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) May 26, 2020
SBA Communications Corporation
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Florida |
001-16853 |
65-0716501 |
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(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
8051 Congress Avenue Boca Raton, FL |
33487 |
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices) |
(Zip Code) |
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (561) 995-7670
(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:
☐ | 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)) |
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
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Trading Symbol(s) |
Name of each exchange on which registered |
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Class A Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share |
SBAC |
The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
☐ Emerging growth company
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
Item | 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement. |
First Supplemental Indenture
On May 26, 2020, SBA Communications Corporation (“SBA”) and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee, executed a First Supplemental Indenture (the “Supplemental Indenture”) to the Indenture dated as of February 4, 2020 (the “Base Indenture,” and together with the Supplemental Indenture, the “Indenture”) pursuant to which SBA issued an additional $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 3.875% Senior Notes due 2027 (the “Additional Notes”) as additional notes under the Indenture. The Additional Notes were issued at a price of 99.5% of their face value plus accrued and unpaid interest from February 4, 2020. The Additional Notes constitute the same series of securities as the $1.0 billion 3.875% Senior Notes due 2027 issued on February 4, 2020 (the “Existing Notes,” and together with the Additional Notes, the “Notes”). Other than with respect to the date of issuance and the offering price, the Additional Notes have the same terms as the Existing Notes and the Additional Notes and the Existing Notes will be treated as a single class for all purposes under the Indenture. Except with respect to the Additional Notes offered pursuant to Regulation S, the Additional Notes have the same CUSIP number as, and are fungible with, the Existing Notes.
The Notes have an interest coupon of 3.875%. Interest on the Notes accrues from February 4, 2020 and is payable semi-annually on February 15 and August 15 of each year, beginning on August 15, 2020. The Notes mature on February 15, 2027.
SBA may redeem the Notes, in whole or in part, at any time on or after February 15, 2023 at the applicable redemption price. In addition, until February 15, 2023, SBA may redeem up to 35% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes with the net proceeds of certain equity offerings at a redemption price of 103.875% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, and additional interest, if any, to the redemption date. SBA may also redeem any of the Notes at any time prior to February 15, 2023 at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed plus the Applicable Premium as of, and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, and additional interest, if any, to, the redemption date. The Applicable Premium means, with respect to any Note on any redemption date, the greater of (i) 1.0% of the principal amount of such Note and (ii) the excess of (A) the present value at such redemption date of (1) the redemption price of such Note at February 15, 2023 (as set forth in the Indenture), plus (2) all required interest payments due on such Note through February 15, 2023 (excluding accrued but unpaid interest, if any, to the redemption date), computed using a discount rate equal to the treasury rate on such redemption date plus 50 basis points over (B) the principal amount of such Note.
The Notes are SBA’s senior unsecured obligations and are not guaranteed by any of its subsidiaries. The Notes rank equally in right of payment with SBA’s existing and future senior unsecured debt, and senior in right of payment to SBA’s future subordinated debt, if any. The Notes are effectively subordinated to any of SBA’s existing and future secured debt to the extent of the value of the assets securing such debt. In addition, the Notes are structurally subordinated to all existing and future debt and other liabilities of SBA’s subsidiaries.
If SBA experiences a Change of Control and a Ratings Decline (each as defined in the Indenture), each holder of the Notes will have the right to require SBA to repurchase all or any part, of such holder’s Notes at a repurchase price equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of any Notes repurchased plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, and additional interest, if any, to the repurchase date.
The Indenture provides that each of the following is an Event of Default (as defined in the Indenture) with respect to the Notes: (1) default for 30 days in the payment when due of interest, or additional interest, if any, with respect to the Notes; (2) default in payment when due of the principal of or premium, if any, on the Notes; (3) failure by SBA or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries (as defined in the Indenture) to comply with covenants relating to a merger, consolidation or a sale of assets, as described in the Indenture, or failure by SBA to consummate a Change of Control Offer or Asset Sale Offer (each as defined in the Indenture) in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture applicable to the offers; (4) subject to a notice requirement and a cure period, failure by SBA or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to perform any other covenant in the Indenture, other than a covenant specified in clauses (1), (2) or (3) above, that continues for 60 days (or 120 days in the case of a failure to comply with the reporting obligations described in the Indenture) after notice to comply; (5) default under any Indebtedness (as defined in the Indenture) for money borrowed by SBA or any of its Significant Subsidiaries (as defined in the Indenture), or the payment of which is guaranteed by SBA or any of its Significant Subsidiaries, whether such Indebtedness or
guarantee now exists or is created after February 4, 2020, which default (a) is caused by a failure to pay principal of or premium, if any, interest, if any, or Additional Interest (as defined in the Indenture), if any, with respect to the Indebtedness prior to the expiration of the grace period provided in such Indebtedness on the date of the default (a “Payment Default”); or (b) results in the acceleration of the Indebtedness prior to its express maturity and, in each case, the principal amount of any such Indebtedness, together with the principal amount of any other such Indebtedness under which there has been a Payment Default or the maturity of which has been so accelerated, aggregates $20.0 million or more; (6) failure by SBA or any of its Significant Subsidiaries to pay final judgments aggregating (net of amounts covered by insurance policies) in excess of $20.0 million, which judgments are not paid, discharged or stayed for a period of 60 days; or (7) certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency described in the Indenture with respect to SBA or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.
If any Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the trustee under the Indenture or the holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes and the trustee may, and the trustee at the request of such holders will, declare all the Notes to be due and payable immediately. If certain bankruptcy and insolvency Events of Default specified in the Indenture occur with respect to SBA, all outstanding Notes will become due and payable without any other act on the part of the trustee or the holders.
The Indenture contains customary covenants, including restrictions on SBA’s ability to incur indebtedness, or liens securing indebtedness, merge, consolidate or sell assets, make restricted payments, including paying dividends or making other distributions, enter into transactions with affiliates, enter into sale and leaseback transactions and issue guarantees of indebtedness. The covenants are subject to a number of exceptions and qualifications.
Certain of the initial purchasers and their affiliates have engaged, and may in the future engage, in investment banking, commercial banking, hedging and other financial advisory and commercial dealings with SBA and its affiliates. In addition, certain of the initial purchasers or their affiliates serve in various roles under SBA’s Senior Credit Agreement, and, accordingly, will receive a portion of the net proceeds from the offering, which will be used to repay borrowings under the Revolving Credit Facility.
Registration Rights Agreement
On May 26, 2020, in connection with the issuance of the Additional Notes, SBA entered into a Registration Rights Agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”) with Citigroup Global Markets Inc., as representative of the initial purchasers. Pursuant to the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement, SBA agreed to use its reasonable best efforts to (i) file a registration statement with respect to an offer to exchange the Additional Notes for new notes registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, (ii) have such registration statement remain effective until 180 days after the last date of acceptance for exchange for use by one or more participating broker-dealers, (iii) commence the exchange offer promptly after the registration statement is declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission and (iv) complete the exchange offer on or prior to January 29, 2021. If SBA fails to satisfy certain filing and other obligations with respect to the exchange, SBA will be obligated to pay additional interest of 0.25% per annum for the first 90-day period and an additional 0.25% per annum with respect to each subsequent 90-day period thereafter, until SBA’s registration obligations are fulfilled, up to a maximum of 1.00% per annum.
The description above is qualified in its entirety by the Supplemental Indenture and the Registration Rights Agreement, which are filed with this Form 8-K, and the Base Indenture and Form of Note, which were previously filed as Exhibits 4.30 and 4.31, respectively, to SBA’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 7, 2020.
Item 2.03 | Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant. |
The information set forth under Item 1.01 is incorporated by reference herein.
Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) Exhibits
Exhibit No. |
Description |
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4.32 |
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10.97 |
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10.98 |
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Cover Page Interactive File (the cover page tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document). |
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.
SBA COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION |
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By: |
/s/ Brendan T. Cavanagh |
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Brendan T. Cavanagh |
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Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
Date: May 28, 2020
Exhibit 4.32
FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
dated as of May 26, 2020
among
SBA COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
and
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Trustee
to the
INDENTURE
dated as of February 4, 2020
among
SBA COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
and
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Trustee
Additional $500,000,000 3.875% Senior Notes due 2027
This FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this First Supplemental Indenture), dated as of May 26, 2020, among SBA COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION, a Florida corporation (the Company), and U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association, as trustee (the Trustee).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the Company and the Trustee have heretofore executed and delivered an Indenture, dated as of February 4, 2020 (the Indenture), providing for the issuance on such date by the Company of $1,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Companys 3.875% Senior Notes due 2027 (the Initial Notes);
WHEREAS, Section 2.13 of the Indenture provides, among other things, that the Company may issue, from time to time, in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture, Additional Notes;
WHEREAS, the Company has entered into that certain Purchase Agreement, dated as of May 19, 2020, among the Company and Citigroup Global Markets Inc., as representative of the initial purchasers identified therein, pursuant to which, among other things, on the date hereof, the Company is issuing $500,000,000 of 3.875% Senior Notes due 2027 as Additional Notes (the May 2020 Additional Notes) as permitted by Section 2.13 of the Indenture;
WHEREAS, the May 2020 Additional Notes will have identical terms and conditions as the Initial Notes, other than issue date and issue price;
WHEREAS, the Company intends by this First Supplemental Indenture to create and provide for the issuance of the May 2020 Additional Notes as Additional Notes under the Indenture;
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 2.02 of the Indenture, the Company and the Trustee are authorized to execute and deliver this First Supplemental Indenture to provide for the issuance of the May 2020 Additional Notes under the Indenture without notice to or consent of any Holder; and
WHEREAS, all things necessary to make the May 2020 Additional Notes, when executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, issued upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth hereinafter and in the Indenture and delivered as provided in the Indenture against payment therefor, valid, binding and legal obligations of the Company according to their terms, and all actions required to be taken by the Company under the Indenture to make this First Supplemental Indenture a valid, binding and legal agreement of the Company, have been done.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the sufficiency and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
Section 1.01 Definitions.
(a) All capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Indenture.
(b) For all purposes of this First Supplemental Indenture, except as otherwise herein expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires: (i) the terms and expressions used herein shall have the same meanings as corresponding terms and expressions used in the Indenture; and (ii) the words herein, hereof and hereby and other words of similar import used in this First Supplemental Indenture refer to this First Supplemental Indenture as a whole and not to any particular section hereof.
(c) For all purposes of this First Supplemental Indenture and the May 2020 Additional Notes created hereby, references to the Registration Rights Agreement in the Indenture or the May 2020 Additional Notes shall be
deemed to be references to the agreement between the Company and the Initial Purchasers, entered into on the issue date of the May 2020 Additional Notes, whereby the Company will agree for the benefit of the holders of the May 2020 Additional Notes that it will use its reasonable best efforts to file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) and cause to become effective a registration statement relating to an offer to exchange the May 2020 Additional Notes for an issue of notes registered with the SEC.
ARTICLE 2
MAY 2020 ADDITIONAL NOTES
Section 2.01 Creation of the May 2020 Additional Notes. In accordance with Section 2.13 of the Indenture, the Company hereby creates the May 2020 Additional Notes as Additional Notes under the Indenture. The May 2020 Additional Notes shall be issued initially in an aggregate principal amount of $500,000,000 on the date hereof and will be issued at an issue price of 99.50% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest from February 4, 2020. Interest on the May 2020 Additional Notes shall accrue from February 4, 2020. The May 2020 Additional Notes shall be issued as Restricted Notes.
Section 2.02 The Notes. The May 2020 Additional Notes initially will be issued in the form of Global Notes as follows:
(a) certificate No. 144A-003 (CUSIP No. 78410G AC8 / ISIN No. US78410GAC87) in the aggregate principal amount of $499,695,000; and
(b) certificate No. S-002 (CUSIP No. U8038K AJ0 / ISIN No. USU8038KAJ08) in the aggregate principal amount of $305,000, reflecting that for the 40-day period following the issue date of the May 2020 Additional Notes, the May 2020 Additional Notes offered in compliance with Regulation S shall have a different CUSIP number and shall not be fungible with the Initial Notes (the temporary Regulation S Global Note).
Section 2.03 Mandatory Exchange of Regulation S Global Notes. Promptly following the termination of 40 days following the issue date of the May 2020 Additional Notes, the Company shall cause the beneficial interests in the May 2020 Additional Notes in the form of a temporary Regulation S Global Note to be exchanged for beneficial interests in a permanent Regulation S Global Note (CUSIP No. U8038K AH4 / ISIN: USU8038KAH42), with no further action by the Company. Upon exchange of the temporary Regulation S Global Notes for a permanent Regulation S Global Note, the Trustee shall cancel the temporary Regulation S Global Note with no further action by the Company.
ARTICLE 3
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 3.01 Ratification of the Indenture.
This First Supplemental Indenture is executed and shall be constructed as an indenture supplement to the Indenture, and as supplemented and modified hereby, the Indenture is in all respects ratified and confirmed, and the Indenture and this First Supplemental Indenture shall be read, taken and constructed as one and the same instrument.
Section 3.02 Notices.
All notices, approvals, consents, requests and any communications hereunder must be in writing (provided that any communication sent to the Trustee hereunder must be in the form of a document that is signed manually or by way of a digital signature of an authorized representative of the Company, such digital signature provided by any such digital signature provider as specified in writing to the Trustee), in English. The Company agrees to assume all risks arising out of the use of using digital signatures and electronic methods to submit communications to the Trustee, including without limitation the risk of the Trustee acting on unauthorized instructions, and the risk of interception and misuse by third parties.
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Section 3.03 Governing Law.
THIS FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE AND THE MAY 2020 ADDITIONAL NOTES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
Section 3.04 Separability Clause.
In case any provision in this First Supplemental Indenture or in the May 2020 Additional Notes shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
Section 3.05 Successors.
All agreements of the Company in this First Supplemental Indenture and the May 2020 Additional Notes shall bind their respective successors. All agreements of the Trustee in this First Supplemental Indenture shall bind their successors.
Section 3.06 Multiple Originals.
