterling dated July 2, 1993, and, if applicable, any no-action letter obtained pursuant to clause (i) above, (B) including a representation that neither the Company nor any of the Guarantors has entered into any arrangement or understanding with any Person to distribute the Exchange Notes to be received in the Exchange Offer and that, to the Company’s and the Guarantors’ knowledge and belief, each Holder participating in the Exchange Offer is acquiring the Exchange Notes in its ordinary course of business and has no arrangement or understanding with any Person to participate in the distribution of the Exchange Notes received in the Exchange Offer and (C) any other commercially reasonable undertaking or representation required by the Commission as set forth in any no-action letter obtained pursuant to clause (i) above, if applicable.
          (b) Shelf Registration Statement. In connection with the Shelf Registration Statement, the Company and the Guarantors shall (i) comply with all the provisions of Section 6(c) below and use their respective commercially reasonable efforts to effect such registration to permit the sale of the Transfer Restricted Securities being sold in accordance with the intended method or methods of distribution thereof (as indicated in the information furnished to the Company pursuant to Section 4(b) hereof), and pursuant thereto the Company and the Guarantors will prepare and file with the Commission a Registration Statement relating to the registration on any appropriate form under the Securities Act, which form shall be available for the sale of the Transfer Restricted Securities in accordance with the intended method or methods of distribution thereof within the time periods and otherwise in accordance with the provisions hereof, and

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          (ii) issue, upon the request of any Holder or purchaser of Notes covered by any Shelf Registration Statement contemplated by this Agreement, Exchange Notes having an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of Notes sold pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement and surrendered to the Company for cancellation; the Company shall register Exchange Notes on the Shelf Registration Statement for this purpose and issue the Exchange Notes to the purchaser(s) of securities subject to the Shelf Registration Statement in the names as such purchaser(s) shall designate.
          (c) General Provisions. In connection with any Registration Statement and any related Prospectus required by this Agreement, the Company and the Guarantors shall:
          (i) use their respective commercially reasonable efforts to keep such Registration Statement continuously effective and provide all requisite financial statements for the period specified in Section 3 or 4 of this Agreement, as applicable. Upon the occurrence of any event that would cause any such Registration Statement or the Prospectus contained therein (A) to contain an untrue statement of material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or (B) not to be effective and usable for resale of Transfer Restricted Securities during the period required by this Agreement, the Company and the Guarantors shall file promptly an appropriate amendment to such Registration Statement curing such defect, and, if Commission review is required, use their respective commercially reasonable efforts to cause such amendment to be declared effective as soon as practicable.
          (ii) prepare and file with the Commission such amendments and post-effective amendments to the applicable Registration Statement as may be necessary to keep such Registration Statement effective for the applicable period set forth in Section 3 or 4 hereof, as the case may be; 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, and to comply fully with Rules 424, 430A and 462, as applicable, under the Securities Act in a timely manner; and comply with the provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the disposition of all securities covered by such Registration Statement during the applicable period in accordance with the intended method or methods of distribution by the sellers thereof set forth in such Registration Statement or supplement to the Prospectus;
          (iii) advise each Holder promptly and, if requested by such Holder, confirm such advice in writing, (A) when the Prospectus or any Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment has been filed, and, with respect to any applicable Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto, when the same has become effective, (B) of any request by the Commission for amendments to the Registration Statement or amendments or supplements to the Prospectus or for additional information relating thereto, (C) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement under the Securities Act or of the suspension by any state securities commission of the qualification of the Transfer Restricted

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Securities for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or the initiation of any proceeding for any of the preceding purposes, (D) of the existence of any fact or the happening of any event that makes any statement of a material fact made in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, any amendment or supplement thereto or any document incorporated by reference therein untrue, or that requires the making of any additions to or changes in the Registration Statement in order to make the statements therein not misleading, or that requires the making of any additions to or changes in the Prospectus in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. If at any time the Commission shall issue any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, or any state securities commission or other regulatory authority shall issue an order suspending the qualification or exemption from qualification of the Transfer Restricted Securities under state securities or Blue Sky laws, the Company and the Guarantors shall use their respective commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the withdrawal or lifting of such order at the earliest possible time;
          (iv) subject to Section 6(c)(i), if any fact or event contemplated by Section 6(c)(iii)(D) above shall exist or have occurred, prepare a supplement or post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or related Prospectus or any document incorporated therein by reference or file any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of Transfer Restricted Securities, the Prospectus will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;
          (v) if requested by an Initial Purchaser or a Holder, furnish to each Holder in connection with such exchange or sale, if any, before filing with the Commission, copies of any Registration Statement or any Prospectus included therein or any amendments or supplements to any such Registration Statement or Prospectus (including all documents incorporated by reference after the initial filing of such Registration Statement), which documents will be subject to the review and comment of such Holders in connection with such sale, if any, for a period of at least five days, and the Company will not file any such Registration Statement or Prospectus or any amendment or supplement to any such Registration Statement or Prospectus (including all such documents incorporated by reference) to which such Holders shall reasonably object within five days after the receipt thereof. A Holder shall be deemed to have reasonably objected to such filing if such Registration Statement, amendment, Prospectus or supplement, as applicable, as proposed to be filed, contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or fails to comply with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act;
          (vi) promptly prior to the filing of any document that is to be incorporated by reference into a Shelf Registration Statement or Prospectus, provide a copy of such document to each Holder that made a request in writing described in (v) above in connection with such exchange or sale, if any, make the Company’s and the Guarantors’ representatives available for discussion of such document and other customary due

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diligence matters, and include such information in such document prior to the filing thereof as such Holders may reasonably request;
     (vii) make available, at reasonable times, for inspection by each Holder and any attorney or accountant retained by such Holders, all financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents of the Company and the Guarantors and cause the Company’s and the Guarantors’ officers, directors and employees to supply all information reasonably requested by any such Holder, attorney or accountant in connection with such Shelf Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto subsequent to the filing thereof and prior to its effectiveness; provided, however, that any information that is designated in writing by the Company or the Guarantors as confidential at the time of delivery of such information shall be kept confidential by the Holders or any such attorney or accountant, unless such disclosure is made in connection with a court proceeding or required by law;
     (viii) if requested by any Holders in connection with such exchange or sale, promptly include in any Shelf Registration Statement or Prospectus, pursuant to a supplement or post-effective amendment if necessary, such information as such Holders may reasonably request to have included therein, including, without limitation, information relating to the “Plan of Distribution” of the Transfer Restricted Securities; and make all required filings of such Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment as soon as practicable after the Company is notified of the matters to be included in such Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment;
     (ix) furnish to each Holder in connection with such exchange or sale, without charge, at least one copy of the Shelf Registration Statement, as first filed with the Commission, and of each amendment thereto, including all documents incorporated by reference therein and all exhibits (including exhibits incorporated therein by reference);
     (x) deliver to each Holder without charge, as many copies of the Prospectus (including each preliminary prospectus) and any amendment or supplement thereto as such Persons reasonably may request; the Company and the Guarantors hereby consent to the use (in accordance with law) of the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto by each selling Holder in connection with the offering and the sale of the Transfer Restricted Securities covered by the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto;
     (xi) upon the request of any Holder, enter into such agreements (including underwriting agreements) and make such representations and warranties customary for offerings of such type as may be reasonably requested and take all such other actions in connection therewith in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of the Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to any applicable Shelf Registration Statement contemplated by this Agreement as may be reasonably requested by any Holder in connection with any sale or resale pursuant to any applicable Shelf Registration Statement. In such connection, the Company and the Guarantors shall:

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     (A) upon request of any Holder furnish (or in the case of paragraphs (2) and (3), use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause to be furnished), upon the effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement:
     (1) an opinion, dated the date of effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement of counsel for the Company and the Guarantors covering matters as are customarily covered in opinions requested in underwritten offerings and such other matters as such Holder may reasonably request; and
     (2) a customary comfort letter, dated the date of effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement from the Company’s independent accountants, in the customary form and covering matters of the type customarily covered in comfort letters to underwriters in connection with underwritten offerings; and
     (B) deliver such other documents and certificates as may be reasonably requested by the selling Holders to evidence compliance with the matters covered in clause (A) above and with any customary conditions contained in the any agreement entered into by the Company and the Guarantors pursuant to this clause (xi);
     (xii) prior to any public offering of Transfer Restricted Securities, cooperate with the selling Holders and their counsel in connection with the registration and qualification of the Transfer Restricted Securities under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as the selling Holders may request and do any and all other acts or things necessary or advisable to enable the disposition in such jurisdictions of the Transfer Restricted Securities covered by the applicable Registration Statement, but in no event for longer than 365 days from the effective date of the Registration Statement; provided, however, that neither the Company nor any Guarantor shall be required to register or qualify as a foreign corporation where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that would subject it to the service of process in suits or to taxation, other than as to matters and transactions relating to the Registration Statement, in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject;
     (xiii) in connection with any sale of Transfer Restricted Securities that will result in such securities no longer being Transfer Restricted Securities, reasonably cooperate with the Holders to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing Transfer Restricted Securities to be sold and not bearing any restrictive legends; and to register such Transfer Restricted Securities in such denominations and such names as the selling Holders may request at least two Business Days prior to such sale of Transfer Restricted Securities;
     (xiv) use their respective commercially reasonable efforts to cause the disposition of the Transfer Restricted Securities covered by the Registration Statement to be registered with or approved by such other governmental agencies or authorities as may be necessary to enable the seller or sellers thereof to consummate the disposition of such

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Transfer Restricted Securities, but in no event for longer than 365 days from the effective date of the Registration Statement, subject to the proviso contained in clause (xii) above;
     (xv) provide a CUSIP number for all Transfer Restricted Securities not later than the effective date of a Registration Statement covering such Transfer Restricted Securities and provide the Trustee under the Indenture with printed certificates for the Transfer Restricted Securities which are in a form eligible for deposit with the Depository Trust Company;
     (xvi) otherwise use their respective commercially reasonable efforts to comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the Commission, and with regard to any Shelf Registration Statement for which an underwriter has been engaged, use their commercially reasonable efforts to make generally available to its security holders, as soon as practicable, a consolidated earnings statement meeting the requirements of Rule 158 under the Securities Act (which need not be audited) covering a twelve-month period beginning after the effective date of the Registration Statement (as such term is defined in paragraph (c) of Rule 158 under the Securities Act);
     (xvii) cause the Indenture to be qualified under the TIA not later than the effective date of the first Registration Statement required by this Agreement and, in connection therewith, cooperate with the Trustee and the Holders to effect such changes to the Indenture as may be required for such Indenture to be so qualified in accordance with the terms of the TIA; and execute and use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Trustee to execute, all documents that may be required to effect such changes and all other forms and documents required to be filed with the Commission to enable such Indenture to be so qualified in a timely manner; and
     (xviii) unless otherwise available through the Commission’s EDGAR System provide promptly to each Holder, upon request, each document filed with the Commission pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act.
     (d) Restrictions on Holders. Each Holder agrees by acquisition of a Transfer Restricted Security that, upon receipt of the notice referred to in Section 6(c)(iii)(C) or any notice from the Company of the existence of any fact of the kind described in Section 6(c)(iii)(D) hereof (in each case, a “Suspension Notice”), such Holder will forthwith discontinue disposition of Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to the applicable Registration Statement until (i) such Holder has received copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus contemplated by Section 6(c)(iv) hereof, or (ii) such Holder is advised in writing by the Company that the use of the Prospectus may be resumed, and has received copies of any additional or supplemental filings that are incorporated by reference in the Prospectus (in each case, the “Recommencement Date”). Each Holder receiving a Suspension Notice hereby agrees that it will either (i) destroy any Prospectuses, other than permanent file copies, then in such Holder’s possession which have been replaced by the Company with more recently dated Prospectuses or (ii) deliver to the Company (at the Company’s expense) all copies, other than permanent file copies, then in such Holder’s possession of the Prospectus covering such Transfer Restricted Securities that was current at the time of receipt of the Suspension Notice. The time period regarding the

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effectiveness of such Registration Statement set forth in Section 3 or 4 hereof, as applicable, shall be extended by a number of days equal to the number of days in the period from and including the date of delivery of the Suspension Notice to the Recommencement Date.
SECTION 7. REGISTRATION EXPENSES
     (a) All expenses incident to the Company’s and the Guarantors’ performance of or compliance with this Agreement will be borne by the Company, regardless of whether a Registration Statement becomes effective, including without limitation: (i) all registration and filing fees and expenses; (ii) all fees and expenses of compliance with federal securities and state Blue Sky or securities laws; (iii) all expenses of printing (including printing certificates for the Exchange Notes to be issued in the Exchange Offer and printing of Prospectuses, messenger and delivery services and telephone; (iv) all fees and disbursements of outside counsel for the Company and the Guarantors and (v) fees and disbursements of independent certified public accountants of the Company and the Guarantors (including the expenses of any special audit and comfort letters required by or incident to such performance).
     The Company will, in any event, bear its and the Guarantors’ internal expenses (including, without limitation, all salaries and expenses of its officers and employees performing legal or accounting duties), the expenses of any annual audit and the fees and expenses of any Person, including special experts, retained by the Company or the Guarantors.
     (b) In connection with any Registration Statement required by this Agreement (including, without limitation, the Exchange Offer Registration Statement and the Shelf Registration Statement), the Company and the Guarantors will reimburse the Initial Purchasers and the Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities who are tendering Notes into in the Exchange Offer and/or selling or reselling Notes or Exchange Notes pursuant to the “Plan of Distribution” contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or the Shelf Registration Statement, as applicable, for the reasonable and actual fees and disbursements of not more than one counsel, who shall be Latham & Watkins LLP, unless another firm shall be chosen by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Transfer Restricted Securities for whose benefit such Registration Statement is being prepared.
SECTION 8. INDEMNIFICATION
     (a) The Company and the Guarantors agree, jointly and severally, to indemnify and hold harmless each Holder, its directors, officers and each Person, if any, who controls such Holder (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act), from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, judgments, (including without limitation, any legal or other expenses incurred in connection with investigating or defending any matter, including any action that could give rise to any such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or judgments) caused by any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement, preliminary prospectus or Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) provided by the Company to any Holder or any prospective purchaser of Exchange Notes or registered Notes, or caused by any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not

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misleading, except insofar as such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or judgments are caused by an untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission that is based upon information relating to any of the Holders furnished in writing to the Company by any of the Holders.
     (b) Each Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the Company and the Guarantors, and their respective directors and officers, and each person, if any, who controls (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act) the Company, or the Guarantors to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity from the Company and the Guarantors set forth in section (a) above, but only with reference to information relating to such Holder furnished in writing to the Company by such Holder expressly for use in any Registration Statement, preliminary prospectus or Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto). In no event shall any Holder, its directors, officers or any Person who controls such Holder be liable or responsible for any amount in excess of the amount by which the total amount received by such Holder with respect to its sale of Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement exceeds (i) the amount paid by such Holder for such Transfer Restricted Securities and (ii) the amount of any damages that such Holder, its directors, officers or any Person who controls such Holder has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission.
     (c) In case any action shall be commenced involving any person in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to Section 8(a) or 8(b) (the “indemnified party”), the indemnified party shall promptly notify the person against whom such indemnity may be sought (the “indemnifying person”) in writing and the indemnifying party shall assume and control the defense of such action, including the employment of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party and the payment of all fees and expenses of such counsel, as incurred (except that in the case of any action in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to both Sections 8(a) and 8(b), a Holder shall not be required to assume the defense of such action pursuant to this Section 8(c), but may employ separate counsel and participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel, except as provided below, shall be at the expense of the Holder). Any indemnified party shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any such action and participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of the indemnified party unless (i) the employment of such counsel shall have been specifically authorized in writing by the indemnifying party, (ii) the indemnifying party shall have failed to assume the defense of such action or employ counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party or (iii) the named parties to any such action (including any impleaded parties) include both the indemnified party and the indemnifying party, and the indemnified party shall have been advised by such counsel that there may be one or more legal defenses available to it which are different from or additional to those available to the indemnifying party (in which case the indemnifying party shall not have the right to assume the defense of such action on behalf of the indemnified party). In any such case, the indemnifying party shall not, in connection with any one action or separate but substantially similar or related actions in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances, be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm of attorneys (in addition to any local counsel) for all indemnified parties and all such fees and expenses shall be reimbursed as they are incurred. Such firm shall be designated in writing by a majority of the Holders, in the

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case of the parties indemnified pursuant to Section 8(a), and by the Company and Guarantors, in the case of parties indemnified pursuant to Section 8(b). No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party, effect any settlement or compromise of, or consent to the entry of judgment with respect to, any pending or threatened action in respect of which the indemnified party is or could have been a party and indemnity or contribution may be or could have been sought hereunder by the indemnified party, unless such settlement, compromise or judgment (i) includes an unconditional release of the indemnified party from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such action and (ii) does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act, by or on behalf of the indemnified party. No indemnifying party shall be liable for any settlement on its behalf, effectuated without its consent.
     (d) To the extent that the indemnification provided for in this Section 8 is unavailable to an indemnified party in respect of any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or judgments referred to therein, then each indemnifying party, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or judgments (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company and the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Holders, on the other hand, from their sale of Transfer Restricted Securities or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause 8(d)(i) is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause 8(d)(i) above but also the relative fault of the Company and the Guarantors, on the one hand, and of the Holder, on the other hand, in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or judgments, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of the Company and the Guarantors, on the one hand, and of the Holder, on the other hand, shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or such Guarantors, on the one hand, or by the Holder, on the other hand, and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The amount paid or payable by a party as a result of the losses, claims, damages, liabilities and judgments referred to above shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth in the second paragraph of Section 8(a), any outside legal counsel or other fees or expenses reasonably incurred by such party in connection with investigating or defending any action or claim.
     The Company, the Guarantors and each Holder agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 8(d) were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Holders were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph. The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages, liabilities or judgments referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any outside legal counsel or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any matter, including any action that could have given rise to such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or judgments. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 8, no Holder, its directors, its officers or any Person, if any, who controls such Holder shall be required to contribute, in the aggregate, any amount in excess of

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the amount by which the total received by such Holder with respect to the sale of Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement exceeds (i) the amount paid by such Holder for such Transfer Restricted Securities and (ii) the amount of any damages which such Holder has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Holders’ obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 8(c) are several in proportion to the respective principal amount of Transfer Restricted Securities held by each Holder hereunder and not joint.
SECTION 9. RULE 144A AND RULE 144
     The Company and the Guarantors agree with each Holder, for so long as any Transfer Restricted Securities remain outstanding and during any period in which the Company or the Guarantors (i) are not subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, to make available, upon request of any Holder, to such Holder or beneficial owner of Transfer Restricted Securities in connection with any sale thereof and any prospective purchaser of such Transfer Restricted Securities designated by such Holder or beneficial owner, the information required by Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act in order to permit resales of such Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to Rule 144A, and (ii) are subject to Section 13 or 15 (d) of the Exchange Act, to make all filings required thereby in a timely manner in order to permit resales of such Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to Rule 144.
SECTION 10. MISCELLANEOUS
     (a) (intentionally omitted)
     (b) No Inconsistent Agreements. Neither the Company nor any Guarantor will, on or after the date of this Agreement, enter into any agreement with respect to its securities that is inconsistent with the rights granted to the Holders in this Agreement or otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof. Neither the Company nor any Guarantor has previously entered into any agreement granting any registration rights with respect to its securities to any Person that would require such securities to be included in any Registration Statement filed hereunder. 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 Company’s and the Guarantors’ securities under any agreement in effect on the date hereof.
     (c) Amendments and Waivers. The provisions of this Agreement may not be amended, modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to or departures from the provisions hereof may not be given unless (i) in the case of Section 5 hereof and this Section 10(c)(i), the Company has obtained the written consent of Holders of all outstanding Transfer Restricted Securities and (ii) in the case of all other provisions hereof, the Company has obtained the written consent of Holders of a majority of the outstanding principal amount of Transfer Restricted Securities (excluding Transfer Restricted Securities held by the Company or its Affiliates). Notwithstanding the foregoing, a waiver or consent to departure from the provisions hereof that relates exclusively to the rights of Holders whose Transfer Restricted Securities are being tendered pursuant to the Exchange Offer, and that does not affect directly or indirectly the

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rights of other Holders whose Transfer Restricted Securities are not being tendered pursuant to such Exchange Offer, may be given by the Holders of a majority of the outstanding principal amount of Transfer Restricted Securities subject to such Exchange Offer.
     (d) Third Party Beneficiary. The Holders shall be third party beneficiaries to the agreements made hereunder between the Company and the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Initial Purchasers, on the other hand, and shall have the right to enforce such agreements directly to the extent they may deem such enforcement necessary or advisable to protect its rights or the rights of Holders hereunder.
     (e) Notices. All notices and other communications provided for or permitted hereunder shall be made in writing by hand-delivery, first-class mail (registered or certified, return receipt requested), telex, telecopier, or air courier guaranteeing overnight delivery:
     (i) if to a Holder, at the address set forth on the records of the Registrar under the Indenture, with a copy to the Registrar under the Indenture; and
     (ii) if to the Company or the Guarantors:
MetroPCS Wireless, Inc.
2250 Lakeside Boulevard
Richardson, Texas 75082
Attention: Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
With a copy to:
Baker Botts, LLP
2001 Ross Avenue
Dallas, Texas 75201
Attention: Andrew M. Baker
     (iii) if to the Initial Purchasers:
J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.
Banc of America Securities LLC
HSBC Securities (USA) Inc.
      c/o J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.
      270 Park Avenue, 8th Floor
      New York, NY 10017
Attention.: Corporate Finance Department
with a copy to:

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Latham & Watkins LLP
885 Third Avenue, Suite 1000
New York, NY 10022
Attention.: Marc D. Jaffe
     All such notices and communications shall be deemed to have been duly given at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; five business days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; when receipt acknowledged, if telecopied; and on the next business day, if timely delivered to an air courier guaranteeing overnight delivery.
     Copies of all such notices, demands or other communications shall be concurrently delivered by the Person giving the same to the Trustee at the address specified in the Indenture.
     (f) Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors and assigns 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 Transfer Restricted Securities in violation of the terms hereof or of the Purchase Agreement or the Indenture. If any transferee of any Holder shall acquire Transfer Restricted Securities in any manner, whether by operation of law or otherwise, such Transfer Restricted Securities shall be held subject to all of the terms of this Agreement, and by taking and holding such Transfer Restricted 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, including the restrictions on resale set forth in this Agreement and, if applicable, the Purchase Agreement, and such Person shall be entitled to receive the benefits hereof.
     (g) 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.
     (h) Headings. The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.
     (i) Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CONFLICT OF LAW RULES THEREOF.
     (j) 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.
     (k) Entire Agreement. This Agreement is intended by the parties as a final expression of their agreement and intended to be a complete and exclusive statement of the agreement and understanding of the parties hereto in respect of the subject matter contained herein. There are no restrictions, promises, warranties or undertakings, other than those set forth or referred to

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herein with respect to the registration rights granted with respect to the Transfer Restricted Securities. This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings between the parties with respect to such subject matter.
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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.
             
 
           
    METROPCS WIRELESS, INC.    
 
           
 
  By:   /s/ Roger D. Linquist    
 
           
 
  Name:   Roger D. Linquist    
 
  Title:   President and Chief Executive Officer    
 
           
    METROPCS AWS, LLC    
 
  METROPCS, INC.    
 
  METROPCS CALIFORNIA, LLC    
 
  METROPCS FLORIDA, LLC    
 
  METROPCS GEORGIA, LLC    
 
  METROPCS MICHIGAN, INC.    
 
  METROPCS TEXAS, LLC    
 
  METROPCS 700 MHz, LLC    
 
  METROPCS COMMUNICATIONS, INC.    
 
  METROPCS MASSACHUSETTS, LLC    
 
  METROPCS NEVADA, LLC    
 
  METROPCS NEW YORK, LLC    
 
  METROPCS PENNSYLVANIA, LLC    
 
           
 
  By:   /s/ Roger D. Linquist    
 
           
 
  Name:   Roger D. Linquist    
 
  Title:   President and Chief Executive Officer    

 


 

Accepted and agreed to as of
the date first above written:
         
 
       
J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES INC.    
 
       
By:
  /s/ Paul Finger    
 
       
Name: Paul Finger    
Title: Executive Director    
 
       
BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC    
 
       
By:
  /s/ Daniel J. Kelly    
 
       
Name: Daniel J. Kelly    
Title: Managing Director    
 
       
HSBC SECURITIES (USA) INC.    
 
       
By:
  /s/ Maureen K. Sweeny    
 
       
Name: Maureen K. Sweeny    
Title: Vice President    

 


 

Schedule I
Guarantors
         
    Jurisdiction of  
Entity   Organization  
MetroPCS 700 MHz, LLC
  Delaware
 
MetroPCS AWS, LLC
  Delaware
 
MetroPCS, Inc.
  Delaware
 
MetroPCS California, LLC
  Delaware
 
MetroPCS Communications, Inc.
  Delaware
 
MetroPCS Florida, LLC
  Delaware
 
MetroPCS Georgia, LLC
  Delaware
 
MetroPCS Massachusetts, LLC
  Delaware
 
MetroPCS Michigan, Inc.
  Delaware
 
MetroPCS Nevada, LLC
  Delaware
 
MetroPCS New York, LLC
  Delaware
 
MetroPCS Pennsylvania, LLC
  Delaware
 
MetroPCS Texas, LLC
  Delaware

 

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