Contract
Exhibit 4.3
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this “Supplemental Indenture”) dated as of October 23, 2023 among LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, BROADWING, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, BROADWING COMMUNICATIONS, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, GLOBAL CROSSING TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC., a Michigan corporation, LEVEL 3 TELECOM HOLDINGS, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, TELCOVE OPERATIONS, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and WILTEL COMMUNICATIONS, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (each a “New Guarantor” and collectively, the “New Guarantors”), LEVEL 3 PARENT, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Level 3 Parent”), LEVEL 3 FINANCING, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Issuer”), on behalf of itself and the existing guarantors (other than Level 3 Parent) (the “Existing Guarantors”), under the Indenture referred to below, and THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., a national banking association, as trustee and note collateral agent under the Indenture referred to below (the “Trustee”).
W I T N E S S E T H :
WHEREAS, the Issuer, Level 3 Parent and the other Guarantors party thereto have heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee an Indenture dated as of March 31, 2023 (the “Indenture”; capitalized terms used but not defined herein having the meanings assigned thereto in the Indenture), providing for the issuance of its 10.500% Senior Secured Notes due 2030;
WHEREAS, the Indenture permits the New Guarantors to execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture pursuant to which the New Guarantors shall unconditionally guarantee all the Issuer’s obligations under the Securities pursuant to a Guarantee on the terms and conditions set forth herein;
WHEREAS, the Guarantee contained in this Supplemental Indenture shall constitute a “Note Guarantee”, and each of the New Guarantors shall constitute a “Guarantor”, for all purposes of the Indenture;
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 801, Section 916 and Section 1207 of the Indenture, the Trustee and the Issuer are authorized to execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture; and
WHEREAS, all acts and requirements necessary to make this Supplemental Indenture the legal, valid and binding obligation of Level 3 Parent, the Issuer and the New Guarantors have been done.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, each New Guarantor, Level 3 Parent, the Issuer, the Existing Guarantors and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities as follows:
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1.Agreement to Guaranty. Each New Guarantor hereby agrees, jointly and severally with all the Existing Guarantors, to unconditionally guarantee the Issuer’s obligations under the Securities and the Indenture on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in Article Twelve of the Indenture and to be bound by all other applicable provisions of the Indenture and the Securities.
2.Successors and Assigns. This Supplemental Indenture shall be binding upon each New Guarantor and its successors and assigns and shall inure to the benefit of the successors and assigns of the Trustee and the Holders and, in the event of any transfer or assignment of rights by any Holder or the Trustee, the rights and privileges conferred upon that party in the Indenture and in the Securities shall automatically extend to and be vested in such transferee or assignee, all subject to the terms and conditions of the Indenture.
3.No Waiver. Neither a failure nor a delay on the part of either the Trustee or the Holders in exercising any right, power or privilege under this Supplemental Indenture, the Indenture or the Securities shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall a single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other or further exercise of any right, power or privilege. The rights, remedies and benefits of the Trustee and the Holders herein and therein expressly specified are cumulative and not exclusive of any other rights, remedies or benefits which either may have under this Supplemental Indenture, the Indenture or the Securities at law, in equity, by statute or otherwise.
4.Modification. No modification, amendment or waiver of any provision of this Supplemental Indenture, nor the consent to any departure by any New Guarantor therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the Trustee, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given. No notice to or demand on any New Guarantor in any case shall entitle any such New Guarantor to any other or further notice or demand in the same, similar or other circumstances.
5.Opinion of Counsel. Concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture, the Issuer shall deliver to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that this Supplemental Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Issuer and each New Guarantor and that, subject to the application of bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance or transfer and other similar laws relating to creditors’ rights generally and to the principles of equity, whether considered in a proceeding at law or in equity, the Guarantee of each New Guarantor is a legal, valid and binding obligation of such New Guarantor, enforceable against such New Guarantor in accordance with its terms.
6.Ratification of Indenture; Supplemental Indentures Part of Indenture. Except as expressly amended hereby, the Indenture is in all respects ratified and confirmed and all the terms, conditions and provisions thereof shall remain in full force and effect. This Supplemental Indenture shall form a part of the Indenture for all purposes, and every Holder of Securities heretofore or hereafter authenticated and delivered shall be bound hereby.
7.Governing Law. THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE
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STATE OF NEW YORK BUT WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW TO THE EXTENT THAT THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY.
8.Counterparts. The parties may sign any number of copies of this Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement.
9.Electronic Signatures. For the avoidance of doubt, for all purposes of this Supplemental Indenture and any document to be signed or delivered in connection with or pursuant to this Supplemental Indenture (except where a manual signature is expressly required by the terms of the Indenture), the words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” “delivery,” and words of like import shall be deemed to include electronic signatures, deliveries or the keeping of records in electronic form, as the case may be, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature, physical delivery 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.
10.Effect of Headings. The Section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction thereof.
11.Trustee. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture. The recitals and statements herein are deemed to be those of the Issuer, Level 3 Parent, the Existing Guarantors and the New Guarantors, and not of the Trustee.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed as of the date first above written.
BROADWING COMMUNICATIONS, LLC
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxx
Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxx
Title: Executive Vice President & General Counsel
BROADWING, LLC
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxx
Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxx
Title: Executive Vice President & General Counsel
GLOBAL CROSSING TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxx
Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxx
Title: Executive Vice President & General Counsel
LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS, LLC
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxx
Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxx
Title: Executive Vice President & General Counsel
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LEVEL 3 TELECOM HOLDINGS, LLC
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxx
Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxx
Title: Executive Vice President & General Counsel
TELCOVE OPERATIONS, LLC
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxx
Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxx
Title: Executive Vice President & General Counsel
WILTEL COMMUNICATIONS, LLC
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxx
Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxx
Title: Executive Vice President & General Counsel
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxx
Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxx
Title: Executive Vice President & General Counsel
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LEVEL 3 FINANCING, INC., on behalf of itself as the Issuer and the other Existing Guarantors
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxx
Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxx
Title: Executive Vice President & General Counsel
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THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as Trustee and as Note Collateral Agent
By: /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
Name: Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
Title: Vice President
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