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): August 21, 2013

 

 

T-MOBILE US, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

DELAWARE   1-33409   20-0836269

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

12920 SE 38 th Street

Bellevue, Washington

  98006-1350
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (425) 378-4000

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions ( see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

  ¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

  ¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

  ¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

  ¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 


Item 1.01. Entry Into a Material Definitive Agreement.

Indenture

On August 21, 2013, T-Mobile USA, Inc. (“ T-Mobile USA ”), a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of T-Mobile US, Inc. (the “ Company ”), issued $500,000,000 principal amount of its 5.250% Senior Notes due 2018 (the “ Notes ”) pursuant to an Indenture (the “ Base Indenture ”), dated as of April 28, 2013, among T-Mobile USA, the guarantors party thereto and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee, as amended and supplemented with respect to the Notes by the Thirteenth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of August 21, 2013 (the “ Supplemental Indenture ”), among T-Mobile USA, the Company, the guarantors party thereto and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee (the Base Indenture, as so amended and supplemented with respect to the Notes, the “ Indenture ”). The Notes will bear interest at a rate of 5.250% per year, payable semiannually in arrears on March 1 and September 1, commencing on March 1, 2014. The Notes mature on September 1, 2018. The Notes will initially be guaranteed on a senior unsecured basis by the Company and all of T-Mobile USA’s wholly-owned domestic restricted subsidiaries (excluding certain designated special purpose entities, a certain reinsurance subsidiary and immaterial subsidiaries), all of T-Mobile USA’s restricted subsidiaries that guarantee certain of its indebtedness, and any future subsidiary of the Company that directly or indirectly owns all of T-Mobile USA’s equity interests (the “ Guarantors ”). The Notes and the guarantees will be T-Mobile USA’s and the Guarantors’ senior unsecured obligations and will rank pari passu in right of payment to all of T-Mobile USA’s and the Guarantors’ existing and future indebtedness and other liabilities that are not by their terms subordinated in right of payment to the Notes, and will rank senior in right of payment to any future indebtedness of T-Mobile USA or any Guarantor that provides by its terms that it is subordinated in right of payment to the Notes and the guarantees. The Notes and the guarantees will be effectively subordinated to all of T-Mobile USA’s and the Guarantors’ existing and future secured indebtedness to the extent of the assets securing such indebtedness, and will be structurally subordinated to all of the liabilities and preferred stock of any of T-Mobile USA’s subsidiaries that do not guarantee the Notes.

If T-Mobile USA experiences specific kinds of changes of control as set forth in the Indenture and any such change of control is accompanied or followed by rating downgrades during a specified period of time after the change of control, each holder of the Notes may require T-Mobile USA to repurchase all or a portion of the Notes so held at a price equal to 101% of the principal amount of such Notes, plus any accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes repurchased to, but not including, the date of repurchase.

The Indenture contains covenants that, among other things, restrict the ability of T-Mobile USA and its restricted subsidiaries to incur more debt, pay dividends and make distributions, make certain investments, repurchase stock, create liens or other encumbrances, enter into transactions with affiliates, enter into agreements that restrict dividends or distributions from subsidiaries, and merge, consolidate or sell, or otherwise dispose of, substantially all of their assets. These limitations are subject to a number of important qualifications and exceptions.


The Indenture contains customary Events of Default (as defined in the Indenture), including:

 

   

default for 30 days in the payment when due of interest (including Additional Interest (as defined in the Indenture)) on the Notes;

 

   

default in the payment when due (at maturity, upon redemption or otherwise) of the principal of, or premium, if any, on, the Notes;

 

   

failure by T-Mobile USA to comply with its other obligations under the Indenture, in certain cases subject to notice and grace periods;

 

   

payment defaults and accelerations with respect to other indebtedness of T-Mobile USA and certain of its restricted subsidiaries in the aggregate principal amount of $100.0 million or more;

 

   

specified events involving bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of T-Mobile USA or certain of its restricted subsidiaries; and

 

   

failure by T-Mobile USA or certain of its restricted subsidiaries to pay certain final judgments aggregating in excess of $100.0 million within 60 consecutive days of such final judgment.

Upon an Event of Default, the trustee or the holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding may declare all the Notes to be due and payable immediately. In the case of Events of Default relating to bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization, all outstanding Notes will become due and payable immediately without further action or notice.

Registration Rights Agreement

On August 21, 2013, T-Mobile USA and the Guarantors also entered into a Registration Rights Agreement (“ Registration Rights Agreement ”) with Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., as initial purchaser in the Notes offering (the “ Initial Purchaser ”).

Under the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement, T-Mobile USA and the Guarantors agree to use commercially reasonable efforts to file a registration statement covering an offer to exchange the Notes for Exchange Securities (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement). T-Mobile USA also agreed to use commercially reasonable efforts to have such registration statement declared effective and agreed to commence the Exchange Offer (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) promptly after the registration statement becomes effective. Alternatively, if T-Mobile USA is unable to consummate the Exchange Offer under certain conditions, or if holders of the Notes cannot participate in, or cannot obtain freely transferable Exchange Securities in connection with, the Exchange Offer for certain specified reasons, then T-Mobile USA and the Guarantors will use commercially reasonable efforts to file a shelf registration statement within the times specified in the Registration Rights Agreement to facilitate resale of the Notes. All registration expenses (subject to limitations specified in the Registration Rights Agreement) will be paid by T-Mobile USA and the Guarantors.


Should T-Mobile USA fail to consummate the Exchange Offer within 360 days after the closing date of the Notes offering; or, if a shelf registration statement is required, fail to have the shelf registration statement declared effective, or if a shelf registration statement has become effective, fail to maintain the effectiveness thereof or the usability of the related prospectus (subject to certain exceptions) for more than 120 days in any 12-month period, T-Mobile USA will be required to pay certain Additional Interest as provided in the Registration Rights Agreement.

Under the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement, T-Mobile USA and the Guarantors have agreed to indemnify certain holders of the Notes against certain liabilities.

This description of the Indenture and Registration Rights Agreement is a summary only and is qualified in its entirety by the full and complete terms of each of the Indenture and the Registration Rights Agreement, copies of which are attached as exhibits hereto, and incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 2.03. Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation Under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.

The disclosure under Item 1.01 of this report is also responsive to Item 2.03 of this report and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 8.01. Other Events.

On August 21, 2013, T-Mobile USA completed the sale of the Notes to the Initial Purchaser, pursuant to a Purchase Agreement, dated August 14, 2013, by and among T-Mobile USA, the Guarantors and the Initial Purchaser (the “ Purchase Agreement ”). T-Mobile USA intends to use the net proceeds from the offering for general corporate purposes.

The Notes were sold in a private debt offering only to qualified institutional buyers in reliance on Rule 144A and in offshore transactions pursuant to Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”). The Notes have not been registered under the Securities Act or any state securities laws and may not be offered or sold in the United States except under an effective registration statement or an applicable exemption from registration requirements or in a transaction not subject to the registration requirements of the Securities Act or any state securities laws.


Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

  (d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit
Number

  

Description of Exhibit

  4.1    Thirteenth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of August 21, 2013, by and among T-Mobile USA, Inc., the Guarantors (as defined therein) and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee, including the Form of 5.250% Senior Note due 2018.
10.1    Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of August 21, 2013, by and among T-Mobile USA, Inc., the Guarantors (as defined therein), and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., as Initial Purchaser (as defined therein).


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

    T-MOBILE US, INC.
Date: August 21, 2013     By:  

/s/ J. Braxton Carter

      Name:   J. Braxton Carter
      Title:   Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Exhibit 4.1

EXECUTION VERSION

T-MOBILE USA, INC.

AND EACH OF THE GUARANTORS PARTY HERETO

5.250% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2018

THIRTEENTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

Dated as of August 21, 2013

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS

as Trustee


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

         Page  
ARTICLE I.   
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE   
Section 1.01   Definitions.      1   
Section 1.02   Other Definitions.      6   
Section 1.03   Rules of Construction.      7   
ARTICLE II.   
THE NOTES   
Section 2.01   Creation of the Notes; Designations.      7   
Section 2.02   Forms Generally.      7   
Section 2.03   Title and Terms of Notes.      8   
Section 2.04   Transfer and Exchange.      9   
ARTICLE III.   
REDEMPTION AND PREPAYMENT   
Section 3.01   Optional Redemption.      10   
Section 3.02   Redemption Procedures.      10   
ARTICLE IV.   
COVENANTS   
ARTICLE V.   
MISCELLANEOUS   
Section 5.01   Effect of Thirteenth Supplemental Indenture.      11   
Section 5.02   Governing Law.      11   
Section 5.03   Waiver of Jury Trial.      11   
Section 5.04   No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements.      12   
Section 5.05   Successors.      12   
Section 5.06   Severability.      12   
Section 5.07   Counterparts.      12   
Section 5.08   Table of Contents, Headings, etc.      12   
Section 5.09   Beneficiaries of this Thirteenth Supplemental Indenture.      12   
Section 5.10   No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and Stockholders.      12   
Section 5.11   The Trustee.      13   

 

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ARTICLE VI.

DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES

ARTICLE VII.

[RESERVED]

ARTICLE VIII.

LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE

ARTICLE IX.

[RESERVED]

ARTICLE X.

NOTE GUARANTEES

EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit A      Form of Initial Note


THIRTEENTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this “ Thirteenth Supplemental Indenture ”), dated as of August 21, 2013 (the “ Series Issue Date ”), among T-Mobile USA, Inc., a Delaware corporation, the Guarantors party hereto and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, a New York banking corporation, as Trustee.

WHEREAS, the Company has heretofore executed and delivered an Indenture, dated as of April 28, 2013 (the “ Base Indenture ”), between the Company, the Guarantors, and the Trustee, providing for the issuance from time to time of one or more Series of the Company’s Notes;

WHEREAS, Section 2.02 of the Base Indenture permits the forms and terms of the Notes of any Series as permitted in Sections 2.01 and 2.02 of the Base Indenture to be established in a supplemental indenture to the Base Indenture;

WHEREAS, the Company has requested the Trustee to join with it and the Guarantors in the execution of this Thirteenth Supplemental Indenture in order to supplement the Base Indenture by, among other things, establishing the forms and certain terms of a Series of Notes to be known as the Company’s 5.250% Senior Notes due 2018 and adding certain provisions thereto for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes of such Series;

WHEREAS, the Company has furnished the Trustee with a duly authorized and executed Company Order dated August 21, 2013 authorizing the execution of this Thirteenth Supplemental Indenture and the issuance of the Notes established hereby; and

WHEREAS, all things necessary to make this Thirteenth Supplemental Indenture a valid, binding and enforceable agreement of the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee and a valid supplement to the Base Indenture have been done;

NOW, THEREFORE, the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee agree as follows for the benefit of each other and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes established hereby:

ARTICLE I.

DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

 

Section 1.01 Definitions .

The Base Indenture as amended and supplemented by this Thirteenth Supplemental Indenture is collectively referred to as the “ Indenture. ” All capitalized terms which are used herein and not otherwise defined herein are defined in the Base Indenture and are used herein with the same meanings as in the Base Indenture. If a capitalized term is defined both in the Base Indenture and this Thirteenth Supplemental Indenture, the definition in this Thirteenth Supplemental Indenture shall apply to the Notes established hereby (and any Note Guarantee in respect thereof).

$3.5B Notes ” means the $1,750,000,000 in principal amount of MetroPCS Wireless, Inc.’s 6.250% Senior Notes due 2021 and $1,750,000,000 in principal amount of MetroPCS Wireless, Inc.’s 6.625% Senior Notes due 2023, each issued as of March 19, 2013, pursuant to the Indenture, between MetroPCS Wireless, Inc.’s, MetroPCS, Inc., MetroPCS Communications, Inc., the guarantors party thereto, and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture dated March 19, 2013 or the Second Supplemental Indenture dated March 19, 2013 thereto, as applicable, as amended by the Third Supplemental Indenture dated April 29, 2013, as further supplemented by the Fourth Supplemental Indenture dated May 1, 2013, among T-Mobile USA, Inc., the guarantors party thereto and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee, and as further supplemented by the Fifth


Supplemental Indenture, dated as of July 15, 2013, among T-Mobile USA, Inc., the guarantors party thereto and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee (as so supplemented and amended, the “$3.5B Notes Indenture”), (ii) any additional 6.250% Senior Notes due 2021 and 6.625% Senior Notes due 2023 issued under the $3.5B Notes Indenture as part of the same series, and (iii) any “Exchange Notes” (as defined in the $3.5B Notes Indenture) relating thereto.

6  5 / 8 % Senior Notes Indenture ” means the Indenture, dated as of September 21, 2010, as supplemented by the Second Supplemental Indenture, dated November 17, 2010, among MetroPCS Wireless, Inc., the guarantors party thereto and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as trustee, as supplemented by the Fourth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of December 23, 2010, by MetroPCS Wireless, Inc., the guarantors party thereto and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as trustee, as further supplemented by the 6  5 / 8 % Senior Notes Sixth Supplemental Indenture, governing the 6  5 / 8 % Senior Notes due 2020 issued by MetroPCS Wireless, Inc., as further supplemented by the Seventh Supplemental Indenture, dated as of May 1, 2013, among T-Mobile USA, Inc., the guarantors party thereto and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as trustee, and as further supplemented by the Eighth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of July 15, 2013, among T-Mobile USA, Inc., the guarantors party thereto and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as trustee.

Closing Date ” means the date on which the Merger was consummated, or May 1, 2013.

