Fifteenth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of October 28, 2020, by and among TMobile USA, Inc., the Guarantors (as defined therein) and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee

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EX-4.5 3 nt10014532x6_ex4-5.htm EXHIBIT 4.5

EXHIBIT 4.5

 

 

T-MOBILE USA, INC.

 

and

 

T-MOBILE US, INC.

 

and

 

EACH OF THE SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY HERETO

 

 

3.000% SENIOR SECURED NOTES DUE 2041

 

FIFTEENTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

 

Dated as of October 28, 2020

 

 

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS

 

as Trustee

 

 

to

 

INDENTURE

 

Dated as of April 9, 2020

 

 



 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

Article I DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
   
Section 1.01 Definitions
Section 1.02 Other Definitions
Section 1.03 Rules of Construction
     
Article II THE Additional NOTES
   
Section 2.01 Terms of Additional Notes
Section 2.02 Agreement to Guarantee
     
Article III MISCELLANEOUS
   
Section 3.01 Effect of the Fifteenth Supplemental Indenture
Section 3.02 Governing Law
Section 3.03 Waiver of Jury Trial
Section 3.04 No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements
Section 3.05 Successors
Section 3.06 Severability
Section 3.07 Counterparts
Section 3.08 Table of Contents, Headings, etc.
Section 3.09 Beneficiaries of this Fifteenth Supplemental Indenture
Section 3.10 No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and Stockholders
Section 3.11 The Trustee

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FIFTEENTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this “Fifteenth Supplemental Indenture”), dated as of October 28, 2020 (the “Additional Notes Issue Date”), among T-Mobile USA, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Issuer”), T-Mobile, US, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Parent,” as a guarantor), and the other guarantors party hereto (together with Parent, the “Guarantors”) and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, a New York banking corporation, as Trustee.

 

WHEREAS, the Issuer has heretofore executed and delivered an Indenture, dated as of April 9, 2020 (the “Base Indenture”), among the Issuer, Parent and the Trustee, providing for the issuance from time to time of one or more Series of the Issuer’s Notes;

 

WHEREAS, the Issuer, the Guarantors and the Trustee have heretofore entered into a Twelfth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of October 6, 2020 (the “Twelfth Supplemental Indenture”) to the Base Indenture (the Base Indenture, as amended and supplemented from time to time, including pursuant to the Twelfth Supplemental Indenture, being referred to herein as the “Original Indenture,” and as further amended and supplemented by this Fifteenth Supplemental Indenture, being referred to herein as the “Indenture”) establishing the terms of the Issuer’s 3.000% Senior Secured Notes due 2041 (the “Notes”);

 

WHEREAS, acting pursuant to a Company Order delivered to the Trustee in accordance with the terms of the Original Indenture, the Trustee authenticated and delivered Notes for original issue in an aggregate principal amount of $1,250,000,000 on October 6, 2020 (the “Existing Notes”);

 

WHEREAS, under Section 2.03 of the Twelfth Supplemental Indenture, the aggregate principal amount of the Notes to be issued may be increased, and such Series may be reopened for issuances of additional Notes, upon delivery to the Trustee of a Company Order without the consent of any Holder of Notes;

 

WHEREAS, the Issuer has furnished the Trustee with a duly authorized and executed Company Order dated October 28, 2020 authorizing and directing the Trustee to issue and authenticate $1,250,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of Notes (the “Additional Notes”), constituting an additional issuance of Notes, fungible with the Existing Notes and consolidated with and forming a single Series with the Existing Notes;

 

WHEREAS, all things necessary to make this Fifteenth Supplemental Indenture a valid, binding and enforceable agreement of the Issuer, the Guarantors and the Trustee and a valid supplement to the Base Indenture have been done.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, the Issuer, the Guarantors and the Trustee agree as follows for the benefit of each other and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Additional Notes established hereby:

 



 

Article I
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

 

Section 1.01     Definitions.

 

All capitalized terms which are used herein and not otherwise defined herein are defined in the Original Indenture and are used herein with the same meanings as in the Original Indenture. If a capitalized term is defined in both the Original Indenture and this Fifteenth Supplemental Indenture, the definition in this Fifteenth Supplemental Indenture shall apply to the Additional Notes authenticated hereby (and any Note Guarantee in respect thereof).

 

Section 1.02     Other Definitions.

  

Term Defined in Section
Additional Notes Recitals
Additional Notes Issue Date Recitals
Base Indenture Recitals
Fifteenth Supplemental Indenture Recitals
Guarantors Recitals
Indenture Recitals
Issuer Recitals
Parent Recitals
Twelfth Supplemental Indenture Recitals

 

Section 1.03     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;

 

(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)       “including” means “including, without limitation”;

 


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(8)       references to sections of or rules under the Securities Act will be deemed to include substitute, replacement or successor sections or rules adopted by the SEC from time to time;

 

(9)       all references, in any context, to any interest or other amount payable on or with respect to the Notes of any Series shall be deemed to include an Additional Interest pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement; and

 

(10)       the phrases “in writing” or “written” as used herein shall be deemed to include PDFs, e-emails and other electronic means of Transmission, unless otherwise indicated.

 

Article II
THE Additional NOTES

 

Section 2.01     Terms of Additional Notes.

 

The Additional Notes shall have the terms set forth in Section 2.03 of the Twelfth Supplemental Indenture except as modified by the following:

 

(a)           The aggregate principal amount of Additional Notes which shall be authenticated and delivered on the Additional Notes Issue Date under the Indenture shall be $1,250,000,000;

 

(b)           The Additional Notes issued on the Additional Notes Issue Date will be issued at an issue price of 97.588% of the principal amount thereof.

 

Section 2.02      Agreement to Guarantee.

 

The Guarantors hereby agree, jointly and severally, to unconditionally guarantee the Issuer’s obligations under the Additional Notes and the Indenture on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Indenture including but not limited to ARTICLE X of the Base Indenture.

 

Article III
MISCELLANEOUS

 

Section 3.01     Effect of the Fifteenth Supplemental Indenture.

 

(a)           This Fifteenth Supplemental Indenture is a supplemental indenture within the meaning of Section 2.02 of the Base Indenture, and the Original Indenture shall (notwithstanding Section 12.12 of the Base Indenture or Section 3.04 hereof) be read together with this Fifteenth Supplemental Indenture and shall have the same effect over the Additional Notes, in the same manner as if the provisions of the Original Indenture and this Fifteenth Supplemental Indenture were contained in the same instrument.

 

(b)           In all other respects, the Original Indenture is confirmed by the parties hereto as supplemented by the terms of this Fifteenth Supplemental Indenture.


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Section 3.02     Governing Law.

 

THIS FIFTEENTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE AND THE ADDITIONAL NOTES WILL BE GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

Section 3.03     Waiver of Jury Trial.

 

EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS FIFTEENTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE.

 

Section 3.04     No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements.

 

Subject to Section 3.01, this Fifteenth Supplemental Indenture may not be used to interpret any other indenture, loan or debt agreement of the Issuer, Parent or its Subsidiaries or of any other Person. Subject to Section 3.01, any such other indenture, loan or debt agreement may not be used to interpret this Fifteenth Supplemental Indenture.

 

Section 3.05     Successors.

 

All agreements of the Issuer in this Fifteenth Supplemental Indenture and the Additional Notes will bind its successors. All agreements of the Trustee in this Fifteenth Supplemental Indenture will bind its successors. All agreements of each Guarantor in this Fifteenth Supplemental Indenture will bind its successors, except as otherwise provided in Section 10.04 of the Base Indenture.

 

Section 3.06     Severability.

 

In case any provision in this Fifteenth Supplemental Indenture or in the Additional 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 3.07     Counterparts.

 

This Fifteenth Supplemental Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed will be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together will constitute one and the same agreement. The exchange of copies of this Fifteenth Supplemental Indenture and of signature pages by electronic (including PDF) transmission shall constitute effective execution and delivery of this Fifteenth Supplemental Indenture as to the parties hereto and may be used in lieu of the original Fifteenth Supplemental Indenture for all purposes. Signatures of the parties hereto transmitted by electronic (including PDF) transmission shall be deemed to be their original signatures for all purposes.


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Section 3.08     Table of Contents, Headings, etc.

 

The Table of Contents and headings of the Articles and Sections of this Fifteenth Supplemental Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not to be considered a part of this Fifteenth Supplemental Indenture and will in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.

 

Section 3.09     Beneficiaries of this Fifteenth Supplemental Indenture.

 

Nothing in this Fifteenth Supplemental Indenture or in the Additional Notes, expressed or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto and their successors hereunder, and the Holders of the Additional Notes, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Fifteenth Supplemental Indenture.

 

Section 3.10     No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and Stockholders.

 

No past, present or future director, officer, member, manager, partner, employee, incorporator or stockholder of the Issuer or any Guarantor, as such, will have any liability for any obligations of the Issuer or the Guarantors under the Additional Notes, this Fifteenth Supplemental Indenture, the Note Guarantees in respect of the Additional Notes, or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder of the Additional Notes by accepting an Additional Note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Additional Notes.

 

Section 3.11     The Trustee.

 

The Trustee shall not be responsible or liable for the validity or sufficiency of, or the recitals in, this Fifteenth Supplemental Indenture and all of the provisions contained in the Original Indenture in respect of the rights, privileges, immunities, powers and duties of the Trustee and the Agents shall be applicable in respect of the Additional Notes and of this Fifteenth Supplemental Indenture as fully and with like effect as set forth in full herein.

 

[Signatures on following page]

 


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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Fifteenth Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed, all as of the date first written above.

 

  T-MOBILE USA, INC.  
         
  By: /s/ Johannes Thorsteinsson  
  Name: Johannes Thorsteinsson  
  Title: Senior Vice President, Treasury & Treasurer  

 

  T-MOBILE US, INC.  
         
  By: /s/ Johannes Thorsteinsson  
  Name: Johannes Thorsteinsson  
  Title: Senior Vice President, Treasury & Treasurer  

 

[Fifteenth Supplemental Indenture] 

 



 

ALDA WIRELESS HOLDINGS, LLC 

AMERICAN TELECASTING DEVELOPMENT, LLC 

AMERICAN TELECASTING OF ANCHORAGE, LLC 

AMERICAN TELECASTING OF COLUMBUS, LLC 

AMERICAN TELECASTING OF DENVER, LLC 

AMERICAN TELECASTING OF FORT MYERS, LLC 

AMERICAN TELECASTING OF FT. COLLINS, LLC 

AMERICAN TELECASTING OF GREEN BAY, LLC 

AMERICAN TELECASTING OF LANSING, LLC 

AMERICAN TELECASTING OF LINCOLN, LLC 

AMERICAN TELECASTING OF LITTLE ROCK, LLC 

AMERICAN TELECASTING OF LOUISVILLE, LLC 

AMERICAN TELECASTING OF MEDFORD, LLC 

AMERICAN TELECASTING OF MICHIANA, LLC 

AMERICAN TELECASTING OF MONTEREY, LLC 

AMERICAN TELECASTING OF REDDING, LLC 

AMERICAN TELECASTING OF SANTA BARBARA, LLC 

AMERICAN TELECASTING OF SEATTLE, LLC 

AMERICAN TELECASTING OF SHERIDAN, LLC 

AMERICAN TELECASTING OF YUBA CITY, LLC 

APC REALTY AND EQUIPMENT COMPANY, LLC 

ASSURANCE WIRELESS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, LLC 

ASSURANCE WIRELESS USA, L.P. 

ATI SUB, LLC 

BOOST WORLDWIDE, LLC 

BROADCAST CABLE, LLC 

CLEAR WIRELESS LLC 

CLEARWIRE COMMUNICATIONS LLC 

CLEARWIRE HAWAII PARTNERS SPECTRUM, LLC 

CLEARWIRE IP HOLDINGS LLC 

CLEARWIRE LEGACY LLC 

CLEARWIRE SPECTRUM HOLDINGS II LLC 

CLEARWIRE SPECTRUM HOLDINGS III LLC 

CLEARWIRE SPECTRUM HOLDINGS LLC, each as a Guarantor

       
By: /s/ Johannes Thorsteinsson  
Name: Johannes Thorsteinsson  
Title: Senior Vice President, Treasury & Treasurer  

 

[Fifteenth Supplemental Indenture] 

 



CLEARWIRE XOHM LLC 

FIXED WIRELESS HOLDINGS, LLC 

FRESNO MMDS ASSOCIATES, LLC 

IBSV LLC 

INDEPENDENT WIRELESS ONE LEASED REALTY CORPORATION 

KENNEWICK LICENSING, LLC 

L3TV CHICAGOLAND CABLE SYSTEM, LLC 

L3TV COLORADO CABLE SYSTEM, LLC 

L3TV DALLAS CABLE SYSTEM, LLC 

L3TV DC CABLE SYSTEM, LLC 

L3TV DETROIT CABLE SYSTEM, LLC 

L3TV LOS ANGELES CABLE SYSTEM, LLC 

L3TV MINNEAPOLIS CABLE SYSTEM, LLC 

L3TV NEW YORK CABLE SYSTEM, LLC 

L3TV PHILADELPHIA CABLE SYSTEM, LLC 

L3TV SAN FRANCISCO CABLE SYSTEM, LLC 

L3TV SEATTLE CABLE SYSTEM, LLC 

LAYER3 TV, INC. 

METROPCS CALIFORNIA, LLC 

METROPCS FLORIDA, LLC 

METROPCS GEORGIA, LLC 

METROPCS MASSACHUSETTS, LLC 

METROPCS MICHIGAN, LLC 

METROPCS NETWORKS CALIFORNIA, LLC 

METROPCS NETWORKS FLORIDA, LLC 

METROPCS NEVADA, LLC 

METROPCS NEW YORK, LLC 

METROPCS PENNSYLVANIA, LLC 

METROPCS TEXAS, LLC 

MINORCO, LLC 

NEXTEL COMMUNICATIONS OF THE MID-ATLANTIC, INC. 

NEXTEL OF NEW YORK, INC. 

NEXTEL RETAIL STORES, LLC 

NEXTEL SOUTH CORP. 

NEXTEL SYSTEMS, LLC, each as a Guarantor

       
By: /s/ Johannes Thorsteinsson  
Name: Johannes Thorsteinsson  
Title: Senior Vice President, Treasury & Treasurer  

  

[Fifteenth Supplemental Indenture] 

 



NEXTEL WEST CORP. 

NSAC, LLC 

PCTV GOLD II, LLC 

PCTV SUB, LLC 

PEOPLE’S CHOICE TV OF HOUSTON, LLC 

PEOPLE’S CHOICE TV OF ST. LOUIS, LLC 

PRWIRELESS PR, LLC 

PUSHSPRING, INC. 

SFE 1, LLC 

SFE 2, LLC 

SIHI NEW ZEALAND HOLDCO, INC. 

SN HOLDINGS (BR I) LLC 

SPEEDCHOICE OF DETROIT, LLC 

SPEEDCHOICE OF PHOENIX, LLC 

SPRINT (BAY AREA), LLC 

SPRINT CAPITAL CORPORATION 

SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY L.P. 

SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, INC. 

SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY OF VIRGINIA, INC. 

SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 

SPRINT CONNECT LLC 

SPRINT CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation 

SPRINT CORPORATION, a Kansas corporation 

SPRINT CORPORATION, a Missouri corporation 

SPRINT EBUSINESS, INC. 

SPRINT ENTERPRISE MOBILITY, LLC 

SPRINT ENTERPRISE NETWORK SERVICES, INC. 

SPRINT EWIRELESS, INC., each as a Guarantor 

       
By: /s/ Johannes Thorsteinsson  
Name: Johannes Thorsteinsson  
Title: Senior Vice President, Treasury & Treasurer  

  

[Fifteenth Supplemental Indenture] 

 



SPRINT INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION 

SPRINT INTERNATIONAL HOLDING, INC. 

SPRINT INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED 

SPRINT INTERNATIONAL NETWORK COMPANY LLC 

SPRINT PCS ASSETS, L.L.C. 

SPRINT SOLUTIONS, INC. 

SPRINT SPECTRUM HOLDING COMPANY, LLC 

SPRINT SPECTRUM REALTY COMPANY, LLC 

SPRINT/UNITED MANAGEMENT COMPANY 

SWV SIX, INC. 

TDI ACQUISITION SUB, LLC 

THEORY MOBILE, INC. 

T-MOBILE CENTRAL LLC 

T-MOBILE LICENSE LLC 

T-MOBILE NORTHEAST LLC 

T-MOBILE PCS HOLDINGS LLC 

T-MOBILE PUERTO RICO HOLDINGS LLC 

T-MOBILE PUERTO RICO LLC 

T-MOBILE RESOURCES CORPORATION 

T-MOBILE SOUTH LLC 

T-MOBILE SUBSIDIARY IV LLC 

T-MOBILE WEST LLC 

TRANSWORLD TELECOM II, LLC 

US TELECOM, INC. 

USST OF TEXAS, INC. 

UTELCOM LLC 

VIRGIN MOBILE USA – EVOLUTION, LLC 

VMU GP, LLC 

WBS OF AMERICA, LLC 

WBS OF SACRAMENTO, LLC 

WBSY LICENSING, LLC 

WCOF, LLC 

WIRELESS BROADBAND SERVICES OF AMERICA, L.L.C. 

WIRELINE LEASING CO., INC., each as a Guarantor

       
By: /s/ Johannes Thorsteinsson  
Name: Johannes Thorsteinsson  
Title: Senior Vice President, Treasury & Treasurer  

  

[Fifteenth Supplemental Indenture] 

 



SPRINTCOM, INC. 

SPRINT SPECTRUM L.P. 

T-MOBILE FINANCIAL LLC 

T-MOBILE LEASING LLC, each as a Guarantor

       
By: /s/ Johannes Thorsteinsson  
Name: Johannes Thorsteinsson  
Title: Assistant Treasurer  

 

[Fifteenth Supplemental Indenture] 

 



 

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, as Trustee

 

    By:

/s/ Jeffrey Schoenfeld

    Name: Jeffrey Schoenfeld
    Title: Vice President
       
    By:

/s/ Kathryn Fischer

    Name: Kathryn Fischer
    Title: Vice President