The parties may sign any number of copies of this First Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement. One signed copy is enough to prove this First Supplemental Indenture. The exchange of copies of this First Supplemental Indenture and of signature pages by facsimile or PDF transmission shall constitute effective execution and delivery of this First Supplemental Indenture as to the parties hereto and may be used in lieu of the original First Supplemental Indenture for all purposes. Signatures of the parties hereto transmitted by facsimile or PDF shall be deemed to be their original signatures for all purposes. The words execution, signed, signature, delivery, and words of like import in or relating to this First Supplemental Indenture or any document to be signed in connection with this First Supplemental Indenture shall be deemed to include Electronic Signatures, deliveries or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature, physical delivery thereof or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, and the parties hereto consent to conduct the transactions contemplated hereunder by electronic means. Electronic Signature means an electronic sound, symbol or process attached to, or associated with, a contract or other record and adopted by an individual, partnership, limited liability company, corporation, trust or unincorporated organization, or a government or agency or political subdivision thereof with the intent to sign, authenticate or accept such contract or record.
Section 3.07 Headings.
The headings of the Articles and Sections of this First Supplemental Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not intended to be considered a part hereof and shall not modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.
Section 3.08 Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals.
The Trustee makes no representation or warranty as to the validity or sufficiency of this First Supplemental Indenture or with respect to the recitals contained herein, all of which recitals are made solely by the other parties hereto.
[Signature page follows]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this First Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed as of the date first written above.
SBA COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
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/s/ David C. Sams |
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Name: | David C. Sams | |||
Title: | Vice President |
[Signature Page to First Supplemental Indenture]
TRUSTEE:
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U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
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By: |
/s/ Thomas E. Tabor |
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Name: | Thomas E. Tabor | |||
Title: | Vice President |
[Signature Page to First Supplemental Indenture]
Exhibit 10.97
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
This REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT, dated May 26, 2020 (the Agreement), is entered into by and among SBA Communications Corporation, a Florida corporation (the Company), and the several initial purchasers listed in Schedule 1 hereto (the Initial Purchasers).
The Company and the Initial Purchasers are parties to the Purchase Agreement dated May 19, 2020 (the Purchase Agreement), which provides for the sale by the Company to the Initial Purchasers of $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 3.875% Senior Notes due 2027 of the Company (the Securities).
As an inducement to the Initial Purchasers to enter into the Purchase Agreement, the Company has agreed to provide to the Initial Purchasers and their 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 agree as follows:
1. Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
Agreement shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.
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 first date on which any Securities are initially issued.
Company shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble and shall also include any successor entity.
Electronic Signature means an electronic sound, symbol or process attached to, or associated with, a contract or other record and adopted by a Person with the intent to sign, authenticate or accept such contract or record.
Exchange Act shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time.
Exchange Dates shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a)(ii) hereof.
Exchange Offer shall mean the exchange offer by the Company of Exchange Securities for Registrable Securities pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof.
Exchange Offer Registration shall mean a registration under the Securities Act effected pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof.
Exchange Offer Registration Statement shall mean an exchange offer registration statement 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 senior notes issued by the Company under the Indenture containing terms identical to the Securities (except that the Exchange Securities will not be subject to restrictions on transfer or to any increase in annual interest rate for failure to comply with this Agreement) and to be offered to Holders of Securities in exchange for Registrable Securities pursuant to the Exchange Offer.
Existing Registration Rights Agreement shall mean that certain Registration Rights Agreement dated as of February 4, 2020, by and among the Company and the several initial purchasers listed in Schedule I thereto.
FINRA shall mean the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.
Free Writing Prospectus shall mean a free writing prospectus, as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act.
Holder shall mean each Initial Purchaser, for so long as it owns any Registrable Securities, and each of the Initial Purchasers successors, assigns and direct and indirect transferees who becomes an owner of Registrable Securities under the Indenture; provided that for purposes of Sections 4 and 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 mean the indenture relating to the Securities, dated as of February 4, 2020 between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee, and as the same may be amended from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof, as supplemented by that certain supplemental indenture, dated as of May 26, 2020, between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee.
Initial Purchasers shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.
Inspector shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(a)(xiii) hereof.
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus shall mean an issuer free writing prospectus, as defined in Rule 433 under the Securities Act.
Participating Broker-Dealers shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(a) hereof.
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Permitted Free Writing Prospectus shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(k) 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 such Securities shall cease to be Registrable Securities (i) when such Securities cease to be outstanding, (ii) 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 or (iii) except in the case of Securities that otherwise remain Registrable Securities and that are held by an Initial Purchaser and that are ineligible to be exchanged in the Exchange Offer, when the Exchange Offer is consummated.
Registration Expenses shall mean any and all expenses incident to performance of or compliance by the Company with this Agreement, including without limitation: (i) all SEC, stock exchange or FINRA 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 one counsel for any Underwriters or Holders in connection with blue sky qualification of any Exchange Securities or Registrable Securities), (iii) all expenses of any Persons in preparing or assisting in preparing, word processing, printing and distributing any Registration Statement, any Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto, any underwriting agreements, securities sales agreements or other similar agreements and any other documents relating to the performance of and compliance with this Agreement, (iv) all rating agency fees, (v) all fees and disbursements relating to the qualification of the Indenture under applicable securities laws, (vi) the reasonable fees and disbursements of the Trustee and its counsel, (vii) the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company and, in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, the reasonable fees and disbursements of one counsel for the Holders (which counsel shall initially be counsel for the Initial Purchasers, subject to replacement upon action by a majority of Holders) and (viii) the fees and disbursements of the independent public accountants of the Company, 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 Underwriters (other than fees and expenses set forth in clause (ii) above)
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or the Holders 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 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.
SEC shall mean the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
Securities shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.
Securities Act shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time.
Shelf Additional Interest Date shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(d) hereof.
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 filed under the Securities Act providing for the registration on a continuous or delayed basis of the Registrable Securities pursuant to 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.
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 have the meaning set forth in Section 2(d) hereof.
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.
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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 shall use reasonable best efforts to (i) cause to be filed an Exchange Offer Registration Statement covering offers to the Holders to exchange all the Registrable Securities for Exchange Securities, (ii) have such Registration Statement remain effective until 180 days after the last Exchange Date for use by one or more Participating Broker-Dealers, (iii) commence the Exchange Offer promptly after the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is declared effective by the SEC and (iv) complete the Exchange Offer upon the earlier of (x) within 360 days after February 4, 2020 and (y) the date of completion of the exchange offer pursuant to the Existing Registration Rights Agreement.
The Company shall commence the Exchange Offer by mailing the related Prospectus, appropriate letters of transmittal and other accompanying documents to each Holder stating, in addition to such other disclosures as are required by applicable law, substantially the following:
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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; |
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the dates of acceptance for exchange (which shall be a period of at least 20 Business Days from the date such notice is mailed) (the Exchange Dates); |
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that any Registrable Security not tendered will remain outstanding and continue to accrue interest but will not retain any rights under this Agreement, except as otherwise specified herein; |
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that any Holder electing to have a Registrable Security exchanged pursuant to the Exchange Offer will be required to (A) surrender such Registrable Security, together with the appropriate letter of transmittal, 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 last Exchange Date; and |
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that any Holder will be entitled to withdraw its election, not later than the close of business on the last Exchange Date, by (A) sending to the institution and at the address (located in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York) specified in the notice, a telegram, telex, 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. |
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As a condition to participating in the Exchange Offer, a Holder will be required to represent to the Company 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 and (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.
As soon as practicable after the last Exchange Date, the Company shall:
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accept for exchange Registrable Securities or portions thereof validly tendered and not properly withdrawn pursuant to the Exchange Offer; and |
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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 shall use reasonable best efforts to complete the Exchange Offer as provided above and shall comply 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 that the Exchange Offer shall not violate any applicable law or applicable interpretations of the Staff.
(b) In the event that (i) the Company determines that the Exchange Offer Registration provided for in Section 2(a) above is not available or may not be completed as soon as practicable after the last Exchange Date because it would violate any applicable law or applicable interpretations of the Staff, (ii) the Exchange Offer is not, for any other reason completed by the earlier of (x) the 360th calendar day following February 4, 2020 or (y) the date of completion of the exchange offer pursuant to the Existing Registration Rights Agreement or (iii) upon receipt of a written request (a Shelf Request) from any Initial Purchaser representing that it holds Registrable Securities that are or were ineligible to be exchanged in the Exchange Offer, the Company shall use reasonable best efforts to cause to be filed as soon as practicable after such determination date or Shelf Request, as the case may be, a Shelf Registration Statement providing for the sale of all the Registrable Securities by the Holders thereof and to have such Shelf Registration Statement become effective.
In the event that the Company is requested to file a Shelf Registration Statement pursuant to clause (iii) of the preceding sentence, the Company shall use reasonable best efforts to file and have become effective both an Exchange Offer Registration
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Statement pursuant to Section 2(a) 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 the Initial Purchasers after completion of the Exchange Offer.
The Company agrees to use reasonable best efforts to keep the Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective until the expiration of the time period referred to in Rule 144 under the Securities Act (or any similar rule in force, but not Rule 144A), or such shorter period that will terminate when the Registrable Securities have been sold pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement (the period from the Closing Date to such earlier day, the Shelf Effectiveness Period). The Company further agrees 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 for such Shelf Registration Statement or by the Securities Act or by any other rules and regulations thereunder or if reasonably requested by a Holder of Registrable Securities with respect to information relating to such Holder, and to use reasonable best 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 agrees to furnish to the Holders of Registrable Securities copies of any such supplement or amendment promptly after its being used or filed with the SEC.
(c) The Company 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 and transfer taxes, if any, relating to the sale or disposition of such Holders 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. 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.
In the event that either the Exchange Offer is not completed or the Shelf Registration Statement, if required pursuant to Section 2(b)(i) or 2(b)(ii) hereof, has not become effective on or prior to the earlier of (x) the 360th calendar day following February 4, 2020 or (y) the date of completion of the exchange offer pursuant to the Existing Registration Rights Agreement (such earlier date, the Target Registration Date), the interest rate on the Registrable Securities will be increased by (i) 0.25% per annum for the first 90-day period immediately following the Target Registration Date and (ii) an additional 0.25% per annum with respect to each subsequent 90 day period thereafter, in each case until the Exchange Offer is completed or the Shelf Registration Statement, if required hereby, becomes effective, up to a maximum increase of 1.00% per annum.
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In the event that the Company receives a Shelf Request pursuant to Section 2(b)(iii), and the Shelf Registration Statement required to be filed thereby has not become effective by the later of (x) the earliest of (1) the 360th calendar day following February 4, 2020 or (2) the date of completion of the exchange offer pursuant to the Existing Registration Rights Agreement or (y) 120 days after delivery of such Shelf Request (such later date, the Shelf Additional Interest Date), then the interest rate on the Registrable Securities will be increased by (i) 0.25% per annum for the first 90-day period payable commencing from one day after the Shelf Additional Interest Date and (ii) an additional 0.25% per annum with respect to each subsequent 90 day period thereafter, in each case until the Shelf Registration Statement becomes effective or the expiration of the Shelf Effectiveness Period, up to a maximum increase of 1.00% per annum.
If the Shelf Registration Statement, if required hereby, has become effective and thereafter either ceases to be effective or the Prospectus contained therein ceases to be usable, 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 30 days (whether or not consecutive) in any 12-month period, then the interest rate on the Registrable Securities will be increased by (i) 0.25% per annum for the first 90-day period commencing on the 31st day in such 12-month period that such Shelf Registration Statement ceases to be effective or the Prospectus contained therein ceases to be usable and (ii) an additional 0.25% per annum with respect to each subsequent 90 day period thereafter, in each case until the Shelf Registration Statement has again become effective, the Prospectus again becomes usable or the expiration of the Shelf Effectiveness Period, up to a maximum increase of 1.00% per annum.
(e) Without limiting the remedies available to the Initial Purchasers and the Holders, the Company acknowledges that any failure by the Company to comply with its obligations under Section 2(a) and Section 2(b) hereof may result in material irreparable injury to the Initial Purchasers or the Holders for which there is no adequate remedy at law, that it will not be possible to measure damages for such injuries precisely and that, in the event of any such failure, the Initial Purchasers or any Holder may obtain such relief as may be required to specifically enforce the Companys obligations under Section 2(a) and Section 2(b) hereof.
(f) The Company represents, warrants and covenants that it (including its agents and representatives) will not prepare, make, use, authorize, approve or refer to any Free Writing Prospectus.