Consolidated Cash Flow ” means, with respect to any specified Person for any period, the Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period plus, without duplication:

(1) provision for taxes based on income or profits of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, to the extent that such provision for taxes was deducted in computing such Consolidated Net Income; plus

(2) the Consolidated Interest Expense of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, to the extent that such Consolidated Interest Expense was deducted in computing such Consolidated Net Income; plus

(3) depreciation, amortization (including non-cash impairment charges and any write-off or write-down or amortization of intangibles but excluding amortization of ordinary course prepaid cash expenses that were paid in a prior period) and other non-cash expenses or charges (excluding any such non-cash expense to the extent that it represents an ordinary course accrual of or reserve for cash expenses in any future period or amortization of any ordinary course prepaid cash expense that was paid in a prior period) of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period to the extent that such depreciation, amortization and other non-cash expenses or charges were deducted in computing such Consolidated Net Income; plus

(4) any net after-tax extraordinary, nonrecurring or unusual gains or losses or income, expenses or charges (including all fees and expenses relating thereto), including (a) any fees, expenses and costs relating to the Towers Transaction, (b) any fees, expenses or charges related to any sale or offering of Equity Interests of such Person or Parent, any acquisition or disposition or any Indebtedness, in each case that is permitted to be incurred hereunder (in each case, whether or not successful), or the offering, amendment or modification of any debt instrument, including the offering, any amendment or other modification of the notes, provided that Consolidated Cash Flow shall not be deemed to be increased by more than $250.0 million in any twelve-month period pursuant to this clause (b), (c) any premium, penalty or fee paid in relation to any repayment, prepayment or repurchase of Indebtedness, (d) any fees or expenses relating to the Transactions and the offering, issuance and sale (in each case, whether or not successful) of the DT Notes and any “Exchange Notes” (as defined in the Base Indenture) issued in respect thereof

 

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and the Permitted MetroPCS Notes and any “Exchange Notes” (as defined in the $3.5B Notes Indenture), and (e) restructuring charges, integration costs (including retention, relocation and contract termination costs) and related costs and charges, provided such costs and charges under this clause (e) shall not exceed $300.0 million in any twelve-month period, plus, for the first four years after the Closing Date, up to an additional $300.0 million in any twelve-month period related to the Transactions); plus

(5) New Market Losses, up to a maximum aggregate amount of $300.0 million in any twelve-month period; minus

(6) non-cash items increasing such Consolidated Net Income for such period, other than the accrual of revenue in the ordinary course of business, in each case, on a consolidated basis and determined in accordance with GAAP.

Notwithstanding the preceding, the provision for taxes based on the income or profits of, and the depreciation and amortization and other non-cash expenses of, a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor will be added to Consolidated Net Income to compute Consolidated Cash Flow of the Company only to the extent that a corresponding amount would be permitted at the date of determination to be dividended to the Company by such Restricted Subsidiary without prior governmental approval (that has not been obtained), and without direct or indirect restriction pursuant to the terms of its charter and all agreements, instruments, judgments, decrees, orders, statutes, rules and governmental regulations applicable to that Restricted Subsidiary or its stockholders.

For the avoidance of doubt, calculations of “Consolidated Cash Flow” of the Company for any period prior to the Closing Date for purposes of calculating the Debt to Cash Flow Ratio shall be on a pro forma basis as described in the last paragraph of the definition of “Debt to Cash Flow Ratio .”

DT Notes ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Business Combination Agreement.

Exchange Notes ” means the notes issued pursuant to the Indenture in connection with a Registered Exchange Offer pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement.

“Existing Indebtedness” means (a) Indebtedness of the Company and its Subsidiaries (other than Indebtedness in respect of the DT Notes) in existence on the Closing Date, until such amounts are repaid, (b)(1) the $3.5B Notes in existence on the Closing Date (and any “Exchange Notes” (as defined in the $3.5B Notes Base Indenture) relating thereto) and the TMUS Working Capital Facility, and (2) all other Indebtedness of MetroPCS Wireless, Inc. and its Subsidiaries in existence on the Closing Date that was not incurred in violation of the terms of the Business Combination Agreement, in each case until such amounts are repaid (provided that the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness incurred in contemplation of the Transactions, including any Indebtedness in the form of the $3.5B Notes and notes issued on the date of the Base Indenture (other than Indebtedness under the TMUS Working Capital Facility), in each case permitted by this clause (b), shall not exceed $20.5 billion).

Existing Senior Notes ” means (i) the 7  7 / 8 % Senior Notes due 2018 issued pursuant to that certain Indenture, dated as of September 21, 2010, among MetroPCS Wireless, Inc., the guarantors named therein and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as trustee, as amended and supplemented by that certain First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of September 21, 2010, among MetroPCS Wireless Inc., the guarantors named therein and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as trustee, as further supplemented by that certain Third Supplemental Indenture, dated as of December 23, 2010, among MetroPCS Wireless, Inc., the guarantors named therein and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as trustee, and as amended and restated by that certain Fifth Supplemental

 

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Indenture, dated as of December 14, 2012, among MetroPCS Wireless, Inc., the guarantors named therein and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as trustee, (ii) the 6  5 / 8 % Senior Notes due 2020 issued pursuant to the 6  5 / 8 % Senior Notes Indenture, (iii) the $3.5B Notes existing on the Closing Date and (iv) the DT Notes existing on the Closing Date.

Issue Date ” means the effective date of the Board Resolution, Officers’ Certificate or supplemental indenture pursuant to which the first series of DT Notes was issued under the Base Indenture, or April 28, 2013.

Permitted Investments ” means:

(1) any Investment in the Company or in any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company;

(2) any Investment in Cash Equivalents;

(3) any Investment by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company in a Person, if as a result of such Investment:

(a) such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company; or

(b) such Person is merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into, or transfers or conveys substantially all of its assets to, or is liquidated into, the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company;

(4) any Investment made as a result of the receipt of non-cash consideration from an Asset Sale that was made pursuant to and in compliance with Section 4.10 of the Base Indenture;

(5) any acquisition of assets or Capital Stock solely in exchange for the issuance of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company or Equity Interests of Parent;

(6) any Investments received in compromise or resolution of (A) obligations of trade creditors or customers that were incurred in the ordinary course of business of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, including pursuant to any plan of reorganization or similar arrangement upon the bankruptcy or insolvency of any trade creditor or customer; or (B) litigation, arbitration or other disputes with Persons who are not Affiliates;

(7) Investments represented by Hedging Obligations;

(8) loans or advances to employees made in the ordinary course of business of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $50.0 million at any one time outstanding;

(9) any payment on or with respect to, or purchase, redemption, defeasement or other acquisition or retirement for value of (i) the Notes of this Series, and any Additional Notes of the same Series, and any Exchange Notes in respect of any such Notes or Additional Notes, (ii) the DT Notes, and any Additional Notes (as defined in the Base Indenture) of the same Series, and any Exchange Notes (as defined in the Base Indenture) relating thereto, (iii) any of MetroPCS Wireless Inc.’s 7  7 / 8 % Senior Notes due 2018 issued pursuant to that certain Indenture, dated as of September 21, 2010, among MetroPCS Wireless, Inc., the guarantors named therein and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as trustee, as amended and supplemented by that certain First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of September 21, 2010, among MetroPCS Wireless Inc., the guarantors named

 

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therein and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as trustee, as further supplemented by that certain Third Supplemental Indenture, dated as of December 23, 2010, among MetroPCS Wireless, Inc., the guarantors named therein and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as trustee, and as amended and restated by that certain Fifth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of December 14, 2012, among MetroPCS Wireless, Inc., the guarantors named therein and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as trustee, (iv) any of MetroPCS Wireless Inc.’s 6  5 / 8 % Senior Notes due 2020 issued pursuant to the 6  5 / 8 % Senior Notes Indenture, (v) any of the $3.5B Notes or (vi) any other Indebtedness that is pari passu with the Notes of this Series;

(10) advances and prepayments for asset purchases in the ordinary course of business in a Permitted Business of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;

(11) Investments existing on the Closing Date, including Investments held by MetroPCS Wireless, Inc., the Company and their Subsidiaries immediately prior to the Merger;

(12) Investments in the ISIS Joint Venture having an aggregate Fair Market Value (measured on the date each such Investment was made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value), when taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (12) since the Closing Date that are at that time outstanding, not to exceed $300.0 million;

(13) Permitted Bond Hedge Transactions which constitute Investments;

(14) (a) Permitted Joint Venture Investments, and (b) other Investments in any Person other than an Affiliate of the Company (excluding any Person that is an Affiliate of the Company solely by reason of Parent’s ownership, directly or indirectly, of Equity Interests or Parent’s control, of such Person or which becomes an Affiliate as a result of such Investment), to the extent such Investment under (a) or (b) has an aggregate Fair Market Value (measured on the date each such Investment was made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value), when taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (14) that are at the time outstanding, not to exceed 12.5% of the Company’s Total Assets on the date of such Investment;

(15) Investments in a Person primarily engaged in a Permitted Business having an aggregate Fair Market Value (measured on the date each such Investment was made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value), when taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (15) since the Closing Date that are at that time outstanding, not to exceed $250.0 million;

(16) guarantees permitted under the covenant described under the caption “—Certain Covenants—Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock”; and

(17) deposits or payments made with the FCC in connection with the auction or licensing of Governmental Authorizations;

(18) any Investment deemed made from time to time pursuant to Section 4.18 of the Base Indenture in connection with a Specified Unrestricted Subsidiary Designation, in an amount equal to the aggregate Fair Market Value of all outstanding Investments owned by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in the Subsidiaries designated as Unrestricted Subsidiaries pursuant to such Specified Unrestricted Subsidiary Designation, but only to the extent not in excess of the aggregate Fair Market Value of all outstanding Investments owned by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in such designated Subsidiaries as of the Closing Date (for this purpose, it shall be assumed, as regards to Investments in any Designated Tower Entity, that all wireless

 

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communications sites, towers, and related contracts, equipment, improvements, real estate, and other assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries subject to the Towers Transaction that are contemplated to be transferred to the Designated Tower Entities in accordance with the terms of the Towers Transaction, as contemplated in the Towers Transaction Agreements as in effect as of March 19, 2013, had been transferred to the Designated Tower Entities, whether or not all such transfers have in fact then taken place, but disregarding any transfers of assets not part of the Towers Transaction as contemplated in the Towers Transaction Agreements as in effect as of March 19, 2013); and

(19) any other Investments made in connection with the Towers Transaction, as contemplated in the Towers Transaction Agreements as in effect as of March 19, 2013.

Notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary, no Permitted Investment shall be deemed to be a Restricted Payment.

Permitted MetroPCS Notes ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Business Combination Agreement.

Registered Exchange Offer ” means the offer by the Company and the Guarantors, pursuant to a Registration Rights Agreement, to certain Holders of the initial Notes of this Series, to issue and deliver to such Holders, in exchange for the initial Notes of this Series, a like aggregate principal amount of Exchange Notes registered under the Securities Act.

Registration Rights Agreement ” means the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of the Series Issue Date, among the Company, the Guarantors party thereto, and the Initial Purchaser, as such agreement may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time.

Series Issue Date Existing Indebtedness ” means the Notes of any Series issued under the Base Indenture and in existence on the Series Issue Date (including the DT Notes) (and any “Exchange Notes” (as defined in the Base Indenture) relating thereto) and, in each case, the related Note Guarantees (other than the Notes issued on the Series Issue Date).

Transactions ” means (i) the Merger, (ii) the offering of the Permitted MetroPCS Notes and the DT Notes and the incurrence of the TMUS Working Capital Facility, (iii) the refinancing of Existing Indebtedness on or prior to the Closing Date, (iv) the “Cash Payment” and the “MetroPCS Reverse Stock Split”, each as defined in the Business Combination Agreement, and (v) all other transactions consummated in connection therewith.

TMUS Working Capital Facility ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Business Combination Agreement.

 

Section 1.02 Other Definitions.

 

Additional Notes   2.03
Base Indenture   Preamble
Series Issue Date   Preamble
Thirteenth Supplemental Indenture   Preamble

 

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Section 1.03 Rules of Construction .

Unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) a term has the meaning assigned to it;

(2) an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to it in accordance with GAAP;

(3) “or” is not exclusive;

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

(5) “will” shall be interpreted to express a command;

(6) provisions apply to successive events and transactions;

(7) “including” means “including, without limitation”; and

(8) references to sections of or rules under the Securities Act will be deemed to include substitute, replacement or successor sections or rules adopted by the SEC from time to time.

ARTICLE II.

THE NOTES

 

Section 2.01 Creation of the Notes; Designations .

In accordance with Section 2.01 of the Base Indenture, the Company hereby creates a Series of Notes issued pursuant to the Indenture. The Notes of this Series shall be known and designated as the “5.250% Senior Notes due 2018” of the Company. The Notes of this Series shall be entitled to the benefits of the Note Guarantee of each Guarantor signatory hereto, or that may hereafter execute a supplemental indenture in accordance with Section 4.17 of the Base Indenture, each such Note Guarantee to be governed by Article X of the Base Indenture (including without limitation the provisions for release of such Note Guarantee in respect of the Notes of this Series pursuant to Section 10.04 of the Base Indenture).

 

Section 2.02 Forms Generally .

(a) General . The Notes of this Series and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication will be substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto. The Notes of this Series may have notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule or usage. Each Note of this Series will be dated the date of its authentication. The Notes of this Series shall be in minimum denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000. The terms and provisions contained in the Notes of this Series will constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of this Thirteenth Supplemental Indenture and the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this Thirteenth Supplemental Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby. However, to the extent any provision of any such Note conflicts with the express provisions of this Thirteenth Supplemental Indenture, the provisions of this Thirteenth Supplemental Indenture shall govern and be controlling.

(b) Global Notes . Notes of this Series issued in global form will be substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto (including the Global Note Legend thereon and the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto). Notes of this Series issued in definitive form will be substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto (but without the Global Note Legend thereon and without the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto). Each Global Note will represent such of the outstanding Notes of this Series as will be specified therein and each shall provide

 

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that it represents the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes of this Series from time to time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes of this Series represented thereby may from time to time be reduced or increased, as appropriate, to reflect exchanges and redemptions. Any endorsement of a Global Note to reflect the amount of any increase or decrease in the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes of this Series represented thereby will be made by the Trustee or the Notes Custodian, at the direction of the Trustee, in accordance with instructions given by the Holder thereof.

 

Section 2.03 Title and Terms of Notes.

The aggregate principal amount of Notes of this Series which shall be authenticated and delivered on the Series Issue Date under the Indenture shall be $500,000,000; provided , however , that subject to the Company’s compliance with Section 4.09 of the Base Indenture, the Company from time to time, without giving notice to or seeking the consent of the Holders of Notes of this Series, may issue additional notes (the “ Additional Notes ”) in any amount having the same terms as the Notes of this Series in all respects, except for the issue date, the issue price, the initial Interest Payment Date and rights under a related registration rights agreement, if any. Any such Additional Notes shall be authenticated by the Trustee upon receipt of a Company Order to that effect, and when so authenticated, will constitute “Notes” for all purposes of the Indenture and will (together with all other Notes of this Series issued under the Indenture) constitute a single Series of Notes under the Indenture; provided that if such Additional Notes are not fungible with the Notes of this Series for U.S. federal income tax purposes, as applicable, as determined by the Company, such Additional Notes may have a separate CUSIP number.

(a) The Notes of this Series issued on the Series Issue Date will be issued at an issue price of 100% of the principal amount thereof.

(b) The principal amount of the Notes of this Series is due and payable in full on September 1, 2018 unless earlier redeemed.

