SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE Dated as of April 15, 2008
Exhibit 2.10
VIDÉOTRON LTÉE
Dated as of April 15, 2008
Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association
Trustee
FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of April 15, 2008 (this “Supplemental Indenture”), by and among Vidéotron Ltée, a company continued under the laws of the Province of Quebec (the “Company”), Videotron US Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company incorporated under the laws of Delaware (the “Additional Subsidiary Guarantor”) and Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), to the Indenture, dated as of September 16, 2005 (the “Indenture”), by and among the Company, each Person listed on the signature pages to the Indenture (collectively referred to as the “Original Subsidiary Guarantors”) and the Trustee.
WHEREAS, the Company, the Original Subsidiary Guarantors and the Trustee entered into the Indenture governing the Company’s 6 3/8% Senior Notes due December 15, 2015 (the “Notes”);
WHEREAS, Section 4.19 of the Indenture provides that under certain circumstances the Company shall cause a Restricted Subsidiary to execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture providing for a Subsidiary Guarantee of the payment of the Notes by such Restricted Subsidiary;
WHEREAS, the parties hereto are desirous of supplementing the Indenture in the manner hereinafter provided for the purpose of providing a Subsidiary Guarantee by the Additional Subsidiary Guarantor in accordance with the terms of the Indenture;
WHEREAS, Section 9.01(e) of the Indenture provides that the Company and the Trustee may amend or supplement the Indenture without the consent of any Holder to add additional guarantees with respect to the Notes; and
WHEREAS, all things necessary have been done to make this Supplemental Indenture a valid agreement of the Company, the Additional Subsidiary Guarantor and the Trustee, in accordance with its terms.
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
For and in consideration of the premises contained herein, the parties hereto mutually covenant and agree as follows:
1. Terms used in this Supplemental Indenture that are not defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Indenture.
2. The Additional Subsidiary Guarantor hereby agrees to provide an unconditional Subsidiary Guarantee on the terms and subject to the conditions and limitations set forth in the Indenture, including but not limited to Article 10 of the Indenture.
3. This Supplemental Indenture shall be construed as supplemental to the Indenture and shall form a part thereof, and the Indenture is hereby incorporated by reference herein and, as supplemented, modified and restated hereby, is hereby ratified, approved and confirmed.
4. This Supplemental Indenture shall be effective as of the date hereof. On and after the date hereof, each reference in the Indenture to “this Indenture,” “hereunder,” “hereof,”
or “herein” shall mean and be a reference to the Indenture as supplemented by this Supplemental Indenture unless the context otherwise requires.
5. Except as provided below, in the event of a conflict between the terms and conditions of the Indenture and the terms and conditions of this Supplemental Indenture, the terms and conditions of this Supplemental Indenture shall prevail.
6. If any provision of this Supplemental Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with another provision of the Indenture that is required to be included by the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the “Act”), as in force at the date this Supplemental Indenture is executed, the provision required by said Act shall control.
7. This Supplemental Indenture shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
8. This Supplemental Indenture may be signed in any number of counterparts with the same effect as if the signatures to each counterpart were upon a single instrument, and all such counterparts together shall be deemed an original of this Supplemental Indenture.
9. The recitals contained in this Supplemental Indenture shall be taken as the statements of the Company, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.
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COMPANY: |
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VIDÉOTRON LTÉE |
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By: /s/ Xxxx-Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx |
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Name: Xxxx-Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx |
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Title: Treasurer |
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ADDITIONAL SUBSIDIARY GUARANTOR: |
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VIDEOTRON US INC. |
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By: /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxx |
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Name: Xxxx X. Xxxx |
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Title: Secretary |
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TRUSTEE: |
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XXXXX FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION |
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By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. X’Xxxxxxx |
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Name: Xxxxxx X. X’Xxxxxxx |
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Title: Vice President |
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First Supplemental Indenture (Videotron US Inc. guarantee)
