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): 12/13/2004
CLEAR CHANNEL COMMUNICATIONS INC
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Commission File Number: 001-09645
TX 74-1787539 (State or Other Jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer Incorporation or Organization) Identification No.) |
200 E. Basse
San Antonio, TX 78209
(Address of Principal Executive Offices, Including Zip Code)
210-822-2828
(Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
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):
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Items to be Included in this Report
Item 8.01. Other Events
On December 13, 2004, Clear Channel Communications, Inc. entered into an underwriting agreement for the public offering of $250 million of its 5.5% Notes Due 2016. Closing of the transaction occurred on December 16, 2004. The purpose of this report is to permit the registrant to file herewith those exhibits listed in Item 9.01 below.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits
(c) Exhibits
1.1 Underwriting Agreement dated December 13, 2004, by and among Clear Channel Communications, Inc. and Banc of America Securities LLC.
5.1 Opinion of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP.
10.1 Nineteenth Supplemental Indenture dated as of December 16, 2004, to Senior Indenture dated October 1, 1997, by and between Clear Channel Communications, Inc. and The Bank of New York, as Trustee.
Signature(s)
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.
CLEAR CHANNEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
Date: December 16, 2004 By: /s/ HERBERT W. HILL, JR. ------------------------------------- Herbert W. Hill, Jr. Sr. Vice President/Chief Accounting Officer |
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
1.1 Underwriting Agreement dated December 13, 2004, by and among Clear Channel Communications, Inc. and Banc of America Securities LLC. 5.1 Opinion of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP. 10.1 Nineteenth Supplemental Indenture dated as of December 16, 2004, to Senior Indenture dated October 1, 1997, by and between Clear Channel Communications, Inc. and The Bank of New York, as Trustee. |
EXHIBIT 1.1
Clear Channel Communications, Inc.
Underwriting Agreement
New York, New York
December 13, 2004
To the Representatives
named in Schedule I
hereto of the Under-
writers named in
Schedule II hereto
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Clear Channel Communications, Inc., a Texas corporation (the "Company"), proposes to sell to the underwriters named in Schedule II hereto (the "Underwriters"), for whom you (the "Representatives") are acting as representatives, the principal amount of its securities identified in Schedule I hereto of the Company, to be issued under an indenture dated as of October 1, 1997, between the Company and The Bank of New York, as trustee (the "Trustee"), as amended by the Nineteenth Supplemental Indenture dated as of December 16, 2004 (as so amended, the "Indenture") (said principal amount to be issued and sold by the Company being hereinafter called the "Securities"). If the firm or firms listed in Schedule II hereto include only the firm or firms listed in Schedule I hereto, then the terms "Underwriters" and "Representatives", as used herein, shall each be deemed to refer to such firm or firms. To the extent there are no additional Underwriters listed on Schedule I other than you, the term Representatives as used herein shall mean you, as Underwriters, and the terms Representatives and Underwriters shall mean either the singular or plural as the context requires. Any reference herein to the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, any Preliminary Final Prospectus or the Final Prospectus, shall except as specified therein, be deemed to refer to and include the documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 which were filed under the Exchange Act on or before the Effective Date of the Registration Statement or the issue date of the Basic Prospectus, any Preliminary Final Prospectus or the Final Prospectus, as the case may be; and any reference herein to the terms "amend", "amendment" or "supplement" with respect to the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, any Preliminary Final Prospectus or the Final Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the filing of any document under the Exchange Act after the Effective Date of the Registration Statement or the issue date of the Basic Prospectus, any Preliminary Final Prospectus or the Final Prospectus, as the case may be, deemed to be incorporated therein by reference. The use of the neuter in this Agreement shall include the feminine and masculine wherever appropriate.
1. Representations and Warranties. The Company represents and
warrants to, and agrees with, each Underwriter as set forth below in this
Section 1. Certain terms used in this Section 1 are defined in Section 16
hereof.
(a) The Company meets the requirements for the use of Form S-3 under the Act and has filed with the Commission a registration statement (the
file
number of which is set forth in Schedule I hereto) on such Form, including
a basic prospectus, for registration under the Act of the offering and
sale of the Securities. The Company may have filed one or more amendments
thereto, including a Preliminary Final Prospectus, each of which has
previously been furnished to you. The Company will next file with the
Commission one of the following: (x) a final prospectus supplement
relating to the Securities in accordance with Rules 430A and 424(b), (y)
prior to the Effective Date of such registration statement, an amendment
to such registration statement, including the form of final prospectus
supplement, or (z) a final prospectus in accordance with Rules 415 and
424(b). In the case of clause (x), the Company has included in such
registration statement, as amended at the Effective Date, all information
(other than Rule 430A Information) required by the Act and the rules
thereunder to be included in such registration statement and the Final
Prospectus. As filed, such final prospectus supplement or such amendment
and form of final prospectus supplement shall contain all Rule 430A
Information, together with all other such required information, and,
except to the extent the Representatives shall agree in writing to a
modification, shall be in all substantive respects in the form furnished
to you prior to the Execution Time or, to the extent not completed at the
Execution Time, shall contain only such specific additional information
and other changes (beyond that contained in the Basic Prospectus and any
Preliminary Final Prospectus) as the Company has advised you, prior to the
Execution Time, will be included or made therein.
(b) On the Effective Date, the Registration Statement did or will,
and when the Final Prospectus is first filed (if required) in accordance
with Rule 424(b) and on the Closing Date (as defined herein), the Final
Prospectus (and any supplement thereto) will, comply in all material
respects with the applicable requirements of the Act, the Exchange Act and
The Trust Indenture Act and the respective rules thereunder; on the
Effective Date and at the Execution Time, the Registration Statement did
not or will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in
order to make the statements therein not misleading; on the Effective Date
and on the Closing Date the Indenture did or will comply in all material
respects with the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act and the rules
thereunder; and, on the Effective Date, the Final Prospectus, if not filed
pursuant to Rule 424(b), will not, and on the date of any filing pursuant
to Rule 424(b) and on the Closing Date, the Final Prospectus (together
with any supplement thereto) will not, include any untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make
the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they
were made, not misleading; provided, however, that the Company makes no
representations or warranties as to (i) that part of the Registration
Statement which shall constitute the Statement of Eligibility and
Qualification (Form T-1) under the Trust Indenture Act of the Trustee or
(ii) the information contained in or omitted from the Registration
Statement or the Final Prospectus (or any supplement thereto) in reliance
upon and in conformity with information furnished herein or in writing to
the Company by or on behalf of any Underwriter through the Representatives
specifically for inclusion in the Registration Statement or the Final
Prospectus (or any supplement thereto), it
being understood that the information referred to in this clause (b)(ii) shall be limited to the information described in Section 7(b) hereof.
(c) The Company has been duly organized and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Texas, with corporate power and authority to own its properties and conduct its business as described in the Final Prospectus; each of the subsidiaries of the Company as listed on Schedule III hereto (collectively, the "Subsidiaries") has been duly organized and is validly existing in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, with power and authority to own or lease its properties and conduct its business as described in the Final Prospectus; the Company and each of the Subsidiaries are duly qualified to transact business in all jurisdictions in which the conduct of their business requires such qualification and a failure to qualify would have a material adverse effect upon the business or financial condition of the Company and the Subsidiaries taken as a whole; except as set forth on Schedule III hereto, or as described in the Final Prospectus, the outstanding shares of capital stock of each of the Subsidiaries owned by the Company or a Subsidiary have been duly authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and nonassessable and are owned by the Company or another subsidiary free and clear of all liens, encumbrances and security interests and no options, warrants or other rights to purchase, agreements or other obligations to issue or other rights to convert any obligations into shares of capital stock or ownership interests in the Subsidiaries are outstanding.
(d) The authorized shares of Common Stock of the Company have been duly authorized. The outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company have been duly authorized and are validly issued, fully-paid and non-assessable.
(e) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and is a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms.
(f) The Indenture and the Securities conform in all material respects with the statements concerning them in the Final Prospectus.
(g) The Commission has not issued an order preventing or suspending the use of any Basic Prospectus, Preliminary Final Prospectus or Final Prospectus relating to the proposed offering of the Securities nor instituted proceedings for that purpose.