(c) The Notes of this Series shall bear interest (computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months) at the rate of 5.250% per annum from and including the Series Issue Date until maturity or early redemption; and interest will be payable semi-annually in arrears on March 1 and September 1 of each year (each, an “ Interest Payment Date ”), commencing March 1, 2014, to the Persons in whose name such Notes of this Series were registered at the close of business on the preceding February 15 or August 15, respectively.

(d) Principal of and interest on the Notes of this Series shall be payable as set forth in Exhibit A.

(e) Other than as provided in Article III of this Thirteenth Supplemental Indenture, the Notes of this Series shall not be redeemable.

(f) The Notes of this Series shall not be entitled to the benefit of any mandatory redemption or sinking fund.

(g) The Notes of this Series shall not be convertible into any other securities.

(h) The Notes of this Series will be unsubordinated debt securities and will be entitled to unsubordinated Note Guarantees of the Guarantors in accordance with the terms of the Indenture.

 

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(i) The Company initially appoints the Trustee as Registrar and Paying Agent with respect to the Notes of this Series until such time as the Trustee has resigned or a successor has been appointed.

(j) The Notes of this Series will initially be evidenced by one or more Global Notes issued in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee of The Depositary Trust Company.

(k) The Company shall pay principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes of this Series in money of the United States of America that at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts.

(l) The terms and provisions of Appendix A of the Base Indenture shall apply to the Notes of this Series.

 

Section 2.04 Transfer and Exchange .

The Notes of this Series shall be issued in registered form and shall be transferable only upon the surrender of a Note of this Series for registration of transfer and in compliance with Appendix A of the Base Indenture.

When Notes of this Series are presented to the Registrar or a co-registrar with a request to register a transfer or to exchange them for an equal principal amount of Notes of this Series of other denominations, the Registrar will register the transfer or make the exchange as requested if its requirements for such transactions are met. To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate Notes of this Series at the Registrar’s request. A Holder of Notes of this Series may transfer or exchange Notes of this Series only in accordance with the Indenture. Upon any transfer or exchange, the Registrar and the Trustee may require a Holder of Notes of this Series, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements or transfer documents. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange (except as otherwise expressly permitted herein), but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or similar governmental charge payable in connection therewith.

Prior to due presentment of any Note of this Series for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee, any agent of the Company or the Trustee, the Paying Agent and the Registrar may deem and treat the Person in whose name a Note of this Series is registered as the absolute owner of such Note for all purposes, including for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of, and any premium and any interest, if any, on such Note and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Note be overdue, and none of the Company, the Trustee, the Paying Agent or the Registrar shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

Any holder of a beneficial interest in a Global Note of this Series shall, by acceptance of such beneficial interest, agree that transfers of beneficial interests in such Global Note may be effected only through a book-entry system maintained by (a) the holder of such Global Note (or its agent) or (b) any holder of a beneficial interest in such Global Note, and that ownership of a beneficial interest in such Global Note shall be required to be reflected in a book entry.

All Notes of this Series issued upon any transfer or exchange pursuant to the terms of the Indenture shall evidence the same debt and shall be entitled to the same benefits under the Indenture as such Notes surrendered upon such transfer or exchange.

 

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ARTICLE III.

REDEMPTION AND PREPAYMENT

 

Section 3.01 Optional Redemption .

The Notes of this Series may be redeemed, in whole, or from time to time in part, subject to the conditions and at the redemption prices set forth in Section 5 of the form of Note set forth in Exhibit A hereto, which are hereby incorporated by reference and made part of this Thirteenth Supplemental Indenture, together with accrued and unpaid interest to, but not including, the redemption date.

 

Section 3.02 Redemption Procedures.

The provisions of Article III of the Base Indenture shall apply in the case of a redemption pursuant to this Article III.

ARTICLE IV.

COVENANTS

With respect to this Series of Notes, Article IV of the Base Indenture shall be amended as follows:

 

Section 4.08 Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Subsidiaries .

The provisions of Section 4.08(b)(3) of the Base Indenture shall be amended to read as follows:

“(3) Series Issue Date Existing Indebtedness, the Notes issued on the Series Issue Date, and any Additional Notes of the same Series, and any “Exchange Notes” (as defined in the Base Indenture) in respect of any such Notes or Additional Notes, the Note Guarantees in respect thereof, and the Base Indenture, as supplemented by the Thirteenth Supplemental Indenture;”.

 

Section 4.09 Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock .

Section 4.09(b)(2) of the Base Indenture shall be amended to read as follows:

“(2) the incurrence by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries of any Existing Indebtedness or any Series Issue Date Existing Indebtedness;”.

Section 4.09(b)(3) of the Base Indenture shall be amended to read as follows:

“(3) the incurrence by the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors of Indebtedness represented by the Notes to be issued on the date of the Thirteenth Supplemental Indenture and any related Exchange Notes to be issued in exchange therefor and, in each case, the related Note Guarantees;”.

Section 4.09(b)(18) of the Base Indenture shall be amended to read as follows:

“(18) the incurrence by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness to the extent that the net proceeds thereof are promptly deposited to defease or to satisfy and discharge the Notes of this Series and any Exchange Notes issued in respect thereof;”.

 

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Section 4.11 Transactions with Affiliates .

Section 4.11(b) of the Base Indenture shall be amended by (i) inserting the word “and” after the semicolon at the end of clause (11); (ii) deleting “; and” at the end of clause (12) and replacing it with a period and (iii) deleting clause (13).

 

Section 4.17 Additional Note Guarantees .

Section 4.17 of the Base Indenture shall be amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

“If (a) the Company or any of the Company’s Domestic Restricted Subsidiaries acquires or creates another Domestic Restricted Subsidiary (and such Subsidiary is a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary and is neither a Designated Tower Entity, the Reinsurance Entity nor an Immaterial Subsidiary) after the Series Issue Date or (b) any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company guarantees any Specified Issuer Indebtedness of the Company after the Series Issue Date or (c) Parent or any Subsidiary of Parent acquires or creates a Subsidiary that directly or indirectly owns Equity Interests of the Company, then the Company or Parent, as applicable, will cause that newly acquired or created Domestic Restricted Subsidiary, Restricted Subsidiary or Subsidiary of Parent to become a Guarantor of the Notes of this Series and execute a supplemental indenture and, if requested by the Trustee, deliver an Opinion of Counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee within 10 Business Days after the date on which it was acquired or created or guarantees such Specified Issuer Indebtedness, as applicable, or reasonably promptly thereafter.”

 

Section 4.19 Changes in Covenants When Notes Rated Investment Grade .

The first clause of the first sentence of Section 4.18 shall be amended to replace the words “Closing Date” with the words “Series Issue Date”.

ARTICLE V.

MISCELLANEOUS

 

Section 5.01 Effect of Thirteenth Supplemental Indenture .

(a) This Thirteenth Supplemental Indenture is a supplemental indenture within the meaning of Section 2.02 of the Base Indenture, and the Base Indenture shall (notwithstanding Section 12.12 thereof or Section 5.04 hereof) be read together with this Thirteenth Supplemental Indenture and shall have the same effect over the Notes of this Series, in the same manner as if the provisions of the Base Indenture and this Thirteenth Supplemental Indenture were contained in the same instrument.

(b) In all other respects, the Base Indenture is confirmed by the parties hereto as supplemented by the terms of this Thirteenth Supplemental Indenture.

 

Section 5.02 Governing Law .

THE INDENTURE AND THE NOTES OF THIS SERIES WILL BE GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

Section 5.03 Waiver of Jury Trial .

EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS THIRTEENTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE.

 

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Section 5.04 No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements.

Subject to Section 5.01, this Thirteenth Supplemental Indenture may not be used to interpret any other indenture, loan or debt agreement of the Company or its Subsidiaries or of any other Person. Subject to Section 5.01, any such other indenture, loan or debt agreement may not be used to interpret this Thirteenth Supplemental Indenture.

 

Section 5.05 Successors .

All agreements of the Company in this Thirteenth Supplemental Indenture and the Notes of this Series will bind its successors. All agreements of the Trustee in this Thirteenth Supplemental Indenture will bind its successors. All agreements of each Guarantor in this Thirteenth Supplemental Indenture will bind its successors, except as otherwise provided in Section 10.04 of the Base Indenture.

 

Section 5.06 Severability .

In case any provision in this Thirteenth Supplemental Indenture or in the Notes of this Series is invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions will not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

 

Section 5.07 Counterparts .

This Thirteenth Supplemental Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed will be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together will constitute one and the same agreement. The exchange of copies of this Thirteenth Supplemental Indenture and of signature pages by facsimile or PDF transmission shall constitute effective execution and delivery of this Thirteenth Supplemental Indenture as to the parties hereto and may be used in lieu of the original Thirteenth Supplemental Indenture for all purposes. Signatures of the parties hereto transmitted by facsimile or PDF transmission shall be deemed to be their original signatures for all purposes.

 

Section 5.08 Table of Contents, Headings, etc.

The Table of Contents and headings of the Articles and Sections of this Thirteenth Supplemental Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not to be considered a part of this Thirteenth Supplemental Indenture and will in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.

 

Section 5.09 Beneficiaries of this Thirteenth Supplemental Indenture.

Nothing in this Thirteenth Supplemental Indenture or in the Notes of this Series, expressed or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto and their successors hereunder, and the Holders of the Notes of this Series, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Thirteenth Supplemental Indenture.

 

Section 5.10 No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and Stockholders.

No past, present or future director, officer, member, manager, partner, employee, incorporator or stockholder of the Company or any Guarantor, as such, will have any liability for any obligations of the Company or the Guarantors under the Notes of this Series, this Thirteenth Supplemental Indenture, the Note Guarantees, or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder of the Notes of this Series by accepting a Note of this Series waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Notes of this Series.

 

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Section 5.11 The Trustee .

The Trustee shall not be responsible or liable for the validity or sufficiency of, or the recitals in, this Thirteenth Supplemental Indenture and all of the provisions contained in the Base Indenture in respect of the rights, privileges, immunities, powers and duties of the Trustee and the Agents shall be applicable in respect of the Notes of this Series and of this Thirteenth Supplemental Indenture as fully and with like effect as set forth in full herein.

ARTICLE VI.

[RESERVED]

ARTICLE VII.

[RESERVED]

ARTICLE VIII.

[RESERVED]

ARTICLE IX.

[RESERVED]

ARTICLE X.

NOTE GUARANTEES

With respect to this Series of Notes, Article X of the Base Indenture shall be amended as follows:

 

Section 10.05 Guarantors May Consolidate, etc. on Certain Terms .

Section 10.05(2)(A) shall be amended to delete the words “in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee”.

[Signatures on following page]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Thirteenth Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed, all as of the date first written above.

 

T-MOBILE USA, INC.
By:  

/s/ J. Braxton Carter

  Name:   J. Braxton Carter
  Title:   Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

[Signature page to Thirteenth Supplemental Indenture]


COOK INLET/VS GSM IV PCS HOLDINGS, LLC
GSV LLC
METROPCS 700 MHZ, LLC
METROPCS AWS, LLC
METROPCS CALIFORNIA, LLC
METROPCS FLORIDA, LLC
METROPCS GEORGIA, LLC
METROPCS MASSACHUSETTS, LLC
METROPCS MICHIGAN, INC.
METROPCS NETWORKS CALIFORNIA, LLC
METROPCS NETWORKS FLORIDA, LLC
METROPCS NETWORKS, LLC
METROPCS NEW YORK, LLC
METROPCS TEXAS, LLC
METROPCS NEVADA, LLC
METROPCS PENNSYLVANIA, LLC
POWERTEL MEMPHIS LICENSES, INC.
POWERTEL/MEMPHIS, INC.
SUNCOM WIRELESS HOLDINGS, INC.
SUNCOM WIRELESS INVESTMENT COMPANY LLC
SUNCOM WIRELESS LICENSE COMPANY, LLC
SUNCOM WIRELESS MANAGEMENT COMPANY, INC.
SUNCOM WIRELESS OPERATING COMPANY, L.L.C.
SUNCOM WIRELESS PROPERTY COMPANY, L.L.C.
SUNCOM WIRELESS, INC.
T-MOBILE CENTRAL LLC
T-MOBILE LICENSE LLC
T-MOBILE NORTHEAST LLC
T-MOBILE PCS HOLDINGS LLC
T-MOBILE PUERTO RICO HOLDINGS LLC
T-MOBILE PUERTO RICO LLC
T-MOBILE RESOURCES CORPORATION
T-MOBILE SOUTH LLC
T-MOBILE SUBSIDIARY IV CORPORATION
T-MOBILE US, INC.
T-MOBILE WEST LLC
TRITON PCS FINANCE COMPANY, INC.
TRITON PCS HOLDINGS COMPANY L.L.C.
VOICESTREAM PCS I IOWA CORPORATION
VOICESTREAM PITTSBURGH GENERAL PARTNER, INC.
VOICESTREAM PITTSBURGH, L.P.
  By:  

/s/ J. Braxton Carter

    Name:   J. Braxton Carter
    Title:   Authorized Person of each of the above named entities

 

[Signature page to Thirteenth Supplemental Indenture]


DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, as Trustee
By:   Deutsche Bank National Trust Company
By:  

/s/ Chris Niesz

  Name:   Chris Niesz
  Title:   Associate
By:  

/s/ Kelvin Vargas

  Name:   Kelvin Vargas
  Title:   Associate

 

[Signature page to Thirteenth Supplemental Indenture]


EXHIBIT A

[Form of Face of Initial Note]

[Global Notes Legend]

UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITARY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), NEW YORK, NEW YORK, TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS 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 INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL NOTE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF DTC OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL NOTE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO ON THE REVERSE HEREOF.

[[FOR REGULATION S GLOBAL NOTE ONLY] UNTIL 40 DAYS AFTER THE LATER OF COMMENCEMENT OR COMPLETION OF THE OFFERING, AN OFFER OR SALE OF SECURITIES WITHIN THE UNITED STATES BY A DEALER (AS DEFINED IN THE SECURITIES ACT) MAY VIOLATE THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT IF SUCH OFFER OR SALE IS MADE OTHERWISE THAN IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 144A THEREUNDER.]

