LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS, INC., as Guarantor, LEVEL 3 FINANCING, INC. as Issuer, and THE BANK OF NEW YORK, as TrusteeIndenture • March 16th, 2006 • Level 3 Communications Inc • Telephone communications (no radiotelephone) • New York
INDENTURE, dated as of March 14, 2006, among Level 3 Communications, Inc., a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (herein called “Parent”), having its principal office at 1025 Eldorado Boulevard, Broomfield, Colorado 80021, Level 3 Financing, Inc. (the Issuer”), having its principal office at 1025 Eldorado Boulevard, Broomfield, Colorado 80021, and The Bank of New York, a New York banking corporation, as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee”).
LEVEL 3 FINANCING, INC. Floating Rate Senior Notes due 2011 REGISTRATION AGREEMENTRegistration Agreement • March 16th, 2006 • Level 3 Communications Inc • Telephone communications (no radiotelephone) • New York
Level 3 Financing, Inc., a Delaware company (the “Issuer”), proposes to issue and sell to certain purchasers (the “Purchasers”), upon the terms set forth in a purchase agreement dated March 9, 2006, (the “Purchase Agreement”), $150,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its Floating Rate Senior Notes due 2011 (the “Original Floating Rate Notes”) (such sale, the “Initial Placement”), to be guaranteed on an unsecured unsubordinated basis by Level 3 Communications, Inc., the direct parent company of the Issuer (“Parent”). As an inducement to the Purchasers to enter into the Purchase Agreement and in satisfaction of a condition to your obligations thereunder, the Issuer and Parent jointly and severally agree with you, (i) for your benefit and the benefit of the other Purchasers and (ii) for the benefit of the holders from time to time of the Original Floating Rate Notes (including you and the other Purchasers) (each of the foregoing a “Holder” and together the “Holders”), as follows:
LEVEL 3 FINANCING, INC. REGISTRATION AGREEMENTRegistration Agreement • March 16th, 2006 • Level 3 Communications Inc • Telephone communications (no radiotelephone) • New York
Level 3 Financing, Inc., a Delaware company (the “Issuer”), proposes to issue and sell to certain purchasers (the “Purchasers”), upon the terms set forth in a purchase agreement dated March 9, 2006, (the “Purchase Agreement”), $250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 12.25% Senior Notes due 2013 (the “Original 2013 Notes”) (such sale, the “Initial Placement”), to be guaranteed on an unsecured unsubordinated basis by Level 3 Communications, Inc., the direct parent company of the Issuer (“Parent”). As an inducement to the Purchasers to enter into the Purchase Agreement and in satisfaction of a condition to your obligations thereunder, the Issuer and Parent jointly and severally agree with you, (i) for your benefit and the benefit of the other Purchasers and (ii) for the benefit of the holders from time to time of the Original 2013 Notes (including you and the other Purchasers) (each of the foregoing a “Holder” and together the “Holders”), as follows:
