Clear Channel Communications, Inc. Underwriting Agreement
Exhibit 1.1
EXECUTION COPY
Clear Channel Communications, Inc.
To the Representatives
named in Schedule I
hereto of the Under-
writers named in
Schedule II hereto
hereto of the Under-
writers named in
Schedule II hereto
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Clear Channel Communications, Inc., a Texas corporation (the “Company”), proposes to sell to
the several underwriters named in Schedule II hereto (the “Underwriters”), for whom you (the
“Representatives”) are acting as representatives, the additional principal amount of its securities
identified in Schedule I hereto, to be issued under an indenture dated as of October 1, 1997,
between the Company and The Bank of New York, as trustee (the “Trustee”), as amended by the
Twenty-First Supplemental Indenture dated as of August 15, 2006 (as so amended, the “Indenture”)
(said principal amount to be issued and sold by the Company being hereinafter called the
“Securities”). If the firm or firms listed in Schedule II hereto include only the firm or firms
listed in Schedule I hereto, then the terms “Underwriters” and “Representatives”, as used herein,
shall each be deemed to refer to such firm or firms. To the extent there are no additional
Underwriters listed on Schedule I other than you, the term Representatives as used herein shall
mean you, as Underwriters, and the terms Representatives and Underwriters shall mean either the
singular or plural as the context requires. Any reference herein to the Registration Statement,
the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Final Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to
and include the documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 which
were filed under the Exchange Act on or before the Effective Date of the Registration Statement or
the issue date of the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Final Prospectus, as the
case may be; and any reference herein to the terms “amend”, “amendment” or “supplement” with
respect to the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Final
Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the filing of any document under the Exchange
Act after the Effective Date of the Registration Statement or the issue date of the Base
Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Final Prospectus, as the case may be, deemed to be
incorporated therein by reference. The use of the neuter in this Agreement shall include the
feminine and masculine wherever appropriate.
1. Representations and Warranties. The Company represents and warrants to, and
agrees with, each Underwriter as set forth below in this Section 1. Certain terms used in this
Section 1 are defined in Section 17 hereof.
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(a) The Company meets the requirements for the use of Form S-3 under the Act and has
filed with the Commission a registration statement (the file number of which is set forth
in Schedule I hereto) on such Form, including a related Base Prospectus, for registration
under the Act of the offering and sale of the Securities. Such Registration Statement,
including any amendments thereto filed prior to the Execution Time, has become effective.
The Company may have filed with the Commission, as part of an amendment to the Registration
Statement or pursuant to Rule 424(b), one or more preliminary prospectus supplements
relating to the Securities, each of which has previously been furnished to you. The
Company will file with the Commission a final prospectus supplement relating to the
Securities in accordance with Rule 424(b). As filed, such final prospectus supplement
shall contain all information required by the Act and the rules thereunder, and, except to
the extent the Representatives shall agree in writing to a modification, shall be in all
substantive respects in the form furnished to you prior to the Execution Time or, to the
extent not completed at the Execution Time, shall contain only such specific additional
information and other changes (beyond that contained in the Base Prospectus and any
Preliminary Prospectus) as the Company has advised you, prior to the Execution Time, will
be included or made therein. The Registration Statement, at the Execution Time, meets the
requirements set forth in Rule 415(a)(1)(x).
(b) On each Effective Date, the Registration Statement did or will, and when the
Final Prospectus is first filed in accordance with Rule 424(b) and on the Closing Date (as
defined herein), the Final Prospectus (and any supplement thereto) will, comply in all
material respects with the applicable requirements of the Act, the Exchange Act and the
Trust Indenture Act and the respective rules thereunder; on each Effective Date and at the
Execution Time, the Registration Statement did not and will not contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading; on the
Effective Date and on the Closing Date the Indenture did or will comply in all material
respects with the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act and the rules thereunder; and on
the date of any filing pursuant to Rule 424(b) and on the Closing Date, the Final
Prospectus (together with any supplement thereto) will not, include any untrue statement of
a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;
provided, however, that the Company makes no representations or warranties
as to (i) that part of the Registration Statement which shall constitute the Statement of
Eligibility and Qualification (Form T-1) under the Trust Indenture Act of the Trustee or
(ii) the information contained in or omitted from the Registration Statement or the Final
Prospectus (or any supplement thereto) in reliance upon and in conformity with information
furnished in writing to the Company by or on behalf of any Underwriter through the
Representatives specifically for inclusion in the Registration Statement or the Final
Prospectus (or any supplement thereto), it being understood and agreed that the only such
information furnished by or on behalf of any Underwriters consists of the information
described as such in Section 7(b) hereof.
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(c) (i) The Disclosure Package and the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant
to Section 4(b) hereto, when taken together as a whole, and (ii) each electronic roadshow
when taken together as a whole with the Disclosure Package, and the final term sheet
prepared and filed pursuant to Section 4(b) hereto, do not contain 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. The preceding sentence does not apply to statements in or omissions from the
Disclosure Package based upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the
Company by any Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for use therein, it
being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by or on behalf of any
Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 7(b) hereof.
(d) (i) At the earliest time after the filing of the Registration Statement that the
Company or another offering participant made a bona fide offer (within the meaning of Rule
164(h)(2)) of the Securities and (ii) as of the Execution Time (with such date being used
as the determination date for purposes of this clause (ii)), the Company was not and is not
an Ineligible Issuer (as defined in Rule 405), without taking account of any determination
by the Commission pursuant to Rule 405 that it is not necessary that the Company be
considered an Ineligible Issuer.
(e) Each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and the final term sheet prepared and filed
pursuant to Section 4(b) hereto does not include any information that conflicts with the
information contained in the Registration Statement, including any document incorporated
therein and any prospectus supplement deemed to be a part thereof that has not been
superseded or modified. The foregoing sentence does not apply to statements in or
omissions from any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus based upon and in conformity with written
information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the Representatives
specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information
furnished by or on behalf of any Underwriter consists of the information described as such
in Section 7(b) hereof.