[Restricted Notes Legend]

THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION. NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN MAY BE REOFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT SUBJECT TO, SUCH REGISTRATION. THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF, AGREES ON ITS OWN BEHALF AND ON BEHALF OF ANY INVESTOR ACCOUNT FOR WHICH IT HAS PURCHASED SECURITIES, TO OFFER, SELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER SUCH SECURITY, PRIOR TO THE DATE (THE “RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE”) THAT IS ONE YEAR IN THE CASE OF RULE 144A NOTES, AND 40 DAYS IN THE CASE OF REGULATION S NOTES, AFTER THE LATER OF THE ORIGINAL SERIES ISSUE DATE HEREOF AND THE LAST DATE ON WHICH THE ISSUER OR ANY AFFILIATE OF THE ISSUER WAS THE OWNER OF THIS SECURITY (OR ANY PREDECESSOR OF SUCH SECURITY), ONLY (A) TO THE ISSUER, (B) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT THAT HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) FOR SO LONG AS THE SECURITIES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, TO A PERSON IT REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” AS DEFINED IN RULE

 

Exhibit A-1


144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT THAT PURCHASES FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER TO WHOM NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (D) PURSUANT TO OFFERS AND SALES THAT OCCUR OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE MEANING OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR (E) PURSUANT TO ANOTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT, SUBJECT TO THE ISSUER’S AND THE TRUSTEE’S RIGHT PRIOR TO ANY SUCH OFFER, SALE OR TRANSFER PURSUANT TO CLAUSES (D) OR (E) TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, CERTIFICATION AND/OR OTHER INFORMATION SATISFACTORY TO EACH OF THEM. THIS LEGEND WILL BE REMOVED UPON THE REQUEST OF THE HOLDER AFTER THE RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE.

[Additional Restricted Notes Legend for Notes Offered in Reliance on Regulation S]

BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF, THE HOLDER HEREOF REPRESENTS THAT IT IS NOT A U.S. PERSON NOR IS IT PURCHASING FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A U.S. PERSON AND IS ACQUIRING THIS SECURITY IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.

[Definitive Notes Legend]

IN CONNECTION WITH ANY TRANSFER, THE HOLDER WILL DELIVER TO THE REGISTRAR AND TRANSFER AGENT SUCH CERTIFICATES AND OTHER INFORMATION AS SUCH TRANSFER AGENT MAY REASONABLY REQUIRE TO CONFIRM THAT THE TRANSFER COMPLIES WITH THE FOREGOING RESTRICTIONS.

 

Exhibit A-2


[CUSIP]

[ISIN]

[Other ID Number]

5.250% Senior Notes due 2018

 

No.     $

T-MOBILE USA, INC.

promises to pay                      to or registered assigns, the principal sum of              DOLLARS on September 1, 2018.

Interest Payment Dates: March 1 and September 1

Record Dates: February 15 and August 15

 

Exhibit A-3


Dated:             , 20    

 

T-MOBILE USA, INC.
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:

This is one of the Notes referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture:

 

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, as Trustee
By:   Deutsche Bank National Trust Company
By:  

 

  Authorized Signatory

 

Exhibit A-4


[Form of Reverse Side of Initial Note]

5.250% Senior Notes due 2018 (the “ Notes ”)

Capitalized terms used herein have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture referred to below unless otherwise indicated.

(1) INTEREST. Interest (computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months) shall accrue on the principal amount of this Note from and including August 21, 2013 until maturity at a rate per annum equal to 5.250%.

The Company promises to pay interest semi-annually in arrears on March 1 and September 1 of each year, or if any such day is not a Business Day, on the next succeeding Business Day (each, an “ Interest Payment Date ”). Interest on the Notes will accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid, from the date of issuance; provided that if there is no existing Default in the payment of interest, and if this Note is authenticated between a record date referred to on the face hereof and the next succeeding Interest Payment Date, interest shall accrue from such next succeeding Interest Payment Date; provided further that the first Interest Payment Date shall be March 1, 2014. If an Interest Payment Date or the maturity date falls on a day that is not a Business Day, the related payment of principal or interest will be made on the next succeeding Business Day as if made on the date the payment was due, and no interest shall accrue for the intervening period.

(2) METHOD OF PAYMENT. The Company will pay interest on the Notes (except defaulted interest) to the Persons who are registered Holders of Notes at the close of business on the February 15 or August 15 next preceding the Interest Payment Date, even if such Notes are canceled after such record date and on or before such Interest Payment Date, except as provided in Section 2.14 of the Base Indenture with respect to defaulted interest. The Notes will be payable as to principal, premium, if any, and interest at the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose within the City and State of New York, or, at the option of the Company, payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the Holders at their addresses set forth in the books and records of the Registrar, provided that payment by wire transfer of immediately available funds will be required with respect to principal of and interest and premium, if any, on, all Global Notes and all other Notes the Holders of which will have provided wire transfer instructions to the Company or the Paying Agent. Such payment will be in such money of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts. The Holder of a Definitive Note is not required to surrender such Definitive Note to the Trustee in order to receive payment of principal at maturity. Such Definitive Note, after payment has been made, shall be cancelled without the requirement of presentation.

(3) PAYING AGENT AND REGISTRAR. Initially, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, the Trustee under the Indenture, will act as Paying Agent and Registrar. The Company may change any Paying Agent or Registrar without notice to any Holder. The Company or any of its Subsidiaries may act in any such capacity.

(4) INDENTURE. The Company issued the Notes pursuant to an Indenture dated as of April 28, 2013 (the “ Base Indenture ”) among the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee, as amended and supplemented with respect to the Notes by the Thirteenth Supplemental Indenture dated as of August 21, 2013 (the “ Thirteenth Supplemental Indenture ”; the Base Indenture as amended and supplemented with respect to the Notes by the Thirteenth Supplemental Indenture, the “ Indenture ”). The terms of the Notes include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the TIA. The Notes are subject to all such terms, and Holders are referred to the Indenture and, to the extent so included in the Indenture, to the TIA for a statement of such terms. To the extent any provision of this Note conflicts with the express provisions of the Indenture, the provisions of the Indenture shall govern and be controlling. The Notes are unsecured, unsubordinated obligations of the Company. The Indenture does not limit the aggregate principal amount of Notes that may be issued thereunder.

 

Exhibit A-5


(5) OPTIONAL REDEMPTION.

(a) On or after September 1, 2015, the Company may redeem all or a part of the Notes upon not less than 10 nor more than 60 days’ notice (in the case of redemptions upon less than 30 days’ notice, if any Global Notes are outstanding, subject to the ability of the Depositary to process such redemption on the date specified in such notice), at the redemption prices (expressed as percentages of principal amount) set forth below plus accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes redeemed to, but not including, the applicable redemption date, if redeemed during the twelve-month period beginning on September 1 of the years indicated below, subject to the rights of Holders of Notes on the relevant record date to receive interest on the relevant Interest Payment Date for periods prior to such redemption date:

 

Year

   Percentage  

2015

     102.625

2016

     101.313

2017 and thereafter

     100.000

Unless the Company defaults in the payment of the redemption price, interest will cease to accrue on the Notes or portions thereof called for redemption on the applicable redemption date.

At any time prior to September 1, 2015, the Company may also redeem all or a part of the Notes, upon not less than 10 nor more than 60 days’ notice (in the case of redemptions upon less than 30 days’ notice, if any Global Notes are outstanding, subject to the ability of Depositary to process such redemption on the date specified in such notice), at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of Notes redeemed plus the Applicable Premium as of, and accrued and unpaid interest to, but not including, the date of redemption, subject to the rights of Holders of Notes on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date for periods prior to such date of redemption.

(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph 5, at any time prior to September 1, 2015, the Company may on any one or more occasions redeem up to 35% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes issued under the Indenture at a redemption price of 105.250% of the principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but not including, the redemption date, with the net cash proceeds of one or more sales of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company or contributions to the Company’s common equity capital made with the net cash proceeds of one or more sales of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of Parent; provided that:

(1) at least 65% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes issued under the Indenture (excluding Notes held by the Company and its Subsidiaries) remains outstanding immediately after the occurrence of such redemption; and

(2) the redemption occurs within 180 days of the date of the closing of such sale of Equity Interests by the Company or the date of contribution to the Company’s common equity capital made with net cash proceeds of one or more sales of Equity Interests of Parent.

Applicable Premium ” means, as calculated by the Company and provided to the Trustee, with respect to any Note on any redemption date, the greater of:

(1) 1.0% of the principal amount of the Note; or

 

Exhibit A-6


(2) the excess of:

(a) the present value at such redemption date of (i) the redemption price of the Note at September 1, 2015 (such redemption price being set forth in the table appearing above under Section 5(a) hereof), plus (ii) all required interest payments due on the Note through September 1, 2015 (excluding accrued but unpaid interest to the redemption date), computed using a discount rate equal to the Treasury Rate as of such redemption date plus 50 basis points; over

(b) the principal amount of the Note, if greater.

Treasury Rate ” means, with respect to any redemption date, the yield to maturity of United States Treasury securities with a constant maturity (as compiled and published in the most recent Federal Reserve Statistical Release H. 15 (519) that has become publicly available at least two business days prior to the redemption date (or, if such Statistical Release is no longer published, any publicly available source of similar market data)) most nearly equal to the period from the redemption date to September 1, 2015; provided , however , that if the period from the redemption date to September 1, 2015 is less than one year, the weekly average yield on actually traded United States Treasury securities adjusted to a constant maturity of one year will be used. The Company will (1) calculate the Treasury Rate on the third business day preceding the applicable redemption date and (2) prior to such redemption date file with the trustee an officer’s certificate setting forth the Applicable Premium and the Treasury Rate and showing the calculation of each in reasonable detail.

(6) MANDATORY REDEMPTION.

The Company is not required to make mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with respect to the Notes.

(7) REPURCHASE AT THE OPTION OF HOLDER.

(a) If there is a Change of Control Triggering Event, the Company will be required to make a Change of Control Offer to each Holder to repurchase all or any part (equal to $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof) of such Holder’s Notes at a purchase price in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes repurchased to, but not including, the date of purchase, subject to the rights of Holders on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date for periods prior to such repurchase date pursuant to Section 4.15 of the Base Indenture. Within 30 days following any Change of Control Triggering Event, the Company will send a notice to each Holder and the Trustee describing the transaction or transactions and identify the ratings decline that together constitute the Change of Control Triggering Event, offering to repurchase Notes on the Change of Control Payment Date specified in the notice, which date will be no earlier than 10 days and no later than 60 days from the date such notice is sent and setting forth the procedures governing the Change of Control Offer as required by the Indenture.

(b) If the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company consummates any Asset Sales, within twenty days of each date on which the aggregate amount of Excess Proceeds exceeds $100.0 million, the Company shall apply the entire aggregate amount of unutilized Excess Proceeds (not only the amount in excess of $100.0 million) to make an Asset Sale Offer pursuant to Section 4.10 of the Base Indenture to all Holders of Notes and all holders of other Indebtedness that is pari passu with the Notes containing provisions similar to those set forth in the Indenture with respect to offers to purchase or redeem with the proceeds of sales of assets to purchase the maximum principal amount of Notes (including any Additional Notes) and purchase or redeem such other pari passu Indebtedness that may be purchased

 

Exhibit A-7


or redeemed out of the Excess Proceeds at an offer price in cash in an amount equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes and such other pari passu Indebtedness that may be purchased or redeemed with Excess Proceeds thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to, but not including, the date of consummation of the purchase, in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Indenture. To the extent that the aggregate amount of Notes (including any Additional Notes) and other pari passu Indebtedness tendered pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer is less than the Excess Proceeds, the Company (or such Restricted Subsidiary) may use those Excess Proceeds for any purpose not otherwise prohibited by the Indenture. If the aggregate principal amount of Notes and other pari passu Indebtedness tendered in response to such Asset Sale Offer exceeds the amount of Excess Proceeds, the Trustee shall select the Notes and the Company shall select such other pari passu Indebtedness to be purchased or redeemed on a pro rata basis unless otherwise required by law or applicable stock exchange or depositary requirements. Holders of Notes that are the subject of an offer to purchase will receive an Asset Sale Offer from the Company prior to any related purchase date and may elect to have such Notes purchased by completing the form entitled “Option of Holder to Elect Purchase” attached to the Notes.

(8) NOTICE OF REDEMPTION. Notice of redemption will be sent at least 30 days (or, if any Global Notes are outstanding, such shorter period as may be permitted by the eligibility rules of the Depositary) but not more than 60 days before the redemption date to each Holder whose Notes are to be redeemed, except that redemption notices may be sent or mailed more than 60 days prior to a redemption date if the notice is issued in connection with a defeasance of the Notes or a satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture. Notes in denominations larger than $2,000 may be redeemed in part but only in whole multiples of $1,000, unless all of the Notes held by a Holder are to be redeemed.

(9) DENOMINATIONS, TRANSFER, EXCHANGE. The Notes are in registered form without coupons in minimum denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $ 1,000. The transfer of Notes may be registered and Notes may be exchanged as provided in the Indenture. The Registrar and the Trustee may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and the Company may require a Holder to pay any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the Indenture. The Company need not exchange or register the transfer or exchange of any Note or portion of a Note selected for redemption, except for the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part. Also, the Company need not exchange or register the transfer of any Notes (i) for a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days immediately preceding the sending of notice of redemption of Notes selected for redemption and ending at the close of business on the day such notice is sent or (ii) during the period between a record date and the corresponding Interest Payment Date.

(10) PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS. The registered Holder of a Note may be treated as its owner for all purposes.

(11) AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER. Subject to certain exceptions, the Indenture or the Notes or the Note Guarantees may be amended or supplemented with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes including Additional Notes, if any, voting as a single class, and any existing Default or Event or Default or compliance with any provision of the Indenture or the Notes or the Note Guarantees may be waived with the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes including Additional Notes, if any, voting as a single class. Without the consent of any Holder, the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee may amend and supplement the Indenture as provided in the Base Indenture.

(12) DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES. If an Event of Default occurs (other than an Event of Default relating to certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of the Company, any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Significant Subsidiary or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary) and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least

 

Exhibit A-8


25% in principal amount of the outstanding Notes, in each case, by notice to the Company, may declare the principal of, premium, if any, and accrued but unpaid interest on all the Notes to be due and payable. If an Event of Default relating to certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of the Company, any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Significant Subsidiary or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary occurs, the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on all the Notes shall become immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holders. Under certain circumstances, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes may rescind any such acceleration with respect to the Notes and its consequences.

(13) TRUSTEE DEALINGS WITH COMPANY. The Trustee, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with the Company or any Affiliate of the Company with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee.

(14) NO RECOURSE AGAINST OTHERS. No past, present or future director, officer, member, manager, partner, employee, incorporator or stockholder of the Company or any Guarantor, as such, will have any liability for any obligations of the Company or the Guarantors under the Notes, the Indenture, the Note Guarantees or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issuance of the Notes.

(15) AUTHENTICATION. This Note will not be valid until authenticated by the manual or facsimile signature of the Trustee or an authenticating agent.

