As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 5, 2024
Registration No. 333-282596
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
AMENDMENT NO. 2
TO
FORM S-4
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
ECHOSTAR CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Nevada
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
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4899
(Primary Standard Industrial
Classification Code Number)
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26-1232727
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
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9601 South Meridian Boulevard
Englewood, Colorado 80112
(303) 723-1000
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)
Dean A. Manson
Chief Legal Officer and Secretary
EchoStar Corporation
9601 South Meridian Boulevard
Englewood, Colorado 80112
(303) 723-1000
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copy to:
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Jonathan Michels
Andrew J. Ericksen
Laura Katherine Mann
White & Case LLP
1221 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10020
(212) 819-8200
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John Tripodoro
Ariel Goldman
Tristan Manley
Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP
32 Old Slip
New York, NY 10005
(212) 701-3000
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Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale of securities to the public: Pursuant to Rule 162 under the Securities Act, the offer described herein will commence as soon as practicable after the date of this registration statement. The offer cannot, however, be completed prior to the time that this registration statement is declared effective and all conditions to the proposed transaction have been satisfied or waived.
If the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered in connection with the formation of a holding company and there is compliance with General instruction G, check the following box ☐
If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ☐
If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” and “smaller reporting company” and emerging growth company in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
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If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐
If applicable, place an X in the box to designate the appropriate rule provision relied upon in conducting this transaction: Exchange Act Rule 13e-4(i) (Cross-Border Issuer Tender Offer) ☐
Exchange Act Rule 14d-1(d) (Cross-Border Third-Party Tender Offer) ☐
The registrant hereby amends this registration statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this registration statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act or until the registration statement shall become effective on such date as the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.
TABLE OF GUARANTOR REGISTRANTS
Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter and Address
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State or Other
Jurisdiction of
Incorporation
or Organization
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I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.
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Northstar Wireless, LLC, 9601 South Meridian Boulevard, Englewood, Colorado, 80112
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Delaware
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47-1752452 |
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SNR Wireless HoldCo, LLC, 9601 South Meridian Boulevard, Englewood, Colorado, 80112
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Delaware
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47-1718512 |
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DBSD Corporation, 9601 South Meridian Boulevard, Englewood, Colorado 80112
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Colorado
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35-2556718 |
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Gamma Acquisition L.L.C., 9601 South Meridian Boulevard, Englewood, Colorado, 80112
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Colorado
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45-2507625 |
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Northstar Spectrum, LLC, 9601 South Meridian Boulevard, Englewood, Colorado, 80112
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Delaware
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47-1742770 |
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SNR Wireless LicenseCo, LLC, 9601 South Meridian Boulevard, Englewood, Colorado, 80112
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Delaware
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47-1719104 |
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DBSD Services Limited, 9601 South Meridian Boulevard, Englewood,
Colorado 80112
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United Kingdom
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98-0230168 |
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Gamma Acquisition HoldCo, L.L.C., 9601 South Meridian Boulevard, Englewood, Colorado, 80112
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Colorado
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Amendment No. 2 (“Amendment No. 2”) to the Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-282596) of EchoStar Corporation is being filed solely for the purposes of filing certain exhibits as indicated in Part II of this Amendment No. 2. This Amendment No. 2 does not modify any provision of the prospectus that forms a part of the Registration Statement. Accordingly, a prospectus has been omitted.
PART II
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
Item 20. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Registrants Incorporated in Nevada
NRS 78.7502(1) allows EchoStar to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (except an action by or in the right of EchoStar, a “derivative action”), by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of EchoStar, or is or was serving at the request of EchoStar as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise or as a manager of a limited liability company, against expenses including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with the action, suit or proceeding if such person is not liable pursuant to NRS 78.138, or acted in good faith and in a manner which he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of EchoStar, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct was unlawful. Under NRS 78.7502(2), a similar standard of care applies to derivative actions, except that indemnification is limited solely to expenses, including amounts paid in settlement and attorneys’ fees actually and reasonably incurred in connection with the defense or settlement of the action or suit. Indemnification by EchoStar is required to the extent the person is successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of an action, suit or proceeding, including a derivative action, or any claim, issue or matter therein, against indemnifiable expenses, and, pursuant to NRS 78.751(2), unless otherwise restricted by EchoStar’s Articles of Incorporation, bylaws or an agreement made by the corporation, EchoStar may pay the expenses of officers and directors incurred in defending a civil or criminal action, suit or proceeding as they are incurred and in advance of the final disposition of the proceeding in question, upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the director or officer to repay the amount if it is ultimately determined by a court of competent jurisdiction that the director or officer is not entitled to be indemnified. Under NRS 78.7502(3), decisions as to whether to grant indemnification, unless ordered by a court or advanced pursuant to NRS 78.751(2), are made by a majority vote of the Board of Directors at a meeting at which a quorum of disinterested directors is present, or by written opinion of independent legal counsel if a majority vote of a quorum consisting of disinterested directors so orders or if such a quorum cannot be obtained, or by the stockholders.
Provisions relating to liability and indemnification of officers and directors of EchoStar for acts by such officers and directors are contained in Article IX of the Articles of Incorporation of EchoStar as amended on December 28, 2007 and May 4, 2016, Exhibits 3.1 through 3.3 hereto, and Article IX of EchoStar’s Bylaws as amended on December 29, 2023 (and effective as of December 31, 2023), Exhibits 3.4 and 3.5 hereto, which are incorporated by reference. These provisions state, among other things, that, consistent with and to the extent permitted by the NRS and upon the decision of a disinterested majority of EchoStar’s Board of Directors, or a written opinion of independent legal counsel if a disinterested majority vote of the Board of Directors is not available (or even if a quorum of disinterested directors is obtainable, if such a quorum so directs), or EchoStar’s stockholders, that the applicable standard of conduct has been satisfied: (1) EchoStar shall indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative and whether formal or informal (other than an action by or in the right of EchoStar) by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director, officer, employee, fiduciary or agent of EchoStar, or is or was serving at the request of EchoStar as a director, officer, employee, fiduciary or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with such action, suit or proceeding, if he or she conducted himself or herself in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of EchoStar, and with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful; and (2) EchoStar shall indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of EchoStar to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director, officer, employee,
fiduciary or agent of EchoStar, or is or was serving at the request of EchoStar as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if he or she acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of EchoStar and except that no indemnification shall be made in respect to any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have adjudged to be liable for negligence or misconduct in the performance of his or her duty to EchoStar unless and only to the extent that the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which such court shall deem proper.
Registrants Formed in Delaware
Each of Northstar Wireless, LLC, SNR Wireless HoldCo, LLC, SNR Wireless LicenseCo, LLC and Northstar Spectrum, LLC is a limited liability company formed under the laws of the State of Delaware. Subject to any terms, conditions or restrictions set forth in the limited liability company agreement, Section 18-108 of the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act empowers a Delaware limited liability company to indemnify and hold harmless any member or manager or other person from and against any and all claims and demands whatsoever.
The limited liability company agreement of each of Northstar Wireless, LLC, SNR Wireless HoldCo, LLC, SNR Wireless LicenseCo, LLC and Northstar Spectrum, LLC provides that, to the fullest extent permitted by law, subject to certain restrictions described below, it will indemnify its sponsor, directors and officers, members or any of their respective affiliates who were or are a party or are threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of us) by reason of the fact that the person is or was a sponsor, director, officer, employee, partnership representative or agent of the company, or is or was serving at the request of the company as a director, officer, employee or agent of another company, against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding, if the person acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the company, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe the person’s conduct was unlawful. Subject to the conditions set forth in such limited liability company agreement, each of Northstar Wireless, LLC, SNR Wireless HoldCo, LLC, SNR Wireless LicenseCo, LLC and Northstar Spectrum, LLC may pay or reimburse such indemnified person’s expenses (including attorneys’ fees) in advance of final disposition of a proceeding.
Registrants Incorporated or Organized in Colorado
Colorado Corporations
DBSD Corporation (“DBSD”) is incorporated under the laws of the State of Colorado. The Colorado Revised Statutes and the Colorado Business Corporation Act (the “CBCA”) limits or eliminates the personal liability of directors to corporations and their stockholders for monetary damages for breaches of directors’ fiduciary duties as directors.
Section 7-109-102(1) of the CBCA permits indemnification of a director of a Colorado corporation, in the case of a third party action, if the director (a) conducted himself or herself in good faith, (b) reasonably believed that (i) in the case of conduct in his or her official capacity, his or her conduct was in the corporation’s best interest, or (ii) in all other cases, his or her conduct was not opposed to the corporation’s best interest, and (c) in the case of any criminal proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful. Section 7-109-103 further provides for mandatory indemnification of directors who are wholly successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the defense of any proceeding to which he or she was a party because he or she was a director, against reasonable expenses incurred by him or her in connection with the proceeding.
Section 7-109-102(4) of the CBCA limits the indemnification that a corporation may provide to its directors in two key respects. A corporation may not indemnify a director in a derivative action in which the
director is held liable to the corporation, or in any proceeding in which the director is held liable on the basis of his or her improper receipt of a personal benefit. Sections 7-109-104 of the CBCA permits a corporation to advance expenses to a director, and Section 7-109-107(3) of the CBCA permits a corporation to indemnify and advance litigation expenses to officers, employees and agents who are not directors to a greater extent than directors if consistent with law and provided for by the bylaws, a resolution of directors or shareholders, or a contract between the corporation and the officer, employee or agent.
The Bylaws (the “Bylaws”) of DBSD require it to indemnify, to the extent permitted by law, and subject to certain exceptions, any person made a party to a proceeding because the person is or was a director of DBSD. The Bylaws further provide that to the full extent permitted by the General Corporation Law of the State of Colorado, the Company may purchase and maintain insurance, in such amounts and against such risks as the Board of Directors deems appropriate, on behalf of a person who is or was a director, officer, employee, fiduciary or agent of the Corporation or who, while a director, officer, employee, fiduciary or agent of the Corporation, is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, partner, officer, employee, fiduciary or agent of another domestic or foreign corporation or other person or of an employee benefit plan, against liability asserted against or incurred by the person in that capacity or arising from his or her status as a director, officer, employee, fiduciary or agent, whether or not the Corporation would have power to indemnify the person against the same liability under the provisions of the Bylaws, Articles of Incorporation or of the General Corporation Law of the State of Colorado.
Colorado Limited Liability Companies
Each of Gamma Acquisition L.L.C. and Gamma Acquisition HoldCo, L.L.C. is a limited liability company organized under the laws of the State of Colorado. Section 7-80-407 of the Colorado Limited Liability Company Act empowers a Colorado limited liability company to reimburse a person who is or was a member or manager for payments made, and indemnify a person who is or was a member or manager for liabilities incurred by the person, in the ordinary course of the business of the limited liability company or for the preservation of its business or property, if such payments were made or liabilities incurred without violation of the person’s duties to the limited liability company.
In accordance with this provision, the Operating Agreement of each of Gamma Acquisition L.L.C. and Gamma Acquisition HoldCo, L.L.C. state that such company shall indemnify, to the maximum extent permitted under applicable law, any person, and the estate and personal representative of any such person, against all liability and expense incurred by reason of the fact that such person is or was a manager, officer, employee or fiduciary of the company or, while serving as manager, officer, employee or fiduciary of the company, such person is or was serving at the request of the company as a manager, director, officer, partner, trustee, employee, fiduciary or agent of, or in any similar managerial fiduciary position of, another domestic or foreign entity or other individual or entity or of an employee benefit plan.
Registrants Incorporated in the United Kingdom
Subject to the Companies Act, and without prejudice to any indemnity to which he or she may otherwise be entitled, members of the registrant’s board of directors and its officers shall have the benefit of the following indemnification provisions in the registrant’s memorandum and articles of association.
Members of the registrant’s board of directors or officers shall be indemnified for all losses or liabilities incurred by them in connection with their duties or powers in relation to the duties of their office or otherwise, including any liability incurred in defending any criminal or civil proceedings in which judgement is given in his or her favor. In addition, no director or other officer shall be liable for any loss or damage which may happen to or be incurred by the company in the execution of the duties in his or her office. Further, the registrant has the power to make payments towards insurance including insurance for any director, officer or auditor to protect against such liabilities.
Item 21. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules
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Exhibit No.
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Description
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3.1
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Articles of Incorporation of EchoStar Corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Amendment No. 1 of EchoStar Corporation’s Form 10 filed December 12, 2007, Commission File No. 001-33807).
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3.2
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Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation of EchoStar Corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to EchoStar Corporation’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed January 25, 2008, Commission File No. 001-33807).
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3.3
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Certificate of Amendment to Articles of Incorporation of EchoStar Corporation, dated as of May 4, 2016 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to EchoStar Corporation’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed May 5, 2016, Commission File No. 001-33807).
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3.4
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Bylaws of EchoStar Corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to Amendment No. 1 of EchoStar Corporation’s Form 10 filed December 12, 2007, Commission File No. 001-33807).
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3.5
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Amendment No.1 to Bylaws of EchoStar Corporation, dated as of December 29, 2023 (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 3.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K of EchoStar Corporation filed January 2, 2024, Commission file No. 001-33807).
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3.6
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3.7
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3.8
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Memorandum and Articles of Association of DBSD Services Limited (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.8 to EchoStar Corporation’s Form S-4 filed on January 16, 2024 (File No.: 333-276514)).
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3.9
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Certificate of Name Change of DBSD Services Limited (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.9 to EchoStar Corporation’s Form S-4 filed on January 16, 2024 (File No.: 333-276514)).
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3.10
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Certificate of Name Change of DBSD Services Limited (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.10 to EchoStar Corporation’s Form S-4 filed on January 16, 2024 (File No.: 333-276514)).
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4.1
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Form of Indenture between EchoStar Corporation, the guarantors party thereto, The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee and as Collateral Agent, relating to the 6.75% Senior Secured Notes due 2030.
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4.2
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4.3
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Form of Indenture between EchoStar Corporation, the guarantors party thereto, The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee and as Collateral Agent, relating to the 3.875% Convertible Senior Secured Notes due 2030.
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Exhibit No.
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Description
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4.4
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Form of EchoStar Corporation’s 3.875% Convertible Senior Secured Note due 2030 (included as part of Exhibit 4.3).
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4.5
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Indenture, relating to the DISH Network Corporation 0% Convertible Notes due 2025, dated as of December 21, 2020, by and between DISH Network Corporation and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 4.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K of DISH Network Corporation filed December 22, 2020, Commission File No. 001-39144).
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4.6
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Indenture, relating to the DISH Network Corporation 3 3/8% Convertible Notes due 2026, dated as of August 8, 2016, by and between DISH Network Corporation and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 4.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K of DISH Network Corporation filed August 8, 2016, Commission File No. 000-26176).
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4.7
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Form of DISH Network Corporation’s 0% Convertible Note due 2025 (included as part of Exhibit 4.5).
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4.8
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Form of DISH Network Corporation’s 3.375% Convertible Note due 2026 (included as part of Exhibit 4.6).
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4.9
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First Supplemental Indenture, relating to the DISH Network Corporation 3.375% Convertible Notes due 2026, dated as of December 29, 2023, among DISH Network Corporation, EchoStar Corporation and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association (as successor to U.S. Bank National Association), as Trustee (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 4.2 to the Current Report on Form 8-K of EchoStar Corporation filed January 2, 2024, Commission file No. 001-33807).
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4.10
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First Supplemental Indenture, relating to the DISH Network Corporation 0% Convertible Notes due 2025, dated as of December 29, 2023, among DISH Network Corporation, EchoStar Corporation and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association (as successor to U.S. Bank National Association), as Trustee (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 4.6 to the Current Report on Form 8-K of EchoStar Corporation filed January 2, 2024, Commission file No. 001-33807).
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5.1
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Legal Opinion of White & Case LLP (New York).
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5.2
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Legal Opinion of Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP.
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5.3
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Legal Opinion of White & Case LLP (UK).
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21.1
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List of subsidiaries (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 21.1. to EchoStar Corporation’s Form S-4 filed on January 16, 2024 (File No.: 333-276514)).
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List of subsidiary guarantors.
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23.1*
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Consent of KPMG LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, relating to EchoStar’s financial statements.
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Consent of KPMG LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, relating to DISH Network’s financial statements.
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23.3
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Consent of White & Case LLP (New York) (included as part of Exhibit 5.1).
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23.4
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Consent of Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP (included as part of Exhibit 5.2).
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23.5
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Consent of White & Case LLP (UK) (included as part of Exhibit 5.3).
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Powers of Attorney (included on the signature page to this Registration Statement).
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25.1*
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Statement of Eligibility on Form T-1 under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, of The New York Bank of Mellon Trust Company, N.A. for the Indenture of Exhibit 4.1.
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Statement of Eligibility on Form T-1 under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, of The New York Bank of Mellon Trust Company, N.A. for the Indenture of Exhibit 4.3.
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99.1*
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Letter of Transmittal.
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107*
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Filing Fee Table.
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Previously filed.
Item 22. Undertakings
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
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To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
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to include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933; and
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to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement; and
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to include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement.
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That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post- effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
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To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
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That, for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser, each prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) as part of a registration statement relating to an offering, other than registration statements relying on Rule 430B or other than prospectuses filed in reliance on Rule 430A, shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the date it is first used after effectiveness; provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such first use, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such date of first use.
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That, for the purpose of determining liability of the registrant under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities, the undersigned registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned registrant pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the undersigned registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser:
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Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424;
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Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned registrant;
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The portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material
information about the undersigned registrant or its securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant; and
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Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned registrant to the purchaser.
6)
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
7)
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
8)
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes to respond to requests for information that is incorporated by reference into the prospectus pursuant to Item 4, 10(b), 11, or 13 of this registration statement, within one business day of receipt of such request, and to send the incorporated documents by first class mail or other equally prompt means. This includes information contained in documents filed subsequent to the effective date of the registration statement through the date of responding to the request.
9)
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes to supply by means of a post-effective amendment all information concerning a transaction, and the company being acquired involved therein, that was not the subject of and included in the registration statement when it became effective.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Englewood, State of Colorado, on the 5th day of November 2024.
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ECHOSTAR CORPORATION
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By:
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/s/ Dean A. Manson
Name: Dean A. Manson
Title: Chief Legal Officer and Secretary
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
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Signature
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Title
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Date
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Hamid Akhavan
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President, Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer)
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November 5, 2024
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Paul W. Orban
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Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, DISH (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)
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November 5, 2024
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Charles W. Ergen
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Director
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November 5, 2024
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Cantey M. Ergen
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Director
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November 5, 2024
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*
Kathleen Q. Abernathy
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Director
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November 5, 2024
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George R. Brokaw
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Director
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November 5, 2024
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Stephen J. Bye
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Director
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November 5, 2024
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James DeFranco
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Director
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November 5, 2024
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Signature
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Title
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Date
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R. Stanton Dodge
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Director
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November 5, 2024
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Lisa W. Hershman
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Director
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November 5, 2024
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*
Tom A. Ortolf
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Director
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November 5, 2024
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*
William D. Wade
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Director
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November 5, 2024
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*By:
/s/ Dean A. Manson
Name: Dean A. Manson
Title: Attorney-in-fact
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Englewood, State of Colorado, on the 5th day of November 2024.
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NORTHSTAR WIRELESS, LLC
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By:
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/s/ Dean A. Manson
Name: Dean A. Manson
Title: Secretary
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
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Signature
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Title
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Date
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Hamid Akhavan
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President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)
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November 5, 2024
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*
Paul W. Orban
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Treasurer (Principal Financial Officer)
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November 5, 2024
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James S. Allen
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Chief Accounting Officer (Principal Accounting Officer)
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November 5, 2024
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Paul W. Orban
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Chief Financial Officer of Northstar Spectrum, LLC, the sole member of Northstar Wireless, LLC
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November 5, 2024
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*By:
/s/ Dean A. Manson
Name: Dean A. Manson
Title: Attorney-in-fact
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Englewood, State of Colorado, on the 5th day of November 2024.
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SNR WIRELESS HOLDCO, LLC
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By:
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/s/ Dean A. Manson
Name: Dean A. Manson
Title: Secretary
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
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Signature
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Title
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Date
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Hamid Akhavan
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President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)
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November 5, 2024
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*
Paul W. Orban
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Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)
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November 5, 2024
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*
James S. Allen
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Chief Accounting Officer (Principal Accounting Officer)
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November 5, 2024
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*
Paul W. Orban
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Chief Financial Officer of American AWS-3 Wireless III L.L.C., the managing member of SNR Wireless HoldCo, LLC
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November 5, 2024
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*By:
/s/ Dean A. Manson
Name: Dean A. Manson
Title: Attorney-in-fact
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Englewood, State of Colorado, on the 5th day of November 2024.
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DBSD CORPORATION
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By:
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/s/ Dean A. Manson
Name: Dean A. Manson
Title: Secretary
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
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Signature
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Title
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Date
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*
James DeFranco
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Director
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November 5, 2024
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*
Charles W. Ergen
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Director
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November 5, 2024
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*
Hamid Akhavan
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President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)
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November 5, 2024
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*
Paul W. Orban
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Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)
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November 5, 2024
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*
Tom A. Ortolf
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Director
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November 5, 2024
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*
James S. Allen
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Chief Accounting Officer (Principal Accounting Officer)
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November 5, 2024
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*By:
/s/ Dean A. Manson
Name: Dean A. Manson
Title: Attorney-in-fact
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Englewood, State of Colorado, on the 5th day of November 2024.
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GAMMA ACQUISITION L.L.C.
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By:
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/s/ Dean A. Manson
Name: Dean A. Manson
Title: Secretary
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
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Signature
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Title
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Date
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*
Hamid Akhavan
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President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)
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November 5, 2024
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*
Paul W. Orban
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Treasurer (Principal Financial Officer)
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November 5, 2024
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*
James S. Allen
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Chief Accounting Officer (Principal Accounting Officer)
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November 5, 2024
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*
Paul W. Orban
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Treasurer of Gamma Acquisition HoldCo, L.L.C., the sole member of Gamma Acquisition L.L.C.
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November 5, 2024
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*By:
/s/ Dean A. Manson
Name: Dean A. Manson
Title: Attorney-in-fact
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Englewood, State of Colorado, on the 5th day of November 2024.
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NORTHSTAR SPECTRUM, LLC
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By:
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/s/ Dean A. Manson
Name: Dean A. Manson
Title: Secretary
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
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Signature
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Title
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Date
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*
Hamid Akhavan
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President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)
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November 5, 2024
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*
Paul W. Orban
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Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)
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November 5, 2024
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*
James S. Allen
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Chief Accounting Officer (Principal Accounting Officer)
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November 5, 2024
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*
Paul W. Orban
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Chief Financial Officer of American AWS-3 Wireless II L.L.C., the managing member of Northstar Spectrum, LLC
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November 5, 2024
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*By:
/s/ Dean A. Manson
Name: Dean A. Manson
Title: Attorney-in-fact
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Englewood, State of Colorado, on the 5th day of November 2024.
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SNR WIRELESS LICENSECO, LLC
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By:
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/s/ Dean A. Manson
Name: Dean A. Manson
Title: Secretary
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
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Signature
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Title
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Date
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*
Hamid Akhavan
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President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)
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November 5, 2024
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*
Paul W. Orban
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Treasurer (Principal Financial Officer)
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November 5, 2024
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*
James S. Allen
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Chief Accounting Officer (Principal Accounting Officer)
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November 5, 2024
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*
Paul W. Orban
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Chief Financial Officer of SNR Wireless HoldCo, LLC, the sole member of SNR Wireless LicenseCo, LLC
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November 5, 2024
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*By:
/s/ Dean A. Manson
Name: Dean A. Manson
Title: Attorney-in-fact
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Englewood, State of Colorado, on the 5th day of November 2024.
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DBSD SERVICES LIMITED
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By:
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/s/ Timothy A. Messner
Name: Timothy A. Messner
Title: Secretary
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
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Signature
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Title
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Date
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*
Hamid Akhavan
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President (Principal Executive Officer)
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November 5, 2024
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*
Paul W. Orban
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Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)
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November 5, 2024
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*
James S. Allen
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Chief Accounting Officer (Principal Accounting Officer)
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November 5, 2024
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*
Tom A. Ortolf
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Director
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November 5, 2024
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*By:
/s/ Timothy A. Messner
Name: Timothy A. Messner
Title: Attorney-in-fact
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SIGNATURE OF AUTHORIZED U.S. REPRESENTATIVE OF THE REGISTRANT
Pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, the undersigned, the duly authorized representative in the United States of DBSD Services Limited, has signed this Registration Statement on November 5, 2024.
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ECHOSTAR CORPORATION
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By:
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/s/ Dean A. Manson
Name: Dean A. Manson
Title: Chief Legal Officer and Secretary
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Englewood, State of Colorado, on the 5th day of November 2024.
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GAMMA ACQUISITION HOLDCO, L.L.C.
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By:
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/s/ Dean A. Manson
Name: Dean A. Manson
Title: Secretary
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
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Signature
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Title
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Date
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*
Hamid Akhavan
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President (Principal Executive Officer)
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November 5, 2024
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*
Paul W. Orban
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Treasurer (Principal Financial Officer)
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November 5, 2024
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*
James S. Allen
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Chief Accounting Officer (Principal Accounting Officer)
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November 5, 2024
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*
Paul W. Orban
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Treasurer of EchoStar Wireless Holding LLC, the sole member of Gamma Acquisition HoldCo, L.L.C.
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November 5, 2024
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*By:
/s/ Dean A. Manson
Name: Dean A. Manson
Title: Attorney-in-fact
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Exhibit 4.1
ECHOSTAR CORPORATION,
as the Company
AND EACH OF THE GUARANTORS
PARTY HERETO
6.75% SENIOR SPECTRUM SECURED
EXCHANGE NOTES DUE 2030
ECHOSTAR EXCHANGE NOTES
INDENTURE
Dated as of November ____, 2024
The Bank of New York Mellon
Trust Company, N.A.,
as Trustee and Collateral
Agent
CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE*
Trust
Indenture Act Section |
Indenture
Section |
310(a)(1) |
7.10 |
(a)(2) |
7.10 |
(a)(3) |
N.A. |
(a)(4) |
N.A. |
(a)(5) |
7.10 |
(b) |
7.10 |
311(a) |
7.11 |
(b) |
7.11 |
312(a) |
2.05 |
(b) |
13.03 |
(c) |
13.03 |
313(a) |
7.06 |
(b)(1) |
11.04 |
(b)(2) |
7.06; 7.07 |
(c) |
7.06; 11.04; 13.02 |
(d) |
7.06 |
314(a) |
4.03; 13.02; 13.05 |
(b) |
11.03 |
(c)(1) |
13.04 |
(c)(2) |
13.04 |
(c)(3) |
N.A. |
(d) |
11.04; 13.04; 13.05 |
(e) |
13.05 |
(f) |
N.A. |
315(a) |
7.01 |
(b) |
7.05; 13.02 |
(c) |
7.01 |
(d) |
7.01 |
(e) |
6.11 |
316(a) (last sentence) |
2.09 |
(a)(1)(A) |
6.05 |
(a)(1)(B) |
6.04 |
(a)(2) |
N.A. |
(b) |
6.07 |
(c) |
N.A. |
317(a)(1) |
6.08 |
(a)(2) |
6.09 |
(b) |
2.04 |
318(a) |
N.A. |
(b) |
N.A. |
(c) |
13.01 |
N.A. means not applicable.
| * | This
Cross Reference Table is not part of the EchoStar Exchange
Notes Indenture. |
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
Article I
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE |
1 |
Section 1.01 |
Definitions |
1 |
Section 1.02 |
Other Definitions |
10 |
Section 1.03 |
Incorporation by Reference
of Trust Indenture Act |
11 |
Section 1.04 |
Rules of Construction |
11 |
Article II
THE EchoStar Exchange NOTES |
12 |
Section 2.01 |
Form and Dating |
12 |
Section 2.02 |
Execution and Authentication |
12 |
Section 2.03 |
Registrar and Paying Agent |
13 |
Section 2.04 |
Paying Agent to Hold Money
in Trust |
13 |
Section 2.05 |
Holder Lists |
13 |
Section 2.06 |
Book-Entry Provisions for
Global Notes |
14 |
Section 2.07 |
Replacement EchoStar Exchange
Notes |
16 |
Section 2.08 |
Outstanding EchoStar Exchange
Notes |
17 |
Section 2.09 |
Treasury EchoStar Exchange
Notes |
17 |
Section 2.10 |
Temporary EchoStar Exchange
Notes |
17 |
Section 2.11 |
Cancellation |
17 |
Section 2.12 |
Defaulted Interest |
18 |
Section 2.13 |
Interest Payments |
18 |
Section 2.14 |
Purchase and Cancellation |
18 |
Article III
REDEMPTION AND PREPAYMENT |
19 |
Section 3.01 |
Notices to Trustee |
19 |
Section 3.02 |
Selection of EchoStar Exchange
Notes to Be Redeemed or Purchased |
19 |
Section 3.03 |
Notice to Holders |
19 |
Section 3.04 |
Effect of Notice of Redemption |
20 |
Section 3.05 |
Deposit of Redemption or
Purchase Price |
20 |
Section 3.06 |
EchoStar Exchange Notes
Redeemed or Purchased in Part |
21 |
Section 3.07 |
Optional Redemption |
21 |
Section 3.08 |
Special Partial Mandatory
Redemption |
22 |
Article IV
COVENANTS |
22 |
Section 4.01 |
Payment of EchoStar Exchange
Notes |
22 |
Section 4.02 |
Maintenance of Office or
Agency |
23 |
Section 4.03 |
Reports |
23 |
Section 4.04 |
Compliance Certificate |
23 |
Section 4.05 |
Taxes |
24 |
Section 4.06 |
Stay, Extension and Usury
Laws |
24 |
Section 4.07 |
Restricted Payments |
24 |
Section 4.08 |
Incurrence of Indebtedness |
25 |
Section 4.09 |
Asset Sales |
26 |
Section 4.10 |
Transactions with Affiliates |
27 |
Section 4.11 |
Liens |
29 |
Section 4.12 |
After-acquired Collateral
and Future Assurances |
29 |
Section 4.13 |
Corporate Existence |
29 |
Section 4.14 |
Offer to Repurchase Upon
Change of Control Event |
30 |
Section 4.15 |
Additional Guarantees and
Collateral |
31 |
Section 4.16 |
Limitation on transactions
with DDBS or HSSC |
32 |
Section 4.17 |
Limitation on Dividends
and other Payment Restrictions affecting Guarantors |
32 |
Section 4.18 |
Collateral Appraisal |
33 |
Section 4.19 |
Limitation on Activities
of Guarantors |
34 |
Section 4.20 |
Tax Treatment of Notes |
34 |
Article V
SUCCESSORS |
34 |
Section 5.01 |
Merger, Consolidation,
or Sale of Assets |
34 |
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
Article VI
DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES |
35 |
Section 6.01 |
Events of Default |
35 |
Section 6.02 |
Acceleration |
36 |
Section 6.03 |
Other Remedies |
38 |
Section 6.04 |
Waiver of Past Defaults |
38 |
Section 6.05 |
Control by Majority |
38 |
Section 6.06 |
Limitation on Suits |
38 |
Section 6.07 |
Rights of Holders to Receive
Payment |
39 |
Section 6.08 |
Collection Suit by Trustee |
39 |
Section 6.09 |
Trustee May File Proofs
of Claim |
39 |
Section 6.10 |
Priorities |
40 |
Section 6.11 |
Undertaking for Costs |
40 |
Section 6.12 |
Limitation on Powers of
Trustee and Collateral Agent |
40 |
Article VII
TRUSTEE |
40 |
Section 7.01 |
Duties of Trustee |
40 |
Section 7.02 |
Rights of Trustee |
41 |
Section 7.03 |
Individual Rights of Trustee |
42 |
Section 7.04 |
Trustee’s Disclaimer |
42 |
Section 7.05 |
Notice of Defaults |
43 |
Section 7.06 |
Reports by Trustee to Holders |
43 |
Section 7.07 |
Compensation and Indemnity |
43 |
Section 7.08 |
Replacement of Trustee |
44 |
Section 7.09 |
Successor Trustee by Merger, etc. |
44 |
Section 7.10 |
Eligibility; Disqualification |
44 |
Section 7.11 |
Preferential Collection
of Claims Against Company |
45 |
Article VIII
LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE |
45 |
Section 8.01 |
Option to Effect Legal
Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance |
45 |
Section 8.02 |
Legal Defeasance and Discharge |
45 |
Section 8.03 |
Covenant Defeasance |
46 |
Section 8.04 |
Conditions to Legal or
Covenant Defeasance |
46 |
Section 8.05 |
Deposited Money and Government
Securities to be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions |
47 |
Section 8.06 |
Repayment to Company |
48 |
Section 8.07 |
Reinstatement |
48 |
Article IX
AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER |
48 |
Section 9.01 |
Without Consent of Holders |
48 |
Section 9.02 |
With Consent of Holders |
49 |
Section 9.03 |
Compliance with Trust Indenture
Act |
50 |
Section 9.04 |
Revocation and Effect of
Consents |
51 |
Section 9.05 |
Notation on or Exchange
of EchoStar Exchange Notes |
51 |
Section 9.06 |
Trustee to Sign Amendments, etc. |
51 |
Article X
NOTES GUARANTEES |
51 |
Section 10.01 |
Guarantee |
51 |
Section 10.02 |
Limitation on Guarantor
Liability |
52 |
Section 10.03 |
Releases |
52 |
Article XI
Collateral and Security |
53 |
Section 11.01 |
Grant of Security Interest |
53 |
Section 11.02 |
Security Interest During
an Event of Default |
54 |
Section 11.03 |
Recording and Opinions |
54 |
Section 11.04 |
Release of Collateral |
55 |
Section 11.05 |
Certificates of the Company
and the Guarantors; Opinions of Counsel |
56 |
Section 11.06 |
[Reserved] |
56 |
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
Section 11.07 |
Authorization
of Actions to Be Taken by the Trustee Under the Security Documents |
56 |
Section 11.08 |
Authorization of Receipt
of Funds by the Trustee Under the Security Documents |
56 |
Section 11.09 |
Concerning the Collateral
Agent |
57 |
Article XII
satisfaction and discharge |
59 |
Section 12.01 |
Satisfaction and Discharge |
59 |
Section 12.02 |
Application of Trust Money |
60 |
Article XIII
MISCELLANEOUS |
60 |
Section 13.01 |
Trust Indenture Act Controls |
60 |
Section 13.02 |
Notices |
60 |
Section 13.03 |
Communication by Holders
of EchoStar Exchange Notes with Other Holders of EchoStar Exchange Notes |
62 |
Section 13.04 |
Officer’s Certificate
and Opinion of Counsel as to Conditions Precedent |
62 |
Section 13.05 |
Statements Required in
Officer’s Certificate or Opinion of Counsel |
62 |
Section 13.06 |
Rules by Trustee and
Agents |
63 |
Section 13.07 |
No Personal Liability of
Directors, Officers, Employees and Stockholders |
63 |
Section 13.08 |
Governing Law |
63 |
Section 13.09 |
No Adverse Interpretation
of Other Agreements |
63 |
Section 13.10 |
Successors |
63 |
Section 13.11 |
Severability |
63 |
Section 13.12 |
Counterpart Originals |
63 |
Section 13.13 |
Table of Contents, Headings, etc. |
64 |
EXHIBITS
Exhibit A |
FORM OF
NOTE |
Exhibit B |
FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL
INDENTURE |
Exhibit C |
FORM OF FIRST LIEN
INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT |
Exhibit D |
FORM OF FIRST LIEN
/ SECOND LIEN INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT |
ECHOSTAR
EXCHANGE NOTES INDENTURE dated as of November ___, 2024, among EchoStar Corporation, a Nevada corporation, the Guarantors (as
defined below) and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee and collateral agent.
The Company (as defined below),
the Guarantors and the Trustee (as defined below) and Collateral Agent (as defined below) agree as follows for the benefit of each other
and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders (as defined below) of the 6.75% Senior Spectrum Secured Exchange Notes due 2030
(the “EchoStar Exchange Notes”):
Article I
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
Section 1.01 Definitions. “Additional
Notes” means additional EchoStar Exchange Notes issued from time to time under this EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture in accordance
with Section 2.02, Section 2.08, Section 2.13 and Section 4.08 hereof, as part of the same series as the
Initial Notes.
“Affiliate”
of any specified person means any other person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common
control with such specified person. For purposes of this definition, “control” (including, with correlative meanings, the
terms “controlling,” or “controlled by”), as used with respect to any person, shall mean the possession, directly
or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of such person, whether through the ownership
of voting securities, by agreement or otherwise.
“Agent”
means any Registrar, co-registrar, Paying Agent or additional paying agent.
“Applicable
Premium” means the greater of (A) 1.0% of the principal amount of the EchoStar Exchange Notes
and (B) on any redemption date, the excess (to the extent positive) of: (a) the present value at such redemption date
of (i) the redemption price of the EchoStar Exchange Notes at November 30, 2026 (such redemption
price (expressed in percentage of principal amount) being set forth in the table under Section 3.07(b) (excluding accrued but
unpaid (or not yet capitalized in the case of PIK Interest) interest, if any)), plus (ii) all required interest payments due on
the EchoStar Exchange Notes to and including such date set forth in clause (i) (excluding accrued but unpaid (or not yet capitalized
in the case of PIK Interest) interest, if any), computed upon the redemption date using a discount rate equal to the Applicable Treasury
Rate at such redemption date plus 50 basis points; over (b) the outstanding principal amount of the EchoStar Exchange Notes. In
each case, as calculated by the Company or on behalf of the Company by such Person as the Company shall designate. The Trustee shall
have no duty to calculate or verify the calculations of the Applicable Premium.
“Applicable Treasury
Rate” means, as of any redemption date, the yield to maturity as of such redemption date of United States Treasury securities
with a constant maturity (as compiled and published in the most recent Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 (519) that has become
publicly available at least two Business Days prior to the redemption date (or, if such Statistical Release is no longer published, any
publicly available source of similar market data)) most nearly equal to the period from the redemption date to November 30, 2026;
provided, however, that if the period from the redemption date to November 30, 2026 is less than one year, the weekly average
yield on actively traded United States Treasury securities adjusted to a constant maturity of one year will be used.
“Appraised Value”
means, as of any date of determination, the aggregate fair market value (without duplication) of the applicable assets on such date as
certified in one or more written appraisals as of a date no more than 90 days prior to such, each conducted by an Independent Appraiser
as determined pursuant to the final paragraph of this definition. Whenever there is a reference to “Appraised Value” or any
ratio or basket that is dependent upon the determination of the “Appraised Value” in this EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture,
the fair market value of the applicable assets shall be determined pursuant to the methodology described in the succeeding paragraph.
The Company may, at any time,
require an update to the Appraised Value of the applicable assets by delivering written notice to the Holders of its exercise of this
option. Within 30 days following the date of such notice (the “Appraisal Notice Date”), the Holders of a majority
in the aggregate principal amount of the EchoStar Exchange Notes (the “Required Holders”), on the one hand, and the
Company, on the other, shall each appoint an Independent Appraiser (each an “Initial Appraiser”) to determine the
aggregate Appraised Value of the Collateral with such determination to be made no later than 60 days of the Appraisal Notice Date. If
(i) the variance in the aggregate Appraised Values of the Collateral as determined by each of the Initial Appraisers is such that
the lesser of the two aggregate Appraised Values of the Collateral is at least 75% of the higher of the two aggregate Appraised Values
of the Collateral, the Appraised Values of the Collateral shall be the average of the two values determined by the Initial Appraisers;
or (ii) if the foregoing clause (i) does not apply, either the Company or the Required Holders shall have the right to request
the appointment of a third Independent Appraiser. In such case, the Initial Appraisers shall appoint another Independent Appraiser (the
“Third Appraiser”) to determine the aggregate Appraised Value of the Collateral with such determination to be made
no later than 90 days of the Appraisal Notice Date, and the aggregate the Appraised Value of the Collateral shall be the average of the
three values determined by the Initial Appraisers and the Third Appraiser. If (i) either the Required Holders or the Company shall
fail to appoint an Independent Appraiser who delivers an updated Appraised Value of the Collateral within the deadline specified above,
the aggregate Appraised Value of the Collateral shall be as determined by Independent Appraiser that has delivered an updated Appraised
Value of the Collateral within such timeline and (ii) a Third Appraiser has not appointed and delivered an updated Appraised Value
within the deadline specified above, the Appraised Value of the Collateral shall be as determined pursuant to clause (i) of the
preceding sentence. Any appointment by the Required Holders referred to above shall be subject to the applicable provisions of this EchoStar
Exchange Notes Indenture. By acceptance of their EchoStar Exchange Notes under this EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture, the holders hereby
agree that any of the deadlines set forth in this definition shall be automatically extended to the extent made necessary due to the
failure of the Company to provide any information or cooperation reasonably requested by any applicable appraiser, and in the event of
such extension no Indebtedness or Asset Sale requiring a determination of Appraised Value shall be made until the Appraised Value is
determined in accordance with the foregoing, and no further action shall be necessary to effect such extension.
“Authorized Representative”
means the agent or representative acting on behalf of holders of any First Lien Indebtedness or Second Lien Indebtedness, as applicable.
“AWS-3 Spectrum”
means any FCC AWS-3 wireless spectrum license held by the Spectrum Assets Guarantors.
“AWS-4 Spectrum”
means any FCC AWS-4 wireless spectrum license held by the Spectrum Assets Guarantors.
“Bankruptcy Code”
means title 11, United States Code, 11 U.S.C. §§ 101 et seq. (as amended, modified, or supplemented from time to time).
“Bankruptcy Law”
means the Bankruptcy Code or any similar federal or state law for the relief of debtors, or affecting creditors’ rights generally.
“Board of Directors”
means:
| (i) | with respect to a corporation, the board
of directors of the corporation or any committee thereof duly authorized to act on behalf
of such board; |
| (ii) | with respect to a partnership, the Board
of Directors of the general partner of the partnership; |
| (iii) | with respect to a limited liability
company, the managing member or members or any controlling committee of managing members
thereof; and |
| (iv) | with respect to any other Person, the
board or committee of such Person serving a similar function. |
“Business Day”
means a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which banking institutions are authorized or required by law to close in New
York, New York.
“Capital Stock”
means any and all shares, interests, participations, rights or other equivalents, however designated, of corporate stock or partnership
or membership interests, whether common or preferred.
“Cash Equivalents”
means: (a) United States dollars; (b) securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the United States government
or any agency or instrumentality thereof having maturities of not more than two years from the date of acquisition; (c) certificates
of deposit and Eurodollar time deposits with maturities of one year or less from the date of acquisition, bankers’ acceptances
with maturities not exceeding one year and overnight bank deposits, in each case with any domestic commercial bank having capital and
surplus in excess of $500 million; (d) repurchase obligations with a term of not more than 30 days for underlying securities of
the types described in clauses (b) and (c) entered into with any financial institution meeting the qualifications specified
in clause (c) above; (e) commercial paper rated P-2, A-2 or better or the equivalent thereof by Moody’s or S&P, respectively,
and in each case maturing within 12 months after the date of acquisition; and (f) money market funds offered by any domestic commercial
or investment bank having capital and surplus in excess of $500 million at least 95% of the assets of which constitute Cash Equivalents
of the kinds described in clauses (a) through (e) of this definition.
“Change of Control”
means: (a) any transaction or series of related transactions the result of which is that any Person (other than the Principal or
a Related Party) individually owns more than 50% of the total Voting Stock of the Company, measured by voting power rather than the number
of shares or more than 50% of the economic interests represented by the outstanding Capital Stock of the Company; (b) the sale,
lease or transfer, in one or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the assets of EchoStar and its Subsidiaries,
taken as a whole, to any person; or (c) the establishment of one or more holding companies for the purpose of owning, directly or
indirectly, a majority or more of the Capital Stock of the Company either by voting power or economic interest.
“Change of Control
Event” means the occurrence of a Change of Control and a Rating Decline.
“Collateral”
means (1) any Spectrum Assets held by the Spectrum Assets Guarantors and other assets owned by such Spectrum Assets Guarantors subject,
or purported to be subject, from time to time, to a Lien under any Security Document, (2) the proceeds of any Spectrum Assets, (3) any
Replacement Collateral, (4) any Equity Interests in any Spectrum Assets Guarantor held by an Equity Pledge Guarantor and all related
assets owned by such Equity Pledge Guarantor subject, or purported to be subject to, a Lien under any Security Document and (5) any
assets on which a Guarantor is required to grant a Lien pursuant to Section 4.08(a)(4), Section 4.15 and Section 4.18
hereof, and any proceeds of the foregoing.
“Collateral Agent”
means The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., in its capacity as collateral agent until a successor replaces it in accordance
with the applicable provisions of this EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture in such capacity and thereafter means the successor serving
hereunder.
“Company”
means EchoStar Corporation and any and all successors thereto.
“Corporate Trust
Office of the Trustee” will be at the address of the Trustee specified in Section 13.02 hereof or such other address as
to which the Trustee may give notice to the Company.
“Covered Debt Amount”
means, on any date of determination, the sum of (without duplication) (i) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of Indebtedness
incurred by the Guarantors, determined on a consolidated basis, as shown on the Company’s most recently available internal balance
sheet and (ii) with respect to any Indebtedness in clause (i), the maximum amount of interest payable-in-kind that may be added
to principal of such Indebtedness under its terms and the maximum amount of accreted value that may be added to such Indebtedness under
its terms if issued at a discount, after giving pro forma effect to (x) any Indebtedness that has been incurred by the Guarantors
on or after the date of such balance sheet, including on such date of determination, and the use of proceeds thereof and (y) any
Indebtedness of the Guarantors that has been repaid (including by redemption, repayment, retirement or extinguishment) on or after the
date of such balance sheet, including on such date of determination.
“Custodian”
means the Trustee, as custodian for The Depository Trust Company with respect to the Global Notes, or any successor entity thereto.
“DDBS”
means collectively DISH DBS Corporation (or any successor in interest thereto) and its subsidiaries.
“Default”
means any event that is, or with the passage of time or the giving of notice or both would be, an Event of Default.
“Depositary”
means, with respect to the EchoStar Exchange Notes issuable or issued in whole or in part in global form, the Person specified in Section 2.03
hereof as the Depositary with respect to the EchoStar Exchange Notes, and any and all successors thereto appointed as depositary hereunder
and having become such pursuant to the applicable provision of this EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture.
“Disinterested Director”
means a member of the Company’s Board of Directors who is not a director, officer or employee of the Company’s controlled
Affiliates.
“EchoStar Exchange
Notes” has the meaning assigned to it in the preamble to this EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture.
“EchoStar Exchange
Notes Documents” means this EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture, the EchoStar Exchange Notes, the Notes Guarantees and the Security
Documents.
“EchoStar
Exchange Notes Indenture” means this EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture, as amended or supplemented from time
to time.
“Equity Interests”
means Capital Stock and all warrants, options or other rights to acquire Capital Stock (including any debt security that is convertible
into, or exchangeable for, Capital Stock).
“Equity Pledge Agreement”
means the Equity Pledge Agreement dated as of the Issue Date, between the Equity Pledge Guarantors and the Collateral Agent, as amended,
restated, modified, supplemented, extended or replaced from time to time.
“Equity Pledge Guarantors”
means any of the Company’s Subsidiaries that on or after the Issue Date directly own any Equity Interests in any Spectrum Assets
Guarantors.
“Exchange Act”
means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“fair market value”
means the value that would be paid by a willing buyer to an unaffiliated willing seller.
“FCC”
means the Federal Communications Commission, including without limitation a bureau or division thereof acting under delegated authority,
and any substitute or successor agency.
“FCC Licenses”
means licenses, authorizations and permits for wireless terrestrial service, including without limitation commercial mobile service,
issued from time to time by the FCC.
“First
Lien Covered Debt Amount” means, on any date of determination, the sum of (without duplication) (i) the aggregate outstanding
principal amount of the EchoStar Exchange Notes, (ii) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of any other First Lien
Indebtedness, determined on a consolidated basis, as shown on the Company’s most recently available internal balance sheet and
(iii) with respect to any Indebtedness in clauses (i) and (ii) the maximum amount of interest payable-in-kind that may
be added to principal of such Indebtedness under its terms and the maximum amount of accreted value that may be added to such Indebtedness
under its terms if issued at a discount after giving pro forma effect to (x) any First Lien Indebtedness has been incurred
on or after the date of such balance sheet, including on such date of determination, and the use of proceeds thereof and (y) any
First Lien Indebtedness that has been repaid (including by redemption, repayment, retirement or extinguishment) on or after the date
of such balance sheet, including on such date of determination.
“First
Lien Indebtedness” means the EchoStar Exchange Notes, the New Senior Spectrum Secured Notes and the New Senior Spectrum
Secured Convertible Notes and any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 4.08(a)(2) hereof for which the applicable Authorized
Representative shall have entered into the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement as a First Lien Representative.
“First Lien Intercreditor
Agreement” means, a First Lien Intercreditor Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit C attached to this EchoStar
Exchange Notes Indenture among the grantors named therein, the Collateral Agent and the representatives for purposes thereof for Holders
of one or more classes of First Lien Obligations.
“First Lien LTV
Ratio” means, on any date of determination, the ratio of (a) the First Lien Covered Debt Amount to (b) the aggregate
Appraised Value of the Collateral, without duplication.
“First
Lien Obligations” means any first priority obligations permitted to be incurred under this EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture
in respect of any First Lien Indebtedness.
“First Lien Representative”
means an Authorized Representative for the holders of such First Lien Indebtedness.
“GAAP”
means United States generally accepted accounting principles set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles
Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards
Board or in such other statements by such other entity as may be approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession of the
United States, which are applicable as of the date of determination as in effect at any time and from time to time.
“Global Note Legend”
means the legend set forth in Section 2.06(e) hereof, which is required to be placed on all Global Notes issued under this
EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture.
“Global Notes”
means, individually and collectively, each of the EchoStar Exchange Notes deposited with or on behalf of and registered in the name of
the Depositary or its nominee, substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto and that bears the Global Note Legend and that has
the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto, issued in accordance with Article II hereof.
“Government Securities”
means direct obligations of, or obligations guaranteed by, the United States of America for the payment of which guarantee or obligations
the full faith and credit of the United States of America is pledged.
“guarantee”
means a guarantee (other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business), direct or
indirect, in any manner (including, without limitation, letters of credit and reimbursement agreements in respect thereof), of all or
any part of any liability.
“Guarantor”
means any entity that executes a Notes Guarantee of the obligations of the Company under this EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture
and the EchoStar Exchange Notes, and their respective successors and assigns, including the Spectrum Assets Guarantors and the Equity
Pledge Guarantors.
“Holder”
means a Person in whose name an EchoStar Exchange Note is registered.
“HSSC”
means collectively Hughes Satellite Systems Corporation (or any successor in interest thereto) and its subsidiaries.
“Indebtedness”
means, with respect to any Person, any indebtedness of such Person, whether or not contingent, (i) in respect of borrowed money,
(ii) evidenced by bonds, notes (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any convertible notes), debentures or similar instruments
or letters of credit (or reimbursement agreements in respect thereof), (iii) representing the balance deferred and unpaid of the
purchase price of any property (including pursuant to finance leases), (iv) representing any hedging obligations, or (v) in
each case except any such balance that constitutes an accrued expense or trade payable, if and to the extent any of the foregoing (other
than hedging obligations) would appear as a liability upon a balance sheet of such Person prepared in accordance with GAAP, and also
includes, to the extent not otherwise included, the amount of all obligations of such Person with respect to the redemption, repayment
or other repurchase of any disqualified stock or, with respect to any Subsidiary of such Person, the liquidation preference with
respect to, any preferred equity interests (but excluding, in each case, any accrued dividends) as well as the guarantee of items that
would be included within this definition.
“Independent Appraiser”
means any Person that (a) is a firm of U.S. national or international standing engaged in the business of appraising FCC Licenses
(as determined by the Company in good faith) or (b) if no such person described in clause (a) above is at such time generally
providing appraisals of FCC Licenses (as determined by the Company in good faith) then, an independent investment banking firm of U.S.
national or international standing qualified to perform such appraisal (as determined by the Company in good faith).
“Initial Notes”
means the EchoStar Exchange Notes issued under this EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture on the date hereof.
“Intercompany Loan”
means an intercompany loan between the Company or any of the Guarantors and DDBS and/or HSSC, as applicable, as contemplated by Section 4.16(i).
“Intercreditor
Agreement” means a First Lien Intercreditor Agreement or a Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement as the context requires.
“Investments”
means, with respect to any Person, all investments by such Person in other Persons (including Affiliates) in the forms of loans (including
guarantees), advances or capital contributions (excluding commission, travel and similar advances to officers and employees made in the
ordinary course of business), purchases or other acquisitions for consideration of Indebtedness, Equity Interests or other securities
and all other items that are or would be classified as investments on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP.
“Issue Date”
means the first date on which any EchoStar Exchange Notes are issued under this EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture.
“Lien”
means, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest or encumbrance of any kind in respect of such
asset, whether or not filed, recorded or otherwise perfected under applicable law (including any conditional sale or other title retention
agreement, any lease in the nature thereof, any option or other agreement to sell or give a security interest in and any filing of or
agreement to give any financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code (or equivalent statute) of any jurisdiction).
“LTV
Ratio” means, on any date of determination, the ratio of (a) the Covered Debt Amount to (b) the aggregate Appraised
Value of the Collateral, plus any cash pledged as Collateral pursuant to Section 4.18.
“MHz-POPs”
means with respect to any FCC License the number of megahertz of wireless spectrum covered by such FCC License multiplied by the population
in the geographic area covered by such FCC License.
“Moody’s”
means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., a subsidiary of Moody’s Corporation.
“Net Proceeds”
means the aggregate cash proceeds (including insurance or litigation proceeds) received in respect of any sale, lease, assignment, transfer,
conveyance or other disposition pursuant to Section 4.09(a)(1) net of the direct costs relating to such sale, lease, assignment,
transfer, conveyance or other disposition (including, without limitation, legal, accounting and investment banking fees, and sales commissions)
and any relocation expenses incurred as a result thereof, taxes paid or payable as a result thereof (after taking into account any available
tax credits or deductions and any tax sharing arrangements) and any reserve for adjustment in respect of the sale price of such asset
or assets; provided that Net Proceeds shall exclude Specified Net Proceeds.
“New
Senior Spectrum Secured Convertible Notes” means the 3.875% Senior Secured Convertible Notes due 2030, issued by the Company
on the Issue Date, together with any New Senior Spectrum Secured Convertible Notes issued after the Issue Date as PIK Notes (as defined
in the New Senior Spectrum Secured Convertible Notes Indenture) under the New Senior Spectrum Secured Convertible Notes Indenture.
“New
Senior Spectrum Secured Convertible Notes Indenture” means the indenture relating to the New Senior Spectrum Secured Convertible
Notes.
“New
Senior Spectrum Secured Notes” means the 10.75% Senior Secured Notes due 2029, to be issued by the Company on the Issue Date.
“New
Senior Spectrum Secured Notes Indenture” means the indenture relating to the New Senior Spectrum Secured Notes.
“Notes Guarantee”
means a guarantee by a Guarantor of the Company’s obligations under this EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture and the EchoStar Exchange
Notes.
“Notes
Obligations” means the Obligations in respect of the EchoStar Exchange Notes, the EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture,
the Notes Guarantees, the Security Documents and the other EchoStar Exchange Notes Documents.
“Obligations”
means any principal, interest (including post-petition interest, fees and expenses accruing on or after the filing of any
petition in bankruptcy or for reorganization relating to the Company or any Guarantor whether or not a claim for post-petition interest,
fees and expenses is allowed in such proceedings), penalties, fees, indemnifications, reimbursements (including, without limitation,
reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of credit and bankers’ acceptances), damages and other liabilities payable under
the documentation governing any Indebtedness.
“Officer”
means, with respect to any Person, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief Operating Officer,
the Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, the Controller, the Secretary or any Vice President of such Person.
“Officers’
Certificate” means a certificate signed on behalf of the Company by two Officers of the Company, one of whom must be the principal
executive officer, the principal financial officer, the treasurer or the principal accounting officer of the Company, that meets the
requirements of Section 13.04 hereof.
“Opinion of Counsel”
means an opinion from legal counsel who is reasonably acceptable to the Trustee, that meets the requirements of Section 13.04 hereof;
provided the counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company.
“Participant”
means, with respect to the Depositary, a Person who has an account with the Depositary.
“Permitted Asset
Swap” means a transfer of Collateral by a Guarantor in exchange for, or other acquisition of, Spectrum Assets or Capital Stock
of a Person that becomes a wholly owned Subsidiary of a Guarantor and the principal assets of which are Spectrum Assets and other assets
reasonably necessary to maintain the ownership thereof (the “Replacement Collateral”); provided that (i) the
Guarantor transferring such Collateral (the “Transferred Assets”) shall (x) subject to the further proviso below,
acquire assets that constitute Replacement Collateral that have an Appraised Value at least equal to the Appraised Value of the Transferred
Assets sold, transferred, or otherwise disposed of, (y) execute any and all documents, financing statements, agreements and instruments,
and taken all further action that may be required under applicable law (to the extent required under the EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture
and/or the Security Documents), to grant and perfect a first-priority Liens in such Replacement Collateral for the benefit of the Holders;
and (ii) a Permitted Asset Swap of Collateral comprising Band 66 AWS-3 Spectrum shall only be made if the applicable Replacement
Collateral comprises Band 66 AWS-3 Spectrum; provided, further, that (X) if the Appraised Value of Transferred Assets comprising
Band 66 AWS-3 Spectrum is greater than the Appraised Value of the Replacement Collateral (a “Collateral Deficit”),
the Company or another Guarantor may contribute Replacement Cash to the Guarantor (provided that any such cash shall be held in
a deposit account established by the Company subject to the sole dominion and control of the Collateral Agent with respect to which the
Company shall not have withdrawal rights prior to the repayment in full of the EchoStar Exchange Notes pursuant to a customary account
control agreement, reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, that will provide, among other things, the cash in such account shall
not be invested and need not accrue any interest) receiving such Replacement Collateral (which, for the avoidance of doubt, will satisfy
the requirements of clause (i)(x) above); and (Y) the aggregate Appraised Value of Transferred Assets that may be subject to
Permitted Asset Swaps following the Issue Date shall not exceed $5.0 billion (with the value of such Collateral being determined pursuant
to the definition “Appraised Value” at the time of consummation thereof without giving any effect to subsequent changes in
value of the applicable assets).
“Person”
means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization,
limited liability company or government or other entity.
“Principal”
means Charles W. Ergen.
“Rating Agency”
or “Rating Agencies” means:
| (iii) | if S&P or Moody’s or both
shall not make a rating of the EchoStar Exchange Notes
publicly available, a nationally recognized securities rating agency or agencies, as the
case may be, selected by the Company, which shall be substituted for S&P or Moody’s
or both, as the case may be. |
“Rating Decline”
means the occurrence on any date beginning on the date of the public notice by the Company or another Person seeking to effect a Change
of Control of an arrangement that, in the Company good-faith judgment, is expected to result in a Change of Control until the end of
the 60-day period following public notice of the occurrence of a Change of Control or abandonment of the applicable Change of Control
transaction (which period shall be extended so long as the rating of the EchoStar Exchange Notes
is under publicly announced consideration for possible downgrade by any Rating Agency) of a decline in the rating of the EchoStar
Exchange Notes by either Rating Agency by at least one notch in the gradation of the rating scale (e.g., + or - for S&P or
1, 2 and 3 for Moody’s) from such Rating Agency’s rating of the EchoStar Exchange Notes;
provided that such Rating Agency has confirmed that such decrease of rating is solely as a result of the Change of Control.
“Related Party”
means, with respect to the Principal, (a) the spouse and each immediate family member of the Principal and (b) each trust,
corporation, partnership or other entity of which the Principal beneficially holds an 80% or more controlling interest.
“Replacement Cash”
means, with respect to any Asset Sale involving Band 66 AWS-3 Spectrum, an amount of cash and Cash Equivalents equal to the applicable
Collateral Deficit.
“Required Amount”
means, with respect to any Net Proceeds and Specified Net Proceeds, an amount equal to (x) the sum of (i) 37.5% of all Net
Proceeds from Asset Sales consummated following the Issue Date and (ii) 75% of all Specified Net Proceeds from Asset Sales consummated
following the Issue Date less (y) the aggregate amount of all Net Proceeds and Specified Net Proceeds previously applied
in accordance with the second paragraph of the covenant set forth under the caption set forth in Section 4.09 hereof.
“Responsible Officer”
means, when used with respect to the Trustee, any officer within the Corporate Trust Administration office of the Trustee (or any successor
group of the Trustee) or any other officer of the Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any such officer
and also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of such
officer’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.
“Retail Wireless
Business” means the provision of prepaid and postpaid wireless communications, data and other services to subscribers, whether
or not utilizing wireless spectrum licenses, including as a mobile virtual network operator.
“S&P”
means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of The McGraw Hill Companies, Inc.
“SEC”
means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Second Lien Indebtedness”
means any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 4.08(a)(3) hereof for which the Authorized Representative shall have entered
into the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement as a Second Lien Representative.
“Securities Act”
means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“Second Lien Intercreditor
Agreement” means a Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit D attached to this EchoStar
Exchange Notes Indenture among the grantors named therein, the Collateral Agent and the representatives for purposes thereof for
holders of one or more classes of Junior Lien Obligations (as defined in the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement) having a Lien on the
Collateral ranking junior to the Lien securing the obligations under this EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture.
“Second Lien Representative”
means an Authorized Representative for the holders of Second Lien Indebtedness.
“Security Agreement”
means the security agreement dated as of the Issue Date, among the Spectrum Assets Guarantors, the Equity Pledge Guarantors and the Collateral
Agent, as amended, restated, modified, supplemented, extended or replaced from time to time.
“Security Documents”
means the Equity Pledge Agreement, the Security Agreement, each Intercreditor Agreement, and all other pledge agreements, security agreements,
deeds of trust, deeds to secure debt, pledges, collateral assignments and other agreements or instruments evidencing or creating any
security interest or Lien in favor of the Collateral Agent for its benefit and the benefit of the Trustee and the Holders in any or all
of the Collateral.
“Significant Subsidiary”
means any Subsidiary that would be a “significant subsidiary” as defined in Article 1, Rule 1-02 of Regulation
S-X promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act, as such regulation as in effect on the date of this EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture.
“Specified Net Proceeds”
means the aggregate cash proceeds (including insurance or litigation proceeds) on account of, or in respect of, sale, lease, assignment,
transfer, conveyance or other disposition of any Collateral comprising AWS-3 Spectrum pursuant to Section 4.09(a)(1), net of the
direct costs relating to such sale, lease, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of AWS-3 Spectrum (including, without
limitation, legal, accounting and investment banking fees, and sales commissions) and any relocation expenses incurred as a result thereof,
taxes paid or payable as a result thereof (after taking into account any available tax credits or deductions) and any reserve for adjustment
in respect of the sale price of such asset or assets.
“Spectrum Assets”
means any (i) FCC Licenses with respect to AWS-3 Spectrum and AWS-4 Spectrum, including the proceeds for Band 66 and Band 70 of
AWS-3 Spectrum and AWS-4 Spectrum held by the Spectrum Assets Guarantors and (ii) the proceeds thereof, in each case until any such
FCC License no longer constitutes Collateral pursuant to the provisions of this EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture and the Security Documents.
“Spectrum Assets
Guarantors” means any of the Company’s Subsidiaries that on or after the Issue Date hold any Spectrum Assets.
“Spectrum Joint
Venture” means bona fide joint venture between Company and/or the Guarantors with an unaffiliated third party; provided
however that the Principal, any Related Party and any employees or management of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries shall not
hold any direct or indirect Equity Interest in such Spectrum Joint Venture other than indirectly through their ownership of Equity Interests
of the Company.
“Spectrum Value
Debt Cap” means $13.0 billion; provided that following the date that is two years after the Issue Date, the Company
may, at its option, update the aggregate Appraised Value of the Collateral pursuant to the definition of “Appraised Value,”
and, thereafter, “Spectrum Value Debt Cap” shall mean the lesser of (x) the greater of (i) the updated aggregate
Appraised Value of the Collateral multiplied by 0.375 and (ii) $13.0 billion, and (y) $15.0 billion.
“Subsidiary”
means, with respect to any Person, any corporation, association or other business entity of which more than 50% of the total voting power
of shares of Capital Stock entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers
or trustees thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries
of such Person (or a combination thereof); provided, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, any Guarantor shall in all
events be deemed a Subsidiary of the Company hereunder and subject to the same covenant, undertakings and obligations as if it were a
Subsidiary of the Company.
“TIA”
means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (15 U.S.C. §§77aaa-77bbbb).
“Trustee”
means The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. until a successor replaces it in accordance with the applicable provisions of this
EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture and thereafter means the successor serving hereunder.
“Uniform Commercial
Code” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in any applicable jurisdiction.
“Voting Stock”
of any Person as of any date means the Equity Interests of such Person that is at the time entitled to vote in the election of the Board
of Directors of such person.
Section 1.02 Other
Definitions.
Term |
Defined in
Section |
“Affiliate Transaction” |
4.10 |
“Asset Sale” |
4.09 |
“Authentication Order” |
2.02 |
“Change of Control Offer” |
4.14 |
“Change of Control Payment” |
4.14 |
“Change of Control Payment Date” |
4.14 |
“Covenant Defeasance” |
8.03 |
“DTC” |
2.03 |
“Event of Default” |
6.01 |
Term |
Defined in
Section |
“Forfeiture Date” |
4.18 |
“incur” |
4.08 |
“Initial Appraisal” |
4.18 |
“Legal Defeasance” |
8.02 |
“Paying Agent” |
2.03 |
“Payment Default” |
6.01 |
“PIK Interest” |
2.13 |
“PIK Payment” |
2.13 |
“Registrar” |
2.03 |
“Replacement Collateral” |
4.09 |
“Restricted Payments” |
4.07 |
“Special Partial Mandatory Redemption Event” |
4.18 |
“Special Mandatory Redemption Date” |
4.18 |
“Transferred Assets” |
4.09 |
Section 1.03 Incorporation
by Reference of Trust Indenture Act. Whenever this EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, the provision
is incorporated by reference in and made a part of this EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture.
The following TIA terms used
in this EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture have the following meanings:
| 1. | “indenture
securities” means the EchoStar Exchange Notes; |
| 2. | “indenture
security holder” means a Holder of an EchoStar
Exchange Note; |
| 3. | “indenture to be qualified”
means this EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture; |
| 4. | “indenture trustee” or “institutional
trustee” means the Trustee; and |
| 5. | “obligor”
on the EchoStar Exchange Notes and the Notes Guarantees
means the Company and the Guarantors, respectively, and any successor obligor upon the EchoStar
Exchange Notes and the Notes Guarantees, respectively. |
All other terms used in this
EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture that are defined by the TIA, defined by TIA reference to another statute or defined by SEC rule under
the TIA have the meanings so assigned to them.
Section 1.04 Rules of
Construction. Unless the context otherwise requires:
| 1. | a term has the meaning assigned to it; |
| 2. | an accounting term not otherwise defined
has the meaning assigned to it in accordance with GAAP; |
| 4. | words in the singular include the plural,
and in the plural include the singular; |
| 5. | “will” shall be interpreted
to express a command; |
| 6. | provisions apply to successive events
and transactions; |
| 7. | references to sections of or rules under
the Securities Act will be deemed to include substitute, replacement of successor sections
or rules adopted by the SEC from time to time; and |
| 8. | for
the purposes of this EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture, references to “aggregate principal
amount” of any EchoStar Exchange Note includes any increase in the principal amount
of that EchoStar Exchange Note as a result of a payment of PIK Interest. |
Article II
THE EchoStar Exchange NOTES
Section 2.01 Form and
Dating.
(a) |
General. EchoStar Exchange Notes issued in global form will
be substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto (including the Global Note Legend thereon and the “Schedule of Exchanges
of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto). The EchoStar Exchange Notes may have notations,
legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule or usage. Each EchoStar Exchange
Note will be dated the date of its authentication. The EchoStar Exchange Notes shall be in denominations
of $1,000 and integral multiples of $1.00 in excess thereof. Apart from Global Notes issued to pay PIK Interest, notes in denominations
of less than $1,000 will not be available. |
The terms and provisions contained
in the EchoStar Exchange Notes will constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of this EchoStar
Exchange Notes Indenture and the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of the EchoStar Exchange Notes,
expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby. However, to the extent any provision of any EchoStar
Exchange Note conflicts with the express provisions of this EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture, the provisions of this EchoStar
Exchange Notes Indenture shall govern and be controlling.
| (b) | Global
Notes. Each Global Note will represent such of the outstanding EchoStar
Exchange Notes as will be specified therein and each shall provide that it represents
the aggregate principal amount of outstanding EchoStar Exchange
Notes from time to time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate principal amount of
outstanding EchoStar Exchange Notes represented thereby
may from time to time be increased or decreased, as appropriate, to reflect exchanges and
redemptions. Any endorsement of a Global Note to reflect the amount of any increase or decrease
in the aggregate principal amount of outstanding EchoStar Exchange
Notes represented thereby will be made by the Trustee or the Custodian, at the direction
of the Trustee, in accordance with instructions given by the Holder thereof as required by
Section 2.06 hereof. |
| (c) | Additional
Notes. This EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture is unlimited in aggregate principal amount.
The Company may, subject to applicable law and this EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture, including
in compliance with Section 4.07 (Incurrence of Indebtedness) issue an unlimited
principal amount of Additional Notes. The EchoStar Exchange Notes and, if issued, any Additional
Notes, are treated as a single class for all purposes under this EchoStar Exchange Notes
Indenture, including, without limitation, with respect to waivers, amendments, redemptions
and offers to purchase, except as otherwise provided for herein. With respect to EchoStar
Exchange Notes represented by one or more global notes registered in the name of, or held
by, DTC or its nominee on the relevant record date, in the event that the Company pays PIK
Interest as set forth in Section 2.13, PIK Interest will be effected by pool factor
increase and no Additional Notes shall be issued to evidence such PIK Interest payments. |
Section 2.02 Execution
and Authentication. At least one Officer must sign the EchoStar Exchange Notes for the Company
by manual or electronic signature. If an Officer whose signature is on an EchoStar Exchange Note
no longer holds that office at the time an EchoStar Exchange Note is authenticated, the EchoStar
Exchange Note will nevertheless be valid.
An EchoStar
Exchange Note will not be valid until authenticated by the manual or electronic signature of the Trustee. Such signature will
be conclusive evidence that the EchoStar Exchange Note has been authenticated under this EchoStar
Exchange Notes Indenture. The Trustee will, upon receipt of a written order of the Company signed by at least one Officer (an “Authentication
Order”), authenticate EchoStar Exchange Notes for original issue that may be validly issued
under this EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture, including any Additional Notes. The aggregate principal amount of EchoStar
Exchange Notes outstanding at any time may not exceed the aggregate principal amount of Notes authorized for issuance by the Company
pursuant to one or more Authentication Orders, except as provided in Section 2.07 and Section 3.08 hereof.
The Trustee may appoint an
authenticating agent reasonably acceptable to the Company to authenticate EchoStar Exchange Notes.
An authenticating agent may authenticate EchoStar Exchange Notes whenever the Trustee may do so.
Each reference in this EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture to authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by such agent. An authenticating
agent has the same rights as an Agent to deal with Holders or an Affiliate of the Company.
Section 2.03 Registrar
and Paying Agent. The Company will maintain an office or agency where EchoStar Exchange
Notes may be presented for registration of transfer or for exchange (“Registrar”) and an office or agency where EchoStar
Exchange Notes may be presented for payment (“Paying Agent”). The Registrar will keep a register of the EchoStar
Exchange Notes and of their transfer and exchange. The Company may appoint one or more co-registrars and one or more additional
paying agents. The term “Registrar” includes any co-registrar and the term “Paying Agent” includes any additional
paying agent. The Company may change any Registrar or Paying Agent without notice to any Holder. The Company will notify the Trustee
in writing of the name and address of any Agent not a party to this EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture. If the Company fails to appoint
or maintain another entity as Registrar or Paying Agent, the Trustee shall act as such. The Company or any of its Subsidiaries may act
as Registrar or Paying Agent.
The Company initially appoints
The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) to act as Depositary with respect to the Global Notes.
The Company initially appoints
the Trustee to act as the Registrar and Paying Agent with respect to the EchoStar Exchange Notes
and to act as Custodian with respect to the Global Notes.
Section 2.04 Paying
Agent to Hold Money in Trust. The Company will require each Paying Agent other than the Trustee to agree in writing that the
Paying Agent will hold in trust for the benefit of Holders or the Trustee all money held by the Paying Agent for the payment of principal,
premium if any, or interest on the EchoStar Exchange Notes, and will notify the Trustee of any default
by the Company in making any such payment. While any such default continues, the Trustee may require a Paying Agent to pay all money
held by it to the Trustee. The Company at any time may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee. Upon payment
over to the Trustee, the Paying Agent (if other than the Company or a Subsidiary) will have no further liability for the money. If the
Company or a Subsidiary acts as Paying Agent, it will segregate and hold in a separate trust fund for the benefit of the Holders all
money held by it as Paying Agent. Upon any bankruptcy or reorganization proceedings relating to the Company, the Trustee will serve as
Paying Agent for the EchoStar Exchange Notes.
Section 2.05 Holder
Lists. The Trustee will preserve in as current a form as is reasonably practicable the most recent list available to it of the
names and addresses of all Holders and shall otherwise comply with TIA §312(a). If the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Company
will furnish to the Trustee at least seven Business Days before each interest payment date and at such other times as the Trustee may
request in writing, a list in such form and as of such date as the Trustee may reasonably require of the names and addresses of the Holders
and the Company shall otherwise comply with TIA §312(a).
Section 2.06 Book-Entry
Provisions for Global Notes.
(a) |
Each Global Note shall (x) be registered in the name of the Depositary for such Global Notes or the
nominee of such Depositary, (y) be delivered by the Trustee to the Depositary or pursuant to the Depositary’s instructions
or held by the Custodian for the Depositary and (z) bear the Global Note Legend as required by Section 2.06(e). |
Members of, or Participants in, the
Depositary shall have no rights under this EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture with respect to any Global Note held on their behalf by
the Depositary, or the Custodian, or under such Global Note, and the Depositary may be treated by the Company, and the Trustee or any
Agent and any of their respective agents, as the absolute owner of such Global Note for all purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the Company, the Trustee or any Agent or their respective agents from giving effect to any written
certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by the Depositary or impair, as between the Depositary and its Participants, the
operation of customary practices governing the exercise of the rights of an owner of a beneficial interest in any Global Note.
Neither the Trustee nor any Agent shall
have any responsibility or obligation to any Holder that is a member of (or a Participant in) the Depositary or any other Person with
respect to the accuracy of the records of the Depositary (or its nominee) or of any member or Participant thereof, with respect to any
ownership interest in the EchoStar Exchange Notes or with respect to the delivery of any notice (including
any notice of redemption) or the payment of any amount or delivery of any EchoStar Exchange Notes
(or other security or property) under or with respect to the EchoStar Exchange Notes. The Trustee
and any Agent may rely (and shall be fully protected in relying) upon information furnished by the Depositary with respect to its members,
Participants and any beneficial owners in the EchoStar Exchange Notes.
Neither the Trustee nor any Agent shall
have any responsibility for any actions taken or not taken by the Depositary.
| (b) | Transfers
of a Global Note shall be limited to transfers of such Global Note in whole, but not in part,
to the Depositary, its successors or their respective nominees. Interests of beneficial owners
in a Global Note may be transferred in accordance with the rules and procedures of the
Depositary. In addition, certificated EchoStar Exchange
Notes shall be transferred to beneficial owners in exchange for their beneficial interests
only if (1) the Depositary notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue
as Depositary for the Global Notes or the Depositary ceases to be a “clearing agency”
registered under the Exchange Act and, in each case, a successor depositary is not appointed
by the Company within 120 days of such notice and (2) an Event of Default of which a
Responsible Officer of the Trustee has received written notice at the Corporate Trust Office
of the Trustee has occurred and is continuing and the Registrar has received a request from
any Holder of a Global Note to issue such certificated EchoStar
Exchange Notes. |
| (c) | In
connection with the transfer of an entire Global Note to beneficial owners pursuant to Section 2.06(b),
such Global Note shall be deemed to be surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation, and the
Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to each beneficial
owner identified by the Depositary in exchange for its beneficial interest in such Global
Note an equal aggregate principal amount of certificated EchoStar
Exchange Notes of authorized denominations. |
| (d) | The
registered Holder of a Global Note may grant proxies and otherwise authorize any Person,
including Participants and Persons that may hold interests through Participants, to take
any action which a Holder is entitled to take under this EchoStar
Exchange Notes Indenture or the EchoStar Exchange
Notes. |
| (e) | The
following legend (the “Global Note Legend”) will appear on the face of
all Global Notes issued under this EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture unless specifically
stated otherwise in the applicable provisions of this EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture: |
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED
BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (55 WATER STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK) TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR
REGISTRATION OR TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH
OTHER NAME AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY OR SUCH OTHER REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (AND ANY PAYMENT HEREON IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO
ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL SINCE THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL NOTE SHALL
BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF CEDE & CO. OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S
NOMINEE.
| (f) | At
such time as all beneficial interests in Global Notes have been exchanged for certificated
EchoStar Exchange Notes, redeemed, repurchased or cancelled,
all Global Notes shall be returned to or retained and cancelled by the Trustee in accordance
with Section 2.11. At any time prior to such cancellation, if any beneficial interest
in a Global Note is exchanged for certificated EchoStar Exchange
Notes, redeemed, repurchased or cancelled, the principal amount of EchoStar
Exchange Notes represented by such Global Note shall be reduced accordingly and an
endorsement shall be made on such Global Note, by the Trustee or the Custodian, at the direction
of the Trustee, to reflect such reduction. |
| (g) | General
Provisions Relating to Transfers and Exchanges. |
| (1) | To
permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Company will execute and the Trustee
will authenticate Global Notes and certificated EchoStar Exchange
Notes upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.02
hereof or at the Registrar’s request. |
| (2) | No
service charge will be made to a Holder for any registration of transfer or exchange, but
the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to
cover any transfer tax or similar governmental charge payable in connection therewith (other
than any such transfer taxes or similar governmental charge payable upon exchange or transfer
pursuant to Section 2.10, Section 3.06, Section 4.09, Section 4.14 and
Section 9.05 hereof). |
| (3) | All
Global Notes issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Global Notes will be
the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the
same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture,
as the Global Notes surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange. |
| (4) | Neither
the Registrar nor the Company will be required: |
| (A) | to
issue, to register the transfer of or to exchange any EchoStar
Exchange Notes during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before
the day of any selection of EchoStar Exchange Notes for
redemption under Section 3.02 hereof and ending at the close of business on the day
of selection; |
| (B) | to
register the transfer of or to exchange any EchoStar Exchange
Note selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of
any EchoStar Exchange Note being redeemed in part; or |
| (C) | to
register the transfer of or to exchange an EchoStar Exchange
Note between a record date and the next succeeding interest payment date. |
| (5) | Prior
to due presentment for the registration of a transfer of any EchoStar
Exchange Note, the Trustee, any Agent and the Company may deem and treat the Person
in whose name any EchoStar Exchange Note is registered
as the absolute owner of such EchoStar Exchange Note
for the purpose of receiving the payment of principal, premium if any, and interest on such
EchoStar Exchange Notes and for all other purposes, and
none of the Trustee, any Agent or the Company shall be affected by notice to the contrary. |
| (6) | The
Trustee will authenticate Global Notes in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.02
hereof. Except as provided in Section 2.06(c), neither the Trustee nor the Registrar
shall authenticate or deliver any certificated EchoStar Exchange
Note in exchange for a Global Note. |
| (7) | All
certifications, certificates and Opinions of Counsel required to be submitted to the Registrar
pursuant to this Section 2.06 to effect a registration of transfer or exchange may be
submitted by e-mail. |
| (8) | Neither
the Trustee nor any Agent shall have any obligation or duty to monitor, determine or inquire
as to compliance with any restrictions on transfer imposed under this EchoStar Exchange Notes
Indenture or under applicable law with respect to any transfer of any interest in any EchoStar
Exchange Note (including any transfers between or among Participants or beneficial
owners of interests in any Global Note) other than to require delivery of such certificates
and other documentation or evidence as are expressly required by, and to do so if and when
expressly required by the terms of, this EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture, and to examine
the same to determine substantial compliance as to form with the express requirements hereof. |
| (h) | Each
Note shall bear the following legend on the face thereof: |
“THIS NOTE HAS BEEN ISSUED WITH
“ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT” (WITHIN THE MEANING OF SECTION 1272 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED). UPON
WRITTEN REQUEST, THE COMPANY WILL PROMPTLY MAKE AVAILABLE TO ANY HOLDER OF THIS NOTE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION: (1) THE ISSUE PRICE
AND ISSUE DATE OF THE NOTE; (2) THE AMOUNT OF ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT ON THE NOTE; AND (3) THE YIELD TO MATURITY OF THE NOTE.
HOLDERS SHOULD CONTACT THE COMPANY AT 9601 SOUTH MERIDIAN BOULEVARD, ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO 80112, ATTENTION: GENERAL COUNSEL.”
Section 2.07 Replacement
EchoStar Exchange Notes. If any mutilated EchoStar Exchange
Note is surrendered to the Trustee or the Company and the Trustee receives evidence to its satisfaction of the destruction, loss
or theft of any EchoStar Exchange Note, the Company will issue and the Trustee, upon receipt of an
Authentication Order, will authenticate a replacement EchoStar Exchange Note if the Trustee’s
requirements are met. If required by the Trustee or the Company, an indemnity bond must be supplied by the Holder that is sufficient
in the judgment of the Trustee and the Company to protect the Company, the Trustee, any Agent and any authenticating agent from any loss
that any of them may suffer if an EchoStar Exchange Note is replaced. The Company may charge for
its expenses in replacing an EchoStar Exchange Note.
Every replacement EchoStar
Exchange Note is an additional obligation of the Company and will be entitled to all of the benefits of this EchoStar Exchange
Notes Indenture equally and proportionately with all other EchoStar Exchange Notes duly issued hereunder.
Section 2.08 Outstanding
EchoStar Exchange Notes. The EchoStar Exchange Notes
outstanding at any time are all the EchoStar Exchange Notes authenticated by the Trustee except for
those canceled by it, those delivered to it for cancellation, those reductions in the interest in a Global Note effected by the Trustee
in accordance with the provisions hereof, and those described in this Section 2.08 as not outstanding. Except as set forth in Section 2.09
hereof, an EchoStar Exchange Note does not cease to be outstanding because the Company or an Affiliate
of the Company holds the EchoStar Exchange Note; provided, that EchoStar
Exchange Notes held by the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company shall not be deemed to be outstanding for purposes of Section 3.07(a) hereof.
If an EchoStar
Exchange Note is replaced pursuant to Section 2.07 hereof, it ceases to be outstanding unless the Trustee receives proof
satisfactory to it that the replaced EchoStar Exchange Note is held by a “protected purchaser”
(as defined in Article 8 of the New York State Uniform Commercial Code).
If the principal amount of
any EchoStar Exchange Note is considered paid under Section 4.01 hereof, it ceases to be outstanding
and interest on it ceases to accrue.
If the Paying Agent (other
than the Company, a Subsidiary or an Affiliate of any thereof) holds, on a redemption date or maturity date, money sufficient to pay
EchoStar Exchange Notes payable on that date, then on and after that date such EchoStar
Exchange Notes will be deemed to be no longer outstanding and will cease to accrue interest.
Section 2.09 Treasury
EchoStar Exchange Notes. In determining whether the Holders of the required principal amount of EchoStar
Exchange Notes have concurred in any direction, waiver or consent, EchoStar Exchange Notes
owned by the Company or any Guarantor, or by any Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect
common control with the Company or any Guarantor, will be considered as though not outstanding, except that for the purposes of determining
whether the Trustee will be protected in relying on any such direction, waiver or consent, only EchoStar
Exchange Notes that the Trustee knows are so owned will be so disregarded.
Section 2.10 Temporary
EchoStar Exchange Notes. Until certificates representing EchoStar
Exchange Notes are ready for delivery, the Company may prepare and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, will
authenticate temporary EchoStar Exchange Notes. Temporary EchoStar Exchange
Notes will be substantially in the form of certificated Notes but may have variations that the Company considers appropriate for
temporary EchoStar Exchange Notes and as may be reasonably acceptable to the Trustee. Without unreasonable
delay, the Company will prepare and the Trustee will authenticate definitive EchoStar Exchange Notes
in exchange for temporary EchoStar Exchange Notes.
Holders of temporary EchoStar
Exchange Notes will be entitled to all of the benefits of this EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture.
Section 2.11 Cancellation. The
Company at any time may deliver EchoStar Exchange Notes to the Trustee for cancellation. The Registrar
and Paying Agent will forward to the Trustee any EchoStar Exchange Notes surrendered to them for
registration of transfer, exchange or payment. The Trustee and no one else will cancel all EchoStar Exchange
Notes surrendered for registration of transfer, exchange, payment, replacement or cancellation and will dispose of canceled EchoStar
Exchange Notes in accordance with its procedures for the disposition of cancelled securities. Certification of the disposition
of all canceled EchoStar Exchange Notes will be delivered to the Company upon its written request
therefor. The Company may not issue new Senior Spectrum Secured Notes to replace EchoStar
Exchange Notes that it has paid or that have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.
Section 2.12 Defaulted
Interest. If the Company defaults in a payment of interest on the EchoStar Exchange Notes,
it will pay the defaulted interest in any lawful manner plus, to the extent lawful, interest payable on the defaulted interest, to the
Persons who are Holders on a subsequent special record date, in each case at the rate provided in the EchoStar
Exchange Notes and in Section 4.01 hereof. The Company will notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of defaulted interest
proposed to be paid on each EchoStar Exchange Note and the date of the proposed payment. The Company
will fix or cause to be fixed each such special record date and payment date; provided that no such special record date may be
less than 10 days prior to the related payment date for such defaulted interest. At least 15 days before the special record date, the
Company (or, upon the written request of the Company, the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company) will send or cause to
be sent to Holders a notice that states the special record date, the related payment date and the amount of such interest to be paid.
Section 2.13 Interest
Payments. Interest for the first four interest payment periods beginning on the Issue Date, shall, at the Company’s option,
be paid either by (a) PIK Interest (as defined below); provided that no PIK Interest may be paid for any interest period
if the payment of interest on the New Senior Spectrum Secured Convertible Notes or any debt incurred under clauses (2) and (3) of
the covenant set forth under Section 4.08 during such period is made in cash, or (b) by paying the interest in cash, in each
case at a rate of 6.75% per annum. Interest from and including the fifth interest payment period (which will be payable on May 30,
2027) and thereafter, shall be payable solely in cash at a rate of 6.75% per annum. For each interest period in respect of which the
Company elects to pay the interest on the EchoStar Exchange Notes as PIK Interest, such PIK Interest on the EchoStar Exchange Notes will
be payable (x) with respect to EchoStar Exchange Notes represented by one or more Global Notes registered in the name of, or held
by, DTC or its nominee on the relevant record date, by increasing the principal amount of the outstanding Global Notes by an amount equal
to the amount of PIK Interest for the applicable interest period (rounded up to the nearest whole Dollar) and (y) with respect to
EchoStar Exchange Notes represented by certificated notes, by issuing EchoStar Exchange Notes in certificated form in an aggregate principal
amount equal to the amount of PIK Interest for the applicable period (rounded up to the nearest whole Dollar) (in each case (x) and
(y), a “PIK Interest” and any payment of PIK Interest, a “PIK Payment”), and the Trustee will,
at the written direction of the Company, authenticate and deliver such EchoStar Exchange Notes in certificated form for original issuance
to the Holders on the relevant record date, as shown by the records of the register of Holders. Notwithstanding anything in this EchoStar
Exchange Notes Indenture to the contrary, the payment of accrued interest (including interest that would be PIK Interest when paid) in
connection with any redemption of the EchoStar Exchange Notes as described under Section 3.07, Section 3.08 and Section 4.14
hereof shall be made solely in cash.
Following an increase in
the principal amount of the outstanding Global Notes as a result of a PIK Payment, the Global Notes will bear interest on such increased
principal amount from and after the applicable interest payment date and will otherwise have identical terms to the Initial Notes.
Any increase in the principal
amount of the outstanding EchoStar Exchange Notes as a result of a payment of PIK Interest shall be permitted under this EchoStar Exchange
Notes Indenture and the EchoStar Exchange Notes.
Section 2.14 Purchase
and Cancellation.
(a) |
The Company may, to the extent permitted by law, directly or indirectly (regardless of whether such EchoStar
Exchange Notes are surrendered to the Company), repurchase EchoStar Exchange Notes in the open market or otherwise, whether by the Company
or its Subsidiaries or through a private or public tender or exchange offer or through counterparties to private agreements, including
by cash-settled swaps or other derivatives in each case, without the prior written notice to or consent of the Holders. The Company shall
cause any EchoStar Exchange Notes so repurchased (but excluding EchoStar Exchange Notes repurchased pursuant to cash-settled swaps or
other derivatives) to be surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation in accordance with Section 2.08, and they will no longer be
considered outstanding under this EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture upon this repurchase. |
| (b) | The
Company will cause all EchoStar Exchange Notes surrendered for payment, repurchase, redemption,
registration of transfer or exchange or conversion, if surrendered to any person other than
the Trustee (including any of our agents, subsidiaries or affiliates), to be delivered to
the Trustee for cancellation, and they will no longer be considered “outstanding”
under this EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture upon their payment, repurchase, redemption,
registration of transfer or exchange. All EchoStar Exchange Notes delivered to the Trustee
for cancellation shall be cancelled promptly by the Trustee. No EchoStar Exchange Notes shall
be authenticated in exchange for any EchoStar Exchange Notes cancelled, except as provided
in this EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture. |
Article III
REDEMPTION AND PREPAYMENT
Section 3.01 Notices
to Trustee. If the Company elects to redeem EchoStar Exchange Notes pursuant to Section 3.07
hereof, it must furnish to the Trustee, at least 15 days but not more than 60 days before a redemption date, an Officers’ Certificate
setting forth:
| 1. | the clause of this EchoStar Exchange
Notes Indenture pursuant to which the redemption shall occur; |
| 3. | the
principal amount of EchoStar Exchange Notes to
be redeemed; and |
Section 3.02 Selection
of EchoStar Exchange Notes to Be Redeemed or Purchased. If less than all of the EchoStar
Exchange Notes are to be redeemed at any time, such EchoStar Exchange Notes to be redeemed shall be selected by DTC in accordance with
its applicable procedures; provided that no EchoStar Exchange Notes with a principal amount of $1,000 or less shall be redeemed
in part. Notice of a redemption shall be sent at least 10 but not more than 60 days before the redemption date to each Holder to be redeemed
at its registered address, except that redemption notices may be sent more than 60 days prior to a redemption date if the notice is issued
in connection with a defeasance of the EchoStar Exchange Notes or the satisfaction and discharge of the EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture.
If any EchoStar Exchange Note is to be redeemed in part only, the notice of redemption that relates to such EchoStar Exchange Note shall
state the portion of the principal amount thereof to be redeemed. A new EchoStar Exchange Note in principal amount equal to the unredeemed
portion thereof will be issued in the name of the Holder thereof upon cancellation of the original EchoStar Exchange Note. On and after
the redemption date, if the Company does not default in the payment of the redemption price, interest will cease to accrue on EchoStar
Exchange Notes or portions thereof called for redemption.
Any
redemption notice may, in the Company’s discretion, be subject to the satisfaction of one or more conditions precedent. If such
redemption is subject to the satisfaction of one of more conditions precedent, such notice shall state that, in the Company’s sole
discretion, the redemption date may be delayed until such time as any or all such conditions shall be satisfied (or waived by the Company
in its sole discretion), such redemption may not occur and such notice may be rescinded in the event that any or all of such conditions
shall not have been satisfied or waived by the Company (in the Company’s sole discretion) by the redemption date, or by the redemption
date so delayed.
Section 3.03 Notice
to Holders. At least 10 days but not more than 60 days before a redemption date, the Company will give or cause to be given
a notice of redemption to each Holder whose EchoStar Exchange Notes are to be redeemed at its registered
address, except that redemption notices may be given more than 60 days prior to a redemption date if the notice is issued in connection
with a defeasance of the EchoStar Exchange Notes or a satisfaction and discharge of this EchoStar
Exchange Notes Indenture pursuant to Article VIII or XII hereof.
The notice will identify
the EchoStar Exchange Notes to be redeemed and will state:
| 3. | if
any EchoStar Exchange Note is being redeemed in
part, the portion of the principal amount of such EchoStar Exchange
Note to be redeemed and that, after the redemption date upon surrender of such EchoStar
Exchange Note, a new EchoStar Exchange Note or
EchoStar Exchange Notes in principal amount equal to
the unredeemed portion thereof will be issued upon cancellation of the original EchoStar
Exchange Note; |
| 4. | the name and address of the Paying Agent; |
| 5. | that
EchoStar Exchange Notes called for redemption
must be surrendered to the Paying Agent to collect the redemption price; |
| 6. | that,
unless the Company defaults in making such redemption payment, interest on EchoStar
Exchange Notes called for redemption ceases to accrue on and after the redemption
date; |
| 7. | the
paragraph of the EchoStar Exchange Notes and/or
Section of this EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture pursuant to which the EchoStar
Exchange Notes called for redemption are being redeemed; and |
| 8. | that
no representation is made as to the correctness or accuracy of the CUSIP or CINS number,
if any, listed in such notice or printed on the EchoStar
Exchange Notes. |
At the Company’s request,
the Trustee will give the notice of redemption in the Company’s name and at its expense; provided, however, that
the Company has delivered to the Trustee, at least 35 days prior to the redemption date (or such shorter period as is acceptable to the
Trustee), an Officers’ Certificate requesting that the Trustee give such notice and setting forth the information to be stated
in such notice as provided in the preceding paragraph.
Section 3.04 Effect
of Notice of Redemption. Once notice of redemption is given in accordance with Section 3.03 hereof, EchoStar
Exchange Notes called for redemption become irrevocably due and payable on the redemption date at the redemption price.
Any redemption notice may,
in the Company’s discretion, be subject to the satisfaction of one or more conditions precedent. If such redemption is subject
to the satisfaction of one of more conditions precedent, such notice shall state that, in the Company’s sole discretion, the redemption
date may be delayed until such time as any or all such conditions shall be satisfied (or waived by the Company in its sole discretion),
such redemption may not occur and such notice may be rescinded in the event that any or all of such conditions shall not have been satisfied
or waived by the Company (in the Company’s sole discretion) by the redemption date, or by the redemption date so delayed.
Section 3.05 Deposit
of Redemption or Purchase Price. One Business Day prior to the redemption or purchase date, the Company will deposit with the
Trustee or with the Paying Agent money sufficient to pay the redemption or purchase price of and accrued interest on all EchoStar
Exchange Notes to be redeemed or purchased on that date. The Trustee or the Paying Agent will promptly return to the Company any
money deposited with the Trustee or the Paying Agent by the Company in excess of the amounts necessary to pay the redemption or purchase
price of, and accrued interest on, all EchoStar Exchange Notes to be redeemed or purchased.
If
the Company complies with the provisions of the preceding paragraph, on and after the redemption or purchase date, interest will cease
to accrue on the EchoStar Exchange Notes or the portions of EchoStar
Exchange Notes called for redemption or purchase. If an EchoStar Exchange Note is redeemed
or purchased on or after an interest record date but on or prior to the related interest payment date, then any accrued and unpaid (or
not yet capitalized in the case of PIK Interest) interest shall be paid to the Person in whose name such EchoStar
Exchange Note was registered at the close of business on such record date. If any EchoStar Exchange
Note called for redemption or purchase is not so paid upon surrender for redemption or purchase because of the failure of the
Company to comply with the preceding paragraph, interest shall be paid on the unpaid principal from the redemption or purchase date until
such principal is paid, and to the extent lawful on any interest not paid on such unpaid principal, in each case at the rate provided
in the EchoStar Exchange Notes and in Section 4.01 hereof.
Section 3.06 EchoStar
Exchange Notes Redeemed or Purchased in Part. Upon
surrender of an EchoStar Exchange Note that is redeemed or purchased in part, the Company will issue
and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, the Trustee will authenticate for the Holder at the expense of the Company a new EchoStar
Exchange Note equal in principal amount to the unredeemed or unpurchased portion of the EchoStar
Exchange Note surrendered.
Section 3.07 Optional
Redemption. Except as described in this Section 3.07, Section 4.09 and Section 4.14, the EchoStar Exchange Notes
are not redeemable at the Company’s option prior to maturity. The Company may concurrently redeem EchoStar Exchange Notes under
more than one of the following provisions and may redeem EchoStar Exchange Notes under one or more of the following provisions pursuant
to a single notice of redemption, and any such notice may provide for redemptions under different provisions with different redemption
dates.
| (a) | Optional
Redemption prior to November 30, 2026: At any time prior to November 30, 2026,
upon not less than 10 nor more than 60 days’ notice, the Company may redeem all or
part of the EchoStar Exchange Notes at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal
amount thereof plus the Applicable Premium and accrued and unpaid (or not yet capitalized
in the case of PIK Interest) interest, if any, to the redemption date, subject to the rights
of Holders on the relevant record date to receive interest on the relevant interest payment
date. |
| (b) | Optional
Redemption on or after November 30, 2026: At any time and from time to time on or
after November 30, 2026, the Company may redeem the EchoStar Exchange Notes, in whole
or in part, upon not less than 10 and not more than 60 days’ notice, at the redemption
prices (expressed as percentages of the principal amount of EchoStar Exchange Notes to be
redeemed) set forth below, together with accrued and unpaid (or not yet capitalized in the
case of PIK Interest) interest, to such applicable redemption date, if redeemed during the
periods indicated below, subject to the rights of Holders on the relevant record date to
receive interest on the relevant interest payment date: |
Period | |
Percentage | |
From and including November 30, 2026 but excluding
November 30, 2027 | |
| 102.000 | % |
From and including November 30, 2027
and thereafter | |
| 100.000 | % |
| (c) | Optional
Redemption upon Asset Sales: Within 45 days following an Asset Sale, the Company may
apply the Net Proceeds or the Specified Net Proceeds, as applicable, pursuant to Section 4.09(b)(2) to
redeem EchoStar Exchange Notes , in whole or in part, at a redemption price equal to 100%
of the principal amount of the EchoStar Exchange Notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid
(or not yet capitalized in the case of PIK Interest) interest, if any, up to, but not including,
the applicable redemption date, subject to the rights of Holders on the relevant record date
to receive interest on the relevant interest payment date. |
| (d) | Unless
the Company defaults in the payment of the redemption price, interest will cease to accrue
on the EchoStar Exchange Notes or portions thereof called for redemption on the applicable
redemption date. |
| (e) | Any
redemption pursuant to this Section 3.07 shall be made pursuant to the provisions of
Section 3.01 through Section 3.06 hereof. |
| (f) | In
the case of any partial redemption, unless otherwise required by law or, with respect to
Global Notes, by the procedures of the Depositary, the EchoStar Exchange Notes to be redeemed
will be selected on a pro rata basis; provided, that, unless otherwise required by
law, certificated EchoStar Exchange Notes (other than Global Notes) will be selected by the
Trustee by lot. |
Section 3.08 Special
Partial Mandatory Redemption. If a Special Partial Mandatory Redemption Event occurs, the EchoStar Exchange Notes will be redeemed
in an amount (taking into consideration equivalent provisions under the New Senior Spectrum Secured Convertible Notes Indenture and the
New Senior Spectrum Secured Notes Indenture), as shall be determined by the Company (the “Special Partial Mandatory Redemption”)
and set forth in the notice delivered to the Trustee pursuant to Section 4.18 and in the notice of redemption to be delivered to
the Holders of the EchoStar Exchange Notes pursuant to such Section, such that immediately after giving effect to such redemption the
LTV Ratio shall not be greater than 0.375 to 1.00 at a price equal to 102% of the aggregate principal amount of the EchoStar Exchange
Notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid (or not yet capitalized in the case of PIK Interest) interest on the principal amount of
the EchoStar Exchange Notes to be redeemed to, but not including, the Special Mandatory Redemption Date. The Trustee shall have no obligation
to determine whether the amount of the EchoStar Exchange Notes to be redeemed in connection with a Special Partial Mandatory Redemption
Event complies with the requirements of this Section 3.08.
In the case of any partial
redemption (including Special Partial Mandatory Redemption), unless otherwise required by the law or, with respect to Global Notes, by
the procedures of the Depositary, the EchoStar Exchange Notes to be redeemed will be selected on a pro rata basis; provided, that,
unless otherwise required by law, certificated EchoStar Exchange Notes (other than Global Notes) will be selected by the Trustee by lot.
Other than as explicitly
set forth in this Section 3.08, the provisions of Article III related to redemption of EchoStar Exchange Notes, including deposit
of redemption price and relevant notices, shall apply mutatis mutandis to a mandatory redemption of the EchoStar Exchange Notes in accordance
with this Section 3.08.
Article IV
COVENANTS
Section 4.01 Payment
of EchoStar Exchange Notes. The Company will pay or cause to be paid the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on, the
EchoStar Exchange Notes on the dates and in the manner provided in the EchoStar Exchange Notes. Principal, premium, if any, and interest
will be considered paid on the date due if the Paying Agent, if other than the Company or a Subsidiary thereof, holds as of 11 a.m. Eastern
Time on the due date money deposited by the Company in immediately available funds and designated for and sufficient to pay all principal,
premium, if any, and interest (if payable in cash) then due, or, for interest payable in the form of PIK
Interest, when the pool factor increase representing the amount paid by PIK Interest has been effected.
The Company will pay interest
(including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue principal and premium, if any, from time to
time on demand at the rate equal to the then applicable interest rate on the EchoStar Exchange Notes to the extent lawful. The Company
will pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue installments of interest (without
regard to any applicable grace period) from time to time on demand at the same rate to the extent lawful.
If a payment date is not
a Business Day at a place of payment, payment may be made at that place on the next succeeding day that is a Business Day, and no interest
shall accrue on such payment for the intervening period.
Section 4.02 Maintenance
of Office or Agency. The Company will maintain an office or agency (which may be an office of the Trustee or an affiliate of
the Trustee, Registrar or co-registrar) where EchoStar Exchange Notes may be surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange
and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the EchoStar Exchange Notes and this EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture
may be served. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the location, of such office
or agency. If at any time the Company fails to maintain any such required office or agency or fails to furnish the Trustee with the address
thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee.
The Company may also from
time to time designate one or more other offices or agencies where the EchoStar Exchange Notes may be presented or surrendered for any
or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such designations; provided, however, that no such designation or
rescission will in any manner relieve the Company of its obligation to maintain an office or agency for such purposes. The Company will
give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other office
or agency.
The Company hereby designates
the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee as one such office or agency of the Company in accordance with Section 2.03 hereof.
Section 4.03 Reports. In
the event (i) the Company is no longer subject to the reporting requirements of Sections 13(a) and 15(d) under the Exchange
Act and (ii) any EchoStar Exchange Notes are outstanding, the Company will furnish to the Holders, within 15 days after the time
periods specified in the SEC’s rules and regulations applicable to a large accelerated filer, all quarterly and annual financial
information that would be required to be contained in a filing with the SEC on Forms 10-Q and 10-K if the Company was required to file
such forms, and, with respect to the annual information only, a report thereon by its independent registered public accounting firm.
Any delivery of such reports,
information and documents to the Trustee shall be for informational purposes only and the Trustee’s receipt of such shall not constitute
actual or constructive notice or knowledge of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including
the Company’s compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on Officers’
Certificates).
Section 4.04 Compliance
Certificate.
(a) |
The Company and each Guarantor (to the extent that such Guarantor is so required under the TIA) shall deliver
to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year, an Officers’ Certificate stating that a review of the activities
of the Company and its Subsidiaries during the preceding fiscal year has been made under the supervision of the signing Officers with
a view to determining whether the Company and the Guarantors have kept, observed, performed and fulfilled their obligations under this
EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture and the Security Documents, and further stating, as to each such Officer signing such certificate,
that to the best of his or her knowledge the Company and the Guarantors have kept, observed, performed and fulfilled each and every covenant
contained in this EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture and the Security Documents and are not in default in the performance or observance
of any of the terms, provisions and conditions of this EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture or the Security Documents (or, if a Default
or Event of Default has occurred, describing all such Defaults or Events of Default of which he or she may have knowledge and what action
the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto) and that to the best of his or her knowledge no event has occurred and
remains in existence by reason of which payments on account of the principal of or interest, if any, on the EchoStar Exchange Notes is
prohibited or if such event has occurred, a description of the event and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect
thereto. |
| (b) | So
long as any of the EchoStar Exchange Notes are outstanding, the Company will deliver to the
Trustee, forthwith upon any Officer becoming aware of any Default or Event of Default, an
Officers’ Certificate specifying such Default or Event of Default and what action the
Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto. |
Section 4.05 Taxes. The
Company will pay, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to pay, prior to delinquency, all material taxes, assessments, and governmental
levies, except such as are contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings or where the failure to effect such payment is not
adverse in any material respect to the Holders.
Section 4.06 Stay,
Extension and Usury Laws. The Company and each of the Guarantors (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby (a) agrees
that it will not at any time insist upon, plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay, extension
or usury law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, that may affect the covenants or the performance of this EchoStar
Exchange Notes Indenture and (b) expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenants that it will not, by resort
to any such law, hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee or the Collateral Agent, but will suffer
and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law has been enacted.
Section 4.07 Restricted
Payments.
(a) |
None of the Guarantors shall, and the Company shall cause the Guarantors not to, directly or indirectly: |
| (1) | (i) declare
or pay any dividend or make any distribution of Collateral to any Person other than a Guarantor
or (ii) make any Investment of Collateral, other than an Investment in a Guarantor;
provided that any distribution of Collateral to a Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor
or any Investment of Collateral in a Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor are permitted so
long as such Subsidiary executes and delivers a supplemental indenture to this EchoStar Exchange
Notes Indenture providing for a guarantee by such Subsidiary and that the applicable Subsidiary
or such Guarantor receiving Collateral shall have concurrently therewith executed any and
all documents, financing statements, agreements and instruments, and taken all further action
that may be required under applicable law (to the extent required under this EchoStar Exchange
Notes Indenture and/or the Security Documents) in order to grant and perfect a first-priority
Lien in such Collateral for the benefit of the EchoStar Exchange Notes, in each case pursuant
to Section 4.15; or |
| (2) | use
any Collateral to purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire for value any Equity Interests of
an Equity Pledge Guarantor or any direct or indirect parent of an Equity Pledge Guarantor. |
| (b) | The
Company shall not, directly or indirectly (including through its Subsidiaries), declare or
pay any dividend on or make any other payment or distribution (whether made in cash, securities
or other property) with respect to any of the Company’s Capital Stock (including, without
limitation, any payment in connection with any merger or consolidation involving the Company)
to the direct or indirect holders of the Company’s Capital Stock in their capacity
as holders. |
The foregoing provisions do not prohibit:
| (a) | the
payment by the Company of any dividend within 60 days after the date of its declaration if
at such date of its declaration such payment would have been permitted by the provisions
of this Section 4.07; |
| (b) | making
dividends, payments or distributions by the Company payable solely in common Equity Interests
of the Company; |
| (c) | repurchases
of Equity Interests deemed to occur upon (i) the exercise of stock options, warrants
or convertible securities issued as compensation if such Equity Interests represent a portion
of the exercise price thereof and (ii) the withholding of a portion of the Equity Interests
granted or awarded to an employee to pay taxes associated therewith (or a dividend or distribution
to finance such a deemed repurchase by the Company); and |
| (d) | making
payments to any future, current or former employee, director, officer, member of management
or consultant of the Company, any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to any management equity plan
or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement or any
equity subscription or equity holder agreement and any other compensatory arrangements (and
any successor plans thereto) and any supplemental executive retirement benefit plans or arrangements
with any such employees, directors, officers, members of management or consultants, in an
aggregate amount not to exceed $100.0 million per calendar year. |
Section 4.08 Incurrence
of Indebtedness.
(a) |
None of the Guarantors shall, and the Company shall cause the Guarantors not to, directly or indirectly,
create, incur, issue, assume, guarantee or otherwise become directly or indirectly liable with respect to (collectively, “incur”)
any Indebtedness; provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, any Guarantor may incur, so long as no Default or Event
of Default has occurred and is continuing: |
| (1) | Indebtedness
represented by (i) the EchoStar Exchange Notes issued on the Issue Date, any PIK Notes
issued under the EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture, the Notes Guarantees thereof, the EchoStar
Exchange Notes Indenture and the Security Documents, (ii) the New Senior
Spectrum Secured Notes and the New Senior Spectrum Secured Convertible Notes, in each
case, issued on the Issue Date, and (iii) the New Senior Spectrum Secured Convertible
Notes issued as PIK Notes (as defined in the New Senior Spectrum Secured Convertible Notes
Indenture) and, in each case, related guarantees; |
| (2) | First
Lien Indebtedness (other than the EchoStar Exchange Notes, New Senior Spectrum Secured Convertible
Notes and New Senior Spectrum Secured Notes issued on the Issue Date); provided that
(a)(w) immediately after giving effect to such First Lien Indebtedness, the First Lien
LTV Ratio shall not be greater than 0.375 to 1.00, (x) the aggregate amount of First
Lien Indebtedness that may be incurred pursuant to this clause (2) after the Issue
Date shall not exceed the Spectrum Value Debt Cap, (y) First Lien Indebtedness incurred
under this clause (2) cannot be incurred prior to the completion of the Initial
Appraisal pursuant to Section 4.18 and (z) First Lien Indebtedness incurred under
this clause (2) cannot be guaranteed by any Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor
or secured by any assets other than the Collateral; and (b) unless such First Lien Indebtedness
is in the form of EchoStar Exchange Notes, New Senior Spectrum Secured Convertible Notes
or the New Senior Spectrum Secured Notes, issued under the EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture,
the New Senior Spectrum Secured Convertible Notes Indenture and the New Senior Spectrum Secured
Notes Indenture, respectively, the Authorized Representative for such First Lien Indebtedness
shall have entered into the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement as a First Lien Representative; |
| (3) | Indebtedness;
provided that (a) immediately after giving effect to such Indebtedness, the LTV
Ratio shall not be greater than 0.60 to 1.00, (b) Indebtedness incurred under this clause (3) cannot
be incurred prior to the completion of the Initial Appraisal pursuant to Section 4.18;
(c) Indebtedness incurred under this clause (3) cannot be guaranteed by any Subsidiary
that is not a Guarantor or secured by any assets other than the Collateral; (d) Indebtedness
incurred under this clause (3) cannot have a maturity date earlier than one year following
the occurrence of the maturity date of the EchoStar Exchange Notes; (e) the terms of
any Indebtedness incurred under this clause (3) cannot provide for (x) any scheduled
repayment, mandatory repayment or redemption (other than in connection with a change of control
offer) so long as any EchoStar Exchange Notes remain outstanding and (y) no cash interest
shall be paid on such Indebtedness for any period if the Company has elected to pay PIK Interest
for the most recently ended interest payment period; (f) the covenants and events of
default applicable to any Indebtedness incurred under this clause (3) shall be no more
restrictive than those applicable to the EchoStar Exchange Notes; and (g) if such Indebtedness
is secured by a Lien on any Collateral, the Authorized Representative for such Second Lien
Indebtedness shall have entered into the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement as a Second
Lien Representative; |
| (4) | Indebtedness
between and among the Guarantors; provided that any such intercompany debt shall be
pledged on a first lien basis in favor of the Collateral Agent for its benefit and the benefit
of the Trustee and the Holders pursuant to the Security Documents (it being understood that
the Security Documents shall be amended as necessary to provide for the pledge of debt as
collateral and in any event, shall be in a form satisfactory to the Required Holders and
the Collateral Agent); and |
| (5) | the
guarantee by any Guarantor of Indebtedness of a Guarantor that was permitted to be incurred
by another provision of this Section 4.08. |
| (b) | For
purposes of determining compliance with this Section 4.08, in the event that an item
of Indebtedness meets the criteria of more than one clause in the paragraph above, such Indebtedness
may be divided, classified or reclassified at the time of incurrence thereof or at any later
time (in whole or in part) in any manner that complies with this Section 4.08 and such
item of Indebtedness may be incurred partially under one clause and partially under one or
more other clauses. |
| (c) | The
principal amount of any Indebtedness outstanding under any clause of this covenant will be
determined after giving effect to the application of proceeds of any such Indebtedness to
refinance any such other Indebtedness. |
| (d) | The
accrual of interest, the accretion or amortization of original issue discount, the payment
of interest on any Indebtedness in the form of additional Indebtedness with the same terms
will not be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness for purposes of this Section 4.08.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 4.08, the maximum amount of Indebtedness
that the Company or any Subsidiary may incur pursuant to this Section 4.08 shall not
be deemed to be exceeded solely as a result of fluctuations in exchange rates or currency
values. |
Section 4.09 Asset
Sales. (a) No Guarantor will, and the Company shall cause the Guarantors not to, in a single
transaction or a series of related transactions, sell, lease, assign, transfer, convey or otherwise dispose of any Collateral owned by
such Guarantor (including through the sale by the Company or its Subsidiaries of the Equity Interests of any Guarantor) (each of the
forgoing, an “Asset Sale”); provided that the following shall not be deemed an Asset Sale:
| (1) | the
sale, lease, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of any Collateral at no
less than the fair market value of such Collateral for cash or Cash Equivalents, so long
as, on a pro forma basis for such sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition, the
First Lien LTV Ratio is not greater than 0.375 to 1.00; provided that the Appraised
Value of the Collateral sold, leased, transferred or otherwise disposed of pursuant to this
sub-clause (1) shall not exceed $9.5 billion in the aggregate (with the aggregate
value of such Collateral for purposes of calculating utilization
of this basket being determined pursuant to the definition “Appraised Value”
at the time of consummation thereof without giving any effect to subsequent changes in value
of the applicable assets) and; provided, further, that no such sale, lease, assignment,
transfer conveyance or other disposition shall be made to any Affiliate of such Guarantor
other than another Guarantor or a Spectrum Joint Venture; provided, further, that
any sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or disposal of any Collateral to a Spectrum Joint
Venture (a) shall be made at no less than the Appraised Value of such Collateral for
cash and (b) any Net Proceeds or Specified Net Proceeds resulting therefrom shall be
applied as set forth under this Section 4.09; |
| (2) | the
sale, lease, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of any Collateral between
or among the Guarantors; provided that the applicable Guarantor receiving Collateral
shall have concurrently therewith executed any and all documents, financing statements, agreements
and instruments, and taken all further action that may be required under applicable law (to
the extent required under this EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture and/or the Security Documents),
in order to grant and perfect a first-priority Lien in such Collateral for the benefit of
the Holders; |
| (3) | a
disposition resulting from any condemnation or other taking, or temporary or permanent requisition
of, any property or asset, any interest therein or right appurtenant thereto, in each case,
as the result of the exercise of any right of condemnation or eminent domain, including any
sale or other transfer to a governmental authority in lieu of, or in anticipation of, any
of the foregoing events; and |
| (4) | any
Permitted Asset Swap. |
| (b) | Within
45 days after receipt of any Net Proceeds or, Specified Net Proceeds, as applicable, such
Guarantor shall: |
| (1) | so
long as any aggregate principal amount of the New Senior Spectrum
Secured Notes remain outstanding, apply the Required Amount of such Net Proceeds and
Specified Net Proceeds to redeem New Senior Spectrum Secured
Notes; provided that the Company shall redeem New Senior
Spectrum Secured Notes in the following order: |
| (A) | first,
up to $1.5 billion in aggregate principal amount of the New Senior
Spectrum Secured Notes at a redemption price not to exceed 103% plus accrued and unpaid
interest in accordance with the New Senior Spectrum Secured
Notes Indenture, |
| (B) | second,
up to $500 million in aggregate principal amount of the New Senior
Spectrum Secured Notes at a redemption price not to exceed 105% plus accrued and unpaid
interest in accordance with the New Senior Spectrum Secured
Notes Indenture; and |
| (C) | third,
New Senior Spectrum Secured Notes at a redemption price
not to exceed (A) during the period prior to the date that is two years after the Issue
Date, par plus 60% of the make-whole premium that would be payable pursuant to the make-whole
optional redemption provisions under the New Senior Spectrum Secured Notes or (B) thereafter,
the then-applicable redemption price specified in the New Senior
Spectrum Secured Notes Indenture as in effect on the Issue Date; or |
| (2) | apply
the Required Amount of such Net Proceeds and Specified Net Proceeds to redeem EchoStar Exchange
Notes pursuant to Section 3.07(c); or |
| (3) | any
combination of the foregoing. |
Any Net Proceeds or Specified Net Proceeds
that are not required to be applied as set forth above may be used for any purpose not prohibited by this EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture,
subject to the other covenants contained in this EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture.
Section 4.10 Transactions
with Affiliates.
(a) |
Neither the Company nor any of the Guarantors shall enter into any transaction, contract, agreement, understanding,
loan, advance or guarantee with, or for the benefit of, any Affiliate (each of the foregoing, an “Affiliate Transaction”),
unless: |
| (1) | such
Affiliate Transaction is on terms that are no less favorable to the Company or such Guarantor
than those that would have been obtained in a comparable transaction by the Company or such
Guarantor with an unrelated person; and |
| (2) | if
such Affiliate Transaction involves aggregate payments in excess of $250.0 million, such
Affiliate Transaction has either (A) been approved by a majority of the disinterested
members of the Company’s or the applicable Guarantor’s Board of Directors or
(B) if there are no disinterested members of the Company’s or the applicable Guarantor’s
Board of Directors, the Company or such Guarantor has obtained the favorable opinion of an
independent expert as to the fairness of such Affiliate Transaction to the relevant Guarantor,
as the case may be, from a financial point of view, and the Guarantor delivers to the Trustee
an Officer’s Certificate, upon which the Trustee shall be permitted to conclusively
rely, together with a copy of the applicable resolution of the Company’s or such Guarantor’s
Board of Directors, set forth in an Officer’s Certificate, certifying that such Affiliate
Transaction has been so approved and complies with clause (1) above; |
| (b) | The
following items will not be deemed to be Affiliate Transactions and, therefore, will not
be subject to the provisions of the prior paragraph: |
| (1) | (a) transactions
between or among the Company and the Guarantors and (b) any transaction pursuant to,
or related to, an Intercompany Loan; |
| (2) | transactions
that do not violate the provisions of Section 4.07 hereof; |
| (3) | any
transactions pursuant to agreements in effect on the Issue Date and any modifications, extensions
or renewals thereof that are no less favorable to the Company or the applicable Guarantor
than such agreement as in effect on the Issue Date; |
| (4) | transactions
with Affiliates solely in their capacity as holders of Indebtedness or Capital Stock of the
Company or any Guarantor, relating solely to such Indebtedness or Capital Stock; |
| (5) | any
transaction in connection with a Spectrum Joint Venture that is not prohibited by Section 4.09(a)(1) or
Section 4.09(a)(2) hereof; |
| (6) | so
long as it complies with clause (a) of the first paragraph of this covenant, and the
covenant set forth under Section 4.09, transactions with respect to any sale, lease,
conveyance, license or other disposition of any Spectrum Assets in connection with the commercialization
or utilization of wireless spectrum licenses; |
| (7) | overhead
and other ordinary-course allocations of costs and services on a reasonable basis so long
as such arrangements are comparable to arrangements made on an arm’s length basis; |
| (8) | allocations
of tax liabilities and other tax-related items among the Guarantors and its Affiliates (including
pursuant to a tax sharing agreement or arrangement) based principally upon the financial
income, taxable income, credits and other amounts directly related to the respective parties,
to the extent that the share of such liabilities and other items allocable to the Guarantors
and its Subsidiaries shall not exceed the amount that such Persons would have been responsible
for as a direct taxpayer; |
| (9) | so
long as it complies with clause (a) of the first paragraph of this covenant, the provision
of backhaul, uplink, transmission, billing, customer service, programming acquisition and
other ordinary course services by the Company or any of the Guarantors to Satellite Communications
Operating Corporation and to Transponder Encryption Services Corporation on a basis consistent
with past practice; |
| (10) | arrangements
or agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business providing for the acquisition
or provision of goods and services; |
| (11) | transactions
with the Company or any of its controlled Affiliates that have been approved by a majority
of the members of the audit committee of the Company or a majority of Disinterested Directors
or a special committee thereof consisting solely of Disinterested Directors; |
| (12) | amendments,
modifications, renewals or replacements from time to time of any of the contracts, arrangements,
services or other matters referred to or contemplated by any of the foregoing items; provided
that any such amendments, modifications, renewals or replacements shall not be on terms
materially less advantageous to the Company or the Guarantors; and |
| (13) | transactions
with any person or any of its controlled affiliates that owns or acquires from the Company
or any Subsidiary all or substantially all of the assets primarily used (or intended to be
used) in connection with, or reasonably related to, the Retail Wireless Business, as determined
in good faith by the Company or such Subsidiary, that have been approved by a majority of
the members of the audit committee of the Company or a special committee of the Company’s
board of directors consisting solely of members of the Company’s board of directors
who are not directors, officers or employees of such person or any of its controlled Affiliates. |
Section 4.11 Liens. No
Guarantor shall, and the Company shall cause the Guarantors not to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist
any Lien on any Collateral, other than Liens securing First Lien Indebtedness and Second Lien Indebtedness incurred in compliance with
Section 4.08.
Section 4.12 After-acquired
Collateral and Future Assurances.
The Guarantors shall, and
the Company shall cause the Guarantors to, execute, deliver and/or file any and all further documents, financing statements, agreements
and instruments, and take all further action that may be required under applicable law (to the extent required under this EchoStar Exchange
Notes Indenture and/or the Security Documents), in order to grant, preserve, protect and perfect the validity and priority of the security
interests and Liens created or intended to be created by the Security Documents in the Collateral. In addition, from time to time, the
Guarantors will reasonably promptly (and in no event later than 90 days) secure the obligations under this EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture
and the Security Documents by pledging or creating, or causing to be pledged or created, perfected security interests and Liens with
respect to the Collateral. For the avoidance of doubt, the Collateral Agent shall not be responsible for preparing or filing financing
statements or otherwise perfecting the security interest in the Collateral.
Any transfer or other disposition
of any Collateral by any Guarantor to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company that is not a Guarantor or a Spectrum Joint Venture
shall be void ab initio, and in any event the Company and its Subsidiaries shall (i) immediately take any and all actions necessary
to return such Collateral to the applicable Guarantor and (ii) pending such return immediately take any and all actions necessary
to cause such Collateral to be subject to perfected security interests and Liens to secure the obligations under the EchoStar Exchange
Notes Indenture and the Security Documents.
Section 4.13 Corporate
Existence. Subject to Article V hereof, the Company shall do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep
in full force and effect:
| (1) | its
corporate or limited liability company existence, and the corporate, limited liability company,
partnership or other existence of each of the Guarantors, in accordance with the respective
organizational documents (as the same may be amended from time to time) of the Company or
any such Guarantor; and |
| (2) | the
rights (charter and statutory), licenses (including any licenses constituting Spectrum Assets)
and franchises of the Company and the Guarantors; |
provided,
however, that the Company shall not be required to preserve the corporate, limited liability company, partnership or other existence
of any of the Guarantors or any such right, license or franchise if the Company’s Board of Directors shall determine that the preservation
thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of the Company and the Guarantors, taken as a whole, and that the loss
thereof is not adverse in any material respect to the Holders.
Section 4.14 Offer
to Repurchase Upon Change of Control Event.
(a) |
Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control Event, the Company will be required to make an offer (a “Change
of Control Offer”) to each Holder to repurchase all or any part (equal to $1,000 or an integral multiple of $1.00 in excess
thereof) of such Holder’s EchoStar Exchange Notes at a purchase price equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount repurchased,
together with accrued and unpaid (or not yet capitalized in the case of PIK Interest) interest, thereon to the date of repurchase (the
“Change of Control Payment”), subject to the rights of Holders on the relevant record date to receive interest due
on the relevant interest payment date. Within 30 days following any Change of Control Event, the Company will give a notice to each Holder
stating: |
| (1) | that
the Change of Control Offer is being made pursuant to this Section 4.14; |
| (2) | the
purchase price and the purchase date, which shall be no earlier than 30 days nor later than
60 days after the date such notice is mailed (the “Change of Control Payment Date”); |
| (3) | that
any EchoStar Exchange Notes not tendered will continue to accrue interest in accordance with
the terms of this EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture; |
| (4) | that,
unless the Company defaults in the payment of the Change of Control Payment, all EchoStar
Exchange Notes accepted for payment pursuant to the Change of Control Offer shall cease to
accrue interest after the Change of Control Payment Date; |
| (5) | that
Holders will be entitled to withdraw their election if the Paying Agent receives, not later
than the close of business on the second Business Day preceding the Change of Control Payment
Date, electronic transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder, the principal
amount of EchoStar Exchange Notes delivered for purchase, and a statement that such Holder
is withdrawing its election to have such EchoStar Exchange Notes purchased; |
| (6) | that
Holders whose EchoStar Exchange Notes are being purchased only in part will be issued new
EchoStar Exchange Notes equal in principal amount to the unpurchased portion of the EchoStar
Exchange Notes surrendered, which unpurchased portion must be
equal to $1,000 in principal amount or an integral multiple of $1.00 in excess thereof;
and |
| (7) | any
other information the Company determines to be material to such Holder’s decision to
tender EchoStar Exchange Notes. |
| (b) | On
the Change of Control Payment Date, the Company will, to the extent lawful: |
| (1) | accept
for payment all EchoStar Exchange Notes or portions of EchoStar Exchange Notes properly tendered
pursuant to the Change of Control Offer; |
| (2) | deposit
with the Paying Agent an amount equal to the Change of Control Payment in respect of all
EchoStar Exchange Notes or portions of EchoStar Exchange Notes properly tendered; and |
| (3) | deliver,
or cause to be delivered, to the Trustee for cancellation pursuant to Section 2.11 of
this EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture the EchoStar Exchange Notes properly accepted together
with an Officers’ Certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of EchoStar Exchange
Notes or portions of EchoStar Exchange Notes purchased by the Company pursuant to the Change
of Control Offer. |
| (c) | The
Paying Agent will promptly send (but in any case not later than five days after the Change
of Control Payment Date) to each Holder properly tendered the Change of Control Payment for
such EchoStar Exchange Notes, and the Trustee will promptly authenticate and mail (or cause
to be transferred by book entry) to each Holder a new Note equal in principal amount to any
unpurchased portion of the EchoStar Exchange Notes surrendered, if any. The Company will
publicly announce the results of the Change of Control Offer on or as soon as practicable
after the Change of Control Payment Date. |
| (d) | Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in this Section 4.14, the Company will not be required to make
a Change of Control Offer upon a Change of Control Event if (1) a third party makes
the Change of Control Offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with
the requirements set forth in this Section 4.14 hereof and purchases all EchoStar Exchange
Notes properly tendered and not withdrawn under the Change of Control Offer or (2) notice
of redemption for all outstanding EchoStar Exchange Notes has been given pursuant to Section 3.07
hereof, unless and until there is a default in payment of the applicable redemption price. |
| (e) | The
Company will comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any
other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent such laws and regulations
are applicable in connection with the repurchase of the EchoStar Exchange Notes required
in the event of a Change of Control Event. To the extent that the provisions of any securities
laws or regulations conflict with the provisions of Section 4.14 hereof, the Company
will comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed to
have breached its obligations under this Section 4.14 by virtue of such compliance. |
| (f) | Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained herein, a Change of Control Offer may be made in advance
of a Change of Control, conditioned upon such Change of Control, if a definitive agreement
is in place for the Change of Control at the time the Change of Control Offer is made, and
such Change of Control Offer is otherwise made in compliance with the provisions of this
Section 4.14. |
| (g) | In
the event that Holders of at least 90.0% of the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding
EchoStar Exchange Notes accept a Change of Control Offer and the Company (or the third party
making the Change of Control Offer as described above) purchases all of the EchoStar Exchange
Notes validly tendered (and not withdrawn) by such Holders, the Company will have the right,
upon not less than 10 nor more than 60 days’ prior notice, given not more than 30 days
following the purchase pursuant to the Change of Control Offer described above, to redeem
all of the EchoStar Exchange Notes that remain outstanding following such purchase at a redemption
price equal to the Change of Control Payment plus, to the extent not included in the Change
of Control Payment, accrued and unpaid (or not yet capitalized in the case of PIK Interest)
interest on the EchoStar Exchange Notes that remain outstanding, to, but not including, the
applicable redemption date (subject to the right of Holders on the relevant record date to
receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date). |
Section 4.15 Additional
Guarantees and Collateral. If any Guarantor transfers or causes to be transferred, in one transaction or a series of related
transactions, Collateral (other than any Collateral that is released from the Lien securing the EchoStar Exchange Notes pursuant to the
provisions of this EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture or the Security Documents) to another Guarantor or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries
that is not a Guarantor, then:
(1) if
the transfer is to a Subsidiary of the Company other than a Guarantor, the Company shall cause such Subsidiary, concurrently with such
transfer, to become a Guarantor by executing and delivering to the Trustee a supplemental indenture substantially in the form attached
to this EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture pursuant to which such Subsidiary shall unconditionally guarantee all of the Company’s
obligations under the EchoStar Exchange Notes on the terms set forth in this EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture and deliver to the Trustee
an opinion of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee that such supplemental indenture has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by, and is a valid and binding obligation of, such Subsidiary; and
(2) with
respect to any such transfer, the Company shall, or shall cause such Subsidiary or such Guarantor, concurrently with such transfer, to
execute and deliver such Security Documents or supplements to the Security Documents and any and all further documents, financing statements,
agreements and instruments, and take all further action that may be required under applicable law (to the extent required under this
EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture or the Security Documents), in order to grant and perfect a first-priority Lien in the transferred
Collateral for the benefit of the Trustee and the Holders.
The form of such supplemental indenture is attached
as Exhibit B hereto.
Section 4.16 Limitation
on transactions with DDBS or HSSC. The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries (other than any DDBS
or HSSC entities) to, transfer to DDBS or HSSC any assets, whether as an Asset Sale, investment, dividend or otherwise, or prepay intercompany
debts owed to DDBS or HSSC in each case, other than (i) such transfers in the form of an Intercompany Loan in an amount not to exceed
$2.0 billion in the aggregate at any one time outstanding or (ii) in accordance with, or pursuant to, agreements in effect on the
Issue Date.
Section 4.17 Limitation
on Dividends and other Payment Restrictions affecting Guarantors.
Neither the Company nor any
of the Guarantors shall, directly or indirectly, create or otherwise cause or suffer to exist or become effective any encumbrance or
restriction on the ability of the Guarantors to:
| (a) | pay
dividends or make any other distribution to the Company on the Guarantors’ Capital
Stock or with respect to any other interest or participation in or measured by its profits,
or pay any Indebtedness owed to the Company or any Guarantor; |
| (b) | make
loans or advances to the Company or any Guarantors; |
| (c) | transfer
any of its properties or assets to the Company or any Guarantor; |
except for such encumbrances
or restrictions existing under or by reason of:
| 1. | existing agreements as in effect on the
Issue Date; |
| 2. | applicable law or regulation; |
| 3. | by reason of customary non-assignment
provisions in leases entered into in the ordinary course of business and consistent with
past practices; |
| 4. | the EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture,
the EchoStar Exchange Notes, the New Senior Spectrum Secured Convertible Notes, the New Senior
Spectrum Secured Convertible Notes Indenture, the New Senior Spectrum Secured Notes or the
New Senior Spectrum Secured Notes Indenture; or |
| 5. | any agreement for the sale of any Guarantor
or its assets that restricts distributions by that Guarantor pending its sale; provided
that during the entire period in which such encumbrance or restriction is effective,
such sale (together with any other sales pending) would be permitted under the terms of the
EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture; or |
| (d) | any
instrument governing Indebtedness permitted to be incurred under the terms of the EchoStar
Exchange Notes Indenture to the extent any applicable restrictions are no more restrictive,
taken as a whole, than such restrictions contained in this EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture. |
Section 4.18 Collateral
Appraisal. The Company shall obtain an initial appraisal of the Collateral (the “Initial Appraisal”) pursuant
to the definition of the “Appraised Value” and deliver that Initial Appraisal to the Trustee within 60 days of the Issue
Date.
If,
following the Issue Date, FCC Licenses that form part of the Collateral accounting for up to 10% of the aggregate MHz-POPs of all the
FCC Licenses constituting the Collateral are forfeited to the FCC, on any date, as a result of the Company’s failure to meet its
buildout milestones with respect to such forfeited FCC Licenses (such date, the “Forfeiture Date”), the Company within
60 days of such Forfeiture Date shall obtain a written appraisal (the “Forfeiture Appraisal”) of the Collateral
pursuant to the definition of the “Appraised Value” and shall deliver a certificate to the Trustee stating that the LTV Ratio
as of the date of the appraisal does not exceed 0.375 to 1.00 (the “First Certificate”); provided that
if such LTV Ratio exceeds 0.375 to 1.00, and, therefore, the foregoing First Certificate cannot be delivered, then within 60 days of
receipt by the Company of the Forfeiture Appraisal and subject to the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement and the Security Documents,
the Company shall: (i) add additional Spectrum Asset Guarantors and/or pledge (or cause to be pledged) cash (provided that any such
cash shall be held in a deposit account established by the Company subject to the sole dominion and control of the Collateral Agent with
respect to which the Company shall not have withdrawal rights prior to the repayment in full of the EchoStar Exchange Notes pursuant
to a customary account control agreement, reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, that will provide, among other things, the
cash in such account shall not be invested and need not accrue any interest) or additional Collateral to secure the EchoStar Exchange
Notes and (ii) provide a certificate to the Trustee stating that, after giving effect to such joinders, the LTV Ratio is not greater
than 0.375 to 1.00 (the “Second Certificate”). The Company will make, upon request, available for inspection by the
Holders any applicable appraisals from an Independent Appraiser conducted pursuant to the definition of the “Appraised Value”
with respect to such additional Collateral; provided that, solely for purposes of this clause (ii), the Company shall not be required
to obtain an updated appraisal with respect to the Collateral appraised in the Forfeiture Appraisal.
To the extent the Company
does not deliver either (i) the First Certificate stating that the LTV Ratio is not greater than 0.375 to 1.00 within 60 days of
the Forfeiture Date or (ii) if on the basis of the Forfeiture Appraisal, the LTV Ratio exceeds 0.375 to 1.00, the Second Certificate
stating that the LTV Ratio is not greater than 0.375 to 1.00 within 60 days of receipt by the Company of the Forfeiture Appraisal, as
applicable (such failure, a “Special Partial Mandatory Redemption Event”), the Company shall promptly (but in no event
later than five (5) Business Days following such Special Partial Mandatory Redemption Event) notify the Holders and the Trustee
(such date of notification to the Holders and the Trustee, the “Redemption Notice Date”) in writing of such event
and the principal amount of the EchoStar Exchange Notes are to be redeemed on the 10th day following the Redemption Notice
Date (such date the “Special Mandatory Redemption Date”), in each case in accordance with the applicable provisions
of the EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture. For the avoidance of doubt, failure to deliver the First Certificate shall not constitute a
Special Partial Mandatory Redemption Event if the Company delivers the Second Certificate within the required time frames.
Neither the Trustee nor the
Collateral Agent have any (or shall have any) knowledge whatsoever of whether or when any forfeiture event or Forfeiture Date has occurred;
nor will either the Trustee or Collateral Agent have any knowledge of whether or when a Special Partial Mandatory Redemption Event has
occurred, and shall have no responsibility for making any such determinations. In the event the Trustee receives a First Certificate
and/or Second Certificate, it shall: (i) have no duty or obligation to monitor or determine whether such First Certificate or Second
Certificate satisfies the Company’s obligations in any manner whatsoever, including, but not limited to, the sufficiency of the
certificate contents or the compliance by the Company with any deadline or timing stricture contemplated above; and (ii) have no
duty or obligation to send any First Certificate or Second Certificate received by it to the Holders or otherwise notify the Holders
that it has received no such certificates. However, should the Company deliver a First Certificate or Second Certificate, it shall notify
the Holders that it has delivered a First Certificate or a Second Certificate to the Trustee and shall thereafter make such certificates
available for inspection by the Holders. Neither the Trustee nor the Collateral Agent shall have any duty to determine the sufficiency
of any additional Collateral added or pledged pursuant hereto or be charged with knowledge of the contents of, or have any responsibility
in connection with, any appraisal referred to above.
Section 4.19 Limitation
on Activities of Guarantors. Each Guarantor shall engage in no activities other than those reasonably related to its ownership
of the Collateral owned by it and shall own no material assets other than the Collateral owned by it.
Section 4.20 Tax
Treatment of Notes. The parties hereto intend, for U.S. federal (and applicable state and local) income tax purposes to treat
the EchoStar Exchange Notes as indebtedness that are not “contingent payment debt instruments” within the meaning of Treasury
Regulations Section 1.1275-4 and shall not take any position for U.S. federal (and applicable state and local) income tax purposes
inconsistent with such treatment except to the extent otherwise required by a change in applicable law or a “determination”
within the meaning of Section 1313(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
Article V
SUCCESSORS
Section 5.01 Merger,
Consolidation, or Sale of Assets.
(a) |
None of the Company nor any Guarantor shall consolidate or merge with or into another Person (whether or
not the Company or such Guarantor is the surviving entity), or sell, assign, transfer, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially
all of the properties or assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, in one or more related transactions to, another
Person other than the Company or another Guarantor (other than a sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or disposition of (i) Collateral
not prohibited by this EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture, (ii) Collateral that is or has been released from the Lien securing the
EchoStar Exchange Notes pursuant to the provisions of this EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture or the Security Documents or (iii) the
Retail Wireless Business (to the extent no Collateral is sold, assigned, transferred, conveyed or otherwise disposed of)) unless: |
| (1) | the
Company or such Guarantor, as applicable, is the surviving entity or the Person formed by
or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than the Company or such Guarantor,
as applicable) or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition
has been made is (i) a corporation organized or existing under the laws of the United
States, any state of the United States or the District of Columbia or (ii) a limited
liability company or partnership organized or existing under the laws of the United States,
any state of the United States or the District of Columbia; |
| (2) | the
Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than the Company
or such Guarantor, as applicable) or the person to which such sale, assignment, transfer,
conveyance or other disposition shall have been made assumes all the obligations of the Company
or such Guarantor, as applicable, under this EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture, the EchoStar
Exchange Notes and the Security Documents pursuant to a supplemental indenture and such other
agreements reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee and the Collateral Agent, as applicable; |
| (3) | immediately
after such transaction, no Default or Event of Default exists; and |
| (4) | the
Company (with respect to such Guarantor) or, with respect to the Company, the person surviving
any such consolidation or merger, or the person to which such sale, assignment, transfer,
conveyance or other disposition shall have been made, shall have delivered to the Trustee
an Opinion of Counsel and Officer’s Certificate in connection therewith each stating
that such consolidation, merger, sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition
and, if a supplemental indenture is required in connection with such transaction, such supplemental
indenture and other agreements comply with the applicable provisions of this EchoStar Exchange
Notes Indenture, the EchoStar Exchange Notes and the Security Documents. |
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
in the foregoing, no Guarantor shall sell, assign, transfer, convey or dispose of any Collateral to any Affiliate of such Guarantor (other
than another Guarantor or a Spectrum Joint Venture); provided that any sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or disposal of any
Collateral to a Spectrum Joint Venture (x) shall be made at no less than the Appraised Value of such Collateral for cash and (y) any
Net Proceeds or Specified Net Proceeds resulting therefrom shall be applied as set forth in Section 4.09 hereof.
Article VI
DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
Section 6.01 Events
of Default. Each of the following shall constitute an event of default (each, an “Event of Default”):
| (1) | default
for 30 days in the payment when due of interest on the EchoStar Exchange Notes; |
| (2) | default
in payment when due (at maturity, upon redemption or otherwise) of principal of, or premium,
if any, on the EchoStar Exchange Notes; |
| (3) | failure
by the Company or any of the Guarantors, as applicable, to comply with the provisions of
Section 3.08, Section 4.09, Section 4.10, Section 4.14 and Section 4.18; |
| (4) | failure
by the Company or any of the Guarantors, as applicable, for 30 days to comply with the provisions
described under Section 4.07 and Section 4.08, or the breach of any representation
or warranty, or the making of any untrue statement, in any certificate delivered by the Company
pursuant to this EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture; |
| (5) | failure
by the Company or any of the Guarantors, as applicable for 60 days after notice to the Company
by the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the EchoStar
Exchange Notes then outstanding to comply with any of the other agreements in this EchoStar
Exchange Notes Indenture; |
| (6) | default
under any mortgage, indenture or instrument under which there may be issued or by which there
may be secured or evidenced any Indebtedness by the Company or any Subsidiary (or the payment
of which is guaranteed by the Company or any Subsidiary) (other than Indebtedness of DDBS
and/or HSSC), which default: |
| (A) | is
caused by a failure to pay when due principal or interest on such Indebtedness within the
grace period provided in such Indebtedness (a “Payment Default”); or |
| (B) | results
in the acceleration of such Indebtedness prior to its express maturity, |
and, in each case, the principal amount
of any such Indebtedness, together with the principal amount of any other such Indebtedness under which there has been a Payment Default
or the maturity of which has been so accelerated, aggregates $250.0 million or more; provided that no Default or Event of Default
will be deemed to occur with respect to any Indebtedness that is paid or retired (or for which such failure to pay or acceleration is
waived or rescinded within 20 Business Days);
| (7) | failure
by the Company or any Significant Subsidiary to pay final judgments (other than any judgment
as to which a nationally recognized insurance company has accepted full liability) aggregating
in excess of $250.0 million, which judgments are not being converted on good faith or are
not stayed within 60 days after their entry; |
| (8) | any
Notes Guarantee shall be held in a judicial proceeding to be unenforceable or invalid or
shall cease for any reason to be in full force and effect, or any Guarantor, or any person
acting on behalf of any Guarantor, shall deny or disaffirm its obligations under its Notes
Guarantee; |
| (9) | the
Company or any Significant Subsidiary (other than DDBS and/or HSSC) pursuant to or within
the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law: |
| (A) | commences
a voluntary case; |
| (B) | consents
to the entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary case; |
| (C) | consents
to the appointment of a custodian of it or for all or substantially all of its property;
or |
| (D) | makes
a general assignment for the benefit of creditors; |
| (10) | other
than with respect to DDBS and/or HSSC, a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order
or decree under any Bankruptcy Law that: |
| (A) | is
for relief against the Company or a Significant Subsidiary in an involuntary case; |
| (B) | appoints
a custodian of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary or for all or substantially all
of the property of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary; or |
| (C) | orders
the liquidation of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary, |
and, in each case of the foregoing
clauses (A) through (C), the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 60 consecutive days;
| (11) | in
each case with respect to any Collateral having a fair market value in excess of $250.0 million
individually or in the aggregate (without duplication), any of the Security Documents at
any time for any reason is declared null and void, or shall cease to be effective in all
material respects to give the Collateral Agent the perfected Liens with the priority purported
to be created thereby subject to no other Liens (in each case, other than as expressly permitted
by this EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture and the applicable Security Documents or by reason
of the termination of this EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture or the applicable Security Document
in accordance with its terms), which declaration or cessation is not rescinded, stayed, or
waived by the persons having such authority pursuant to this EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture
or the Security Documents or otherwise cured within 30 days after the Company receives written
notice thereof specifying such occurrence from the Trustee, or the Holders of at least 25%
of the outstanding principal amount of the EchoStar Exchange Notes; and |
| (12) | FCC
Licenses that form part of the Collateral accounting for more than 10% of the aggregate MHz-POPs
of all the FCC Licenses constituting the Collateral are forfeited to the FCC as a result
of the Company’s or the Guarantors’ failure to meet their respective buildout
milestones with respect to such forfeited FCC Licenses. |
Section 6.02 Acceleration.
(a) |
In the case of an Event of Default arising from the events of bankruptcy or insolvency with respect to
the Company or any Guarantor described in Section 6.01(9) or (10) above, all outstanding EchoStar Exchange Notes
will become due and payable immediately without further action or notice. If any other Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the
Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount then outstanding of the EchoStar Exchange Notes may declare all the EchoStar
Exchange Notes to be due and payable immediately. |
| (b) | However,
notwithstanding the foregoing, a Default under Section 6.01(4), (5), (6), (7) or (11)
above, will not constitute an Event of Default until the Trustee or the Holders of at least
25% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding EchoStar Exchange Notes notify the Company
of the Default and, with respect to Section 6.01(4), (5), (6), (7) or (11),
such Default is not cured within the time specified in Section 6.01(4), (5), (6),
(7) or (11) described above after receipt of such notice. |
| (c) | Subject
to certain limitations, Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding
EchoStar Exchange Notes issued under this EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture may direct the
Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power. |
| (d) | The
Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding EchoStar Exchange
Notes, by written notice to the Trustee, may on behalf of the Holders of all of the EchoStar
Exchange Notes rescind an acceleration or waive any existing Default or Event of Default
and its consequences under the EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture, except a continuing Default
or Event of Default in the payment of interest or premium on, or principal of, the EchoStar
Exchange Notes. |
| (e) | The
Company is required to deliver to the Trustee, in its capacity as trustee of this EchoStar
Exchange Notes Indenture, annually a statement regarding compliance with the EchoStar
Exchange Notes Indenture, and the Company is required, upon becoming aware of any
Default or Event of Default thereunder to deliver to the Trustee a statement specifying such
Default or Event of Default. |
| (f) | If
the EchoStar Exchange Notes are accelerated or otherwise become due prior to their stated
maturity (including the acceleration of any portion of the Indebtedness evidenced by the
EchoStar Exchange Notes by operation of law), the amount that shall then be due and payable
shall be equal to: |
| (A) | (i) 100%
of the principal amount of the EchoStar Exchange Notes then outstanding plus the Applicable
Premium in effect on the date of such acceleration, or (ii) the applicable redemption
price in effect on the date of such acceleration, as applicable, |
plus
| (B) | accrued
and unpaid (or not yet capitalized in the case of PIK Interest) interest to, but excluding,
the date of such acceleration, |
in each case as if such acceleration
were an optional redemption of the EchoStar Exchange Notes so accelerated.
Notwithstanding
the generality of the foregoing, if the EchoStar Exchange Notes are accelerated or otherwise become due prior to their stated maturity
(including the acceleration of any portion of the Indebtedness evidenced by the EchoStar Exchange Notes by operation of law),
the Applicable Premium or the amount by which the applicable redemption price exceeds the principal amount of the EchoStar Exchange Notes
(the “Redemption Price Premium”), as applicable, with respect to an optional redemption of the EchoStar Exchange Notes
shall also be due and payable as though the EchoStar Exchange Notes had been optionally redeemed on the date of such acceleration and
shall constitute part of the obligations with respect to the EchoStar Exchange Notes in view of the impracticability and difficulty of
ascertaining actual damages and by mutual agreement of the parties as to a reasonable calculation of each holder’s lost profits
as a result thereof. If the Applicable Premium or the Redemption Price Premium, as applicable, becomes due and payable, it shall be deemed
to be principal of the EchoStar Exchange Notes and interest shall accrue on the full principal amount of the EchoStar Exchange Notes
(including the Applicable Premium or the Redemption Price Premium, as applicable) from and after the applicable triggering event. Any
premium payable pursuant to this paragraph shall be presumed to be liquidated damages sustained by each Holder as the result of the acceleration
of the EchoStar Exchange Notes, and the Company agrees that it is reasonable under the circumstances currently existing. The premium
shall also be payable in the event the EchoStar Exchange Notes or the EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture are satisfied, released or discharged
through foreclosure, whether by judicial proceeding, deed in lieu of foreclosure or by any other means. THE COMPANY AND EACH GUARANTOR
EXPRESSLY WAIVES (TO THE FULLEST EXTENT IT MAY LAWFULLY DO SO) THE PROVISIONS OF ANY PRESENT OR FUTURE STATUTE OR LAW THAT PROHIBITS
OR MAY PROHIBIT THE COLLECTION OF THE FOREGOING PREMIUM IN CONNECTION WITH ANY SUCH ACCELERATION. The Company expressly agrees (to
the fullest extent it may lawfully do so) that: (A) the premium is reasonable and is the product of an arm’s length transaction
between sophisticated business entities ably represented by counsel; (B) the premium shall be payable notwithstanding the then prevailing
market rates at the time acceleration occurs; (C) there has been a course of conduct between the Holders and the Company giving
specific consideration in this transaction for such agreement to pay the premium; and (D) the Company shall be estopped hereafter
from claiming differently than as agreed to in this paragraph. The Company expressly acknowledges that its agreement to pay the premium
to the Holders as herein described is a material inducement to the Holders to purchase the EchoStar Exchange Notes.
Section 6.03 Other
Remedies. If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may pursue any available remedy to collect the payment
of principal, premium if any, and interest on the EchoStar Exchange Notes or to enforce the performance of any provision of this EchoStar
Exchange Notes or this EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture. To the extent permitted by the Intercreditor Agreement, the Trustee may direct
the Collateral Agent (subject to being indemnified and/or secured to its satisfaction in accordance with the Intercreditor Agreement)
to take enforcement action with respect to the Collateral if any amount is declared or becomes due and payable pursuant to Section 6.02
(but not otherwise).
The Trustee may maintain
a proceeding even if it does not possess any of the EchoStar Exchange Notes or does not produce any of them in the proceeding. A delay
or omission by the Trustee or any Holder in exercising any right or remedy accruing upon an Event of Default shall not impair the right
or remedy or constitute a waiver of or acquiescence in the Event of Default. All remedies are cumulative to the extent permitted by law.
Section 6.04 Waiver
of Past Defaults. Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding EchoStar Exchange Notes by notice
to the Trustee may on behalf of the Holders of all of the EchoStar Exchange Notes rescind an acceleration or waive an existing Default
or Event of Default and its consequences hereunder, except a continuing Default or Event of Default in the payment of the principal,
premium if any, or interest on, the EchoStar Exchange Notes.
Section 6.05 Control
by Majority. Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding EchoStar Exchange Notes have the right
to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for exercising any remedy available to the Trustee subject to certain
exceptions. However, the Trustee may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law or this EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture
that the Trustee determines may be unduly prejudicial to the rights of other Holders or that may involve the Trustee in personal liability.
Section 6.06 Limitation
on Suits. Subject to Section 7.01, in case an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee will be under no obligation
to exercise any of the rights or powers hereunder at the request or direction of any Holders unless such Holders have offered to the
Trustee indemnity or security satisfactory to the Trustee against any loss, liability or expense. No Holder may pursue any remedy with
respect to this EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture or the EchoStar Exchange Notes unless:
| (1) | such
Holder has previously given the Trustee notice that an Event of Default is continuing; |
| (2) | Holders
of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding EchoStar Exchange Notes
have requested to the Trustee to pursue the remedy; |
| (3) | such
Holders have offered the Trustee security or indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against
any loss, liability or expense; |
| (4) | the
Trustee has not complied with such request within 60 days after the receipt of the request
and the offer of security or indemnity; and |
| (5) | Holders
of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding EchoStar Exchange Notes
have not given the Trustee a direction inconsistent with such request within such 60-day
period. |
A Holder may not use this
EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture to prejudice the rights of another Holder or to obtain a preference or priority over another Holder
(it being understood that the Trustee does not have an affirmative duty to ascertain whether or not such actions or forbearances are
unduly prejudicial to such Holders). For the avoidance of doubt, this Section 6.06 shall not limit the right of any Holder to pursue
claims that do not arise under this EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture, the EchoStar Exchange Notes or the Security Documents.
Section 6.07 Rights
of Holders to Receive Payment. Notwithstanding any other provision of this EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture, the right of any
Holder to receive payment of principal, premium if any, and interest on the Note, on or after the respective due dates expressed in the
Note (including in connection with an offer to purchase or upon acceleration), or to bring suit for the enforcement of any such payment
on or after such respective dates, shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of such Holder; provided that a Holder
shall not have the right to institute any such suit for the enforcement of payment if and to the extent that the institution or prosecution
thereof or the entry of judgment therein would, under applicable law, result in the surrender, impairment, waiver or loss of the Lien
of this EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture upon any property subject to such Lien.
Section 6.08 Collection
Suit by Trustee. If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(1) or (2) hereof occurs and is continuing,
the Trustee is authorized to recover judgment in its own name and as trustee of an express trust against the Company for the whole amount
of principal of, premium if any, and interest remaining unpaid on, the EchoStar Exchange Notes and interest on overdue principal and,
to the extent lawful, interest and such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including
the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel.
Section 6.09 Trustee
May File Proofs of Claim. Subject to the Intercreditor Agreement, the Trustee is authorized to file such proofs of claim
and other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for the
reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel) and the Holders allowed in any
judicial proceedings relative to the Company (or any other obligor upon the EchoStar Exchange Notes), its creditors or its property and
shall be entitled and empowered to collect, receive and distribute any money or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims
and any custodian in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the Trustee, and in the
event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due to
it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts
due the Trustee under Section 7.07 hereof. To the extent that the payment of any such compensation, expenses, disbursements and
advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.07 hereof out of the estate
in any such proceeding, shall be denied for any reason, payment of the same shall be secured by a Lien on, and shall be paid out of,
any and all distributions, dividends, money, securities and other properties that the Holders may be entitled to receive in such proceeding
whether in liquidation or under any plan of reorganization or arrangement or otherwise. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize
the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment
or composition affecting the EchoStar Exchange Notes or the rights of any Holder, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the
claim of any Holder in any such proceeding.
Section 6.10 Priorities. If
the Trustee or the Collateral Agent collects any money or property pursuant to this Article VI, it shall, subject to the terms of
the Intercreditor Agreement, pay out the money or property in the following order:
First:
to the Trustee, its agents and attorneys for amounts due under Section 7.07 hereof, including payment of all compensation, expenses
and liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the Trustee and the costs and expenses of collection;
Second:
to Holders for amounts due and unpaid on the EchoStar Exchange Notes for principal, premium if any, and interest, ratably, without preference
or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on the EchoStar Exchange Notes for principal, premium if any and interest,
respectively; and
Third:
to the Company or to such party as a court of competent jurisdiction shall direct.
The Trustee may fix a record
date and payment date for any payment to Holders pursuant to this Section 6.10.
Section 6.11 Undertaking
for Costs. In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture or in any suit
against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as a Trustee, a court in its discretion may require the filing by any party
litigant in the suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of the suit, and the court in its discretion may assess reasonable costs, including
reasonable attorneys’ fees, against any party litigant in the suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims
or defenses made by the party litigant. This Section 6.11 does not apply to a suit by the Trustee, a suit by a Holder pursuant to
Section 6.07 hereof, or a suit by Holders of more than 10% in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding EchoStar Exchange
Notes.
Section 6.12 Limitation
on Powers of Trustee and Collateral Agent. All powers of the Trustee and Collateral Agent under this EchoStar Exchange Notes
Indenture and the Security Documents, in its capacity as Trustee and Collateral Agent, will be subject to applicable provisions of the
Communications Act, including without limitation, the requirements of prior approval for de facto or de jure transfer of control or assignment
of Title III licenses.
Article VII
TRUSTEE
Section 7.01 Duties
of Trustee.
(a) |
If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee will exercise such of the rights and
powers vested in it by this EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in its exercise, as a prudent
person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of such person’s own affairs. |
| (b) | Except
during the continuance of an Event of Default: |
| (1) | the
duties of the Trustee will be determined solely by the express provisions of this EchoStar
Exchange Notes Indenture and the Trustee need perform only those duties that are specifically
set forth in this EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture and no others, and no implied covenants
or obligations shall be read into this EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture against the Trustee;
and |
| (2) | in
the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth
of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates
or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this EchoStar
Exchange Notes Indenture; provided, however, in the case of any such certificates
or opinions which any provision hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee,
the Trustee will examine such certificates and opinions to determine whether or not they
conform to the requirements of this EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture (but need not confirm
or investigate the accuracy of mathematical calculations or other facts stated therein). |
| (c) | The
Trustee may not be relieved from liabilities for its own negligent action, its own negligent
failure to act, or its own willful misconduct, except that: |
| (1) | this
paragraph does not limit the effect of Section 7.01(b); |
| (2) | the
Trustee will not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible
Officer, unless it is proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent
facts; and |
| (3) | the
Trustee will not be liable with respect to any action it takes or omits to take in good faith
in accordance with a direction received by it pursuant to Section 6.05 hereof (it being
understood that the Trustee shall in all events have the right to consult with the Holders
of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding EchoStar Exchange Notes
for purposes of receiving such a direction with respect to any action that it proposes to
take or omit to take). |
| (d) | Whether
or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture
that in any way relates to the Trustee is subject to Section 7.01(a), (b), and (c). |
| (e) | No
provision of this EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture will require the Trustee to expend or
risk its own funds or incur any liability. The Trustee will be under no obligation to exercise
any of its rights and powers under this EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture at the request
of any Holders, unless such Holder has offered to the Trustee security and indemnity satisfactory
to it against any loss, liability or expense. |
| (f) | The
Trustee will not be liable for interest on any money received by it except as the Trustee
may agree in writing with the Company. Money held in trust by the Trustee need not be segregated
from other funds except to the extent required by law. |
Section 7.02 Rights
of Trustee.
(a) |
The Trustee may conclusively rely and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution,
certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence
of indebtedness or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties. |
| (b) | Before
the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require an Officers’ Certificate or
an Opinion of Counsel or both. The Trustee will not be liable for any action it takes or
omits to take in good faith in reliance on such Officers’ Certificate or Opinion of
Counsel. The Trustee may consult with counsel of its selection and the advice of such counsel
or any Opinion of Counsel will be full and complete authorization and protection from liability
in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in
reliance thereon. |
| (c) | The
Trustee may act through its attorneys and agents and will not be responsible for the misconduct
or negligence of any agent or attorney appointed with due care. |
| (d) | The
Trustee will not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith that it
believes to be authorized or within the rights or powers conferred upon it by this EchoStar
Exchange Notes Indenture. |
| (e) | Unless
otherwise specifically provided in this EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture, any demand, request,
direction or notice from the Company will be sufficient if signed by an Officer of the Company. |
| (f) | The
Trustee will be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it
by this EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders
unless such Holders have offered to the Trustee indemnity or security satisfactory to it
against the losses, liabilities and expenses that might be incurred by it in compliance with
such request or direction. |
| (g) | The
Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in
any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction,
consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document,
but the Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into such
facts or matters as it may see fit, and if the Trustee shall determine to make such further
inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the books, records and premises
of the Company, personally or by agent or attorney at the sole cost of the Company and shall
incur no liability or additional liability of any kind by reason of such inquiry or investigation. |
| (h) | The
Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken, suffered, or omitted to be taken by it
in good faith and reasonably believed by it to be authorized or within the discretion or
rights or powers conferred upon it by this EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture. |
| (i) | In
no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for special, indirect, punitive or consequential
loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including, but not limited to, loss of profit) irrespective
of whether the Trustee has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless
of the form of action. |
| (j) | The
Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice of any Default or Event of Default unless written
notice of any event which is in fact such a default is received by a Responsible Officer
of the Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and such notice references the
EchoStar Exchange Notes and this EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture. |
| (k) | The
rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee, including,
without limitation, its right to be indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable
by, the Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder (including, without limitation, the Collateral
Agent), and each agent, custodian and other Person employed to act hereunder. |
| (l) | The
Trustee may request that the Company deliver a certificate setting forth the names of individuals
and/or titles of officers authorized at such time to take specified actions pursuant to this
EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture. |
Section 7.03 Individual
Rights of Trustee. The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of EchoStar Exchange
Notes and may otherwise deal with the Company or any Affiliate of the Company with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee.
However, in the event that the Trustee acquires any conflicting interest, it must eliminate such conflict within 90 days, apply to the
SEC for permission to continue as trustee or resign. Any Agent may do the same with like rights and duties. The Trustee is also subject
to Section 7.10 and Section 7.11 hereof.
Section 7.04 Trustee’s
Disclaimer. The Trustee will not be responsible for and makes no representation as to the validity or adequacy of this EchoStar
Exchange Notes Indenture or the EchoStar Exchange Notes, it shall not be accountable for the Company’s use of the proceeds from
the EchoStar Exchange Notes or any money paid to the Company or upon the Company’s direction under any provision of this EchoStar
Exchange Notes Indenture, it will not be responsible for the use or application of any money received by any Paying Agent other than
the Trustee, and it will not be responsible for any statement or recital herein or any statement in the EchoStar Exchange Notes or any
other document in connection with the sale of the EchoStar Exchange Notes or pursuant to this EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture other
than its certificate of authentication.
Section 7.05 Notice
of Defaults. If a Default or Event of Default occurs and is continuing and if it is known to the Trustee, the Trustee will mail
to Holders a notice of the Default or Event of Default within 90 days after it occurs. Except in the case of a Default or Event of Default
in payment of principal, premium if any, or interest on, any Note, the Trustee may withhold the notice if and so long as a committee
of its Responsible Officers in good faith determines that withholding the notice is in the interests of the Holders.
Section 7.06 Reports
by Trustee to Holders.
(a) |
Within 60 days after each May 30 beginning with May 30, 2025, and for so long as EchoStar Exchange
Notes remain outstanding, the Trustee will transmit to the Holders a brief report dated as of such reporting date that complies with
TIA §313(a) (but if no event described in TIA §313(a) has occurred within the twelve months preceding the
reporting date, no report need be transmitted). The Trustee also will comply with TIA §313(b)(2). The Trustee will also transmit
all reports as required by TIA §313(c). |
| (b) | A
copy of each report at the time of its transmission to the Holders will be transmitted by
the Trustee to the Company and filed by the Trustee with the SEC and each stock exchange
on which the EchoStar Exchange Notes are listed in accordance with TIA §313(d).
The Company will promptly notify the Trustee when the EchoStar Exchange Notes are listed
on any stock exchange and of any delisting thereof. |
Section 7.07 Compensation
and Indemnity.
(a) |
The Company will pay to the Trustee from time to time reasonable compensation for its acceptance of this
EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture and services hereunder. The Trustee’s compensation will not be limited by any law on compensation
of a trustee of an express trust. The Company will reimburse the Trustee promptly upon request for all reasonable disbursements, advances
and expenses incurred or made by it in addition to the compensation for its services. Such expenses will include the reasonable compensation,
disbursements and expenses of the Trustee’s agents and counsel. |
| (b) | The
Company and the Guarantors, jointly and severally, will indemnify the Trustee and its agents
for, and hold them harmless against, any and all losses, damages, claims, liabilities or
expenses (other than taxes based upon, measured by or determined by the income of the Trustee),
it arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of the trust or
trusts under this EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture, including the costs and expenses of
enforcing this EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture against the Company and the Guarantors (including
this Section 7.07) and defending itself against any claim (whether asserted by the Company,
the Guarantors, any Holder or any other Person) or liability in connection with the exercise
or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder, except to the extent any such loss,
damage, claim, liability or expense may be attributable to its negligence or bad faith. The
Trustee will notify the Company promptly of any claim for which it may seek indemnity. Failure
by the Trustee to so notify the Company will not relieve the Company or any of the Guarantors
of their obligations hereunder. The Company or such Guarantor will defend the claim and the
Trustee will cooperate in the defense. The Trustee may have separate counsel and the Company
will pay the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel. Neither the Company nor any Guarantor
need pay for any settlement made without its consent, which consent will not be unreasonably
withheld. |
| (c) | The
obligations of the Company and the Guarantors under this Section 7.07 will survive the
satisfaction and discharge of this EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture. |
| (d) | To
secure the Company’s and the Guarantors’ payment obligations in this Section 7.07,
the Trustee will have a Lien prior to the EchoStar Exchange Notes on all money or property
held or collected by the Trustee, except that held in trust to pay principal and interest
on particular EchoStar Exchange Notes. Such Lien will survive the satisfaction and discharge
of this EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture. |
| (e) | When
the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(9) or
(10) hereof occurs, the expenses and the compensation for the services (including the
fees and expenses of its agents and counsel) are intended to constitute expenses of administration
under any Bankruptcy Law. |
| (f) | The
Trustee will comply with the provisions of TIA §313(b)(2) to the extent applicable. |
Section 7.08 Replacement
of Trustee.
(a) |
A resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a successor Trustee will become effective only
upon the successor Trustee’s acceptance of appointment as provided in this Section 7.08. |
| (b) | The
Trustee may resign in writing at any time and be discharged from the trust hereby created
by so notifying the Company. The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
then outstanding EchoStar Exchange Notes may remove the Trustee by so notifying the Trustee
and the Company in writing. The Company may remove the Trustee if: |
| (1) | the
Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10 hereof; |
| (2) | the
Trustee is adjudged a bankrupt or an insolvent or an order for relief is entered with respect
to the Trustee under any Bankruptcy Law; |
| (3) | a
custodian or public officer takes charge of the Trustee or its property; or |
| (4) | the
Trustee becomes incapable of acting. |
| (c) | If
the Trustee resigns or is removed or if a vacancy exists in the office of Trustee for any
reason, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding EchoStar
Exchange Notes will promptly appoint a successor Trustee. |
| (d) | If
a successor Trustee does not take office within 60 days after the retiring Trustee resigns
or is removed, the retiring Trustee, at the expense of the Company, or the Holders of at
least 10% in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding EchoStar Exchange Notes may
petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee. |
| (e) | If
the Trustee, after written request by any Holder who has been a Holder for at least six months,
fails to comply with Section 7.10 hereof, such Holder may petition any court of competent
jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee. |
| (f) | A
successor Trustee will deliver a written acceptance of its appointment to the retiring Trustee
and to the Company. Thereupon, the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee will become
effective, and the successor Trustee will have all the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee
under this EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture. The successor Trustee will mail a notice of
its succession to Holders. The retiring Trustee will promptly transfer all property held
by it as Trustee to the successor Trustee; provided all sums owing to the Trustee
hereunder have been paid and subject to the Lien provided for in Section 7.07 hereof.
Notwithstanding replacement of the Trustee pursuant to this Section 7.08, the Company’s
obligations under Section 7.07 hereof will continue for the benefit of the retiring
Trustee. |
Section 7.09 Successor
Trustee by Merger, etc. If the Trustee consolidates, merges or converts into, or transfers all or substantially all of
its corporate trust business to, another corporation, the successor corporation without any further act will be the successor Trustee.
Section 7.10 Eligibility;
Disqualification. There will at all times be a Trustee hereunder that is a corporation organized and doing business under the
laws of the United States of America or of any state thereof that is authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trustee power,
that is subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authorities and that has a combined capital and surplus of at least
$100.0 million as set forth in its most recent published annual report of condition.
This EchoStar Exchange Notes
Indenture will always have a Trustee who satisfies the requirements of TIA §310(a)(1), (2) and (5). The Trustee is subject
to TIA §310(b).
Section 7.11 Preferential
Collection of Claims Against Company. The Trustee is subject to TIA §311(a), excluding any creditor relationship listed
in TIA §311(b). A Trustee who has resigned or been removed shall be subject to TIA §311(a) to the extent indicated
therein.
Section 7.12 Limitation
on Duty of Trustee in Respect of Collateral.
(a) Beyond
the exercise of reasonable care in the custody thereof, the Trustee shall have no duty as to any Collateral in its possession or control
or in the possession or control of any agent or bailee or any income thereon or as to preservation of rights against prior parties or
any other rights pertaining thereto and the Trustee shall not be responsible for the preparing or filing any financing or continuation
statements or preparing or recording any documents or instruments in any public office at any time or times or, beyond exercising reasonable
care in the custody of possessory collateral delivered to the Trustee in accordance with the Security Documents, otherwise perfecting
or maintaining the perfection of any security interest in the Collateral. The Trustee shall be deemed to have exercised reasonable care
in the custody of the Collateral in its possession if the Collateral is accorded treatment substantially equal to that which it accords
its own property and shall not be liable or responsible for any loss or diminution in the value of any of the Collateral, by reason of
the act or omission of any carrier, forwarding agency or other agent or bailee selected by the Trustee in good faith.
(b) The
Trustee shall not be responsible for the existence, genuineness or value of any of the Collateral or for the validity, perfection, priority
or enforceability of the Liens in any of the Collateral, whether impaired by operation of law or by reason of any action or omission
to act on its part hereunder, except to the extent such action or omission constitutes gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct
on the part of the Trustee, for the validity or sufficiency of the Collateral or any agreement or assignment contained therein, for the
validity of the title of the Company to the Collateral, for insuring the Collateral or for the payment of taxes, charges, assessments
or Liens upon the Collateral or otherwise as to the maintenance of the Collateral. The Trustee shall have no duty to ascertain or inquire
as to the performance or observance of any of the terms of this EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture or the Security Documents by the Company
or the Guarantors.
Article VIII
LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
Section 8.01 Option
to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance. The Company may at any time elect to have either Section 8.02 or Section 8.03
hereof be applied to all outstanding EchoStar Exchange Notes upon compliance with the conditions set forth below in this Article VIII.
Section 8.02 Legal
Defeasance and Discharge. Upon the Company’s exercise under Section 8.01 hereof of the option applicable to this
Section 8.02, the Company and each of the Guarantors will, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04
hereof, be deemed to have been discharged from their obligations with respect to all outstanding EchoStar Exchange Notes and Notes Guarantees
on the date the conditions set forth below are satisfied (hereinafter, “Legal Defeasance”). For this purpose, Legal
Defeasance means that the Company and the Guarantors will be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire Indebtedness represented by
the outstanding EchoStar Exchange Notes and the Notes Guarantees, which will thereafter be deemed to be “outstanding” only
for the purposes of Section 8.05 hereof and the other Sections of this EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture referred to in clauses (1) and (2) below,
and to have satisfied all their other obligations under such EchoStar Exchange Notes, the Notes Guarantees and this EchoStar Exchange
Notes Indenture (and the Trustee, on demand of and at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the
same), except for the following provisions which will survive until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder:
| (1) | the
rights of Holders of outstanding EchoStar Exchange Notes to receive payments in respect of
the principal of, or interest or premium if any, on, such EchoStar Exchange Notes when such
payments are due from the trust referred to in Section 8.04 hereof; |
| (2) | the
Company’s obligations with respect to the EchoStar Exchange Notes under Section 2.03,
Section 2.04, Section 2.06, Section 2.07, Section 2.10 and Section 4.02
hereof; |
| (3) | the
rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder and the Company’s
obligations in connection therewith; and |
Subject to compliance with
this Article VIII, the Company may exercise its option under this Section 8.02 notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option
under Section 8.03 hereof.
Section 8.03 Covenant
Defeasance. Upon the Company’s exercise under Section 8.01 hereof of the option applicable to this Section 8.03,
the Company and each of the Guarantors will, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 hereof, be
released from each of their obligations under the covenants contained in Section 4.03, Section 4.07, Section 4.08,
Section 4.09, Section 4.10, Section 4.11, Section 4.12, Section 4.14, Section 4.15, Section 4.16,
Section 4.17 and Section 4.18 hereof with respect to the outstanding EchoStar Exchange Notes on and after the date the conditions
set forth in Section 8.04 hereof are satisfied (hereinafter, “Covenant Defeasance”), and the EchoStar Exchange
Notes will thereafter be deemed not “outstanding” for the purposes of any direction, waiver, consent or declaration or act
of Holders (and the consequences of any thereof) in connection with such covenants, but will continue to be deemed “outstanding”
for all other purposes hereunder (it being understood that such EchoStar Exchange Notes will not be deemed outstanding for accounting
purposes). For this purpose, Covenant Defeasance means that, with respect to the outstanding EchoStar Exchange Notes and Notes Guarantees,
the Company and the Guarantors may omit to comply with and will have no liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set
forth in any such covenant, whether directly or indirectly, by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such covenant or by reason
of any reference in any such covenant to any other provision herein or in any other document and such omission to comply will not constitute
a Default or an Event of Default under Section 6.01 hereof, but, except as specified above, the remainder of this EchoStar Exchange
Notes Indenture and such EchoStar Exchange Notes and Notes Guarantees will be unaffected thereby. In addition, upon the Company’s
exercise under Section 8.01 hereof of the option applicable to this Section 8.03, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions
set forth in Section 8.04, Section 6.01(3) through (7) and Section 6.01(11) hereof will not constitute
Events of Default.
Section 8.04 Conditions
to Legal or Covenant Defeasance. In order to exercise either Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance, with respect to the EchoStar
Exchange Notes under either Section 8.02 or Section 8.03 hereof:
| (1) | the
Company must irrevocably deposit with the Trustee, in trust, for the benefit of the Holders,
cash in U.S. dollars, non-callable Government Securities, or a combination thereof, in such
amounts as will be sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent
public accountants selected by the Company, to pay the principal of, premium, if any, and
interest on, the outstanding EchoStar Exchange Notes on the stated maturity or on the applicable
optional redemption date, as the case may be; |
| (2) | in
the case of Legal Defeasance, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel
reasonably acceptable to the Trustee confirming that: |
| (A) | the
Company has received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a
ruling; or |
| (B) | since
the date of this EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture, there has been a change in the applicable
federal income tax law, |
in either case to the effect that, and
based thereon such Opinion of Counsel shall confirm that, the Holders of the outstanding EchoStar Exchange Notes will not recognize income,
gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such Legal Defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on the same
amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such Legal Defeasance had not occurred;
| (3) | in
the case of Covenant Defeasance, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion
of Counsel reasonably acceptable to such Trustee confirming that the Holders will not recognize
income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such Covenant Defeasance
and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at
the same times as would have been the case if such Covenant Defeasance had not occurred; |
| (4) | no
Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit
(other than a Default or Event of Default resulting from the borrowing of funds to be applied
to such deposit and the granting of Liens securing such borrowing) and the deposit will not
result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any other instrument to
which the Company or any Guarantor is a party or by which the Company or any Guarantor is
bound; |
| (5) | such
Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not result in a breach or violation of, or
constitute a default under, this EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture or any other material
agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by
which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is bound; |
| (6) | the
Company must deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating that the deposit
was not made by the Company with the intent of preferring the Holders over any of its other
creditors or with the intent of defeating, hindering, delaying or defrauding any of its other
creditors or others; and |
| (7) | the
Company must deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and Opinion of Counsel,
each stating that all conditions precedent provided for or relating to the Legal Defeasance
or the Covenant Defeasance relating to the EchoStar Exchange Notes have been complied with. |
Section 8.05 Deposited
Money and Government Securities to be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions. Subject to Section 8.06 hereof, all
money and non-callable Government Securities (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee,
collectively for purposes of this Section 8.05, the “Trustee”) pursuant to Section 8.04 hereof in respect
of the outstanding EchoStar Exchange Notes will be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of such
EchoStar Exchange Notes and this EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including
the Company acting as Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Holders of such EchoStar Exchange Notes of all sums due and
to become due thereon in respect of principal, premium if any, and interest, but such money need not be segregated from other funds except
to the extent required by law.
The Company will pay and
indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against the cash or non-callable Government Securities
deposited pursuant to Section 8.04 hereof or the principal and interest received in respect thereof other than any such tax, fee
or other charge which by law is for the account of the Holders of the outstanding EchoStar Exchange Notes.
Notwithstanding anything
in this Article VIII to the contrary, the Trustee will deliver or pay to the Company from time to time upon the request of the Company
any money or non-callable Government Securities held by it as provided in Section 8.04 hereof which, in the opinion of a nationally
recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee (which may be
the opinion delivered under Section 8.04(1) hereof), are in excess of the amount thereof that would then be required to be
deposited to effect an equivalent Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.
Section 8.06 Repayment
to Company. Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Company, in trust for the payment
of the principal of, premium if any, or interest on, any Note and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal, premium if
any, or interest has become due and payable shall be paid to the Company on its request or (if then held by the Company) will be discharged
from such trust; and the Holder of such Note will thereafter be permitted to look only to the Company for payment thereof, and all liability
of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Company as trustee thereof, will thereupon
cease; provided, however, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment, may
at the expense of the Company cause to be published once, in the New York Times and The Wall Street Journal (national edition), notice
that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which will not be less than 30 days from the date of such
notification or publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to the Company.
Section 8.07 Reinstatement. If
the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any U.S. dollars or non-callable Government Securities in accordance with Section 8.02
or Section 8.03 hereof, as the case may be, by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining,
restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, then the Company’s and the Guarantors’ obligations under this EchoStar
Exchange Notes Indenture and the EchoStar Exchange Notes and the Notes Guarantees will be revived and reinstated as though no deposit
had occurred pursuant to Section 8.02 or Section 8.03 hereof until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to
apply all such money in accordance with Section 8.02 or Section 8.03 hereof, as the case may be; provided, however,
that, if the Company makes any payment of principal of, premium if any, or interest on, any Note following the reinstatement of its obligations,
the Company will be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such EchoStar Exchange Notes to receive such payment from the money held
by the Trustee or Paying Agent.
Article IX
AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER
Section 9.01 Without
Consent of Holders. Notwithstanding Section 9.02 hereof, the Company, the Guarantors, the Trustee and the Collateral Agent,
as the case may be, may amend or supplement this EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture, the EchoStar Exchange Notes, the Notes Guarantees,
or the Security Documents without the consent of any Holder:
| (1) | to
cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency; |
| (2) | to
provide for uncertificated EchoStar Exchange Notes in addition to or in place of certificated
EchoStar Exchange Notes; |
| (3) | to
provide for the assumption of the Company’s or a Guarantor’s obligations to the
Holders in the case of a merger or consolidation or sale of all or substantially all of the
Company’s or a Guarantor’s assets, as applicable; |
| (4) | to
make any change that would provide any additional rights or benefits to the Holders or that
does not adversely affect the legal rights hereunder of any Holder; |
| (5) | to
comply with requirements of the SEC in order to effect or maintain the qualification of this
EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture under the TIA; |
| (6) | to
conform the text of this EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture,
the EchoStar Exchange Notes, the Notes Guarantees or
the Security Documents to any provision of the “Description of the EchoStar
Exchange Notes” section of the Company’s prospectus filed with the SEC pursuant
to Rule 424(b)(3) under the Securities Act on October 10, 2024 to
the extent that such provision in such “Description of the EchoStar Exchange Notes”
was intended to be a verbatim or substantially verbatim recitation of a provision thereof; |
| (7) | to
enter into additional or supplemental Security Documents or provide for additional Collateral; |
| (8) | to
allow any Guarantor to execute a supplemental indenture; |
| (9) | to
make, complete or confirm any Notes Guarantee or any grant of Collateral permitted or required
by the EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture, any Intercreditor
Agreement or any of the Security Documents; |
| (10) | to
release Notes Guarantees or any Collateral when permitted or required by the terms of this
EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture, any Intercreditor Agreement and the Security Documents; |
| (11) | to
evidence and provide for the acceptance and appointment under this EchoStar Exchange Notes
Indenture of successor trustees pursuant to the requirements thereof; |
| (12) | to
secure any Notes Obligations under the Security Documents; or |
| (13) | to
provide for the issuance of PIK Notes and Additional Notes in accordance with the
limitations set forth in the EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture. |
Upon the request of the Company
accompanied by a resolution of its Board of Directors authorizing the execution of any such amended or supplemental indenture, and upon
receipt by the Trustee of the documents described in Section 7.02 hereof, the Trustee and/or the Collateral Agent, as the case may
be, may join with the Company and the Guarantors in the execution of any amended or supplemental indenture or amendment or supplement
to the EchoStar Exchange Notes, the Notes Guarantees or the Security Documents authorized or permitted by the terms of this EchoStar
Exchange Notes Indenture and to make any further appropriate agreements and stipulations that may be therein contained, but in all events
the Trustee and the Collateral Agent will not be obligated to enter into such amended or supplemental indenture or amendment or supplement
to the EchoStar Exchange Notes, the Notes Guarantees or the Security Documents that affects its own rights, duties or immunities under
this EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture, the EchoStar Exchange Notes, the Notes Guarantees or the Security Documents or otherwise.
Section 9.02 With
Consent of Holders. Except as provided below in this Section 9.02, the Company, the Guarantors, the Trustee and the Collateral
Agent, as the case may be, may amend or supplement this EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture, the EchoStar Exchange Notes, the Notes Guarantees
and the Security Documents with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding EchoStar Exchange
Notes (including, without limitation, consents obtained in connection with a purchase of, or tender offer or exchange offer for, the
EchoStar Exchange Notes), and except as provided in the next two paragraphs, any existing Default or Event of Default or compliance with
any provision of this EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture, the EchoStar Exchange Notes, or the Security Documents may be waived with the
consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the EchoStar Exchange Notes then outstanding (including, without limitation,
consents obtained in connection with a purchase of, or tender offer or exchange offer for, the EchoStar Exchange Notes).
Without the consent of each
Holder affected, however, an amendment, supplement or waiver under this Section 9.02 may not:
| (1) | reduce
the aggregate principal amount of EchoStar Exchange Notes whose Holders must consent to an
amendment, supplement or waiver; |
| (2) | reduce
the principal of or change the fixed maturity of any EchoStar Exchange Note or reduce the
premium payable upon the redemption of any EchoStar Exchange Note; |
| (3) | reduce
the rate of or change the time for payment of interest on any EchoStar Exchange Note; |
| (4) | waive
a Default or Event of Default in the payment of principal of or premium, if any, or interest
on the EchoStar Exchange Notes (except a rescission of acceleration of the EchoStar Exchange
Notes by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the EchoStar Exchange
Notes and a waiver of the Payment Default that resulted from such acceleration); |
| (5) | make
any EchoStar Exchange Note payable in money other than that stated in the EchoStar Exchange
Notes; |
| (6) | make
any change in the provisions of this EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture relating to waivers
of past Defaults or the rights of Holders to receive payments of principal of or interest
on the EchoStar Exchange Notes; |
| (7) | waive
a redemption payment or mandatory redemption with respect to any EchoStar Exchange Note; |
| (8) | release
any Guarantor from any of its obligations under its Notes Guarantee or this EchoStar Exchange
Notes Indenture, except as set forth in Article X; |
| (9) | subordinate,
or have the effect of subordinating, the obligations under the EchoStar Exchange Notes to
any other Indebtedness (including to other obligations under the EchoStar Exchange Notes
pursuant to changes to any recovery waterfall or otherwise), or subordinate, or have the
effect of subordinating, the Liens securing the obligations under the EchoStar Exchange Notes
to Liens securing any other Indebtedness; or |
| (10) | make
any change to clauses (1) through (9) above. |
In addition, without the
consent of Holders of at least 75% of the outstanding principal amount of the EchoStar Exchange Notes then outstanding, an amendment
or a waiver may not (i) release all or substantially all of the Collateral from the Liens of the Security Documents otherwise than
in accordance with the terms of this EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture and the Security Documents, (ii) make any changes in the
provisions of Section 4.11, (iii) make any changes in the provisions under Section 4.08, or (iv) make any changes
in the provisions under or related to Section 4.16.
Upon the request of the Company
and upon the filing with the Trustee of evidence satisfactory to the Trustee of the consent of the Holders as aforesaid, and upon receipt
by the Trustee of the documents described in Section 7.02 hereof, the Trustee and/or the Collateral Agent, as the case may be, will
join with the Company and the Guarantors in the execution of such amended or supplemental indenture or amendment or supplement to the
EchoStar Exchange Notes, the Notes Guarantees or the Security Documents unless such amended or supplemental indenture or amendment or
supplement to the EchoStar Exchange Notes, the Notes Guarantees or the Security Documents directly affects the Trustee’s or the
Collateral Agent’s own rights, duties or immunities under this EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture, the EchoStar Exchange Notes,
the Notes Guarantees or the Security Documents or otherwise, in which case the Trustee or the Collateral Agent, as the case may be, may
in its discretion, but will not be obligated to, enter into such amended or supplemental Indenture or amendment or supplement to the
EchoStar Exchange Notes, the Notes Guarantees or the Security Documents.
After an amendment, supplement
or waiver under this Section 9.02 becomes effective, the Company will transmit to the Holders affected thereby a notice briefly
describing the amendment, supplement or waiver. Any failure of the Company to transmit such notice, or any defect therein, will not,
however, in any way impair or affect the validity of any such amendment, or supplemental or waiver.
Section 9.03 Compliance
with Trust Indenture Act.
Every amendment or supplement to this EchoStar
Exchange Notes Indenture or the EchoStar Exchange Notes will be set forth in an amendment or supplemental indenture that complies with
the TIA as then in effect.
Section 9.04 Revocation
and Effect of Consents. Until an amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective, a consent to it by a Holder of an EchoStar
Exchange Note is a continuing consent by the Holder of an EchoStar Exchange Note and every subsequent Holder of an EchoStar Exchange
Note or portion of an EchoStar Exchange Note that evidences the same debt as the consenting Holder’s EchoStar Exchange Note, even
if notation of the consent is not made on any EchoStar Exchange Note. However, any such Holder of an EchoStar Exchange Note or subsequent
Holder of an EchoStar Exchange Note may revoke the consent as to its EchoStar Exchange Note if the Trustee receives written notice of
revocation before the date the amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective. An amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective
in accordance with its terms and thereafter binds every Holder.
Section 9.05 Notation
on or Exchange of EchoStar Exchange Notes. The Trustee may place an appropriate notation about an amendment, supplement or waiver
on any EchoStar Exchange Note thereafter authenticated. The Company in exchange for all EchoStar Exchange Notes may issue and the Trustee
shall, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, authenticate new EchoStar Exchange Notes that reflect the amendment, supplement or waiver.
Failure to make the appropriate
notation or issue a new EchoStar Exchange Note will not affect the validity and effect of such amendment, supplement or waiver.
Section 9.06 Trustee
to Sign Amendments, etc. The Trustee and/or the Collateral Agent will sign any amendment, supplement or supplemental indenture
authorized pursuant to this Article IX if the amendment or supplement does not adversely affect the rights, duties, liabilities
or immunities of the Trustee or the Collateral Agent. The Company may not sign an amendment, supplement or supplemental indenture until
the Board of Directors of the Company approves it. In executing any amendment, supplement or supplemental indenture, the Trustee and
the Collateral Agent will be entitled to receive and (subject to Section 7.01 hereof) will be fully protected in relying upon, in
addition to the documents required by Section 13.04 hereof, an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that
the execution of such amendment, supplement or supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture
and the Security Documents.
Article X
NOTES GUARANTEES
Section 10.01 Guarantee.
(a) |
Subject to this Article X, each of the Guarantors hereby, jointly and severally, unconditionally guarantees
to each Holder of an EchoStar Exchange Note authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and to the Trustee and its successors and assigns,
irrespective of the validity and enforceability of this EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture, the EchoStar Exchange Notes or the obligations
of the Company hereunder or thereunder, that: |
| (1) | the
principal of, premium if any, and interest on, the EchoStar Exchange Notes will be promptly
paid in full when due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, redemption or otherwise, and
interest on the overdue principal of and interest on the EchoStar Exchange Notes, if any,
if lawful, and all other obligations of the Company to the Holders or the Trustee hereunder
or thereunder will be promptly paid in full or performed, all in accordance with the terms
hereof and thereof; and |
| (2) | in
case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any EchoStar Exchange Notes or any
of such other obligations, that same will be promptly paid in full when due or performed
in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at stated maturity, by
acceleration or otherwise. |
Failing payment when due of any amount
so guaranteed or any performance so guaranteed for whatever reason, the Guarantors will be jointly and severally obligated to pay the
same immediately. Each Guarantor agrees that this is a guarantee of payment and not a guarantee of collection.
| (b) | The
Guarantors hereby agree that their obligations hereunder are unconditional, irrespective
of the validity, regularity or enforceability of the EchoStar Exchange Notes or this EchoStar
Exchange Notes Indenture, the absence of any action to enforce the same, any waiver or consent
by any Holder with respect to any provisions hereof or thereof, the recovery of any judgment
against the Company, any action to enforce the same or any other circumstance which might
otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a guarantor. Each Guarantor
hereby waives diligence, presentment, demand of payment, filing of claims with a court in
the event of insolvency or bankruptcy of the Company, any right to require a proceeding first
against the Company, protest, notice and all demands whatsoever and covenant that this Notes
Guarantee will not be discharged except by complete performance of the obligations contained
in the EchoStar Exchange Notes and this EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture. |
| (c) | If
any Holder or the Trustee is required by any court or otherwise to return to the Company,
the Guarantors or any custodian, trustee, liquidator or other similar official acting in
relation to either the Company or the Guarantors, any amount paid by either to the Trustee
or such Holder, this Notes Guarantee, to the extent theretofore discharged, will be reinstated
in full force and effect. |
| (d) | Each
Guarantor agrees that it will not be entitled to any right of subrogation in relation to
the Holders in respect of any obligations guaranteed hereby until payment in full of all
obligations guaranteed hereby. Each Guarantor further agrees that, as between the Guarantors,
on the one hand, and the Holders and the Trustee, on the other hand, (1) the maturity
of the obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article VI hereof
for the purposes of this Notes Guarantee, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition
preventing such acceleration in respect of the obligations guaranteed hereby, and (2) in
the event of any declaration of acceleration of such obligations as provided in Article VI
hereof, such obligations (whether or not due and payable) will forthwith become due and payable
by the Guarantors for the purpose of this Notes Guarantee. The Guarantors will have the right
to seek contribution from any non-paying Guarantor so long as the exercise of such right
does not impair the rights of the Holders under the Notes Guarantee. |
Section 10.02 Limitation
on Guarantor Liability. Each Guarantor, and by its acceptance of EchoStar Exchange Notes, each Holder, hereby confirms that
it is the intention of all such parties that the Notes Guarantee of such Guarantor not constitute a fraudulent transfer or conveyance
for purposes of Bankruptcy Law, the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act, the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act or any similar federal or
state law to the extent applicable to any Notes Guarantee. To effectuate the foregoing intention, the Trustee, the Holders and the Guarantors
hereby irrevocably agree that the obligations of such Guarantor will be limited to the maximum amount that will, after giving effect
to such maximum amount and all other contingent and fixed liabilities of such Guarantor that are relevant under such laws, and after
giving effect to any collections from, rights to receive contribution from or payments made by or on behalf of any other Guarantor in
respect of the obligations of such other Guarantor under this Article X, result in the obligations of such Guarantor under its Notes
Guarantee not constituting a fraudulent transfer or conveyance.
Section 10.03 Releases.
(a) |
The Notes Guarantee of a Guarantor will be discharged and released upon the delivery to the Trustee and
Collateral Agent of an Officer’s Certificate stating that one of the following has occurred, and an Opinion of Counsel that all
conditions to such release under the terms of this EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture have been satisfied: |
| (1) | with
respect to a Spectrum Assets Guarantor and any Equity Pledge Guarantor that holds the Equity
Interests of such Spectrum Assets Guarantor, upon the sale or other disposition of all of
the Equity Interests of such Spectrum Assets Guarantor or all or substantially all of the
assets of such Spectrum Assets Guarantor (including by way of merger or consolidation) to
(a) a Person other than an Affiliate of such Guarantor or (b) a Spectrum Joint
Venture, in each case, if such sale or disposition does not violate the provisions set forth
under Section 4.09 or Section 5.01 hereto, as applicable; |
| (2) | upon
payment in full of the EchoStar Exchange Notes together with accrued and unpaid (or not yet
capitalized in the case of PIK Interest) interest thereon and payment and performance of
all other obligations (other than contingent obligations that survive termination) of the
Company and the Guarantors under the EchoStar Exchange Notes Documents; |
| (3) | upon
Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance as set forth under Article VIII hereto or upon
satisfaction and discharge of this EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture as set forth under Article XII
hereto; or |
| (4) | with
the consent of Holders of the requisite aggregate principal amount of the EchoStar Exchange
Notes as set forth under Section 9.02. |
Upon any release of a Guarantor from
its Notes Guarantee, such Guarantor will be automatically and unconditionally released from its obligations under the Security Documents.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
herein, a release pursuant to the foregoing clause (1) shall not be permitted while any Default or Event of Default has occurred
and is continuing.
| (b) | Upon
delivery by the Company to the Trustee of an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of
Counsel to the effect that the conditions precedent under this EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture
to the release of a Guarantor from its Notes Guarantee pursuant to Section 10.03(a)(1) through
(a)(4), the Trustee will execute any documents reasonably required in order to evidence the
release of such Guarantor from its obligations under its Notes Guarantee. |
| (c) | Any
Guarantor not released from its obligations under its Notes Guarantee as provided in this
Section 10.03 will remain liable for the full amount of principal of and interest and
premium if any, on the EchoStar Exchange Notes and for the other obligations of any Guarantor
under this EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture as provided in this Article X. |
Article XI
Collateral and Security
Section 11.01 Grant
of Security Interest. The due and punctual payment of the principal of and interest if any, on the EchoStar Exchange Notes and
all Obligations with respect to each Notes Guarantee when and as the same shall be due and payable, whether on an interest payment date,
at maturity, by acceleration, repurchase, redemption or otherwise, and interest on the overdue principal of and interest (to the extent
permitted by law), if any, on the EchoStar Exchange Notes and performance of all other obligations of the Company and the Guarantors
to the Holders or the Trustee under this EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture, the EchoStar Exchange Notes and the Notes Guarantees, as
applicable, according to the terms hereunder or thereunder, are secured as provided in the Security Documents.
Each Holder, by its acceptance thereof, consents
and agrees to the terms of the Security Documents as the same may be in effect or may be amended from time to time in accordance with
its terms and authorizes and directs the Collateral Agent (i) to enter into the Security Documents (including, for the avoidance
of doubt, the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement), (ii) to perform its obligations and exercise its rights thereunder in accordance
therewith, and (iii) subject to receipt by the Collateral Agent of the Officer’s Certificates and Opinions of Counsel required
pursuant to Sections 9.06 and 13.04 hereof, to enter into any additional Intercreditor Agreements, satisfactory in form to the Collateral
Agent (for the avoidance of doubt, the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto, shall
be deemed satisfactory to the Collateral Agent), upon having received written instruction from the Company to do so. The Collateral Agent
will have no duties or obligations with respect to the Collateral except those expressly set forth hereunder or in the applicable Security
Documents or the Intercreditor Agreements and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into such documents against the applicable
Collateral Agent.
The Company and the Guarantors
will deliver to the Trustee copies of all documents delivered to the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Security Documents, and will do
or cause to be done all such acts and things as may be necessary or proper, or as may be required by the provisions of the Security Documents,
to assure and confirm to the Trustee and the Collateral Agent the security interest in the Collateral contemplated hereby and by the
Security Documents or any part thereof, as from time to time constituted, so as to render the same available for the security and benefit
of this EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture, the EchoStar Exchange Notes and the Notes Guarantees secured hereby, according to the intent
and purposes herein expressed.
The Company will take, and
will cause the Guarantors to take, any and all actions required to cause the Security Documents to create and maintain, as security for
the Obligations of the Company and the Guarantors hereunder, a valid and enforceable perfected first priority Lien in and on all the
Collateral, in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Trustee and the Holders, subject to no Liens other than as permitted
in this EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture.
Section 11.02 Security
Interest During an Event of Default. If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may, in addition to any rights
and remedies available to it under this EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture and the Security Documents, take such action as it deems advisable
to protect and enforce its rights in the Collateral, including the institution of sale or foreclosure proceedings.
So long as no Event of Default
has occurred and is continuing, and subject to certain terms and conditions set forth in this EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture and the
Security Documents, the Company and the Guarantors will be entitled to receive all cash dividends, interest and other payments made upon
or with respect to the Collateral and to exercise any voting and other consensual rights pertaining to the Collateral. Upon the occurrence
and continuation of an Event of Default, to the extent permitted by applicable law and subject to the provisions of any applicable Intercreditor
Agreement and the Security Documents (including notice requirements set forth in the Security Documents):
| 1. | all of the rights of the Guarantors to
exercise voting or other consensual rights with respect to all Equity Interests included
in the Collateral shall cease, and all such rights shall become vested in the Collateral
Agent, which, to the extent permitted by applicable law, shall have the sole right to exercise
such voting and other consensual rights in accordance with the written direction from the
Required Holders (it being understood that, until receipt by the Collateral Agent of such
written direction, it shall have no obligation to exercise, and shall incur no liability
for not exercising, such voting or other consensual rights); and |
| 2. | the Collateral Agent may take possession
of and sell the Collateral or any part thereof in accordance with the terms of applicable
law and the Security Documents. |
Section 11.03 Recording
and Opinions.
(a) |
The Company will furnish to the Trustee simultaneously with the execution and delivery of this EchoStar
Exchange Notes Indenture an Opinion of Counsel either: |
| (1) | stating
that, in the opinion of such counsel, all action has been taken with respect to the recording,
registering and filing of this EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture, financing statements or
other instruments necessary to make effective the Lien intended to be created by the Security
Documents, and reciting with respect to the security interests in the Collateral, the details
of such action; or |
| (2) | stating
that, in the opinion of such counsel, no such action is necessary to make such Lien effective. |
| (b) | The
Company and the Guarantors will furnish to the Collateral Agent and the Trustee within 30
days of May 30 of each year beginning with May 30, 2025, an Opinion of Counsel,
dated as of such date, either: |
| (1) | stating
that, in the opinion of such counsel, action has been taken with respect to the recording,
registering, filing, re-recording, re-registering and re-filing of all supplemental indentures,
financing statements, continuation statements or other instruments of further assurance as
is necessary to maintain the Lien of the Security Documents and reciting with respect to
the security interests in the Collateral the details of such action or referring to prior
Opinions of Counsel in which such details are given; or |
| (2) | stating
that, in the opinion of such counsel, no such action is necessary to maintain such Lien and
assignment. |
| (c) | The
Company will otherwise comply with the provisions of TIA §314(b). |
Section 11.04 Release
of Collateral.
(a) |
The Liens on the Collateral securing the Notes Guarantees will be released upon the delivery to the Trustee
and Collateral Agent of an Officer’s Certificate that one of the following has occurred, and an Opinion of Counsel that all conditions
to such release under the terms of the EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture have been satisfied: |
| (A) | payment
in full of the EchoStar Exchange Notes together with accrued and unpaid (or not yet capitalized
in the case of PIK Interest) interest thereon and performance of all other obligations (other
than contingent obligations that survive termination) of the Company and the Guarantors under
the EchoStar Exchange Notes Documents; or |
| (B) | Legal
Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance as set forth in Article VIII hereto or upon satisfaction
and discharge of this EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture as set in Article XII hereto; |
| (2) | with
respect to the property and assets of any Guarantor constituting Collateral, upon the release
of such Guarantor from its Notes Guarantee in accordance with the terms of this EchoStar
Exchange Notes Indenture; |
| (3) | as
to any Collateral that is sold, assigned, transferred, conveyed or otherwise disposed of
to (a) a Person other than an Affiliate of such Guarantor or (b) a Spectrum Joint
Venture, in each case in a transaction that at the time of such sale or disposition does
not violate the provisions set forth in Section 4.09 and Section 5.01 hereto, as
applicable; |
| (4) | in
whole or in part, with the consent of Holders of the requisite aggregate principal amount
of EchoStar Exchange Notes set forth in Article IX hereto; or |
| (5) | if
and to the extent required by any Intercreditor Agreement. |
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
herein, a release pursuant to the foregoing clause (3) shall not be permitted while any Default or Event of Default has occurred
and is continuing. Any request to the Trustee and Collateral Agent to release Collateral shall be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel
and Officer’s Certificate stating that such release complies with this EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture and the Security Documents.
| (b) | The
Company will comply with TIA §314(a)(1). |
| (c) | To
the extent applicable, the Company will cause TIA §313(b), relating to reports, and
TIA §314(d), relating to the release of property or securities or relating to the substitution
therefor of any property or securities to be subjected to the Lien of the Security Documents,
to be complied with. Any certificate or opinion required by TIA §314(d) may be
made by an officer of the Company except in cases where TIA §314(d) requires that
such certificate or opinion be made by an independent Person, which Person will be an independent
engineer, appraiser or other expert selected. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in
this paragraph, neither the Company nor the Guarantors will be required to comply with all
or any portion of TIA §314(d) if it determines, in good faith based on advice of
counsel, that under the terms of TIA §314(d) and/or any interpretation or guidance
as to the meaning thereof of the SEC and its staff, including “no action” letters
or exemptive orders, all or any portion of TIA §314(d) is inapplicable with respect
to the released Collateral. |
Section 11.05 Certificates
of the Company and the Guarantors; Opinions of Counsel. The Company and the Guarantors will furnish to the Trustee and the Collateral
Agent, prior to each proposed release of Collateral pursuant to this EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture and the Security Documents:
| 1. | all documents required by TIA §314(d);
and |
| 2. | an Opinion of Counsel, which may be rendered
by internal counsel to the Company, to the effect that such accompanying documents constitute
all documents required by TIA §314(d). |
The Trustee may, to the extent
permitted by Section 7.01 and Section 7.02 hereof, accept as conclusive evidence of compliance with the foregoing provisions
the appropriate statements contained in such documents and such Opinion of Counsel.
In the event that the Trustee
or the Collateral Agent is requested by the Company to execute any necessary or proper instrument or document to evidence or acknowledge
the release, satisfaction or termination of any Lien securing the Notes Obligations, the Trustee or the Collateral Agent, as applicable,
shall be entitled to receive an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel each stating that all conditions precedent under
this EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture, the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreements to such release have been complied with
and that it is permitted for the Trustee and/or the Collateral Agent to execute and deliver the instruments or documents requested by
the Company in connection with such release. Any such instrument or document shall be prepared by the Company. Neither the Trustee nor
the Collateral Agents shall be liable for any such release undertaken in reliance upon any such Officers’ Certificate or Opinion
of Counsel, and notwithstanding any term hereof or in any Security Document or in the Intercreditor Agreements to the contrary, neither
the Trustee nor the Collateral Agents shall be under any obligation to release any such Lien, or execute and deliver any such instrument
or document of release, satisfaction or termination with respect thereto, unless and until it receives such Officers’ Certificate
and Opinion of Counsel, upon which it shall be entitled to conclusively rely.
Section 11.06 [Reserved].
Section 11.07 Authorization
of Actions to Be Taken by the Trustee Under the Security Documents. Subject to the provisions of Section 7.01 and Section 7.02
hereof, the Trustee may, in its sole discretion and without the consent of the Holders, direct, on behalf of the Holders, the Collateral
Agent to, take all actions it deems necessary or appropriate in order to:
| 1. | enforce any of the terms of the Security
Documents; and |
| 2. | collect and receive any and all amounts
payable in respect of the Obligations of the Company and the Guarantors hereunder. |
The Trustee will have power
to institute and maintain such suits and proceedings as it may deem expedient to prevent any impairment of the Collateral by any acts
that may be unlawful or in violation of this EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture or the Security Documents, and such suits and proceedings
as the Trustee may deem expedient to preserve or protect its interests and the interests of the Holders in the Collateral (including
power to institute and maintain suits or proceedings to restrain the enforcement of or compliance with any legislative or other governmental
enactment, rule or order that may be unconstitutional or otherwise invalid if the enforcement of, or compliance with, such enactment,
rule or order would impair the security interest hereunder or be prejudicial to the interests of the Holders or of the Trustee).
Section 11.08 Authorization
of Receipt of Funds by the Trustee Under the Security Documents. The Trustee is authorized to receive any funds for the benefit
of the Holders distributed under the Security Documents, and to make further distributions of such funds to the Holders of according
to the provisions of this EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture.
Section 11.09 Concerning
the Collateral Agent. (a) The provisions of this Section 11.09 are solely for
the benefit of the Collateral Agent (except as otherwise provided herein for the benefit of the Trustee) and none of the Company or any
of the Guarantors nor any of the Holders shall have any rights as a third-party beneficiary of any of the provisions contained herein.
Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained elsewhere in this EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture and the Security Documents,
the Collateral Agent shall have only those duties or responsibilities expressly provided hereunder or thereunder and the Collateral Agent
shall not have nor be deemed to have any fiduciary relationship with the Trustee, the Company, any other Guarantor or any Holder, and
no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this EchoStar Exchange Notes
Indenture and the Security Documents or otherwise exist against the Collateral Agent.
(b) The
Collateral Agent shall act pursuant to the instructions of the Holders and the Trustee with respect to the Security Documents and the
Collateral. For the avoidance of doubt, the Collateral Agent shall have no discretion under this EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture, the
Intercreditor Agreements or any other Security Documents and shall not be required to make or give any determination, consent, approval,
request or direction without the written direction of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding
EchoStar Exchange Notes or the Trustee, as applicable. After the occurrence of an Event of Default, subject to the provisions of the
Security Documents, the Trustee may direct the Collateral Agent in connection with any action required or permitted by this EchoStar
Exchange Notes Indenture or the Security Documents.
(c) None
of the Collateral Agent or any of its respective Affiliates shall be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by any of them
under or in connection with this EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture or the transactions contemplated hereby (except for its own gross
negligence or willful misconduct) or under or in connection with any Security Document or the transactions contemplated thereby (except
for its own gross negligence or willful misconduct).
(d) Other
than in connection with a release of Collateral permitted under Section 11.04 (except as may be required by Section 9.02),
in each case that the Collateral Agent may or is required hereunder or under any other Security Document to take any action (an “Action”),
including without limitation to make any determination, to give consents, to exercise rights, powers or remedies, to release or sell
Collateral or otherwise to act hereunder or under any other Security Document, the Collateral Agent may seek direction from the Holders
of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding EchoStar Exchange Notes. The Collateral Agent shall not be liable
with respect to any Action taken or omitted to be taken by it in accordance with the direction from the Holders of a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the then outstanding EchoStar Exchange Notes. Subject to the Security Documents, if the Collateral Agent shall request
direction from the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding EchoStar Exchange Notes with respect to
any Action, the Collateral Agent shall be entitled to refrain from such Action unless and until the Collateral Agent shall have received
direction from the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding EchoStar Exchange Notes, and the Collateral
Agent shall not incur liability to any Person by reason of so refraining.
(e) Beyond
the exercise of reasonable care in the custody of the collateral in its possession, the Collateral Agent will have no duty as to any
Collateral in its possession or control or in the possession or control of any agent or bailee or any income thereon or as to preservation
of rights against prior parties or any other rights pertaining thereto. The Collateral Agent will be deemed to have exercised reasonable
care in the custody of the Collateral in its possession if the Collateral is accorded treatment substantially equal to that which it
accords its own property, and the Collateral Agent will not be liable or responsible for any loss or diminution in the value of any of
the Collateral by reason of the act or omission of any carrier, forwarding agency or other agent or bailee selected by the Collateral
Agent in good faith.
(f) The
Collateral Agent will not be responsible for the existence, genuineness or value of any of the Collateral or for the validity, perfection,
priority or enforceability of the Liens in any of the Collateral, whether impaired by operation of law or by reason of any action or
omission to act on its part hereunder, except to the extent such action or omission constitutes gross negligence or willful misconduct
on the part of the Collateral Agent, as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final, non-appealable order, for the validity
or sufficiency of the Collateral or any agreement or assignment contained therein, for the validity of the title of any Guarantor to
the Collateral, for insuring the Collateral or for the payment of taxes, charges, assessments or Liens upon the Collateral or otherwise
as to the maintenance of the Collateral. The Collateral Agent hereby disclaims any representation or warranty to the present and future
Holders of the EchoStar Exchange Notes concerning the perfection of the Liens granted hereunder or in the value of any of the Collateral.
(g) In
the event that the Collateral Agent or the Trustee is required to acquire title to an asset for any reason, or take any managerial action
of any kind in regard thereto, in order to carry out any fiduciary or trust obligation for the benefit of another, which in the Collateral
Agent’s or the Trustee’s sole discretion, as applicable, may cause the Collateral Agent or the Trustee, as applicable, to
be considered an “owner or operator” under any environmental laws or otherwise cause the Collateral Agent or the Trustee
to incur, or be exposed to, any environmental liability or any liability under any other federal, state or local law, the Collateral
Agent and the Trustee reserve the right, instead of taking such action, either to resign as Collateral Agent or Trustee or to arrange
for the transfer of the title or control of the asset to a court appointed receiver. Neither the Collateral Agent nor the Trustee will
not be liable to any person for any environmental claims or any environmental liabilities or contribution actions under any federal,
state or local law, rule or regulation by reason of the Collateral Agent’s actions and conduct as authorized, empowered and
directed hereunder or relating to any kind of discharge or release or threatened discharge or release of any hazardous materials into
the environment. If at any time it is necessary or advisable for the Collateral to be possessed, owned, operated or managed by any person
other than the Guarantor, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding EchoStar Exchange Notes shall
direct the Collateral Agent or Trustee, as applicable, to appoint an appropriately qualified person who they shall designate to possess,
own, operate or manage, as the case may be, the Collateral.
(h) The
Collateral Agent shall be entitled to all of the protections, immunities, indemnities, rights and privileges of the Trustee set forth
in this EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture and all such protections, immunities, indemnities, rights and privileges shall apply to the
Collateral Agent in its roles under any other Security Document, whether or not expressly stated therein.
(i) The
Collateral Agent shall be entitled to compensation, reimbursement and indemnity as set forth in Section 7.07.
(j) For
the avoidance of doubt, the Trustee and the Collateral Agent shall act only within the United States, and shall not be subject to any
foreign law, be required to act in any jurisdiction located outside the United States or be required to execute any foreign law governed
document.
(k) The
Collateral Agent shall not be responsible for the preparing or filing any financing or continuation statements or preparing or recording
any documents or instruments in any public office at any time or times or otherwise perfecting or maintaining the perfection of any security
interest in the Collateral.
(l) The
Collateral Agent shall have no duty to ascertain or inquire as to the performance or observance of any of the terms of this EchoStar
Exchange Notes Indenture or the Security Documents by the Company or the Guarantors.
(m) In
no event shall the Collateral Agent be required to enter into any account control agreement which requires it to indemnify or reimburse
any party thereto from the Collateral Agent’s own funds or from funds other than those received by the Collateral Agent from the
applicable account and actually in the possession of the Collateral Agent at the time it receives any demand for reimbursement or indemnification.
Article XII
satisfaction and discharge
Section 12.01 Satisfaction
and Discharge.
(a) |
This EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture and the rights of the Trustee and the Holders under the Security
Documents will be discharged and will cease to be of further effect as to all EchoStar Exchange Notes issued hereunder, when: |
| (A) | all
such EchoStar Exchange Notes that have been authenticated, except lost, stolen or destroyed
EchoStar Exchange Notes that have been replaced or paid and EchoStar Exchange Notes for whose
payment money has been deposited in trust and thereafter repaid to the Company, have been
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or |
| (B) | all
such EchoStar Exchange Notes that have not been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation
have become due and payable by reason of the issuance of a notice of redemption or otherwise
or will become due and payable within one year and the Company or any Guarantor has irrevocably
deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust solely for the
benefit of the Holders, cash in U.S. dollars, non-callable Government Securities, or a combination
of cash in U.S. dollars and non-callable Government Securities, in amounts as will be sufficient,
in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants selected
by the Company, without consideration of any reinvestment of interest, to pay and discharge
the entire Indebtedness on the EchoStar Exchange Notes not delivered to the Trustee for cancellation
for principal, premium and accrued interest to the date of maturity or redemption; |
| (2) | no
Default or Event of Default under this EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture has occurred and
is continuing on the date of the deposit (other than a Default or Event of Default resulting
from the borrowing of funds to be applied to such deposit and the granting of Liens securing
such borrowing) and the deposit will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute
a default under, any other instrument to which the Company or any Guarantor is a party or
by which the Company or any Guarantor is bound; |
| (3) | the
Company or any Guarantor has paid or caused to be paid all sums payable by it with respect
to the EchoStar Exchange Notes under this EchoStar Exchange Notes
Indenture; and |
| (4) | the
Company has delivered irrevocable written instructions to the Trustee under this EchoStar
Exchange Notes Indenture to apply the deposited money toward the payment of the EchoStar
Exchange Notes at maturity or on the redemption date, as the case may be. |
| (b) | In
addition, the Company must deliver an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel
to the Trustee stating that all conditions precedent to satisfaction and discharge have been
satisfied. |
| (c) | Notwithstanding
the satisfaction and discharge of this EchoStar Exchange Notes
Indenture, if money has been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 12.01(a)(1)(B) hereof,
the provisions of Section 12.02 and Section 8.06 hereof will survive. In addition,
nothing in this Section 12.01 will be deemed to discharge those provisions of Section 7.07
hereof, that, by their terms, survive the satisfaction and discharge of this EchoStar Exchange
Notes Indenture. |
Section 12.02 Application
of Trust Money. Subject to the provisions of Section 8.06 hereof, all money deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 12.01
hereof shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the EchoStar Exchange Notes and this EchoStar Exchange
Notes Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as
the Trustee may determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal (and premium, if any) and interest for whose payment such
money has been deposited with the Trustee; but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.
If the Trustee or Paying
Agent is unable to apply any money or Government Securities in accordance with Section 12.01 hereof by reason of any legal proceeding
or by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application,
the Company’s and any Guarantor’s obligations under this EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture and the EchoStar Exchange Notes
shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 12.01 hereof; provided that if the
Company has made any payment of principal, premium if any, or interest on, any EchoStar Exchange Notes because of the reinstatement of
its obligations, the Company shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such EchoStar Exchange Notes to receive such payment
from the money or Government Securities held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.
Section 12.03 Deposited
Money and U.S. Government Securities to Be Held in Trust; Indemnity.
The Company shall pay and
indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against the Government Securities deposited pursuant
to Section 12.01 or the principal and interest received in respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or other charge which by
law is for the account of the Holders of outstanding EchoStar Exchange Notes.
Article XIII
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 13.01 Trust
Indenture Act Controls. If any provision of this EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with the duties
imposed by TIA §318(c), the imposed duties will control.
Section 13.02 Notices. Any
notice or communication by the Company, any Guarantor, the Trustee or the Collateral Agent to the others is duly given if in writing
and delivered in Person or by first class mail (registered or certified, return receipt requested), e-mail or overnight air courier guaranteeing
next day delivery, to the others’ address:
If to the Company and/or
any Guarantor:
EchoStar Corporation
9601 South Meridian Boulevard
Englewood, Colorado 80112
(303) 723-1000
Attention: General Counsel
With a copy to:
White & Case LLP
1221 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10020
(212) 819-8200
Attention: Jonathan Michels
If to the Trustee:
The Bank of New York Mellon
Trust Company, N.A.
601 Travis Street, 16th
floor
Houston, Texas 77002
Attention: Collateral Trust
Administration
E-mail:
rafael.martinez@bnymellon.com
Tel: (713) 483-6535
If to the Collateral Agent:
The Bank of New York Mellon
Trust Company, N.A.
601 Travis Street, 16th
floor
Houston, Texas 77002
Attention: Collateral Trust
Administration
E-mail:
rafael.martinez@bnymellon.com
Tel: (713) 483-6535
The Company, any Guarantor,
the Trustee or the Collateral Agent, by notice to the others, may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices
or communications.
All notices and communications
(other than those sent to Holders) will be deemed to have been duly given: at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; five
Business Days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; when receipt acknowledged, if transmitted by e-mail; and
the next Business Day after timely delivery to the courier, if sent by overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery.
Any notice or communication
to a Holder will be mailed by first class mail, certified or registered, return receipt requested, or by overnight air courier guaranteeing
next day delivery to its address shown on the register kept by the Registrar. Any notice or communication will also be so mailed to any
Person described in TIA §313(c), to the extent required by the TIA. Failure to mail a notice or communication to a Holder or
any defect in it will not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Holders.
If a notice or communication
is mailed in the manner provided above within the time prescribed, it is duly given, whether or not the addressee receives it.
If the Company mails a notice
or communication to Holders, it will mail a copy to the Trustee and each Agent at the same time.
The Trustee and the Collateral
Agent shall have the right to accept and act upon instructions, including funds transfer instructions (“Instructions”)
given pursuant to this EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture and the Security Documents and delivered using Electronic Means (as defined
below); provided, however, that the Company and/or the Guarantors, as applicable, shall provide to the Trustee and the Collateral Agent
an incumbency certificate listing officers with the authority to provide such Instructions (“Authorized Officers”)
and containing specimen signatures of such Authorized Officers, which incumbency certificate shall be amended by the Company and/or the
Guarantors, as applicable, whenever a person is to be added or deleted from the listing. If the Company and/or the Guarantors, as applicable,
elects to give the Trustee or Collateral Agent Instructions using Electronic Means and the Trustee or Collateral Agent in its discretion
elects to act upon such Instructions, the Trustee’s and the Collateral Agent’s understanding, as applicable, of such Instructions
shall be deemed controlling. The Company and/or the Guarantors, as applicable, understand and agree that the Trustee and the Collateral
Agent cannot determine the identity of the actual sender of such Instructions and that the Trustee and the Collateral Agent shall conclusively
presume that directions that purport to have been sent by an Authorized Officer listed on the incumbency certificate provided to the
Trustee and the Collateral Agent have been sent by such Authorized Officer. The Company and/or the Guarantors, as applicable, shall be
responsible for ensuring that only Authorized Officers transmit such Instructions to the Trustee and the Collateral Agent and that the
Company and/or the Guarantors, as applicable, and all Authorized Officers are solely responsible to safeguard the use and confidentiality
of applicable user and authorization codes, passwords and/or authentication keys upon receipt by the Company and/or the Guarantors, as
applicable. The Trustee shall not be liable for any losses, costs or expenses arising directly or indirectly from the Trustee’s
or the Collateral’s, as applicable, reliance upon and compliance with such Instructions notwithstanding such directions conflict
or are inconsistent with a subsequent written instruction. The Company and/or the Guarantors, as applicable, agree: (i) to assume
all risks arising out of the use of Electronic Means to submit Instructions to the Trustee and the Collateral Agent, including without
limitation the risk of the Trustee and Collateral Agent acting on unauthorized Instructions, and the risk of interception and misuse
by third parties; (ii) that it is fully informed of the protections and risks associated with the various methods of transmitting
Instructions to the Trustee and the Collateral Agent and that there may be more secure methods of transmitting Instructions than the
method(s) selected by the Company and/or the Guarantor, as applicable; (iii) that the security procedures (if any) to be followed
in connection with its transmission of Instructions provide to it a commercially reasonable degree of protection in light of its particular
needs and circumstances; and (iv) to notify the Trustee and the Collateral Agent, as applicable, immediately upon learning of any
compromise or unauthorized use of the security procedures.
“Electronic Means”
shall mean the following communications methods: e-mail, facsimile transmission, secure electronic transmission containing applicable
authorization codes, passwords and/or authentication keys issued by the Trustee, or another method or system specified by the Trustee
as available for use in connection with its services hereunder.
Notwithstanding any other
provision of this EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture or any EchoStar Exchange Note, where this EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture or any
EchoStar Exchange Note provides for notice of any event or any other communication (including any notice of redemption or repurchase)
to a holder of a Global Note (whether by mail or otherwise), such notice shall be sufficiently given if given to the Depositary (or its
designee) pursuant to the standing instructions from the Depositary or its designee, including by electronic mail in accordance with
accepted practices at the Depositary.
Section 13.03 Communication
by Holders of EchoStar Exchange Notes with Other Holders of EchoStar Exchange Notes. Holders may communicate pursuant to TIA §312(b) with
other Holders with respect to their rights under this EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture or the EchoStar Exchange Notes. The Company,
the Trustee, the Registrar and anyone else shall have the protection of TIA §312(c).
Section 13.04 Officer’s
Certificate and Opinion of Counsel as to Conditions Precedent. Upon any request or application by the Company to the Trustee
to take any action under this EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee:
| 1. | an Officers’ Certificate in form
and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee (which must include the statements set
forth in Section 13.05 hereof) stating that, in the opinion of the signers, all conditions
precedent and covenants, if any, provided for in this EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture relating
to the proposed action have been satisfied; and |
| 2. | an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee (which must include the statements set forth in Section 13.05
hereof) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such conditions precedent and covenants
have been satisfied. |
Section 13.05 Statements
Required in Officer’s Certificate or Opinion of Counsel. Each Officer’s Certificate or Opinion of Counsel with respect
to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture (other than a certificate provided
pursuant to TIA §314(a)(4)) must comply with the provisions of TIA §314(e) and must include:
| 1. | a statement that the Person making such
certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition; |
| 2. | a brief statement as to the nature and
scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained
in such certificate or opinion are based; |
| 3. | a statement that, in the opinion of such
Person, he or she has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him
or her to express an informed opinion as to whether or |
| 4. | a statement as to whether or not, in
the opinion of such Person, such condition or covenant has been satisfied. |
Section 13.06 Rules by
Trustee and Agents. The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or at a meeting of Holders. The Registrar or Paying
Agent may make reasonable rules and set reasonable requirements for its functions.
Section 13.07 No
Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and Stockholders. No director, officer, employee, incorporator or stockholder
of the Company or any Guarantor, as such, shall have any liability for any obligations of the Company or any Guarantor under this EchoStar
Exchange Notes Indenture, the EchoStar Exchange Notes, the Notes Guarantees or the Security Documents or for any claim based on, in respect
of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder by accepting an EchoStar Exchange Note waives and releases all such
liability to the extent permitted under applicable law. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the EchoStar
Exchange Notes. Such waiver may not be effective to waive liabilities under the federal securities laws.
Section 13.08 Governing
Law. THE INTERNAL LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WILL GOVERN AND BE USED TO CONSTRUE THIS ECHOSTAR EXCHANGE NOTES INDENTURE, THE
ECHOSTAR EXCHANGE NOTES AND THE NOTES GUARANTEES WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW TO THE EXTENT THAT
THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY.
Section 13.09 No
Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements. This EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture may not be used to interpret any other indenture,
loan or debt agreement of the Company or its Subsidiaries or of any other Person. Any such indenture, loan or debt agreement may not
be used to interpret this EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture.
Section 13.10 Successors. All
agreements of the Company in this EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture and the EchoStar Exchange Notes will bind its successors. All agreements
of the Trustee and the Collateral Agent in this EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture will bind its successors. All agreements of each Guarantor
in this EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture will bind its successors, except as otherwise provided in Section 13.10 hereof.
Section 13.11 Severability. In
case any provision in this EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture or in the EchoStar Exchange Notes is invalid, illegal or unenforceable,
the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions will not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
Section 13.12 Counterpart
Originals. The parties may sign any number of copies of this EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture. Each signed copy will be an
original, but all of them together represent the same agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this
EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture by. pdf attachment, email or other electronic means shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed
counterpart of this EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture. The exchange of copies of this EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture and of signature
pages by PDF or other electronic transmission shall constitute effective execution and delivery of this EchoStar Exchange Notes
Indenture as to the parties hereto and may be used in lieu of the original Indenture for all purposes. Signatures of the parties hereto
transmitted by PDF or other electronic methods shall be deemed to be their original signatures for all purposes. Unless otherwise provided
in this EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture or in any EchoStar Exchange Note, the words “execute”, “execution”,
“signed”, and “signature” and words of similar import used in or related to any document to be signed in connection
with this EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture, any EchoStar Exchange Note or any of the transactions contemplated hereby (including amendments,
waivers, consents and other modifications) shall be deemed to include electronic signatures and the keeping of records in electronic
form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature in ink or the use
of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as applicable, to the fullest extent and as provided for in any applicable law, including the
Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, and any
other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act.
Section 13.13 Table
of Contents, Headings, etc. The Table of Contents, Cross-Reference Table and Headings of the Articles and Sections of this
EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not to be considered a part of this EchoStar
Exchange Notes Indenture and will in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.
Section 13.14 Submission
to Jurisdiction.
The Company and each Guarantor
hereby irrevocably submits to the jurisdiction of any New York State court sitting in the Borough of Manhattan in the City of New York
or any federal court sitting in the Southern District in the Borough of Manhattan in the City of New York in respect of any suit, action
or proceeding arising out of or relating to this EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture, the Notes Guarantees and the EchoStar Exchange Notes,
and irrevocably accepts for itself and in respect of its property, generally and unconditionally, jurisdiction of the aforesaid courts.
Section 13.15 Waiver
of Jury Trial.
EACH OF THE COMPANY, THE
HOLDERS AND THE TRUSTEE HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY
IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS ECHOSTAR EXCHANGE NOTES INDENTURE, THE ECHOSTAR EXCHANGE NOTES OR THE TRANSACTION
CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.
Section 13.16 Force
Majeure.
In no event shall the Trustee
or the Collateral Agent be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations hereunder arising out
of or caused by, directly or indirectly, forces beyond its control, including, without limitation, strikes, work stoppages, accidents,
acts of war or terrorism, civil or military disturbances, epidemics or pandemics, nuclear or natural catastrophes or acts of God, and
interruptions, loss or malfunctions of utilities, communications or computer (software and hardware) services; it being understood that
the Trustee or the Collateral Agent, as the case may be, shall use reasonable efforts which are consistent with accepted practices in
the banking industry to resume performance as soon as practicable under the circumstances.
Section 13.17 Certain
Tax Information.
In order to comply with applicable
tax laws, rules and regulations, the Company, upon request of the Trustee, shall use commercially reasonable efforts to share with
the Trustee information related to the EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture it has in its possession, so as to help facilitate the Trustee’s
determination as to whether it has tax related obligations under applicable law, and the Company agrees that the Trustee shall be entitled
to make a withholding under this EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture to the extent required by applicable tax law.
[Signatures on following page]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties
hereto have caused this EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture to be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.
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FORM OF NOTE
[Face of Note]
THIS NOTE HAS BEEN ISSUED WITH “ORIGINAL
ISSUE DISCOUNT” (WITHIN THE MEANING OF SECTION 1272 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED). UPON WRITTEN REQUEST,
THE COMPANY WILL PROMPTLY MAKE AVAILABLE TO ANY HOLDER OF THIS NOTE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION: (1) THE ISSUE PRICE AND ISSUE DATE
OF THE NOTE; (2) THE AMOUNT OF ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT ON THE NOTE; AND (3) THE YIELD TO MATURITY OF THE NOTE. HOLDERS SHOULD
CONTACT THE COMPANY AT 9601 SOUTH MERIDIAN BOULEVARD, ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO 80112, ATTENTION: GENERAL COUNSEL.
CUSIP/CINS ____________
6.75% Senior Spectrum Secured
Exchange Notes due 2030
ECHOSTAR CORPORATION
promises to pay to ____________________________
or registered assigns
the principal sum of __________________________________________________________
dollars on November 30, 2030.
Interest Payment Dates: May 30 and November 30
Record Dates: May 15 and November 15
Dated: November ___, 2024
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This is one of the EchoStar Exchange Notes referred to
in the within-mentioned Indenture:
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.
as Trustee
[Back of Note]
6.75% Senior Spectrum Secured Exchange Notes due 2030
[Insert the Global Note Legend, if applicable]
Capitalized terms used herein
have the meanings assigned to them in the EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture referred to below unless
otherwise indicated.
| 1. | Interest.
EchoStar Corporation, a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), promises to
pay interest on the principal amount of this EchoStar Exchange Note at 6.75% per annum from
May 30, 2025, until maturity. Interest for the first four interest payment periods beginning
on the Issue Date, shall, at the Company’s option, be paid either by (a) PIK Interest
(as defined below); provided that no PIK Interest may be paid for any interest period
if the payment of interest on the New Senior Spectrum Secured Convertible Notes or any debt
incurred under Sections 4.08(a)(2) and (3) of the EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture
during such period is made in cash, or (b) by paying the interest in cash, in each case
at a rate of 6.75% per annum. Interest from and including the fifth interest payment period
(which will be payable on May 30, 2027) and thereafter, shall be payable solely in cash
at a rate of 6.75% per annum. For each interest period in respect of which the Company elects
to pay the interest on the EchoStar Exchange Notes as PIK Interest, such PIK Interest on
the EchoStar Exchange Notes will be payable (x) with respect to EchoStar Exchange Notes
represented by one or more Global Notes registered in the name of, or held by, DTC or its
nominee on the relevant record date, by increasing the principal amount of the outstanding
Global Notes by an amount equal to the amount of PIK Interest for the applicable interest
period (rounded up to the nearest whole Dollar) and (y) with respect to EchoStar Exchange
Notes represented by certificated notes, by issuing EchoStar Exchange Notes in certificated
form in an aggregate principal amount equal to the amount of PIK Interest for the applicable
period (rounded up to the nearest whole Dollar) (in each case (x) and (y), a “PIK
Interest” and any payment of PIK Interest, a “PIK Payment”),
and the Trustee will, at the written direction of the Company, authenticate and deliver such
EchoStar Exchange Notes in certificated form for original issuance to the Holders on the
relevant record date, as shown by the records of the register of Holders. The Company will
pay interest semi-annually in arrears on May 30 and November 30 of each year, or
if any such day is not a Business Day, on the next succeeding Business Day (each, an “Interest
Payment Date”). Interest on the EchoStar Exchange Notes will accrue from the most
recent date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid, from the date
of issuance; provided that if there is no existing Default in the payment of interest,
and if this Note is authenticated between a record date referred to on the face hereof and
the next succeeding Interest Payment Date, interest shall accrue from such next succeeding
Interest Payment Date; provided, further, that the first Interest Payment Date shall
be May 30, 2025. The Company will pay (a) interest (including post-petition interest
in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue principal and premium, if any, at
the then applicable interest rate on the EchoStar Exchange Notes to the extent lawful and
(b) interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy
Law) on overdue installments of interest (without regard to any applicable grace periods)
at the same rate to the extent lawful. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day
year of twelve 30-day months. |
| 2. | Method
of Payment. The Company will pay interest on the EchoStar Exchange Notes (except
defaulted interest) to the Persons who are registered Holders at the close of business on
the May 15 and November 15, respectively next preceding the applicable Interest
Payment Date, even if such EchoStar Exchange Notes are canceled after such record date and
on or before such Interest Payment Date, except as provided in Section 2.12 of the EchoStar
Exchange Notes Indenture with respect to defaulted interest. The EchoStar Exchange
Notes will be payable as to principal, premium, if any, and interest at the office or agency
of the Company maintained for such purpose, or, at the option of the Company, payment of
interest may be made by check mailed to the Holders at their addresses set forth in the register
of Holders; provided that payment by wire transfer of immediately available funds
will be required with respect to principal of and interest, premium on, all Global Notes
and all other EchoStar Exchange Notes the Holders of which will have provided wire transfer
instructions to the Company or the Paying Agent. Such payment will be in such coin or currency
of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of
public and private debts. |
| 3. | Paying
Agent and Registrar. Initially, the Trustee under the EchoStar
Exchange Notes Indenture will act as Paying Agent and Registrar. The Company may change
any Paying Agent or Registrar without notice to any Holder. The Company or any of its Subsidiaries
may act in any such capacity. |
| 4. | Indenture.
The Company issued the EchoStar Exchange Notes under the EchoStar Exchange Notes
Indenture dated as of November ___, 2024 (the “EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture”),
among the Company, the Guarantors, the Trustee and the Collateral Agent. The terms of the
EchoStar Exchange Notes include those stated in the EchoStar
Exchange Notes Indenture and those made part of the EchoStar
Exchange Notes Indenture by reference to the TIA. The EchoStar Exchange Notes are
subject to all such terms, and Holders are referred to the EchoStar
Exchange Notes Indenture and the TIA for a statement of such terms. To the extent
any provision of this EchoStar Exchange Note conflicts with the express provisions of the
EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture, the provisions of
the EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture shall govern and
be controlling. The EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture
does not limit the aggregate principal amount of EchoStar Exchange Notes that may be issued
thereunder. |
| (a) | Optional
Redemption prior to November 30, 2026: At any time prior to November 30, 2026,
upon not less than 10 nor more than 60 days’ notice, the Company may redeem all or
part of the EchoStar Exchange Notes at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal
amount thereof plus the Applicable Premium and accrued and unpaid (or not yet capitalized
in the case of PIK Interest) interest, if any, to the redemption date, subject to the rights
of Holders on the relevant record date to receive interest on the relevant interest payment
date. |
| (b) | Optional
Redemption on or after November 30, 2026: At any time and from time to time on or
after November 30, 2026, the Company may redeem the EchoStar Exchange Notes, in whole
or in part, upon not less than 10 and not more than 60 days’ notice, at the redemption
prices (expressed as percentages of the principal amount of EchoStar Exchange Notes to be
redeemed) set forth below, together with accrued and unpaid (or not yet capitalized in the
case of PIK Interest) interest, to such applicable redemption date, if redeemed during the
periods indicated below, subject to the rights of Holders on the relevant record date to
receive interest on the relevant interest payment date: |
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| (c) | Optional
Redemption upon Asset Sales: Within 45 days following an Asset Sale, the Company
may apply the Net Proceeds or the Specified Net Proceeds, as applicable, pursuant to Section 4.09(b)(2) of
the EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture to redeem EchoStar Exchange Notes, in whole or in part,
at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the EchoStar Exchange Notes
to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid (or not yet capitalized in the case of PIK Interest)
interest, if any, up to, but not including, the applicable redemption date, subject to the
rights of Holders on the relevant record date to receive interest on the relevant interest
payment date. |
| (d) | Unless
the Company defaults in the payment of the redemption price, interest will cease to accrue
on the EchoStar Exchange Notes or portions thereof called for redemption on the applicable
redemption date. |
| (e) | [To
be used with respect to a Global Note] |
[In the case of any partial redemption,
unless otherwise required by the law or by the procedures of the Depositary, the EchoStar Exchange Notes to be redeemed will be selected
on a pro rata basis.]
[To be used with respect to certificated
Notes]
[In the case of any partial redemption,
unless otherwise required by law, the EchoStar Exchange Notes to be redeemed will be selected by the Trustee by lot.]
| 6. | SPECIAL
PARTIAL MANDATORY REDEMPTION. If a Special Partial Mandatory Redemption Event occurs,
the EchoStar Exchange Notes will be redeemed in an amount (taking into consideration equivalent
provisions under the New Senior Spectrum Secured Convertible Notes Indenture and the New
Senior Spectrum Secured Notes Indenture), as shall be determined by the Company (the “Special
Partial Mandatory Redemption”) and set forth in the notice delivered to the Trustee
pursuant to Section 4.18 of the EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture and in the notice
of redemption to be delivered to the Holders of the EchoStar Exchange Notes pursuant to such
Section of the EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture, such that immediately after giving
effect to such redemption the LTV Ratio shall not be greater than 0.375 to 1.00 at a price
equal to 102% of the aggregate principal amount of the EchoStar Exchange Notes to be redeemed,
plus accrued and unpaid (or not yet capitalized in the case of PIK Interest) interest on
the principal amount of the EchoStar Exchange Notes to be redeemed to, but not including,
the Special Mandatory Redemption Date. The Trustee shall have no obligation to determine
whether the amount of the EchoStar Exchange Notes to be redeemed in connection with a Special
Partial Mandatory Redemption Event complies with the requirements of Section 3.08 of
the EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture. Other than as explicitly set forth above, the provisions
of Article III of the EchoStar Exchange Notes related to redemption of EchoStar Exchange
Notes, including deposit of redemption price and relevant notices, shall apply mutatis
mutandis to a mandatory redemption of the EchoStar Exchange Notes in accordance with
Section 3.08 of the EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture. |
[To be used with respect
to a Global Note]
[In the case of any partial redemption
(including Special Partial Mandatory Redemption), unless otherwise required by the law or by the procedures of the Depositary, the EchoStar
Exchange Notes to be redeemed will be selected on a pro rata basis.]
[To be used with respect
to certificated Notes]
[In the case of any partial redemption
(including Special Partial Mandatory Redemption), unless otherwise required by law, the EchoStar Exchange Notes to be redeemed will be
selected by the Trustee by lot.]
| 7. | Repurchase
at the Option of Holder. Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control Event, the Company
will make an offer (a “Change of Control Offer”) to each Holder to repurchase
all or any part (equal to $1,000 or an integral multiple of $1.00) of that Holder’s
EchoStar Exchange Notes at a purchase price in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal
amount of EchoStar Exchange Notes repurchased plus accrued and unpaid (or not yet capitalized
in the case of PIK Interest) interest, if any, on the EchoStar Exchange Notes repurchased
to the date of purchase, subject to the rights of Holders on the relevant record date to
receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date (the “Change of Control
Payment”). Within 30 days following any Change of Control Event, the Company will
send a notice to each Holder describing the transaction or transactions that constitute the
Change of Control Event and setting forth the procedures governing the Change of Control
Offer as required by the EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture. |
| 8. | Notice
of Redemption. Notice of redemption will be sent at least 10 days but not more
than 60 days before the redemption date to each Holder whose EchoStar Exchange Notes are
to be redeemed at its registered address, except that redemption notices may be sent more
than 60 days prior to a redemption date if the notice is issued in connection with a defeasance
of the EchoStar Exchange Notes or a satisfaction or discharge of the EchoStar
Exchange Notes Indenture. EchoStar Exchange Notes in denominations larger than $1,000
may be redeemed in part but only in whole multiples of $1.00, unless all of the EchoStar
Exchange Notes held by a Holder are to be redeemed. |
| 9. | Denominations,
Transfer, Exchange. The EchoStar Exchange Notes are in registered form without
coupons in denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples of $1.00 in excess thereof. The
transfer of EchoStar Exchange Notes may be registered and EchoStar Exchange Notes may be
exchanged as provided in the EchoStar Exchange Notes
Indenture. The Registrar and the Trustee may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish
appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and the Company may require a Holder to pay
any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the EchoStar
Exchange Notes Indenture. The Company need not exchange or register the transfer of
any EchoStar Exchange Note or portion of an EchoStar Exchange Note selected for redemption,
except for the unredeemed portion of any EchoStar Exchange Note being redeemed in part. Also,
the Company need not exchange or register the transfer of any EchoStar Exchange Notes for
a period of 15 days before a selection of EchoStar Exchange Notes to be redeemed or during
the period between a record date and the corresponding Interest Payment Date. |
| 10. | Persons
Deemed Owners. The registered Holder of an EchoStar Exchange Note may be treated
as its owner for all purposes. |
| 11. | Amendment,
Supplement and Waiver. Subject to certain exceptions, the EchoStar
Exchange Notes Indenture, the EchoStar Exchange Notes or the Notes Guarantees or the
Security Documents may be amended or supplemented with the consent of the Holders of a majority
in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding EchoStar Exchange Notes voting as a
single class (including, without limitation, consents obtained in connection with a tender
offer or exchange offer for, or purchase of, the EchoStar Exchange Notes), and any existing
Default or Event of Default or compliance with any provision of the EchoStar
Exchange Notes Indenture, the EchoStar Exchange Notes or the Notes Guarantees or the
Security Documents may be waived with the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the then outstanding EchoStar Exchange Notes including Additional Notes,
if any, voting as a single class (including, without limitation, consents obtained in connection
with a tender offer or exchange offer for, or purchase of, the EchoStar Exchange Notes).
Without the consent of any Holder of an EchoStar Exchange Note, the EchoStar
Exchange Notes Indenture, the EchoStar Exchange Notes or the Notes Guarantees or the
Security Documents may be amended or supplemented: |
| (1) | to
cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency; |
| (2) | to
provide for uncertificated EchoStar Exchange Notes in addition to or in place of certificated
EchoStar Exchange Notes; |
| (3) | to
provide for the assumption of the Company’s or a Guarantor’s obligations to the
Holders in the case of a merger or consolidation or sale of all or substantially all of the
Company’s or a Guarantor’s assets, as applicable; |
| (4) | to
make any change that would provide any additional rights or benefits to the Holders or that
does not adversely affect the legal rights hereunder of any Holder; |
| (5) | to
comply with requirements of the SEC in order to effect or maintain the qualification of this
EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture under the TIA; |
| (6) | to
conform the text of this EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture,
the EchoStar Exchange Notes, the Notes Guarantees or
the Security Documents to any provision of the “Description of the EchoStar
Exchange Notes” section of the Company’s prospectus filed with the SEC pursuant
to Rule 424(b)(3) under the Securities Act on October 10, 2024 to
the extent that such provision in such “Description of the EchoStar Exchange Notes”
was intended to be a verbatim or substantially verbatim recitation of a provision thereof; |
| (7) | to
enter into additional or supplemental Security Documents or provide for additional Collateral; |
| (8) | to
allow any Guarantor to execute a supplemental indenture; |
| (9) | to
make, complete or confirm any Notes Guarantee or any grant of Collateral permitted or required
by the EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture, any Intercreditor
Agreement or any of the Security Documents; |
| (10) | to
release Notes Guarantees or any Collateral when permitted or required by the terms of this
EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture, any Intercreditor
Agreement and the Security Documents; |
| (11) | to
evidence and provide for the acceptance and appointment under this EchoStar
Exchange Notes Indenture of successor trustees pursuant to the requirements thereof;
or |
| (12) | to
secure any Notes Obligations under the Security Documents; or |
| (13) | to
provide for the issuance of PIK Notes and Additional Notes in accordance with the
limitations set forth in the EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture. |
| 12. | Defaults
and Remedies. Events of Default include: |
| (1) | default
for 30 days in the payment when due of interest on the EchoStar Exchange Notes; |
| (2) | default
in payment when due (at maturity, upon redemption or otherwise) of principal of, or premium,
if any, on the EchoStar Exchange Notes; |
| (3) | failure
by the Company or any of the Guarantors, as applicable, to comply with the provisions of
Section 3.08, Section 4.09, Section 4.10, Section 4.14 and Section 4.18; |
| (4) | failure
by the Company or any of the Guarantors, as applicable, for 30 days to comply with the provisions
described under Section 4.07 and Section 4.08, or the breach of any representation
or warranty, or the making of any untrue statement, in any certificate delivered by the Company
pursuant to this EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture; |
| (5) | failure
by the Company or any of the Guarantors for 60 days after notice to the Company by the Trustee
or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the EchoStar Exchange Notes
then outstanding voting as a single class to comply with any of the other agreements in this
EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture; |
| (6) | default
under any mortgage, indenture or instrument under which there may be issued or by which there
may be secured or evidenced any Indebtedness by the Company or any Subsidiary (or the payment
of which is guaranteed by the Company or any Subsidiary) (other than Indebtedness of DDBS
and/or HSSC), which default: |
| (A) | is
caused by a failure to pay when due principal or interest on such Indebtedness within the
grace period provided in such Indebtedness (a “Payment Default”); or |
| (B) | results
in the acceleration of such Indebtedness prior to its express maturity, |
and, in each case, the principal amount
of any such Indebtedness, together with the principal amount of any other such Indebtedness under which there has been a Payment Default
or the maturity of which has been so accelerated, aggregates $250.0 million or more; provided that no Default or Event of Default
will be deemed to occur with respect to any Indebtedness that is paid or retired (or for which such failure to pay or acceleration is
waived or rescinded within 20 Business Days);
| (7) | failure
by the Company or any of Guarantor to pay final judgments (other than any judgment as to
which a nationally recognized insurance company has accepted full liability) aggregating
in excess of $250.0 million, which judgments are not being converted on good faith or are
not stayed within 60 days after their entry; |
| (8) | any
Notes Guarantee shall be held in a judicial proceeding to be unenforceable or invalid or
shall cease for any reason to be in full force and effect, or any Guarantor, or any person
acting on behalf of any Guarantor, shall deny or disaffirm its obligations under its Notes
Guarantee; |
| (9) | the
Company or any Significant Subsidiary (other than DDBS and/or HSSC) pursuant to or within
the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law: |
| (A) | commences
a voluntary case; |
| (B) | consents
to the entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary case; |
| (C) | consents
to the appointment of a custodian of it or for all or substantially all of its property;
or |
| (D) | makes
a general assignment for the benefit of creditors; |
| (10) | other
than with respect to DDBS and/or HSSC, a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order
or decree under any Bankruptcy Law that: |
| (A) | is
for relief against the Company or of the Guarantors which is a Significant Subsidiary in
an involuntary case; |
| (B) | appoints
a custodian of the Company or any of the Guarantors which is a Significant Subsidiary or
for all or substantially all of the property of the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries;
or |
| (C) | orders
the liquidation of the Company or any of the Guarantors which is a Significant Subsidiary,
and, in each case of the foregoing clause (A)-(C), the order or decree remains unstayed and
in effect for 60 consecutive days; |
| (11) | in
each case with respect to any Collateral having a fair market value in excess of $250.0 million
individually or in the aggregate (without duplication), any of the Security Documents at
any time for any reason is declared null and void, or shall cease to be effective in all
material respects to give the Collateral Agent the perfected Liens with the priority purported
to be created thereby subject to no other Liens (in each case, other than as expressly permitted
by this EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture and the applicable
Security Documents or by reason of the termination of this EchoStar
Exchange Notes Indenture or the applicable Security Document in accordance with its
terms), which declaration or cessation is not rescinded, stayed, or waived by the persons
having such authority pursuant to this EchoStar Exchange
Notes Indenture or the Security Documents or otherwise cured within 30 days after the Company
receives written notice thereof specifying such occurrence from the Trustee or the Holders
of at least 25% of the outstanding principal amount of the EchoStar Exchange Notes; and |
| (12) | FCC
Licenses that form part of the Collateral accounting for more than 10% of the aggregate MHz-POPs
of all the FCC Licenses constituting the Collateral are forfeited to the FCC as a result
of the Company’s or the Guarantors’ failure to meet their respective buildout
milestones with respect to such forfeited FCC Licenses. |
In the case of an Event of Default
arising from certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency with respect to the Company or the Guarantor described in Section 6.01(9) or (10) above,
all outstanding EchoStar Exchange Notes will become due and payable immediately without further action or notice. If any other Event
of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding
EchoStar Exchange Notes may declare all the EchoStar Exchange Notes to be due and payable immediately. However, notwithstanding the foregoing,
a Default under Sections 6.01(4), (5), (6), (7) or (11) above will not constitute an Event of Default until the Trustee or
the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding EchoStar Exchange Notes notify the Company of the Default
and, with respect to 6.01(4), (5), (6), (7) or (11) such Default is not cured within the time specified in Section 6.01(4),
(5), (6), (7) or (11) described above after receipt of such notice Subject to certain limitations, Holders of a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding EchoStar Exchange Notes may direct the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power.
The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding EchoStar Exchange Notes by notice to the Trustee may
on behalf of the Holders of all of the EchoStar Exchange Notes rescind an acceleration or waive any existing Default or Event of Default
and its consequences under the EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture, except a continuing Default or
Event of Default in the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on, the EchoStar Exchange Notes. The Company is required
to deliver to the Trustee, in its capacity as trustee of this EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture, annually a statement regarding compliance
with the EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture, and the Company is required, upon becoming aware of any
Default or Event of Default thereunder to deliver to the Trustee a statement specifying such Default or Event of Default.
| 13. | Trustee
Dealings with Company. The Trustee, in its individual or any other capacity, may
make loans to, accept deposits from, and perform services for the Company or its Affiliates,
and may otherwise deal with the Company or its Affiliates, as if it were not the Trustee. |
| 14. | No
Recourse Against Others. No director, officer, employee, incorporator or stockholder
of the Company or any Guarantor, as such, will have any liability for any obligations of
the Company or the Guarantors under the EchoStar Exchange Notes, this EchoStar Exchange Notes
Indenture, the Notes Guarantees, the Security Documents or for any claim based on, in respect
of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder by accepting a note
waives and releases all such liability to the extent permitted under applicable law. The
waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the EchoStar Exchange Notes. |
| 15. | Authentication.
This EchoStar Exchange Note will not be valid until authenticated by the manual or
electronic signature of the Trustee or an authenticating agent. |
| 16. | Abbreviations.
Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder or an assignee, such as:
TEN COM (= tenants in common), TEN ENT (= tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (= joint tenants
with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (= Custodian), and U/G/M/A
(= Uniform Gifts to Minors Act). |
| 17. | CUSIP/CINS
Numbers. Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform
Security Identification Procedures, the Company has caused CUSIP and/or CINS numbers to be
printed on the EchoStar Exchange Notes, and the Trustee may use CUSIP and CINS numbers in
notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders. No representation is made as to the accuracy
of such numbers either as printed on the EchoStar Exchange Notes or as contained in any notice
of redemption, and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers placed
thereon. |
THE INTERNAL LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW
YORK WILL GOVERN AND BE USED TO CONSTRUE THIS ECHOSTAR EXCHANGE NOTES INDENTURE, THE ECHOSTAR EXCHANGE NOTES AND THE NOTES GUARANTEES
WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW TO THE EXTENT THAT THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION
WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY.
The Company will furnish
to any Holder upon written request and without charge a copy of the EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture.
Requests may be made to:
[Name
of Company]
[Address]
Attention: _______________
Assignment Form
To assign this EchoStar Exchange
Note, fill in the form below:
(I) or (we) assign and transfer
this EchoStar Exchange Note to: |
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(Insert assignee’s
soc. sec. or tax I.D. no.) |
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(Insert assignee’s
legal name) |
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(Print or type assignee’s name, address and zip code) |
and irrevocably appoint _____________________________________________________________
to transfer this EchoStar Exchange Note on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him.
Date: ____________________
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Your Signature: |
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(Sign exactly as your name
appears on the face of this EchoStar Exchange Note) |
Signature Guarantee*: _________________________
| * | Participant in a recognized
Signature Guarantee Medallion Program (or other signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee). |
Option of Holder to Elect Purchase
If you want to elect to have
this EchoStar Exchange Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 4.14 of the EchoStar Exchange
Notes Indenture, check the box below:
¨ Section 4.14
If you want to elect to have
only part of the EchoStar Exchange Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 4.14 of the EchoStar
Exchange Notes Indenture, state the amount you elect to have purchased:
$_______________
Date: ____________________
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Your Signature: |
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(Sign exactly as your name
appears on the face of this EchoStar Exchange Note) |
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Tax Identification No.: |
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Signature Guarantee*: _________________________
| * | Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee
Medallion Program (or other signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee). |
Schedule Of Exchanges Of Interests In The Global
Note*
The following exchanges of
a part of this Global Note for an interest in another Global Note or for a certified note, or exchanges of a part of another Global Note
or certified note for an interest in this Global Note, have been made:
Date of Exchange | |
Amount of
decrease in
Principal Amount
[at maturity] of
this Global Note | |
Amount of
increase in
Principal Amount
[at maturity] of
this Global Note | |
Principal Amount
[at maturity] of
this Global Note
following such
decrease (or increase) | |
Signature of
authorized officer
of Trustee or
Custodian |
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be included only if EchoStar Exchange Note is issued as a Global Note. |
Exhibit B
Form of Supplemental Indenture
FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
TO BE DELIVERED BY SUBSEQUENT GUARANTORS
Supplemental
Indenture (this “Supplemental Indenture”), dated as of _______________, 20__, among __________________ (the
“Guaranteeing Subsidiary”), a subsidiary of EchoStar Corporation, a Nevada corporation (the “Company”),
the Company, the other Guarantors (as defined in the EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture referred to
herein) and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (in such capacity, the “Trustee”) and as collateral
agent (in such capacity, the “Collateral Agent”) under the EchoStar Exchange Notes
Indenture referred to below.
W I T N E S S E T H
WHEREAS, the Company has
heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee and the Collateral Agent an EchoStar Exchange Notes
Indenture dated as of _______________, 20__ (the “EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture”),
providing for the issuance of 6.75% Senior Spectrum Secured Exchange Notes due 2030 (the “EchoStar Exchange Notes”);
WHEREAS, the EchoStar
Exchange Notes Indenture provides that under certain circumstances the Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall execute and deliver to the
Trustee and the Collateral Agent a supplemental indenture pursuant to which the Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall unconditionally guarantee
all of the Company’s Obligations under the EchoStar Exchange Notes and the EchoStar Exchange
Notes Indenture on the terms and conditions set forth herein (the “Notes Guarantee”); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 9.01
of the EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture, the Company, the Guaranteeing Subsidiary, the Trustee and
the Collateral Agent are authorized to execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration
of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the Company, the Guaranteeing
Subsidiary, the Trustee and the Collateral Agent mutually covenant and agree for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders as follows:
| 1. | Capitalized
Terms. Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings assigned
to them in the EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture. |
| 2. | Agreement
to Guarantee. The Guaranteeing Subsidiary hereby agrees to provide an unconditional
Guarantee on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Notes Guarantee and
in the EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture including but
not limited to Article X thereof. |
| 3. | No
Recourse Against Others. No past, present or future director, officer, employee, incorporator
or stockholder of the Guaranteeing Subsidiary, as such, shall have any liability for any
obligations of the Company or any Guarantor under the EchoStar Exchange Notes, any Notes
Guarantees, this EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture, this Supplemental Indenture or the Security
Documents or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or
their creation. Each Holder by accepting an EchoStar Exchange Note waives and releases all
such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the
EchoStar Exchange Notes. |
| 4. | NEW
YORK LAW TO GOVERN. THE INTERNAL LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SHALL GOVERN AND BE USED TO
CONSTRUE THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS
OF LAW TO THE EXTENT THAT THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED
THEREBY. |
| 5. | Counterparts.
The parties may sign any number of copies of this Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy
shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement. |
| 6. | Effect
of Headings. The Section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not
affect the construction hereof. |
| 7. | The
Trustee. The Trustee shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for or in respect
of the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture or for or in respect of the
recitals contained herein, all of which recitals are made solely by the Guaranteeing Subsidiary
and the Company. |
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties
hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed and attested, all as of the date first above written.
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[Guaranteeing Subsidiary] |
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ECHOSTAR CORPORATION |
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[Existing Guarantors] |
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THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY,
N.A., as Trustee and Collateral Agent |
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Exhibit C
Form of First Lien Intercreditor Agreement
FORM OF FIRST LIEN INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT
[attached]
Exhibit D
Form of First Lien / Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement
FORM OF FIRST LIEN / SECOND LIEN INTERCREDITOR
AGREEMENT
[attached]
Exhibit 4.3
EchoStar
CORPORATION,
as
the Company
AND
EACH OF
The Guarantors Party Hereto
AND
The
Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.,
as Trustee and Collateral Agent
INDENTURE
Dated as of November ___, 2024
3.875% CONVERTIBLE SENIOR SECURED NOTES DUE 2030
CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE*
Trust
Indenture Act Section |
Indenture
Section |
310(a)(1) |
7.07 |
(a)(2) |
7.07 |
(a)(3) |
N.A. |
(a)(4) |
N.A. |
(a)(5) |
7.07 |
(b) |
7.07 |
311(a) |
7.15 |
(b) |
7.15 |
312(a) |
5.01 |
(b) |
19.05 |
(c) |
19.05 |
313(a) |
7.14 |
(b)(1) |
17.04 |
(b)(2) |
7.14;
7.07 |
(c) |
7.14;
17.04; 19.03 |
(d) |
7.14 |
314(a) |
4.06;
19.03; 19.06 |
(b) |
17.03 |
(c)(1) |
19.06 |
(c)(2) |
19.06 |
(c)(3) |
N.A. |
(d) |
17.04;
19.06 |
(e) |
19.06 |
(f) |
N.A. |
315(a) |
7.01 |
(b) |
7.05;
19.03 |
(c) |
7.01 |
(d) |
7.01 |
(e) |
6.11 |
316(a) (last
sentence) |
2.12 |
(a)(1)(A) |
6.09 |
(a)(1)(B) |
6.09 |
(a)(2) |
N.A. |
(b) |
6.06 |
(c) |
N.A. |
317(a)(1) |
6.12 |
(a)(2) |
6.13 |
(b) |
4.02 |
318(a) |
N.A. |
(b) |
N.A. |
(c) |
19.08 |
* This
Cross-Reference Table shall not, for any purpose, be deemed a part of the Indenture.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Article 1 DEFINITIONS |
Section 1.01. |
Definitions |
1 |
Section 1.02. |
Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act |
20 |
Section 1.03. |
Rules of Construction |
20 |
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Article 2 ISSUE, DESCRIPTION, EXECUTION, REGISTRATION AND EXCHANGE OF NOTES |
Section 2.01. |
Designation and Amount |
20 |
Section 2.02. |
Form of Notes |
20 |
Section 2.03. |
Date and Denomination of Notes; Payments of Interest and Defaulted Amounts |
21 |
Section 2.04. |
Execution, Authentication and Delivery of Notes |
24 |
Section 2.05. |
Exchange and Registration of Transfer of Notes; Restrictions on Transfer; Depositary |
24 |
Section 2.06. |
Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Notes |
26 |
Section 2.07. |
Temporary Notes |
27 |
Section 2.08. |
Cancellation of Notes Paid, Converted, Etc. |
27 |
Section 2.09. |
CUSIP Numbers |
28 |
Section 2.10. |
Additional Notes; Purchases |
28 |
Section 2.11. |
Ranking |
28 |
Section 2.12. |
Treasury Notes |
28 |
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Article 3 SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE |
Section 3.01. |
Satisfaction and Discharge |
29 |
Section 3.02. |
Application of Trust Money |
29 |
Section 3.03. |
Deposited Money to be Held in Trust; Indemnity |
29 |
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Article 4 PARTICULAR COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY |
Section 4.01. |
Payment of Principal and Interest |
30 |
Section 4.02. |
Maintenance of Office or Agency |
30 |
Section 4.03. |
Appointments to Fill Vacancies in Trustee’s Office |
31 |
Section 4.04. |
Provisions as to Paying Agent |
31 |
Section 4.05. |
Existence |
32 |
Section 4.06. |
Reports |
32 |
Section 4.07. |
Stay, Extension and Usury Laws |
32 |
Section 4.08. |
Compliance Certificate; Statements as to Defaults |
32 |
Section 4.09. |
Further Instruments and Acts |
33 |
Section 4.10. |
Taxes |
33 |
Section 4.11. |
Restricted Payments |
33 |
Section 4.12. |
Incurrence of Indebtedness |
34 |
Section 4.13. |
Asset Sales |
35 |
Section 4.14. |
Transactions with Affiliates |
37 |
Section 4.15. |
Liens |
38 |
Section 4.16. |
After Acquired Collateral and Future Assurances |
38 |
Section 4.17. |
Additional Guarantees and Collateral |
39 |
Section 4.18. |
[Reserved] |
39 |
Section 4.19. |
Limitation on transactions with DDBS or HSSC |
39 |
Section 4.20. |
Limitation on Dividends and other Payment Restrictions affecting Guarantors |
39 |
Section 4.21. |
Collateral Appraisal |
40 |
Section 4.22. |
Limitation on Activities of Guarantors |
41 |
Section 4.23. |
No Dilutive Issuances |
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Article 5 LISTS OF HOLDERS |
Section 5.01. |
Lists of Holders |
41 |
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Article 6 DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES |
Section 6.01. |
Events of Default |
41 |
Section 6.02. |
Acceleration; Rescission and Annulment |
43 |
Section 6.03. |
[Reserved] |
44 |
Section 6.04. |
Payments of Notes on Default; Suit Therefor |
44 |
Section 6.05. |
Application of Monies Collected by Trustee |
46 |
Section 6.06. |
Proceedings by Holders |
46 |
Section 6.07. |
Proceedings by Trustee |
47 |
Section 6.08. |
Remedies Cumulative and Continuing |
47 |
Section 6.09. |
Direction of Proceedings and Waiver of Defaults by Majority of Holders |
47 |
Section 6.10. |
Notice of Defaults |
48 |
Section 6.11. |
Undertaking to Pay Costs |
48 |
Section 6.12. |
Collection Suit by Trustee |
48 |
Section 6.13. |
Trustee May File Proofs of Claim |
48 |
Article 7 CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE |
Section 7.01. |
Duties and Responsibilities of Trustee |
49 |
Section 7.02. |
Certain Rights of the Trustee |
50 |
Section 7.03. |
No Responsibility for Recitals, Etc. |
51 |
Section 7.04. |
Trustee, Paying Agents, Conversion Agents, Bid Solicitation Agent or Note Registrar May Own Notes |
51 |
Section 7.05. |
Monies and Shares of Class A Common Stock to Be Held in Trust |
52 |
Section 7.06. |
Compensation and Expenses of Trustee |
52 |
Section 7.07. |
Eligibility of Trustee |
52 |
Section 7.08. |
Resignation or Removal of Trustee |
53 |
Section 7.09. |
Acceptance by Successor Trustee |
54 |
Section 7.10. |
Succession by Merger, Etc. |
54 |
Section 7.11. |
Trustee’s Application for Instructions from the Company |
55 |
Section 7.12. |
Conflicting Interests of Trustee |
55 |
Section 7.13. |
Limitation on Trustee’s Liability |
55 |
Section 7.14. |
Reports by Trustee to Holders |
55 |
Section 7.15. |
Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company |
55 |
Section 7.16. |
Limitation on Duty of Trustee in Respect of Collateral |
55 |
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Article 8 CONCERNING THE HOLDERS |
Section 8.01. |
Action by Holders |
56 |
Section 8.02. |
Proof of Execution by Holders |
56 |
Section 8.03. |
Who Are Deemed Absolute Owners |
56 |
Section 8.04. |
Company-Owned Notes Disregarded |
57 |
Section 8.05. |
Revocation of Consents; Future Holders Bound |
57 |
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Article 9 ACTS OF HOLDERS |
Section 9.01. |
Acts of Holders |
57 |
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Article 10 SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES |
Section 10.01. |
Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders |
58 |
Section 10.02. |
Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders |
59 |
Section 10.03. |
Effect of Amendment, Supplement and Waiver |
60 |
Section 10.04. |
Notation on Notes |
61 |
Section 10.05. |
Evidence of Compliance of Amendment, Supplement or Waiver to Be Furnished Trustee |
61 |
Section 10.06. |
Compliance with Trust Indenture Act |
61 |
Article 11 Successors |
Section 11.01. |
Merger, Consolidation or Sale of Assets |
61 |
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Article 12 IMMUNITY OF INCORPORATORS, STOCKHOLDERS, OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS |
Section 12.01. |
Indenture, Guarantees and Notes Solely Corporate Obligations |
62 |
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Article 13 GUARANTEE |
Section 13.01. |
Guarantee |
62 |
Section 13.02. |
Limitation on Guarantor Liability |
63 |
Section 13.03. |
Releases |
64 |
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Article 14 CONVERSION OF NOTES |
Section 14.01. |
Conversion Privilege |
64 |
Section 14.02. |
Conversion Procedure; Settlement Upon Conversion |
68 |
Section 14.03. |
Increase in Conversion Rate Upon Conversion in Connection with a Make-Whole Fundamental Change or Redemption Notice |
72 |
Section 14.04. |
Adjustment of Conversion Rate |
74 |
Section 14.05. |
Adjustments of Prices |
83 |
Section 14.06. |
Shares to Be Fully Reserved |
84 |
Section 14.07. |
Effect of Recapitalizations, Reclassifications and Changes of the Class A Common Stock |
84 |
Section 14.08. |
Certain Covenants |
86 |
Section 14.09. |
Responsibility of Trustee |
86 |
Section 14.10. |
Notice to Holders Prior to Certain Actions |
87 |
Section 14.11. |
Stockholder Rights Plans |
87 |
Section 14.12. |
Limitation on Conversion Prior to Requisite Stockholder Approval |
87 |
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Article 15 PURCHASE OF NOTES AT OPTION OF HOLDERS |
Section 15.01. |
Intentionally Omitted |
88 |
Section 15.02. |
Repurchase at Option of Holders Upon a Fundamental Change |
88 |
Section 15.03. |
Withdrawal of Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice |
90 |
Section 15.04. |
Deposit of Fundamental Change Repurchase Price |
91 |
Section 15.05. |
Covenant to Comply with Applicable Laws Upon Repurchase of Notes |
91 |
Article 16 OPTIONAL REDEMPTION |
Section 16.01. |
Optional Redemption |
92 |
Section 16.02. |
Notice of Optional Redemption; Selection of Notes |
92 |
Section 16.03. |
Payment of Notes Called for Redemption |
93 |
Section 16.04. |
Restrictions on Redemption |
94 |
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Article 17 SECURITY AND COLLATERAL |
Section 17.01. |
Grant of Security Interest |
94 |
Section 17.02. |
Security Interest During an Event of Default |
94 |
Section 17.03. |
Recording and Opinions |
95 |
Section 17.04. |
Release of Collateral |
95 |
Section 17.05. |
Certificates of the Company and the Guarantors; Opinions of Counsel |
96 |
Section 17.06. |
[Reserved] |
97 |
Section 17.07. |
Authorization of Actions to Be Taken by the Trustee Under the Security Documents |
97 |
Section 17.08. |
Authorization of Receipt of Funds by the Trustee Under the Security Documents |
97 |
Section 17.09. |
Concerning the Collateral Agent |
97 |
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Article 18 [Reserved] |
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Article 19 MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS |
Section 19.01. |
Provisions Binding on Company’s Successors |
100 |
Section 19.02. |
Official Acts by Successor Entity |
100 |
Section 19.03. |
Addresses for Notices, Etc. |
100 |
Section 19.04. |
Governing Law |
101 |
Section 19.05. |
Communication by Holders of Notes with Other Holders of Notes |
101 |
Section 19.06. |
Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent; Certificates and Opinions of Counsel to Trustee |
101 |
Section 19.07. |
Legal Holidays |
102 |
Section 19.08. |
Trust Indenture Act Controls |
102 |
Section 19.09. |
Benefits of Indenture |
102 |
Section 19.10. |
Table of Contents, Headings, Etc. |
102 |
Section 19.11. |
Authenticating Agent |
102 |
Section 19.12. |
Execution in Counterparts |
103 |
Section 19.13. |
Severability |
103 |
Section 19.14. |
Waiver of Jury Trial; Submission of Jurisdiction |
103 |
Section 19.15. |
Force Majeure |
104 |
Section 19.16. |
Calculations |
104 |
Section 19.17. |
U.S.A. Patriot Act |
104 |
Section 19.18. |
Tax Withholding |
104 |
Section 19.19. |
Office of Foreign Assets Control Sanctions Representations |
105 |
EXHIBIT
Exhibit A |
Form of Face of Note |
Exhibit B |
Form of First Lien Intercreditor Agreement |
Exhibit C |
Form of Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement |
Exhibit D |
Form of Supplemental Indenture |
INDENTURE dated as of November
___, 2024 between EchoStar Corporation, a Nevada corporation, as issuer (the “Company”, as more fully set forth in
Section 1.01), the Guarantors (as defined below), and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (in such capacity, the
“Trustee”, as more fully set forth in Section 1.01) and as collateral agent (in such capacity, the “Collateral
Agent”, as more fully set forth in Section 1.01).
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, for its lawful corporate
purposes, the Company has duly authorized the issuance of its 3.875% Convertible Senior Secured Notes due 2030 (the “Notes”),
initially in an aggregate principal amount of $ ,
and in order to provide the terms and conditions upon which the Notes are to be authenticated, issued and delivered, the Company has
duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture; and
WHEREAS, the Form of
Note, the certificate of authentication to be borne by each Note, the Form of Notice of Conversion, the Form of Fundamental
Change Repurchase Notice and the Form of Assignment and Transfer to be borne by the Notes are to be substantially in the forms hereinafter
provided; and
WHEREAS, all acts and things
necessary to make the Notes, when executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee or a duly authorized authenticating
agent, as provided in this Indenture, the valid, binding and legal obligations of the Company, and this Indenture the valid, binding
and legal obligations of the Company, have been done and performed, and the execution of this Indenture and the issuance hereunder of
the Notes have in all respects been duly authorized.
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE
WITNESSETH:
That in order to declare
the terms and conditions upon which the Notes are, and are to be, authenticated, issued and delivered, and in consideration of the premises
and of the purchase and acceptance of the Notes by the Holders thereof, the Company and the Guarantors covenant and agree with the Trustee
and the Collateral Agent for the equal and proportionate benefit of the respective Holders from time to time of the Notes (except as
otherwise provided below), as follows:
Article 1
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.01. Definitions.
The terms defined in this Section 1.01 (except as herein otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires)
for all purposes of this Indenture and of any indenture supplemental hereto shall have the respective meanings specified in this Section 1.01.
The words “herein,” “hereof,” “hereunder,” and words of similar import refer to this Indenture as
a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision. The terms defined in this Article include the plural
as well as the singular.
“Additional Shares”
shall have the meaning specified in Section 14.03(a).
“Affiliate”
of any specified person means any other person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common
control with such specified person. For purposes of this definition, “control” (including, with correlative meanings, the
terms “controlling,” or “controlled by”), as used with respect to any person, shall mean the possession, directly
or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of such person, whether through the ownership
of voting securities, by agreement or otherwise.
“Applicable Procedures”
means, with respect to a Depositary, as to any matter at any time, the policies and procedures of such Depositary, if any, that are applicable
to such matter at such time.
“Appraised Value”
means, as of any date of determination, the aggregate fair market value (without duplication) of the applicable assets on such date as
certified in one or more written appraisals as of a date no more than 90 days prior to such, each conducted by an Independent Appraiser
as determined pursuant to the final paragraph of this definition. Whenever there is a reference to “Appraised Value” or any
ratio or basket that is dependent upon the determination of the “Appraised Value” in this Indenture, the fair market value
of the applicable assets shall be determined pursuant to the methodology described in the succeeding paragraph.
The Company may, at any time,
require an update to the Appraised Value of the applicable assets by delivering written notice to the Holders of its exercise of this
option. Within 30 days following the date of such notice (the “Appraisal Notice Date”), the Holders of a majority
in the aggregate principal amount of the Notes (the “Required Holders”), on the one hand, and the Company, on the
other hand, shall each appoint an Independent Appraiser (each an “Initial Appraiser”) to determine the aggregate Appraised
Value of the Collateral with such determination to be made no later than 60 days of the Appraisal Notice Date. If (i) the variance
in the aggregate Appraised Values of the Collateral as determined by each of the Initial Appraisers is such that the lesser of the two
aggregate Appraised Values of the Collateral is at least 75% of the higher of the two aggregate Appraised Values of the Collateral, the
Appraised Values of the Collateral shall be the average of the two values determined by the Initial Appraisers; or (ii) if the foregoing
clause (i) does not apply, either the Company or the Required Holders shall have the right to request the appointment of a third
Independent Appraiser. In such case, the Initial Appraisers shall appoint another Independent Appraiser (the “Third Appraiser”)
to determine the aggregate Appraised Value of the Collateral with such determination to be made no later than 90 days of the Appraisal
Notice Date, and the aggregate the Appraised Value of the Collateral shall be the average of the three values determined by the Initial
Appraisers and the Third Appraiser. If (i) either the Required Holders or the Company shall fail to appoint an Independent Appraiser
who delivers an updated Appraised Value of the Collateral within the deadline specified above, the aggregate Appraised Value of the Collateral
shall be as determined by Independent Appraiser that has delivered an updated Appraised Value of the Collateral within such timeline
and (ii) a Third Appraiser has not appointed and delivered an updated Appraised Value within the deadline specified above, the Appraised
Value of the Collateral shall be as determined pursuant to clause (i) of the preceding sentence. Any appointment by the Required
Holders referred to above shall be subject to the applicable provisions of this Indenture. By acceptance of their Notes under this Indenture,
the Holders hereby agree that any of the deadlines set forth in this definition shall be automatically extended to the extent made necessary
due to the failure of the Company to provide any information or cooperation reasonably requested by any applicable appraiser, and in
the event of such extension no Indebtedness or Asset Sale requiring a determination of Appraised Value shall be made until the Appraised
Value is determined in accordance with the foregoing, and no further action shall be necessary to effect such extension.
“Authorized Representative”
means the agent or representative acting on behalf of holders of any First Lien Indebtedness or Second Lien Indebtedness, as applicable.
“AWS-3 Spectrum”
means any FCC AWS-3 wireless spectrum license held by the Spectrum Assets Guarantors.
“AWS-4 Spectrum”
means any FCC AWS-4 wireless spectrum license held by the Spectrum Assets Guarantors.
“Bankruptcy Code”
means title 11, United States Code, 11 U.S.C. §§ 101 et seq. (as amended, modified, or supplemented from time to time).
“Bankruptcy Law”
means the Bankruptcy Code or any similar federal or state law for the relief of debtors, or affecting creditors’ rights generally.
“Bid Solicitation
Agent” means the Company or the Person appointed by the Company to solicit bids for the Trading Price of the Notes in accordance
with Section 14.01(b)(i). The Company shall initially act as the Bid Solicitation Agent.
“Board of Directors”
means
(i) with
respect to a corporation, the board of directors of the corporation or any committee thereof duly authorized to act on behalf of such
board;
(ii) with
respect to a partnership, the Board of Directors of the general partner of the partnership;
(iii) with
respect to a limited liability company, the managing member or members or any controlling committee of managing members thereof; and
(iv) with
respect to any other Person, the board or committee of such Person serving a similar function.
“Board Resolution”
means (i) with respect to the Company, a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company
to have been duly adopted by the Company’s Board of Directors, and to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification,
and delivered to the Trustee and (ii) with respect to a Guarantor, a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary of such Guarantor to have been duly adopted by such Guarantor’s Board of Directors, and to be in full force and effect
on the date of such certification, and delivered to the Trustee.
“Business Day”
means a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which banking institutions are authorized or required by law to close in New
York, New York.
“Called Notes”
means Notes called for Optional Redemption pursuant to Article 16 or subject to a Deemed Redemption.
“Capital Stock”
means any and all shares, interests, participations, rights or other equivalents, however designated, of corporate stock or partnership
or membership interests, whether common or preferred.
“Capitalization Amount”
means, for any Interest PIK Date, an amount per Note equal to the interest accrued on the principal amount of such Note as of the immediately
preceding Interest Payment Date (or, if there is no immediately preceding Interest Payment Date, the interest accrued on the initial principal
amount of the Notes) and not paid in cash, calculated at the PIK Interest Rate on the principal amount of such Note for which interest
is not paid in cash for the period from, and including, such immediately preceding Interest Payment Date (or, if there is no immediately
preceding Interest Payment Date, from, and including, the issue date of such Note or such other date from which such Note bears interest
as stated on such Note) to, but excluding, such Interest PIK Date.
“Capitalization
Method” shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.03(d)(i).
“Cash Equivalents”
means: (a) United States dollars; (b) securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the United States government
or any agency or instrumentality thereof having maturities of not more than two years from the date of acquisition; (c) certificates
of deposit and Eurodollar time deposits with maturities of one year or less from the date of acquisition, bankers’ acceptances
with maturities not exceeding one year and overnight bank deposits, in each case with any domestic commercial bank having capital and
surplus in excess of $500 million; (d) repurchase obligations with a term of not more than 30 days for underlying securities of
the types described in clauses (b) and (c) entered into with any financial institution meeting the qualifications specified
in clause (c) above; (e) commercial paper rated P-2, A-2 or better or the equivalent thereof by Moody’s or S&P, respectively,
and in each case maturing within 12 months after the date of acquisition; and (f) money market funds offered by any domestic commercial
or investment bank having capital and surplus in excess of $500 million at least 95% of the assets of which constitute Cash Equivalents
of the kinds described in clauses (a) through (e) of this definition.
“Cash Interest Rate”
means 3.875% per annum.
“Cash Settlement”
shall have the meaning provided in Section 14.02(a).
“Certificated Notes”
means permanent certificated Notes in registered form issued in denominations of $1,000 principal amount and integral multiples of $1.00
in excess thereof.
“Class A Common
Stock” means the Class A Common Stock of the Company, par value $0.001 per share, subject to Section 14.07.
“Class B Common
Stock” means the Class B Common Stock of the Company, par value $0.001 per share.
“Clause A Distribution”
shall have the meaning specified in Section 14.04(c).
“Clause B Distribution”
shall have the meaning specified in Section 14.04(c).
“Clause C Distribution”
shall have the meaning specified in Section 14.04(c).
“close of business”
means 5:00 p.m. (New York City time).
“Collateral”
means (1) any Spectrum Assets held by the Spectrum Assets Guarantors and other assets owned by such Spectrum Assets Guarantors subject,
or purported to be subject, from time to time, to a Lien under any Security Document, (2) the proceeds of any Spectrum Assets, (3) any
Replacement Collateral, (4) any Equity Interests in any Spectrum Assets Guarantor held by an Equity Pledge Guarantor and all related
assets owned by such Equity Pledge Guarantor subject, or purported to be subject to, a Lien under any Security Document and (5) any
assets on which a Guarantor is required to grant a Lien pursuant to Section 4.12(a)(4), Section 4.17 and Section 4.21
hereof, and any proceeds of the foregoing.
“Collateral Agent”
means The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., in its capacity as collateral agent until a successor replaces it in accordance
with the applicable provisions of this Indenture in such capacity and thereafter means the successor serving hereunder.
“Combination Settlement”
shall have the meaning provided in Section 14.02(a).
“Commission”
means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Common Equity”
of any Person means Capital Stock of such Person that is generally entitled (a) to vote in the election of directors of such Person
or (b) if such Person is not a corporation, to vote or otherwise participate in the selection of the governing body, partners, managers
or others that will control the management or policies of such Person.
“Company”
shall have the meaning specified in the first paragraph of this Indenture, and subject to the provisions of Article 11, shall include
its successors and assigns.
“Company Order”
means a written order of the Company, signed by an Officer of the Company.
“Conversion Agent”
shall have the meaning specified in Section 4.02.
“Conversion Date”
shall have the meaning specified in Section 14.02(c).
“Conversion Obligation”
shall have the meaning specified in Section 14.01(a).
“Conversion Price”
means as of any date, $1,000, divided by the Conversion Rate as of such date.
“Conversion Rate”
shall have the meaning specified in Section 14.01(a).
“Corporate Trust
Office” means the designated office of the Trustee at which at any time its corporate trust business shall be administered,
which office at the date hereof is located at 601 Travis Street, 16th Floor, Houston, Texas 77002, Attention: Corporate Trust
Administration, or such other address as the Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the Holders and the Company, or the
principal designated corporate trust office of any successor Trustee (or such other address as such successor trustee may designate from
time to time by notice to the Holders and the Company).
“Covered Debt Amount”
means, on any date of determination, the sum of (without duplication) (i) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of Indebtedness
incurred by the Guarantors, determined on a consolidated basis, as shown on the Company’s most recently available internal balance
sheet and (ii) with respect to any Indebtedness in clause (i), the maximum amount of interest payable-in-kind that may be added
to principal of such Indebtedness under its terms and the maximum amount of accreted value that may be added to such Indebtedness under
its terms if issued at a discount, after giving pro forma effect to (x) any Indebtedness that has been incurred by the Guarantors
on or after the date of such balance sheet, including on such date of determination, and the use of proceeds thereof and (y) any
Indebtedness of the Guarantors that has been repaid (including by redemption, repayment, retirement or extinguishment) on or after the
date of such balance sheet, including on such date of determination.
“Custodian”
means the Trustee, as custodian for The Depository Trust Company, with respect to the Global Notes, or any successor entity thereto.
“Daily Conversion
Value” means, for each of the 45 consecutive VWAP Trading Days during the relevant Observation Period, 1/45th of the product
of (i) the Conversion Rate on such VWAP Trading Day and (ii) the Daily VWAP for such VWAP Trading Day.
“Daily Measurement
Value” shall have the meaning specified in the definition of “Daily Settlement Amount.”
“Daily Settlement
Amount,” for each of the 45 consecutive VWAP Trading Days during the relevant Observation Period, shall consist of:
(a) cash
in an amount equal to the lesser of (i) the Specified Dollar Amount, if any, divided by 45 (such quotient, the “Daily
Measurement Value”) and (ii) the Daily Conversion Value for such VWAP Trading Day; and
(b) if
the Daily Conversion Value for such VWAP Trading Day exceeds the Daily Measurement Value, a number of shares of Class A Common Stock
equal to (i) the difference between the Daily Conversion Value and the Daily Measurement Value, divided by (ii) the
Daily VWAP for such VWAP Trading Day.
“Daily VWAP”
means, for each of the 45 consecutive VWAP Trading Days during the relevant Observation Period, the per share volume-weighted average
price as displayed in the calculation window of the Bloomberg “Price and Volume Dashboard” under the column header “VWAP”,
when using the “Form-T Trade Excluded” calculation methodology for “SATS US Equity” (or its equivalent successor
if such page is not available) in respect of the period from the scheduled open of trading until the scheduled close of trading
of the primary trading session on such VWAP Trading Day (or if such volume-weighted average price is unavailable, the market value of
one share of Class A Common Stock on such VWAP Trading Day determined, using a volume-weighted average method, by a nationally recognized
independent investment banking firm retained for this purpose by the Company). The “Daily VWAP” shall be determined
without regard to after-hours trading or any other trading outside of the regular trading session trading hours.
“DDBS”
means collectively DISH DBS Corporation (or any successor in interest thereto) and its Subsidiaries.
“Deemed Redemption”
shall have the meaning specified in Section 14.01(b)(v).
“Default”
means any event that is, or with the passage of time or the giving of notice, or both, would be, an Event of Default.
“Defaulted Amounts”
means any amounts on any Note (including, without limitation, the Redemption Price, the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, principal
and interest) that are payable but are not punctually paid or duly provided for.
“Depositary”
means, with respect to each Global Note, the Person specified in Section 2.05(c) as the Depositary with respect to such Notes,
until a successor shall have been appointed and become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter,
“Depositary” shall mean or include such successor.
“Disinterested Director”
means a member of the Company’s Board of Directors who is not a director, officer or employee of the Company’s controlled
Affiliates.
“Distributed Property”
shall have the meaning specified in Section 14.04(c).
“Effective Date”,
for purposes of Section 14.03 (and as used in Sections 14.04 and 14.05 with respect to a Make-Whole Fundamental Change), shall have
the meaning specified in Section 14.03(c), and “effective date”, for purposes of Section 14.04 and Section 14.05,
means the first date on which shares of the Class A Common Stock trade on the applicable exchange or in the applicable market, regular
way, reflecting the relevant share split or share combination, as applicable.
“Effective Price”
means, with respect to the issuance or sale of any shares of Class A Common Stock or Equity-Linked Securities:
(a) in the case of the
issuance or sale of shares of Class A Common Stock, the value of the consideration received by the Company for such shares, expressed
as an amount per share of Class A Common Stock; and
(b) in the case of the
issuance or sale of any Equity-Linked Securities, an amount equal to a fraction whose:
(i) numerator is equal
to sum, without duplication, of (1) the value of the aggregate consideration received by the Company for the issuance or sale of
such Equity-Linked Securities; and (2) the value of the minimum aggregate additional consideration, if any, payable to purchase
or otherwise acquire shares of Class A Common Stock pursuant to such Equity-Linked Securities; and
(ii) denominator is
equal to the maximum number of shares of Class A Common Stock underlying such Equity-Linked Securities;
provided, however, that:
(w) for purposes of
this definition, (i) the value of consideration received by the Company shall be determined without deduction of any customary underwriting
or similar commissions, reasonable compensation or reasonable concessions paid or allowed by the Company in connection with such issue
or sale and without deduction of any reasonable and documented expenses payable by the Company, (ii) to the extent any such consideration
consists of property other than cash, the value of such property shall be its fair market value as determined in good faith by the Board
of Directors of the Company, and (iii) if shares of Class A Common Stock or Equity-Linked Securities are issued or sold together
with other Capital Stock or securities or other assets of the Company for a consideration that covers both, the Board of Directors of
the Company shall determine in good faith the portion of the consideration so received to be allocable to such shares of Class A
Common Stock or Equity-Linked Securities;
(x) for purposes of
clause (b) above, if such minimum aggregate consideration, or such maximum number of shares of Class A Common Stock, is not
determinable at the time such Equity-Linked Securities are issued or sold, then (i) the initial consideration payable under such
Equity-Linked Securities, or the initial number of shares of Class A Common Stock underlying such Equity-Linked Securities, as applicable,
will be used; and (ii) at each time thereafter when such amount of consideration or number of shares becomes determinable or is
otherwise adjusted (other than pursuant to “anti-dilution” or similar provisions for which corresponding adjustments are
made under clauses (a), (b), (c), (d) or (e) of Section 14.04 hereof), there will be deemed to occur, for purposes of Section 14.04(f) and
without affecting any prior adjustments theretofore made to the Conversion Rate, an issuance of additional Equity-Linked Securities;
(y) for purposes of
clause (b) above, the surrender, extinguishment, conversion, exchange, maturity or other expiration of any such Equity-Linked Securities
will be deemed not to constitute consideration payable to purchase or otherwise acquire shares of Class A Common Stock pursuant
to such Equity-Linked Securities; and
(z) the “value”
of any such consideration will be the fair value thereof, as of the date such shares or Equity-Linked Securities, as applicable, are
issued or sold, determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company (or, in the case of cash denominated in U.S. dollars,
the face amount thereof).
“Electronic Means”
means the following communications methods: e-mail, secure electronic transmission containing applicable authorization codes, passwords
and/or authentication keys issued by the Trustee or Collateral Agent, as applicable, or another method or system specified by the Trustee
or Collateral Agent, as applicable, as available for use in connection with its services hereunder.
“Equity Interests”
means Capital Stock and all warrants, options or other rights to acquire Capital Stock (including any debt security that is convertible
into, or exchangeable for, Capital Stock).
“Equity-Linked Securities”
means any rights, options or warrants to purchase or otherwise acquire (including upon any exchange, conversion or other exercise of
any securities or other instruments, and whether immediately, during specified times, upon the satisfaction of any conditions or otherwise)
any shares of Class A Common Stock.
“Equity Pledge Agreement”
means the Equity Pledge Agreement dated as of the Issue Date, between the Equity Pledge Guarantors and the Collateral Agent, as amended,
restated, modified, supplemented, extended or replaced from time to time.
“Equity Pledge Guarantors”
means any of the Company’s Subsidiaries that on or after the Issue Date directly own any Equity Interests in any Spectrum Assets
Guarantors.
“Event of Default”
shall have the meaning specified in Section 6.01.
“Ex-Dividend Date”
means the first date on which shares of Class A Common Stock trade on the applicable exchange or in the applicable market, regular
way, without the right to receive the issuance, dividend or distribution in question, from the Company or, if applicable, from the seller
of Class A Common Stock on such exchange or market (in the form of due bills or otherwise) as determined by such exchange or market.
“Exchange Act”
means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Exempt Issuance”
means (A) the Company’s issuance or grant of shares of Class A Common Stock, options to purchase shares of Class A Common Stock
or other equity awards to employees, directors or consultants of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to the plans that have
been approved by a majority of the independent members of the Company’s Board of Directors or that exist as of the Issue Date; (B)
the Company’s issuance of securities upon the exercise, exchange or conversion of any securities that are exercisable or exchangeable
for, or convertible into, shares of Class A Common Stock and are outstanding as of the Issue Date (including the 0% Convertible Notes
due 2025 issued by DISH Network Corporation and the 3.375% Convertible Notes due 2026 issued by DISH Network Corporation); provided that
such exercise, exchange or conversion is effected pursuant to the terms of such securities as in effect on the Issue Date; (C) the Company’s
issuance of the Notes on the Issue Date and any shares of Class A Common Stock upon conversion of such Notes; (D) the Company’s
issuance of shares of Class A Common Stock or any options or convertible securities issued in connection with a merger or other business
combination or an acquisition of the securities or assets of another Person, business unit, division or business, other than in connection
with the broadly marketed offering and sale of equity or convertible securities for third-party financing of such transaction; (E) the
Company’s issuance of shares of Class A Common Stock pursuant to the Subscription Agreements; and (F) the Company’s issuance
of shares of Class A Common Stock in an offering for cash for the account of the Company that is (x) underwritten on a firm commitment
basis or (y) pursuant to an at the market equity sales program, in the case of (x) or (y), that is registered with the SEC under the Securities
Act. For purposes of this definition, “consultant” means a consultant that may participate in an “employee benefit plan”
in accordance with the definition of such term in Rule 405 under the Securities Act.
“Expiration Date”
shall have the meaning specified in Section 14.04(e).
“fair
market value” means the value that would be paid by a willing buyer to an unaffiliated willing seller.
“FCC”
means the Federal Communications Commission, including without limitation a bureau or division thereof acting under delegated authority,
and any substitute or successor agency.
“FCC Licenses”
means licenses, authorizations and permits for wireless terrestrial service, including without limitation commercial mobile service,
issued from time to time by the FCC.
“First Lien Covered
Debt Amount” means, on any date of determination, the sum of (without duplication) (i) the aggregate outstanding principal
amount of the Notes, (ii) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of any other First Lien Indebtedness, determined on a consolidated
basis, as shown on the Company’s most recently available internal balance sheet and (iii) with respect to any Indebtedness
in clauses (i) and (ii) the maximum amount of interest payable-in-kind that may be added to principal of such Indebtedness
under its terms and the maximum amount of accreted value that may be added to such Indebtedness under its terms if issued at a discount
after giving pro forma effect to (x) any First Lien Indebtedness has been incurred on or after the date of such balance sheet, including
on such date of determination, and the use of proceeds thereof and (y) any First Lien Indebtedness that has been repaid (including
by redemption, repayment, retirement or extinguishment) on or after the date of such balance sheet, including on such date of determination.
“First Lien Indebtedness”
means the Notes, the New Senior Spectrum Secured Notes and the New Exchange Notes and any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 4.12(a)(2) hereof
for which the applicable Authorized Representative shall have entered into the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement as a First Lien Representative.
“First
Lien Intercreditor Agreement” means, a First Lien Intercreditor Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit B
hereto among the grantors named therein, the Collateral Agent and the representatives for purposes thereof for Holders of one or more
classes of First Lien Obligations.
“First Lien LTV
Ratio” means, on any date of determination, the ratio of (a) the First Lien Covered Debt Amount to (b) the aggregate
Appraised Value of the Collateral, without duplication.
“First Lien Obligations”
means any first priority obligations permitted to be incurred under this Indenture in respect of any First Lien Indebtedness.
“First Lien Representative”
means an Authorized Representative for the holders of such First Lien Indebtedness.
“Floor Price”
means $5.24, as adjusted for any stock split, combination, recapitalization or similar transaction.
“Form of Assignment
and Transfer” shall mean the “Form of Assignment and Transfer” attached as Attachment 3 to the Form of Note attached
hereto as Exhibit A.
“Form of Fundamental
Change Repurchase Notice” shall mean the “Form of Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice” attached as Attachment 2
to the Form of Note attached hereto as Exhibit A.
“Form of Notice of
Conversion” shall mean the “Form of Notice of Conversion” attached as Attachment 1 to the Form of Note attached
hereto as Exhibit A.
“Fundamental Change”
shall be deemed to have occurred at the time after the Notes are originally issued if any of the following occurs:
(a) (1) a
“person” or “group” within the meaning of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, other than the Company,
its Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries, the employee benefit plans of the Company and its Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries, and the Principal or a Related
Party, has filed a Schedule TO or any other schedule, form or report under the Exchange Act disclosing that such person or group has
become, directly or indirectly, the direct or indirect “beneficial owner,” as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange
Act, of (A) the Company’s Common Equity representing more than 50% of the voting power of the Company’s Common Equity
or (B) more than 50% of the then outstanding Class A Common Stock; or (2) the Principal or a Related Party has filed a
Schedule TO or any other schedule, form or report under the Exchange Act disclosing that the Principal and the Related Parties, taken
together, have acquired, directly or indirectly, “beneficial ownership,” within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the
Exchange Act, of more than ten percent of the Company’s then outstanding Class A Common Stock, excluding any shares of Class A
Common Stock acquired by the Principal or any Related Party (A) on or prior to October 10, 2024, (B) as a result of the
conversion of any Class B Common Stock into Class A Common Stock, (C) under any equity incentive plan or other compensatory
plan, contract or arrangement of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (D) as a result of any bona fide estate planning (including
in connection with any share deposit, contribution, annuity, payment or release involving any grantor retained annuity trust existing
now or from time to time) or (E) from the Company (including as a result of participation in any offer or sale of Class A Common
Stock by the Company); provided that (i) no “Fundamental Change” shall be deemed to occur pursuant to this clause
(a)(2) that is attributable to a decrease in the number of outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock after October 10,
2024 as a result of any repurchase of Class A Common Stock by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries from time to time and (ii) for
purposes of the calculations under this clause (a)(2), any repurchase by the Company or any of its subsidiaries of Class A Common
Stock shall be excluded (as if no such repurchase had been effected) in determining the number of outstanding shares of Class A
Common Stock at any time; or (3) the Principal or a Related Party has filed a Schedule TO or any other schedule, form or report
under the Exchange Act disclosing that the Principal and the Related parties, taken together, have acquired, directly or indirectly,
“beneficial ownership,” within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act, of more than 50% of the then outstanding
Class A Common Stock, excluding any shares of Class A Common Stock described in sub-clauses (A) through (E) of the
immediately preceding clause (2), but without giving effect to the proviso in such clause (2);
(b) the
consummation of (1) any recapitalization, reclassification or change of the Class A Common Stock (other than changes resulting
from a subdivision or combination and other than changes only in par value, or from par value to no par value or from no par value to
par value) as a result of which the Class A Common Stock would be converted into, or exchanged for, stock, other securities, other
property or assets; (2) any share exchange, consolidation or merger of the Company pursuant to which the Class A Common Stock
will be converted into cash, securities or other property or assets (or any combination thereof); or (3) any sale, lease or other
transfer in one transaction or a series of transactions of all or substantially all of the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’
consolidated assets, taken as a whole, to any Person other than one of the Company’s Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries; provided,
however, that a transaction described in clause (b)(2) in which the holders of all classes of the Company’s Common
Equity immediately prior to such transaction own, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of all classes of the Common Equity of the continuing
or surviving corporation or transferee or the parent thereof immediately after such transaction in substantially the same proportions
as such ownership immediately prior to such transaction shall not be a Fundamental Change pursuant to this clause (b);
(c) the
stockholders of the Company approve any plan or proposal for the liquidation or dissolution of the Company; or
(d) the
Class A Common Stock (or other common stock underlying the Notes) ceases to be listed or quoted on any of The NASDAQ Global Select
Market, The NASDAQ Global Market or The New York Stock Exchange (or any of their respective successors); provided, however, that
a transaction or transactions described in clause (a) or clause (b) above will not constitute a Fundamental Change if at least
90% of the consideration received or to be received by the holders of the Class A Common Stock, excluding cash payments for fractional
shares and cash payments made in respect of dissenters’ appraisal rights, in connection with such transaction or transactions consists
of shares of common stock that are listed or quoted on any of The NASDAQ Global Select Market, The NASDAQ Global Market or The New York
Stock Exchange (or any of their respective successors) or will be so listed or quoted when issued or exchanged in connection with such
transaction or transactions and as a result of such transaction or transactions such consideration becomes the Reference Property for
the Notes (subject to the provisions set forth in Section 14.02).
If any transaction in which
the Class A Common Stock is replaced by the securities of another entity occurs, following completion of any related Make-Whole
Fundamental Change Period (or, in the case of a transaction that would have been a Fundamental Change or a Make-Whole Fundamental Change
but for the proviso immediately following clause (d) of this definition, following the effective date of such transaction) references
to the Company in this definition shall instead be references to such other entity.
“Fundamental Change
Company Notice” shall have the meaning specified in Section 15.02(c).
“Fundamental Change
Repurchase Date” shall have the meaning specified in Section 15.02(a).
“Fundamental Change
Repurchase Notice” shall have the meaning specified in Section 15.02(b)(i).
“Fundamental Change
Repurchase Price” shall have the meaning specified in Section 15.02(a).
“GAAP”
means United States generally accepted accounting principles set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles
Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards
Board or in such other statements by such other entity as may be approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession of the
United States, which are applicable as of the date of determination as in effect at any time and from time to time.
“Global Note”
shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.05(b).
“guarantee”
means a guarantee (other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business), direct or
indirect, in any manner (including, without limitation, letters of credit and reimbursement agreements in respect thereof), of all or
any part of any liability.
“Guarantor”
means any entity that executes a Notes Guarantee of the obligations of the Company under this Indenture and the Notes, and their respective
successors and assigns, including the Spectrum Assets Guarantors and the Equity Pledge Guarantors.
“Holder”
means, as applied to any Note, or other similar terms (but excluding the term “beneficial holder”), shall mean any
Person in whose name at the time a particular Note is registered on the Note Register.
“HSSC”
means collectively Hughes Satellite Systems Corporation (or any successor in interest thereto) and its subsidiaries.
“Indebtedness”
means, with respect to any Person, any indebtedness of such Person, whether or not contingent, (i) in respect of borrowed money,
(ii) evidenced by bonds, notes (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any convertible notes), debentures or similar instruments
or letters of credit (or reimbursement agreements in respect thereof), (iii) representing the balance deferred and unpaid of the
purchase price of any property (including pursuant to finance leases), (iv) representing any hedging obligations or (v) in
each case except any such balance that constitutes an accrued expense or trade payable, if and to the extent any of the foregoing (other
than hedging obligations) would appear as a liability upon a balance sheet of such Person prepared in accordance with GAAP, and also
includes, to the extent not otherwise included, the amount of all obligations of such Person with respect to the redemption, repayment
or other repurchase of any disqualified stock or, with respect to any Subsidiary of such Person, the liquidation preference with respect
to, any preferred equity interests (but excluding, in each case, any accrued dividends) as well as the guarantee of items that would
be included within this definition.
“Indenture”
means this instrument as originally executed or, if amended or supplemented as herein provided, as so amended or supplemented.
“Independent Appraiser”
means any Person that (a) is a firm of U.S. national or international standing engaged in the business of appraising FCC Licenses
(as determined by the Company in good faith) or (b) if no such person described in clause (a) above is at such time generally
providing appraisals of FCC Licenses (as determined by the Company in good faith) then, an independent investment banking firm of U.S.
national or international standing qualified to perform such appraisal (as determined by the Company in good faith).
“Intercompany Loan”
means an intercompany loan between the Company or any of the Guarantors and DDBS and/or HSSC, as applicable, as contemplated by Section 4.19(ii).
“Intercreditor Agreement”
means a First Lien Intercreditor Agreement or a Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement as the context requires.
“Interest Payment
Date” means May 30 and November 30 of each year, beginning on May 30, 2025.
“Interest PIK Date”
means each Interest Payment Date with respect to which the Company elects (or is deemed to have elected) to pay interest accrued on the
Notes to, but excluding, such Interest Payment Date by the Capitalization Method pursuant to Section 2.03(d).
“Investments”
means, with respect to any Person, all investments by such Person in other Persons (including Affiliates) in the forms of loans (including
guarantees), advances or capital contributions (excluding commission, travel and similar advances to officers and employees made in the
ordinary course of business), purchases or other acquisitions for consideration of Indebtedness, Equity Interests or other securities
and all other items that are or would be classified as investments on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP.
“Issue Date”
means ,
2024.
“Last Reported Sale
Price” of the Class A Common Stock on any date means:
(a) the
closing sale price per share (or if no closing sale price is reported, the average of the bid and ask prices or, if more than one in
either case, the average of the average bid and the average ask prices) on such date as reported in composite transactions for the Relevant
Stock Exchange;
(b) if
the Class A Common Stock is not listed for trading on a Relevant Stock Exchange on such date, the last quoted bid price per share
for the Class A Common Stock in the over-the-counter market on such date as reported by OTC Markets Group Inc. or a similar organization;
and
(c) if
the Class A Common Stock is not so quoted, the average of the mid-point of the last bid and ask prices per share for the Class A
Common Stock on such date from each of at least three nationally recognized independent investment banking firms selected by the Company
for this purpose.
The “Last Reported Sale Price” will
be determined without regard to after-hours trading or any other trading outside of regular trading session hours.
“Lien”
means, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest or encumbrance of any kind in respect of such
asset, whether or not filed, recorded or otherwise perfected under applicable law (including any conditional sale or other title retention
agreement, any lease in the nature thereof, any option or other agreement to sell or give a security interest in and any filing of or
agreement to give any financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code (or equivalent statute) of any jurisdiction).
“LTV Ratio”
means, on any date of determination, the ratio of (a) the Covered Debt Amount to (b) the aggregate Appraised Value of the Collateral,
plus any cash pledged as Collateral pursuant to Section 4.21.
“Make-Whole Fundamental
Change” means any transaction or event that constitutes a Fundamental Change, after giving effect to any exceptions to or exclusions
from the definition thereof, but without regard to the proviso in clause (b) of the definition thereof.
“Make-Whole Fundamental
Change Company Notice” shall have the meaning specified in Section 14.03(b).
“Make-Whole Fundamental
Change Period” shall have the meaning specified in Section 14.03(a).
“Market Disruption
Event” means:
(a) a
failure by the Relevant Stock Exchange to open for trading during its regular trading session; or
(b) the
occurrence or existence prior to 1:00 p.m., New York City time, on any Scheduled Trading Day for the Class A Common Stock for more
than one half-hour period in the aggregate during regular trading hours of any suspension or limitation imposed on trading (by reason
of movements in price exceeding limits permitted by the Relevant Stock Exchange or otherwise) in the Class A Common Stock or in
any options contracts or futures contracts relating to the Class A Common Stock.
For the avoidance of doubt, a limitation on short
sales pursuant to Rule 201 of Regulation M shall not be deemed a “Market Disruption Event.”
“Maturity Date”
means November 30, 2030.
“Measurement Period”
shall have the meaning specified in Section 14.01(b)(i).
“MHz-POPs”
means with respect to any FCC License the number of megahertz of wireless spectrum covered by such FCC License multiplied by the population
in the geographic area covered by such FCC License.
“Moody’s”
means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., a subsidiary of Moody’s Corporation.
“Net Proceeds”
means the aggregate cash proceeds (including insurance or litigation proceeds) received in respect of any sale, lease, assignment, transfer,
conveyance or other disposition pursuant to Section 4.13(a)(1) net of the direct costs relating to such sale, lease, assignment,
transfer, conveyance or other disposition (including, without limitation, legal, accounting and investment banking fees, and sales commissions)
and any relocation expenses incurred as a result thereof, taxes paid or payable as a result thereof (after taking into account any available
tax credits or deductions and any tax sharing arrangements) and any reserve for adjustment in respect of the sale price of such asset
or assets; provided that Net Proceeds shall exclude Specified Net Proceeds.
“New Exchange Notes”
means the 6.75% Senior Spectrum Secured Exchange Notes due 2030, issued by the Company on the Issue Date, together with any New Exchange
Notes issued after the Issue Date as interest payable in kind under the New Exchange Notes Indenture.
“New Exchange Notes
Indenture” means the indenture relating to the New Exchange Notes.
“New Senior Spectrum
Secured Notes” means the 10.75% Senior Secured Notes due 2029, to be issued by the Company on the Issue Date
“New Senior Spectrum
Secured Notes Indenture” means the indenture relating to the New Senior Spectrum Secured Notes.
“Note”
or “Notes” shall have the meaning specified in the first paragraph of the recitals of this Indenture.
“Note Register”
shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.05.
“Notes Documents”
means this Indenture, the Notes, the Notes Guarantees and the Security Documents.
“Notes Guarantee”
means a guarantee by a Guarantor of the Company’s obligations under this Indenture and the Notes.
“Notes Obligations”
means the Obligations in respect of the Notes, this Indenture, the Notes Guarantees, the Security Documents and the other Notes Documents.
“Notice of Conversion”
shall have the meaning specified in Section 14.02(b)(i)(ii)(A).
“Obligations”
means any principal, interest (including post-petition interest, fees and expenses accruing on or after the filing of any petition in
bankruptcy or for reorganization relating to the Company or any Guarantor whether or not a claim for post-petition interest, fees and
expenses is allowed in such proceedings), penalties, fees, indemnifications, reimbursements (including, without limitation, reimbursement
obligations with respect to letters of credit and bankers’ acceptances), damages and other liabilities payable under the documentation
governing any Indebtedness.
“Observation Period”
with respect to any Note surrendered for conversion means:
(a) if
the relevant Conversion Date occurs prior to May 30, 2030, the 45 consecutive VWAP Trading Day period beginning on, and including,
the second VWAP Trading Day immediately succeeding such Conversion Date;
(b) if
the relevant Conversion Date occurs on or after the date on which the Company issues a Redemption Notice and prior to the Scheduled Trading
Day immediately preceding the relevant Redemption Date, the 45 consecutive Trading Days beginning on, and including, the 46th Scheduled
Trading Day immediately preceding such Redemption Date; and
(c) if
the relevant Conversion Date occurs on or after May 30, 2030, the 45 consecutive VWAP Trading Day period beginning on, and including,
the 46th Scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding the Maturity Date.
“Officer”
means, with respect to any Person, the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief Operating
Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, the Controller, the Secretary, or any Vice President of
such Person.
“Officers’
Certificate” means a certificate signed on behalf of the Company by two Officers of the Company, one of whom must be the principal
executive officer, the principal financial officer, the treasurer or the principal accounting officer of the Company, that meets the
requirements of Section 19.06 hereof.
“open of business”
means 9:00 a.m. (New York City time).
“Opinion of
Counsel” means an opinion from legal counsel that meets the requirements of Section 19.06 hereof. The counsel may be an
employee of or counsel to the Company, any Guarantor or any Subsidiary of the Company, or other counsel reasonably acceptable to the
Trustee.
“Optional Redemption”
shall have the meaning specified in Section 16.01.
“outstanding,”
when used with reference to Notes, shall, subject to the provisions of Section 8.04, mean, as of any particular time, all Notes
authenticated and delivered by the Trustee under this Indenture, except:
(a) Notes
theretofore canceled by the Trustee or accepted by the Trustee for cancellation;
(b) Notes,
or portions thereof, that have become due and payable and in respect of which monies in the necessary amount shall have been deposited
in trust with the Trustee or with any Paying Agent (other than the Company) or shall have been set aside and segregated in trust by the
Company (if the Company shall act as its own Paying Agent);
(c) Notes
in lieu of which, or in substitution for which, other Notes shall have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to the terms of Section 2.06
unless proof satisfactory to the Trustee is presented that any such Notes are held by protected purchasers in due course;
(d) Notes
surrendered for purchase (and not validly withdrawn) in accordance with Article 15 for which the Paying Agent holds money sufficient
to pay the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, in accordance with Section 15.04(b);
(e) Notes
converted pursuant to Article 14 and required to be canceled pursuant to Section 2.08;
(f) Notes
redeemed pursuant to Article 16; and
(g) Notes
repurchased by the Company.
“Partial Redemption Limitation”
shall have the meaning specified in Section 16.02(d).
“Paying Agent”
shall have the meaning specified in Section 4.02.
“Permitted Asset
Swap” means a transfer of Collateral by a Guarantor in exchange for, or other acquisition of, Spectrum Assets or Capital Stock
of a Person that becomes a wholly owned Subsidiary of a Guarantor and the principal assets of which are Spectrum Assets and other assets
reasonably necessary to maintain the ownership thereof (the “Replacement Collateral”); provided that (i) the Guarantor
transferring such Collateral (the “Transferred Assets”) shall (x) subject to the further proviso below, acquire assets
that constitute Replacement Collateral that have an Appraised Value at least equal to the Appraised Value of the Transferred Assets sold,
transferred, or otherwise disposed of, (y) execute any and all documents, financing statements, agreements and instruments, and taken
all further action that may be required under applicable law (to the extent required under this Indenture and/or the Security Documents)
to grant and perfect a first-priority Liens in such Replacement Collateral for the benefit of the Holders; and (ii) a Permitted Asset
Swap of Collateral comprising Band 66 AWS-3 Spectrum shall only be made if the applicable Replacement Collateral comprises Band 66 AWS-3
Spectrum; provided, further, that (X) if the Appraised Value of Transferred Assets comprising Band 66 AWS-3 Spectrum is greater than the
Appraised Value of the Replacement Collateral (a “Collateral Deficit”), the Company or another Guarantor may contribute
Replacement Cash to the Guarantor (provided that any such cash shall be held in a deposit account established by the Company subject
to the sole dominion and control of the Collateral Agent with respect to which the Company shall not have withdrawal rights prior to the
repayment in full of the Notes pursuant to a customary account control agreement, reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, that
will provide, among other things, the cash in such account shall not be invested and need not accrue any interest) receiving such Replacement
Collateral (which, for the avoidance of doubt, will satisfy the requirements of clause (i)(x) above); and (Y) the aggregate Appraised
Value of Transferred Assets that may be subject to Permitted Asset Swaps following the Issue Date shall not exceed $5.0 billion (with
the value of such Collateral being determined pursuant to the definition “Appraised Value” at the time of consummation thereof
without giving any effect to subsequent changes in value of the applicable assets).
“Person”
means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization,
limited liability company or government or other entity.
“Physical Settlement”
shall have the meaning provided in Section 14.02(a).
“PIK Interest”
shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.03(d).
“PIK Interest Rate”
means 3.875% per annum.
“PIK Notes”
shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.03(d)(ii).
“PIK Payment”
means the payment of any PIK Interest on the Notes.
“Predecessor Note”
of any particular Note means every previous Note evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such particular Note;
and, for the purposes of this definition, any Note authenticated and delivered under Section 2.06 in lieu of or in exchange for
a mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen Note shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen Note
that it replaces.
“Principal”
means Charles W. Ergen.
“Prospectus”
means the prospectus dated October 10, 2024 included in the Company’s registration statement on Form S-4, initially filed
with the Commission on October 10, 2024.
“Record Date”
means, with respect to any dividend, distribution or other transaction or event in which the holders of Class A Common Stock have
the right to receive any cash, securities or other property or in which the Class A Common Stock is exchanged for or converted into
any combination of cash, securities or other property, the date fixed for determination of holders of Class A Common Stock entitled
to receive such cash, securities or other property (whether such date is fixed by the Board of Directors, statute, contract or otherwise).
“Redemption Date”
shall have the meaning specified in Section 16.02(a).
“Redemption Notice”
shall have the meaning specified in Section 16.02(a).
“Redemption Period”
means, with respect to any Optional Redemption, the period from, and including, the date on which the Company delivers a Redemption Notice
for such Optional Redemption until the close of business on the second Scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding the related Redemption
Date.
“Redemption Price”
means, for any Notes to be redeemed pursuant to Section 16.01, 100% of the principal amount of such Notes, plus accrued
and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the Redemption Date (unless the Redemption Date falls after a Regular Record Date but
on or prior to the immediately succeeding Interest Payment Date, in which case interest accrued to the Interest Payment Date will be
paid by the Company to Holders of record of such Notes as of the close of business on such Regular Record Date, and the Redemption Price
will be equal to 100% of the principal amount of such Notes).
“Reference Property”
shall have the meaning specified in Section 14.07(a).
“Regular Record
Date,” with respect to any Interest Payment Date, shall mean the May 15 or November 15 (whether or not such day is
a Business Day), as the case may be, immediately preceding such Interest Payment Date.
“Related
Party” means, with respect to the Principal, (a) the spouse and each immediate family member of the Principal and (b) each
trust, corporation, partnership or other entity of which the Principal beneficially holds an 80% or more controlling interest.
“Relevant Stock
Exchange” means The NASDAQ Global Select Market or, if the Class A Common Stock is not then listed on The NASDAQ Global
Select Market, the principal other U.S. national or regional securities exchange on which the Class A Common Stock is then listed,
or, if the Class A Common Stock is not then listed on a U.S. national or regional securities exchange, the principal other market
on which the Class A Common Stock is then traded.
“Replacement Cash”
means, with respect to any Asset Sale involving Band 66 AWS-3 Spectrum, an amount of cash and Cash Equivalents equal to the applicable
Collateral Deficit.
“Required Amount”
means, with respect to any Net Proceeds and Specified Net Proceeds, an amount equal to (x) the sum of (i) 37.5% of all Net
Proceeds from Asset Sales consummated following the Issue Date and (ii) 75% of all Specified Net Proceeds from Asset Sales consummated
following the Issue Date less (y) the aggregate amount of all Net Proceeds and Specified Net Proceeds previously applied
in accordance with Section 4.13(b) hereof.
“Responsible Officer”
means, when used with respect to the Trustee, any officer within the Corporate Trust Services of the Trustee (or any successor group
of the Trustee) or any other officer of the Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any such officer and
also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of such officer’s
knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.
“Retail
Wireless Business” means the provision of prepaid and postpaid wireless communications, data and other services to subscribers,
whether or not utilizing wireless spectrum licenses, including as a mobile virtual network operator.
“S&P”
means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of The McGraw Hill Companies, Inc.
“SEC”
means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Scheduled Trading
Day” means a day that is scheduled to be a Trading Day on the Relevant Stock Exchange. If the Class A Common Stock is
not listed on a Relevant Stock Exchange, “Scheduled Trading Day” means a “Business Day.”
“Second Lien Indebtedness”
means any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 4.12(a)(3) hereof for which the Authorized Representative shall have entered
into the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement as a Second Lien Representative.
“Second Lien Intercreditor
Agreement” means a Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto among the grantors
named therein, the Collateral Agent and the representatives for purposes thereof for holders of one or more classes of Junior Lien Obligations
(as defined in the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement) having a Lien on the Collateral ranking junior to the Lien securing the obligations
under this Indenture.
“Second Lien Representative”
means an Authorized Representative for the holders of Second Lien Indebtedness.
“Securities Act”
means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Security
Agreement” means the security agreement dated as of the Issue Date, among the Spectrum Assets Guarantors, the Equity
Pledge Guarantors and the Collateral Agent, as amended, restated, modified, supplemented, extended or replaced from time to
time.
“Security Documents”
means the Equity Pledge Agreement, the Security Agreement, each Intercreditor Agreement, and all other pledge agreements, security agreements,
deeds of trust, deeds to secure debt, pledges, collateral assignments and other agreements or instruments evidencing or creating any
security interest or Lien in favor of the Collateral Agent for its benefit and the benefit of the Trustee and the Holders in any or all
of the Collateral.
“Settlement Amount”
has the meaning specified in Section 14.02(a)(iii).
“Settlement Method”
means, with respect to any conversion of Notes, Physical Settlement, Cash Settlement or Combination Settlement, as elected (or deemed
to have been elected) by the Company.
“Share Exchange
Event” shall have the meaning specified in Section 14.07(a).
“Significant Subsidiary”
means any Subsidiary that would be a “significant subsidiary” as defined in Article 1, Rule 1-02 of Regulation
S-X promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act, as such regulation as in effect on the date of this Indenture.
“Specified Dollar
Amount” means, with respect to any conversion of Notes, the maximum cash amount per $1,000 principal amount of Notes to be
received upon conversion as specified by the Company (or deemed specified) in the notice specifying the Company’s chosen Settlement
Method.
“Specified Net Proceeds”
means the aggregate cash proceeds (including insurance or litigation proceeds) on account of, or in respect of, the sale, lease, assignment,
transfer, conveyance or other disposition of any Collateral comprising AWS-3 Spectrum pursuant to Section 4.13(a)(1), net of the
direct costs relating to such sale, lease, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of AWS-3 Spectrum (including, without
limitation, legal, accounting and investment banking fees, and sales commissions) and any relocation expenses incurred as a result thereof,
taxes paid or payable as a result thereof (after taking into account any available tax credits or deductions) and any reserve for adjustment
in respect of the sale price of such asset or assets.
“Spectrum Assets”
means any (i) FCC Licenses with respect to AWS-3 Spectrum and AWS-4 Spectrum, including the proceeds for Band 66 and Band 70 of
AWS-3 Spectrum and AWS-4 Spectrum held by the Spectrum Assets Guarantors and (ii) the proceeds thereof, in each case until any such
FCC License no longer constitutes Collateral pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture and the Security Documents.
“Spectrum Assets
Guarantors” means any of the Company’s Subsidiaries that on or after the Issue Date hold any Spectrum Assets.
“Spectrum Joint
Venture” means bona fide joint venture between Company and/or the Guarantors with an unaffiliated third party; provided,
however, that the Principal, any Related Party and any employees or management of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries shall
not hold any direct or indirect Equity Interest in such Spectrum Joint Venture other than indirectly through their ownership of Equity
Interests of the Company.
“Spectrum Value
Debt Cap” means $13.0 billion; provided that following the date that is two years after the Issue Date, the Company may, at
its option, update the aggregate Appraised Value of the Collateral pursuant to the definition of “Appraised Value,” and,
thereafter, “Spectrum Value Debt Cap” shall mean the lesser of (x) the greater of (i) the updated aggregate Appraised
Value of the Collateral multiplied by 0.375 and (ii) $13.0 billion, and (y) $15.0 billion.
“Spin-Off”
shall have the meaning specified in Section 14.04(c).
“Stock Price”
shall have the meaning specified in Section 14.03(c).
“Subscription Agreements”
means the subscription agreements to purchase 14.265 million shares of Class A Common Stock described in the Prospectus.
“Subsidiary”
means, with respect to any Person, any corporation, association or other business entity of which more than 50% of the total voting power
of shares of Capital Stock entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers
or trustees thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries
of such Person (or a combination thereof); provided, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, any Guarantor shall in all events
be deemed a Subsidiary of the Company hereunder and subject to the same covenants, undertakings and obligations as if it were a Subsidiary
of the Company.
“TIA”
means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (15 U.S.C. §§77aaa-77bbbb).
“Trading Day”
means a day on which:
(a) trading
in the Class A Common Stock generally occurs on the Relevant Stock Exchange; and
(b) a
Last Reported Sale Price for the Class A Common Stock is available on such Relevant Stock Exchange;
provided, that, if the
Class A Common Stock is not listed or traded on a Relevant Stock Exchange, “Trading Day” means a “Business Day.”
“Trading Price”
per $1,000 principal amount of the Notes on any date of determination means the average of the secondary market bid quotations obtained
in writing by the Bid Solicitation Agent for $5,000,000 principal amount of Notes at approximately 3:30 p.m. (New York City time)
on such determination date from three independent nationally recognized securities dealers the Company selects for this purpose; provided
that if three such bids cannot reasonably be obtained by the Bid Solicitation Agent but two such bids are obtained, then the average
of the two bids shall be used, and if only one such bid can reasonably be obtained by the Bid Solicitation Agent, that one bid shall
be used. If the Bid Solicitation Agent cannot reasonably obtain at least one bid for $5,000,000 principal amount of Notes from a nationally
recognized securities dealer, then the Trading Price per $1,000 principal amount of Notes shall be deemed to be less than 98% of the
product of the Last Reported Sale Price of the Class A Common Stock and the Conversion Rate on such day.
“Trigger Event”
shall have the meaning specified in Section 14.04(c).
“Trust Indenture
Act” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, as it was in force at the date of execution of this Indenture.
“Trustee”
means the Person named as the “Trustee” in the first paragraph of this Indenture until a successor trustee shall have
become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “Trustee” shall mean or include
each Person who is then a Trustee hereunder.
“Uniform Commercial
Code” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in any applicable jurisdiction.
“Unit of Reference
Property” shall have the meaning specified in Section 14.07(a).
“Valuation Period”
shall have the meaning specified in Section 14.04(c).
“VWAP Trading Day”
means a day on which:
(a) there
is no Market Disruption Event; and
(b) trading
in the Class A Common Stock generally occurs on the Relevant Stock Exchange.
If the Class A Common
Stock is not listed or traded on a Relevant Stock Exchange “VWAP Trading Day” means a “Business Day.”
“Wholly-Owned Subsidiary”
of any Person means a Subsidiary of such Person, 100% of the outstanding Capital Stock or other ownership interests of which (other than
directors’ qualifying shares) shall at the time be owned by such Person or by one or more Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries of such Person.
Section 1.02. Incorporation
by Reference of Trust Indenture Act.
Whenever this Indenture refers
to a provision of the TIA, the provision is incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture.
The following TIA terms used
in this Indenture have the following meanings:
(1) “indenture
security holder” means a Holder of a Note;
(2) “indenture
securities” means the Notes;
(3) “indenture
to be qualified” means this Indenture;
(4) “indenture
trustee” or “institutional trustee” means the Trustee; and
(5) “obligor”
on the Notes and the Notes Guarantees means the Company and the Guarantors, respectively, and any successor obligor upon the Notes and
the Notes Guarantees, respectively.
All other terms used in this
Indenture that are defined by the TIA, defined by TIA reference to another statute or defined by SEC rule under the TIA have the
meanings so assigned to them.
Section
1.03. Rules
of Construction. Unless context requires otherwise:
(1)
a term has the meaning assigned to it;
(2)
an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to it in accordance with GAAP;
(3)
“or” is not exclusive;
(4)
words in the singular include the plural, and in the plural include the singular;
(5)
“will” shall be interpreted to express a command;
(6)
provisions apply to successive events and transactions;
(7)
references to sections of or rules under the Securities Act will be deemed to include substitute, replacement of successor sections
or rules adopted by the SEC from time to time; and
(8)
for the purposes of this Indenture, references to “aggregate principal amount” of any Note includes any increase in
the principal amount of that Note as a result of a payment of PIK Interest.
Article 2
ISSUE, DESCRIPTION, EXECUTION, REGISTRATION AND EXCHANGE OF NOTES
Section 2.01. Designation
and Amount. The Notes shall be designated as the “3.875% Convertible Senior Secured
Notes due 2030.” The aggregate principal amount of Notes that may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is initially
limited to $ ,
subject to Section 2.10 and except for Notes authenticated and delivered upon the issuance of PIK Notes and Notes authenticated
and delivered upon registration or transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of other Notes pursuant to Section 2.05, Section 2.06,
Section 2.07, Section 10.04, Section 14.02 and Section 15.04.
Section 2.02. Form of
Notes. The Notes and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication to be borne by such
Notes shall be substantially in the respective forms set forth in Exhibit A hereto, the terms and provisions of which shall constitute,
and are hereby expressly incorporated in and made a part of this Indenture. To the extent applicable, the Company and the Trustee, by
their execution and delivery of this Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby.
Any Global Note may be endorsed
with or have incorporated in the text thereof such legends or recitals or changes not inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture
as may be required by the Custodian or the Depositary, or as may be required to comply with any applicable law or any regulation thereunder
or with the rules and regulations of any securities exchange or automated quotation system upon which the Notes may be listed or
traded or designated for issuance or to conform with any usage with respect thereto, or to indicate any special limitations or restrictions
to which any particular Notes are subject.
Any of the Notes may have
such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such notations, legends or endorsements as any Officer executing the same
may approve (execution thereof to be conclusive evidence of such approval) and as are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture,
or as may be required to comply with any law or with any rule or regulation made pursuant thereto or with any rule or regulation
of any securities exchange or automated quotation system on which the Notes may be listed or designated for issuance, or to conform to
usage or to indicate any special limitations or restrictions to which any particular Notes are subject.
Each Global Note shall represent
such principal amount of the outstanding Notes as shall be specified therein and shall provide that it shall represent the aggregate
principal amount of outstanding Notes from time to time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes
represented thereby may from time to time be increased or reduced to reflect purchases, cancellations, conversions, transfers or exchanges
permitted hereby. Any endorsement of a Global Note to reflect the amount of any increase or decrease in the amount of outstanding Notes
represented thereby shall be made by the Trustee or the Custodian, at the direction of the Trustee, in such manner and upon instructions
given by the Holder of such Notes in accordance with this Indenture. Payment of principal (including the Redemption Price and the Fundamental
Change Repurchase Price, if applicable) of, and accrued and unpaid interest on, a Global Note shall be made to the Holder of such Note
on the date of payment, unless a record date or other means of determining Holders eligible to receive payment is provided for herein.
Section 2.03. Date
and Denomination of Notes; Payments of Interest and Defaulted Amounts.
(a) The
Notes shall be issuable in registered form without coupons in denominations of $1,000 principal amount and integral multiples of $1.00
in excess thereof. PIK Interest on the Notes shall be paid in minimum denominations of $1.00 and integral multiples thereof, rounded
up to the nearest $1.00. Each Note shall be dated the date of its authentication and shall bear interest at a fixed rate equal to 3.875%
per annum, on the outstanding principal amount of the Notes from the date specified on the face of such Note until all the outstanding
principal amounts are fully repaid; provided that if any portion of the principal amount is duly converted, exchanged, redeemed,
repurchased or otherwise cancelled in accordance with the terms of this Indenture, interest shall cease to accrue on the portion of the
principal amount so converted, exchanged, redeemed, repurchased or otherwise cancelled. Accrued interest on the Notes shall be computed
on the basis of a 360-day year composed of twelve 30-day months and, for a partial month, on the basis of the number of days actually
elapsed in a 30-day month.
(b) The
Person in whose name any Note (or its Predecessor Note) is registered on the Note Register at the close of business on the Regular Record
Date immediately preceding the relevant Interest Payment Date shall be entitled to receive the interest payable on such Interest Payment
Date. Interest shall be payable at the office or agency of the Company maintained by the Company for such purposes, which shall initially
be the Corporate Trust Office.
(c) Any
Defaulted Amounts shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on the relevant payment date but shall accrue interest per annum
at the rate borne by the Notes plus one percent from, and including, such relevant payment date, and such Defaulted Amounts together
with such interest thereon shall be paid by the Company, at its election in each case, as provided in clause (i) or (ii) below:
(i) The
Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Amounts to the Persons in whose names the Notes (or their respective Predecessor Notes)
are registered at the close of business on a special record date for the payment of such Defaulted Amounts, which shall be fixed in the
following manner. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of the Defaulted Amounts proposed to be paid on each
Note and the date of the proposed payment (which shall be not less than 25 days after the receipt by the Trustee of such notice, unless
the Trustee shall consent to an earlier date), and at the same time the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of money equal
to the aggregate amount to be paid in respect of such Defaulted Amounts or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such
deposit on or prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons
entitled to such Defaulted Amounts as in this clause provided. Thereupon the Company shall fix a special record date for the payment
of such Defaulted Amounts which shall be not more than 15 days and not less than 10 days prior to the date of the proposed payment, and
not less than 10 days after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment. The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee
in writing of such special record date and the Trustee, in the name and at the expense of the Company, shall cause notice of the proposed
payment of such Defaulted Amounts and the special record date therefor to be sent to each Holder at its address as it appears in the
Note Register, not less than 10 days prior to such special record date. Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Amounts and
the special record date therefor having been sent, such Defaulted Amounts shall be paid to the Persons in whose names the Notes (or their
respective Predecessor Notes) are registered at the close of business on such special record date and shall no longer be payable pursuant
to the following clause (ii) of this Section 2.03(c).
(ii) The
Company may make payment of any Defaulted Amounts in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities
exchange or automated quotation system on which the Notes may be listed or designated for issuance, and upon such notice as may be required
by such exchange or automated quotation system and the Depositary, if, after written notice given by the Company to the Trustee of the
proposed payment pursuant to this clause, such manner of payment shall be deemed satisfactory to the Trustee.
(d)
(i) From
(and including) the Issue Date to November 30, 2026, the Company may, at its option, elect to pay interest
on the Notes on any Interest Payment Date (i) by paying an amount in cash on such Interest Payment Date equal to all or a portion of
interest accrued from, and including, the immediately preceding Interest Payment Date (or if there is no immediately preceding Interest
Payment Date, from, and including, the issue date of such Notes or such other date from which such Note bears interest as stated on such
Note) on the principal amount as of the immediately preceding Interest Payment Date (or if there is no immediately preceding Interest
Payment Date, on the initial principal amount of the Notes), calculated at the Cash Interest Rate (the “Cash Method”)
and (ii) if not paid by the Cash Method, in the case of Global Notes, by payment-in-kind, by increasing the principal amount of such
Global Notes by the Capitalization Amount for such Interest Payment Date or, in the case of Certificated Notes, by issuing PIK Notes
in the form of Certificated Notes (the “Capitalization Method” and, any interest paid using the Capitalization Method,
“PIK Interest”); provided that (1) the Company may not pay interest using the Capitalization Method for any
interest period if the payment of interest on the New Exchange Notes or any Indebtedness incurred under clauses (2) and (3) of Section
4.12(a) during such period is made in cash and (2) on any Interest Payment Date on which the Company pays interest using the Capitalization
Method, the Capitalization Amount shall be rounded up to the nearest $1.00; and provided further that for any Notes (1) surrendered for
conversion after a Regular Record Date and on or prior to the corresponding Interest Payment Date or (2) repurchased on a Fundamental
Change Repurchase Date that is after a Regular Record Date and on or prior to the corresponding Interest Payment Date, any Capitalization
Amount which would have been paid as PIK Interest for such Notes on such corresponding Interest Payment Date shall instead be paid in
cash at the Cash Interest Rate to the relevant Holder(s) of such Notes as of such Regular Record Date, and no such PIK Payment on account
of such Notes (notwithstanding any prior election (or deemed election) by the Company to pay such interest pursuant to the Capitalization
Method for such Notes) shall be paid. The Company shall elect the method of paying interest on an Interest Payment Date by delivering
a notice to the Trustee and Holders on or prior to the 15th calendar day immediately preceding the relevant Interest Payment Date identifying
the method selected and (a) the percentage of interest to be paid using the Cash Method and/or (b) the percentage of interest to be paid
using the Capitalization Method, as applicable. In the absence of such an election with respect to an Interest Payment Date, the Company
shall be deemed to have elected the Capitalization Method for all of the interest due on such Interest Payment Date. After November
30, 2026, the interest payable on an Interest Payment Date shall be paid entirely by the Cash Method.
(ii) The
Company shall make payments of interest by the Capitalization Method, (x) if the Notes are represented by one or more Certificated
Notes, by issuing additional Certificated Notes to the relevant record Holder on the relevant Interest Payment Date (the “PIK
Notes”) in an aggregate principal amount equal to the relevant amount of interest to be paid by the Capitalization Method (rounded
up to the nearest $1.00) and the Trustee will, upon receipt of a Company Order, authenticate and deliver such PIK Notes in the form of
Certificated Notes for original issuance to the Holders on the relevant Regular Record Date, as shown by the records of the Note Register
and (y) if the Notes are represented by one or more Global Notes registered in the name of, or held by, the Depositary or its nominee
on the relevant Regular Record Date, by increasing the principal amount of the outstanding Global Note by an amount equal to the amount
of PIK Interest for the applicable interest period (rounded up to the nearest $1.00), and the Trustee, upon receipt of a Company Order,
will increase the principal amount of the outstanding Global Note by such amount. The issuance of any PIK Notes to any Holder shall be
computed on the basis of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes held by such Holder. Any PIK Notes issued as Certificated Notes
shall be dated as of the applicable Interest Payment Date and shall bear interest from and after such date. All PIK Notes issued pursuant
to a PIK Payment shall be governed by, and subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of, this Indenture and shall have the same
rights and benefits as the Notes issued on the initial issue date of such Notes. Any PIK Notes shall be issued with the description “PIK
Note” on the face of such Note. The Notes issued on the initial issue date, any increase in the balance of such Notes in connection
with the payment of any PIK Interest and any PIK Notes shall be treated as a single class for all purposes under this Indenture. References
in this Indenture and the Notes to the “principal amount” of the Notes shall include any increase in the principal amount
of the outstanding Notes as a result of any PIK Payment. Following an increase in the principal amount of the outstanding Global Notes
as a result of a PIK Payment, the Global Notes shall bear interest on such increased principal amount from and after the date of such
PIK Payment.
(iii) The
Company shall make payments of interest by the Cash Method (y) on any Certificated Notes (A) to Holders holding Certificated
Notes having an aggregate principal amount of $1,000,000 or less, by check mailed to the Holders of these Notes at their address as it
appears in the Note Register and (B) to Holders holding Certificated Notes having an aggregate principal amount of more than $1,000,000,
either by check mailed to such Holders or, upon application by such a Holder to the Note Registrar not later than the relevant Regular
Record Date, by wire transfer in immediately available funds to that Holder’s account within the United States, if such Holder
has provided us, the Trustee or the Paying Agent with the requisite information to make wire transfer, which application shall remain
in effect until the Holder notifies, in writing, the Note Registrar to the contrary; and (z) on any Global Note by wire transfer
of immediately available funds to the account of the Depositary or its nominee.
Section 2.04. Execution,
Authentication and Delivery of Notes. The Notes shall be signed in the name and on behalf
of the Company by the manual or electronic signature of at least one of its Officers.
At any time and from time
to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Company may deliver Notes executed by the Company to the Trustee for
authentication, together with a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of such Notes, and the Trustee in accordance with such
Company Order shall authenticate and deliver such Notes, without any further action by the Company hereunder.
Only such Notes as shall
bear thereon a certificate of authentication substantially in the form set forth on the form of Note attached as Exhibit A hereto,
executed manually or electronically by an authorized signatory of the Trustee (or an authenticating agent appointed by the Trustee
as provided by Section 19.11), shall be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
Such certificate by the Trustee (or such an authenticating agent) upon any Note executed by the Company shall be conclusive evidence
that the Note so authenticated has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder and that the Holder is entitled to the benefits
of this Indenture.
In case any Officer of the
Company who shall have signed any of the Notes shall cease to be such Officer before the Notes so signed shall have been authenticated
and delivered by the Trustee, or disposed of by the Company, such Notes nevertheless may be authenticated and delivered or disposed of
as though the Person who signed such Notes had not ceased to be such Officer of the Company; and any Note may be signed on behalf of
the Company by such persons as, at the actual date of the execution of such Note, shall be an Officer of the Company, although at the
date of the execution of this Indenture any such Person was not such an Officer.
Section 2.05. Exchange
and Registration of Transfer of Notes; Restrictions on Transfer; Depositary.
(a) The
Company shall cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office a register (the register maintained in such office or in any other office
or agency of the Company designated pursuant to Section 4.02, the “Note Register”) in which, subject to such
reasonable regulations or procedures as it may prescribe, the Company shall provide for the registration of Notes and transfers of Notes.
Such register shall be in written form or in any form capable of being converted into written form within a reasonable period of time.
The Trustee is hereby initially appointed the “Note Registrar” for the purpose of registering Notes and transfers
of Notes as herein provided. The Company may appoint one or more co-Note Registrars in accordance with Section 4.02.
Upon surrender for registration
of transfer of any Note to the Note Registrar or any co-Note Registrar, and satisfaction of the requirements for such transfer set forth
in this Section 2.05, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee
or transferees, one or more new Notes of any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount and bearing such restrictive
legends as may be required by this Indenture.
Notes may be exchanged for
other Notes of any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of the Notes to be exchanged at
any such office or agency maintained by the Company pursuant to Section 4.02. Whenever any Notes are so surrendered for exchange,
the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Notes that the Holder making the exchange is entitled
to receive, bearing registration numbers not contemporaneously outstanding.
All Notes presented or surrendered
for registration of transfer or for exchange, repurchase or conversion shall (if so required by the Company, the Trustee, the Note Registrar
or any co-Note Registrar) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument or instruments of transfer in form satisfactory
to the Company and duly executed, by the Holder thereof or its attorney-in-fact duly authorized in writing.
No service charge shall be
imposed by the Company, the Guarantors, the Trustee, the Note Registrar or any co-Note Registrar for any registration of transfer or
exchange of Notes, but the Company or the Trustee may require a Holder to pay a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or other similar
governmental charge required by law or permitted pursuant to Section 14.02(d) or Section 14.02(e).
None of the Company, the
Guarantors, the Trustee, the Note Registrar or any co-Note Registrar shall be required to exchange or register a transfer of (i) any
Notes surrendered for conversion or, if a portion of any Note is surrendered for conversion, such portion thereof surrendered for conversion,
(ii) any Notes, or a portion of any Note, surrendered for repurchase (and not withdrawn) in accordance with Article 15 or (iii) any
Notes selected for Optional Redemption in accordance with Article 16, except the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in
part.
All Notes issued upon any
registration of transfer or exchange of Notes in accordance with this Indenture shall be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing
the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as the Notes surrendered upon such registration of transfer or
exchange.
(b) So
long as the Notes are eligible for book-entry settlement with the Depositary, unless otherwise required by law, all Notes shall be represented
by one or more Notes in global form (each, a “Global Note”) registered in the name of the Depositary or the nominee
of the Depositary. The transfer and exchange of beneficial interests in a Global Note that does not involve the issuance of a Certificated
Note shall be effected through the Depositary (but not the Trustee or the Custodian) in accordance with this Indenture (including the
restrictions on transfer set forth herein) and the Applicable Procedures.
(c) Notwithstanding
any other provisions of this Indenture (other than the provisions set forth in this Section 2.05(c)), a Global Note may not be transferred
as a whole or in part except (i) by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary or by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary
or another nominee of the Depositary or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor
Depositary and (ii) for transfers of portions of a Global Note in certificated form made upon request of a member of, or a participant
in, the Depositary (for itself or on behalf of a beneficial owner) by written notice given to the Trustee by or on behalf of the Depositary
in accordance with Applicable Procedures and in compliance with this Section 2.05(c).
The Depositary shall be a
clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act. The Company initially appoints The Depository Trust Company to act as the “Depositary”
with respect to each Global Note. Initially, each Global Note shall be issued to the Depositary, registered in the name of Cede &
Co., as the nominee of the Depositary, and deposited with the Trustee as custodian for Cede & Co.
If (a) the Depositary
(i) notifies the Company at any time that the Depositary is unwilling or unable to continue as depositary for the Global Notes or
(ii) ceases to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act and in either event the Company fails to appoint a successor
depositary within 90 days; or (b) there has occurred and is continuing an Event of Default and the Depositary notifies the Trustee
of its decision to exchange the Global Notes for Certificated Notes, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Officers’
Certificate, Opinion of Counsel and a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of Notes, shall authenticate and deliver Certificated
Notes to each beneficial owner of the related Global Notes (or a portion thereof) in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate
principal amount of such Global Notes in exchange for such Global Notes, and upon delivery of the Global Notes to the Trustee such Global
Notes shall be canceled.
Certificated Notes issued
in exchange for a Global Note pursuant to this Section 2.05(c) shall be registered in such names and in such authorized denominations
as the Depositary, pursuant to instructions from its direct or indirect participants or otherwise, shall instruct the Trustee. Upon execution
and authentication, the Trustee shall deliver such Certificated Notes to the Persons in whose names such Certificated Notes are so registered.
At such time as all interests
in a Global Note have been converted, canceled, purchased or transferred, such Global Note shall be, upon receipt thereof, canceled by
the Trustee in accordance with Applicable Procedures and existing instructions between the Depositary and the Custodian. At any time
prior to such cancelation, if any interest in a Global Note is exchanged for Certificated Notes, converted, canceled, purchased or transferred
to a transferee who receives Certificated Notes therefor or any Certificated Note is exchanged or transferred for part of such Global
Note, the principal amount of such Global Note shall, in accordance with the Applicable Procedures and instructions existing between
the Depositary and the Custodian, be appropriately reduced or increased, as the case may be, and an endorsement shall be made on such
Global Note, by the Trustee or the Custodian, at the direction of the Trustee, to reflect such reduction or increase.
Neither the Company, the
Guarantors, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company, the Guarantors or the Trustee shall have any responsibility or liability for any
aspect of the records relating to or payments made on account of beneficial ownership interests of a Global Note or maintaining, supervising
or reviewing any records relating to such beneficial ownership interests. Neither the Company nor the Trustee shall have any responsibility
or liability for any act or omission of the Depositary.
(d) Each
Note shall bear the following legend on the face thereof:
“THIS NOTE HAS BEEN ISSUED
WITH “ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT” (WITHIN THE MEANING OF SECTION 1272 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED).
UPON WRITTEN REQUEST, THE COMPANY WILL PROMPTLY MAKE AVAILABLE TO ANY HOLDER OF THIS NOTE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION: (1) THE ISSUE
PRICE AND ISSUE DATE OF THE NOTE; (2) THE AMOUNT OF ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT ON THE NOTE; AND (3) THE YIELD TO MATURITY OF THE
NOTE. HOLDERS SHOULD CONTACT THE COMPANY AT 9601 SOUTH MERIDIAN BOULEVARD, ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO 80112, ATTENTION: GENERAL COUNSEL.”
Section 2.06. Mutilated,
Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Notes. In case any Note shall become mutilated or be destroyed,
lost or stolen, the Company in its discretion may execute, and upon its written request the Trustee or an authenticating agent appointed
by the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, a new Note, bearing a registration number not contemporaneously outstanding, in exchange
and substitution for the mutilated Note, or in lieu of and in substitution for the Note so destroyed, lost or stolen. In every case the
applicant for a substituted Note shall furnish to the Company, to the Trustee and, if applicable, to such authenticating agent such security
or indemnity as may be reasonably required by them to save each of them harmless from any loss, liability, cost or expense caused by
or connected with such substitution, and, in every case of destruction, loss or theft, the applicant shall also furnish to the Company,
to the Trustee and, if applicable, to such authenticating agent evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of such
Note and of the ownership thereof.
The Trustee or such authenticating
agent may authenticate any such substituted Note and deliver the same upon the receipt of such security or indemnity as the Trustee,
the Company and, if applicable, such authenticating agent may reasonably require. Upon the issuance of any substitute Note, the Company
or the Trustee may require the payment by the Holder of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that
may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses connected therewith. In case any Note that has matured or is about to mature
or has been surrendered for required repurchase or is about to be converted in accordance with Article 14 shall become mutilated
or be destroyed, lost or stolen, the Company may, in its sole discretion, instead of issuing a substitute Note, pay or authorize the
payment of or convert or authorize the conversion of the same (without surrender thereof except in the case of a mutilated Note), as
the case may be, if the applicant for such payment or conversion shall furnish to the Company, to the Trustee and, if applicable, to
such authenticating agent such security or indemnity as may be reasonably required by them to save each of them harmless for any loss,
liability, cost or expense caused by or connected with such substitution, and, in every case of destruction, loss or theft, evidence
satisfactory to the Company, the Trustee and, if applicable, any Paying Agent or Conversion Agent evidence of their satisfaction of the
destruction, loss or theft of such Note and of the ownership thereof.
Every substitute Note issued
pursuant to the provisions of this Section 2.06 by virtue of the fact that any Note is destroyed, lost or stolen shall constitute
an additional contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Note shall be found at any time, and
shall be entitled to all the benefits of (but shall be subject to all the limitations set forth in) this Indenture equally and proportionately
with any and all other Notes duly issued hereunder. To the extent permitted by law, all Notes shall be held and owned upon the express
condition that the foregoing provisions are exclusive with respect to the replacement or redemption or payment or conversion or repurchase
of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Notes and shall preclude any and all other rights or remedies notwithstanding any law or statute
existing or hereafter enacted to the contrary with respect to the replacement or redemption or payment or conversion or repurchase of
negotiable instruments or other securities without their surrender.
Section 2.07. Temporary
Notes. Pending the preparation of Certificated Notes, the Company may execute and the Trustee
or an authenticating agent appointed by the Trustee shall, upon written request of the Company, authenticate and deliver temporary Notes
(printed or lithographed). Temporary Notes shall be issuable in any authorized denomination, and substantially in the form of the Certificated
Notes but with such omissions, insertions and variations as may be appropriate for temporary Notes, all as may be determined by the Company.
Every such temporary Note shall be executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee or such authenticating agent upon the same
conditions and in substantially the same manner, and with the same effect, as the Certificated Notes. Without unreasonable delay, the
Company shall execute and deliver to the Trustee or such authenticating agent Certificated Notes (other than any Global Note) and thereupon
any or all temporary Notes (other than any Global Note) may be surrendered in exchange therefor, at each office or agency maintained
by the Company pursuant to Section 4.02 and the Trustee or such authenticating agent shall authenticate and deliver in exchange
for such temporary Notes an equal aggregate principal amount of Certificated Notes. Such exchange shall be made by the Company at its
own expense and without any charge therefor. Until so exchanged, the temporary Notes shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits
and subject to the same limitations under this Indenture as Certificated Notes authenticated and delivered hereunder.
Section 2.08. Cancellation
of Notes Paid, Converted, Etc. The Company shall cause all Notes surrendered for the purpose
of payment, repurchase (but excluding Notes repurchased pursuant to cash-settled swaps or other derivatives), registration of transfer
or exchange or conversion, if surrendered to any Person other than the Trustee (including any of the Company’s agents, Subsidiaries
or Affiliates), to be surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation, and such Notes shall no longer be considered outstanding for purposes
of this Indenture upon their payment, repurchase, registration of transfer or exchange or conversion. All Notes delivered to the Trustee
for cancellation shall be canceled promptly by it. No Notes shall be authenticated in exchange for any Notes canceled, except as expressly
permitted by any of the provisions of this Indenture. The Trustee shall dispose of canceled Notes in accordance with its customary procedures
and, after such disposition, shall deliver a certificate of such disposition to the Company, at the Company’s written request in
a Company Order. If the Company or any of its Subsidiaries shall acquire any of the Notes, such acquisition shall not operate as a purchase
or satisfaction of the indebtedness represented by such Notes unless and until the same are delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.
Section 2.09. CUSIP
Numbers. The Company in issuing the Notes may use “CUSIP” numbers (if then generally
in use), and, if so, the Trustee shall use “CUSIP” numbers in all notices issued to Holders as a convenience to such Holders;
provided that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed
on the Notes or on such notice and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Notes. The Company
shall promptly notify the Trustee in writing of any change in the “CUSIP” numbers.
Section 2.10. Additional
Notes; Purchases.
(a) The
Company may, from time to time, without the consent of, or notice to, the Holders, issue additional Notes under this Indenture with the
same terms and with the same CUSIP number as the Notes issued on the Issue Date (other than differences in the issue price and interest
accrued prior to the issue date of such additional Notes) in an unlimited aggregate principal amount, subject to applicable law and this
Indenture, including in compliance with Section 4.12; provided that if any such additional Notes are not fungible with the Notes
issued on the Issue Date for U.S. federal income tax and securities law purposes, such additional Notes shall have a separate CUSIP number.
Such Notes issued on the Issue Date and the additional Notes shall rank equally and ratably and shall be treated as a single series for
all purposes under this Indenture. Prior to the issuance of any such additional Notes, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee a Company
Order, an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, such Officers’ Certificate and Opinion of Counsel to cover such
matters, in addition to those required by Section 19.06, as the Trustee shall reasonably request.
(b) The
Company may, to the extent permitted by law, directly or indirectly (regardless of whether such Notes are surrendered to the Company),
repurchase Notes in the open market or otherwise, whether by the Company or its Subsidiaries or through a private or public tender or
exchange offer or through counterparties to private agreements, including by cash-settled swaps or other derivatives. The Company shall
cause any Notes so repurchased (but excluding Notes repurchased pursuant to cash-settled swaps or other derivatives) to be surrendered
to the Trustee for cancellation in accordance with Section 2.08, and they will no longer be considered outstanding under this Indenture
upon this repurchase.
Section 2.11. Ranking.
The Notes constitute a general unsecured obligation of the Company, ranking equally in right of payment with all existing and future
unsubordinated indebtedness of the Company and ranking senior in right of payment to all existing and future indebtedness of the Company
that is expressly made subordinate to the Notes by the terms of such indebtedness.
Section 2.12. Treasury
Notes. In determining whether the Holders of the required principal amount of Notes have
concurred in any direction, waiver or consent, Notes owned by the Company or any Guarantor, or by any Person directly or indirectly controlling
or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with the Company or any Guarantor, the Principal or a Related Party will
be considered as though not outstanding, except that for the purposes of determining whether the Trustee will be protected in relying
on any such direction, waiver or consent, only Notes that the Trustee knows are so owned will be so disregarded.
Article 3
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
Section 3.01. Satisfaction
and Discharge. This Indenture and the Security Documents shall upon request of the Company
contained in an Officers’ Certificate cease to be of further effect (except as set forth in the last paragraph of this Section 3.01),
and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture
and the obligations of the Guarantors with respect to the Notes and the Notes Guarantees, when:
(i) either:
(A) all
Notes theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than Notes which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been replaced
or paid as provided in Section 2.06) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or
(B) the
Company has irrevocably (subject to Section 4.04(d)) deposited with the Paying Agent or delivered to Holders, as applicable, after
all of the outstanding Notes have (i) become due and payable, whether at the Maturity Date, any Redemption Date or any Fundamental
Change Repurchase Date, and/or (ii) been converted (and the amount of the related consideration has been determined), cash or cash
and/or shares of Class A Common Stock (solely to satisfy the Company’s Conversion Obligations), as applicable, sufficient
to pay all of the outstanding Notes and/or satisfy all conversions, as the case may be, and pay all other sums due and payable under
this Indenture by the Company; and
(ii) the
Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent
herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have been complied with.
Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge
of this Indenture, the obligations of the Company to the Trustee under Section 7.06 and, if cash or shares of Class A Common
Stock shall have been deposited with the Paying Agent pursuant to Section 3.01(i)(B) and Section 4.04 shall survive such
satisfaction and discharge.
Section 3.02. Application
of Trust Money. All money deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.01 hereof
shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Notes and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly
or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Persons entitled
thereto, of the principal (and premium, if any) and interest for whose payment such money has been deposited with the Trustee; but such
money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.
If the Trustee or Paying
Agent is unable to apply any money in accordance with Section 3.01 hereof by reason of any legal proceeding or by reason of any
order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, the Company’s
and any Guarantor’s obligations under this Indenture and the Notes shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred
pursuant to Section 3.01 hereof; provided that if the Company has made any payment of principal of, premium if any, or interest
on, any Notes because of the reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Notes
to receive such payment from the money held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.
Section 3.03. Deposited
Money to be Held in Trust; Indemnity. The Company shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against
any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against the principal and interest received in respect thereof other than any such
tax, fee or other charge which by law is for the account of the Holders of outstanding Notes.
Article 4
PARTICULAR COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY
Section 4.01. Payment
of Principal and Interest. The Company shall pay or deliver or cause to be paid or delivered,
as the case may be, the principal (including the Redemption Price and the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, if applicable) of, the
Settlement Amount owed on conversion, and interest on the Notes on the dates and in the manner provided in the Notes. Principal, Settlement
Amount and interest shall be considered paid or delivered, as applicable, on the date due if the Paying Agent, if other than the Company,
holds as of 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the due date money deposited by the Company in immediately available funds and/or shares
of Class A Common Stock, as applicable, designated for and sufficient to pay and/or deliver all principal, Settlement Amount and
interest then due. Unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee, the Company will promptly notify the Trustee in writing of any failure to
take such action.
The Company shall pay interest
(including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue principal (including the Redemption Price and
the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, if applicable) and Settlement Amount owed on conversion to the extent it includes cash, at the
rate equal to the interest rate on the Notes plus one percent to the extent lawful; it shall pay interest (including post-petition
interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue installments of interest (without regard to any applicable grace period),
at the same rate to the extent lawful.
Section 4.02. Maintenance
of Office or Agency. The Company shall maintain an office or agency (which may be an office
of the Trustee or an Affiliate of the Trustee) where Notes may be presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange or
for payment or repurchase (“Paying Agent”) or for conversion (“Conversion Agent”) and where notices
and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Notes and this Indenture may be served. The Company shall give prompt written notice
to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain
any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices
and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee.
The Company may also from
time to time designate one or more other offices or agencies where the Notes may be presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes
and may from time to time rescind such designations. Further, if at any time there shall be no such office or agency in the City of New
York where the Notes may be presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes, the Company shall forthwith designate and maintain
such an office or agency in the City of New York, in order that there shall at all times be such an office or agency in the City of New
York. The Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the location
of any such other office or agency. The terms “Paying Agent” and “Conversion Agent” include any
such additional or other offices or agencies, as applicable.
The Company hereby appoints
the Trustee as Paying Agent, Note Registrar, Custodian and Conversion Agent and designates the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee
as one such office or agency of the Company.
The Company will require
each Paying Agent other than the Trustee to agree in writing that the Paying Agent will hold in trust for the benefit of Holders or the
Trustee all money held by the Paying Agent for the payment of principal, premium if any, or interest on the Notes, and will notify the
Trustee of any default by the Company in making any such payment. While any such default continues, the Trustee may require a Paying
Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee. The Company at any time may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the
Trustee. Upon payment over to the Trustee, the Paying Agent (if other than the Company or a Subsidiary) will have no further liability
for the money. If the Company or a Subsidiary act as Paying Agent, it will segregate and hold in a separate trust fund for the benefit
of the Holders all money held by it as Paying Agent. Upon any bankruptcy or reorganization proceedings relating to the Company, the Trustee
will serve as Paying Agent for the Notes.
Section 4.03. Appointments
to Fill Vacancies in Trustee’s Office. The Company, whenever necessary to avoid or
fill a vacancy in the office of Trustee, will appoint, in the manner provided in Section 7.09, a Trustee, so that there shall at
all times be a Trustee hereunder.
Section 4.04. Provisions
as to Paying Agent. (a) If the Company shall appoint a Paying Agent other than the
Trustee, the Company will cause such Paying Agent to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such agent shall agree
with the Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section 4.04:
(i) that
it will hold all sums held by it as such agent for the payment of the principal (including the Redemption Price and the Fundamental Change
Repurchase Price, if applicable) of, the Settlement Amount owed on conversion to the extent it includes cash, and accrued and unpaid
interest on, the Notes in trust for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes;
(ii) that
it will give the Trustee prompt written notice of any failure by the Company to make any payment of the principal (including the Redemption
Price and the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, if applicable) of, the Settlement Amount owed on conversion to the extent it includes
cash, and accrued and unpaid interest on, the Notes when the same shall be due and payable; and
(iii) that
at any time during the continuance of an Event of Default, upon request of the Trustee, it will forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums
so held in trust.
(b) If
the Company shall act as its own Paying Agent, it will, on or before each due date of the principal (including the Redemption Price and
the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, if applicable) of, the Settlement Amount owed on conversion to the extent it includes cash,
and accrued and unpaid interest on, the Notes, set aside, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes a sum
sufficient to pay such principal (including the Redemption Price and the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, if applicable), Settlement
Amount owed on conversion to the extent it includes cash and accrued and unpaid interest so becoming due and will promptly notify the
Trustee in writing of any failure to take such action and of any failure by the Company to make any payment of the principal (including
the Redemption Price and the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, if applicable) of the Notes, the Settlement Amount owed on conversion
to the extent it includes cash, or accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes, when the same shall become due and payable.
(c) Anything
in this Section 4.04 to the contrary notwithstanding, the Company may, at any time, for the purpose of obtaining a satisfaction
and discharge of this Indenture, or for any other reason, pay, cause to be paid or deliver to the Trustee all sums or amounts held in
trust by the Company or any Paying Agent hereunder as required by this Section 4.04, such sums or amounts to be held by the Trustee
upon the trusts herein contained and upon such payment or delivery by the Company or any Paying Agent to the Trustee, the Company or
such Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability but only with respect to such sums or amounts.
(d) Subject
to any applicable escheat laws, any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Company, in trust for the
payment of the principal (including the Redemption Price and the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, if applicable) of, the Settlement
Amount owed on conversion to the extent it includes cash, and accrued and unpaid interest on, any Note and remaining unclaimed for two
years after such principal (including the Redemption Price and the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, if applicable), the Settlement
Amount owed on conversion to the extent it includes cash, or interest has become due and payable shall be paid to the Company on request
of the Company contained in an Officers’ Certificate, or (if then held by the Company) shall be discharged from such trust; and
the Holder of such Note shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Company for payment thereof, and all liability
of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Company as trustee thereof, shall thereupon
cease.
Section 4.05. Existence.
Subject to Article 11, the Company shall do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect:
(a) its
corporate or limited liability company existence, and the corporate, limited liability company, partnership or other existence of each
of the Guarantors, in accordance with the respective organizational documents (as the same may be amended from time to time) of the Company
or any such Guarantor; and
(b) the
rights (charter and statutory), licenses (including any licenses constituting Spectrum Assets) and franchises of the Company and the
Guarantors;
provided, however, that the Company shall not
be required to preserve the corporate, limited liability company, partnership or other existence of any of the Guarantors or any such
right, license or franchise if the Company’s Board of Directors shall determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable
in the conduct of the business of the Company and the Guarantors, taken as a whole, and that the loss thereof is not adverse in any material
respect to the Holders.
Section 4.06. Reports.
In the event (i) the
Company is no longer subject to the reporting requirements of Sections 13(a) and 15(d) under the Exchange Act and (ii) any
Notes are outstanding, the Company will furnish to the Holders, within 15 days after the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and
regulations applicable to a large accelerated filer, all quarterly and annual financial information that would be required to be contained
in a filing with the SEC on Forms 10-Q and 10-K if the Company was required to file such forms, and, with respect to the annual information
only, a report thereon by its independent registered public accounting firm.
Any delivery of such reports,
information and documents to the Trustee shall be for informational purposes only and the Trustee’s receipt of such shall not constitute
actual or constructive notice or knowledge of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including
the Company’s compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on Officers’
Certificates).
Section 4.07. Stay,
Extension and Usury Laws. The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so)
that it shall not at any time insist upon, plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay, extension
or usury law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, that may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture;
and the Company (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenants
that it shall not, by resort to any such law, hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but shall
suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law has been enacted.
Section 4.08. Compliance
Certificate; Statements as to Defaults.
(a) The
Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year (beginning with the year ended December 31,
2024), an Officers’ Certificate stating whether the signers thereof have knowledge of any Default that occurred during the previous
year and is then continuing and, if so, specifying each such Default and nature thereof and what action the Company is taking or proposes
to take with respect thereto.
(b) The
Company shall, so long as any of the Notes are outstanding, deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate within 30 days after
an Officer of the Company becomes aware of any event that would constitute a Default or Event of Default, the status and what action
the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.
Section 4.09. Further
Instruments and Acts. Upon request of the Trustee, the Company will execute and deliver
such further instruments and do such further acts as may be reasonably necessary or proper to carry out more effectively the purposes
of this Indenture.
Section 4.10. Taxes.
The Company will pay, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to pay, prior to delinquency, all material taxes, assessments, and governmental
levies, except such as are contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings or where the failure to effect such payment is not
adverse in any material respect to the Holders.
Section 4.11. Restricted
Payments.
(a) None
of the Guarantors shall, and the Company shall cause the Guarantors not to, directly or indirectly:
(1) (i) declare
or pay any dividend or make any distribution of Collateral to any Person other than a Guarantor or (ii) make any Investment of Collateral,
other than an Investment in a Guarantor; provided, that any distribution of Collateral to a Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor
or any Investment of Collateral in a Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor are permitted so long as such Subsidiary executes and delivers
a supplemental indenture to this Indenture providing for a guarantee by such Subsidiary and that the applicable Subsidiary or such Guarantor
receiving Collateral shall have concurrently therewith executed any and all documents, financing statements, agreements and instruments,
and taken all further action that may be required under applicable law (to the extent required under this Indenture and/or the Security
Documents) in order to grant and perfect a first-priority Lien in such Collateral for the benefit of the Notes, in each case, pursuant
to Section 4.17 hereof; or
(2) use
any Collateral to purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire for value any Equity Interests of an Equity Pledge Guarantor or any direct or
indirect parent of an Equity Pledge Guarantor.
(b) The
Company shall not, directly or indirectly (including through its Subsidiaries), declare or pay any dividend on or make any other payment
or distribution (whether made in cash, securities or other property) with respect to any of the Company’s Capital Stock (including,
without limitation, any payment in connection with any merger or consolidation involving the Company) to the direct or indirect holders
of the Company’s Capital Stock in their capacity as holders.
The foregoing provisions do not prohibit:
(a) the
payment by the Company of any dividend within 60 days after the date of its declaration if at such date of its declaration such payment
would have been permitted by the provisions of this Section 4.11;
(b) making
dividends, payments or distributions by the Company payable solely in common Equity Interests of the Company;
(c) repurchases
of Equity Interests deemed to occur upon (i) the exercise of stock options, warrants or convertible securities issued as compensation
if such Equity Interests represent a portion of the exercise price thereof and (ii) the withholding of a portion of the Equity Interests
granted or awarded to an employee to pay taxes associated therewith (or a dividend or distribution to finance such a deemed repurchase
by the Company); and
(d) making
payments to any future, current or former employee, director, officer, member of management or consultant of the Company, any of its
Subsidiaries pursuant to any management equity plan or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement
or any equity subscription or equity holder agreement and any other compensatory arrangements (and any successor plans thereto) and any
supplemental executive retirement benefit plans or arrangements with any such employees, directors, officers, members of management or
consultants, in an aggregate amount not to exceed $100.0 million per calendar year.
Section 4.12. Incurrence
of Indebtedness.
(a) None
of the Guarantors shall, and the Company shall cause the Guarantors not to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, issue, assume, guarantee
or otherwise become directly or indirectly liable with respect to (collectively, “incur”) any Indebtedness; provided,
however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, any Guarantor may incur, so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing:
(1) Indebtedness
represented by (i) the Notes issued on the Issue Date, any PIK Notes issued under this Indenture, the Notes Guarantees thereof,
this Indenture and the Security Documents, (ii) the New Senior Spectrum Secured Notes and the
New Exchange Notes, in each case, issued on the Issue Date, and (iii) the New Exchange Notes issued as PIK Notes (as defined in
the New Exchange Notes Indenture) and, in each case, related guarantees;
(2) First
Lien Indebtedness (other than the Notes, the New Exchange Notes and the New Senior Spectrum Secured Notes issued on the Issue Date);
provided that (a)(w) immediately after giving effect to such First Lien Indebtedness, the First Lien LTV Ratio shall not
be greater than 0.375 to 1.00, (x) the aggregate amount of First Lien Indebtedness that may be incurred pursuant to this clause
(2) after the Issue Date shall not exceed the Spectrum Value Debt Cap, (y) First Lien Indebtedness incurred under this clause
(2) cannot be incurred prior to the completion of the Initial Appraisal pursuant to Section 4.21 hereof and (z) First
Lien Indebtedness incurred under this clause (2) cannot be guaranteed by any Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor or secured by any
assets other than the Collateral; and (b) unless such First Lien Indebtedness is in the form of Notes, the New Exchange Notes or
the New Senior Spectrum Secured Notes issued under this Indenture, the New Exchange Notes Indenture and the New Senior Spectrum Secured
Notes Indenture, respectively, the Authorized Representative for such First Lien Indebtedness shall have entered into the First Lien
Intercreditor Agreement as a First Lien Representative;
(3) Indebtedness;
provided that (a) immediately after giving effect to such Indebtedness, the LTV Ratio shall not be greater than 0.60 to 1.00;
(b) Indebtedness incurred under this clause (3) cannot be incurred prior to the completion of the Initial Appraisal pursuant
to Section 4.21 hereof; (c) Indebtedness incurred under this clause (3) cannot be guaranteed by any Subsidiary that is
not a Guarantor or secured by any assets other than the Collateral; (d) Indebtedness incurred under this clause (3) cannot
have a maturity date earlier than one year following the occurrence of the maturity date of the Notes; (e) the terms of any Indebtedness
incurred under this clause (3) cannot provide for (x) any scheduled repayment, mandatory repayment or redemption so long as
any Notes remain outstanding and (y) no cash interest shall be paid on such Indebtedness for any period if the Company has elected
to pay PIK Interest for the most recently ended interest payment period; (f) the covenants and events of default applicable to any
Indebtedness incurred under this clause (3) shall be no more restrictive than those applicable to the Notes; and (g) if such
Indebtedness is secured by a Lien on any Collateral, the Authorized Representative for such Second Lien Indebtedness shall have entered
into the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement as a Second Lien Representative;
(4) Indebtedness
between and among the Guarantors; provided that any such intercompany debt shall be pledged on a first lien basis in favor of
the Collateral Agent for its benefit and the benefit of the Trustee and the Holders pursuant to the Security Documents (it being understood
that the Security Documents shall be amended as necessary to provide for the pledge of debt as collateral and in any event, shall be
in a form satisfactory to the Required Holders and the Collateral Agent); and
(5) the
guarantee by any Guarantor of Indebtedness of a Guarantor that was permitted to be incurred by another provision of this Section 4.12.
(b) For
purposes of determining compliance with this Section 4.12, in the event that an item of Indebtedness meets the criteria of more
than one clause in the paragraph above, such Indebtedness may be divided, classified or reclassified at the time of incurrence thereof
or at any later time (in whole or in part) in any manner that complies with this Section 4.12 and such item of Indebtedness may
be incurred partially under one clause and partially under one or more other clauses.
(c) The
principal amount of any Indebtedness outstanding under any clause of this Section 4.12 will be determined after giving effect to
the application of proceeds of any such Indebtedness to refinance any such other Indebtedness.
(d) The
accrual of interest, the accretion or amortization of original issue discount, the payment of interest on any Indebtedness in the form
of additional Indebtedness with the same terms will not be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness for purposes of this Section 4.12.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 4.12, the maximum amount of Indebtedness that the Company or any Subsidiary
may incur pursuant to this Section 4.12 shall not be deemed to be exceeded solely as a result of fluctuations in exchange rates
or currency values.
Section 4.13. Asset
Sales.
(a) No
Guarantor will, and the Company shall cause the Guarantors not to, in a single transaction or a series of related transactions,
sell, lease, assign, transfer, convey or otherwise dispose of any Collateral owned by such Guarantor (including through the sale by
the Company or its Subsidiaries of the Equity Interests of any Guarantor) (each of the forgoing, an “Asset
Sale”); provided that the following shall not be deemed an Asset Sale:
(1) the
sale, lease, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of any Collateral at no less than the fair market value of such Collateral
for cash or Cash Equivalents, so long as, on a pro forma basis for such sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition, the First Lien
LTV Ratio is not greater than 0.375 to 1.00; provided that the Appraised Value of the Collateral sold, leased, transferred or otherwise
disposed of pursuant to this sub-clause (1) shall not exceed $9.5 billion in the aggregate (with the aggregate value of such Collateral
for purposes of calculating utilization of this basket being determined pursuant to the definition “Appraised Value” at the
time of consummation thereof without giving any effect to subsequent changes in value of the applicable assets); provided, further,
that no such sale, lease, assignment, transfer conveyance or other disposition shall be made to any Affiliate of such Guarantor other
than another Guarantor or a Spectrum Joint Venture; provided, further, that any sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or disposition
of any Collateral to a Spectrum Joint Venture (a) shall be made at no less than the Appraised Value of such Collateral for cash and (b)
any Net Proceeds or Specified Net Proceeds resulting therefrom shall be applied as set forth under this Section 4.13;
(2) the
sale, lease, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of any Collateral between or among the Guarantors; provided that
the applicable Guarantor receiving Collateral shall have concurrently therewith executed any and all documents, financing statements,
agreements and instruments, and taken all further action that may be required under applicable law (to the extent required under this
Indenture and/or the Security Documents) in order to grant and perfect a first-priority Lien in such Collateral for the benefit of the
Holders;
(3) a
disposition resulting from any condemnation or other taking, or temporary or permanent requisition of, any property or asset, any interest
therein or right appurtenant thereto, in each case, as the result of the exercise of any right of condemnation or eminent domain, including
any sale or other transfer to a governmental authority in lieu of, or in anticipation of, any of the foregoing events; and
(4) any
Permitted Asset Swap.
(b) Within
45 days after receipt of any Net Proceeds or, Specified Net Proceeds, as applicable, such Guarantor shall:
(1) so
long as any aggregate principal amount of the New Senior Spectrum Secured Notes remain outstanding, apply the Required Amount of such
Net Proceeds and Specified Net Proceeds to redeem New Senior Spectrum Secured Notes; provided that the Company shall redeem New Senior
Spectrum Secured Notes in the following order:
(A) first,
up to $1.5 billion in aggregate principal amount of the New Senior Spectrum Secured Notes at a redemption
price not to exceed 103% plus accrued and unpaid interest in accordance with the New Senior Spectrum Secured
Notes Indenture,
(B) second,
up to $500 million in aggregate principal amount of the New Senior Spectrum Secured Notes at a redemption
price not to exceed 105% plus accrued and unpaid interest in accordance with the New Senior Spectrum Secured
Notes Indenture; and
(C) third,
New Senior Spectrum Secured Notes at a redemption price not to exceed (A) during the period
prior to the date that is two years after the Issue Date, par plus 60% of the make-whole premium that would be payable pursuant to the
make-whole optional redemption provisions under the New Senior Spectrum Secured Notes or (B) thereafter,
the then-applicable redemption price specified in the New Senior Spectrum Secured Notes Indenture
as in effect on the Issue Date;
(2) apply
the Required Amount of such Net Proceeds and Specified Net Proceeds to redeem New Exchange Notes pursuant to Section 3.07(c) of
the New Exchange Notes Indenture; or
(3) any
combination of the foregoing.
Any Net Proceeds or Specified Net Proceeds that
are not required to be applied as set forth above may be used for any purpose not prohibited by this Indenture, subject to the other
covenants contained in this Indenture.
Section 4.14. Transactions
with Affiliates.
(a) Neither
the Company nor any of the Guarantors shall enter into any transaction, contract, agreement, understanding, loan, advance or guarantee
with, or for the benefit of, any Affiliate (each of the foregoing, an “Affiliate Transaction”), unless:
(1) such
Affiliate Transaction is on terms that are no less favorable to the Company or such Guarantor than those that would have been obtained
in a comparable transaction by the Company or such Guarantor with an unrelated person; and
(2) if
such Affiliate Transaction involves aggregate payments in excess of $250.0 million, such Affiliate Transaction has either (A) been
approved by a majority of the disinterested members of the Company’s or the applicable Guarantor’s Board of Directors or
(B) if there are no disinterested members of the Company’s or the applicable Guarantor’s Board of Directors, the Company
or such Guarantor has obtained the favorable opinion of an independent expert as to the fairness of such Affiliate Transaction to the
relevant Guarantor, as the case may be, from a financial point of view, and the Guarantor delivers to the Trustee an Officer’s
Certificate, upon which the Trustee shall be permitted to conclusively rely, together with a copy of the applicable resolution of the
Company’s or such Guarantor’s Board of Directors set forth in an Officer’s Certificate certifying that such Affiliate
Transaction has been so approved and complies with clause (1) above;
(b) The
following items will not be deemed to be Affiliate Transactions and, therefore, will not be subject to the provisions of the prior paragraph:
(1) (a) transactions
between or among the Company and the Guarantors and (b) any transaction pursuant to, or related to, an Intercompany Loan;
(2) transactions
that do not violate the provisions of Section 4.11 hereof;
(3) any
transactions pursuant to agreements in effect on the Issue Date and any modifications, extensions or renewals thereof that are no less
favorable to the Company or the applicable Guarantor than such agreement as in effect on the Issue Date;
(4) transactions
with Affiliates solely in their capacity as holders of Indebtedness or Capital Stock of the Company or any Guarantor, relating solely
to such Indebtedness or Capital Stock;
(5) any
transaction in connection with a Spectrum Joint Venture that is not prohibited by Section 4.13(a)(1) or Section 4.13(a)(2) hereof;
(6) so
long as it complies with clause (a) of this Section 4.14, and the covenant set forth under Section 4.13, transactions with respect to
any sale, lease, conveyance, license or other disposition of any Spectrum Assets in connection with the commercialization or utilization
of wireless spectrum licenses;
(7) overhead
and other ordinary-course allocations of costs and services on a reasonable basis so long as such arrangements are comparable to arrangements
made on an arm’s length basis;
(8) allocations
of tax liabilities and other tax-related items among the Guarantors and its Affiliates (including pursuant to a tax sharing agreement
or arrangement) based principally upon the financial income, taxable income, credits and other amounts directly related to the respective
parties, to the extent that the share of such liabilities and other items allocable to the Guarantors and its Subsidiaries shall not
exceed the amount that such Persons would have been responsible for as a direct taxpayer;
(9) so
long as it complies with clause (a) of this Section 4.14, the provision of backhaul, uplink, transmission, billing, customer
service, programming acquisition and other ordinary course services by the Company or any of the Guarantors to Satellite Communications
Operating Corporation and to Transponder Encryption Services Corporation on a basis consistent with past practice;
(10) arrangements
or agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business providing for the acquisition or provision of goods and services;
(11) transactions
with the Company or any of its controlled Affiliates that have been approved by a majority of the members of the audit committee of the
Company or a majority of Disinterested Directors or a special committee of the Board of Directors of the Company consisting solely of
Disinterested Directors;
(12) amendments,
modifications, renewals or replacements from time to time of any of the contracts, arrangements, services or other matters referred to
or contemplated by any of the foregoing items; provided that any such amendments, modifications, renewals or replacements shall
not be on terms materially less advantageous to the Company or the Guarantors; and
(13) transactions
with any person or any of its controlled affiliates that owns or acquires from the Company or any Subsidiary all or substantially all
of the assets primarily used (or intended to be used) in connection with, or reasonably related to, the Retail Wireless Business, as
determined in good faith by the Company or such Subsidiary, that have been approved by a majority of the members of the audit committee
of the Company or a special committee of the Company’s Board of Directors consisting solely of members of the Company’s Board
of Directors who are not directors, officers or employees of such person or any of its controlled Affiliates.
Section 4.15. Liens.
No Guarantor shall, and the Company shall cause the Guarantors not to, directly or indirectly,
create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien on any Collateral, other than Liens securing First Lien Indebtedness and Second Lien
Indebtedness incurred in compliance with Section 4.12.
Section 4.16. After
Acquired Collateral and Future Assurances.
The Guarantors shall, and
the Company shall cause the Guarantors to, execute, deliver and/or file any and all further documents, financing statements, agreements
and instruments, and take all further action that may be required under applicable law (to the extent required under this Indenture and/or
the Security Documents) in order to grant, preserve, protect and perfect the validity and priority of the security interests and Liens
created or intended to be created by the Security Documents in the Collateral. In addition, from time to time, the Guarantors will reasonably
promptly (and in no event later than 90 days) secure the obligations under this Indenture and the Security Documents by pledging or creating,
or causing to be pledged or created, perfected security interests and Liens with respect to the Collateral. For the avoidance of doubt,
the Collateral Agent shall not be responsible for preparing or filing financing statements or otherwise perfecting the security interest
in the Collateral.
Any transfer or other disposition
of any Collateral by any Guarantor to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company that is not a Guarantor or a Spectrum Joint Venture
shall be void ab initio, and in any event the Company and its Subsidiaries shall (i) immediately take any and all actions
necessary to return such Collateral to the applicable Guarantor and (ii) pending such return immediately take any and all actions
necessary to cause such Collateral to be subject to perfected security interests and Liens to secure the obligations under the EchoStar
Exchange Notes Indenture and the Security Documents.
Section 4.17.
Additional Guarantees and Collateral.
If any Guarantor transfers
or causes to be transferred, in one transaction or a series of related transactions, Collateral (other than any Collateral that is released
from the Lien securing the Notes pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture or the Security Documents) to another Guarantor or any of
the Company’s Subsidiaries that is not a Guarantor, then:
(1) if
the transfer is to a Subsidiary of the Company other than a Guarantor, the Company shall cause such Subsidiary, concurrently with such
transfer, to become a Guarantor by executing and delivering to the Trustee a supplemental indenture substantially in the form attached
to this Indenture pursuant to which such Subsidiary shall unconditionally guarantee all of the Company’s obligations under the Notes
on the terms set forth in this Indenture and deliver to the Trustee an opinion of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee that
such supplemental indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by, and is a valid and binding obligation of, such Subsidiary;
and
(2) with
respect to any such transfer, the Company shall, or shall cause such Subsidiary or such Guarantor, concurrently with such transfer, to
execute and deliver such Security Documents or supplements to the Security Documents and any and all further documents, financing statements,
agreements and instruments, and take all further action that may be required under applicable law (to the extent required under this Indenture
or the Security Documents), in order to grant and perfect a first-priority Lien in the transferred Collateral for the benefit of the Trustee
and the Holders.
The form of such supplemental indenture is attached
as Exhibit D hereto.
Section 4.18.
[Reserved].
Section 4.19.
Limitation on transactions with DDBS or HSSC
The Company shall not, and
shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries (other than any DDBS or HSSC entities) to transfer to DDBS or HSSC any assets, whether as an
Asset Sale, investment, dividend or otherwise, or prepay intercompany debts owed to DDBS or HSSC, in each case, other than (i) such
transfers in the form of an Intercompany Loan in an amount not to exceed $2.0 billion in the aggregate at any one time outstanding or
(ii) in accordance with, or pursuant to, agreements in effect on the Issue Date.
Section 4.20.
Limitation on Dividends and other Payment Restrictions affecting
Guarantors.
Neither the Company nor any
of the Guarantors shall, directly or indirectly, create or otherwise cause or suffer to exist or become effective any encumbrance or restriction
on the ability of the Guarantors to:
(a) pay
dividends or make any other distribution to the Company on the Guarantors’ Capital Stock or with respect to any other interest or
participation in or measured by its profits, or pay any Indebtedness owed to the Company or any Guarantor;
(b) make
loans or advances to the Company or any Guarantors; or
(c) transfer
any of its properties or assets to the Company or any Guarantor, except for such encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by reason
of:
(i) existing
agreements as in effect on the Issue Date;
(ii) applicable
law or regulation;
(iii) by
reason of customary non-assignment provisions in leases entered into in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practices;
(iv) this
Indenture, the Notes, the New Exchange Notes, the New Exchange Notes Indenture, the New Senior Spectrum Secured Notes or the New Senior
Spectrum Secured Notes Indenture; or
(v) any
agreement for the sale of any Guarantor or its assets that restricts distributions by that Guarantor pending its sale; provided
that during the entire period in which such encumbrance or restriction is effective, such sale (together with any other sales pending)
would be permitted under the terms of this Indenture; or
(d) any
instrument governing Indebtedness permitted to be incurred under the terms of this Indenture to the extent any applicable restrictions
are not more restrictive, taken as a whole, than such restrictions contained in this Indenture.
Section 4.21.
Collateral Appraisal.
The
Company shall obtain an initial appraisal of the Collateral (the “Initial Appraisal”) pursuant to the definition
of the “Appraised Value” and deliver that Initial Appraisal to the Trustee within 60 days of the Issue Date.
If,
following the Issue Date, FCC Licenses that form part of the Collateral accounting for up to 10% of the aggregate MHz-POPs of all the
FCC Licenses constituting the Collateral are forfeited to the FCC, on any date, as a result of the Company’s failure to meet its
buildout milestones with respect to such forfeited FCC Licenses (such date, the “Forfeiture Date”), the Company
within 60 days of such Forfeiture Date shall obtain a written appraisal (the “Forfeiture Appraisal”) of the Collateral
pursuant to the definition of the “Appraised Value” and shall deliver a certificate to the Trustee stating that the LTV Ratio
as of the date of the appraisal does not exceed 0.375 to 1.00 (the “First Certificate”); provided that if such
LTV Ratio exceeds 0.375 to 1.00, and, therefore, the foregoing First Certificate cannot be delivered, then within 60 days of receipt by
the Company of the Forfeiture Appraisal and subject to the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement and the Security Documents, the Company
shall: (i) add additional Spectrum Asset Guarantors and/or pledge (or cause to be pledged) cash (provided that any such cash shall
be held in a deposit account established by the Company subject to the sole dominion and control of the Collateral Agent with respect
to which the Company shall not have withdrawal rights prior to the repayment in full of the Notes pursuant to a customary account control
agreement, reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, that will provide, among other things, the cash in such account shall not
be invested and need not accrue any interest) or additional Collateral to secure the Notes and (ii) provide a certificate to the
Trustee stating that, after giving effect to such joinders, the LTV Ratio is not greater than 0.375 to 1.00 (the “Second Certificate”).
The Company will make, upon request, available for inspection by the Holders any applicable appraisals from an Independent Appraiser conducted
pursuant to the definition of the “Appraised Value” with respect to such additional Collateral; provided that, solely for
purposes of this clause (ii), the Company shall not be required to obtain an updated appraisal with respect to the Collateral appraised
in the Forfeiture Appraisal.
Neither the Trustee nor the
Collateral Agent have any (or shall have any) knowledge whatsoever of whether or when any forfeiture event or Forfeiture Date has occurred;
and shall have no responsibility for making any such determination. In the event the Trustee receives a First Certificate and/or Second
Certificate, it shall: (i) have no duty or obligation to monitor or determine whether such First Certificate or Second Certificate
satisfies the Company’s obligations in any manner whatsoever, including, but not limited to, the sufficiency of the certificate
contents or the compliance by the Company with any deadline or timing stricture contemplated above; and (ii) have no duty or obligation
to send any First Certificate or Second Certificate received by it to the Holders or otherwise notify the Holders that it has received
no such certificates. However, should the Company deliver a First Certificate or Second Certificate, it shall notify the Holders that
it has delivered a First Certificate or a Second Certificate to the Trustee and shall thereafter make such certificates available for
inspection by the Holders. Neither the Trustee nor the Collateral Agent shall have any duty to determine the sufficiency of any additional
Collateral added or pledged pursuant hereto or be charged with knowledge of the contents of, or have any responsibility in connection
with, any appraisal referred to above.
Section 4.22. Limitation
on Activities of Guarantors.
Each Guarantor shall engage
in no activities other than those reasonably related to its ownership of the Collateral owned by it and shall own no material assets other
than the Collateral owned by it.
Section
4.23. No
Dilutive Issuances.
The Company shall not effect
any Dilutive Issuance that would, absent the operation of the Floor Price, result in an adjustment to the Conversion Price pursuant to
Section 14.04(f) to an amount less than the Floor Price, unless the Company has obtained shareholder approval as required by the listing
standards of The NASDAQ Global Select Market, The NASDAQ Global Market or The New York Stock Exchange (or any of their respective successors),
as applicable, to adjust the Conversion Price to the applicable Effective Price before such Dilutive Issuance. Upon obtaining such shareholder
approval, or upon a determination that such shareholder approval is not required, the Floor Price shall be reduced to the applicable Effective
Price, solely with respect to such Dilutive Issuance, for all purposes under Section 14.04(f).
Article 5
LISTS OF HOLDERS
Section 5.01.
Lists of Holders.
The Trustee shall preserve in as current a form as is reasonably practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and addresses
of all Holders and shall otherwise comply with TIA §312(a). If the Trustee is not the Note Registrar, the Company will furnish to
the Trustee at least seven Business Days before each Interest Payment Date and at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing,
a list in such form and as of such date as the Trustee may reasonably require of the names and addresses of the Holders, including the
aggregate principal amount of Notes held by each, and the Company shall otherwise comply with TIA §312(a).
Article 6
DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
Section 6.01.
Events of Default.
Each of the following shall constitute an event of default (each an, “Event of Default”) :
(a) default
for 30 days in the payment when due of interest on the Notes;
(b) default
in the payment when due (at stated maturity, upon optional redemption, upon any required repurchase or otherwise) of principal of,
or premium, if any, on the Notes;
(c) failure
by the Company or any of the Guarantors, as applicable, for 30 days to comply with the provisions described under Section 4.11 and
Section 4.12, or the breach of any representation or warranty, or the making of any untrue statement, in any certificate delivered
by the Company pursuant to this Indenture;
(d) failure
by the Company or any of the Guarantors, as applicable, to comply with the provisions of Section 4.13, Section 4.14 and Section 4.21;
(e) failure
by the Company or any of the Guarantors, as applicable, for 60 days after notice to the Company by the Trustee or the Holders of at least
25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding to comply with any of the other agreements in this Indenture;
(f) failure
by the Company to comply with its obligation to convert the Notes in accordance with this Indenture upon exercise of a Holder’s
conversion right, if such failure continues for a period of five Business Days following the due date for the delivery thereof;
(g) failure
by the Company to give a Fundamental Change Company Notice as required under Section 15.02(c) or a notice of a specified corporate
transaction as required under Section 14.01(b), in each case, when due;
(h) default
under any mortgage, indenture or instrument under which there may be issued or by which there may be secured or evidenced any Indebtedness
by the Company or any Subsidiary (or the payment of which is guaranteed by the Company or any Subsidiary) (other than Indebtedness of
DDBS and/or HSSC), which default:
(i) is
caused by a failure to pay when due principal or interest on such Indebtedness within the grace period provided in such Indebtedness (a
“Payment Default”); or
(ii) results
in the acceleration of such Indebtedness prior to its express maturity,
and, in each case, the principal amount of any
such Indebtedness, together with the principal amount of any other such Indebtedness under which there has been a Payment Default or the
maturity of which has been so accelerated, aggregates $250.0 million or more; provided that no Default or Event of Default will be deemed
to occur with respect to any Indebtedness that is paid or retired (or for which such failure to pay or acceleration is waived or rescinded
within 20 Business Days);
(i) failure
by the Company or any Significant Subsidiary to pay final judgments (other than any judgment as to which a nationally recognized insurance
company has accepted full liability) aggregating in excess of $250.0 million, which judgments are not being converted on good faith or
are not stayed within 60 days after their entry;
(j) any
Notes Guarantee shall be held in a judicial proceeding to be unenforceable or invalid or shall cease for any reason to be in full force
and effect, or any Guarantor, or any person acting on behalf of any Guarantor, shall deny or disaffirm its obligations under its Notes
Guarantee;
(k) the
Company or any Significant Subsidiary (other than DDBS and/or HSSC) pursuant to or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law: (i) commences
a voluntary case; (ii) consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary case; (iii) consents to the
appointment of a custodian of it or for all or substantially all of its property; or (iv) makes a general assignment for the benefit
of creditors;
(l) other
than with respect to DDBS and/or HSSC, a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any Bankruptcy Law that: (i) is
for relief against the Company or a Significant Subsidiary in an involuntary case; (ii) appoints a custodian of the Company or any
Significant Subsidiary or for all or substantially all of the property of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary; or (iii) orders
the liquidation of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary, and, in each case of the foregoing clauses (i) through (iii), the order
or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 60 consecutive days;
(m) in
each case with respect to any Collateral having a fair market value in excess of $250.0 million individually or in the aggregate (without
duplication), any of the Security Documents at any time for any reason is declared null and void, or shall cease to be effective in all
material respects to give the Collateral Agent the perfected Liens with the priority purported to be created thereby subject to no other
Liens (in each case, other than as expressly permitted by this Indenture and the applicable Security Documents or by reason of the termination
of this Indenture or the applicable Security Document in accordance with its terms), which declaration or cessation is not rescinded,
stayed, or waived by the persons having such authority pursuant to this Indenture or the Security Documents or otherwise cured within
30 days after the Company receives written notice thereof specifying such occurrence from the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% of
the outstanding principal amount of the Notes; and
(n) FCC
Licenses that form part of the Collateral accounting for more than 10% of the aggregate MHz-POPs of all the FCC Licenses constituting
the Collateral are forfeited to the FCC as a result of the Company’s or the Guarantors’ failure to meet their respective buildout
milestones with respect to such forfeited FCC Licenses.
Section 6.02.
Acceleration; Rescission and Annulment.
(a) In
the case of an Event of Default arising from the events of bankruptcy or insolvency with respect to the Company or any Guarantor described
in Section 6.01(k) or (l) above, all outstanding Notes will become due and payable immediately without further action or
notice. If any other Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount then outstanding
of the Notes may declare all the Notes to be due and payable immediately.
(b) Notwithstanding
the foregoing, a Default under Section 6.01(c), (e), (h), (i) and (m) above will not constitute an Event of Default until
the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes notify the Company of the Default and,
with respect to Section 6.01(c), (e), (h), (i) and (m), such Default is not cured within the time specified in Section 6.01(c),
(e), (h), (i) and (m) described above after receipt of such notice.
(c) The
Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding of the Notes, by notice to the Trustee, may on behalf of the
Holders of all of the Notes rescind an acceleration or waive all past Defaults or Events of Default and its consequences under this Indenture,
except a continuing Default or Event of Default in the payment of principal (including any Redemption Price and any Fundamental Change
Repurchase Price, if applicable, or interest or the failure to deliver the consideration due upon conversion) and rescind any such acceleration
with respect to the Notes and its consequences if (x) rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree of a court of competent
jurisdiction and (y) all existing events of default, other than the nonpayment of the principal of and interest on the Notes that
have become due solely by such declaration of acceleration, have been cured or waived.
(d) The
Company is required to deliver to the Trustee, in its capacity as trustee of this Indenture, annually a statement regarding compliance
with this Indenture, and the Company is required, upon becoming aware of any Default or Event of Default thereunder to deliver to the
Trustee a statement specifying such Default or Event of Default.
(e) If
the Notes are accelerated or otherwise become due prior to their stated maturity (including the acceleration of any portion
of the Indebtedness evidenced by the Notes by operation of law), the amount that shall then be due and payable shall be equal to: 100%
of the principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, plus accrued and unpaid (or not yet capitalized in the case of PIK Interest) interest
to, but excluding, the date of such acceleration, as if such acceleration were an optional redemption of the Notes so accelerated.
Notwithstanding the generality
of the foregoing, if the Notes are accelerated or otherwise become due prior to their stated maturity (including the
acceleration of any portion of the Indebtedness evidenced by the Notes by operation of law), the principal amount of the Notes then outstanding,
plus accrued and unpaid interest shall also be due and payable as though the Notes had been optionally redeemed on the date of such acceleration
and shall constitute part of the obligations with respect to the Notes in view of the impracticability and difficulty of ascertaining
actual damages and by mutual agreement of the parties as to a reasonable calculation of each Holder’s lost profits as a result thereof.
If such amount becomes due and payable, it shall be deemed to be principal of the Notes and interest shall accrue on the full principal
amount of the Notes from and after the applicable triggering event. Any premium payable pursuant to this paragraph shall be presumed to
be liquidated damages sustained by each Holder as the result of the acceleration of the Notes, and the Company agrees that it is reasonable
under the circumstances currently existing. The premium shall also be payable in the event the Notes or the Indenture are satisfied, released
or discharged through foreclosure, whether by judicial proceeding, deed in lieu of foreclosure or by any other means. THE COMPANY AND
EACH GUARANTOR EXPRESSLY WAIVES (TO THE FULLEST EXTENT IT MAY LAWFULLY DO SO) THE PROVISIONS OF ANY PRESENT OR FUTURE STATUTE OR
LAW THAT PROHIBITS OR MAY PROHIBIT THE COLLECTION OF THE FOREGOING PREMIUM IN CONNECTION WITH ANY SUCH ACCELERATION. The Company
expressly agrees (to the fullest extent it may lawfully do so) that: (A) the premium is reasonable and is the product of an arm’s
length transaction between sophisticated business entities ably represented by counsel; (B) the premium shall be payable notwithstanding
the then prevailing market rates at the time acceleration occurs; (C) there has been a course of conduct between the Holders and
the Company giving specific consideration in this transaction for such agreement to pay the premium; and (D) the Company shall be
estopped hereafter from claiming differently than as agreed to in this paragraph. The Company expressly acknowledges that its agreement
to pay the premium to the Holders as herein described is a material inducement to the Holders to purchase the Notes
Section 6.03.
[Reserved].
Section 6.04.
Payments of Notes on Default; Suit Therefor.
If an Event of Default described in clause (a), (b) or (c) of Section 6.01 shall have occurred and the Notes have
become due and payable pursuant to Section 6.02, the Company shall, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to the Trustee, for the benefit
of the Holders of the Notes, the whole amount then due and payable on the Notes for principal (including the Redemption Price and the
Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, if applicable), satisfaction of the Conversion Obligation with respect to all Notes that have been
converted, and interest, if any, with (to the extent that payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable) interest on any such
overdue amounts, at the rate borne by the Notes at such time plus one percent, and, in addition thereto, such further amount as
shall be sufficient to cover any amounts due to the Trustee under Section 7.06. If the Company shall fail to pay such amounts forthwith
upon such demand, the Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, may institute a judicial proceeding for the collection
of the sums so due and unpaid, may prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree and may enforce the same against the Company
or any other obligor upon the Notes and collect the monies adjudged or decreed to be payable in the manner provided by law out of the
property of the Company or any other obligor upon the Notes, wherever situated.
In the event there shall be
pending proceedings for the bankruptcy or for the reorganization of the Company under Bankruptcy Law, or any other applicable law, or
in case a receiver, assignee or trustee in bankruptcy or reorganization, liquidator, sequestrator or similar official shall have been
appointed for or taken possession of the Company, the property of the Company, or in the event of any other judicial proceedings relative
to the Company, or to the creditors or property of the Company, the Guarantors, the Trustee, irrespective of whether the Trustee shall
have made any demand pursuant to the provisions of this Section 6.04, shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceedings
or otherwise, to file and prove a claim or claims for the whole amount of principal and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, in respect
of the Notes, and, in case of any judicial proceedings, to file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents and to take such other
actions as it may deem necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for the reasonable compensation,
expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel) and of the Holders allowed in such judicial proceedings relative
to the Company, its creditors, or its property, and to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any
such claims, and to distribute the same after the deduction of any amounts due to the Trustee under Section 7.06; and any receiver,
assignee or trustee in bankruptcy or reorganization, liquidator, custodian or similar official is hereby authorized by each of the Holders
to make such payments to the Trustee, as administrative expenses, and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such
payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due it for compensation owed to it, expenses, advances and disbursements,
including agents and counsel fees, and including any other amounts due to the Trustee under Section 7.06, incurred by it up to the
date of such distribution. To the extent that such payment of compensation, expenses, advances and disbursements out of the estate in
any such proceedings shall be denied for any reason, payment of the same shall be secured by a lien on, and shall be paid out of, any
and all distributions, dividends, monies, securities and other property that the Holders of the Notes may be entitled to receive in such
proceedings, whether in liquidation or under any plan of reorganization or arrangement or otherwise.
Nothing herein contained shall
be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement,
adjustment or composition affecting such Holder or the rights of any Holder thereof, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of
the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding.
All rights of action and of
asserting claims under this Indenture, or under any of the Notes, may be enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of the
Notes, or the production thereof at any trial or other proceeding relative thereto, and any such suit or proceeding instituted by the
Trustee shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after provision for the payment
of the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, be for the ratable benefit
of the Holders of the Notes.
In any proceedings brought
by the Trustee (and in any proceedings involving the interpretation of any provision of this Indenture to which the Trustee shall be a
party) the Trustee shall be held to represent all the Holders of the Notes, and it shall not be necessary to make any Holders of the Notes
parties to any such proceedings.
In case the Trustee shall
have proceeded to enforce any right under this Indenture and such proceedings shall have been discontinued or abandoned because of any
waiver pursuant to Section 6.09 or any rescission and annulment pursuant to Section 6.02 or for any other reason or shall have
been determined adversely to the Trustee, then and in every such case the Company, the Holders, and the Trustee shall, subject to any
determination in such proceeding, be restored respectively to their several positions and rights hereunder, and all rights, remedies and
powers of the Company, the Holders, and the Trustee shall continue as though no such proceeding had been instituted.
Section 6.05.
Application of Monies Collected by Trustee.
Subject to any applicable Intercreditor Agreement, any monies collected by the Trustee or Collateral Agent pursuant to this Article 6
with respect to the Notes shall be applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee for the distribution of
such monies, upon presentation of the several Notes, and stamping thereon the payment, if only partially paid, and upon surrender thereof,
if fully paid:
FIRST: to the payment of
all amounts due the Trustee, including its agents and attorneys, under Section 7.06;
SECOND: to the payment of
the amounts then due and unpaid for principal of, the Redemption Price and the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price (if applicable) of,
and/or satisfaction of the Conversion Obligation with respect to all Notes that have been converted, and interest on the Notes in respect
of which or for the benefit of which such money has been collected, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to
the amounts due and payable on such Notes; and
THIRD: to the Company or
such party as a court of competent jurisdiction shall direct.
Section 6.06.
Proceedings by Holders.
No Holder of any Note shall have any right by virtue of or by availing of any provision of this Indenture to institute any suit, action
or proceeding in equity or at law upon or under or with respect to this Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver, trustee, liquidator,
custodian or other similar official, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless:
(a) such
Holder has previously given the Trustee written notice that an Event of Default is continuing;
(b) the
Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes have requested the Trustee in writing to pursue the
remedy;
(c) such
Holders have offered the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee against any loss, liability or
expense;
(d) the
Trustee has not complied with such request within 60 days after the receipt thereof and the offer of such security or indemnity; and
(e) the
Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes have not given the Trustee a direction that is inconsistent
with such request within such 60-day period.
A Holder may not use this
Indenture to prejudice the rights of another Holder or to obtain a preference or priority over another Holder, it being understood that
the Trustee does not have an affirmative duty to ascertain whether or not any actions or forbearances by a Holder are unduly prejudicial
to other Holders (it being understood that the Trustee does not have an affirmative duty to ascertain whether or not such actions or forbearances
are unduly prejudicial to such Holders). For the avoidance of doubt, this Section 6.06 shall not limit the rights of any Holder of
a Note to pursue claims that do not arise under this Indenture, the Notes or the Security Documents.
Notwithstanding any other
provision of this Indenture and any provision of any Note or any Notes Guarantee, the right of any Holder to institute suit for the enforcement
of any payment or delivery, as the case may be, of (x) principal (including the Redemption Price and the Fundamental Change Repurchase
Price, if applicable), (y) accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on, and (z) consideration due upon conversion of, such Note,
on or after the respective due dates expressed or provided for in such Note or in this Indenture, shall not be impaired or affected without
the consent of such Holder.
Section 6.07.
Proceedings by Trustee.
In case of an Event of Default, the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and enforce the rights vested in it by this Indenture
by such appropriate judicial proceedings as are necessary to protect and enforce any of such rights, either by suit in equity or by action
at law or by proceeding in bankruptcy or otherwise, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement contained in this
Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted in this Indenture, or to enforce any other legal or equitable right vested in
the Trustee by this Indenture or by law.
Section 6.08.
Remedies Cumulative and Continuing.
Except as provided in the last paragraph of Section 2.06, all powers and remedies given by this Article 6 to the Trustee or
to the Holders shall, to the extent permitted by law, be deemed cumulative and not exclusive of any thereof or of any other powers and
remedies available to the Trustee or the Holders of the Notes, by judicial proceedings or otherwise, to enforce the performance or observance
of the covenants and agreements contained in this Indenture, and no delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of any of the Notes
to exercise any right or power accruing upon any Default or Event of Default shall impair any such right or power, or shall be construed
to be a waiver of any such Default or Event of Default or any acquiescence therein; and, subject to the provisions of Section 6.06,
every power and remedy given by this Article 6 or by law to the Trustee or to the Holders may be exercised from time to time, and
as often as shall be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders.
Section 6.09.
Direction of Proceedings and Waiver of Defaults by Majority
of Holders.
(a) The
Holders of a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding shall have the right to direct the time,
method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on the
Trustee with respect to Notes; provided, however, that (i) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of
law or with this Indenture, and (ii) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee that is not inconsistent
with such direction. The Trustee may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with any rule of law or with this Indenture, it
determines is unduly prejudicial to the rights of any other Holder (it being understood that the Trustee does not have an affirmative
duty to ascertain whether or not any such directions are unduly prejudicial to such Holders) or that would involve the Trustee in personal
liability.
(b) The
Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding may on behalf of the Holders of all of the Notes
waive any past Default or Event of Default hereunder and rescind any acceleration with respect to the Notes and its consequences hereunder
except:
(i) a
default in the payment of the principal (including any Redemption Price and any Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, if applicable) of,
or accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the Notes; or
(ii) a
failure by the Company to deliver the consideration due upon conversion of the Notes;
provided
that, in the case of the rescission of any acceleration with respect to the Notes, (1) the rescission would not conflict
with any judgment or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction and (2) all existing Events of Default (other than the nonpayment
of the principal of and interest on the Notes that have become due solely by such declaration of acceleration) have been cured or waived.
Whenever any Default or Event
of Default hereunder shall have been waived as permitted by this Section 6.09, said Default or Event of Default shall for all purposes
of the Notes and this Indenture be deemed to have been cured and to be not continuing; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent
or other Default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon.
Section 6.10.
Notice of Defaults.
If a Default occurs and is continuing and a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has received written notice thereof, the Trustee shall
send to all Holders as the names and addresses of such Holders appear upon the Note Register notice of such Default within 90 days after
it receives written notice. Except in the case of a Default in the payment of principal of (including the Redemption Price and the Fundamental
Change Repurchase Price, if applicable) or accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on any Note or a Default in the payment or delivery of
the consideration due upon conversion, the Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so long as the Trustee in good
faith determines that the withholding of such notice is in the interests of the Holders.
Section 6.11.
Undertaking to Pay Costs.
All parties to this Indenture agree, and each Holder of any Note by its acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court
may, in its discretion, require, in any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or in any suit against
the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such suit of an undertaking to pay
the costs of such suit and that such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees
and expenses, against any party litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made
by such party litigant; provided that the provisions of this Section 6.11 (to the extent permitted by law) shall not apply
to any suit instituted by the Trustee, to any suit instituted by any Holder, or group of Holders, holding in the aggregate more than
10% in principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding, or to any suit instituted by any Holder for the enforcement of the payment
of the principal of (including, but not limited to, the Redemption Price and the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price with respect to
the Notes being redeemed or purchased, respectively, as provided in this Indenture) or accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on any Note
on or after the due date expressed or provided for in such Note or to any suit for the enforcement of the payment or delivery of consideration
due upon conversion.
Section 6.12.
Collection Suit by Trustee.
If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(a) or (b) hereof occurs and is continuing, the Trustee is authorized
to recover judgment in its own name and as trustee of an express trust against the Company for the whole amount of principal of, premium
if any, and interest remaining unpaid on, the Notes and interest on overdue principal and, to the extent lawful, interest and such further
amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements
and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel.
Section 6.13.
Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.
Subject to the Intercreditor
Agreement, the Trustee is authorized to file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order
to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee,
its agents and counsel) and the Holders allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the Company (or any other obligor upon Notes),
its creditors or its property and shall be entitled and empowered to collect, receive and distribute any money or other property payable
or deliverable on any such claims and any custodian in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments
to the Trustee, and in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the
Trustee any amount due to it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel,
and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.06 hereof. To the extent that the payment of any such compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.06 hereof
out of the estate in any such proceeding, shall be denied for any reason, payment of the same shall be secured by a Lien on, and shall
be paid out of, any and all distributions, dividends, money, securities and other properties that the Holders may be entitled to receive
in such proceeding whether in liquidation or under any plan of reorganization or arrangement or otherwise. Nothing herein contained shall
be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement,
adjustment or composition affecting the Notes or the rights of any Holder, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim
of any Holder in any such proceeding.
Article 7
CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE
Section 7.01.
Duties and Responsibilities of Trustee.
(a) Prior
to the occurrence of an Event of Default and after the curing or waiving of all Events of Default that may have occurred:
(i) the
duties and obligations of the Trustee shall be determined solely by the express provisions of this Indenture, and the Trustee shall not
be liable except for the performance of such duties and obligations as are specifically set forth in this Indenture and no implied covenants
or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and
(ii) in
the absence of bad faith the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed
therein, upon any certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture; but, in the
case of any such certificates or opinions that by any provisions hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, the
Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the same to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture (but
need not confirm or investigate the accuracy of any mathematical calculations stated therein).
(b) In
the event an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by
this Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances
in the conduct of such person’s own affairs.
(c) No
provision of this Indenture shall be construed to relieve the Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure
to act or its own willful misconduct, except that:
(i) this
Subsection shall not be construed to limit the effect of Subsection (a) of this Section;
(ii) the
Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer or Officers of the Trustee, unless it
shall be proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts;
(iii) the
Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the written
direction of the Holders of not less than a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding determined
as provided in Section 8.04 relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee,
or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee, under this Indenture; and
(iv) no
provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the
performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds for
believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it.
(d) Whether
or not therein provided, every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of, or affording protection
to, the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this Section 7.01.
Section 7.02.
Certain Rights of the Trustee.
(a) The
Trustee may conclusively rely and shall be fully protected in acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion,
report, notice, request, consent, order, bond, note, coupon or other paper or document believed by it in good faith to be genuine and
to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties.
(b) Any
request, direction, order or demand of the Company mentioned herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by an Officers’ Certificate
(unless other evidence in respect thereof be herein specifically prescribed); and any Board Resolution may be evidenced to the Trustee
by a copy thereof certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company.
(c) The
Trustee may consult with counsel of its selection and any advice of such counsel or Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization
and protection in respect of any action taken or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon.
(d) Whenever
in the administration of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking, suffering
or omitting any action hereunder, the Trustee (unless other evidence be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith
on its part, conclusively rely upon an Officer’s Certificate.
(e) The
Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument,
opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture or other paper or document, but the Trustee, in its discretion,
may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall determine to make
such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled, at a reasonable time on any Business Day, to examine the books, records and
premises of the Company, personally or by agent or attorney at the expense of the Company and shall incur no liability of any kind by
reason of such inquiry or investigation.
(f) The
Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through duly authorized
agents, custodians, nominees or attorneys and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any
agent, custodian, nominee or attorney appointed by it with due care hereunder.
(g) The
permissive rights of the Trustee enumerated herein shall not be construed as duties.
(h) The
Trustee shall not be required to give any bond or surety in respect of the performance of its powers and duties hereunder.
(i) The
Trustee may request that the Company deliver a certificate setting forth the names of individuals and/or titles of Officers authorized
at such time to take specified actions pursuant to this Indenture.
(j) In
no event shall the Trustee be liable for any special, indirect, punitive or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including
but not limited to lost profits), even if the Trustee has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the
form of action.
(k) The
Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of any Default or Event of Default with respect to the Notes, unless written notice of such
Default or Event of Default shall have been given to a Responsible Officer of the Trustee by the Company or by any Holder of the Notes
at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee and such notice references such Notes and this Indenture.
(l) The
Trustee shall not be liable in respect of any payment (as to the correctness of amount, entitlement to receive or any other matters relating
to payment) or notice effected by the Company or any Paying Agent or any records maintained by any co-Note Registrar with respect to the
Notes.
(m) If
any party fails to deliver a notice relating to an event the fact of which, pursuant to this Indenture, requires notice to be sent to
the Trustee, the Trustee may conclusively rely on its failure to receive such notice as reason to act as if no such event occurred.
(n) In
the absence of written investment direction from the Company, all cash received by the Trustee shall be placed in a non-interest bearing
trust account, and in no event shall the Trustee be liable for the selection of investments or for investment losses, fees, taxes or other
charges incurred thereon or for losses incurred as a result of the liquidation of any such investment prior to its maturity date or the
failure of the party directing such investments prior to its maturity date or the failure of the party directing such investment to provide
timely written investment direction, and the Trustee shall have no obligation to invest or reinvest any amounts held hereunder in the
absence of such written investment direction from the Company.
(o) The
rights, protections, privileges, immunities and indemnities afforded to the Trustee pursuant to this Article 7 shall also be afforded
to the Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder, including as Collateral Agent, Conversion Agent, Paying Agent, Custodian and Note
Registrar, and each agent, custodian and other Person employed to act hereunder.
(p) The
Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction
of any of the Holders pursuant to this Indenture, unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee security or indemnity reasonably
satisfactory to the Trustee against any loss, liability and expense which might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction.
(q) The
Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken, suffered, or omitted to be taken by it in good faith and reasonably believed by it to
be authorized or within the discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it by this Indenture.
Section 7.03.
No Responsibility for Recitals, Etc.
The recitals contained herein and in the Notes (except in the Trustee’s certificate of authentication) shall be taken as the statements
of the Company, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for the correctness of the same. The Trustee makes no representations as to
the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Notes. The Trustee shall not be accountable for the use or application by the
Company of any Notes or the proceeds of any Notes authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in conformity with the provisions of this
Indenture.
Section 7.04.
Trustee, Paying Agents, Conversion Agents, Bid Solicitation
Agent or Note Registrar May Own Notes. The Trustee, any Paying Agent, any Conversion
Agent, the Custodian, Bid Solicitation Agent or Note Registrar, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee
of Notes with the same rights it would have if it were not the Trustee, Paying Agent, Conversion Agent, the Custodian, Bid Solicitation
Agent or Note Registrar.
Section 7.05.
Monies and Shares of Class A Common Stock to Be
Held in Trust. All monies and shares of Class A Common Stock received by the Trustee
shall, until used or applied as herein provided, be held in trust for the purposes for which they were received. Money and shares of
Class A Common Stock held by the Trustee in trust hereunder need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required
by law. The Trustee shall be under no liability for interest on any money or shares of Class A Common Stock received by it hereunder
except as may be agreed from time to time by the Company and the Trustee.
Section 7.06.
Compensation and Expenses of Trustee.
The Company covenants and agrees to pay to the Trustee from time to time, and the Trustee shall be entitled to, such compensation for
all services rendered by it hereunder in any capacity (which shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation
of a trustee of an express trust) as mutually agreed to in writing between the Trustee and the Company, and the Company will pay or reimburse
the Trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances reasonably incurred or made by the Trustee in accordance
with any of the provisions of this Indenture in any capacity hereunder (including the reasonable compensation and the expenses and disbursements
of its agents and counsel and of all Persons not regularly in its employ) except any such expense, disbursement or advance as shall have
been caused by its negligence or willful misconduct. The Company shall indemnify the Trustee (which for purposes of this Section 7.06
shall include its officers, directors, employees and agents) in any capacity under this Indenture and any other document or transaction
entered into in connection herewith and its agents and any authenticating agent for, and shall hold them harmless against, any loss,
claim, damage, liability or expense incurred without negligence or willful misconduct on the part of the Trustee, its officers, directors,
agents or employees, or such agent or authenticating agent, as the case may be, and arising out of or in connection with the acceptance
or administration of this Indenture or in any other capacity hereunder, including the costs and expenses of defending themselves against
any claim (whether asserted by the Company, a Holder or any other Person) of liability in the premises. The obligations of the Company
under this Section 7.06 to compensate or indemnify the Trustee and to pay or reimburse the Trustee for expenses, disbursements and
advances shall be secured by a senior claim to which the Notes are hereby made subordinate on all money or property held or collected
by the Trustee, except, subject to the effect of Section 6.05, funds held in trust herewith for the benefit of the Holders of particular
Notes. The Trustee’s right to receive payment of any amounts due under this Section 7.6 shall not be subordinate to any other
liability or indebtedness of the Company. The obligation of the Company under this Section 7.06 shall survive the satisfaction and
discharge of this Indenture, final payment of the Notes and the earlier resignation or removal of the Trustee. The Company need not pay
for any settlement made without its consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.
Without prejudice to any
other rights available to the Trustee under applicable law, when the Trustee and its agents and any authenticating agent incur expenses
or render services after an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(h) or Section 6.01(i) occurs, the expenses
and the compensation for the services are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any bankruptcy, insolvency or similar
laws. The Trustee will comply with the provisions of TIA §313(b)(2) to the extent applicable.
Section 7.07.
Eligibility of Trustee.
There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder which shall be a Person that is eligible pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act (as if the
Trust Indenture Act were applicable hereto) to act as such and has a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000. If such Person
publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of any supervising or examining authority, then
for the purposes of this Section 7.07, the combined capital and surplus of such Person shall be deemed to be its combined capital
and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in
accordance with the provisions of this Section, it shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in
this Article 7.
This Indenture will always
have a Trustee who satisfies the requirements of TIA §310(a)(1), (2) and (5). The Trustee is subject to TIA §310(b).
Section 7.08.
Resignation or Removal of Trustee.
The Trustee may at any time resign by giving written notice of such resignation to the Company and sending notice thereof to the Holders
at their addresses as they shall appear on the Note Register. Upon receiving such notice of resignation, the Company shall promptly appoint
a successor trustee by written instrument, in duplicate, executed by an Officer of the Company, one copy of which instrument shall be
delivered to the resigning Trustee and one copy to the successor trustee. If no successor trustee shall have been so appointed and have
accepted appointment within 30 days after the transmission of such notice of resignation to the Holders, the resigning Trustee may, at
the expense of the Company, upon ten Business Days’ notice to the Company and the Holders, petition any court of competent jurisdiction
for the appointment of a successor trustee, or any Holder who has been a bona fide holder of a Note or Notes for at least six months
may, subject to the provisions of Section 6.11, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any such court
for the appointment of a successor trustee. Such court may thereupon, after such notice, if any, as it may deem proper and prescribe,
appoint a successor trustee.
(a) In
case at any time any of the following shall occur:
(i) the
Trustee shall fail to comply with Section 7.12 within a reasonable time after written request therefor by the Company or by any Holder
who has been a bona fide Holder of a Note or Notes for at least six (6) months;
(ii) the
Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of Section 7.07 and shall fail to resign after written request
therefor by the Company or by any such Holder, or
(iii) the
Trustee shall become incapable of acting, or shall be adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent, or a receiver of the Trustee or of its property
shall be appointed, or any public officer shall take charge or control of the Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of
rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation,
then, in any such case, the Company may remove
the Trustee and appoint a successor trustee by written instrument, in duplicate, executed by an Officer of the Company, one copy of which
instrument shall be delivered to the Trustee so removed and one copy to the successor trustee, or, subject to the provisions of Section 6.11,
any Holder who has been a bona fide holder of a Note or Notes for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly
situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor trustee. Such
court may thereupon, after such notice, if any, as it may deem proper and prescribe, remove the Trustee and appoint a successor trustee.
(b) The
Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding may at any time remove the Trustee and nominate
a successor trustee that shall be deemed appointed as successor trustee unless within ten days after notice to the Company of such nomination
the Company objects thereto. If no successor trustee shall have been so appointed and have accepted appointment within 30 days after removal
of the Trustee by the Holders, the Trustee may, at the expense of the Company, upon ten Business Days’ notice to the Company and
the Holders, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor trustee.
(c) Any
resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a successor trustee pursuant to any of the provisions of this Section 7.08
shall become effective upon (i) payment of all fees and expenses owing to the Trustee and (ii) acceptance of appointment by
the successor trustee as provided in Section 7.09.
Section 7.09.
Acceptance by Successor Trustee. Any
successor trustee appointed as provided in Section 7.08 shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Company and to its predecessor
trustee an instrument accepting such appointment hereunder, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the predecessor trustee shall
become effective and such successor trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers,
duties and obligations of its predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as Trustee herein; but, nevertheless, on
the written request of the Company or of the successor trustee, the predecessor trustee shall, upon payment of any amounts then due it
pursuant to the provisions of Section 7.06, execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor trustee all the rights
and powers of the trustee so ceasing to act. Upon request of any such successor trustee, the Company shall execute any and all instruments
in writing for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to such successor trustee all such rights and powers. Any trustee ceasing
to act shall, nevertheless, retain a senior claim to which the Notes are hereby made subordinate on all money or property held or collected
by such trustee as such pursuant to this Indenture, except for funds held in trust for the benefit of Holders of particular Notes, to
secure any amounts then due it pursuant to the provisions of Section 7.06.
No successor trustee shall
accept appointment as provided in this Section 7.09 unless at the time of such acceptance such successor trustee shall be eligible
under the provisions of Section 7.07.
Upon acceptance of appointment
by a successor trustee as provided in this Section 7.09, each of the Company and the successor trustee, at the written direction
and at the expense of the Company shall send or cause to be sent notice of the succession of such trustee hereunder to the Holders at
their addresses as they shall appear on the Note Register. If the Company fails to send such notice within ten days after acceptance
of appointment by the successor trustee, the successor trustee shall cause such notice to be transmitted at the expense of the Company.
Section 7.10.
Succession by Merger, Etc.
Any corporation or other entity into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation
or other entity resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation or other
entity succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust business of the Trustee (including the administration of this Indenture),
shall be the successor to the Trustee hereunder without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of
the parties hereto; provided that in the case of any corporation or other entity succeeding to all or substantially all of the
corporate trust business of the Trustee such corporation or other entity shall be eligible under the provisions of Section 7.07.
In case at the time such successor
to the Trustee shall succeed to the trusts created by this Indenture, any of the Notes shall have been authenticated but not delivered,
any such successor to the Trustee may adopt the certificate of authentication of any predecessor trustee or authenticating agent appointed
by such predecessor trustee, and deliver such Notes so authenticated; and in case at that time any of the Notes shall not have been authenticated,
any successor to the Trustee or an authenticating agent appointed by such successor trustee may authenticate such Notes either in the
name of any predecessor trustee hereunder or in the name of the successor trustee; and in all such cases such certificates of authentication
shall have the full force which it is anywhere in the Notes or in this Indenture provided that the certificate of authentication of the
Trustee shall have; provided, however, that the right to adopt the certificate of authentication of any predecessor trustee
or to authenticate Notes in the name of any predecessor trustee shall apply only to its successor or successors by merger, conversion
or consolidation.
Section 7.11.
Trustee’s Application for Instructions from the
Company. Any application by the Trustee for written instructions from the Company (other
than with regard to any action proposed to be taken or omitted to be taken by the Trustee that affects the rights of the Holders of the
Notes under this Indenture) may, at the option of the Trustee, set forth in writing any action proposed to be taken or omitted by the
Trustee under this Indenture and the date on and/or after which such action shall be taken or such omission shall be effective. The Trustee
shall not be liable for any action taken by, or omission of, the Trustee in accordance with a proposal included in such application on
or after the date specified in such application (which date shall not be less than three Business Days after the date any Officer actually
receives such application, unless any such Officer shall have consented in writing to any earlier date), unless, prior to taking any
such action (or the effective date in the case of any omission), the Trustee shall have received written instructions in accordance with
this Indenture in response to such application specifying the action to be taken or omitted.
Section 7.12.
Conflicting Interests of Trustee.
If the Trustee has or shall acquire a conflicting interest within the meaning of the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee shall either eliminate
such interest or resign, to the extent and in the manner provided by, and subject to the provisions of this Indenture.
Section 7.13.
Limitation on Trustee’s Liability.
Except as provided in this Article, in accepting the trusts hereby created, the entities acting as Trustee are acting solely as Trustee
hereunder and not in their individual capacity and, except as provided in this Article, all Persons having any claim against the Trustee
by reason of the transactions contemplated by this Indenture or any Note shall look only to the Company for payment or satisfaction thereof.
Section 7.14.
Reports by Trustee to Holders.
(a) Within
60 days after each May 30 beginning with May 30, 2025, and for so long as Notes remain outstanding, the Trustee will send to
the Holders a brief report dated as of such reporting date that complies with TIA §313(a) (but if no event described in TIA
§313(a) has occurred within the twelve months preceding the reporting date, no report need be transmitted). The Trustee also
will comply with TIA §313(b)(2). The Trustee will also transmit all reports as required by TIA §313(c).
(b) A
copy of each report at the time of its transmission to the Holders will be sent by the Trustee to the Company and filed by the Trustee
with the SEC and each stock exchange on which the Notes are listed in accordance with TIA §313(d). The Company will promptly notify
the Trustee when the Notes are listed on any stock exchange.
Section 7.15.
Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company.
The Trustee is subject to TIA §311(a), excluding any creditor relationship listed in TIA §311(b). A Trustee who has
resigned or been removed shall be subject to TIA §311(a) to the extent indicated therein.
Section 7.16.
Limitation on Duty of Trustee in Respect of Collateral.
(a) Beyond
the exercise of reasonable care in the custody thereof, the Trustee shall have no duty as to any Collateral in its possession or control
or in the possession or control of any agent or bailee or any income thereon or as to preservation of rights against prior parties or
any other rights pertaining thereto and the Trustee shall not be responsible for filing any financing or continuation statements or recording
any documents or instruments in any public office at any time or times or, beyond exercising reasonable care in the custody of possessory
collateral delivered to the Trustee in accordance with the Security Documents, otherwise perfecting or maintaining the perfection of any
security interest in the Collateral. The Trustee shall be deemed to have exercised reasonable care in the custody of the Collateral in
its possession if the Collateral is accorded treatment substantially equal to that which it accords its own property and shall not be
liable or responsible for any loss or diminution in the value of any of the Collateral, by reason of the act or omission of any carrier,
forwarding agency or other agent or bailee selected by the Trustee in good faith.
(b) The
Trustee shall not be responsible for the existence, genuineness or value of any of the Collateral or for the validity, perfection, priority
or enforceability of the Liens in any of the Collateral, whether impaired by operation of law or by reason of any action or omission to
act on its part hereunder, except to the extent such action or omission constitutes gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct
on the part of the Trustee, for the validity or sufficiency of the Collateral or any agreement or assignment contained therein, for the
validity of the title of the Company to the Collateral, for insuring the Collateral or for the payment of taxes, charges, assessments
or Liens upon the Collateral or otherwise as to the maintenance of the Collateral. The Trustee shall have no duty to ascertain or inquire
as to the performance or observance of any of the terms of this Indenture or the Security Documents by the Company or the Guarantors.
Article 8
CONCERNING THE HOLDERS
Section 8.01.
Action by Holders.
Whenever in this Indenture it is provided that the Holders of a specified percentage of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes may
take any action (including the making of any demand or request, the giving of any notice, consent or waiver or the taking of any other
action), the fact that at the time of taking any such action, the Holders of such specified percentage have joined therein may be evidenced
(i) by any instrument or any number of instruments of similar tenor executed by Holders in person or by agent or proxy appointed
in writing, or (ii) by the record of the Holders voting in favor thereof at any meeting of Holders duly called and held, or (iii) by
a combination of such instrument or instruments and any such record of such a meeting of Holders. Whenever the Company or the Trustee
solicits the taking of any action by the Holders of the Notes, the Company or the Trustee may, but shall not be required to, fix in advance
of such solicitation, a date as the record date for determining Holders entitled to take such action. The record date if one is selected
shall be not more than fifteen days prior to the date of commencement of solicitation of such action.
Section 8.02.
Proof of Execution by Holders.
Subject to the provisions of Section 7.01 and Section 7.02, proof of the execution of any instrument by a Holder or its agent
or proxy shall be sufficient if made in accordance with such reasonable rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Trustee
or in such manner as shall be satisfactory to the Trustee. The holding of Notes shall be proved by the Note Register or by a certificate
of the Note Registrar.
Section 8.03.
Who Are Deemed Absolute Owners.
The Company, the Guarantors, the Trustee, any authenticating agent, any Paying Agent, any Conversion Agent and any Note Registrar may
deem the Person in whose name a Note shall be registered upon the Note Register to be, and may treat it as, the absolute owner of such
Note (whether or not such Note shall be overdue and notwithstanding any notation of ownership or other writing thereon made by any Person
other than the Company or any Note Registrar) for the purpose of receiving payment of or on account of the principal of and (subject
to Section 2.03) accrued and unpaid interest on such Note, for conversion of such Note and for all other purposes; and neither the
Company nor the Trustee nor any Paying Agent nor any Conversion Agent nor any Note Registrar shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.
All such payments or deliveries so made to any Holder, or upon its order, shall be valid, and, to the extent of the sums or shares of
Class A Common Stock so paid or delivered, effectual to satisfy and discharge the liability for monies payable or shares deliverable
upon any such Note. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture or the Notes following an Event of Default, any holder
of a beneficial interest in a Global Note may directly enforce against the Company, without the consent, solicitation, proxy, authorization
or any other action of the Depositary or any other Person, such holder’s right to exchange such beneficial interest for a Note
in certificated form in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture.
Section 8.04.
Company-Owned Notes Disregarded.
In determining whether the Holders of the requisite aggregate principal amount of Notes have concurred in any direction, consent, waiver
or other action under this Indenture, Notes that are owned by the Company or by any Affiliate of the Company shall be disregarded (from
both the numerator and the denominator) and deemed not to be outstanding for the purpose of any such determination; provided that
for the purposes of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such direction, consent, waiver or other action
only Notes that a Responsible Officer actually knows are so owned shall be so disregarded. Notes so owned that have been pledged in good
faith may be regarded as outstanding for the purposes of this Section 8.04 if the pledgee shall establish to the satisfaction of
the Trustee the pledgee’s right to so act with respect to such Notes and that the pledgee is not the Company or any Affiliate of
the Company. In the case of a dispute as to such right, any decision by the Trustee taken upon the advice of counsel shall be full protection
to the Trustee. Upon request of the Trustee, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee promptly an Officers’ Certificate listing
and identifying all Notes, if any, known by the Company to be owned or held by or for the account of any of the above described Persons;
and, subject to Section 7.01, the Trustee shall be entitled to accept such Officers’ Certificate as conclusive evidence of
the facts therein set forth and of the fact that all Notes not listed therein are outstanding for the purpose of any such determination.
Section 8.05.
Revocation of Consents; Future Holders Bound.
At any time prior to (but not after) the evidencing to the Trustee, as provided in Section 8.01, of the taking of any action by
the Holders of the percentage of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes specified in this Indenture in connection with such action,
any Holder of a Note that is shown by the evidence to be included in the Notes the Holders of which have consented to such action may,
by filing written notice with the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office and upon proof of holding as provided in Section 8.02, revoke
such action so far as concerns such Note. Except as aforesaid, any such action taken by the Holder of any Note shall be conclusive and
binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders and owners of such Note and of any Notes issued in exchange or substitution therefor
or upon registration of transfer thereof, irrespective of whether any notation in regard thereto is made upon such Note or any Note issued
in exchange or substitution therefor or upon registration of transfer thereof.
Article 9
ACTS OF HOLDERS
Section 9.01.
Acts of Holders.
(a) Any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by
Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or
by agent duly appointed in writing; and, except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become effective when such instrument
or instruments are delivered to the Trustee and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Company. Such instrument or instruments
(and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the “Act” of Holders signing such
instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for
any purpose of this Indenture and conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Company, if made in the manner provided in this Section.
(b) The
fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such execution
or by a certificate of a notary public or other officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual
signing such instrument or writing acknowledged to such officer the execution thereof. Where such execution is by a signer acting in a
capacity other than such signer’s individual capacity, such certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of such
signer’s authority. The fact and date of the execution of any such instrument or writing, or the authority of the Person executing
the same, may also be proved in any other manner which the Trustee deems sufficient.
(c) The
ownership of Notes shall be proved by the Note Register.
(d) Any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act of the Holder of any Note shall bind every future Holder
of the same Note and the holder of every Note issued upon the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof
in respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Trustee or the Company in reliance thereon, whether or not notation
of such action is made upon such Note.
(e) If
the Company shall solicit from the Holders any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, the Company
may, at its option, by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, fix in advance a record date for the determination of Holders entitled to give
such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, but the Company shall have no obligation to do so.
If such a record date is fixed, such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act may be given before
or after such record date, but only the Holders of record at the close of business on such record date shall be deemed to be Holders for
the purposes of determining whether Holders of the requisite proportion of outstanding Notes have authorized or agreed or consented to
such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, and for that purpose the outstanding Notes shall
be computed as of such record date; provided that no such authorization, agreement or consent by the Holders on such record date
shall be deemed effective unless it shall become effective pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture not later than six months after
the record date.
Article 10
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
Section 10.01.
Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders.
Notwithstanding Section 10.02 hereof, the Company, the Guarantors, the Trustee and the Collateral Agent, as the case may be, may
amend or supplement this Indenture, the Notes, the Notes Guarantees or the Security Documents without the consent of any Holder, to:
(a) cure
any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency;
(b) provide
for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated Notes;
(c) provide
for the assumption of the Company’s or a Guarantor’s obligations to the Holders in the case of a merger or consolidation or
sale of all or substantially all of the Company’s or a Guarantor’s assets, as applicable;
(d) make
any change that would provide any additional rights or benefits to the Holders or that does not adversely affect the legal rights hereunder
of any Holder;
(e) comply
with requirements of the SEC in order to effect or maintain the qualification of this Indenture under the TIA;
(f) conform
the provisions of this Indenture, the Notes Guarantees, the Security Documents or the Notes to the “Description of the EchoStar
Convertible Notes” section in the Prospectus; or
(g) enter
into additional or supplemental Security Documents or provide for additional Collateral;
(h) allow
any Guarantor to execute a supplemental indenture;
(i) make,
complete or confirm any Notes Guarantee or any grant of Collateral permitted or required by this Indenture, any Intercreditor Agreement
or any of the Security Documents;
(j) to
release Notes Guarantees or any Collateral when permitted or required by the terms of this Indenture, any Intercreditor Agreement and
the Security Documents;
(1) in connection with any Share Exchange Event, provide that the Notes are convertible into Reference Property, subject to Section
14.02, and make certain related changes to the terms of the Indenture and the Notes to the extent expressly required by this Indenture;
(k) to
evidence and provide for the acceptance and appointment under this Indenture of successor trustees pursuant to the requirements thereof;
(l) to
secure any Notes Obligations under the Security Documents; or
(m) to
provide for the issuance of PIK Notes and additional Notes in accordance with the limitations set forth in this Indenture.
The Trustee and the Collateral
Agent are hereby authorized to join with the Company and the Guarantors in the execution of any such amendment or supplement, to make
any further appropriate agreements and stipulations that may be therein contained, but neither the Trustee nor the Collateral Agent shall
be obligated to, but may in its discretion, enter into any amendment or supplement that adversely affects the Trustee’s or the Collateral
Agent’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.
Any amendment or supplement
to this Indenture authorized by the provisions of this Section 10.01 may be executed by the Company, the Guarantors, the Trustee
and the Collateral Agent without the consent of the Holders of any of the Notes at the time outstanding, notwithstanding any of the provisions
of Section 10.02.
Section 10.02.
Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders.
Except as provided above in Section 10.01 and below in this Section 10.02, the Company, the Guarantors, the Trustee and the Collateral
Agent may from time to time and at any time amend or supplement this Indenture, the Notes, the Notes Guarantees and the Security Documents
with the consent (evidenced as provided in Article 8) of the Holders of at least a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the
Notes then outstanding (determined in accordance with Article 8 and including, without limitation, consents obtained in connection with
a purchase of, or tender offer or exchange offer for, Notes) and any existing Default or Event of Default (other than (i) a Default or
Event of Default in the payment of the principal (including any Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, if applicable) of, or accrued and
unpaid interest, if any, on the Notes, except a payment default resulting from an acceleration that has been rescinded, and (ii) a Default
or Event of Default as a result of a failure by the Company to deliver the consideration due upon conversion of the Notes) or compliance
with any provision of this Indenture or the Notes may be waived with the consent (evidenced as provided in Article 8) of the Holders
of at least a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding (determined in accordance with Article 8 and including,
without limitation, consents obtained in connection with a purchase of, or tender offer or exchange offer for, Notes); provided,
however, that, without the consent of each Holder of an outstanding Note affected, no such amendment, supplement or waiver shall:
(a) reduce
the aggregate principal amount of Notes whose Holders must consent to an amendment, supplement or waiver;
(b) reduce
the principal of or change the fixed maturity of any Note or reduce the premium payable upon to the redemption of such Note;
(c) reduce
the rate of or change the time for payment of interest on any Note;
(d) waive
a Default or Event of Default in the payment of principal of or premium, if any, or interest on the Notes (except a rescission of acceleration
of the Notes by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes and a waiver of the Payment Default that resulted
from such acceleration);
(e) make
any Note payable in money other than that stated in such Note;
(f) make
any change in the provisions of this Indenture relating to waivers of past Defaults or the rights of Holders to receive payments of principal
of or interest on the Notes;
(g) waive
a redemption payment with respect to any Note;
(h) release
any Guarantor from any of its obligations under its Notes Guarantee or this Indenture, except as set forth in the provisions of Section 13.03
hereof;
(i) subordinate,
or have the effect of subordinating, the obligations under Notes to any other Indebtedness (including to other obligations under the Notes
pursuant to changes to any recovery waterfall or otherwise), or subordinate, or have the effect of subordinating, the Liens securing the
obligations under the Notes to Liens securing any other Indebtedness;
(j) impair
or adversely affect the right of Holders to convert Notes or otherwise modify the provisions with respect to conversion, or reduce the
Conversion Rate or impair the ability to receive cash upon conversion (subject to such modifications as are required under this Indenture);
(k) reduce
the Redemption Price or Fundamental Change Repurchase Price of any Note or amend or modify in any manner adverse to the Holders of Notes
our obligation to make such payments, whether through an amendment or waiver of provisions in the covenants, definitions or otherwise;
or
(l) make
any change to clauses (a) through (k) above.
In addition, without the consent
of Holders of at least 75% of the outstanding principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, an amendment or a waiver may not (i) release
all or substantially all of the Collateral from the Liens of the Security Documents otherwise than in accordance with the terms of this
Indenture and the Security Documents, (ii) make any change in the provisions of Section 4.15, (iii) make any change in
the provisions of Section 4.12 or (iv) make any changes in the provisions under Section 4.19.
Upon the written request of
the Company and upon the filing with the Trustee and the Collateral Agent of evidence satisfactory to the Trustee and the Collateral Agent
of the consent of the Holders as aforesaid, and upon receipt by the Trustee and the Collateral Agent of the documents described in Section 7.02
and Section 10.05 hereof, the Trustee and the Collateral Agent will join with the Company and the Guarantors in the execution of
such amended or supplemental indenture unless such amended or supplemental indenture directly affects the Trustee’s or the Collateral
Agent’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise, in which case the Trustee or the Collateral Agent, as
applicable, may in its discretion, but will not be obligated to, enter into such amended or supplemental Indenture.
It is not necessary for the
consent of the Holders under this Section 10.02 to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment, supplement or waiver, but
it is sufficient if such consent approves the substance thereof.
After an amendment, supplement
or waiver under this Section 10.02 becomes effective, the Company will transmit to the Holders affected thereby a notice briefly
describing the amendment, supplement or waiver. Any failure of the Company to transmit such notice, or any defect therein, will not, however,
in any way impair or affect the validity of any such amendment, supplement or waiver.
Section 10.03.
Effect of Amendment, Supplement and Waiver.
Upon the execution of any amendment, supplement or waiver of this Indenture pursuant to the provisions of this Article 10, this
Indenture shall be and be deemed to be modified and amended in accordance therewith and the respective rights, limitation of rights,
obligations, duties and immunities under this Indenture of the Trustee, the Company and the Holders shall thereafter be determined, exercised
and enforced hereunder subject in all respects to such modifications and amendments and all the terms and conditions of any such amendment,
supplement or waiver shall be and be deemed to be part of the terms and conditions of this Indenture for any and all purposes.
Section 10.04.
Notation on Notes.
Notes authenticated and delivered after the execution of any amendment, supplement or waiver to this Indenture pursuant to the
provisions of this Article 10 may, at the Company’s expense, bear a notation in form approved by the Trustee as to any matter provided
for in such amendment, supplement or waiver. If the Company or the Trustee shall so determine, new Notes so modified as to conform, in
the opinion of the Trustee and the Company’s Board of Directors, to any modification of this Indenture contained in any such amendment,
supplement or waiver may, at the Company’s expense, be prepared and executed by the Company, authenticated by the Trustee (or an
authenticating agent duly appointed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 19.11) and delivered in exchange for the Notes then outstanding,
upon surrender of such Notes then outstanding. Failure to make the appropriate notation or issue a new Note shall not affect the validity
and effect of such amendment, supplement or waiver.
Section 10.05.
Evidence of Compliance of Amendment, Supplement or Waiver
to Be Furnished Trustee. In addition to the documents required by Section 19.05, the
Trustee shall receive and may rely on an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel as conclusive evidence that any amendment,
supplement or waiver to this Indenture executed pursuant hereto complies with the requirements of this Article 10 and is permitted
or authorized by this Indenture and it is the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable in accordance with its
terms.
Section 10.06.
Compliance with Trust Indenture Act.
Every amendment or supplement
to this Indenture or the Notes will be set forth in an amendment or supplemental indenture that complies with the TIA as then in effect.
Article 11
Successors
Section 11.01.
Merger, Consolidation or Sale of Assets.
None of the Company nor any Guarantor shall consolidate or merge with or into another Person (whether or not the Company or such Guarantor
is the surviving entity), or sell, assign, transfer, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the properties or assets
of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, in one or more related transactions to, another Person other than the Company
or another Guarantor (other than a sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or disposition of (i) Collateral not prohibited by this
Indenture, (ii) Collateral that is or has been released from the Lien securing the Notes pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture
or the Security Documents or (iii) the Retail Wireless Business (to the extent no Collateral is sold, assigned, transferred, conveyed
or otherwise disposed of)) unless:
(i) the
Company or such Guarantor, as applicable, is the surviving entity or the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger
(if other than the Company or such Guarantor, as applicable) or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition
has been made is (i) a corporation organized or existing under the laws of the United States, any state of the United States or the
District of Columbia or (ii) a limited liability company or partnership organized or existing under the laws of the United States,
any state of the United States or the District of Columbia;
(ii) the
Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than the Company or such Guarantor, as applicable) or the person
to which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition shall have been made assumes all the obligations of the Company
or such Guarantor, as applicable, under this Indenture, the Notes and the Security Documents pursuant to a supplemental indenture and
such other agreements reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee and the Collateral Agent, as applicable;
(iii) immediately
after such transaction, no Default or Event of Default exists; and
(iv) the
Company (with respect to such Guarantor) or, with respect to the Company, the person surviving any such consolidation or merger, or the
person to which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition shall have been made, shall have delivered to the Trustee
an Opinion of Counsel and Officer’s Certificate in connection therewith each stating that such consolidation, merger, sale, assignment,
transfer, conveyance or other disposition and, if a supplemental indenture is required in connection with such transaction, such supplemental
indenture and other agreements comply with the applicable provisions of this Indenture, the Notes and the Security Documents.
Notwithstanding anything to
the contrary in the foregoing, no Guarantor shall sell, assign, transfer, convey or dispose of any Collateral to any Affiliate of such
Guarantor (other than another Guarantor or a Spectrum Joint Venture); provided that any sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance
or disposal of any Collateral to a Spectrum Joint Venture (x) shall be made at no less than the Appraised Value of such Collateral
for cash and (y) any Net Proceeds or Specified Net Proceeds resulting therefrom shall be applied as set forth in Section 4.13
hereof.
Article 12
IMMUNITY OF INCORPORATORS, STOCKHOLDERS, OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS
Section 12.01.
Indenture, Guarantees and Notes Solely Corporate Obligations.
No recourse for the payment of the principal of or accrued and unpaid interest on, or the payment or delivery of consideration due upon
conversion of, any Note, nor for any claim based thereon or otherwise in respect thereof, and no recourse under or upon any obligation,
covenant or agreement of the Company or any Guarantor in this Indenture, the Notes Guarantees or in any supplemental indenture or in
any Note, nor because of the creation of any indebtedness represented thereby, shall be had against any incorporator, stockholder, employee,
agent, Officer or director or Subsidiary, as such, past, present or future, of the Company or any Guarantor or of any of their respective
successor corporations or other entities, either directly or through the Company or any Guarantor or any of their respective successor
corporations or other entities, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any assessment
or penalty or otherwise; it being expressly understood that all such liability is hereby expressly waived and released as a condition
of, and as a consideration for, the execution of this Indenture, the Notes Guarantees and the issue of the Notes.
Article 13
GUARANTEE
Section 13.01.
Guarantee.
(a) Subject
to this Article 13, each of the Guarantors hereby, jointly and severally, unconditionally guarantees to each Holder of a Note
authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and to the Trustee and its successors and assigns, irrespective of the validity and enforceability
of this Indenture, the Notes or the obligations of the Company hereunder or thereunder, that:
(i) the
principal of (including the Redemption Price and the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, if applicable), premium if any, and interest
on, the Notes will be promptly paid in full when due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, redemption or otherwise, and interest on the
overdue principal of and interest on the Notes, if any, if lawful, and all other obligations of the Company to the Holders or the Trustee
hereunder or thereunder will be promptly paid in full or performed, all in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof; and
(ii) in
case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any Notes or any of such other obligations, that same will be promptly paid in
full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise.
Failing payment when due of any amount so guaranteed
or any performance so guaranteed for whatever reason, the Guarantors will be jointly and severally obligated to pay the same immediately.
Each Guarantor agrees that this is a guarantee of payment and not a guarantee of collection.
(b) The
Guarantors hereby agree that their obligations hereunder are unconditional, irrespective of the validity, regularity or enforceability
of the Notes or this Indenture, the absence of any action to enforce the same, any waiver or consent by any Holder with respect to any
provisions hereof or thereof, the recovery of any judgment against the Company, any action to enforce the same or any other circumstance
which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a guarantor. Each Guarantor hereby waives diligence, presentment,
demand of payment, filing of claims with a court in the event of insolvency or bankruptcy of the Company, any right to require a proceeding
first against the Company, protest, notice and all demands whatsoever and covenant that this Notes Guarantee will not be discharged except
by complete performance of the obligations contained in the Notes and this Indenture.
(c) If
any Holder or the Trustee is required by any court or otherwise to return to the Company, the Guarantors or any custodian, trustee, liquidator
or other similar official acting in relation to either the Company or the Guarantors, any amount paid by either to the Trustee or such
Holder, this Notes Guarantee, to the extent theretofore discharged, will be reinstated in full force and effect.
(d) Each
Guarantor agrees that it will not be entitled to any right of subrogation in relation to the Holders in respect of any obligations guaranteed
hereby until payment in full of all obligations guaranteed hereby. Each Guarantor further agrees that, as between the Guarantors, on the
one hand, and the Holders and the Trustee, on the other hand, (1) the maturity of the obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated
as provided in Article 6 hereof for the purposes of this Notes Guarantee, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition
preventing such acceleration in respect of the obligations guaranteed hereby, and (2) in the event of any declaration of acceleration
of such obligations as provided in Article 6 hereof, such obligations (whether or not due and payable) will forthwith become due
and payable by the Guarantors for the purpose of this Notes Guarantee. The Guarantors will have the right to seek contribution from any
non-paying Guarantor so long as the exercise of such right does not impair the rights of the Holders under the Notes Guarantee.
Section 13.02.
Limitation on Guarantor Liability.
Each Guarantor, and by its acceptance of Notes, each Holder, hereby confirms that it is the intention of all such parties that the Notes
Guarantee of such Guarantor not constitute a fraudulent transfer or conveyance for purposes of Bankruptcy Law, the Uniform Fraudulent
Conveyance Act, the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act or any similar federal or state law to the extent applicable to any Notes Guarantee.
To effectuate the foregoing intention, the Trustee, the Holders and the Guarantors hereby irrevocably agree that the obligations of such
Guarantor will be limited to the maximum amount that will, after giving effect to such maximum amount and all other contingent and fixed
liabilities of such Guarantor that are relevant under such laws, and after giving effect to any collections from, rights to receive contribution
from or payments made by or on behalf of any other Guarantor in respect of the obligations of such other Guarantor under this Article 13,
result in the obligations of such Guarantor under its Notes Guarantee not constituting a fraudulent transfer or conveyance.
Section 13.03.
Releases.
(a) The
Notes Guarantee of a Guarantor will be discharged and released upon the delivery to the Trustee and Collateral Agent of an Officer’s
Certificate stating that one of the following has occurred, and an Opinion of Counsel that all conditions to such release under the terms
of this Indenture have been satisfied:
(i) with
respect to a Spectrum Assets Guarantor and any Equity Pledge Guarantor that holds the Equity Interests of such Spectrum Assets Guarantor,
upon the sale or other disposition of all of the Equity Interests of such Spectrum Assets Guarantor or all or substantially all of the
assets of such Spectrum Assets Guarantor (including by way of merger or consolidation) to (a) a Person other than an Affiliate of
such Guarantor or (b) a Spectrum Joint Venture, in each case, if such sale or disposition does not violate the provisions set forth
under Section 4.13 or Section 11.01 hereto, as applicable;
(ii) upon
payment in full of the Notes together with accrued and unpaid (or not yet capitalized in the case of PIK Interest) interest thereon and
payment and performance of all other obligations (other than contingent obligations that survive termination) of the Company and the Guarantors
under the Notes Documents;
(iii) upon
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture as set forth in Article 3; or
(iv) as set forth in Article 10.
Upon any release of a Guarantor from its Notes
Guarantee, such Guarantor will be automatically and unconditionally released from its obligations under the Security Documents.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein,
a release pursuant to the foregoing clause (i) shall not be permitted while any Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.
(b) Upon
delivery by the Company to the Trustee of an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the conditions precedent
under this Indenture to the release of a Guarantor from its Notes Guarantee pursuant to clauses (a)(i) through (iii) of this
Section 13.03 have been complied with, the Trustee will execute any documents reasonably required in order to evidence the release
of such Guarantor from its obligations under its Notes Guarantee.
(c) Any
Guarantor not released from its obligations under its Notes Guarantee as provided in this Section 13.03 will remain liable for the
full amount of principal of and interest and premium if any, on the Notes and for the other obligations of any Guarantor under this Indenture
as provided in this Article 13.
Article 14
CONVERSION OF NOTES
Section 14.01.
Conversion Privilege.
(a) Subject
to and upon compliance with the provisions of this Article 14, including without limitation Section 14.12, each Holder of a Note shall
have the right, at such Holder’s option, to convert all or any portion (if the portion to be converted is $1,000 principal amount
(or $1.00 if PIK Interest has been paid) or an integral multiple of $1.00 in excess thereof) of such Note:
(i) subject
to satisfaction of the conditions described in Section 14.01(b), at any time prior to the close of business on the Business Day immediately
preceding May 30, 2030 under the circumstances and during the periods set forth in Section 14.01(b);
(ii) on
or after May 30, 2030, at any time prior to the close of business on the second Scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding the Maturity
Date;
in each case, at an initial conversion rate of
29.73507 shares of Class A Common Stock (subject to adjustment as provided in Section 14.04 and, if applicable, Section 14.03,
the “Conversion Rate”) per $1,000 principal amount of Notes (subject to the settlement provisions of Section 14.02,
the “Conversion Obligation”).
(b) (i) Prior
to the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding May 30, 2030, a Holder may surrender all or any portion of its
Notes (that is $1,000 principal amount (or $1.00 if PIK Interest has been paid) or an integral multiple of $1.00 in excess thereof) for
conversion at any time during the five Business Day period after any 10 consecutive Trading Day period (the “Measurement Period”)
in which the Trading Price per $1,000 principal amount of Notes, as determined following a request by a Holder in accordance with the
procedures described below in this subsection (b)(i), for each Trading Day of the Measurement Period was less than 98% of the product
of the Last Reported Sale Price of the Class A Common Stock and the Conversion Rate on each such Trading Day, subject to compliance
with the following procedures and conditions concerning the Bid Solicitation Agent’s obligation to make a Trading Price determination.
(A) The
Bid Solicitation Agent (if other than the Company) shall have no obligation to determine the Trading Price per $1,000 principal amount
of the Notes unless the Company has requested such determination, and the Company shall have no obligation to make such request (or, if
the Company is acting as Bid Solicitation Agent, the Company shall have no obligation to determine the Trading Price) unless a Holder
of at least $1,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of Notes requests in writing that the Company makes such a determination and provides
the Company with reasonable evidence that the Trading Price per $1,000 principal amount of Notes would be less than 98% of the product
of the Last Reported Sale Price of the Class A Common Stock and the Conversion Rate on such Trading Day. At such time, the Company
shall instruct the Bid Solicitation Agent (if other than the Company) to determine, or if the Company is acting as Bid Solicitation Agent,
the Company shall determine, the Trading Price per $1,000 principal amount of the Notes beginning on the Trading Day following the receipt
of such evidence and on each successive Trading Day until the Trading Price per $1,000 principal amount of Notes is greater than or equal
to 98% of the product of the Last Reported Sale Price of the Class A Common Stock and the Conversion Rate on such Trading Day.
(B) If
the Trading Price condition has been met, the Company shall promptly so notify the Holders, the Trustee and the Conversion Agent (if other
than the Trustee) in writing. If, at any time after the Trading Price condition has been met, the Trading Price per $1,000 principal amount
of Notes is greater than or equal to 98% of the product of the Last Reported Sale Price of the Common Stock and the Conversion Rate on
such Trading Day, the Company shall promptly so notify the Holders, the Trustee and the Conversion Agent (if other than the Trustee) in
writing.
(C) If
(x) the Company is not acting as Bid Solicitation Agent, and the Company does not, when it is required to, instruct the Bid Solicitation
Agent to obtain bids, or if the Company gives such instruction to the Bid Solicitation Agent, and the Bid Solicitation Agent fails to
make such determination, or (y) the Company is acting as Bid Solicitation Agent and it fails to make such determination, then, in
either case, the Trading Price per $1,000 principal amount of Notes will be deemed to be less than 98% of the product of the Last Reported
Sale Price of the Class A Common Stock and the Conversion Rate on each Trading Day of such failure.
(ii) If,
prior to the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding May 30, 2030, the Company elects to:
(A) issue
to all or substantially all holders of the Class A Common Stock any rights, options or warrants (other than a distribution of rights
pursuant to a stockholder rights plan prior to the separation of such rights from the Class A Common Stock) entitling them, for a
period of not more than 45 calendar days after the announcement date of such issuance, to subscribe for or purchase shares of the Class A
Common Stock, at a price per share that is less than (or having a Conversion Price per share that is less than) the average of the Last
Reported Sale Prices of the Class A Common Stock for the 10 consecutive Trading Day period ending on, and including, the Trading
Day immediately preceding the date of announcement of such issuance; or
(B) distribute
to all or substantially all holders of the Class A Common Stock the Company’s assets, securities or rights, options or warrants
to purchase securities (other than a distribution of rights pursuant to a stockholder rights plan prior to the separation of such rights
from the Class A Common Stock) of the Company, which distribution has a per share value, as reasonably determined by the Company’s
Board of Directors, exceeding 10% of the Last Reported Sale Price of the Class A Common Stock on the Trading Day immediately preceding
the date of announcement of such distribution,
then, in either case, the Company shall notify
all Holders of the Notes, the Trustee and the Conversion Agent (if other than the Trustee) at least 55 Scheduled Trading Days prior to
the Ex-Dividend Date for such issuance or distribution. Once the Company has given such notice, a Holder may surrender all or any portion
of its Notes (that is $1,000 in principal amount (or $1.00 if PIK Interest has been paid) or an integral multiple of $1.00 in excess thereof)
for conversion at any time until the earlier of (1) the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Ex-Dividend
Date for such issuance or distribution and (2) the Company’s announcement that such issuance or distribution will not take
place.
No Holder may convert any
of its Notes pursuant to this Section 14.01(b)(ii) if such Holder otherwise participates in such issuance or distribution, at
the same time and upon the same terms as holders of the Class A Common Stock and solely as a result of holding Notes, without having
to convert its Notes as if such Holder held a number of shares of Class A Common Stock equal to (x) the Conversion Rate multiplied
by (y) the principal amount (expressed in thousands) of Notes held by such Holder.
(iii) If,
prior to the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding May 30, 2030:
(A) a
Fundamental Change occurs;
(B) a
Make-Whole Fundamental Change occurs; or
(C) the
Company is a party to a Share Exchange Event,
then, in each case, a Holder may surrender all
or any portion of its Notes (that is $1,000 in principal amount (or $1.00 if PIK Interest has been paid) or an integral multiple of $1.00
in excess thereof) for conversion at any time from or after the open of business on the Business Day immediately following the day the
Company gives notice of such transaction or event until the close of business on the 35th Trading Day after the actual effective date
of such transaction or event or, if such transaction or event also constitutes a Fundamental Change, until the close of business on the
Business Day immediately preceding the related Fundamental Change Repurchase Date.
To the extent commercially
reasonably practicable, the Company will give notice to the Holders, the Trustee and the Conversion Agent (if other than the Trustee)
of the anticipated effective date for any such transaction or event (x) not less than 55 Scheduled Trading Days prior to the anticipated
effective date or (y) if the Company does not have knowledge of such transaction or event or determines, in its commercially reasonable
discretion, that it is impractical or inadvisable to disclose the anticipated effective date of such transaction or event at least 55
Scheduled Trading Days prior to the anticipated effective date, within one Business Day of the date upon which the Company has knowledge
of such transaction or event or determines, in its commercially reasonable discretion, that it is no longer impractical or inadvisable
to disclose the anticipated effective date of such transaction or event (but in no event later than the actual effective date of such
transaction or event). Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event will the Company be required to provide such notice to Holders, the
Trustee or the Conversion Agent (if other than the Trustee) before the earlier of (i) the actual effective date of such transaction
or event and (ii) the earlier of such time as the Company or its Affiliates (A) have publicly disclosed or acknowledged the
circumstances giving rise to such anticipated transaction or event or (B) are required to publicly disclose under applicable law
or the rules of any stock exchange on which the Company’s equity is then listed the circumstances giving rise to such anticipated
transaction or event.
(iv) Prior
to the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding May 30, 2030, a Holder may surrender all or any portion of its
Notes (that is $1,000 in principal amount (or $1.00 if PIK Interest has been paid) or an integral multiple of $1.00 in excess thereof)
for conversion at any time during any calendar quarter commencing after the calendar quarter ending on December 31, 2024 (and only
during such calendar quarter), if the Last Reported Sale Price of the Class A Common Stock for at least 20 Trading Days (whether
or not consecutive) during the period of 30 consecutive Trading Days ending on, and including, the last Trading Day of the immediately
preceding calendar quarter is greater than or equal to 130% of the Conversion Price on each applicable Trading Day. The Company shall
determine whether the Notes are convertible because the Last Reported Sale Price condition described in this clause (iv) has been
met and provide written notice to the Holders, the Trustee and the Conversion Agent (if other than the Trustee).
(v) If
the Company calls any or all of the Notes for Optional Redemption prior to the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding
May 30, 2030 pursuant to Article 16, then a Holder may surrender all or any portion of its Called Notes for conversion at any
time prior to the close of business on the second Scheduled Trading Day prior to the Redemption Date, even if the Called Notes are not
otherwise convertible at such time. After that time, the right to convert such Called Notes on account of the Company’s delivery
of the relevant Redemption Notice shall expire, unless the Company defaults in the payment of the Redemption Price, in which case a Holder
of Called Notes may convert its Called Notes until the Redemption Price has been paid or duly provided for. If the Company elects to redeem
fewer than all of the outstanding Notes pursuant to Article 16 (including, for the avoidance of doubt, on or after May 30,
2030), and the Holder of any Note (or any owner of a beneficial interest in any Global Note) is reasonably not able to determine, prior
to the close of business on the 49th Scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding the relevant Redemption Date, whether such
Note or beneficial interest, as applicable, is to be redeemed pursuant to such Optional Redemption, then such Note or beneficial interest
will be deemed called for redemption solely for the purposes of such conversion (“Deemed Redemption”), such Holder
or owner, as applicable, shall be entitled to convert such Note or beneficial interest, as applicable, at any time before the close of
business on the second Scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding such Redemption Date (unless the Company defaults in the payment of
the Redemption Price, in which case such Holder or owner, as applicable, shall be entitled to convert such Note or beneficial interest,
as applicable, until the Redemption Price has been paid or duly provided for) and each such conversion shall be deemed to be the conversion
of a Note called for redemption.
Section 14.02.
Conversion Procedure; Settlement Upon Conversion.
(a) Subject
to this Section 14.02, Section 14.03(b) and Section 14.07(a), upon conversion of any Note, the Company shall, at its
election, pay or deliver, as the case may be, to the converting Holder, in full satisfaction of its Conversion Obligation, cash (“Cash
Settlement”), shares of the Class A Common Stock (“Physical Settlement”) or a combination of cash and
shares of the Class A Common Stock (“Combination Settlement”), as set forth in this Section 14.02.
(i) All
conversions for which the relevant Conversion Date occurs after the Company’s issuance of a Redemption Notice and prior to the Scheduled
Trading Day immediately preceding the related Redemption Date and all conversions of Notes for which the relevant Conversion Date occurs
on or after May 30, 2030 shall be settled using the same Settlement Method (including the same relative proportion of cash and/or
shares of the Class A Common Stock, except that cash in lieu of delivering any fractional share of Class A Common Stock shall
not be taken into account in determining such proportion) as all other conversions for which the relevant Conversion Date occurs on or
after May 30, 2030. Except for any conversions for which the relevant Conversion Date occurs after the Company’s issuance of
a Redemption Notice and prior to the Scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding the related Redemption Date and all conversions of Notes
for which the relevant Conversion Date occurs on or after May 30, 2030, the Company shall use the same Settlement Method (including
the same relative proportion of cash and/or shares of the Class A Common Stock, except that cash in lieu of delivering any fractional
share of Class A Common Stock shall not be taken into account in determining such proportion) for all conversions with the same Conversion
Date, but the Company shall not have any obligation to use the same Settlement Method with respect to conversions with different Conversion
Dates.
(ii) If
the Company elects a Settlement Method, the Company shall deliver notice to Holders through the Conversion Agent of such Settlement Method
the Company has selected no later than the close of business on the Trading Day immediately following the related Conversion Date (or,
in the case of any conversions of Notes for which the relevant Conversion Date occurs (x) after the date of issuance of a Redemption
Notice and prior to the Scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding the related Redemption Date, in such Redemption Notice or (y) on
or after May 30, 2030, no later than May 30, 2030). If the Company does not timely elect a Settlement Method, the Company shall
no longer have the right to elect Cash Settlement or Physical Settlement with respect to that Conversion Date and the Company shall be
deemed to have elected Combination Settlement in respect of its Conversion Obligation, and the Specified Dollar Amount per $1,000 principal
amount of Notes shall be equal to $1,000. If the Company has timely elected Combination Settlement in respect of any conversion but does
not timely notify converting Holders of the Specified Dollar Amount per $1,000 principal amount of Notes, or the Company is deemed to
have elected Combination Settlement, the Specified Dollar Amount shall be deemed to be $1,000.
(iii) The
cash, shares of Class A Common Stock or combination of cash and shares of Class A Common Stock payable or deliverable by the
Company in respect of any conversion of Notes (the “Settlement Amount”) shall be computed by the Company as follows:
(A) if
the Company elects to satisfy its Conversion Obligation in respect of such conversion by Physical Settlement, the Company shall deliver
to the converting Holder in respect of each $1,000 principal amount of Notes being converted a number of shares of Class A Common
Stock equal to the Conversion Rate on the Conversion Date (plus cash in lieu of any fractional share of Class A Common Stock issuable
upon conversion);
(B) if
the Company elects to satisfy its Conversion Obligation in respect of such conversion by Cash Settlement, the Company shall pay to the
converting Holder in respect of each $1,000 principal amount of Notes being converted cash in an amount equal to the sum of the Daily
Conversion Values for each of the 45 consecutive VWAP Trading Days during the related Observation Period; and
(C) if
the Company elects (or is deemed to have elected) to satisfy its Conversion Obligation in respect of such conversion by Combination Settlement,
the Company shall pay and deliver, as the case may be, to the converting Holder in respect of each $1,000 principal amount of Notes being
converted a Settlement Amount equal to the sum of the Daily Settlement Amounts for each of the 45 consecutive VWAP Trading Days during
the related Observation Period (plus cash in lieu of any fractional share of Class A Common Stock issuable upon conversion).
If more than one Note shall
be surrendered for conversion at any one time by the same Holder, the Conversion Obligation with respect to such Notes shall be computed
on the basis of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes (or specified portions thereof to the extent permitted hereby) so surrendered.
(iv) The
Daily Settlement Amounts (if applicable) and the Daily Conversion Values (if applicable) shall be determined by the Company promptly following
the last VWAP Trading Day of the related Observation Period. Promptly after such determination of the Daily Settlement Amounts or the
Daily Conversion Values, as the case may be, and, if applicable, the amount of cash payable in lieu of any fractional share of Class A
Common Stock, the Company shall notify the Trustee and the Conversion Agent (if other than the Trustee) of the Daily Settlement Amounts
or the Daily Conversion Values, as the case may be, and, if applicable, the amount of cash payable in lieu of fractional shares of Class A
Common Stock. The Trustee and the Conversion Agent (if other than the Trustee) shall have no responsibility for any such determination.
(b) (i) To
convert a beneficial interest in a Global Note (which conversion is irrevocable), the holder of such beneficial interest must:
(A) comply
with the Applicable Procedures;
(B) if
required, pay funds equal to all documentary, stamp or similar issue or transfer tax owed as set forth in Section 14.02(d) and
Section 14.02(e); and
(C) if
required, pay funds equal to any interest payable on the next Interest Payment Date to which such Holder is not entitled as set forth
in Section 14.02(g); and
(ii) To
convert a Certificated Note, the Holder must:
(A) complete,
manually sign and deliver an irrevocable notice to the Conversion Agent as set forth in the Form of Notice of Conversion (or a PDF
thereof) (a “Notice of Conversion”) to the Conversion Agent and surrender such Notes, duly endorsed to the Company
or in blank (and accompanied by appropriate endorsement and transfer documents), at the office of the Conversion Agent;
(B) if
required, furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents;
(C) if
required, pay funds equal to all documentary, stamp or similar issue or transfer tax owed as set forth in Section 14.02(d) and
Section 14.02(e); and
(D) if
required, pay funds equal to any interest payable on the next Interest Payment Date to which such Holder is not entitled as set forth
in Section 14.02(g).
The Trustee (and if different,
the Conversion Agent) shall notify the Company of any conversion pursuant to this Article 14 on the Conversion Date for such conversion
or, if notice on such date is not feasible given the nature of the conversion, promptly thereafter. To the extent the Company enters into
any note hedge transaction (or any other hedging transaction) with one or more counterparties in connection with the offering and sale
of the Notes, the Trustee (and if different, the Conversion Agent) agree to notify each such counterparty of each such conversion, in
such manner and containing such information as may be directed by the Company from time to time.
If a Holder has already delivered
a Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice with respect to a Note, such Holder may not surrender such Note for conversion until such Holder
has validly withdrawn such Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice (or, in the case of a Global Note, has complied with the Applicable Procedures
with respect to such a withdrawal) in accordance with the terms of Section 15.03. If a Holder has already delivered a Fundamental
Change Repurchase Notice, such Holder’s right to withdraw such notice and convert the Notes that are subject to repurchase will
terminate at the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the relevant Fundamental Change Repurchase Date.
(c) A
Note shall be deemed to have been converted immediately prior to the close of business on the date (the “Conversion Date”)
that the Holder has complied with the requirements set forth in Section 14.02(b) above.
Subject to the provisions
of Section 14.03(b) and Section 14.07(a), the Company shall pay or deliver, as the case may be, the Settlement Amount due
in respect of the Conversion Obligation on:
(i) the
second Business Day immediately following the relevant Conversion Date (or, if earlier, the Maturity Date), if the Company elects Physical
Settlement; or
(ii) the
second Business Day immediately following the last VWAP Trading Day of the relevant Observation Period, if the Company elects Cash Settlement
or if the Company elects or is deemed to have elected Combination Settlement.
If any shares of Class A
Common Stock are due to converting Holders, the Company shall issue or cause to be issued, and deliver to such Holder, or such Holder’s
nominee or nominees, certificates or a book-entry transfer through the Depositary, as the case may be, for the full number of shares of
Class A Common Stock to which such Holder shall be entitled in satisfaction of the Company’s Conversion Obligation.
(d) In
case any Certificated Note shall be surrendered for partial conversion, in $1,000 principal amount (or $1.00 if PIK Interest has been
paid) or an integral multiple of $1.00 in excess thereof, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to
or upon the written order of the Holder so surrendered a new Note or Notes in authorized denominations in an aggregate principal amount
equal to the unconverted portion of the surrendered Note, without payment of any service charge by the converting Holder but, if required
by the Company or Trustee, with payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or similar governmental charge required by law or
that may be imposed in connection therewith as a result of the name of the Holder of the new Notes issued upon such conversion being different
from the name of the Holder of the old Notes surrendered for such conversion.
(e) If
a Holder submits a Note for conversion, the Company shall pay any documentary, stamp or similar issue or transfer tax due on the issuance
of any shares of Class A Common Stock upon conversion of such Note, unless the tax is due because the Holder requests such shares
to be issued in a name other than the Holder’s name, in which case the Holder shall pay that tax. The Conversion Agent may refuse
to deliver the certificates representing the shares of Class A Common Stock being issued in a name other than the Holder’s
name until the Trustee receives a sum sufficient to pay any tax that is due by such Holder in accordance with the immediately preceding
sentence.
(f) Upon
the conversion of an interest in a Global Note, the Trustee, or the Custodian of the Global Note at the direction of the Trustee, shall
make a notation in the books and records of the Trustee and Depositary as to the reduction in the principal amount represented thereby.
The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of any conversion of Notes effected through any Conversion Agent other than the Trustee.
(g) Upon
conversion of a Note, the converting Holder shall not receive any separate cash payment representing accrued and unpaid interest, if any,
except as set forth in the paragraph below. The Company’s payment or delivery, as the case may be, of the Settlement Amount upon
conversion of any Note shall be deemed to satisfy in full its obligation to pay the principal amount of the Note and accrued and unpaid
interest, if any, to, but not including, the relevant Conversion Date. As a result, accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but not including,
the relevant Conversion Date shall be deemed to be paid in full rather than canceled, extinguished or forfeited. Upon a conversion of
Notes into a combination of cash and shares of Class A Common Stock, accrued and unpaid interest shall be deemed to be paid first
out of the cash paid upon such conversion.
Notwithstanding the immediately
preceding paragraph, if Notes are converted after the close of business on a Regular Record Date for the payment of interest, but prior
to the open of business on the immediately following Interest Payment Date, Holders of such Notes at the close of business on such Regular
Record Date shall receive the full amount of interest payable on such Notes on the corresponding Interest Payment Date notwithstanding
the conversion. Notes surrendered for conversion during the period from the close of business on any Regular Record Date to the open of
business on the immediately following Interest Payment Date must be accompanied by funds equal to the amount of interest payable on the
Notes so converted on the corresponding Interest Payment Date (regardless of whether the converting Holder was the Holder of record on
the corresponding Regular Record Date); provided that no such payment need be made:
(i) if
the Notes are surrendered for conversion following the Regular Record Date immediately preceding the Maturity Date;
(ii) if
the Company has specified a Redemption Date that is after a Regular Record Date and on or prior to the second Scheduled Trading Day immediately
following the corresponding Interest Payment Date;
(iii) if
the Company has specified a Fundamental Change Repurchase Date that is after a Regular Record Date and on or prior to the Business Day
immediately following the corresponding Interest Payment Date; or
(iv) to
the extent of any overdue interest, if any overdue interest exists at the time of conversion with respect to such Note.
Therefore,
for the avoidance of doubt, all Holders of record on the Regular Record Date immediately preceding the Maturity Date, any Redemption Date
as described in Section 14.02(g)(ii) above and any Fundamental Change Repurchase Date described in Section 14.02(g)(iii)
above shall receive and retain the full interest payment due on the Maturity Date, any Redemption Date described in Section 14.02(g)(ii)
above, any Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, any Fundamental Change Repurchase Date described in Section 14.02(g)(iii) above
or other applicable Interest Payment Date regardless of whether their Notes have been converted following such Regular Record Date and
the converting Holder will not be required to make any interest payment.
(h) The
Person in whose name any shares of Class A Common Stock delivered upon conversion are registered shall become the holder of record
of such shares as of the close of business on (i) the relevant Conversion Date if the Company elects Physical Settlement or (ii) the
last VWAP Trading Day of the relevant Observation Period if the Company elects or is deemed to have elected Combination Settlement. Upon
a conversion of Notes, such Person shall no longer be a Holder of such Notes surrendered for conversion; provided that (a) the
converting Holder shall have the right to receive the Settlement Amount due upon conversion and (b) in the case of a conversion between
a Regular Record Date and the corresponding Interest Payment Date, the Holder of record as of the close of business on such Regular Record
Date shall have the right to receive the interest payable on such Interest Payment Date, in accordance with Section 14.02(g).
(i) The
Company shall not issue any fractional share of Class A Common Stock upon conversion of the Notes and shall instead pay cash in lieu
of any fractional share of Class A Common Stock issuable upon conversion in an amount based on (i) the Daily VWAP on the relevant
Conversion Date if the Company elects Physical Settlement or (ii) the Daily VWAP on the last VWAP Trading Day of the relevant Observation
Period if the Company elects or is deemed to have elected Combination Settlement. For each Note surrendered for conversion, if the Company
has elected (or is deemed to have elected) Combination Settlement, the full number of shares that shall be issued upon conversion thereof
shall be computed on the basis of the aggregate Daily Settlement Amounts for the relevant Observation Period and, if applicable, any fractional
share remaining after such computation shall be paid in cash.
Section 14.03.
Increase in Conversion Rate Upon Conversion in Connection
with a Make-Whole Fundamental Change or Redemption Notice.
(a) If
(x) the Effective Date of a Make-Whole Fundamental Change occurs prior to the Maturity Date or (y) the Company gives a Redemption Notice
with respect to any or all of the Notes in accordance with Section 16.02 and, in each case, a Holder elects to convert its Notes in connection
with such Make-Whole Fundamental Change, or a Holder elects to convert its Called Notes in connection with such Redemption Notice, as
the case may be, the Company shall, under the circumstances described below, increase the Conversion Rate for the Notes so surrendered
for conversion by a number of additional shares of Class A Common Stock (the “Additional Shares”), as described below.
A conversion of Notes shall be deemed for these purposes to be “in connection with” such Make-Whole Fundamental Change if
the relevant Notice of Conversion (or, in the case of a Global Note, the relevant notice of conversion in accordance with the Applicable
Procedures) is received by the Conversion Agent during the period from the open of business on the Effective Date of the Make-Whole Fundamental
Change to the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the related Fundamental Change Repurchase Date (or, in the
case of a Make-Whole Fundamental Change that would have been a Fundamental Change but for the proviso in clause (b) of the definition
thereof, the 35th trading day immediately following the Effective Date of such Make-Whole Fundamental Change) (such period, the “Make-Whole
Fundamental Change Period”). A conversion of Called Notes shall be deemed for these purposes to be “in connection with”
a Redemption Notice if the relevant Conversion Date occurs during the related Redemption Period. For the avoidance of doubt, the Company
shall increase the Conversion Rate during the related Redemption Period only with respect to conversions of Called Notes. Accordingly,
if the Company elects to redeem less than all of the outstanding Notes as described under Article 16, Holders of the Notes other than
Called Notes shall not be entitled to an increased Conversion Rate for conversions of such Notes (on account of the Redemption Notice)
during the applicable Redemption Period (except for Deemed Redemption as described in Section 14.01(b)(v)).
(b) Upon
surrender of Notes for conversion in connection with a Make-Whole Fundamental Change or Redemption Notice, the Company shall, at its
option, satisfy its Conversion Obligation by Physical Settlement, Cash Settlement or Combination Settlement in accordance with
Section 14.02; provided, however, that, if the consideration for the Class A Common Stock in any Make-Whole
Fundamental Change described in clause (b) of the definition of Fundamental Change is composed entirely of cash, for any conversion
of Notes following the Effective Date of such Make-Whole Fundamental Change, the Conversion Obligation shall be calculated based
solely on the Stock Price for the transaction and shall be deemed to be an amount of cash per $1,000 principal amount of converted
Notes equal to (i) the Conversion Rate (including any increase to reflect the Additional Shares as described in this Section 14.03), multiplied
by (ii) such Stock Price. In such event, the Conversion Obligation shall be determined and paid to Holders in cash on the third
Business Day following the Conversion Date. The Company shall notify Holders, the Trustee and the Conversion Agent (if other than
the Trustee) of the Effective Date of any Make-Whole Fundamental Change and issue a press release announcing such Effective Date no
later than three Business Days after such Effective Date (the “Make-Whole Fundamental Change Company
Notice”).
(c) The
number of Additional Shares, if any, by which the Conversion Rate shall be increased shall be determined by reference to the table below,
based on the date on which the Make-Whole Fundamental Change occurs or becomes effective or the date of the Redemption Notice, as the
case may be (in each case, the “Effective Date”) and the price (the “Stock Price”) paid (or deemed
to be paid) per share of the Class A Common Stock in the Make-Whole Fundamental Change or with respect to the Optional Redemption, as
the case may be. If the holders of the Class A Common Stock receive in exchange for their Class A Common Stock only cash in a Make-Whole
Fundamental Change described in clause (b) of the definition of Fundamental Change, the Stock Price shall be the cash amount paid per
share. Otherwise, the Stock Price shall be the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of the Class A Common Stock over the five Trading
Day period ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately preceding the Effective Date of the Make-Whole Fundamental Change or
the date of the Redemption Notice, as the case may be. In the event that a conversion of Called Notes in connection with a Redemption
Notice would also constitute a conversion of Notes in connection with a Make-Whole Fundamental Change, a Holder of the Notes to be converted
will be entitled to a single increase to the Conversion Rate with respect to the first to occur of the date on which the Company provides
the applicable Redemption Notice in accordance with Section 16.02 or the Effective Date of the applicable Make-Whole Fundamental
Change, and the later event will be deemed not to have occurred for purposes of this Section 14.03. The Company’s Board of Directors
shall make appropriate adjustments to the Stock Price, in its good faith determination, to account for any adjustment to the Conversion
Rate that becomes effective, or any event requiring an adjustment to the Conversion Rate where the Ex-Dividend Date, effective date or
Expiration Date of the event occurs, during such five Trading Day period.
(d) The
Stock Prices set forth in the column headings of the table below shall be adjusted as of any date on which the Conversion Rate is otherwise
adjusted. The adjusted Stock Prices shall equal (i) the Stock Prices applicable immediately prior to such adjustment, multiplied
by (ii) a fraction, the numerator of which is the Conversion Rate immediately prior to such adjustment giving rise to the Stock
Price adjustment and the denominator of which is the Conversion Rate as so adjusted. The number of Additional Shares set forth in the
table below shall be adjusted in the same manner and at the same time as the Conversion Rate as set forth in Section 14.04.
(e) The
following table sets forth the number of Additional Shares by which the Conversion Rate shall be increased per $1,000 principal amount
of Notes pursuant to this Section 14.03 for each Stock Price and Effective Date set forth below:
| |
Stock
Price | |
Effective
Date | |
$ | 24.91 | |
$ | 30.00 | |
$ | 33.63 | |
$ | 35.00 | |
$ | 40.00 | |
$ | 43.72 | |
$ | 50.00 | |
$ | 60.00 | |
$ | 70.00 | |
$ | 80.00 | |
$ | 100.00 | |
$ | 120.00 | |
$ | 140.00 | |
$ | 160.00 | |
$ | 200.00 | |
$ | 250.00 | |
$ | 300.00 | |
$ | 350.00 | |
$ | 400.00 | |
$ | 500.00 | |
$ | 600.00 | |
November
___, 2024 | |
| 10.4079 | |
| 7.7647 | |
| 6.5257 | |
| 6.1491 | |
| 5.0705 | |
| 4.4828 | |
| 3.7532 | |
| 2.9930 | |
| 2.5011 | |
| 2.1561 | |
| 1.7005 | |
| 1.4103 | |
| 1.2075 | |
| 1.0572 | |
| 0.8489 | |
| 0.6831 | |
| 0.5727 | |
| 0.4937 | |
| 0.4344 | |
| 0.3508 | |
| 0.2946 | |
November
30, 2025 | |
| 10.4079 | |
| 7.3253 | |
| 6.0520 | |
| 5.6706 | |
| 4.5953 | |
| 4.0229 | |
| 3.3278 | |
| 2.6255 | |
| 2.1831 | |
| 1.8779 | |
| 1.4795 | |
| 1.2273 | |
| 1.0512 | |
| 0.9208 | |
| 0.7401 | |
| 0.5962 | |
| 0.5005 | |
| 0.4321 | |
| 0.3808 | |
| 0.3086 | |
| 0.2599 | |
November
30, 2026 | |
| 10.4079 | |
| 6.8530 | |
| 5.5239 | |
| 5.1331 | |
| 4.0548 | |
| 3.4986 | |
| 2.8448 | |
| 2.2123 | |
| 1.8291 | |
| 1.5703 | |
| 1.2368 | |
| 1.0266 | |
| 0.8799 | |
| 0.7713 | |
| 0.6205 | |
| 0.5006 | |
| 0.4209 | |
| 0.3641 | |
| 0.3215 | |
| 0.2617 | |
| 0.2216 | |
November
30, 2027 | |
| 10.4079 | |
| 6.2733 | |
| 4.8698 | |
| 4.4669 | |
| 3.3900 | |
| 2.8607 | |
| 2.2686 | |
| 1.7325 | |
| 1.4251 | |
| 1.2230 | |
| 0.9651 | |
| 0.8022 | |
| 0.6882 | |
| 0.6036 | |
| 0.4863 | |
| 0.3932 | |
| 0.3315 | |
| 0.2875 | |
| 0.2546 | |
| 0.2085 | |
| 0.1774 | |
November
30, 2028 | |
| 10.4079 | |
| 5.5810 | |
| 4.0586 | |
| 3.6380 | |
| 2.5680 | |
| 2.0835 | |
| 1.5864 | |
| 1.1865 | |
| 0.9760 | |
| 0.8408 | |
| 0.6667 | |
| 0.5552 | |
| 0.4766 | |
| 0.4181 | |
| 0.3376 | |
| 0.2743 | |
| 0.2323 | |
| 0.2026 | |
| 0.1794 | |
| 0.1488 | |
| 0.1240 | |
November
30, 2029 | |
| 10.4079 | |
| 4.7103 | |
| 2.9584 | |
| 2.5109 | |
| 1.4920 | |
| 1.1086 | |
| 0.7828 | |
| 0.5858 | |
| 0.4904 | |
| 0.4269 | |
| 0.3409 | |
| 0.2841 | |
| 0.2436 | |
| 0.2134 | |
| 0.1721 | |
| 0.1425 | |
| 0.1188 | |
| 0.1018 | |
| 0.0891 | |
| 0.0713 | |
| 0.0594 | |
November
30, 2030 | |
| 10.4079 | |
| 3.5967 | |
| 0.0000 | |
| 0.0000 | |
| 0.0000 | |
| 0.0000 | |
| 0.0000 | |
| 0.0000 | |
| 0.0000 | |
| 0.0000 | |
| 0.0000 | |
| 0.0000 | |
| 0.0000 | |
| 0.0000 | |
| 0.0000 | |
| 0.0000 | |
| 0.0000 | |
| 0.0000 | |
| 0.0000 | |
| 0.0000 | |
| 0.0000 | |
The exact Stock Price and
Effective Date may not be set forth in the table above, in which case:
(i) if
the Stock Price is between two Stock Prices in the table or the Effective Date is between two Effective Dates in the table, the number
of Additional Shares by which the Conversion Rate shall be increased shall be determined by a straight-line interpolation between the
number of Additional Shares set forth for the higher and lower Stock Prices and the earlier and later Effective Dates, as applicable,
based on a 365-day year;
(ii) if
the Stock Price is greater than $600.00 per
share (subject to adjustment in the same manner as the Stock Prices set forth in the column headings of the table above), no Additional
Shares shall be added to the Conversion Rate; and
(iii) if
the Stock Price is less than $24.91 per share (subject to adjustment in the same manner as the Stock Prices set forth in the column
headings of the table above), no Additional Shares shall be added to the Conversion Rate.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, in no event shall the Conversion Rate per $1,000 principal amount of Notes exceed 40.14297
shares of Class A Common Stock, subject to adjustment in the same manner as the Conversion Rate pursuant to Section 14.04.
(f) Nothing
in this Section 14.03 shall prevent an adjustment to the Conversion Rate pursuant to Section 14.04 in respect of a Make-Whole
Fundamental Change.
Section 14.04.
Adjustment of Conversion Rate.
The Conversion Rate shall be adjusted from time to time by the Company if any of the following events occurs, except that the Company
shall not make any adjustments to the Conversion Rate if Holders of the Notes participate (other than in the case of a share split or
share combination), at the same time and upon the same terms as holders of the Class A Common Stock and solely as a result of holding
the Notes, in any of the transactions described in this Section 14.04, without having to convert their Notes, as if they held a
number of shares of Class A Common Stock equal to (i) the Conversion Rate, multiplied by (ii) the principal amount
(expressed in thousands) of Notes held by such Holder.
(a) If
the Company exclusively issues to all or substantially all holders of the Class A Common Stock shares of Class A Common Stock
as a dividend or distribution on all shares of the Class A Common Stock, or if the Company effects a share split or share combination
in respect of the Class A Common Stock, the Conversion Rate shall be adjusted based on the following formula:
where,
CR0 = | the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the open
of business on the Ex-Dividend Date of such dividend or distribution, or immediately prior to the open of business on the effective date
of such share split or share combination, as applicable; |
CR1 = | the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the open of
business on such Ex-Dividend Date or effective date, as applicable; |
OS0 = | the number of shares of Class A Common Stock outstanding
immediately prior to the open of business on such Ex-Dividend Date or effective date, as applicable, before giving effect to such dividend,
distribution, share split or share combination; and |
OS1 = | the number of shares of Class A Common Stock outstanding
immediately after giving effect to such dividend, distribution, share split or share combination. |
Any adjustment made under this Section 14.04(a) shall become effective immediately after the open of business on the Ex-Dividend Date
for such dividend or distribution, or immediately after the open of business on the effective date for such share split or share combination,
as applicable. If any dividend or distribution of the type described in this Section 14.04(a) is declared and results in an adjustment
under this Section 14.04(a) but is not so paid or made, the Conversion Rate shall be immediately readjusted, effective as of the date
the Company’s Board of Directors determines not to pay such dividend or distribution, to the Conversion Rate that would then be
in effect if such dividend or distribution had not been declared.
(b) If
the Company issues to all or substantially all holders of the Class A Common Stock any rights, options or warrants (other than a
distribution of rights pursuant to a stockholder rights plan prior to the separation of such rights from the Class A Common Stock)
entitling them, for a period of not more than 45 calendar days after the announcement date of such issuance, to subscribe for or purchase
shares of Class A Common Stock at a price per share that is less than the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of the Class A
Common Stock for the 10 consecutive Trading Day period ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of announcement
of such issuance, the Conversion Rate shall be increased based on the following formula:
CR1 = CR0 x |
(OS0 + X) |
(OS0 + Y) |
where,
CR0 = | the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the open
of business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such issuance; |
CR1 = | the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the open of
business on such Ex-Dividend Date; |
OS0 = | the number of shares of Class A Common Stock outstanding
immediately prior to the open of business on such Ex-Dividend Date; |
X = | the total number of shares of Class A Common Stock issuable pursuant to such rights, options or warrants;
and |
Y = | the number of shares of Class A Common Stock equal to (i) the aggregate price payable to exercise
such rights, options or warrants, divided by (ii) the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of the Class A Common
Stock over the 10 consecutive Trading Day period ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of announcement
of the issuance of such rights, options or warrants. |
Any increase made under this Section 14.04(b) shall
be made successively whenever any such rights, options or warrants are issued and shall become effective immediately after the open of
business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such issuance. To the extent that such rights, options or warrants are not exercised prior to their
expiration or shares of Class A Common Stock are not delivered after the exercise of such rights, options or warrants, the Conversion
Rate shall be decreased to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect had the increase with respect to the issuance of such rights,
options or warrants been made on the basis of delivery of only the number of shares of Class A Common Stock actually delivered. If
such rights, options or warrants are not so issued, the Conversion Rate shall be decreased to the Conversion Rate that would then be in
effect if such Ex-Dividend Date for such issuance had not occurred.
For
purposes of this Section 14.04(b) and Section 14.01(b)(ii)(A), in determining whether any rights, options or warrants entitle the
holders of Class A Common Stock to subscribe for or purchase shares of the Class A Common Stock at less than such average of the Last
Reported Sale Prices of the Class A Common Stock over the 10 consecutive Trading Day period ending on, and including, the Trading Day
immediately preceding the date of announcement of such issuance, and in determining the aggregate offering price of such shares of Class
A Common Stock, there shall be taken into account any consideration received by the Company for such rights, options or warrants and any
amount payable on exercise or conversion thereof, the value of such consideration, if other than cash, to be determined by the Company’s
Board of Directors or a committee thereof in good faith.
(c) If
the Company distributes shares of its Capital Stock, evidences of its indebtedness, other assets or property of the Company or rights,
options or warrants to acquire its Capital Stock or other securities, to all or substantially all holders of the Class A Common Stock,
excluding:
(i) dividends,
distributions or issuances as to which an adjustment was effected pursuant to Section 14.04(a), Section 14.04(b) or Section 14.04(e);
(ii) dividends
or distributions paid exclusively in cash as to which an adjustment was effected pursuant to Section 14.04(d);
(iii) except
as described below, a distribution of rights pursuant to a stockholder rights plan of the Company;
(iv) conversions
of the Class A Common Stock into, or exchange of the Class A Common Stock for, in each case, Reference Property as described
below under Section 14.07; and
(v) Spin-Offs
as to which the provisions set forth below in this Section 14.04(c) shall apply (any of such shares of Capital Stock, evidences
of indebtedness, other assets or property or rights, options or warrants to acquire Capital Stock or other securities, the “Distributed
Property”), then the Conversion Rate shall be increased based on the following formula:
CR1 = CR0 x |
SP0 |
(SP0 – FMV) |
where,
CR0 = | the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the open
of business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution; |
CR1 = | the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the open of
business on such Ex-Dividend Date; |
SP0 = | the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of the Class A
Common Stock over the 10 consecutive Trading Day period ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately preceding the Ex-Dividend
Date for such distribution; and |
FMV = | the fair market value (as determined by the Company’s Board of
Directors in good faith) of the Distributed Property so distributed with respect to each outstanding share of the Class A Common Stock
on the Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution. |
Any adjustment made under
the portion of this Section 14.04(c) above shall become effective immediately after the open of business on the Ex-Dividend
Date for such distribution. If such distribution is not so paid or made, the Conversion Rate shall be decreased to be the Conversion Rate
that would then be in effect if such distribution had not been declared.
Notwithstanding the foregoing,
if “FMV” (as defined above) is equal to or greater than “SP0” (as defined above), in lieu of the foregoing increase,
each Holder of a Note shall receive, in respect of each $1,000 principal amount thereof, at the same time and upon the same terms as holders
of the Class A Common Stock receive the Distributed Property, the amount and kind of Distributed Property that such Holder would
have received if such Holder owned a number of shares of Class A Common Stock equal to the Conversion Rate in effect on the Ex-Dividend
Date for the distribution.
With respect to an adjustment
pursuant to this Section 14.04(c) where there has been a payment of a dividend or other distribution on the Class A Common
Stock of shares of Capital Stock of any class or series, or similar equity interest, of or relating to a Subsidiary or other business
unit of the Company, that are, or, when issued, will be, listed or admitted for trading on a U.S. national securities exchange (a “Spin-Off”),
the Conversion Rate shall be increased based on the following formula:
CR1 = CR0 x |
(FMV0 + MP0) |
MP0 |
where,
CR0 = | the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the open
of business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such Spin-Off; |
CR1 = | the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the open of
business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such Spin-Off; |
FMV0 = | the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of the Capital
Stock or similar equity interest distributed to holders of the Class A Common Stock applicable to one share of the Class A
Common Stock (determined by reference to the definition of Last Reported Sale Price as set forth in Section 1.01 as if references
therein to Class A Common Stock were to such Capital Stock or similar equity interest) over the first 10 consecutive Trading Day
period after, and including, the Ex-Dividend Date of the Spin-Off (the “Valuation Period”); and |
MP0 = | the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of the Class A
Common Stock over the Valuation Period. The increase to the Conversion Rate under the preceding paragraph shall occur on the last Trading
Day of the Valuation Period, but will be given effect immediately after the open of business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such Spin-Off.
In respect of any conversion of Notes for which Physical Settlement is applicable, if the relevant Conversion Date occurs during the
Valuation Period, the reference to “10” in the preceding paragraph shall be deemed replaced with such lesser number of Trading
Days as have elapsed between the Ex-Dividend Date of such Spin-Off and the Conversion Date in determining the Conversion Rate. In respect
of any conversion of Notes for which Cash Settlement or Combination Settlement is applicable, for any Trading Day that falls within the
relevant Observation Period for such conversion and within the Valuation Period, the reference to “10” in the preceding paragraph
shall be deemed replaced with such lesser number of Trading Days as have elapsed between the Ex-Dividend Date of such Spin-Off and such
Trading Day in determining the Conversion Rate as of such Trading Day. In addition, if the Ex-Dividend Date for such Spin-Off is after
the 10th Trading Day immediately preceding, and including, the end of any Observation Period in respect of a conversion of
Notes, references to “10” or “10th” in the preceding paragraph and this paragraph shall be deemed
replaced, solely in respect of that conversion, with such lesser number of Trading Days as have elapsed from, and including, the Ex-Dividend
Date for the Spin-Off to, and including, the last VWAP Trading Day of such Observation Period. If such Spin-Off does not occur, the Conversion
Rate shall be decreased to be the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such distribution had not been declared, effective
as of the date on which the Company’s Board of Directors (or its designee) determines not to consummate such Spin-Off. |
For purposes of this Section 14.04(c) (and
subject in all respect to Section 14.11), rights, options or warrants distributed by the Company to all holders of the Class A
Common Stock entitling them to subscribe for or purchase shares of the Company’s Capital Stock, including Class A Common Stock
(either initially or under certain circumstances), which rights, options or warrants, until the occurrence of a specified event or events
(“Trigger Event”):
(i) are
deemed to be transferred with such shares of the Class A Common Stock;
(ii) are
not exercisable; and
(iii) are
also issued in respect of future issuances of the Class A Common Stock, shall be deemed not to have been distributed for purposes
of this Section 14.04(c) (and no adjustment to the Conversion Rate under this Section 14.04(c) will be required) until
the occurrence of the earliest Trigger Event, whereupon such rights, options or warrants shall be deemed to have been distributed and
an appropriate adjustment (if any is required) to the Conversion Rate shall be made under this Section 14.04(c). If any such right,
option or warrant, including any such existing rights, options or warrants distributed prior to the date of this Indenture, are subject
to events, upon the occurrence of which such rights, options or warrants become exercisable to purchase different securities, evidences
of indebtedness or other assets, then the date of the occurrence of any and each such event shall be deemed to be the date of distribution
and Ex-Dividend Date with respect to new rights, options or warrants with such rights (in which case the existing rights, options or warrants
shall be deemed to terminate and expire on such date without exercise by any of the holders thereof). In addition, in the event of any
distribution (or deemed distribution) of rights, options or warrants, or any Trigger Event or other event (of the type described in the
immediately preceding sentence) with respect thereto that was counted for purposes of calculating a distribution amount for which an adjustment
to the Conversion Rate under this Section 14.04(c) was made:
(A) in
the case of any such rights, options or warrants that shall all have been redeemed or purchased without exercise by any holders thereof,
upon such final redemption or purchase (x) the Conversion Rate shall be readjusted as if such rights, options or warrants had not
been issued and (y) the Conversion Rate shall then again be readjusted to give effect to such distribution, deemed distribution or
Trigger Event, as the case may be, as though it were a cash distribution, equal to the per share redemption or purchase price received
by a holder or holders of Class A Common Stock with respect to such rights, options or warrants (assuming such holder had retained
such rights, options or warrants), made to all holders of Class A Common Stock as of the date of such redemption or purchase, and
(B) in
the case of such rights, options or warrants that shall have expired or been terminated without exercise by any holders thereof, the Conversion
Rate shall be readjusted as if such rights, options and warrants had not been issued.
For purposes of Section 14.04(a),
Section 14.04(b) and this Section 14.04(c), if any dividend or distribution to which this Section 14.04(c) is
applicable also includes one or both of:
(i) a
dividend or distribution of shares of Class A Common Stock to which Section 14.04(a) is applicable (the “Clause
A Distribution”); or
(ii) a
dividend or distribution of rights, options or warrants to which Section 14.04(b) is applicable (the “Clause B Distribution”),
then:
(A) such
dividend or distribution, other than the Clause A Distribution and the Clause B Distribution, shall be deemed to be a dividend or distribution
to which this Section 14.04(c) is applicable (the “Clause C Distribution”) and any Conversion Rate adjustment
required by this Section 14.04(c) with respect to such Clause C Distribution shall then be made; and
(B) the
Clause A Distribution and Clause B Distribution shall be deemed to immediately follow the Clause C Distribution and any Conversion Rate
adjustment required by Section 14.04(a) and Section 14.04(b) with respect thereto shall then be made, except that,
if determined by the Company (I) the “Ex-Dividend Date” of the Clause A Distribution and the Clause B Distribution shall
be deemed to be the Ex-Dividend Date of the Clause C Distribution and (II) any shares of Class A Common Stock included in the
Clause A Distribution or Clause B Distribution shall be deemed not to be “outstanding immediately prior to the open of business
on such Ex-Dividend Date or effective date” within the meaning of Section 14.04(a) or “outstanding immediately prior
to the open of business on such Ex-Dividend Date” within the meaning of Section 14.04(b).
(d) If
any cash dividend or distribution is made to all or substantially all holders of the Class A Common Stock, the Conversion Rate shall
be increased based on the following formula:
where,
CR0 = | the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the open
of business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such dividend or distribution; |
CR1 = | the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the open of
business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such dividend or distribution; |
SP0 = | the Last Reported Sale Price of the Class A Common Stock
on the Trading Day immediately preceding the Ex-Dividend Date for such dividend or distribution; and |
C = | the amount in cash per share the Company distributes to all or substantially all holders of the Class A
Common Stock. |
Any increase made pursuant
to this Section 14.04(d) shall become effective immediately after the open of business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such dividend or distribution.
If such dividend or distribution is not so paid, the Conversion Rate shall be decreased, effective as of the date the Company’s
Board of Directors determines not to make or pay such dividend or distribution, to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if
such dividend or distribution had not been declared.
Notwithstanding the foregoing,
if “C” (as defined above) is equal to or greater than “SP0” (as defined above), in lieu of the foregoing increase,
each Holder of a Note shall receive, for each $1,000 principal amount of Notes, at the same time and upon the same terms as holders of
shares of the Class A Common Stock, the amount of cash that such Holder would have received if such Holder owned a number of shares
of Class A Common Stock equal to the Conversion Rate on the Ex-Dividend Date for such cash dividend or distribution.
(e) If
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries makes a payment in respect of a tender or exchange offer for the Class A Common Stock (other
than an odd lot tender offer pursuant to Rule 13e-4(h)(5) under the Exchange Act or any successor rule) to the extent that the
cash and value of any other consideration included in the payment per share of the Class A Common Stock exceeds the average of the
Last Reported Sale Prices of the Class A Common Stock over the 10 consecutive Trading Day period commencing on, and including, the
Trading Day next succeeding the last date on which tenders or exchanges may be made pursuant to such tender or exchange offer (such date,
the “Expiration Date”), the Conversion Rate shall be increased based on the following formula:
CR1 = CR0 x |
(AC + (SP1 x OS1)) |
(OS0 x SP1) |
where,
CR0 = | the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the close
of business on the 10th Trading Day immediately following, and including, the Trading Day next succeeding the Expiration Date; |
CR1 = | the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the close
of business on the 10th Trading Day immediately following, and including, the Trading Day next succeeding the Expiration Date; |
AC = | the aggregate value
of all cash and any other consideration (as determined by the Company’s Board of Directors) paid or payable for shares of Class
A Common Stock purchased in such tender or exchange offer;
|
OS0 = | the number of shares of Class A Common Stock outstanding
immediately prior to the Expiration Date (prior to giving effect to the purchase of all shares of Class A Common Stock accepted
for purchase or exchange in such tender or exchange offer); |
OS1 = | the number of shares of Class A Common Stock outstanding
immediately after the Expiration Date (after giving effect to the purchase of all shares of Class A Common Stock accepted for purchase
or exchange in such tender or exchange offer); and |
SP1 = | the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of the Class A
Common Stock over the 10 consecutive Trading Day period commencing on, and including, the Trading Day next succeeding the Expiration
Date. |
The increase to the Conversion
Rate under this Section 14.04(e) shall occur at the close of business on the 10th Trading Day immediately following,
and including, the Trading Day next succeeding the date such tender or exchange offer expires; provided that (x) in respect
of any conversion of Notes for which Physical Settlement is applicable, if the relevant Conversion Date occurs during the 10 Trading Days
immediately following, and including, the Trading Day next succeeding the Expiration Date of any tender or exchange offer, references
to “10” or “10th” in the preceding paragraph shall be deemed replaced with such lesser number of Trading
Days as have elapsed between such Expiration Date and the Conversion Date in determining the Conversion Rate and (y) in respect of
any conversion of Notes for which Cash Settlement or Combination Settlement is applicable, for any Trading Day that falls within the relevant
Observation Period for such conversion and within the 10 Trading Days immediately following, and including, the Trading Day next succeeding
the Expiration Date of any tender or exchange offer, references to “10” or “10th” in the preceding
paragraph shall be deemed replaced with such lesser number of Trading Days as have elapsed between the Expiration Date of such tender
or exchange offer and such Trading Day in determining the Conversion Rate as of such Trading Day. In addition, if the Trading Day next
succeeding the Expiration Date is after the 10th Trading Day immediately preceding, and including, the end of any Observation
Period in respect of a conversion of Notes, references to “10” or “10th” in the preceding paragraph
and this paragraph shall be deemed to be replaced, solely in respect of that conversion, with such lesser number of Trading Days as have
elapsed from, and including, the Trading Day next succeeding the Expiration Date of such tender or exchange offer to, and including, last
VWAP Trading Day of such Observation Period.
In the event that the Company
or one of its Subsidiaries is obligated to purchase shares of Class A Common Stock pursuant to any such tender or exchange offer,
but the Company or such Subsidiary is permanently prevented by applicable law from effecting any such purchases, or all such purchases
are rescinded, then the Conversion Rate shall again be adjusted to be the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such tender
or exchange offer had not been made or had been made only in respect of the purchases that have been effected.
(f) If,
on or after the Issue Date, the Company issues or sells any shares of Class A Common Stock or Equity-Linked Securities, in each
case at an Effective Price per share less than a price equal to the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to such issue or
sale (the foregoing a “Dilutive Issuance”), then immediately after such Dilutive Issuance the Conversion Price
then in effect shall be reduced to an amount equal to the greater of (x) the Effective Price and (y) the Floor Price;
provided, however, that (i) no adjustment will be made pursuant to this Section 14.04(f) solely as the result of an
Exempt Issuance or as a result of any transaction in respect of which an adjustment is made pursuant to sub-sections (a), (b), (c),
(d) or (e) of Section 14.04, (ii) subject to subclause (iii) below, the issuance of shares of Class A
Common Stock pursuant to the terms of any such Equity-Linked Securities will not constitute an additional issuance or sale of shares
of Class A Common Stock for purposes of this Section 14.04(f), (iii) the repricing or amendment of any Equity-Linked
Securities (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any Equity-Linked Securities existing as of the Issue Date) will be deemed to be
an issuance of additional Equity-Linked Securities, without affecting any prior adjustments theretofore made to the Conversion Rate,
and (iv) if any such issuance or sale of Class A Common Stock or Equity-Linked Securities was without consideration, then
the Effective Price shall be deemed to be $0.001 per share. Following the reduction in the Conversion Price pursuant to this Section
14.04(f), the Conversion Rate shall be equal to $1,000 divided by such reduced Conversion Price.
(g) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in this Section 14.04 or any other provision of this Indenture or the Notes, if a Conversion Rate adjustment
becomes effective on any Ex-Dividend Date and a Holder that has converted its Notes on or after such Ex-Dividend Date and on or prior
to the related Record Date would be treated as the record holder of the shares of Class A Common Stock as of the related Conversion
Date as described under Section 14.02(h) based on an adjusted Conversion Rate for such Ex-Dividend Date, then, notwithstanding
the Conversion Rate adjustment provisions in this Section 14.04, the Conversion Rate adjustment relating to such Ex-Dividend Date
shall not be made for such converting Holder. Instead, such Holder shall be treated as if such Holder were the record owner of the shares
of Class A Common Stock on an unadjusted basis and participate in the related dividend, distribution or other event giving rise to
such adjustment.
(h) All
calculations and other determinations under this Article 14 shall be made by the Company and all adjustments to the Conversion Rate
shall be made to the nearest one-ten thousandth (1/10,000th) of a share. In no event will the Conversion Rate be adjusted such
that the Conversion Price shall be less than the par value per share of Class A Common Stock. Notwithstanding anything in this Article 14
to the contrary, the Company shall not be required to adjust the Conversion Rate unless the adjustment would result in a change of at
least 1.0% to the Conversion Rate. However, the Company shall carry forward, and take into account in any future adjustment, any adjustments
that are less than 1.0% of the Conversion Rate and make such carried-forward adjustments, regardless of whether the aggregate adjustment
is less than 1.0%, (i) on the effective date of any Fundamental Change or the Effective Date of a Make-Whole Fundamental Change,
(ii) upon any conversion of the Notes, (iii) on each VWAP Trading Day of any Observation Period and (iv) on the date the
Company sends a Redemption Notice for all or any Notes.
(i) In addition to those adjustments required by clauses (a), (b), (c), (d), (e) and (f) of this Section 14.04, and to the extent
permitted by applicable law and subject to the applicable rules of NASDAQ Global Select Market, the Company from time to time may increase
the Conversion Rate by any amount for a period of at least 20 Business Days if the Company’s Board of Directors determines that
such increase would be in the Company’s best interest. In addition, to the extent permitted by applicable law and subject to the
applicable rules of NASDAQ Global Select Market, the Company may also (but is not required to) increase the Conversion Rate to avoid
or diminish any income tax to holders of Class A Common Stock or rights to purchase shares of Class A Common Stock in connection with
a dividend or distribution of shares of Class A Common Stock (or rights to acquire shares of Class A Common Stock) or similar event.
Whenever the Conversion Rate is increased pursuant to either of the preceding two sentences, the Company shall send to the Holder of
each Note at its last address appearing on the Note Register a notice of the increase at least 15 days prior to the date the increased
Conversion Rate takes effect, and such notice shall state the increased Conversion Rate and the period during which it will be in effect.
(j) Except
as stated herein, the Company shall not adjust the Conversion Rate for the issuance of shares of the Class A Common Stock or any
securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of the Class A Common Stock or the right to purchase shares of the Class A
Common Stock or such convertible or exchangeable securities. In addition, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Article 14,
the Conversion Rate shall not be adjusted:
(i) upon
the issuance of any shares of Class A Common Stock pursuant to any present or future plan providing for the reinvestment of dividends
or interest payable on the Company’s securities and the investment of additional optional amounts in shares of Class A Common
Stock under any plan;
(ii) upon
the issuance of any shares of Class A Common Stock or options or rights to purchase those shares pursuant to any present or future
employee, director or consultant benefit plan or program of or assumed by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;
(iii) upon
the issuance of any shares of the Class A Common Stock pursuant to the terms in effect as of the Issue Date of any option, warrant,
right or exercisable, exchangeable or convertible security not described in clause (ii) of this subsection and outstanding
as of the date the Notes were first issued;
(iv) for
ordinary course of business stock repurchases that are not tender or exchange offers referred to in Section 14.04(e), including
structured or derivative transactions or pursuant to a stock repurchase program approved by the Company’s Board of
Directors;
(v) upon
the issuance of shares of the Class A Common Stock pursuant the Subscription Agreements;
(vi) solely
for a change in the par value of the Class A Common Stock; or
(vii) for
accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes, if any.
(k) Whenever
the Conversion Rate is adjusted as herein provided, the Company shall promptly file with the Trustee (and the Conversion Agent if not
the Trustee) an Officers’ Certificate setting forth the Conversion Rate after such adjustment and setting forth a brief statement
of the facts requiring such adjustment. Unless and until a Responsible Officer of the Trustee shall have received such Officers’
Certificate, the Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge of any adjustment of the Conversion Rate and may assume without inquiry
that the last Conversion Rate of which it has knowledge is still in effect. Promptly after delivery of such certificate, the Company
shall prepare a notice of such adjustment of the Conversion Rate setting forth the adjusted Conversion Rate and the date on which each
adjustment becomes effective and shall send such notice of such adjustment of the Conversion Rate to each Holder at its last address
appearing on the Note Register of this Indenture. Failure to deliver such notice shall not affect the legality or validity of any such
adjustment.
(l) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture or the Notes, if:
(i) A Note is to be converted pursuant to Physical Settlement or Combination Settlement;
(ii) The record date, effective date or expiration time for any event that requires an adjustment to the Conversion Rate has occurred
on or before the Conversion Date for such conversion (in the case of Physical Settlement) or on or before any VWAP Trading Day in the
Observation Period for such conversion (in the case of Combination Settlement), but an adjustment to the Conversion Rate for such event
has not yet become effective as of such Conversion Date or VWAP Trading Day, as applicable;
(iii) The conversion consideration due upon such conversion includes any whole shares of Class A Common Stock (in the case of Physical
Settlement) or due in respect of such VWAP Trading Day includes any whole or fractional shares of Class A Common Stock (in the case of
Combination Settlement); and
(iv) Such shares are not entitled to participate in such event (because they were not held on the related record date or otherwise);
then, solely for purposes of
such conversion, the Company will, without duplication, give effect to such adjustment on such Conversion Date (in the case of Physical
Settlement) or such VWAP Trading Day (in the case of Combination Settlement).
(m) For
purposes of this Section 14.04, the number of shares of Class A Common Stock at any time outstanding shall not include shares
held in the treasury of the Company so long as the Company does not pay any dividend or make any distribution on shares of Class A
Common Stock held in the treasury of the Company, but shall include shares issuable in respect of scrip certificates issued in lieu of
fractions of shares of Class A Common Stock.
Section 14.05. Adjustments
of Prices. Whenever any provision of this Indenture requires the Company to calculate
the Last Reported Sale Prices, the Daily VWAPs, the Daily Conversion Values or the Daily Settlement Amounts over a span of multiple days
(including an Observation Period and the period for determining the Stock Price for purposes of a Make-Whole Fundamental Change or Optional
Redemption), the Company’s Board of Directors shall make appropriate adjustments to each to account for any adjustment to the Conversion
Rate that becomes effective, or any event requiring an adjustment to the Conversion Rate where the Ex-Dividend Date, Effective Date,
effective date or expiration date of the event occurs, at any time during the period when the Last Reported Sale Prices, the Daily VWAPs,
the Daily Conversion Values or the Daily Settlement Amounts are to be calculated.
Section 14.06. Shares
to Be Fully Reserved. The Company shall reserve, on or prior to the date of this Indenture,
and from time to time as may be necessary, free from preemptive rights, out of its authorized but unissued shares, sufficient shares
of Class A Common Stock to provide for conversion of the Notes from time to time as such Notes are presented for conversion (assuming
that at the time of computation of such number of shares, all such Notes would be converted by a single Holder and that Physical Settlement
is applicable, and including the maximum number of Additional Shares that could be included in the Conversion Rate for a conversion in
connection with a Make-Whole Fundamental Change).
Section 14.07. Effect
of Recapitalizations, Reclassifications and Changes of the Class A Common Stock.
(a) In
the case of:
(i) any
recapitalization, reclassification or change of the Class A Common Stock (other than changes resulting from a subdivision or combination
and other than changes only in par value, or from par value to no par value or from no par value to par value);
(ii) any
consolidation, merger or other combination involving the Company; or
(iii) any
sale, lease or other transfer or disposition to a third party of all or substantially all of the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’
consolidated assets, taken as a whole; or
(iv) any
statutory share exchange,
in each case, as a result of which the Class A
Common Stock would be converted into, or exchanged for stock, other securities, other property or assets (including cash or any combination
thereof) (any such event, a “Share Exchange Event” and any such stock, other securities, other property or assets
(including cash or any combination thereof), “Reference Property” and the amount of Reference Property that a holder
of one share of the Class A Common Stock immediately prior to such Share Exchange Event would have been entitled to receive upon
the occurrence of such Share Exchange Event, a “Unit of Reference Property”), then the Company, or the successor or
purchasing corporation, as the case may be, will execute with the Trustee, without the consent of the Holders, a supplemental indenture
providing that, at and after the effective time of the Share Exchange Event, the right to convert each $1,000 principal amount of Notes
will be changed into a right to convert such principal amount of Notes into the kind and amount of Reference Property that a holder of
a number of shares of the Class A Common Stock equal to the Conversion Rate immediately prior to such Share Exchange Event would
have been entitled to receive upon such Share Exchange Event; provided, however, that at and after the effective time of
such Share Exchange Event:
(A) the
Company shall continue to have the right to determine the form of consideration to be paid or delivered, as the case may be, upon conversion
of Notes in accordance with Section 14.02; and
(B) (I) any
amount payable in cash upon conversion of the Notes in accordance with Section 14.02 shall continue to be payable in cash, (II) any
shares of Class A Common Stock that the Company would have been required to deliver upon conversion of the Notes in accordance with
Section 14.02 shall instead be deliverable in the Units of Reference Property that a holder of that number of shares of Class A
Common Stock would have received in such Share Exchange Event and (III) the Daily VWAP shall be calculated based on the value of
a Unit of Reference Property; provided, however, that if the holders of Class A Common Stock receive only cash in such Share
Exchange Event, then for all conversions that occur after the effective date of such Share Exchange Event (x) the consideration
due upon conversion of each $1,000 principal amount of Notes shall be solely cash in an amount equal to the Conversion Rate in effect
on the Conversion Date (as may be increased by any Additional Shares pursuant to Section 14.03), multiplied by the price
paid per share of Class A Common Stock in such Share Exchange Event and (y) the Company shall satisfy the Conversion Obligation
by paying such cash to the converting Holder on the tenth Business Day immediately following the Conversion Date.
If the Share Exchange Event
causes the Class A Common Stock to be converted into, or exchanged for, the right to receive more than a single type of consideration
(determined based in part upon any form of stockholder election), then the Reference Property into which the Notes will be convertible
shall be deemed to be based on: (A) the weighted average of the types and amounts of consideration received by the holders of Class A
Common Stock that affirmatively make such an election; and (B) if no holders of Class A Common Stock affirmatively make such
an election, the types and amounts of consideration actually received by the holders of Class A Common Stock. The Company shall
notify Holders, the Trustee and the Conversion Agent (if other than the Trustee) of the weighted average of the types and amounts of
consideration received by the holders of Class A Common Stock that affirmatively make such an election as soon as practicable after
such determination is made.
The supplemental indenture
described in the second immediately preceding paragraph shall provide for anti-dilution and other adjustments that shall be as nearly
equivalent as is possible to the adjustments provided for in this Article 14. If the Reference Property in respect of any Share
Exchange Event includes shares of stock, other securities or other property or assets (including any combination thereof) of a company
other than the Company or the successor or purchasing corporation, as the case may be, in such Share Exchange Event, then such other
company shall also execute such supplemental indenture, and such supplemental indenture shall contain such additional provisions to protect
the interests of the Holders, including the right of Holders to require the Company to repurchase their Notes upon a Fundamental Change
in accordance with Article 15, as the Board of Directors shall reasonably consider necessary by reason of the foregoing.
(b) In
the event the Company shall execute a supplemental indenture pursuant to Section 14.07(a), the Company shall promptly file with
the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate briefly stating the reasons therefor, the kind or amount of cash, securities or other assets
(including any combination thereof) that will comprise the Reference Property after any such Share Exchange Event, any adjustment to
be made with respect thereto and that all conditions precedent have been complied with, and shall promptly send notice thereof to all
Holders. The Company shall cause notice of the execution of such supplemental indenture to be sent to each Holder, at its address appearing
on the Note Register provided for in this Indenture, within 20 days after execution thereof. Failure to deliver such notice shall not
affect the legality or validity of such supplemental indenture.
(c) If
the Notes become convertible into Reference Property, the Company shall notify the Trustee and issue a press release containing the relevant
information.
(d) The
Company shall not become a party to any Share Exchange Event unless its terms are consistent with this Section 14.07. None of the
foregoing provisions shall affect the right of a Holder to convert its Notes into cash, shares of Class A Common Stock or a combination
of cash and shares of Class A Common Stock, as applicable, as set forth in Section 14.01 and Section 14.02 prior to the
effective date of such Share Exchange Event.
(e) The
above provisions of this Section shall similarly apply to successive Share Exchange Events.
Section 14.08. Certain
Covenants.
(a) The
Company covenants that all shares of Class A Common Stock issued upon conversion of Notes shall be duly authorized, fully paid and
non-assessable and free from all preemptive or similar rights of any securityholder of the Company and, except for any transfer taxes
payable by the Company or a Holder, as the case may be, pursuant to Sections 14.02(d) and 14.02(e), free from all transfer
or similar taxes, liens, charges and adverse claims as the result of any action by the Company.
(b) The
Company shall comply with all federal and state securities laws regulating the offer and delivery of shares of Class A Common Stock
upon conversion of the Notes, including that if any shares of Class A Common Stock to be provided for the purpose of conversion
of Notes hereunder require registration with or approval of any governmental authority under any federal or state law before such shares
may be validly issued upon conversion, the Company shall, to the extent then permitted by the rules and interpretations of the Commission,
secure such registration or approval, as the case may be.
(c) The
Company further covenants that if at any time the Class A Common Stock shall be listed on any national securities exchange or automated
quotation system, the Company shall list and keep listed, so long as the Class A Common Stock shall be so listed on such exchange
or automated quotation system, any Class A Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Notes.
Section 14.09. Responsibility
of Trustee. The Trustee and any other Conversion Agent shall not at any time be under any
duty or responsibility to any Holder to determine the Conversion Rate (or any adjustment thereto) or whether any facts exist that may
require any adjustment (including any increase) of the Conversion Rate, or with respect to the nature or extent or calculation of any
such adjustment when made, or with respect to the method employed, or herein or in any supplemental indenture provided to be employed,
in making the same. The Trustee and any other Conversion Agent shall not be accountable with respect to the validity or value (or the
kind or amount) of any shares of Class A Common Stock, or of any securities, property or cash that may at any time be issued or
delivered upon the conversion of any Note; and the Trustee and any other Conversion Agent make no representations with respect thereto.
Neither the Trustee nor any Conversion Agent shall be responsible for any failure of the Company to issue, transfer or deliver any shares
of Class A Common Stock or stock certificates or other securities or property or cash upon the surrender of any Note for the purpose
of conversion or to comply with any of the duties, responsibilities or covenants of the Company contained in this Article. Without limiting
the generality of the foregoing, neither the Trustee nor any Conversion Agent shall be under any responsibility to determine the correctness
of any provisions contained in any supplemental indenture entered into pursuant to Section 14.07 relating either to the kind or
amount of shares of stock or securities or property (including cash) receivable by Holders upon the conversion of their Notes after any
event referred to in such Section 14.07 or to any adjustment to be made with respect thereto, but, subject to the provisions of
Section 7.01, may accept (without any independent investigation) as conclusive evidence of the correctness of any such provisions,
and shall be protected in relying upon, the Officers’ Certificate (which the Company shall be obligated to file with the Trustee
prior to the execution of any such supplemental indenture) with respect thereto. Neither the Trustee nor the Conversion Agent shall be
responsible for determining whether any event contemplated by Section 14.01(b) has occurred that makes the Notes eligible for
conversion or no longer eligible therefor until the Company has delivered to the Trustee and the Conversion Agent the notices referred
to in Section 14.01(b) with respect to the commencement or termination of such conversion rights, on which notices the Trustee
and the Conversion Agent may conclusively rely, and the Company agrees to deliver such notices to the Trustee and the Conversion Agent
immediately after the occurrence of any such event or at such other times as shall be provided for in Section 14.01(b). The parties
hereto agree that all notices to the Trustee or the Conversion Agent under this Article 14 shall be in writing.
Section 14.10. Notice
to Holders Prior to Certain Actions. In case of any:
(a) action
by the Company or one of its Subsidiaries that would require an adjustment in the Conversion Rate pursuant to Section 14.03 or
Section 14.04;
(b) Share
Exchange Event or any consolidation, merger, sale, assignment, lease, conveyance or other transfer or disposition of all or substantially
all assets in accordance with Article 11; or
(c) voluntary
or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding-up of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;
then, in each case (unless notice of such event
is otherwise required pursuant to another provision of this Indenture), the Company shall cause to be filed with the Trustee and the
Conversion Agent (if other than the Trustee) and to be sent to each Holder at its address appearing on the Note Register, as promptly
as possible but in any event at least 20 days prior to the applicable date hereinafter specified, a notice stating (i) the date
on which a record is to be taken for the purpose of such action by the Company or one of its Subsidiaries or, if a record is not to be
taken, the date as of which the holders of Class A Common Stock of record are to be determined for the purposes of such action by
the Company or one of its Subsidiaries, or (ii) the date on which such Share Exchange Event, any consolidation, merger, sale, assignment,
lease, conveyance or other transfer or disposition of all or substantially all assets in accordance with, or any dissolution, liquidation
or winding-up is expected to become effective or occur, and the date as of which it is expected that holders of Class A Common Stock
of record shall be entitled to exchange their Class A Common Stock for securities or other property deliverable upon such Share
Exchange Event, consolidation, merger, sale, assignment, lease, conveyance or other transfer or disposition of all or substantially all
assets in accordance with Article 11, dissolution, liquidation or winding-up; provided, however, that if on such date,
the Company does not have knowledge of such event, the Company shall deliver such notice as promptly as practicable upon obtaining knowledge
of such event and in no event later than the effective date of such adjustment. Failure to give such notice, or any defect therein, shall
not affect the legality or validity of such action by the Company or one of its Subsidiaries, Share Exchange Event, or any consolidation,
merger, sale, assignment, lease, conveyance or other transfer or disposition of all or substantially all assets in accordance with Article 11,
dissolution, liquidation or winding-up.
Section 14.11. Stockholder
Rights Plans. If the Company has a rights plan in effect upon conversion of the Notes into
Class A Common Stock, Holders that convert their Notes shall receive, in addition to any shares of Class A Common Stock received
in connection with such conversion, the appropriate number of rights under the rights plan, if any, and any certificate representing
the shares of Class A Common Stock issued upon such conversion shall bear such legends, if any, in each case as may be provided
by the terms of any such rights plan, as the same may be amended from time to time, unless prior to any conversion, the rights have separated
from the shares of Class A Common Stock in accordance with the provisions of the applicable rights plan, in which case, and only
in such case, the Conversion Rate shall be adjusted at the time of separation as if the Company distributed to all or substantially all
holders of shares of Class A Common Stock, Distributed Property pursuant to Section 14.04(c), subject to readjustment in the
event of the expiration, termination or redemption of such rights.
Section 14.12. Limitation
on Conversion Prior to Requisite Stockholder Approval. Notwithstanding anything to
the contrary in this Indenture, in connection with limitations imposed by the continued listing standards of The NASDAQ Global Select
Market, we, at our election, shall either (a) obtain shareholder approval of the issuance upon conversion of the Notes, in the aggregate,
of shares of Class A Common Stock in excess of 19.9% of the common stock of the Company outstanding as of the issue date of the Notes,
in accordance with the shareholder approval rules contained in such listing standards, or (b) pay cash in lieu of delivering any shares
of Class A Common Stock otherwise deliverable upon conversion in excess of such limitations based on the 45 consecutive VWAP trading
days during the relevant observation period. If the Company pays cash in lieu of delivering shares of Class A Common Stock, the Company
will notify the Trustee, the Conversion Agent (if other than the Trustee) and the applicable Holders no later than the close of business
on the trading day immediately following the related conversion date of the maximum number of shares the Company will deliver per $1,000
principal amount of converted Notes in respect of the relevant conversion.
Article 15
PURCHASE OF NOTES AT OPTION OF HOLDERS
Section 15.01. Intentionally
Omitted.
Section 15.02. Repurchase
at Option of Holders Upon a Fundamental Change.
(a) If
a Fundamental Change occurs at any time prior to the Maturity Date, each Holder shall have the right, at such Holder’s option,
to require the Company to repurchase for cash all of such Holder’s Notes, or any portion of the principal thereof that is equal
to $1,000 (or $1.00 if PIK Interest has been paid) or an integral multiple of $1.00 in excess thereof, on the date (the “Fundamental
Change Repurchase Date”) specified by the Company that is not less than 20 nor more than 35 calendar days following the date
of the Fundamental Change Company Notice (subject to extension as required to comply with law), at a repurchase price equal to 100% of
the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to, but not including, the Fundamental Change Repurchase
Date (the “Fundamental Change Repurchase Price”), unless the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date falls after a Regular
Record Date but on or prior to the Interest Payment Date to which such Regular Record Date relates, in which case the Company shall instead
pay the full amount of accrued and unpaid interest to Holders of record as of such Regular Record Date, and the Fundamental Change Repurchase
Price shall be equal to 100% of the principal amount of Notes to be purchased pursuant to this Article 15.
(b) Repurchases
of Notes under this Section 15.02 shall be made, at the option of the Holder thereof, upon:
(i) delivery
to the Paying Agent by a Holder of a duly completed notice (the “Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice”) in the form
set forth in Attachment 2 to the Form of Note attached hereto as Exhibit A, if the Notes are Certificated Notes, or in compliance
with the Applicable Procedures for surrendering interests in Global Notes, if the Notes are Global Notes, in each case on or before the
close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date; and
(ii) delivery
of the Notes, if the Notes are Certificated Notes, to the Paying Agent on or before the close of business on the Business Day immediately
preceding the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date (together with all necessary endorsements for transfer) at the Corporate Trust Office
of the Paying Agent, or book-entry transfer of the Notes, if the Notes are Global Notes, in compliance with the Applicable Procedures,
in each case such delivery being a condition to receipt by the Holder of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price therefor.
The Fundamental Change Repurchase
Notice in respect of any Notes to be repurchased shall state:
(A) in
the case of Certificated Notes, the certificate numbers of the Notes to be delivered for repurchase;
(B) the
portion of the principal amount of Notes to be repurchased, which must be $1,000 (or $1.00 if PIK Interest has been paid) or an integral
multiple of $1.00 in excess thereof; and
(C) that
the Notes are to be purchased by the Company pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Notes and this Indenture;
provided,
however, that if the Notes are Global Notes, the Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice must comply with the Applicable Procedures.
Notwithstanding anything
herein to the contrary, any Holder delivering to the Paying Agent the Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice contemplated by this Section 15.02
shall have the right to withdraw, in whole or in part, such Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice at any time prior to the close of business
on the Business Day immediately preceding the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date by delivery of a written notice of withdrawal to the
Paying Agent in accordance with Section 15.03.
If a Holder has already delivered
a Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice with respect to a Note, such Holder may not surrender such Note for conversion until such Holder
has validly withdrawn such Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice (or, in the case of a Global Note, has complied with the Applicable Procedures
with respect to such a withdrawal) in accordance with the terms of Section 15.03.
The Paying Agent shall promptly
notify the Company of the receipt by it of any Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice or written notice of withdrawal thereof.
(c) On
or before the 20th calendar day after the occurrence of a Fundamental Change, the Company shall provide to all Holders of
Notes and the Trustee and the Paying Agent (if other than the Trustee) a notice (the “Fundamental Change Company Notice”)
of the occurrence of the Fundamental Change and of the repurchase right at the option of the Holders arising as a result thereof. Each
Fundamental Change Company Notice shall specify:
(i) the
events causing the Fundamental Change;
(ii) the
effective date of the Fundamental Change;
(iii) the
last date on which a Holder may exercise the repurchase right pursuant to this Article 15;
(iv) the
Fundamental Change Repurchase Price;
(v) the
Fundamental Change Repurchase Date;
(vi) the
name and address of the Paying Agent and the Conversion Agent;
(vii) the
Conversion Rate and any adjustments to the Conversion Rate;
(viii) that
the Notes with respect to which a Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice has been delivered by a Holder may be converted only if the Holder
withdraws the Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice in accordance with the terms of this Indenture (or, in the case of a Global Note,
complies with the Applicable Procedures with respect to such a withdrawal); and
(ix) the
procedures that Holders must follow to require the Company to repurchase their Notes.
Simultaneously with providing
such Fundamental Change Company Notice, the Company shall issue a press release containing the information in such Fundamental Change
Company Notice.
At the Company’s written
request, the Trustee shall give such notice in the Company’s name and at the Company’s expense; provided, however,
that, in all cases, the text of such Fundamental Change Company Notice shall be prepared by the Company. In such a case, the Company
shall deliver such notice to the Trustee at least three Business Days prior to the date that the notice is required to be given to the
Holders (unless a shorter notice period shall be agreed to by the Trustee), together with Officers’ Certificate requesting that
the Trustee give such notice.
Such notice shall be delivered
to the Trustee, to the Paying Agent (if other than the Trustee) and to each Holder at its address shown in the Note Register (and to
the beneficial owner as required by applicable law) or, in the case of Global Notes, in accordance with the Applicable Procedures.
No failure of the Company
to give the foregoing notices and no defect therein shall limit the Holders’ repurchase rights or affect the validity of the proceedings
for the repurchase of the Notes pursuant to this Section 15.02.
(d) Notwithstanding
the foregoing, no Notes may be repurchased by the Company on any date at the option of the Holders upon a Fundamental Change if the principal
amount of the Notes has been accelerated, and such acceleration has not been rescinded, on or prior to such date (except in the case
of an acceleration resulting from a Default by the Company in the payment of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price with respect to
such Notes). The Paying Agent will promptly return to the respective Holders thereof any Certificated Notes held by it during the acceleration
of the Notes (except in the case of an acceleration resulting from a Default by the Company in the payment of the Fundamental Change
Repurchase Price with respect to such Notes), or any instructions for book-entry transfer of the Notes in compliance with the Applicable
Procedures shall be deemed to have been canceled, and, upon such return or cancellation, as the case may be, the Fundamental Change Repurchase
Notice with respect thereto shall be deemed to have been withdrawn.
(e) Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the Company shall not be required to make an offer to repurchase Notes upon a Fundamental Change if a third party makes
such an offer in the manner and at the times required and otherwise in compliance with the requirements for an offer made by the Company
pursuant to this Article 15 and such third party purchases all Notes validly surrendered and not validly withdrawn under its offer
on the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date.
Section 15.03. Withdrawal
of Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice. A Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice may be withdrawn
(in whole or in part) by means of a written notice of withdrawal delivered to the Paying Agent in accordance with this Section 15.03
at any time prior to the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, specifying:
(a) the
principal amount of the Notes with respect to which such notice of withdrawal is being submitted, which portion must be in principal
amounts of $1,000 (or $1.00 if PIK Interest has been paid) or an integral multiple of $1.00 in excess thereof,
(b) if
Certificated Notes have been issued, the certificate number of the Note in respect of which such notice of withdrawal is being submitted,
and
(c) the
principal amount, if any, of such Note that remains subject to the original Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice, which portion must
be in principal amounts of $1,000 (or $1.00 if PIK Interest has been paid) or an integral multiple of $1.00 in excess thereof;
provided,
however, that if the Notes are Global Notes, the withdrawal notice must comply with the Applicable Procedures.
Section 15.04. Deposit
of Fundamental Change Repurchase Price.
(a) The
Company shall deposit with the Trustee (or other Paying Agent appointed by the Company, or if the Company is acting as its own Paying
Agent, set aside, segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 4.04) on or prior to 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the
Fundamental Change Repurchase Date an amount of money sufficient to repurchase all of the Notes to be purchased at the appropriate Fundamental
Change Repurchase Price. Subject to receipt of funds by the Trustee (or other Paying Agent appointed by the Company), payment for Notes
surrendered for repurchase (and not validly withdrawn prior to the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Fundamental
Change Repurchase Date) will be made on the later of (i) the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date with respect to such Note (provided
the Holder has satisfied the conditions in Section 15.02) and (ii) the time of book-entry transfer or the delivery of such
Note to the Trustee (or other Paying Agent appointed by the Company) by the Holder thereof in the manner required by Section 15.02,
by mailing checks for the amount payable to the Holders of such Notes entitled thereto as they shall appear in the Note Register; provided,
however, that payments to the Depositary shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of the Depositary
or its nominee. The Trustee shall, promptly after such payment and upon written demand by the Company, return to the Company any funds
in excess of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price.
(b) If
by 10:00 a.m. New York City time, on the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, the Trustee (or other Paying Agent appointed by the
Company) holds money sufficient to make payment on all the Notes or portions thereof that are to be purchased on such Fundamental Change
Repurchase Date, then, with respect to Notes that have been properly surrendered for repurchase and not validly withdrawn:
(i) such
Notes shall cease to be outstanding and interest shall cease to accrue on such Notes (whether or not book-entry transfer of the Notes
has been made or the Notes have been delivered to the Trustee or Paying Agent) on such Fundamental Change Repurchase Date;
and
(ii) all
other rights of the Holders of such Notes will terminate on the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date (other than (x) the right to
receive the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price and (y) if the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date falls after a Regular Record Date
but on or prior to the related Interest Payment Date, the right of the Holder on such Regular Record Date to receive the accrued and
unpaid interest to, but not including, the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date).
(c) Upon
surrender of a Note that is to be purchased in part pursuant to Section 15.02, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate
and deliver to the Holder a new Note in an authorized denomination equal in principal amount to the unpurchased portion of the Note surrendered,
without payment of any service charge.
Section 15.05. Covenant
to Comply with Applicable Laws Upon Repurchase of Notes. In connection with any repurchase
offer, the Company will, if required by applicable law:
(a) comply
with the provisions of Rule 13e-4, Rule 14e-1 and any other tender offer rules under the Exchange Act that may then be
applicable;
(b) file
a Schedule TO or any other required schedule under the Exchange Act; and
(c) otherwise
comply in all material respects with all federal and state securities laws in connection with any offer by the Company to repurchase
the Notes; in each case, so as to permit the rights and obligations under this Article 15 to be exercised in the time and in the
manner specified in this Article 15. To the extent that any securities laws and regulations conflict with the provisions of this
Indenture with respect to the repurchase of Notes, the Company shall not be deemed to be in breach of this Indenture as a result of compliance
therewith.
Article 16
OPTIONAL REDEMPTION
Section 16.01. Optional
Redemption. No sinking fund is provided for the Notes. The Notes shall not be redeemable
by the Company prior to November 30, 2027. On or after November 30, 2027, the Company may redeem (an “Optional Redemption”)
for cash all or any portion of the Notes (subject to the Partial Redemption Limitation (as defined below)), at the Redemption Price,
if the Last Reported Sale Price of the Class A Common Stock has been at least 130% of the Conversion Price then in effect for at
least 20 Trading Days (whether or not consecutive) during the 30 consecutive Trading Day period (including the last Trading Day of such
period) ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately preceding the date on which the Company provides the Redemption Notice
in accordance with Section 16.02.
Section 16.02. Notice
of Optional Redemption; Selection of Notes.
(a) In
case the Company exercises its Optional Redemption right to redeem all or, as the case may be, any part of the Notes pursuant to Section 16.01,
it shall fix a date for redemption (each, a “Redemption Date”) and it or, at its written request received by the Trustee
not less than five Business Days prior to the date such Redemption Notice is to be sent (or such shorter period of time as may be acceptable
to the Trustee), the Trustee, in the name of and at the expense of the Company, shall deliver or cause to be delivered a notice of such
Optional Redemption (a “Redemption Notice”) not less than 50 nor more than 60 Scheduled Trading Days prior to the
Redemption Date to each Holder so to be redeemed as a whole or in part; provided, however, that, if the Company shall give
such notice, it shall also give written notice of the Redemption Date to the Trustee, the Conversion Agent (if other than the Trustee)
and the Paying Agent not less than five Business Days prior to the date such Redemption Notice is to be sent (or such shorter period
of time as may be acceptable to the Trustee). The Redemption Date must be a Business Day and the Company shall not specify a Redemption
Date that falls on or after the 46th Scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding the Maturity Date.
(b) The
Redemption Notice, if delivered in the manner herein provided, shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not
the Holder receives such notice. In any case, failure to give such Redemption Notice or any defect in the Redemption Notice to the Holder
of any Note designated for redemption as a whole or in part shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any
other Note.
(c) Each
Redemption Notice shall specify:
(i) the
Redemption Date;
(ii) the
Redemption Price;
(iii) that
on the Redemption Date, the Redemption Price will become due and payable upon each Note to be redeemed, and that interest thereon, if
any, shall cease to accrue on and after the Redemption Date;
(iv) the
place or places where such Notes are to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price;
(v) that
Holders may surrender their Notes for conversion at any time prior to the close of business on the second Scheduled Trading Day immediately
preceding the Redemption Date;
(vi) the
procedures a converting Holder must follow to convert its Notes and the Cash Percentage;
(vii) the
Conversion Rate and, if applicable, the number of Additional Shares added to the Conversion Rate in accordance with Section 14.03;
(viii) the
CUSIP number, ISIN or other similar numbers, if any, assigned to such Notes; and
(ix) in
case any Note is to be redeemed in part only, the portion of the principal amount thereof to be redeemed and on and after the Redemption
Date, upon surrender of such Note, a new Note in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion thereof shall be issued.
A Redemption Notice shall be irrevocable.
(d) If
the Company elects to redeem fewer than all of the outstanding Notes, at least $300,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Notes must
be outstanding and not subject to redemption as of the relevant date of a Redemption Notice (such requirement, the “Partial
Redemption Limitation”). If fewer than all of the outstanding Notes are to be redeemed, in the case of a Global Note, the Notes
or portions thereof to be redeemed (in principal amounts of $1,000 (or $1.00 if PIK Interest has been paid) or integral multiples of
$1.00 in excess thereof) shall be selected according to the applicable procedures of the Depositary, or, in the case of physical notes,
the Notes to be redeemed (in principal amounts of $1,000 (or $1.00 if PIK Interest has been paid) or integral multiples of $1.00 in excess
thereof) shall be selected by the Trustee by lot. If any Note selected for partial redemption is submitted for conversion in part after
such selection, the portion of the Note submitted for conversion shall be deemed (so far as may be possible) to be the portion selected
for redemption.
Section 16.03. Payment
of Notes Called for Redemption.
(a) If
any Redemption Notice has been given in respect of the Notes in accordance with Section 16.02, the Notes shall become due and payable
on the Redemption Date at the place or places stated in the Redemption Notice and at the applicable Redemption Price. On presentation
and surrender of the Notes at the place or places stated in the Redemption Notice, the Notes shall be paid and redeemed by the Company
at the applicable Redemption Price.
(b) Prior
to the open of business on the Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit with the Paying Agent or, if the Company or a Subsidiary of
the Company is acting as the Paying Agent, shall segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 7.05 an amount of cash (in immediately
available funds if deposited on the Redemption Date), sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of all of the Notes to be redeemed on such
Redemption Date. Subject to receipt of funds by the Paying Agent, payment for the Notes to be redeemed shall be made on the Redemption
Date for such Notes. The Paying Agent shall, promptly after such payment and upon written demand by the Company, return to the Company
any funds in excess of the Redemption Price.
(c) Upon
surrender of a Note that is to be redeemed in part pursuant to Section 16.02, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver to the Holder a new Note in an authorized denomination equal in principal amount to the unredeemed portion of
the Note surrendered.
Section 16.04. Restrictions
on Redemption. The Company may not redeem any Notes on any date if the principal amount
of the Notes has been accelerated in accordance with the terms of this Indenture, and such acceleration has not been rescinded, on or
prior to the Redemption Date (except in the case of an acceleration resulting from a Default by the Company in the payment of the Redemption
Price with respect to such Notes).
Article 17
SECURITY AND COLLATERAL
Section 17.01. Grant
of Security Interest. The due and punctual payment of the principal of and interest if any,
on the Notes and all Obligations with respect to each Notes Guarantee when and as the same shall be due and payable, whether on an interest
payment date, at maturity, by acceleration, repurchase, redemption or otherwise, and interest on the overdue principal of and interest
(to the extent permitted by law), if any, on the Notes and performance of all other obligations of the Company and the Guarantors to
the Holders or the Trustee under this Indenture, the Notes and the Notes Guarantees, as applicable, according to the terms hereunder
or thereunder, are secured as provided in the Security Documents.
Each Holder, by its acceptance
thereof, consents and agrees to the terms of the Security Documents as the same may be in effect or may be amended from time to time
in accordance with its terms and authorizes and directs the Collateral Agent to (i) enter into the Security Documents (including,
for the avoidance of doubt, from time to time, any Intercreditor Agreement), (ii) to perform its obligations and exercise its rights
thereunder in accordance therewith, and (iii) subject to receipt by the Collateral Agent of the Officer’s Certificates and
Opinions of Counsel required pursuant to Section 19.06 hereof, to enter into any additional Intercreditor Agreements, satisfactory
in form to the Collateral Agent (for the avoidance of doubt, the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, substantially in the form of Exhibit C
hereto, shall be deemed satisfactory to the Collateral Agent), upon having received written instruction from the Company to do so. The
Collateral Agent will have no duties or obligations with respect to the Collateral except those expressly set forth hereunder or in the
applicable Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreements and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into such documents
against the Collateral Agent.
The Company and the Guarantors
will deliver to the Trustee copies of all documents delivered to the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Security Documents, and will do
or cause to be done all such acts and things as may be necessary or proper, or as may be required by the provisions of the Security Documents,
to assure and confirm to the Trustee and the Collateral Agent the security interest in the Collateral contemplated hereby and by the
Security Documents or any part thereof, as from time to time constituted, so as to render the same available for the security and benefit
of this Indenture, the Notes and the Notes Guarantees secured hereby, according to the intent and purposes herein expressed.
The Company will take, and
will cause the Guarantors to take any and all actions required to cause the Security Documents to create and maintain, as security for
the Obligations of the Company and the Guarantors hereunder, a valid and enforceable perfected first priority Lien in and on all the
Collateral, in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Trustee and the Holders, subject to no Liens other than as permitted
in this Indenture.
Section 17.02. Security
Interest During an Event of Default. If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the
Trustee may, in addition to any rights and remedies available to it under this Indenture and the Security Documents, take such action
as it deems advisable to protect and enforce its rights in the Collateral, including the institution of sale or foreclosure proceedings.
So long as no Event of Default
has occurred and is continuing, and subject to certain terms and conditions set forth in this Indenture and the Security Documents, the
Company and the Guarantors will be entitled to receive all cash dividends, interest and other payments made upon or with respect to the
Collateral and to exercise any voting and other consensual rights pertaining to the Collateral. Upon the occurrence and continuation
of an Event of Default, to the extent permitted by applicable law and subject to the provisions of any applicable Intercreditor Agreement
and the Security Documents (including notice requirements set forth in the Security Documents):
| (i) | all of the
rights of the Guarantors to exercise voting or other consensual rights with respect to all
Equity Interests included in the Collateral shall cease, and all such rights shall become
vested in the Collateral Agent, which, to the extent permitted by applicable law, shall have
the sole right to exercise such voting and other consensual rights in accordance with the
written direction from the Required Holders (it being understood that, until receipt by the
Collateral Agent of such written direction, it shall have no obligation to exercise, and
shall incur no liability for not exercising, such voting or other consensual rights);
and |
| (ii) | the Collateral Agent may take possession
of and sell the Collateral or any part thereof in accordance with the terms of applicable
law and the Security Documents. |
Section 17.03. Recording
and Opinions.
(a) The
Company will furnish to the Trustee simultaneously with the execution and delivery of this Indenture an Opinion of Counsel either:
(1) stating
that, in the opinion of such counsel, all action has been taken with respect to the recording, registering and filing of this Indenture,
financing statements or other instruments necessary to make effective the Lien intended to be created by the Security Documents, and
reciting with respect to the security interests in the Collateral, the details of such action; or
(2) stating
that, in the opinion of such counsel, no such action is necessary to make such Lien effective.
(b) The
Company and the Guarantors will furnish to the Collateral Agent and the Trustee within 30 days of May 30 of each year beginning
with May 30, 2025, an Opinion of Counsel, dated as of such date, either:
(1) stating
that, in the opinion of such counsel, action has been taken with respect to the recording, registering, filing, re-recording, re-registering
and re-filing of all supplemental indentures, financing statements, continuation statements or other instruments of further assurance
as is necessary to maintain the Lien of the Security Documents and reciting with respect to the security interests in the Collateral
the details of such action or referring to prior Opinions of Counsel in which such details are given; or
(2) stating
that, in the opinion of such counsel, no such action is necessary to maintain such Lien and assignment.
(c) The
Company will otherwise comply with the provisions of TIA §314(b).
Section 17.04. Release
of Collateral.
(a) The
Liens on the Collateral securing the Notes Guarantees will be released upon the delivery to the Trustee and Collateral Agent of an Officer’s
Certificate that one of the following has occurred, and an Opinion of Counsel that all conditions to such release under the terms of
this Indenture have been satisfied:
(1) in
whole, upon:
(i) payment
in full of the Notes together with accrued and unpaid (or not yet capitalized in the case of PIK Interest) interest thereon and performance
of all other obligations (other than contingent obligations that survive termination) of the Company and the Guarantors under the Notes
Documents; or
(ii) satisfaction
and discharge of this Indenture as set in Article 3 hereto;
(2) with
respect to the property and assets of any Guarantor constituting Collateral, upon the release of such Guarantor from its Notes Guarantee
in accordance with the terms of this Indenture;
(3) as
to any Collateral that is sold, assigned, transferred, conveyed or otherwise disposed of to (a) a Person other than an Affiliate
of such Guarantor or (b) a Spectrum Joint Venture, in each case, in a transaction that at the time of such sale or disposition does
not violate the provisions set forth in Section 4.11 and Section 11.01 hereto, as applicable;
(4) in
whole or in part, with the consent of Holders of the requisite aggregate principal amount of Notes set forth in Article 10 hereof;
or
(5) if
and to the extent required by the Intercreditor Agreement.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein,
a release pursuant to the foregoing clause (3) shall not be permitted while any Default or Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing. Any request to the Trustee and Collateral Agent to release Collateral shall be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel and Officer’s
Certificate stating that such release complies with this Indenture and the Security Documents.
(b) The
Company will comply with TIA §314(a)(1).
(c) To
the extent applicable, the Company will cause TIA §313(b), relating to reports, and TIA §314(d), relating to the release of
property or securities or relating to the substitution therefor of any property or securities to be subjected to the Lien of the Security
Documents, to be complied with. Any certificate or opinion required by TIA §314(d) may be made by an officer of the Company
except in cases where TIA §314(d) requires that such certificate or opinion be made by an independent Person, which Person
will be an independent engineer, appraiser or other expert selected. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this paragraph, neither
the Company nor the Guarantors will be required to comply with all or any portion of TIA §314(d) if it determines, in good
faith based on advice of counsel, that under the terms of TIA §314(d) and/or any interpretation or guidance as to the meaning
thereof of the SEC and its staff, including “no action” letters or exemptive orders, all or any portion of TIA §314(d) is
inapplicable with respect to the released Collateral.
Section 17.05. Certificates
of the Company and the Guarantors; Opinions of Counsel. The Company and the Guarantors will
furnish to the Trustee and the Collateral Agent, prior to each proposed release of Collateral pursuant to this Indenture and the Security
Documents:
| (i) | all documents required by TIA §314(d);
and |
| (ii) | an Opinion of Counsel, which may be rendered
by internal counsel to the Company, to the effect that such accompanying documents constitute
all documents required by TIA §314(d). |
The Trustee may, to the extent
permitted by Sections 7.01 and 7.02 hereof, accept as conclusive evidence of compliance with the foregoing provisions the appropriate
statements contained in such documents and such Opinion of Counsel.
In the event that the Trustee
or the Collateral Agent is requested by the Company to execute any necessary or proper instrument or document to evidence or acknowledge
the release, satisfaction or termination of any Lien securing the Notes Obligations, the Trustee or the Collateral Agent, as applicable,
shall be entitled to receive an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel each stating that all conditions precedent under
this Indenture, the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreements to such release have been complied with and that it is permitted
for the Trustee and/or the Collateral Agent to execute and deliver the instruments or documents requested by the Company in connection
with such release. Any such instrument or document shall be prepared by the Company. Neither the Trustee nor the Collateral Agents shall
be liable for any such release undertaken in reliance upon any such Officers’ Certificate or Opinion of Counsel, and notwithstanding
any term hereof or in any Security Document or in the Intercreditor Agreements to the contrary, neither the Trustee nor the Collateral
Agents shall be under any obligation to release any such Lien, or execute and deliver any such instrument or document of release, satisfaction
or termination with respect thereto, unless and until it receives such Officers’ Certificate and Opinion of Counsel, upon which
it shall be entitled to conclusively rely.
Section 17.06. [Reserved].
Section 17.07. Authorization
of Actions to Be Taken by the Trustee Under the Security Documents. Subject to the provisions
of Sections 7.01 and 7.02 hereof, the Trustee may, in its sole discretion and without the consent of the Holders, direct, on behalf of
the Holders, the Collateral Agent to, take all actions it deems necessary or appropriate in order to:
| (i) | enforce any of the terms of the Security
Documents; and |
| (ii) | collect and receive any and all amounts
payable in respect of the Obligations of the Company and the Guarantors hereunder. |
The Trustee will have power
to institute and maintain such suits and proceedings as it may deem expedient to prevent any impairment of the Collateral by any acts
that may be unlawful or in violation of this Indenture or the Security Documents, and such suits and proceedings as the Trustee may deem
expedient to preserve or protect its interests and the interests of the Holders in the Collateral (including power to institute and maintain
suits or proceedings to restrain the enforcement of or compliance with any legislative or other governmental enactment, rule or
order that may be unconstitutional or otherwise invalid if the enforcement of, or compliance with, such enactment, rule or order
would impair the security interest hereunder or be prejudicial to the interests of the Holders or of the Trustee).
Section 17.08. Authorization
of Receipt of Funds by the Trustee Under the Security Documents. The Trustee is authorized
to receive any funds for the benefit of the Holders distributed under the Security Documents, and to make further distributions of such
funds to the Holders of according to the provisions of this Indenture.
Section 17.09. Concerning
the Collateral Agent.
(a) The provisions of
this Section 17.09 are solely for the benefit of the Collateral Agent (except as otherwise provided herein for the benefit of the
Trustee) and none of the Company or any of the Guarantors nor any of the Holders shall have any rights as a third-party beneficiary of
any of the provisions contained herein. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained elsewhere in this Indenture and the Security
Documents, the Collateral Agent shall have only those duties or responsibilities expressly provided hereunder or thereunder and the Collateral
Agent shall not have nor be deemed to have any fiduciary relationship with the Trustee, the Company, any other Guarantor or any Holder,
and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Indenture and the Security
Documents or otherwise exist against the Collateral Agent.
(b) The
Collateral Agent shall act pursuant to the instructions of the Holders and the Trustee with respect to the Security Documents and the
Collateral. For the avoidance of doubt, the Collateral Agent shall have no discretion under this Indenture, the Intercreditor Agreements
or any other Security Documents and shall not be required to make or give any determination, consent, approval, request or direction
without the written direction of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes or the Trustee,
as applicable. After the occurrence of an Event of Default, subject to the provisions of the Security Documents, the Trustee may direct
the Collateral Agent in connection with any action required or permitted by this Indenture or the Security Documents.
(c) None
of the Collateral Agent or any of its respective Affiliates shall be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by any of them
under or in connection with this Indenture or the transactions contemplated hereby (except for its own gross negligence or willful misconduct)
or under or in connection with any Security Document or the transactions contemplated thereby (except for its own gross negligence or
willful misconduct).
(d) Other
than in connection with a release of Collateral permitted under Section 17.04 (except as may be required by Section 10.02),
in each case that the Collateral Agent may or is required hereunder or under any other Security Document to take any action (an “Action”),
including without limitation to make any determination, to give consents, to exercise rights, powers or remedies, to release or sell
Collateral or otherwise to act hereunder or under any other Security Document, the Collateral Agent may seek direction from the Holders
of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes. The Collateral Agent shall not be liable with respect to any
Action taken or omitted to be taken by it in accordance with the direction from the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount
of the then outstanding Notes. Subject to the Security Documents, if the Collateral Agent shall request direction from the Holders of
a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes with respect to any Action, the Collateral Agent shall be entitled
to refrain from such Action unless and until the Collateral Agent shall have received direction from the Holders of a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the then outstanding Notes, and the Collateral Agent shall not incur liability to any Person by reason of so refraining.
(e) Beyond
the exercise of reasonable care in the custody of the collateral in its possession, the Collateral Agent will have no duty as to any
Collateral in its possession or control or in the possession or control of any agent or bailee or any income thereon or as to preservation
of rights against prior parties or any other rights pertaining thereto. The Collateral Agent will be deemed to have exercised reasonable
care in the custody of the Collateral in its possession if the Collateral is accorded treatment substantially equal to that which it
accords its own property, and the Collateral Agent will not be liable or responsible for any loss or diminution in the value of any of
the Collateral by reason of the act or omission of any carrier, forwarding agency or other agent or bailee selected by the Collateral
Agent in good faith. The Collateral Agent shall have no responsibility to prepare or file any financing statement or continuation statement
or record any documents or instruments in any public office at any time or times.
(f) The
Collateral Agent will not be responsible for the existence, genuineness or value of any of the Collateral or for the validity, perfection,
priority or enforceability of the Liens in any of the Collateral, whether impaired by operation of law or by reason of any action or
omission to act on its part hereunder, except to the extent such action or omission constitutes gross negligence or willful misconduct
on the part of the Collateral Agent, as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final, nonappealable order, for the validity
or sufficiency of the Collateral or any agreement or assignment contained therein, for the validity of the title of any Guarantor to
the Collateral, for insuring the Collateral or for the payment of taxes, charges, assessments or Liens upon the Collateral or otherwise
as to the maintenance of the Collateral. The Collateral Agent hereby disclaims any representation or warranty to the present and future
Holders of the Notes concerning the perfection of the Liens granted hereunder or in the value of any of the Collateral.
(g) In
the event that the Collateral Agent or the Trustee is required to acquire title to an asset for any reason, or take any managerial action
of any kind in regard thereto, in order to carry out any fiduciary or trust obligation for the benefit of another, which in the Collateral
Agent’s or the Trustee’s sole discretion, as applicable, may cause the Collateral Agent or the Trustee, as applicable, to
be considered an “owner or operator” under any environmental laws or otherwise cause the Collateral Agent or the Trustee
to incur, or be exposed to, any environmental liability or any liability under any other federal, state or local law, the Collateral
Agent and the Trustee reserve the right, instead of taking such action, either to resign as Collateral Agent or Trustee or to arrange
for the transfer of the title or control of the asset to a court appointed receiver. Neither the Collateral Agent nor the Trustee will
not be liable to any person for any environmental claims or any environmental liabilities or contribution actions under any federal,
state or local law, rule or regulation by reason of the Collateral Agent’s actions and conduct as authorized, empowered and
directed hereunder or relating to any kind of discharge or release or threatened discharge or release of any hazardous materials into
the environment. If at any time it is necessary or advisable for the Collateral to be possessed, owned, operated or managed by any person
other than the Guarantor, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes shall direct the Collateral
Agent or Trustee, as applicable, to appoint an appropriately qualified person who they shall designate to possess, own, operate or manage,
as the case may be, the Collateral.
(h) The
Collateral Agent shall be entitled to all of the protections, immunities, indemnities, rights and privileges of the Trustee set forth
in this Indenture and all such protections, immunities, indemnities, rights and privileges shall apply to the Collateral Agent in its
roles under any other Security Document, whether or not expressly stated therein.
(i) The
Collateral Agent shall be entitled to compensation, reimbursement and indemnity as set forth in Section 7.06.
(j) For
the avoidance of doubt, the Trustee and the Collateral Agent shall act only within the United States, and shall not be subject to any
foreign law, be required to act in any jurisdiction located outside the United States or be required to execute any foreign law governed
document.
(k) The
Collateral Agent shall not be responsible for preparing or filing any financing or continuation statements or preparing or recording
any documents or instruments in any public office at any time or times or otherwise perfecting or maintaining the perfection of any security
interest in the Collateral other than, subject to the rights of the Collateral Agent hereunder,
by maintaining possession of possessory collateral delivered to the Collateral Agent in accordance with the Security Documents.
(l) The
Collateral Agent shall have no duty to ascertain or inquire as to the performance or observance of any of the terms of this Indenture
or the Security Documents by the Company or the Guarantors.
(m) In
no event shall the Collateral Agent be required to enter into any account control agreement which requires it to indemnify or reimburse
any party thereto from the Collateral Agent’s own funds or from funds other than those received by the Collateral Agent from the
applicable account and actually in the possession of the Collateral Agent at the time it receives any demand for reimbursement or indemnification.
Article 18
[Reserved]
Article 19
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Section 19.01. Provisions
Binding on Company’s Successors. All the covenants, stipulations, promises and agreements
of the Company contained in this Indenture shall bind its successors and assigns whether so expressed or not.
Section 19.02. Official
Acts by Successor Entity. Any act or proceeding by any provision of this Indenture authorized
or required to be done or performed by any board, committee or Officer of the Company or a Guarantor shall and may be done and performed
with like force and effect by the like board, committee or officer of any corporation or other entity that shall at the time be the lawful
sole successor of the Company or a Guarantor.
Section 19.03. Addresses
for Notices, Etc. Any notice or demand that by any provision of this Indenture is required
or permitted to be given or served by the Trustee or by the Holders on the Company shall be in writing (including electronic mail in
PDF format) and shall be deemed to have been sufficiently given or made, for all purposes, if delivered in person or mailed by first
class mail (registered or certified, return receipt requested) or overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery to: EchoStar Corporation,
9601 South Meridian Boulevard, Englewood, Colorado 80112, Attention General Counsel, with a copy to White & Case LLP, 1221 Avenue
of the Americas, New York, New York 10020, Attention: Jonathan Michels, Andrew J. Ericksen and Laura Katherine Mann. Any notice, direction,
request or demand hereunder to or upon the Trustee or the Collateral Agent shall be in writing (including electronic mail in PDF format)
and shall be deemed to have been sufficiently given or made, for all purposes, if delivered in person or mailed by first class mail (registered
or certified, return receipt requested) or overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery to: The Bank of New York Mellon Trust
Company, N.A., 601 Travis Street, 16th Floor, Houston, Texas 77002, Attention: Corporate Trust Administration, Email: rafael.martinez@bny.com,
Telephone: (713) 483-6535.
The Trustee, by notice to
the Company, may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.
All notices and communications
(other than those sent to Holders of Notes) shall be deemed to have been duly given at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered;
five Business Days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; when receipt acknowledged, if sent by electronic mail;
the next Business Day after timely delivery to the courier, if sent by overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery; and via
email in PDF format, when actually received.
Any notice or communication
sent to a Holder shall be mailed to it by first class mail (or electronic transmission in accordance with the Applicable Procedures in
the case of Notes held in book-entry form), postage prepaid, at its address as it appears on the Note Register and shall be sufficiently
given to it if so mailed or sent within the time prescribed. Any notice or communication will also be so mailed to any Person described
in TIA §313(c), to the extent required by the TIA.
Failure to send a notice
or communication to a Holder or any defect in it shall not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Holders. If a notice or communication
is sent in the manner provided above, it is duly given, whether or not the addressee receives it.
In case by reason of the
suspension of regular mail service or by reason of any other cause it shall be impracticable to give such notice to Holders by mail,
then such notification as shall be made with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute a sufficient notification for every purpose
hereunder.
The Trustee and the Collateral
Agent shall have the right to accept and act upon instructions, including funds transfer instructions (“Instructions”)
given pursuant to this Indenture and the Security Documents and delivered using Electronic Means (as defined below); provided, however,
that the Company and/or the Guarantors, as applicable, shall provide to the Trustee and the Collateral Agent an incumbency certificate
listing officers with the authority to provide such Instructions (“Authorized Officers”) and containing specimen signatures
of such Authorized Officers, which incumbency certificate shall be amended by the Company and/or the Guarantors, as applicable, whenever
a person is to be added or deleted from the listing. If the Company and/or the Guarantors, as applicable, elects to give the Trustee
or Collateral Agent Instructions using Electronic Means and the Trustee or Collateral Agent in its discretion elects to act upon such
Instructions, the Trustee’s and the Collateral Agent’s understanding, as applicable, of such Instructions shall be deemed
controlling. The Company and/or the Guarantors, as applicable, understand and agree that the Trustee and the Collateral Agent cannot
determine the identity of the actual sender of such Instructions and that the Trustee and the Collateral Agent shall conclusively presume
that directions that purport to have been sent by an Authorized Officer listed on the incumbency certificate provided to the Trustee
and the Collateral Agent have been sent by such Authorized Officer. The Company and/or the Guarantors, as applicable, shall be responsible
for ensuring that only Authorized Officers transmit such Instructions to the Trustee and the Collateral Agent and that the Company and/or
the Guarantors, as applicable, and all Authorized Officers are solely responsible to safeguard the use and confidentiality of applicable
user and authorization codes, passwords and/or authentication keys upon receipt by the Company and/or the Guarantors, as applicable.
The Trustee shall not be liable for any losses, costs or expenses arising directly or indirectly from the Trustee’s or the Collateral’s,
as applicable, reliance upon and compliance with such Instructions notwithstanding such directions conflict or are inconsistent with
a subsequent written instruction. The Company and/or the Guarantors, as applicable, agree: (i) to assume all risks arising out of the
use of Electronic Means to submit Instructions to the Trustee and the Collateral Agent, including without limitation the risk of the
Trustee and Collateral Agent acting on unauthorized Instructions, and the risk of interception and misuse by third parties; (ii) that
it is fully informed of the protections and risks associated with the various methods of transmitting Instructions to the Trustee and
the Collateral Agent and that there may be more secure methods of transmitting Instructions than the method(s) selected by the Company
and/or the Obligor, as applicable; (iii) that the security procedures (if any) to be followed in connection with its transmission of
Instructions provide to it a commercially reasonable degree of protection in light of its particular needs and circumstances; and (iv)
to notify the Trustee and the Collateral Agent, as applicable, immediately upon learning of any compromise or unauthorized use of the
security procedures.
Notwithstanding any other
provision of this Indenture or any Note, where this Indenture or any Note provides for notice of any event or any other communication
(including any notice of redemption or repurchase) to a holder of a Global Note (whether by mail or otherwise), such notice shall be
sufficiently given if given to the Depositary (or its designee) pursuant to the standing instructions from the Depositary or its designee,
including by electronic mail in accordance with accepted practices at the Depositary.
Section 19.04. Governing
Law. THIS INDENTURE, THE NOTES GUARANTEES AND EACH NOTE, AND ANY CLAIM, CONTROVERSY OR DISPUTE
ARISING UNDER OR RELATED TO THIS INDENTURE, THE NOTES GUARANTEES AND EACH NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH,
THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CONFLICTS OF LAWS PROVISIONS THEREOF).
Section 19.05. Communication
by Holders of Notes with Other Holders of Notes. Holders may communicate pursuant to TIA §312(b) with
other Holders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or the Notes. The Company, the Trustee, the Registrar and anyone else
shall have the protection of TIA §312(c).
Section 19.06. Evidence
of Compliance with Conditions Precedent; Certificates and Opinions of Counsel to Trustee.
Upon any application or demand by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under any of the provisions of this Indenture, the Company
shall furnish to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and Opinion of Counsel stating that in the opinion of the signors, all conditions
precedent and covenants, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been satisfied (other than a certificate
provided pursuant to TIA §314(a)(4)) must comply with the provisions of TIA §314(e).
Each Officers’ Certificate
and Opinion of Counsel provided for, by or on behalf of the Company in this Indenture and delivered to the Trustee with respect to compliance
with this Indenture (other than the Officers’ Certificates provided for in Section 4.08) shall include (i) a statement
that the Person making such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition; (ii) a brief statement as to the nature
and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statement contained in such certificate or opinion is based; (iii) a
statement that, in the judgment of such person, he or she has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him or
her to express an informed judgment as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been satisfied; and (iv) a statement as
to whether or not, in the judgment of such Person, such covenant or condition has been satisfied.
Notwithstanding anything
to the contrary in this Section 19.06, if any provision in this Indenture specifically provides that the Trustee shall or may receive
an Opinion of Counsel in connection with any action to be taken by the Trustee or the Company hereunder, the Trustee shall be entitled
to such Opinion of Counsel.
Section 19.07. Legal
Holidays. If any Interest Payment Date, Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, Conversion Date
or Maturity Date is not a Business Day, then any action to be taken on such date need not be taken on such date, but may be taken on
the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if taken on such date, and no interest shall accrue in respect of
the delay.
Section 19.08. Trust
Indenture Act Controls. If any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts
with the duties imposed by TIA §318(c), the imposed duties will control.
Section 19.09. Benefits
of Indenture. Nothing in this Indenture or in the Notes, expressed or implied, shall give
to any Person, other than the parties hereto, any Paying Agent, any Custodian, any Bid Solicitation Agent, any Conversion Agent, any
authenticating agent, any Note Registrar and their successors hereunder or the Holders, any benefit or any legal or equitable right,
remedy or claim under this Indenture.
Section 19.10. Table
of Contents, Headings, Etc. The table of contents and the titles and headings of the articles
and sections of this Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not to be considered a part hereof, and shall
in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.
Section 19.11. Authenticating
Agent. The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent that shall be authorized to act on
its behalf and subject to its direction in the authentication and delivery of Notes in connection with the original issuance thereof
and transfers and exchanges of Notes hereunder, including under Section 2.04, Section 2.05, Section 2.06, Section 2.07,
Section 10.04 and Section 15.04 as fully to all intents and purposes as though the authenticating agent had been expressly
authorized by this Indenture and those Sections to authenticate and deliver Notes. For all purposes of this Indenture, the authentication
and delivery of Notes by the authenticating agent shall be deemed to be authentication and delivery of such Notes “by the Trustee”
and a certificate of authentication executed on behalf of the Trustee by an authenticating agent shall be deemed to satisfy any requirement
hereunder or in the Notes for the Trustee’s certificate of authentication. Such authenticating agent shall at all times be a Person
eligible to serve as trustee hereunder pursuant to Section 7.07.
Any corporation or other
entity into which any authenticating agent may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation or other
entity resulting from any merger, consolidation or conversion to which any authenticating agent shall be a party, or any corporation
or other entity succeeding to all or substantially all the corporate trust business of any authenticating agent, shall be the successor
of the authenticating agent hereunder, if such successor corporation or other entity is otherwise eligible under this Section 19.11,
without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of the parties hereto or the authenticating agent or such
successor corporation or other entity.
Any authenticating agent
may at any time resign by giving written notice of resignation to the Trustee and to the Company. The Trustee may at any time terminate
the agency of any authenticating agent by giving written notice of termination to such authenticating agent and to the Company. Upon
receiving such a notice of resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at any time any authenticating agent shall cease to be
eligible under this Section, the Trustee may appoint a successor authenticating agent (which may be the Trustee), shall give written
notice of such appointment to the Company and shall mail notice of such appointment to all Holders as the names and addresses of such
Holders appear on the Note Register.
The Company agrees to pay
to the authenticating agent from time to time reasonable compensation for its services although the Company may terminate the authenticating
agent, if it determines such agent’s fees to be unreasonable.
The provisions of Section 7.02,
Section 7.03, Section 7.04, Section 7.06, Section 8.03 and this Section 19.11 shall be applicable to any authenticating
agent.
If an authenticating agent
is appointed pursuant to this Section 19.11, the Notes may have endorsed thereon, in addition to the Trustee’s certificate
of authentication, an alternative certificate of authentication in the following form:
as Authenticating Agent, certifies that this
is one of the Notes described in the within-named Indenture.
Authorized Officer.
Section 19.12. Execution
in Counterparts. This Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which
shall be an original, but such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument. The exchange of copies of this
Indenture and of signature pages by electronically, including by PDF transmission, shall constitute effective execution and delivery
of this Indenture as to the parties hereto and may be used in lieu of the original Indenture for all purposes. Signatures of the parties
hereto transmitted electronically shall be deemed to be their original signatures for all purposes.
Section 19.13. Severability.
In the event any provision of this Indenture or in the Notes shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, then (to the extent permitted
by law) the validity, legality or enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired.
Section 19.14. Waiver
of Jury Trial; Submission of Jurisdiction. EACH OF THE COMPANY, EACH GUARANTOR, THE TRUSTEE,
THE COLLATERAL AGENT AND EACH HOLDER OF THE NOTES BY ITS ACCEPTANCE THEREOF, HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED
BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS INDENTURE, THE NOTES,
THE NOTES GUARANTEES OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY. EACH OF THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE HEREBY IRREVOCABLY SUBMITS TO THE NON-EXCLUSIVE
JURISDICTION OF ANY NEW YORK STATE COURT SITTING IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK OR ANY FEDERAL COURT SITTING IN
THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK IN RESPECT OF ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS INDENTURE
AND THE NOTES, AND IRREVOCABLY ACCEPTS FOR ITSELF AND IN RESPECT OF ITS PROPERTY, GENERALLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY, JURISDICTION OF THE
AFORESAID COURTS.
Section 19.15. Force
Majeure. In no event shall the Trustee or the Collateral Agent be responsible or liable
for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations hereunder arising out of or caused by, directly or indirectly, forces
beyond its control, including, without limitation, strikes, work stoppages, accidents, acts of war or terrorism, civil or military disturbances,
nuclear or natural catastrophes or acts of God, and interruptions, loss or malfunctions of utilities, communications or computer (software
and hardware) services; it being understood that the Trustee and the Collateral Agent shall use reasonable efforts that are consistent
with accepted practices in the banking industry to resume performance as soon as practicable under the circumstances.
Section 19.16. Calculations.
Except as otherwise provided herein, the Company shall be responsible for making all calculations called for under the Notes or this
Indenture. These calculations include, but are not limited to, determinations of the Stock Price or Trading Price, the Last Reported
Sale Prices of the Class A Common Stock, the Daily VWAPs, the Daily Conversion Values, the Daily Settlement Amounts, accrued interest
payable on the Notes and the Conversion Rate of the Notes. The Company shall make all these calculations in good faith and, absent manifest
error, such calculations shall be final and binding on Holders of Notes. The Company shall provide a schedule of its calculations to
each of the Trustee and the Conversion Agent, and each of the Trustee and Conversion Agent is entitled to rely conclusively upon the
accuracy of such calculations without independent verification. The Trustee will forward the Company’s calculations to any Holder
upon the written request of that Holder at the sole cost and expense of the Company. For the avoidance of doubt, the Trustee and the
Conversion Agent shall rely conclusively on the calculations and information provided to them by the Company as to Stock Price, Daily
VWAPs, Trading Price, Last Reported Sale Price of the Class A Common Stock, the Daily VWAPs, the Daily Conversion Values, the Daily
Settlement Amounts, accrued interest payable on the Notes and the Conversion Rate of the Notes. In no event shall the Trustee or the
Conversion Agent be charged with knowledge of or have any duty to monitor the Stock Price or any Measurement Period. Neither the Trustee
nor the Conversion Agent shall have any responsibility for calculations or determinations of amounts, determining whether events requiring
or permitting conversion have occurred, determining whether any adjustment is required to be made with respect to conversion rights and,
if so, how much, or for the delivery of shares of Class A Common Stock.
Section 19.17. U.S.A.
Patriot Act. The parties hereto acknowledge that in accordance with Section 326 of
the U.S.A. Patriot Act, the Trustee, like all financial institutions and in order to help fight the funding of terrorism and money laundering,
is required to obtain, verify, and record information that identifies each person or legal entity that establishes a relationship or
opens an account with the Trustee. The parties to this Indenture agree that they will provide the Trustee with such information as is
required to satisfy the requirements of the U.S.A. Patriot Act.
Section 19.18. Tax
Matters.
(a) The
parties hereto intend, for U.S. federal (and applicable state and local) income tax purposes: (i) to treat the Notes as indebtedness
that are not “contingent payment debt instruments” within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.1275-4, (ii) except
to the extent the Issuer determines in good faith that such position for such adjustment is not supportable at a “more likely than
not” (or higher) level of confidence, to treat any adjustment to the Conversion Rate of the Notes pursuant to Section 14.04 (other
than clause (e) thereof), Section 14.07 or Section 14.11 as being made pursuant to a “bona fide, adjustment formula” within
the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.305-7(b)(1) (except to the extent otherwise required pursuant to the last sentence of Treasury
Regulations Section 1.305-7(b)(1)), and (iii) except to the extent the Issuer determines in good faith that such position for such adjustment
is not supportable at a “more likely than not” (or higher) level of confidence, to treat any adjustment to the Conversion
Rate occurring pursuant to Section 14.03 or Section 14.04(e) as not giving rise to a constructive distribution pursuant to Section 305(c)
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. The parties hereto shall not take any position for U.S. federal (and applicable state
and local) income tax purposes inconsistent with the foregoing clauses (i) through (iii), except to the extent otherwise required by
a change in applicable law or a “determination” within the meaning of Section 1313(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
as amended.
(b) In order to comply with applicable tax laws, rules and regulations, the Company, upon request of the Trustee, shall use commercially reasonable
efforts to share with the Trustee information related to this Indenture it has in its possession, so as to help facilitate the Trustee's
determination as to whether it has tax related obligations under applicable law, and the Company agrees that the Trustee shall be entitled
to make a withholding under this Indenture to the extent required by applicable tax law.
Section 19.19. Office
of Foreign Assets Control Sanctions Representations.
(a) The
Company covenants and represents that neither it nor any of its affiliates, subsidiaries, directors or officers are the target or subject
of any sanctions enforced by the U.S. Government (including, without limitation, the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department
of the Treasury or the U.S. Department of State), the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, His Majesty’s Treasury,
or other relevant sanctions authority (collectively “Sanctions”).
(b) The
Company covenants and represents that neither it nor any of its affiliates, subsidiaries, directors or officers will directly or indirectly
use any payments made pursuant to this Indenture, (i) to fund or facilitate any activities of or business with any person who, at
the time of such funding or facilitation, is the subject or target of Sanctions, (ii) to fund or facilitate any activities of or
business with any country or territory that is the target or subject of Sanctions, or (iii) in any other manner that will result
in a violation of Sanctions by any person.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties
hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly executed as of the date first written above.
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Exhibit A
[Form of
Face of Note]
THIS NOTE HAS BEEN ISSUED WITH “ORIGINAL
ISSUE DISCOUNT” (WITHIN THE MEANING OF SECTION 1272 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED). UPON WRITTEN REQUEST,
THE COMPANY WILL PROMPTLY MAKE AVAILABLE TO ANY HOLDER OF THIS NOTE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION: (1) THE ISSUE PRICE AND ISSUE DATE
OF THE NOTE; (2) THE AMOUNT OF ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT ON THE NOTE; AND (3) THE YIELD TO MATURITY OF THE NOTE. HOLDERS SHOULD
CONTACT THE COMPANY AT 9601 SOUTH MERIDIAN BOULEVARD, ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO 80112, ATTENTION: GENERAL COUNSEL.
[INCLUDE FOLLOWING LEGEND IF A GLOBAL NOTE]
[UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION
OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME
AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS
REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON
IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.]
ECHOSTAR CORPORATION
3.875% Convertible Senior Secured Note due 2030
CUSIP No. [ ]
EchoStar Corporation, a corporation
duly organized and validly existing under the laws of the State of Nevada (the “Company,” which term includes any
successor corporation or other entity under the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof), for value received hereby promises to pay
to [CEDE & CO.]1 [ ]2, or registered assigns, the principal amount [as set forth in the “Schedule
of Exchanges of Notes” attached hereto]3 [of $[ ]]4, which amount, taken together with the principal
amounts of all other outstanding Notes, shall not, unless permitted by the Indenture, exceed $ in
aggregate at any time, in accordance with the rules and procedures of the Depositary, on November 30, 2030 and interest thereon
as set forth below.
This Note shall bear interest
at the rate of 3.875% per year from ,
2024 or from the most recent date to which interest had been paid or provided for to, but excluding, the next scheduled Interest Payment
Date until November 30, 2030, unless earlier converted or repurchased. From (and including) ,
2024 to November 30, 2026, accrued interest on this Note will be made, at the Company’s election, by (i) payment-in-kind or (ii)
cash; provided that, the Company may not pay interest as payment-in-kind for any interest period if the payment of interest on the New
Exchange Notes or any Indebtedness incurred under clauses (2) and (3) of Section 4.12(a) of the Indenture during such period is made in
cash. After November 30, 2026, accrued interest on this Note will be entirely payable in cash. Accrued interest on this Note shall be
computed on the basis of a 360-day year composed of twelve 30-day months and, for a partial month, on the basis of the number of days
actually elapsed in a 30-day month. Interest is payable semi-annually in arrears on each May 30 and November 30, commencing on May 30,
2025, to Holders of record at the close of business on the preceding May 15 and November 15 (whether or not such day is a Business Day),
respectively.
Any Defaulted Amounts shall
accrue interest per annum at the rate borne by the Notes plus one percent from, and including, the relevant payment date to, but
excluding, the date on which such Defaulted Amounts shall have been paid by the Company, at its election in accordance with Section 2.03(c) of
the Indenture.
The Company shall pay the
principal of and interest on this Note, so long as such Note is a Global Note, in immediately available funds to the Depositary or its
nominee, as the case may be, as the registered Holder of such Note. As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the
Company shall pay the principal of any Notes (other than Notes that are Global Notes) upon presentation thereof at the office or agency
designated by the Company for that purpose. The Company has initially designated the Trustee as its Paying Agent and Note Registrar in
respect of the Notes and its agency in New York, New York as a place where Notes may be presented for payment or for registration of
transfer.
Reference is made to the
further provisions of this Note set forth on the reverse hereof.
Such further provisions shall
for all purposes have the same effect as though fully set forth at this place.
This Note, and any claim,
controversy or dispute arising under or related to this Note, shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State
of New York (without regard to the conflicts of laws provisions thereof).
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Include if a physical note.
In the case of any conflict
between this Note and the Indenture, the provisions of the Indenture shall control and govern.
This Note shall not be valid
or become obligatory for any purpose until the certificate of authentication hereon shall have been manually or electronically signed
by the Trustee or a duly authorized authenticating agent under the Indenture.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company
has caused this Note to be duly executed.
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TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Notes described in the within-named
Indenture.
The
Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee.
[FORM OF REVERSE OF NOTE]
ECHOSTAR CORPORATION
3.875% Convertible Senior Secured Note due 2030
This Note is one of a duly
authorized issue of Notes of the Company, designated as its 3.875% Convertible Senior Secured Notes due 2030 (the “Notes”),
limited to the aggregate principal amount of $ ,
all issued under and pursuant to an Indenture dated as of November______, 2024 (the “Indenture”), among the Company,
the Guarantors, The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (in such capacity the “Trustee”), and as
collateral agent (in such capacity, the “Collateral Agent”), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto
reference is hereby made for a description of the rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the
Trustee, the Conversion Agent, the Company and the Holders of the Notes. The terms of the Notes include those stated in the Indenture
and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the TIA. The Notes are subject to all such terms, and Holders are referred to the
Indenture and the TIA for a statement of such terms.
Additional Notes may be issued
in an unlimited aggregate principal amount, subject to certain conditions specified in the Indenture. The Notes represent that aggregate
principal amount of outstanding Notes from time to time endorsed hereon and the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes represented
hereby may from time to time be increased or reduced to reflect purchases, cancellations, conversions or transfers permitted by the Indenture.
In case an Event of Default,
as defined in the Indenture, shall have occurred and be continuing, the principal of, and interest on, all Notes may be declared, by
either the Trustee or Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of Notes then outstanding, and upon said declaration shall
become, due and payable, in the manner, with the effect and subject to the conditions and certain exceptions set forth in the Indenture.
Subject to the terms and
conditions of the Indenture, the Company will make all payments and deliveries in respect of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price
and the principal amount on the Maturity Date, as the case may be, to the Holder who surrenders a Note to a Paying Agent to collect such
payments in respect of the Note. The Company will pay cash amounts in money of the United States that at the time of payment is legal
tender for payment of public and private debts. Upon conversion of any Note, the Company shall, at its election, pay or deliver, as the
case may be, cash, shares of Class A Common Stock or a combination of cash and shares of Class A Common Stock.
The Indenture contains provisions
permitting the Company and the Trustee in certain circumstances, without the consent of the Holders of the Notes, and in certain other
circumstances, with the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding,
evidenced as in the Indenture provided, to execute supplemental indentures modifying the terms of the Indenture and the Notes as described
therein. It is also provided in the Indenture that, subject to certain exceptions, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount
of the Notes at the time outstanding may on behalf of the Holders of all of the Notes waive any past Default or Event of Default under
the Indenture and its consequences.
No reference herein to the
Indenture and no provision of this Note or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and
unconditional, to pay or deliver, as the case may be, the principal (including the Redemption Price and the Fundamental Change Repurchase
Price, if applicable) of or the consideration due upon conversion of, as the case may be, and accrued and unpaid interest on this Note
at the place, at the respective times, at the rate and in the lawful money or shares of Class A Common Stock, as the case may be,
herein prescribed.
The Notes are issuable in
registered form without coupons in denominations of $1,000 principal amount and integral multiples of $1.00 in excess thereof. PIK Interest
on the Notes shall be paid in minimum denominations of $1.00 and integral multiples thereof, rounded up to the nearest $1.00. At the
office or agency of the Company referred to on the face hereof, and in the manner and subject to the limitations provided in the Indenture,
Notes may be exchanged for a like aggregate principal amount of Notes of other authorized denominations, without payment of any service
charge but, if required by the Company or Trustee, with payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer or similar tax that may be
imposed in connection therewith as a result of the name of the Holder of the new Notes issued upon such exchange of Notes being different
from the name of the Holder of the old Notes surrendered for such exchange.
The Notes shall be redeemable
at the Company’s option on or after November 30, 2027 in accordance with the terms and subject to the conditions specified
in the Indenture. The Redemption Date must be a Business Day and the Company shall not specify a Redemption Date that falls on or after
the 41st Scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding the maturity date. No sinking fund is provided for the Notes.
Upon the occurrence of a
Fundamental Change, the Holder has the right, at such Holder’s option, to require the Company to repurchase for cash all of such
Holder’s Notes or any portion thereof (in principal amounts of $1,000 (or $1.00 if PIK Interest has been paid) or integral multiples
of $1.00 in excess thereof) on the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date at a price equal to the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price.
Subject to the provisions
of the Indenture, the Holder hereof has the right, at its option, during certain periods and upon the occurrence of certain conditions
specified in the Indenture, prior to the close of business on the second Scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding the Maturity Date,
to convert any Notes or portion thereof that is $1,000 (or $1.00 if PIK Interest has been paid) or an integral multiple of $1.00 in excess
thereof, at the Conversion Rate specified in the Indenture, as adjusted from time to time as provided in the Indenture.
Terms used in this Note and
defined in the Indenture are used herein as therein defined.
ABBREVIATIONS
The following abbreviations,
when used in the inscription of the face of this Note, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable
laws or regulations:
TEN COM = as tenants in common
UNIF GIFT MIN ACT = Uniform Gifts to Minors Act
CUST = Custodian
TEN ENT = as tenants by the entireties
JT TEN = joint tenants with right of survivorship
and not as tenants in common Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.
SCHEDULE A
SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF NOTES
ECHOSTAR CORPORATION
3.875% Convertible Senior Secured Note due 2030
The initial principal amount
of this Global Note is DOLLARS ($[ ]). The following increases or decreases in this Global Note have been made:
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ATTACHMENT 1
[FORM OF NOTICE OF CONVERSION]
To: EchoStar Corporation
9601 South Meridian Boulevard
Englewood, Colorado 80112
The undersigned registered
owner of this Note hereby exercises the option to convert this Note, or the portion hereof (that is $1,000 principal amount (or $1.00
if PIK Interest has been paid) or an integral multiple of $1.00 in excess thereof) below designated, into cash, shares of Class A
Common Stock or a combination of cash and shares of Class A Common Stock, at the Company’s election, in accordance with the
terms of the Indenture referred to in this Note, and directs that any cash payable and any shares of Class A Common Stock issuable
and deliverable upon such conversion, together with any cash for any fractional share, and any Notes representing any unconverted principal
amount hereof, be issued and delivered to the registered Holder hereof unless a different name has been indicated below. If any shares
of Class A Common Stock or any portion of this Note not converted are to be issued in the name of a Person other than the undersigned,
the undersigned will pay all documentary, stamp or similar issue or transfer taxes, if any in accordance with Section 14.02(d) and
Section 14.02(e) of the Indenture. Any amount required to be paid to the undersigned on account of interest accompanies this
Note. Capitalized terms used herein but not defined shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Indenture.
In the case of Certificated
Notes, the certificate numbers of the Notes to be converted are as set forth here:
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Signature(s) must be guaranteed by an eligible Guarantor Institution
(banks, stock brokers, savings and loan associations and credit unions) with membership in an approved signature guarantee medallion program
pursuant to Securities and Exchange Commission Rule 17Ad-15 if shares of Class A Common Stock are to be issued, or Notes are
to be delivered, other than to and in the name of the registered holder.
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(Name)
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$__________________
NOTICE: The above signature(s) of the
Holder(s) hereof must correspond with the name as written upon the face of the Note in every particular without alteration or
enlargement or any change whatever.
Social Security or Other Taxpayer Identification
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ATTACHMENT 2
[FORM OF FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE REPURCHASE NOTICE]
To: EchoStar Corporation
9601 South Meridian Boulevard
Englewood, Colorado 80112
The undersigned registered
owner of this Note hereby acknowledges receipt of a notice from EchoStar Corporation (the “Company”) as to the occurrence
of a Fundamental Change with respect to the Company and specifying the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date and requests and instructs
the Company to pay to the registered holder hereof in accordance with Section 15.02 of the Indenture referred to in this Note (1) the
entire principal amount of this Note, or the portion thereof (that is $1,000 principal amount (or $1.00 if PIK Interest has been paid)
or an integral multiple of $1.00 in excess thereof) below designated, and (2) if such Fundamental Change Repurchase Date does not
fall during the period after a Regular Record Date and on or prior to the corresponding Interest Payment Date, accrued and unpaid interest,
if any, thereon to, but excluding, such Fundamental Change Repurchase Date. Capitalized terms used herein but not defined shall have
the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Indenture.
In the case of Certificated
Notes, the certificate numbers of the Notes to be repurchased are as set forth here:
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Principal amount to be repaid (if less than
all):
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NOTICE: The above signature(s) of the
Holder(s) hereof must correspond with the name as written upon the face of the Note in every particular without alteration or
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ATTACHMENT 3
[FORM OF ASSIGNMENT AND TRANSFER]
For value received hereby sell(s), assign(s) and
transfer(s) unto (Please insert social security or Taxpayer Identification Number of assignee) the within Note, and hereby irrevocably
constitutes and appoints attorney to transfer the said Note on the books of the Company, with full power of substitution in the premises.
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NOTICE: The signature on the assignment must
correspond with the name as written upon the face of the Note in every particular without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.
Exhibit B
[Form of
First Lien Intercreditor Agreement]
[Attached.]
Exhibit C
[Form of
Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement]
[Attached.]
Exhibit D
[Form of
Supplemental indenture]
[Attached.]
Exhibit 5.1
November 5, 2024
EchoStar Corporation |
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Re: 6.75% Senior Secured
Notes due 2030 and 3.875% Convertible Secured Notes due 2030 |
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We
have acted as New York counsel to (i) EchoStar Corporation, a Nevada corporation (“EchoStar”) and (ii) the
guarantors named in (1) Part A of Schedule I (the “Delaware Guarantors”), (2) Part B of Schedule
I (the “Colorado Guarantors”), and (3) Part C of Schedule I (the “UK Guarantor” and together
with the Delaware Guarantors and the Colorado Guarantors, the “Guarantors”), in connection with EchoStar’s offer
to exchange (the “Exchange Offers”) (x) any and all of the 0% Convertible Notes due 2025 (the “DISH Network
2025 Notes”) issued by DISH Network Corporation, a Nevada corporation (“DISH Network”) and (y) any and
all of the 3.375% Convertible Notes due 2026 (the “DISH Network 2026 Notes,” together with the DISH Network 2025 Notes,
the “Existing Notes”) issued by DISH Network for (i) up to $2,381,000,000 aggregate principal amount of
6.75% Senior Secured Notes due 2030 to be issued by EchoStar and guaranteed by the Guarantors (the “EchoStar Exchange Notes”)
and (ii) up to $1,950,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 3.875% Convertible Secured Notes due 2030 (the “EchoStar Convertible
Notes” and together with the EchoStar Exchange Notes, the “EchoStar Notes”) to be issued by EchoStar and
guaranteed by the Guarantors, pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-4 (as amended, or supplemented the “Registration
Statement”) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on the date hereof under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”).
The EchoStar Exchange Notes and the related Exchange
Notes Guarantees (as defined below) will be issued pursuant to the terms of an indenture (the “EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture”)
to be entered into among EchoStar, the Delaware Guarantors, the other guarantors named therein and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company,
N.A., as trustee (in such capacity, the “Trustee”) and collateral agent (in such capacity, the “Collateral
Agent”). The EchoStar Exchange Notes will be guaranteed by the Delaware Guarantors (the “Exchange Notes Delaware Guarantees”)
and the other guarantors named in the pursuant to the terms of the EchoStar Indenture. The EchoStar Convertible Notes and the related
Convertible Guarantees (as defined below) will be issued pursuant to the terms of an indenture (the “EchoStar Convertible Notes
Indenture” and together with the EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture, the “EchoStar Indentures”) to be entered
into among EchoStar, the Delaware Guarantors, the other guarantors named therein, the Trustee and the Collateral Agent. The EchoStar Convertible
Notes will be guaranteed by the Delaware Guarantors (the “Convertible Notes Guarantees” and together with the Exchange
Notes Delaware Guarantees, the “Guarantees”) and the other guarantors named in the pursuant to the terms of the EchoStar
Convertible Notes Indenture.
In connection with our opinions expressed below,
we have examined originals or copies certified to our satisfaction of the following documents and such other documents, certificates and
other statements of government officials and corporate officers of EchoStar and the Guarantors as we deemed necessary for the purposes
of the opinions set forth in this opinion letter:
| (i) | the form of EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture; |
| (ii) | the form of EchoStar Convertible Notes Indenture; |
| (iii) | the form of EchoStar Exchange Notes included in the EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture; |
| (iv) | the form of EchoStar Convertible Notes included in the EchoStar Convertible Notes Indenture; |
| (v) | the form of Exchange Notes Delaware Guarantees included in the EchoStar Exchange Notes Indenture; |
| (vi) | the form of Convertible Notes Guarantees included in the EchoStar Convertible Notes Indenture; |
| (vii) | a copy of the Certificate of Formation of each Delaware Guarantor, certified by the Secretary of State
of the State of Delaware on October 8, 2024; |
| (viii) | a copy of the LLC Agreement of each Delaware Guarantor as in effect on November 4, 2024; |
| (ix) | a copy of the resolutions of the members of each Delaware Guarantor adopted on October 9, 2024; and |
| (x) | the Registration Statement. |
We have relied, to the extent we deem such reliance
proper, upon certificates of public officials and, as to any facts material to our opinions, upon certificates of officers of the parties
and the representations of the parties. In rendering such opinions, we have assumed without independent investigation or verification
of any kind the genuineness of all signatures, the legal capacity of all natural persons signing all documents, the authenticity of all
documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to authentic original documents of all documents submitted to us as copies, the
truthfulness, completeness and correctness of all factual representations and statements contained in all documents, and the accuracy
and completeness of all public records examined by us and the accuracy of English translations of all documents originally in other languages.
In considering documents executed by EchoStar
Corporation, the Colorado Guarantors, the UK Guarantors or parties other than the Delaware Guarantors, we have assumed (a) that the
EchoStar Corporation, the Colorado Guarantors, the UK Guarantors had the power, corporate or other, and authority to enter into and perform
all their obligations thereunder, (b) the due authorization by all requisite action, corporate or other, and execution and delivery
by such parties of such documents and the validity, binding and enforceable effect thereof in accordance with their respective terms and
(c) that the Trustee is in compliance generally and with respect to acting as trustee under the Indentures, with all applicable laws
and regulations.
In rendering the opinion contained herein, we
have assumed that: (i) each party has the power, corporate or other, and authority to enter into and perform all their obligations
under the documents that will be executed by such party and the due authorization by all requisite action, corporate or other, and execution
and delivery by such parties of such documents and the validity, binding and enforceable effect thereof; (ii) the Registration Statement
and any supplements and amendments thereto, will have become effective and will comply with all applicable laws (and will remain effective
and in compliance at the time of issuance of the EchoStar Notes and Guarantees thereunder); (iii) a prospectus supplement providing
supplemental information to the Registration Statement, to the extent required by applicable law and relevant rules and regulations
of the Commission, will be timely filed with the Commission and will comply with all applicable laws; (iv) EchoStar will issue and
deliver the EchoStar Notes and the Guarantors will issue and deliver the Guarantees in the manner contemplated by the Registration Statement;
(v) the resolutions authorizing (x) EchoStar to issue, offer and sell the EchoStar Notes have been adopted by the board of directors
of EchoStar (or an authorized committee thereof) and will be in full force and effect at all times at which the EchoStar Notes are offered
or sold by EchoStar and (y) each Guarantor approving the Guarantees of the EchoStar Notes have been adopted by the member of the
applicable Guarantor and will be in full force and effect at all times at which the EchoStar Notes are offered or sold by EchoStar; and
(vi) all the EchoStar Notes and Guarantees will be in substantially the form attached to the applicable EchoStar Indenture and that
any information omitted from such form will be properly added and will be issued and sold in compliance with applicable federal and state
securities laws or applicable laws or regulations or any agreement or other instrument binding upon EchoStar or the Guarantors.
We have further assumed that the EchoStar Notes and Guarantees will
be delivered by EchoStar and the Guarantors in accordance with applicable laws and sold as contemplated in the Registration Statement.
Based upon the foregoing, and subject to the qualifications,
assumptions and limitations set forth in this opinion letter, having considered such questions of law as we have deemed necessary as a
basis for the opinion expressed below, we are of the opinion that, when the EchoStar Notes have been duly authorized by all necessary
corporate action, executed, issued and delivered by EchoStar and authenticated by the Trustee and Collateral Agent in accordance with
the provisions of the EchoStar Notes and exchanged for the applicable Existing Notes in accordance with the terms of the Exchange Offers
as set forth in the Registration Statement, (a) the EchoStar Notes will constitute valid and binding obligations of EchoStar enforceable
against EchoStar in accordance with their terms and (b) the Guarantees will constitute valid and binding obligations of each Guarantor
enforceable against such Guarantor in accordance with their terms.
The foregoing opinions as to enforceability of
obligations of EchoStar and the Guarantors are subject to (i) bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent conveyance, moratorium
or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, and by general principles of equity (regardless of whether
enforcement is sought in a proceeding in equity or at law) and the discretion of the court before which any proceedings therefor may be
brought (such principles of equity are of general application, and in applying such principles, a court may include a covenant of good
faith and fair dealing and apply concepts of reasonableness and materiality), (ii) provisions of law which may require that a judgment
for money damages rendered by a court in the United States be expressed only in U.S. dollars; and (iii) governmental authority to
limit, delay or prohibit the making of payments outside the United States or in foreign currency or composite currency. Rights to indemnification
and contribution may also be limited by Federal and state securities laws.
We express no opinion as to the validity, legally
binding effect or enforceability of any provision in any agreement or instrument that (i) requires or relates to payment of any interest
at a rate or in an amount which a court would determine in the circumstances under applicable law to be commercially unreasonable or a
penalty or a forfeiture or (ii) relates to governing law and submission by the parties to the jurisdiction of one or more particular
courts.
The opinions expressed above are limited to questions
arising under the law of the State of New York. We do not express any opinion as to the laws of any other jurisdiction. Various issues
concerning the laws of the State of Nevada and the State of Colorado, as applicable, and the laws of England and Wales are addressed in
the opinions of Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP and White & Case LLP (UK), respectively, which are filed as exhibits to
the Registration Statement. We express no opinion with respect to those matters herein, and to the extent elements of those opinions are
necessary to the conclusions expressed herein, we have, with EchoStar’s consent, assumed such matters.
This opinion letter is for your benefit in connection
with the Registration Statement and may be relied upon by you and by persons entitled to rely upon it pursuant to the applicable provisions
of the Securities Act. This opinion letter is provided solely in connection with the Exchange Offers pursuant to the Registration Statement
and is not to be relied upon for any other purpose.
The opinions expressed above are as of the date hereof only, and we
express no opinion as to, and assume no responsibility for, the effect of any fact or circumstance occurring, or of which we learn, subsequent
to the date of this opinion letter, including, without limitation, legislative and other changes in the law or changes in circumstances
affecting any party. We assume no responsibility to update this opinion letter for, or to advise you of, any such facts or circumstances
of which we become aware, regardless of whether or not they affect the opinions expressed in this opinion letter.
We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion
letter with the Commission as Exhibit 5.1 to the Registration Statement and to the reference to our firm as counsel for EchoStar
and the Delaware Guarantors appearing under the caption “Legal Matters” in the prospectus forming part of the Registration
Statement. In giving this consent, we do not hereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7
of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.
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Schedule
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Guarantors
| a. | Northstar Wireless, LLC |
| b. | SNR Wireless LicenseCo, LLC |
| d. | SNR Wireless HoldCo, LLC |
| a. | Gamma Acquisition L.L.C. |
| b. | Gamma Acquisition HoldCo, L.L.C. |
Exhibit 5.2
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Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP
303.223.1100 main
675 Fifteenth Street, Suite 2900
Denver, Colorado 80202 |
November 5, 2024
EchoStar Corporation
9601 South Meridian Boulevard
Englewood, Colorado 80112
To the addressee set forth above:
We
have acted as local Nevada counsel and local Colorado counsel to EchoStar Corporation, a Nevada corporation (the
“Company”), DBSD Corporation, a Colorado corporation (“DBSD”), Gamma Acquisition L.L.C., a
Colorado limited liability company (“GALLC”) and Gamma Acquisition HoldCo, L.L.C., a Colorado limited liability
company (together with DBSD and GALLC, the “Colorado Guarantors”, and together with the Company, the
“Opinion Parties”), in connection with the filing by the Company and the other registrants named therein,
including the Colorado Guarantors, of a Registration Statement on Form S-4 (as amended, the “Registration
Statement”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the “Act”), relating to the registration of (i) up to $2,381,000,000 aggregate
principal amount of the Company’s 6.75% Senior Secured Notes due 2030 (the “Exchange Notes”) and up to
$1,950,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 3.875% Convertible Secured Notes due 2030 (together with the
Exchange Notes, the “EchoStar Notes”), to be issued under certain indentures, by and among the Company, the
guarantors party thereto, including the Colorado Guarantors, and The Bank of New York Mellon, N.A., as trustee and as collateral
agent (the “EchoStar Indentures”), and (ii) the guarantees of the EchoStar Notes (the
“Guarantees”, and together with the EchoStar Notes, the “Securities”) by certain subsidiaries
of the Company, including the Colorado Guarantors. The EchoStar Notes will be issued by EchoStar in exchange for any
and all of the outstanding 0% Convertible Notes due 2025 and any and all of the 3.375% Convertible Senior Notes due 2026,
each issued by DISH Network Corporation, a Nevada corporation.
In our capacity as such counsel, we are familiar
with the proceedings taken and proposed to be taken by the Opinion Parties in connection with the registration and issuance of the Securities
as described in the Registration Statement. For purposes of this opinion letter, and except to the extent set forth in the opinions below,
we have assumed that all such proceedings have been timely completed or will be timely completed in the manner presently proposed in the
Registration Statement and the terms of such issuance will be in compliance with applicable laws.
For purposes of issuing this opinion letter, (a) we
have made such legal and factual examinations and inquiries, including an examination of originals or copies certified or otherwise identified
to our satisfaction as being true copies of (i) the Registration Statement, (ii) the forms of the EchoStar Indentures, including
the Guarantees contained therein, and the forms of the EchoStar Notes, (iii) the articles of incorporation and bylaws, or the articles
of organization and operating agreements, as applicable, each as amended to date, of each of the Opinion Parties, and (iv) such other
corporate or limited liability company records of the Opinion Parties, and such other agreements, instruments and documents, or forms
thereof, as we have deemed necessary or appropriate for the purpose of issuing this opinion letter, and (b) we have obtained from
officers and other representatives and agents of the Opinion Parties, and from public officials, and have relied upon, such certificates,
representations and assurances as we have deemed necessary or appropriate.
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Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, in issuing this opinion letter we have, with your permission, assumed without independent verification
that: (i) the EchoStar Indentures will be executed in substantially the forms which have been filed as exhibits to the Registration
Statement; (ii) the obligations of each party set forth in the in the documents
we have reviewed are or will be valid, binding and enforceable in accordance with their respective terms; (iii) the statements of
fact and representations and warranties set forth in the documents we have reviewed are and at all relevant times will be true and correct
as to factual matters; (iv) each natural person executing such documents had at all relevant times or will have sufficient legal
capacity to do so; (v) all documents submitted to us as originals are authentic, the signatures on all documents that we have examined
are genuine, and all documents submitted to us as certified, conformed, photostatic, electronic or facsimile copies conform to the original
documents; and (vi) all corporate and limited liability company records made available to us by the Opinion Parties, and all public
records we have reviewed, are accurate and complete.
We are qualified to practice law in the States
of Nevada and Colorado. The opinions set forth herein are expressly limited to and based exclusively on the general corporate laws of
the State of Nevada and the general corporate and limited liability company laws of the State of Colorado, each as in effect on the date
hereof, and we do not purport to be experts on, or to express any opinion with respect to the applicability thereto, or to the effect
thereon, of the laws of any other jurisdiction. We express no opinion concerning, and we assume no responsibility as to laws or judicial
decisions related to, or any orders, consents or other authorizations or approvals as may be required by, any federal laws, rules or
regulations, including, without limitation, any federal securities laws, rules or regulations, any state securities or “Blue
Sky” laws, rules or regulations, any federal or state bankruptcy or insolvency laws or other laws, rules or regulations
relating to fraudulent transfers, or any federal or state laws, rules, or regulations relating to broadcast communications, including
any rules or regulations promulgated by the Federal Communications Commission or any similar or equivalent state regulatory agency.
Based upon the foregoing and in reliance thereon,
and having regard to legal considerations and other information that we deem relevant, we are of the opinion that:
1. The
Company is validly existing as a corporation and is in good standing under the laws of the State of Nevada. Each of the Colorado Guarantors
is validly existing as a corporation or limited liability company, as applicable, and is in good standing under the laws of the State
of Colorado.
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November 5, 2024
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2. Each
of the Opinion Parties has the corporate or limited liability company, as applicable, power and authority to execute and deliver the EchoStar
Indentures and to perform its obligations thereunder, including (in the case of the Colorado Guarantors) the Guarantees.
3. Each
of the Opinion Parties has duly authorized the execution and delivery of the EchoStar Indentures, and the performance of its obligations
thereunder, including (in the case of the Colorado Guarantors) the Guarantees.
The opinions expressed herein are based upon the
applicable laws of the States of Nevada and Colorado and the facts in existence on the date hereof. In delivering this opinion letter
to you, we disclaim any obligation to update or supplement the opinions set forth herein or to apprise you of any changes in such laws
or facts after such time as the Registration Statement is declared effective. No opinion is offered or implied as to any matter, and no
inference may be drawn, beyond the strict scope of the specific issues expressly addressed by the opinions set forth herein.
We hereby consent to your filing this opinion letter
as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the reference to our firm therein under the heading “Legal Matters”. In
giving such consent, we do not admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Act
or the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP
Exhibit 5.3
5 November 2024 |
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DBSD Services Limited
5 Aldermanbury Square 13th Floor London EC2V 7HR |
(together, “you” or “your”)
DBSD Services Limited (the “Company”)
We
have acted as English legal advisers to the Company in connection with offers for any and all of the outstanding 0% Convertible
Notes due 2025 and 3.375% Convertible Notes due 2026 (the “Outstanding Securities”) of DISH Network Corporation in
exchange for consideration consisting of, with respect to each series of the Outstanding Securities, newly issued debt securities of EchoStar
Corporation (the “Exchange Notes”; collectively, the “Exchange Offer”). Terms used but not otherwise
defined in this opinion shall have the meanings given to them in the Opinion Documents (as defined below) and Appendix 1 (as the
case may be).
This
opinion is limited to English law. We do not undertake to advise you of any changes in our opinions expressed in this letter resulting
from matters that may arise after the date of this letter or that hereafter may be brought to our attention. This opinion is given on
the basis that it will be governed by, and construed in accordance with, English law and that any dispute arising out of, or in connection
with, it shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.
For the purposes of this opinion, we have examined
each of the documents listed in Appendix 1.
| (a) | On 1 November 2024 we carried out a search
of the Companies House online database and on 1 November 2024 we carried out a search of the filing history page of the Companies
House online database in respect of DBSD Services Limited (the “Company Searches”). The Company Searches did
not reveal: |
(i) any
current order or resolution for the winding-up of the Company;
(ii) any
current order for the administration of the Company;
| (iii) | any current notice of appointment in respect
of the Company of a liquidator, receiver, administrative receiver or administrator; or |
(iv) any
current order for a moratorium in respect of the Company.
| (b) | On 1 November 2024 at 11:33 a.m. London
time an information services provider on our behalf made an enquiry of the Central Registry of Winding-up Petitions of the High Court
(the “Winding-up Enquiry”) which indicated that no petition for the winding-up of the Company has been presented. |
5
November 2024 |
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On the assumptions set out in Appendix 2 and subject
to the qualifications set out in Appendix 3, we are of the opinion that:
| 1. | the Company is incorporated in England and Wales and registered in England and Wales as a private limited
company. |
| 2. | the Company has the requisite corporate capacity and power to enter into the Opinion Documents to which
it is a party and to perform its obligations thereunder. |
| 3. | the execution by the Company of the Opinion Documents to which it is a party has been duly authorised
by all necessary corporate actions on the part of the Company and the execution and performance of the Opinion Documents by the Company
does not conflict with or result in any breach or violation by the Company of any term of its articles of association or of any law in
force in England applicable to companies generally. |
This
letter is given solely in connection with the issue of the Exchange Notes. We consent to the filing of this opinion letter as Exhibit 5.3
to the Registration Statement. We do not, by giving this consent or otherwise, concede that we are within the category of persons whose
consent is required by the Securities Act or the General Rules and Regulations promulgated under the Securities Act, or that we are
“experts” in relation to any matters relating to the Opinion Documents, the Outstanding Notes, the Exchange Notes, the Exchange
Offer, or the United States Securities and Exchange Commission Form S-4 Registration Statement relating to the Exchange Offer
(the “Registration Agreement”), other than those matters governed by the laws of England and Wales.
Yours faithfully,
/s/ White & Case LLP
JG
Appendix 1
List of Documents Examined
| 1. | The form of indenture filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Registration Statement including the Guarantees
relating to the exchange notes. |
| 2. | The form of indenture filed as Exhibit 4.3 to the Registration Statement including the Guarantees
relating to the convertible notes. |
Paragraph 1 and paragraph 2 above are
the “Opinion Documents”.
| 3. | A copy of the written resolutions of the sole director of DBSD Services Limited at which a resolution
was passed approving transactions contemplated by the Opinion Documents and approving the terms and authorising the execution of the Opinion
Documents (the “DBSD Board Resolutions”). |
| 4. | A copy of the written resolutions of the shareholders of DBSD Services Limited at which a resolution was
passed approving transactions contemplated by the Opinion Documents and approving the terms and authorising the execution of the Opinion
Documents (the “DBSD Shareholder Resolutions”). |
| 5. | A copy of the certificate of an authorised signatory of DBSD Services Limited related to the DBSD Board
Resolutions, the DBSD Shareholder Resolutions and the constitutional documents of DBSD Services Limited. |
Appendix 2
Assumptions
| 1. | All signatures (including electronic signatures), stamps and seals are genuine, all documents submitted
to us as originals are authentic and complete, all documents or extracts of documents submitted to us as copies or received by facsimile
transmission or in portable document format (PDF) conform to the paper form originals and the person who has delivered or transmitted
documents or extracts of documents to us was authorised to do so by the parties thereto and the person, if other than the person whose
signature it purports to be, who affixed any electronic signature to the Opinion Documents on behalf of another person, had the authority
of the latter person to do so. |
| 2. | Any document examined by us in an unexecuted form will be or has been executed in the same form and that
no amendments (whether oral, in writing or by conduct of the parties) have been made to any of the documents since they were examined
by us. |
| 3. | Save that this assumption does not apply to the Company, each of the parties to the Opinion Documents
has the capacity and authority to execute, deliver, and perform the same and has validly authorised, duly executed and delivered the Opinion
Documents according to all applicable laws. |
| 4. | The Opinion Documents have been duly executed on behalf of the Company by the person authorised by the
DBSD Board Resolutions passed at the relevant meeting referred to above. |
| 5. | The DBSD Board Resolutions and the DBSD Shareholder Resolutions as specified in Appendix 1 are a true
record of the matters described therein. The DBSD Board Resolutions and the DBSD Shareholder Resolutions were duly adopted, has not been
amended or rescinded and is in full force and effect. |
| 6. | In resolving to enter into the Opinion Documents, the sole director of the Company acted in good faith
to promote the success of the Company for the benefit of its members and in accordance with any other duty, breach of which could give
rise to the Opinion Documents and the related transactions being avoided. |
| 7. | The information revealed by the Company Searches was accurate in all respects and has not, since the time
of such search, been altered. |
| 8. | The information provided by the information services provider in respect of the Winding-up Enquiry was
accurate in all respects and has not, since the time of such enquiry, been altered. |
| 9. | The Company was not unable to pay its debts within the meaning of Section 123 of the Insolvency Act
1986 at the time it entered into any of the Opinion Documents and the Company will not as a result of entering into the Opinion Documents
or the transactions contemplated thereby be unable to pay its debts within the meaning of that section. |
| 10. | The Company is not in any form of insolvency or analogous process in any jurisdiction including, without
limitation, the passing of a resolution for its voluntary winding up, the presentation of a petition, an application or order being made
by a court for its winding up, dissolution or administration or the commencement of a moratorium and no receiver, trustee, administrator
(whether out of court or otherwise), monitor or similar officer has been appointed in relation to the Company or any of its assets. |
| 11. | Any requirement or provision of law of any jurisdiction (other than England) which might affect the legality
or binding effect of the Opinion Documents or the enforceability thereof in any jurisdiction has been complied with. |
| 12. | Where there are any arrangements involving any of the parties to the Opinion Documents none of them modify
or supersede any of the respective terms of the Opinion Documents or affect the conclusions in this opinion. |
| 13. | We assume that the entry into the Opinion Documents by the Company, the assumption of its obligations
thereunder and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated therein does not constitute the giving of financial assistance
in contravention of Section 678 or Section 679 of the Companies Act. |
| 14. | In so far as this opinion relates to the obligations of and guarantees and security given by the Company
under the Opinion Documents, such obligations, guarantees and security have been entered into or given in good faith and for the purposes
of carrying on the Company’s business and that there are reasonable grounds for believing that the giving of such guarantee and
security will promote its success for the benefit of the members as a whole. |
| 15. | No law of any jurisdiction other than England or the interpretation of any provisions of the Opinion Documents
under any law of any jurisdiction other than England would render the execution and delivery of the Opinion Documents by any party thereto,
the performance of any obligations thereunder or the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby, illegal or ineffective, or
unenforceable or otherwise affect the conclusions of this opinion. |
| 16. | The Opinion Documents constitute the entire agreement between the parties thereto and there are no other
arrangements involving any of the parties to the Opinion Documents which modify or supersede any of their respective terms or which would
affect the conclusions in this opinion. |
Appendix 3
Qualifications
| 1. | The term “enforceable”, as used in this opinion, means that obligations assumed by
the Company under the Opinion Documents to which it is a party are of a type which English courts and/or arbitral tribunals applying English
law enforce and not that those obligations will necessarily be enforced, whether in court or arbitral proceedings in England or elsewhere,
in accordance with their terms. |
| 2. | The manner and extent to which the Opinion Documents are enforceable may be affected: |
| (a) | by laws relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, liquidation, administration, receivership, reorganisation,
reconstruction (including, in relation to non-UK financial institutions, the Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive (Directive 2014/59/EU)
as implemented in the relevant Member State), voidable transactions, moratoria or similar laws generally relating to or otherwise affecting
creditors’ rights generally; |
| (b) | by the way in which the English courts and/or any arbitral tribunal applying English law exercise their
inherent discretions; |
| (c) | by principles of English law limiting the enforcement or validity of certain terms; |
| (d) | by the implication of contractual terms by the English courts or by any arbitral tribunal applying English
law; |
| (e) | by provisions of English law applicable to the vitiation, modification or discharge of contracts; |
| (f) | where the rights and obligations of the respective parties thereunder may be held to have been suspended,
impaired or waived by representation, conduct or delay; |
| (g) | where, in the case of any guarantee or surety obligation, equitable defences may relieve a person of such
obligations; |
| (h) | by a finding by the English courts or any arbitral tribunal applying English law that a provision of any
of the Opinion Documents constitutes a penalty; and |
| (i) | by the interpretation or application of English law by an arbitral tribunal seated in England which is
not bound by conflicts of laws as applied by an English court and therefore may differ to the manner in which an English court applies
English conflicts of laws rules. |
| 3. | Where there is a valid jurisdiction clause in favour of the English courts, the exercise of jurisdiction
by the English courts is subject to the following: |
| (a) | an English court will generally only exercise jurisdiction to hear a case and give judgment against a
defendant if the defendant has been served with the court proceedings or the court has dispensed with service and consequently where the
defendant or its agent cannot be served and service has not been dispensed with, the English courts may not exercise jurisdiction; |
| (b) | an English court may refuse to assume or exercise jurisdiction when it concludes that it is required to
do so by the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 or the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments (Hague Convention
on Choice of Court Agreements 2005) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018; and |
| (c) | an English court may stay proceedings on case management grounds if concurrent proceedings are being brought
elsewhere. |
| 4. | Claims under the Opinion Documents may become subject to a defence of set-off or satisfaction of a counterclaim
or time barred under applicable limitation legislation. |
| 5. | Any disposition of a company’s property (which may include the grant of security) made after the
presentation of a winding up petition against such company will be void unless a court orders otherwise. |
| 6. | We do not express any opinion as to the validity or efficacy of any provisions of the Opinion Documents
which may circumvent fundamental insolvency law principles including, without limitation, those of mandatory set off and pari passu
distribution to creditors, pursuant to the principles of public policy relating to insolvency law. In particular, the effectiveness of
contractual subordination arrangements under English law is not definitively established either in legislation or in case law. |
| 7. | We express no opinion on any provision of an Opinion Document governed by, or interpreted or construed
in accordance with, any law other than English law. |
| 8. | We express no opinion on the legal validity and the enforceability of the Opinion Documents. |
| 9. | The conclusions expressed in this opinion may be affected by the laws relating to recovery and resolution
including the Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive (Directive 2014/59/EU, as amended), and (with respect to UK financial institutions
only) the Banking Act 2009 and Part 12A of FSMA, the Financial Services Act 2012, those made under the European Union (Withdrawal)
Act 2018 and any secondary legislation, instruments, rules and orders made or which may be made under, or to give effect to, any
of them. |
| 10. | We express no opinion as to the effect of any calculations (whether expressed in figures or words), formulae
(whether expressed in figures or words), quantifications, diagrams, tables, technical specifications contained in the Opinion Documents,
including whether or not any of the foregoing achieve the intended or desired legal and/or commercial effect of the parties to the Opinion
Documents. |
| 11. | Any provisions in the Opinion Documents which amount to agreements to agree may not be enforceable, and
we express no opinion on their enforceability. |
| 12. | The Company Searches are not capable of revealing conclusively whether or not: |
| a) | a winding-up order has been made or a resolution passed for the winding-up of a company; or |
| b) | an administration order has been made; |
| c) | a moratorium has commenced; or |
| d) | a receiver, administrative receiver, administrator, liquidator or monitor has been appointed, |
since notice of these matters may not
be filed with the Registrar of Companies immediately and, when filed, may not be entered on the public database or recorded on the public
microfiches of the relevant company immediately.
In addition, the Company Searches are
not capable of revealing, prior to the making of the relevant order, whether or not a winding-up petition or a petition for an administration
order has been presented or an application for a moratorium (or an extension to an existing moratorium) has been filed.
| 13. | The Winding-up Enquiry relates only to a compulsory winding-up and is not capable of revealing conclusively
whether or not a winding-up petition in respect of a compulsory winding-up has been presented, since details of the petition may not have
been entered on the records of the Central Registry of Winding-up Petitions immediately or, in the case of a petition presented to a County
Court, may not have been notified to the Central Registry and entered on such records at all, and the response to an enquiry only relates
to the period of approximately four years prior to the date when the enquiry was made. |
| 14. | The term “performance” as used in this opinion means that obligations assumed by the Company
under the Opinion Documents are of a type which may be legally performed. We do not express any opinion as to the manner in which any
of the obligations in the Opinion Documents are actually performed by the Company. |
| 15. | We express no opinion as to the provisions of the Opinion Documents to the extent it purports to declare
or impose a trust in respect of any payments or assets received by any person. |
| 16. | Any guarantee or security given by a subsidiary may be unenforceable if giving that guarantee or security
amounts to an unlawful distribution to its shareholders or a reduction in its capital. There are no decided cases on the point but, in
our opinion if the directors of a company reasonably decide that no provision should be made in the financial statements of a company
for their contingent liability under that guarantee or security, the giving of that guarantee or security should not amount to an unlawful
distribution or reduction in capital. |
| 17. | Any United Nations, United States, European Union or UK sanctions or other similar measures that may be
applicable, directly or indirectly, to any party to the Opinion Documents, may result in the obligations of other parties to the Opinion
Documents being unenforceable or void or otherwise affected. |
| 18. | We express no opinion in respect of the tax treatment of, or transactions contemplated by, the Opinion
Documents or on any issues related to taxation. |
| 19. | We express no opinion as to the accuracy or truth of any representations and warranties made by any party
to the Opinion Documents. |
| 20. | The effectiveness of provisions exculpating or limiting a party from liabilities or duties otherwise owed
by such party or limiting the remedies available to a party is limited by law and may not be upheld by the English courts. |
| 21. | An agreement or a provision in the Opinion Documents that is deemed to lack sufficient certainty (either
because such provision is too vague or because it is incomplete) may be void for uncertainty or otherwise unenforceable. |
| 22. | Any national or international economic sanctions or other similar measures that may be applicable, directly
or indirectly, to any party to the Opinion Documents, may result in the obligations of that party or parties to the Opinion Documents
being unenforceable or void or otherwise affected and/or such parties being subject to civil and/or criminal penalties. |
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