(f) The Company has been duly organized and is validly existing as a corporation in
good standing under the laws of the State of Texas, with corporate power and authority to
own its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and
Final Prospectus; each of the subsidiaries of the Company as listed on Schedule III hereto
(collectively, the “Subsidiaries”) has been duly organized and is validly existing in good
standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, with power and authority
to own or lease its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure
Package and the Final Prospectus; the Company and each of the Subsidiaries are duly
qualified to transact business in all jurisdictions in which the conduct of their business
requires such qualification and a failure to qualify would have a material adverse effect
upon the business or financial condition of the Company and the Subsidiaries taken as a
whole; except as described in the Disclosure Package and
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the Final Prospectus, the outstanding shares of capital stock of each of the
Subsidiaries owned by the Company or a Subsidiary have been duly authorized and validly
issued, are fully paid and nonassessable and are owned by the Company or another subsidiary
free and clear of all liens, encumbrances and security interests and, except as set forth
on Schedule III hereto, no options, warrants or other rights to purchase, agreements or
other obligations to issue or other rights to convert any obligations into shares of
capital stock or ownership interests in the Subsidiaries are outstanding.
(g) The authorized shares of Common Stock of the Company have been duly authorized.
The outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company have been duly authorized and are
validly issued, fully-paid and non-assessable.
(h) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company
and is a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company
in accordance with its terms.
(i) The Indenture and the Securities conform in all material respects with the
statements concerning them in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus.
(j) The Commission has not issued an order preventing or suspending the use of any
Base Prospectus, Preliminary Prospectus or Final Prospectus relating to the proposed
offering of the Securities nor instituted proceedings for that purpose.
(k) The consolidated financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries,
together with related notes and schedules incorporated by reference in the Disclosure
Package and the Final Prospectus present fairly the financial position and the results of
operations of the Company and its subsidiaries consolidated, at the indicated dates and for
the indicated periods. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with
generally accepted principles of accounting, consistently applied throughout the periods
involved, and all adjustments necessary for a fair presentation of results for such periods
have been made. The selected and summary financial and statistical data included in the
Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus present fairly the information shown therein
and have been compiled on a basis consistent with the financial statements incorporated by
reference therein and the books and records of the Company. The pro forma financial
information, if any, included in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus presents
fairly the information shown therein, have been properly compiled on the pro forma bases
described therein, and, in the opinion of the Company, the assumptions used in the
preparation thereof are reasonable and the adjustments used therein are appropriate to give
effect to the transactions or circumstances referred to therein.
(l) Except for those license renewal applications of the Company or its subsidiaries
currently pending before the Federal Communications Commission (the “FCC”), or as set forth
in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus,
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there is no action or proceeding pending or, to the knowledge of the Company,
threatened against the Company or any of the Subsidiaries before any court or
administrative agency which could reasonably be likely to result in any material adverse
change in the earnings, business, management, properties, assets, rights, operations,
condition (financial or otherwise) of the Company and of the Subsidiaries (taken as a
whole).
(m) The Company and the Subsidiaries have good and marketable title to all of the
properties and assets reflected in the financial statements herein above described (or as
described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus) subject to no material lien,
mortgage, pledge, charge or encumbrance of any kind, except those reflected in such
financial statements or as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus.
The Company and the Subsidiaries occupy their leased properties under valid leases with
such exceptions as are not material to the Company and the subsidiaries taken as a whole
and do not materially interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such
properties by the Company and the Subsidiaries.
(n) The Company and the Subsidiaries have filed all Federal, State and foreign income
tax returns which have been required to be filed and have paid all taxes indicated by said
returns and all assessments received by them or any of them to the extent that such taxes
have become due and are not being contested in good faith. The Company has no knowledge of
any tax deficiency that has been or might be asserted against the Company that would have a
material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole.
(o) Since the last date as of which information is given in the Disclosure Package
and the Final Prospectus, as it may be amended or supplemented, there has not been any
material adverse change or any development involving a prospective material adverse change
in or affecting the earnings, business, management, properties, assets, rights, operations,
condition (financial or otherwise) or business prospects of the Company and its
subsidiaries (taken as a whole), whether or not occurring in the ordinary course of
business, other than general economic and industry conditions, changes in the ordinary
course of business and changes or transactions described or contemplated in the Disclosure
Package and the Final Prospectus, and there has not been any material definitive agreement
entered into by the Company or the Subsidiaries, other than transactions in the ordinary
course of business and changes and transactions contemplated by the Disclosure Package and
the Final Prospectus, as it may be amended or supplemented. None of the Company or the
Subsidiaries have any material contingent obligations which are not disclosed in the
Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, as it may be amended or supplemented.
(p) Neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries is or with the giving of notice
or lapse of time or both, will be in default under its certificate or articles of
incorporation, by-laws or partnership agreements or any agreement, lease, contract,
indenture or other instrument or obligation to which it is a party or by
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which it, or any of its properties, is bound and which default is of material
significance in respect of the business or financial condition of the Company and its
subsidiaries (taken as a whole). The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the
consummation of the transactions herein contemplated and the fulfillment of the terms
hereof will not conflict with or result in a breach of any of the terms or provisions of,
or constitute a default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust or other material
agreement or instrument to which the Company or any Subsidiary is a party, or of the
certificate or articles of incorporation or by-laws of the Company or any order, rule or
regulation applicable to the Company or any Subsidiary, or of any court or of any
regulatory body or administrative agency or other governmental body having jurisdiction,
except in all cases a conflict, breach or default which would not have a materially adverse
effect on the business or financial condition of the Company and the subsidiaries (taken as
a whole).
(q) Each approval, consent, order, authorization, designation, declaration or filing
by or with any regulatory, administrative or other governmental body necessary in
connection with the execution and delivery by the Company of this Agreement and the
consummation of the transactions herein contemplated (except such additional steps as may
be required by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (“NASD”) or the New
York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) or as may be necessary to qualify the Securities for public
offering by the Underwriters under State securities or Blue Sky laws) has been obtained or
made and is in full force and effect.
(r) The Company and each of the Subsidiaries hold all material licenses, certificates
and permits from governmental authorities, including without limitation, the FCC, which are
necessary to the conduct of their businesses; and neither the Company nor any of the
Subsidiaries has received notice of any infringement of any material patents, patent
rights, trade names, trademarks or copyrights, which infringement is material to the
business of the Company and the Subsidiaries (taken as a whole).
(s) Ernst & Young LLP, who has certified certain of the financial statements
incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, is to the
knowledge of the Company an independent registered public accounting firm as required by
the Act and the Rules and Regulations.
(t) To the Company’s knowledge, there are no affiliations or associations between any
member of the NASD and any of the Company’s officers, directors or 5% or greater security
holders except as otherwise disclosed in writing to the Representatives.
(u) Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is an “investment company” within the
meaning of such term under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”)
and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.