(16) ABBREVIATIONS. Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (= tenants in common), TEN ENT (= tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (= Custodian), and U/G/M/A (= Uniform Gifts to Minors Act).

(17) CUSIP NUMBERS. Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the Company has caused CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Notes and the Trustee may use CUSIP numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of redemption, and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers placed thereon.

(18) GOVERNING LAW. THIS NOTE WILL BE GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

The Company will furnish to any Holder upon written request and without charge a copy of the Indenture. Requests may be made to:

T-Mobile USA, Inc.

12920 SE 38th Street

Bellevue, Washington 98006

Attention: General Counsel

Fax: (425) 383-7040

 

Exhibit A-9


ASSIGNMENT FORM

To assign this Note, fill in the form below:

 

(I) or (we) assign and transfer this Note to:  

 

  (Insert assignee’s legal name)

 

 

(Insert assignee’s soc. sec. or tax I.D. no.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Print or type assignee’s name, address and zip code)

and irrevocably appoint to              transfer this Note on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him.

 

Date:  

 

 

Your Signature:  

 

  (Sign exactly as your name appears on the face of this Note)

 

Signature Guarantee*:  

 

 

* Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program (or other signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee).

 

Exhibit A-10


OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE

If you want to elect to have this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 4.10 or Section 4.15 of the Base Indenture, check the appropriate box below:

¨ Section 4.10 ¨ Section 4.15

If you want to elect to have only part of the Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 4.10 or Section 4.15 of the Indenture, state the amount you elect to have purchased:

$            

 

Date:  

 

 

Your Signature:  

 

  (Sign exactly as your name appears on the face of this Note)

 

Tax Identification No.:  

 

 

Signature Guarantee*:  

 

 

* Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program (or other signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee).

 

Exhibit A-11


CERTIFICATE TO BE DELIVERED UPON EXCHANGE OR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER RESTRICTED NOTES

This certificate relates to $             principal amount of Notes held in definitive form by the undersigned. The undersigned has requested the Trustee by written order to exchange or register the transfer of a Note or Notes.

In connection with any transfer of any of the Notes evidenced by this certificate occurring prior to the expiration of the period referred to in Rule 144 under the Securities Act, the undersigned confirms that such Notes are being transferred in accordance with its terms:

CHECK ONE BOX BELOW

 

¨   (1)    to the Company; or
¨   (2)    to the Registrar for registration in the name of the Holder, without transfer; or
¨   (3)    pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933; or
¨   (4)    inside the United States to a “qualified institutional buyer” (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933) that purchases for its own account or for the account of a qualified institutional buyer to whom notice is given that such transfer is being made in reliance on Rule 144A, in each case pursuant to and in compliance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933; or
¨   (5)    outside the United States in an offshore transaction within the meaning of Regulation S under the Securities Act in compliance with Rule 904 under the Securities Act of 1933; or
¨   (6)    pursuant to another available exemption from registration provided by Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933.

Unless one of the boxes is checked, the Trustee will refuse to register any of the Notes evidenced by this certificate in the name of any Person other than the registered holder thereof; provided , however , that if box (4), (5) or (6) is checked, the Trustee may require, prior to registering any such transfer of the Notes, such legal opinions, certifications and other information as the Company has reasonably requested to confirm that such transfer is being made pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933.

 

     

 

      Your Signature
Signature Guarantee:    
Date:  

 

   

 

Signature must be guaranteed by a participant in a recognized signature guaranty medallion program or other signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee     Signature of Signature Guarantee

 

Exhibit A-12


TO BE COMPLETED BY PURCHASER IF (4) ABOVE IS CHECKED.

The undersigned represents and warrants that it is purchasing this Note for its own account or an account with respect to which it exercises sole investment discretion and that it and any such account is a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, and is aware that the sale to it is being made in reliance on Rule 144A and acknowledges that it has received such information regarding the Company as the undersigned has requested pursuant to Rule 144A or has determined not to request such information and that it is aware that the transferor is relying upon the undersigned’s foregoing representations in order to claim the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144A.

 

Dated:  

 

   

 

      NOTICE: To be executed by an executive officer

 

Exhibit A-13


SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF INTERESTS IN THE GLOBAL NOTE*

The following exchanges of a part of this Global Note for an interest in another Global Note or for a Definitive Note, or exchanges of a part of another Global Note or Definitive Note for an interest in this Global Note, have been made:

 

Date of Exchange

   Amount of decrease in
Principal Amount of this
Global Note
   Amount of increase in
Principal Amount of this
Global Note
   Principal Amount of this
Global Note following
such decrease  (or
increase)
   Signature of
authorized officer  of
Trustee or Notes
Custodian
           
           
           
           

 

* This schedule should be included only if the Note is issued in global form.

 

Exhibit A-14

Exhibit 10.1

EXECUTION VERSION

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

This REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT dated August 21, 2013 (the “ Agreement ”) is entered into by and among T-Mobile USA, Inc. (the “ Company ”), a Delaware corporation, T-Mobile US, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ Parent ”), the subsidiaries of the Company party hereto (together with Parent, the “ Initial Guarantors ”) and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., as Initial Purchaser (the “ Initial Purchaser ”).

The Company, the Initial Guarantors, the Initial Purchaser and the other parties thereto are parties to that certain Purchase Agreement dated August 14, 2013 (the “ Purchase Agreement ”), which provides for the sale by the Company to the Initial Purchaser of $500,000,000 principal amount of its 5.250% Senior Notes due 2018 (the “ Securities ”), which will be guaranteed on an unsecured senior basis by each of the Initial Guarantors.

The Securities will be issued under an Indenture, dated as of April 28, 2013 (the “ Base Indenture ”) and a supplemental indenture to be dated as of the Closing Date (as defined below) (the “ Supplemental Indenture ” and, together with the Base Indenture, the “ Indenture ”), in each case, among the Company, Parent, the Initial Guarantors and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee (the “ Trustee ”).

As an inducement to the Initial Purchaser to enter into the Purchase Agreement, the Company and the Initial Guarantors have agreed to provide to the Initial Purchaser and its direct and indirect transferees the registration rights set forth in this Agreement. The execution and delivery of this Agreement is a condition to the closing under the Purchase Agreement.

In consideration of the foregoing, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, agree as follows:

1. Definitions . As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

“Additional Interest” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(d).

“Additional Guarantors” shall mean any subsidiary or affiliate of the Company that executes a Guarantee under the Indenture after the date of this Agreement.

“Business Day” shall mean any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York City are authorized or required by law to remain closed.

“Closing Date” shall mean the date hereof.

“Company” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.

“Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time.


“Exchange Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a)(ii) hereof.

“Exchange Offer” shall mean the exchange offer by the Company and the Guarantors of Exchange Securities for Registrable Securities pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof.

“Exchange Offer Registration” shall mean a registration under the Securities Act effected pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof.

“Exchange Offer Registration Statement” shall mean an exchange offer registration statement on Form S-4 (or, if applicable, on another appropriate form) and all amendments and supplements to such registration statement, in each case including the Prospectus contained therein or deemed a part thereof, all exhibits thereto and any document incorporated by reference therein.

“Exchange Securities” shall mean the Securities issued pursuant to the Indenture in connection with a Registered Exchange Offer (as defined in the Indenture) pursuant to this Agreement.

“Free Writing Prospectus” means each free writing prospectus (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) prepared by or on behalf of the Company with its consent or used or referred to by the Company in connection with the sale of the Securities or the Exchange Securities.

“Guarantees” shall mean the guarantees of the Securities and guarantees of the Exchange Securities by the Guarantors under the Indenture.

“Guarantors” shall mean the Initial Guarantors, any Additional Guarantors and any successor of a Guarantor that provides a Guarantee for the Securities.

“Holders” shall mean the Initial Purchaser, for so long as it directly owns any Registrable Securities, and each of its successors, assigns and direct and indirect transferees who become owners of Registrable Securities under the Indenture; provided that for purposes of Section 4 and Section 5 of this Agreement, the term “Holders” shall include Participating Broker-Dealers.

“Indemnified Person” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(c) hereof.

“Indemnifying Person” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(c) hereof.

“Indenture” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.

“Initial Guarantors” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.

“Initial Purchaser” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.

“Inspector” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(a)(xiii) hereof.

“Issuer Information” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(a) hereof.


“Majority Holders” shall mean the Holders of a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Registrable Securities; provided that whenever the consent or approval of Holders of a specified percentage of Registrable Securities is required hereunder, any Registrable Securities owned directly or indirectly by the Company or any of its affiliates shall not be counted in determining whether such consent or approval was given by the Holders of such required percentage or amount; and provided , further , that if the Company shall issue any additional Securities under the Indenture prior to consummation of the Exchange Offer or, if applicable, the effectiveness of any Shelf Registration Statement, such additional Securities and the Registrable Securities to which this Agreement relates shall be treated together as one class for purposes of determining whether the consent or approval of Holders of a specified percentage of Registrable Securities has been obtained.

“Notice and Questionnaire” shall mean a notice of registration statement and selling security holder questionnaire distributed to a Holder by the Company upon receipt of a Shelf Request from such Holder.

“Participating Broker-Dealers” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(a) hereof.

“Participating Holder” shall mean any Holder of Registrable Securities that has returned a completed and signed Notice and Questionnaire to the Company in accordance with Section 2(b) hereof.

“Person” shall mean an individual, partnership, limited liability company, corporation, trust or unincorporated organization, or a government or agency or political subdivision thereof.

“Prospectus” shall mean the prospectus included in, or, pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities Act, deemed a part of, a Registration Statement, including any preliminary prospectus, and any such prospectus as amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement, including a prospectus supplement with respect to the terms of the offering of any portion of the Registrable Securities covered by a Shelf Registration Statement, and by all other amendments and supplements to such prospectus, and in each case including any document incorporated by reference therein.

“Purchase Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.

“Registrable Securities” shall mean the Securities; provided that the Securities shall cease to be Registrable Securities (i) when a Registration Statement with respect to such Securities has become effective under the Securities Act and such Securities have been exchanged or disposed of pursuant to such Registration Statement, (ii) when such Securities cease to be outstanding, (iii) if the Exchange Offer is made, on or after the Exchange Date therefor with respect to Holders that are eligible to participate in the Exchange Offer but fail to tender such Securities in the Exchange Offer, (iv) when such Securities have been distributed to the public pursuant to Rule 144 or (v) eighteen months from the Closing Date.

“Registration Default” shall mean the occurrence of any of the following, unless the Securities are earlier redeemed: (i) the Exchange Offer is not completed on or prior to the Target Registration Date, (ii) the Shelf Registration Statement, if required pursuant to Section 2(b)(i), has not become effective on or prior to the later of (a) the Target Registration Date and (b) 90


days after the determination date specified in such Section 2(b)(i), (iii) if the Company receives a Shelf Request pursuant to Section 2(b)(ii), the Shelf Registration Statement required to be filed thereby has not become effective by the later of (a) the Target Registration Date and (b) 180 days after delivery of such Shelf Request or (iv) the Shelf Registration Statement, if required by this Agreement, has become effective and thereafter either ceases to be effective or the Prospectus contained therein ceases to be usable (other than as a result of actions by or circumstances relating to the Holders requesting registration) without being succeeded promptly by a post-effective amendment to such Registration Statement that cures such failure and that is itself declared effective within 20 days of filing such post-effective amendment to such Registration Statement, in each case whether or not permitted by this Agreement, at any time during the Shelf Effectiveness Period, and such failure to remain effective or usable exists for more than 120 days (whether or not consecutive) in any 12-month period; provided that the failure to file a post-effective amendment to a Shelf Registration Statement, or the suspension of the effectiveness of a Registration Statement pursuant to notices provided by the Company in accordance with Section 3(c) hereof (except in connection with a notice given pursuant to Section 3(a)(v)(7)) shall not constitute or trigger a Registration Default.

“Registration Expenses” shall mean any and all expenses incident to performance of or compliance by the Company and the Guarantors with this Agreement, including without limitation: (i) all SEC, stock exchange or Financial Industry Regulatory Authority registration and filing fees, (ii) all fees and expenses incurred in connection with compliance with state securities or blue sky laws (including reasonable fees and disbursements of not more than one counsel for any Underwriters or Holders in connection with blue sky qualification of any Exchange Securities or Registrable Securities), (iii) all expenses of the Company and the Guarantors in preparing (and of any Person in assisting the Company and the Guarantors in preparing), word processing, printing and distributing any Registration Statement, any Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto, any underwriting agreements or other similar agreements and any other documents relating to the Company’s and the Guarantors’ performance of and compliance with this Agreement, (iv) all rating agency fees, (v) all fees and disbursements of the Company and the Guarantors relating to the qualification of the Indenture under applicable securities laws, (vi) the fees and disbursements of the Trustee and its counsel, (vii) the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company and the Guarantors and, in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, the reasonable and actual out-of-pocket fees and disbursements of not more than one counsel for the Holders (which counsel shall be a nationally recognized law firm experienced in securities law matters and which shall be selected by the Majority Holders and which counsel may also be counsel for the Initial Purchaser) and (viii) the fees and disbursements of the independent registered public accountants of the Company and the Guarantors, including the expenses of any special audits or “comfort” letters required by or incident to the performance of and compliance with this Agreement; but excluding fees and expenses of counsel to the Initial Purchaser or any Underwriters or the Holders (other than fees and expenses set forth in clauses (ii) or (vii) above) and underwriting discounts and commissions, brokerage commissions and transfer taxes, if any, relating to the sale or disposition of Registrable Securities by a Holder.

“Registration Statement” shall mean any registration statement of the Company and the Guarantors that covers any of the Exchange Securities or Registrable Securities pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement and all amendments and supplements to any such registration


statement, including post-effective amendments, in each case including the Prospectus contained therein or deemed a part thereof, all exhibits thereto and any document incorporated by reference therein.

“Rule 144” shall mean Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act.

“SEC” shall mean the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, or any successor federal agency performing similar functions.

“Securities” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.

“Securities Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time.

“Shelf Effectiveness Period” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(b) hereof.

“Shelf Registration” shall mean a registration effected pursuant to Section 2(b) hereof.

“Shelf Registration Statement” shall mean a “shelf” registration statement of the Company and the Guarantors that covers all or a portion of the Registrable Securities (but, unless such Shelf Registration Statement is an automatic Shelf Registration Statement, no other securities unless approved by a majority of the Holders whose Registrable Securities are to be covered by such Shelf Registration Statement) on an appropriate form under Rule 415 under the Securities Act, or any similar rule that may be adopted by the SEC, and all amendments and supplements to such registration statement, including post-effective amendments, in each case including the Prospectus contained therein or deemed a part thereof, all exhibits thereto and any document incorporated by reference therein. For the avoidance of doubt, “Shelf Registration Statement” shall include any previously filed registration statement of the Company that is amended or supplemented to satisfy the foregoing.