3. Registration Procedures.
(a) In connection with its obligations pursuant to Section 2(a) and Section 2(b) hereof, the Company shall as expeditiously as possible:
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use reasonable best 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, (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 |
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the requirements of the applicable form and include all financial statements required by the SEC to be filed therewith; and use reasonable best efforts to cause such Registration Statement to become effective and remain effective for the applicable period in accordance with Section 2 hereof; |
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use reasonable best 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 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(a)(3) of and Rule 174 under 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 reasonable best efforts to furnish to each Holder of Registrable Securities, to counsel for the Initial Purchasers, to counsel for such Holders 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 Holder, counsel or Underwriters may reasonably request in order to facilitate the sale or other disposition of the Registrable Securities thereunder; and the Company consents to the use of such Prospectus, 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, preliminary prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto in accordance with applicable law; |
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use reasonable best efforts to register or qualify the Registrable Securities under all applicable state securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as any Holder of Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement shall reasonably request in writing by the time the applicable Registration Statement becomes effective; cooperate with such Holders in connection with any filings required to be made with FINRA; and 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 the Company shall not 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) file any general consent to service of process in any such jurisdiction or (3) subject itself to taxation in any such jurisdiction if it is not so subject; |
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notify counsel for the Initial Purchasers and, in the case of a Shelf Registration, notify each Holder of Registrable Securities and counsel for such Holders promptly and, if requested by any such Holder or counsel, confirm such advice in writing (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 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 Prospectus or for additional information 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 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 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 makes any statement made in such Registration Statement or the related Prospectus untrue in any material respect or that requires the making of any changes in such Registration Statement or Prospectus in order to make the statements therein not misleading and (6) of any determination by the Company that a post-effective amendment to a Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus would be appropriate; |
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use reasonable best 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, at the earliest possible moment and provide immediate notice to each Holder of the withdrawal of any such order or such resolution; |
(vii) |
in the case of a Shelf Registration, furnish to each Holder of Registrable Securities, 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 requested); |
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in the case of a Shelf Registration, cooperate with the Holders of Registrable Securities to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing Registrable Securities to be sold and not bearing any restrictive legends and enable such Registrable Securities to be issued in such denominations and registered in such names (consistent with the provisions of the Indenture) as such Holders may reasonably request at least one Business Day 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)(3) or 3(a)(v)(5) hereof, use reasonable best efforts to prepare and file with the SEC a supplement or post-effective amendment to such Shelf Registration Statement or any related Prospectus or Issuer Free Writing 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 or Issuer Free Writing Prospectus will cease to have the identified deficiencies and 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 shall notify the Holders of Registrable Securities to suspend use of the Prospectus or Issuer Free Writing Prospectus as promptly as practicable after the occurrence of such an event, and such Holders hereby agree to suspend use of the Prospectus or Issuer Free Writing Prospectus until the Company has amended or supplemented the Prospectus or Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to correct such misstatement or omission; |
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a reasonable time prior to the filing of any Registration Statement, any Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any amendment to a Registration Statement or amendment or supplement to a Prospectus or Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or of any document that is to be incorporated by reference into a Registration Statement or a Prospectus after initial filing of a Registration Statement, provide copies of such document to the Initial Purchasers and their counsel (and, in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, to the Holders of Registrable Securities and their counsel) and make such of the representatives of the Company as shall be reasonably requested by the Initial Purchasers or their counsel (and, in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, the Holders of Registrable Securities or their counsel) available for discussion of such document; and the Company shall not, at any time after initial filing of a Registration Statement, use or file any Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any amendment of or supplement to a Registration Statement or a Prospectus, or any document that is to be incorporated by reference into a Registration Statement or a Prospectus, of which the Initial Purchasers and their counsel (and, in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, the Holders of Registrable Securities and their counsel) shall not |
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have previously been advised and furnished a copy or to which the Initial Purchasers or their counsel (and, in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, the Holders of Registrable Securities or their counsel) shall reasonably object within five Business Days after the receipt thereof; |
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obtain a CUSIP number for all Exchange Securities or Registrable Securities, as the case may be, not later than the initial effective date of a Registration Statement; |
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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; cooperate with the Trustee and the Holders to effect such changes to the Indenture as may be required for the Indenture to be so qualified in accordance with the terms of the Trust Indenture Act; and execute, and use reasonable best efforts to cause the Trustee to execute, all documents as may be required to effect such changes and all other forms and documents required to be filed with the SEC to enable the Indenture to be so qualified in a timely manner; |
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in the case of a Shelf Registration, make available for inspection by a representative of the Holders of the Registrable Securities (an Inspector), any Underwriter participating in any disposition pursuant to such Shelf Registration Statement, any attorneys and accountants designated by a majority of the Holders of Registrable Securities to be included in such Shelf Registration 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 officers, directors and employees of the Company to supply all information reasonably requested by any such Inspector, Underwriter, attorney or accountant in connection with a Shelf Registration Statement; provided that if any such information is identified by the Company 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 of or in derogation of the rights and interests of any Inspector, Holder or Underwriter; |
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in the case of a Shelf Registration, use reasonable best efforts to cause all Registrable Securities to be listed on any securities exchange or any automated quotation system on which similar securities issued or guaranteed by the Company are then listed if requested by the majority of Holders, to the extent such Registrable Securities satisfy applicable listing requirements; |
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if reasonably requested by any Holder of Registrable Securities covered by a Shelf Registration Statement, promptly include in a Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment such information with respect to |
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such Holder as such Holder reasonably requests to be included therein and make all required filings of such Prospectus supplement or such post-effective amendment as soon as reasonably practicable after the Company has received notification of the matters to be so included in such filing; and |
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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 a majority of the Holders) 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 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 to underwriters in underwritten offerings and confirm the same if and when requested, (2) obtain opinions of counsel to the Company (which counsel and opinions, in form, scope and substance, shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Holders and such Underwriters and their respective counsel) addressed to each selling Holder and Underwriter of Registrable Securities, covering the matters customarily covered in opinions requested in underwritten offerings, (3) obtain comfort letters from the independent certified public accountants of the Company (and, if necessary, any other certified public accountant of the Company or any subsidiary of the Company, or of any business acquired by the Company for which financial statements and financial data are or are required to be included in the Registration Statement) addressed to each selling 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 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 made pursuant to clause (1) above and to evidence compliance with any customary conditions contained in an underwriting agreement. |
(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 may from time to time reasonably request in writing.
(c) In the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, each Holder of Registrable Securities covered in such Shelf Registration Statement agrees that, upon receipt of any
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notice from the Company of the happening of any event of the kind described in Section 3(a)(v)(3) or 3(a)(v)(5) hereof, such Holder will forthwith discontinue disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement until such Holders receipt of the copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus or Issuer Free Writing Prospectus contemplated by Section 3(a)(ix) hereof and, if so directed by the Company, such Holder will deliver to the Company all copies in its possession, other than permanent file copies then in such Holders possession, of the Prospectus and any Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses covering such Registrable Securities that are current at the time of receipt of such notice.
(d) If the Company shall give any notice to suspend the disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement, the Company shall extend the period during which such Registration Statement shall be maintained effective pursuant to this Agreement by the number of days during the period from and including the date of the giving of such notice to and including the date when the Holders of such Registrable Securities shall have received copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus necessary to resume such dispositions. The Company may give any such notice only twice during any 365-day period and any such suspensions shall not exceed 30 days for each suspension and there shall not be more than two suspensions in effect during any 365-day period.
(e) The Holders of Registrable Securities covered by a Shelf Registration Statement 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.
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 Company understands that it is the Staffs position that if the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement includes a plan of distribution containing a statement to the above effect and the means by which Participating Broker-Dealers may resell the Exchange Securities, without naming the Participating Broker-Dealers or specifying the amount of Exchange Securities owned by them, such Prospectus may be delivered by Participating Broker-Dealers (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.
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(b) In light of the above, and notwithstanding the other provisions of this Agreement, the Company agrees to amend or supplement the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement for a period of up to 180 days after the last Exchange Date (as such period may be extended pursuant to Section 3(d) of this Agreement), 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 further agrees that 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.
(c) The Initial Purchasers shall have no liability to the Company or any Holder with respect to any request that they may make pursuant to Section 4(b) above.
5. Indemnification and Contribution.
(a) The Company agrees 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, legal fees and other expenses incurred in connection with any suit, action or proceeding or any claim asserted, as such fees and expenses are incurred), 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 or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, 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 provided by any Initial Purchaser or Holder expressly for use therein. In connection with any Underwritten Offering permitted by Section 3, the Company will also indemnify the Underwriters, if any, selling brokers, dealers and similar securities industry professionals 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 or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus.
(b) Each Holder agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, the Initial Purchasers and the other selling Holders, the directors
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of the Company, each officer of the Company who signed the Registration Statement and each Person, if any, who controls the Company, 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, any Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing 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 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 fees and expenses of such counsel related to such proceeding, as incurred. In any such proceeding, any Indemnified Person shall have the right to retain its own counsel, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Indemnified Person unless (i) the Indemnifying Person and the Indemnified Person shall have mutually agreed to the contrary; (ii) the Indemnifying Person has failed within a reasonable time to retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person; (iii) the Indemnified Person shall have reasonably concluded that there may be legal defenses available to it that are different from or in addition to those available to the Indemnifying Person; or (iv) the named parties in any such proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both the Indemnifying Person and the Indemnified Person and representation of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between them. It is understood and agreed that the Indemnifying Person shall not, in connection with any proceeding or related proceeding in the same jurisdiction, be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm (in addition to any local counsel) for all Indemnified Persons, and that all such fees and expenses shall be reimbursed as they are incurred. Any such separate firm (x) if designated for one or more Initial Purchasers or affiliates, directors, officers or control Persons of one or more Initial Purchasers shall be designated in writing by Citigroup Global Markets Inc. unless such representation is to include Holders that are not Initial Purchasers, (y) if designated for one or more Holders or directors, officers or control Persons of any Holder, in each case including one or more Holders other than Initial Purchasers, shall be designated in writing by a majority of the Holders to be represented 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 prior written consent, but if settled
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with such consent or if there is a final non-appealable 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. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if at any time an Indemnified Person shall have requested that an Indemnifying Person reimburse the Indemnified Person for fees and expenses of counsel as contemplated by this paragraph, the Indemnifying Person shall be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more than 30 days after receipt by the Indemnifying Person of such request, (ii) the Indemnifying Person shall not have reimbursed the Indemnified Person for such amounts as are not in dispute in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement and (iii) the Indemnifying Person shall not have notified the Indemnified Person in writing (and in reasonable detail) of its good faith belief that such reimbursement is not required. No Indemnifying Person shall, without the prior 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 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 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 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 or by the applicable Holders, and the parties relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.
(e) The Company 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
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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 Purchasers or any Holder or any Person controlling any Initial Purchaser or any Holder, or by or on behalf of the Company or the officers or directors of or any Person controlling the Company, (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 represents, warrants and agrees 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 under any other agreement and (ii) the Company has not entered into, or on or after the date of this Agreement will not 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 has obtained the written consent of a majority of the Holders affected by such amendment, modification, supplement, waiver or consent; 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.
(c) Notices. All notices and other communications provided for or permitted hereunder shall be made in writing by hand-delivery, registered first-class mail, telex, 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 Purchasers, the addresses set forth in the Purchase Agreement; (ii) if to the Company,
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initially at the Companys 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 transmitted by facsimile; 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 Purchasers (in their capacity as Initial Purchasers) shall have no liability or obligation to the Company 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, on the one hand, and the Initial Purchasers, on the other hand, and shall have the right to enforce such agreements directly to the extent it deems such enforcement necessary or advisable to protect its rights or the rights of other Holders hereunder.
(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. The words execution, signed, signature, delivery, and words of like import in or relating to this Agreement or any document to be signed in connection with this Agreement shall be deemed to include Electronic Signatures, deliveries or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature, physical delivery thereof or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, and the parties hereto consent to conduct the transactions contemplated hereunder by electronic means.
(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.
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(h) Governing Law. This Agreement, and any claim, controversy or dispute relating to or arising out of this Agreement, shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its property, to the exclusive jurisdiction of the federal and state courts located in New York County, New York, including the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, in connection with any claim brought with respect to this Agreement or related matter and waives any right to claim such forum would be inappropriate, including concepts of forum non conveniens.
(i) Waiver of Jury Trial. The Company and each of the Initial Purchasers hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.
(j) 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. The Company and the Initial Purchasers shall endeavor in good faith negotiations to replace the invalid, void or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, void or unenforceable provisions.
(k) Free Writing Prospectuses. Each Holder represents that it has not prepared or had prepared on its behalf or used or referred to, and agrees that it will not prepare or have prepared on its behalf or use or refer to, any Free Writing Prospectus, and has not distributed and will not distribute any written materials in connection with the offer or sale of the Registrable Securities without the prior express written consent of the Company. Any such Free Writing Prospectus consented to by the Company is hereinafter referred to as a Permitted Free Writing Prospectus. The Company represents and agrees that it has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the SEC, legends and record-keeping.
(l) Majorities. Any reference herein to a majority of Holders shall be deemed to refer to a majority of the relevant aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Registrable Securities; provided that whenever the consent or approval of Holders 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 required majority.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.
SBA COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
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Name: | Thomas P. Hunt | |||
Title: | Executive Vice President, | |||
General Counsel and Secretary |
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Confirmed and accepted as of the date first above written:
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.
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/s/ Scott Slavik |
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Name: | Scott Slavik | |||
Title: | Managing Director |
Acting severally on behalf of themselves and as Representatives of the several Initial Purchasers named on Schedule 1 hereto.
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Schedule 1
Initial Purchasers
Citigroup Global Markets Inc. |
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC |
Barclays Capital Inc. |
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. |
Mizuho Securities USA LLC |
TD Securities (USA) LLC |
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC |
Exhibit 10.98
Execution Version
SBA COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
$500,000,000 3.875% Senior Notes due 2027
Purchase Agreement
May 19, 2020
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
As Representative of the several
Initial Purchasers listed on
Schedule 1 hereto
c/o Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
388 Greenwich Street
New York, New York 10013
Ladies and Gentlemen:
SBA Communications Corporation, a Florida corporation (the Company), proposes to issue and sell to the several initial purchasers listed on Schedule 1 hereto (collectively, the Initial Purchasers), for whom you are acting as Representative (the Representative), $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 3.875% Senior Notes due 2027 (the Securities). The Securities will be issued under the Indenture (as the same may be amended, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof to the date hereof, the Base Indenture), dated as of February 4, 2020, between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (the Trustee), and the supplemental indenture, to be dated as of the Closing Date (as defined in Section 2(c)) (the Supplemental Indenture and, together with the Base Indenture, the Indenture), between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee.
The Company has previously issued $1,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 3.875% Senior Notes due 2027 (the Existing Notes) under the Base Indenture. The Securities constitute an offering of Additional Notes (as such term is defined in the Base Indenture) under the Base Indenture. Except as otherwise disclosed in the Time of Sale Information and the Final Offering Memorandum (each as defined below), the Securities will have terms identical to the Existing Notes and will be treated as a single class of securities for all purposes under the Indenture.
The Securities will be offered and sold to the Initial Purchasers without being registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act), in reliance upon an exemption therefrom.
Holders of the Securities (including the Initial Purchasers and their direct and indirect transferees) will be entitled to the benefits of a Registration Rights Agreement,
to be dated the Closing Date and substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the Registration Rights Agreement), pursuant to which the Company will agree to file a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission) relating to an offer to exchange the Securities for an issue of securities registered with the SEC, which we refer to as the Exchange Securities, with terms identical to the Securities (except that the Exchange Securities will not be subject to restrictions on transfer or to any increase in annual interest rate) or alternatively under certain circumstances will agree to file a shelf registration statement with the Commission relating to resales of the Securities.
