Exhibit 10.3
FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
dated as of September 28, 2005
among
CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, LLC,
CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS CAPITAL CORPORATION
and
BNY MIDWEST TRUST COMPANY
as Trustee
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8.625% Senior Notes due 2009
THIS FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this "First Supplemental Indenture"),
entered into as of September 28, 2005, among Charter Communications Holdings,
LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the "Company"), and Charter
Communications Holdings Capital Corporation, a company incorporated under the
laws of Delaware (collectively with the Company, the "Issuers"), and BNY Midwest
Trust Company (as successor to Xxxxxx Trust and Savings Bank), as trustee (the
"Trustee").
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the Issuers, Marcus Cable Holdings, LLC (which has subsequently
merged into the Company) and the Trustee entered into the Indenture, dated as of
March 17, 1999 (the "Indenture"; capitalized terms used herein without being
defined herein have the meanings given to them in the Indenture), relating to
the Company's 8.625% Senior Notes due 2009 (the "Notes");
WHEREAS, the Issuers desire to conform clause (1) of the definition of
"Permitted Investments" in the Indenture with the definitions contained in the
indentures of the Company's subsidiaries; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with Section 9.02 of the Indenture, the Issuers
have obtained written consent to the proposed amendment from the Holders of a
majority in principal amount of the Notes then outstanding.
AGREEMENT
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and mutual covenants
herein contained and intending to be legally bound, the parties to this First
Supplemental Indenture hereby agree as follows:
Section 1. Clause (1) of the definition of "Permitted Investments" in the
Indenture is hereby amended to read as follows:
"(1) any Investment by the Company in a Restricted Subsidiary
thereof, or any Investment by a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company
in the Company or in another Restricted Subsidiary of the Company;".
Section 2. This First Supplemental Indenture shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York without
giving effect to the applicable principles of conflicts of laws to the extent
that the application of the laws of another jurisdiction would be required
thereby.
Section 3. This First Supplemental Indenture may be signed in various
counterparts which together will constitute one and the same instrument. Each
signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same
agreement.
Section 4. This First Supplemental Indenture is an amendment supplemental
to the Indenture, and the Indenture and this First Supplemental Indenture will
henceforth be read together.
Section 5. Except as expressly amended hereby, each provision of the
Indenture shall remain in full force and effect and, as amended hereby, the
Indenture is in all respects agreed to, ratified, and confirmed by each of the
Issuers and the Trustee.
Section 6. The recitals contained herein shall be taken as the statements
of the Issuers, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness.
The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this
First Supplemental Indenture.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this First Supplemental
Indenture to be duly executed as of the date first above written.
Charter Communications Holdings, LLC, as
Issuer
By: /s/Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Title: SVP and Acting General Counsel
Charter Communications Holdings Capital
Corporation, as Issuer
By: /s/Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Title: SVP and Acting General Counsel
BNY Midwest Trust Company, as Trustee
By: /s/Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Title: Vice President
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