“Shelf Request” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(b) hereof.

“Staff” shall mean the staff of the SEC.

“Target Registration Date” shall mean 360 days after the Closing Date (or if such date is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day).

“Trust Indenture Act” shall mean the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended from time to time.

“Trustee” shall mean the trustee with respect to the Securities under the Indenture.

“Underwriter” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(e) hereof.

“Underwritten Offering” shall mean an offering in which Registrable Securities are sold to an Underwriter for reoffering to the public.

2. Registration Under the Securities Act . (a) To the extent not prohibited by any applicable law or applicable interpretations of the Staff, the Company and the Guarantors shall


use commercially reasonable efforts to (i) cause to be filed an Exchange Offer Registration Statement covering an offer to the Holders to exchange all the Registrable Securities for Exchange Securities and (ii) have such Registration Statement become and, at the request of one or more Participating Broker-Dealers, remain effective until 90 days after the date that it becomes effective, for use by one or more Participating Broker-Dealers (or such shorter period as will terminate when all Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement have been sold pursuant thereto). The Company and the Guarantors shall commence the Exchange Offer promptly after the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is declared effective by the SEC.

The Company and the Guarantors shall commence the Exchange Offer by mailing or delivering the related Prospectus and other accompanying documents, if any, in compliance with the applicable procedures of the depositary holding the Securities stating, in addition to such other disclosures as are required by applicable law, substantially the following:

 

(i) that the Exchange Offer is being made pursuant to this Agreement and that all Registrable Securities validly tendered and not properly withdrawn will be accepted for exchange;

 

(ii) the Exchange Offer shall remain available for tenders by the Holders of Registrable Securities for a period of at least 20 Business Days from the date the Exchange Offer is commenced (the “ Exchange Date ”);

 

(iii) that any Registrable Security not tendered by the Exchange Date will remain outstanding and continue to accrue interest but will not retain any rights under this Agreement, except as otherwise expressly specified herein;

 

(iv) that any Holder electing to have a Registrable Security exchanged pursuant to the Exchange Offer will be required to (A) surrender such Registrable Security to the institution and at the address (located in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York) and in the manner specified in the notice, or (B) effect such exchange otherwise in compliance with the applicable procedures of the depositary for such Registrable Security, in each case prior to the close of business on the Exchange Date; and

 

(v) that any Holder will be entitled to withdraw its election, not later than the close of business on the Exchange Date, by (A) delivering to the institution and at the address (located in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York) specified in the notice, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of such Holder, the principal amount of Registrable Securities delivered for exchange and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing its election to have such Securities exchanged or (B) effecting such withdrawal in compliance with the applicable procedures of the depositary for the Registrable Securities.

As a condition to participating in the Exchange Offer, a Holder will be required to represent to the Company and the Guarantors that (i) any Exchange Securities to be received by it will be acquired in the ordinary course of its business, (ii) at the time of the commencement of the Exchange Offer it has no arrangement or understanding with any Person to participate in the distribution (within the meaning of the Securities Act) of the Exchange Securities in violation of the provisions of the Securities Act, (iii) it is not an “affiliate” (within the meaning of Rule 405


under the Securities Act) of the Company or any Guarantor, or if it is such an affiliate, it will comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act to the extent applicable, (iv) if such Holder is a broker-dealer that will receive Exchange Securities for its own account in exchange for Registrable Securities that were acquired as a result of market-making or other trading activities, then such Holder will deliver a Prospectus (or, to the extent permitted by law, make available a Prospectus to purchasers) in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities, (v) such Holder holds all right, title and interest in and to the Registrable Securities to be exchanged, (vi) such Holder transfers all right, title and interest in the Registrable Securities to the Company in exchange for the Exchange Securities free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, or rights or interests of third parties, and (vii) if such Holder is not a broker-dealer, that it is not engaged in, and does not intend to engage in, a public distribution of Exchange Securities.

As soon as practicable after the Exchange Date, the Company and the Guarantors shall:

 

(i) accept for exchange Registrable Securities or portions thereof validly tendered and not properly withdrawn pursuant to the Exchange Offer; and

 

(ii) deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Trustee for cancellation all Registrable Securities or portions thereof so accepted for exchange by the Company and issue, and cause the Trustee to promptly authenticate and deliver to each Holder, Exchange Securities equal in principal amount to the principal amount of the Registrable Securities tendered by such Holder.

The Company and the Guarantors shall use commercially reasonable efforts to complete the Exchange Offer as provided above and shall comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and other applicable laws and regulations in connection with the Exchange Offer. The Exchange Offer shall not be subject to any conditions, other than (a) that the Exchange Offer does not violate in any material respect any applicable law or applicable interpretations of the Staff and (b) as expressly set forth herein, including the making of the representations and warranties referred to in the second preceding paragraph and compliance with the terms and conditions set forth in the third preceding paragraph.

(b) In the event that (i) the Company and the Guarantors determine that the Exchange Offer Registration provided for in Section 2(a) hereof is not available or may not be completed as soon as practicable after the Exchange Date because it would violate any applicable law or applicable interpretations of the Staff, or for any other reason, the Registered Exchange Offer is not consummated on or prior to the Target Registration Date, unless the Registrable Securities are earlier redeemed or (ii) after the filing of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement with the SEC, upon receipt of a written request (a “ Shelf Request ”) within 20 Business Days after the consummation of the Exchange Offer (x) from any Initial Purchaser or Holder representing that it holds Registrable Securities but is prohibited by applicable law or SEC policy from participating in the Exchange Offer, (y) from any Initial Purchaser or Holder that participates in the Exchange Offer, which represents that it received Exchange Securities that may be sold with only Securities Act restrictions (for the avoidance of doubt, other than restrictions resulting solely by reason of the status of such Initial Purchaser or Holder as an affiliate of the Company


or any Guarantor) on transfer or (z) from any Initial Purchaser with respect to Registrable Securities that have, or that are reasonably likely to be determined to have, the status of unsold allotments in the original distribution of the Registrable Securities, the Company and the Guarantors shall, subject to Section 2(f), use commercially reasonable efforts to cause to be filed as soon as practicable, but in any event within 60 days, after such determination date or Shelf Request, as the case may be, a Shelf Registration Statement (which, if permitted, may be an amendment to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement) providing for the sale of all the Registrable Securities by the Holders thereof and to have such Shelf Registration Statement become effective; provided that no Holder will be entitled to have any Registrable Securities included in any Shelf Registration Statement, or entitled to use the prospectus forming a part of such Shelf Registration Statement until such Holder shall have delivered a completed and signed Notice and Questionnaire and provided such other information regarding such Holder to the Company as is contemplated by Section 3(b) hereof.

In the event that the Company and the Guarantors are required to file a Shelf Registration Statement pursuant to clause (i) of the directly preceding paragraph, the filing of an Exchange Offer Registration Statement in compliance with Section 2(a) above shall be deemed to satisfy the requirement to file a Shelf Registration Statement pursuant to the preceding paragraph, provided that in such event the Company and the Guarantors shall remain obligated to use commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Registration Statement to become effective. In the event that the Company and the Guarantors are required to file a Shelf Registration Statement pursuant to clause (ii) of the directly preceding paragraph, the Company and the Guarantors shall use commercially reasonable efforts to file and have become effective both an Exchange Offer Registration Statement pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof with respect to all Registrable Securities and a Shelf Registration Statement (which may be a combined Registration Statement with the Exchange Offer Registration Statement) with respect to offers and sales of Registrable Securities held by Participating Holders after completion of the Exchange Offer.

The Company and the Guarantors agree to use commercially reasonable efforts to keep the Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective, subject to Sections 2(f) and 3(d), until the earlier of (x) the date that is 18 months after the Closing Date, (y) the date that the Securities cease to be Registrable Securities, and (z) the date on which the Securities covered by the Shelf Request have been transferred by all Holders (in the case of any Shelf Registration Statement required to be filed pursuant to Section 2(b)(i)) or all of the Participating Holder(s) making such Shelf Request (in the case of any Shelf Registration Statement required to be filed pursuant to Section 2(b)(ii)) (the period from the effective date thereof to such date, the “ Shelf Effectiveness Period ”). The Company and the Guarantors further agree, subject to Section 2(f), to use commercially reasonable efforts to supplement or amend the Shelf Registration Statement and the related Prospectus if required by the rules, regulations or instructions applicable to the registration form used by the Company and the Guarantors for such Shelf Registration Statement or by the Securities Act or by any other rules and regulations thereunder or if reasonably requested in writing pursuant to the notice provision hereof by a Participating Holder of Registrable Securities with respect to information relating to such Holder prior to the end of the Shelf Effectiveness Period, and to use commercially reasonable efforts to cause any such amendment to become effective, if required, and such Shelf Registration Statement and Prospectus to become usable as soon as thereafter practicable. The Company and the Guarantors agree to furnish to the Participating Holders copies of any such supplement or amendment promptly after its being used or filed with the SEC.


(c) The Company and the Guarantors shall pay all Registration Expenses in connection with any registration pursuant to Section 2(a) or Section 2(b) hereof. Each Holder shall pay all underwriting discounts and commissions, brokerage commissions, its own attorney fees (except as such fees may be covered by clause (vii) of the definition of Registration Expenses) and transfer taxes, if any, relating to the sale or disposition of such Holder’s Registrable Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement.

(d) An Exchange Offer Registration Statement pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof will not be deemed to have become effective unless it has been declared effective by the SEC or otherwise becomes effective pursuant to SEC rules. A Shelf Registration Statement pursuant to Section 2(b) hereof will not be deemed to have become effective unless it has been declared effective by the SEC or is automatically effective upon filing with the SEC as provided by Rule 462 under the Securities Act or otherwise becomes effective pursuant to SEC rules.

If a Registration Default occurs, the interest rate on the applicable Registrable Securities will be increased by (i) 0.25% per annum for the first 90-day period beginning on and including the day such Registration Default occurred and (ii) an additional 0.25% per annum with respect to any subsequent 90-day period in which such Registration Default continues, in each case until and excluding the date such Registration Default ends, up to a maximum increase for all Registration Defaults in the aggregate of 0.50% per annum (collectively, the “ Additional Interest ”). A Registration Default ends, and Additional Interest on account thereof shall cease to accrue, when the Securities cease to be Registrable Securities or, if earlier, (1) in the case of a Registration Default under clause (i) of the definition thereof, when the Exchange Offer is completed, (2) in the case of a Registration Default under clause (ii) or clause (iii) of the definition thereof, when the Shelf Registration Statement becomes effective or (3) in the case of a Registration Default under clause (iv) of the definition thereof, when the Shelf Registration Statement again becomes effective or the Prospectus again becomes usable. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) neither the Company nor any Guarantor shall be required to pay Additional Interest in excess of the amount described above because more than one Registration Default has occurred and is pending, (ii) a Holder of Registrable Securities who is not entitled to the benefits of a Shelf Registration Statement shall not be entitled to Additional Interest with respect to a Registration Default that pertains to such Shelf Registration Statement, (iii) a Holder of Registrable Securities who does not make a Shelf Request shall not be entitled to Additional Interest in respect of a Registration Default pertaining to a Shelf Registration Statement related to such Shelf Request, and (iv) a Holder who cannot take advantage of the Exchange Offer shall not be entitled to Additional Interest in respect of a Registration Default relating to the Exchange Offer.

(e) Any amounts paid pursuant to Section 2(d) above shall be computed ratably on the basis of twelve 30-day months and shall be paid in cash semi-annually in arrears, with the first semi-annual payment due on the first date an interest payment is made pursuant to the Indenture following the date of such Registration Default.


(f) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, upon the occurrence or existence of a possible acquisition or business combination or other transaction, business development or event involving the Company or the Guarantors that may require disclosure in a Registration Statement, if the Company determines in the exercise of its reasonable judgment (and not for the purpose of avoidance of its obligations hereunder) that such disclosure is not in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders, the Company and the Guarantors may delay the filing or the effectiveness, or may suspend the effectiveness, of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or the Shelf Registration Statement and shall not be required to maintain the effectiveness thereof or amend or supplement the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or the Shelf Registration Statement for one or more periods not to exceed an aggregate of 120 days during any 12-month period. Any such delay period will not defer the obligations of the Company to pay Additional Interest with respect to a Registration Default.

(g) The Company and the Guarantors covenant that they (including their agents and representatives) will not prepare, make, use, authorize, approve or refer to any Free Writing Prospectus.

