EXHIBIT 99.3
February [ ], 2001
EXCHANGE AGENT AGREEMENT
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Citibank, N.A.
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Global Agency & Trust Services
Kredietbank S.A. Luxembourgeoisie
00 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx
X-0000 Xxxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx: Corporate Trust Trustee Administration
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Viacom Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), proposes to make
an offer (the "Exchange Offer") to exchange all of its outstanding unregistered
6.40% Senior Notes due 2006 (the "Old Notes due 2006"), of which $400,000,000
aggregate principal amount is outstanding, its 7.70% Senior Notes due 2010 (the
"Old Notes due 2010"), of which $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount is
outstanding and its 7.875% Senior Debentures due 2030, of which $750,000,000
aggregate principal amount is outstanding, (the "Old Debentures" and, together
with the Old Notes due 2006 and the Old Notes due 2010, the "Old Securities")
for an equal principal amount of its 6.40% Senior Notes due 2006 (the "2006
Exchange Notes"), its 7.70% Senior Notes due 2010 (the "2010 Exchange Notes")
and its 7.875% Senior Debentures due 2030 (the "Exchange Debentures" and,
together with the 2006 Exchange Notes and the 2010 Exchange Notes, the "Exchange
Securities"). The terms and conditions of the Exchange Offer as currently
contemplated are set forth in a prospectus, dated February [ ], 2001 (the
"Prospectus"), proposed to be distributed to all record holders of the Old
Securities. The Old Securities and the Exchange Securities are collectively
referred to herein as the "Securities".
The Company hereby appoints Citibank, N.A. to act as the Principal
Exchange Agent and Kredietbank S.A. Luxembourgeoisie to act as Luxembourg
Exchange Agent (collectively the "Exchange Agents") in connection with the
Exchange Offer. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall
have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Prospectus.
The Exchange Offer is expected to be commenced by the Company on or
about January [ ], 2001. The Letter of Transmittal accompanying the Prospectus
(or in the case of book-entry securities, the Automated Tender Offer Program
("ATOP") of the Book-Entry Transfer Facility (as defined below)) is to be used
by the holders of the Old Securities to accept the Exchange Offer and contains
instructions with respect to the delivery of certificates for Old Securities
tendered in connection therewith.
The Exchange Offer shall expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on
February [ ], 2001 or on such subsequent date or time to which the Company may
extend the Exchange Offer (the "Expiration Date"). Subject to the terms and
conditions set forth in the Prospectus, the Company expressly reserves the right
to extend the Exchange Offer from time to time and may extend the Exchange Offer
by giving oral (promptly confirmed in writing) or written notice to you before
9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the business day following the previously
scheduled Expiration Date.
The Company expressly reserves the right to amend or terminate the
Exchange Offer, and not to accept for exchange any Old Securities not
theretofore accepted for exchange, upon the occurrence of any of the conditions
of the Exchange Offer specified in the Prospectus under the caption "The
Exchange Offer -- Expiration Date; Extensions; Amendment; Termination." The
Company will give oral (promptly confirmed in writing) or written notice of any
amendment, termination or nonacceptance to you as promptly as practicable.
In carrying out your duties as Exchange Agent, you are to act in
accordance with the following instructions:
1. You will perform such duties and only such duties as are
specifically set forth in the section of the Prospectus captioned "The Exchange
Offer" or as specifically set forth herein; provided, however, that in no way
will your general duty to act in good faith be discharged by the foregoing.
2. You will establish a book-entry account with respect to the Old
Securities at The Depository Trust Company (the "Book-Entry Transfer Facility")
for purposes of the Exchange Offer within two business days after the date of
the Prospectus, and any financial institution that is a participant in the
Book-Entry Transfer Facility's systems may make book-entry delivery of the Old
Securities by causing the Book-Entry Transfer Facility to transfer such Old
Securities into your account in accordance with the Book-Entry Transfer
Facility's procedure for such transfer.
3. You are to examine each of the Letters of Transmittal and
certificates for Old Securities (or confirmation of book-entry transfer into
your account at the
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Book-Entry Transfer Facility) and any other documents delivered or mailed to you
by or for holders of the Old Securities to ascertain whether: (i) the Letters of
Transmittal and any such other documents are duly executed and properly
completed in accordance with instructions set forth therein; and (ii) the Old
Securities have otherwise been properly tendered. In each case where the Letter
of Transmittal or any other document has been improperly completed or executed
or any of the certificates for Old Securities are not in proper form for
transfer or some other irregularity in connection with the acceptance of the
Exchange Offer exists, you will endeavor to inform the presenters of the need
for fulfillment of all requirements and to take any other action as may be
reasonably necessary or advisable to cause such irregularity to be corrected.
4. With the approval of the President or any Vice President of the
Company (such approval, if given orally, to be promptly confirmed in writing) or
any other party designated in writing, by such an officer, you are authorized to
waive any irregularities in connection with any tender of Old Securities
pursuant to the Exchange Offer.
5. Tenders of Old Securities may be made only as set forth in the
Letter of Transmittal and in the sections of the Prospectus captioned "The
Exchange Offer -- Procedures for Tendering", and "The Exchange Offer --
Guaranteed Delivery Procedures," and Old Securities shall be considered properly
tendered to you only when tendered in accordance with the procedures set forth
therein.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 5, Old Securities which
the President, Senior Vice President, or any Vice President of the Company shall
approve as having been properly tendered shall be considered to be properly
tendered (such approval, if given orally, shall be promptly confirmed in
writing).
6. You shall advise the Company with respect to any Old Securities
received subsequent to the Expiration Date and accept its instructions with
respect to disposition of such Old Securities.
7. You shall accept tenders:
(a) in cases where the Old Securities are registered in two or more
names only if signed by all named holders;
(b) in cases where the signing person (as indicated on the Letter of
Transmittal) is acting in a fiduciary or a representative capacity only when
proper evidence of his or her authority so to act is submitted; and
(c) from persons other than the registered holder of Old Securities,
provided that customary transfer requirements, including payment of any
applicable transfer taxes, are fulfilled.
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You shall accept partial tenders of Old Securities where so indicated
and as permitted in the Letter of Transmittal and deliver certificates for Old
Securities to the registrar for split-up and return any untendered Old
Securities to the holder (or such other person as may be designated in the
Letter of Transmittal) as promptly as practicable after expiration or
termination of the Exchange Offer.
8. Upon satisfaction or waiver of all of the conditions to the
Exchange Offer, the Company will notify you (such notice, if given orally, to be
promptly confirmed in writing) of its acceptance, promptly after the Expiration
Date, of all Old Securities properly tendered and you, on behalf of the Company,
will exchange such Old Securities for Exchange Securities and cause such Old
Securities to be cancelled. Delivery of Exchange Securities will be made on
behalf of the Company by you at the rate of $1,000 principal amount of Exchange
Securities for each $1,000 principal amount of the corresponding series of Old
Securities tendered promptly after notice (such notice if given orally, to be
promptly confirmed in writing) of acceptance of said Old Securities by the
Company; provided, however, that in all cases, Old Securities tendered pursuant
to the Exchange Offer will be exchanged only after timely receipt by you of
certificates for such Old Securities (or confirmation of book-entry transfer
into your account at the Book-Entry Transfer Facility), a properly completed and
duly executed Letter of Transmittal (or manually signed facsimile thereof) with
any required signature guarantees and any other required documents. You shall
issue Exchange Securities only in denominations of $1,000 or any integral
multiple thereof.
9. Tenders pursuant to the Exchange Offer are irrevocable, except
that, subject to the terms and upon the conditions set forth in the Prospectus
and the Letter of Transmittal, Old Securities tendered pursuant to the Exchange
Offer may be withdrawn at any time prior to the Expiration Date.
10. The Company shall not be required to exchange any Old Securities
tendered if any of the conditions set forth in the Exchange Offer are not met.
Notice of any decision by the Company not to exchange any Old Securities
tendered shall be given (if given orally, to be promptly confirmed in writing)
by the Company to you.
11. If, pursuant to the Exchange Offer, the Company does not accept
for exchange all or part of the Old Securities tendered because of an invalid
tender, the occurrence of certain other events set forth in the Prospectus under
the caption "The Exchange Offer -- Expiration Date; Extensions; Amendment;
Termination" or otherwise, you shall as soon as practicable after the expiration
or termination of the Exchange Offer return those certificates for unaccepted
Old Securities (or effect appropriate book-entry transfer), together with any
related required documents and the Letters of Transmittal relating thereto that
are in your possession, to the persons who deposited them.
12. All certificates for reissued Old Securities, unaccepted Old
Securities or for Exchange Securities shall be forwarded by first-class mail.
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13. You are not authorized to pay or offer to pay any concessions,
commissions or solicitation fees to any broker, dealer, bank or other persons or
to engage or utilize any person to solicit tenders.
14. As Exchange Agent hereunder you:
(a) shall not be liable for any action or omission to act unless the
same constitutes your own gross negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith, and
in no event shall you be liable to a securityholder, the Company or any third
party for special, indirect or consequential damages, or lost profits, arising
in connection with this Agreement.
(b) shall have no duties or obligations other than those specifically
set forth herein or as may be subsequently agreed to in writing between you and
the Company;
(c) will be regarded as making no representations and having no
responsibilities as to the validity, sufficiency, value or genuineness of any of
the certificates or the Old Securities represented thereby deposited with you
pursuant to the Exchange Offer, and will not be required to and will make no
representation as to the validity, value or genuineness of the Exchange Offer;
(d) shall not be obligated to take any legal action hereunder which
might in your reasonable judgment involve any expense or liability, unless you
shall have been furnished with indemnity reasonably satisfactory to you;
(e) may reasonably rely on and shall be protected in acting in
reliance upon any certificate, instrument, opinion, notice, letter, telegram or
other document or security delivered to you and reasonably believed by you to be
genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper person or persons;
(f) may reasonably act upon any tender, statement, request, document,
agreement, certificate or other instrument whatsoever not only as to its due
execution and validity and effectiveness of its provisions, but also as to the
truth and accuracy of any information contained therein, which you shall in good
faith believe to be genuine or to have been signed or presented by the proper
person or persons;
(g) may reasonably rely on and shall be protected in acting upon
written or oral instructions from any authorized officer of the Company;
(h) may consult with counsel of your selection with respect to any
questions relating to your duties and responsibilities and the advice or opinion
of such counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in
respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted to be taken by you hereunder in
good faith and in accordance with the advice or opinion of such counsel; and
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(i) shall not advise any person tendering Old Securities pursuant to
the Exchange Offer as to the wisdom of making such tender or as to the market
value or decline or appreciation in market value of any Old Securities.
15. You shall take such action as may from time to time be requested
by the Company or its counsel (and such other action as you may deem reasonably
appropriate) to furnish copies of the Prospectus, Letter of Transmittal and the
Notice of Guaranteed Delivery (as such terms are used in the Prospectus) or such
other forms as may be approved from time to time by the Company, to all persons
requesting such documents and to accept and comply with telephone requests for
information relating to the Exchange Offer, provided that such information shall
relate only to the procedures for accepting (or withdrawing from) the Exchange
Offer. The Company will furnish you with copies of such documents on your
request. All other requests for information relating to the Exchange Offer shall
be directed to the Company, Attention: [ ], Viacom Inc., 0000 Xxxxxxxx, Xxx
Xxxx, XX 00000.
16. You shall advise by facsimile transmission [ ], of the Company (at
the facsimile number (212) [ ]), and such other person or persons as the Company
may request, daily (and more frequently during the week immediately preceding
the Expiration Date if requested) up to and including the Expiration Date, as to
the number of Old Securities which have been tendered pursuant to the Exchange
Offer and the items received by you pursuant to this Agreement, separately
reporting and giving cumulative totals as to items properly received and items
improperly received. In addition, you will also inform, and cooperate in making
available to, the Company or any such other person or persons upon oral request
made from time to time prior to the Expiration Date of such other information as
they may reasonably request. Such cooperation shall include, without limitation,
the granting by you to the Company and such person as the Company may request of
access to those persons on your staff who are responsible for receiving tenders,
in order to ensure that immediately prior to the Expiration Date the Company
shall have received information in sufficient detail to enable it to decide
whether to extend the Exchange Offer. You shall prepare a final list of all
persons whose tenders were accepted, the aggregate principal amount of Old
Securities tendered, the aggregate principal amount of Old Securities accepted
and deliver said list to the Company.
17. Letters of Transmittal and Notices of Guaranteed Delivery shall be
stamped by you as to the date and, after the expiration of the Exchange Offer,
the time, of receipt thereof and shall be preserved by you for a period of time
at least equal to the period of time you preserve other records pertaining to
the transfer of securities. You shall dispose of unused Letters of Transmittal
and other surplus materials by returning them to the Company.
18. For services rendered as Exchange Agent hereunder, you shall be
entitled to such compensation as set forth on Schedule I attached hereto. The
provisions of this section shall survive the termination of this Agreement.
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19. You hereby acknowledge receipt of the Prospectus and the Letter of
Transmittal and further acknowledge that you have examined each of them. Any
inconsistency between this Agreement, on the one hand, and the Prospectus and
the Letter of Transmittal (as they may be amended from time to time), on the
other hand, shall be resolved in favor of the latter two documents, except with
respect to your duties, liabilities and indemnification as Exchange Agent.
20. The Company covenants and agrees to fully indemnify and hold you
harmless in your capacity as Exchange Agent hereunder against any and all loss,
liability, cost or expense, including attorneys' fees and expenses, incurred
without gross negligence or willful misconduct on your part, arising out of or
in connection with any act, omission, delay or refusal made by you in reliance
upon any signature, endorsement, assignment, certificate, order, request,
notice, instruction or other instrument or document resonably believed by you to
be valid, genuine and sufficient and in accepting any tender or effecting any
transfer of Old Securities reasonably believed by you in good faith to be
authorized, and in delaying or refusing in good faith to accept any tenders or
effect any transfer of Old Securities. In each case, the Company shall be
notified by you, by letter or facsimile transmission, of the written assertion
of a claim against you or of any other action commenced against you, promptly
after you shall have received any such written assertion or shall have been
served with a summons in connection therewith. The Company shall be entitled to
participate at its own expense in the defense of any such claim or other action
and, if the Company so elects, the Company shall assume the defense of any suit
brought to enforce any such claim. In the event that the Company shall assume
the defense of any such suit, the Company shall not be liable for the fees and
expenses of any additional counsel thereafter retained by you, so long as the
Company shall retain counsel satisfactory to you to defend such suit, and so
long as you have not determined, in your reasonable judgment, that a conflict of
interest exists between you and the Company. The provisions of this section
shall survive the termination of this Agreement.
21. You shall arrange to comply with all requirements under the tax
laws of the United States, including those relating to missing Tax
Identification Numbers, and shall file any appropriate reports with the Internal
Revenue Service.
22. You shall deliver or cause to be delivered, in a timely manner to
each governmental authority to which any transfer taxes are payable in respect
of the exchange of Old Securities, the Company's check in the amount of all
transfer taxes so payable; provided, however, that you shall reimburse the
Company for amounts refunded to you in respect of your payment of any such
transfer taxes, at such time as such refund is received by you.
23. This Agreement and your appointment as Exchange Agent hereunder
shall be construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of New
York applicable to agreements made and to be performed entirely within such
state, and
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without regard to conflicts of law principles, and shall inure to the benefit
of, and the obligations created hereby shall be binding upon, the successors and
assigns of each of the parties hereto.
24. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each
of which shall be deemed to be an original and all of which together shall
constitute one and the same agreement.
25. In case any provision of this Agreement shall be invalid, illegal
or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining
provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
26. This Agreement shall not be deemed or construed to be modified,
amended, rescinded, cancelled or waived, in whole or in part, except by a
written instrument signed by a duly authorized representative of the party to be
charged. This Agreement may not be modified orally.
27. Unless otherwise provided herein, all notices, requests and other
communications to any party hereunder shall be in writing (including facsimile
or similar writing) and shall be given to such party, addressed to it, at its
address or telecopy number set forth below:
If to the Company:
Viacom Inc.
0000 Xxxxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Facsimile: (212) 258-
Attention: General Counsel
Copy to:
Shearman & Sterling
000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Attention: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx, Esq.
If to the Exchange Agent:
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Citibank, N.A.
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Attention: Global Agency & Trust
Services
28. Unless terminated earlier by the parties hereto, this Agreement
shall terminate 90 days following the Expiration Date. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, Sections 18 and 20 shall survive the termination of this Agreement.
Upon any termination of this Agreement, you shall promptly deliver to the
Company any certificates for Securities, funds or property then held by you as
Exchange Agent under this Agreement.
29. This Agreement shall be binding and effective as of the date
hereof.
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Please acknowledge receipt of this Agreement and confirm the
arrangements herein provided by signing and returning the enclosed copy.
VIACOM INC.
By:_________________________________
Name:
Title:
Accepted as of the date first above written:
CITIBANK, N.A., as Exchange Agent
By:___________________________________
Name:
Title:
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SCHEDULE I
COMPENSATION OF EXCHANGE AGENT:
