Clear Channel Communications, Inc. filed a Form 8-K with the SEC to report that it had entered into an underwriting agreement to issue $500 million of 6.25% senior notes due 2011. The filing includes exhibits providing the opinion of legal counsel that the notes, when executed and authenticated according to the terms of the indenture agreement, will be valid and binding obligations of Clear Channel. The net proceeds from the note offering will be used for general corporate purposes.
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3. <PAGE> 1
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington D.C., 20549
Form 8-K
Current Report
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date Of Report (Date Of Earliest Event Reported): 03/21/2006
CLEAR CHANNEL COMMUNICATIONS INC
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Commission File Number: 001-09645
<TABLE>
<S> <C>
TX 74-1787539
(State or Other Jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer
Incorporation or Organization) Identification No.)
</TABLE>
200 E. Basse
San Antonio, TX 78209
(Address of Principal Executive Offices, Including Zip Code)
210-822-2828
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to
simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the
following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
[] Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17
CFR 230.425)
[] Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange
Act(17CFR240.14a-12)
[] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the
Exchange Act(17CFR240.14d-2(b))
[] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the
Exchange Act(17CFR240.13e-4(c))
4. <PAGE> 2
Items to be Included in this Report
Item 8.01. Other Events
On March 14, 2006, Clear Channel Communications, Inc. entered into an
underwriting agreement with Banc of America Securities LLC and Wachovia Capital
Markets, LLC for the public offering of $500 million of Clear Channel’s 6.25%
Notes Due 2011. Closing of the offering occurred on March 21, 2006. The purpose
of this report is to permit the registrant to file herewith those exhibits
listed in Item 9.01 below.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits
(c) Exhibits
<TABLE>
<S> <C>
5.1 Opinion of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP.
10.1 Twentieth Supplemental Indenture dated as of March 21, 2006, to
Senior Indenture dated October 1, 1997, by and between Clear Channel
Communications, Inc. and The Bank of New York, as Trustee.
</TABLE>
Signature(s)
Pursuant to the Requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
Registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the
Undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
CLEAR CHANNEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
Date: March 22, 2006 By: /s/ HERBERT W. HILL, JR
------------------------------------
Herbert W. Hill, Jr.
Sr. Vice President/Chief Accounting
Officer
5. <PAGE> 3
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
<TABLE>
<S> <C>
5.1 Opinion of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP.
10.1 Twentieth Supplemental Indenture dated as of March 21, 2006, to Senior
Indenture dated October 1, 1997, by and between Clear Channel
Communications, Inc. and The Bank of New York, as Trustee.
</TABLE>
</TEXT>
</DOCUMENT>
7. <PAGE> 1
EXHIBIT 5.1
(AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD LLP LOGO)
Attorneys at Law
March 21, 2006
Clear Channel Communications, Inc.
200 East Basse Road
San Antonio, Texas 78209
Re: Clear Channel Communications, Inc.
Registration Statement on Form S-3
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as counsel to Clear Channel Communications, Inc., a Texas
corporation (the quot;COMPANYquot;), in connection with the registration, pursuant to a
registration statement on Form S-3, as amended (the quot;REGISTRATION STATEMENTquot;),
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the quot;ACTquot;), of the proposed offer and sale by the Company of
$500,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 6.25% Senior Notes
due 2011 (the quot;NOTESquot;). The Notes will be issued pursuant to an indenture dated
as of October 1, 1997, between the Company and The Bank of New York, as amended
by the Twentieth Supplemental Indenture dated as of March 21, 2006 (as so
amended, the quot;INDENTUREquot;) between the Company and the Bank of New York Trust
Company, N.A., as Trustee (the quot;TRUSTEEquot;), and sold pursuant to the terms of an
underwriting agreement (the quot;UNDERWRITING AGREEMENTquot;) dated March 14, 2006,
between the Company, Banc of America Securities LLC and Wachovia Capital
Markets, LLC (together, the quot;UNDERWRITERSquot;). We have examined originals or
certified copies of such corporate records of the Company and other certificates
and documents of officials of the Company, public officials and others as we
have deemed appropriate for purposes of this letter. We have assumed the
genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us
as originals, and the conformity to authentic original documents of all copies
submitted to us as conformed and certified or reproduced copies. We have also
assumed the legal capacity of natural persons, the corporate or other power of
all persons signing on behalf of the parties thereto other than the Company, the
due authorization, execution and delivery of all documents by the parties
thereto other than the Company, that the Notes will conform to the specimens
examined by us and that the Trustee’s certificate of authentication of Notes
will be manually signed by one of the Trustee’s authorized officers.