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(v) The Company maintains a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to
provide reasonable assurances that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with
management’s general or specific authorization; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary
to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted
accounting principles and to maintain accountability for assets; (iii) access to assets is
permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; and (iv)
the recorded accountability for assets is compared with existing assets at reasonable
intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences. The Company’s
internal controls over financial reporting are effective, and the Company is not aware of
any material weakness or its internal control over financial reporting. The Company
maintains “disclosure controls and procedures” (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(e)
under the Exchange Act), and such disclosure controls and procedures are effective.
(w) The Company and each of its Subsidiaries carry, or are covered by, insurance,
including self insurance, in such amounts and covering such risks as is adequate for the
conduct of their respective businesses and the value of their respective properties and as
is customary for companies engaged in similar industries.
(x) The Company is in compliance in all material respects with all presently
applicable provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended,
including the regulations and published interpretations thereunder (“ERISA”); no
“reportable event” (as defined in ERISA) for which the Company would have any liability has
occurred and is continuing; the Company has not incurred and does not expect to incur
liability under (i) Title IV of ERISA with respect to termination of, or withdrawal from,
any “pension plan” or (ii) Sections 412 or 4971 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended, including the regulations and published interpretations thereunder (the “Code”);
and each “pension plan” for which the Company would have any liability that is intended to
be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code is so qualified in all material respects and
nothing has occurred, whether by action or by failure to act, which would cause the loss of
such qualification and where any such noncompliance, “reportable event,” liability or
nonqualification, alone or in the aggregate, would not have a material adverse effect on
the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole.
Any certificate signed by any officer of the Company and delivered to the Representatives or
counsel for the Underwriters in connection with the offering of the Securities shall be deemed
solely to be a representation and warranty by the Company, as to matters covered thereby, to each
Underwriter.
2. Purchase and Sale. Subject to the terms and conditions and in reliance upon the
representations and warranties herein set forth, the Company agrees to sell to each Underwriter,
and each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase at
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the purchase price set forth on Schedule I, the principal amount of Securities set forth
opposite such Underwriter’s name in Schedule II.
3. Delivery and Payment. Delivery of and payment for the Securities shall be made on
the date and at the time specified in Schedule I hereto, which date and time may be postponed by
agreement among the Representatives and the Company or as provided in Section 8 hereof (such date
and time of delivery and payment for the Securities being herein called the “Closing Date”).
Delivery of the Securities shall be made to the Representatives for the respective accounts of the
several Underwriters against payment by the several Underwriters through the Representatives of the
respective aggregate purchase prices of the Securities being sold by the Company to or upon the
order of the Company by wire transfer payable in same-day funds to an account specified by the
Company. Delivery of the Securities shall be made through the facilities of The Depository Trust
Company unless the Representatives shall otherwise instruct.
4. Agreements. The Company agrees with the several Underwriters that:
(a) Prior to the termination of the offering of the Securities, the Company will not
file any amendment of the Registration Statement or supplement (including the Final
Prospectus or any Preliminary Prospectus) to the Base Prospectus or any Rule 462(b)
Registration Statement unless the Company has furnished you a copy for your review prior to
filing and will not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which you reasonably
object in writing. Subject to the foregoing sentence, the Company will cause the Final
Prospectus, properly completed, and any supplement thereto to be filed with the Commission
pursuant to the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) within the time period prescribed and
will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representatives of such timely filing. The
Company will promptly advise the Representatives (i) when the Registration Statement, if
not effective at the Execution Time, shall have become effective, (ii) when the Final
Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed with the Commission pursuant
to Rule 424(b) or when any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement shall have been filed with
the Commission, (iii) when, prior to termination of the offering of the Securities, any
amendment to the Registration Statement shall have been filed or become effective, (iv) of
any request by the Commission or its staff for any amendment of the Registration Statement,
or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, or for any supplement to the Final Prospectus or
of any additional information, (v) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order
suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the institution or
threatening of any proceeding for that purpose and (vi) of the receipt by the Company of
any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for
sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such
purpose. The Company will use its reasonable efforts to prevent the issuance of any such
stop order or the suspension of any such qualification and, if issued, to obtain as soon as
possible the withdrawal thereof.
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(b) The Company will prepare a final term sheet, containing solely a description of
final terms of the Securities and the offering thereof, in a form approved by you and to
file such term sheet pursuant to Rule 433(d) within the time required by such Rule.
(c) If, at any time prior to the filing of a final prospectus pursuant to Rule
424(b), any event occurs as a result of which the Disclosure Package would include any
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make
the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made at such
time not misleading, the Company will (i) notify promptly the Representatives so that any
use of the Disclosure Package may cease until it is amended or supplemented; (ii) amend or
supplement the Disclosure Package to correct such statement or omission; and (iii) supply
any amendment or supplement to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(d) If, at any time when the Final Prospectus relating to the Securities is required
to be delivered under the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be
satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), any event occurs as a result of which the Final Prospectus
as then supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state
any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made at such time not misleading, or if it shall be
necessary to amend the Registration Statement, file a new Registration Statement or
supplement the Final Prospectus to comply with the Act or the Exchange Act or the
respective rules thereunder, including in connection with use or delivery of the Final
Prospectus, the Company promptly will (i) notify the Representatives of such event, (ii)
prepare and file with the Commission, subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of
this Section 5, an amendment or supplement or new registration statement which will correct
such statement or omission or effect such compliance, (iii) use its best efforts to have
any amendment to the Registration Statement or new registration statement declared
effective as soon as practicable in order to avoid any disruption in use of the Final
Prospectus and (iv) supply any supplemented Final Prospectus to you in such quantities as
you may reasonably request.
(e) The Company agrees that, unless it has obtained or will obtain the prior written
consent of the Representatives, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees
with the Company that, unless it has obtained or will obtain, as the case may be, the prior
written consent of the Company, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the
Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise
constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405) required to be filed by the
Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433, other than the
information contained in the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section 4(b)
hereto; provided that the prior written consent of the parties hereto shall be deemed to
have been given in respect of the Free Writing Prospectuses included in Schedule IV hereto.