The Company hereby confirms its agreement with the Initial Purchasers concerning the purchase and sale of the Securities, as follows:
1. Offering Memorandum. The Company has prepared a preliminary offering memorandum, dated May 19, 2020 (the Preliminary Offering Memorandum), and will prepare an offering memorandum, dated the date hereof (the Final Offering Memorandum), setting forth information concerning the Company and the Securities. Copies of the Preliminary Offering Memorandum have been, and copies of the Final Offering Memorandum will be, delivered by the Company to the Initial Purchasers pursuant to the terms of this Purchase Agreement (the Agreement). The Company hereby confirms that it has authorized the use of the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the other Time of Sale Information (as defined below) and the Final Offering Memorandum in connection with the offering and resale of the Securities by the Initial Purchasers in the manner contemplated by this Agreement.
Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to such terms in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum. References herein to the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Time of Sale Information and the Final Offering Memorandum shall be deemed to refer to and include any document incorporated by reference therein.
At or prior to the time when sales of the Securities were first made or confirmed by the Initial Purchasers (the Time of Sale), the following information shall have been prepared (collectively, the Time of Sale Information): the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, as supplemented and amended by the written communications listed on Annex A hereto.
2. Purchase and Resale of the Securities by the Initial Purchasers. The Company agrees to issue and sell the Securities to the several Initial Purchasers as provided in this Agreement, and each Initial Purchaser, on the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements set forth herein and subject to the conditions set forth herein, agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company the principal amount of Securities set forth opposite that Initial Purchasers name in Schedule 1 hereto, plus any additional principal amount of Securities which such Initial Purchaser may become obligated to purchase pursuant to the provisions of Section 8, at a purchase price equal to 98.500% of the principal amount of the Securities (the Purchase Price), plus accrued interest and amortization of original issue discount, if any, from and including February 4, 2020, to the Closing Date.
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(a) The Company understands that the Initial Purchasers intend to offer the Securities for resale on the terms set forth in the Time of Sale Information and the Final Offering Memorandum. Each Initial Purchaser, severally and not jointly represents, warrants and agrees with the Company that:
(i) it is a qualified institutional buyer (a QIB) within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act (Rule 144A) and an accredited investor within the meaning of Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act;
(ii) it is purchasing the Securities pursuant to an exemption under the Securities Act;
(iii) it has not solicited offers for, or offered or sold, and will not solicit offers for, or offer or sell, the Securities by means of any form of general solicitation or general advertising within the meaning of Rule 502(c) of Regulation D under the Securities Act (Regulation D) or in any manner involving a public offering within the meaning of Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act; and
(iv) it has solicited offers and will solicit offers for the Securities only from, and has offered and sold and will offer, sell and deliver the Securities only:
(A) within the United States to persons whom it reasonably believes to be QIBs in transactions pursuant to Rule 144A or if any such person is buying for one or more institutional accounts for which such person is acting as fiduciary or agent, only when such person has represented to it that each such account is a QIB to whom notice has been given that such sale is being made in reliance on Rule 144A; or
(B) in accordance with the restrictions set forth in Annex C.
(b) The Company acknowledges and agrees that, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Initial Purchasers may offer and sell Securities to or through any affiliates of the Initial Purchasers and that any such affiliate may offer and sell Securities purchased by it to or through the Initial Purchasers.
(c) Payment for the Securities shall be made by wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account specified by the Company to the Initial Purchasers at the offices of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, 425 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York at 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on May 26, 2020, or at such other time or place on the same or such other date, not later than the fourth (4th) Business Day after May 19, 2020, as the Initial Purchasers and the Company may agree upon in writing. The time and date of such payment for the Securities is referred to herein as the Closing Date.
(d) Certificates for the Securities shall be in global form, registered in such names and in such denominations as you shall request in writing not later than one (1)
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full Business Day prior to the Closing Date. The certificates evidencing the Securities shall be delivered to you on the Closing Date, for the account of the Initial Purchasers, with any documentary stamp taxes or other taxes payable in connection with the issuance of the Securities to the Initial Purchasers duly paid by the Company, against payment of the Purchase Price therefor.
(e) The Company acknowledges and agrees that each Initial Purchaser is acting solely in the capacity of an arms length contractual counterparty to the Company with respect to the offering of Securities contemplated hereby (including in connection with determining the terms of the offering) and not as a financial advisor or a fiduciary to, or an agent of, the Company or any other person. Additionally, neither the Representative nor any other Initial Purchaser is advising the Company or any other person as to any legal, tax, investment, accounting or regulatory matters in any jurisdiction. The Company shall consult with its own advisors concerning such matters and shall be responsible for making its own independent investigation and appraisal of the transactions contemplated hereby, and neither the Representative nor any other Initial Purchaser has any responsibility or liability to the Company with respect thereto. Any review by the Representative or any Initial Purchasers of the Company and the transactions contemplated hereby or other matters relating to such transactions will be performed solely for the benefit of the Representative or such Initial Purchasers and shall not be on behalf of the Company or any other person.
(f) Each Initial Purchaser agrees that, prior to or simultaneously with the confirmation of sale by the Initial Purchaser to any purchaser of any of the Securities purchased by the Initial Purchaser from the Company pursuant hereto, the Initial Purchaser shall furnish to that purchaser a copy of the Time of Sale Information. In addition to the foregoing, each Initial Purchaser acknowledges and agrees that the Company, and for purposes of the opinions to be delivered to the Initial Purchasers pursuant to Section 6(i) and (j), counsel for the Company and for the Initial Purchasers, respectively, may rely upon the accuracy of the representations and warranties of each Initial Purchaser and its compliance with its agreements contained in this Section 2 (including Annex C hereto), and each Initial Purchaser hereby consents to such reliance.
3. Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company represents and warrants to, and agrees with, each Initial Purchaser that:
(a) Preliminary Offering Memorandum, Time of Sale Information and Final Offering Memorandum. The Preliminary Offering Memorandum, as of its date, did not, the Time of Sale Information, at the Time of Sale, did not, and at the Closing Date will not, and the Final Offering Memorandum, as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that the Company makes no representation or warranty with respect to any information contained in or omitted from the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, any Time of Sale Information or the Final Offering Memorandum in reliance upon and in conformity with written information
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relating to the Initial Purchasers furnished to the Company by or on behalf of the Initial Purchasers through the Representative expressly for use in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Time of Sale Information or the Final Offering Memorandum (the Initial Purchasers Information), which information is identified in Section 15.
(b) Additional Written Communications. The Company (including its agents and representatives, other than the Initial Purchasers in their capacity as such) has not made, used, prepared, authorized, approved or referred to and will not prepare, make, use, authorize, approve or refer to any written communication that constitutes an offer to sell or solicitation of an offer to buy the Securities (each such communication by the Company or its agents and representatives (other than a communication referred to in clauses (i) and (ii) below) an Issuer Written Communication) except for (i) the Preliminary Offering Memorandum and the Final Offering Memorandum, (ii) the documents listed on Annex A hereto, including a term sheet substantially in the form of Annex B hereto, which constitute part of the Time of Sale Information, (iii) any electronic roadshow, and (iv) other written communications, in each case used in accordance with Section 4(c).
(c) Incorporated Documents. The documents incorporated by reference in the Time of Sale Information and the Final Offering Memorandum, when they were filed with the Commission, conformed or will conform, as the case may be, in all material respects to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (the Exchange Act), and none of such documents contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted 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 any further documents so filed and incorporated by reference in the Time of Sale Information and the Final Offering Memorandum, when such documents are filed with the Commission, will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Exchange Act, and did not and will not contain an 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.
(d) Financial Statements. The summary historical financial data and consolidated historical financial statements of the Company, together with the related notes thereto, included or incorporated by reference in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Final Offering Memorandum fairly present the financial position of the Company and its subsidiaries at the respective dates indicated and the results of their operations and the changes in their cash flows for the respective periods indicated, in each case in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) consistently applied throughout such periods. The other financial information and data included or incorporated by reference in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Final Offering Memorandum are, in all material respects, accurately presented and prepared on a basis consistent with such financial statements and the books and records of the Company and its subsidiaries.
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(e) No Material Adverse Change. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has sustained, since the date of the latest audited financial statements included or incorporated by reference in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Final Offering Memorandum, any material loss or interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute or court or governmental action, order or decree, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Final Offering Memorandum; and, since such date, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has incurred any liability or obligation, direct or contingent, or entered into any transaction, in each case not in the ordinary course of business, and that is material to the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Final Offering Memorandum; and, since such date, there has been no dividend or distribution of any kind, declared, set aside for payment, paid or made by the Company and there has been no change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Company or its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis or any material adverse change, or any development involving a prospective material adverse change, in or affecting the business, properties, rights, assets, management, consolidated financial position, stockholders equity, results of operations, or prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, in each case otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Final Offering Memorandum.
(f) Organization and Good Standing. The Company is duly incorporated and validly existing and in good standing under the laws of Florida with all requisite corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as described in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Final Offering Memorandum, and is duly registered and qualified to conduct its business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction or place where the nature of its properties or the conduct of its business requires such registration or qualification, except to the extent that the failure to be duly registered or qualified or in good standing, would not, individually or in the aggregate, have caused a material adverse effect on the business, properties, rights, assets, management, consolidated financial position, stockholders equity, results of operations or prospects, of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole (a Material Adverse Effect), and none of the subsidiaries of the Company other than (i) SBA Telecommunications, LLC, (ii) SBA Senior Finance, LLC, (iii) SBA Senior Finance II LLC, (iv) SBA Guarantor LLC, (v) SBA Holdings, LLC, (vi) SBA 2012 TC Assets, LLC, (vii) Brazil Shareholder I LLC, and (viii) SBA Torres Brasil Ltda (collectively, the Significant Subsidiaries) is a significant subsidiary as such term is defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act.
(g) Subsidiaries. Each of the subsidiaries of the Company is duly organized and validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, with all requisite power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and is duly registered and qualified to conduct its business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction or place where the nature of its properties or the conduct of its business requires such registration or qualification, except where the failure to be duly registered or qualified would not, individually or in the aggregate, have caused a
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Material Adverse Effect. The Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, conduct their business as described in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Final Offering Memorandum.
(h) Capitalization of the Company. The Company has an authorized capitalization as set forth in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Final Offering Memorandum under the heading Capitalization, and all of the issued shares of capital stock of the Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued, are fully paid and non-assessable, and conform in all material respects to the description thereof contained in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Final Offering Memorandum.
(i) Capitalization of the Companys Subsidiaries. All of the issued shares of capital stock of each subsidiary of the Company have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable, are owned directly or indirectly by the Company, and (except as set forth in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Final Offering Memorandum) are free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities, claims or adverse interests.
(j) Full Power. The Company has full right, power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement, the Securities, the Supplemental Indenture, the Exchange Securities and the Registration Rights Agreement (collectively, the Transaction Documents), and the Company has full right, power and authority to perform its obligations (x) hereunder and thereunder and (y) under the Base Indenture; and, as of the Closing Date, all corporate action required to be taken for the due and proper authorization, execution, issuance and delivery of each of the Transaction Documents and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby has been or will have been duly and validly taken.
(k) The Indenture.
(1) The Base Indenture constitutes a valid and legally binding instrument of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, subject, as to enforcement, to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization and similar laws relating to or affecting creditors rights and to general equity principles.
(2) The Supplemental Indenture has been duly authorized by the Company and when duly executed and delivered in accordance with its terms by each of the other parties thereto, will constitute a valid and legally binding instrument of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, subject, as to enforcement, to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization and similar laws relating to or affecting creditors rights and to general equity principles; on the Closing Date, the Indenture will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the Trust Indenture Act), and the rules and regulations of the Commission applicable to an indenture that is qualified thereunder; and the Indenture conforms in all material respects to the descriptions thereof in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Final Offering Memorandum.
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(l) The Securities. The Securities have been duly authorized by the Company and, when duly executed, authenticated, issued and delivered by the Company and paid for by the Initial Purchasers pursuant to this Agreement and duly authenticated by the Trustee will have been duly executed, authenticated, issued and delivered and will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company entitled to the benefits provided by the Indenture, and will be enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject, as to enforcement, to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization and similar laws relating to or affecting creditors rights and to general equity principles, and the Securities conform in all material respects to the descriptions thereof in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Final Offering Memorandum.
(m) Purchase and Registration Rights Agreements. This Agreement has been duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company; and the Registration Rights Agreement has been duly and validly authorized by the Company and on the Closing Date will be duly executed and delivered by the Company and, when duly executed and delivered in accordance with its terms by each of the parties thereto, will constitute a valid and legally binding agreement of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, subject, as to enforcement, to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization and similar laws relating to or affecting rights and to general equity principles, and except that rights to indemnity and contribution thereunder may be limited by applicable law and public policy.
(n) The Exchange Securities. On the Closing Date, the Exchange Securities will have been duly authorized by the Company and, when duly executed, authenticated, issued and delivered as contemplated by the Registration Rights Agreement, will be duly and validly issued and outstanding and will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, as issuer, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, subject, as to enforcement, to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization and similar laws relating to or affecting rights and to general equity principles, and will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture.
(o) Descriptions of the Transaction Documents. Each Transaction Document conforms in all material respects to the description thereof contained in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Final Offering Memorandum. The statements set forth in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Final Offering Memorandum under the caption Description of Notes, insofar as they purport to constitute a summary of the material terms of the Securities or contracts and other documents, and under the caption Material United Stated Federal Income Tax Considerations, insofar as they purport to constitute summaries of the statutes, rules or regulations described therein, constitute accurate summaries of the terms of the Securities or contracts and other documents or such statutes, rules and regulations in all material respects.