Based upon the foregoing and subject to the assumptions, exceptions,
qualifications and limitations set forth hereinafter, we are of the opinion that
when (a) the Notes have been duly executed, authenticated, issued and delivered
in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and delivered to and paid for by
the Underwriters pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement and (b) applicable
provisions of quot;blue skyquot; laws have been complied with, the Notes proposed to be
issued pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, when duly executed, authenticated
and delivered by or on behalf of the Company, will be valid and binding
obligations of the Company and will be entitled to the benefits of the
Indenture.
300 Convent Street, Suite 1500 / San Antonio, Texas 78205 / 210.281.7000 /
fax: 210.224.2035 / www.akingump.com
8. <PAGE> 2
(AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD LLP LOGO)
Attorneys at Law
Clear Channel Communications, Inc.
March 21, 2006
Page 2
The opinions and other matters in this letter are qualified in their entirety
and subject to the following:
A. We express no opinion as to the laws of any jurisdiction other than
any published constitutions, treaties, laws, rules or regulations or
judicial or administrative decisions (quot;LAWSquot;) of the state of New York
and the Business Corporation Act of the state of Texas.
B. The matters expressed in this letter are subject to and qualified and
limited by: (i) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer
and conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and similar Laws affecting
creditors’ rights and remedies generally; (ii) general principles of
equity, including principles of commercial reasonableness, good faith
and fair dealing (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a
proceeding at law or in equity); (iii) commercial reasonableness and
unconscionability and an implied covenant of good faith and fair
dealing; (iv) the power of the courts to award damages in lieu of
equitable remedies; (v) securities Laws and public policy underlying
such Laws with respect to rights to indemnification and contribution;
and (vi) limitations on the waiver of rights under any stay, extension
or usury Law or other Law, whether now or hereafter in force, which
would prohibit or forgive the Company from paying all or any portion
of the Notes as contemplated in the Indenture.
We hereby consent to the filing of copies of this opinion as an exhibit to the
Registration Statement and to the use of our name in the prospectus and any
prospectus supplement forming a part of the Registration Statement under the
caption quot;Legal Opinions.quot; In giving this consent, we do not thereby admit that
we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7
of the Act and the rules and regulations thereunder. This opinion speaks as of
its date, and we undertake no (and hereby disclaim any) obligation to update
this opinion.
Very truly yours,
/s/ AKIN, GUMP, STRAUSS, HAUER & FELD, L.L.P.
AKIN, GUMP, STRAUSS, HAUER & FELD, L.L.P.
</TEXT>
</DOCUMENT>
10. <PAGE> 1
EXHIBIT 10.1
CLEAR CHANNEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
AND
THE BANK OF NEW YORK TRUST COMPANY, N.A.
as Trustee
----------
TWENTIETH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
Dated as of March 21, 2006
TO
SENIOR INDENTURE
Dated as of October 1, 1997
----------
6.25% Senior Notes due 2011
11. <PAGE> 2
2
Twentieth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of the 21st day of March
2006 (this quot;Twentieth Supplemental Indenturequot;), between Clear Channel
Communications, Inc., a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws
of the State of Texas (hereinafter sometimes referred to as the quot;Companyquot;) and
The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., a national association organized under
the laws of the United States, as trustee (hereinafter sometimes referred to as
the quot;Trusteequot;) under the Indenture dated as of October 1, 1997, between the
Company and the The Bank of New York, an affiliate of the Trustee and the former
trustee of the Company (the quot;Indenturequot;); as set forth in Section 5.01 hereto
and except as otherwise set forth herein, all terms used and not defined herein
are used as defined in the Indenture.
WHEREAS, the Company executed and delivered the Indenture to the
Trustee to provide for the future issuance of its Securities, to be issued from
time to time in series as might be determined by the Company under the
Indenture, in an unlimited aggregate principal amount which may be authenticated
and delivered thereunder as in the Indenture provided;
WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms of the Indenture, the Company desires
to provide for the establishment of a new series of its Securities to be known
as its 6.25% Senior Notes due 2011 (said series being hereinafter referred to as
the quot;Notesquot;), the form of such Notes and the terms, provisions and conditions
thereof to be as provided in the Indenture and this Twentieth Supplemental
Indenture;
WHEREAS, the Company desires and has requested the Trustee to join
with it in the execution and delivery of this Twentieth Supplemental Indenture,
and all requirements necessary to make this Twentieth Supplemental Indenture a
valid instrument, enforceable in accordance with its terms, and to make the
Notes, when executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the
Trustee, the valid obligations of the Company have been performed and fulfilled,
and the execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture and the Notes have
been in all respects duly authorized.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the purchase and acceptance of the
Notes by the holders thereof, and for the purpose of setting forth, as provided
in the Indenture, the form of the Notes and the terms, provisions and conditions
thereof, the Company covenants and agrees with the Trustee as follows:
ARTICLE I
General Terms and Conditions of the Notes
SECTION 1.01. (a) There shall be and is hereby authorized a series of
Securities designated the quot;6.25% Senior Notes due 2011quot;, initially limited in
aggregate principal amount to $500,000,000. Without the consent of the Holders
of the Notes, the aggregate principal amount of the Notes, Notes may be
increased in the future, on the same terms and conditions and with the same
CUSIP number as the Notes. The Notes shall mature and the principal thereof
shall be due and payable, together with all accrued and unpaid interest thereon
on March 15, 2011.
SECTION 1.02. The Notes shall be initially issued as Global
Securities. Principal and interest on the Notes issued in certificated form will
be payable, the transfer of such Notes will be registrable and such Notes will
be exchangeable for Notes, bearing identical terms and provisions at the office
or agency of the Company in the Borough of Manhattan, The City and State of New
York provided for that purpose and transfers of the Notes will also be
registrable at any of the Company’s other offices or agencies as the Company may
maintain for
12. <PAGE> 3
3
that purpose; provided, however, that payment of interest may be made at the
option of the Company by check mailed to the registered holder at such address
as shall appear in the Security Register and that the payment of principal with
respect to the Notes will only be made upon surrender of the applicable Notes to
the Trustee.
SECTION 1.03. Each Note will bear interest at the rate of 6.25% per
annum from March 21, 2006 until the principal thereof becomes due and payable,
payable (subject to the provisions of Article II) semi-annually in arrears on
September 15 and March 15 of each year (each, an quot;Interest Payment Datequot;,
commencing on September 15, 2006), to the person in whose name such Note (or one
or more Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on the
Regular Record Date for such interest installment, which, except as set forth
below, shall be September 1 or March 1 next preceding the Interest Payment Date
with respect to such interest installment. Any installment of interest not
punctually paid or duly provided for shall forthwith cease to be payable to the
registered holder of Notes on such Regular Record Date and may be paid to the
person in whose name such Notes (or one or more Predecessor Securities) are
registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date to be fixed by the
Trustee for the payment of such defaulted interest, notice whereof to be given
to the registered holders of the Notes, as applicable, not less than 10 days
prior to such Special Record Date, or may be paid at any time in any other
lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange
on which the Notes may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by
such exchange, all as more fully provided in the Indenture.
The amount of interest payable for any period will be computed on the
basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months. In the event that
any date on which interest is payable on the Notes is not a Business Day, then
payment of interest payable on such date will be made on the next succeeding day
which is a Business Day (and without any interest or other payment in respect of
any such delay).
SECTION 1.04. The Notes are not entitled to any sinking fund.
SECTION 1.05. Section 101 of the Indenture is hereby amended, solely
with respect to the Notes, by amending and restating the definition of
quot;Principal Propertyquot; as follows: quot;Principal Propertyquot; means any radio
broadcasting, television broadcasting or outdoor advertising property located in
the United States owned or leased by the Company or any Subsidiary, unless, in
the opinion of the Board of Directors of the Company, such properties are not in
the aggregate of material importance to the total business conducted by the
Company and its Subsidiaries as an entirety.
ARTICLE II
Optional Redemption of the Notes
SECTION 2.01. The Notes will be redeemable as a whole at any time or
in part from time to time, at the option of the Company, at a redemption price
equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount of such Notes and (ii)
the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal
and interest thereon from the redemption date to March 15, 2011, discounted to
the redemption date on a semiannual basis (assuming a 360 day year consisting of
twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate (as defined below) plus 25 basis
points, plus, in either case, any interest accrued but not paid to the date of
redemption. Notice of any redemption will be mailed at least 30 days but no more
than 60 days before the redemption date to each holder of the Notes to be
redeemed. Unless the Company defaults in payment of the
13. <PAGE> 4
4
redemption price, on and after the redemption date interest will cease to accrue
on the Notes or portions thereof called for redemption. The Notes will not be
subject to any sinking fund provision.
quot;Treasury Ratequot; means, with respect to any redemption date for the
Notes, (i) the yield, under the heading which represents the average for the
immediately preceding week, appearing in the most recently published statistical
release designated quot;H.15(519)quot; or any successor publication which is published
weekly by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and which
establishes yields on actively traded United States Treasury securities adjusted
to constant maturity under the caption quot;Treasury Constant Maturities,quot; for the
maturity corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue (if no maturity is
within three months before or after the maturity date, yields for the two
published maturities most closely corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue
shall be determined and the Treasury Rate shall be interpolated or extrapolated
from such yields on a straight line basis, rounding to the nearest month), or
(ii) if such release referred to in clause (i) (or any successor release) is not
published during the week preceding the calculation date or does not contain the
yields referred to above, the rate per year equal to the semiannual equivalent
yield maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, calculated using a price for
the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal
amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such redemption date. The
Treasury Rate shall be calculated on the third Business Day preceding the
redemption date.
quot;Comparable Treasury Issuequot; means the United States Treasury security
selected by an quot;Independent Investment Bankerquot; as having a maturity comparable
to the remaining term of the Notes to be redeemed that would be utilized, at the
time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in
pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the
remaining term of such Notes.
quot;Independent Investment Bankerquot; means, with respect to any redemption
date for the Notes, Banc of America Securities LLC and its successors or, if
such firm or any successor to such firm, as the case may be, is unwilling or
unable to select the Comparable Treasury Issue, an independent investment
banking institution of national standing appointed by the Trustee after
consultation with the Company.
quot;Comparable Treasury Pricequot; means, with respect to any redemption date
for the Notes, (i) the average of four Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations (as
defined below) for the redemption date, after excluding the highest and lowest
such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (ii) if the Trustee obtains fewer
than four such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such
quotations obtained.
quot;Reference Treasury Dealerquot; means Banc of America Securities LLC and
three other primary U.S. Government securities dealers in the United States
(each, a quot;Primary Treasury Dealerquot;) appointed by the Trustee in consultation
with the Company. If any of the foregoing shall cease to be a Primary Treasury
Dealer, the Company shall substitute therefor another Primary Treasury Dealer.
quot;Reference Treasury Dealer Quotationsquot; means, with respect to each
Reference Treasury Dealer and any redemption date, the average, as determined by
the Trustee, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue
(expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in
writing to the Trustee by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m. on the
third Business Day preceding such redemption date.
14. <PAGE> 5
5
ARTICLE III
Form of Notes
SECTION 3.01. The Notes and the Trustee’s Certificate of
Authentication to be endorsed thereon are to be substantially in the following
forms:
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE
OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (quot;DTCquot;), TO THE ISSUER
OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY
CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR 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 SINCE THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF,
CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY AS REFERRED TO IN THE INDENTURE
HEREINAFTER REFERENCED. UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR
THE INDIVIDUAL SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY, THIS GLOBAL SECURITY MAY NOT BE
TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE 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.
CLEAR CHANNEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
6.25% SENIOR NOTE DUE MARCH 15, 2011
REGISTERED $[_____]
NO. R-[_____] CUSIP [_____]
ISIN [_____]
CLEAR CHANNEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC., a corporation duly organized and
existing under the laws of the State of Texas (herein called the quot;Companyquot;,
which term includes any successor under the Indenture hereinafter referred to),
for value received, hereby promises to pay to
Cede & Co.
or registered assigns, the principal sum of $[ ] at the office or agency of the
Company in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, on March 15, 2011 in
such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment
shall be legal tender for the payment of public and private debts, and to pay
interest on said principal sum semiannually on March 15 and September 15 of each
year, commencing September 15, 2006 (each an quot;Interest Payment Datequot;), at said
office or agency, in like coin or currency, at the rate per annum specified in
the title hereof, from March 15 and September 15, as the case may be, next
preceding the date of this Note to which interest on the Notes has been paid or
duly provided for (unless the date hereof is
15. <PAGE> 6
6
the date to which interest on the Notes has been paid or duly provided for, in
which case from the date of this Note), or if no interest has been paid on the
Notes or duly provided for, from March 21, 2006 until payment of said principal
sum has been made or duly provided for.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the date hereof is after the 1st day of any
March or September and before the next succeeding September March 15 and
September 15, this Note shall bear interest from such March 15 or September 15,
as the case may be; provided, however, that if the Company shall default in the
payment of interest due on such March 15 or September 15, then this Note shall
bear interest from the next preceding March 15 or September 15 to which interest
on the Notes has been paid or duly provided for, or, if no interest has been
paid on the Notes or duly provided for, from March 21, 2006. The interest so
payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any March 15 or September
15 will, except as provided in the Indenture dated as of October 1, 1997, as
supplemented to the date of this Note (herein called the quot;Indenturequot;), duly
executed and delivered by the Company and The Bank of New York Trust Company,
N.A., as Trustee (herein called the quot;Trusteequot;), be paid to the Person in whose
name this Note (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the
close of business on the next preceding March 1 or September 1, as the case may
be (herein called the quot;Regular Record Datequot;), whether or not a Business Day, and
may, at the option of the Company, be paid by check mailed to the registered
address of such Person. Any such interest which is payable, but is not so
punctually paid or duly provided for, shall forthwith cease to be payable to the
registered Holder on such Regular Record Date and may be paid either to the
Person in whose name this Note (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is
registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of
such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be
given to Holders of the Notes not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record
Date, or may be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent
with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Notes may be
listed and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, if such manner
of payment shall be deemed practical by the Trustee, all as more fully provided
in the Indenture. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of interest payable
at Stated Maturity, such interest shall be paid to the same Person to whom the
principal hereof is payable. Interest on the Notes will be computed on the basis
of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months.
The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A. will be the Paying Agent and
the Security Registrar with respect to the Notes. The Company reserves the right
at any time to vary or terminate the appointment of any Paying Agent or Security
Registrar, to appoint additional or other Paying Agents and other Security
Registrars which may include the Company, and to approve any change in the
office through which any Paying Agent or Security Registrar acts; provided that
there will at all times be a Paying Agent in The City of New York and there will
be no more than one Security Registrar for the Notes.
This Note is one of the duly authorized issue of debentures, notes,
bonds or other evidences of indebtedness (hereinafter called the quot;Securitiesquot;)
of the Company, of the series hereinafter specified, all issued or to be issued
under and pursuant to the Indenture, to which Indenture and any other indentures
supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective
rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of
the Trustee and any agent of the Trustee, any Paying Agent, the Company and the
Holders of the Securities and the terms upon which the Securities are issued and
are to be authenticated and delivered.
The Securities may be issued in one or more series, which different
series may be issued in various aggregate principal amounts, may mature at
different times, may bear interest (if any) at different rates, may be subject
to different redemption provisions (if any), may be subject
16. <PAGE> 7
7
to different covenants and Events of Default and may otherwise vary as provided
or permitted in the Indenture. This Note is one of the series of Securities of
the Company issued pursuant to the Indenture and designated as the 6.25% Senior
Notes due March 15, 2011 (herein called the quot;Notesquot;).
The Notes will be redeemable as a whole at any time or in part from
time to time, at the option of the Company, at a redemption price equal to the
greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount of such Notes and (ii) the sum of
the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest
thereon from the redemption date to March 15, 2011, discounted to the redemption
date on a semiannual basis (assuming a 360 day year consisting of twelve 30-day
months) at the Treasury Rate (as defined below) plus 25 basis points, plus, in
either case, any interest accrued but not paid to the date of redemption. Notice
of any redemption will be mailed at least 30 days but no more than 60 days
before the redemption date to each holder of the Notes to be redeemed. Unless
the Company defaults in payment of the redemption price, on and after the
redemption date interest will cease to accrue on the Notes or portions thereof
called for redemption. The Notes will not be subject to any sinking fund
provision.
quot;Treasury Ratequot; means, with respect to any redemption date for the
Notes, (i) the yield, under the heading which represents the average for the
immediately preceding week, appearing in the most recently published statistical
release designated quot;H.15(519)quot; or any successor publication which is published
weekly by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and which
establishes yields on actively traded United States Treasury securities adjusted
to constant maturity under the caption quot;Treasury Constant Maturities,quot; for the
maturity corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue (if no maturity is
within three months before or after the maturity date, yields for the two
published maturities most closely corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue
shall be determined and the Treasury Rate shall be interpolated or extrapolated
from such yields on a straight line basis, rounding to the nearest month), or
(ii) if such release referred to in clause (i) (or any successor release) is not
published during the week preceding the calculation date or does not contain the
yields referred to above, the rate per year equal to the semiannual equivalent
yield maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, calculated using a price for
the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal
amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such redemption date. The
Treasury Rate shall be calculated on the third Business Day preceding the
redemption date.
quot;Comparable Treasury Issuequot; means the United States Treasury security
selected by an quot;Independent Investment Bankerquot; as having a maturity comparable
to the remaining term of the Notes to be redeemed that would be utilized, at the
time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in
pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the
remaining term of such Notes.
quot;Independent Investment Bankerquot; means, with respect to any redemption
date for the Notes, Banc of America Securities LLC and its successors or, if
such firm or any successor to such firm, as the case may be, is unwilling or
unable to select the Comparable Treasury Issue, an independent investment
banking institution of national standing appointed by the Trustee after
consultation with the Company.
quot;Comparable Treasury Pricequot; means, with respect to any redemption date
for the Notes, (i) the average of four Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations (as
defined below) for the redemption date, after excluding the highest and lowest
such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (ii) if the Trustee obtains fewer
than four such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such
quotations obtained.
17. <PAGE> 8
8
quot;Reference Treasury Dealerquot; means Banc of America Securities LLC and
three other primary U.S. government securities dealers in the United States
(each, a quot;Primary Treasury Dealerquot;) appointed by the Trustee in consultation
with the Company. If any of the foregoing shall cease to be a Primary Treasury
Dealer, the Company shall substitute therefor another Primary Treasury Dealer.
quot;Reference Treasury Dealer Quotationsquot; means, with respect to each
Reference Treasury Dealer and any redemption date, the average, as determined by
the Trustee, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue
(expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in
writing to the Trustee by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m. on the
third Business Day preceding such redemption date.
If an Event of Default with respect to the Notes shall occur and be
continuing, the principal of all of the Notes may be declared due and payable in
the manner, with the effect and subject to the conditions provided in the
Indenture.
The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided,
the Company and the Trustee to enter into supplemental indentures to the
Indenture for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner
or eliminating any of the provisions of the Indenture or of modifying in any
manner the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series under the
Indenture with the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in
principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding of each series to be
affected thereby on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series, to
waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and
certain past defaults and their consequences with respect to such series under
the Indenture. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Note shall be
conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Note
and of any Note issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange
here for or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is
made upon this Note or such other Notes.
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 the principal of and interest on this Note at
the place, rate and respective times and in the coin or currency herein and in
the Indenture prescribed.
As provided in the Indenture and subject to the satisfaction of
certain conditions therein set forth, including the deposit of certain trust
funds in trust, the Company shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the
entire indebtedness represented by, and the obligations under, the Securities of
any series and to have satisfied all the obligations (with certain exceptions)
under the Indenture relating to the Securities of such series.
The Notes are issuable in registered form without coupons in
denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple of $1,000. Notes may be
exchanged for a like aggregate principal amount of Notes of other authorized
denominations at the office or agency of the Company in the Borough of
Manhattan, The City of New York, designated for such purpose or at any of the
Company’s other offices or agencies as the Company may maintain for such purpose
and in the manner and subject to the limitations provided in the Indenture.
Upon due presentment for registration of transfer of this Note at the
office or agency of the Company in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New
York designated for such purpose or at any of the Company’s other offices or
agencies as the Company may maintain for such purpose, a new Note or Notes of
authorized denominations for a like aggregate principal
18. <PAGE> 9
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amount will be issued to the transferee in exchange therefor, subject to the
limitations provided in the Indenture.
No charge shall be made for any such transfer or exchange, but the
Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other
governmental charge imposed in connection therewith.
The Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee
may treat the Person in whose name this Note is registered as the owner hereof
for all purposes, whether or not this Note is overdue, and neither the Company,
the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
Unless otherwise defined herein, all terms used in this Note which are
defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the
Indenture.
This Note shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the
laws of the State of New York.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been manually
executed by or on behalf of the Trustee under the Indenture, this Note shall not
be entitled to any benefits under the Indenture, or be valid or obligatory for
any purpose.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, CLEAR CHANNEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC. has caused
this Note to be duly executed.
CLEAR CHANNEL COMMUNICATIONS INC.
By:
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Randall T. Mays
President and Chief Financial
Officer and Secretary
[Company Seal] Attest:
--------------------------------
Hamlet Newsom
Assistant Secretary
TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein
referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
THE BANK OF NEW YORK TRUST COMPANY,
N.A., as Trustee,
Dated: by
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Authorized Signatory
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ABBREVIATIONS
The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face
of this instrument, shall be construed as though they were written out in full
according to applicable laws or regulations:
TEN COM--as tenants in common
TEN ENT--as tenants by the entireties
JT TEN-as joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in
common
UNIF GIFT MIN ACT-- ________ Custodian ___________
(Cust) (Minor)
Under Uniform Gifts to Minors Act
_________________________________
(State)
Additional abbreviations may also be used
though not in the above list.
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s), and
transfer(s) unto
_____________________________________
: __________________________________ :
: ______________________ :
PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR
OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE:
PLEASE PRINT OR TYPEWRITE NAME AND ADDRESS INCLUDING POSTAL ZIP CODE OF
ASSIGNEE:
________________________________________________________________________________
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______________________________________________________ the within Note and all
rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting and appointing
____________________________________________________ attorney to transfer said
Note on the books of the Company, with full power of substitution in the
premises.
Dated:
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Signature Guaranty
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Signature Signatures must be guaranteed by an
quot;eligible guarantor institutionquot; meeting
(Signature must correspond with the the requirements of the Registrar, which
name as written upon the face of the requirements include membership or
within instrument in every participation in the Security Transfer
particular, without alteration or Agent Medallion Program (quot;STAMPquot;) or
enlargement or any change whatever.) such other quot;signature guarantee programquot;
as may be determined by the Registrar in
addition to, or in substitution for,
STAMP, all in accordance with the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
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ARTICLE IV
Original Issue of Notes
SECTION 4.01. Notes in the aggregate principal amount equal to
$500,000,000 may, upon execution of this Twentieth Supplemental Indenture, be
executed by the Company and delivered to the Trustee for authentication, and the
Trustee shall thereupon authenticate and make available for delivery said Notes
to or upon a Company Order.
ARTICLE V
Miscellaneous Provisions
SECTION 5.01. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Twentieth
Supplemental Indenture or in the forms of the Notes or otherwise clearly
required by the context hereof or thereof, all terms used herein or in said
forms of the Notes that are defined in the Indenture shall have the several
meanings respectively assigned to them thereby.
SECTION 5.02. The Indenture, as supplemented by this Twentieth
Supplemental Indenture, is in all respects ratified and confirmed. This
Twentieth Supplemental Indenture shall be deemed part of the Indenture in the
manner and to the extent herein and therein provided.
SECTION 5.03. The recitals herein contained are made by the Company
and not by the Trustee, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for the
correctness thereof. The Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or
sufficiency of this Twentieth Supplemental Indenture.
SECTION 5.04. This Twentieth Supplemental 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.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Twentieth
Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed as of the day and year first above
written.
CLEAR CHANNEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
By /s/ Randall T. Mays
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Name: Randall T. Mays
Title: President and Chief Financial
Officer and Secretary
THE BANK OF NEW YORK TRUST COMPANY,
N.A., as Trustee,
By /s/ John Stohlmann
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Name: John C. Stohlmann
Title: Vice President
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