Any such free writing prospectus consented to by
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the Representatives or the Company is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free
Writing Prospectus.” The Company agrees that (x) it has treated and will treat, as the
case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus
and (y) it has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules
164 and 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of
timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping. The Company will not,
without the prior written consent of the Representatives, offer, sell, contract to sell,
pledge, or otherwise dispose of, (or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or
might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition (whether by actual disposition
or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by the Company or
any affiliate of the Company or any person in privity with the Company or any affiliate of
the Company) directly or indirectly, including the filing (or participation in the filing)
of a registration statement with the Commission in respect of, or establish or increase a
put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the
meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, any debt securities issued or guaranteed by the
Company (other than the Securities) or publicly announce an intention to effect any such
transaction, until the Business Day set forth on Schedule I hereto.
(f) As soon as practicable, the Company will make generally available to its security
holders and to the Representatives an earnings statement or statements of the Company and
its subsidiaries which will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158
under the Act.
(g) The Company will furnish to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters,
without charge, copies of the Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto) and, so
long as delivery of a prospectus by an Underwriter or dealer may be required by the Act
(including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172),
as many copies of each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus and any supplement thereto as the Representatives may reasonably
request. The Company will pay the expenses of printing or other production of all
documents relating to the offering.
(h) The Company will arrange, if necessary, for the qualification of the Securities
for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate, will
maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution of the
Securities and will pay any fee of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., in
connection with its review of the offering, provided that the Company will not be required
to file a consent to service of process in any state in which it is not qualified or for
which consent has not been given.
(i) The Company shall not invest, or otherwise use the proceeds received by the
Company from its sale of the Securities in such a manner as would require the Company or
any of the Subsidiaries to register as an investment company under the 1940 Act.
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5. Conditions to the Obligations of the Underwriters. The obligations of the
Underwriters to purchase the Securities shall be subject to the accuracy of the representations and
warranties on the part of the Company contained herein as of the Execution Time and the Closing
Date pursuant to Section 3 hereof, to the accuracy of the statements of the Company made in any
certificates pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company of its
obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions:
(a) The Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, have been filed in the manner
and within the time period required by Rule 424(b); the final term sheet contemplated by
Section 4(b) hereto and any other material required to be filed by the Company pursuant to
Rule 433(d) under the Act, shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable
time periods prescribed for such filings by Rule 433; and no stop order suspending the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use shall have
been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or threatened.
(b) The Company shall have furnished to the Representatives the opinion of Akin Gump
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx & Xxxx LLP, counsel for the Company, dated the Closing Date, to the effect
that:
(i) The Company is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under
the laws of the State of Texas, with corporate power and authority to own or lease
its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and
the Final Prospectus; and the outstanding shares of capital stock of each of the
Subsidiaries have been duly authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and
non-assessable; and, to such counsel’s knowledge, except (A) as reflected in the
Company’s financial statements, (B) as described in the Registration Statement or
(C) as disclosed in such counsel’s opinion, (x) the outstanding shares of capital
stock of each of the Subsidiaries are owned by the Company or its subsidiary free
and clear of all liens, encumbrances and security interests and (y) except as set
forth on Schedule III hereto, no options, warrants or other rights to purchase,
agreements or other obligations to issue, or other rights to convert any
obligations into any shares of capital stock or of ownership interests in the
Subsidiaries are outstanding.
(ii) The Indenture and the Securities conform in all material respects to the
descriptions thereof contained in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus.
(iii) Except as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus,
to the knowledge of such counsel, no holder of any securities of the Company or any
other person has the right, contractual or otherwise, which has not been satisfied
or effectively waived, to cause the Company to sell or otherwise issue to them, or
to permit them to underwrite the sale of, any of the Securities or the right to
have any
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Common Stock or other securities of the Company included in the Registration
Statement or the right, as a result of the filing of the Registration Statement, to
require registration under the Act of any shares of Common Stock or other
securities of the Company.
(iv) the Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered, has been
duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act, and constitutes a legal, valid and
binding instrument enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms and
the Securities have been duly authorized and, when executed and authenticated in
accordance with the provisions of the Indenture and delivered to and paid for by
the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, will constitute legal, valid and
binding obligations of the Company entitled to the benefits of the Indenture
(subject, in respect to both the Indenture and the Securities, as to enforcement of
remedies, to applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, fraudulent
conveyance or transfer, moratorium or other laws affecting creditors’ rights
generally from time to time in effect);
(v) The Registration Statement has become effective under the Act and, to the
knowledge of such counsel, no stop order proceedings with respect thereto have been
instituted or are pending or threatened under the Act.
(vi) The Registration Statement, the Final Prospectus and each amendment or
supplement thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein (each as amended
to date) comply as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the
Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable and the applicable rules and regulations
thereunder (except that such counsel need express no opinion as to the statistical
information contained in the Final Prospectus or financial statements, schedules
and other financial information incorporated by reference therein).
(vii) The statements under the captions “Business” and “Description of the
Notes” in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, insofar as such
statements constitute a summary of documents referred to therein or matters of law,
are accurate summaries and fairly and accurately present the information called for
with respect to such documents and matters in all material respects.
(viii) To such counsel’s knowledge, there are no contracts or documents
required to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement or described in the
Registration Statement or the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus
(excluding any document incorporated therein by reference) which are not so filed
or described as required, and such contracts and documents as are summarized in the
Registration Statement or the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus
(excluding any
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document incorporated therein by reference) are fairly summarized in all
material respects.
(ix) To such counsel’s knowledge, there are no material legal proceedings
pending or threatened against the Company or any of the Subsidiaries which are of a
character required to be disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final
Prospectus and which has not been properly disclosed therein.
(x) The execution and delivery of the Indenture, the issuance and sale of the
Securities and the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of
the transactions herein contemplated do not and will not conflict with or result in
a breach of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, (a)
the Articles of Incorporation or (b) By-laws of the Company, or (c) to such
counsel’s knowledge, any agreement or instrument filed as an exhibit to the
Company’s most recent annual report on Form 10-K or any subsequent quarterly report
of the Company on Form 10-Q (other than licenses or permits granted by the FCC, on
which such counsel need not express any opinion), or (d) will not contravene any
law, rule or regulation of the United States or the State of Texas or the General
Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, or, to such counsel’s knowledge, any
order or decree of any court or governmental agency or instrumentality, except,
with respect to clause (c) above, a conflict, breach or default which would not
have a materially adverse effect on the business or financial condition of the
Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole.
(xi) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the
Company.
(xii) No approval, consent, order, authorization, designation, declaration or
filing by or with any regulatory, administrative or other governmental body having
jurisdiction over the Company is necessary in connection with the execution and
delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions herein
contemplated (other than as may be required by the NASD or NYSE or as required by
State securities and Blue Sky laws as to which such counsel need express no
opinion) except such as have been obtained or made, specifying the same.