(p) No Violation or Default. Neither the Company nor any of its Significant Subsidiaries (i) is in violation of its organizational documents, (ii) is in default, and no event has occurred which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute such a default, in the due performance or observance of any term, covenant or condition contained in any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement
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or instrument to which it is a party or by which it is bound or to which any of its properties or assets is subject or (iii) is in violation of any statute or any judgment, order, rule or regulation of any court or arbitrator or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their properties or assets, other than, a default or violation described in clauses (ii) and (iii) which is not reasonably likely to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
(q) No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of each of the Transaction Documents, the issuance and sale of the Securities and compliance by the Company with this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents will not conflict with, or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or (including with the giving of notice or the lapse of time or both) constitute a default under (i) or result in the termination, modification or acceleration of, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property, right or asset of the Company or any of its subsidiaries pursuant to any indenture (including, without limitation, the Base Indenture), mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the properties or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject, (ii) the provisions of the charter, by-laws or other organizational documents of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, (iii) any internal policy of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or (iv) to the knowledge of the Company, any statute or any order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their properties or assets, except in the cases of clause (i) or (iv), such breaches, violations or defaults that in the aggregate would not have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect and would not materially adversely affect the consummation of the transactions contemplated under this Agreement.
(r) No Consents Required. No consent, approval, authorization or order of, or filing or registration with, any court or arbitrator or governmental agency or body is required for the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of each of the Transaction Documents, the issuance, authentication, sale and delivery of the Securities in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Indenture and compliance by the Company with the terms thereof and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, including the use of proceeds therewith as described in the Time of Sale Information and the Final Offering Memorandum, except for such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, filings and registrations or qualifications as may be required (i) under applicable state securities laws in connection with the purchase and resale of the Securities by the Initial Purchasers and (ii) with respect to the Exchange Securities under the Securities Act, the Trust Indenture Act and applicable state securities laws as contemplated by the Registration Rights Agreement.
(s) No Legal Impediment to Issuance. No action has been taken and no statute, rule, regulation or order has been enacted, adopted or issued by any governmental agency or body which prevents the issuance of the Securities in
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accordance with the terms and conditions of the Indenture or suspends the sale of the Securities in any jurisdiction; no injunction, restraining order or order of any nature by any federal or state court of competent jurisdiction has been issued with respect to the Company or any of its subsidiaries which would prevent or suspend the issuance, authentication, sale or delivery of the Securities or the use of the Time of Sale Information or the Final Offering Memorandum in any jurisdiction; no action, suit or proceeding is pending against or, to the best knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting the Company or any of its subsidiaries before any court or arbitrator or any governmental agency, body or official, domestic or foreign, which could reasonably be expected to interfere with or adversely affect the issuance of the Securities or in any manner reasonably draws into question the validity or enforceability of any of the Transaction Documents or any action taken or to be taken pursuant thereto; and the Company has complied with any and all requests by any securities authority in any jurisdiction for additional information to be included in the Time of Sale Information and the Final Offering Memorandum.
(t) Legal Proceedings. There are no legal or governmental or regulatory investigations, actions, demands, claims, suits, arbitrations, inquiries or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, threatened against the Company or any of its subsidiaries or to which any of its properties is subject, that are not disclosed in the Time of Sale Information and the Final Offering Memorandum and which are reasonably likely to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect or to materially affect the issuance of the Securities.
(u) Independent Accountants. Ernst & Young LLP, who have certified certain financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries, whose report appears in the Form 10-K incorporated by reference into the Time of Sale Information and the Final Offering Memorandum and who have delivered the initial letter referred to in Section 6(h), are independent public accountants as required by the Securities Act and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder and were independent accountants under the rules and regulations of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board during the periods covered by the financial statements on which they issued a report and which are incorporated by reference into the Time of Sale Information and the Final Offering Memorandum.
(v) Title to Real and Personal Property. The Company and each of its subsidiaries have good, valid and, to the extent the construct exists under applicable law, marketable title in fee simple to or a leasehold, subleasehold, easement, usufruct, possessory rights or similar interest in all real property and good and valid title to all personal property owned by them, in each case free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, defects, equities or claims except for liens described in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Final Offering Memorandum or such as do not materially affect the value of such property and do not materially interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company and its subsidiaries; all assets held under lease by the Company and its subsidiaries are held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases, with such exceptions as are not material and do not materially interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such assets
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by the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole; and the present and contemplated use of the assets owned or leased by the Company and its subsidiaries for the operation of towers is in compliance in all material respects with all applicable zoning ordinances and regulations and other laws and regulations except where failure so to comply would not, individually or in the aggregate, result, or create reasonable risk of resulting, in a Material Adverse Effect.
(w) Title to Intellectual Property. The Company and each of its subsidiaries own or possess adequate rights to use all patents, patent applications, trademarks, service marks, trade names, trademark registrations, service mark registrations, domain names and other source indicators, copyrights, inventions and copyrightable works, know-how (including trade secrets and other unpatented and/or unpatentable proprietary or confidential information, systems or procedures) and licenses necessary for the conduct of their respective businesses and have no reason to believe that the conduct of their respective businesses will conflict with, and have not received any notice of any claim of conflict with, any such rights of others, in each case except as could not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
(x) Licenses. The Company and each of its subsidiaries possess all licenses and sub-licenses, certificates, permits and other authorizations issued by, and have made all declarations and filings with, the appropriate federal, state, local or foreign governmental or regulatory authorities that are necessary for the ownership or lease of their respective properties or the conduct of their respective businesses as described in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Final Offering Memorandum, except where the failure to possess or make the same would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect; and except as described in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Final Offering Memorandum, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received notice of any revocation or modification of any such license, certificate, permit or authorization or has any reason to believe that any such license, sub-license, certificate, permit or authorization will not be renewed in the ordinary course, except where such modification, revocation or non-renewal would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
(y) No Undisclosed Relationships. No material relationship, direct or indirect, exists between or among the Company and its Significant Subsidiaries on the one hand, and the directors, officers, stockholders, affiliates, customers or suppliers of the Company and their Significant Subsidiaries on the other hand, that would be required by the Securities Act to be described in a registration statement filed with the Commission and that is not so described in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Final Offering Memorandum.
(z) Investment Company Act. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is, and after giving effect to the offer and sale of the Securities and the application of the proceeds therefrom as described under Use of Proceeds in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Final Offering Memorandum will be, an investment company or a company controlled by an investment company within the meaning of, and subject to regulation under, the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.
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(aa) Taxes. Each of the Company and its subsidiaries has filed all U.S. federal, state, local and foreign income and franchise tax returns required to be filed through the date hereof and has paid all taxes due except where such failure would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, and no tax deficiency has been determined adversely to the Company or any of its subsidiaries nor does the Company or any of its subsidiaries have any knowledge of any tax deficiency which, if determined adversely to the Company, or any of its subsidiaries, would, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
(bb) FCC and FAA Matters. The Company and its subsidiaries (i) have duly and timely filed all material reports, registrations and other material filings, if any, which are required to be filed by it or any of its subsidiaries under the Communications Act of 1934, any similar or successor federal statute, and the rules of the Federal Communications Commission (the FCC) thereunder or any other applicable law, rule or regulation of any governmental authority, including the FCC and the Federal Aviation Authority (the FAA), other than such filings for which the failure to file would not, individually or in the aggregate, result, or would not, individually or in the aggregate, be reasonably likely to result, in a Material Adverse Effect and (ii) are in compliance with all such laws, rules, regulations and ordinances, including those promulgated by the FCC and the FAA, other than such compliance for which the failure to comply would not, individually or in the aggregate, result, or would not, individually or in the aggregate, be reasonably likely to result, in a Material Adverse Effect. All information provided by or on behalf of the Company or any affiliate in any material filing, if any, with the FCC and the FAA relating to the business of the Company and its subsidiaries was, to the knowledge of such person at the time of filing, complete and correct in all material respects when made, and the FCC and the FAA have been notified of any substantial or significant changes in such information as may be required in accordance with applicable requirements of law. The industry-related, tower-related and customer-related data and estimates included or incorporated by reference in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Final Offering Memorandum are based on or derived from sources which the Company believes to be reliable and accurate. For each existing tower of the Company (or of its subsidiaries) not yet registered with the FCC where registration will be required, the FCCs grant of an application for registration of such tower will not have a significant environmental effect as defined under Section 1.1307(a) of the FCCs rules.
(cc) No Labor Disputes. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is involved in any strike or labor dispute with any group of employees, and, to the knowledge of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, no such action or dispute is threatened, which might be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
(dd) Compliance With Environmental Laws. There has been no storage, disposal, generation, manufacture, refinement, transportation, handling or treatment of
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toxic wastes, hazardous wastes or hazardous substances by the Company or any of its subsidiaries (or, to the knowledge of the Company any of its predecessors in interest) at, upon or from any of the property now or previously owned or leased by the Company or any of its subsidiaries in violation of any applicable law, ordinance, rule, regulation, order, judgment, decree or permit or which would require remedial action under any applicable law, ordinance, rule, regulation, order, judgment, decree or permit, except for any violation or remedial action which would not have, or could not be reasonably likely to have, individually or in the aggregate with all such violations and remedial actions, a Material Adverse Effect; there has been no spill, discharge, leak, emission, injection, escape, dumping or release of any kind onto such property or into the environment surrounding such property of any toxic wastes, medical wastes, solid wastes, hazardous wastes or hazardous substances due to or caused by the Company or any of its subsidiaries or with respect to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries has knowledge, except for any such spill, discharge, leak, emission, injection, escape, dumping or release which would not have or would not be reasonably likely to have, individually or in the aggregate with all such spills, discharges, leaks, emissions, injections, escapes, dumpings and releases, a Material Adverse Effect; and the terms hazardous wastes, toxic wastes, solid wastes, hazardous substances and medical wastes shall have the meanings specified in any applicable local, state, federal and foreign laws or regulations with respect to environmental protection.
(ee) Compliance With ERISA. (i) The Company and its subsidiaries and each Plan (defined below) are in compliance in all material respects with all applicable provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, including the regulations and published interpretations thereunder (ERISA), and each employee benefit plan (within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA) for which the Company or (i) any member of its controlled group (within the meaning of Section 414 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, including the regulations and published interpretations thereunder (the Code and a Plan, respectively)), or (ii) any entity under common control with the Company within the meaning of Section 4001(a)(14) of ERISA could have any liability has been maintained in material compliance with its terms and the requirements of any applicable statutes, order, rules and regulations including, but not limited to ERISA, the Code, and any other applicable non-U.S. statutes, orders, rules and regulations that are similar to ERISA or the Code (collectively, Other Plan Laws); (ii) no reportable event (as defined in Section 4043(c) of ERISA) has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur with respect to any Plan which is a pension benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA); (iii) no non-exempt prohibited transaction (within the meaning of Section 4975 of the Code or Section 406 of ERISA) has occurred with respect to any Plan; (iv) the Company and its subsidiaries have not incurred nor reasonably expect to incur liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to termination of, or withdrawal from, any Plan; (v) there has been no failure by any Plan to satisfy the minimum funding standards (within the meaning of Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA) applicable to such Plan, whether or not waived; (vi) no Plan subject to Title IV of ERISA is, or is reasonably expected to be, in at risk status (within the meaning of Section 303(i) of ERISA) or endangered status or critical status (within the meaning of Section 305 of ERISA); (vii) with respect to any Plan that is required to be funded the fair market value of the assets of each such Plan
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exceeds the present value of all benefits accrued under such Plan (determined based on those assumptions used to fund such Plan); and (viii) each Plan that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code or the applicable provisions of Other Plan Laws is so qualified and nothing has occurred, whether by action or by failure to act, which would cause the loss of such qualification.
(ff) Disclosure Controls. The Company has established and maintains disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Exchange Act), which (i) are designed to ensure that material information relating to the Company, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to the Companys principal executive officer and its principal financial officer or persons performing similar functions by others within the Company, particularly during the periods in which the periodic reports required under the Exchange Act are being prepared; (ii) have been evaluated for effectiveness as of December 31, 2018; and (iii) are effective in all material respects to perform the functions for which they were established. Based on the evaluation of its disclosure controls and procedures as of December 31, 2018, the Company is not aware of (i) any significant deficiency in the design or operation of internal controls which could adversely affect the Companys ability to record, process, summarize and report financial data or any material weaknesses in internal controls that has not been remedied or (ii) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the Companys internal controls. Since the date of the most recent evaluation of such disclosure controls and procedures, there have been no significant changes in internal controls or in other factors that could significantly affect internal controls, including any corrective actions with regard to significant deficiencies and material weaknesses.
(gg) Accounting Controls. The Company and its subsidiaries have a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with managements general or specific authorization; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of its consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP and to maintain accountability for assets; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with managements general or specific authorization; (iv) interactive data in eXtensbile Business Reporting Language included or incorporated by reference in the Time of Sale Information and the Final Offering Memorandum is prepared in accordance with the Commissions rules and guidelines applicable thereto and (v) the reported accountability for assets is compared with existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences.
(hh) Insurance. The Company and each of its subsidiaries carry, or are covered by, insurance in such amounts and covering such risks as is adequate for the conduct of their respective businesses and the value of their respective properties and as is customary for companies engaged in similar businesses in similar industries.
(ii) Solvency. On the Closing Date and immediately after giving effect to the issuance of the Securities and the consummation of the other transactions related thereto as described in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Final Offering
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Memorandum, the Company will be Solvent. As used in this paragraph, the term Solvent means, with respect to a particular date, that on such date (i) the present fair market value (or present fair saleable value) of the assets of the Company is not less than the total amount required to pay the probable liabilities of the Company on its total existing debts and other liabilities (including contingent liabilities, computed at the amount that, in light of all of the facts and circumstances existing at such time, represents the amount that can reasonably be expected to become an actual or matured liability) as they become absolute and matured; (ii) the Company is able to realize upon its assets and pay its debts and other liabilities (including such contingent liabilities) as they mature and become due in the normal course of business; (iii) assuming consummation of the issuance of the Securities as contemplated by this Agreement, the Time of Sale Information and the Final Offering Memorandum, the Company has not incurred, and does not propose to incur, debts that would be beyond its ability to pay as such debts and other liabilities mature; (iv) the Company is not engaged in any business or transaction, and does not propose to engage in any business or transaction, for which its property would constitute unreasonably small capital after giving due consideration to the prevailing practice in the industry in which the Company is engaged; and (v) the Company is not a defendant in any civil action that would result in a judgment that the Company is or would become unable to satisfy.
(jj) No Restrictions on Subsidiaries. Except as described in the Time of Sale Information or the Final Offering Memorandum, no subsidiary of the Company is currently prohibited, directly or indirectly, under any agreement or other instrument to which it is a party or is subject, from paying any dividends to the Company, from making any other distribution on such subsidiarys capital stock or similar ownership interest, from repaying to the Company any loans or advances to such subsidiary from the Company or from transferring any of such subsidiarys properties or assets to the Company or any other subsidiary of the Company.
(kk) Rule 144A Eligibility. On the Closing Date, the Securities will not be of the same class as securities listed on a national securities exchange registered under Section 6 of the Exchange Act or quoted in an automated inter-dealer quotation system; and each of the Preliminary Offering Memorandum and the Final Offering Memorandum, as of its respective date, contains or will contain all the information that, if requested by a prospective purchaser of the Securities, would be required to be provided to such prospective purchaser pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act.
(ll) No Integration. Neither the Company nor any of its affiliates (as defined in Rule 501(b) of Regulation D) has, directly or through any agent, sold, offered for sale, solicited offers to buy or otherwise negotiated in respect of, any security (as defined in the Securities Act), that is or will be integrated with the sale of the Securities in a manner that would require registration of the Securities under the Securities Act.
(mm) No General Solicitation or Directed Selling Efforts. None of the Company, any of its affiliates or any other person acting on its or their behalf (other than the Initial Purchasers, as to which no representation is made) has (i) solicited offers for, or offered
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or sold, the Securities by means of any form of general solicitation or general advertising within the meaning of Rule 502(c) of Regulation D or in any manner involving a public offering within the meaning of Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act or (ii) engaged in any directed selling efforts within the meaning of Regulation S under the Securities Act (Regulation S), and all such persons have complied with the offering restrictions requirement of Regulation S.
(nn) Securities Law Exemptions. Assuming the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Initial Purchasers contained in Section 2(a) (including Annex C hereto), it is not necessary, in connection with the issuance and sale of the Securities to the Initial Purchasers and the offer, resale and delivery of the Securities by the Initial Purchasers in the manner contemplated by this Agreement, the Time of Sale Information and the Final Offering Memorandum, to register the Securities under the Securities Act or to qualify the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act.
(oo) No Brokers Fees. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is a party to any contract, agreement or understanding with any person (other than this Agreement) that would give rise to a valid claim against any of them or any Initial Purchaser for a brokerage commission, finders fee or like payment in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities.
(pp) No Stabilization. Neither the Company, nor to its knowledge, any of its affiliates, has taken or may take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to cause or result in, or which has constituted or which might reasonably be expected to constitute, the stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Securities.
(qq) Margin Rules. Neither the issuance, authentication, sale and delivery of the Securities nor the application of the proceeds thereof by the Company as described in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Final Offering Memorandum will violate Regulation T, U or X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or any other regulation of such Board of Governors.
(rr) Sarbanes-Oxley Act. The Company is and, to the knowledge of the Company, the Companys directors and officers (in their capacities as such) are in compliance in all material respects with any applicable provision of the U.S. Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations promulgated in connection therewith.
(ss) No Unlawful Payments. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries, nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer or employee of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or any agent, affiliate or other person associated with or acting on behalf of the Company or any of its subsidiaries has (i) used any corporate funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expense relating to political activity; (ii) made or taken an act in furtherance of an offer, promise or authorization of any direct or indirect unlawful payment or benefit to any foreign or domestic government official or employee, including of any government-owned or controlled entity or of a public international organization, or any person acting in an official capacity for or on behalf of any of the foregoing, or any political party or
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party official or candidate for political office; (iii) violated or is in violation of any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, or any applicable law or regulation implementing the OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions, or committed an offence under the Bribery Act 2010 of the United Kingdom, or any other applicable anti-bribery or anti-corruption law (collectively, Anti-Corruption Laws); or (iv) made, offered, agreed, requested or taken an act in furtherance of any unlawful bribe or other unlawful benefit, including, without limitation, any rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful or improper payment or benefit. The Company will not directly or, to its knowledge, indirectly, use the proceeds of the offering of the Securities, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary or joint venture partner, or other person in violation of Anti-Corruption Laws. The Company and its subsidiaries have instituted, maintain and enforce, and will continue to maintain and enforce, policies and procedures designed to promote and ensure compliance with all applicable anti-bribery and anti-corruption laws.
(tt) Anti-Money Laundering. The operations of the Company and its subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, the money laundering statutes of all jurisdictions to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries are subject, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries (collectively, the Money Laundering Laws) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened.
(uu) Sanctions. As of the date hereof, the Company, and its subsidiaries are in compliance with Sanctions, and to the knowledge of the Company and its subsidiaries their respective directors, officers, employees and agents are also in compliance with Sanctions as pertains to their conduct for or on behalf of the Company or its subsidiaries. None of the Company, any of its subsidiaries or to the knowledge of the Company or any of its subsidiaries any of their respective directors, officers, or employees is a Sanctioned Person. The Company will not directly or, to its knowledge, indirectly, use the proceeds of the offering of the Securities, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any other person to fund activities or business (i) of or with any Sanctioned Person, (ii) in or with any Sanctioned Country, or (iii) in any other manner that will, to the Companys knowledge, result in a violation by any person of Sanctions. Sanctions means economic or financial sanctions or trade embargoes imposed, administered or enforced from time to time by the U.S. government, including those administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury (OFAC) or the U.S. Department of State, or other U.S. federal sanctions authority applicable to the Company or its subsidiaries. Sanctioned Country means a country or territory which is the subject or target of country-wide embargo administered by OFAC. As of the date hereof, each of Crimea,
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Cuba, Iran, Syria and North Korea is a Sanctioned Country. Sanctioned Person means (a) any person listed in any Sanctions-related list of designated persons or (b) any person the Company knew or should have known was controlled by any such Person. For the past five years, the Company and its subsidiaries have not knowingly engaged in, and are not now knowingly engaged in, any dealings or transactions with any Sanctioned Person or with any Sanctioned Country.
(vv) Florida Law. The Company has complied with all provisions of Section 517.075, Florida Statutes (Chapter 92-198, Laws of Florida, as amended) relating to doing business with the Government of Cuba or with any person or affiliate located in Cuba.
(ww) XBRL. The interactive data in eXtensbile Business Reporting Language included or incorporated by reference in the Time of Sale Information and the Final Offering Memorandum fairly presents the information called for in all material respects and is prepared in accordance with the Commissions rules and guidelines applicable thereto.
(xx) Industry Data. The industry-related, tower-related and customer-related data and estimates included or incorporated by reference in the Time of Sale Information and the Final Offering Memorandum are based on or derived from sources which the Company believes to be reliable and accurate.
(yy) Cybersecurity; Data Protection. Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) the Company and its subsidiaries information technology assets and equipment, computers, systems, networks, hardware, software, websites, applications, and databases (collectively, IT Systems) are adequate for, and operate and perform as required in connection with the operation of the business of the Company and its subsidiaries as currently conducted and (ii) to the knowledge of the Company, the IT Systems are free and clear of all material bugs, errors, defects, Trojan horses, time bombs, malware and other corruptants. The Company and its subsidiaries have implemented and maintained commercially reasonable controls, policies, procedures, and safeguards to maintain and protect their material confidential information and the integrity and security of all IT Systems and data (including all personal, personally identifiable, sensitive, confidential or regulated data (Personal Data)) used in connection with their businesses. The Company and each of its subsidiaries maintain commercially reasonable disaster recovery and business continuity plans, procedures and facilities. Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, there have been no breaches, violations or unauthorized uses of or accesses to the IT Systems or Personal Data (collectively, Security Incidents), nor any Security Incidents under internal review or investigations. Except as would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, the Company and its subsidiaries are presently in compliance with all applicable laws or statutes and all judgments, orders, rules and regulations of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority, internal policies and contractual obligations relating to the privacy and security of IT Systems and Personal Data and to the protection of such IT Systems and Personal Data from unauthorized use, access, misappropriation or modification.
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4. Further Agreements of the Company. The Company covenants and agrees with the Initial Purchasers that:
(a) Delivery of Copies. The Company will deliver to the Initial Purchasers, without charge, as many copies of the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, any other Time of Sale Information, any Issuer Written Communication and the Final Offering Memorandum (including all amendments and supplements thereto) as the Representative may reasonably request.
(b) Offering Memorandum, Amendments or Supplements. Before finalizing the Preliminary Offering Memorandum or making or distributing any amendment or supplement to any of the Time of Sale Information or the Final Offering Memorandum, the Company will furnish to the Representative and counsel for the Initial Purchasers a copy of the proposed Preliminary or Final Offering Memorandum or such amendment or supplement for review, and will not distribute any such proposed Preliminary or Final Offering Memorandum, amendment or supplement to which the Representative reasonably objects.
(c) Additional Written Communications. Before using, authorizing, approving or referring to any Issuer Written Communication, the Company will furnish to the Representative and counsel for the Initial Purchasers a copy of such written communication for review and will not use, authorize, approve or refer to any such written communication to which the Representative reasonably objects.
Prior to the Closing Date, the Company will not issue any press release or other communication directly or indirectly or hold any press conference with respect to the Company, its condition, financial or otherwise, or earnings, business affairs or business prospects (except for routine oral marketing communications in the ordinary course of business and consistent with the past practices of the Company and of which the Representative is notified), without the prior written consent of the Representative, unless in the judgment of the Company and its counsel, and after notification to the Representative, such press release or communication is required by law.
(d) Notice to the Initial Purchasers. The Company will advise the Representative promptly, and confirm such advice in writing, (i) of the occurrence of any event which makes any statement of a material fact made in any of the Time of Sale Information, any Issuer Written Communication or the Final Offering Memorandum (as then amended or supplemented) untrue or which requires the making of any additions to or changes in any of the Time of Sale Information, any Issuer Written Communication or the Final Offering Memorandum (as then amended or supplemented) in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; (ii) of the issuance by any governmental or regulatory authority of
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any order preventing or suspending the use of any of the Time of Sale Information, any Issuer Written Communication or the Final Offering Memorandum or the initiation or, to the best knowledge of the Company, threatening of any proceeding for that purpose; and (iii) of the receipt by the Company of any notice with respect to any suspension of the qualification of the Securities for offer and sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose; and the Company will use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such order preventing or suspending the use of any of the Time of Sale Information, any Issuer Written Communication or the Final Offering Memorandum or suspending any such qualification of the Securities and, if any such order is issued, will obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal thereof.
(e) Ongoing Compliance of the Time of Sale Information and the Final Offering Memorandum. (1) If at any time prior to the Closing Date (i) any event shall occur or condition shall exist as a result of which any of the Time of Sale Information as then amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or (ii) it is necessary to amend or supplement any of the Time of Sale Information to comply with law, the Company will immediately notify the Initial Purchasers thereof and forthwith prepare and, subject to paragraph (b) above, furnish to the Initial Purchasers such amendments or supplements to any of the Time of Sale Information (or any document to be filed with the Commission and incorporated by reference therein) as may be necessary so that the statements in any of the Time of Sale Information as so amended or supplemented (including, if applicable, such document to be incorporated by reference therein) will not, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, be misleading or so that the Time of Sale Information will comply with law, and (2) if at any time prior to the completion of the resale of the Securities by the Initial Purchasers (i) any event shall occur or condition shall exist as a result of which the Final Offering Memorandum as then amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing when the Final Offering Memorandum is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading or (ii) it is necessary to amend or supplement the Final Offering Memorandum to comply with law, the Company will immediately notify the Initial Purchasers thereof and forthwith prepare and, subject to paragraph (b) above, furnish to the Initial Purchasers such amendments or supplements to the Final Offering Memorandum (or any document to be filed with the Commission and incorporated by reference therein) as may be necessary so that the statements in the Final Offering Memorandum as so amended or supplemented (including, if applicable, such document to be incorporated by reference therein) will not, in the light of the circumstances existing when the Final Offering Memorandum is delivered to a purchaser, be misleading or so that the Final Offering Memorandum will comply with law.
(f) Blue Sky Compliance. The Company will qualify the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Representative shall reasonably request and will continue such qualifications in effect
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so long as required for the offering and resale of the Securities; provided that the Company shall not be required to (i) qualify as a foreign corporation in any such jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to so qualify, (ii) file any general consent to service of process in any such jurisdiction or (iii) subject itself to taxation in any such jurisdiction if it is not otherwise so subject.
(g) Use of Proceeds. The Company will apply the net proceeds from the sale of the Securities as described in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Final Offering Memorandum under the heading Use of Proceeds.
(h) Supplying Information. While the Securities remain outstanding and are restricted securities within the meaning of Rule 144(a)(3) under the Securities Act, the Company will, during any period in which the Company is not subject to and in compliance with Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, furnish to holders of the Securities and prospective purchasers of the Securities designated by such holders, upon the request of such holders or such prospective purchasers, the information required to be delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act.
(i) DTC. The Company will assist the Initial Purchasers in arranging for the Securities to be eligible for clearance and settlement through The Depository Trust Company (DTC).
(j) No Resales by the Company. During the one-year period from the Closing Date, the Company will not, and will not permit any of its affiliates (as defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act) to, resell any of the Securities that have been acquired by any of them, except for Securities purchased by the Company or any of its affiliates and resold in a transaction registered under the Securities Act.
(k) No Integration. Neither the Company nor any of its affiliates (as defined in Rule 501(b) of Regulation D) or any other person acting on its or their behalf (other than the Initial Purchasers, as to which no covenant is given) will, directly or through any agent, sell, offer for sale, solicit offers to buy or otherwise negotiate in respect of, any security (as defined in the Securities Act), that is or will be integrated with the sale of the Securities in a manner that would require registration of the Securities under the Securities Act.
(l) No General Solicitation or Directed Selling Efforts. Neither the Company nor any of its affiliates or any other person acting on its or their behalf (other than the Initial Purchasers, as to which no covenant is given) will (i) solicit offers for, or offer or sell, the Securities by means of any form of general solicitation or general advertising within the meaning of Rule 502(c) of Regulation D or in any manner involving a public offering within the meaning of Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act; or (ii) offer, sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of, directly or indirectly, any securities under circumstances where such offer, sale, contract or disposition would cause the exemption afforded by Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act to cease to be applicable to the offering and sale of the Securities as contemplated by this Agreement, any of the Time of Sale Information and the Final Offering Memorandum; or (iii) engage in any directed selling efforts within the meaning of Regulation S, and all such persons will comply with the offering restrictions requirement of Regulation S.
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(m) No Stabilization. Neither the Company nor to its knowledge, any of its affiliates, will take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that could reasonably be expected to cause or result in any stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Securities and neither the Company nor any of its affiliates has taken or will take, directly or indirectly, any action prohibited by Regulation M under the Exchange Act in connection with the offering of the Securities.
(n) Clear Market. During the period from the date hereof through and including the date that is forty-five (45) calendar days after the date hereof, the Company will not, without the prior written consent of the Representative, offer, sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of any debt securities issued or guaranteed by the Company or its subsidiaries and having a tenor of more than one year.
(o) No Action. The Company will not initiate any action prior to the Closing Date which would require any of the Time of Sale Information or the Final Offering Memorandum to be amended or supplemented pursuant to Section 4(e).
5. Certain Agreements of the Initial Purchasers. Each Initial Purchaser hereby severally represents and agrees that it has not and will not use, authorize use of, refer to, or participate in the planning or use of, any written communication that constitutes an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy the Securities other than (i) the Time of Sale Information and the Final Offering Memorandum, (ii) a written communication that contains no issuer information (as defined in Rule 433(h)(2) under the Securities Act) that was not included (including through incorporation by reference) in the Time of Sale Information or the Final Offering Memorandum, (iii) any written communication listed on Annex A or prepared pursuant to Section 4(c) above, (iv) any written communication prepared by the Initial Purchasers and approved by the Company in advance in writing or (v) any written communication relating to or that contains the terms of the Securities and/or other information that was included or incorporated by reference in the Time of Sale Information or the Final Offering Memorandum.
6. Conditions of Initial Purchasers Obligations. The obligation of each Initial Purchaser to purchase the Securities on the Closing Date as provided herein is subject to the performance by the Company of its covenants and other obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions:
(a) Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties of the Company contained herein shall be true and correct on the date hereof and on and as of the Closing Date; and the statements of the Company and its officers made in any certificates delivered pursuant to this Agreement shall be true and correct on and as of the Closing Date.
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(b) The Time of Sale Information and Final Offering Memorandum. The Time of Sale Information and the Final Offering Memorandum (and any amendments or supplements thereto) shall have been printed and copies distributed to the Initial Purchasers as promptly as practicable on or following the date of this Agreement or at such other date and time as to which the Representative may agree. If any event shall have occurred that requires the Company under Section 4(e) to prepare an amendment or supplement to any of the Time of Sale Information and the Final Offering Memorandum, such amendment or supplement shall have been prepared, the Representative shall have been given a reasonable opportunity to comment thereon, and copies thereof shall have been delivered to the Initial Purchasers reasonably in advance of the Closing Date.
(c) Ongoing Compliance of the Time of Sale Information and Final Offering Memorandum. The Initial Purchasers shall not have discovered and disclosed to the Company (1) on or prior to the Closing Date that any of the Time of Sale Information contains an untrue statement of fact which, in the opinion of counsel for the Initial Purchasers, is material or omits to state any fact which, in the opinion of such counsel, is material and is necessary to make the statements therein not misleading and (2) on or prior to the Closing Date that the Final Offering Memorandum (and any amendments or supplements thereto) contains an untrue statement of fact which, in the opinion of counsel for the Initial Purchasers, is material or omits to state any fact which, in the opinion of such counsel, is material and necessary to make the statements therein not misleading.
(d) Required Corporate Actions. All corporate proceedings and other legal matters incident to the authorization, form and validity of the Transaction Documents, the Time of Sale Information and the Final Offering Memorandum (and any amendments or supplements thereto), and all other legal matters relating to the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby shall be reasonably satisfactory in all material respects to counsel for the Initial Purchasers, and the Company shall have furnished to such counsel all documents and information that they may reasonably request to enable them to pass upon such matters.
(e) No Downgrade. Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement (i) no downgrading shall have occurred in the rating accorded the Securities or any other debt securities issued or guaranteed by the Company or its subsidiaries by any nationally recognized statistical rating organization, as such term is defined under Section 3(a)(62) of the Exchange Act and (ii) no such organization shall have publicly announced that it has under surveillance or review, with possible negative implications, or has changed its outlook with respect to its rating of the Securities or any other debt securities issued or guaranteed by the Company or its subsidiaries.
(f) No Material Adverse Change. (i) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries shall have sustained since the date of the latest audited financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Time of Sale Information and the Final Offering Memorandum (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto) any loss or interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity,
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whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute or court or governmental action, order or decree, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Time of Sale Information and the Final Offering Memorandum or (ii) otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Time of Sale Information and the Final Offering Memorandum (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto), since the date of the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, there shall not have been any change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Company or its subsidiaries or any change, or any development involving a prospective change, that would have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, the effect of which, in any such case described in clause (i) or (ii), is, in the judgment of the Representative, so material and adverse as to make it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the payment for and delivery of the Securities being delivered on the Closing Date on the terms and in the manner contemplated by this Agreement, the Time of Sale Information and the Final Offering Memorandum (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto).
(g) Officers Certificates. The Initial Purchasers shall have received on and as of the Closing Date (1) a certificate of the Companys chief executive officer or president and chief financial officer stating that (i) such officers have carefully reviewed the Time of Sale Information and the Final Offering Memorandum; (ii) to the best knowledge of such officers, the Time of Sale Information, at the time of sale and at the Closing Date, did not, and the Final Offering Memorandum, as of its date and at the Closing Date, did not include any untrue statement of a material fact and did not 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 since the date of each of the Time of Sale Information and the Final Offering Memorandum, no event has occurred which should have been set forth in a supplement or amendment to any of the Time of Sale Information and the Final Offering Memorandum so that the Time of Sale Information and the Final Offering Memorandum (as so amended or supplemented) would not include any untrue statement of a material fact and would not omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, under the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and (iii) as of the Closing Date the representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement are true and correct, the Company has complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to the Closing Date and (2) a certificate of the Companys chief financial officer, on the date of this Agreement and on the Closing Date, substantially in the form of the attached hereto as Annex E.
(h) Comfort Letters. On the date of this Agreement and on the Closing Date Ernst & Young LLP shall have furnished to the Initial Purchasers, at the request of the Company, letters, dated the respective dates of delivery thereof and addressed to the Initial Purchasers, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Initial Purchasers, containing statements and information of the type customarily included in accountants comfort letters to underwriters with respect to the financial statements and certain financial information contained or incorporated by reference in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Final Offering Memorandum; provided that the letters delivered on the date of this Agreement and on the Closing Date shall use a cut-off date no more than three (3) Business Days prior to the date of this Agreement and such Closing Date, respectively.
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(i) Opinion and 10b-5 Statement of Counsel for the Company. Greenberg Traurig, P.A., counsel for the Company, shall have furnished to the Initial Purchasers, at the request of the Company, their written opinion and negative assurance statement, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Initial Purchasers, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Initial Purchasers, to the effect set forth in Annex D hereto.
(j) Opinion and 10b-5 Statement of Counsel for the Initial Purchasers. The Initial Purchasers shall have received on and as of the Closing Date an opinion and negative assurance statement of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, counsel for the Initial Purchasers, with respect to such matters as the Initial Purchasers may reasonably request, and such counsel shall have received such documents and information as they may reasonably request to enable them to pass upon such matters.
(k) Opinion of FCC Counsel for the Company. Greenberg Traurig, P.A., FCC counsel for the Company, shall have furnished to the Initial Purchasers, at the request of the Company, their written opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Initial Purchasers, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Initial Purchasers.
(l) No Legal Impediment to Issuance. No action shall have been taken and no statute, rule, regulation or order shall have been enacted, adopted or issued by any federal, state or foreign governmental or regulatory authority that would, as of the Closing Date, prevent the issuance or sale of the Securities; and no injunction or order of any federal, state or foreign court shall have been issued that would, as of the Closing Date, prevent the issuance or sale of the Securities.
(m) No Rule 144A or Regulation S Invalidation. There shall not have occurred any invalidation of Rule 144A or Regulation S under the Securities Act by any court or withdrawal or proposed withdrawal of any rule or regulation under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act by the Commission or any amendment or proposed amendment thereof by the Commission which in the judgment of the Representative would materially impair the ability of the Initial Purchasers to purchase, hold or effect resales of the Securities contemplated hereby.
(n) Good Standing. The Representative shall have received on and as of the Closing Date satisfactory evidence of the good standing of the Company and its subsidiaries listed on Schedule 2 in their respective jurisdictions of incorporation or formation and their good standing as foreign entities in such other jurisdictions as the Representative may reasonably request, in each case in writing or any standard form of telecommunication from the appropriate governmental authorities of such jurisdictions.
(o) Supplemental Indenture and Securities. The Supplemental Indenture shall have been duly executed and delivered by the Company and the Trustee, and the Securities shall have been duly executed and delivered by the Company and duly authenticated by the Trustee.
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(p) Registration Rights Agreement. The Initial Purchasers shall have received a counterpart of the Registration Rights Agreement that shall have been executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of the Company.
(q) DTC. The Securities shall be eligible for clearance and settlement through DTC.
(r) No Default. There shall exist at and as of the Closing Date no conditions that would constitute a default (or an event that with notice or the lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default) under (i) the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of February 7, 2014, among SBA Senior Finance II LLC, as borrower and the several lenders from time to time parties thereto, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, including pursuant to the 2018 Refinancing Amendment, dated as of April 11, 2018, (ii) the Second Amended and Restated Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, dated as of February 7, 2014, among SBA Communications Corporation, SBA Telecommunications, LLC, SBA Senior Finance, LLC, SBA Senior Finance II LLC and certain of its subsidiaries, as identified in the Second Amended and Restated Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, in favor of Toronto Dominion (Texas) LLC, as administrative agent, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, (iii) the Second Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of October 15, 2014, entered into among SBA Properties, LLC, the additional borrowers party thereto and Midland Loan Services, as servicer on behalf of Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, (iv) the Indenture, dated as of July 1, 2014, between SBA Communications Corporation and U.S. Bank National Association, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, (v) the Indenture, dated as of August 15, 2016, between SBA Communications Corporation and U.S. Bank National Association, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time or (vi) the Indenture, dated as of October 13, 2017, between SBA Communications Corporation and U.S. Bank National Association, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
(s) Market Events. Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement there shall not have occurred any of the following: (i) trading in securities generally on the NYSE, the NASDAQ Global Select Market, the NASDAQ Global Market or the American Stock Exchange or in the over-the-counter market, or trading in any securities of the Company on any exchange or in the over-the-counter market, shall have been suspended or minimum prices shall have been established on any such exchange or such market by the Commission, by such exchange or by any other regulatory body or governmental authority having jurisdiction, (ii) a material disruption in securities settlement, payment or clearance services in the United States, (iii) a banking moratorium shall have been declared by federal or state authorities, (iv) any attack on, outbreak or escalation of hostilities or act of terrorism involving the United States, any declaration of war by Congress or any other national or international calamity, crisis or
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emergency if, in the judgment of the Representative, the effect of any such attack, outbreak, escalation, act, declaration, calamity, crisis or emergency makes it impractical or inadvisable to proceed with the completion of the offering or sale of and payment for the Securities, or (v) the occurrence of any other calamity, crisis (including without limitation as a result of terrorist activities), or material adverse change in general economic, political or financial conditions (or the effect of international conditions on the financial markets in the United States shall be such) as to make it, in the judgment of the Representative, impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the public offering, sale or delivery of the Securities being delivered on the Closing Date on the terms and in the manner contemplated by this Agreement, the Time of Sale Information and the Final Offering Memorandum or that, in the judgment of the Representative, would materially and adversely affect the financial markets or the markets for the Securities and/or debt securities.
(t) Additional Documents. On or prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall have furnished to the Representative such further certificates and documents as the Representative may reasonably request.
All opinions, letters, certificates and evidence mentioned above or elsewhere in this Agreement shall be deemed to be in compliance with the provisions hereof only if they are in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to counsel for the Initial Purchasers.
7. Indemnification and Contribution.
(a) Indemnification of the Initial Purchasers. The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Initial Purchaser, their respective affiliates, directors and officers and each person, if any, who controls such Initial Purchasers 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, legal fees and other expenses incurred in connection with any suit, action or proceeding or any claim asserted, as such fees and expenses are incurred), joint or several, that arise out of, or are based upon, any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, any of the other Time of Sale Information, any Issuer Written Communication or the Final Offering Memorandum (or any amendment or supplement thereto), in any materials or information provided to investors by, or with the approval of, the Company in connection with the marketing of the offering of the Securities or in any information provided by the Company pursuant to Section 4(e), 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 Initial Purchasers Information.
(b) Indemnification of the Company. Each Initial Purchaser agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each of its subsidiaries,
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directors and officers and each person, if any, who controls the Company 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 Initial Purchasers Information furnished to the Company in writing by such Initial Purchaser through the Representative expressly for use in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, any of the other Time of Sale Information, any Issuer Written Communication or the Final Offering Memorandum (or any amendment or supplement thereto).
(c) Notice and Procedures. If any suit, action, proceeding (including any governmental or regulatory investigation), claim or demand shall be brought or asserted against any person in respect of which indemnification may be sought pursuant to either paragraph (a) or (b) above, such person (the Indemnified Person) shall promptly notify the person against whom such indemnification may be sought (the Indemnifying Person) in writing; provided that the failure to notify the Indemnifying Person shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have under 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 retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person (who shall not, without the consent of the Indemnified Person, be counsel to the Indemnifying Person) to represent the Indemnified Person and any others entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Section 7 that the Indemnifying Person may designate in such proceeding and shall pay the fees and expenses of such counsel related to such proceeding, as incurred. In any such proceeding, any Indemnified Person shall have the right to retain its own counsel, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Indemnified Person unless (i) the Indemnifying Person and the Indemnified Person shall have mutually agreed to the contrary; (ii) the Indemnifying Person has failed within a reasonable time to retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person; (iii) the Indemnified Person shall have reasonably concluded that there may be legal defenses available to it that are different from or in addition to those available to the Indemnifying Person; or (iv) the named parties in any such proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both the Indemnifying Person and the Indemnified Person and representation of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between them. It is understood and agreed that the Indemnifying Person shall not, in connection with any proceeding or related proceeding in the same jurisdiction, be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm (in addition to any local counsel) for all Indemnified Persons, and that all such fees and expenses shall be reimbursed as they are incurred. Any such separate firm for the Initial Purchasers, their respective affiliates, directors and officers and any control persons of the Initial Purchasers shall be designated in writing by the Initial Purchasers and any such separate firm for the Company, its directors and officers and any control
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persons of the Company 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. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if at any time an Indemnified Person shall have requested that an Indemnifying Person reimburse the Indemnified Person for fees and expenses of counsel as contemplated by this paragraph, the Indemnifying Person shall be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more than thirty (30) calendar days after receipt by the Indemnifying Person of such request and (ii) the Indemnifying Person shall not have reimbursed the Indemnified Person in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement. 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 (x) 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 (y) does not include any statement as to or any admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any Indemnified Person.
(d) Contribution. If the indemnification provided for in paragraphs (a) and (b) above is unavailable to an Indemnified Person or insufficient in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to therein, then each Indemnifying Person under such paragraph, in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Person thereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Person as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Initial Purchasers on the other from the offering of the Securities 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 on the one hand and the Initial Purchasers on the other in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Initial Purchasers on the other shall be deemed to be in the same respective proportions as the net proceeds (before deducting expenses) received by the Company from the sale of the Securities and the total discounts and commissions received by the Initial Purchasers in connection therewith, as provided in this Agreement, bear to the aggregate offering price of the Securities. The relative fault of the Company on the one hand and the Initial Purchasers on the other shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to the information supplied by the Company or Initial Purchasers Information supplied by the Initial Purchasers and the parties relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.
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(e) Limitation on Liability. The Company and the Initial Purchasers agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 7 were determined by pro rata allocation 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 incurred by such Indemnified Person in connection with any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 7, in no event shall the Initial Purchasers be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total discounts and commissions received by the Initial Purchasers with respect to the offering of the Securities exceeds the amount of any damages that the Initial Purchasers have otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Initial Purchasers obligations to contribute pursuant to paragraph (d) above are several in proportion to their respective purchase obligations hereunder and not joint.
(f) Non-Exclusive Remedies. The remedies provided for in this Section 7 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.
8. Defaulting Initial Purchasers. If, on the Closing Date, any Initial Purchaser defaults in the performance of its obligations under this Agreement, the remaining non-defaulting Initial Purchasers shall be obligated to purchase the Securities that the defaulting Initial Purchasers agreed but failed to purchase on such Closing Date in the respective proportions which the principal amount of the Securities set forth opposite the name of each remaining non-defaulting Initial Purchaser in Schedule 1 hereto bears to the aggregate principal amount of the Securities set forth opposite the names of all the remaining non-defaulting Initial Purchasers in Schedule 1 hereto; provided, however, that the remaining non-defaulting Initial Purchasers shall not be obligated to purchase any of the Securities on such Closing Date if the aggregate principal amount of the Securities that the defaulting Initial Purchaser or Initial Purchasers agreed but failed to purchase on such date exceeds 9.09% of the aggregate principal amount of the Securities to be purchased on such Closing Date and any remaining non-defaulting Initial Purchaser shall not be obligated to purchase more than 110% of the principal amount of the Securities that it agreed to purchase on such Closing Date pursuant to the terms of Section 2. If the foregoing maximums are exceeded, the remaining non-defaulting Initial Purchasers shall have the right, but shall not be obligated, to purchase, in such proportion as may be agreed upon among them, all the Securities to be purchased on such Closing Date. If the remaining Initial Purchasers do not elect to purchase the principal amount of Securities that the defaulting Initial Purchaser or Initial Purchasers agreed but failed to purchase on such Closing Date this Agreement shall terminate without liability on the part of any non-defaulting Initial Purchaser or the Company, except that the Company will continue to be liable for the payment of expenses to the extent set forth in Section 10. As used in this Agreement, the term
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Initial Purchaser includes, for all purposes of this Agreement unless the context requires otherwise, any party not listed in Schedule 1 hereto that, pursuant to this Section 8, purchases Securities that a defaulting Initial Purchaser agreed but failed to purchase.
Nothing contained herein shall relieve a defaulting Initial Purchaser of any liability it may have to the Company for damages caused by its default. If other Initial Purchasers are obligated or agree to purchase the Securities of a defaulting or withdrawing Initial Purchaser, either the remaining Initial Purchasers or the Company may postpone the Closing Date for up to seven (7) full Business Days in order to effect any changes that in the opinion of counsel for the Company or counsel for the Initial Purchasers may be necessary in the Time of Sale Information, the Final Offering Memorandum or in any other document or arrangement.
9. Termination. The obligations of the Initial Purchasers hereunder may be terminated by the Initial Purchasers, in the absolute discretion of the Initial Purchasers, by notice given to the Company prior to the delivery of and payment for the Securities if, prior to that time, any of the events described in Section 6(e), 6(f), 6(l), 6(m) and 6(s) shall have occurred.
10. Payment of Expenses. (a) Whether or not the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are consummated or this Agreement is terminated, the Company agrees to pay or cause to be paid all costs and expenses incident to the performance of its obligations hereunder, including without limitation, (i) the costs incident to the authorization, issuance, sale, preparation and delivery of the Securities and any taxes payable in that connection; (ii) the costs incident to the preparation and printing of the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, any Issuer Written Communication, any Time of Sale Information and the Final Offering Memorandum (including all exhibits, amendments and supplements thereto) and the distribution thereof; (iii) the costs of reproducing and distributing each of the Transaction Documents; (iv) the fees and expenses of the Companys counsel and independent accountants; (v) the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the registration or qualification and determination of eligibility for investment of the Securities under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Initial Purchasers may designate and the preparation, printing and distribution of a Blue Sky Memorandum (including the related fees and expenses of counsel for the Initial Purchasers not to exceed $15,000); (vi) any fees charged by rating agencies for rating the Securities; (vii) the fees and expenses of the Trustee and any paying agent (including related fees and expenses of any counsel to such parties); (viii) all expenses and application fees incurred in connection with the approval of the Securities for book-entry transfer by DTC; and (ix) all expenses incurred by the Company in connection with any road show presentation to potential investors.
(b) If (i) this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 9 (other than due to the events described in Section 6(l) and 6(m)), (ii) the Company for any reason fails to tender the Securities for delivery to the Initial Purchasers or (iii) the Initial Purchasers decline to purchase the Securities for any reason permitted under this Agreement, the Company agrees to reimburse the Initial Purchasers for all out-of-pocket costs and
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expenses (including the fees and expenses of their counsel) reasonably incurred by the Initial Purchasers in connection with this Agreement and the proposed purchase and resale of the Securities contemplated hereby.
11. Persons Entitled to Benefit of Agreement. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and any controlling persons referred to herein, and the affiliates, officers and directors of the Initial Purchasers referred to in Section 7 hereof. Nothing in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any other person any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement or any provision contained herein. No purchaser of Securities from the Initial Purchasers shall be deemed to be a successor merely by reason of such purchase.
12. Survival. The respective indemnities, rights of contribution, representations, warranties and agreements of the Company and the Initial Purchasers contained in this Agreement or made by or on behalf of the Company or the Initial Purchasers pursuant to this Agreement or any certificate delivered pursuant hereto shall survive the delivery of and payment for the Securities and shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of any termination of this Agreement or any investigation made by or on behalf of the Company or the Initial Purchasers.
13. Compliance with USA Patriot Act. In accordance with the requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)), the Initial Purchasers are required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies their respective clients, including the Company, which information may include the name and address of their respective clients, as well as other information that will allow the Initial Purchasers to properly identify their respective clients.
14. Certain Defined Terms. For purposes of this Agreement, (a) except where otherwise expressly provided, the term affiliate has the meaning set forth in Rule 405 under the Securities Act; (b) the term Business Day means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in New York, New York are authorized or required by law or executive order to remain closed; (c) the term subsidiary has the meaning set forth in Rule 405 under the Securities Act; and (d) the term written communication has the meaning set forth in Rule 405 under the Securities Act.
15. Initial Purchasers Information. The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that, for all purposes of this Agreement, the Initial Purchasers Information consists solely of the following information in the Time of Sale Information or the Final Offering Memorandum: the statements in the third paragraph, the fourth and fifth sentences of the thirteenth paragraph and the fifteenth paragraph under Plan of Distribution in the Final Offering Memorandum.
16. Miscellaneous. (a) Authority of the Representative. Any action by the Initial Purchasers hereunder may be taken by the Representative on behalf of the Initial Purchasers, and any such action taken by the Representative shall be binding upon the Initial Purchasers.
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(b) Notices. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if mailed or transmitted and confirmed by any standard form of telecommunication. Notices to the Initial Purchasers shall be given to the Initial Purchasers c/o Citigroup Global Markets Inc., 388 Greenwich Street, New York, New York 10013, Attention: General Counsel (Fax: (646) 291-1469) with a copy to Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, 425 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York 10017; Attention: Risë Norman, Esq. (Fax: (212) 455-2502). Notices to the Company shall be given to it at SBA Communications Corporation, 8051 Congress Avenue, Boca Raton, Florida 33487; Attention: Jeffrey A. Stoops (fax: (561) 997-0343) and Attention: Thomas P. Hunt (fax: (561) 989-2941), with a copy to Greenberg Traurig, P.A., 401 East Las Olas Boulevard Suite 2000, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301; Attention: Kara L. MacCullough, Esq. (fax: (954) 759-5521).
(c) Governing Law. This Agreement and any claim, controversy or dispute relating to or arising out of this Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of the State of New York.
(d) Recognition of the U.S. Special Resolution Regimes.
(i) In the event that any Initial Purchaser that is a Covered Entity becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, the transfer from such Initial Purchaser of this Agreement, and any interest and obligation in or under this Agreement, will be effective to the same extent as the transfer would be effective under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if this Agreement, and any such interest and obligation, were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States.
(ii) In the event that any Initial Purchaser that is a Covered Entity or a BHC Act Affiliate of such Initial Purchaser becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, Default Rights under this Agreement that may be exercised against such Initial Purchaser are permitted to be exercised to no greater extent than such Default Rights could be exercised under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if this Agreement were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States.
As used in this Section 16(d):
BHC Act Affiliate has the meaning assigned to the term affiliate in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with,
12 U.S.C. § 1841(k).
Covered Entity means any of the following:
(i) a covered entity as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 252.82(b);
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(ii) a covered bank as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 47.3(b); or
(iii) a covered FSI as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 382.2(b).
Default Right has the meaning assigned to that term in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. §§ 252.81, 47.2 or 382.1, as applicable.
U.S. Special Resolution Regime means each of (i) the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder and (ii) Title II of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder.
(e) Counterparts. This Agreement may be signed in counterparts (which may include counterparts delivered by any standard form of telecommunication), each of which shall be an original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. The words execution, signed, signature, delivery, and words of like import in or relating to this Agreement or any document to be signed in connection with this Agreement shall be deemed to include Electronic Signatures, deliveries or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature, physical delivery thereof or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, and the parties hereto consent to conduct the transactions contemplated hereunder by electronic means. Electronic Signature means an electronic sound, symbol or process attached to, or associated with, a contract or other record and adopted by an individual, partnership, limited liability company, corporation, trust or unincorporated organization, or a government or agency or political subdivision thereof with the intent to sign, authenticate or accept such contract or record.
(f) Waiver of Jury Trial. Each of the parties hereto hereby waives any right to trial by jury in any suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement.
(g) Amendments or Waivers. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement, nor any consent or approval to any departure therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the parties hereto.
(h) Headings. The headings herein are included for convenience of reference only and are not intended to be part of, or to affect the meaning or interpretation of, this Agreement.
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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, please indicate your acceptance of this Agreement by signing in the space provided below.
Very truly yours, | ||
SBA COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION | ||
By: |
/s/ Brendan T. Cavanagh |
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Name: | Brendan T. Cavanagh | |
Title: | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
[Signature Page to the Purchase Agreement]
Accepted as of the date first written above:
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.
By: |
/s/ Scott Slavik |
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Name: | Scott Slavik | |||
Title: | Managing Director |
Acting severally on behalf of themselves
and as Representative of the several
Initial Purchasers named on Schedule 1 hereto.
[Signature Page to the Purchase Agreement]
Schedule 1
Initial Purchasers
Initial Purchasers |
Principal Amount
of Securities |
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Citigroup Global Markets Inc. |
$ | 225,000,000 | ||
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC |
100,000,000 | |||
Barclays Capital Inc. |
35,000,000 | |||
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. |
35,000,000 | |||
Mizuho Securities USA LLC |
35,000,000 | |||
TD Securities (USA) LLC |
35,000,000 | |||
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC |
35,000,000 | |||
Total |
$ | 500,000,000 | ||
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Schedule 2
Subsidiaries Providing Good Standing Certificates
SBA Telecommunications, LLC
SBA Senior Finance, LLC
SBA Senior Finance II LLC
SBA Guarantor LLC
SBA Holdings, LLC
SBA 2012 TC Assets, LLC
Brazil Shareholder I LLC