(h) The consolidated financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries, together with related notes and schedules incorporated by reference in the Final Prospectus present fairly the financial position and the results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries consolidated, at the indicated dates and for the indicated periods. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted principles of accounting, consistently applied throughout the periods involved, and all adjustments necessary for a fair presentation of results for such periods have been made. The selected and summary financial and statistical data included in the Final Prospectus present
fairly the information shown therein and have been compiled on a basis consistent with the financial statements incorporated by reference therein and the books and records of the Company. The pro forma financial information, if any, included in the Final Prospectus presents fairly the information shown therein, have been properly compiled on the pro forma bases described therein, and, in the opinion of the Company, the assumptions used in the preparation thereof are reasonable and the adjustments used therein are appropriate to give effect to the transactions or circumstances referred to therein.
(i) Except for those license renewal applications of the Company or its subsidiaries currently pending before the Federal Communications Commission (the "FCC"), or as set forth in the Final Prospectus or on Schedule III, there is no action or proceeding pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against the Company or any of the Subsidiaries before any court or administrative agency which could reasonably be likely to result in any material adverse change in the earnings, business, management, properties, assets, rights, operations, condition (financial or otherwise) of the Company and of the Subsidiaries (taken as a whole).
(j) The Company and the Subsidiaries have good and marketable title to all of the properties and assets reflected in the financial statements herein above described (or as described in the Final Prospectus) subject to no material lien, mortgage, pledge, charge or encumbrance of any kind, except those reflected in such financial statements or as described in the Final Prospectus or set forth on Schedule III. The Company and the Subsidiaries occupy their leased properties under valid leases with such exceptions as are not material to the Company and the subsidiaries taken as a whole and do not materially interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such properties by the Company and the Subsidiaries.
(k) The Company and the Subsidiaries have filed all Federal, State and foreign income tax returns which have been required to be filed and have paid all taxes indicated by said returns and all assessments received by them or any of them to the extent that such taxes have become due and are not being contested in good faith. The Company has no knowledge of any tax deficiency that has been or might be asserted against the Company that would have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole.
(l) Since the last date as of which information is given in the Final Prospectus, as it may be amended or supplemented, there has not been any material adverse change or any development involving a prospective material adverse change in or affecting the earnings, business, management, properties, assets, rights, operations, condition (financial or otherwise) or business prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries (taken as a whole), whether or not occurring in the ordinary course of business, other than general economic and industry conditions, changes in the ordinary course of business and changes or transactions described or contemplated in the Final Prospectus, and there has not been any material definitive agreement entered into by the Company or the Subsidiaries, other than transactions in the ordinary course of business and changes and transactions contemplated by the Final Prospectus, as it may be amended or
supplemented. None of the Company or the Subsidiaries have any material contingent obligations which are not disclosed in the Final Prospectus, as it may be amended or supplemented.
(m) Neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries is or with the giving of notice or lapse of time or both, will be in default under its certificate or articles of incorporation, by-laws or partnership agreements or any agreement, lease, contract, indenture or other instrument or obligation to which it is a party or by which it, or any of its properties, is bound and which default is of material significance in respect of the business or financial condition of the Company and its subsidiaries (taken as a whole). The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions herein contemplated and the fulfillment of the terms hereof will not conflict with or result in a breach of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust or other material agreement or instrument to which the Company or any Subsidiary is a party, or of the certificate or articles of incorporation or by-laws of the Company or any order, rule or regulation applicable to the Company or any Subsidiary, or of any court or of any regulatory body or administrative agency or other governmental body having jurisdiction, except in all cases a conflict, breach or default which would not have a materially adverse effect on the business or financial condition of the Company and the subsidiaries (taken as a whole).
(n) Each approval, consent, order, authorization, designation, declaration or filing by or with any regulatory, administrative or other governmental body necessary in connection with the execution and delivery by the Company of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions herein contemplated (except such additional steps as may be required by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. ("NASD") or the New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE") or as may be necessary to qualify the Securities for public offering by the Underwriters under State securities or Blue Sky laws) has been obtained or made and is in full force and effect.
(o) The Company and each of the Subsidiaries hold all material licenses, certificates and permits from governmental authorities, including without limitation, the FCC, which are necessary to the conduct of their businesses; and neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries has received notice of any infringement of any material patents, patent rights, trade names, trademarks or copyrights, which infringement is material to the business of the Company and the Subsidiaries (taken as a whole).
(p) Ernst & Young LLP, who has certified certain of the financial statements incorporated by reference in the Final Prospectus, is to the knowledge of the Company an independent registered public accounting firm as required by the Act and the Rules and Regulations.
(q) To the Company's knowledge, there are no affiliations or associations between any member of the National Association of Securities Dealers and any of the Company's officers, directors or 5% or greater security holders except as
otherwise disclosed in writing to Banc of America Securities LLC or set forth in Schedule III.
(r) Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is an "investment company" within the meaning of such term under the Investment Company Act of 1940 and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.
(s) The Company maintains a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management's general or specific authorization; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles and to maintain accountability for assets; (iii) access to 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.
(t) The Company and each of its Subsidiaries carry, or are covered by, insurance, including self insurance, in such amounts and covering such risks as is adequate for the conduct of their respective businesses and the value of their respective properties and as is customary for companies engaged in similar industries.
(u) The Company is in compliance in all material respects with all presently applicable provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, including the regulations and published interpretations thereunder ("ERISA"); no "reportable event" (as defined in ERISA) for which the Company would have any liability has occurred and is continuing; the Company has not incurred and does not expect to incur liability under (i) Title IV of ERISA with respect to termination of, or withdrawal from, any "pension plan" or (ii) Sections 412 or 4971 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, including the regulations and published interpretations thereunder (the "Code"); and each "pension plan" for which the Company would have any liability that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code is so qualified in all material respects and nothing has occurred, whether by action or by failure to act, which would cause the loss of such qualification and where any such noncompliance, "reportable event," liability or nonqualification, alone or in the aggregate, would not have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole.
Any certificate signed by any officer of the Company and delivered to the Representatives or counsel for the Underwriters in connection with the offering of the Securities shall be deemed solely to be a representation and warranty by the Company, as to matters covered thereby, to each Underwriter.
2. Purchase and Sale. Subject to the terms and conditions and in reliance upon the representations and warranties herein set forth, the Company agrees to sell to each Underwriter, and each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase at
the purchase price set forth on Schedule I, the principal amount of Securities set forth opposite such Underwriter's name in Schedule II.
3. Delivery and Payment. Delivery of and payment for the Securities shall be made on the date and at the time specified in Schedule I hereto, which date and time may be postponed by agreement among the Representatives and the Company or as provided in Section 8 hereof (such date and time of delivery and payment for the Securities being herein called the "Closing Date"). Delivery of the Securities shall be made to the Representatives for the respective accounts of the several Underwriters against payment by the several Underwriters through the Representatives of the respective aggregate purchase prices of the Securities being sold by the Company to or upon the order of the Company by wire transfer payable in same-day funds to an account specified by the Company. Delivery of the Securities shall be made through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company unless the Representatives shall otherwise instruct.
4. Agreements. The Company agrees with the several Underwriters that:
(a) The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to cause the
Registration Statement, if not effective at the Execution Time, and any
amendment thereto, to become effective. Prior to the termination of the
offering of the Securities, the Company will not file any amendment of the
Registration Statement or supplement (including the Final Prospectus or
any Preliminary Final Prospectus) to the Basic Prospectus or any Rule
462(b) Registration Statement unless the Company has furnished you a copy
for your review prior to filing and will not file any such proposed
amendment or supplement to which you reasonably object in writing. Subject
to the foregoing sentence, the Company will cause the Final Prospectus,
properly completed, and any supplement thereto to be filed with the
Commission pursuant to the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) within the
time period prescribed and will provide evidence satisfactory to the
Representatives of such timely filing. The Company will promptly advise
the Representatives (i) when the Registration Statement, if not effective
at the Execution Time, shall have become effective, (ii) when the Final
Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed with the
Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) or when any Rule 462(b) Registration
Statement shall have been filed with the Commission, (iii) when, prior to
termination of the offering of the Securities, any amendment to the
Registration Statement shall have been filed or become effective, (iv) of
any request by the Commission or its staff for any amendment of the
Registration Statement, or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, or for
any supplement to the Final Prospectus or of any additional information,
(v) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the institution or
threatening of any proceeding for that purpose and (vi) of the receipt by
the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the
qualification of the Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the
initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose. The Company
will use its reasonable efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop
order or the suspension of any such qualification and, if issued, to
obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal thereof.
(b) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities is required to be delivered under the Act, any event occurs as a result of which the Final Prospectus as then supplemented would include any 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, or if it shall be necessary to amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Final Prospectus to comply with the Act or the Exchange Act or the respective rules thereunder, the Company promptly will (i) prepare and file with the Commission, subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 4, an amendment or supplement or, if appropriate, a filing under the Exchange Act, which will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance and (ii) supply any supplemented Final Prospectus to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(c) As soon as practicable, the Company will make generally available to its security holders and to the Representatives an earnings statement or statements of the Company and its subsidiaries which will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158 under the Act.
(d) The Company will furnish to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters, without charge, copies of the Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto) and, so long as delivery of a prospectus by an Underwriter or dealer may be required by the Act, as many copies of any Preliminary Final Prospectus and the Final Prospectus and any supplement thereto as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company will pay the expenses of printing or other production of all documents relating to the offering.
(e) The Company will arrange, if necessary, for the qualification of the Securities for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate, will maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution of the Securities and will pay any fee of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., in connection with its review of the offering, provided that the Company will not be required to file a consent to service of process in any state in which it is not qualified or for which consent has not been given.
(f) The Company shall not invest, or otherwise use the proceeds received by the Company from its sale of the Securities in such a manner as would require the Company or any of the Subsidiaries to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act").
5. Conditions to the Obligations of the Underwriters. The
obligations of the Underwriters to purchase the Securities shall be subject to
the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company
contained herein as of the Execution Time and the Closing Date pursuant to
Section 3 hereof, to the accuracy of the statements of the Company made in any
certificates pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the
Company of its obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions:
(a) If the Registration Statement has not become effective prior to the Execution Time, unless the Representatives agree in writing to a later time, the Registration Statement will become effective not later than (i) 6:00 PM New York City time, on the date of determination of the public offering price, if such determination occurred at or prior to 3:00 PM New York City time on such date or (ii) 9:30 AM on the Business Day following the day on which the public offering price was determined, if such determination occurred after 3:00 PM New York City time on such date; if filing of the Final Prospectus, or any supplement thereto, is required pursuant to Rule 424(b), the Final Prospectus, and any such supplement, shall have been filed in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b); and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or threatened.
(b) The Company shall have furnished to the Representatives the opinion of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, counsel for the Company, dated the Closing Date, to the effect that:
(i) The Company is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Texas, with corporate power and authority to own or lease its properties and conduct its business as described in the Final Prospectus; and the outstanding shares of capital stock of each of the Subsidiaries have been duly authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and non-assessable; and, to such counsel's knowledge, except (A) as reflected in the Company's financial statements, (B) as described in the Registration Statement or (C) as set forth on Schedule III hereto or as disclosed in such counsel's opinion, (x) the outstanding shares of capital stock of each of the Subsidiaries are owned by the Company or its subsidiary free and clear of all liens, encumbrances and security interests and (y) no options, warrants or other rights to purchase, agreements or other obligations to issue, or other rights to convert any obligations into any shares of capital stock or of ownership interests in the Subsidiaries are outstanding.
(ii) The Indenture and the Securities conform in all material respects to the descriptions thereof contained in the Final Prospectus.
(iii) Except as described in the Final Prospectus, to the knowledge of such counsel, no holder of any securities of the Company or any other person has the right, contractual or otherwise, which has not been satisfied or effectively waived, to cause the Company to sell or otherwise issue to them, or to permit them to underwrite the sale of, any of the Securities or the right to have any Common Stock or other securities of the Company included in the Registration Statement or the right, as a result of the filing of the Registration Statement, to require registration under the Act of any shares of Common Stock or other securities of the Company.
(iv) the Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered, has been duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act,
and
constitutes a legal, valid and binding instrument enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms and the Securities have been duly authorized and, when executed and authenticated in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture and delivered to and paid for by the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, will constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company entitled to the benefits of the Indenture (subject, in respect to both the Indenture and the Securities, as to enforcement of remedies, to applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance or transfer, moratorium or other laws affecting creditors' rights generally from time to time in effect);
(v) The Registration Statement has become effective under the Act and, to the knowledge of such counsel, no stop order proceedings with respect thereto have been instituted or are pending or threatened under the Act.
(vi) The Registration Statement, the Final Prospectus and each amendment or supplement thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein (each as amended to date) comply as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable and the applicable rules and regulations thereunder (except that such counsel need express no opinion as to the statistical information contained in the Final Prospectus or financial statements, schedules and other financial information incorporated by reference therein).
(vii) The statements under the captions "Business" and "Description of the Notes" in the Final Prospectus, insofar as such statements constitute a summary of documents referred to therein or matters of law, are accurate summaries and fairly and accurately present the information called for with respect to such documents and matters in all material respects.
(viii) Except as set forth on Schedule III, to such counsel's knowledge, there are no contracts or documents required to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement or described in the Registration Statement or the Final Prospectus (excluding any document incorporated therein by reference) which are not so filed or described as required, and such contracts and documents as are summarized in the Registration Statement or the Final Prospectus (excluding any document incorporated therein by reference) are fairly summarized in all material respects.
(ix) Except as set forth on Schedule III, to such counsel's knowledge, there are no material legal proceedings pending or threatened against the Company or any of the Subsidiaries which are of a character required to be disclosed in the Final Prospectus and which has not been properly disclosed therein.
(x) The execution and delivery of the Indenture, the issuance and sale of the Securities and the execution and delivery of this Agreement and
the consummation of the transactions herein contemplated do not and will not conflict with or result in a breach of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, (a) the Articles of Incorporation or (b) By-laws of the Company, or (c) to such counsel's knowledge, any agreement or instrument filed as an exhibit to the Company's most recent annual report on Form 10-K or any subsequent quarterly report of the Company on Form 10-Q (other than licenses or permits granted by the FCC, on which such counsel need not express any opinion), or (d) will not contravene any law, rule or regulation of the United States or the State of Texas or the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, or, to such counsel's knowledge, any order or decree of any court or governmental agency or instrumentality, except, with respect to clause (c) above, a conflict, breach or default which would not have a materially adverse effect on the business or financial condition of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole.
(xi) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.
(xii) No approval, consent, order, authorization, designation, declaration or filing by or with any regulatory, administrative or other governmental body having jurisdiction over the Company is necessary in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions herein contemplated (other than as may be required by the NASD or NYSE or as required by State securities and Blue Sky laws as to which such counsel need express no opinion) except such as have been obtained or made, specifying the same.
(xiii) The Company is not, and will not become, as a result of the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and application of the net proceeds therefor as described in the Final Prospectus, required to register as an investment company under the 1940 Act.
In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (A) as to matters governed by the laws of states other than Texas or Federal laws on local counsel in such jurisdictions, provided that in each case such counsel shall state that they believe that they and the Underwriters are justified in relying on such other counsel and (B) as to matters of fact, on certificates of responsible officers of the Company and certificates or other written statements of officers or departments of various jurisdictions having custody of documents respecting the corporate existence or good standing of the Company and any Subsidiary. In addition to the matters set forth above, such opinion shall also include a statement to the effect that nothing has come to the attention of such counsel which leads them to believe that the Registration Statement, as of the time it became effective under the Act, the Final Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, on the date it was filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) and the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, as of the Closing Date, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to
be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading (except that such counsel need express no view as to matters pertaining to the statistical information contained in the Final Prospectus or financial statements, schedules and other financial information contained or incorporated by reference in the Final Prospectus). With respect to such statement, such counsel may state that their belief is based upon the procedures set forth therein, but is without independent check and verification.
(c) The Underwriters shall have received on the Closing Date the opinion of Wiley Rein & Fielding LLP, special FCC counsel to the Company, dated the Closing Date, addressed to the Underwriters as is reasonably acceptable to the Underwriters.
(d) The Representatives shall have received from Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, such opinion or opinions, dated the Closing Date, with respect to the issuance and sale of the Securities, the Registration Statement, the Final Prospectus (together with any supplement thereto) and other related matters as the Representatives may reasonably require, and the Company shall have furnished to such counsel such documents as they request for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon such matters.
(e) The Company shall have furnished to the Representatives a certificate of the Company, signed by the Chief Executive Officer or the President and the principal financial or accounting officer of the Company, in their capacity as such, dated the Closing Date, to the effect that the signers of such certificate have carefully examined the Registration Statement, the Final Prospectus, any supplements to the Final Prospectus and this Agreement and that:
(i) the representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Closing Date with the same effect as if made on the Closing Date, and the Company has complied with all the agreements and satisfied all the conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to the Closing Date;
(ii) no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or, to the Company's knowledge, threatened; and
(iii) since the date of the most recent financial statements included in the Final Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto), there has been no material adverse change in the condition (financial or otherwise), prospects, business or properties of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Final Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto).
(f) At the Execution Time and at the Closing Date Ernst & Young LLP shall have furnished to the Representatives letters dated as of the Execution Time and the Closing Date in form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives.
(g) Except as agreed to by Banc of America Securities LLC, subsequent to the Execution Time, there shall not have been any decrease in the rating of any of the Company's debt securities by any "nationally recognized statistical rating organization" (as defined for purpose of Rule 436(g) under the Act) or any notice given of any intended or potential decrease in any such rating or of a possible change in any such rating that does not indicate the direction of the possible change.
(h) Prior to the Closing Date the Company shall have furnished to the Representatives such further information, certificates and documents as the Representatives may reasonably request.
If any of the conditions specified in this Section 5 shall not have been fulfilled in all material respects when and as provided in this Agreement, or if any of the opinions and certificates mentioned above or elsewhere in this Agreement shall not be in all material respects reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters, this Agreement and all obligations of the Underwriters hereunder may be canceled at, or at any time prior to, the Closing Date by the Representatives. Notice of such cancellation shall be given to the Company in writing or by telephone or facsimile confirmed in writing.
The documents required to be delivered by this Section 5 shall be delivered at the office of Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, at Worldwide Plaza, 825 Eighth Avenue, New York, New York, on the Closing Date.
6. Reimbursement of Underwriters' Expenses. If the sale of the Securities provided for herein is not consummated because any condition to the obligations of the Underwriters set forth in Section 5 hereof is not satisfied, because of any termination pursuant to Section 9 hereof (other than a termination under Section 9(b) resulting from a default by an Underwriter as provided in Section 8 hereof) or because of any refusal, inability or failure on the part of the Company to perform any agreement herein or comply with any provision hereof other than by reason of a default by any of the Underwriters, the Company will reimburse the Underwriters severally through Banc of America Securities LLC on demand for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel) that shall have been incurred by them in connection with the proposed purchase and sale of the Securities, but the Company shall not be liable in any event to any of the Underwriters for damages on account of loss of anticipated profits from the sale of the Securities.
7. Indemnification and Contribution. (a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, the directors, officers, employees and agents of each Underwriter and each person who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act against any and all losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which they or any of them may become subject under the Act, the Exchange Act or other Federal or state statutory law or regulation, at
common law or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities
(or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the
Registration Statement for the registration of the Securities as originally
filed or in any amendment thereof, or in the Basic Prospectus, any Preliminary
Final Prospectus or the Final Prospectus, or in any amendment thereof or
supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged
omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and agrees to reimburse
each such indemnified party, as reasonably incurred, for any legal or other
expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating or
defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action; provided, however,
that with respect to any untrue statement or omission of material fact made in
any Preliminary Final Prospectus, the indemnity agreement contained in this
Section 7(a) shall not inure to the benefit of any Underwriter from whom the
person asserting any such loss, claim, damage or liability purchased the
securities concerned, to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or
liability of such Underwriter occurs under the circumstance where (w) the
Company had previously furnished copies of the Final Prospectus to the
Representatives, (x) delivery of the Final Prospectus was required by the Act to
be made to such person, (y) the untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or
omission or alleged omission of a material fact contained in the Preliminary
Final Prospectus was corrected in the Final Prospectus and (z) there was not
sent or given to such person, at or prior to the written confirmation of the
sale of such securities to such person, a copy of the Final Prospectus. This
indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which the Company may
otherwise have.
(b) Each Underwriter severally agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each of its directors, each of its officers who signs the Registration Statement, and each person who controls the Company within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act, to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity from the Company to each Underwriter, but only with reference to written information relating to such Underwriter furnished to the Company by or on behalf of such Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for inclusion in the documents referred to in the foregoing indemnity. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which any Underwriter may otherwise have. The Company acknowledges that the statements set forth under the heading "Underwriting" in the fourth, seventh and eighth paragraphs (except for the statement made by the Company in the third sentence of the eighth paragraph, as such statement relates to the Company) and in the last two sentences of the tenth paragraph, in any Preliminary Final Prospectus or the Final Prospectus, constitute the only information furnished in writing by or on behalf of the several Underwriters for inclusion in the documents referred to in the foregoing indemnity.
(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this
Section 7 of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified
party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the
indemnifying party under this Section 7, notify the indemnifying party in
writing of the commencement thereof; but the failure so to notify the
indemnifying party (i) will not relieve it from liability under paragraph
(a) or (b) above unless and to the extent it did not otherwise learn of
such action and such failure results in the prejudice by the
indemnifying party of substantial rights and defenses and (ii) will not, in any event, relieve the indemnifying party from any obligations to any indemnified party other than the indemnification obligation provided in paragraph (a) or (b) above. The indemnifying party shall be entitled to appoint counsel of the indemnifying party's choice at the indemnifying party's expense to represent the indemnified party in any action for which indemnification is sought (in which case the indemnifying party shall not thereafter be responsible for the fees and expenses of any separate counsel retained by the indemnified party or parties except as set forth below); provided, however, that such counsel shall be reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party. Notwithstanding the indemnifying party's election to appoint counsel to represent the indemnified party in an action, the indemnified parties shall have the right to employ one separate counsel (and, if reasonably necessary, one additional local counsel), and the indemnifying party shall bear the reasonable fees, costs and expenses of such separate counsel if (i) the use of counsel chosen by the indemnifying party to represent the indemnified party would present such counsel with a conflict of interest, (ii) the indemnifying party shall not have employed counsel satisfactory to the indemnified party to represent the indemnified party within a reasonable time after notice of the institution of such action or, (iii) the indemnifying party shall authorize the indemnified party to employ separate counsel at the expense of the indemnifying party. An indemnifying party will not, without the prior written consent of the indemnified parties, settle or compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to any pending or threatened claim, action, suit or proceeding in respect of which indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not the indemnified parties are actual or potential parties to such claim or action) unless such settlement, compromise or consent includes an unconditional release of each indemnified party from all liability arising out of such claim, action, suit or proceeding.
(d) In the event that the indemnity provided in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section 7 is unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party for any reason, the Company and the Underwriters agree to contribute to the aggregate losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating or defending same) (collectively "Losses") to which the Company and one or more of the Underwriters may be subject in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company and by the Underwriters from the offering of the Securities; provided, however, that in no case shall any Underwriter (except as may be provided in any agreement among underwriters relating to the offering of the Securities) be responsible for any amount in excess of the underwriting discount or commission applicable to the Securities purchased by such Underwriter hereunder. If the allocation provided by the immediately preceding sentence is unavailable for any reason, the Company and the Underwriters shall contribute in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only such relative benefits but also the relative fault of the Company and of the Underwriters in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such Losses as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. Benefits received by the Company shall be deemed to be equal to the total net proceeds from the offering (before deducting expenses), and benefits received by the
Underwriters shall be deemed to be equal to the total underwriting discounts and commissions, in each case as set forth on the cover page of the Final Prospectus. Relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any untrue or any alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information provided by the Company on the one hand or the Underwriters on the other, the intent of the parties and their relative knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such untrue statement or omission. The Company and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution were determined by pro rata allocation or any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above. Notwithstanding the provisions of this paragraph (d), no person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. For purposes of this Section 7, each person who controls an Underwriter within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act and each director, officer, employee and agent of an Underwriter shall have the same rights to contribution as such Underwriter, and each person who controls the Company within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act, each officer of the Company who shall have signed the Registration Statement and each director of the Company shall have the same rights to contribution as the Company, subject in each case to the applicable terms and conditions of this paragraph (d).
8. Default by an Underwriter. If any one or more Underwriters shall fail to purchase and pay for any of the Securities agreed to be purchased by such Underwriter or Underwriters hereunder and such failure to purchase shall constitute a default in the performance of its or their obligations under this Agreement, the remaining Underwriters shall be obligated severally to take up and pay within 24 hours for (in the respective proportions which the amount of Securities set forth opposite their names in Schedule II hereto bears to the aggregate amount of Securities set forth opposite the names of all the remaining Underwriters) the Securities which the defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase; provided, however, that in the event that the aggregate amount of Securities which the defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase shall exceed 10% of the aggregate amount of Securities set forth in Schedule II hereto, the remaining Underwriters shall have the right to purchase within 24 hours all, but shall not be under any obligation to purchase any, of the Securities, and if such nondefaulting Underwriters do not purchase all the Securities, this Agreement will terminate without liability to any nondefaulting Underwriter or the Company. In the event of a default by any Underwriter as set forth in this Section 8, the Closing Date shall be postponed for such period, not exceeding five Business Days, as the Representatives shall determine in order that the required changes in the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus or in any other documents or arrangements may be effected. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall relieve any defaulting Underwriter of its liability, if any, to the Company and any nondefaulting Underwriter for damages occasioned by its default hereunder.
9. Termination. This Agreement may be terminated by you by notice to the Company as follows:
(a) at any time after the Execution Time and prior to the Closing
Date if any of the following has occurred: (i) any material adverse change
or any development involving a prospective material adverse change in or
affecting the condition, financial or otherwise, of the Company and its
subsidiaries taken as a whole or the earnings, business affairs,
management or business prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries taken
as a whole, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business,
(ii) any outbreak or escalation of hostilities or other national or
international calamity or crisis or change in economic or political
conditions, if the effect of such outbreak, escalation, calamity, crisis
or change on the financial markets of the United States would, in your
reasonable judgment, make the offering or delivery of the Securities
impracticable, (iii) suspension of trading in securities on the NYSE or
limitation on prices (other than limitations on hours or numbers of days
of trading) for securities on the NYSE, (iv) the enactment, publication,
decree or other promulgation of any federal or state statute, regulation,
rule or order of any court or other governmental authority which in your
reasonable opinion materially and adversely affects or will materially or
adversely affect the business or operations of the Company and its
subsidiaries taken as a whole, (v) declaration of a banking moratorium by
either federal or New York State authorities, (vi) a material disruption
in commercial banking or securities settlement or clearance services in
the United States, if the effect of such disruption is so material or
adverse that it makes the offering or delivery of the Securities on the
terms and in the manner contemplated in the Final Prospectus impraticable
or (vii) the taking of any action by any federal, state or local
government or agency in respect of its monetary or fiscal affairs which in
your reasonable opinion has a material adverse effect on the securities
markets in the United States; or
(b) as provided in Sections 5 and 8 of this Agreement.
10. Representations and Indemnities to Survive. The respective agreements, representations, warranties, indemnities and other statements of the Company or its officers, and of the Underwriters set forth in or made pursuant to this Agreement will remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter or the Company or any of the officers, directors or controlling persons referred to in Section 7 hereof, and will survive delivery of and payment for the Securities. The provisions of Sections 6 and 7 hereof shall survive the termination or cancelation of this Agreement.
11. Notices. All communications hereunder will be in writing and effective only on receipt, and, if sent to the Representatives, will be mailed or delivered to Banc of America Securities LLC, 40 West 57th Street, NY1-040-27-01, New York, NY 10019, attention: High Grade Transaction Management/Legal or, if sent to the Company, will be mailed or delivered to 200 East Basse Road, San Antonio, Texas 78209 attention: Randall Mays, Executive Vice President.
12. Successors. This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and the officers and directors and controlling persons referred to in Section 7 hereof, and no other person will
have any right or obligation hereunder. The term "successors" shall not include any purchaser of the Securities merely because of such purchase.
13. Applicable Law. This Agreement will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
14. Counterparts. This Agreement may be signed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same agreement.
15. Headings. The Section headings used herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
16. Definitions. The terms which follow, when used in this Agreement, shall have the meanings indicated.
"Act" shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
"Basic Prospectus" shall mean the prospectus referred to in paragraph 1(a) above contained in the Registration Statement at the Effective Date including any Preliminary Final Prospectus.
"Business Day" shall mean any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a legal holiday or a day on which banking institutions or trust companies are authorized or obligated by law to close in New York City or Dallas, Texas.
"Commission" means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
"Effective Date" shall mean each date and time that the Registration
Statement, any post-effective amendment or amendments thereto and any Rule
462(b) Registration Statement became or become effective.
"Exchange Act" shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
"Execution Time" shall mean the date and time that this Agreement is executed and delivered by the parties hereto.
"Final Prospectus" shall mean the prospectus supplement relating to the Securities that is first filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) after the Execution Time together with the Basic Prospectus.
"Preliminary Final Prospectus" shall mean any preliminary prospectus supplement to the Basic Prospectus which describes the Securities and the offering thereof and is used prior to filing of the Final Prospectus.
"Registration Statement" shall mean the registration statement referred to in paragraph 1(a) above, including exhibits and financial statements, as amended at the Execution Time (or, if not effective at the Execution Time, in the form in which it shall become effective) and, in the event any post-effective amendment
thereto or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement becomes effective prior to the Closing Date (as hereinafter defined), shall also mean such registration statement as so amended or such Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, as the case may be. Such term shall include any Rule 430A Information deemed to be included therein at the Effective Date as provided by Rule 430A.
"Rule 415", "Rule 424", "Rule 430A" and "Rule 462" refer to such rules under the Act.
"Rule 430A Information" shall mean information with respect to the Securities and the offering thereof permitted to be omitted from the Registration Statement when it becomes effective pursuant to Rule 430A.
"Rule 462(b) Registration Statement" shall mean a registration statement and any amendments thereto filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) relating to the offering covered by the initial registration statement.
"Rules and Regulations" means the rules and regulations of the Commission.
"Trust Indenture Act" shall mean the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended.
If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, please sign and return to us the enclosed duplicate hereof, whereupon this letter and your acceptance shall represent a binding agreement among the Company and the several Underwriters.
Very truly yours,
Clear Channel Communications, Inc.
By: /s/ Mark P. Mays ------------------------------------- Name: Mark P. Mays Title: President and Chief Executive Officer |
The foregoing Agreement is
hereby confirmed and accepted
as of the date specified in
Schedule I hereto.
Banc of America Securities LLC
By: /s/ Peter J. Carbone -------------------------------- Name: Peter J. Carbone Title: Vice President |
For themselves and the other
several Underwriters, if any,
named in Schedule II to the
foregoing Agreement.
SCHEDULE I
Underwriting Agreement dated December 13, 2004
Registration Statement No. 333-111070
Representatives:
Banc of America Securities LLC
Underwriters:
Banc of America Securities LLC
Title, Purchase Price and Description of Securities:
Title: $250,000,000 of 5.5% Senior Notes due 2016 (the "notes")
Principal Amount of Securities: $250,000,000
Purchase Price (include accrued interest or amortization, if any):
$247,407,500 for the $250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the notes.
Sinking fund provisions: None
Redemption provisions:
The notes are redeemable by the Company. The notes will be redeemable as a whole at any time or in part from time to time, at the option of the Company, at a redemption price equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount of such notes being redeemed or (ii) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on the notes being redeemed from the redemption date to December 15, 2016, discounted to the redemption date on a semiannual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate (as defined below) plus 30 basis points, plus, in either case, any interest accrued but not paid to the date of redemption. Notice of any redemption will be mailed at least 30 days but no more than 60 days before the redemption date to each holder of the notes to be redeemed. Unless the Company defaults in payment of the redemption price, on and after the redemption date interest will cease to accrue on the notes or portions thereof called for redemption. The notes will not be subject to any sinking fund provision.
"Treasury Rate" means, with respect to any redemption date for the notes,
(i) the yield, under the heading which represents the average for the
immediately preceding week, appearing in the most recently published statistical
release designated "H.15(519)" or any successor publication which is published
weekly by the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System and which establishes yields on actively traded United States Treasury securities adjusted to constant maturity under the caption "Treasury Constant Maturities," for the maturity corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue (if no maturity is within three months before or after the maturity date, yields for the two published maturities most closely corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue shall be determined and the Treasury Rate shall be interpolated or extrapolated from such yields on a straight line basis, rounding to the nearest month), or (ii) if such release referred to in clause (i) (or any successor release) is not published during the week preceding the calculation date or does not contain the yields referred to above, the rate per year equal to the semiannual equivalent yield maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, calculated using a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such redemption date. The Treasury Rate shall be calculated on the third Business Day preceding the redemption date.
"Comparable Treasury Issue" means the United States Treasury security selected by an "Independent Investment Banker" as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term of the notes to be redeemed that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of such notes.
"Independent Investment Banker" means, with respect to any redemption date for the notes, Banc of America Securities LLC and its successors or, if such firm or any successor to such firm, as the case may be, is unwilling or unable to select the Comparable Treasury Issue, an independent banking institution of national standing appointed by the Trustee after consultation with the Company.
"Comparable Treasury Price" means, with respect to any redemption date for the notes, (i) the average of four Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations (as defined below) for the redemption date, after excluding the highest and lowest such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (ii) if the Trustee obtains fewer than four such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such quotations obtained.
"Reference Treasury Dealer" means Banc of America Securities LLC and three other primary U.S. Government securities dealers in the United States (each, a "Primary Treasury Dealer") appointed by the Trustee in consultation with the Company. If any of the foregoing shall cease to be a Primary Treasury Dealer, the Company shall substitute therefor another Primary Treasury Dealer.
"Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations" means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any redemption date, the average, as determined by the Trustee, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Trustee by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m. on the third Business Day preceding such redemption date.
Other provisions: None
Closing Date, Time and Location: December 16, 2004 at 10:00 a.m. at
Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, Worldwide Plaza, 825 Eighth Ave., New York,
NY 10019
Type of Offering: Non-delayed
Overallotment Option: None
SCHEDULE II
Principal Amount Underwriters of Notes ------------ -------- Banc of America Securities LLC.................... $250,000,000 ------------ Total.................................... $250,000,000 ============ |
The Company has not granted the Underwriters an option to purchase any additional principal amount of the above referenced securities.
SCHEDULE III
DISCLOSURE ITEMS
1. Material Subsidiaries
A. Clear Channel Outdoor, Inc.
B. Clear Channel Broadcasting, Inc.
C. Clear Channel Broadcasting Licenses, Inc.
D. Clear Channel Holdings, Inc.
E. Jacor Communications Company
F. SFX Entertainment, Inc.
G. AMFM Operating Inc.
H. The Ackerley Group, Inc.
2. Liens, Encumbrances and other disclosure relating to the Company's and its Subsidiary capital stock.
A Under the Company's existing Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, neither the Company nor its subsidiaries may pledge any of the capital stock of the Subsidiaries.
B. Under AMFM Operating Inc.'s public indebtedness, there are restrictions and limitations on the sale of AMFM Operating Inc.'s and its subsidiaries' capital stock.
3. NASD Affiliates
Theodore H. Strauss, a director of the Company, is a senior managing director of Bear, Stearns & Co., Inc., which is a member of the NASD.
Perry Lewis, a director of the Company, is an affiliate of Morgan, Lewis, Githens & Ahn, Inc., which is a member of the NASD.
4. SFX Entertainment, Inc. has certain earn out agreements not to exceed 1% of the capital stock of SFX Entertainment.
5. At the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on July 24, 2003, an Assistant United States Attorney General announced that the Department of Justice (the "DOJ"), is pursuing two separate antitrust inquiries concerning the Company. One inquiry is whether the Company has violated antitrust laws in one of its radio markets. The other is whether the Company has limited airplay of artists who do not use its concert services in violation of antitrust laws. The Company is cooperating fully with all such inquiries.
6. On September 9, 2003, the Assistant United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri caused a Subpoena to Testify before Grand Jury to be issued to the Company. The Subpoena requires the Company to produce certain information regarding commercial advertising run by the Company on behalf of offshore and/or online (Internet) gambling businesses, including sports bookmaking and casino-style gambling. The Company is cooperating fully with the requirements of the Subpoena.
EXHIBIT 5.1
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December 16, 2004
Clear Channel Communications, Inc.
200 East Basse Road
San Antonio, Texas 78209
Re: Clear Channel Communications, Inc. Registration Statement on Form S-3
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as counsel to Clear Channel Communications, Inc., a Texas corporation (the "COMPANY"), in connection with the registration, pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-3, as amended (the "REGISTRATION STATEMENT"), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "ACT"), of the proposed offer and sale by the Company of $250,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of the Company's 5.50% Senior Notes due 2016 (the "NOTES"). The Notes will be issued pursuant to an indenture dated as of October 1, 1997, between the Company and The Bank of New York, as Trustee (the "TRUSTEE"), as amended by the Nineteenth Supplemental Indenture dated as of December 16, 2004 (as so amended, the "INDENTURE"), and sold pursuant to the terms of an underwriting agreement (the "UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT") dated December 13, 2004, between the Company and Banc of America Securities LLC (the "UNDERWRITER"). We have examined originals or certified copies of such corporate records of the Company and other certificates and documents of officials of the Company, public officials and others as we have deemed appropriate for purposes of this letter. We have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, and the conformity to authentic original documents of all copies submitted to us as conformed and certified or reproduced copies. We have also assumed the legal capacity of natural persons, the corporate or other power of all persons signing on behalf of the parties thereto other than the Company, the due authorization, execution and delivery of all documents by the parties thereto other than the Company, that the Notes will conform to the specimens examined by us and that the Trustee's certificate of authentication of Notes will be manually signed by one of the Trustee's authorized officers.
Based upon the foregoing and subject to the assumptions, exceptions, qualifications and limitations set forth hereinafter, we are of the opinion that when (a) the Notes have been duly executed, authenticated, issued and delivered in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and delivered to and paid for by the Underwriter pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement and (b) applicable provisions of "blue sky" laws have been complied with, the Notes proposed to be issued pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, when duly executed, authenticated and delivered by or on behalf of the Company, will be valid and binding obligations of the Company and will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture.
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Clear Channel Communications, Inc.
December 16, 2004
The opinions and other matters in this letter are qualified in their entirety and subject to the following:
A. We express no opinion as to the laws of any jurisdiction other than any published constitutions, treaties, laws, rules or regulations or judicial or administrative decisions ("LAWS") of the state of New York and the Business Corporation Act of the state of Texas.
B. The matters expressed in this letter are subject to and qualified and limited by: (i) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer and conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and similar Laws affecting creditors' rights and remedies generally; (ii) general principles of equity, including principles of commercial reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding at law or in equity); (iii) commercial reasonableness and unconscionability and an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing; (iv) the power of the courts to award damages in lieu of equitable remedies; (v) securities Laws and public policy underlying such Laws with respect to rights to indemnification and contribution; and (vi) limitations on the waiver of rights under any stay, extension or usury Law or other Law, whether now or hereafter in force, which would prohibit or forgive the Company from paying all or any portion of the Notes as contemplated in the Indenture.
We hereby consent to the filing of copies of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the use of our name in the prospectus and any prospectus supplement forming a part of the Registration Statement under the caption "Legal Opinions." In giving this consent, we do not thereby admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Act and the rules and regulations thereunder. This opinion speaks as of its date, and we undertake no (and hereby disclaim any) obligation to update this opinion.
Very truly yours,
/s/ AKIN, GUMP, STRAUSS, HAUER & FELD, L.L.P. AKIN, GUMP, STRAUSS, HAUER & FELD, L.L.P. |
EXHIBIT 10.1
CLEAR CHANNEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
AND
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
as Trustee
NINETEENTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
Dated as of December 16, 2004
TO
SENIOR INDENTURE
Dated as of October 1, 1997
5.50% Senior Notes due 2016
Nineteenth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of the 16th day of
December 2004 (this "Nineteenth Supplemental Indenture"), between Clear Channel
Communications, Inc., a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws
of the State of Texas (hereinafter sometimes referred to as the "Company") and
The Bank of New York, a New York banking corporation, as trustee (hereinafter
sometimes referred to as the "Trustee") under the Indenture dated as of October
1, 1997, between the Company and the Trustee (the "Indenture"); as set forth in
Section 5.01 hereto and except as otherwise set forth herein, all terms used and
not defined herein are used as defined in the Indenture.
WHEREAS, the Company executed and delivered the Indenture to the Trustee to provide for the future issuance of its Securities, to be issued from time to time in series as might be determined by the Company under the Indenture, in an unlimited aggregate principal amount which may be authenticated and delivered thereunder as in the Indenture provided;
WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms of the Indenture, the Company desires to provide for the establishment of a new series of its Securities to be known as its 5.50% Senior Notes due 2016 (said series being hereinafter referred to as the "Notes"), the form of such Notes and the terms, provisions and conditions thereof to be as provided in the Indenture and this Nineteenth Supplemental Indenture;
WHEREAS, the Company desires and has requested the Trustee to join with it in the execution and delivery of this Nineteenth Supplemental Indenture, and all requirements necessary to make this Nineteenth Supplemental Indenture a valid instrument, enforceable in accordance with its terms, and to make the Notes, when executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, the valid obligations of the Company have been performed and fulfilled, and the execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture and the Notes have been in all respects duly authorized.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the purchase and acceptance of the Notes by the holders thereof, and for the purpose of setting forth, as provided in the Indenture, the form of the Notes and the terms, provisions and conditions thereof, the Company covenants and agrees with the Trustee as follows:
ARTICLE I
General Terms and Conditions of the Notes
SECTION 1.01. (a) There shall be and is hereby authorized a series of Securities designated the "5.50% Senior Notes due 2016", initially limited in aggregate principal amount to $250,000,000. Without the consent of the Holders of the Notes, the aggregate principal amount of the Notes, Notes may be increased in the future, on the same terms and conditions and with the same CUSIP number as the Notes. The Notes shall mature and the principal thereof shall be due and payable, together with all accrued and unpaid interest thereon on December 15, 2016.
SECTION 1.02. The Notes shall be initially issued as Global Securities. Principal and interest on the Notes issued in certificated form will be payable, the transfer of such Notes will be registrable and such Notes will be exchangeable for Notes, bearing identical terms and provisions at the office or agency of the Company in the Borough of Manhattan, The City and State of New York provided for that purpose and transfers of the Notes will also be registrable at any of the Company's other offices or agencies as the Company may maintain for that purpose; provided, however, that payment of interest may be made at the option of the Company by check mailed to the registered holder at such address as shall appear in the Security Register and that the payment of principal with respect to the Notes will only be made upon surrender of the applicable Notes to the Trustee.
SECTION 1.03. Each Note will bear interest at the rate of 5.50% per annum from December 16, 2004 until the principal thereof becomes due and payable, payable (subject to the provisions of Article II) semi-annually in arrears on June 15 and December 15 of each year (each, an "Interest Payment Date", commencing on June 15, 2005), to the person in whose name such Note (or one or more Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest installment, which, except as set forth below, shall be June 1 or December 1 next preceding the Interest Payment Date with respect to such interest installment. Any installment of interest not punctually paid or duly provided for shall forthwith cease to be payable to the registered holder of Notes on such Regular Record Date and may be paid to the person in whose name such Notes (or one or more Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date to be fixed by the Trustee for the payment of such defaulted interest, notice whereof to be given to the registered holders of the Notes, as applicable, not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or may be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Notes may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in the Indenture.
The amount of interest payable for any period will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months. In the event that any date on which interest is payable on the Notes is not a Business Day, then payment of interest payable on such date will be made on the next succeeding day which is a Business Day (and without any interest or other payment in respect of any such delay).
SECTION 1.04. The Notes are not entitled to any sinking fund.
SECTION 1.05. Section 101 of the Indenture is hereby amended, solely with respect to the Notes, by amending and restating the definition of "Principal Property" as follows: "Principal Property" means any radio broadcasting, television broadcasting, outdoor advertising or live entertainment property located in the United States owned or leased by the Company or any Subsidiary, unless, in the opinion of the Board of Directors of the Company, such properties are not in the aggregate of material importance to the total business conducted by the Company and its Subsidiaries as an entirety.
ARTICLE II
Optional Redemption of the Notes
SECTION 2.01. The Notes will be redeemable as a whole at any time or in part from time to time, at the option of the Company, at a redemption price equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount of such Notes and (ii) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon from the redemption date to December 15, 2016, discounted to the redemption date on a semiannual basis (assuming a 360 day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate (as defined below) plus 30 basis points, plus, in either case, any interest accrued but not paid to the date of redemption. Notice of any redemption will be mailed at least 30 days but no more than 60 days before the redemption date to each holder of the Notes to be redeemed. Unless the Company defaults in payment of the redemption price, on and after the redemption date interest will cease to accrue on the Notes or portions thereof called for redemption. The Notes will not be subject to any sinking fund provision.
"Treasury Rate" means, with respect to any redemption date for the
Notes, (i) the yield, under the heading which represents the average for the
immediately preceding week, appearing in the most recently published statistical
release designated "H.15(519)" or any successor publication which is published
weekly by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and which
establishes yields on actively traded United States Treasury securities adjusted
to constant maturity under the caption "Treasury Constant Maturities," for the
maturity corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue (if no maturity is
within three months before or after the maturity date, yields for the two
published maturities most closely corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue
shall be determined and the Treasury Rate shall be interpolated or extrapolated
from such yields on a straight line basis, rounding to the nearest month), or
(ii) if such release referred to in clause (i) (or any successor release) is not
published during the week preceding the calculation date or does not contain the
yields referred to above, the rate per year equal to the semiannual equivalent
yield maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, calculated using a price for
the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal
amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such redemption date. The
Treasury Rate shall be calculated on the third Business Day preceding the
redemption date.
"Comparable Treasury Issue" means the United States Treasury security selected by an "Independent Investment Banker" as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term of the Notes to be redeemed that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of such Notes.
"Independent Investment Banker" means, with respect to any redemption date for the Notes, Banc of America Securities LLC and its successors or, if such firm or any successor to such firm, as the case may be, is unwilling or unable to select the Comparable Treasury Issue, an independent investment banking institution of national standing appointed by the Trustee after consultation with the Company.
"Comparable Treasury Price" means, with respect to any redemption date for the Notes, (i) the average of four Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations (as defined below) for the redemption date, after excluding the highest and lowest such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (ii) if the Trustee obtains fewer than four such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such quotations obtained.
"Reference Treasury Dealer" means Banc of America Securities LLC and three other primary U.S. Government securities dealers in the United States (each, a "Primary Treasury Dealer") appointed by the Trustee in consultation with the Company. If any of the foregoing shall cease to be a Primary Treasury Dealer, the Company shall substitute therefor another Primary Treasury Dealer.
"Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations" means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any redemption date, the average, as determined by the Trustee, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Trustee by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m. on the third Business Day preceding such redemption date.
ARTICLE III
Form of Notes
SECTION 3.01. The Notes and the Trustee's Certificate of Authentication to be endorsed thereon are to be substantially in the following forms:
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION ("DTC"), TO THE ISSUER 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 IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS 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 SINCE THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY AS REFERRED TO IN THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERENCED. UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR THE INDIVIDUAL SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY, THIS GLOBAL SECURITY 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.
CLEAR CHANNEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 5.50% SENIOR NOTE DUE DECEMBER 15, 2016 REGISTERED $[ ] NO. R-[ ] CUSIP [ ] ISIN [ ] CLEAR CHANNEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC., a corporation duly organized and |
existing under the laws of the State of Texas (herein called the "Company", which term includes any successor under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to
Cede & Co.
or registered assigns, the principal sum of $[ ] at the office or agency of the Company in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, on December 15, 2016 in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment shall be legal tender for the payment of public and private debts, and to pay interest on said principal sum semiannually on June 15 and December 15 of each year, commencing June 15, 2005 (each an "Interest Payment Date"), at said office or agency, in like coin or currency, at the rate per annum specified in the title hereof, from June 15 and December 15, as the case may be, next preceding the date of this Note to which interest on the Notes has been paid or duly provided for (unless the date hereof is the date to which interest on the Notes has been paid or duly provided for, in which case from the date of this Note), or if no interest has been paid on the Notes or duly provided for, from December 16, 2004 until payment of said principal sum has been made or duly provided for. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the date hereof is after the 1st day of any June or December and before the next succeeding June 15 and December 15, this Note shall bear interest from such June 15 or December 15, as the case may be; provided, however, that if the Company shall default in the payment of interest due on such June 15 or December 15, then this Note shall bear interest from the next preceding June 15 or December 15 to which interest on the Notes has been paid or duly provided for, or, if no interest has been paid on the Notes or duly provided for, from December 16, 2004. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any June 15 or December 15 will, except as provided in the Indenture dated as of October 1, 1997, as supplemented to the date of this Note (herein called the "Indenture"), duly executed and delivered by the Company and The Bank of New York, as Trustee (herein called the "Trustee"), be paid to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the next preceding June 1 or December 1, as the case may be (herein called the "Regular Record Date"), whether or not a Business Day, and may, at the option of the Company, be paid by check mailed to the registered address of such Person. Any such interest which is payable, but is not so punctually paid or duly provided for, shall forthwith cease to be payable to the registered Holder on such Regular Record Date and may be paid either to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such
Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of the Notes not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or may be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Notes may be listed and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, if such manner of payment shall be deemed practical by the Trustee, all as more fully provided in the Indenture. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of interest payable at Stated Maturity, such interest shall be paid to the same Person to whom the principal hereof is payable. Interest on the Notes will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months.
The Bank of New York will be the Paying Agent and the Security Registrar with respect to the Notes. The Company reserves the right at any time to vary or terminate the appointment of any Paying Agent or Security Registrar, to appoint additional or other Paying Agents and other Security Registrars which may include the Company, and to approve any change in the office through which any Paying Agent or Security Registrar acts; provided that there will at all times be a Paying Agent in The City of New York and there will be no more than one Security Registrar for the Notes.
This Note is one of the duly authorized issue of debentures, notes, bonds or other evidences of indebtedness (hereinafter called the "Securities") of the Company, of the series hereinafter specified, all issued or to be issued under and pursuant to the Indenture, to which Indenture and any other indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Trustee and any agent of the Trustee, any Paying Agent, the Company and the Holders of the Securities and the terms upon which the Securities are issued and are to be authenticated and delivered.
The Securities may be issued in one or more series, which different series may be issued in various aggregate principal amounts, may mature at different times, may bear interest (if any) at different rates, may be subject to different redemption provisions (if any), may be subject to different covenants and Events of Default and may otherwise vary as provided or permitted in the Indenture. This Note is one of the series of Securities of the Company issued pursuant to the Indenture and designated as the 5.50% Senior Notes due 2016 (herein called the "Notes").
The Notes will be redeemable as a whole at any time or in part from time to time, at the option of the Company, at a redemption price equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount of such Notes and (ii) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon from the redemption date to December 15, 2016, discounted to the redemption date on a semiannual basis (assuming a 360 day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate (as defined below) plus 30 basis points, plus, in either case, any interest accrued but not paid to the date of redemption. Notice of any redemption will be mailed at least 30 days but no more than 60 days before the redemption date to each holder of the Notes to be redeemed. Unless the Company defaults in payment of the redemption price, on and after the redemption date interest will cease to accrue on the Notes or portions thereof called for redemption. The Notes will not be subject to any sinking fund provision.
"Treasury Rate" means, with respect to any redemption date for the
Notes, (i) the yield, under the heading which represents the average for the
immediately preceding week, appearing in the most recently published statistical
release designated "H.15(519)" or any successor publication which is published
weekly by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and which
establishes yields on actively traded United States Treasury securities adjusted
to constant maturity under the caption "Treasury Constant Maturities," for the
maturity corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue (if no maturity is
within three months before or after the maturity date, yields for the two
published maturities most closely corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue
shall be determined and the Treasury Rate shall be interpolated or extrapolated
from such yields on a straight line basis, rounding to the nearest month), or
(ii) if such release referred to in clause (i) (or any successor release) is not
published during the week preceding the calculation date or does not contain the
yields referred to above, the rate per year equal to the semiannual equivalent
yield maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, calculated using a price for
the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal
amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such redemption date. The
Treasury Rate shall be calculated on the third Business Day preceding the
redemption date.
"Comparable Treasury Issue" means the United States Treasury security selected by an "Independent Investment Banker" as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term of the Notes to be redeemed that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of such Notes.
"Independent Investment Banker" means, with respect to any redemption date for the Notes, Banc of America Securities LLC, and its successors or, if such firm or any successor to such firm, as the case may be, is unwilling or unable to select the Comparable Treasury Issue, an independent investment banking institution of national standing appointed by the Trustee after consultation with the Company.
"Comparable Treasury Price" means, with respect to any redemption date for the Notes, (i) the average of four Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations (as defined below) for the redemption date, after excluding the highest and lowest such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (ii) if the Trustee obtains fewer than four such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such quotations obtained.
"Reference Treasury Dealer" means Banc of America Securities LLC and three other primary U.S. Government securities dealers in the United States (each, a "Primary Treasury Dealer") appointed by the Trustee in consultation with the Company. If any of the foregoing shall cease to be a Primary Treasury Dealer, the Company shall substitute therefor another Primary Treasury Dealer.
"Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations" means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any redemption date, the average, as determined by the Trustee, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Trustee by such
Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m. on the third Business Day preceding such redemption date.
If an Event of Default with respect to the Notes shall occur and be continuing, the principal of all of the Notes may be declared due and payable in the manner, with the effect and subject to the conditions provided in the Indenture.
The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the Company and the Trustee to enter into supplemental indentures to the Indenture for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series under the Indenture with the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding of each series to be affected thereby on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults and their consequences with respect to such series under the Indenture. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Note shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Note and of any Note issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange here for or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Note or such other Notes.
No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and interest on this Note at the place, rate and respective times and in the coin or currency herein and in the Indenture prescribed.
As provided in the Indenture and subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions therein set forth, including the deposit of certain trust funds in trust, the Company shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness represented by, and the obligations under, the Securities of any series and to have satisfied all the obligations (with certain exceptions) under the Indenture relating to the Securities of such series.
The Notes are issuable in registered form without coupons in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple of $1,000. Notes may be exchanged for a like aggregate principal amount of Notes of other authorized denominations at the office or agency of the Company in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, designated for such purpose or at any of the Company's other offices or agencies as the Company may maintain for such purpose and in the manner and subject to the limitations provided in the Indenture.
Upon due presentment for registration of transfer of this Note at the office or agency of the Company in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York designated for such purpose or at any of the Company's other offices or agencies as the Company may maintain for such purpose, a new Note or Notes of authorized denominations for a like aggregate principal amount will be issued to the transferee in exchange therefor, subject to the limitations provided in the Indenture.
No charge shall be made for any such transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge imposed in connection therewith.
The Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Note is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Note is overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
Unless otherwise defined herein, all terms used in this Note which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
This Note shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of New York.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been manually executed by or on behalf of the Trustee under the Indenture, this Note shall not be entitled to any benefits under the Indenture, or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, CLEAR CHANNEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC. has caused
this Note to be duly executed.
CLEAR CHANNEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
by ______________________________________ Name: Title: [Company Seal] by ______________________________________ Name: |
Title:
TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
as Trustee, Dated: _____________ by ______________________________________ Authorized Signatory |
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ABBREVIATIONS
The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this instrument, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:
TEN COM--as tenants in common
TEN ENT--as tenants by the entireties
JT TEN--as joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in
common UNIF GIFT MIN ACT--...........Custodian......... (Cust) (Minor) Under Uniform Gifts to Minors Act ---------------------------------- (State) |
Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s), and transfer(s) unto
PLEASE PRINT OR TYPEWRITE NAME AND ADDRESS INCLUDING POSTAL ZIP CODE OF ASSIGNEE:
__________________________________________________ the within Note and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting and appointing ______________________________ attorney to transfer said Note on the books of the Company, with full power of substitution in the premises.
Dated: _______________________ _____________________________________ Signature Guaranty ______________________________________ Signature (Signature must correspond with the Signatures must be guaranteed by an name as written upon the face of the "eligible guarantor institution" within instrument in every particular, meeting the requirements of the without alteration or enlargement or Registrar, which requirements include any change whatever.) membership or participation in the Security Transfer Agent Medallion Program ("STAMP") or such other "signature guarantee program" as may be determined by the Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. |
ARTICLE IV
Original Issue of Notes
SECTION 4.01. Notes in the aggregate principal amount equal to $250,000,000 may, upon execution of this Nineteenth Supplemental Indenture, be executed by the Company and delivered to the Trustee for authentication, and the Trustee shall thereupon authenticate and make available for delivery said Notes to or upon a Company Order.
ARTICLE V
Miscellaneous Provisions
SECTION 5.01. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Nineteenth Supplemental Indenture or in the forms of the Notes or otherwise clearly required by the context hereof or thereof, all terms used herein or in said forms of the Notes that are defined in the Indenture shall have the several meanings respectively assigned to them thereby.
SECTION 5.02. The Indenture, as supplemented by this Nineteenth Supplemental Indenture, is in all respects ratified and confirmed. This Nineteenth Supplemental Indenture shall be deemed part of the Indenture in the manner and to the extent herein and therein provided.
SECTION 5.03. The recitals herein contained are made by the Company and not by the Trustee, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for the correctness thereof. The Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or sufficiency of this Nineteenth Supplemental Indenture.
SECTION 5.04. This Nineteenth Supplemental Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts each of which shall be an original; but such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Nineteenth Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.
CLEAR CHANNEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
by: /s/ Mark P. Mays ---------------------------------------- Name: Mark P. Mays Title: President and Chief Executive Officer |
THE BANK OF NEW YORK, as Trustee
by: /s/ Van K. Brown ---------------------------------------- Name: Van K. Brown Title: Vice President |