3. Registration Procedures . (a) In connection with their obligations pursuant to Section 2(a) and Section 2(b) hereof, the Company and the Guarantors shall in accordance with the terms of this Agreement:

(i) use commercially reasonably efforts to prepare and file with the SEC a Registration Statement on the appropriate form under the Securities Act, which form (x) shall be selected by the Company and the Guarantors, (y) shall, in the case of a Shelf Registration, be available for the sale of the Registrable Securities by the Holders thereof and (z) shall comply as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the applicable form and include all financial statements required by the SEC to be filed therewith; and use commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Registration Statement to become effective and remain effective for the applicable period in accordance with Section 2 hereof;

(ii) use commercially reasonably efforts to prepare and file with the SEC such amendments and post-effective amendments to each Registration Statement as may be necessary to keep such Registration Statement effective (subject to the provisions of Sections 2(f) and 3(d) hereof) for the applicable period in accordance with Section 2 hereof and cause each Prospectus to be supplemented by any required prospectus supplement and, as so supplemented, to be filed pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act; and keep each Prospectus current during the period described in Section 4(3) of and Rule 174 of the Securities Act that is applicable to transactions by brokers or dealers with respect to the Registrable Securities or Exchange Securities;

(iii) in the case of a Shelf Registration, use commercially reasonably efforts to furnish to each Participating Holder, to counsel for such Participating Holders (to the extent that the Company and the Guarantors have been requested to do so and provided with contact information for such counsel) and to each Underwriter of an Underwritten Offering of Registrable Securities, if any, without charge, as many copies of each Prospectus or preliminary prospectus, and any amendment or supplement thereto, as such Participating Holder, counsel or Underwriter may reasonably request in order to facilitate the sale or other disposition of the


Registrable Securities thereunder; and, subject to Section 3(c) hereof, the Company and the Guarantors consent to the use of such Prospectus or preliminary prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto in accordance with applicable law by each of the Holders of Registrable Securities and any such Underwriters in connection with the offering and sale of the Registrable Securities covered by and in the manner described in such Prospectus or preliminary prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto in accordance with applicable law;

(iv) prior to any public offering of Registrable Securities, use commercially reasonable efforts to cooperate with the applicable selling Holders and their counsel to register or qualify the Registrable Securities under all applicable state securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as any Holder of Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement shall reasonably request in writing by the time the applicable Registration Statement becomes effective; use commercially reasonable efforts to cooperate with such Holders in connection with any filings required to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority; and use commercially reasonable efforts to do any and all other acts and things that may be reasonably necessary or advisable to enable each Holder to complete the disposition in each such jurisdiction of the Registrable Securities owned by such Holder; provided that neither the Company nor any Guarantor shall be required to (1) qualify as a foreign corporation or other entity or as a dealer in securities in any such jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to so qualify, (2) execute or file any general consent to service of process in any such jurisdiction or (3) subject itself to taxation or service of process in any such jurisdiction if it is not so subject;

(v) notify counsel for the Initial Purchaser (such counsel being the counsel on the date of the Agreement unless the Initial Purchaser notifies the Company and the Guarantors in writing otherwise) and, in the case of a Shelf Registration, notify each Participating Holder and counsel for such Participating Holders promptly and, if requested by any such Participating Holder or counsel, confirm such advice in writing promptly (1) when a Registration Statement has become effective, when any post-effective amendment thereto has been filed and becomes effective and when any amendment or supplement to the related Prospectus has been filed, (2) of any request by the SEC or any state securities authority for amendments and supplements to a Registration Statement or the related Prospectus or for additional information, in each case after the Registration Statement has become effective, (3) of the issuance by the SEC or any state securities authority of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement or the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose, including the receipt by the Company of any notice of objection of the SEC to the use of a Shelf Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under the Securities Act, (4) if, between the applicable effective date of a Shelf Registration Statement and the closing of any sale of Registrable Securities covered thereby, the representations and warranties of the Company or any Guarantor contained in any underwriting agreement, securities sales agreement or other similar agreement, if any, relating to an offering of such Registrable Securities cease to be true and correct in all material respects or if the Company or any Guarantor receives any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation of any proceeding for such purpose, (5) of the happening of any event during the period a Registration Statement is effective that in the determination of the Company or any Guarantor makes any statement of material fact made in such Registration Statement or the related Prospectus untrue or that requires the making of any changes in such


Registration Statement or Prospectus in order to make the statements therein not misleading, (6) of any determination by the Company or any Guarantor that a post-effective amendment to a Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus would be appropriate and (7) of any suspension in the effectiveness of a Registration Statement pursuant to Section 2(f) (provided that such notice required under this Section 3(a)(v) in connection with such suspension pursuant to Section 2(f) shall not require the Company to disclose the applicable possible acquisition or business combination or other transaction, business development or event if the Company determines in good faith that such acquisition or business combination or other transaction, business development or event should remain confidential);

(vi) use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the withdrawal of any order suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement or, in the case of a Shelf Registration, the resolution of any objection of the SEC pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2), including by filing an amendment to such Shelf Registration Statement on the proper form, as promptly as practicable, and provide prompt notice to each Participating Holder of the withdrawal of any such order or such resolution;

(vii) in the case of a Shelf Registration, use commercially reasonably efforts to furnish to each Participating Holder, without charge, at least one conformed copy of each Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto (without any documents incorporated therein by reference or exhibits thereto, unless reasonably requested), in each case, if not available on EDGAR;

(viii) in the case of a Shelf Registration, unless the Registrable Securities are in book-entry or global certificate only form, use commercially reasonably efforts to reasonably cooperate (if applicable) with the Participating Holders to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing Registrable Securities to be sold and not bearing any restrictive legends and enable such Registrable Securities to be issued in such denominations and registered in such names (consistent with the provisions of the Indenture) as such Participating Holders may reasonably request at least two Business Days prior to the closing of any sale of Registrable Securities;

(ix) in the case of a Shelf Registration, upon the occurrence of any event contemplated by Section 3(a)(v)(5) hereof, use commercially reasonable efforts to prepare and file with the SEC a supplement or post-effective amendment to such Shelf Registration Statement or the related Prospectus or any document incorporated therein by reference or file any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered (or, to the extent permitted by law, made available) to purchasers of the Registrable Securities, such Prospectus will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and the Company and the Guarantors shall notify (it being understood and agreed that no such notice or any notice under Section 3(a)(v)(5) shall include any material non-public information with respect to the relevant event) the Participating Holders to suspend use of the Prospectus as promptly as practicable after the occurrence of such an event, and such Participating Holders hereby agree to suspend use of the Prospectus until the Company and the Guarantors have amended or supplemented the Prospectus to correct such misstatement or omission; provided that neither the Company nor the Guarantors shall be required to take any action pursuant this Section 3(a)(ix) during any suspension period pursuant to Sections 2(f) or 3(d) hereof;


(x) in case of a Shelf Registration, a reasonable time prior to the filing of such Registration Statement, any related Prospectus, any amendment to such Registration Statement or amendment or supplement to such Prospectus or of any document that is to be incorporated by reference into such Registration Statement or such Prospectus after initial filing of such Shelf Registration Statement (except for current reports filed on Form 8-K filed in the ordinary course of business), provide copies of such document to the Initial Purchaser and its counsel and to the Holders of Registrable Securities and their counsel to the extent that the Company and the Guarantors have been requested to do so and provided with contact information for such counsel) and make such of the representatives of the Company and the Guarantors as shall be reasonably requested by the Initial Purchaser or its counsel and the Participating Holders or their counsel available for discussion of such document at reasonable times and upon reasonable notice; and the Company and the Guarantors shall not, at any time after initial filing of a Shelf Registration Statement, file any Prospectus, any amendment of or any supplement to a Registration Statement or Prospectus or (except for current reports filed on Form 8-K filed in the ordinary course of business) any document that is to be incorporated by reference into a Shelf Registration Statement, or a related Prospectus, of which the Participating Holders of Registrable Securities (and to the extent that the Company and the Guarantors have been requested to do so and provided with contact information for such counsel, their counsel) shall not have previously been advised and, to the extent requested, furnished a copy or to which the Initial Purchaser or their counsel and the Participating Holders of Registrable Securities or their counsel shall reasonably object in writing within five Business Days after the receipt thereof;

(xi) use commercially reasonably efforts to obtain a CUSIP number for all Exchange Securities or Registrable Securities in the case of a Shelf Registration, as the case may be, not later than the initial effective date of a Registration Statement;

(xii) use commercially reasonably efforts to cause the Indenture to be qualified under the Trust Indenture Act in connection with the registration of the Exchange Securities or Registrable Securities, as the case may be; provide cooperation with the Trustee and the Holders to effect such changes to the Indenture as may be required for the Indenture to be so qualified in accordance with the terms of the Trust Indenture Act; and execute, and use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Trustee to execute, all documents as may be required to effect such changes and all other forms and documents required to be filed with the SEC to enable the Indenture to be so qualified in a timely manner;

(xiii) in the case of a Shelf Registration, make available for inspection by a representative of the Participating Holders (an “ Inspector ”), any Underwriter participating in any disposition pursuant to such Shelf Registration Statement, any attorneys and accountants designated by a majority of the Participating Holders and any attorneys and accountants designated by such Underwriter, at reasonable times and in a reasonable manner, all pertinent financial and other records, documents and properties of the Company and its subsidiaries, and cause the respective officers, directors and employees of the Company and the Guarantors to supply all information reasonably requested by any such Inspector, Underwriter, attorney or accountant in connection with a Shelf Registration Statement in each case, as is customary for


similar “due diligence” examinations of underwritten offerings; provided that if any such information is identified by the Company or any Guarantor as being confidential or proprietary, each Person receiving such information shall take such actions as are reasonably necessary to protect, the confidentiality of such information to the extent such action is otherwise not inconsistent with, an impairment or in derogation of the obligations of such Person in connection with any action, claim, suit or proceeding, directly or indirectly, involving or potentially involving such Person and arising out of, based upon, relating to, or involving this Agreement or the Shelf Registration, or any transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or arising hereunder or thereunder, and provided further that the respective officers, director and employees of the Company and the Guarantors and other subsidiaries of the Company shall not be required to provide any information, and the Company and its subsidiaries shall not be required to make available any records, documents or properties, the disclosure or inspection of which is prohibited by the organizational documents of the Company or such Guarantor or other subsidiary of the Company or by law, rule or regulation;

(xiv) [Reserved];

(xv) if reasonably requested by any Participating Holder covered by a Shelf Registration Statement pursuant to Section 2(b) hereof, promptly include in a Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment such information with respect to such Participating Holder as such Participating Holder reasonably requests to be included therein; and

(xvi) in the case of a Shelf Registration, enter into such customary agreements and take all such other actions in connection therewith (including those requested by the Participating Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Registrable Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement) in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of such Registrable Securities including, but not limited to, an Underwritten Offering and in such connection, (1) to the extent possible, make such representations and warranties to the Participating Holders and any Underwriters of such Registrable Securities with respect to the business of the Company and its subsidiaries and the Registration Statement, Prospectus and documents incorporated by reference or deemed incorporated by reference, if any, in each case, in form, substance and scope as are customarily made by issuers similar to the Company to underwriters in underwritten offerings and confirm the same if and when requested, (2) obtain opinions of counsel to the Company and the Guarantors addressed to each requesting Participating Holder and Underwriter of Registrable Securities, covering the matters customarily covered in opinions requested in underwritten offerings, (3) use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain “comfort” letters from the independent registered public accountants of the Company and the Guarantors (and, if necessary, any other independent registered public accountant of any subsidiary of the Company or any Guarantor, or of any business acquired by the Company or any Guarantor for which financial statements and financial data are or are required to be included in the Registration Statement) addressed to each Participating Holder (to the extent permitted by applicable professional standards) and Underwriter of Registrable Securities, such letters to be in customary form and covering matters of the type customarily covered in “comfort” letters in connection with underwritten offerings, including but not limited to financial information contained in any preliminary prospectus or Prospectus and (4) deliver such documents and certificates as may be reasonably requested by the Participating Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Registrable Securities being sold or the Underwriters, and which are customarily delivered in


underwritten offerings, to evidence the continued validity of the representations and warranties of the Company and the Guarantors made pursuant to clause (1) above and to evidence compliance with any customary conditions contained in an underwriting agreement; it being agreed that the representations and warranties, opinions of counsel and comfort letters delivered in connection with the initial offering of the Securities are customary; and

(xvii) so long as any Registrable Securities remain outstanding, cause each Additional Guarantor upon the creation or acquisition by the Company of such Additional Guarantor, to execute a counterpart to this Agreement in the form attached hereto as Annex A and to deliver such counterpart to the Initial Purchaser no later than five Business Days following the execution thereof.

(b) In the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, the Company may require each Holder of Registrable Securities to furnish to the Company such information regarding such Holder and the proposed disposition by such Holder of such Registrable Securities as the Company and the Guarantors may from time to time reasonably request in writing; provided that if a Holder fails to provide the requested information within 10 Business Days after receiving such request, the Company or any Guarantor may exclude such Holder’s Registrable Securities from such Shelf Registration Statement; provided further that any failure to provide such information shall not require the Company or the Guarantors to pay Additional Interest.

(c) Each Participating Holder agrees that, upon receipt of any notice from the Company of the happening of any event of the kind described in Section 3(a)(v)(2), Section 3(a)(v)(3), Section 3(a)(v)(4), Section 3(a)(v)(5), Section 3(a)(v)(6) or Section 3(a)(v)(7) hereof, such Person will forthwith discontinue disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement until such Person’s receipt of the copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus contemplated by Section 3(a)(ix) hereof and, if so directed by the Company and the Guarantors, such Person will deliver to the Company and the Guarantors all copies in its possession, other than permanent file copies then in such Person’s possession, of the Prospectus covering such Registrable Securities that is current at the time of receipt of such notice.

(d) If the Company and the Guarantors shall give any notice to suspend the disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement pursuant to Section 2(f), Section 3(a)(v)(2), Section 3(a)(v)(3), Section 3(a)(v)(4), Section 3(a)(v)(5), Section 3(a)(v)(6) or Section 3(a)(v)(7) that results in suspension of disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to Section 3(c), the Company and the Guarantors shall not be required to maintain the effectiveness thereof during the period of such suspension, and shall extend the period during which such Registration Statement shall be maintained effective pursuant to this Agreement on a day-by-day basis by the number of days during the period from and including the date of the giving of such notice to and including the date when the Holders of such Registrable Securities shall have received copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus necessary to resume such dispositions.

(e) The Participating Holders who desire to do so may sell such Registrable Securities in an Underwritten Offering. In any such Underwritten Offering, the investment bank or investment banks and manager or managers (each an “ Underwriter ”) that will administer the offering will be selected by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Registrable


Securities included in such offering, subject to the approval of the Company and the Guarantors, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld. All fees, costs and expenses of the Underwriters, except for Registration Expenses, shall be borne solely by the Holders of Registrable Securities.

4. Participation of Broker-Dealers in Exchange Offer . (a) The Staff has taken the position that any broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own account in the Exchange Offer in exchange for Securities that were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making or other trading activities (a “ Participating Broker-Dealer ”) may be deemed to be an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act and must deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities.

The parties hereto understand that it is the Staff’s position that if the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement includes a plan of distribution containing a statement to the above effect and the means by which Participating Broker-Dealers may resell the Exchange Securities, without naming the Participating Broker-Dealers or specifying the amount of Exchange Securities owned by them, such Prospectus may be delivered by Participating Broker-Dealers (or, to the extent permitted by law, made available to purchasers) to satisfy their prospectus delivery obligation under the Securities Act in connection with resales of Exchange Securities for their own accounts, so long as the Prospectus otherwise meets the requirements of the Securities Act.

(b) In light of the above, and notwithstanding the other provisions of this Agreement, the Company and the Guarantors agree to use commercially reasonable efforts to amend or supplement the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement for a period of up to 90 days after the Exchange Date (as such period may be extended pursuant to Section 3(d) hereof), in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of any Exchange Securities by Participating Broker-Dealers consistent with the positions of the Staff recited in Section 4(a) above. The Company and the Guarantors further agree that, subject to Section 3(c), Participating Broker-Dealers shall be authorized to deliver such Prospectus (or, to the extent permitted by law, make available) during such period in connection with the resales contemplated by this Section 4.