(xiii) The Company is not, and will not become, as a result of the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and application of
the net proceeds therefor as described in the Final Prospectus, required to
register as an investment company under the 1940 Act.
In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (A) as to matters governed by the laws of
states other than Texas or Federal laws on local counsel in such
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jurisdictions, provided that in each case such counsel shall state that they believe that
they and the Underwriters are justified in relying on such other counsel and (B) as to
matters of fact, on certificates of responsible officers of the Company and certificates or
other written statements of officers or departments of various jurisdictions having custody
of documents respecting the corporate existence or good standing of the Company and any
Subsidiary. In addition to the matters set forth above, such opinion shall also include a
statement to the effect that nothing has come to the attention of such counsel which leads
them to believe that the Registration Statement, as of the time it became effective under
the Act, the Disclosure Package as of 10:15 a.m. on August 10, 2006 (which the
Representatives have advised such counsel is a time prior to the first sale of the Notes by
the Underwriters), the Final Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, on the date
it was filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) and the Registration Statement and the Final
Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, as of the Closing Date, contain an
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading (except that such
counsel need express no view as to matters pertaining to the statistical information
contained in the Final Prospectus or financial statements, schedules and other financial
information contained or incorporated by reference in the Final Prospectus). With respect
to such statement, such counsel may state that their belief is based upon the procedures
set forth therein, but is without independent check and verification.
(c) The Underwriters shall have received on the Closing Date the opinion of Xxxxx
Xxxx & Fielding LLP, special FCC counsel to the Company, dated the Closing Date, addressed
to the Underwriters as is reasonably acceptable to the Underwriters.
(d) The Representatives shall have received from Cravath, Swaine & Xxxxx LLP, counsel
for the Underwriters, such opinion or opinions, dated the Closing Date, with respect to the
issuance and sale of the Securities, the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and
the Final Prospectus (together with any supplement thereto) and other related matters as
the Representatives may reasonably require, and the Company shall have furnished to such
counsel such documents as they request for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon such
matters.
(e) The Company shall have furnished to the Representatives a certificate of the
Company, signed by the Chief Executive Officer or the President and the principal financial
or accounting officer of the Company, in their capacity as such, dated the Closing Date, to
the effect that the signers of such certificate have carefully examined the Registration
Statement, the Final Prospectus, the Disclosure Package and any supplements or amendments
thereto, as well as each electronic roadshow used to offer the Securities, and this
Agreement and that:
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(i) the representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement are
true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Closing Date with the
same effect as if made on the Closing Date, and the Company has complied with all
the agreements and satisfied all the conditions on its part to be performed or
satisfied at or prior to the Closing Date;
(ii) no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement
has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or, to the
Company’s knowledge, threatened; and
(iii) since the date of the most recent financial statements included in the
Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto),
there has been no material adverse change in the condition (financial or
otherwise); prospects, business or properties of the Company and its subsidiaries,
taken as a whole, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course
of business, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and
the Final Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto).
(f) At the Execution Time and at the Closing Date, Ernst & Young LLP shall have
furnished to the Representatives letters dated as of the Execution Time and the Closing
Date in form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives.
(g) Except as agreed to by the Representatives, subsequent to the Execution Time,
there shall not have been any decrease in the rating of any of the Company’s debt
securities by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” (as defined for
purpose of Rule 436(g) under the Act) or any notice given of any intended or potential
decrease in any such rating or of a possible change in any such rating that does not
indicate the direction of the possible change.
(h) Prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall have furnished to the
Representatives such further information, certificates and documents as the Representatives
may reasonably request.
If any of the conditions specified in this Section 5 shall not have been fulfilled in all
material respects when and as provided in this Agreement, or if any of the opinions and
certificates mentioned above or elsewhere in this Agreement shall not be in all material respects
reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Representatives and counsel for the
Underwriters, this Agreement and all obligations of the Underwriters hereunder may be canceled at,
or at any time prior to, the Closing Date by the Representatives. Notice of such cancellation
shall be given to the Company in writing or by telephone or facsimile confirmed in writing.
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The documents required to be delivered by this Section 5 shall be delivered at the office
of Cravath, Swaine & Xxxxx LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, at Worldwide Plaza, 000 Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx, xx the Closing Date.
6. Reimbursement of Underwriters’ Expenses. If the sale of the Securities provided
for herein is not consummated because any condition to the obligations of the Underwriters set
forth in Section 5 hereof is not satisfied, because of any termination pursuant to Section 9 hereof
(other than a termination under Section 9(b) resulting from a default by an Underwriter as provided
in Section 8 hereof) or because of any refusal, inability or failure on the part of the Company to
perform any agreement herein or comply with any provision hereof other than by reason of a default
by any of the Underwriters, the Company will reimburse the Underwriters severally through Banc of
America Securities LLC on demand for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable
fees and disbursements of counsel) that shall have been incurred by them in connection with the
proposed purchase and sale of the Securities, but the Company shall not be liable in any event to
any of the Underwriters for damages on account of loss of anticipated profits from the sale of the
Securities.
7. Indemnification and Contribution. (a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold
harmless each Underwriter, the directors, officers, employees and agents of each Underwriter and
each person who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act
against any and all losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which they or any
of them may become subject under the Act, the Exchange Act or other Federal or state statutory law
or regulation, at common law or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities
(or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged
untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement for the registration of
the Securities as originally filed or in any amendment thereof, or in the Base Prospectus, any
Preliminary Prospectus or any other preliminary prospectus supplement relating to the Securities,
the Final Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, or the information contained in the
final term sheet required to be prepared and filed pursuant to Section 4(b) hereto, or in any
amendment thereof or supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged
omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading, and agrees to reimburse each such indemnified party, as
reasonably incurred, for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with
investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action. This indemnity
agreement will be in addition to any liability which the Company may otherwise have.
(b) Each Underwriter severally agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company,
each of its directors, each of its officers who signs the Registration Statement, and each
person who controls the Company within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act,
to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity from the Company to each Underwriter, but
only with reference to written information relating to such Underwriter furnished to the
Company by or on behalf of such Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for
inclusion
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in the documents referred to in the foregoing indemnity. This indemnity agreement
will be in addition to any liability which any Underwriter may otherwise have. The Company
acknowledges that the statements set forth under the heading “Underwriting” in the fourth,
seventh and eighth paragraphs (except for the statement made by the Company in the third
sentence of the eighth paragraph, as such statement relates to the Company) and in the last
two sentences of the tenth paragraph, in any Preliminary Prospectus or the Final
Prospectus, constitute the only information furnished in writing by or on behalf of the
several Underwriters for inclusion in the documents referred to in the foregoing indemnity.
(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 7 of notice of
the commencement of any action, such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof
is to be made against the indemnifying party under this Section 7, notify the indemnifying
party in writing of the commencement thereof; but the failure so to notify the indemnifying
party (i) will not relieve it from liability under paragraph (a) or (b) above unless and to
the extent it did not otherwise learn of such action and such failure results in the
prejudice by the indemnifying party of substantial rights and defenses and (ii) will not,
in any event, relieve the indemnifying party from any obligations to any indemnified party
other than the indemnification obligation provided in paragraph (a) or (b) above. The
indemnifying party shall be entitled to appoint counsel of the indemnifying party’s choice
at the indemnifying party’s expense to represent the indemnified party in any action for
which indemnification is sought (in which case the indemnifying party shall not thereafter
be responsible for the fees and expenses of any separate counsel retained by the
indemnified party or parties except as set forth below); provided, however,
that such counsel shall be reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party.
Notwithstanding the indemnifying party’s election to appoint counsel to represent the
indemnified party in an action, the indemnified parties shall have the right to employ one
separate counsel (and, if reasonably necessary, one additional local counsel), and the
indemnifying party shall bear the reasonable fees, costs and expenses of such separate
counsel if (i) the use of counsel chosen by the indemnifying party to represent the
indemnified party would present such counsel with a conflict of interest, (ii) the
indemnifying party shall not have employed counsel satisfactory to the indemnified party to
represent the indemnified party within a reasonable time after notice of the institution of
such action or, (iii) the indemnifying party shall authorize the indemnified party to
employ separate counsel at the expense of the indemnifying party. An indemnifying party
will not, without the prior written consent of the indemnified parties, settle or
compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to any pending or
threatened claim, action, suit or proceeding in respect of which indemnification or
contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not the indemnified parties are actual or
potential parties to such claim or action) unless such settlement, compromise or consent
includes an unconditional release of each indemnified party from all liability arising out
of such claim, action, suit or proceeding.
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(d) In the event that the indemnity provided in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section
7 is unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party for any reason,
the Company and the Underwriters agree to contribute to the aggregate losses, claims,
damages and liabilities (including legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in
connection with investigating or defending same) (collectively “Losses”) to which the
Company and one or more of the Underwriters may be subject in such proportion as is
appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company and by the
Underwriters from the offering of the Securities; provided, however, that
in no case shall any Underwriter (except as may be provided in any agreement among
underwriters relating to the offering of the Securities) be responsible for any amount in
excess of the underwriting discount or commission applicable to the Securities purchased by
such Underwriter hereunder. If the allocation provided by the immediately preceding
sentence is unavailable for any reason, the Company and the Underwriters shall contribute
in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only such relative benefits but also
the relative fault of the Company and of the Underwriters in connection with the statements
or omissions which resulted in such Losses as well as any other relevant equitable
considerations. Benefits received by the Company shall be deemed to be equal to the total
net proceeds from the offering (before deducting expenses), and benefits received by the
Underwriters shall be deemed to be equal to the total underwriting discounts and
commissions, in each case as set forth on the cover page of the Final Prospectus. Relative
fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any untrue or any
alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a
material fact relates to information provided by the Company on the one hand or the
Underwriters on the other, the intent of the parties and their relative knowledge, access
to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such untrue statement or omission.
The Company and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if
contribution were determined by pro rata allocation or any other method of allocation which
does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above. Notwithstanding
the provisions of this paragraph (d), no person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation
(within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any
person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. For purposes of this
Section 7, each person who controls an Underwriter within the meaning of either the Act or
the Exchange Act and each director, officer, employee and agent of an Underwriter shall
have the same rights to contribution as such Underwriter, and each person who controls the
Company within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act, each officer of the
Company who shall have signed the Registration Statement and each director of the Company
shall have the same rights to contribution as the Company, subject in each case to the
applicable terms and conditions of this paragraph (d).
8. Default by an Underwriter. If any one or more Underwriters shall fail to purchase
and pay for any of the Securities agreed to be purchased by such Underwriter or Underwriters
hereunder and such failure to purchase shall constitute a default in the
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performance of its or their obligations under this Agreement, the remaining Underwriters shall
be obligated severally to take up and pay within 24 hours for (in the respective proportions which
the amount of Securities set forth opposite their names in Schedule II hereto bears to the
aggregate amount of Securities set forth opposite the names of all the remaining Underwriters) the
Securities which the defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase;
provided, however, that in the event that the aggregate amount of Securities which
the defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase shall exceed 10% of the
aggregate amount of Securities set forth in Schedule II hereto, the remaining Underwriter shall
have the right to purchase within 24 hours all, but shall not be under any obligation to purchase
any, of the Securities, and if such nondefaulting Underwriter does not purchase all the Securities,
this Agreement will terminate without liability to any nondefaulting Underwriter or the Company.
In the event of a default by any Underwriter as set forth in this Section 8, the Closing Date shall
be postponed for such period, not exceeding five Business Days, as the Representatives, shall
determine in order that the required changes in the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus
or in any other documents or arrangements may be effected. Nothing contained in this Agreement
shall relieve any defaulting Underwriter of its liability, if any, to the Company and any
nondefaulting Underwriter for damages occasioned by its default hereunder.
9. Termination. This Agreement may be terminated by you by notice to the Company as
follows:
(a) at any time after the Execution Time and prior to the Closing Date if any of the
following has occurred: (i) any material adverse change or any development involving a
prospective material adverse change in or affecting the condition, financial or otherwise,
of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole or the earnings, business affairs,
management or business prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole,
whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business, (ii) any outbreak or escalation
of hostilities or other national or international calamity or crisis or change in economic
or political conditions, if the effect of such outbreak, escalation, calamity, crisis or
change on the financial markets of the United States would, in your reasonable judgment,
make the offering or delivery of the Securities impracticable, (iii) suspension of trading
in securities on the NYSE or limitation on prices (other than limitations on hours or
numbers of days of trading) for securities on the NYSE, (iv) the enactment, publication,
decree or other promulgation of any federal or state statute, regulation, rule or order of
any court or other governmental authority which in your reasonable opinion materially and
adversely affects or will materially or adversely affect the business or operations of the
Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, (v) declaration of a banking moratorium by
either federal or New York State authorities, (vi) a material disruption in commercial
banking or securities settlement or clearance services in the United States, if the effect
of such disruption is so material or adverse that it makes the offering or delivery of the
Securities on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Final Prospectus impraticable
or (vii) the taking of any action by any federal, state or local government or agency in
respect of its monetary or fiscal affairs which in
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your reasonable opinion has a material adverse effect on the securities markets in the
United States; or
(b) as provided in Sections 5 and 8 of this Agreement.
10. Representations and Indemnities to Survive. The respective agreements,
representations, warranties, indemnities and other statements of the Company or its officers, and
of the Underwriters set forth in or made pursuant to this Agreement will remain in full force and
effect, regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter or the Company or
any of the officers, directors or controlling persons referred to in Section 7 hereof, and will
survive delivery of and payment for the Securities. The provisions of Sections 6 and 7 hereof
shall survive the termination or cancelation of this Agreement.
11. Notices. All communications hereunder will be in writing and effective only on
receipt, and, if sent to the Representatives, will be mailed or delivered to Banc of America
Securities LLC, 00 Xxxx 00xx Xxxxxx, XX0-000-00-00, Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000, attention: High
Grade Debt Capital Markets Transaction Management/Legal or, if sent to the Company, will be mailed
or delivered to 000 Xxxx Xxxxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000 attention: Xxxxxxx Xxxx, President.
12. Successors. This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the
parties hereto and their respective successors and the officers and directors and controlling
persons referred to in Section 7 hereof, and no other person will have any right or obligation
hereunder. The term “successors” shall not include any purchaser of the Securities merely because
of such purchase.
13. Applicable Law. This Agreement will be governed by and construed in accordance
with the laws of the State of New York applicable to contracts made and to be performed within the
State of New York.
14. No Fiduciary Duty. The Company acknowledges and agrees that: (i) the purchase
and sale of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement, including the determination of the public
offering price of the Securities and any related discounts and commissions, is an arm’s-length
commercial transaction between the Company, on the one hand, and the several Representatives, on
the other hand, and the Company is capable of evaluating and understanding and understands and
accepts the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; (ii) in
connection with each transaction contemplated hereby and the process leading to such transaction
each Representative is and has been acting solely as a principal and is not the financial advisor,
agent or fiduciary of the Company, or affiliates, stockholders, creditors or employees or any other
party; (iii) no Representative has assumed or will assume an advisory, agency or fiduciary
responsibility in favor of the Company with respect to any of the transactions contemplated hereby
or the process leading thereto (irrespective of whether such Representative has advised or is
currently advising the Company on other matters) and no Underwriter has any obligation to the
Company with respect to any of the transactions contemplated hereby or the process leading thereto
(irrespective of whether such
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Representative has advised or is currently advising the Company on other matters) and no
Underwriter has any obligation to the Company with respect to the offering contemplated hereby
except the obligations expressly set forth in this Agreement; (iv) the several Representatives and
their respective affiliates may be engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve interests
that differ from those of the Company and that the several Representatives have no obligation to
disclose any of such interests by virtue of any advisory, agency or fiduciary relationship, except
to the extent that any such engagement materially adversely impacts the ability of the several
Representatives to perform their obligations hereunder; and (v) the Representative have not
provided any legal, accounting, regulatory or tax advice with respect to the offering contemplated
hereby and the Company has consulted its own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the
extent it deemed appropriate.
This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings (whether written or oral)
between the Company and the several Representatives, or any of them, with respect to the subject
matter hereof. The Company hereby waives and releases, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any
claims that the Company may have against the several Representatives with respect to any breach or
alleged breach of agency or fiduciary duty.
15. Counterparts. This Agreement may be signed in one or more counterparts, each of
which shall constitute an original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same
agreement.
16. Headings. The Section headings used herein are for convenience only and shall
not affect the construction hereof.
17. Definitions. The terms which follow, when used in this Agreement, shall have the
meanings indicated.
“Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“Base Prospectus” shall mean the base prospectus referred to in paragraph 1(a) above
contained in the Registration Statement at the Execution Time.
“Business Day” shall mean any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a legal holiday
or a day on which banking institutions or trust companies are authorized or obligated by
law to close in New York City or Dallas, Texas.
“Commission” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Disclosure Package” shall mean (i) the Base Prospectus, (ii) the Preliminary
Prospectus used most recently prior to the Execution Time, (iii) the Issuer Free Writing
Prospectuses, if any, identified in Schedule IV hereto, (iv) the final term sheet prepared
and filed pursuant to Section 4(b) hereto, if any, and (v) any other Free Writing
Prospectus that the parties hereto shall hereafter expressly agree in writing to treat as
part of the Disclosure Package.
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“Effective Date” shall mean each date and time that the Registration Statement, any
post-effective amendment or amendments thereto and any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement
became or become effective.
“Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“Execution Time” shall mean the date and time that this Agreement is executed and
delivered by the parties hereto.
“Final Prospectus” shall mean the prospectus supplement relating to the Securities
that is first filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) after the Execution Time together with the Base
Prospectus.
“Free Writing Prospectus” shall mean a free writing prospectus, as defined in Rule
405.
“Issuer Free Writing Prospectus” shall mean an issuer free writing prospectus, as
defined in Rule 433.
“Preliminary Prospectus” shall mean any preliminary prospectus supplement to the Base
Prospectus referred to in paragraph 1(a) above which is used prior to the filing of the
Final Prospectus, together with the Base Prospectus.
“Registration Statement” shall mean the registration statement referred to in
paragraph 1(a) above, including exhibits and financial statements and any prospectus
supplement relating to the Securities that is filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule
424(b) and deemed part of such registration statement pursuant to Rule 430B, as amended on
each Effective Date and, in the event any post-effective amendment thereto or any Rule
462(b) Registration Statement becomes effective prior to the Closing Date, shall also mean
such registration statement as so amended or such Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, as
the case may be.
“Rule 158”, “Rule 163”, “Rule 164”, “Rule 172”, “Rule 405”, “Rule 415”, “Rule 424”,
“Rule 430B” and “Rule 433” refer to such rules under the Act.
“Rule 462(b) Registration Statement” shall mean a registration statement and any
amendments thereto filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) relating to the offering covered by the
registration statement referred to in Section 1(a) hereof.
“Rules and Regulations” means the rules and regulations of the Commission.
“Trust Indenture Act” shall mean the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended.
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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, please sign and
return to us the enclosed duplicate hereof, whereupon this letter and your acceptance shall
represent a binding agreement among the Company and the several Underwriters.
Very truly yours, | ||||||
Clear Channel Communications, Inc. | ||||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxx | |||||
Name. Xxxxx Xxxxxxx | ||||||
Title: Senior Vice President and Treasurer |
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The foregoing Agreement is
hereby confirmed and accepted
as of the date specified in
Schedule I hereto.
hereby confirmed and accepted
as of the date specified in
Schedule I hereto.
Banc of America Securities LLC | ||||
By:
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/s/ Xxxx Xxxxx | |||
Name: Xxxx Xxxxx | ||||
Title: Principal | ||||
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC | ||||
By:
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/s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx | |||
Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx | ||||
Title: Director |
For themselves and the other
several Underwriters, if any,
named in Schedule II to the
foregoing Agreement.
several Underwriters, if any,
named in Schedule II to the
foregoing Agreement.
SCHEDULE I
Underwriting Agreement dated August 10, 2006
Registration Statement No. 333-111070
Representatives:
Banc of America Securities LLC
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC
Underwriters:
Banc of America Securities LLC
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC
Title, Purchase Price and Description of Securities:
Title: an additional $250,000,000 of 6.25% Senior Notes due 2011 (the “notes”)
Principal Amount of Securities: an additional $250,000,000
Purchase Price (include accrued interest or amortization, if any): $253,352,500 (comprised
of net proceeds of $ 247,102,500, and accrued interest of $ 6,250,000) for the additional
$250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the notes.
Sinking fund provisions: None
Redemption provisions:
The notes are redeemable by the Company. The notes will be redeemable as a whole at any time
or in part from time to time, at the option of the Company, at a redemption price equal to the
greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount of such notes being redeemed or (ii) the sum of the
present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on the notes being
redeemed from the redemption date to March 15, 2011 discounted to the redemption date on a
semiannual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate
(as defined below) plus 25 basis points, plus, in either case, any interest accrued but not paid to
the date of redemption. Notice of any redemption will be mailed at least 30 days but no more than
60 days before the redemption date to each holder of the notes to be redeemed. Unless the Company
defaults in payment of the redemption price, on and after the redemption date interest will cease
to accrue on the notes or portions thereof called for redemption. The notes will not be subject to
any sinking fund provision.
“Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any redemption date for the notes, (i) the yield, under
the heading which represents the average for the immediately preceding
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week, appearing in the most recently published statistical release designated “H.15(519)” or
any successor publication which is published weekly by the Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System and which establishes yields on actively traded United States Treasury securities
adjusted to constant maturity under the caption “Treasury Constant Maturities,” for the maturity
corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue (if no maturity is within three months before or
after the maturity date, yields for the two published maturities most closely corresponding to the
Comparable Treasury Issue shall be determined and the Treasury Rate shall be interpolated or
extrapolated from such yields on a straight line basis, rounding to the nearest month), or (ii) if
such release referred to in clause (i) (or any successor release) is not published during the week
preceding the calculation date or does not contain the yields referred to above, the rate per year
equal to the semiannual equivalent yield maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, calculated
using a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount)
equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such redemption date. The Treasury Rate shall be
calculated on the third Business Day preceding the redemption date.
“Comparable Treasury Issue” means the United States Treasury security selected by an
“Independent Investment Banker” as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term of the notes
to be redeemed that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary
financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to
the remaining term of such notes.
“Independent Investment Banker” means, with respect to any redemption date for the notes, Banc
of America Securities LLC and its successors or, if such firm or any successor to such firm, as the
case may be, is unwilling or unable to select the Comparable Treasury Issue, an independent banking
institution of national standing appointed by the Trustee after consultation with the Company.
“Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any redemption date for the notes, (i) the
average of four Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations (as defined below) for the redemption date,
after excluding the highest and lowest such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (ii) if the
Trustee obtains fewer than four such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such
quotations obtained.
“Reference Treasury Dealer” means Banc of America Securities LLC and three other primary U.S.
Government securities dealers in the United States (each, a “Primary Treasury Dealer”) appointed by
the Trustee in consultation with the Company. If any of the foregoing shall cease to be a Primary
Treasury Dealer, the Company shall substitute therefor another Primary Treasury Dealer.
“Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer
and any redemption date, the average, as determined by the Trustee, of the bid and asked prices for
the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount)
quoted in writing to the Trustee by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m. on the third
Business Day preceding such redemption date.
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Other provisions : The notes are subject to variable price reoffer by the Underwriters.
Closing Date, Time and Location: August 15, 2006 at 10:00 a.m. at Cravath,
Swaine & Xxxxx LLP, Worldwide Plaza, 000 Xxxxxx Xxx., Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Swaine & Xxxxx LLP, Worldwide Plaza, 000 Xxxxxx Xxx., Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Type of Offering: Non-delayed
Overallotment Option: None
SCHEDULE II
Underwriters | Principal Amount of Notes | |||
Banc of America Securities LLC |
$ | 125,000,000 | ||
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC |
$ | 125,000,000 | ||
Total |
$ | 250,000,000 | ||
The Company has not granted the Underwriters an option to purchase any additional principal amount
of the above referenced securities.
SCHEDULE III
DISCLOSURE ITEMS
1. | Material Subsidiaries |
A. | Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. | ||
B. | Clear Channel Broadcasting, Inc. | ||
C. | Clear Channel Broadcasting Licenses, Inc. | ||
D. | Clear Channel Holdings, Inc. | ||
E. | Jacor Communications Company | ||
F. | AMFM Operating Inc. | ||
X. | Xxxx Media Group, Inc. |
2. | Disclosure relating to Subsidiary Capital Stock |
A. | Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. (“CCO”) has granted options to purchase shares of its Class A common stock to its employees, directors and affiliates. | ||
B. | CCO has granted restricted stock awards to its employees. | ||
C. | CCO entered into a Stock Purchase Agreement dated May 20, 2006 with IN-TER-SPACE Services, Inc. (“ISI”) and ISI shareholders which included an earn-out provision pursuant to which additional consideration (51% of which will be payable in additional shares of CCO Class A common stock) may be paid based on ISI achieving certain earnings performance targets for the fiscal years 2006 through 2010. |
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SCHEDULE IV
Schedule of Free Writing Prospectuses included in the Disclosure Package
NONE