EX-2.12 6 d339861dex212.htm EX-2.12 EX-2.12

Exhibit 2.12

 

 

 

VIDEOTRON LTD. / VIDÉOTRON LTÉE

 

 

THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

Dated as of June 20, 2016

 

 

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association,

Trustee

 

 

 

 

 

 


THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of June 20, 2016 (this “Third Supplemental Indenture”), by and among Videotron Ltd. / Vidéotron Ltée, a corporation under the laws of the Province of Québec (the “Corporation”), 9176-6857 Québec inc., a corporation under the laws of the Province of Québec (the “Additional Subsidiary Guarantor”) and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), to the Indenture, dated as of March 14, 2012, as supplemented through the date hereof (the “Indenture”), by and among the Corporation, each of the subsidiary guarantors party thereto (collectively referred to as the “Original Subsidiary Guarantors”), and the Trustee.

WHEREAS, the Corporation, the Original Subsidiary Guarantors and the Trustee have entered into the Indenture governing the Corporation’s 5% Senior Notes due July 15, 2022 (the “Notes”);

WHEREAS, Section 4.19 of the Indenture provides that under certain circumstances the Corporation shall cause a Restricted Subsidiary to execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture providing for a Subsidiary Guarantee of the payment of the Notes by such Restricted Subsidiary;

WHEREAS, the parties hereto are desirous of further supplementing the Indenture in the manner hereinafter provided for the purpose of providing Subsidiary Guarantees by the Additional Subsidiary Guarantor in accordance with the terms of the Indenture;

WHEREAS, Section 9.01(e) of the Indenture provides that the Corporation and the Trustee may amend or supplement the Indenture without the consent of any Holder to add additional guarantees with respect to the Notes;

WHEREAS, this Third Supplemental Indenture shall not result in a material modification of the Notes for purposes of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act; and

WHEREAS, all things necessary have been done to make this Third Supplemental Indenture a valid agreement of the Corporation, the Additional Subsidiary Guarantor and the Trustee, in accordance with its terms.

NOW, THEREFORE, THIS THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WITNESSETH:

For and in consideration of the premises contained herein, the parties hereto mutually covenant and agree as follows:

1. Terms used in this Third Supplemental Indenture that are not defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Indenture.

2. The Additional Subsidiary Guarantor hereby agrees to provide an unconditional Subsidiary Guarantee on the terms and subject to the conditions and limitations set forth in the Indenture, including but not limited to Article 10 of the Indenture.

3. This Third Supplemental Indenture shall be construed as supplemental to the Indenture and shall form a part thereof, and the Indenture is hereby incorporated by reference herein and, as supplemented, modified and restated hereby, is hereby ratified, approved and confirmed.

 

Third Supplemental Indenture to VL 2012 Indenture


4. This Third Supplemental Indenture shall be effective as of the date hereof. On and after the date hereof, each reference in the Indenture to “this Indenture,” “hereunder,” “hereof,” or “herein” shall mean and be a reference to the Indenture as supplemented by this Third Supplemental Indenture unless the context otherwise requires.

5. Except as provided below, in the event of a conflict between the terms and conditions of the Indenture and the terms and conditions of this Third Supplemental Indenture, the terms and conditions of this Third Supplemental Indenture shall prevail.

6. If any provision of this Third Supplemental Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with another provision of the Indenture that is required to be included by the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the “Act”), as in force at the date this Third Supplemental Indenture is executed, the provision required by said Act shall control.

7. This Third Supplemental Indenture shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

8. This Third Supplemental Indenture may be signed in any number of counterparts with the same effect as if the signatures to each counterpart were upon a single instrument, and all such counterparts together shall be deemed an original of this Third Supplemental Indenture.

9. The recitals contained in this Third Supplemental Indenture shall be taken as the statements of the Corporation, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Third Supplemental Indenture.

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Third Supplemental Indenture to VL 2012 Indenture


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

CORPORATION:

VIDÉOTRON LTÉE

 

By:  

/s/ Hugues Simard

    By :  

/s/ Chloé Poirier

Name:   Hugues Simard     Name:   Chloé Poirier
Title:  

Senior Vice President and Chief

Financial Officer

    Title:   Vice President and Treasurer

ADDITIONAL SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS:

9176-6857 QUÉBEC INC.

 

By:

 

/s/ Hugues Simard

   

By:

 

/s/ Chloé Poirier

Name:   Hugues Simard     Name:   Chloé Poirier
Title:   Vice President, Finance     Title:   Vice President and Treasurer

TRUSTEE:

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

By:  

/s/ Yana Kislenko

Name:   Yana Kislenko
Title:   Vice President

 

Third Supplemental Indenture to VL 2012 Indenture