5. Indemnification and Contribution . (a) The Company and each Guarantor, jointly and severally, agree to indemnify and hold harmless each Initial Purchaser and each Holder, their respective affiliates, directors and officers and each Person, if any, who controls any Initial Purchaser or any Holder within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, from and against any and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including, without limitation, reasonable and actual out-of-pocket legal fees and other actual out-of-pocket expenses reasonably incurred in connection with any suit, action or proceeding or any claim asserted, as such fees and expenses are incurred), joint or several, that arise out of, or are based upon, (1) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement or any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading, or (2) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any


Prospectus, any Free Writing Prospectus used in violation of this Agreement or any “issuer information” (“ Issuer Information ”) filed or required to be filed pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act, or any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, in each case except insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities arise out of, or are based upon, any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with any information relating to any Initial Purchaser or information relating to any Holder furnished to the Company in writing by the Initial Purchaser or any Holder, respectively, expressly for use therein. In connection with any Underwritten Offering permitted by Section 3, the Company and the Guarantors, jointly and severally, will also indemnify the Underwriters, if any, participating in the distribution, their respective affiliates and each Person who controls such Persons (within the meaning of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act) to the same extent as provided above with respect to the indemnification of the Holders, if requested in connection with any Registration Statement, any Prospectus, any Free Writing Prospectus used in violation of this Agreement or any Issuer Information.

(b) Each Holder agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, the Guarantors, the Initial Purchaser and the other selling Holders, the directors and officers of the Company and the Guarantors and each Person, if any, who controls the Company, the Guarantors, any Initial Purchaser and any other selling Holder within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act to the same extent as the indemnity set forth in paragraph (a) above, but only with respect to any losses, claims, damages or liabilities that arise out of, or are based upon, any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with any information relating to such Holder furnished to the Company in writing by such Holder expressly for use in any Registration Statement and any Prospectus. Any underwriting agreement entered into in connection with any Underwritten Offering permitted by Section 3, shall include provisions whereby each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, the Guarantors, the Initial Purchaser and the selling Holders, the directors and officers of the Company and the Guarantors and each Person, if any, who controls the Company, the Guarantors, any Initial Purchaser and any selling Holder within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act to the same extent as the indemnity set forth in paragraph (a) above, but only with respect to any losses, claims, damages or liabilities that arise out of, or are based upon, any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with any information relating to such Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter expressly for use in any Registration Statement and any Prospectus.

(c) If any suit, action, proceeding (including any governmental or regulatory investigation), claim or demand shall be brought or asserted against any Person in respect of which indemnification may be sought pursuant to either paragraph (a) or (b) above, such Person (the “ Indemnified Person ”) shall promptly notify the Person against whom such indemnification may be sought (the “ Indemnifying Person ”) in writing; provided that the failure to notify the Indemnifying Person shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have under paragraph (a) or


(b) above except to the extent that it has been materially prejudiced (through the forfeiture of substantive rights or defenses) by such failure; and provided , further, that the failure to notify the Indemnifying Person shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have to an Indemnified Person otherwise than under paragraph (a) or (b) above. If any such proceeding shall be brought or asserted against an Indemnified Person and it shall have notified the Indemnifying Person thereof, the Indemnifying Person shall assume and control the defense of such action and shall retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person to represent the Indemnified Person and any others entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Section 5 that the Indemnifying Person may designate in such proceeding and shall pay the fees and expenses of such proceeding and shall pay the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel related to such proceeding, as incurred (except that in the case of any action in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to both Sections 5(a) and 5(b), a Holder shall not be required to assume the defense of such action pursuant to this Section 5(c), but may employ separate counsel and participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel, except as provided below, shall be at the expense of the Holder). In any such proceeding, any Indemnified Person shall have the right to retain its own counsel, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Indemnified Person unless (i) the Indemnifying Person and the Indemnified Person shall have mutually agreed to the contrary; (ii) the Indemnifying Person has failed within a reasonable time to retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person; (iii) the Indemnified Person shall have reasonably concluded upon advice of counsel that there may be legal defenses available to it that are different from or in addition to those available to the Indemnifying Person; or (iv) the named parties in any such proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both the Indemnifying Person and the Indemnified Person and representation of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between them, in which case for clauses (i)-(iv), the Indemnifying Person’s obligations shall be only for reasonable and actual outside counsel fees and expenses. It is understood and agreed that the Indemnifying Person shall not, in connection with any proceeding or separate but substantially similar or related proceedings in the same jurisdiction, be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm (in addition to any local counsel) for all Indemnified Persons, and that all such fees and expenses shall be reimbursed as they are incurred. Any such separate firm (x) for any Initial Purchaser, its affiliates, directors and officers and any control Persons of such Initial Purchaser shall be designated in writing by the Initial Purchaser, (y) for any other Holder, its directors and officers and any control Persons of such Holder shall be designated in writing by the Majority Holders (other than any Initial Purchaser) and (z) in all other cases shall be designated in writing by the Company. The Indemnifying Person shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent, but if settled with such consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the Indemnifying Person agrees to indemnify each Indemnified Person from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment. No Indemnifying Person shall, without the written consent of the Indemnified Person, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which any Indemnified Person is or could have been a party and indemnification could have been sought hereunder by such Indemnified Person, unless such settlement (A) includes an unconditional release of such Indemnified Person, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Person, from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding and (B) does not include any statement as to or any admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any Indemnified Person.


(d) If the indemnification provided for in paragraphs (a) and (b) above is unavailable to an Indemnified Person or insufficient in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to therein, then each Indemnifying Person under such paragraph, in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Person thereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Person as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company and the Guarantors from the offering of the Securities and the Exchange Securities, on the one hand, and by the Holders from receiving Securities or Exchange Securities registered under the Securities Act, on the other hand, or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) but also the relative fault of the Company and the Guarantors on the one hand and the Holders on the other in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of the Company and the Guarantors on the one hand and the Holders on the other shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company and the Guarantors or by the Holders and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.

(e) The Company, the Guarantors and the Holders agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 5 were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Holders were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in paragraph (d) above. The amount paid or payable by an Indemnified Person as a result of the losses, claims, damages and liabilities referred to in paragraph (d) above shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such Indemnified Person in connection with any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 5, in no event shall a Holder be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which the Securities or Exchange Securities sold by such Holder exceeds the amount of any damages that such Holder has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No Person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any Person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Holders’ obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 5 are several and not joint.

(f) The remedies provided for in this Section 5 are not exclusive and shall not limit any rights or remedies that may otherwise be available to any Indemnified Person at law or in equity.

(g) The indemnity and contribution provisions contained in this Section 5 shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of (i) any termination of this Agreement, (ii) any investigation made by or on behalf of the Initial Purchaser or any Holder or any Person controlling any Initial Purchaser or any Holder, or by or on behalf of the Company or the Guarantors or the officers or directors of or any Person controlling the Company or the Guarantors, (iii) acceptance of any of the Exchange Securities and (iv) any sale of Registrable Securities pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement.


6. General .

(a) No Inconsistent Agreements. The Company and the Guarantors represent, warrant and agree that (i) the rights granted to the Holders hereunder do not in any way conflict with and are not inconsistent with the rights granted to the holders of any other outstanding securities issued or guaranteed by the Company or any Guarantor under any other agreement in effect as of the date hereof and (ii) neither the Company nor any Guarantor has entered into, or on or after the date of this Agreement will enter into, any agreement that is inconsistent with the rights granted to the Holders of Registrable Securities in this Agreement or otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof.

(b) Amendments and Waivers. The provisions of this Agreement, including the provisions of this sentence, may not be amended, modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to departures from the provisions hereof may not be given unless the Company and the Guarantors have obtained the written consent of Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Registrable Securities affected by such amendment, modification, supplement, waiver or consent (excluding Registrable Securities held by the Company, the Guarantors and their affiliates); provided that no amendment, modification, supplement, waiver or consent to any departure from the provisions of Section 5 hereof shall be effective as against any Holder of Registrable Securities unless consented to in writing by such Holder. Any amendments, modifications, supplements, waivers or consents pursuant to this Section 6(b) shall be by a writing executed by each of the parties hereto. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a waiver or consent to depart from the provisions hereof that relates exclusively to the rights of Holders whose Registrable Securities are being tendered pursuant to the Exchange Offer, and that does not affect directly or indirectly the rights of other Holders whose Registrable Securities are not being tendered pursuant to such Exchange Offer, may be given by the Holders of a majority of the outstanding principal amount of Registrable Securities being tendered pursuant to such Exchange Offer.

(c) Notices. All notices and other communications provided for or permitted hereunder shall be made in writing by hand-delivery, first-class mail, telecopier/facsimile, or any courier guaranteeing overnight delivery (i) if to a Holder, at the most current address given by such Holder to the Company by means of a notice given in accordance with the provisions of this Section 6(c), which address initially is, with respect to the Initial Purchaser, the address set forth in the Purchase Agreement; (ii) if to the Company and the Guarantors, initially at the Company’s address set forth in the Purchase Agreement and thereafter at such other address, notice of which is given in accordance with the provisions of this Section 6(c); and (iii) to such other persons at their respective addresses as provided in the Purchase Agreement and thereafter at such other address, notice of which is given in accordance with the provisions of this Section 6(c). All such notices and communications shall be deemed to have been duly given: at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; five Business Days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; when receipt is acknowledged, if telecopied/faxed; and on the next Business Day if timely delivered to an air courier guaranteeing overnight delivery. Copies of all such notices, demands or other communications shall be concurrently delivered by the Person giving the same to the Trustee, at the address specified in the Indenture.


(d) Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors, assigns and transferees of each of the parties, including, without limitation and without the need for an express assignment, subsequent Holders; provided that nothing herein shall be deemed to permit any assignment, transfer or other disposition of Registrable Securities in violation of the terms of the Purchase Agreement or the Indenture. If any transferee of any Holder shall acquire Registrable Securities in any manner, whether by operation of law or otherwise, such Registrable Securities shall be held subject to all the terms of this Agreement, and by taking and holding such Registrable Securities such Person shall be conclusively deemed to have agreed to be bound by and to perform all of the terms and provisions of this Agreement and such Person shall be entitled to receive the benefits hereof. The Initial Purchaser (solely in its capacity as Initial Purchaser) shall have no liability or obligation to the Company or the Guarantors with respect to any failure by a Holder to comply with, or any breach by any Holder of, any of the obligations of such Holder under this Agreement.

(e) Third Party Beneficiaries. Each Holder shall be a third party beneficiary to the agreements made hereunder between the Company and the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Initial Purchaser, on the other hand, and shall have the right to enforce such agreements directly to the extent it deems such enforcement necessary or advisable to protect its rights or the rights of other Holders hereunder, in each case subject to Section 6(j) hereof.

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

(g) Headings. The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only, are not a part of this Agreement and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.

(h) Governing Law. This Agreement, and any claims, controversy or dispute arising under or related to this Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without regard to the conflict of laws rules thereof that would require the application of any other law.

(i) Entire Agreement; Severability. This Agreement contains the entire agreement between the parties relating to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all oral statements and prior writings with respect thereto. If any term, provision, covenant or restriction contained in this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, void or unenforceable or against public policy, the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions contained herein shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated.

(j) Exclusive Remedy . Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement (including without limitation Sections 2, 3 and 4 hereof) or in the Indenture to the contrary, the


payment of Additional Interest shall be the only remedy available to the Initial Purchaser and the Holders of Securities for any Registration Default or other failure to comply with this Agreement. Each party hereto acknowledges and agrees that the harm caused by a Registration Default would be impossible or very difficult to accurately estimate as of the date hereof, and that the Additional Interest is a reasonable estimate of the anticipated or actual harm that might arise from a Registration Default.


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

T-MOBILE USA, INC.
By:  

/s/ J. Braxton Carter

  Name:   J. Braxton Carter
  Title:   Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

[Signature Page to Reg Rights Agreement]


COOK INLET/VS GSM IV PCS HOLDINGS, LLC
GSV LLC
METROPCS 700 MHZ, LLC
METROPCS AWS, LLC
METROPCS CALIFORNIA, LLC
METROPCS FLORIDA, LLC
METROPCS GEORGIA, LLC
METROPCS MASSACHUSETTS, LLC
METROPCS MICHIGAN, INC.
METROPCS NETWORKS CALIFORNIA, LLC
METROPCS NETWORKS FLORIDA, LLC
METROPCS NETWORKS, LLC
METROPCS NEW YORK, LLC
METROPCS TEXAS, LLC
METROPCS NEVADA, LLC
METROPCS PENNSYLVANIA, LLC
POWERTEL MEMPHIS LICENSES, INC.
POWERTEL/MEMPHIS, INC.
SUNCOM WIRELESS HOLDINGS, INC.
SUNCOM WIRELESS INVESTMENT COMPANY LLC
SUNCOM WIRELESS LICENSE COMPANY, LLC
SUNCOM WIRELESS MANAGEMENT COMPANY, INC.
SUNCOM WIRELESS OPERATING COMPANY, L.L.C.
SUNCOM WIRELESS PROPERTY COMPANY, L.L.C.
SUNCOM WIRELESS, INC.
T-MOBILE CENTRAL LLC
T-MOBILE LICENSE LLC
T-MOBILE NORTHEAST LLC
T-MOBILE PCS HOLDINGS LLC
T-MOBILE PUERTO RICO HOLDINGS LLC
T-MOBILE PUERTO RICO LLC
T-MOBILE RESOURCES CORPORATION
T-MOBILE SOUTH LLC
T-MOBILE SUBSIDIARY IV CORPORATION
T-MOBILE US, INC.
T-MOBILE WEST LLC
TRITON PCS FINANCE COMPANY, INC.
TRITON PCS HOLDINGS COMPANY L.L.C.
VOICESTREAM PCS I IOWA CORPORATION
VOICESTREAM PITTSBURGH GENERAL PARTNER, INC.
VOICESTREAM PITTSBURGH, L.P.
By:  

/s/ J. Braxton Carter

  Name:   J. Braxton Carter
 

Title:

  Authorized Person of each of the above named entities

 

[Signature Page to Reg Rights Agreement]


Confirmed and accepted as of the date first above written:

DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC.

 

As Initial Purchaser
By:  

/s/ Frank Fazio

  Name:   Frank Fazio
  Title:   Managing Director
By:  

/s/ Edwin E. Roland

  Name:   Edwin E. Roland
  Title:   Managing Director

 

[Signature Page to Reg Rights Agreement]


Annex A

Counterpart to Registration Rights Agreement

The undersigned hereby absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably agrees as a Guarantor (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of August 21, 2013 by and among T-Mobile USA, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), the subsidiaries and affiliates of the Company party thereto and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., as Initial Purchaser) to be bound by the terms and provisions of such Registration Rights Agreement.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this counterpart as of             20[    ].

 

[NAME]
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title: