Amendment No.1 to S-3
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
March 6, 2006
Registration
No. 333-131851
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO
FORM S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Sprint Nextel Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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2001 Edmund Halley Drive
Reston, Virginia 20191
(703) 433-4000
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including
area code, of registrants principal executive offices)
Leonard J. Kennedy, Esq.
General Counsel
Sprint Nextel Corporation
2001 Edmund Halley Drive
Reston, Virginia 20191
(703) 433-4000
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
Lisa A. Stater, Esq.
Jones Day
1420 Peachtree Street, N.E.
Suite 800
Atlanta, Georgia 30309-3053
(404) 521-3939
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the
public: As soon as practicable following the effective date
of this Registration Statement.
If the only securities being registered on this Form are being
offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans,
please check the following
box. o
If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be
offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to
Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, other than
securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest
reinvestment plans, check the following
box. þ
If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an
offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act,
please check the following box and list the Securities Act
registration statement number of the earlier effective
registration statement for the same
offering. o
If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to
Rule 462(c) 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. o
If this Form is a registration statement pursuant to General
Instruction I.D. or a post-effective amendment thereto that
shall become effective upon filing with the Commission pursuant
to Rule 462(e) under the Securities Act, check the following
box. o
If this Form is a post-effective amendment to a registration
statement filed pursuant to General Instruction I.D. filed to
register additional securities or additional classes of
securities pursuant to Rule 413(b) under the Securities Act,
check the following
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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 of 1933 or until this Registration
Statement shall become effective on such date as the Securities
and Exchange Commission, acting pursuant to said
Section 8(a), may determine.
The information in this prospectus is
not complete and may be changed. We may not sell or offer these
securities until the registration statement filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission is effective. This prospectus
is not an offer to sell these securities and we are not
soliciting an offer to buy these securities in any state where
the offer or sale is not permitted.
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Subject to Completion, Dated
March 6, 2006
Prospectus
SPRINT NEXTEL CORPORATION
Consent Solicitation and Offer to Guarantee
Senior Secured Floating Rate Notes due 2012
($150,000,000 principal amount outstanding)
(CUSIP No. 45071T AF 2)
and
10.75% Senior Discount Notes due 2015
($140,000,000 principal amount at maturity outstanding)
(CUSIP No. 45071T AE 5)
of
IWO HOLDINGS, INC.
The consent solicitation will expire at 5:00 p.m.,
New York City time, on Monday, March 20, 2006, unless
extended.
We are offering to fully and unconditionally guarantee the above
notes of our subsidiary, IWO Holdings, Inc., in return for your
consent to proposed amendments to the indentures under which the
notes were issued. The guarantees will be issued if the holders
of a majority in aggregate principal amount of each of the
classes of the above notes consent to the proposed amendments.
These proposed amendments would amend certain covenants
contained in the indentures governing the above notes to provide
us with the operational flexibility to integrate more
effectively IWO Holdings business with ours and substitute
certain reports we file with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, or SEC, for those of IWO Holdings. If we receive the
required consents, and the guarantees are issued, our guarantees
of your notes will rank equal to all of our other existing and
future senior unsecured indebtedness.
For a discussion of factors you should consider before you
decide whether to consent, see Risk Factors
beginning on page 12.
The expiration date for the consent solicitation is
5:00 p.m., New York City time, on Monday, March 20, 2006
unless extended.
Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state
securities commission has approved or disapproved of these
securities, nor have any of these organizations determined that
this prospectus is accurate or complete. Any representation to
the contrary is a criminal offense.
The solicitation agent for the consent solicitation is:
Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc.
The date of this prospectus is
March , 2006
REFERENCES TO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
As used in this prospectus, we, us or
our refers to Sprint Nextel Corporation (formerly
known as Sprint Corporation), IWO Holdings refers to
IWO Holdings, Inc., our wholly owned subsidiary, and
Nextel Communications or Nextel refers
to Nextel Communications, Inc. prior to its merger with and into
one of our wholly owned subsidiaries and, thereafter, to that
subsidiary as the surviving corporation in that merger (which
was renamed Nextel Communications, Inc.), in each case, together
with such corporations subsidiaries. This prospectus
incorporates important business and financial information about
us that is not included in or delivered with this prospectus.
You may obtain documents that we file with the SEC and
incorporate by reference into this prospectus by requesting the
documents, in writing or by telephone, from the SEC or from:
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Attention: Investor Relations |
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Telephone: (703) 433-4300
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Description of the Amended Discount Notes
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PROSPECTUS SUMMARY
This summary highlights basic information about us, IWO
Holdings, the consent solicitation and the guarantees, but does
not contain
all information important to you. You should read the more
detailed information and consolidated financial statements and
the related notes included in and incorporated by reference into
this prospectus.
Overview
Sprint Nextel
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2001 Edmund Halley Drive
Reston, Virginia 20191
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On August 12, 2005, Nextel Communications merged with one
of our wholly owned subsidiaries. In connection with the merger,
we changed our name from Sprint Corporation to Sprint Nextel
Corporation. We offer a comprehensive range of wireless and
wireline communications services to consumer, business and
government customers. We are widely recognized for developing,
engineering and deploying innovative technologies, including
wireless networks offering mobile data services, instant
national and international
push-to-talk
capabilities, and a global Tier 1 Internet backbone. In
connection with the merger, we announced our intention to
spin-off our local telecommunications business. We expect the
spin-off to be completed in the first half of 2006.
IWO Holdings
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52 Corporate Circle
Albany, New York 12203
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IWO Holdings is principally engaged in the ownership and
operation of wireless communications. IWO Holdings is a personal
communications services, or PCS, provider and has the exclusive
right to provide wireless services under the
Sprint®
brand name within its service area. On October 20, 2005, we
completed the acquisition of IWO Holdings by merging one of our
wholly owned subsidiaries with IWO Holdings.
Although the indentures governing the Senior Secured Floating
Rate Notes due 2012 and 10.75% Senior Discount Notes due
2015 contain provisions that generally require IWO Holdings to
make an offer to repurchase these notes upon a change in
control, our acquisition of IWO Holdings did not trigger these
provisions. Because we are a permitted holder of IWO
Holdings stock under both indentures, the merger of our
wholly owned subsidiary with IWO Holdings was not a change
of control under the indentures. See Description of
the Amended Floating Rate Notes Repurchase at the
Option of Holders Change of Control and
Description of the Amended Discount Notes
Repurchase at the Option of Holders Change of
Control. In addition, because IWO Holdings was the
surviving entity in the merger with our wholly owned subsidiary,
the merger was permitted under the merger covenants of both
indentures and did not require IWO Holdings to offer to
repurchase the notes. See Description of the Amended
Floating Rate Notes Repurchase at the Option of
Holders Merger, Consolidation or Sale of
Assets and Description of the Amended Discount
Notes Repurchase at the Option of
Holders Merger, Consolidation or Sale of
Assets.
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Use of Proceeds
We will not receive any cash proceeds from the issuance of our
guarantees.
The Consent Solicitation
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Senior Secured Floating Rate Notes due 2012, or floating rate
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10.75% Senior Discount Notes due 2015, or discount notes. |
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The Consent Solicitation |
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We are soliciting consents from the holders of the floating rate
notes and discount notes to the proposed amendments described
below. See The Consent Solicitation. We will provide
our guarantees if consents to the proposed amendments have been
validly submitted and not withdrawn by holders of record of a
majority in aggregate principal amount of each of the floating
rate notes and discount notes, which together are referred to in
this prospectus as the notes. |
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Proposed Amendments |
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We are making the consent solicitation to amend certain
covenants contained in the indentures governing the notes to
provide us with the operational flexibility to integrate more
effectively our and IWO Holdings businesses and substitute
our financial reports that we file with the SEC for those of IWO
Holdings. The proposed amendments would, among other things: |
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modify the definition of Asset Sale to
exclude specifically any transfer or sale of assets from IWO
Holdings to us or any of our other direct or indirect
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modify the affiliate transactions covenant to permit
IWO Holdings and its restricted subsidiaries to engage in
transactions with us and any of our other subsidiaries, so long
as such transactions are on terms that are no less favorable to
IWO Holdings and its restricted subsidiaries than those that
would have been obtained in comparable transactions by IWO
Holdings and its restricted subsidiaries with an unrelated
person, without having to obtain: |
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an independent
fairness opinion; or |
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except in transactions
above a certain dollar threshold, the approval of IWO
Holdings board of directors; and |
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permit IWO Holdings to provide our periodic reports
and other information filed with the SEC to the holders of the
notes, in lieu of separate reports and information relating only
to IWO Holdings. |
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The proposed amendments to the indentures would be set forth in
second supplemental indentures to be executed by IWO Holdings,
its subsidiary guarantors and the trustee immediately following
the expiration date, if the required consents have been
obtained. If the proposed amendments become effective, each
indenture, as amended, will apply to each holder of the |
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corresponding notes, regardless of whether that holder delivered
a consent to the proposed amendments. |
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Expiration Date; Waiver; Amendment; Termination |
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The consent solicitation will expire at 5:00 p.m., New York
City time, on Monday, March 20, 2006, unless extended. We
expressly reserve the right to waive or modify any term of, or
terminate, the consent solicitation. |
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Required Consents |
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The proposed amendments to the indentures require the consent of
the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of each
of the floating rate notes and discount notes for the proposed
amendments to either indenture to become operative. We may waive
this requirement, however, for either the floating rate notes or
discount notes, if we receive the required consents from the
holders of only the floating rate notes or discount notes. |
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Revocation of Consents |
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A holder of notes may revoke a previously submitted consent at
any time prior to the expiration date by following the
procedures set forth herein. |
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Guarantees |
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We are offering to fully and unconditionally guarantee IWO
Holdings payment obligations under both the floating rate
notes and the indenture governing the floating rate notes, or
the floating rate notes indenture, and the discount notes and
the indenture governing the discount notes, or the discount
notes indenture, on a senior, unsecured basis, if the proposed
amendments to the indentures become effective. If the guarantees
are issued and IWO Holdings cannot make any payment on either
the floating rate notes or discount notes, we would be required
to make the payment instead. |
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United States Federal Income Tax Considerations |
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Although the issue is not free from doubt, we believe that a
holder of notes should not recognize any income, gain or loss as
a result of the implementation of the proposed amendments to the
indentures governing the notes and the provision of our
guarantees. See United States Federal Income Tax
Considerations. |
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Solicitation Agent |
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The solicitation agent for the consent solicitation is Bear,
Stearns & Co. Inc. |
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Consent Agent |
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The consent agent for the consent solicitation is U.S. Bank
National Association. |
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Information Agent |
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The information agent for the consent solicitation is Georgeson
Shareholder Communications, Inc. Additional copies of this
prospectus, the letter of consent and other related materials
may be obtained from the information agent. |
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Risk Factors |
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You should read the Risk Factors section beginning
on page 12 of this prospectus, as well as other cautionary
statements included or incorporated by reference into this
prospectus, to ensure that you understand the risks associated
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Selected Historical Financial Data of Sprint Nextel (formerly
Sprint Corporation)
The following table sets forth our selected historical financial
data. The following data as of and for each of the five years
ended December 31, 2004 have been derived from our audited
consolidated financial statements. The consolidated financial
statements for the year ended December 31, 2004 were
audited by KPMG LLP and the consolidated financial statements
for each of the four years ended December 31, 2003 were
audited by Ernst & Young LLP. The statement of
operations data for the nine months ended September 30,
2005 and 2004, and the balance sheet data as of
September 30, 2005, have been derived from our unaudited
consolidated financial statements. In the opinion of management,
all adjustments (consisting only of normal recurring accruals)
considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included.
The following information should be read together with our
consolidated financial statements and the notes related to those
financial statements, which are incorporated by reference into
this prospectus. The information set forth below is not
necessarily indicative of the results of future operations.
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Statement of Operations Data:
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Net operating revenues
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23,384 |
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20,498 |
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27,428 |
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26,197 |
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26,679 |
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25,562 |
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23,166 |
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Operating income (loss)(1)(2)
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3,155 |
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(303 |
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1,007 |
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2,096 |
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(910 |
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280 |
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Income (loss) from continuing operations(1)(2)(3)
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1,588 |
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(1,012 |
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(292 |
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451 |
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(1,599 |
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Net income (loss)(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)
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1,588 |
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(1,449 |
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Diluted earnings (loss) per common share from continuing
operations(6)(7)
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0.91 |
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(0.71 |
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(0.21 |
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0.32 |
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(0.58 |
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Basic earnings (loss) per common share from continuing
operations(6)(7)
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0.92 |
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(1.02 |
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(0.71 |
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0.32 |
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Diluted earnings (loss) per common share(6)(7)
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0.91 |
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(0.71 |
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0.91 |
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0.43 |
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0.02 |
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Basic earnings (loss) per common share(6)(7)
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0.92 |
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(0.71 |
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0.91 |
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0.43 |
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Diluted weighted average common shares outstanding(6)(7)
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1,745.0 |
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1,433.8 |
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1,433.4 |
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Basic weighted average common shares outstanding(6)(7)
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1,725.1 |
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1,400.0 |
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Dividends per common share
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0.025 |
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Balance Sheet Data:
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Total assets
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101,315 |
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41,321 |
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42,675 |
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45,113 |
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45,619 |
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42,943 |
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Property, plant and equipment, net(1)
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30,591 |
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22,628 |
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27,101 |
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28,565 |
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28,786 |
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25,166 |
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Total debt (including short-term and long-term borrowings,
equity unit notes and redeemable preferred stock)
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25,545 |
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17,451 |
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19,407 |
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22,273 |
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22,883 |
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18,975 |
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Stockholders equity
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51,532 |
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13,521 |
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13,113 |
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12,108 |
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12,450 |
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13,596 |
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During the nine months ended September 30, 2005, we
recorded net charges reducing operating income by
$421 million and income from continuing operations by
$266 million. These charges related to merger integration
costs, the impairment of various software applications, our
organizational realignment initiatives and the termination of
our web hosting service, as well as hurricane-related costs. |
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During the nine months ended September 30, 2004, we
recorded net charges reducing operating income by
$3.7 billion and income from continuing operations by
$2.3 billion. These charges related primarily to the long
distance network impairment and restructurings, as well as
hurricane-related charges. These were partially offset by
recoveries of fully reserved MCI Communications Corporation
(formerly WorldCom, Inc., or WorldCom) receivables. |
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In 2004, we recorded net charges reducing operating income by
$3.7 billion to an operating loss and reducing income from
continuing operations by $2.3 billion to an overall loss
from continuing operations. The charges related primarily to the
long distance network impairment and restructurings partially
offset by recoveries of fully reserved MCI receivables. The
impairment of our long distance network assets, which was
determined in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting
Standards, or SFAS, No. 144, Accounting for the
Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets, resulted in a
pre-tax, non-cash charge of $3.5 billion. This charge was
the result of the analysis of long distance business trends and
projections that considered current industry and competitive
conditions, recent regulatory rulings, evolving technologies and
our strategy to expand our position as a leader in the
development and delivery of subscriber solutions requiring
transparent wireless and wireline connectivity. This charge
reduced the net book value of our long distance property, plant
and equipment by about 60%, to $2.3 billion. |
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In 2003, we recorded net charges reducing operating income by
$1.9 billion and reducing income from continuing operations
by $1.2 billion resulting in an overall loss from
continuing operations. The charges related primarily to
restructurings, asset impairments, and executive separation
agreements, offset by recoveries of fully reserved MCI
receivables. |
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In 2002, we recorded charges reducing operating income by
$402 million and reducing income from continuing operations
by $253 million. The charges related primarily to
restructurings, asset impairments and expected loss on MCI
receivables. |
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In 2001, we recorded charges reducing operating income by
$1.8 billion to an operating loss and increasing the loss
from continuing operations by $1.2 billion. The charges
related primarily to restructurings and asset impairments. |
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In 2000, we recorded charges reducing operating income by
$425 million and increasing the loss from continuing
operations by $273 million. The charges related to the
terminated WorldCom merger and asset impairments. |
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We adopted SFAS No. 142, Goodwill and Other
Intangibles, on January 1, 2002. Accordingly,
amortization of goodwill, spectrum licenses and trademarks
ceased as of that date, because they are indefinite life
intangibles. |
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During the nine months ended September 30, 2004, we recorded
charges of $70 million, net, for premiums paid on the early
retirement of debt and the recognition of deferred debt costs.
These charges increased loss from continuing operations by $43
million. |
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In 2004, we recorded charges of $72 million, net, for
premiums paid on the early retirement of debt and the
recognition of deferred debt costs. These charges increased loss
from continuing operations by $44 million. |
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In 2003, we recorded charges of $36 million, net, for
premiums paid on the early retirement of debt and for the
settlement of a securities class action lawsuit relating to the
failed merger with WorldCom. Additionally, we recorded a
$49 million tax benefit for the recognition of certain
income tax credits and adjustments for state tax apportionments.
In total, these items reduced loss from continuing operations by
$27 million. |
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In 2002, we recorded charges of $134 million related to a
write-down of an investment due to declining market value offset
by gains on the sales of subscriber contracts and our investment
in Pegaso Telecomunicaciones, S.A. de C.V. Additionally, we
recognized a tax benefit related to capital losses not
previously recognizable of $292 million. In total, these
items reduced loss from continuing operations by
$143 million. |
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In 2001, we recorded charges of $48 million, which
increased the loss from continuing operations by
$81 million. These amounts primarily included a write-down
of an equity investment offset by a curtailment gain on the
modification of certain retirement plan benefits and a gain on
investment activities. |
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In 2000, we recorded charges of $68 million, which
increased the loss from continuing operations by
$74 million. The charges related primarily to write-downs
of certain equity investments, offset by a gain from the sale of
subscribers and network infrastructure to a PCS third party
affiliate. |
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(4) |
In 2003, we recorded an after-tax gain of $1.3 billion
associated with the sale of our directory publishing business.
In 2000, we sold our interest in a joint venture, which provided
international long distance telecommunications services. |
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(5) |
We adopted SFAS No. 143, Accounting for Asset
Retirement Obligations, on January 1, 2003. The local
telecommunications division historically accrued costs of
removal in its depreciation reserves consistent with industry
practice. These costs of removal do not meet the
SFAS No. 143 definition of an asset retirement
obligation. Accordingly, we recorded a credit of
$420 million to remove the accumulated excess cost of
removal resulting in a cumulative effect of change in accounting
principle credit of $258 million, net of tax. |
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(6) |
All per share amounts have been restated, for all periods before
2004, to reflect the recombination of the FON common stock and
PCS common stock as of the earliest period presented at an
identical conversion ratio (0.50). The conversion ratio was also
applied to dilutive PCS securities (mainly stock options,
employees stock purchase plan shares, convertible preferred
stock and restricted stock units) to determine diluted weighted
average shares on a consolidated basis. |
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(7) |
As the effects of including the incremental shares associated
with options, restricted stock units and employees stock
purchase plan shares are antidilutive, both basic loss per share
and diluted loss per share reflect the same calculation for the
years ended December 31, 2004, 2003, 2001 and 2000. |
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(8) |
Before the recombination of the two tracking stocks, shares of
PCS common stock did not receive dividends. For each of the five
years ended December 31, 2004, shares of FON common stock
(before the conversion of shares of PCS common stock) received
dividends of $0.50 per share. In the 2004 first quarter,
shares of FON common stock (before the conversion of shares of
PCS common stock) received a dividend of $0.125 per share.
In the second, third and fourth quarters of 2004, shares of FON
common stock, which included shares resulting from the
conversion of shares of PCS common stock, received quarterly
dividends of $0.125 per share. |
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Selected Historical Financial Data of Nextel
Communications
The following table sets forth selected historical financial
data for Nextel Communications. The following data at and for
each of the five years ended December 31, 2004 have been
derived from Nextel Communications audited consolidated
financial statements. The statement of operations data for the
six months ended June 30, 2005 and 2004, and the balance
sheet data as of June 30, 2005, have been derived from
Nextel Communications unaudited consolidated financial
statements. In the opinion of management, Nextel
Communications unaudited condensed consolidated financial
statements reflect all adjustments that are necessary for a fair
presentation of the results for interim periods. All adjustments
made were of a normal recurring nature, except as described in
the notes included in Nextel Communications financial
statements for the six months ended June 30, 2005. The
following information should be read together with Nextel
Communications consolidated financial statements and the
notes related to those financial statements, which are included
in this prospectus. See Index to Financial
Statements. The information set forth below is not
necessarily indicative of the results of future operations.
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For the Six | |
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Months Ended | |
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June 30, | |
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2005 | |
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2004 | |
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2004 | |
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2003 | |
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2002 | |
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2001 | |
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2000 | |
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(In millions, except per share amounts) | |
Statement of Operations Data:
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Operating revenues
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$ |
7,427 |
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$ |
6,392 |
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$ |
13,368 |
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$ |
10,820 |
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$ |
8,721 |
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$ |
7,689 |
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$ |
5,714 |
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Cost of revenues (exclusive of depreciation and amortization
included below)
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2,243 |
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1,876 |
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4,003 |
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3,169 |
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2,535 |
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2,888 |
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2,188 |
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Selling, general and administrative
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2,451 |
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2,049 |
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4,241 |
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3,453 |
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3,039 |
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3,020 |
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2,278 |
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Restructuring and impairment charges
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35 |
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1,769 |
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Depreciation and amortization
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1,026 |
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896 |
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1,841 |
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1,694 |
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1,595 |
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1,746 |
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1,265 |
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Operating income (loss)
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1,707 |
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1,571 |
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3,283 |
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2,504 |
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1,517 |
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(1,734 |
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(17 |
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Interest expense, net
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(225 |
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(294 |
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(565 |
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(802 |
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(990 |
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(1,196 |
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(849 |
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(Loss) gain on retirement of debt, net of debt conversion costs
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(37 |
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(51 |
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(117 |
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(245 |
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354 |
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469 |
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(127 |
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Gain on deconsolidation of NII Holdings, Inc.
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1,218 |
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Equity in earnings (losses) of unconsolidated affiliates, net
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39 |
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(2 |
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15 |
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(58 |
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(309 |
) |
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(95 |
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(152 |
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Other (expense) income, net
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6 |
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29 |
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29 |
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225 |
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(39 |
) |
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(223 |
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281 |
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Income tax benefit (provision)
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(361 |
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684 |
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355 |
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(113 |
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(391 |
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135 |
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33 |
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Net (loss) income
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1,129 |
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1,937 |
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3,000 |
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1,511 |
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1,360 |
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(2,644 |
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(831 |
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Gain (loss) on retirement of mandatorily redeemable preferred
stock
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(7 |
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485 |
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Mandatorily redeemable preferred stock dividends and accretion
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(16 |
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(4 |
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(9 |
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(58 |
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(211 |
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(233 |
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(209 |
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Income (loss) available to common stockholders
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$ |
1,113 |
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$ |
1,933 |
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$ |
2,991 |
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$ |
1,446 |
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$ |
1,634 |
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$ |
(2,877 |
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$ |
(1,040 |
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Earnings (loss) per common share
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Basic
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$ |
0.99 |
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$ |
1.74 |
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$ |
2.69 |
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$ |
1.38 |
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$ |
1.85 |
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$ |
(3.70 |
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$ |
(1.38 |
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Diluted
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$ |
0.97 |
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$ |
1.67 |
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$ |
2.62 |
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$ |
1.34 |
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$ |
1.75 |
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(3.70 |
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$ |
(1.38 |
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Weighted average number of common shares outstanding
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Basic
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1,125 |
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1,108 |
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1,111 |
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1,047 |
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884 |
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778 |
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756 |
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Diluted
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1,143 |
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1,168 |
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1,152 |
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1,089 |
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966 |
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778 |
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756 |
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As of December 31, | |
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2005 | |
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2004 | |
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2003 | |
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2002 | |
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2001 | |
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(Unaudited) | |
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Balance Sheet Data:
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Total assets
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$ |
25,426 |
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$ |
22,744 |
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$ |
20,510 |
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$ |
21,477 |
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$ |
22,064 |
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$ |
22,686 |
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Domestic long-term debt, capital lease and finance obligations,
including current portion
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$ |
8,576 |
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$ |
8,549 |
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$ |
10,212 |
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$ |
12,550 |
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$ |
14,865 |
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$ |
12,212 |
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Mandatorily redeemable preferred stock
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$ |
7 |
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$ |
108 |
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$ |
99 |
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$ |
1,015 |
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$ |
2,114 |
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$ |
1,881 |
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Highlighted below are certain transactions and factors that may
be significant to an understanding of Nextel
Communications financial condition and comparability of
results of operations.
NII Holdings. The information presented above that is
derived from Nextel Communications consolidated financial
statements includes the consolidated results of NII Holdings,
Inc., or NII Holdings, through December 31, 2001. During
2001, NII Holdings recorded a non-cash pre-tax restructuring and
impairment charge of $1,747 million in connection with its
decision to discontinue funding one of its operating companies
and the implementation of its revised business plan.
In November 2002, NII Holdings, which before that time had been
Nextel Communications substantially wholly owned
subsidiary, completed its reorganization under Chapter 11
of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, having filed a voluntary
petition for reorganization in May 2002 in the
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware after it
and one of its subsidiaries defaulted on credit and vendor
finance facilities. Before its bankruptcy filing, NII Holdings
was accounted for as one of Nextel Communications
consolidated subsidiaries. As a result of NII Holdings
bankruptcy filing in May 2002, Nextel Communications began
accounting for its investment in NII Holdings using the equity
method. In accordance with the equity method of accounting,
Nextel Communications did not recognize equity losses of NII
Holdings after May 2002, as it had already recognized
$1,408 million of losses in excess of its investment in NII
Holdings through that date. NII Holdings net operating
results through May 2002 have been presented as equity in losses
of unconsolidated affiliates, as permitted under the accounting
rules governing a mid-year change from consolidating a
subsidiary to accounting for the investment using the equity
method. However, the presentation of NII Holdings in the
financial statements as a consolidated subsidiary in 2001 has
not changed from prior presentation. The following table
provides the operating revenues and net loss of NII Holdings
included in Nextel Communications consolidated results for
2001 and prior periods, excluding the impact of intercompany
eliminations:
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2001 | |
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2000 | |
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Operating revenues
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$ |
680 |
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$ |
330 |
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Net loss
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2,497 |
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417 |
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Upon NII Holdings emergence from bankruptcy in November
2002, Nextel Communications recognized a non-cash pre-tax gain
on deconsolidation of NII Holdings in the amount of
$1,218 million consisting primarily of the reversal of
equity losses it had recorded in excess of its investment in NII
Holdings, partially offset by charges recorded when it
consolidated NII Holdings, including, among other items,
$185 million of cumulative foreign currency translation
losses. At the same time, Nextel Communications began accounting
for its new ownership interest in NII Holdings using the equity
method, under which Nextel Communications recorded its
proportionate share of NII Holdings results of operations.
In November 2003, Nextel Communications sold 3.0 million
shares of NII Holdings common stock, which generated
$209 million in net proceeds and a gain of
$184 million.
Operating Revenues and Cost of Revenues. Effective
July 1, 2003, Nextel Communications adopted the provisions
of Emerging Issues Task Force, or EITF, Issue
No. 00-21,
Accounting for Revenue Arrangements with Multiple
Deliverables. EITF Issue
No. 00-21 provides
guidance on when and how an arrangement involving multiple
deliverables should be divided into separate units of
accounting. Accordingly, for all handset sale arrangements
entered into beginning in the third quarter 2003, Nextel
Communications recognizes revenue and the related cost of
revenue when title to the handset passes to the
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subscriber. Before July 1, 2003, in accordance with Staff
Accounting Bulletin, or SAB, No. 101, Revenue
Recognition in Financial Statements, Nextel Communications
recognized revenue from handset sales and an equal amount of the
related cost of revenue on a straight-line basis over the
expected subscriber relationship period of 3.5 years,
beginning when title to the handset passed to the subscriber.
Therefore, the adoption of EITF Issue
No. 00-21 resulted
in increased handset revenues and cost of handset revenues in
2003 as compared to 2002.
Nextel Communications elected to apply the provisions of EITF
Issue No. 00-21 to
its existing subscriber arrangements. Accordingly, on
July 1, 2003, Nextel Communications reduced its current
assets and liabilities by about $563 million and its
noncurrent assets and liabilities by about $783 million,
representing substantially all of the revenues and costs
associated with the original sale of handsets that were deferred
under SAB No. 101. Additional information regarding
Nextel Communications adoption of EITF Issue
No. 00-21 can be
found in note 1 to the consolidated financial statements
included in this prospectus. See Index to Financial
Statements.
Adoption of SFAS No. 142. Effective
January 1, 2002, Nextel Communications adopted the
provisions of SFAS No. 142, Goodwill and Other
Intangible Assets. Under SFAS No. 142, Nextel
Communications is no longer required to amortize goodwill and
intangible assets with indefinite useful lives, which consist of
Federal Communications Commission, or FCC, licenses. In the
first quarter 2002, Nextel Communications incurred a one-time
cumulative non-cash charge to the income tax provision of
$335 million to increase the valuation allowance related to
its net operating losses. This cumulative charge was required
since Nextel Communications has significant deferred tax
liabilities related to its FCC licenses that have a
significantly lower tax basis than book basis. Additional
information regarding the adoption of SFAS No. 142 can
be found in note 5 to the consolidated financial statements
included in this prospectus. See Index to Financial
Statements.
Long-Term Debt, Preferred Stock and Finance Obligation.
During the second quarter 2002 and continuing throughout 2003,
2004 and into 2005, Nextel Communications reduced its
outstanding debt obligations through the redemption, purchase
and retirement of some of its long-term debt and preferred
stock. Nextel Communications used some of the proceeds from
newly issued senior notes and a new term loan under the bank
credit facility, together with its existing cash resources, to
redeem and retire certain senior notes, then-existing term loans
under the facility and preferred stock. These newly issued
senior notes and the new term loan have lower interest rates and
longer maturity periods than the notes and loans that were
retired. Nextel Communications also issued shares of its
class A common stock in exchange for some of its
outstanding debt securities. Additional information can be found
in note 6 to Nextel Communications consolidated
financial statements included in this prospectus and note 3
to Nextel Communications condensed consolidated financial
statements included in this prospectus. See Index to
Financial Statements.
Income Tax Benefit (Provision). Nextel Communications
maintains a valuation allowance that includes reserves against
certain of its deferred tax asset amounts in instances where it
determines that it is more likely than not that a tax benefit
will not be realized. Nextel Communications valuation
allowance has historically included reserves primarily for the
tax benefit of net operating loss carryforwards, as well as for
capital loss carryforwards, separate return net operating loss
carryforwards and the tax benefit of stock option deductions
relating to employee compensation. Before June 30, 2004,
Nextel Communications had recorded a full reserve against the
tax benefits relating to its net operating loss carryforwards
because, at that time, Nextel Communications did not have a
sufficient history of taxable income to conclude that it was
more likely than not that it would be able to realize the tax
benefits of the net operating loss carryforwards. Accordingly,
Nextel Communications recorded in its income statement only a
small provision for income taxes, as its net operating loss
carryforwards resulting from losses generated in prior years
offset virtually all of the taxes that Nextel Communications
would have otherwise incurred.
During 2004, based on Nextel Communications cumulative
operating results and an assessment of its expected future
operations, Nextel Communications concluded that it was more
likely than not that it would be able to realize the tax
benefits of its net operating loss carryforwards. Therefore,
Nextel
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Communications decreased the valuation allowance attributable to
its net operating loss carryforwards by $901 million as a
credit to tax expense. Additionally, Nextel Communications
decreased the valuation allowance attributable to the tax
benefit of stock option deductions related to employee
compensation and credited paid-in capital by $389 million.
Also during 2004, Nextel Communications determined that it was
more likely than not that it would utilize a portion of its
capital loss carryforwards before their expiration. Accordingly,
Nextel Communications decreased the valuation allowance
primarily attributable to capital loss carryforwards by
$212 million as a credit to tax expense. Additional
information can be found in note 9 to Nextel
Communications consolidated financial statements included
in this prospectus. See Index to Financial
Statements.
For the six months ended June 30, 2005, Nextel
Communications determined that it was more likely than not that
it would utilize a portion of its capital loss carryforwards
before their expiration. Accordingly, Nextel Communications
decreased the valuation allowance attributable to capital loss
carryforwards by $203 million. Additional information can
be found in note 4 to Nextel Communications condensed
consolidated financial statements included in this prospectus.
See Index to Financial Statements.
Other Income (Expense), Net. As discussed in note 3
to Nextel Communications consolidated financial
statements, other income (expense), net in 2003 includes a
$184 million gain on Nextel Communications sale of
common stock of NII Holdings and a $39 million gain related
to the redemption of the redeemable preferred stock that Nextel
Communications held in Nextel Partners, Inc., or Nextel
Partners, which provides services under the Nextel brand name in
certain areas of the U.S. Other income (expense), net in
2001 includes a $188 million other-than-temporary reduction
in the fair value of NII Holdings investment in TELUS
Mobility, Inc., or TELUS Mobility. Other income (expense), net
in 2000 includes a $275 million gain realized when NII
Holdings exchanged its stock in Clearnet Communications, Inc.,
or Clearnet, for stock in TELUS Mobility as a result of the
acquisition of Clearnet by TELUS Mobility. See Index to
Financial Statements.
10
Summary Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Financial
Information
The following summary unaudited pro forma condensed combined
financial information is designed to show how the merger of
Sprint and Nextel might have affected historical financial
statements if the merger had been completed at an earlier time.
The following summary unaudited pro forma condensed combined
financial information was prepared based on the historical
financial results reported by Sprint and Nextel in their filings
with the SEC. The following should be read in connection with
the information under the caption Unaudited Pro Forma
Condensed Combined Statements of Operations and the Sprint
and Nextel financial statements, which are incorporated by
reference into or included in this prospectus.
The unaudited pro forma statements of operations for the nine
months ended September 30, 2005 and for the year ended
December 31, 2004 give effect to the merger as if it
occurred on January 1, 2004.
The summary unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial
information is presented for illustrative purposes only and is
not necessarily indicative of the financial condition or results
of operations of future periods or the financial condition or
results of operations that actually would have been realized had
the entities been a single entity during these periods.
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September 30, 2005 | |
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Statement of Operations Data:
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Net revenue
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32,773 |
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40,902 |
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Income (loss) from continuing operations
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1,707 |
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Diluted average number of shares of common stock outstanding(1)
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2,957.0 |
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2,857.4 |
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Basic average number of shares of common stock outstanding(1)
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2,935.1 |
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2,857.4 |
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Diluted income (loss) per share from continuing operations(1)
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0.58 |
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(0.50 |
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Basic income (loss) per share from continuing operations(1)
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0.58 |
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As the effects of including the incremental shares associated
with options, restricted stock units and employees stock
purchase plan shares are anti-dilutive for the year ended
December 31, 2004, they are not included in the weighted
average shares outstanding, and both diluted and basic earnings
per share reflect the same calculation. |
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RISK FACTORS
You should carefully consider the risk factors discussed
below, as well as the other information included and
incorporated by reference into this prospectus, in connection
with participation in the consent solicitation.
Risk Factors Relating to the Proposed Amendments to the
Indentures
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The proposed amendments to the indentures would result in
fewer restrictions on IWO Holdings conduct than currently
exist. |
If the proposed amendments to the indentures become effective,
the covenants in the amended indentures would generally impose
fewer restrictions on IWO Holdings conduct than the
covenants currently in the indentures governing the notes. The
proposed amendments would allow IWO Holdings to take actions
that would otherwise have been restricted or conditioned,
including certain transactions with affiliates, and with which
you may not agree. For example, if permitted by the collateral
documents related to the indentures, the proposed amendments
would allow IWO Holdings to sell assets to any of our
subsidiaries without using the proceeds to repay indebtedness or
to acquire other assets used or useful in IWO Holdings
business. This could result in a decrease in revenues of IWO
Holdings that would be available to repay its indebtedness,
including the notes. Similarly, the proposed amendments would
permit IWO Holdings to engage in transactions with affiliates,
which might, in certain circumstances, otherwise require IWO
Holdings to seek a waiver from noteholders. See The
Consent Solicitation Description of the Proposed
Amendments and Annex A to this prospectus for more
information about the differences between what actions are
currently restricted by the covenants currently applicable to
the notes and what actions would be restricted by the covenants
following the effectiveness of the proposed amendments.
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Holders of the notes may be adversely affected if we do
not issue our guarantees because, in that case, holders will
have a claim only against IWO Holdings or its subsidiary
guarantors and not us. |
IWO Holdings has a substantial amount of debt, including its
obligations under the floating rate notes and discount notes,
$239 million of which was outstanding as of
September 30, 2005. The indentures governing the notes
limit IWO Holdings ability to, among other things, borrow
more money, which limits IWO Holdings ability to raise
additional capital that may be necessary to pay its debts,
including the notes. If we do not receive the required consents,
in which case we would not issue the guarantees, and IWO
Holdings is unable to satisfy its payment obligations on the
notes, holders of the notes would have no direct claim against
us for these payment obligations.
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There can be no assurance that the implementation of the
proposed amendments to the indentures and the provision of our
guarantees of the notes will not constitute a taxable event for
the holders of the notes. |
We believe that the adoption of the proposed amendments and the
provision of our guarantees of the notes should not constitute a
taxable event for the holders of the notes. However, these
actions could be treated as significant modifications of the
notes resulting in a deemed exchange not treated as
a recapitalization for tax purposes. If, contrary to our belief,
the implementation of the proposed amendments and the provision
of our guarantees were treated in this manner, a holder of the
notes would recognize gain or loss in an amount equal to the
difference, if any, between the amount realized by the holder in
the deemed exchange and the holders adjusted
tax basis in the notes deemed to be exchanged.
Risk Factors Relating to Sprint Nextel
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We may not be able to successfully integrate the
businesses of Nextel with ours and realize the anticipated
benefits of the merger. |
Significant management attention and resources are being devoted
to integrating the
Nextel®
wireless network and other wireless technologies with ours, as
well as the business practices, operations and support
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functions of the two companies. The challenges we are facing
and/or may face in the future include the following:
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integrating our and Nextels wireless networks, which
operate on different technology platforms and use different
spectrum bands, and developing wireless devices and other
products and services that operate seamlessly on both technology
platforms; |
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developing and deploying next generation wireless technologies; |
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combining diverse product and service offerings, subscriber
plans and sales and marketing approaches; |
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preserving subscriber, supplier and other important
relationships and resolving conflicts arising as a result of the
merger; |
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consolidating and integrating duplicative facilities and
operations, including back-office systems; |
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addressing differences in business cultures, preserving employee
morale and retaining key employees, while maintaining focus on
providing consistent, high quality customer service and meeting
our operational and financial goals; and |
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adequately addressing business integration issues while also
addressing the contemplated spin-off of our local
telecommunications business. |
The process of integrating Nextels operations with ours
could cause an interruption of, or loss of momentum in, our
business and financial performance. The diversion of
managements attention and any delays or difficulties
encountered in connection with the integration of the two
companies operations could have an adverse effect on our
business, financial results, financial condition and/or stock
price. We may also incur additional and unforeseen expenses.
There can be no assurance that the expense savings and synergies
that we anticipate from the merger will be realized fully or
within our expected timeframe.
We also have acquired five Sprint PCS Affiliates (US Unwired,
IWO Holdings, Gulf Coast Wireless, Alamosa Holdings and
Enterprise Communications), and will acquire Nextel Partners
pursuant to the right of its stockholders to require us to
purchase outstanding Nextel Partners common stock. The process
of integrating the business practices, operations and support
functions of these companies could involve challenges similar to
those identified above or add to those challenges.
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The completion of the contemplated spin-off of our local
telecommunications business cannot be assured, and all of the
specific assets and liabilities of the spun-off company have not
yet been determined. |
We intend to spin off the local telecommunications business as a
separate entity to our stockholders since we believe that the
contemplated spin-off will provide us with greater growth
opportunities than other major U.S. telecommunications
companies whose businesses include a substantial portion of
wireline-based services. If the contemplated spin-off is not
completed, we may have slower rates of growth than currently
expected because the number of local access lines served and
switched access minutes used have been declining and are
projected to continue to decline in the future. These declines
can be attributed in part to industry-wide trends, such as
increased competition and product substitution, that are
affecting the local telephone business. Moreover, our strategy
of developing our higher growth wireless business may
increasingly conflict with the strategy and interests of our
local telecommunications business, particularly as customers are
increasingly choosing between wireline and wireless services.
Net operating revenues from the local telecommunications
business fell from $6,130 million in 2003 to
$6,021 million in 2004 and operating income from the local
telecommunications business fell from $1,862 million to
$1,766 million over the same period.
There are significant operational and technical challenges that
need to be addressed in order to successfully separate the
assets and operations of the local telecommunications business
from the rest of our business. The spin-off will also require
the creation of a new publicly traded company with a capital
structure appropriate for that company, the creation and
staffing of operational and corporate functional
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groups and the creation of transition services arrangements
between us and the spun-off company. The spin-off may result in
additional and unforeseen expenses, and completion of the
spin-off cannot be assured. Completion of the spin-off will be
conditioned upon, among other things, receipt of required
consents and approvals from various federal and state regulatory
agencies, including state public utility or service commissions.
These consents and approvals, if received, may impose conditions
and limitations on the business and operations of the company
resulting from the spin-off. These conditions and limitations
could jeopardize or delay completion of the spin-off and could
reduce the anticipated benefits of the merger and the spin-off.
The U.S. Treasury and the staff of the Joint Committee on
Taxation have suggested certain changes to Section 355 of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. It is unclear
whether any legislation will be enacted to implement these
proposals. After consultation with our tax advisors, we believe
that even if legislation is enacted, it is unlikely that it
would apply to the contemplated spin-off of the local
telecommunications business. However, it is possible that any
such legislation could prevent us from completing the
contemplated spin-off on a tax-free basis, in which case the
contemplated spin-off would not occur. We will not complete the
spin-off unless we obtain satisfactory opinions from counsel
regarding the tax-free qualification of the spin-off.
In addition, the company to be spun-off is expected to have
total indebtedness of about $7.25 billion when the spin-off
is completed. A portion of this debt is currently outstanding.
The remainder will be issued to us and to one or more third
parties. We will receive the new debt securities and the cash
proceeds from the new third party borrowings in partial exchange
for the assets contributed to the company to be spun-off. We
will sell or exchange the debt securities issued to us and
intend to use the proceeds from any such sale and the proceeds
paid to us by the spun-off company to repay various obligations.
There can be no assurance of the final amount of indebtedness to
be incurred by the spun-off company or the proceeds to be
received by us.
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We will be subject to restrictions on acquisitions
involving our stock and other stock issuances and possibly other
corporate opportunities in order to enable the contemplated
spin-off of the local telecommunications business to qualify for
tax-free treatment. |
The contemplated spin-off of the local telecommunications
business cannot qualify for tax-free treatment if 50% or more
(by vote or value) of our stock or the stock of the spun-off
entity is acquired or issued as part of a plan or series of
related transactions that includes the contemplated spin-off.
Because the Nextel merger generally is treated as involving the
acquisition of 49.9% of our stock (and the spun-off entity) for
purposes of this analysis, until the completion of the spin-off
(and for some period thereafter), we will be subject to
restrictions on certain acquisitions involving stock, stock
issuances and possibly other corporate opportunities in order to
enable the spin-off to qualify for tax-free treatment. At this
time, it is not possible to determine how long these
restrictions will apply. In addition, it is not possible to
determine whether these limitations will have a material impact
on us.
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We are subject to exclusivity provisions and other
restrictions under our arrangements with the Sprint PCS
Affiliates. Continued compliance with those restrictions may
limit our ability to achieve synergies and fully integrate the
operations of Nextel, and we could incur significant costs to
resolve issues related to the merger under these arrangements.
The manner in which these restrictions will be addressed is not
currently known. |
We historically supplemented our PCS wireless network through
arrangements with third party network operators, which are
referred to in this prospectus as Sprint PCS Affiliates. Their
subscribers purchase services under the Sprint brand name that
are provided on code division multiple access, or CDMA, networks
built and operated at the Sprint PCS Affiliates own
expense.
All of these arrangements restrict our and our affiliates
ability to own, operate, build or manage wireless communication
networks or to sell certain wireless services within specified
geographic areas.
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Continued compliance with those restrictions may limit our
ability to achieve synergies and fully integrate the operations
of Nextel, which could have a negative impact on our results of
operations.
In case of a material breach of any of these arrangements that
is not cured within a specified cure period, the affected Sprint
PCS Affiliate can pursue the following mutually exclusive
remedies: (1) the sale to us of the Sprint PCS
Affiliates operating assets at 80% or 88% (depending on
the Sprint PCS Affiliate) of the appraised fair market value of
the Sprint PCS Affiliates wireless business in the
affected territory, (2) for certain Sprint PCS Affiliates,
the purchase from us of certain spectrum rights in its territory
at a price equal to the greater of (a) our original
spectrum costs plus microwave relocation costs and (b) 9%
of the appraised fair market value of the Sprint PCS
Affiliates wireless business in the affected territory, or
(3) the pursuit against us of a claim for damages or other
appropriate relief. If it is determined that a material breach
has occurred, and the affected Sprint PCS Affiliate elects to
pursue either of the remedies described in (1) or
(2) above, the Sprint PCS Affiliates wireless
business in the affected territory will be appraised at the fair
market value using the appraisal process prescribed in the
arrangement between us and the affected Sprint PCS Affiliate.
The prescribed appraisal process is complex and will involve
numerous judgments by the appraisers. Although we may from time
to time engage in discussions with Sprint PCS Affiliates
regarding these matters, there is no assurance that these
arrangements can be renegotiated with them on favorable terms or
that waivers of the restrictions under those arrangements can be
obtained. The outcome of any possible claims, and the associated
costs that could be incurred by us, cannot currently be
determined but could represent a significant cost.
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Failure to satisfy our capital requirements could cause us
to delay or abandon our business growth plans. If we incur
significant additional indebtedness, it could cause a decline in
our credit rating and could limit our ability to raise
additional capital. |
We continue to have substantial indebtedness and we will
continue to require additional capital to grow our businesses
and satisfy other obligations, such as the obligation to
purchase shares of Nextel Partners common stock. To the extent
we do not generate sufficient cash flow from operations to fund
these requirements, we may need to rely on additional financing
to expand our businesses and meet our other obligations. In
connection with the execution of our business strategies, we are
continually evaluating acquisition opportunities, and we may
elect to finance acquisitions by incurring additional
indebtedness. Certain of our indentures and credit facilities
contain covenants that restrict our ability to incur, assume or
pre-pay indebtedness, sell assets or make investments. We may
not be able to arrange additional financing to fund our
requirements on terms acceptable to us. Our ability to arrange
additional financing will depend on, among other factors, our
financial performance, general economic conditions and
prevailing market conditions. Many of these factors are beyond
our control. Failure to obtain suitable financing could, among
other things, result in the inability to continue to expand our
businesses and meet competitive challenges. If we incur
significant additional indebtedness, our credit rating could be
adversely affected. As a result, our future borrowing costs
would likely increase and our access to capital could be
adversely affected.
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Any failure to improve wireless subscriber service and
continue to enhance the quality of our wireless networks and
meet capacity requirements of our subscriber growth will likely
impair our financial performance and adversely affect our
results of operations. |
We must continually improve our wireless subscriber service,
even though our costs increase, or our subscribers may switch to
other wireless providers.
In connection with our continuing enhancement of the quality of
our wireless networks, we must:
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obtain additional spectrum in some or all of our markets, if and
when necessary; |
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secure sufficient transmitter and receiver sites and obtain
zoning and construction approvals or permits at appropriate
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obtain adequate quantities of system infrastructure equipment
and handsets and related accessories to meet subscriber demand. |
Network enhancements may not occur as scheduled or at the cost
that we have estimated. Delays or failure to add network
capacity, or increased costs of adding capacity, could limit our
ability to satisfy our wireless subscribers while maintaining or
increasing our revenues.
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If our wireless operations do not continue to grow and
improve profitability or if our long distance and local
operations do not achieve expected revenues, we may not be able
to make capital expenditures necessary to implement our plans
for these businesses and our credit rating will likely be
adversely affected. |
If our wireless operations do not continue to grow and improve
profitability, we may be unable to make the capital expenditures
necessary to implement our business plan, meet our debt service
requirements, or otherwise conduct our business in an effective
manner. This would require us to divert cash from other uses,
which may not be possible or may detract from operations in our
other businesses. These events could limit our ability to
increase revenues and net income or cause these amounts to
decline.
Our long distance and local operations have experienced
declining operating revenues. If these operations cannot achieve
expected revenues, we may be unable to make the capital
expenditures necessary to implement our business plans for these
operations or otherwise conduct these businesses in an effective
manner. This could inhibit our ability to maintain or increase
our revenues.
If our wireless operations do not continue to grow and improve
profitability, or if our long distance and local operations
cannot achieve expected revenues, our credit rating will likely
be adversely affected. If our credit rating is adversely
affected, our future borrowing costs would likely increase and
our access to capital could be adversely affected.
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We face intense competition that may reduce our market
share and harm our financial performance. |
There is intense competition in the telecommunications industry.
Regulatory initiatives allowing subscribers to switch service
providers while retaining their telephone numbers have further
fueled competition. At the same time, the traditional dividing
lines between long distance, local, wireless, cable and Internet
services are increasingly becoming blurred. We expect
competition to intensify across all of our business segments as
a result of the entrance of new competitors and the rapid
development of new technologies, products, and services. We
cannot predict which of many possible future technologies,
products, or services will be important to maintain our
competitive position or what expenditures will be required to
develop and provide these technologies, products or services.
Our ability to compete successfully will depend on marketing and
sales and service delivery, and on our ability to anticipate and
respond to various competitive factors affecting the industry,
including new services that may be introduced, changes in
consumer preferences, demographic trends, economic conditions,
and discount pricing and other strategies by competitors. To the
extent we do not keep pace with technological advances or fail
to timely respond to changes in competitive factors in our
industry, we could lose market share or experience a decline in
revenue and net income. As a result of the financial strength
and benefits of scale of some of our competitors, they may be
able to offer services at lower prices than we can, thereby
adversely affecting our revenues and growth.
Wireless Operations. Each of our markets, including each
of the top 50 metropolitan markets, have several other
wireless service providers. Competition may continue to increase
to the extent that there are mergers or other combinations
involving our competitors or licenses are transferred from
smaller stand-alone operators to larger, more experienced and
more financially stable wireless operators. These wireless
operators may be able to offer subscribers network features or
products not offered by us. Certain competitors may be able to
offer coverage in areas not served by either of our wireless
networks or may be able to offer roaming rates that are lower
than those offered by us. The actions of our competitors could
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negatively affect our subscriber churn, ability to attract new
subscribers, average revenue per user and operating costs.
As the intensity of competition among wireless communications
providers has increased, we and our competitors have decreased
prices and increased service and product offerings, resulting in
both declining average monthly revenue per subscriber in the
wireless industry overall and in declining average revenue per
minute of use, and we expect these trends will continue.
Competition in pricing and service and product offerings may
also adversely impact customer retention, which would adversely
affect our results of operations. All of these developments may
lead to greater choices for subscribers, possible consumer
confusion, and increased customer churn.
One of the primary differentiating features of our Nextel
service is the two-way walkie-talkie feature. A number of
wireless equipment vendors, including Motorola Inc., or
Motorola, which supplies equipment for our Nextel service, have
begun to offer, or announced plans to offer, wireless equipment
that is capable of providing walkie-talkie features that are
designed to compete with our walkie-talkie feature. Several of
our competitors have introduced, or have announced plans to
introduce, these walkie-talkie features. If these
competitors features are perceived to be or become, or if
any such services introduced in the future are, comparable to
our walkie-talkie feature, our competitive advantage in our
Nextel service would be reduced, which in turn could adversely
affect our business.
Wireline Operations. Our long distance operations compete
with AT&T (formerly known as SBC Communications, which
recently acquired AT&T), Verizon Communications (which
recently acquired MCI), BellSouth, Qwest, Level 3, and
cable operators, as well as a host of smaller competitors, in
the provision of these services. Some of these companies have
built high-capacity,
IP-based fiber-optic
networks capable of supporting large amounts of voice and data
traffic. These companies claim certain cost structure advantages
which, among other factors, may position them well for the
future. Increased competition and the significant increase in
capacity resulting from new networks may drive already low
prices down further. Both AT&T and Verizon continue to be
the two largest competitors in the domestic long distance
communications market. We and other long distance carriers
depend heavily on local access facilities obtained from
incumbent local carriers to serve our long distance customers,
and the acquisition of AT&T and MCI could give those
carriers long distance operations cost and operational
advantages with respect to these access facilities.
Our local telecommunications business operates principally in
suburban and rural markets. As a result, competition in these
markets is occurring more gradually than for the major incumbent
local carriers. In urban areas where our local
telecommunications business operates, there is substantial
competition by competitive local exchange carriers, or CLECs,
and there is increasing competition in less urban areas. Cable
companies selling cable modems continue to provide competition
for high-speed data services for residential customers and are
beginning to offer voice telephone service using their cable
facilities. E-mail and
wireless services will continue to grow as an alternative to
wireline services.
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A high rate of subscriber churn would likely impair our
financial performance. |
A key element in the economic success of telecommunications
carriers is the rate of subscriber churn. Our efforts to reduce
churn may not be successful. A high rate of churn could impair
our ability to increase the revenues of, or cause a
deterioration in the operating margin of, our wireless
operations or our operations as a whole.
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Failure to complete development, testing and deployment of
new technology could affect our ability to compete in the
industry and the technology we use could place us at a
competitive disadvantage. |
On an ongoing basis, we develop, test and deploy various new
technologies and support systems intended to help us compete in
the industry by increasing revenues and/or reducing costs.
Successful implementation of technology upgrades depends, in
part, on the willingness of third parties to develop new
applications in a timely manner. We may not successfully
complete the development and rollout of new technology in a
timely manner, and any new technology and related services may
not be widely accepted
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by our customers or may not be profitable, which would make it
difficult or impossible to recover the investment in the
development of the technology. New service offerings may also
adversely affect the performance or reliability of our networks.
Any resulting customer dissatisfaction could have an adverse
effect on our results of operations and growth prospects.
We use CDMA 2000 technology as our wireless air interface
standard for our PCS wireless network operations because we
believe the technology is superior to the global system for
mobile communications, or GSM, family of air interface
technologies. CDMA 2000 PCS wireless network operations has a
smaller market share of global wireless subscribers compared to
GSM. As a result, we have a risk of higher costs for handsets
and network infrastructure than competitors who use GSM.
Similarly, because we are one of a limited number of wireless
carriers that have deployed Motorolas integrated Digital
Enhanced Network, or
iDEN®,
technology, we bear a substantially greater portion of the costs
associated with the development of new equipment and features
than would be the case if our Nextel network utilized a more
widely adopted technology platform.
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We have entered into outsourcing agreements related to
certain business operations. Any difficulties experienced in
these arrangements could result in additional expense, loss of
customers and revenue, interruption of our services or a delay
in the roll-out of new technology. |
We have entered into outsourcing agreements for the development
and maintenance of certain software systems necessary for the
operation of our business. We have also entered into agreements
with third parties to provide service support to direct wireless
subscribers and outsourced many aspects of our customer care and
billing functions to third parties. Finally, we have entered
into an agreement whereby a third party will lease or operate a
significant number of our communications towers, and we will
sublease space on these towers. As a result, we must rely on
third parties to execute our operational priorities and
interface with our customers. In some cases, the policies of the
United States, individual states and foreign countries could
affect the provision of these services. If these third parties
are unable to perform to our requirements, we would have to
pursue alternative strategies to provide these services and that
could result in delays, interruptions, additional expenses and
loss of customers.
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The reconfiguration process contemplated by the Report and
Order of the FCC may adversely affect our business and
operations, which could adversely affect our future growth and
operating results. |
As part of an ongoing FCC proceeding to eliminate interference
with public safety operations in the 800 megahertz, or MHz,
band, in August 2004 the FCC released a Report and Order, as
supplemented, which provides for the exchange of a portion of
our FCC licenses for other licenses, including 10 MHz of
spectrum in the 1.9 gigahertz, or GHz, band. In order to
accomplish the reconfiguration of the 800 MHz spectrum band
of the Nextel network that is contemplated by the Report and
Order, in most cases we will need to cease our use of a portion
of the 800 MHz spectrum in a particular market before we
are able to commence use of replacement 800 MHz spectrum in
that market. To mitigate the temporary loss of the use of this
spectrum, in many markets we will need to construct additional
transmitter and receiver sites or acquire additional spectrum in
the 800 MHz or 900 MHz bands. This spectrum may not be
available to us on acceptable terms. In markets where we are
unable to construct additional sites or acquire additional
spectrum as needed, the decrease in capacity may adversely
affect the performance of our Nextel network, require us to
curtail subscriber additions in those markets until the capacity
limitation can be corrected, or a combination of the two.
Degradation in network performance in any market could result in
subscriber churn in that market, the effect of which could be
exacerbated if we are forced to curtail subscriber additions in
that market. A resulting loss of a significant number of
subscribers could adversely affect our results of operations.
Because we are just beginning the reconfiguration process, we
currently are not able to assess the potential impact that this
process will have on our Nextel network capacity. In addition,
the Report and Order gives the FCC the authority to suspend our
use of the 1.9 GHz spectrum that we received under the
Report and Order if we do not comply with our obligations under
the Report and Order.
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If any of our Sprint PCS Affiliates or Nextel Partners or
our iDEN roaming affiliates experience financial or operational
difficulties, we could be forced to incur additional expenses
and/or lose customers, which could adversely affect our
financial performance. |
If any of the Sprint PCS Affiliates cease operations in all or
part of their service area, we may incur roaming charges in
areas where service was previously provided by the Sprint PCS
Affiliates. We may also incur costs to meet FCC renewal
requirements, as well as experience lower revenues. Failure to
meet FCC renewal requirements could result in the loss of a PCS
license or licenses, depending on the service area.
Nextel Partners operates a network compatible with our iDEN
network in numerous mid-sized and tertiary markets in the United
States. We offer cellular and walkie-talkie services on our iDEN
network internationally in Canada, Latin America and Mexico
through agreements with TELUS Mobility and NII Holdings. If
Nextel Partners, NII Holdings or TELUS Mobility experiences
financial or operational difficulties, the ability of our iDEN
customers to roam on their respective networks may be impaired.
In that event, our ability to attract and retain customers who
want to access those networks may be adversely affected.
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Significant changes in the industry could cause a decline
in demand for our services. |
The wireless telecommunications industry is experiencing
significant technological change, including improvements in the
capacity and quality of digital technology such as the move to
third generation, or 3G, wireless technology and the deployment
of unlicensed spectrum devices. This causes uncertainty about
future subscriber demand for our wireless services and the
prices that we will be able to charge for these services. The
rapid change in technology may lead to the development of
wireless telecommunications technologies or alternative services
that exceed our levels of service or that consumers prefer over
our services. If we are unable to meet future advances in
competing technologies on a timely basis, or at an acceptable
cost, we may not be able to compete effectively and could lose
customers to our competitors.
The wireline industry is also experiencing significant
technological change. Cable companies are providing
telecommunications services to the home. Some carriers are
providing local and long distance voice services over Internet
Protocol, or VoIP, in the process avoiding access charges on
long distance calls.
As a result of these changes, the future prospects of the
wireless and wireline industry and the success of our services
remain uncertain.
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Government regulation could adversely affect our prospects
and results of operations; the FCC and state regulatory
commissions may adopt new regulations or take other actions that
could adversely affect our business prospects or results of
operations. |
Wireless Operations. The licensing, construction,
operation, sale and interconnection arrangements of wireless
telecommunications systems are regulated by the FCC and,
depending on the jurisdiction, state and local regulatory
agencies. The Communications Act of 1934 preempts state and
local regulation of market entry by, and the rates charged by,
commercial mobile radio service, or CMRS, providers, except in
limited circumstances. States may regulate such things as
billing practices and consumer-related issues. California
imposed, then suspended, rules designed to impose consumer
protections. Several other states are considering similar
initiatives. If imposed, these regulations could increase the
costs of our wireless operations. The Federal Trade Commission
also regulates how wireless services are marketed.
The FCC, together with the Federal Aviation Administration, or
FAA, also regulates tower marking and lighting. In addition,
tower construction is affected by federal, state and local
statutes addressing zoning, environmental protection and
historic preservation. The FCC recently adopted significant
changes to its rules governing historic preservation review of
projects, which make it more difficult to deploy antenna
facilities. The FCC is also considering changes to its rules
regarding environmental protection as related to tower
construction, which, if adopted, could make it more difficult to
deploy facilities. The FCC,
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the FAA, or other governmental authorities having jurisdiction
over our business could adopt regulations or take other actions
that would adversely affect our business prospects or results of
operations.
The FCC grants wireless licenses for terms of generally
ten years that are subject to renewal and revocation. FCC
rules require all wireless licensees to meet certain buildout
requirements and substantially comply with applicable FCC rules
and policies and the Communications Act of 1934 in order to
retain their licenses. Failure to comply with FCC requirements
in a given license area could result in revocation of the PCS
license for that license area. There is no guarantee that our
licenses will be renewed.
The FCC has initiated a number of proceedings to evaluate its
rules and policies regarding spectrum licensing and usage. It is
considering new harmful interference concepts that
might permit unlicensed users to share licensed
spectrum. These new uses could impact our utilization of our
licensed spectrum.
CMRS providers must implement enhanced 911 capabilities in
accordance with FCC rules. Failure to deploy 911 service
consistent with FCC requirements could subject us to significant
fines. We were unable to satisfy the requirement that 95% of our
subscriber base have assisted global positioning system, or
A-GPS, capable handsets
by December 31, 2005. We filed a request for a waiver with
the FCC seeking an extension of the December 31, 2005
handset penetration deadline to December 31, 2007.
Failure by various regulatory bodies to make telephone numbers
available in a timely fashion could result in our wireless
operations not having enough local numbers to assign to new
subscribers in certain markets. The FCC has adopted rules to
promote the efficient use of numbering resources, including
restrictions on the assignment of telephone numbers to carriers,
including wireless carriers. The FCC has delegated to states the
authority to assign, administer, and conserve telephone numbers.
The FCC lifted its prohibition on area codes designated only for
customers using a specific technology, such as an area code for
only those using wireless technology, and now considers
proposals submitted by state commissions seeking to implement
this change on a case-by-case basis. Depending on the rules
adopted by the states, the supply of available numbers could be
adversely restricted. As a result, we may:
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Wireline Operations. The FCC order adopted in December
2004 on unbundled network elements, or UNEs, will virtually
eliminate the ability of our wireline operations to use the
unbundled element platform to offer competing local services to
small business and residential customers in areas outside the
local telecommunications business franchise territories, and the
FCCs pending reexamination of pricing guidelines for UNEs
could limit our future ability to use high-capacity loop and
transport UNEs to offer competing local services to medium and
large business customers.
The regulatory uncertainty surrounding VoIP and the apparent use
of VoIP by some long distance carriers as a strategy to minimize
access charges may adversely affect both our local
telecommunications business access revenues and the competitive
position of our long distance business to the extent it makes
less use of VoIP than competitors. Adoption by the FCC of
intercarrier compensation reform could reduce or eliminate other
opportunities for access charge arbitrage, but could also reduce
our local telecommunications business revenues unless the
plan provides a mechanism to replace those revenues with
revenues from other sources.
Depending upon its outcome, the FCCs recently instituted
proceedings regarding regulation of special access rates could
affect our local telecommunications business charges for
that service in the future.
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If Motorola is unable or unwilling to provide us with
equipment and handsets, as well as anticipated handset and
infrastructure improvements, our iDEN operations will be
adversely affected. |
Motorola is currently our sole source for most of the network
equipment and all of the handsets we offer under the Nextel
brand except
BlackBerry®
devices. Accordingly, we must rely on Motorola to develop
handsets and equipment capable of supporting the features and
services we plan to offer to our Nextel customers. Although our
handset supply agreement with Motorola is structured to provide
competitively priced handsets, the cost of our Nextel handsets
may nonetheless be higher than analog handsets and digital
handsets that do not incorporate a similar multi-function
capability, which may make it more difficult or less profitable
for us to attract customers. In addition, the higher cost of our
Nextel handsets requires us to absorb part of the cost of
offering handsets to new and existing customers. These increased
costs and handset subsidy expenses may reduce our growth and
profitability. In addition, our arrangements with Motorola,
together with the fact that our existing Nextel customer base is
utilizing iDEN technology, may delay or prevent us from
employing new or different technologies that perform better or
are available at a lower cost because of the additional economic
costs and other impediments to change generally as well as those
that arise under the Motorola agreements. A decision by Motorola
to discontinue manufacturing, supporting or enhancing our
iDEN-based infrastructure and handsets would have a material
adverse effect on us. Further, because iDEN technology is not as
widely adopted and currently has fewer subscribers on a
worldwide basis than other wireless technologies, it is less
likely that manufacturers other than Motorola will be willing to
make the significant financial commitment required to license,
develop and manufacture iDEN infrastructure equipment and
handsets.
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Concerns about health risks associated with wireless
equipment may reduce the demand for our services. |
Portable communications devices have been alleged to pose health
risks, including cancer, due to radio frequency emissions from
these devices. Purported class actions and other lawsuits have
been filed against numerous wireless carriers, including us,
seeking not only damages but also remedies that could increase
our cost of doing business. We cannot be sure of the outcome of
those cases or that our business and financial condition will
not be adversely affected by litigation of this nature or public
perception about health risks. The actual or perceived risk of
mobile communications devices could adversely affect us through
a reduction in subscribers, reduced network usage per subscriber
or reduced financing available to the mobile communications
industry. Further research and studies are ongoing, and we
cannot be sure that additional studies will not demonstrate a
link between radio frequency emissions and health concerns.
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Our forward-looking statements are subject to a variety of
factors that could cause actual results to differ materially
from current beliefs. |
Safe Harbor Statement under the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: A number of the
statements made in this prospectus are not historical or current
facts, but deal with potential future circumstances and
developments. They can be identified by the use of
forward-looking words such as believes,
expects, plans, intends,
targets, may, will,
would, could, should or
anticipates or other comparable words, or by
discussions of strategy that may involve risks and
uncertainties. We caution you that these forward-looking
statements are only predictions, which are subject to risks and
uncertainties in addition to those outlined in the above
Risk Factors section and elsewhere in this
prospectus including, but not limited to:
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the uncertainties related to the benefits of the Nextel merger,
including anticipated synergies and cost savings and the timing
thereof; |
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the uncertainties related to the contemplated spin-off of our
local telecommunications business; |
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the effects of vigorous competition and the overall demand for
our service offerings in the markets in which we operate; |
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the costs and business risks associated with providing new
services; |
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adverse changes in the ratings afforded our debt securities by
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the uncertainties related to our investments in networks,
systems and other businesses; |
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the impact of new, emerging and competing technologies on our
business; |
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the effects of mergers and consolidations in the
telecommunications industry and unexpected announcements or
developments from others in the telecommunications industry; |
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no significant adverse change in Motorolas ability or
willingness to provide handsets and related equipment and
software applications or to develop new technologies or features
for our Nextel network; |
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our network performance, including any performance issues
resulting from the reconfiguration of the 800 MHz band that
is contemplated by the FCCs Report and Order; |
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future legislation or regulatory actions relating to our
services, other wireless communications services or
telecommunications generally; |
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the costs of compliance with regulatory mandates, particularly
requirements related to the FCCs Report and Order and
deployment of A-GPS capable handsets; |
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the risk of equipment failure, natural disasters, terrorist
acts, or other breaches of network or information technology
security; |
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the risk that third parties are unable to perform to our
requirements under agreements related to our business
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other risks referenced from time to time in our filings with the
SEC. |
RATIOS OF EARNINGS TO COMBINED FIXED CHARGES
AND PREFERRED STOCK DIVIDENDS
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fixed charges and preferred stock dividends, preferred stock
dividends include the amount of pre-tax earnings required to pay
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The ratio of earnings to combined fixed charges and preferred
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(earnings + fixed charges)
(fixed charges) + (pretax earnings required to cover preferred
stock dividends)
Pretax earnings required to cover preferred stock dividends are
calculated as follows:
preferred stock dividends, as adjusted for the tax benefits
related to unallocated shares
1 - (Sprints effective income tax rate)
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Earnings, as adjusted, were inadequate to cover fixed charges
and preferred stock dividends by $2.3 billion during the nine
months ended September 30, 2004. |
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Earnings, as adjusted, were inadequate to cover fixed charges
and preferred stock dividends by $1.6 billion in 2004. |
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Earnings, as adjusted, were inadequate to cover fixed charges
and preferred stock dividends by $491 million in 2003. |
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Earnings, as adjusted, were inadequate to cover fixed charges
and preferred stock dividends by $2.3 billion in 2001. |
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Earnings, as adjusted, were inadequate to cover fixed charges
and preferred stock dividends by $910 million in 2000. |
USE OF PROCEEDS
We will not receive any cash proceeds from the issuance of our
guarantees.
THE CONSENT SOLICITATION
Introduction
We are seeking valid and unrevoked consents of registered
holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of each of
the floating rate notes and discount notes outstanding at the
close of business on March 1, 2006, the record date for
determining the holders of the notes entitled to deliver
consents in connection with this consent solicitation. As of the
record date, the principal amount of the floating rate notes
outstanding was $150,000,000 and the principal amount at
maturity of the discount notes outstanding was $140,000,000.
If holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of each
of the floating rate notes and discount notes consent to the
proposed amendments, we will become a guarantor of the notes and
will fully and unconditionally guarantee the due and punctual
payment of the principal of, and any accrued but unpaid interest
in respect of, the notes when and as the same shall become due
and payable. Obligations under our guarantees with respect to
the floating rate notes and discount notes will be senior and
unsecured, and will rank equal in right of payment with all of
our existing and future senior, unsecured debt. On
September 30, 2005, we had approximately $20.9 billion
of senior, unsecured debt (excluding the guarantees relating to
the floating rate notes and discount notes) outstanding.
Description of the Proposed Amendments
We are soliciting the consents of the holders of the notes to
the proposed amendments with respect to the floating rate notes
indenture and discount notes indenture. The proposed amendments
would be set forth in a second supplemental indenture to each
indenture. If the proposed amendments become operative, each
indenture, as amended by the second supplemental indenture,
would apply to holders of the corresponding notes.
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The proposed amendments are being presented as one proposal for
the floating rate notes and discount notes and each related
indenture. Consequently, the delivery of a consent by a holder
is the delivery of a consent to all of the proposed amendments
to the applicable indenture, and a consent purporting to consent
to only some of the proposed amendments will not be valid.
Furthermore, we are requiring the consent of the holders of a
majority in aggregate principal amount of each of the floating
rate notes and discount notes for the proposed amendments to
either indenture to become operative. We may waive this
requirement, however, for either the floating rate notes or
discount notes, if we receive the required consents from the
holders of only the floating rate notes or discount notes. For
example, if we receive consent to the proposed amendments from a
majority in aggregate principal amount of the holders of the
floating rate notes, but not the discount notes, we may choose
to waive approval from holders of the discount notes and
implement the proposed amendments in the floating rate notes
indenture and issue our guarantee only with respect to the
floating rate notes indenture and floating rate notes.
Alternatively, if we receive consent to the proposed amendments
from a majority in aggregate principal amount of the holders of
the discount notes, but not the floating rate notes, we may
choose to waive approval from holders of the floating rate notes
and implement the proposed amendments in the discount notes
indenture and issue our guarantee only with respect to the
discount notes indenture and discount notes. In no event,
however, will the proposed amendments become operative in the
floating rate notes indenture without approval from a majority
in aggregate principal amount of the holders of the floating
rate notes, nor will the proposed amendments become operative in
the discount notes indenture without approval from a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the holders of the discount notes.
The second supplemental indentures will become effective upon
execution by IWO Holdings, its subsidiary guarantors and the
trustee. If the second supplemental indentures are executed
and the proposed amendments become operative, holders of notes
will be bound by the applicable second supplemental indentures,
even if they have not consented to the proposed amendments.
Until the proposed amendments become operative, however, each
indenture, without giving effect to the proposed amendments,
will remain in effect.
The following is a summary of the key provisions of the proposed
amendments to the indentures. Please see Annex A to this
prospectus for a complete description of the text of the
proposed amendments to the indentures. The following summary is
qualified by reference to the description of the terms of the
notes, as amended by the proposed amendments to the indentures,
in Description of the Amended Floating Rate Notes
and Description of the Amended Discount Notes, and
the full provisions of the indentures and the forms of second
supplemental indentures to the indentures, which have been filed
as exhibits to the registration statement of which this
prospectus forms a part. The following summary of the proposed
amendments is presented in the order the relevant provisions
appear in the indentures and not necessarily in the order of
importance.
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Amendment to Asset Sale Definition to Permit Certain
Transfers of Assets to Us or Our Other Subsidiaries |
Subject to certain exceptions, the indentures prohibit IWO
Holdings and its restricted subsidiaries from selling or
transferring assets unless they receive at least fair market
value in return for such assets and at least 75% of the
consideration received is in the form of cash or cash
equivalents. In addition, the cash proceeds from each such asset
sale are required, among other things, to be applied to repay
certain indebtedness of IWO Holdings or to acquire assets that
are used or useful in IWO Holdings business. We would
benefit from the flexibility to use IWO Holdings assets in
combination with our other assets where they can be most
beneficial to our business as a whole. In order to create that
flexibility, we are proposing amendments to each of the
indentures that would revise the definition of Asset
Sale to exclude specifically any transaction or series of
related transactions involving the sale or other transfer of
assets by IWO Holdings or its restricted subsidiaries to us or
any of our other direct or indirect subsidiaries. Such sales or
transfers would be subject to the proposed amended affiliate
transactions covenant described below under
Amendment to Affiliate Transactions Covenant
to Permit Certain Transactions with Us and Our Other
Subsidiaries. The proposed amendment to the definition of
Asset Sale would not amend any
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of the security documents related to the floating rate notes
indenture, and, therefore, your rights, if any, under those
documents would not be affected.
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Amendment to Reporting Covenant |
The indentures require IWO Holdings to provide to the holders of
the notes and to file with the SEC:
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all quarterly and annual reports that would be required to be
filed with the SEC on
Forms 10-Q and
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all current reports that would be required to be filed with the
SEC on Form 8-K if
IWO Holdings were required to file such reports. |
In an effort to eliminate the expense associated with continuing
to produce and provide to holders of the notes separate
financial reports for IWO Holdings and file such reports with
the SEC, we are seeking consents to amend each of the indentures
to permit IWO Holdings to provide the financial reports of a
parent guarantor of the notes (without including any condensed
consolidated financial information related to IWO Holdings), in
lieu of separate reports relating only to IWO Holdings. As a
result, if the proposed amendments become effective, following
the issuance of our guarantees of the notes, we, as a parent
guarantor of the notes, would be permitted to provide to the
holders of the notes our financial reports filed with the SEC
(without including the condensed consolidating footnote
contemplated by
Rule 3-10 of
Regulation S-X)
instead of the reports of IWO Holdings.
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Amendment to Affiliate Transactions Covenant to Permit
Certain Transactions with Us and Our Other Subsidiaries |
The Transactions with Affiliates covenant in each of
the indentures prohibits IWO Holdings and its restricted
subsidiaries from engaging in any transaction with, or for the
benefit of, any affiliate of IWO Holdings unless:
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the transaction is on terms that are no less favorable to IWO
Holdings or the relevant restricted subsidiary than those that
would have been obtained in a comparable transaction with an
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if the transaction exceeds $1,000,000, IWO Holdings delivers to
the trustee a resolution of its board of directors set forth in
an officers certificate certifying that the transaction
complies with this covenant and has been approved by a majority
of the disinterested members of the board of directors of IWO
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if the transaction exceeds $10,000,000, IWO Holdings delivers to
the trustee an opinion as to the fairness to IWO Holdings or its
restricted subsidiary of the financial terms of the transaction
from a financial point of view issued by an accounting,
appraisal or investment banking firm of national standing. |
In addition, certain specifically enumerated transactions are
not subject to the requirements of the Transactions with
Affiliates covenant, such as transactions between or among
IWO Holdings and/or its restricted subsidiaries.
We want to integrate IWO Holdings business with ours and
have IWO Holdings and its restricted subsidiaries engage freely
in transactions with us or any of our other subsidiaries, so
long as such transactions are on terms that are no less
favorable to IWO Holdings and its restricted subsidiaries than
those that would have been obtained in comparable transactions
by IWO Holdings and its restricted subsidiaries with an
unrelated person, without the necessity of having IWO
Holdings board of directors or a majority of the
boards disinterested directors approve such transactions
and/or obtaining an independent fairness opinion if such
transactions exceed the applicable dollar thresholds. In an
effort to create that flexibility, we are proposing amendments
to each of the indentures that would (i) remove the third
bullet point above (the requirement of obtaining an independent
fairness opinion if such transaction exceeds $10,000,000) and
(ii) with respect to the second bullet point above,
increase the dollar threshold from
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$1,000,000 to $10,000,000 and modify the requirement of
obtaining approval by a majority of the disinterested members of
the board of directors of IWO Holdings to instead require
approval by the board of directors of IWO Holdings.
As a result, IWO Holdings would be permitted to engage in
transactions with affiliates if such transactions are on terms
not less favorable to IWO Holdings or its restricted
subsidiaries than those that would have been obtained in a
comparable transaction with an unrelated person, and, to the
extent they involve aggregate consideration in excess of
$10,000,000, such transactions have been approved by the board
of directors of IWO Holdings, which need not include
disinterested directors.
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Revision of Certain Definitions and Other Text |
In connection with the proposed amendments described above,
certain defined terms contained in the indentures would be
amended or deleted, and new defined terms would be added to the
indentures. Please see Annex A to this prospectus and the
forms of second supplemental indentures for a more complete
description of such amendments. In addition, we reserve the
right to make certain technical changes to the indentures
pursuant to the provisions thereof and to include such changes
in the applicable second supplemental indenture. Any such
technical changes will not affect the substantive rights of the
holders of the notes, other than as described above.
The proposed amendments would also delete or amend or be deemed
to have deleted or amended any provisions in the notes
corresponding to the provisions in each of the indentures that
are deleted or amended by virtue of the proposed amendments.
Expiration Date; Extension; Waiver; Amendment; Termination
The consent solicitation will expire at 5:00 p.m., New York
City time, on Monday, March 20, 2006, unless we extend the
consent solicitation. If we extend the consent solicitation, the
expiration date will be the latest time and date to which the
consent solicitation is extended. We expressly reserve the right
to extend the consent solicitation from time to time or for such
period or periods as we may determine in our discretion by
giving oral (to be confirmed in writing) or written notice of
such extension to the consent agent and by making a public
announcement by press release to the Dow Jones News Service at
or prior to 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the next
business day following the previously scheduled expiration date.
During any extension of the consent solicitation, all consents
validly executed and delivered to the consent agent will remain
effective unless validly revoked prior to such extended
expiration date.
We expressly reserve the right, in our discretion, at any time
to amend any of the terms of the consent solicitation. If the
terms of the consent solicitation are amended prior to the
expiration date in a manner that constitutes a material change,
we will promptly give oral (to be confirmed in writing) or
written notice of such amendment to the consent agent and
disseminate a prospectus supplement in a manner reasonably
designed to give holders of the notes notice of the change on a
timely basis. We expressly reserve the right, in our discretion,
to waive any condition of the consent solicitation.
We expressly reserve the right, in our discretion, to terminate
the consent solicitation for any reason. Any such termination
will be followed promptly by public announcement thereof. In the
event we terminate the consent solicitation, we will give prompt
notice thereof to the consent agent and the consents previously
executed and delivered pursuant to the consent solicitation will
be of no further force and effect. See
Revocation of Consents.
Procedures for Delivering Consents
In order to consent to the proposed amendments, a holder of
notes must execute and deliver to the consent agent a copy of
the accompanying letter of consent, or cause a letter of consent
to be delivered to the consent agent on the holders
behalf, before the expiration date in accordance with the
procedures described below.
In accordance with the indentures governing the notes, only
registered holders of the notes as of 5:00 p.m., New York
City time, on the record date may execute and deliver to the
consent agent a letter
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of consent. We expect that The Depository Trust Company, or DTC,
will authorize its participants, which include banks, brokers
and other financial institutions, to execute letters of consent
with respect to the notes they hold through DTC as if the
participants were the registered holders of those notes.
Accordingly, for purposes of the consent solicitation, when we
use the term registered holders, we include banks,
brokers and other financial institutions that are participants
of DTC.
If you are a beneficial owner of notes held through a bank,
broker or other financial institution, in order to consent to
the proposed amendments, you must arrange for the bank, broker
or other financial institution that is the registered holder to
either (1) execute a letter of consent and deliver it
either to the consent agent on your behalf or to you for
forwarding to the consent agent before the expiration date or
(2) forward a duly executed proxy from the registered
holder authorizing you to execute and deliver a letter of
consent with respect to the notes on behalf of the registered
holder. In the case of clause (2) of the preceding
sentence, you must deliver an executed letter of consent,
together with the proxy, to the consent agent before the
expiration date. Beneficial owners of notes are urged to contact
the bank, broker or other financial institution through which
they hold their notes to obtain a valid proxy or to direct that
a letter of consent be executed and delivered in respect of
their notes.
Giving a consent by submitting a letter of consent will not
affect a holders right to sell or transfer the notes. All
consents received from the holder of record on the record date
and not revoked by that holder before the expiration date will
be effective notwithstanding any transfer of those notes after
the record date.
Registered holders of notes as of the record date who wish to
consent should mail, hand deliver or send by overnight courier
or facsimile a properly completed and executed letter of consent
to the consent agent at the address or facsimile number set
forth under Solicitation, Consent and
Information Agents, in accordance with the instructions
set forth in this prospectus and the letter of consent. Letters
of consent should be delivered to the consent agent, not to us
or IWO Holdings. However, we reserve the right to accept any
letter of consent received by us or IWO Holdings.
All letters of consent that are properly completed, executed and
delivered to the consent agent, and not revoked before the
expiration date, will be given effect in accordance with the
terms of those letters of consent. Registered holders who desire
to consent to the proposed amendments should complete, sign and
date the letter of consent and mail, deliver or send by
overnight courier or facsimile (confirmed by the expiration date
by physical delivery) the signed letter of consent to the
consent agent at the address or facsimile number set forth under
Solicitation, Consent and Information
Agents, all in accordance with the instructions contained
in this prospectus and the letter of consent.
Letters of consent delivered by the registered holders of notes
as of the record date must be executed in exactly the same
manner as those registered holders names appear on the
certificates representing the notes or on the position listings
of DTC, as applicable. If notes to which a letter of consent
relate are registered in the names of two or more holders, all
of those holders must sign the letter of consent. If a letter of
consent is signed by a trustee, partner, executor,
administrator, guardian,
attorney-in-fact,
officer of a corporation or other person acting in a fiduciary
or representative capacity, that person must so indicate when
signing, and proper evidence of that persons authority to
so act must be submitted with the letter of consent. In
addition, if a letter of consent relates to less than the total
principal amount of notes registered in the name of a holder or
relates to only the floating rate notes or discount notes, the
registered holder must list the series of notes and the
certificate numbers and principal amount of notes registered in
the name of that holder to which the letter of consent relates.
If no series or aggregate principal amount of notes as to which
a consent is delivered is specified, the holder will be deemed
to have consented with respect to all notes of such holder. If
notes are registered in different names, separate letters of
consent must be signed and delivered with respect to each
registered note. If a letter of consent is executed by a person
other than the registered holder, it must be accompanied by a
proxy executed by the registered holder.
In connection with the consent solicitation, we will pay
brokerage houses and other custodians, nominees and fiduciaries
the reasonable
out-of-pocket expenses
incurred by them in forwarding copies of
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the prospectus, the letter of consent and related documents to
the beneficial owners of the notes and in handling or forwarding
deliveries of consents by their customers.
All questions as to the form of all documents and the validity
(including time of receipt) regarding the consent procedures
will be determined by us, in our discretion, which determination
will be final and binding. We also reserve the right to waive
any defects or irregularities as to deliveries of consents.
Revocation of Consents
A consent may be revoked at any time prior to the expiration
date. Any holder who has delivered a consent, or who succeeds to
ownership of notes in respect of which a consent has previously
been delivered, may validly revoke such consent prior to the
expiration date by delivering a written notice of revocation in
accordance with the following procedures. All properly completed
and executed letters of consent that are received by the consent
agent will be counted as consents with respect to the proposed
amendments, unless the consent agent receives a written notice
of revocation prior to the expiration date.
In order to be valid, a notice of revocation of consent must
contain the name of the person who delivered the consent and the
description of the notes to which it relates, the certificate
numbers of such notes and the aggregate principal amount
represented by such notes. The revocation of consent must be
signed by the holder thereof in the same manner as the original
signature on the letter of consent (including any required
signature guarantees) or be accompanied by evidence satisfactory
to us and the consent agent that the person revoking the consent
has the legal authority to revoke such consent on behalf of the
holder. If the letter of consent was executed by a person other
than the registered holder of the notes, the notice of
revocation of consent must be accompanied by a valid proxy
signed by such registered holder and authorizing the revocation
of the registered holders consent. To be effective, a
revocation of consent must be received prior to the expiration
date by the consent agent, at the address set forth below. A
purported notice of revocation that lacks any of the required
information or is sent to an improper address will not validly
revoke a consent previously given.
Solicitation, Consent and Information Agents
We have retained Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. to act as the
solicitation agent for the consent solicitation. We have agreed
to pay the solicitation agent customary fees and reimburse it
for its reasonable
out-of-pocket expenses.
Questions may be directed to the solicitation agent at the
following address and telephone numbers:
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We have retained U.S. Bank National Association to act as
the consent agent for the consent solicitation. We have agreed
to pay the consent agent customary fees and reimburse it for its
reasonable
out-of-pocket expenses.
All executed letters of consent and notices of revocation
should, and questions relating to the procedures for consenting
to the proposed amendments and requests for assistance may, be
directed to the consent agent at the following address and
telephone and facsimile numbers:
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We have appointed Georgeson Shareholder Communications, Inc. to
act as the information agent with respect to the consent
solicitation. We will pay the information agent customary fees
for its services and reimburse it for its reasonable
out-of-pocket expenses.
We have also agreed to indemnify the information agent for
certain liabilities. Requests for additional copies of this
prospectus or the letter of consent may be directed to the
information agent at the following address and telephone numbers:
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Fees and Expenses
The total amount of funds required to pay all fees and expenses
in connection with the consent solicitation is expected to be
approximately $475,000. We expect to obtain these funds from
available cash.
DESCRIPTION OF OUR GUARANTEES
The following is a summary of our proposed guarantees of the
notes. The following summary is qualified by reference to the
full provisions of the forms of the guarantees, which have been
filed as exhibits to the registration statement of which this
prospectus forms a part.
If the proposed amendments to the indentures are approved,
contemporaneously with the execution of the second supplemental
indentures, we will issue guarantees of the full and punctual
payment when due, whether at maturity, by acceleration,
redemption or otherwise, of the principal of and interest on the
notes, and all other monetary obligations of IWO Holdings under
the indentures, insofar as such monetary obligations relate to
the notes. We will execute a guarantee in favor of the holders
of the floating rate notes, and we will also execute a guarantee
in favor of the holders of the discount notes. It will not be
necessary for new certificates to be issued evidencing the notes
to reflect the benefit of the guarantees, and no separate
certificates will be issued to evidence the guarantees.
Regardless of the outcome of the consent solicitation, the notes
will continue to be guaranteed by substantially the same
subsidiaries of IWO Holdings that currently guarantee the notes
under the terms of the indentures.
Our guarantees with respect to the floating rate notes and
discount notes will be:
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senior, unsecured obligations, equal in right of payment with
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effectively junior to our obligations secured by liens, to the
extent of the value of the assets securing those
obligations; and |
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Our guarantees will not make us or any of our subsidiaries
subject to the covenants contained in the indentures and will
not otherwise contain any restrictions on our operations.
UNITED STATES FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSIDERATIONS
The following is a general discussion of the material
U.S. federal income tax consequences of the consent
solicitation to holders of the notes who are U.S. Holders
(as defined below) and, subject to the limitations described
below, constitutes the opinion of Jones Day. It is not a
complete analysis of all the potential tax considerations
relating to the consent solicitation. This summary is based upon
the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended,
or the Code, U.S. Department of the Treasury, or Treasury,
regulations promulgated under the Code, and currently effective
administrative rulings and judicial decisions, all relating to
the U.S. federal income tax treatment. These authorities
may be changed, perhaps with retroactive effect, so as to result
in U.S. federal income tax consequences different from
those described below. No ruling from the Internal Revenue
Service, or IRS, has been sought with respect
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to the statements made herein, and there can be no assurance
that the IRS will not take a position contrary to such
statements or that such contrary position taken by the IRS would
not be sustained by a reviewing court.
This summary is applicable only to initial purchasers of the
notes who purchased the notes on original issuance at their
initial offering price. It assumes that the notes are held as
capital assets. This summary does not address the tax
considerations arising under the laws of any foreign, state or
local jurisdiction. In addition, this discussion does not
address all tax considerations that may be applicable to the
holders particular circumstances or to holders that may be
subject to special tax rules, such as, for example:
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banks, insurance companies, or other financial institutions; |
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dealers in securities or commodities; |
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expatriates; |
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traders in securities that elect to use a
mark-to-market method
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holders whose functional currency is not the U.S. dollar; |
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holders who are not U.S. Holders; |
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persons that hold notes as part of a hedge, straddle, or
conversion transaction; |
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persons deemed to sell notes under the constructive sale
provisions of the Code; or |
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If a partnership holds notes, the tax treatment of a partner in
the partnership will generally depend upon the status of the
partner and the activities of the partnership. A partner of a
partnership holding notes is urged to consult his or her tax
advisor regarding the tax consequences of the consent
solicitation.
For purposes of this discussion, a holder is a
U.S. Holder if such holder is the beneficial
owner of a note and is:
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a corporation (or other entity taxable as a corporation) created
or organized under the laws of the United States or of any state
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an estate, the income of which is subject to U.S. federal
income tax, regardless of its source; or |
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a trust, if a U.S. court can exercise primary supervision
over the trusts administration and one or more
U.S. persons are authorized to control all substantial
decisions of the trust (and certain other trusts that have
elected to continue to be treated as U.S. trusts). |
Although the issue is not free from doubt, a holder of notes
should not recognize any income, gain or loss as a result of the
implementation of the proposed amendments to the indentures
governing the notes and the provision of our guarantees, and
such holder should continue to have the same tax basis and
holding period with respect to the notes as it had before the
consent solicitation.
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Tax Consequences of the Proposed Amendments and Our
Guarantees of the Notes |
Generally. The modification of the terms of a debt
instrument is treated, for U.S. federal income tax
purposes, as a deemed exchange of an old debt
instrument for a new debt instrument if such modification is
significant as specially determined for
U.S. federal income tax purposes. For these
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purposes, a modification of the terms of a debt instrument is
significant if, based on all the facts and circumstances, the
legal rights or obligations that are altered and the degree to
which they are altered are economically significant. Although
the matter is not free from doubt, the adoption of the proposed
amendments, in and of itself, should not constitute a
significant modification of the terms of the notes for
U.S. federal income tax purposes. Upon adoption of the
proposed amendments, Sprint Nextel will also guarantee IWO
Holdings payment obligations with respect to the notes.
The Treasury regulations provide that the addition of a
co-obligor on a debt instrument is a significant modification if
the addition of the co-obligor results in a change in payment
expectations. The Treasury regulations further provide that a
change in payment expectations occurs if, as a result of a
transaction, there is substantial enhancement of the
obligors capacity to meet the payment obligations under a
debt instrument and that capacity was primarily speculative
prior to the modification and is adequate after the
modification. If Sprint Nextels guarantees of IWO
Holdings payment obligations with respect to the notes do
not result in a significant modification, there would be no
deemed exchange of the notes for U.S. federal income tax
purposes and holders would not recognize any gain or loss. In
addition, holders would continue to have the same tax basis and
holding period with respect to the notes as they had before the
consent solicitation. To the extent the notes were issued with
original issue discount, or OID, holders would continue to be
required to include OID in gross income under a constant yield
method in advance of the receipt of cash attributable to that
income, regardless of the holders method of tax accounting.
Recapitalization Treatment. If the proposed amendments or
Sprint Nextels guarantees are treated as a significant
modification of the notes for U.S. federal income tax purposes,
a holder will be treated as having exchanged its old
notes for new notes for U.S. federal income tax
purposes. Even so, the holder will not be taxable if the notes,
as originally issued and as amended, constitute
securities for U.S. federal income tax
purposes. In such event, the deemed exchange would
be treated as a tax-free recapitalization for U.S. federal
income tax purposes. There is no precise definition of what
constitutes a security under U.S. federal
income tax law. The determination of whether a debt instrument
is a security for U.S. federal income tax purposes requires an
overall evaluation of the nature of the debt instrument, with
the term of the debt instrument regarded as one of the more
important factors. A debt instrument with a term of five years
or less generally does not qualify as a security, and a debt
instrument with a term of ten years or more generally does
qualify as a security. Whether a debt instrument with a term
between five and ten years qualifies as a security is unclear.
The floating rate notes and discount notes have original
maturities of seven and ten years, respectively. Although the
matter is not free from doubt, given the maturities and the
other terms of the notes, the notes should constitute securities
for U.S. federal income tax purposes. In such event, a
holder would not recognize any income, gain or loss as a result
of the proposed amendments or our guarantees, the holder would
take a tax basis in the new notes equal to its tax
basis in the old notes immediately prior to the
deemed exchange and the holders holding period
for the new notes would include the period during
which the old notes were held.
Treatment if Recapitalization Does Not Apply. If, on the
other hand, the proposed amendments or Sprint Nextels
guarantees were treated as constituting a significant
modification of the notes resulting in a deemed
exchange, but the deemed exchange was not treated as
a recapitalization for U.S. federal income tax purposes
(e.g., because the notes were not deemed
securities for U.S. federal income tax
purposes), a holder would recognize gain or loss at the time of
such deemed exchange. The amount of such gain or
loss would be equal to the difference, if any, between the
amount realized by the holder in the deemed exchange
and the holders adjusted tax basis in the notes deemed to
be exchanged. In addition, the holders holding period in
the new notes that are deemed to be received would
begin on the day after the deemed exchange and the
holders tax basis in the new notes would be
equal to the amount realized by such holder in the
deemed exchange.
Original Issue Discount. If there is a deemed exchange of
the notes for new notes, regardless of whether or
not the exchange qualifies as a recapitalization, the
new notes will be treated as issued with OID in an
amount equal to the excess, if any (to the extent that it
exceeds a statutorily defined de minimis amount), of the stated
redemption price at maturity of the new notes over
their issue price. The
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stated redemption price at maturity of the new notes
generally will equal their stated principal amount. The issue
price of the new notes will depend on whether the
old notes or new notes are considered to
be publicly traded for purposes of the applicable provisions of
the Code. Although the matter is not free from doubt, due to the
availability of information about trading activity involving the
notes (including prices at which the notes have traded) on
various listing services, the notes may be considered to be
publicly traded for these purposes. In such event, the
new notes would have an issue price equal to their
fair market value. A holder that is deemed to hold
new notes with OID generally would be required to
include OID in gross income under a constant yield method in
advance of the receipt of cash attributable to that income
regardless of the holders method of tax accounting. The
amount of OID required to be included in gross income with
respect to the new notes may differ from the amount
of OID (if any) required to be included in income with respect
to the old notes.
ALL HOLDERS ARE URGED TO CONSULT THEIR OWN TAX ADVISORS
REGARDING THE SPECIFIC FEDERAL, STATE, LOCAL AND FOREIGN INCOME
AND OTHER TAX CONSEQUENCES OF THE CONSENT SOLICITATION TO THEIR
PARTICULAR CIRCUMSTANCES.
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DESCRIPTION OF THE AMENDED FLOATING RATE NOTES
The following description is of the floating rate notes and the
floating rate notes indenture, as amended by the
February 10, 2005 supplemental floating rate notes
indenture and the proposed amendments pursuant to the second
supplemental floating rate notes indenture. In this description,
we refer to the floating rate notes as the senior secured
floating rate notes and the floating rate notes indenture
as the indenture, in each case, as so amended. The
following description is qualified by reference to the full
provisions of the indenture, the February 10, 2005
supplemental floating rate notes indenture and the form of
second supplemental floating rate notes indenture, which are
exhibits to the registration statement of which this prospectus
forms a part.
The following description is also a summary of the material
provisions of certain of the Security Documents, but the
description does not restate those documents in their entirety.
We urge you to read the indenture, the February 10, 2005
supplemental floating rate notes indenture, the second
supplemental floating rate notes indenture and the Security
Documents because those documents, and not this description,
define your rights as a holder of the senior secured floating
rate notes. Copies of certain of the Security Documents may be
obtained from the information agent. See The Consent
Solicitation Solicitation, Consent and Information
Agents.
You can find the definitions of certain terms used in this
description under the subheading Certain
Definitions. Certain defined terms used in this
description but not defined below under
Certain Definitions have the meanings
assigned to them in the indenture. The registered holder of a
senior secured floating rate note will be treated as the owner
of it for all purposes. Only registered holders have rights
under the indenture. In this description, the term Note
Guarantee excludes our proposed guarantee of the senior
secured floating rate notes, IWO Escrow refers to
IWO Escrow Company, and, unless the context requires otherwise,
IWO Holdings refers to IWO Holdings, Inc. (but not
to its subsidiaries).
On January 6, 2005, IWO Escrow issued the senior secured
floating rate notes under an indenture between itself and
U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee, in a private
transaction that was not subject to the registration
requirements of the Securities Act. Upon the completion of the
Merger on February 10, 2005, by the February 10, 2005
supplemental floating rate notes indenture, IWO Holdings assumed
all obligations of IWO Escrow under the senior secured floating
rate notes, the indenture and the Security Documents.
Thereafter, IWO consummated an exchange offer whereby all of the
unregistered senior secured floating rate notes were exchanged
for registered versions thereof.
Brief Description of the Senior Secured Floating Rate Notes
and the Note Guarantees
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Following completion of the Merger on February 10, 2005,
the senior secured floating rate notes became, and following the
effectiveness of the proposed amendments to the indenture the
senior secured floating rate notes will continue to be:
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senior obligations of IWO Holdings, ranking pari passu in
right of payment with all existing and future senior
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secured by a first priority security interest, subject to
certain exceptions and Permitted Liens, in IWO Holdings
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However, under the Security Documents and the collateral trust
agreement, the liens granted in favor of the holders of the
senior secured floating rate notes in the Collateral will be
shared on a pro rata basis with holders of any future
Parity Secured Obligations.
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Following the completion of the Merger on February 10, 2005
the senior secured floating rate notes became, and following the
effectiveness of the proposed amendments to the indenture the
senior secured floating rate notes will continue to be,
guaranteed by all of IWO Holdings Restricted Subsidiaries.
Upon execution of the second supplemental floating rate notes
indenture, we will also guarantee the senior secured floating
rate notes. See the section entitled Description of Our
Guarantees in this prospectus for more information
regarding our guarantee of the senior secured floating rate
notes.
Each Note Guarantee of the senior secured floating rate notes is
and will continue to be:
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a general obligation of the Guarantor, pari passu in
right of payment with all existing and future senior
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senior in right of payment to any future subordinated
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As of the date of this prospectus, all of IWO Holdings
Subsidiaries were Restricted Subsidiaries. However,
under the circumstances described below under
Certain Covenants Designation of
Restricted and Unrestricted Subsidiaries, IWO Holdings is
permitted to designate certain of its Subsidiaries as
Unrestricted Subsidiaries. Unrestricted Subsidiaries
are not subject to many of the restrictive covenants in the
indenture. Unrestricted Subsidiaries do not, and will not,
guarantee the senior secured floating rate notes.
Principal, Maturity and Interest
IWO Escrow issued $150.0 million in aggregate principal
amount of senior secured floating rate notes in a private
offering on January 6, 2005. IWO Holdings may issue
additional senior secured floating rate notes under the
indenture from time to time. Any issuance of additional senior
secured floating rate notes will be subject to all of the
covenants in the indenture, including the covenant described
below under Certain Covenants
Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred
Stock. The senior secured floating rate notes and any
additional senior secured floating rate notes subsequently
issued under the indenture will be treated as a single class for
all purposes under the indenture, including, without limitation,
waivers, amendments, redemptions and offers to purchase. The
senior secured floating rate notes were issued in denominations
of $1,000 and integral multiples of $1,000. The senior secured
floating rate notes will mature on January 15, 2012.
Interest on the senior secured floating rate notes accrues at
the Applicable Eurodollar Rate. The Applicable Eurodollar Rate
will be reset quarterly. IWO Holdings pays interest on the
senior secured floating rate notes quarterly, in arrears, on
every January 15, April 15, July 15 and October 15.
Interest on overdue principal and interest will accrue at a rate
that is 1% higher than the then-applicable interest rate on the
senior secured floating rate notes. IWO Holdings will make each
interest payment to the holders of record from time to time on
demand.
Interest on the senior secured floating rate notes accrues from
the date of original issuance or, if interest has already been
paid, from the date it was most recently paid. Interest is
computed on the basis of a
360-day year comprised
of twelve 30-day months.
Methods of Receiving Payments on the Senior Secured Floating
Rate Notes
If a holder of senior secured floating rate notes has given wire
transfer instructions to IWO Holdings, IWO Holdings will pay all
principal, interest and premium, if any, on that holders
senior secured floating rate notes in accordance with those
instructions. All other payments on the senior secured floating
rate notes will be made at the office or agency of the paying
agent and registrar unless IWO Holdings elects to make interest
payments by check mailed to the noteholders at their address set
forth in the register of holders.
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Paying Agent and Registrar for the Senior Secured Floating
Rate Notes
The trustee acts as paying agent and registrar. IWO Holdings may
change the paying agent or registrar without prior notice to the
holders of the senior secured floating rate notes, and IWO
Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries may act as paying agent or
registrar.
Transfer and Exchange
A holder may transfer or exchange senior secured floating rate
notes in accordance with the provisions of the indenture. The
registrar and the trustee may require a holder, among other
things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer
documents in connection with a transfer of senior secured
floating rate notes. Holders will be required to pay all taxes
due on transfer. IWO Holdings will not be required to transfer
or exchange any senior secured floating rate note selected for
redemption. Also, IWO Holdings will not be required to transfer
or exchange any senior secured floating rate note for a period
of 15 days before a selection of senior secured floating
rate notes to be redeemed or during the period between a record
date and the corresponding interest payment date.
Note Guarantees
The senior secured floating rate notes are, and will continue to
be, guaranteed by each of IWO Holdings current and future
Restricted Subsidiaries. The Note Guarantees are and will
continue to be joint and several obligations of the Guarantors.
The obligations of each Guarantor under its Note Guarantee are
limited as necessary to prevent that Note Guarantee from
constituting a fraudulent conveyance under applicable law.
A Guarantor may not sell or otherwise dispose of all or
substantially all of its assets to, or consolidate with or merge
with or into (whether or not such Guarantor is the surviving
Person), another Person, other than IWO Holdings or another
Guarantor, unless:
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(a) the Person acquiring the property in any such sale or
disposition or the Person formed by or surviving any such
consolidation or merger assumes all the obligations of that
Guarantor under the indenture and its Note Guarantee pursuant to
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applied in accordance with the applicable provisions of the
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The Note Guarantee of a Guarantor will be released:
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(1) in connection with any sale or other disposition of all
or substantially all of the assets of that Guarantor (including
by way of merger or consolidation) to a Person that is not
(either before or after giving effect to such transaction) IWO
Holdings or a Restricted Subsidiary of IWO Holdings, if the sale
or other disposition does not violate the Asset Sale
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(2) in connection with any sale or other disposition of all
of the Capital Stock of that Guarantor to a Person that is not
(either before or after giving effect to such transaction) IWO
Holdings or a Restricted Subsidiary of IWO Holdings, if the sale
or other disposition does not violate the Asset Sale
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that is a Guarantor to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary in
accordance with the applicable provisions of the
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the indenture as provided below under Legal
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Security
The senior secured floating rate notes and the Note Guarantees
are secured by a first priority security interest, on a pari
passu basis with any future Parity Secured Obligations and
subject to Permitted Liens, in substantially all of the assets
(other than Excluded Assets) of IWO Holdings and the Guarantors
(collectively, the Collateral), including the
following assets to the extent they do not constitute Excluded
Assets:
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intellectual property license agreements; |
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Excluded Assets include, among other things:
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any lease, license, permit, franchise, power, authority or right
if, to the extent that and for as long as (a) the grant of
a security interest therein constitutes or would result in the
abandonment, invalidation or unenforceability of such lease,
license, permit, franchise, power, authority or right or the
termination of or a default under the instrument or agreement by
which such lease, license, permit, franchise, power, authority
or right is governed and (b) such abandonment,
invalidation, unenforceability, breach, termination or default
is not rendered ineffective pursuant to
Sections 9-406,
9-407,
9-408 or
9-409 of the Uniform
Commercial Code (or any successor provision) of any relevant
jurisdiction or any other applicable law (including the United
States Bankruptcy Code) or principles of equity; provided,
however, that (i) such lease, license, permit, franchise,
power, authority or right will be an Excluded Asset only to the
extent and for as long as the conditions set forth in
clauses (a) and (b) of this paragraph are and remain
satisfied, and to the extent such assets otherwise constitute
Collateral, such assets will cease to be Excluded Assets and
will become subject to the first priority security interest of
the Collateral Trustee for the benefit of the holders of senior
secured floating rate notes and holders of other Parity Secured
Obligations, immediately and automatically at such time as such
conditions cease to exist, including by reason of any waiver or
consent under the applicable instrument or agreement, and
(ii) the proceeds of any sale, lease or other disposition
of any such lease, license, permit, franchise, power, authority
or right that is or becomes an Excluded Asset shall not be an
Excluded Asset and shall at all times be and remain subject to
the first priority security interest of the Collateral Trustee
for the benefit of the holders of senior secured floating rate
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all non-material real property fee interests and all real
property leasehold interests. |
In connection with the completion of the initial offering of the
senior secured floating rate notes, IWO Escrow and the
Collateral Trustee entered into the Security Agreement, which
provided for a grant of a security interest in IWO Escrows
rights in substantially all of its assets in favor of the
Collateral Trustee for the benefit of the holders of the senior
secured floating rate notes and holders of Sharing Eligible Debt
Obligations to secure on a first priority basis, subject to
certain exceptions and Permitted Liens, the payment and
performance when due of the senior secured floating rate notes,
the indenture, the Security Documents and other Secured Debt
Documents. The security interest of the trustee in the escrow
account under the escrow and security agreement secured only the
notes and not any Sharing Eligible Debt Obligations. Upon
completion of the Merger on February 10, 2005, (i) by
operation of law, IWO Holdings assumed all obligations of IWO
Escrow under the Security Agreement and all other Security
Documents and became bound as a grantor thereunder and
(ii) each Guarantor became party to the
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Security Agreement and granted a security interest in the rights
of such Guarantor in the Collateral in favor of the Collateral
Trustee for the benefit of the holders of the senior secured
floating rate notes and holders of Sharing Eligible Debt
Obligations to secure on a first priority basis, subject to
certain exceptions and Permitted Liens, the payment and
performance when due of the Note Guarantees, the Security
Agreement and other Secured Debt Documents.
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Perfection and Non-Perfection of Security Interests in
Collateral |
The security interests created by the Security Agreement have
not been and will not be perfected with respect to certain items
of Collateral. Specifically, IWO Holdings will not be required
under the Security Agreement to take actions to perfect the
security interests in the Collateral other than by filing
financing statements under the Uniform Commercial Code in the
applicable jurisdictions of organization of IWO Holdings and its
Restricted Subsidiaries. To the extent that such actions are not
sufficient to perfect a security interest in certain items of
Collateral (as will be the case, for example, for Collateral
consisting of deposit accounts and securities accounts, and may
also be the case for certain investment property and equipment,
including equipment affixed to real property so as to constitute
fixtures), the Collateral Trustees rights will be equal to
the rights of the general unsecured creditors of IWO Holdings
and its Restricted Subsidiaries in the event of a bankruptcy.
Outside of bankruptcy, the security interests of certain other
lienholders, such as judgment creditors and any creditors who
obtain a perfected security interest in any items of Collateral
in which the Collateral Trustees security interest is
unperfected, would take priority over the Collateral
Trustees security interest in such items of Collateral.
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Additional Parity Lien Debt |
The indenture and the Security Documents provide that IWO
Holdings may incur additional Parity Lien Debt in an amount not
to exceed $30.0 million outstanding at any time. The Parity
Lien Debt will rank pari passu in right of payment with
the senior secured floating rate notes, will be guaranteed on a
pari passu basis by each Guarantor, and will be secured by the
Collateral equally and ratably with the senior secured floating
rate notes.
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Collateral Trust Agreement |
The Guarantors entered into a collateral trust agreement with
the trustee and the Collateral Trustee, which sets forth the
terms on which the Collateral Trustee will receive, hold,
administer, maintain, enforce and distribute the proceeds of all
liens upon any property of IWO Escrow, IWO Holdings or any
Guarantor at any time held by it, in trust for the benefit of
the present and future holders of the Parity Secured
Obligations. Any Sharing Eligible Debt Agent will become a party
to the collateral trust agreement prior to the issuance of the
applicable Sharing Eligible Debt.
IWO Holdings appointed The Bank of New York under the
collateral trust agreement to serve as the Collateral Trustee
for the benefit of the holders of the senior secured floating
rate notes and all Sharing Eligible Debt Obligations outstanding
from time to time.
The Collateral Trustee holds (directly or through co-trustees,
agents or sub-agents), and is entitled to enforce, all Liens on
the Collateral created by the Security Documents.
Except as provided in the collateral trust agreement or as
directed by an Act of Required Debtholders, in accordance with
the collateral trust agreement, the Collateral Trustee is not
obligated:
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by any Person; |
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(3) to take any other action whatsoever with regard to any
or all of the Security Documents, the Liens created thereby or
the Collateral. |
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IWO Holdings delivered to each Secured Debt Representative
copies of all Security Documents delivered to the Collateral
Trustee.
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Enforcement of Security Interests |
If the Collateral Trustee at any time receives written notice
that any event has occurred that constitutes a default under any
Secured Debt Document entitling the Collateral Trustee to
foreclose upon, collect or otherwise enforce its security
interests thereunder, it will promptly deliver written notice
thereof to each Secured Debt Representative. Thereafter, the
Collateral Trustee may await direction by an Act of Required
Debtholders and will act, or decline to act, as directed by an
Act of Required Debtholders, in the exercise and enforcement of
the Collateral Trustees interests, rights, powers and
remedies in respect of the Collateral or under the Security
Documents or applicable law and, following the initiation of
such exercise of remedies, the Collateral Trustee will act, or
decline to act, with respect to the manner of such exercise of
remedies as directed by an Act of Required Debtholders. Unless
it has been directed to the contrary by an Act of Required
Debtholders, the Collateral Trustee in any event may (but will
not be obligated to) take or refrain from taking such action
with respect to any default under any Secured Debt Document as
it may deem advisable and in the best interest of the holders of
Parity Secured Obligations.
The collateral trust agreement provides that if any Collateral
is sold or otherwise realized upon by the Collateral Trustee in
connection with any foreclosure, collection or other enforcement
of security interests granted to the Collateral Trustee in the
Security Documents, the proceeds received by the Collateral
Trustee from such foreclosure, collection or other enforcement
will be distributed by the Collateral Trustee in the following
order of application:
first, to the payment of all amounts payable under the
collateral trust agreement on account of the Collateral
Trustees fees and any reasonable legal fees, costs and
expenses or other liabilities of any kind incurred by the
Collateral Trustee, the trustee or any co-trustee or agent in
connection with any Security Document;
second, to the respective Secured Debt Representatives for
application to the Parity Secured Obligations equally and
ratably until all Parity Secured Obligations have been paid in
full in cash for distribution, to (1) in the case of senior
secured floating rate notes, to the trustee for application
pursuant to the indenture, and (2) in the case of Sharing
Eligible Debt Obligations, to the Sharing Eligible Debt Agent
for application pursuant to the terms of the credit
agreement; and
third, any surplus remaining after the payment in full in cash
of all of the Parity Secured Obligations will be paid to IWO
Escrow, IWO Holdings or the applicable Guarantor, as the case
may be, its successors or assigns, or as a court of competent
jurisdiction may direct.
If the trustee, any holder of senior secured floating rate
notes, any Sharing Eligible Debt Agent or any holder of Sharing
Eligible Debt Obligations collects or receives any proceeds of
such foreclosure, collection or other enforcement, whether after
the commencement of an insolvency or liquidation proceeding or
otherwise, the trustee, such holder of senior secured floating
rate notes, the Sharing Eligible Debt Agent or such holder of
Sharing Eligible Debt Obligations, as the case may be, will
promptly deliver the same to the Collateral Trustee, for the
account of the holders of the Parity Secured Obligations, to be
applied in accordance with the provisions set forth above. Until
so delivered, such proceeds will be held by the trustee, the
holder of senior secured floating rate notes, the Sharing
Eligible Debt Agent or the holder of Sharing Eligible Debt
Obligations, as the case may be, for the benefit of the holders
of the other Parity Secured Obligations.
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Release of Liens on Collateral |
The Security Agreement provides that the Collateral
Trustees Liens upon the Collateral will be released:
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(1) in whole, upon (a) payment in full and discharge
of all outstanding Parity Lien Debt and Parity Secured
Obligations that are outstanding, due and payable at the time
all of the Parity Lien Debt is paid in full and discharged and
(b) termination or expiration of all commitments to extend
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(2) following the delivery of notice thereof and a
certificate of an officer of IWO Holdings certifying that such
sale, transfer or disposition complies with the terms and
conditions of the indenture and the Security Agreement and the
release of the Collateral will not result in a Default or Event
of Default under the indenture, in connection with asset sales,
transfers or dispositions that are permitted under the covenant
described under Repurchase at the Option of
Holders Asset Sales; |
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(3) if any Guarantor is released from its Guarantee in
accordance with the terms of the indenture, that
Guarantors assets will also be released; |
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(4) if any asset that is an Excluded Asset becomes subject
to a Lien in favor of the Collateral Trustee, that Collateral
will be released; and |
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(5) as to any Collateral, if (a) consent to the
release of that Collateral has been given by an Act of Required
Debtholders, and (b) IWO Holdings has delivered an
officers certificate to the Collateral Trustee certifying
that all such necessary consents have been obtained. |
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Release of Security Interests in Respect of Senior Secured
Floating Rate Notes |
The indenture and the collateral trust agreement provide that
the Collateral Trustees Liens upon the Collateral will no
longer secure the senior secured floating rate notes outstanding
under the indenture or any other obligations with respect to the
senior secured floating rate notes, and the right of the holders
of the senior secured floating rate notes to the benefits and
proceeds of the Collateral Trustees Liens on Collateral
will terminate and be discharged:
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(1) upon payment in full of the principal of, and accrued
and unpaid interest and premium, if any, on the senior secured
floating rate notes and the payment in full of all other
obligations with respect to the senior secured floating rate
notes that are due and payable at or prior to the time such
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(2) upon satisfaction and discharge of the indenture as set
forth under Satisfaction and
Discharge; or |
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(3) upon defeasance of the senior secured floating rate
notes in accordance with the provisions described below under
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Permitted Ordinary Course Activities with Respect to the
Collateral |
Notwithstanding the foregoing, so long as such transaction would
not violate the Trust Indenture Act, IWO Holdings and the
Guarantors may, among other things, without any release or
consent by the Collateral Trustee, conduct ordinary course
activities with respect to Collateral, including
(i) selling or otherwise disposing of, in any transaction
or series of related transactions, any property subject to the
Lien of the Security Documents which has become worn out,
defective or obsolete or not used or useful in the business;
(ii) abandoning, terminating, canceling, releasing or
making alterations in or substitutions of any leases or
contracts subject to the Lien of the Security Documents;
(iii) surrendering or modifying any franchise, license or
permit subject to the Lien of the Security Documents which it
may own or under which it may be operating; (iv) altering,
repairing, replacing, changing the location or position of and
adding to its structures, machinery, systems, equipment,
fixtures and appurtenances; (v) granting a
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nonexclusive license of any intellectual property;
(vi) selling, transferring or otherwise disposing of
inventory in the ordinary course of business;
(vii) selling, collecting, liquidating, factoring or
otherwise disposing of accounts receivable in the ordinary
course of business; (viii) making cash payments (including
for the scheduled repayment of Indebtedness) from cash that is
at any time part of the Collateral in the ordinary course of
business that are not otherwise prohibited by the indenture and
the Security Documents; and (ix) abandoning any
intellectual property which is no longer used or useful in the
IWO Holdings business. IWO Holdings must deliver to the
Collateral Trustee, within 30 calendar days following the end of
each six-month period ending on June 30 and
December 31 of any year, an officers certificate to
the effect that all releases and withdrawals during the
preceding six-month period in which no release or consent of the
Collateral Trustee was obtained in the ordinary course of IWO
Holdings and the Guarantors business were not
prohibited by the indenture.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, IWO Holdings
will not be required to comply with all or any portion of
Section 314(d) of the Trust Indenture Act if it
determines, in good faith based on advice of counsel, that under
the terms of that section or any interpretation or guidance as
to the meaning thereof of the SEC and its staff including
no action letters or exemptive orders, that all or
any portion of Section 314(d) of the Trust Indenture
Act is inapplicable to the released Collateral.
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Amendment of Security Documents |
The collateral trust agreement provides that no amendment or
supplement to the provisions of any Security Document will be
effective without the approval of the Collateral Trustee acting
as directed by an Act of Required Debtholders; provided that:
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(1) any amendment or supplement that has the effect solely
of adding or maintaining Collateral, or preserving, perfecting
or establishing the priority of the Liens thereon or the rights
of the Collateral Trustee therein, or adding or maintaining any
guarantee, will become effective when executed and delivered by
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(2) no amendment or supplement that reduces, impairs or
adversely affects the right of any holder of Parity Lien Debt: |
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(a) to vote its outstanding Parity Lien Debt as to any
matter described as subject to an Act of Required Debtholders or
direction by the Required Noteholders (or amends the provisions
of this clause (2) or the definition of Act of
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(b) to share in the order of application described above
under Order of Application in the
proceeds of enforcement of or realization on any
Collateral, or |
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(c) to require that Liens securing Parity Secured
Obligations be released only as set forth in the provisions
described above under Release of Liens on
Collateral, |
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will become effective without the additional consent of such
holder; and |
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(3) no amendment or supplement that imposes any obligation
upon the Collateral Trustee or any Secured Debt Representative
or adversely affects the rights of the Collateral Trustee or any
Secured Debt Representative, respectively, in its individual
capacity as such will become effective without the consent of
the Collateral Trustee or such Secured Debt Representative,
respectively. |
Any amendment or supplement to the provisions of the Security
Documents that releases Collateral will be effective only in
accordance with the requirements set forth in the applicable
Secured Debt Document referenced above under
Release of Liens on Collateral.
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Certain Limitations on the Collateral |
With respect to some of the Collateral, the Collateral
Trustees security interest and ability to foreclose also
will be limited by the need to meet certain requirements, such
as obtaining third party consents and making additional filings.
If IWO Holdings or the applicable Guarantor is unable to obtain
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these consents or make these filings, the security interests may
be invalid and the holders will not be entitled to the
Collateral or any recovery with respect thereto. These
requirements may limit the number of potential bidders for
certain Collateral in any foreclosure and may delay any sale,
either of which events may have an adverse effect on the sale
price of the Collateral. Therefore, the practical value of
realizing on the Collateral may, without the appropriate
consents and filings, be limited.
The value of the Collateral in the event of a liquidation will
depend upon market and economic conditions, the availability of
buyers and similar factors. By its nature, some or all of the
Collateral will be illiquid and may have no readily
ascertainable market value.
The Collateral does not include any interests in any assets that
constitute Excluded Assets. In addition, to the extent that
Liens, rights and easements granted to third parties encumber
real property owned or leased by IWO Holdings or any Guarantor
on which Collateral is located, such third parties have or may
exercise rights and remedies with respect to such real property
that could adversely affect the value of the Collateral located
at such site and the ability of the Collateral Trustee to
realize or foreclose on Collateral at such site.
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Certain Bankruptcy Limitations |
The right of the trustee to take possession and dispose of the
Collateral upon the occurrence of an Event of Default is likely
to be significantly impaired by applicable bankruptcy law if a
bankruptcy proceeding were to be commenced by or against IWO
Holdings or any Guarantor prior to the trustee having taken
possession and disposed of the Collateral. Under the
U.S. Bankruptcy Code, a secured creditor is prohibited from
taking its security from a debtor in a bankruptcy case, or from
disposing of security taken from such debtor, without bankruptcy
court approval. Moreover, the Bankruptcy Code permits the debtor
in certain circumstances to continue to retain and to use
collateral owned as of the date of the bankruptcy filing (and
the proceeds, products, offspring, rents or profits of such
Collateral) even though the debtor is in default under the
applicable debt instruments; provided, that the secured creditor
is given adequate protection. The meaning of the
term adequate protection may vary according to
circumstances. In view of the lack of a precise definition of
the term adequate protection and the broad
discretionary powers of a bankruptcy court, it is impossible to
predict how long payments under the senior secured floating rate
notes could be delayed following commencement of a bankruptcy
case, whether or when the Collateral Trustee could repossess or
dispose of the Collateral or whether or to what extent holders
would be compensated for any delay in payment or loss of value
of the Collateral through the requirement of adequate
protection.
Furthermore, in the event a bankruptcy court determines the
value of the Collateral is not sufficient to repay all amounts
due on the senior secured floating rate notes and any other
indebtedness secured by such Collateral, the holders of the
senior secured floating rate notes and such other indebtedness
would hold secured claims to the extent of the value of the
Collateral, and would hold unsecured claims with respect to any
shortfall. Applicable U.S. bankruptcy laws do not permit
the payment or accrual of post-petition interest, costs and
attorneys fees during a debtors bankruptcy case
unless the claims are over-secured or the debtor is solvent at
the time of reorganization. In addition, if IWO Holdings or any
Guarantor were to become the subject of a bankruptcy case, the
bankruptcy court, among other things, may avoid certain
pre-petition transfers made by the entity that is the subject of
the bankruptcy filing, including, without limitation, transfers
held to be preferences or fraudulent conveyances.
Optional Redemption
At any time prior to January 15, 2007, IWO Holdings may on
any one or more occasions redeem up to 35% of the aggregate
principal amount of senior secured floating rate notes issued
under the indenture at a redemption price equal to 100% of the
aggregate principal amount thereof plus a premium equal to the
Applicable Eurodollar Rate in effect on the date on which notice
of redemption is given, plus accrued
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and unpaid interest to the redemption date, with the net cash
proceeds of a sale of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified
Stock) or a contribution to the common equity of IWO Holdings;
provided that:
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(1) at least 65% of the aggregate principal amount of
senior secured floating rate notes originally issued under the
indenture (excluding notes held by IWO Holdings and its
Subsidiaries) remains outstanding immediately after the
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(2) the redemption occurs within 45 days of the date
of the closing of such sale of Equity Interests or contribution
to the common equity of IWO Holdings. |
Except pursuant to the preceding paragraphs, the senior secured
floating rate notes will not be redeemable at IWO Holdings
option prior to January 15, 2007.
On or after January 15, 2007, IWO Holdings may redeem all
or a part of the senior secured floating rate notes upon not
less than 30 nor more than 60 days notice, at the
redemption prices (expressed as percentages of principal amount)
set forth below plus accrued and unpaid interest on the senior
secured floating rate notes redeemed, to the applicable
redemption date, if redeemed during the twelve-month period
beginning on January 15 of the years indicated below, subject to
the rights of holders of senior secured floating rate notes on
the relevant record date to receive interest on the relevant
interest payment date:
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Unless IWO Holdings defaults in the payment of the redemption
price, interest will cease to accrue on the senior secured
floating rate notes or portions thereof called for redemption on
the applicable redemption date.
Mandatory Redemption
IWO Holdings is not required to make mandatory redemption or
sinking fund payments with respect to the senior secured
floating rate notes.
Repurchase at the Option of Holders
If a Change of Control occurs, each holder of senior secured
floating rate notes will have the right to require IWO Holdings
to repurchase all or any part (equal to $1,000 or an integral
multiple of $1,000) of that holders senior secured
floating rate notes pursuant to a Change of Control Offer on the
terms set forth in the indenture. In the Change of Control
Offer, IWO Holdings will offer a Change of Control Payment in
cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of senior
secured floating rate notes repurchased plus accrued and unpaid
interest to the repurchase date subject to the rights of holders
of senior secured floating rate notes on the relevant record
date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment
date. Within ten days following any Change of Control, IWO
Holdings will mail a notice to each holder describing the
transaction or transactions that constitute the Change of
Control and offering to repurchase notes on the Change of
Control Payment Date specified in the notice, which date will be
no earlier than 30 days and no later than 60 days from
the date such notice is mailed, pursuant to the procedures
required by the indenture and described in such notice. IWO
Holdings will comply with the requirements of
Rule 14e-1 under
the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations
thereunder to the extent those laws and regulations are
applicable in connection with the repurchase of the senior
secured floating rate notes as a result of a Change of Control.
To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or
regulations conflict with the Change of Control provisions of
the indenture, IWO Holdings will comply with the applicable
securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have
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breached its obligations under the Change of Control provisions
of the indenture by virtue of such compliance.
On the Change of Control Payment Date, IWO Holdings will, to the
extent lawful:
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(1) accept for payment all senior secured floating rate
notes or portions of senior secured floating rate notes properly
tendered pursuant to the Change of Control Offer; |
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(2) deposit with the paying agent an amount equal to the
Change of Control Payment in respect of all senior secured
floating rate notes or portions of senior secured floating rate
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(3) deliver or cause to be delivered to the trustee the
senior secured floating rate notes properly accepted together
with an officers certificate stating the aggregate
principal amount of senior secured floating rate notes or
portions of senior secured floating rate notes being purchased
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The paying agent will promptly mail to each holder of senior
secured floating rate notes properly tendered the Change of
Control Payment for such 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 senior secured floating rate notes
surrendered, if any. IWO Holdings will publicly announce the
results of the Change of Control Offer on or as soon as
practicable after the Change of Control Payment Date.
The provisions described above that require IWO Holdings to make
a Change of Control Offer following a Change of Control will be
applicable whether or not any other provisions of the indenture
are applicable.
IWO Holdings will not be required to make a Change of Control
Offer upon a Change of Control 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 the
indenture applicable to a Change of Control Offer made by IWO
Holdings and purchases all notes properly tendered and not
withdrawn under the Change of Control Offer, or (2) notice
of redemption has been given under the indenture as described
above under Optional Redemption, unless
and until there is a default in payment of the applicable
redemption price.
The definition of Change of Control includes a phrase relating
to the direct or indirect sale, transfer, conveyance or other
disposition of all or substantially all of the
properties or assets of IWO Holdings and its Restricted
Subsidiaries taken as a whole. Although there is a limited body
of case law interpreting the phrase substantially
all, there is no precise established definition of the
phrase under applicable law. Accordingly, the ability of a
holder of senior secured floating rate notes to require IWO
Holdings to repurchase its notes as a result of a sale,
transfer, conveyance or other disposition of less than all of
the assets of IWO Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken
as a whole to another Person or group may be uncertain.
IWO Holdings will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to, consummate an Asset Sale unless:
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(1) IWO Holdings or the Restricted Subsidiary, as the case
may be, receives consideration at the time of the Asset Sale at
least equal to the Fair Market Value of the assets or Equity
Interests issued or sold or otherwise disposed of; and |
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(2) at least 75% of the consideration received in the Asset
Sale by IWO Holdings or such Restricted Subsidiary is in the
form of cash. For purposes of this provision, each of the
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(a) any liabilities, as shown on IWO Holdings most
recent consolidated balance sheet, of IWO Holdings or any
Restricted Subsidiary (other than contingent liabilities and
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are by their terms subordinated to the senior secured floating
rate notes or any Note Guarantee) that are assumed by the
transferee of any such assets pursuant to a customary agreement
that releases IWO Holdings or such Restricted Subsidiary from
further liability; |
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(b) any securities, notes or other obligations received by
IWO Holdings or any such Restricted Subsidiary from such
transferee that are contemporaneously, subject to ordinary
settlement periods, converted by IWO Holdings or such Restricted
Subsidiary into cash, to the extent of the cash received in that
conversion; and |
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(c) any stock or assets of the kind referred to in
clause (2) or clause (4) of the next paragraph of this
covenant. |
Within 360 days after the receipt of any Net Proceeds from
an Asset Sale, IWO Holdings (or the applicable Restricted
Subsidiary, as the case may be) may apply such Net Proceeds:
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(1) to repay the senior secured floating rate notes, or to
repay the senior secured floating rate notes and any other
secured Indebtedness of IWO Holdings on a pro rata basis; |
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(2) to acquire all or substantially all of the assets of,
or any Capital Stock of, another Permitted Business; provided
that, in the case of an acquisition of Capital Stock, the
Permitted Business is or, after giving effect to such
acquisition of such Capital Stock, becomes a Restricted
Subsidiary of IWO Holdings; |
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(4) to acquire other assets that are not classified as
current assets under GAAP and that are used or useful in a
Permitted Business. |
Pending the final application of any Net Proceeds, IWO Holdings
may temporarily reduce revolving credit borrowings, if any, or
otherwise invest the Net Proceeds in any manner that is not
prohibited by the indenture.
Any Net Proceeds from Asset Sales that are not applied or
invested as provided in the second paragraph of this covenant
will constitute Excess Proceeds. Within 30 days
of the date on which the aggregate amount of Excess Proceeds
exceeds $10.0 million, IWO Holdings will make an Asset Sale
Offer to all holders of senior secured floating rate notes and
all holders of other Indebtedness (including any discount notes
then outstanding) that is pari passu with the senior secured
floating rate notes containing provisions similar to those set
forth in the indenture with respect to offers to purchase or
redeem with the proceeds of sales of assets to purchase the
maximum principal amount of senior secured floating rate notes
and such other pari passu Indebtedness that may be purchased out
of the Excess Proceeds. The offer price in any Asset Sale Offer
will be equal to 100% of the aggregate principal amount of
senior secured floating rate notes repurchased plus accrued and
unpaid interest to the repurchase date and will be payable in
cash. If any Excess Proceeds remain after completion of an Asset
Sale Offer, IWO Holdings may use those Excess Proceeds for any
purpose not otherwise prohibited by the indenture. If the
aggregate purchase price of senior secured floating rate notes
and other pari passu Indebtedness tendered into such Asset Sale
Offer exceeds the amount of Excess Proceeds, the trustee will
select the senior secured floating rate notes and such other
pari passu Indebtedness to be purchased on a pro rata basis (on
the basis of purchase price). Upon completion of each Asset Sale
Offer, the amount of Excess Proceeds will be reset at zero.
IWO Holdings will comply with the requirements of
Rule 14e-1 under
the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations
thereunder to the extent those laws and regulations are
applicable in connection with each repurchase of senior secured
floating rate notes pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer. To the
extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations
conflict with the Asset Sale provisions of the indenture, IWO
Holdings will comply with the applicable securities laws and
regulations and will not be deemed to have breached its
obligations under the Asset Sale provisions of the indenture by
virtue of such compliance.
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Selection and Notice
If less than all of the senior secured floating rate notes are
to be redeemed at any time, the trustee will select senior
secured floating rate notes for redemption on a pro rata basis
unless otherwise required by law or applicable securities
exchange requirements.
No senior secured floating rate notes of $1,000 or less can be
redeemed in part, except that if all of the senior secured
floating rate notes of a Holder are to be redeemed, then the
entire outstanding amount of senior secured floating rate notes
held by such Holder shall be redeemed, even if not a multiple of
$1,000. Notices of redemption will be mailed by first class mail
at least 30 but not more than 60 days before the redemption
date to each holder of senior secured floating rate notes to be
redeemed at its registered address, except that redemption
notices may be mailed more than 60 days prior to a
redemption date if the notice is issued in connection with a
defeasance of the senior secured floating rate notes or a
satisfaction and discharge of the indenture. Notices of
redemption may not be conditional.
If any senior secured floating rate note is to be redeemed in
part only, the notice of redemption that relates to that note
will state the portion of the principal amount of that note that
is to be redeemed. A new senior secured floating rate note in
principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion of the original
note will be issued in the name of the holder of senior secured
floating rate notes upon cancellation of the original note.
Senior secured floating rate notes called for redemption become
due on the date fixed for redemption. On and after the
redemption date, interest ceases to accrue on senior secured
floating rate notes or portions of senior secured floating rate
notes called for redemption.
Certain Covenants
IWO Holdings will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly:
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(1) declare or pay any dividend or make any other payment
or distribution on account of IWO Holdings Equity
Interests (including, without limitation, any payment in
connection with any merger or consolidation involving IWO
Holdings) or to the direct or indirect holders of IWO
Holdings Equity Interests in their capacity as such (other
than dividends or distributions payable in Equity Interests
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(2) purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire or retire for
value (including, without limitation, in connection with any
merger or consolidation involving IWO Holdings) any Equity
Interests of IWO Holdings or any direct or indirect parent of
IWO Holdings; |
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(3) make any payment on or with respect to, or purchase,
redeem, defease or otherwise acquire or retire for value any
Indebtedness of IWO Holdings that is contractually subordinated
to the senior secured floating rate notes or to any Note
Guarantee (excluding any intercompany Indebtedness between or
among IWO Holdings and any of its Restricted Subsidiaries),
except a payment of interest or principal at the Stated Maturity
thereof; or |
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(4) make any Restricted Investment |
(all such payments and other actions set forth in these
clauses (1) through (4) above being collectively
referred to as Restricted Payments), unless, at the
time of and after giving effect to such Restricted Payment:
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(1) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing or would occur as a consequence of such Restricted
Payment; |
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(2) IWO Holdings would, at the time of such Restricted
Payment and after giving pro forma effect thereto as if such
Restricted Payment had been made at the beginning of the
applicable two-quarter period, have been permitted to incur at
least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Debt to
Cash Flow Ratio test set forth in the first paragraph of the
covenant described below under Incurrence of
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(3) such Restricted Payment, together with the aggregate
amount of all other Restricted Payments made by IWO Holdings and
its Restricted Subsidiaries since the day following the Merger
(excluding Restricted Payments permitted by clauses (2),
(3), (5) and (6) of the next succeeding paragraph), is
less than the sum, without duplication, of: |
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(a) 100% of IWO Holdings Consolidated Cash Flow for
the period (taken as one accounting period) from the beginning
of the first fiscal quarter commencing after the date of the
Merger to the end of IWO Holdings most recently ended
fiscal quarter for which internal financial statements are
available at the time of such Restricted Payment less the
product of 1.5 times IWO Holdings Consolidated Interest
Expense for the same period; plus |
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(b) 100% of the aggregate net cash proceeds received by IWO
Holdings since the date of the Merger as a contribution to its
common equity capital or from the issue or sale of Equity
Interests of IWO Holdings (other than Disqualified Stock) or
from the issue or sale of convertible or exchangeable
Disqualified Stock or convertible or exchangeable debt
securities of IWO Holdings that have been converted into or
exchanged for such Equity Interests (other than Equity Interests
(or Disqualified Stock or debt securities) sold to a Subsidiary
of IWO Holdings); plus |
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(c) to the extent that any Restricted Investment that was
made after the date of the Merger is sold for cash or otherwise
liquidated or repaid for cash, the lesser of (i) the cash
return of capital with respect to such Restricted Investment
(less the cost of disposition, if any) and (ii) the initial
amount of such Restricted Investment; plus |
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(d) to the extent that any Unrestricted Subsidiary of IWO
Holdings designated as such after the date of the Merger is
redesignated as a Restricted Subsidiary after the date of the
indenture, the lesser of (i) the Fair Market Value of IWO
Holdings Investment in such Subsidiary as of the date of
such redesignation or (ii) such Fair Market Value as of the
date on which such Subsidiary was originally designated as an
Unrestricted Subsidiary after the date of the indenture; plus |
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(e) 100% of any dividends received by IWO Holdings or a
Restricted Subsidiary of IWO Holdings after the date of the
Merger from an Unrestricted Subsidiary of IWO Holdings. |
So long as no Default has occurred and is continuing or would be
caused thereby, the preceding provisions will not prohibit:
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(1) the payment of any dividend or the consummation of any
irrevocable redemption within 60 days after the date of
declaration of the dividend or giving of the redemption notice,
as the case may be, if at the date of declaration or notice, the
dividend or redemption payment would have complied with the
provisions of the indenture; |
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(2) the making of any Restricted Payment in exchange for,
or out of the net cash proceeds of the substantially concurrent
sale (other than to a Subsidiary of IWO Holdings) of, Equity
Interests of IWO Holdings (other than Disqualified Stock) or
from the substantially concurrent contribution of common equity
capital to IWO Holdings; provided that the amount of any such
net cash proceeds that are utilized for any such Restricted
Payment will be excluded from clause (3)(b) of the
preceding paragraph; |
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(3) the repurchase, redemption, defeasance or other
acquisition or retirement for value of Indebtedness of IWO
Holdings or any Guarantor that is contractually subordinated to
the senior secured floating rate notes or to any Note Guarantee
with the net cash proceeds from a substantially concurrent
incurrence of Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness; |
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(4) the repurchase, redemption, defeasance or other
acquisition or retirement for value of any Equity Interests of
IWO Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary of IWO Holdings held
by any current or former officer, director or employee of IWO
Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to any
equity subscription agreement, employment agreement, stock
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agreement or similar agreement; provided that the aggregate
price paid for all such repurchased, redeemed, acquired or
retired Equity Interests may not exceed $500,000 in any
twelve-month period; |
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(5) the repurchase of Equity Interests deemed to occur upon
the exercise of stock options to the extent such Equity
Interests represent a portion of the exercise price of those
stock options or the payment of income taxes due in connection
with such exercise; |
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(6) the declaration and payment of regularly scheduled or
accrued dividends to holders of any class or series of
Disqualified Stock of IWO Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary
of IWO Holdings issued on or after the date of the Merger in
accordance with the Debt to Cash Flow Ratio test described below
under Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance
of Preferred Stock; and |
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(7) additional Restricted Payments in an amount not to
exceed $5.0 million. |
The amount of all Restricted Payments other than cash will be
the Fair Market Value on the date of the Restricted Payment of
the asset(s) or securities proposed to be transferred or issued
by IWO Holdings or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may
be, pursuant to the Restricted Payment. The Fair Market Value of
any assets or securities that are required to be valued by this
covenant will be determined by the Board of Directors of IWO
Holdings whose resolution with respect thereto will be delivered
to the trustee. The Board of Directors determination must
be based upon an opinion or appraisal issued by an accounting,
appraisal or investment banking firm of national standing if the
Fair Market Value exceeds $5.0 million.
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Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred
Stock |
IWO Holdings will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, issue,
assume, guarantee or otherwise become directly or indirectly
liable, contingently or otherwise, with respect to
(collectively, incur) any Indebtedness (including
Acquired Debt), and IWO Holdings will not issue any Disqualified
Stock and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to
issue any shares of preferred stock; provided, however, that IWO
Holdings may incur Indebtedness (including Acquired Debt) or
issue Disqualified Stock, and IWO Holdings Restricted
Subsidiaries may incur Indebtedness (including Acquired Debt) or
issue preferred stock, if IWO Holdings Debt to Cash Flow
Ratio immediately preceding the date on which such additional
Indebtedness is incurred or such Disqualified Stock or such
preferred stock is issued, as the case may be, would have been
no greater than 7.0 to 1.
The first paragraph of this covenant will not prohibit the
incurrence of any of the following items of Indebtedness
(collectively, Permitted Debt):
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(1) the incurrence by IWO Holdings and its Restricted
Subsidiaries of indebtedness represented by the discount notes
and the related guarantees in an aggregate principal amount,
including all Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to
renew, refund, refinance, replace, defease or discharge any
Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause (1), not to
exceed $140.0 million; |
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(2) the incurrence by IWO Holdings and its Restricted
Subsidiaries of Existing Indebtedness; |
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(3) the incurrence by IWO Holdings and the Guarantors of
Indebtedness represented by the senior secured floating rate
notes and the related Note Guarantees issued under the indenture; |
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(4) the incurrence by IWO Holdings and its Restricted
Subsidiaries of Indebtedness represented by Capital Lease
Obligations, mortgage financings, vendor financings or purchase
money obligations, in each case, incurred for the purpose of
financing all or any part of the purchase price or cost of
design, construction, installation or improvement of property,
plant or equipment used in the business of IWO Holdings or any
of its Restricted Subsidiaries, in an aggregate principal
amount, including all Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness
incurred to renew, refund, refinance, replace, defease or
discharge any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this
clause (4), not to exceed $25.0 million at any time
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(5) the incurrence by IWO Holdings or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries of Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in exchange
for, or the net proceeds of which are used to renew, refund,
refinance, replace, defease or discharge any Indebtedness (other
than intercompany Indebtedness) that was permitted by the
indenture to be incurred under the first paragraph of this
covenant or clauses (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (12) or
(13) of this paragraph; |
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(6) the incurrence by IWO Holdings or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries of intercompany Indebtedness between or among IWO
Holdings and any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided,
however, that: |
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(a) if IWO Holdings or any Guarantor is the obligor on such
Indebtedness and the payee is not IWO Holdings or a Guarantor,
such Indebtedness must be expressly subordinated to the prior
payment in full in cash of all Obligations then due with respect
to the senior secured floating rate notes, in the case of IWO
Holdings, or the Note Guarantee, in the case of a
Guarantor; and |
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(b) (i) any subsequent issuance or transfer of Equity
Interests that results in any such Indebtedness being held by a
Person other than IWO Holdings or a Restricted Subsidiary of IWO
Holdings and (ii) any sale or other transfer of any such
Indebtedness to a Person that is not either IWO Holdings or a
Restricted Subsidiary of IWO Holdings, will be deemed, in each
case, to constitute an incurrence of such Indebtedness by IWO
Holdings or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, that
was not permitted by this clause (6); |
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(7) the issuance by any of IWO Holdings Restricted
Subsidiaries to IWO Holdings or to any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries of shares of preferred stock; provided, however,
that: |
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(a) any subsequent issuance or transfer of Equity Interests
that results in any such preferred stock being held by a Person
other than IWO Holdings or a Restricted Subsidiary of IWO
Holdings; and |
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(b) any sale or other transfer of any such preferred stock
to a Person that is not either IWO Holdings or a Restricted
Subsidiary of IWO Holdings, |
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will be deemed, in each case, to constitute an issuance of such
preferred stock by such Restricted Subsidiary that was not
permitted by this clause (7); |
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(8) the incurrence by IWO Holdings or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries of Hedging Obligations in the ordinary course of
business; |
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(9) the guarantee by IWO Holdings or any of the Guarantors
of Indebtedness of IWO Holdings or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries that was permitted to be incurred by another
provision of this covenant; provided that if the Indebtedness
being guaranteed is subordinated to the senior secured floating
rate notes, then the Guarantee shall be subordinated to the same
extent as the Indebtedness guaranteed; |
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(10) the incurrence by IWO Holdings or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness in respect of
workers compensation claims, self-insurance obligations,
bankers acceptances, and performance and surety bonds in
the ordinary course of business; |
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(11) the incurrence by IWO Holdings or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness arising from the
honoring by a bank or other financial institution of a check,
draft or similar instrument inadvertently drawn against
insufficient funds, so long as such Indebtedness is covered
within five business days; |
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(12) Acquired Debt incurred at the time a Sprint PCS
Affiliate is merged with or into, becomes a Restricted
Subsidiary of, or transfers all or substantially all of its
assets to, IWO Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries,
but only to the extent that IWO Holdings Debt to Cash Flow
Ratio immediately following such incurrence would decrease as
compared to IWO Holdings Debt to Cash Flow Ratio
immediately prior to such incurrence; and |
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(13) the incurrence by IWO Holdings or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries of additional Indebtedness in an
aggregate principal amount (or accreted value, as applicable) at
any time outstanding, including all Permitted Refinancing
Indebtedness incurred to renew, refund, refinance, replace,
defease or discharge any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this
clause (13), not to exceed $30.0 million. |
IWO Holdings will not incur, and will not permit any Guarantor
to incur, any Indebtedness (including Permitted Debt) that is
contractually subordinated in right of payment to any other
Indebtedness of IWO Holdings or such Guarantor unless such
Indebtedness is also contractually subordinated in right of
payment to the senior secured floating rate notes and the
applicable Note Guarantee on substantially identical terms;
provided, however, that no Indebtedness will be deemed to be
contractually subordinated in right of payment to any other
Indebtedness of IWO Holdings solely by virtue of being unsecured
or by virtue of being secured on a first or junior Lien basis.
For purposes of determining compliance with this
Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred
Stock covenant, in the event that an item of proposed
Indebtedness (or any portion thereof) meets the criteria of more
than one of the categories of Permitted Debt described in
clauses (1) through (13) above, or is entitled to be
incurred pursuant to the first paragraph of this covenant, IWO
Holdings, in its sole discretion, shall classify such item of
Indebtedness (or any such portion) on the date of its
incurrence, and (except in the case of discount notes incurred
in reliance on the exception provided by clause (1) of the
definition of Permitted Debt) may later reclassify all or a
portion of such item of Indebtedness, in any manner that
complies with this covenant. Indebtedness under the discount
notes issued on the date on which the senior secured floating
rate notes are first issued and authenticated under the
indenture will be deemed to have been incurred in reliance on
the exception provided by clause (1) of the definition of
Permitted Debt. 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, the reclassification of preferred stock as
Indebtedness due to a change in accounting principles, and the
payment of dividends on Disqualified Stock in the form of
additional shares of the same class of Disqualified Stock will
not be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness or an issuance
of Disqualified Stock for purposes of this covenant; provided,
in each such case, that the amount of any such accrual,
accretion or payment is included in IWO Holdings
Consolidated Interest Expense as accrued. Notwithstanding any
other provision of this covenant, the maximum amount of
Indebtedness that IWO Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary may
incur pursuant to this covenant shall not be deemed to be
exceeded solely as a result of fluctuations in exchange rates or
currency values.
The amount of any Indebtedness outstanding as of any date will
be:
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(1) the accreted value of the Indebtedness, in the case of
any Indebtedness issued with original issue discount; |
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(2) the principal amount of the Indebtedness, in the case
of any other Indebtedness; and |
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(3) in respect of Indebtedness of another Person secured by
a Lien on the assets of the specified Person, the lesser of: |
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(a) the Fair Market Value of such assets at the date of
determination; and |
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(b) the amount of the Indebtedness of the other Person
secured by such Lien. |
IWO Holdings will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, assume
or suffer to exist any Lien of any kind on any asset now owned
or hereafter acquired, except Permitted Liens.
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Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting
Subsidiaries |
IWO Holdings will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create or permit to
exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or
restriction on the ability of any Restricted Subsidiary to:
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(1) pay dividends or make any other distributions on its
Capital Stock to IWO Holdings or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries, or with respect to any other interest or
participation in, or measured by, its profits, or pay any
indebtedness owed to IWO Holdings or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries; |
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(2) make loans or advances to IWO Holdings or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries; or |
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(3) sell, lease or transfer any of its properties or assets
to IWO Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries. |
However, the preceding restrictions will not apply to
encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by reason of:
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(1) agreements governing Existing Indebtedness and the
discount notes as in effect on the date of the indenture, and
any amendments, restatements, modifications, renewals,
supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings thereof;
provided that the amendments, restatements, modifications,
renewals, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings
are not materially more restrictive, taken as a whole, with
respect to such dividend and other payment restrictions than
those contained in those agreements on the date of the indenture; |
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(2) the indenture, the senior secured floating rate notes
and the Note Guarantees, and any amendments, restatements,
modifications, renewals, supplements, refundings, replacements
or refinancings thereof; provided that the amendments,
restatements, modifications, renewals, supplements, refundings,
replacements or refinancings are not materially more
restrictive, taken as a whole, with respect to such dividend and
other payment restrictions than those contained in the
indenture, the senior secured floating rate notes and the Note
Guarantees on the date of such amendment, restatement,
modification, renewal, supplement, refunding, replacement or
refinancing; |
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(3) agreements and instruments governing Indebtedness
issued pursuant to clause (13) of the Incurrence
of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock covenant;
provided that such encumbrances and restrictions are not
materially more restrictive, taken as a whole, than those
contained in the indenture, the senior secured floating rate
notes and the Note Guarantees; |
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(4) applicable law, rule, regulation or order; |
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(5) any instrument governing Indebtedness or Capital Stock
of a Person acquired by IWO Holdings or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries as in effect at the time of such acquisition
(except to the extent such Indebtedness or Capital Stock was
incurred in connection with or in contemplation of such
acquisition), which encumbrance or restriction is not applicable
to any Person, or the properties or assets of any Person, other
than the Person, or the property or assets of the Person, so
acquired; provided that, in the case of Indebtedness, such
Indebtedness was permitted by the terms of the indenture to be
incurred; |
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(6) customary non-assignment provisions in contracts and
licenses entered into in the ordinary course of business; |
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(7) purchase money obligations for property acquired in the
ordinary course of business and Capital Lease Obligations that
impose restrictions on the property purchased or leased of the
nature described in clause (3) of the preceding paragraph; |
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(8) any agreement for the sale or other disposition of a
Restricted Subsidiary that restricts distributions by that
Restricted Subsidiary pending the sale or other disposition; |
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(9) Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness; provided that the
restrictions contained in the agreements governing such
Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness are not materially more
restrictive, |
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taken as a whole, than those contained in the agreements
governing the Indebtedness being refinanced; |
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(10) Liens permitted to be incurred under the provisions of
the covenant described above under Liens
that limit the right of the debtor to dispose of the assets
subject to such Liens; |
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(11) provisions limiting the disposition or distribution of
assets or property in joint venture agreements, asset sale
agreements, sale-leaseback agreements, stock sale agreements and
other similar agreements entered into with the approval of IWO
Holdings Board of Directors, which limitation is
applicable only to the assets that are the subject of such
agreements; and |
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(12) restrictions on cash or other deposits or net worth
imposed by customers under contracts entered into in the
ordinary course of business. |
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Merger, Consolidation or Sale of Assets |
IWO Holdings will not, directly or indirectly:
(1) consolidate or merge with or into another Person
(whether or not IWO Holdings is the surviving corporation); or
(2) sell, assign, transfer, convey or otherwise dispose of
all or substantially all of the properties or assets of IWO
Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole, in
one or more related transactions, to another Person, unless:
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(1) either: (a) IWO Holdings is the surviving
corporation; or (b) the Person formed by or surviving any
such consolidation or merger (if other than IWO Holdings) or to
which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other
disposition has been made is a corporation organized or existing
under the laws of the United States, any state of the United
States or the District of Columbia; |
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(2) the Person formed by or surviving any such
consolidation or merger (if other than IWO Holdings) or the
Person to which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or
other disposition has been made assumes all the obligations of
IWO Holdings under the senior secured floating rate notes and
the indenture pursuant to agreements reasonably satisfactory to
the trustee; |
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(3) immediately after such transaction, no Default or Event
of Default exists; and |
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(4) IWO Holdings or the Person formed by or surviving any
such consolidation or merger (if other than IWO Holdings), or to
which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other
disposition has been made, would, on the date of such
transaction after giving pro forma effect thereto and any
related financing transactions as if the same had occurred at
the beginning of the applicable two-quarter period, either
(a) have a Debt to Cash Flow Ratio no higher than IWO
Holdings Debt to Cash Flow Ratio immediately prior to such
transaction, or (b) be permitted to incur at least $1.00 of
additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Debt to Cash Flow Ratio
test set forth in the first paragraph of the covenant described
above under Incurrence of Indebtedness and
Issuance of Preferred Stock. |
In addition, IWO Holdings will not, directly or indirectly,
lease all or substantially all of the properties and assets of
it and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole, in one or
more related transactions, to any other Person.
This Merger, Consolidation or Sale of Assets
covenant will not apply to:
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(1) a merger of IWO Holdings with an Affiliate solely for
the purpose of reincorporating IWO Holdings in another
jurisdiction; |
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(2) any consolidation or merger, or any sale, assignment,
transfer, conveyance, lease or other disposition of assets
between or among IWO Holdings and its Restricted
Subsidiaries; or |
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(3) any merger or consolidation of IWO Holdings with a
corporation that, prior to such merger, (a) does not have
any liabilities or significant assets other than cash and
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the purpose of facilitating the formation of a holding company
whose principal asset is the common stock of IWO Holdings. |
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Transactions with Affiliates |
IWO Holdings will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to, make any payment to, or sell, lease, transfer
or otherwise dispose of any of its properties or assets to, or
purchase any property or assets from, or enter into or make or
amend any transaction, contract, agreement, understanding, loan,
advance or guarantee with, or for the benefit of, any Affiliate
of IWO Holdings (each, an Affiliate Transaction),
unless:
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(1) the Affiliate Transaction is on terms that are no less
favorable to IWO Holdings or the relevant Restricted Subsidiary
than those that would have been obtained in a comparable
transaction by IWO Holdings or such Restricted Subsidiary with
an unrelated Person; and |
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(2) IWO Holdings delivers to the trustee with respect to
any Affiliate Transaction or series of related Affiliate
Transactions involving aggregate consideration in excess of
$10.0 million, a determination by the Board of Directors of
IWO Holdings set forth in an officers certificate
certifying that such Affiliate Transaction complies with this
covenant. |
The following items will not be deemed to be Affiliate
Transactions and, therefore, will not be subject to the
provisions of the prior paragraph:
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(1) any employment agreement, employee benefit plan,
officer or director indemnification agreement or any similar
arrangement entered into by IWO Holdings or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business and
payments pursuant thereto; |
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(2) transactions between or among IWO Holdings and/or its
Restricted Subsidiaries; |
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(3) transactions with a Person (other than an Unrestricted
Subsidiary of IWO Holdings) that is an Affiliate of IWO Holdings
solely because IWO Holdings owns, directly or through a
Restricted Subsidiary, an Equity Interest in, or controls, such
Person; |
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(4) payment of reasonable directors fees; |
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(5) any issuance of Equity Interests (other than
Disqualified Stock) of IWO Holdings to Affiliates of IWO
Holdings; |
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(6) Restricted Payments and Permitted Investments that do
not violate the provisions of the indenture described above
under Restricted Payments; and |
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(7) loans or advances to employees in the ordinary course
of business not to exceed $1.0 million in the aggregate at
any one time outstanding. |
IWO Holdings will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to, engage in any business other than Permitted
Businesses, except to such extent as would not be material to
IWO Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole.
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Additional Note Guarantees |
If IWO Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries acquires
or creates another Domestic Restricted Subsidiary after the date
of the indenture, then that newly acquired or created Domestic
Restricted Subsidiary will become a Guarantor and execute a
supplemental indenture and deliver an opinion of counsel
satisfactory to the trustee within 10 business days of the date
on which it was acquired or created; provided that any Domestic
Restricted Subsidiary that constitutes an Immaterial Subsidiary
need not become a Guarantor until such time as it ceases to be
an Immaterial Subsidiary.
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Designation of Restricted and Unrestricted
Subsidiaries |
The Board of Directors of IWO Holdings may designate any
Restricted Subsidiary to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary if that
designation would not cause a Default. If a Restricted
Subsidiary is designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, the
aggregate Fair Market Value of all outstanding Investments owned
by IWO Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries in the
Subsidiary designated as Unrestricted will be deemed to be an
Investment made as of the time of the designation and will
reduce the amount available for Restricted Payments under the
covenant described above under Restricted
Payments or under one or more clauses of the definition of
Permitted Investments, as determined by IWO Holdings. That
designation will only be permitted if the Investment would be
permitted at that time and if the Restricted Subsidiary
otherwise meets the definition of an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
The Board of Directors of IWO Holdings may redesignate any
Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary if that
redesignation would not cause a Default.
Any designation of a Subsidiary of IWO Holdings as an
Unrestricted Subsidiary will be evidenced to the trustee by
filing with the trustee a certified copy of a resolution of the
Board of Directors giving effect to such designation and an
officers certificate certifying that such designation
complied with the preceding conditions and was permitted by the
covenant described above under Restricted
Payments. If, at any time, any Unrestricted Subsidiary
would fail to meet the preceding requirements as an Unrestricted
Subsidiary, it will thereafter cease to be an Unrestricted
Subsidiary for purposes of the indenture and any Indebtedness of
such Subsidiary will be deemed to be incurred by a Restricted
Subsidiary of IWO Holdings as of such date and, if such
Indebtedness is not permitted to be incurred as of such date
under the covenant described under Incurrence
of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock, IWO
Holdings will be in default of such covenant.
The Board of Directors of IWO Holdings may at any time designate
any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary of IWO
Holdings; provided that such designation will be deemed to be an
incurrence of Indebtedness by a Restricted Subsidiary of IWO
Holdings of any outstanding Indebtedness of such Unrestricted
Subsidiary, and such designation will only be permitted if
(1) such Indebtedness is permitted under the covenant
described under Incurrence of Indebtedness and
Issuance of Preferred Stock, calculated on a pro forma
basis as if such designation had occurred at the beginning of
the two-quarter reference period; and (2) no Default or
Event of Default would be in existence following such
designation.
IWO Holdings will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, pay or cause to be paid
any consideration to or for the benefit of any holder of senior
secured floating rate notes for or as an inducement to any
consent, waiver or amendment of any of the terms or provisions
of the indenture or the senior secured floating rate notes
unless such consideration is offered to be paid and is paid to
all holders of the senior secured floating rate notes that
consent, waive or agree to amend in the time frame set forth in
the solicitation documents relating to such consent, waiver or
agreement.
Reports
Whether or not required by the rules and regulations of the SEC,
so long as any senior secured floating rate notes are
outstanding, IWO Holdings will furnish to the holders of senior
secured floating rate notes or cause the trustee to furnish to
the holders of senior secured floating rate notes, within the
time periods specified in the SECs rules and regulations:
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(1) all quarterly and annual reports that would be required
to be filed with the SEC on
Forms 10-Q and
10-K if IWO Holdings
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(2) all current reports that would be required to be filed
with the SEC on
Form 8-K if IWO
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All such reports will be prepared in all material respects in
accordance with all of the rules and regulations applicable to
such reports. Each annual report on
Form 10-K will
include a report on IWO Holdings consolidated financial
statements by IWO Holdings certified independent
accountants. In addition, IWO Holdings will file a copy of each
of the reports referred to in clauses (1) and
(2) above with the SEC for public availability within the
time periods specified in the rules and regulations applicable
to such reports (unless the SEC will not accept such a filing)
and will post the reports on its website within those time
periods.
If at any time IWO Holdings is no longer subject to the periodic
reporting requirements of the Exchange Act for any reason, IWO
Holdings will nevertheless continue filing the reports specified
in the preceding paragraphs with the SEC within the time periods
specified above unless the SEC will not accept such a filing.
IWO Holdings will not take any action for the purpose of causing
the SEC not to accept any such filings. If, notwithstanding the
foregoing, the SEC will not accept IWO Holdings filings
for any reason, IWO Holdings will post the reports referred to
in the preceding paragraphs on its website within the time
periods that would apply if IWO Holdings were required to file
those reports with the SEC.
If IWO Holdings has designated any of its Subsidiaries as
Unrestricted Subsidiaries, then the quarterly and annual
financial information required by the preceding paragraphs will
include a reasonably detailed presentation, either on the face
of the financial statements or in the footnotes thereto, and in
Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition
and Results of Operations, of the financial condition and
results of operations of IWO Holdings and its Restricted
Subsidiaries separate from the financial condition and results
of operations of the Unrestricted Subsidiaries of IWO Holdings.
In addition, for so long as any senior secured floating rate
notes remain outstanding, IWO Holdings and the Guarantors will
furnish to the holders of senior secured floating rate notes and
to securities analysts and prospective investors, upon their
request, the information required to be delivered pursuant to
Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, however, once the
Parent has provided a Parent Guarantee of the senior secured
floating rate notes, the reports and other information required
to be filed with the SEC and provided by IWO Holdings as
described above may instead be those filed with the SEC by the
Parent and furnished with respect to the Parent only, without
including the condensed consolidating footnote contemplated by
Rule 3-10 of
Regulation S-X
promulgated under the Securities Act.
Events of Default and Remedies
Each of the following is an Event of Default:
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(1) default for 30 days in the payment when due of
interest on the senior secured floating rate notes; |
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(2) default in the payment when due (at maturity, upon
redemption or otherwise) of the principal of, or premium, if
any, on, the senior secured floating rate notes; |
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(3) failure by IWO Holdings or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries for 30 days to comply with the provisions
described under Repurchase at the Option of
Holders Change of Control,
Repurchase at the Option of
Holders Asset Sales, Certain
Covenants Restricted Payments,
Certain Covenants Incurrence of
Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock or
Certain Covenants Merger,
Consolidation or Sale of Assets; |
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(4) failure by IWO Holdings or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries for 60 days after notice to IWO Holdings by
the trustee or the holders of at least 25% in aggregate
principal amount of the senior secured floating rate notes then
outstanding voting as a single class to comply with any of the
other agreements in the indenture; |
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(5) default under any mortgage, indenture or instrument
under which there may be issued or by which there may be secured
or evidenced any Indebtedness for money borrowed by IWO Holdings
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any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (or the payment of which is
guaranteed by IWO Holdings or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries), whether such Indebtedness or Guarantee existed on
or was or is created after the date of the indenture, if that
default: |
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(a) is caused by a failure to pay principal of, or interest
or premium, if any, on, such Indebtedness prior to the
expiration of the grace period provided in such Indebtedness on
the date of such default (a Payment Default
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(b) results in the acceleration of such Indebtedness prior
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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
$5.0 million or more; |
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(6) failure by IWO Holdings or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to pay final judgments entered by a court or courts
of competent jurisdiction aggregating in excess of
$5.0 million, which judgments are not paid, discharged or
stayed for a period of 60 days; |
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(7) default under any Indebtedness (other than the discount
notes) that is secured by the Collateral, whether such
Indebtedness now exists or is created after the date of the
indenture, if that default: |
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(a) is caused by a failure to pay principal of, or interest
or premium, if any, on, such Indebtedness prior to the
expiration of the grace period provided in such Indebtedness on
the date of such default; |
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(b) results in the acceleration of such Indebtedness prior
to its express maturity; or |
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(c) otherwise entitles the Collateral Trustee, without the
consent of the holders of the senior secured floating rate
notes, to foreclose upon, collect or otherwise enforce its
security interests thereunder; |
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(8) the Security Agreement, or any other Security Document,
or any Lien purported to be granted thereby, or the Collateral
is held in any judicial proceeding to be unenforceable or
invalid, in whole or in part, or ceases for any reason (other
than pursuant to a release that is delivered or becomes
effective as set forth in the indenture) to be fully enforceable
and perfected; |
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(9) except as permitted by the indenture, any Note
Guarantee is held in any judicial proceeding to be unenforceable
or invalid or ceases for any reason to be in full force and
effect, or any Guarantor, or any Person acting on behalf of any
Guarantor, denies or disaffirms its obligations under its Note
Guarantee; |
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(10) certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency described
in the indenture with respect to IWO Holdings or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries that is a Significant Subsidiary or any
group of Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken together, would
constitute a Significant Subsidiary; and |
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(11) (a) except as set forth in clause (b) of
this sentence, breach by IWO Holdings or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries of any representation or warranty or agreement in
the Security Agreement, which breach remains uncured for five
business days after notice to IWO Holdings by the Trustee or the
Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the
senior secured floating rate notes then outstanding voting as a
single class, (b) breach by IWO Holdings or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries of any representation or warranty or
agreement in the Security Agreement relating to the validity,
perfection or priority of the security interest granted in the
Collateral, which breach remains uncured for five business days
after any officer has knowledge thereof, (c) the
repudiation by IWO Holdings or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries of any of its obligations under the Security
Agreement, or (d) the unenforceability of the Security
Agreement against IWO Holdings or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries for any reason. |
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In the case of an Event of Default arising from certain events
of bankruptcy or insolvency, with respect to IWO Holdings, any
Restricted Subsidiary of IWO Holdings that is a Significant
Subsidiary or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries of IWO
Holdings that, taken together, would constitute a Significant
Subsidiary, all outstanding senior secured floating rate 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 senior
secured floating rate notes may declare all the senior secured
floating rate notes to be due and payable immediately.
Subject to certain limitations, holders of a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding senior
secured floating rate notes may direct the trustee in its
exercise of any trust or power. The trustee may withhold from
holders of the senior secured floating rate notes notice of any
continuing Default or Event of Default if it determines that
withholding notice is in their interest, except a Default or
Event of Default relating to the payment of principal, interest
or premium. Subject to the provisions of the indenture relating
to the duties of the trustee, 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 under the indenture at the
request or direction of any holders of senior secured floating
rate notes unless such holders have offered to the trustee
reasonable indemnity or security against any loss, liability or
expense. Except to enforce the right to receive payment of
principal and premium, if any, or interest when due, no holder
of a senior secured floating rate note may pursue any remedy
with respect to the indenture or the senior secured floating
rate notes unless:
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(1) such holder has previously given the trustee notice
that an Event of Default is continuing; |
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(2) holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount
of the then outstanding senior secured floating rate notes have
requested the trustee to pursue the remedy; |
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(3) such holders have offered the trustee reasonable
security or indemnity against any loss, liability or expense; |
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(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 |
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(5) holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of
the then outstanding senior secured floating rate notes have not
given the trustee a direction inconsistent with such request
within such 60-day
period. |
The holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
then outstanding senior secured floating rate notes by notice to
the trustee may, on behalf of the holders of all of the senior
secured floating rate notes, rescind an acceleration or waive
any existing Default or Event of Default and its consequences
under the indenture except a continuing Default or Event of
Default in the payment of interest or premium on, or the
principal of, the senior secured floating rate notes.
In the case of any Event of Default occurring by reason of any
willful action (or inaction) taken (or not taken) by or on
behalf of IWO Holdings with the intention of avoiding payment of
the premium that IWO Holdings would have had to pay if IWO
Holdings then had elected to redeem the senior secured floating
rate notes pursuant to the optional redemption provisions of the
indenture, an equivalent premium will also become and be
immediately due and payable to the extent permitted by law upon
the acceleration of the senior secured floating rate notes. If
an Event of Default occurs prior to January 15, 2007, by
reason of any willful action (or inaction) taken (or not taken)
by or on behalf of IWO Holdings with the intention of avoiding
the prohibition on redemption of the senior secured floating
rate notes prior to January 15, 2007, then an additional
premium specified in the indenture will also become and be
immediately due and payable to the extent permitted by law upon
the acceleration of the senior secured floating rate notes.
IWO Holdings is required to deliver to the trustee annually a
statement regarding compliance with the indenture. Upon becoming
aware of any Default or Event of Default, IWO Holdings is
required to deliver to the trustee a statement specifying such
Default or Event of Default.
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No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and
Stockholders
No director, officer, employee, incorporator or stockholder of
us, IWO Holdings or any Guarantor, as such, will have any
liability for any obligations of us, IWO Holdings or the
Guarantors under the senior secured floating rate notes, the
indenture, the Note Guarantees, or the Parent Guarantee, or for
any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such
obligations or their creation. Each holder of senior secured
floating rate notes by accepting a senior secured floating rate
note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and
release were part of the consideration for issuance of the
senior secured floating rate notes. The waiver may not be
effective to waive liabilities under the federal securities laws.
Legal Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance
IWO Holdings may at any time, at the option of its Board of
Directors evidenced by a resolution set forth in an
officers certificate, elect to have all of its obligations
discharged with respect to the outstanding senior secured
floating rate notes and all obligations of the Guarantors
discharged with respect to their Note Guarantees (Legal
Defeasance) except for:
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(1) the rights of holders of outstanding senior secured
floating rate notes to receive payments in respect of the
principal of, or interest or premium on, such senior secured
floating rate notes when such payments are due from the trust
referred to below; |
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(2) IWO Holdings obligations with respect to the
senior secured floating rate notes concerning issuing temporary
notes, registration of notes, mutilated, destroyed, lost or
stolen notes and the maintenance of an office or agency for
payment and money for security payments held in trust; |
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(3) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of
the trustee, and IWO Holdings and the Guarantors
obligations in connection therewith; and |
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(4) the Legal Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance provisions
of the indenture. |
In addition, IWO Holdings may, at its option and at any time,
elect to have the obligations of IWO Holdings and the Guarantors
released with respect to certain covenants (including its
obligation to make Change of Control Offers and Asset Sale
Offers) that are described in the indenture (Covenant
Defeasance) and thereafter any omission to comply with
those covenants will not constitute a Default or Event of
Default with respect to the senior secured floating rate notes.
In the event Covenant Defeasance occurs, certain events (not
including non-payment, bankruptcy, receivership, rehabilitation
and insolvency events) described under Events of Default
and Remedies will no longer constitute an Event of Default
with respect to the senior secured floating rate notes.
In order to exercise either Legal Defeasance or Covenant
Defeasance:
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(1) IWO Holdings must irrevocably deposit with the trustee,
in trust, for the benefit of the holders of the senior secured
floating rate notes, 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 investment bank, appraisal firm or firm of
independent public accountants, to pay the principal of, and
interest and premium, if any, on, the outstanding senior secured
floating rate notes on the stated dates for payment thereof or
on the applicable redemption date, as the case may be, and IWO
Holdings must specify whether the senior secured floating rate
notes are being defeased to such stated date for payment or to a
particular redemption date; |
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(2) in the case of Legal Defeasance, IWO Holdings must
deliver to the trustee an opinion of counsel reasonably
acceptable to the trustee confirming that (a) IWO Holdings
has received from, or there has been published by, the Internal
Revenue Service a ruling or (b) since the date of the
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 will confirm that, the holders
of the outstanding senior secured floating rate notes will not
recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes
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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; |
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(3) in the case of Covenant Defeasance, IWO Holdings must
deliver to the trustee an opinion of counsel reasonably
acceptable to the trustee confirming that the holders of the
outstanding senior secured floating rate notes 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; |
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(4) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is
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 deposit will not result in a
breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any other
instrument to which IWO Holdings or any Guarantor is a party or
by which IWO Holdings or any Guarantor is bound; |
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(5) such Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance will not
result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default
under, any material agreement or instrument (other than the
indenture) to which IWO Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries is a
party or by which IWO Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries is
bound; |
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(6) IWO Holdings must deliver to the trustee an
officers certificate stating that the deposit was not made
by IWO Holdings with the intent of preferring the holders of
senior secured floating rate notes over the other creditors of
IWO Holdings with the intent of defeating, hindering, delaying
or defrauding any creditors of IWO Holdings or others; and |
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(7) IWO Holdings must deliver to the trustee an
officers certificate and an opinion of counsel, each
stating that all conditions precedent relating to the Legal
Defeasance or the Covenant Defeasance have been complied with. |
Amendment, Supplement and Waiver
Except as provided in the next two succeeding paragraphs, the
indenture, the senior secured floating rate notes and the Note
Guarantees may be amended or supplemented with the consent of
the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
senior secured floating rate notes then outstanding (including,
without limitation, consents obtained in connection with a
purchase of, or tender offer or exchange offer for, senior
secured floating rate notes), and any existing Default or Event
of Default or compliance with any provision of the indenture or
the senior secured floating rate notes or the Note Guarantees
may be waived with the consent of the holders of a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding senior
secured floating rate notes (including, without limitation,
consents obtained in connection with a purchase of, or tender
offer or exchange offer for, senior secured floating rate
notes). Without the consent of each holder of senior secured
floating rate notes affected, an amendment, supplement or waiver
may not (with respect to any senior secured floating rate notes
held by a non-consenting holder):
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(1) reduce the principal amount of senior secured floating
rate notes whose holders must consent to an amendment,
supplement or waiver; |
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(2) reduce the principal of or change the fixed maturity of
any senior secured floating rate note or alter the provisions
with respect to the redemption of the senior secured floating
rate notes (other than provisions relating to the covenants
described above under Repurchase at the Option
of Holders); |
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(3) reduce the rate of or change the time for payment of
interest, including default interest, on any senior secured
floating rate note; |
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(4) waive a Default or Event of Default in the payment of
principal of, or interest or premium, if any, on, the senior
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secured floating rate notes by the holders of at least a
majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding
senior secured floating rate notes and a waiver of the payment
default that resulted from such acceleration); |
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(5) make any senior secured floating rate note payable in
money other than that stated in the senior secured floating rate
notes; |
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(6) make any change in the provisions of the indenture
relating to waivers of past Defaults or the rights of holders of
senior secured floating rate notes to receive payments of
principal of, or interest or premium, if any, on, the senior
secured floating rate notes; |
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(7) waive a redemption payment with respect to any senior
secured floating rate note (other than a payment required by one
of the covenants described above under
Repurchase at the Option of Holders); |
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(8) release any Guarantor from any of its obligations under
its Note Guarantee or the indenture, except in accordance with
the terms of the indenture; |
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(9) except as otherwise provided by the indenture and the
Security Documents, release any Collateral from the Lien of the
indenture and the Security Documents; or |
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(10) make any change in the preceding amendment and waiver
provisions. |
Notwithstanding the preceding, without the consent of any holder
of senior secured floating rate notes, IWO Holdings, the
Guarantors and the trustee may amend or supplement the
indenture, the senior secured floating rate notes and the Note
Guarantees:
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(1) to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency; |
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(2) to provide for uncertificated notes in addition to or
in place of certificated notes; |
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(3) to provide for the assumption of IWO Holdings or
a Guarantors obligations to holders of senior secured
floating rate notes and Note Guarantees in the case of a merger
or consolidation or sale of all or substantially all of IWO
Holdings or such Guarantors assets; |
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(4) to make any change that would provide any additional
rights or benefits to the holders of senior secured floating
rate notes or that does not adversely affect the legal rights
under the indenture of any such holder; |
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(5) to comply with requirements of the SEC in order to
effect or maintain the qualification of the indenture under the
Trust Indenture Act; |
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(6) to conform the text of the indenture, the Security
Agreement, the senior secured floating rate notes or the Note
Guarantees to any provision of the Description of Senior
Secured Floating Rate Notes section of IWO Holdings
offering memorandum, dated December 14, 2004, relating to
the initial offering of the senior secured floating rate notes,
to the extent that such provision in that Description of
Senior Secured Floating Rate Notes was intended to be a
verbatim recitation of a provision of the indenture, the senior
secured floating rate notes or the Note Guarantees; |
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(7) to provide for the issuance of additional senior
secured floating rate notes in accordance with the limitations
set forth in the indenture; |
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(8) to allow any Guarantor to execute a supplemental
indenture and/or a Note Guarantee with respect to the senior
secured floating rate notes; or |
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(9) to add additional assets as Collateral or to release
Collateral from the Liens securing Obligations as permitted or
required by the Security Agreement or the indenture. |
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Satisfaction and Discharge
The indenture will be discharged and will cease to be of further
effect as to all senior secured floating rate notes issued
thereunder, when:
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(a) all senior secured floating rate notes that have been
authenticated, except lost, stolen or destroyed notes that have
been replaced or paid and notes for whose payment money has been
deposited in trust and thereafter repaid to IWO Holdings, have
been delivered to the trustee for cancellation; or |
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(b) all senior secured floating rate notes that have not
been delivered to the trustee for cancellation have become due
and payable by reason of the mailing of a notice of redemption
or otherwise or will become due and payable within one year and
IWO Holdings 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, without
consideration of any reinvestment of interest, to pay and
discharge the entire Indebtedness on the senior secured floating
rate notes not delivered to the trustee for cancellation of
principal or premium, if any, and accrued interest to the date
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(2) no Default or Event of Default 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 deposit will not result in a
breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any other
instrument to which IWO Holdings or any Guarantor is a party or
by which IWO Holdings or any Guarantor is bound; |
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(3) IWO Holdings and the Guarantors have paid or caused to
be paid all sums payable under the indenture; and |
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(4) IWO Holdings has delivered irrevocable instructions to
the trustee under the indenture to apply the deposited money
toward the payment of the senior secured floating rate notes at
maturity or on the redemption date, as the case may be. |
In addition, IWO Holdings 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.
Concerning the Trustee
If the trustee becomes a creditor of IWO Holdings or any
Guarantor, the indenture limits the right of the trustee to
obtain payment of claims in certain cases, or to realize on
certain property received in respect of any such claim as
security or otherwise. The trustee will be permitted to engage
in other transactions; however, if it acquires any conflicting
interest it must eliminate such conflict within 90 days,
apply to the SEC for permission to continue as trustee (if the
indenture has been qualified under the Trust Indenture Act)
or resign.
The holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
then outstanding senior secured floating rate notes will 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. The indenture provides that in
case an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the trustee
will be required, in the exercise of its power, to use the
degree of care and skill as a prudent person in the conduct of
such persons own affairs. Subject to such provisions, the
trustee will be under no obligation to exercise any of its
rights or powers under the indenture at the request of any
holder of senior secured floating rate notes, unless such holder
has offered to the trustee security and indemnity satisfactory
to it against any loss, liability or expense.
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Depository Procedures
The senior secured floating rate notes were issued in global
form, called global notes, without interest coupons.
The following description of the operations and procedures of
DTC, Euroclear and Clearstream are provided solely as a matter
of convenience. These operations and procedures are solely
within the control of the respective settlement systems and are
subject to changes by them.
DTC has advised us and IWO Holdings that DTC is a
limited-purpose trust company created to hold securities for its
participating organizations (collectively, the
Participants) and to facilitate the clearance and
settlement of transactions in those securities between the
Participants through electronic book-entry changes in accounts
of its Participants. The Participants include securities brokers
and dealers, banks, trust companies, clearing corporations and
certain other organizations. Access to DTCs system is also
available to other entities such as banks, brokers, dealers and
trust companies that clear through or maintain a custodial
relationship with a Participant, either directly or indirectly
(collectively, the Indirect Participants). Persons
who are not Participants may beneficially own securities held by
or on behalf of DTC only through the Participants or the
Indirect Participants. The ownership interests in, and transfers
of ownership interests in, each security held by or on behalf of
DTC are recorded on the records of the Participants and Indirect
Participants.
Investors in the global notes who are Participants may hold
their interests therein directly through DTC. Investors in the
global notes who are not Participants may hold their interests
therein indirectly through organizations (including Euroclear
and Clearstream) which are Participants. Euroclear and
Clearstream will hold interests in the global notes on behalf of
their participants through customers securities accounts
in their respective names on the books of their respective
depositories, which are Euroclear Bank S.A./ N.V., as operator
of Euroclear, and Citibank, N.A., as operator of Clearstream.
All interests in a global note, including those held through
Euroclear or Clearstream, may be subject to the procedures and
requirements of DTC. Those interests held through Euroclear or
Clearstream may also be subject to the procedures and
requirements of such systems. The laws of some states require
that certain Persons take physical delivery in definitive form
of securities that they own. Consequently, the ability to
transfer beneficial interests in a global note to such Persons
will be limited to that extent. Because DTC can act only on
behalf of the Participants, which in turn act on behalf of the
Indirect Participants, the ability of a Person having beneficial
interests in a global note to pledge such interests to Persons
that do not participate in the DTC system, or otherwise take
actions in respect of such interests, may be affected by the
lack of a physical certificate evidencing such interests.
Payments in respect of the principal of, and interest and
premium, if any, on, a global note registered in the name of DTC
or its nominee will be payable to DTC in its capacity as the
registered holder under the indenture. Under the terms of the
indenture, IWO Holdings and the trustee will treat the Persons
in whose names the senior secured floating rate notes, including
the global notes, are registered as the owners of the senior
secured floating rate notes for the purpose of receiving
payments and for all other purposes.
DTC has advised us and IWO Holdings that its current practice,
upon receipt of any payment in respect of securities such as the
senior secured floating rate notes (including principal and
interest), is to credit the accounts of the relevant
Participants with the payment on the payment date unless DTC has
reason to believe that it will not receive payment on such
payment date. Each relevant Participant is credited with an
amount proportionate to its beneficial ownership of an interest
in the principal amount of the relevant security as shown on the
records of DTC. Payments by the Participants and the Indirect
Participants to the beneficial owners of senior secured floating
rate notes will be governed by standing instructions and
customary practices and will be the responsibility of the
Participants or the Indirect Participants and will not be the
responsibility of DTC, the trustee, us or IWO Holdings. None of
us, IWO Holdings or the trustee will be liable for any delay by
DTC or any of the Participants or the Indirect Participants in
identifying the beneficial owners of the senior secured floating
rate notes, and we, IWO Holdings and the trustee may
conclusively rely on and will be protected in relying on
instructions from DTC or its nominee for all purposes.
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Subject to transfer restrictions, transfers between the
Participants will be effected in accordance with DTCs
procedures, and will be settled in same-day funds, and transfers
between participants in Euroclear and Clearstream will be
effected in accordance with their respective rules and operating
procedures. Subject to compliance with the transfer restrictions
applicable to the senior secured floating rate notes described
herein, cross-market transfers between the Participants, on the
one hand, and Euroclear or Clearstream participants, on the
other hand, will be effected through DTC in accordance with
DTCs rules on behalf of Euroclear or Clearstream, as the
case may be, by their respective depositaries; however, such
cross-market transactions will require delivery of instructions
to Euroclear or Clearstream, as the case may be, by the
counterparty in such system in accordance with the rules and
procedures and within the established deadlines (Brussels time)
of such system. Euroclear or Clearstream, as the case may be,
will, if the transaction meets its settlement requirements,
deliver instructions to its respective depositary to take action
to effect final settlement on its behalf by delivering or
receiving interests in the relevant global note in DTC, and
making or receiving payment in accordance with normal procedures
for same-day funds settlement applicable to DTC. Euroclear
participants and Clearstream participants may not deliver
instructions directly to the depositories for Euroclear or
Clearstream.
DTC will take any action permitted to be taken by a holder of
senior secured floating rate notes only at the direction of one
or more Participants to whose account DTC has credited the
interests in the global notes and only in respect of such
portion of the aggregate principal amount of the senior secured
floating rate notes as to which such Participant or Participants
has or have given such direction. However, if there is an Event
of Default under the senior secured floating rate notes, DTC
reserves the right to exchange the global notes for legended
senior secured floating rate notes in certificated form, and to
distribute such senior secured floating rate notes to its
Participants.
Although DTC, Euroclear and Clearstream have agreed to the
foregoing procedures to facilitate transfers of interests in the
global notes among participants in DTC, Euroclear and
Clearstream, they are under no obligation to perform or to
continue to perform such procedures, and may discontinue such
procedures at any time. None of us, IWO Holdings, the trustee or
any of their respective agents or Affiliates will have any
responsibility for the performance by DTC, Euroclear or
Clearstream or their respective participants or indirect
participants of their respective obligations under the rules and
procedures governing their operations.
Exchange of Global Notes for Certificated Notes
A global note is exchangeable for certificated notes if:
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(1) DTC (a) notifies IWO Holdings that it is unwilling
or unable to continue as depositary for the global notes or
(b) has ceased to be a clearing agency registered under the
Exchange Act and, in either case, IWO Holdings fails to appoint
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(2) IWO Holdings, at its option, notifies the trustee in
writing that it elects to cause the issuance of the certificated
notes; or |
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(3) there has occurred and is continuing a Default or Event
of Default with respect to the senior secured floating rate
notes. |
In addition, beneficial interests in a global note may be
exchanged for certificated notes upon prior written notice given
to the trustee by or on behalf of DTC in accordance with the
indenture. In all cases, certificated notes delivered in
exchange for any global note or beneficial interests in global
notes will be registered in the names, and issued in any
approved denominations, requested by or on behalf of the
depositary (in accordance with its customary procedures) and
will bear the applicable restrictive legend unless that legend
is not required by applicable law.
Same Day Settlement and Payment
IWO Holdings will make payments in respect of the senior secured
floating rate notes represented by the global notes (including
principal and premium and interest, if any) by wire transfer of
immediately
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available funds to the accounts specified by DTC or its nominee.
IWO Holdings will make all payments of principal and interest
and premium, if any, with respect to certificated notes by wire
transfer of immediately available funds to the accounts
specified by the holders of the certificated notes or, if no
such account is specified, by mailing a check to each such
holders registered address.
Certain Definitions
Set forth below are certain defined terms used in the indenture
and the collateral trust agreement. Reference is made to the
indenture and the collateral trust agreement for a full
disclosure of all defined terms used therein, as well as any
other capitalized terms used herein for which no definition is
provided.
Act of Required Debtholders means, as to any
matter at any time, a direction in writing delivered to the
Collateral Trustee by or with the written consent of the holders
of more than 50% of the sum of (i) the aggregate principal
amount of all Parity Lien Debt then outstanding (including
outstanding letters of credit whether or not then drawn) and
(ii) other than in connection with the exercise of
remedies, the aggregate unfunded commitments to extend credit
which, when funded, would constitute outstanding Parity Lien
Debt, voting together as a single class. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary, a direction in writing delivered to
the Collateral Trustee from a Secured Debt Representative, if
made, shall constitute the applicable direction of the holders
of all Parity Lien Debt represented by such Secured Debt
Representative in accordance with the Parity Lien Documents. For
purposes of this definition, Parity Lien Debt registered in the
name of, or beneficially owned by, IWO Holdings, any Guarantor
or any Affiliate of IWO Holdings or any Guarantor shall be
deemed to be not outstanding.
Acquired Debt means, with respect to any
specified Person:
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(1) Indebtedness of any other Person existing at the time
such other Person is merged with or into or became a Subsidiary
of such specified Person, whether or not such Indebtedness is
incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such other
Person merging with or into, or becoming a Restricted Subsidiary
of, such specified Person; and |
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(2) Indebtedness secured by a Lien encumbering any asset
acquired by such specified Person. |
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, as
used with respect to any Person, means 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;
provided that beneficial ownership of 10% or more of the Voting
Stock of a Person will be deemed to be control. For purposes of
this definition, the terms controlling,
controlled by and under common control
with have correlative meanings.
Annualized Consolidated Cash Flow of any
specified Person as of any date of determination means two times
the Consolidated Cash Flow of such Person for the most recently
ended two-quarter period for which internal financial statements
are available.
Applicable Eurodollar Rate means, for each
quarterly period during which any senior secured floating rate
note is outstanding subsequent to the initial quarterly period,
375 basis points over the rate determined by IWO Holdings
(notice of such rate to be sent to the trustee on the date of
determination thereof) equal to the applicable British
Bankers Association LIBOR rate for deposits in
U.S. dollars for a period of three months as reported by
any generally recognized financial information service as of
11:00 a.m. (London time) two business days prior to the
first day of such quarterly period; provided that, if no such
British Bankers Association LIBOR rate is available at the
time of such determination, the Applicable Eurodollar Rate for
the relevant quarterly period shall instead be the rate at which
Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. or one of its affiliate banks
offers to place deposits in U.S. dollars with first-class
banks in the London interbank market for a period of three
months at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) two
business days prior to the first day of such quarterly period,
in amounts equal to $1.0 million.
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Asset Sale means:
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(1) the sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition of any
assets or rights; provided that the sale, lease, conveyance or
other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of
IWO Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole
will be governed by the provisions of the indenture described
above under Repurchase at the Option of
Holders Change of Control and/or the
provisions described above under Certain
Covenants Merger, Consolidation or Sale of
Assets and not by the provisions of the Asset Sale
covenant; and |
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(2) the issuance of Equity Interests in any of IWO
Holdings Restricted Subsidiaries or the sale of Equity
Interests in any of its Subsidiaries. |
Notwithstanding the preceding, none of the following items will
be deemed to be an Asset Sale:
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(1) any single transaction or series of related
transactions that involves assets having a Fair Market Value of
less than $2.0 million; |
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(2) a transfer of assets between or among IWO Holdings and
its Restricted Subsidiaries; |
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(3) an issuance of Equity Interests by a Restricted
Subsidiary of IWO Holdings to IWO Holdings or to a Restricted
Subsidiary of IWO Holdings; |
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(4) the sale or lease of products, services or accounts
receivable in the ordinary course of business and any sale or
other disposition of damaged, worn-out or obsolete assets in the
ordinary course of business; |
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(5) the sale or other disposition of cash or Cash
Equivalents; |
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(6) a Restricted Payment that does not violate the covenant
described above under Certain
Covenants Restricted Payments or a Permitted
Investment; and |
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(7) any transfer or sale of assets to the Parent or any
direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Parent. |
Asset Sale Offer means an offer to all
holders of senior secured floating rate notes as described above
under Repurchase at the Option of Holders
Asset Sales.
Beneficial Owner has the meaning assigned to
such term in
Rule 13d-3 and
Rule 13d-5 under
the Exchange Act, except that in calculating the beneficial
ownership of any particular person (as that term is
used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), such
person will be deemed to have beneficial ownership
of all securities that such person has the right to
acquire by conversion or exercise of other securities, whether
such right is currently exercisable or is exercisable only after
the passage of time. The terms Beneficially Owns and
Beneficially Owned have a corresponding meaning.
Board of Directors means:
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(1) 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; |
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(2) with respect to a partnership, the Board of Directors
of the general partner of the partnership; |
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(3) with respect to a limited liability company, the
managing member or members or any controlling committee of
managing members thereof; and |
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(4) with respect to any other Person, the board or
committee of such Person serving a similar function. |
Capital Lease Obligation means, at the time
any determination is to be made, the amount of the liability in
respect of a capital lease that would at that time be required
to be capitalized on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with
GAAP, and the Stated Maturity thereof shall be the date of the
last payment of rent or any other amount due under such lease
prior to the first date upon which such lease may be prepaid by
the lessee without payment of a penalty.
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Capital Stock means:
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(1) in the case of a corporation, corporate stock; |
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(2) in the case of an association or business entity, any
and all shares, interests, participations, rights or other
equivalents (however designated) of corporate stock; |
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(3) in the case of a partnership or limited liability
company, partnership interests (whether general or limited) or
membership interests; and |
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(4) any other interest or participation that confers on a
Person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses
of, or distributions of assets of, the issuing Person, but
excluding from all of the foregoing any debt securities
convertible into Capital Stock, whether or not such debt
securities include any right of participation with Capital Stock. |
Cash Equivalents means:
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(1) United States dollars; |
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(2) securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or
insured by the United States government or any agency or
instrumentality of the United States government (provided that
the full faith and credit of the United States is pledged in
support of those securities) having maturities of not more than
six months from the date of acquisition; |
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(3) certificates of deposit and eurodollar time deposits
with maturities of six months or less from the date of
acquisition, bankers acceptances with maturities not
exceeding six months and overnight bank deposits, in each case,
with any domestic commercial bank having capital and surplus in
excess of $500.0 million and a Thomson Bank Watch Rating of
B or better; |
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(4) repurchase obligations with a term of not more than
seven days for underlying securities of the types described in
clauses (2) and (3) above entered into with any
financial institution meeting the qualifications specified in
clause (3) above; |
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(5) commercial paper having one of the two highest ratings
obtainable from Moodys or S&P and, in each case,
maturing within six months after the date of
acquisition; and |
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(6) money market funds at least 95% of the assets of which
constitute Cash Equivalents of the kinds described in
clauses (1) through (5) of this definition. |
Change of Control means the occurrence of any
of the following:
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(1) the direct or indirect sale, transfer, conveyance or
other disposition (other than by way of merger or
consolidation), in one or a series of related transactions, of
all or substantially all of the properties or assets of IWO
Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole to any
person (as that term is used in Section 13(d)
of the Exchange Act) other than a Permitted Holder; |
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(2) the adoption of a plan relating to the liquidation or
dissolution of IWO Holdings; |
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(3) the consummation of any transaction (including, without
limitation, any merger or consolidation) the result of which is
that any person (as defined above) other than a
Permitted Holder becomes the Beneficial Owner, directly or
indirectly, of more than 50% of the Voting Stock of IWO
Holdings, measured by voting power rather than number of shares
(provided that for the purposes of making any such
determination, any person 50% or more of whose Capital Stock is
owned by any other person shall be disregarded); or |
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(4) after an initial public offering of IWO Holdings or any
direct or indirect parent of IWO Holdings, the first day on
which a majority of the members of the Board of Directors of IWO
Holdings are not Continuing Directors. |
Change of Control Offer means an offer to all
holders of senior secured floating rate notes as described above
under Repurchase at the Option of Holders
Change of Control.
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Collateral has the meaning set forth under
Security
Collateral Trustee means the Collateral
Trustee for the benefit of the holders of the senior secured
floating rate notes and the other Parity Secured Obligations
under the Security Agreement and the Collateral
Trust Agreement, which, as of the date of this prospectus,
is The Bank of New York.
Consolidated Cash Flow means, with respect to
any specified Person for any period, the Consolidated Net Income
of such Person for such period plus, without duplication:
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(1) an amount equal to any extraordinary loss plus any net
loss realized by such Person or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries in connection with an Asset Sale, to the extent
such losses were deducted in computing such Consolidated Net
Income; plus |
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(2) provision for taxes based on income or profits of such
Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, to the
extent that such provision for taxes was deducted in computing
such Consolidated Net Income; plus |
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(3) the Consolidated Interest Expense of such Person and
its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, to the extent that
such Consolidated Interest Expense was deducted in computing
such Consolidated Net Income; plus |
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(4) depreciation, amortization (including amortization of
intangibles but excluding amortization of prepaid cash expenses
that were paid in a prior period) and other non-cash expenses
(excluding any such non-cash expense to the extent that it
represents an accrual of or reserve for cash expenses in any
future period or amortization of a prepaid cash expense that was
paid in a prior period), and non-recurring expenses incurred in
connection with the Reorganization, of such Person and its
Restricted Subsidiaries for such period to the extent that such
depreciation, amortization and non-cash and non-recurring
expenses were deducted in computing such Consolidated Net
Income; minus |
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(5) non-cash items increasing such Consolidated Net Income
for such period, other than the accrual of revenue in the
ordinary course of business. |
Notwithstanding the preceding, the provision for taxes based on
the income or profits of, and the depreciation and amortization
and other non-cash expenses of, a Restricted Subsidiary of IWO
Holdings will be added to Consolidated Net Income to compute
Consolidated Cash Flow of IWO Holdings only to the extent that a
corresponding amount would be permitted at the date of
determination to be dividended to IWO Holdings by such
Restricted Subsidiary without prior governmental approval (that
has not been obtained), and without direct or indirect
restriction pursuant to the terms of its charter and all
agreements, instruments, judgments, decrees, orders, statutes,
rules and governmental regulations applicable to that Restricted
Subsidiary or its stockholders.
Consolidated Indebtedness means, with respect
to any specified Person as of any date of determination, the
sum, without duplication, of:
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(1) the total amount of Indebtedness of such Person and its
Restricted Subsidiaries: plus |
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(2) the total amount of Indebtedness of any other Person,
to the extent that such Indebtedness has been Guaranteed by the
referent Person or one or more of its Restricted Subsidiaries;
plus |
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(3) the aggregate liquidation value of all Disqualified
Stock of such Person and any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that
have Guaranteed the Indebtedness of such Person and all
preferred stock of the Restricted Subsidiaries of such Person, |
in each case, on a consolidated basis and determined in
accordance with GAAP.
Consolidated Interest Expense means, with
respect to any specified Person for any period, the sum, without
duplication, of:
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(1) the consolidated interest expense of such Person and
its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, whether paid or
accrued, including, without limitation, amortization of debt
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original issue discount, non-cash interest payments, the
interest component of any deferred payment obligations, the
interest component of all payments associated with Capital Lease
Obligations, commissions, discounts and other fees and charges
incurred in respect of letter of credit or bankers
acceptance financings, and net of the effect of all payments
made or received pursuant to Hedging Obligations in respect of
interest rates; plus |
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(2) the consolidated interest expense of such Person and
its Restricted Subsidiaries that was capitalized during such
period; plus |
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(3) any interest expense on Indebtedness of another Person
that is Guaranteed by such Person or one of its Restricted
Subsidiaries or secured by a Lien on assets of such Person or
one of its Restricted Subsidiaries, whether or not such
Guarantee or Lien is called upon; plus |
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(4) the product of (a) all dividends, whether paid or
accrued and whether or not in cash, on any series of preferred
stock of such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries,
other than dividends on Equity Interests payable solely in
Equity Interests of IWO Holdings (other than Disqualified Stock)
or to IWO Holdings or a Restricted Subsidiary of IWO Holdings,
times (b) a fraction, the numerator of which is one and the
denominator of which is one minus the then current combined
federal, state and local statutory tax rate of such Person,
expressed as a decimal, in each case, on a consolidated basis
and in accordance with GAAP. |
Consolidated Net Income means, with respect
to any specified Person for any period, the aggregate of the Net
Income of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such
period, on a consolidated basis, determined in accordance with
GAAP; provided that:
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(1) the Net Income (but not loss) of any Person that is not
a Restricted Subsidiary or that is accounted for by the equity
method of accounting will be included only to the extent of the
amount of dividends or similar distributions paid in cash to the
specified Person or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Person; |
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(2) the Net Income of any Restricted Subsidiary will be
excluded to the extent that the declaration or payment of
dividends or similar distributions by that Restricted Subsidiary
of that Net Income is not at the date of determination permitted
without any prior governmental approval (that has not been
obtained) or, directly or indirectly, by operation of the terms
of its charter or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree,
order, statute, rule or governmental regulation applicable to
that Restricted Subsidiary or its stockholders; |
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(3) the cumulative effect of a change in accounting
principles will be excluded; and |
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(4) notwithstanding clause (1) above, the Net Income
of any Unrestricted Subsidiary will be excluded, whether or not
distributed to the specified Person or one of its Subsidiaries. |
Continuing Directors means, as of any date of
determination, any member of the Board of Directors of IWO
Holdings who:
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(1) was a member of such Board of Directors on the date of
the Merger (after giving effect thereto); or |
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(2) was nominated for election or elected to such Board of
Directors thereafter with the approval of a majority of the
Continuing Directors who were members of such Board of Directors
at the time of such nomination or election. |
Debt to Cash Flow Ratio means, with respect
to any specified Person as of any date of determination, the
ratio of (a) the Consolidated Indebtedness of such Person
as of such date to (b) the Annualized Consolidated Cash
Flow of such Person determined on a pro forma basis after giving
effect to all acquisitions or dispositions of assets made by
such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries from the beginning
of such two-quarter period through and including such date of
determination (including any related financing transactions) as
if such acquisitions and dispositions (and related financing
transactions) had occurred at the beginning of such two-quarter
period.
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In addition, for purposes of calculating the Debt to Cash Flow
Ratio:
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(1) acquisitions that have been made by the specified
Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, including through
mergers or consolidations, or any Person or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries acquired by the specified Person or any
of its Restricted Subsidiaries, and including any related
financing transactions and including increases in ownership of
Restricted Subsidiaries, during the two-quarter reference period
or subsequent to such reference period and on or prior to the
date on which the event for which the calculation of the Debt to
Cash Flow Ratio is made (the Calculation Date) will
be given pro forma effect (in accordance with
Regulation S-X
under the Securities Act) as if they had occurred on the first
day of the two-quarter reference period and Consolidated Cash
Flow for such reference period shall be calculated without
giving effect to clause (3) of the proviso set forth in the
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(2) the Consolidated Cash Flow attributable to discontinued
operations, as determined in accordance with GAAP, and
operations or businesses (and ownership interests therein)
disposed of prior to the Calculation Date, will be excluded; |
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(3) the Consolidated Interest Expense attributable to
discontinued operations, as determined in accordance with GAAP,
and operations or businesses (and ownership interests therein)
disposed of prior to the Calculation Date, will be excluded, but
only to the extent that the obligations giving rise to such
Consolidated Interest Expense will not be obligations of the
specified Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries following
the Calculation Date; |
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(4) any Person that is a Restricted Subsidiary on the
Calculation Date will be deemed to have been a Restricted
Subsidiary at all times during such two-quarter period; |
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(5) any Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary on the
Calculation Date will be deemed not to have been a Restricted
Subsidiary at any time during such two-quarter period; and |
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(6) if any Indebtedness bears a floating rate of interest,
the interest expense on such Indebtedness will be calculated as
if the rate in effect on the Calculation Date had been the
applicable rate for the entire period (taking into account any
Hedging Obligation applicable to such Indebtedness if such
Hedging Obligation has a remaining term as at the Calculation
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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.
Disqualified Stock means any Capital Stock
that, by its terms (or by the terms of any security into which
it is convertible, or for which it is exchangeable, in each
case, at the option of the holder of the Capital Stock), or upon
the happening of any event, matures or is mandatorily
redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise,
or redeemable at the option of the holder of the Capital Stock,
in whole or in part, on or prior to the date that is
91 days after the date on which the senior secured floating
rate notes mature. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, any
Capital Stock that would constitute Disqualified Stock solely
because the holders of the Capital Stock have the right to
require IWO Holdings to repurchase such Capital Stock upon the
occurrence of a change of control or an asset sale will not
constitute Disqualified Stock if the terms of such Capital Stock
provide that IWO Holdings may not repurchase or redeem any such
Capital Stock pursuant to such provisions unless such repurchase
or redemption complies with the covenant described above under
Certain Covenants Restricted
Payments. The amount of Disqualified Stock deemed to be
outstanding at any time for purposes of the indenture will be
the maximum amount that IWO Holdings and its Restricted
Subsidiaries may become obligated to pay upon the maturity of,
or pursuant to any mandatory redemption provisions of, such
Disqualified Stock, exclusive of accrued dividends.
Domestic Restricted Subsidiary means any
Restricted Subsidiary that was formed under the laws of the
United States or any state of the United States or the District
of Columbia or that guarantees or otherwise provides direct
credit support for any Indebtedness of IWO Holdings.
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Equity Interests means Capital Stock and all
warrants, options or other rights to acquire Capital Stock (but
excluding any debt security that is convertible into, or
exchangeable for, Capital Stock).
Exchange Act means the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended.
Excluded Assets has the meaning set forth
under Security.
Existing Indebtedness means Indebtedness of
IWO Holdings and its Subsidiaries in existence on the date of
the indenture (after giving effect to the application of the net
proceeds of the issuance of the senior secured floating rate
notes and the discount notes originally issued on the date of
the indenture), until such amounts are repaid.
Fair Market Value means the value that would
be paid by a willing buyer to an unaffiliated willing seller in
a transaction not involving distress or necessity of either
party, determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of IWO
Holdings (unless otherwise provided in the indenture).
GAAP means 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 have been approved by a
significant segment of the accounting profession, which are in
effect on the date of the indenture.
Government Securities means direct
obligations of, or obligations guaranteed by, the United States
of America (including any agency or instrumentality thereof) for
the payment of which obligations or guarantees the full faith
and credit of the United States of America is pledged and which
are not callable or redeemable at the issuers option.
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, by way of a pledge of assets or
through letters of credit or reimbursement agreements in respect
thereof, of all or any part of any Indebtedness (whether arising
by virtue of partnership arrangements, or by agreements to
keep-well, to purchase assets, goods, securities or services, to
take or pay or to maintain financial statement conditions or
otherwise).
Guarantors means each Subsidiary of IWO
Holdings that executes a Note Guarantee in accordance with the
provisions of the indenture, and their respective successors and
assigns, in each case, until the Note Guarantee of such Person
has been released in accordance with the provisions of the
indenture.
Hedging Obligations means, with respect to
any specified Person, the obligations of such Person under:
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(1) interest rate swap agreements (whether from fixed to
floating or from floating to fixed), interest rate cap
agreements and interest rate collar agreements; |
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(2) other agreements or arrangements designed to manage
interest rates or interest rate risk; and |
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(3) other agreements or arrangements designed to protect
such Person against fluctuations in currency exchange rates or
commodity prices. |
Immaterial Subsidiary means, as of any date,
any Restricted Subsidiary whose total assets, as of that date,
are less than $100,000 and whose total revenues for the most
recent 12-month period
do not exceed $100,000; provided that a Restricted Subsidiary
will not be considered to be an Immaterial Subsidiary if it,
directly or indirectly, guarantees or otherwise provides direct
credit support for any Indebtedness of IWO Holdings.
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Indebtedness means, with respect to any
specified Person, any indebtedness of such Person (excluding
accrued expenses and trade payables), whether or not contingent:
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(1) in respect of borrowed money; |
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(2) evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or similar
instruments or letters of credit (or reimbursement agreements in
respect thereof); |
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(3) in respect of bankers acceptances; |
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(4) representing Capital Lease Obligations; |
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(5) representing the balance deferred and unpaid of the
purchase price of any property or services due more than six
months after such property is acquired or such services are
completed; or |
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(6) representing any Hedging Obligations, |
if and to the extent any of the preceding items (other than
letters of credit and Hedging Obligations) would appear as a
liability upon a balance sheet of the specified Person prepared
in accordance with GAAP. In addition, the term
Indebtedness includes all Indebtedness of others
secured by a Lien on any asset of the specified Person (whether
or not such Indebtedness is assumed by the specified Person)
and, to the extent not otherwise included, the Guarantee by the
specified Person of any Indebtedness of any other Person.
Investments means, with respect to any
Person, all direct or indirect investments by such Person in
other Persons (including Affiliates) in the forms of loans
(including Guarantees or other obligations), 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, together
with all items that are or would be classified as investments on
a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP. If IWO
Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary of IWO Holdings sells or
otherwise disposes of any Equity Interests of any direct or
indirect Restricted Subsidiary of IWO Holdings such that, after
giving effect to any such sale or disposition, such Person is no
longer a Restricted Subsidiary of IWO Holdings, IWO Holdings
will be deemed to have made an Investment on the date of any
such sale or disposition equal to the Fair Market Value of IWO
Holdings Investments in such Restricted Subsidiary that
were not sold or disposed of in an amount determined as provided
in the final paragraph of the covenant described above under
Certain Covenants Restricted
Payments. The acquisition by IWO Holdings or any
Restricted Subsidiary of IWO Holdings of a Person that holds an
Investment in a third Person will be deemed to be an Investment
by IWO Holdings or such Restricted Subsidiary in such third
Person in an amount equal to the Fair Market Value of the
Investments held by the acquired Person in such third Person in
an amount determined as provided in the final paragraph of the
covenant described above under Certain
Covenants Restricted Payments. Except as
otherwise provided in the indenture, the amount of an Investment
will be determined at the time the Investment is made and
without giving effect to subsequent changes in value.
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 statutes) of any jurisdiction.
Merger means, the merger of IWO Escrow with
and into IWO Holdings immediately upon the consummation of the
Reorganization.
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Net Income means, with respect to any
specified Person, the net income (loss) of such Person,
determined in accordance with GAAP and before any reduction in
respect of preferred stock dividends, excluding, however:
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(1) any gain (but not loss), together with any related
provision for taxes on such gain (but not loss), realized in
connection with: (a) any Asset Sale; or (b) the
disposition of any securities by such Person or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries or the extinguishment of any
Indebtedness of such Person or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries; and |
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(2) any extraordinary gain (but not loss), together with
any related provision for taxes on such extraordinary gain (but
not loss). |
Net Proceeds means the aggregate cash
proceeds received by IWO Holdings or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries in respect of any Asset Sale (including, without
limitation, any cash received upon the sale or other disposition
of any non-cash consideration received in any Asset Sale), net
of the direct costs relating to such Asset Sale, including,
without limitation, legal, accounting and investment banking
fees, and sales commissions, and any relocation expenses
incurred as a result of the Asset Sale, taxes paid or payable as
a result of the Asset Sale, in each case, after taking into
account any available tax credits or deductions and any tax
sharing arrangements, amounts required to be applied to the
repayment of Indebtedness secured by a Lien on the asset or
assets that were the subject of such Asset Sale, and any reserve
for adjustment in respect of the sale price of such asset or
assets established in accordance with GAAP.
Non-Recourse Debt means Indebtedness:
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(1) as to which neither IWO Holdings nor any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries (a) provides credit support of any
kind (including any undertaking, agreement or instrument that
would constitute Indebtedness), (b) is directly or
indirectly liable as a guarantor or otherwise, or
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(2) no default with respect to which (including any rights
that the holders of the Indebtedness may have to take
enforcement action against an Unrestricted Subsidiary) would
permit upon notice, lapse of time or both any holder of any
other Indebtedness of IWO Holdings or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to declare a default on such other Indebtedness or
cause the payment of the Indebtedness to be accelerated or
payable prior to its Stated Maturity; and |
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(3) as to which the lenders have been notified in writing
that they will not have any recourse to the stock or assets of
IWO Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries. |
Note Documents means the Guarantee by each
Guarantor of IWO Holdings obligations under the indenture
and the senior secured floating rate notes.
Note Guarantee means the Guarantee by each
Guarantor of IWO Holdings obligations under the indenture
and the senior secured floating rate notes, executed pursuant to
the provisions of the indenture.
Note Obligation means (1) the senior
secured floating rate notes and (2) all Note Guarantees and
all other Obligations of any Pledgor under the Note Documents.
Obligations means any principal, interest,
penalties, fees, indemnifications, reimbursements, damages and
other liabilities payable under the documentation governing any
Indebtedness (including, without limitation, interest accruing
at the then applicable rate provided in such documentation after
the maturity of such Indebtedness and interest accruing at the
then applicable rate provided in such documentation after the
filing of any petition in bankruptcy, or the commencement of any
insolvency, reorganization, or like proceeding, relating to IWO
Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary, whether or not a claim
for post-filing or post-petition interest is allowed in such
proceeding).
Parent means any person (as such term is used
in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act and the
regulations thereunder) who is or becomes the Beneficial Owner,
directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the total voting
stock or total common equity of IWO Holdings.
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Parent Guarantee means an unconditional
Guarantee by a Parent, on a senior unsecured basis, of all
monetary obligations of IWO Holdings under the indenture and any
senior secured floating rate notes.
Parity Lien Debt means:
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(1) the senior secured floating rate notes; |
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(2) Sharing Eligible Debt, up to a maximum principal amount
of $30 million at any time outstanding, that (a) is
designated by IWO Holdings, in an officers certificate
delivered to the Collateral Trustee on or before the date of
incurrence of such Indebtedness or a definitive binding
commitment to lend or advance such Indebtedness, as entitled to
share on a pro rata basis in the benefits and proceeds of all
Liens held by the Collateral Trustee in the Collateral and
(b) for which the Sharing Eligible Debt Agent has executed
a joinder agreement to the Collateral Trust Agreement; and |
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(3) Hedging Obligations in respect of items in
clauses (1) and (2) above; provided that for purposes
of the definition of Action of Required Noteholders
and Secured Debt Default, Hedging Obligations shall
not be deemed to be part of Parity Lien Debt. |
Parity Secured Obligations means
collectively, all Note Obligations and the Sharing Eligible Debt
Obligations and any Hedging Obligations related thereto.
Permitted Business means the lines of
business conducted by IWO Holdings and its Restricted
Subsidiaries on the date of the indenture and any businesses
similar, related, incidental or ancillary thereto or that
constitutes a reasonable extension or expansion thereof.
Permitted Holder means:
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(1) any Beneficial Owner of more than 5% of IWO
Holdings Equity Interests immediately following the
Reorganization; |
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(2) any Affiliate or immediate family member (in the case
of an individual) of any Person referred to in clause (1); |
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(3) any trust, corporation, partnership or other entity,
the beneficiaries, stockholders, partners, owners or Persons
Beneficially Owning an 80% or more controlling interest of which
consist of any one or more Persons referred to in
clause (1) or (2); or |
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(4) Sprint Corporation, any Sprint PCS Affiliate, and any
Affiliate of Sprint Corporation or any Sprint PCS Affiliate. |
Permitted Investments means:
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(1) any Investment in IWO Holdings or in a Restricted
Subsidiary of IWO Holdings; |
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(2) any Investment in Cash Equivalents; |
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(3) any Investment by IWO Holdings or any Restricted
Subsidiary of IWO Holdings in a Person, if as a result of such
Investment: |
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(a) such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of IWO
Holdings; or |
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(b) such Person is merged, consolidated or amalgamated with
or into, or transfers or conveys all or substantially all of its
assets to, or is liquidated into, IWO Holdings or a Restricted
Subsidiary of IWO Holdings; |
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(4) any Investment made as a result of the receipt of
non-cash consideration from an Asset Sale that was made pursuant
to and in compliance with the covenant described above under
Repurchase at the Option of
Holders Asset Sales; |
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(5) any acquisition of assets or Capital Stock solely in
exchange for the issuance of Equity Interests (other than
Disqualified Stock) of IWO Holdings; |
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(6) any Investments received in compromise or resolution of
(A) obligations of trade creditors or customers that were
incurred in the ordinary course of business of IWO Holdings or
any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, including pursuant to any
plan of reorganization or similar arrangement upon the
bankruptcy or insolvency of any trade creditor or customer; or
(B) litigation, arbitration or other disputes; |
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(7) Investments represented by Hedging Obligations; |
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(8) loans or advances to employees made in the ordinary
course of business of IWO Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary
of IWO Holdings in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed
$2.0 million at any one time outstanding; and |
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(9) Investments in prepaid expenses, negotiable instruments
held for collection, and lease, utility and workers
compensation, performance and other similar deposits. |
Permitted Liens means:
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(1) Liens securing Indebtedness and other Obligations that
were incurred pursuant to clause (13) of the
definition of Permitted Debt or securing Hedging Obligations
related thereto; provided, however, that all payments due under
the indenture and the senior secured floating rate notes are
secured on an equal and ratable basis with the obligations so
secured until such time as such obligations are no longer
secured by a Lien; |
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(2) Liens in favor of IWO Holdings or the Guarantors; |
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(3) Liens on property of a Person existing at the time such
Person is merged with or into or consolidated with IWO Holdings
or any Subsidiary of IWO Holdings; provided that such Liens were
in existence prior to the contemplation of such merger or
consolidation and do not extend to any assets other than those
of the Person merged into or consolidated with IWO Holdings or
the Subsidiary; |
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(4) Liens on property (including Capital Stock) existing at
the time of acquisition of the property by IWO Holdings or any
Subsidiary of IWO Holdings; provided that such Liens were in
existence prior to such acquisition, and not incurred in
contemplation of, such acquisition; |
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(5) Liens to secure the performance of statutory
obligations, surety or appeal bonds, performance bonds or other
obligations of a like nature incurred in the ordinary course of
business; |
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(6) Liens to secure Indebtedness (including Capital Lease
Obligations) permitted by clause (4) of the second
paragraph of the covenant entitled Certain
Covenants Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of
Preferred Stock covering only the assets acquired with or
financed by such Indebtedness; |
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(7) Liens existing on the date of the indenture; |
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(8) Liens for taxes, assessments or governmental charges or
claims that are not yet delinquent or that are being contested
in good faith by appropriate proceedings promptly instituted and
diligently concluded; provided that any reserve or other
appropriate provision as is required in conformity with GAAP has
been made therefor; |
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(9) Liens imposed by law, such as carriers,
warehousemens, landlords and mechanics Liens,
in each case, incurred in the ordinary course of business; |
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(10) survey exceptions, easements or reservations of, or
rights of others for, licenses,
rights-of-way, sewers,
electric lines, telegraph and telephone lines and other similar
purposes, or zoning or other restrictions as to the use of real
property that were not incurred in connection with Indebtedness
and that do not in the aggregate materially adversely affect the
value of said properties or materially impair their use in the
operation of the business of such Person; |
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(11) Liens created for the benefit of (or to secure) the
senior secured floating rate notes or the Note Guarantees or
securing Hedging Obligations related thereto; |
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(12) Liens to secure any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness
permitted to be incurred under the indenture; provided, however,
that: |
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(a) the new Lien shall be limited to all or part of the
same property and assets that secured or, under the written
agreements pursuant to which the original Lien arose, could
secure the original Lien (plus improvements and accessions to
such property or proceeds or distributions thereof); and |
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(b) the Indebtedness secured by the new Lien is not
increased to any amount greater than the sum of (x) the
outstanding principal amount, or, if greater, committed amount,
of the Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness and (y) an amount
necessary to pay any fees and expenses, including premiums,
related to such renewal, refunding, refinancing, replacement,
defeasance or discharge; |
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(13) Liens, other than Liens securing Indebtedness for
money borrowed, that may arise under IWO Holdings
management and services agreement with Sprint Spectrum L.P. and
its Affiliates; |
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(14) Liens arising from leases, subleases, licenses or
other similar rights that do not interfere with the ordinary
course of the business of IWO Holdings and its Restricted
Subsidiaries; |
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(15) Liens securing reimbursement obligations with respect
to letters of credit that encumber documents and other property
relating to such letters of credit; and |
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(16) Liens incurred in the ordinary course of business of
IWO Holdings or any Subsidiary of IWO Holdings with respect to
obligations that do not exceed $5.0 million at any one time
outstanding. |
Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness means any
Indebtedness of IWO Holdings or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries issued in exchange for, or the net proceeds of
which are used to renew, refund, refinance, replace, defease or
discharge other Indebtedness of IWO Holdings or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries (other than intercompany Indebtedness);
provided that:
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(1) the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable)
of such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed the
principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of the
Indebtedness renewed, refunded, refinanced, replaced, defeased
or discharged (plus all accrued interest on the Indebtedness and
the amount of all fees and expenses, including premiums,
incurred in connection therewith); |
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(2) such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness has a final
maturity date later than the final maturity date of, and has a
Weighted Average Life to Maturity equal to or greater than the
Weighted Average Life to Maturity of, the Indebtedness being
renewed, refunded, refinanced, replaced, defeased or discharged; |
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(3) if the Indebtedness being renewed, refunded,
refinanced, replaced, defeased or discharged is subordinated in
right of payment to the senior secured floating rate notes, such
Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness has a final maturity date
later than the final maturity date of, and is subordinated in
right of payment to, the senior secured floating rate notes on
terms at least as favorable to the holders of senior secured
floating rate notes as those contained in the documentation
governing the Indebtedness being renewed, refunded, refinanced,
replaced, defeased or discharged; and |
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(4) such Indebtedness is incurred either by IWO Holdings or
by the Restricted Subsidiary who is the obligor on the
Indebtedness being renewed, refunded, refinanced, replaced,
defeased or discharged. |
Person means any individual, corporation,
partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company,
trust, unincorporated organization, limited liability company or
government or other entity.
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Pledgors means IWO Holdings, the Guarantors
and any other Person that at any time provides collateral
security for the Parity Secured Obligations.
Reorganization means the consummation of the
Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceeding commenced by IWO Holdings
in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of
Delaware for the purpose of effecting a court-administered
reorganization of IWO Holdings.
Required Noteholders means, at any time, the
holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
senior secured floating rate notes then outstanding, voting
together as a single class.
Restricted Investment means an Investment
other than a Permitted Investment.
Restricted Subsidiary of a Person means any
Subsidiary of the referent Person that is not an Unrestricted
Subsidiary.
Secured Debt Documents means, collectively,
the indenture, the Security Documents, and all other agreements
in connection with the Sharing Eligible Debt.
Secured Debt Representative means, in the
case of the senior secured floating rate notes, the trustee, and
in the case of any Sharing Eligible Debt, the applicable Sharing
Eligible Debt Agent.
Security Agreement means the Security
Agreement, dated the date of the indenture, made by IWO Escrow
and other grantors party thereto from time to time in favor of
the Collateral Trustee, as amended or supplemented from time to
time in accordance with its terms.
Security Documents means the collateral trust
agreement, all security agreements, pledge agreements, control
agreements, collateral assignments, mortgages, deed of trust or
other grants or transfers for security or agreements related
thereto executed and delivered by IWO Escrow, IWO Holdings or
any Guarantor creating (or purporting to create) or perfecting a
Lien upon Collateral in favor of the collateral trustee to
secure Parity Secured Obligations, in each case, as amended,
modified, renewed, restated or replaced, in whole or in part,
from time to time.
Sharing Eligible Debt means any Indebtedness
incurred pursuant to clause (13) of the definition of
Permitted Debt and Hedging Obligations related thereto.
Sharing Eligible Debt Agent means, at any
time in respect of the Sharing Eligible Debt, the Person serving
at such time as the Agent, Administrative
Agent, Collateral Agent, Collateral
Trustee or Counterparty under such Sharing
Eligible Debt or any other representative then most recently
designated in accordance with the applicable provisions of the
Sharing Eligible Debt, together with its successors in such
capacity.
Sharing Eligible Debt Obligations means all
Obligations under the Sharing Eligible Debt.
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
is in effect on the date of the indenture.
Sprint PCS Affiliate means any Person whose
sole or predominant business is operating a personal
communications services business pursuant to arrangements with
Sprint Spectrum L.P. or its Affiliates, or their successors,
similar to IWO Holdings management and services agreements
with Sprint Spectrum L.P. and its Affiliates.
Stated Maturity means, with respect to any
installment of interest or principal on any series of
Indebtedness, the date on which the payment of interest or
principal was scheduled to be paid in the documentation
governing such Indebtedness as of the date of the indenture, and
will not include any contingent obligations to repay, redeem or
repurchase any such interest or principal prior to the date
originally scheduled for the payment thereof.
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Subsidiary means, with respect to any
specified Person:
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(1) 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 and after giving effect to any voting agreement or
stockholders agreement that effectively transfers voting
power) to vote in the election of directors, managers or
trustees of the corporation, association or other business
entity is at the time owned or controlled, directly or
indirectly, by that Person or one or more of the other
Subsidiaries of that Person (or a combination thereof); and |
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(2) any partnership (a) the sole general partner or
the managing general partner of which is such Person or a
Subsidiary of such Person or (b) the only general partners
of which are that Person or one or more Subsidiaries of that
Person (or any combination thereof). |
Unrestricted Subsidiary means any Subsidiary
of IWO Holdings that is designated by the Board of Directors of
IWO Holdings as an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to a
resolution of the Board of Directors, but only to the extent
that such Subsidiary:
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(1) has no Indebtedness other than Non-Recourse Debt; |
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(2) except as permitted by the covenant described above
under Certain Covenants
Transactions with Affiliates, is not party to any
agreement, contract, arrangement or understanding with IWO
Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary of IWO Holdings unless the
terms of any such agreement, contract, arrangement or
understanding are no less favorable to IWO Holdings or such
Restricted Subsidiary than those that might be obtained at the
time from Persons who are not Affiliates of IWO Holdings; |
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(3) is a Person with respect to which neither IWO Holdings
nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries has any direct or
indirect obligation (a) to subscribe for additional Equity
Interests or (b) to maintain or preserve such Persons
financial condition or to cause such Person to achieve any
specified levels of operating results; and |
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(4) has not guaranteed or otherwise directly or indirectly
provided credit support for any Indebtedness of IWO Holdings or
any of its Restricted Subsidiaries. |
Voting Stock of any specified Person as of
any date means the Capital Stock of such Person that is at the
time entitled to vote in the election of the Board of Directors
of such Person.
Weighted Average Life to Maturity means, when
applied to any Indebtedness at any date, the number of years
obtained by dividing:
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(1) the sum of the products obtained by multiplying
(a) the amount of each then remaining installment, sinking
fund, serial maturity or other required payments of principal,
including payment at final maturity, in respect of the
Indebtedness, by (b) the number of years (calculated to the
nearest one-twelfth) that will elapse between such date and the
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Indebtedness. |
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DESCRIPTION OF THE AMENDED DISCOUNT NOTES
The following description is of the discount notes and the
discount notes indenture, as amended by the February 10,
2005 supplemental discount notes indenture and the proposed
amendments pursuant to the second supplemental discount notes
indenture. In this description, we refer to the discount notes
as the senior discount notes and the discount notes
indenture as the indenture, in each case, as so
amended. The following description is qualified by reference to
the full provisions of the indenture, the February 10, 2005
supplemental discount notes indenture and the form of second
supplemental discount notes indenture, which are exhibits to the
registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part.
We urge you to read the indenture and the February 10, 2005
supplemental indenture because those documents, and not this
description, define your rights as a holder of the senior
discount notes.
You can find the definitions of certain terms used in this
description under the subheading Certain
Definitions. Certain defined terms used in this
description but not defined below under
Certain Definitions have the meanings
assigned to them in the indenture. The registered holder of a
senior discount note will be treated as the owner of it for all
purposes. Only registered holders have rights under the
indenture. In this description, the term Note
Guarantee excludes our proposed guarantee of the senior
discount notes, IWO Escrow refers to IWO Escrow
Company, and, unless the context requires otherwise, IWO
Holdings refers to IWO Holdings, Inc. (but not to its
subsidiaries).
On January 6, 2005, IWO Escrow issued the senior discount
notes under an indenture between itself and U.S. Bank
National Association, as trustee, in a private transaction that
was not subject to the registration requirements of the
Securities Act. Upon the completion of the Merger on
February 10, 2005, by the February 10, 2005
supplemental senior discount notes indenture, IWO Holdings
assumed all obligations of IWO Escrow under the senior discount
notes and the indenture. Thereafter, IWO consummated an exchange
offer whereby all of the unregistered senior discount notes were
exchanged for registered versions thereof.
Brief Description of the Senior Discount Notes and the Note
Guarantees
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The Senior Discount Notes |
Following completion of the Merger on February 10, 2005,
the senior discount notes became, and following the
effectiveness of the proposed amendments to the indenture the
senior discount notes will continue to be:
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senior unsecured obligations of IWO Holdings; |
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pari passu in right of payment with all existing and
future unsecured senior indebtedness of IWO Holdings; |
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senior in right of payment to any future subordinated
indebtedness of IWO Holdings; and |
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unconditionally guaranteed by the Guarantors. |
However, the senior discount notes are effectively subordinated
to all borrowings under the senior secured floating rate notes,
which are secured by substantially all of the assets of IWO
Holdings and the Guarantors, and to any future secured
indebtedness of IWO Holdings.
Following the completion of the Merger on February 10,
2005, the senior discount notes became, and following the
effectiveness of the proposed amendments to the indenture the
senior discount notes will continue to be, guaranteed by all of
IWO Holdings Restricted Subsidiaries. Upon execution of
the second supplemental discount notes indenture, we will also
guarantee the senior discount notes. See the section entitled
Description of Our Guarantees in this prospectus for
more information regarding our guarantee of the senior discount
notes.
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Each Note Guarantee of the senior discount notes is and will
continue to be:
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a general unsecured obligation of the Guarantor; |
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pari passu in right of payment with all existing and
future unsecured senior indebtedness of the Guarantor; and |
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senior in right of payment to any future subordinated
indebtedness of the Guarantor. |
However, the Note Guarantees are effectively subordinated to the
Note Guarantees of the senior secured floating rate notes, which
are secured by substantially all of the assets of IWO Holdings
and the Guarantors, and to any future secured indebtedness of
the Guarantors.
As of the date of this prospectus, all of IWO Holdings
Subsidiaries were Restricted Subsidiaries. However,
under the circumstances described below under
Certain Covenants Designation of
Restricted and Unrestricted Subsidiaries, IWO Holdings is
permitted to designate certain of its Subsidiaries as
Unrestricted Subsidiaries. Unrestricted Subsidiaries
will not be subject to many of the restrictive covenants in the
indenture. Unrestricted Subsidiaries do not, and will not,
guarantee the senior discount notes.
Principal, Maturity and Interest
IWO Escrow issued $140 million in aggregate principal
amount at maturity of senior discount notes in a private
offering on January 6, 2005. IWO Holdings may issue
additional senior discount notes under the indenture from time
to time. Any issuance of additional senior discount notes is
subject to all of the covenants in the indenture, including the
covenant described below under Certain
Covenants Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of
Preferred Stock. The senior discount notes and any
additional senior discount notes subsequently issued under the
indenture will be treated as a single class for all purposes
under the indenture, including, without limitation, waivers,
amendments, redemptions and offers to purchase. The senior
discount notes were issued in denominations of $1,000 and
integral multiples of $1,000. The senior discount notes will
mature on January 15, 2015.
No interest will accrue on the senior discount notes prior to
January 15, 2010. Instead, the Accreted Value of each
senior discount note will increase (representing amortization of
original issue discount) from the date of original issuance to,
but not including, January 15, 2010 at a rate of
10.75% per annum, calculated on a semi-annual basis using a
360-day year comprised
of twelve 30-day
months, such that the Accreted Value of the senior discount
notes on January 15, 2010 will be equal to the principal
amount at maturity of the senior discount notes. Beginning
January 15, 2010, interest on the senior discount notes
will accrue at the rate of 10.75% per annum and will be
payable semi-annually in arrears on January 15 and July 15 of
each year, commencing on July 15, 2010. Interest on overdue
principal and interest will accrue at a rate that is 1% higher
than the then applicable interest rate on the senior discount
notes. IWO Holdings will make each interest payment to the
holders of record on the January 1 and July 1 immediately
preceding the applicable interest payment date.
Interest on the senior discount notes will accrue from
January 15, 2010 or, if interest has already been paid,
from the date it was most recently paid. Interest is computed on
the basis of a 360-day
year comprised of twelve
30-day months.
Methods of Receiving Payments on the Senior Discount Notes
If a holder of senior discount notes has given wire transfer
instructions to IWO Holdings, IWO Holdings will pay all
principal, interest and premium, if any, on that holders
senior discount notes in accordance with those instructions. All
other payments on the senior discount notes will be made at the
office or agency of the paying agent and registrar unless IWO
Holdings elects to make interest payments by check mailed to the
noteholders at their address set forth in the register of
holders.
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Paying Agent and Registrar for the Senior Discount Notes
The trustee acts as paying agent and registrar. IWO Holdings may
change the paying agent or registrar without prior notice to the
holders of the senior discount notes, and IWO Holdings or any of
its Subsidiaries may act as paying agent or registrar.
Transfer and Exchange
A holder may transfer or exchange senior discount notes in
accordance with the provisions of the indenture. The registrar
and the trustee may require a holder, among other things, to
furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents in
connection with a transfer of senior discount notes. Holders
will be required to pay all taxes due on transfer. IWO Holdings
will not be required to transfer or exchange any senior discount
note selected for redemption. Also, IWO Holdings will not be
required to transfer or exchange any senior discount note for a
period of 15 days before a selection of senior discount
notes to be redeemed or during the period between a record date
and the corresponding interest payment date.
Note Guarantees
The senior discount notes are, and will continue to be,
guaranteed by each of IWO Holdings current and future
Restricted Subsidiaries. The Note Guarantees are and will
continue to be joint and several obligations of the Guarantors.
The obligations of each Guarantor under its Note Guarantee are
limited as necessary to prevent that Note Guarantee from
constituting a fraudulent conveyance under applicable law.
A Guarantor may not sell or otherwise dispose of all or
substantially all of its assets to, or consolidate with or merge
with or into (whether or not such Guarantor is the surviving
Person), another Person, other than IWO Holdings or another
Guarantor, unless:
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(1) immediately after giving effect to that transaction, no
Default or Event of Default exists; and |
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(a) the Person acquiring the property in any such sale or
disposition or the Person formed by or surviving any such
consolidation or merger assumes all the obligations of that
Guarantor under the indenture and its Note Guarantee pursuant to
a supplemental indenture satisfactory to the trustee; or |
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(b) the Net Proceeds of such sale or other disposition are
applied in accordance with the applicable provisions of the
indenture. |
The Note Guarantee of a Guarantor will be released:
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(1) in connection with any sale or other disposition of all
or substantially all of the assets of that Guarantor (including
by way of merger or consolidation) to a Person that is not
(either before or after giving effect to such transaction)
IWO Holdings or a Restricted Subsidiary of
IWO Holdings, if the sale or other disposition does not
violate the Asset Sale provisions of the indenture; |
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(2) in connection with any sale or other disposition of all
of the Capital Stock of that Guarantor to a Person that is not
(either before or after giving effect to such transaction)
IWO Holdings or a Restricted Subsidiary of
IWO Holdings, if the sale or other disposition does not
violate the Asset Sale provisions of the indenture; |
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(3) if IWO Holdings designates any Restricted
Subsidiary that is a Guarantor to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary
in accordance with the applicable provisions of the
indenture; or |
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(4) upon legal defeasance or satisfaction and discharge of
the indenture as provided below under Legal
Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance and
Satisfaction and Discharge. |
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Optional Redemption
At any time prior to January 15, 2008, IWO Holdings
may on any one or more occasions redeem up to 35%, or 100% but
not less than 100%, of the aggregate principal amount at
maturity of senior discount notes issued under the indenture at
a redemption price equal to 110.75% of the Accreted Value
thereof to the redemption date, with the net cash proceeds of a
sale of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) or a
contribution to the common equity of IWO Holdings; provided
that:
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(1) at least 65% of the aggregate principal amount at
maturity of senior discount notes originally issued under the
indenture (excluding senior discount notes held by
IWO Holdings and its Subsidiaries) or none of the senior
discount notes, as the case may be, remains outstanding
immediately after the occurrence of such redemption; and |
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(2) the redemption occurs within 45 days of the date
of the closing of such sale of Equity Interests or contribution
to the common equity of IWO Holdings. |
Except pursuant to the preceding paragraphs, the senior discount
notes will not be redeemable at IWO Holdings option
prior to January 15, 2010.
On or after January 15, 2010, IWO Holdings may redeem
all or a part of the senior discount notes upon not less than 30
nor more than 60 days notice, at the redemption
prices (expressed as percentages of principal amount) set forth
below plus accrued and unpaid interest on the senior discount
notes redeemed, to the applicable redemption date, if redeemed
during the twelve-month period beginning on January 15 of the
years indicated below, subject to the rights of holders of
senior discount notes on the relevant record date to receive
interest on the relevant interest payment date:
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Unless IWO Holdings defaults in the payment of the
redemption price, interest will cease to accrue on the senior
discount notes or portions thereof called for redemption on the
applicable redemption date.
Mandatory Redemption
Except as set forth under Escrow of Proceeds;
Special Mandatory Redemption, IWO Holdings is not
required to make mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments
with respect to the senior discount notes.
Repurchase at the Option of Holders
If a Change of Control occurs, each holder of senior discount
notes will have the right to require IWO Holdings to
repurchase all or any part (equal to $1,000 or an integral
multiple of $1,000) of that holders senior discount notes
pursuant to a Change of Control Offer on the terms set forth in
the indenture. In the Change of Control Offer, IWO Holdings
will offer a Change of Control Payment in cash equal to 101% of
the Accreted Value of senior discount notes repurchased (if
prior to January 15, 2010) or 101% of the aggregate
principal amount of senior discount notes repurchased plus
accrued and unpaid interest to the repurchase date (if on or
after January 15, 2010), subject to the rights of holders
of senior discount notes on the relevant record date to receive
interest due on the relevant interest payment date. Within ten
days following any Change of Control, IWO Holdings will
mail a notice to each holder describing the transaction or
transactions that constitute the Change of Control and offering
to repurchase notes on the Change of Control Payment Date
specified in the notice, which date will be no earlier than
30 days and no later than 60 days from the date such
notice is mailed, pursuant to the procedures required
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by the indenture and described in such notice. IWO Holdings
will comply with the requirements of
Rule 14e-1 under
the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations
thereunder to the extent those laws and regulations are
applicable in connection with the repurchase of the senior
discount notes as a result of a Change of Control. To the extent
that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations
conflict with the Change of Control provisions of the indenture,
IWO Holdings will comply with the applicable securities
laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have breached its
obligations under the Change of Control provisions of the
indenture by virtue of such compliance.
On the Change of Control Payment Date, IWO Holdings will,
to the extent lawful:
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(1) accept for payment all senior discount notes or
portions of senior discount notes properly tendered pursuant to
the Change of Control Offer; |
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(2) deposit with the paying agent an amount equal to the
Change of Control Payment in respect of all senior discount
notes or portions of senior discount notes properly
tendered; and |
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(3) deliver or cause to be delivered to the trustee the
senior discount notes properly accepted together with an
officers certificate stating the aggregate principal
amount of senior discount notes or portions of senior discount
notes being purchased by IWO Holdings. |
The paying agent will promptly mail to each holder of senior
discount notes properly tendered the Change of Control Payment
for such 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 senior discount notes surrendered, if any. IWO Holdings
will publicly announce the results of the Change of Control
Offer on or as soon as practicable after the Change of Control
Payment Date.
The provisions described above that require IWO Holdings to
make a Change of Control Offer following a Change of Control
will be applicable whether or not any other provisions of the
indenture are applicable.
IWO Holdings will not be required to make a Change of
Control Offer upon a Change of Control 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
the indenture applicable to a Change of Control Offer made by
IWO Holdings and purchases all notes properly tendered and
not withdrawn under the Change of Control Offer, or
(2) notice of redemption has been given pursuant to the
indenture as described above under Optional
Redemption, unless and until there is a default in payment
of the applicable redemption price.
The definition of Change of Control includes a phrase relating
to the direct or indirect sale, transfer, conveyance or other
disposition of all or substantially all of the
properties or assets of IWO Holdings and its Restricted
Subsidiaries taken as a whole. Although there is a limited body
of case law interpreting the phrase substantially
all, there is no precise established definition of the
phrase under applicable law. Accordingly, the ability of a
holder of senior discount notes to require IWO Holdings to
repurchase its notes as a result of a sale, transfer, conveyance
or other disposition of less than all of the assets of
IWO Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a
whole to another Person or group may be uncertain.
IWO Holdings will not, and will not permit any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate an Asset Sale unless:
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(1) IWO Holdings or the Restricted Subsidiary, as the
case may be, receives consideration at the time of the Asset
Sale at least equal to the Fair Market Value of the assets or
Equity Interests issued or sold or otherwise disposed
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(2) at least 75% of the consideration received in the Asset
Sale by IWO Holdings or such Restricted Subsidiary is in
the form of cash. For purposes of this provision, each of the
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(a) any liabilities, as shown on IWO Holdings
most recent consolidated balance sheet, of IWO Holdings or
any Restricted Subsidiary (other than contingent liabilities and
liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to the senior
discount notes or any Note Guarantee) that are assumed by the
transferee of any such assets pursuant to a customary agreement
that releases IWO Holdings or such Restricted Subsidiary
from further liability; |
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(b) any securities, notes or other obligations received by
IWO Holdings or any such Restricted Subsidiary from such
transferee that are contemporaneously, subject to ordinary
settlement periods, converted by IWO Holdings or such
Restricted Subsidiary into cash, to the extent of the cash
received in that conversion; and |
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(c) any stock or assets of the kind referred to in
clause (2) or clause (4) of the next paragraph of this
covenant. |
Within 360 days after the receipt of any Net Proceeds from
an Asset Sale, IWO Holdings (or the applicable Restricted
Subsidiary, as the case may be) may apply such Net Proceeds:
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(1) to repay any senior secured indebtedness of
IWO Holdings; |
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(2) to acquire all or substantially all of the assets of,
or any Capital Stock of, another Permitted Business; provided
that, in the case of an acquisition of Capital Stock, the
Permitted Business is or, after giving effect to such
acquisition of such Capital Stock, becomes a Restricted
Subsidiary of IWO Holdings; |
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(4) to acquire other assets that are not classified as
current assets under GAAP and that are used or useful in a
Permitted Business. |
Pending the final application of any Net Proceeds,
IWO Holdings may temporarily reduce revolving credit
borrowings, if any, or otherwise invest the Net Proceeds in any
manner that is not prohibited by the indenture.
Any Net Proceeds from Asset Sales that are not applied or
invested as provided in the second paragraph of this covenant
will constitute Excess Proceeds. Within 30 days
of the date on which the aggregate amount of Excess Proceeds
exceeds $10.0 million, IWO Holdings will make an Asset
Sale Offer to all holders of senior discount notes and all
holders of other Indebtedness (including any senior secured
floating rate notes then outstanding) that is pari passu with
the senior discount notes containing provisions similar to those
set forth in the indenture with respect to offers to purchase or
redeem with the proceeds of sales of assets to purchase the
maximum principal amount of senior discount notes and such other
pari passu Indebtedness that may be purchased out of the Excess
Proceeds. The offer price in any Asset Sale Offer will be equal
to 100% of the Accreted Value of senior discount notes
repurchased (if prior to January 15, 2010) or 100% of the
aggregate principal amount of senior discount notes repurchased
plus accrued and unpaid interest to the repurchase date (if on
or after January 15, 2010), and will be payable in cash. If
any Excess Proceeds remain after consummation of an Asset Sale
Offer, IWO Holdings may use those Excess Proceeds for any
purpose not otherwise prohibited by the indenture. If the
aggregate purchase price of senior discount notes and other pari
passu Indebtedness tendered into such Asset Sale Offer exceeds
the amount of Excess Proceeds, the trustee will select the
senior discount notes and such other pari passu Indebtedness to
be purchased on a pro rata basis (on the basis of purchase
price). Upon completion of each Asset Sale Offer, the amount of
Excess Proceeds will be reset at zero.
IWO Holdings will comply with the requirements of
Rule 14e-1 under
the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations
thereunder to the extent those laws and regulations are
applicable in connection with each repurchase of senior discount
notes pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer. To the extent
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that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations
conflict with the Asset Sale provisions of the indenture,
IWO Holdings will comply with the applicable securities
laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have breached its
obligations under the Asset Sale provisions of the indenture by
virtue of such compliance.
Selection and Notice
If less than all of the senior discount notes are to be redeemed
at any time, the trustee will select senior discount notes for
redemption on a pro rata basis unless otherwise required by law
or applicable securities exchange requirements.
No senior discount notes of $1,000 or less can be redeemed in
part, except that if all of the senior discount notes of a
Holder are to be redeemed, then the entire outstanding amount of
senior discount notes held by such Holder shall be redeemed,
even if not a multiple of $1,000. Notices of redemption will be
mailed by first class mail at least 30 but not more than
60 days before the redemption date to each holder of senior
discount notes to be redeemed at its registered address, except
that redemption notices may be mailed more than 60 days
prior to a redemption date if the notice is issued in connection
with a defeasance of the senior discount notes or a satisfaction
and discharge of the indenture. Notices of redemption may not be
conditional.
If any senior discount note is to be redeemed in part only, the
notice of redemption that relates to that note will state the
portion of the principal amount of that note that is to be
redeemed. A new senior discount note in principal amount equal
to the unredeemed portion of the original note will be issued in
the name of the holder of senior discount notes upon
cancellation of the original note. Senior discount notes called
for redemption become due on the date fixed for redemption. On
and after the redemption date, interest ceases to accrue on
senior discount notes or portions of senior discount notes
called for redemption.
Certain Covenants
IWO Holdings will not, and will not permit any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly:
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(1) declare or pay any dividend or make any other payment
or distribution on account of IWO Holdings Equity
Interests (including, without limitation, any payment in
connection with any merger or consolidation involving
IWO Holdings) or to the direct or indirect holders of
IWO Holdings Equity Interests in their capacity as
such (other than dividends or distributions payable in Equity
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(2) purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire or retire for
value (including, without limitation, in connection with any
merger or consolidation involving IWO Holdings) any Equity
Interests of IWO Holdings or any direct or indirect parent
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(3) make any payment on or with respect to, or purchase,
redeem, defease or otherwise acquire or retire for value any
Indebtedness of IWO Holdings that is contractually
subordinated to the senior discount notes or to any Note
Guarantee (excluding any intercompany Indebtedness between or
among IWO Holdings and any of its Restricted Subsidiaries),
except a payment of interest or principal at the Stated Maturity
thereof; or |
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(all such payments and other actions set forth in these
clauses (1) through (4) above being collectively
referred to as Restricted Payments), unless, at the
time of and after giving effect to such Restricted Payment:
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(1) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing or would occur as a consequence of such Restricted
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(2) IWO Holdings would, at the time of such Restricted
Payment and after giving pro forma effect thereto as if such
Restricted Payment had been made at the beginning of the
applicable two-quarter period, have been permitted to incur at
least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Debt to
Cash Flow Ratio test set forth in the first paragraph of the
covenant described below under Incurrence of
Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock; and |
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(3) such Restricted Payment, together with the aggregate
amount of all other Restricted Payments made by
IWO Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries since the day
following the Merger (excluding Restricted Payments permitted by
clauses (2), (3), (5) and (6) of the next
succeeding paragraph), is less than the sum, without
duplication, of: |
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(a) 100% of IWO Holdings Consolidated Cash Flow
for the period (taken as one accounting period) from the
beginning of the first fiscal quarter commencing after the date
of the Merger to the end of IWO Holdings most
recently ended fiscal quarter for which internal financial
statements are available at the time of such Restricted Payment
less the product of 1.5 times IWO Holdings
Consolidated Interest Expense for the same period; plus |
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(b) 100% of the aggregate net cash proceeds received by
IWO Holdings since the date of the Merger as a contribution
to its common equity capital or from the issue or sale of Equity
Interests of IWO Holdings (other than Disqualified Stock)
or from the issue or sale of convertible or exchangeable
Disqualified Stock or convertible or exchangeable debt
securities of IWO Holdings that have been converted into or
exchanged for such Equity Interests (other than Equity Interests
(or Disqualified Stock or debt securities) sold to a Subsidiary
of IWO Holdings); plus |
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(c) to the extent that any Restricted Investment that was
made after the date of the Merger is sold for cash or otherwise
liquidated or repaid for cash, the lesser of (i) the cash
return of capital with respect to such Restricted Investment
(less the cost of disposition, if any) and (ii) the initial
amount of such Restricted Investment; plus |
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(d) to the extent that any Unrestricted Subsidiary of
IWO Holdings designated as such after the date of the
Merger is redesignated as a Restricted Subsidiary after the date
of the indenture, the lesser of (i) the Fair Market Value
of IWO Holdings Investment in such Subsidiary as of
the date of such redesignation or (ii) such Fair Market
Value as of the date on which such Subsidiary was originally
designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary after the date of the
indenture; plus |
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(e) 100% of any dividends received by IWO Holdings or
a Restricted Subsidiary of IWO Holdings after the date of
the Merger from an Unrestricted Subsidiary of IWO Holdings. |
So long as no Default has occurred and is continuing or would be
caused thereby, the preceding provisions will not prohibit:
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(1) the payment of any dividend or the consummation of any
irrevocable redemption within 60 days after the date of
declaration of the dividend or giving of the redemption notice,
as the case may be, if at the date of declaration or notice, the
dividend or redemption payment would have complied with the
provisions of the indenture; |
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(2) the making of any Restricted Payment in exchange for,
or out of the net cash proceeds of the substantially concurrent
sale (other than to a Subsidiary of IWO Holdings) of,
Equity Interests of IWO Holdings (other than Disqualified
Stock) or from the substantially concurrent contribution of
common equity capital to IWO Holdings; provided that the
amount of any such net cash proceeds that are utilized for any
such Restricted Payment will be excluded from clause (3)(b)
of the preceding paragraph; |
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(3) the repurchase, redemption, defeasance or other
acquisition or retirement for value of Indebtedness of
IWO Holdings or any Guarantor that is contractually
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discount notes or to any Note Guarantee with the net cash
proceeds from a substantially concurrent incurrence of Permitted
Refinancing Indebtedness; |
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(4) the repurchase, redemption, defeasance or other
acquisition or retirement for value of any Equity Interests of
IWO Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary of
IWO Holdings held by any current or former officer,
director or employee of IWO Holdings or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to any equity subscription
agreement, employment agreement, stock option agreement,
shareholders agreement or similar agreement; provided that
the aggregate price paid for all such repurchased, redeemed,
acquired or retired Equity Interests may not exceed $500,000 in
any twelve-month period; |
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(5) the repurchase of Equity Interests deemed to occur upon
the exercise of stock options to the extent such Equity
Interests represent a portion of the exercise price of those
stock options or the payment of income taxes due in connection
with such exercise; |
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(6) the declaration and payment of regularly scheduled or
accrued dividends to holders of any class or series of
Disqualified Stock of IWO Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary
of IWO Holdings issued on or after the date of the Merger
in accordance with the Debt to Cash Flow Ratio test described
below under Incurrence of Indebtedness and
Issuance of Preferred Stock; and |
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(7) additional Restricted Payments in an amount not to
exceed $5.0 million. |
The amount of all Restricted Payments other than cash will be
the Fair Market Value on the date of the Restricted Payment of
the asset(s) or securities proposed to be transferred or issued
by IWO Holdings or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case
may be, pursuant to the Restricted Payment. The Fair Market
Value of any assets or securities that are required to be valued
by this covenant will be determined by the Board of Directors of
IWO Holdings whose resolution with respect thereto will be
delivered to the trustee. The Board of Directors
determination must be based upon an opinion or appraisal issued
by an accounting, appraisal or investment banking firm of
national standing if the Fair Market Value exceeds
$5.0 million.
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Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred
Stock |
IWO Holdings will not, and will not permit any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create,
incur, issue, assume, guarantee or otherwise become directly or
indirectly liable, contingently or otherwise, with respect to
(collectively, incur) any Indebtedness (including
Acquired Debt), and IWO Holdings will not issue any
Disqualified Stock and will not permit any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to issue any shares of preferred stock; provided,
however, that IWO Holdings may incur Indebtedness
(including Acquired Debt) or issue Disqualified Stock, and
IWO Holdings Restricted Subsidiaries may incur
Indebtedness (including Acquired Debt) or issue preferred stock,
if IWO Holdings Debt to Cash Flow Ratio immediately
preceding the date on which such additional Indebtedness is
incurred or such Disqualified Stock or such preferred stock is
issued, as the case may be, would have been no greater than 7.0
to 1.
The first paragraph of this covenant will not prohibit the
incurrence of any of the following items of Indebtedness
(collectively, Permitted Debt):
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(1) the incurrence by IWO Holdings and its Restricted
Subsidiaries of indebtedness represented by the senior secured
floating rate notes, and the related guarantees, in an aggregate
principal amount, including all Permitted Refinancing
Indebtedness incurred to renew, refund, refinance, replace,
defease or discharge any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this
clause (1), not to exceed $150.0 million; |
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(2) the incurrence by IWO Holdings and its Restricted
Subsidiaries of Existing Indebtedness; |
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(3) the incurrence by IWO Holdings and the Guarantors
of Indebtedness represented by the senior discount notes and the
related Note Guarantees issued under the indenture; |
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(4) the incurrence by IWO Holdings and its Restricted
Subsidiaries of Indebtedness represented by Capital Lease
Obligations, mortgage financings, vendor financings or purchase
money obligations, in each case, incurred for the purpose of
financing all or any part of the purchase price or cost of
design, construction, installation or improvement of property,
plant or equipment used in the business of IWO Holdings or
any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, in an aggregate principal
amount, including all Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness
incurred to renew, refund, refinance, replace, defease or
discharge any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this
clause (4), not to exceed $25.0 million at any time
outstanding; |
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(5) the incurrence by IWO Holdings or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries of Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in
exchange for, or the net proceeds of which are used to renew,
refund, refinance, replace, defease or discharge any
Indebtedness (other than intercompany Indebtedness) that was
permitted by the indenture to be incurred under the first
paragraph of this covenant or clauses (1), (2), (3), (4),
(5), (12) or (13) of this paragraph; |
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(6) the incurrence by IWO Holdings or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries of intercompany Indebtedness between or
among IWO Holdings and any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;
provided, however, that: |
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(a) if IWO Holdings or any Guarantor is the obligor on
such Indebtedness and the payee is not IWO Holdings or a
Guarantor, such Indebtedness must be expressly subordinated to
the prior payment in full in cash of all Obligations then due
with respect to the senior discount notes, in the case of IWO
Holdings, or the Note Guarantee, in the case of a
Guarantor; and |
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(b) (i) any subsequent issuance or transfer of Equity
Interests that results in any such Indebtedness being held by a
Person other than IWO Holdings or a Restricted Subsidiary of
IWO Holdings and (ii) any sale or other transfer of
any such Indebtedness to a Person that is not either IWO
Holdings or a Restricted Subsidiary of IWO Holdings, |
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will be deemed, in each case, to constitute an incurrence of
such Indebtedness by IWO Holdings or such Restricted
Subsidiary, as the case may be, that was not permitted by this
clause (6); |
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(7) the issuance by any of IWO Holdings
Restricted Subsidiaries to IWO Holdings or to any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries of shares of preferred stock; provided,
however, that: |
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(a) any subsequent issuance or transfer of Equity Interests
that results in any such preferred stock being held by a Person
other than IWO Holdings or a Restricted Subsidiary of
IWO Holdings; and |
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(b) any sale or other transfer of any such preferred stock
to a Person that is not either IWO Holdings or a Restricted
Subsidiary of IWO Holdings, |
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will be deemed, in each case, to constitute an issuance of such
preferred stock by such Restricted Subsidiary that was not
permitted by this clause (7); |
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(8) the incurrence by IWO Holdings or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries of Hedging Obligations in the ordinary
course of business; |
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(9) the guarantee by IWO Holdings or any of the
Guarantors of Indebtedness of IWO Holdings or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries that was permitted to be incurred by
another provision of this covenant; provided that if the
Indebtedness being guaranteed is subordinated to the senior
discount notes, then the Guarantee shall be subordinated to the
same extent as the Indebtedness guaranteed; |
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(10) the incurrence by IWO Holdings or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness in respect of
workers compensation claims, self-insurance obligations,
bankers acceptances, and performance and surety bonds in
the ordinary course of business; |
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(11) the incurrence by IWO Holdings or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness arising from the
honoring by a bank or other financial institution of a check,
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instrument inadvertently drawn against insufficient funds, so
long as such Indebtedness is covered within five business days; |
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(12) Acquired Debt incurred at the time a Sprint PCS
Affiliate is merged with or into, becomes a Restricted
Subsidiary of, or transfers all or substantially all of its
assets to, IWO Holdings or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries, but only to the extent that
IWO Holdings Debt to Cash Flow Ratio immediately
following such incurrence would decrease as compared to IWO
Holdings Debt to Cash Flow Ratio immediately prior to such
incurrence; and |
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(13) the incurrence by IWO Holdings or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries of additional Indebtedness in an
aggregate principal amount (or accreted value, as applicable) at
any time outstanding, including all Permitted Refinancing
Indebtedness incurred to renew, refund, refinance, replace,
defease or discharge any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this
clause (13), not to exceed $30.0 million. |
IWO Holdings will not incur, and will not permit any Guarantor
to incur, any Indebtedness (including Permitted Debt) that is
contractually subordinated in right of payment to any other
Indebtedness of IWO Holdings or such Guarantor unless such
Indebtedness is also contractually subordinated in right of
payment to the senior discount notes and the applicable Note
Guarantee on substantially identical terms; provided, however,
that no Indebtedness will be deemed to be contractually
subordinated in right of payment to any other Indebtedness of
IWO Holdings solely by virtue of being unsecured or by virtue of
being secured on a first or junior Lien basis.
For purposes of determining compliance with this
Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred
Stock covenant, in the event that an item of proposed
Indebtedness (or any portion thereof) meets the criteria of more
than one of the categories of Permitted Debt described in
clauses (1) through (13) above, or is entitled to be
incurred pursuant to the first paragraph of this covenant, IWO
Holdings, in its sole discretion, shall classify such item of
Indebtedness (or any such portion) on the date of its
incurrence, and (except in the case of senior secured floating
rate notes incurred in reliance on the exception provided by
clause (1) of the definition of Permitted Debt) may later
reclassify all or a portion of such item of Indebtedness, in any
manner that complies with this covenant. Indebtedness under the
senior secured floating rate notes issued on the date on which
the senior discount notes are first issued and authenticated
under the indenture will be deemed to have been incurred in
reliance on the exception provided by clause (1) of the
definition of Permitted Debt. 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, the
reclassification of preferred stock as Indebtedness due to a
change in accounting principles, and the payment of dividends on
Disqualified Stock in the form of additional shares of the same
class of Disqualified Stock will not be deemed to be an
incurrence of Indebtedness or an issuance of Disqualified Stock
for purposes of this covenant; provided, in each such case, that
the amount of any such accrual, accretion or payment is included
in IWO Holdings Consolidated Interest Expense as accrued.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this covenant, the
maximum amount of Indebtedness that IWO Holdings or any
Restricted Subsidiary may incur pursuant to this covenant shall
not be deemed to be exceeded solely as a result of fluctuations
in exchange rates or currency values.
The amount of any Indebtedness outstanding as of any date will
be:
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(1) the accreted value of the Indebtedness, in the case of
any Indebtedness issued with original issue discount; |
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(2) the principal amount of the Indebtedness, in the case
of any other Indebtedness; and |
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(3) in respect of Indebtedness of another Person secured by
a Lien on the assets of the specified Person, the lesser of: |
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(a) the Fair Market Value of such assets at the date of
determination; and |
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(b) the amount of the Indebtedness of the other Person
secured by such Lien. |
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IWO Holdings will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, assume
or suffer to exist any Lien of any kind on any asset now owned
or hereafter acquired, except Permitted Liens.
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Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting
Subsidiaries |
IWO Holdings will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create or permit to
exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or
restriction on the ability of any Restricted Subsidiary to:
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(1) pay dividends or make any other distributions on its
Capital Stock to IWO Holdings or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries, or with respect to any other interest or
participation in, or measured by, its profits, or pay any
indebtedness owed to IWO Holdings or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries; |
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(2) make loans or advances to IWO Holdings or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries; or |
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(3) sell, lease or transfer any of its properties or assets
to IWO Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries. |
However, the preceding restrictions will not apply to
encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by reason of:
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(1) agreements governing Existing Indebtedness and the
senior secured floating rate notes as in effect on the date of
the indenture, and any amendments, restatements, modifications,
renewals, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings
thereof; provided that the amendments, restatements,
modifications, renewals, supplements, refundings, replacements
or refinancings are not materially more restrictive, taken as a
whole, with respect to such dividend and other payment
restrictions than those contained in those agreements on the
date of the indenture; |
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(2) the indenture, the senior discount notes and the Note
Guarantees, and any amendments, restatements, modifications,
renewals, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings
thereof; provided that the amendments, restatements,
modifications, renewals, supplements, refundings, replacements
or refinancings are not materially more restrictive, taken as a
whole, with respect to such dividend and other payment
restrictions than those contained in the indenture, the senior
discount notes and the Note Guarantees on the date of such
amendment, restatement, modification, renewal, supplement,
refunding, replacement or refinancing; |
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(3) agreements and instruments governing Indebtedness
issued pursuant to clause (13) of the Incurrence
of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock covenant;
provided that such encumbrances and restrictions are not
materially more restrictive, taken as a whole, than those
contained in the indenture, the senior discount notes and the
Note Guarantees; |
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(4) applicable law, rule, regulation or order; |
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(5) any instrument governing Indebtedness or Capital Stock
of a Person acquired by IWO Holdings or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries as in effect at the time of such acquisition
(except to the extent such Indebtedness or Capital Stock was
incurred in connection with or in contemplation of such
acquisition), which encumbrance or restriction is not applicable
to any Person, or the properties or assets of any Person, other
than the Person, or the property or assets of the Person, so
acquired; provided that, in the case of Indebtedness, such
Indebtedness was permitted by the terms of the indenture to be
incurred; |
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(6) customary non-assignment provisions in contracts and
licenses entered into in the ordinary course of business; |
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(7) purchase money obligations for property acquired in the
ordinary course of business and Capital Lease Obligations that
impose restrictions on the property purchased or leased of the
nature described in clause (3) of the preceding paragraph; |
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(8) any agreement for the sale or other disposition of a
Restricted Subsidiary that restricts distributions by that
Restricted Subsidiary pending the sale or other disposition; |
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(9) Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness; provided that the
restrictions contained in the agreements governing such
Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness are not materially more
restrictive, taken as a whole, than those contained in the
agreements governing the Indebtedness being refinanced; |
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(10) Liens permitted to be incurred under the provisions of
the covenant described above under Liens
that limit the right of the debtor to dispose of the assets
subject to such Liens; |
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(11) provisions limiting the disposition or distribution of
assets or property in joint venture agreements, asset sale
agreements, sale-leaseback agreements, stock sale agreements and
other similar agreements entered into with the approval of IWO
Holdings Board of Directors, which limitation is
applicable only to the assets that are the subject of such
agreements; and |
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(12) restrictions on cash or other deposits or net worth
imposed by customers under contracts entered into in the
ordinary course of business. |
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Merger, Consolidation or Sale of Assets |
IWO Holdings will not, directly or indirectly:
(1) consolidate or merge with or into another Person
(whether or not IWO Holdings is the surviving corporation); or
(2) sell, assign, transfer, convey or otherwise dispose of
all or substantially all of the properties or assets of IWO
Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole, in
one or more related transactions, to another Person, unless:
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(1) either: (a) IWO Holdings is the surviving
corporation; or (b) the Person formed by or surviving any
such consolidation or merger (if other than IWO Holdings) or to
which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other
disposition has been made is a corporation organized or existing
under the laws of the United States, any state of the United
States or the District of Columbia; |
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(2) the Person formed by or surviving any such
consolidation or merger (if other than IWO Holdings) or the
Person to which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or
other disposition has been made assumes all the obligations of
IWO Holdings under the senior discount notes and the indenture
pursuant to agreements reasonably satisfactory to the trustee; |
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(3) immediately after such transaction, no Default or Event
of Default exists; and |
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(4) IWO Holdings or the Person formed by or surviving any
such consolidation or merger (if other than IWO Holdings), or to
which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other
disposition has been made, would, on the date of such
transaction after giving pro forma effect thereto and any
related financing transactions as if the same had occurred at
the beginning of the applicable two-quarter period, either
(a) have a Debt to Cash Flow Ratio no higher than IWO
Holdings Debt to Cash Flow Ratio immediately prior to such
transaction, or (b) be permitted to incur at least $1.00 of
additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Debt to Cash Flow Ratio
test set forth in the first paragraph of the covenant described
above under Incurrence of Indebtedness and
Issuance of Preferred Stock. |
In addition, IWO Holdings will not, directly or indirectly,
lease all or substantially all of the properties and assets of
it and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole, in one or
more related transactions, to any other Person.
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This Merger, Consolidation or Sale of Assets
covenant will not apply to:
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(1) a merger of IWO Holdings with an Affiliate solely for
the purpose of reincorporating IWO Holdings in another
jurisdiction; |
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(2) any consolidation or merger, or any sale, assignment,
transfer, conveyance, lease or other disposition of assets
between or among IWO Holdings and its Restricted
Subsidiaries; or |
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(3) any merger or consolidation of IWO Holdings with a
corporation that, prior to such merger, (a) does not have
any liabilities or significant assets other than cash and
(b) was formed solely for the purpose of facilitating the
formation of a holding company whose principal asset is the
common stock of IWO Holdings. |
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Transactions with Affiliates |
IWO Holdings will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to, make any payment to, or sell, lease, transfer
or otherwise dispose of any of its properties or assets to, or
purchase any property or assets from, or enter into or make or
amend any transaction, contract, agreement, understanding, loan,
advance or guarantee with, or for the benefit of, any Affiliate
of IWO Holdings (each, an Affiliate Transaction),
unless:
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(1) the Affiliate Transaction is on terms that are no less
favorable to IWO Holdings or the relevant Restricted Subsidiary
than those that would have been obtained in a comparable
transaction by IWO Holdings or such Restricted Subsidiary with
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(2) IWO Holdings delivers to the trustee with respect to
any Affiliate Transaction or series of related Affiliate
Transactions involving aggregate consideration in excess of
$10.0 million, a determination by the Board of Directors of
IWO Holdings set forth in an officers certificate
certifying that such Affiliate Transaction complies with this
covenant. |
The following items will not be deemed to be Affiliate
Transactions and, therefore, will not be subject to the
provisions of the prior paragraph:
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(1) any employment agreement, employee benefit plan,
officer or director indemnification agreement or any similar
arrangement entered into by IWO Holdings or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business and
payments pursuant thereto; |
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(2) transactions between or among IWO Holdings and/or its
Restricted Subsidiaries; |
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(3) transactions with a Person (other than an Unrestricted
Subsidiary of IWO Holdings) that is an Affiliate of IWO Holdings
solely because IWO Holdings owns, directly or through a
Restricted Subsidiary, an Equity Interest in, or controls, such
Person; |
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(4) payment of reasonable directors fees; |
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(5) any issuance of Equity Interests (other than
Disqualified Stock) of IWO Holdings to Affiliates of IWO
Holdings; |
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(6) Restricted Payments and Permitted Investments that do
not violate the provisions of the indenture described above
under Restricted Payments; and |
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(7) loans or advances to employees in the ordinary course
of business not to exceed $1.0 million in the aggregate at
any one time outstanding. |
IWO Holdings will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to, engage in any business other than Permitted
Businesses, except to such extent as would not be material to
IWO Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole.
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Additional Note Guarantees |
If IWO Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries acquires
or creates another Domestic Restricted Subsidiary after the date
of the indenture, then that newly acquired or created Domestic
Restricted Subsidiary will become a Guarantor and execute a
supplemental indenture and deliver an opinion of counsel
satisfactory to the trustee within 10 business days of the date
on which it was acquired or created; provided that any Domestic
Restricted Subsidiary that constitutes an Immaterial Subsidiary
need not become a Guarantor until such time as it ceases to be
an Immaterial Subsidiary.
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Designation of Restricted and Unrestricted
Subsidiaries |
The Board of Directors of IWO Holdings may designate any
Restricted Subsidiary to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary if that
designation would not cause a Default. If a Restricted
Subsidiary is designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, the
aggregate Fair Market Value of all outstanding Investments owned
by IWO Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries in the
Subsidiary designated as Unrestricted will be deemed to be an
Investment made as of the time of the designation and will
reduce the amount available for Restricted Payments under the
covenant described above under Restricted
Payments or under one or more clauses of the definition of
Permitted Investments, as determined by IWO Holdings. That
designation will only be permitted if the Investment would be
permitted at that time and if the Restricted Subsidiary
otherwise meets the definition of an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
The Board of Directors of IWO Holdings may redesignate any
Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary if that
redesignation would not cause a Default.
Any designation of a Subsidiary of IWO Holdings as an
Unrestricted Subsidiary will be evidenced to the trustee by
filing with the trustee a certified copy of a resolution of the
Board of Directors giving effect to such designation and an
officers certificate certifying that such designation
complied with the preceding conditions and was permitted by the
covenant described above under Restricted
Payments. If, at any time, any Unrestricted Subsidiary
would fail to meet the preceding requirements as an Unrestricted
Subsidiary, it will thereafter cease to be an Unrestricted
Subsidiary for purposes of the indenture and any Indebtedness of
such Subsidiary will be deemed to be incurred by a Restricted
Subsidiary of IWO Holdings as of such date and, if such
Indebtedness is not permitted to be incurred as of such date
under the covenant described under Incurrence
of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock, IWO
Holdings will be in default of such covenant. The Board of
Directors of IWO Holdings may at any time designate any
Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary of IWO
Holdings; provided that such designation will be deemed to be an
incurrence of Indebtedness by a Restricted Subsidiary of IWO
Holdings of any outstanding Indebtedness of such Unrestricted
Subsidiary, and such designation will only be permitted if
(1) such Indebtedness is permitted under the covenant
described under Incurrence of Indebtedness and
Issuance of Preferred Stock, calculated on a pro forma
basis as if such designation had occurred at the beginning of
the two-quarter reference period; and (2) no Default or
Event of Default would be in existence following such
designation.
IWO Holdings will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, pay or cause to be paid
any consideration to or for the benefit of any holder of senior
discount notes for or as an inducement to any consent, waiver or
amendment of any of the terms or provisions of the indenture or
the senior discount notes unless such consideration is offered
to be paid and is paid to all holders of the senior discount
notes that consent, waive or agree to amend in the time frame
set forth in the solicitation documents relating to such
consent, waiver or agreement.
Reports
Whether or not required by the rules and regulations of the SEC,
so long as any senior discount notes are outstanding, IWO
Holdings will furnish to the holders of senior discount notes or
cause the
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trustee to furnish to the holders of senior discount notes,
within the time periods specified in the SECs rules and
regulations:
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(1) all quarterly and annual reports that would be required
to be filed with the SEC on
Forms 10-Q and
10-K if
IWO Holdings were required to file such reports; and |
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(2) all current reports that would be required to be filed
with the SEC on
Form 8-K if
IWO Holdings were required to file such reports. |
All such reports will be prepared in all material respects in
accordance with all of the rules and regulations applicable to
such reports. Each annual report on
Form 10-K will
include a report on IWO Holdings consolidated
financial statements by IWO Holdings certified
independent accountants. In addition, IWO Holdings will
file a copy of each of the reports referred to in
clauses (1) and (2) above with the SEC for public
availability within the time periods specified in the rules and
regulations applicable to such reports (unless the SEC will not
accept such a filing) and will post the reports on its website
within those time periods.
If at any time IWO Holdings is no longer subject to the
periodic reporting requirements of the Exchange Act for any
reason, IWO Holdings will nevertheless continue filing the
reports specified in the preceding paragraphs with the SEC
within the time periods specified above unless the SEC will not
accept such a filing. IWO Holdings will not take any action
for the purpose of causing the SEC not to accept any such
filings. If, notwithstanding the foregoing, the SEC will not
accept IWO Holdings filings for any reason,
IWO Holdings will post the reports referred to in the
preceding paragraphs on its website within the time periods that
would apply if IWO Holdings were required to file those
reports with the SEC.
If IWO Holdings has designated any of its Subsidiaries as
Unrestricted Subsidiaries, then the quarterly and annual
financial information required by the preceding paragraphs will
include a reasonably detailed presentation, either on the face
of the financial statements or in the footnotes thereto, and in
Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition
and Results of Operations, of the financial condition and
results of operations of IWO Holdings and its Restricted
Subsidiaries separate from the financial condition and results
of operations of the Unrestricted Subsidiaries of
IWO Holdings.
In addition, for so long as any senior discount notes remain
outstanding, IWO Holdings and the Guarantors will furnish
to the holders of senior discount notes and to securities
analysts and prospective investors, upon their request, the
information required to be delivered pursuant to
Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, however, once the
Parent has provided a Parent Guarantee of the senior discount
notes, the reports and other information required to be filed
with the SEC and provided by IWO Holdings as described
above may instead be those filed with the SEC by the Parent and
furnished with respect to the Parent only, without including the
condensed consolidating footnote contemplated by
Rule 3-10 of
Regulation S-X promulgated under the Securities Act.
Events of Default and Remedies
Each of the following is an Event of Default:
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(1) default for 30 days in the payment when due of
interest on the senior discount notes; |
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(2) default in the payment when due (at maturity, upon
redemption or otherwise) of the principal of, or premium, if
any, on, the senior discount notes; |
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(3) failure by IWO Holdings or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries for 30 days to comply with the provisions
described under Repurchase at the Option of
Holders Change of Control,
Repurchase at the Option of
Holders Asset Sales, Certain
Covenants Restricted Payments,
Certain Covenants Incurrence of
Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock or
Certain Covenants Merger,
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(4) failure by IWO Holdings or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries for 60 days after notice to IWO Holdings by
the trustee or the holders of at least 25% in aggregate
principal amount of the senior discount notes then outstanding
voting as a single class to comply with any of the other
agreements in the indenture; |
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(5) default under any mortgage, indenture or instrument
under which there may be issued or by which there may be secured
or evidenced any Indebtedness for money borrowed by IWO Holdings
or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (or the payment of which
is guaranteed by IWO Holdings or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries), whether such Indebtedness or Guarantee existed
on, or was or is created after the date of the indenture, if
that default: |
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(a) is caused by a failure to pay principal of, or interest
or premium, if any, on, such Indebtedness prior to the
expiration of the grace period provided in such Indebtedness on
the date of such default (a Payment Default); or |
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(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 $5.0 million or more; |
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(6) failure by IWO Holdings or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to pay final judgments entered by a court or courts
of competent jurisdiction aggregating in excess of
$5.0 million, which judgments are not paid, discharged or
stayed for a period of 60 days; |
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(7) the Security Agreement, or any other Security Document,
or any Lien purported to be granted thereby, or the Collateral
is held in any judicial proceeding to be unenforceable or
invalid, in whole or in part, or ceases for any reason (other
than pursuant to a release that is delivered or becomes
effective as set forth in the indenture) to be fully enforceable
and perfected; |
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(8) except as permitted by the indenture, any Note
Guarantee is held in any judicial proceeding to be unenforceable
or invalid or ceases for any reason to be in full force and
effect, or any Guarantor, or any Person acting on behalf of any
Guarantor, denies or disaffirms its obligations under its Note
Guarantee; and |
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(9) certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency described in
the indenture with respect to IWO Holdings or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries that is a Significant Subsidiary or any
group of Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken together, would
constitute a Significant Subsidiary. |
In the case of an Event of Default arising from certain events
of bankruptcy or insolvency, with respect to IWO Holdings, any
Restricted Subsidiary of IWO Holdings that is a Significant
Subsidiary or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries of IWO
Holdings that, taken together, would constitute a Significant
Subsidiary, all outstanding senior discount 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 senior discount notes may declare all the
senior discount notes to be due and payable immediately.
Following any acceleration of the senior discount notes, holders
of the senior discount notes will be entitled to receive 100.0%
of the Accreted Value of the senior discount notes to (but not
including) the date of payment, if prior to January 15,
2010, and will be entitled to receive 100.0% of the principal
amount of the senior discount notes, plus accrued and unpaid
interest to (but not including) the date of payment, if on or
after January 15, 2010. Subject to certain limitations,
holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then
outstanding senior discount notes may direct the trustee in its
exercise of any trust or power. The trustee may withhold from
holders of the senior discount notes notice of any continuing
Default or Event of Default if it determines that withholding
notice is in their interest, except a Default or Event of
Default relating to the payment of principal, interest or
premium, if any.
Subject to the provisions of the indenture relating to the
duties of the trustee, in case an Event of Default occurs and is
continuing, the trustee will be under no obligation to exercise
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powers under the indenture at the request or direction of any
holders of senior discount notes unless such holders have
offered to the trustee reasonable indemnity or security against
any loss, liability or expense. Except to enforce the right to
receive payment of principal and premium, if any, when due, no
holder of a senior discount note may pursue any remedy with
respect to the indenture or the senior discount notes unless:
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(1) such holder has previously given the trustee notice
that an Event of Default is continuing; |
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(2) holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount
of the then outstanding senior discount notes have requested the
trustee to pursue the remedy; |
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(3) such holders have offered the trustee reasonable
security or indemnity against any loss, liability or expense; |
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(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 |
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(5) holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of
the then outstanding senior discount notes have not given the
trustee a direction inconsistent with such request within such
60-day period. |
The holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
then outstanding senior discount notes by notice to the trustee
may, on behalf of the holders of all of the senior discount
notes, rescind an acceleration or waive any existing Default or
Event of Default and its consequences under the indenture except
a continuing Default or Event of Default in the payment of
interest or premium, if any, on, or the principal of, the senior
discount notes.
In the case of any Event of Default occurring by reason of any
willful action (or inaction) taken (or not taken) by or on
behalf of IWO Holdings with the intention of avoiding payment of
the premium that IWO Holdings would have had to pay if IWO
Holdings then had elected to redeem the senior discount notes
pursuant to the optional redemption provisions of the indenture,
an equivalent premium will also become and be immediately due
and payable to the extent permitted by law upon the acceleration
of the senior discount notes. If an Event of Default occurs
prior to January 15, 2010, by reason of any willful action
(or inaction) taken (or not taken) by or on behalf of IWO
Holdings with the intention of avoiding the prohibition on
redemption of the senior discount notes prior to
January 15, 2010, then an additional premium specified in
the indenture will also become and be immediately due and
payable to the extent permitted by law upon the acceleration of
the senior discount notes.
IWO Holdings is required to deliver to the trustee annually a
statement regarding compliance with the indenture. Upon becoming
aware of any Default or Event of Default, IWO Holdings is
required to deliver to the trustee a statement specifying such
Default or Event of Default.
No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and
Stockholders
No director, officer, employee, incorporator or stockholder of
us, IWO Holdings or any Guarantor, as such, will have any
liability for any obligations of us, IWO Holdings or the
Guarantors under the senior discount notes, the indenture, the
Note Guarantees, or the Parent Guarantee, or for any claim based
on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their
creation. Each holder of senior discount notes by accepting a
senior discount note waives and releases all such liability. The
waiver and release were part of the consideration for issuance
of the senior discount notes. The waiver may not be effective to
waive liabilities under the federal securities laws.
Legal Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance
IWO Holdings may at any time, at the option of its Board of
Directors evidenced by a resolution set forth in an
officers certificate, elect to have all of its obligations
discharged with respect to the outstanding
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senior discount notes and all obligations of the Guarantors
discharged with respect to their Note Guarantees (Legal
Defeasance) except for:
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(1) the rights of holders of outstanding senior discount
notes to receive payments in respect of the principal of, or
interest or premium, if any, on, such senior discount notes when
such payments are due from the trust referred to below; |
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(2) IWO Holdings obligations with respect to the
senior discount notes concerning issuing temporary notes,
registration of notes, mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen
notes and the maintenance of an office or agency for payment and
money for security payments held in trust; |
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(3) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of
the trustee, and IWO Holdings and the Guarantors
obligations in connection therewith; and |
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(4) the Legal Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance provisions
of the indenture. |
In addition, IWO Holdings may, at its option and at any time,
elect to have the obligations of IWO Holdings and the Guarantors
released with respect to certain covenants (including its
obligation to make Change of Control Offers and Asset Sale
Offers) that are described in the indenture (Covenant
Defeasance) and thereafter any omission to comply with
those covenants will not constitute a Default or Event of
Default with respect to the senior discount notes. In the event
Covenant Defeasance occurs, certain events (not including
non-payment, bankruptcy, receivership, rehabilitation and
insolvency events) described under Events of Default and
Remedies will no longer constitute an Event of Default
with respect to the senior discount notes.
In order to exercise either Legal Defeasance or Covenant
Defeasance:
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(1) IWO Holdings must irrevocably deposit with the trustee,
in trust, for the benefit of the holders of the senior discount
notes, 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 investment
bank, appraisal firm or firm of independent public accountants,
to pay the principal of, and interest and premium, if any, on,
the outstanding senior discount notes on the stated dates for
payment thereof or on the applicable redemption date, as the
case may be, and IWO Holdings must specify whether the senior
discount notes are being defeased to such stated date for
payment or to a particular redemption date; |
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(2) in the case of Legal Defeasance, IWO Holdings must
deliver to the trustee an opinion of counsel reasonably
acceptable to the trustee confirming that (a) IWO Holdings
has received from, or there has been published by, the Internal
Revenue Service a ruling or (b) since the date of the
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 will confirm that, the holders
of the outstanding senior discount 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; |
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(3) in the case of Covenant Defeasance, IWO Holdings must
deliver to the trustee an opinion of counsel reasonably
acceptable to the trustee confirming that the holders of the
outstanding senior discount notes 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; |
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(4) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is
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 deposit will not result in a
breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any other
instrument to which IWO Holdings or any Guarantor is a party or
by which IWO Holdings or any Guarantor is bound; |
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(5) such Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance will not
result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default
under, any material agreement or instrument (other than the
indenture) to which IWO Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries is a
party or by which IWO Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries is
bound; |
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(6) IWO Holdings must deliver to the trustee an
officers certificate stating that the deposit was not made
by IWO Holdings with the intent of preferring the holders of
senior discount notes over the other creditors of IWO Holdings
with the intent of defeating, hindering, delaying or defrauding
any creditors of IWO Holdings or others; and |
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(7) IWO Holdings must deliver to the trustee an
officers certificate and an opinion of counsel, each
stating that all conditions precedent relating to the Legal
Defeasance or the Covenant Defeasance have been complied with. |
Amendment, Supplement and Waiver
Except as provided in the next two succeeding paragraphs, the
indenture, the senior discount notes and the Note Guarantees may
be amended or supplemented with the consent of the holders of a
majority in aggregate principal amount of the senior discount
notes then outstanding (including, without limitation, consents
obtained in connection with a purchase of, or tender offer or
exchange offer for, senior discount notes), and any existing
Default or Event of Default or compliance with any provision of
the indenture or the senior discount notes or the Note
Guarantees may be waived with the consent of the holders of a
majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding
senior discount notes (including, without limitation, consents
obtained in connection with a purchase of, or tender offer or
exchange offer for, senior discount notes).
Without the consent of each holder of senior discount notes
affected, an amendment, supplement or waiver may not (with
respect to any senior discount notes held by a non-consenting
holder):
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(1) reduce the principal amount of senior discount notes
whose holders must consent to an amendment, supplement or waiver; |
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(2) reduce the principal of or change the fixed maturity of
any senior discount note or alter the provisions with respect to
the redemption of the senior discount notes (other than
provisions relating to the covenants described above under
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(3) reduce the rate of or change the time for payment of
interest, including default interest, on any senior discount
note; |
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(4) waive a Default or Event of Default in the payment of
principal of, or interest or premium, if any, on, the senior
discount notes (except a rescission of acceleration of the
senior discount notes by the holders of at least a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding senior
discount notes and a waiver of the payment default that resulted
from such acceleration); |
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(5) make any senior discount note payable in money other
than that stated in the senior discount notes; |
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(6) make any change in the provisions of the indenture
relating to waivers of past Defaults or the rights of holders of
senior discount notes to receive payments of principal of, or
interest or premium, if any, on, the senior discount notes; |
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(7) waive a redemption payment with respect to any senior
discount note (other than a payment required by one of the
covenants described above under Repurchase at
the Option of Holders); |
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(8) release any Guarantor from any of its obligations under
its Note Guarantee or the indenture, except in accordance with
the terms of the indenture; or |
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(9) make any change in the preceding amendment and waiver
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Notwithstanding the preceding, without the consent of any holder
of senior discount notes, IWO Holdings, the Guarantors and the
trustee may amend or supplement the indenture, the senior
discount notes and the Note Guarantees:
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(1) to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency; |
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(2) to provide for uncertificated notes in addition to or
in place of certificated notes; |
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(3) to provide for the assumption of IWO Holdings or
a Guarantors obligations to holders of senior discount
notes and Note Guarantees in the case of a merger or
consolidation or sale of all or substantially all of IWO
Holdings or such Guarantors assets; |
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(4) to make any change that would provide any additional
rights or benefits to the holders of senior discount notes or
that does not adversely affect the legal rights under the
indenture of any such holder; |
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(5) to comply with requirements of the SEC in order to
effect or maintain the qualification of the indenture under the
Trust Indenture Act; |
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(6) to conform the text of the indenture, the senior
discount notes or the Note Guarantees to any provision of the
Description of Senior Discount Notes section of IWO
Holdings offering memorandum, dated December 14,
2004, relating to the initial offering of the senior discount
notes, to the extent that such provision in that
Description of Senior Discount Notes was intended to
be a verbatim recitation of a provision of the indenture, the
senior discount notes or the Note Guarantees; |
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(7) to provide for the issuance of additional senior
discount notes in accordance with the limitations set forth in
the indenture; or |
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(8) to allow any Guarantor to execute a supplemental
indenture and/or a Note Guarantee with respect to the senior
discount notes. |
Satisfaction and Discharge
The indenture will be discharged and will cease to be of further
effect as to all senior discount notes issued thereunder, when:
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(a) all senior discount notes that have been authenticated,
except lost, stolen or destroyed notes that have been replaced
or paid and notes for whose payment money has been deposited in
trust and thereafter repaid to IWO Holdings, have been delivered
to the trustee for cancellation; or |
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(b) all senior discount notes that have not been delivered
to the trustee for cancellation have become due and payable by
reason of the mailing of a notice of redemption or otherwise or
will become due and payable within one year and IWO Holdings 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, without consideration of any
reinvestment of interest, to pay and discharge the entire
Indebtedness on the senior discount notes not delivered to the
trustee for cancellation for principal or premium, if any, and
accrued interest to the date of maturity or redemption; |
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(2) no Default or Event of Default 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 deposit will not result in a
breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any other
instrument to which IWO Holdings or any Guarantor is a party or
by which IWO Holdings or any Guarantor is bound; |
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(3) IWO Holdings and the Guarantors have paid or caused to
be paid all sums payable under the indenture; and |
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(4) IWO Holdings has delivered irrevocable instructions to
the trustee under the indenture to apply the deposited money
toward the payment of the senior discount notes at maturity or
on the redemption date, as the case may be. |
In addition, IWO Holdings 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.
Concerning the Trustee
If the trustee becomes a creditor of IWO Holdings or any
Guarantor, the indenture limits the right of the trustee to
obtain payment of claims in certain cases, or to realize on
certain property received in respect of any such claim as
security or otherwise. The trustee will be permitted to engage
in other transactions; however, if it acquires any conflicting
interest it must eliminate such conflict within 90 days,
apply to the SEC for permission to continue as trustee (if the
indenture has been qualified under the Trust Indenture Act)
or resign.
The holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
then outstanding senior discount notes will 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. The indenture provides that in case an Event
of Default occurs and is continuing, the trustee will be
required, in the exercise of its power, to use the degree of
care and skill as a prudent person in the conduct of such
persons own affairs. Subject to such provisions, the
trustee will be under no obligation to exercise any of its
rights or powers under the indenture at the request of any
holder of senior discount notes, unless such holder has offered
to the trustee security and indemnity satisfactory to it against
any loss, liability or expense.
Depository Procedures
The senior discount notes were issued in global form, called
global notes, without interest coupons.
The following description of the operations and procedures of
DTC, Euroclear and Clearstream are provided solely as a matter
of convenience. These operations and procedures are solely
within the control of the respective settlement systems and are
subject to changes by them.
DTC has advised us and IWO Holdings that DTC is a
limited-purpose trust company created to hold securities for its
participating organizations (collectively, the
Participants) and to facilitate the clearance and
settlement of transactions in those securities between the
Participants through electronic book-entry changes in accounts
of its Participants. The Participants include securities brokers
and dealers, banks, trust companies, clearing corporations and
certain other organizations. Access to DTCs system is also
available to other entities such as banks, brokers, dealers and
trust companies that clear through or maintain a custodial
relationship with a Participant, either directly or indirectly
(collectively, the Indirect Participants). Persons
who are not Participants may beneficially own securities held by
or on behalf of DTC only through the Participants or the
Indirect Participants. The ownership interests in, and transfers
of ownership interests in, each security held by or on behalf of
DTC are recorded on the records of the Participants and Indirect
Participants.
Investors in the global notes who are Participants may hold
their interests therein directly through DTC. Investors in the
global notes who are not Participants may hold their interests
therein indirectly through organizations (including Euroclear
and Clearstream) which are Participants. Euroclear and
Clearstream will hold interests in the global notes on behalf of
their participants through customers securities accounts
in their respective names on the books of their respective
depositories, which are Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V., as operator of
Euroclear, and Citibank, N.A., as operator of Clearstream. All
interests in a global note, including those held through
Euroclear or Clearstream, may be subject to the procedures and
requirements of DTC. Those interests held through Euroclear or
Clearstream may also be subject to the procedures and
requirements of such systems. The laws of some states require
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Persons take physical delivery in definitive form of securities
that they own. Consequently, the ability to transfer beneficial
interests in a global note to such Persons will be limited to
that extent. Because DTC can act only on behalf of the
Participants, which in turn act on behalf of the Indirect
Participants, the ability of a Person having beneficial
interests in a global note to pledge such interests to Persons
that do not participate in the DTC system, or otherwise take
actions in respect of such interests, may be affected by the
lack of a physical certificate evidencing such interests.
Payments in respect of the principal of, and interest and
premium, if any, on, a global note registered in the name of DTC
or its nominee will be payable to DTC in its capacity as the
registered holder under the indenture. Under the terms of the
indenture, IWO Holdings and the trustee will treat the Persons
in whose names the senior discount notes, including the global
notes, are registered as the owners of the senior discount notes
for the purpose of receiving payments and for all other purposes.
DTC has advised us and IWO Holdings that its current practice,
upon receipt of any payment in respect of securities such as the
senior discount notes (including principal and interest), is to
credit the accounts of the relevant Participants with the
payment on the payment date unless DTC has reason to believe
that it will not receive payment on such payment date. Each
relevant Participant is credited with an amount proportionate to
its beneficial ownership of an interest in the principal amount
of the relevant security as shown on the records of DTC.
Payments by the Participants and the Indirect Participants to
the beneficial owners of senior discount notes will be governed
by standing instructions and customary practices and will be the
responsibility of the Participants or the Indirect Participants
and will not be the responsibility of DTC, the trustee, us or
IWO Holdings. None of us, IWO Holdings or the trustee will be
liable for any delay by DTC or any of the Participants or the
Indirect Participants in identifying the beneficial owners of
the senior discount notes, and we, IWO Holdings and the trustee
may conclusively rely on and will be protected in relying on
instructions from DTC or its nominee for all purposes.
Subject to transfer restrictions, transfers between the
Participants will be effected in accordance with DTCs
procedures, and will be settled in same-day funds, and transfers
between participants in Euroclear and Clearstream will be
effected in accordance with their respective rules and operating
procedures. Subject to compliance with the transfer restrictions
applicable to the senior discount notes described herein,
cross-market transfers between the Participants, on the one
hand, and Euroclear or Clearstream participants, on the other
hand, will be effected through DTC in accordance with DTCs
rules on behalf of Euroclear or Clearstream, as the case may be,
by their respective depositaries; however, such cross-market
transactions will require delivery of instructions to Euroclear
or Clearstream, as the case may be, by the counterparty in such
system in accordance with the rules and procedures and within
the established deadlines (Brussels time) of such system.
Euroclear or Clearstream, as the case may be, will, if the
transaction meets its settlement requirements, deliver
instructions to its respective depositary to take action to
effect final settlement on its behalf by delivering or receiving
interests in the relevant global note in DTC, and making or
receiving payment in accordance with normal procedures for
same-day funds settlement applicable to DTC. Euroclear
participants and Clearstream participants may not deliver
instructions directly to the depositories for Euroclear or
Clearstream.
DTC will take any action permitted to be taken by a holder of
senior discount notes only at the direction of one or more
Participants to whose account DTC has credited the
interests in the global notes and only in respect of such
portion of the aggregate principal amount of the senior discount
notes as to which such Participant or Participants has or have
given such direction. However, if there is an Event of Default
under the senior discount notes, DTC reserves the right to
exchange the global notes for legended senior discount notes in
certificated form, and to distribute such senior discount notes
to its Participants.
Although DTC, Euroclear and Clearstream have agreed to the
foregoing procedures to facilitate transfers of interests in the
global notes among participants in DTC, Euroclear and
Clearstream, they are under no obligation to perform or to
continue to perform such procedures, and may discontinue such
procedures at any time. None of us, IWO Holdings, the trustee or
any of their respective agents or Affiliates will have any
responsibility for the performance by DTC, Euroclear or
Clearstream or their
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respective participants or indirect participants of their
respective obligations under the rules and procedures governing
their operations.
Exchange of Global Notes for Certificated Notes
A global note is exchangeable for certificated notes if:
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(1) DTC (a) notifies IWO Holdings that it is unwilling
or unable to continue as depositary for the global notes or
(b) has ceased to be a clearing agency registered under the
Exchange Act and, in either case, IWO Holdings fails to appoint
a successor depositary; |
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(2) IWO Holdings, at its option, notifies the trustee in
writing that it elects to cause the issuance of the certificated
notes; or |
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(3) there has occurred and is continuing a Default or Event
of Default with respect to the senior discount notes. |
In addition, beneficial interests in a global note may be
exchanged for certificated notes upon prior written notice given
to the trustee by or on behalf of DTC in accordance with the
indenture. In all cases, certificated notes delivered in
exchange for any global note or beneficial interests in global
notes will be registered in the names, and issued in any
approved denominations, requested by or on behalf of the
depositary (in accordance with its customary procedures) and
will bear the applicable restrictive legend unless that legend
is not required by applicable law.
Same Day Settlement and Payment
IWO Holdings will make payments in respect of the senior
discount notes represented by the global notes (including
principal and premium and interest, if any) by wire transfer of
immediately available funds to the accounts specified by DTC or
its nominee. IWO Holdings will make all payments of principal,
interest, premium, if any, with respect to certificated notes by
wire transfer of immediately available funds to the accounts
specified by the holders of the certificated notes or, if no
such account is specified, by mailing a check to each such
holders registered address.
Certain Definitions
Set forth below are certain defined terms used in the indenture.
Reference is made to the indenture for a full disclosure of all
defined terms used therein, as well as any other capitalized
terms used herein for which no definition is provided.
Accreted Value means, as of any date of
determination, the sum of (a) the initial offering price of
each senior discount note and (b) that portion of the
excess of the principal amount at maturity of each senior
discount note over such initial offering price as shall have
been accreted thereon through such date of determination, such
amount to be so accreted on a daily basis at the rate of
10.75% per annum of the initial offering price of the
senior discount notes, compounded semi-annually on each January
15 and July 15 from the date of issuance of the notes through
such date of determination.
Acquired Debt means, with respect to any
specified Person:
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(1) Indebtedness of any other Person existing at the time
such other Person is merged with or into or became a Subsidiary
of such specified Person, whether or not such Indebtedness is
incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such other
Person merging with or into, or becoming a Restricted Subsidiary
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(2) Indebtedness secured by a Lien encumbering any asset
acquired by such specified Person. |
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, as
used with respect to any Person, means 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
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ownership of voting securities, by agreement or otherwise;
provided that beneficial ownership of 10% or more of the Voting
Stock of a Person will be deemed to be control. For purposes of
this definition, the terms controlling,
controlled by and under common control
with have correlative meanings.
Annualized Consolidated Cash Flow of any
specified Person as of any date of determination means two times
the Consolidated Cash Flow of such Person for the most recently
ended two-quarter period for which internal financial statements
are available.
Asset Sale means:
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(1) the sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition of any
assets or rights; provided that the sale, lease, conveyance or
other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of
IWO Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole
will be governed by the provisions of the indenture described
above under Repurchase at the Option of
Holders Change of Control and/or the
provisions described above under Certain
Covenants Merger, Consolidation or Sale of
Assets and not by the provisions of the Asset Sale
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(2) the issuance of Equity Interests in any of IWO
Holdings Restricted Subsidiaries or the sale of Equity
Interests in any of its Subsidiaries. |
Notwithstanding the preceding, none of the following items will
be deemed to be an Asset Sale:
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(1) any single transaction or series of related
transactions that involves assets having a Fair Market Value of
less than $2.0 million; |
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(2) a transfer of assets between or among IWO Holdings and
its Restricted Subsidiaries; |
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(3) an issuance of Equity Interests by a Restricted
Subsidiary of IWO Holdings to IWO Holdings or to a Restricted
Subsidiary of IWO Holdings; |
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(4) the sale or lease of products, services or accounts
receivable in the ordinary course of business and any sale or
other disposition of damaged, worn-out or obsolete assets in the
ordinary course of business; |
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(5) the sale or other disposition of cash or Cash
Equivalents; |
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(6) a Restricted Payment that does not violate the covenant
described above under Certain
Covenants Restricted Payments or a Permitted
Investment; and |
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(7) any transfer or sale of assets to the Parent or any
direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Parent. |
Asset Sale Offer means an offer to all
holders of senior discount notes as described above under
Repurchase at the Option of Holders Asset
Sale.
Beneficial Owner has the meaning assigned to
such term in
Rule 13d-3 and
Rule 13d-5 under
the Exchange Act, except that in calculating the beneficial
ownership of any particular person (as that term is
used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), such
person will be deemed to have beneficial ownership
of all securities that such person has the right to
acquire by conversion or exercise of other securities, whether
such right is currently exercisable or is exercisable only after
the passage of time. The terms Beneficially Owns and
Beneficially Owned have a corresponding meaning.
Board of Directors means:
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(1) 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; |
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(2) with respect to a partnership, the Board of Directors
of the general partner of the partnership; |
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(3) with respect to a limited liability company, the
managing member or members or any controlling committee of
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(4) with respect to any other Person, the board or
committee of such Person serving a similar function. |
Capital Lease Obligation means, at the time
any determination is to be made, the amount of the liability in
respect of a capital lease that would at that time be required
to be capitalized on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with
GAAP, and the Stated Maturity thereof shall be the date of the
last payment of rent or any other amount due under such lease
prior to the first date upon which such lease may be prepaid by
the lessee without payment of a penalty.
Capital Stock means:
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(1) in the case of a corporation, corporate stock; |
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(2) in the case of an association or business entity, any
and all shares, interests, participations, rights or other
equivalents (however designated) of corporate stock; |
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(3) in the case of a partnership or limited liability
company, partnership interests (whether general or limited) or
membership interests; and |
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(4) any other interest or participation that confers on a
Person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses
of, or distributions of assets of, the issuing Person, but
excluding from all of the foregoing any debt securities
convertible into Capital Stock, whether or not such debt
securities include any right of participation with Capital Stock. |
Cash Equivalents means:
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(1) United States dollars; |
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(2) securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or
insured by the United States government or any agency or
instrumentality of the United States government (provided that
the full faith and credit of the United States is pledged in
support of those securities) having maturities of not more than
six months from the date of acquisition; |
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(3) certificates of deposit and eurodollar time deposits
with maturities of six months or less from the date of
acquisition, bankers acceptances with maturities not
exceeding six months and overnight bank deposits, in each case,
with any domestic commercial bank having capital and surplus in
excess of $500.0 million and a Thomson Bank Watch Rating of
B or better; |
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(4) repurchase obligations with a term of not more than
seven days for underlying securities of the types described in
clauses (2) and (3) above entered into with any
financial institution meeting the qualifications specified in
clause (3) above; |
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(5) commercial paper having one of the two highest ratings
obtainable from Moodys or S&P and, in each case,
maturing within six months after the date of
acquisition; and |
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(6) money market funds at least 95% of the assets of which
constitute Cash Equivalents of the kinds described in
clauses (1) through (5) of this definition. |
Change of Control means the occurrence of any
of the following:
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(1) the direct or indirect sale, transfer, conveyance or
other disposition (other than by way of merger or
consolidation), in one or a series of related transactions, of
all or substantially all of the properties or assets of IWO
Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole to any
person (as that term is used in Section 13(d)
of the Exchange Act) other than a Permitted Holder; |
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(2) the adoption of a plan relating to the liquidation or
dissolution of IWO Holdings; |
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(3) the consummation of any transaction (including, without
limitation, any merger or consolidation) the result of which is
that any person (as defined above) other than a
Permitted Holder becomes the Beneficial Owner, directly or
indirectly, of more than 50% of the Voting Stock of IWO
Holdings, measured by voting power rather than number of shares
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purposes of making any such determination, any person 50% or
more of whose Capital Stock is owned by any other person shall
be disregarded); or |
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(4) after an initial public offering of IWO Holdings or any
direct or indirect parent of IWO Holdings, the first day on
which a majority of the members of the Board of Directors of IWO
Holdings are not Continuing Directors. |
Change of Control Offer means an offer to all
holders of senior discount notes as described above under
Repurchase at the Option of Holders Change of
Control.
Consolidated Cash Flow means, with respect to
any specified Person for any period, the Consolidated Net Income
of such Person for such period plus, without duplication:
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(1) an amount equal to any extraordinary loss plus any net
loss realized by such Person or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries in connection with an Asset Sale, to the extent
such losses were deducted in computing such Consolidated Net
Income; plus |
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(2) provision for taxes based on income or profits of such
Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, to the
extent that such provision for taxes was deducted in computing
such Consolidated Net Income; plus |
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(3) the Consolidated Interest Expense of such Person and
its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, to the extent that
such Consolidated Interest Expense was deducted in computing
such Consolidated Net Income; plus |
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(4) depreciation, amortization (including amortization of
intangibles but excluding amortization of prepaid cash expenses
that were paid in a prior period) and other non-cash expenses
(excluding any such non-cash expense to the extent that it
represents an accrual of or reserve for cash expenses in any
future period or amortization of a prepaid cash expense that was
paid in a prior period), and non-recurring expenses incurred in
connection with the Reorganization, of such Person and its
Restricted Subsidiaries for such period to the extent that such
depreciation, amortization and non-cash and non-recurring
expenses were deducted in computing such Consolidated Net
Income; minus |
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(5) non-cash items increasing such Consolidated Net Income
for such period, other than the accrual of revenue in the
ordinary course of business. |
Notwithstanding the preceding, the provision for taxes based on
the income or profits of, and the depreciation and amortization
and other non-cash expenses of, a Restricted Subsidiary of IWO
Holdings will be added to Consolidated Net Income to compute
Consolidated Cash Flow of IWO Holdings only to the extent that a
corresponding amount would be permitted at the date of
determination to be dividended to IWO Holdings by such
Restricted Subsidiary without prior governmental approval (that
has not been obtained), and without direct or indirect
restriction pursuant to the terms of its charter and all
agreements, instruments, judgments, decrees, orders, statutes,
rules and governmental regulations applicable to that Restricted
Subsidiary or its stockholders.
Consolidated Indebtedness means, with respect
to any specified Person as of any date of determination, the
sum, without duplication, of:
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(1) the total amount of Indebtedness of such Person and its
Restricted Subsidiaries: plus |
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(2) the total amount of Indebtedness of any other Person,
to the extent that such Indebtedness has been Guaranteed by the
referent Person or one or more of its Restricted Subsidiaries;
plus |
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(3) the aggregate liquidation value of all Disqualified
Stock of such Person and any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that
have Guaranteed the Indebtedness of such Person and all
preferred stock of the Restricted Subsidiaries of such Person, |
in each case, on a consolidated basis and determined in
accordance with GAAP.
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Consolidated Interest Expense means, with
respect to any specified Person for any period, the sum, without
duplication, of:
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(1) the consolidated interest expense of such Person and
its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, whether paid or
accrued, including, without limitation, amortization of debt
issuance costs and original issue discount, non-cash interest
payments, the interest component of any deferred payment
obligations, the interest component of all payments associated
with Capital Lease Obligations, commissions, discounts and other
fees and charges incurred in respect of letter of credit or
bankers acceptance financings, and net of the effect of
all payments made or received pursuant to Hedging Obligations in
respect of interest rates; plus |
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(2) the consolidated interest expense of such Person and
its Restricted Subsidiaries that was capitalized during such
period; plus |
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(3) any interest expense on Indebtedness of another Person
that is Guaranteed by such Person or one of its Restricted
Subsidiaries or secured by a Lien on assets of such Person or
one of its Restricted Subsidiaries, whether or not such
Guarantee or Lien is called upon; plus |
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(4) the product of (a) all dividends, whether paid or
accrued and whether or not in cash, on any series of preferred
stock of such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries,
other than dividends on Equity Interests payable solely in
Equity Interests of IWO Holdings (other than Disqualified Stock)
or to IWO Holdings or a Restricted Subsidiary of IWO Holdings,
times (b) a fraction, the numerator of which is one and the
denominator of which is one minus the then current combined
federal, state and local statutory tax rate of such Person,
expressed as a decimal, in each case, on a consolidated basis
and in accordance with GAAP. |
Consolidated Net Income means, with respect
to any specified Person for any period, the aggregate of the Net
Income of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such
period, on a consolidated basis, determined in accordance with
GAAP; provided that:
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(1) the Net Income (but not loss) of any Person that is not
a Restricted Subsidiary or that is accounted for by the equity
method of accounting will be included only to the extent of the
amount of dividends or similar distributions paid in cash to the
specified Person or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Person; |
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(2) the Net Income of any Restricted Subsidiary will be
excluded to the extent that the declaration or payment of
dividends or similar distributions by that Restricted Subsidiary
of that Net Income is not at the date of determination permitted
without any prior governmental approval (that has not been
obtained) or, directly or indirectly, by operation of the terms
of its charter or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree,
order, statute, rule or governmental regulation applicable to
that Restricted Subsidiary or its stockholders; |
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(3) the cumulative effect of a change in accounting
principles will be excluded; and |
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(4) notwithstanding clause (1) above, the Net Income
of any Unrestricted Subsidiary will be excluded, whether or not
distributed to the specified Person or one of its Subsidiaries. |
Continuing Directors means, as of any date of
determination, any member of the Board of Directors of IWO
Holdings who:
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(1) was a member of such Board of Directors on the date of
the Merger (after giving effect thereto); or |
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(2) was nominated for election or elected to such Board of
Directors thereafter with the approval of a majority of the
Continuing Directors who were members of such Board of Directors
at the time of such nomination or election. |
Debt to Cash Flow Ratio means, with respect
to any specified Person as of any date of determination, the
ratio of (a) the Consolidated Indebtedness of such Person
as of such date to (b) the
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Annualized Consolidated Cash Flow of such Person determined on a
pro forma basis after giving effect to all acquisitions or
dispositions of assets made by such Person and its Restricted
Subsidiaries from the beginning of such two-quarter period
through and including such date of determination (including any
related financing transactions) as if such acquisitions and
dispositions (and related financing transactions) had occurred
at the beginning of such two-quarter period.
In addition, for purposes of calculating the Debt to Cash Flow
Ratio:
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(1) acquisitions that have been made by the specified
Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, including through
mergers or consolidations, or any Person or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries acquired by the specified Person or any
of its Restricted Subsidiaries, and including any related
financing transactions and including increases in ownership of
Restricted Subsidiaries, during the two-quarter reference period
or subsequent to such reference period and on or prior to the
date on which the event for which the calculation of the Debt to
Cash Flow Ratio is made (the Calculation Date) will
be given pro forma effect (in accordance with
Regulation S-X
under the Securities Act) as if they had occurred on the first
day of the two-quarter reference period and Consolidated Cash
Flow for such reference period shall be calculated without
giving effect to clause (3) of the proviso set forth in the
definition of Consolidated Net Income; |
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(2) the Consolidated Cash Flow attributable to discontinued
operations, as determined in accordance with GAAP, and
operations or businesses (and ownership interests therein)
disposed of prior to the Calculation Date, will be excluded; |
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(3) the Consolidated Interest Expense attributable to
discontinued operations, as determined in accordance with GAAP,
and operations or businesses (and ownership interests therein)
disposed of prior to the Calculation Date, will be excluded, but
only to the extent that the obligations giving rise to such
Consolidated Interest Expense will not be obligations of the
specified Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries following
the Calculation Date; |
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(4) any Person that is a Restricted Subsidiary on the
Calculation Date will be deemed to have been a Restricted
Subsidiary at all times during such two-quarter period; |
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(5) any Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary on the
Calculation Date will be deemed not to have been a Restricted
Subsidiary at any time during such two-quarter period; and |
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(6) if any Indebtedness bears a floating rate of interest,
the interest expense on such Indebtedness will be calculated as
if the rate in effect on the Calculation Date had been the
applicable rate for the entire period (taking into account any
Hedging Obligation applicable to such Indebtedness if such
Hedging Obligation has a remaining term as at the Calculation
Date in excess of 12 months). |
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.
Disqualified Stock means any Capital Stock
that, by its terms (or by the terms of any security into which
it is convertible, or for which it is exchangeable, in each
case, at the option of the holder of the Capital Stock), or upon
the happening of any event, matures or is mandatorily
redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise,
or redeemable at the option of the holder of the Capital Stock,
in whole or in part, on or prior to the date that is
91 days after the date on which the senior discount notes
mature. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, any Capital
Stock that would constitute Disqualified Stock solely because
the holders of the Capital Stock have the right to require IWO
Holdings to repurchase such Capital Stock upon the occurrence of
a change of control or an asset sale will not constitute
Disqualified Stock if the terms of such Capital Stock provide
that IWO Holdings may not repurchase or redeem any such Capital
Stock pursuant to such provisions unless such repurchase or
redemption complies with the covenant described above under
Certain Covenants Restricted
Payments. The amount of Disqualified Stock deemed to be
outstanding at any time for purposes of the indenture will be
the maximum amount that IWO Holdings and its Restricted
Subsidiaries may become
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obligated to pay upon the maturity of, or pursuant to any
mandatory redemption provisions of, such Disqualified Stock,
exclusive of accrued dividends.
Domestic Restricted Subsidiary means any
Restricted Subsidiary that was formed under the laws of the
United States or any state of the United States or the District
of Columbia or that guarantees or otherwise provides direct
credit support for any Indebtedness of IWO Holdings.
Equity Interests means Capital Stock and all
warrants, options or other rights to acquire Capital Stock (but
excluding any debt security that is convertible into, or
exchangeable for, Capital Stock).
Exchange Act means the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended.
Existing Indebtedness means Indebtedness of
IWO Holdings and its Subsidiaries in existence on the date of
the indenture (after giving effect to the application of the net
proceeds of the issuance of the senior discount notes and the
senior secured floating rate notes originally issued on the date
of the indenture), until such amounts are repaid.
Fair Market Value means the value that would
be paid by a willing buyer to an unaffiliated willing seller in
a transaction not involving distress or necessity of either
party, determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of IWO
Holdings (unless otherwise provided in the indenture).
GAAP means 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 have been approved by a
significant segment of the accounting profession, which are in
effect on the date of the indenture.
Government Securities means direct
obligations of, or obligations guaranteed by, the United States
of America (including any agency or instrumentality thereof) for
the payment of which obligations or guarantees the full faith
and credit of the United States of America is pledged and which
are not callable or redeemable at the issuers option.
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, by way of a pledge of assets or
through letters of credit or reimbursement agreements in respect
thereof, of all or any part of any Indebtedness (whether arising
by virtue of partnership arrangements, or by agreements to
keep-well, to purchase assets, goods, securities or services, to
take or pay or to maintain financial statement conditions or
otherwise).
Guarantors means each Subsidiary of IWO
Holdings that executes a Note Guarantee in accordance with the
provisions of the indenture, and their respective successors and
assigns, in each case, until the Note Guarantee of such Person
has been released in accordance with the provisions of the
indenture.
Hedging Obligations means, with respect to
any specified Person, the obligations of such Person under:
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(1) interest rate swap agreements (whether from fixed to
floating or from floating to fixed), interest rate cap
agreements and interest rate collar agreements; |
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(2) other agreements or arrangements designed to manage
interest rates or interest rate risk; and |
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(3) other agreements or arrangements designed to protect
such Person against fluctuations in currency exchange rates or
commodity prices. |
Immaterial Subsidiary means, as of any date,
any Restricted Subsidiary whose total assets, as of that date,
are less than $100,000 and whose total revenues for the most
recent 12-month period
do not exceed $100,000; provided that a Restricted Subsidiary
will not be considered to be an Immaterial Subsidiary if it,
directly or indirectly, guarantees or otherwise provides direct
credit support for any Indebtedness of IWO Holdings.
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Indebtedness means, with respect to any
specified Person, any indebtedness of such Person (excluding
accrued expenses and trade payables), whether or not contingent:
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(1) in respect of borrowed money; |
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(2) evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or similar
instruments or letters of credit (or reimbursement agreements in
respect thereof); |
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(3) in respect of bankers acceptances; |
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(4) representing Capital Lease Obligations; |
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(5) representing the balance deferred and unpaid of the
purchase price of any property or services due more than six
months after such property is acquired or such services are
completed; or |
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if and to the extent any of the preceding items (other than
letters of credit and Hedging Obligations) would appear as a
liability upon a balance sheet of the specified Person prepared
in accordance with GAAP. In addition, the term
Indebtedness includes all Indebtedness of others
secured by a Lien on any asset of the specified Person (whether
or not such Indebtedness is assumed by the specified Person)
and, to the extent not otherwise included, the Guarantee by the
specified Person of any Indebtedness of any other Person.
Investments means, with respect to any
Person, all direct or indirect investments by such Person in
other Persons (including Affiliates) in the forms of loans
(including Guarantees or other obligations), 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, together
with all items that are or would be classified as investments on
a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP. If IWO
Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary of IWO Holdings sells or
otherwise disposes of any Equity Interests of any direct or
indirect Restricted Subsidiary of IWO Holdings such that, after
giving effect to any such sale or disposition, such Person is no
longer a Restricted Subsidiary of IWO Holdings, IWO Holdings
will be deemed to have made an Investment on the date of any
such sale or disposition equal to the Fair Market Value of IWO
Holdings Investments in such Restricted Subsidiary that
were not sold or disposed of in an amount determined as provided
in the final paragraph of the covenant described above under
Certain Covenants Restricted
Payments. The acquisition by IWO Holdings or any
Restricted Subsidiary of IWO Holdings of a Person that holds an
Investment in a third Person will be deemed to be an Investment
by IWO Holdings or such Restricted Subsidiary in such third
Person in an amount equal to the Fair Market Value of the
Investments held by the acquired Person in such third Person in
an amount determined as provided in the final paragraph of the
covenant described above under Certain
Covenants Restricted Payments. Except as
otherwise provided in the indenture, the amount of an Investment
will be determined at the time the Investment is made and
without giving effect to subsequent changes in value.
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 statutes) of any jurisdiction.
Merger means, the merger of IWO Escrow with
and into IWO Holdings immediately upon the consummation of the
Reorganization.
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Net Income means, with respect to any
specified Person, the net income (loss) of such Person,
determined in accordance with GAAP and before any reduction in
respect of preferred stock dividends, excluding, however:
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(1) any gain (but not loss), together with any related
provision for taxes on such gain (but not loss), realized in
connection with: (a) any Asset Sale; or (b) the
disposition of any securities by such Person or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries or the extinguishment of any
Indebtedness of such Person or any of its Restricted
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(2) any extraordinary gain (but not loss), together with
any related provision for taxes on such extraordinary gain (but
not loss). |
Net Proceeds means the aggregate cash
proceeds received by IWO Holdings or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries in respect of any Asset Sale (including, without
limitation, any cash received upon the sale or other disposition
of any non-cash consideration received in any Asset Sale), net
of the direct costs relating to such Asset Sale, including,
without limitation, legal, accounting and investment banking
fees, and sales commissions, and any relocation expenses
incurred as a result of the Asset Sale, taxes paid or payable as
a result of the Asset Sale, in each case, after taking into
account any available tax credits or deductions and any tax
sharing arrangements, amounts required to be applied to the
repayment of Indebtedness secured by a Lien on the asset or
assets that were the subject of such Asset Sale, and any reserve
for adjustment in respect of the sale price of such asset or
assets established in accordance with GAAP.
Non-Recourse Debt means Indebtedness:
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(1) as to which neither IWO Holdings nor any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries (a) provides credit support of any
kind (including any undertaking, agreement or instrument that
would constitute Indebtedness), (b) is directly or
indirectly liable as a guarantor or otherwise, or
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(2) no default with respect to which (including any rights
that the holders of the Indebtedness may have to take
enforcement action against an Unrestricted Subsidiary) would
permit upon notice, lapse of time or both any holder of any
other Indebtedness of IWO Holdings or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to declare a default on such other Indebtedness or
cause the payment of the Indebtedness to be accelerated or
payable prior to its Stated Maturity; and |
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(3) as to which the lenders have been notified in writing
that they will not have any recourse to the stock or assets of
IWO Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries. |
Note Guarantee means the Guarantee by each
Guarantor of IWO Holdings obligations under the indenture
and the senior discount notes, executed pursuant to the
provisions of the indenture.
Obligations means any principal, interest,
penalties, fees, indemnifications, reimbursements, damages and
other liabilities payable under the documentation governing any
Indebtedness (including, without limitation, interest accruing
at the then applicable rate provided in such documentation after
the maturity of such Indebtedness and interest accruing at the
then applicable rate provided in such documentation after the
filing of any petition in bankruptcy, or the commencement of any
insolvency, reorganization, or like proceeding, relating to IWO
Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary, whether or not a claim
for post-filing or post-petition interest is allowed in such
proceeding).
Parent means any person (as such term is used
in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act and the
regulations thereunder) who is or becomes the Beneficial Owner,
directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the total voting
stock or total common equity of IWO Holdings.
Parent Guarantee means an unconditional
Guarantee by a Parent, on a senior unsecured basis, of all
monetary obligations of IWO Holdings under the indenture and any
senior discount notes.
Permitted Business means the lines of
business conducted by IWO Holdings and its Restricted
Subsidiaries on the date of the indenture and any businesses
similar, related, incidental or ancillary thereto or that
constitutes a reasonable extension or expansion thereof.
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Permitted Holder means:
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(1) any Beneficial Owner of more than 5% of IWO
Holdings Equity Interests immediately following the
Reorganization; |
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(2) any Affiliate or immediate family member (in the case
of an individual) of any Person referred to in clause (1); |
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(3) any trust, corporation, partnership or other entity,
the beneficiaries, stockholders, partners, owners or Persons
Beneficially Owning an 80% or more controlling interest of which
consist of any one or more Persons referred to in
clause (1) or (2); or |
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(4) Sprint Corporation, any Sprint PCS Affiliate, and any
Affiliate of Sprint Corporation or any Sprint PCS Affiliate. |
Permitted Investments means:
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(1) any Investment in IWO Holdings or in a Restricted
Subsidiary of IWO Holdings; |
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(2) any Investment in Cash Equivalents; |
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(3) any Investment by IWO Holdings or any Restricted
Subsidiary of IWO Holdings in a Person, if as a result of such
Investment: |
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(a) such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of IWO
Holdings; or |
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(b) such Person is merged, consolidated or amalgamated with
or into, or transfers or conveys all or substantially all of its
assets to, or is liquidated into, IWO Holdings or a Restricted
Subsidiary of IWO Holdings; |
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(4) any Investment made as a result of the receipt of
non-cash consideration from an Asset Sale that was made pursuant
to and in compliance with the covenant described above under
Repurchase at the Option of
Holders Asset Sales; |
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(5) any acquisition of assets or Capital Stock solely in
exchange for the issuance of Equity Interests (other than
Disqualified Stock) of IWO Holdings; |
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(6) any Investments received in compromise or resolution of
(A) obligations of trade creditors or customers that were
incurred in the ordinary course of business of IWO Holdings or
any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, including pursuant to any
plan of reorganization or similar arrangement upon the
bankruptcy or insolvency of any trade creditor or customer; or
(B) litigation, arbitration or other disputes; |
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(7) Investments represented by Hedging Obligations; |
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(8) loans or advances to employees made in the ordinary
course of business of IWO Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary
of IWO Holdings in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed
$2.0 million at any one time outstanding; and |
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(9) Investments in prepaid expenses, negotiable instruments
held for collection, and lease, utility and workers
compensation, performance and other similar deposits. |
Permitted Liens means:
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(1) Liens securing Indebtedness and other Obligations that
were incurred pursuant to either clause (1) or
clause (13) of the definition of Permitted Debt or
securing Hedging Obligations related thereto; |
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(2) Liens in favor of IWO Holdings or the Guarantors; |
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(3) Liens on property of a Person existing at the time such
Person is merged with or into or consolidated with IWO Holdings
or any Subsidiary of IWO Holdings; provided that such Liens were
in existence prior to the contemplation of such merger or
consolidation and do not extend to any |
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assets other than those of the Person merged into or
consolidated with IWO Holdings or the Subsidiary; |
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(4) Liens on property (including Capital Stock) existing at
the time of acquisition of the property by IWO Holdings or any
Subsidiary of IWO Holdings; provided that such Liens were in
existence prior to such acquisition, and not incurred in
contemplation of, such acquisition; |
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(5) Liens to secure the performance of statutory
obligations, surety or appeal bonds, performance bonds or other
obligations of a like nature incurred in the ordinary course of
business; |
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(6) Liens to secure Indebtedness (including Capital Lease
Obligations) permitted by clause (4) of the second
paragraph of the covenant entitled Certain
Covenants Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of
Preferred Stock covering only the assets acquired with or
financed by such Indebtedness; |
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(7) Liens existing on the date of the indenture; |
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(8) Liens for taxes, assessments or governmental charges or
claims that are not yet delinquent or that are being contested
in good faith by appropriate proceedings promptly instituted and
diligently concluded; provided that any reserve or other
appropriate provision as is required in conformity with GAAP has
been made therefor; |
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(9) Liens imposed by law, such as carriers,
warehousemens, landlords and mechanics Liens,
in each case, incurred in the ordinary course of business; |
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(10) survey exceptions, easements or reservations of, or
rights of others for, licenses,
rights-of-way, sewers,
electric lines, telegraph and telephone lines and other similar
purposes, or zoning or other restrictions as to the use of real
property that were not incurred in connection with Indebtedness
and that do not in the aggregate materially adversely affect the
value of said properties or materially impair their use in the
operation of the business of such Person; |
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(11) Liens created for the benefit of (or to secure) the
senior discount notes or the Note Guarantees; |
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(12) Liens to secure any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness
permitted to be incurred under the indenture; provided, however,
that: |
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(a) the new Lien shall be limited to all or part of the
same property and assets that secured or, under the written
agreements pursuant to which the original Lien arose, could
secure the original Lien (plus improvements and accessions to
such property or proceeds or distributions thereof); and |
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(b) the Indebtedness secured by the new Lien is not
increased to any amount greater than the sum of (x) the
outstanding principal amount, or, if greater, committed amount,
of the Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness and (y) an amount
necessary to pay any fees and expenses, including premiums,
related to such renewal, refunding, refinancing, replacement,
defeasance or discharge; |
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(13) Liens, other than Liens securing Indebtedness for
money borrowed, that may arise under IWO Holdings
management and services agreement with Sprint Spectrum L.P. and
its Affiliates; |
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(14) Liens arising from leases, subleases, licenses or
other similar rights that do not interfere with the ordinary
course of the business of IWO Holdings and its Restricted
Subsidiaries; |
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(15) Liens securing reimbursement obligations with respect
to letters of credit that encumber documents and other property
relating to such letters of credit; and |
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(16) Liens incurred in the ordinary course of business of
IWO Holdings or any Subsidiary of IWO Holdings with respect to
obligations that do not exceed $5.0 million at any one time
outstanding. |
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Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness means any
Indebtedness of IWO Holdings or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries issued in exchange for, or the net proceeds of
which are used to renew, refund, refinance, replace, defease or
discharge other Indebtedness of IWO Holdings or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries (other than intercompany Indebtedness);
provided that:
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(1) the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable)
of such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed the
principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of the
Indebtedness renewed, refunded, refinanced, replaced, defeased
or discharged (plus all accrued interest on the Indebtedness and
the amount of all fees and expenses, including premiums,
incurred in connection therewith); |
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(2) such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness has a final
maturity date later than the final maturity date of, and has a
Weighted Average Life to Maturity equal to or greater than the
Weighted Average Life to Maturity of, the Indebtedness being
renewed, refunded, refinanced, replaced, defeased or discharged; |
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(3) if the Indebtedness being renewed, refunded,
refinanced, replaced, defeased or discharged is subordinated in
right of payment to the senior discount notes, such Permitted
Refinancing Indebtedness has a final maturity date later than
the final maturity date of, and is subordinated in right of
payment to, the senior discount notes on terms at least as
favorable to the holders of senior discount notes as those
contained in the documentation governing the Indebtedness being
renewed, refunded, refinanced, replaced, defeased or
discharged; and |
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(4) such Indebtedness is incurred either by IWO Holdings or
by the Restricted Subsidiary who is the obligor on the
Indebtedness being renewed, refunded, refinanced, replaced,
defeased or discharged. |
Person means any individual, corporation,
partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company,
trust, unincorporated organization, limited liability company or
government or other entity.
Reorganization means the consummation of the
Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceeding commenced by IWO Holdings
in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of
Delaware for the purpose of effecting a court-administered
reorganization of IWO Holdings.
Restricted Investment means an Investment
other than a Permitted Investment.
Restricted Subsidiary of a Person means any
Subsidiary of the referent Person that is not an Unrestricted
Subsidiary.
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
is in effect on the date of the indenture.
Sprint PCS Affiliate means any Person whose
sole or predominant business is operating a personal
communications services business pursuant to arrangements with
Sprint Spectrum L.P. or its Affiliates, or their successors,
similar to IWO Holdings management and services agreements
with Sprint Spectrum L.P. and its Affiliates.
Stated Maturity means, with respect to any
installment of interest or principal on any series of
Indebtedness, the date on which the payment of interest or
principal was scheduled to be paid in the documentation
governing such Indebtedness as of the date of the indenture, and
will not include any contingent obligations to repay, redeem or
repurchase any such interest or principal prior to the date
originally scheduled for the payment thereof.
Subsidiary means, with respect to any
specified Person:
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(1) 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 and after giving effect to any voting agreement or
stockholders agreement that effectively transfers |
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voting power) to vote in the election of directors, managers or
trustees of the corporation, association or other business
entity is at the time owned or controlled, directly or
indirectly, by that Person or one or more of the other
Subsidiaries of that Person (or a combination thereof); and |
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(2) any partnership (a) the sole general partner or
the managing general partner of which is such Person or a
Subsidiary of such Person or (b) the only general partners
of which are that Person or one or more Subsidiaries of that
Person (or any combination thereof). |
Unrestricted Subsidiary means any Subsidiary
of IWO Holdings that is designated by the Board of Directors of
IWO Holdings as an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to a
resolution of the Board of Directors, but only to the extent
that such Subsidiary:
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(1) has no Indebtedness other than Non-Recourse Debt; |
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(2) except as permitted by the covenant described above
under Certain Covenants
Transactions with Affiliates, is not party to any
agreement, contract, arrangement or understanding with IWO
Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary of IWO Holdings unless the
terms of any such agreement, contract, arrangement or
understanding are no less favorable to IWO Holdings or such
Restricted Subsidiary than those that might be obtained at the
time from Persons who are not Affiliates of IWO Holdings; |
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(3) is a Person with respect to which neither IWO Holdings
nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries has any direct or
indirect obligation (a) to subscribe for additional Equity
Interests or (b) to maintain or preserve such Persons
financial condition or to cause such Person to achieve any
specified levels of operating results; and |
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(4) has not guaranteed or otherwise directly or indirectly
provided credit support for any Indebtedness of IWO Holdings or
any of its Restricted Subsidiaries. |
Voting Stock of any specified Person as of
any date means the Capital Stock of such Person that is at the
time entitled to vote in the election of the Board of Directors
of such Person.
Weighted Average Life to Maturity means, when
applied to any Indebtedness at any date, the number of years
obtained by dividing:
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(1) the sum of the products obtained by multiplying
(a) the amount of each then remaining installment, sinking
fund, serial maturity or other required payments of principal,
including payment at final maturity, in respect of the
Indebtedness, by (b) the number of years (calculated to the
nearest one-twelfth) that will elapse between such date and the
making of such payment; by (2) the then outstanding
principal amount of such Indebtedness. |
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(2) the then outstanding principal amount of such
Indebtedness. |
UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED COMBINED STATEMENTS OF
OPERATIONS
The unaudited pro forma condensed combined statements of
operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2005 and
for the year ended December 31, 2004 combine the historical
consolidated statements of operations of Sprint and Nextel
Communications, giving effect to the merger as if it had
occurred on January 1, 2004. The historical consolidated
financial information has been adjusted to give effect to pro
forma events that are (1) directly attributable to the
merger, (2) factually supportable, and (3) with
respect to the statements of operations, expected to have a
continuing impact on the combined results. Intercompany
transactions have not been eliminated as the preliminary
estimates are not material to the pro forma condensed combined
statements of operations. In connection with the merger, Sprint
changed its name to Sprint Nextel Corporation.
These unaudited pro forma condensed combined statements of
operations should be read in conjunction with the historical
consolidated financial information and accompanying notes of
Sprint and Nextel Communications, which have been incorporated
by reference into or included in this prospectus.
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The unaudited pro forma condensed combined statements of
operations are not necessarily indicative of the operating
results that would have occurred if the merger had been
completed at the dates indicated.
The unaudited pro forma condensed combined statements of
operations were prepared using the purchase method of accounting
with Sprint treated as the acquiring entity. Accordingly,
consideration paid by Sprint to complete the merger with Nextel
Communications was allocated to Nextel Communications
assets and liabilities based upon their estimated fair values as
of the date of completion of the merger. The allocation is
dependent upon certain valuations and other studies that are in
the process of being finalized. Accordingly, the pro forma
purchase price adjustments are preliminary, subject to future
adjustments and have been made solely for the purpose of
providing the unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial
information presented below.
We expect to incur significant costs over the next several years
associated with integrating the Sprint and Nextel Communications
businesses. Managements development of these integration
plans is underway. The impact of these plans, assuming they were
in place at the date of completion of the merger, could increase
or decrease the amount of goodwill and intangible assets
recognized in accordance with EITF No. 95-3, Recognition
of Liabilities in Connection with a Purchase Business
Combination. The unaudited pro forma condensed combined
statements of operations do not reflect the cost of any
integration activities or benefits that may result from
synergies that may be derived from any integration activities.
Following the merger, we also expect to incur certain other
costs that are attributable to the merger, such as retention
payments payable to both Sprint and Nextel Communications
employees. These costs are currently estimated to be
approximately $200 million. Approximately 50% of the
retention costs were paid upon completion of the merger and 50%
are payable to employees if still employed at the end of the
transition period, not to exceed one year. Additionally, prior
to the merger, Nextel Communications incurred costs of
$50 million related to consideration payable to Motorola in
connection with the transaction contemplated by the merger
agreement in exchange for Motorolas agreement not to
dispose of its Nextel Communications class B common stock
(or the Sprint Nextel securities into which such shares were
converted) for a period of time after completion of the merger
and to agree to modifications of certain provisions of those
securities. Since these costs are not expected to have a
continuing impact on our operations, they have not been included
in the unaudited pro forma condensed combined statements of
operations presented below.
We intend to spin off our local telecommunications business as a
separate entity to our stockholders. There are significant
operational and technical challenges that will need to be
addressed in order to successfully separate the assets and
operations of the local telecommunications business from the
rest of our operations. The contemplated spin-off will also
require the creation of a new publicly traded company with a
capital structure appropriate for that company, the creation and
staffing of operational and corporate functional groups and the
creation of transition services arrangements between us and the
spun-off company. The spin-off may result in additional and
unforeseen expenses, and the completion of the spin-off cannot
be assured. Completion of the spin-off will be conditioned,
among other things, upon receipt of required consents and
approvals from various federal and state regulatory agencies,
including state public utility or service commissions. These
consents and approvals, if received, may impose conditions and
limitations on our business and operations. These conditions and
limitations could jeopardize or delay completion of the spin-off
and could reduce the anticipated benefits of the spin-off.
In addition, the company to be spun off is expected to have
total indebtedness of about $7.25 billion when the spin-off
is completed. A portion of this debt is currently outstanding.
The remainder will be issued to us and to one or more third
parties. We will receive the new debt securities and the cash
proceeds from the new third party borrowings in partial exchange
for the assets contributed to the company to be spun-off. We
will sell or exchange the debt securities issued to us and
intend to use the proceeds from any such sale and the proceeds
paid to us by the spun-off company to repay various obligations.
Because the amount of indebtedness to be incurred by the
subsidiary to be spun off has not
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yet been finally determined, the proceeds to be received by us
in connection with the spin-off and available to repay our
obligations cannot yet be determined.
Additionally, if we are unable to complete the contemplated
spin-off on a tax-free basis, the contemplated spin-off will not
occur. As a result of these uncertainties, the contemplated
spin-off has not been reflected in these unaudited pro forma
condensed combined statements of operations.
These unaudited pro forma condensed combined statements of
operations reflect a preliminary allocation of the purchase
price as if the merger had been completed on January 1,
2004. The preliminary allocations are subject to change based on
finalization of the fair values of the tangible and intangible
assets acquired and liabilities assumed as described above. The
purchase price of $37,808 million has been calculated as
follows (in millions except per share amounts and ratios):
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Number of shares of Nextel class A and class B common
stock outstanding at August 12, 2005
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|
|
1,145.52 |
|
|
|
|
|
Stock exchange ratio
|
|
|
1.26750218 |
|
|
|
|
|
Multiplied by Sprint series 1 common stock average stock
price for the period two business days before and through the
two business days after the December 15, 2004 announcement
of the merger
|
|
$ |
24.55 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Estimated value of shares issued
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
35,645 |
|
Number of shares of Nextel class A and class B common
stock outstanding at August 12, 2005
|
|
|
1,145.52 |
|
|
|
|
|
Cash exchange ratio
|
|
|
.03249782 |
|
|
|
|
|
Multiplied by Sprint series 1 common stock average stock
price on the NYSE during the 20 trading day period ending on the
date of completion of the merger
|
|
$ |
26.0415 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Estimated cash distribution to Nextel common stockholders
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
969 |
|
Estimated fair value of vested Nextel stock options, exchanged
for Sprint Nextel stock options, which were outstanding as of
August 12, 2005
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
606 |
|
Estimated fair value of unvested Nextel stock options, exchanged
for Sprint Nextel stock options, which were outstanding as of
August 12, 2005
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
518 |
|
Estimated transaction costs
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
70 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Estimated purchase price
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
37,808 |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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The purchase price has been assigned to the preliminary
estimated fair values of the assets acquired and liabilities
assumed as follows (in millions):
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|
|
|
|
Preliminary | |
|
|
Fair Value | |
|
|
| |
Current assets
|
|
$ |
5,501 |
|
Property, plant and equipment
|
|
|
8,454 |
|
Goodwill
|
|
|
15,549 |
|
Spectrum licenses
|
|
|
14,240 |
|
Other indefinite life intangibles
|
|
|
400 |
|
Customer relationships and other definite life intangibles
|
|
|
10,448 |
|
Other assets
|
|
|
111 |
|
Investments
|
|
|
2,680 |
|
Current liabilities
|
|
|
(2,910 |
) |
Long-term debt
|
|
|
(8,984 |
) |
Deferred income taxes, net
|
|
|
(7,865 |
) |
Other long-term liabilities
|
|
|
(334 |
) |
Deferred compensation included in stockholders equity
|
|
|
518 |
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
$ |
37,808 |
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|
|
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|
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SPRINT NEXTEL
UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED COMBINED STATEMENT OF
OPERATIONS
(Millions, except per share data)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nextel | |
|
|
|
Pro Forma | |
|
|
Sprint Nextel | |
|
Communications | |
|
Pro Forma | |
|
Sprint | |
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2005 |
|
Corporation | |
|
1/1/05-8/12/05 | |
|
Adjustments | |
|
Nextel | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
Net Operating Revenues
|
|
$ |
23,384 |
|
|
$ |
9,260 |
|
|
$ |
129 |
(a)(j) |
|
$ |
32,773 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating Expenses
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Costs of services and products
|
|
|
9,760 |
|
|
|
2,905 |
|
|
|
131 |
(a)(b)(j) |
|
|
12,796 |
|
Selling, general and administrative
|
|
|
6,567 |
|
|
|
3,046 |
|
|
|
148 |
(c)(k) |
|
|
9,761 |
|
Depreciation
|
|
|
3,364 |
|
|
|
1,253 |
|
|
|
(135 |
)(d)(j) |
|
|
4,482 |
|
Amortization
|
|
|
467 |
|
|
|
7 |
|
|
|
1,532 |
(e) |
|
|
2,006 |
|
Restructuring and asset impairments
|
|
|
71 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
71 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total operating expenses
|
|
|
20,229 |
|
|
|
7,211 |
|
|
|
1,676 |
|
|
|
29,116 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating Income
|
|
|
3,155 |
|
|
|
2,049 |
|
|
|
(1,547 |
) |
|
|
3,657 |
|
Interest expense
|
|
|
(927 |
) |
|
|
(317 |
) |
|
|
11 |
(f) |
|
|
(1,233 |
) |
Premium on early retirement of debt
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(37 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(37 |
) |
Other income, net
|
|
|
314 |
|
|
|
49 |
|
|
|
(15 |
)(g) |
|
|
348 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income from continuing operations before income taxes
|
|
|
2,542 |
|
|
|
1,744 |
|
|
|
(1,551 |
) |
|
|
2,735 |
|
Income tax expense
|
|
|
(954 |
) |
|
|
(378 |
) |
|
|
304 |
(h)(i)(l) |
|
|
(1,028 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income from Continuing Operations
|
|
$ |
1,588 |
|
|
$ |
1,366 |
|
|
$ |
(1,247 |
) |
|
$ |
1,707 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Diluted Earnings per Common Share from Continuing
Operations(m)
|
|
$ |
0.91 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
0.58 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic Earnings per Common Share from Continuing
Operations(m)
|
|
$ |
0.92 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
0.58 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sprint Nextel diluted weighted average common shares(n)
|
|
|
1,745.0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,957.0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sprint Nextel basic weighted average common shares
|
|
|
1,725.1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,935.1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
See accompanying Notes to Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined
Statements of Operations
116
SPRINT NEXTEL
UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED COMBINED STATEMENT OF
OPERATIONS
(Millions, except per share data)
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Purchase | |
|
|
|
Accounting | |
|
Pro Forma | |
|
|
Sprint | |
|
Nextel | |
|
Accounting | |
|
Income Tax | |
|
Conformity | |
|
Sprint | |
Year Ended December 31, 2004 |
|
Corporation | |
|
Communications | |
|
Adjustments | |
|
Adjustments | |
|
Adjustments | |
|
Nextel | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
Net Operating Revenues
|
|
$ |
27,428 |
|
|
$ |
13,368 |
|
|
$ |
23 |
(a) |
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
129 |
(j) |
|
$ |
40,902 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating Expenses
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Costs of services and products
|
|
|
11,576 |
|
|
|
4,003 |
|
|
|
(22 |
)(a)(b) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
224 |
(j) |
|
|
15,781 |
|
Selling, general and administrative
|
|
|
7,704 |
|
|
|
4,241 |
|
|
|
286 |
(c) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(60 |
)(j)(k) |
|
|
12,171 |
|
Depreciation
|
|
|
4,713 |
|
|
|
1,807 |
|
|
|
(270 |
)(d) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6,250 |
|
Amortization
|
|
|
7 |
|
|
|
34 |
|
|
|
3,260 |
(e) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,301 |
|
Restructuring and asset impairments
|
|
|
3,731 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,731 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total operating expenses
|
|
|
27,731 |
|
|
|
10,085 |
|
|
|
3,254 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
164 |
|
|
|
41,234 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating Income (Loss)
|
|
|
(303 |
) |
|
|
3,283 |
|
|
|
(3,277 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(35 |
) |
|
|
(332 |
) |
Interest expense
|
|
|
(1,248 |
) |
|
|
(594 |
) |
|
|
20 |
(f) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1,822 |
) |
Premium on early retirement of debt
|
|
|
(60 |
) |
|
|
(117 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(177 |
) |
Other income, net
|
|
|
8 |
|
|
|
73 |
|
|
|
(16 |
)(g) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
65 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes
|
|
|
(1,603 |
) |
|
|
2,645 |
|
|
|
(3,273 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(35 |
) |
|
|
(2,266 |
) |
Income tax (expense) benefit
|
|
|
591 |
|
|
|
355 |
|
|
|
(1,404 |
)(h) |
|
|
1,305 |
(i) |
|
|
15 |
(l) |
|
|
862 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations
|
|
$ |
(1,012 |
) |
|
$ |
3,000 |
|
|
$ |
(4,677 |
) |
|
$ |
1,305 |
|
|
$ |
(20 |
) |
|
$ |
(1,404 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Diluted and Basic Loss per Common Share from Continuing
Operations(m)
|
|
$ |
(0.71 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
(0.50 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sprint Corporation diluted and basic weighted average common
shares
|
|
|
1,443.4 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,443.4 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nextel Communications diluted and basic weighted average common
shares
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,110.9 |
|
Nextel Communications zero coupon convertible preferred stock as
if converted
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4.7 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nextel Communications diluted and basic weighted average common
shares after preferred stock conversion
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,115.6 |
|
Stock exchange ratio
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1.26750218 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Former Nextel Communications diluted and basic weighted average
common shares converted to Sprint Nextel Corporation
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,414.0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sprint Nextel diluted and basic weighted average common shares
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,857.4 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
See accompanying Notes to Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined
Statements of Operations
117
NOTES TO UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED
COMBINED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(a) Reflects the pro forma intercompany eliminations.
(b) Reflects the adjustment to record estimated adjustment
to lease expense related to the difference between book value,
i.e., fair value, of Nextel Communications lease
liabilities.
(c) Reflects the adjustment to selling, general and
administrative expense for estimated deferred compensation
expense resulting from unvested options held by Nextel
Communications employees at completion of the merger. The fair
value of the unvested options has been allocated to deferred
compensation based on the portion of the vesting period
remaining as a percentage of the total vesting period. The fair
value of the options was calculated using the Black-Scholes
pricing model.
(d) Reflects the estimated adjustment to depreciation
expense for the preliminary purchase price adjustment made to
Nextel Communications property, plant and equipment.
(e) Reflects the estimated adjustment to amortization
expense for the preliminary purchase price adjustment made to
Nextel Communications intangible assets. The customer
relationships are being amortized over 5 years using an
accelerated method.
(f) Reflects the estimated adjustment to interest expense
for the preliminary purchase price adjustment made to Nextel
Communications outstanding debt. For purposes of the
unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial statements, the
adjustment is being amortized over the average remaining life of
the Nextel Communications debt outstanding at
August 12, 2005.
(g) Reflects the estimated adjustment to interest income
earned that would have been foregone had the purchase occurred
on January 1, 2004.
(h) Reflects the estimated adjustment to tax expense to
eliminate the benefits recognized by Nextel Communications in
the first, second and third quarters of 2005 as well as in the
second, third and fourth quarters of 2004 for the reversal of
valuation allowances previously established for capital loss
carryforwards and net operating loss carryforwards, net of
amount recognized for tax uncertainties. Had the merger taken
place on January 1, 2004, any adjustment to the previously
established valuation allowance would have reduced goodwill in
accordance with SFAS No. 109, Accounting for Income
Taxes.
(i) Reflects the adjustment of the estimated incremental
income taxes that would have been recorded for pro forma results
of operations related to the pro forma adjustments discussed in
Notes (a), (b), (c), (d) (e), (f) and (g). A combined
statutory federal and blended state income tax rate of 40% was
used for these adjustments.
(j) Reflects the estimated reclassification of certain
items included in Nextel Communications net operating
revenue, costs of services and products and selling, general and
administrative to conform to Sprints reporting
classification.
(k) Reflects the estimated adjustment to selling, general
and administrative expense, which would have been recognized had
the options granted to Nextel Communications employees in 2003,
2004 and the first, second and third quarters of 2005 been
accounted for in accordance with SFAS No. 123.
Effective January 1, 2003, Sprint adopted
SFAS No. 123, Accounting for Stock-Based
Compensation, as amended by SFAS No. 148,
Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation
Transition and Disclosure, an Amendment of FASB
Statement 123, using the prospective method. Nextel has
historically accounted for stock-based compensation in
accordance with Accounting Principles Board , or APB, Opinion
No. 25, Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees.
(l) Reflects the adjustment of the estimated income taxes
that would have been recorded for pro forma results of
operations related to the pro forma adjustments discussed in
Note (k).
(m) As the effects of including the incremental shares
associated with options, restricted stock units, and employees
stock purchase plan shares are antidilutive for the year ended
December 31, 2004, both
118
diluted loss per common share and basic loss per common share
reflect the same calculation in the 2004 unaudited pro forma
condensed combined statement of operations. Pro forma diluted
and basic loss per common share from continuing operations is
calculated as follows (in millions, except per share
amounts):
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nine Months | |
|
|
|
|
Ended | |
|
|
|
|
September 30, | |
|
Year Ended | |
|
|
2005 | |
|
December 31, 2004 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
Pro forma income (loss) from continuing operations
|
|
$ |
1,707 |
|
|
$ |
(1,404 |
) |
Less:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Preferred stock dividends paid
|
|
|
(5 |
) |
|
|
(7 |
) |
|
Earnings allocated to participating securities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(9 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pro forma income (loss) from continuing operations applicable to
common stock
|
|
$ |
1,702 |
|
|
$ |
(1,420 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pro forma Sprint Nextel diluted weighted average common shares
(see Note (n))
|
|
|
2,957.0 |
|
|
|
2,857.4 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pro forma diluted earnings (loss) per share from continuing
operations
|
|
$ |
0.58 |
|
|
$ |
(0.50 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pro forma Sprint Nextel basic weighted average common shares
|
|
|
2,935.1 |
|
|
|
2,857.4 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pro forma basic earnings (loss) per share from continuing
operations
|
|
$ |
0.58 |
|
|
$ |
(0.50 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(n) Certain incremental shares associated with options,
restricted stock units and employees stock purchase plan shares
are excluded in the calculation of weighted average common
shares for the nine months ended September 30, 2005 as they
are antidilutive.
LEGAL MATTERS
Jones Day will pass upon the validity of the guarantees. Jones
Day will rely as to certain matters under Kansas law upon the
opinion of Michael T. Hyde, Esq., our
in-house counsel. As of
March 1, 2006, Mr. Hyde beneficially owned
27,926 shares of our series 1 common stock, had
options to purchase 66,580 shares of our series 1
common stock and had restricted stock units representing
3,115 shares of our series 1 common stock.
EXPERTS
The consolidated financial statements and financial statement
schedule of Sprint Nextel Corporation (formerly Sprint
Corporation) as of and for the year ended December 31,
2004, and managements assessment of the effectiveness of
internal control over financial reporting as of
December 31, 2004 have been incorporated by reference
herein and in the registration statement in reliance upon the
reports of KPMG LLP, an independent registered public accounting
firm, incorporated by reference herein, and upon the authority
of said firm as experts in accounting and auditing.
The consolidated financial statements and financial statement
schedule of Sprint Nextel Corporation (formerly Sprint
Corporation) as of December 31, 2003 and for the years
ended December 31, 2003 and 2002 included in its annual
report on
Form 10-K/ A for
the year ended December 31, 2004 have been audited by
Ernst & Young LLP, an independent registered public
accounting firm, as set forth in their report thereon included
therein and incorporated by reference herein. The consolidated
financial statements and financial statement schedule are
incorporated herein by reference in reliance on Ernst &
Young LLPs report given on their authority as experts in
accounting and auditing.
119
The consolidated financial statements of Nextel Communications,
Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2004 and 2003 and
for each of the three years in the period ended
December 31, 2004 included in this prospectus, have been
audited by Deloitte & Touche LLP, an independent registered
public accounting firm, as stated in their report appearing
herein (which report on the consolidated financial statements
expresses an unqualified opinion and includes an explanatory
paragraph referring to the adoption of the provisions of
Emerging Issues Task Force Issue
No. 00-21,
Accounting for Revenue Arrangements with Multiple
Deliverables, in 2003 and the adoption of Statement of
Financial Accounting Standards No. 142, Goodwill and
Other Intangible Assets, in 2002), and have been so included
in reliance upon the report of such firm given upon their
authority as experts in accounting and auditing.
WHERE YOU CAN GET MORE INFORMATION
Available Information
We file annual, quarterly and current reports, proxy statements
and other information with the SEC. You may read and copy any of
this information at the SECs public reference room at 100
F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549. Please call the SEC
at (800) SEC-0330
or (202) 942-8090 for further information on the public
reference room. The SEC also maintains an Internet website that
contains reports, proxy statements and other information
regarding issuers, including us, who file electronically with
the SEC. The address of that site is www.sec.gov. The
information contained on the SECs website is expressly not
incorporated by reference into this prospectus.
Our SEC filings are also available at the office of The New York
Stock Exchange, or the NYSE. For further information on
obtaining copies of our public filings at the NYSE, you should
call (212) 656-5060.
We have filed a registration statement with the SEC under the
Securities Act, of which this prospectus forms a part, to
register the guarantees to be issued in connection with the
consent solicitation. As allowed by the SECs rules, this
prospectus does not contain all of the information you can find
in the registration statement and its exhibits. As a result,
statements in this prospectus concerning the contents of any
contract, agreement or other document are not necessarily
complete. If any contract, agreement or other document is filed
as an exhibit to the registration statement, you should read the
exhibit for a more complete understanding of the document or
matter involved.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference
The SEC allows us to incorporate by reference information into
this prospectus. This means we can disclose information to you
by referring you to another document we filed with the SEC. We
will make those documents available to you without charge upon
your oral or written request. Requests for those documents
should be directed to Sprint Nextel Corporation, 2001 Edmund
Halley Drive, Reston, Virginia 20191, Attention: Investor
Relations, telephone:
(703) 433-4300.
This prospectus incorporates by reference the following
documents:
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Annual report on
Form 10-K/ A for
the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004 filed on
April 29, 2005; |
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Quarterly report on
Form 10-Q for the
quarter ended March 31, 2005 filed on May 9, 2005, for
the quarter ended June 30, 2005 filed on August 8,
2005 and for the quarter ended September 30, 2005 filed on
November 9, 2005; and |
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Current reports on
Form 8-K filed on
January 21, 2005, February 14, 2005, February 17,
2005, March 15, 2005, April 21, 2005 (of the two
current reports on
Form 8-K filed on
April 21, 2005, only the filing made under Item 1.01
is incorporated herein by reference), May 20, 2005,
June 10, 2005, June 14, 2005, June 22, 2005,
June 23, 2005 (two reports), July 11, 2005,
July 13, 2005 (two reports), July 18, 2005,
July 19, 2005, July 29, 2005, August 4, 2005,
August 9, 2005 (two reports), August 12, 2005,
August 16, 2005, August 17, 2005, August 18,
2005, September 6, 2005, September 9, 2005,
October 6, 2005, October 14, 2005, October 31,
2005, November 21, 2005, |
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December 16, 2005, December 21, 2005, February 1,
2006, February 10, 2006 and February 22, 2006 (of the
two current reports on
Form 8-K filed on
February 22, 2006, only the filing made under
Item 1.01 is incorporated herein by reference) and current
reports on
Form 8-K/ A filed
on April 19, 2005 (two reports), October 4, 2005,
December 5, 2005 and December 15, 2005. |
We are also incorporating by reference additional documents we
may file pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 after the date of this
prospectus and before the expiration date.
This additional information is a part of this prospectus from
the date of filing of those documents.
Any statements made in this prospectus or in a document
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference into this
prospectus will be deemed to be modified or superseded for
purposes of this prospectus to the extent that a statement
contained in this prospectus or in any other subsequently filed
document which is also incorporated or deemed to be incorporated
into this prospectus modifies or supersedes the statement. Any
statement so modified or superseded will not be deemed, except
as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this
prospectus.
The information relating to us contained in this prospectus
should be read together with the information in the documents
incorporated by reference.
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INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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F-1
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To the Board of Directors and Stockholders of
Nextel Communications, Inc.
Reston, Virginia
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of
Nextel Communications, Inc. and subsidiaries (the
Company) as of December 31, 2004 and 2003, and
the related consolidated statements of operations, changes in
stockholders equity, and cash flows for each of the three
years in the period ended December 31, 2004. These
consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the
Companys management. Our responsibility is to express an
opinion on the financial statements based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the
Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those
standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain
reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are
free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a
test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in
the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the
accounting principles used and significant estimates made by
management, as well as evaluating the overall financial
statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a
reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, such consolidated financial statements present
fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of
Nextel Communications, Inc. and subsidiaries as of
December 31, 2004 and 2003, and the results of their
operations and their cash flows for each of the three years in
the period ended December 31, 2004, in conformity with
accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of
America.
As discussed in note 1 to the consolidated financial statements,
the Company adopted the provisions of Emerging Issues Task Force
Issue No. 00-21,
Accounting for Revenue Arrangements with Multiple
Deliverables, in 2003. As discussed in note 1 to the
consolidated financial statements, the Company adopted the
provisions of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards
No. 142, Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets,
in 2002.
We have also audited, in accordance with the standards of the
Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the
effectiveness of the Companys internal control over
financial reporting as of December 31, 2004, based on the
criteria established in Internal Control
Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring
Organizations of the Treadway Commission and our report (not
presented herein) dated March 14, 2005 expressed an
unqualified opinion on managements assessment of the
effectiveness of the Companys internal control over
financial reporting and an unqualified opinion on the
effectiveness of the Companys internal control over
financial reporting.
/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP
McLean, Virginia
March 14, 2005
F-2
NEXTEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
As of December 31, 2004 and 2003
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2004 | |
|
2003 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
(As restated) | |
|
|
|
|
(See Note 1) | |
|
|
(Dollars in millions) | |
ASSETS |
Current assets
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents
|
|
$ |
1,479 |
|
|
$ |
806 |
|
|
Short-term investments
|
|
|
335 |
|
|
|
1,165 |
|
|
Accounts and notes receivable, net
|
|
|
1,452 |
|
|
|
1,276 |
|
|
Due from related parties
|
|
|
132 |
|
|
|
70 |
|
|
Handset and accessory inventory
|
|
|
322 |
|
|
|
223 |
|
|
Deferred tax assets (note 9)
|
|
|
882 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Prepaid expenses and other current assets (note 2)
|
|
|
605 |
|
|
|
148 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total current assets
|
|
|
5,207 |
|
|
|
3,688 |
|
Investments
|
|
|
360 |
|
|
|
408 |
|
Property, plant and equipment, net
|
|
|
9,613 |
|
|
|
9,093 |
|
Intangible assets, net (note 5)
|
|
|
7,223 |
|
|
|
7,038 |
|
Other assets
|
|
|
341 |
|
|
|
283 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
22,744 |
|
|
$ |
20,510 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS EQUITY |
Current liabilities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts payable
|
|
$ |
986 |
|
|
$ |
663 |
|
|
Accrued expenses and other
|
|
|
1,304 |
|
|
|
1,382 |
|
|
Due to related parties
|
|
|
297 |
|
|
|
285 |
|
|
Current portion of long-term debt and capital lease obligation
|
|
|
22 |
|
|
|
487 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total current liabilities
|
|
|
2,609 |
|
|
|
2,817 |
|
Long-term debt
|
|
|
8,527 |
|
|
|
9,725 |
|
Deferred income taxes (note 9)
|
|
|
1,781 |
|
|
|
1,873 |
|
Other liabilities
|
|
|
311 |
|
|
|
258 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total liabilities
|
|
|
13,228 |
|
|
|
14,673 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Commitments and contingencies (notes 6 and 10)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Zero coupon mandatorily redeemable preferred stock,
convertible, 245,245 shares issued and outstanding
|
|
|
108 |
|
|
|
99 |
|
Stockholders equity
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Common stock, class A, 1.088 billion and
1.068 billion shares issued and outstanding
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
Common stock, class B, nonvoting convertible,
36 million shares issued; 30 million and
36 million shares outstanding
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Paid-in capital
|
|
|
12,610 |
|
|
|
11,942 |
|
|
Accumulated deficit
|
|
|
(3,363 |
) |
|
|
(6,363 |
) |
|
Treasury stock, at cost
|
|
|
(141 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
Deferred compensation, net
|
|
|
(33 |
) |
|
|
(16 |
) |
|
Accumulated other comprehensive income
|
|
|
334 |
|
|
|
174 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total stockholders equity
|
|
|
9,408 |
|
|
|
5,738 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
22,744 |
|
|
$ |
20,510 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The accompanying notes including note 13
Related Party Transactions
are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
F-3
NEXTEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
For the Years Ended December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2004 | |
|
2003 | |
|
2002 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
(As restated) | |
|
(As restated) | |
|
|
|
|
(See Note 1) | |
|
(See Note 1) | |
|
|
(In millions, except per share amounts) | |
Operating revenues
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Service revenues
|
|
$ |
11,925 |
|
|
$ |
9,892 |
|
|
$ |
8,186 |
|
|
Handset and accessory revenues
|
|
|
1,443 |
|
|
|
928 |
|
|
|
535 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
13,368 |
|
|
|
10,820 |
|
|
|
8,721 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating expenses
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cost of service (exclusive of depreciation included below)
|
|
|
1,926 |
|
|
|
1,674 |
|
|
|
1,488 |
|
|
Cost of handset and accessory revenues
|
|
|
2,077 |
|
|
|
1,495 |
|
|
|
1,047 |
|
|
Selling, general and administrative
|
|
|
4,241 |
|
|
|
3,453 |
|
|
|
3,039 |
|
|
Restructuring and impairment charges
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
35 |
|
|
Depreciation
|
|
|
1,807 |
|
|
|
1,643 |
|
|
|
1,541 |
|
|
Amortization
|
|
|
34 |
|
|
|
51 |
|
|
|
54 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10,085 |
|
|
|
8,316 |
|
|
|
7,204 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating income
|
|
|
3,283 |
|
|
|
2,504 |
|
|
|
1,517 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other income (expense)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest expense
|
|
|
(594 |
) |
|
|
(844 |
) |
|
|
(1,048 |
) |
|
Interest income
|
|
|
29 |
|
|
|
42 |
|
|
|
58 |
|
|
(Loss) gain on retirement of debt, net of debt conversion costs
of $0, $0 and $160
|
|
|
(117 |
) |
|
|
(245 |
) |
|
|
354 |
|
|
Gain on deconsolidation of NII Holdings
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,218 |
|
|
Equity in earnings (losses) of unconsolidated affiliates, net
|
|
|
15 |
|
|
|
(58 |
) |
|
|
(309 |
) |
|
Realized gain on sale of investments, net
|
|
|
26 |
|
|
|
223 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other, net
|
|
|
3 |
|
|
|
2 |
|
|
|
(39 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(638 |
) |
|
|
(880 |
) |
|
|
234 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income before income tax benefit (provision)
|
|
|
2,645 |
|
|
|
1,624 |
|
|
|
1,751 |
|
Income tax benefit (provision)
|
|
|
355 |
|
|
|
(113 |
) |
|
|
(391 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income
|
|
|
3,000 |
|
|
|
1,511 |
|
|
|
1,360 |
|
|
(Loss) gain on retirement of mandatorily redeemable preferred
stock
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(7 |
) |
|
|
485 |
|
|
Mandatorily redeemable preferred stock dividends and accretion
|
|
|
(9 |
) |
|
|
(58 |
) |
|
|
(211 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income available to common stockholders
|
|
$ |
2,991 |
|
|
$ |
1,446 |
|
|
$ |
1,634 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Earnings per common share
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic
|
|
$ |
2.69 |
|
|
$ |
1.38 |
|
|
$ |
1.85 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Diluted
|
|
$ |
2.62 |
|
|
$ |
1.34 |
|
|
$ |
1.75 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic
|
|
|
1,111 |
|
|
|
1,047 |
|
|
|
884 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Diluted
|
|
|
1,152 |
|
|
|
1,089 |
|
|
|
966 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The accompanying notes including note 13
Related Party Transactions
are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
F-4
NEXTEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS
EQUITY
For the Years Ended December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Convertible |
|
Class A |
|
Class B |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Preferred Stock |
|
Common Stock |
|
Common Stock |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Paid-in |
|
Accumulated |
|
|
Shares |
|
Amount |
|
Shares |
|
Amount |
|
Shares |
|
Amount |
|
Capital |
|
Deficit |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(In millions) |
Balance, December 31, 2001 (as restated)
(note 1)
|
|
|
8 |
|
|
$ |
283 |
|
|
|
763 |
|
|
$ |
1 |
|
|
|
36 |
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
8,581 |
|
|
$ |
(9,234 |
) |
|
Net income (as restated)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,360 |
|
|
|
Other comprehensive income, net of income tax:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Foreign currency translation adjustment
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net unrealized gains on available- for-sale securities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Unrealized holding losses
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Reclassification adjustment for losses included in net income
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash flow hedge:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Reclassification of transition adjustment included in net income
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Unrealized loss on cash flow hedge
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total comprehensive income
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Common stock issued under equity plans
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
8 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
49 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Conversion of preferred stock into common stock
|
|
|
(4 |
) |
|
|
(147 |
) |
|
|
24 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
147 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Exchange of debt securities for common stock
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
98 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
867 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Exchange of mandatorily redeemable preferred stock for common
stock
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
75 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
601 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Deferred compensation and other
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
11 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gain on retirement of mandatorily redeemable preferred stock
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
485 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dividends and accretion on mandatorily redeemable preferred stock
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(211 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance, December 31, 2002 (as restated)
(note 1)
|
|
|
4 |
|
|
|
136 |
|
|
|
968 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
36 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10,530 |
|
|
|
(7,874 |
) |
|
Net income (as restated)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,511 |
|
|
|
Other comprehensive income, net of income tax:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Foreign currency translation adjustment
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net unrealized gains on available- for-sale securities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Unrealized holding gains, net of income tax of $102 (as restated)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash flow hedge:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Reclassification of transition adjustment included in net income
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Unrealized gain on cash flow hedge
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total comprehensive income
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Common stock issued under direct stock purchase plan and other
equity plans
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
47 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
707 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Conversion of preferred stock into common stock
|
|
|
(4 |
) |
|
|
(136 |
) |
|
|
22 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
136 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Exchange of debt securities for common stock
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
31 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
588 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Deferred compensation and other
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
24 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Increase on issuance of equity by affiliates, net of deferred
income tax
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
22 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loss on retirement of mandatorily redeemable preferred stock
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(7 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
Dividends and accretion on mandatorily redeemable preferred stock
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(58 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance, December 31, 2003 (as restated)
(note 1)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,068 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
36 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
11,942 |
|
|
|
(6,363 |
) |
|
Net income
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,000 |
|
|
|
Other comprehensive income, net of income tax:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Foreign currency translation adjustment
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Unrealized holding gains on available-for-sale securities, net
of income tax of $109
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total comprehensive income
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Common stock issued under equity plans and other
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
20 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
267 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Deferred compensation
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
32 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Purchase of treasury stock (note 1)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(6 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Release of valuation allowance attributable to stock options
(note 9)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
337 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Stock option tax deduction benefit
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
82 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Adjustment to equity method investment, net of deferred income
tax
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(41 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
Accretion on zero coupon mandatorily redeemable preferred stock
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(9 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance, December 31, 2004
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
1,088 |
|
|
$ |
1 |
|
|
|
30 |
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
12,610 |
|
|
$ |
(3,363 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
[Additional columns below]
[Continued from above table, first column(s) repeated]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accumulated Other |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Comprehensive Income |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Unrealized |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Treasury Stock |
|
|
|
Gain |
|
Cumulative |
|
Cash |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Deferred |
|
(Loss) on |
|
Translation |
|
Flow |
|
|
|
|
Shares |
|
Amount |
|
Compensation |
|
Investments |
|
Adjustments |
|
Hedge |
|
Total |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(In millions) |
Balance, December 31, 2001 (as restated)
(note 1)
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
(17 |
) |
|
$ |
7 |
|
|
$ |
(229 |
) |
|
$ |
(29 |
) |
|
$ |
(637 |
) |
|
Net income (as restated)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,360 |
|
|
|
Other comprehensive income, net of income tax:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Foreign currency translation adjustment
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
228 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
228 |
|
|
|
|
Net unrealized gains on available- for-sale securities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Unrealized holding losses
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(37 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(37 |
) |
|
|
|
|
Reclassification adjustment for losses included in net income
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
37 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
37 |
|
|
|
|
Cash flow hedge:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Reclassification of transition adjustment included in net income
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
8 |
|
|
|
8 |
|
|
|
|
|
Unrealized loss on cash flow hedge
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(6 |
) |
|
|
(6 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total comprehensive income
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,590 |
|
|
Common stock issued under equity plans
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
49 |
|
|
Conversion of preferred stock into common stock
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Exchange of debt securities for common stock
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
867 |
|
|
Exchange of mandatorily redeemable preferred stock for common
stock
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
601 |
|
|
Deferred compensation and other
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
21 |
|
|
Gain on retirement of mandatorily redeemable preferred stock
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
485 |
|
|
Dividends and accretion on mandatorily redeemable preferred stock
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(211 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance, December 31, 2002 (as restated)
(note 1)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(7 |
) |
|
|
7 |
|
|
|
(1 |
) |
|
|
(27 |
) |
|
|
2,765 |
|
|
Net income (as restated)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,511 |
|
|
|
Other comprehensive income, net of income tax:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Foreign currency translation adjustment
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(4 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(4 |
) |
|
|
|
Net unrealized gains on available- for-sale securities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Unrealized holding gains, net of income tax of $102 (as restated)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
172 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
172 |
|
|
|
|
Cash flow hedge:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Reclassification of transition adjustment included in net income
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4 |
|
|
|
4 |
|
|
|
|
|
Unrealized gain on cash flow hedge
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
23 |
|
|
|
23 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total comprehensive income
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,706 |
|
|
Common stock issued under direct stock purchase plan and other
equity plans
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
707 |
|
|
Conversion of preferred stock into common stock
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Exchange of debt securities for common stock
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
588 |
|
|
Deferred compensation and other
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(9 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
15 |
|
|
Increase on issuance of equity by affiliates, net of deferred
income tax
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
22 |
|
|
Loss on retirement of mandatorily redeemable preferred stock
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(7 |
) |
|
Dividends and accretion on mandatorily redeemable preferred stock
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(58 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance, December 31, 2003 (as restated)
(note 1)
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
(16 |
) |
|
|
179 |
|
|
|
(5 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
5,738 |
|
|
Net income
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,000 |
|
|
|
Other comprehensive income, net of income tax:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Foreign currency translation adjustment
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2 |
|
|
|
Unrealized holding gains on available-for-sale securities, net
of income tax of $109
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
158 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
158 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total comprehensive income
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,160 |
|
|
Common stock issued under equity plans and other
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
267 |
|
|
Deferred compensation
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(17 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
15 |
|
|
Purchase of treasury stock (note 1)
|
|
|
6 |
|
|
|
(141 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(141 |
) |
|
Release of valuation allowance attributable to stock options
(note 9)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
337 |
|
|
Stock option tax deduction benefit
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
82 |
|
|
Adjustment to equity method investment, net of deferred income
tax
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(41 |
) |
|
Accretion on zero coupon mandatorily redeemable preferred stock
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(9 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance, December 31, 2004
|
|
|
6 |
|
|
$ |
(141 |
) |
|
$ |
(33 |
) |
|
$ |
337 |
|
|
$ |
(3 |
) |
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
9,408 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The accompanying notes including note 13
Related Party Transactions are an
integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
F-5
NEXTEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
For the Years Ended December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2004 | |
|
2003 | |
|
2002 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
(As restated) | |
|
(As restated) | |
|
|
|
|
(See Note 1) | |
|
(See Note 1) | |
|
|
(In millions) | |
Cash flows from operating activities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income
|
|
$ |
3,000 |
|
|
$ |
1,511 |
|
|
$ |
1,360 |
|
|
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by
operating activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Amortization of debt financing costs and accretion of senior
notes
|
|
|
24 |
|
|
|
46 |
|
|
|
316 |
|
|
|
Provision for losses on accounts receivable
|
|
|
127 |
|
|
|
129 |
|
|
|
334 |
|
|
|
Amortization of deferred gain from sale of towers
|
|
|
(96 |
) |
|
|
(105 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Restructuring and impairment charges
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
24 |
|
|
|
Depreciation and amortization
|
|
|
1,841 |
|
|
|
1,694 |
|
|
|
1,595 |
|
|
|
Loss (gain) on retirement of debt
|
|
|
117 |
|
|
|
245 |
|
|
|
(514 |
) |
|
|
Debt conversion expense
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
160 |
|
|
|
Gain on deconsolidation of NII Holdings
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1,228 |
) |
|
|
Equity in (earnings) losses of unconsolidated affiliates,
net
|
|
|
(15 |
) |
|
|
58 |
|
|
|
309 |
|
|
|
Realized gain on investments, net
|
|
|
(26 |
) |
|
|
(223 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tax benefit from the release of valuation allowance, net
|
|
|
(1,113 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income tax provision
|
|
|
651 |
|
|
|
62 |
|
|
|
391 |
|
|
|
Other, net
|
|
|
41 |
|
|
|
59 |
|
|
|
71 |
|
|
|
Change in assets and liabilities, net of effects from
acquisitions
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts and notes receivable
|
|
|
(328 |
) |
|
|
(350 |
) |
|
|
(492 |
) |
|
|
|
Handset and accessory inventory
|
|
|
(110 |
) |
|
|
29 |
|
|
|
(21 |
) |
|
|
|
Prepaid expenses and other assets
|
|
|
(285 |
) |
|
|
(65 |
) |
|
|
(21 |
) |
|
|
|
Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other
|
|
|
460 |
|
|
|
222 |
|
|
|
239 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash provided by operating activities
|
|
|
4,288 |
|
|
|
3,312 |
|
|
|
2,523 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash flows from investing activities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Capital expenditures
|
|
|
(2,513 |
) |
|
|
(1,716 |
) |
|
|
(1,863 |
) |
|
Proceeds from maturities and sales of short-term investments
|
|
|
2,761 |
|
|
|
2,511 |
|
|
|
3,486 |
|
|
Purchases of short-term investments
|
|
|
(1,933 |
) |
|
|
(2,825 |
) |
|
|
(3,068 |
) |
|
Payments for purchases of licenses, investments and other, net
of cash acquired
|
|
|
(338 |
) |
|
|
(279 |
) |
|
|
(432 |
) |
|
Proceeds from sales of investments and other
|
|
|
77 |
|
|
|
248 |
|
|
|
2 |
|
|
Cash relinquished as a result of the deconsolidation of NII
Holdings
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(250 |
) |
|
Payments for acquisitions, net of cash acquired
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(111 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash used in investing activities
|
|
|
(1,946 |
) |
|
|
(2,061 |
) |
|
|
(2,236 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash flows from financing activities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Purchase and retirement of debt securities and mandatorily
redeemable preferred stock
|
|
|
(1,421 |
) |
|
|
(4,598 |
) |
|
|
(843 |
) |
|
Proceeds from issuance of debt securities
|
|
|
494 |
|
|
|
2,483 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Repayments under bank credit facility
|
|
|
(1,626 |
) |
|
|
(2,965 |
) |
|
|
(47 |
) |
|
Borrowings under bank credit facility
|
|
|
1,000 |
|
|
|
2,269 |
|
|
|
47 |
|
|
Proceeds from issuance of stock
|
|
|
236 |
|
|
|
689 |
|
|
|
35 |
|
|
Repayments under capital lease and finance obligations
|
|
|
(9 |
) |
|
|
(44 |
) |
|
|
(100 |
) |
|
Payment for capital lease buy-out
|
|
|
(156 |
) |
|
|
(54 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
Mandatorily redeemable preferred stock dividends paid
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(57 |
) |
|
|
(19 |
) |
|
Purchase of treasury stock
|
|
|
(141 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Debt financing costs and other
|
|
|
(46 |
) |
|
|
(14 |
) |
|
|
(1 |
) |
|
Proceeds from sale-leaseback transactions
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash used in financing activities
|
|
|
(1,669 |
) |
|
|
(2,291 |
) |
|
|
(922 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
|
|
|
673 |
|
|
|
(1,040 |
) |
|
|
(635 |
) |
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period
|
|
|
806 |
|
|
|
1,846 |
|
|
|
2,481 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period
|
|
$ |
1,479 |
|
|
$ |
806 |
|
|
$ |
1,846 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The accompanying notes including note 13
Related Party Transactions
are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements
F-6
NEXTEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
|
|
1. |
Summary of Operations and Significant Accounting Policies |
Operations. We are a leading provider of wireless
communications services in the United States. We provide a
comprehensive suite of advanced wireless services, that include:
digital wireless mobile telephone service, walkie-talkie
features including our Nextel Direct
Connect®,
and Nextel Nationwide Direct
Connectsm,
and Nextel International Direct
Connectsm
walkie-talkie features, and wireless data transmission services.
As of December 31, 2004, we provided service to over
16.2 million subscribers, which consisted of
15.0 million subscribers of Nextel-branded service and
1.2 million subscribers of Boost
Mobiletm
branded pre-paid service.
Our all-digital packet data network is based on integrated
Digital Enhanced Network, or
iDEN®,
wireless technology provided by Motorola, Inc. We, together with
Nextel Partners, Inc., currently utilize the iDEN technology to
serve 297 of the top 300 U.S. markets where about
260 million people live or work. Nextel Partners provides
digital wireless communications services under the Nextel brand
name in mid-sized and tertiary U.S. markets, and has the
right to operate in 98 of the top 300 metropolitan statistical
areas in the United States ranked by population. As of
December 31, 2004, we owned about 32% of the outstanding
common stock of Nextel Partners. In addition, as of
December 31, 2004, we also owned about 18% of the
outstanding common stock of NII Holdings, Inc, which provides
wireless communications services primarily in selected Latin
American markets. We have agreements with NII Holdings that
enable our subscribers to use our Direct Connect walkie-talkie
features in the Latin American markets that it serves as well as
between the United States and those markets.
On December 15, 2004, we entered into a definitive
agreement for a merger of equals with Sprint Corporation
pursuant to which we will merge into a wholly-owned subsidiary
of Sprint. The new company will be called Sprint Nextel
Corporation. The merger is expected to close in the second half
of 2005 and is subject to shareholder and regulatory approvals,
as well as other customary closing conditions. As a result,
there can be no assurances that the merger will be completed or
as to the timing thereof.
Principles of Consolidation. The consolidated financial
statements include the accounts of Nextel Communications, Inc.
and its wholly owned and majority owned subsidiaries. All
significant intercompany transactions and balances have been
eliminated in consolidation. We use the equity method to account
for equity investments in unconsolidated companies in which we
exercise significant influence over operating and financial
policies but do not have control. We recognize all changes in
our proportionate share of the unconsolidated affiliates
equity resulting from the affiliates equity transactions
as adjustments to our investment and stockholders equity
balances. We use the cost method to account for equity
investments in unconsolidated companies in which we do not
exercise significant influence over operating or financial
policies and do not have a controlling interest. Additional
information regarding our equity investments can be found in
note 3.
Use of Estimates. We prepare our financial statements in
conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the
United States, which require management to make estimates and
assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and
liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities
at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts
of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Due to the
inherent uncertainty involved in making those estimates, actual
results could differ from those estimates.
Cash and Cash Equivalents. Cash equivalents consist of
time deposits and highly liquid short-term investments with
maturities of 90 days or less at the time of purchase.
F-7
NEXTEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
|
|
|
Supplemental cash flow information. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year Ended December 31, | |
|
|
| |
|
|
2004 | |
|
2003 | |
|
2002 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
(In millions) | |
Capital expenditures, including capitalized interest
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash paid for capital expenditures
|
|
$ |
2,513 |
|
|
$ |
1,716 |
|
|
$ |
1,863 |
|
|
Change in capital expenditures accrued and unpaid or financed
|
|
|
(153 |
) |
|
|
140 |
|
|
|
41 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
2,360 |
|
|
$ |
1,856 |
|
|
$ |
1,904 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest costs
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest expense
|
|
$ |
594 |
|
|
$ |
844 |
|
|
$ |
1,048 |
|
|
Interest capitalized
|
|
|
9 |
|
|
|
35 |
|
|
|
48 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
603 |
|
|
$ |
879 |
|
|
$ |
1,096 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash paid for interest, net of amounts capitalized
|
|
$ |
586 |
|
|
$ |
794 |
|
|
$ |
712 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash received for interest
|
|
$ |
27 |
|
|
$ |
30 |
|
|
$ |
54 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash paid for income taxes
|
|
$ |
85 |
|
|
$ |
50 |
|
|
$ |
7 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Investments. Marketable debt securities with maturities
greater than 90 days and less than one year at the time of
purchase are classified as short-term investments. Debt
securities that we have the ability and intent to hold until
maturity are accounted for as
held-to-maturity
securities and recorded at amortized cost. As of
December 31, 2004 and 2003, our short-term investments
consisted of commercial paper and corporate and government bonds.
Marketable debt and equity securities intended to be held more
than one year are classified within investments. All of our
investments in marketable debt and equity securities are
classified as available-for-sale as of the balance sheet date
and are reported at fair value. Unrealized gains and losses, net
of income tax, are recorded as other comprehensive income
(loss). We report realized gains or losses, as determined on a
specific identification basis, and other-than-temporary declines
in value, if any, on available-for-sale securities in other
income (expense). We record restricted investments in publicly
traded companies intended to be
held-to-maturity at
amortized cost. We record equity investments in privately held
companies at cost.
We assess declines in the value of individual investments to
determine whether the decline is other-than-temporary and thus
the investment is impaired. We make this assessment by
considering available evidence, including changes in general
market conditions, specific industry and individual company
data, the length of time and the extent to which the market
value has been less than cost, the financial condition and
near-term prospects of the individual company and our intent and
ability to hold the investment.
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts. We establish an
allowance for doubtful accounts receivable sufficient to cover
probable and reasonably estimable losses. Because we have well
over seven million accounts, it is not practical to review the
collectibility of each account individually when we determine
the amount of our allowance for doubtful accounts receivable
each period. Therefore, we consider a number of factors in
establishing the allowance for our portfolio of customers,
including historical collection experience, current economic
trends, estimates of forecasted write-offs, agings of the
accounts receivable portfolio and other factors. When collection
efforts on individual accounts have been exhausted, the account
is written off by reducing the allowance for doubtful accounts.
F-8
NEXTEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
Handset and Accessory Inventory. Handsets and accessories
are valued at the lower of cost or market. We determine cost by
the first-in,
first-out, or FIFO,
method. Handset costs in excess of the revenues generated from
handset sales, or handset subsidies, are expensed at the time of
sale. We do not recognize the expected handset subsidies prior
to the time of sale because we expect to recover the handset
subsidies through service revenues. We account for rebates
received from vendors in accordance with Emerging Issues Task
Force, or EITF, Issue No. 02-16, Accounting by a
Reseller for Cash Consideration Received by a Vendor.
Additional information can be found in
Customer Related Direct Costs. Each
month, we estimate future handset purchases and related
discounts. To the extent that such estimates change period to
period, adjustments are made to our estimates of discounts
earned, which could impact our cost of handset revenues. The
amount of these discounts recorded for the year ended
December 31, 2004 was less than 5% of our cost of handset
and accessory revenues recorded for the year.
Property, Plant and Equipment. We record property, plant
and equipment, including improvements that extend useful lives,
at cost. We capitalize costs for network and non-network
software, which are included in property, plant and equipment,
developed or obtained for internal use when incurred during the
application development stage. For those software projects that
are under development, we periodically assess the probability of
deployment into the business to determine if an impairment
charge is required. The gross amount of assets recorded under
capital lease and finance obligations included in property,
plant and equipment is $6 million as of December 31,
2004 and $276 million as of December 31, 2003.
Amortization of assets recorded under capital leases is recorded
in depreciation expense. Maintenance and repairs are charged to
operations as incurred.
Network asset inventory and construction in progress includes
materials, transmission and related equipment, labor,
engineering, site development, interest and other costs relating
to the construction and development of our network. Assets under
construction are not depreciated until placed into service.
We calculate depreciation using the straight-line method based
on estimated economic useful lives of up to 31 years for
buildings, 3 to 20 years for network equipment and
internal-use software and 3 to 12 years for non-network
internal-use software, office equipment and other assets. We
amortize leasehold improvements over the shorter of the lease
terms or the estimated useful lives of the assets. We
periodically review the estimated economic useful lives and
salvage value of our property, plant and equipment and make
adjustments to those estimates after considering historical
experience, capacity requirements, consulting with the vendor
and assessing new product and market demands, strategic
decisions or technology matters and other factors. When these
factors indicate property, plant and equipment assets may not be
useful for as long as originally anticipated, we depreciate the
remaining book values over the remaining estimated useful lives.
In the first quarter 2003, we shortened the estimated useful
lives of some of our network assets. As a result of these
changes in estimates, we recorded $79 million or
$0.08 per common share of additional depreciation expense
for the year ended December 31, 2003.
Asset Retirement Obligations. In accordance with
Statement of Financial Accounting Standards, or SFAS,
No. 143, Accounting for Asset Retirement Obligations,
we record an asset retirement obligation and an associated asset
retirement cost when we have a legal obligation in connection
with the retirement of tangible long-lived assets. Our
obligations under SFAS No. 143 arise from certain of our
leases and relate primarily to the cost of removing our
equipment from such lease sites.
Capitalized Software to be Sold, Leased or Otherwise
Marketed. We capitalize costs for software products that
will be sold, leased or otherwise marketed when technological
feasibility has been established. At each balance sheet date, we
evaluate the recoverability of the unamortized capitalized costs
of these software products. We classify software products to be
sold, leased or otherwise marketed as
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
noncurrent other assets. As of December 31, 2004 and 2003,
we had $93 million and $74 million in net unamortized
software, respectively.
Intangible Assets. Effective January 1, 2002, we
adopted SFAS No. 142, Goodwill and Other Intangible
Assets. Under SFAS No. 142, we are no longer
required to amortize goodwill and intangible assets with
indefinite useful lives, which consist of our Federal
Communications Commission, or FCC, licenses. We are required to
test these assets for impairment at least annually or whenever
events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying
amount may not be recoverable. We perform our annual review for
impairment on October 1 of each year using a residual value
approach. We measure the fair value of our 800 and 900
megahertz, or MHz, licenses by deducting the fair values of our
net assets as well as the fair values of certain unrecorded
identified intangible assets, other than these FCC licenses,
from our reporting units fair value, which was determined
using a discounted cash flow analysis. The analysis was based on
our long-term cash flow projections, discounted at our corporate
weighted average cost of capital. If the fair value of the
goodwill or intangible asset is less than the carrying amount of
the asset, a loss is recognized for the difference between the
fair value and carrying value of the asset. Prior to 2002, we
amortized our indefinite useful life assets and goodwill over
their respective useful lives, which for our FCC licenses is
40 years and for the goodwill related to the acquisition of
our Nextel stores is 10 years. For those intangible assets
that have finite useful lives, we continue to amortize them over
their estimated useful lives using the straight-line method.
Additional information regarding our intangible assets and the
adoption of SFAS No. 142 can be found in note 5.
At the September 2004 meeting of the EITF, the Securities and
Exchange Commission, or SEC, staff announced that companies must
use the direct value method to determine the fair value of their
intangible assets acquired in business combinations completed
after September 29, 2004. The SEC staff also announced that
companies that currently apply the residual value approach for
valuing intangible assets with indefinite useful lives for
purposes of impairment testing, must use the direct value method
by no later than the beginning of their first fiscal year after
December 15, 2004. Under this new accounting guidance, we
must perform an impairment test to measure the fair value of our
800 and 900 MHz licenses in the first quarter 2005 using
the direct value method. As we have not yet completed an
impairment test using the direct value method, we are unable to
assess the impact on our financial statements of adopting this
requirement. We will reflect an impairment charge, if any,
resulting from the change to a direct value method as a
cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle in our
first quarter 2005 results.
Valuation of Long-Lived Assets. We review our long-lived
assets for impairment whenever events or changes in
circumstances indicate that the carrying amount may not be
recoverable. If the total of the expected undiscounted future
cash flows is less than the carrying amount of these assets, a
loss, if any, is recognized for the difference between the fair
value and carrying value of the assets. Impairment analyses,
when performed, are based on our current business and technology
strategy, our views of growth rates for our business,
anticipated future economic and regulatory conditions and
expected technological availability. For purposes of recognition
and measurement of impairment losses, we group our long-lived
assets with other assets and liabilities at the enterprise
level, which for us is the lowest level for which identifiable
cash flows are largely independent of the cash flows of other
assets and liabilities.
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities. From time
to time, we use derivative instruments, consisting primarily of
interest rate swap agreements, to manage our exposure to changes
in the fair values or future cash flows of some of our long-term
debt, which is caused by interest rate fluctuations. We do not
use derivative instruments for trading or other speculative
purposes.
Derivative instruments designated in hedging relationships that
mitigate exposure to changes in the fair value of our debt are
considered fair value hedges. Derivative instruments designated
in hedging relationships that mitigate exposure to the
variability in future cash flows of our debt are considered cash
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
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flow hedges. We formally document all relationships between
hedging instruments and hedged items and the risk management
objective and strategy for each hedge transaction.
We record all derivatives in other assets or other liabilities
on our balance sheet at their fair values. If the derivative is
designated as a fair value hedge and the hedging relationship
qualifies for hedge accounting, changes in the fair values of
both the derivative and the hedged portion of our debt are
recognized in interest expense in our statement of operations.
If the derivative is designated as a cash flow hedge and the
hedging relationship qualifies for hedge accounting, the
effective portion of the change in fair value of the derivative
is recorded in other comprehensive income (loss) and
reclassified to interest expense when the hedged debt affects
interest expense. The ineffective portion of the change in fair
value of the derivative qualifying for hedge accounting and
changes in the fair values of derivative instruments not
qualifying for hedge accounting are recognized in interest
expense in the period of the change. For hedge transactions that
qualify for hedge accounting using the short-cut method, there
is no net effect on our results of operations.
At inception of the hedge and quarterly thereafter, we perform a
correlation assessment to determine whether changes in the fair
values or cash flows of the derivatives are deemed highly
effective in offsetting changes in the fair values or cash flows
of the hedged items. If at any time subsequent to the inception
of the hedge, the correlation assessment indicates that the
derivative is no longer highly effective as a hedge, we
discontinue hedge accounting and recognize all subsequent
derivative gains and losses in the results of operations.
Debt Financing Costs. We amortize our debt financing
costs as interest expense over the terms of the underlying
obligations.
Revenue Recognition. Operating revenues primarily consist
of wireless service revenues and revenues generated from handset
and accessory sales. Service revenues primarily include fixed
monthly access charges for mobile telephone, Nextel Direct
Connect and other wireless services, variable charges for mobile
telephone and Nextel Direct Connect usage in excess of plan
minutes, long-distance charges derived from calls placed by our
customers and activation fees. We recognize revenue for access
charges and other services charged at fixed amounts ratably over
the service period, net of credits and adjustments for service
discounts, billing disputes and fraud or unauthorized usage. We
recognize excess usage and long distance revenue at contractual
rates per minute as minutes are used. As a result of the cutoff
times of our multiple billing cycles each month, we are required
to estimate the amount of subscriber revenues earned but not
billed from the end of each billing cycle to the end of each
reporting period. These estimates are based primarily on rate
plans in effect and historical minutes of use. We recognize
revenue from handset sales when title to the handset passes to
the customer. In addition, we recognize the portion of the
activation fees allocated to the handset unit of accounting in
the statement of operations when title to the handset passes to
the customer. We defer the portion of the activation fees
allocated to the service unit of accounting, together with an
equal amount of costs, and recognize such deferred fees and
costs on a straight-line basis over the contract life in the
statement of operations.
Effective July 1, 2003, we adopted EITF Issue
No. 00-21,
Accounting for Revenue Arrangements with Multiple
Deliverables. Accordingly, for all handset sale
arrangements entered into beginning in the third quarter 2003,
we recognize revenue when title to the handset passes to the
customer. Prior to July 1, 2003, in accordance with Staff
Accounting Bulletin, or SAB, No. 101, Revenue
Recognition in Financial Statements, we recognized revenue
from handset sales on a straight-line basis over the then
expected customer relationship period of 3.5 years,
beginning when title to the handset passed to the customer.
Accordingly, on July 1, 2003, we reduced our current assets
and liabilities by about $563 million and our noncurrent
assets and liabilities by about $783 million, representing
substantially all of the revenues and costs associated with the
original sale of the handsets that were deferred under
SAB No. 101. The cumulative effect of adopting EITF
Issue No. 00-21
did not materially impact our statements of
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
operations. We have recognized revenue from accessory sales when
title passes upon delivery of the accessory to the customer in
all reporting periods included in the financial statements.
Customer Related Direct Costs. Upon the adoption of EITF
Issue No. 00-21
effective July 1, 2003, we recognize the cost of handset
revenues when title to the handset passes to the customer. Other
customer related direct costs, such as commissions are expensed
as incurred. Prior to July 1, 2003, we recognized the costs
of handset revenues over the then expected customer relationship
period of 3.5 years in amounts equivalent to revenues
recognized from handset sales and handset costs in excess of the
revenues generated from handset sales, or subsidies, were
expensed at the time of sale.
Treasury Stock. In 2004, we purchased 6 million
shares of our class B common stock from Motorola for
$141 million in cash. We account for treasury stock under
the cost method. In 2005, we converted these shares into shares
of our class A common stock pursuant to the terms of our
certificate of incorporation.
Stock-Based Compensation. We account for stock-based
compensation for employees and non-employee members of our board
of directors in accordance with Accounting Principles Board, or
APB, Opinion No. 25, Accounting for Stock Issued to
Employees. Under APB Opinion No. 25, compensation
expense is calculated on a straight-line basis over the vesting
period and is based on the intrinsic value on the measurement
date, calculated as the difference between the fair value of our
class A common stock and the relevant exercise price. We
account for stock-based compensation for non-employees, who are
not members of our board of directors, at fair value using a
Black-Scholes option-pricing model in accordance with the
provisions of SFAS No. 123, Accounting for
Stock-Based Compensation and other applicable accounting
principles. We recorded stock-based compensation expense of
$15 million during 2004, $15 million during 2003 and
$13 million during 2002. In addition, in February 2004, we
elected to settle $21 million of obligations under our
long-term incentive plan with deferred shares as permitted by
that plan. See note 12.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
We comply with the disclosure provisions of
SFAS No. 123 and SFAS No. 148,
Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation
Transition and Disclosure. Consistent with the provisions
of SFAS No. 123 as amended, had compensation costs
been determined based on the fair value of the awards granted
since 1995, our income available to common stockholders and
earnings per common share would have been as follows:
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Income available to common stockholders, as reported
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2,991 |
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1,446 |
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1,634 |
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2,797 |
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1,121 |
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1,292 |
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2.69 |
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1.38 |
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1.85 |
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2.62 |
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1.34 |
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1.75 |
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2.52 |
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1.07 |
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1.46 |
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2.45 |
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1.04 |
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Additional information regarding the assumptions used in our
calculation of the fair value of the awards can be found in
note 12.
Advertising Costs. Costs related to advertising and other
promotional expenditures are expensed as incurred. Advertising
costs totaled $642 million during 2004, $462 million
during 2003 and $345 million during 2002.
Research and Development. Research and development costs
are fully expensed as incurred.
Foreign Currency. In May 2002, we began accounting for
our investment in NII Holdings and its
non-U.S. subsidiaries
and affiliates under the equity method, and in November 2003, we
began accounting for our investment in NII Holdings under the
cost method. Prior to the change to the equity method, results
of operations for our
non-U.S. subsidiaries
and affiliates were translated from the designated functional
currency to the U.S. dollar using average exchange rates
during the period, while assets and liabilities were translated
at the exchange rate in effect at the reporting date. Resulting
gains or losses from translating foreign currency financial
statements were reported as other comprehensive income (loss).
The effects of changes in exchange rates between the designated
functional currency and the currency in which a transaction is
denominated were recorded as foreign currency transaction gains
(losses). We no longer have any significant
non-U.S. subsidiaries
and affiliates.
Income Taxes. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are
determined based on the temporary differences between the
financial reporting and tax bases of assets and liabilities,
applying enacted statutory tax rates in effect for the year in
which the differences are expected to reverse. Future tax
benefits, such as net operating loss carryforwards, are
recognized to the extent that realization of these benefits is
considered to be more likely than not. Additional information
regarding income taxes can be found in note 9.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
Earnings Per Common Share. Basic earnings per common
share is calculated by dividing income available to common
stockholders by the weighted average number of common shares
outstanding during the period. Diluted earnings per common share
adjusts basic earnings per common share for the effects of
potentially dilutive common shares. Potentially dilutive common
shares primarily include the dilutive effects of shares issuable
under our equity plans computed using the treasury stock method
and the dilutive effects of shares issuable upon the conversion
of our convertible senior notes and convertible preferred stock
computed using the if-converted method.
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1,446 |
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1,634 |
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conversion of:
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2013
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1,459 |
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1,694 |
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outstanding basic
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About 8.2 million shares issuable upon the assumed
conversion of our convertible senior notes could potentially
dilute earnings per share in the future but were excluded from
the calculation of diluted earnings per common share for the
year ended December 31, 2004 due to their antidilutive
effects. Additionally, about 65.8 million shares issuable
under our incentive and other equity plans that could also
potentially dilute earnings per share in the future were
excluded from the calculation of diluted earnings per common
share for the year ended December 31, 2004 as the exercise
prices exceeded the average market price of our class A
common stock.
About 38.5 million shares issuable upon the assumed
conversion of our convertible senior notes and zero coupon
convertible preferred stock could potentially dilute earnings
per share in the future but were excluded from the calculation
of diluted earnings per common share for the year ended
December 31, 2003 due to their antidilutive effects.
Additionally, about 62.7 million shares issuable under our
incentive and other equity plans that could also potentially
dilute earnings per share in the future were excluded
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
from the calculation of diluted earnings per common share for
the year ended December 31, 2003 as the exercise prices
exceeded the average market price of our class A common
stock.
About 8.4 million shares issuable upon the assumed
conversion of our convertible senior notes could potentially
dilute earnings per share in the future but were excluded from
the calculation of diluted earnings per common share for the
year ended December 31, 2002 due to their antidilutive
effects. Additionally, about 84.3 million shares issuable
under our incentive and other equity plans that could also
potentially dilute earnings per share in the future were
excluded from the calculation of diluted earnings per common
share for the year ended December 31, 2002 as the exercise
prices exceeded the average market price of our class A
common stock.
Reclassifications. We have reclassified some prior period
amounts to conform to our current year presentation.
Concentrations of Risk. We believe that the geographic
and industry diversity of our customer base minimizes the risk
of incurring material losses due to concentrations of credit
risk.
Motorola is our primary source of network equipment and
manufactures all of the handsets we sell, other than the
BlackBerry®
devices, which are manufactured by Research in Motion, or RIM.
We expect to continue to rely principally on Motorola or its
licensees for the manufacture of handsets and a substantial
portion of the equipment necessary to construct, enhance and
maintain our iDEN network. Accordingly, we must rely on Motorola
to develop handsets and equipment capable of supporting the
features and services we plan to offer to our customers. In
addition, because we are one of a limited number of wireless
carriers that have deployed iDEN technology, we bear a
substantially greater portion of the costs associated with the
development of new equipment and features than would be the case
if our network utilized a more widely adopted technology
platform. If Motorola fails or refuses to develop and deliver
system infrastructure and handsets or enhancements that we
require on a timely, cost- effective basis, we may not be able
to adequately service our existing subscribers or add new
subscribers and may not be able to offer competitive services;
thereby materially and adversely affecting our results. If
Motorola is unable or unwilling to provide handsets and related
equipment and software applications, or to develop new
technologies or features for us due to changes in our
relationship, or if Motorola fails or refuses to do so on a
timely, cost-effective basis, we may not be able to adequately
service our existing subscribers or add new subscribers and may
not be able to offer competitive services. If Motorola fails or
refuses to provide its cooperation and support in connection
with the FCCs reconfiguration process related to the
800 MHz spectrum band, then our ability to satisfy our
obligations under the Report and Order described in note 15
would be adversely affected.
We also have arrangements with several third party outsourcing
vendors that provide services related to such activities as
customer care, customer billing and network construction. An
adverse change in the ability of any such vendor to provide
services to us could adversely affect our operations.
We operate in a highly regulated environment subject to rapid
technological and competitive changes. To the extent that there
are changes in economic conditions, technology or the regulatory
environment, our business plans could change, which could affect
the recoverability of certain assets.
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Like other companies, we have reviewed our accounting practices
with respect to leasing transactions. We have concluded that
there was an error in our practices related to the determination
of the lease term under certain leases that relate primarily to
our cell sites. We have historically used the initial
non-cancelable portion of the lease as the lease term, excluding
any renewal periods. We have determined that
SFAS No. 13, Accounting for Leases,
requires consideration of renewal periods when the existence of
a penalty, as defined in SFAS No. 13,
would require us to conclude at the inception of the lease that
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
there was reasonable assurance that one or more of the renewal
options would be exercised. We considered a number of factors in
determining whether a penalty, as defined in
SFAS No. 13, existed such that the exercise of one or
more of the renewal options would be reasonably assured at the
inception of the lease. The primary factor that we considered is
that a significant dollar amount of leasehold improvements at a
lease site would be impaired by non-renewal after the initial
non-cancelable portion of the lease. The result of our
assessment was to increase the lease term as defined in
SFAS No. 13 for most of our operating leases. As we
recognize rent expense on our operating leases on a
straight-line basis and many of our leases contain escalating
rent payments over the term of the lease, the impact of this
change in lease term was to increase deferred rent liability at
December 31, 2003 by approximately $92 million.
NII Holdings has advised us that it will restate certain
financial results for the year ended December 31, 2003 and
for the two months ended December 31, 2002. During the
period November 2002 through October 2003, we owned on
average 33% of the common stock of NII Holdings and
accounted for our investment under the equity method.
Accordingly, we have restated our consolidated statements of
operations for the years ended December 31, 2003 and
December 31, 2002 to reflect our percentage share of these
adjustments. Although these adjustments did not impact our
operating income for 2003 or 2002, they increased our losses on
the line item Equity in losses of unconsolidated
affiliates, net by $18 million in 2003 and by
$7 million in 2002 and decreased our Income available
to common stockholders by $8 million in 2003 and by
$7 million in 2002 in our consolidated statements of
operations.
The combined effect of these two changes were increases to
accumulated deficit of $107 million and $81 million as
of December 31, 2003 and 2002, respectively, and an
increase to accumulated deficit of $55 million as of
January 1, 2002.
The following is a summary of the effects of the restatement on
our (a) consolidated balance sheet as of December 31,
2003, (b) consolidated statements of operations and cash
flows for the years ended December 31, 2003 and 2002 and
(c) consolidated statements of changes in
stockholders equity as of December 31, 2003, 2002 and
2001.
Consolidated Balance Sheet
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|
Reported | |
|
As Restated | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
(In millions) | |
As of December 31, 2003
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Deferred income taxes
|
|
$ |
1,867 |
|
|
$ |
1,873 |
|
|
Other liabilities
|
|
|
166 |
|
|
|
258 |
|
|
Total liabilities
|
|
|
14,575 |
|
|
|
14,673 |
|
|
Accumulated deficit
|
|
|
(6,256 |
) |
|
|
(6,363 |
) |
|
Accumulated other comprehensive income
|
|
|
165 |
|
|
|
174 |
|
|
Total stockholders equity
|
|
|
5,836 |
|
|
|
5,738 |
|
F-16
NEXTEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
Consolidated Statements of Operations
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
As Previously | |
|
|
|
|
Reported | |
|
As Restated | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
(In millions, except | |
|
|
per share amounts) | |
Year ended December 31, 2003
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cost of service (exclusive of depreciation)
|
|
$ |
1,656 |
|
|
$ |
1,674 |
|
|
Operating income
|
|
|
2,522 |
|
|
|
2,504 |
|
|
Equity in losses of unconsolidated affiliates, net
|
|
|
(40 |
) |
|
|
(58 |
) |
|
Realized gain on sale of investments, net
|
|
|
213 |
|
|
|
223 |
|
|
Income before income tax provision
|
|
|
1,650 |
|
|
|
1,624 |
|
|
Net income
|
|
|
1,537 |
|
|
|
1,511 |
|
|
Income available to common stockholders
|
|
|
1,472 |
|
|
|
1,446 |
|
|
Earnings per common share
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic
|
|
$ |
1.41 |
|
|
$ |
1.38 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Diluted
|
|
$ |
1.36 |
|
|
$ |
1.34 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year ended December 31, 2002
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cost of service (exclusive of depreciation)
|
|
$ |
1,469 |
|
|
$ |
1,488 |
|
|
Operating income
|
|
|
1,536 |
|
|
|
1,517 |
|
|
Equity in losses of unconsolidated affiliates, net
|
|
|
(302 |
) |
|
|
(309 |
) |
|
Income before income tax provision
|
|
|
1,777 |
|
|
|
1,751 |
|
|
Net income
|
|
|
1,386 |
|
|
|
1,360 |
|
|
Income available to common stockholders
|
|
|
1,660 |
|
|
|
1,634 |
|
|
Earnings per common share
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic
|
|
$ |
1.88 |
|
|
$ |
1.85 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Diluted
|
|
$ |
1.78 |
|
|
$ |
1.75 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
F-17
NEXTEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders
Equity (Deficit)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
As Previously | |
|
|
|
|
Reported | |
|
As Restated | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
(In millions) | |
As of December 31, 2003
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income
|
|
$ |
1,537 |
|
|
$ |
1,511 |
|
|
Unrealized holding gains
|
|
|
163 |
|
|
|
172 |
|
|
Total comprehensive income
|
|
|
1,723 |
|
|
|
1,706 |
|
|
Accumulated deficit
|
|
|
(6,256 |
) |
|
|
(6,363 |
) |
|
Total stockholders equity
|
|
|
5,836 |
|
|
|
5,738 |
|
As of December 31, 2002
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income
|
|
$ |
1,386 |
|
|
$ |
1,360 |
|
|
Total comprehensive income
|
|
|
1,616 |
|
|
|
1,590 |
|
|
Accumulated deficit
|
|
|
(7,793 |
) |
|
|
(7,874 |
) |
|
Total stockholders equity
|
|
|
2,846 |
|
|
|
2,765 |
|
As of December 31, 2001
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accumulated deficit
|
|
$ |
(9,179 |
) |
|
$ |
(9,234 |
) |
|
Total stockholders deficit
|
|
|
(582 |
) |
|
|
(637 |
) |
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
As Previously | |
|
|
|
|
Reported | |
|
As Restated | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
(In millions) | |
Year ended December 31, 2003
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income
|
|
$ |
1,537 |
|
|
$ |
1,511 |
|
|
Equity in losses of unconsolidated affiliates, net
|
|
|
40 |
|
|
|
58 |
|
|
Realized gain on investments, net
|
|
|
(213 |
) |
|
|
(223 |
) |
|
Changes in assets and liabilities, net of effects from
acquisitions Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other
|
|
|
204 |
|
|
|
222 |
|
Year ended December 31, 2002
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income
|
|
$ |
1,386 |
|
|
$ |
1,360 |
|
|
Equity in losses of unconsolidated affiliates, net
|
|
|
302 |
|
|
|
309 |
|
|
Changes in assets and liabilities, net of effects from
acquisitions Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other
|
|
|
220 |
|
|
|
239 |
|
|
|
|
New Accounting Pronouncements. |
FASB Interpretation No 46. In January 2003,
the Financial Accounting Standards Board, or FASB, issued
FASB Interpretation No. 46, Consolidation of
Variable Interest Entities an interpretation of ARB
No. 51, to address perceived weaknesses in accounting
for entities commonly known as special-purpose or
off-balance-sheet. In addition to numerous FASB Staff
Positions written to clarify and improve the application of
Interpretation No. 46, the FASB announced a deferral for
certain entities, and an amendment to Interpretation No. 46
entitled FASB Interpretation No. 46R,
Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities.
Interpretation No. 46 establishes consolidation criteria
for entities for which control is not easily
discernable under Accounting Research Bulletin No. 51,
Consolidated Financial Statements, which is based on
the premise that equity holders control the entity by virtue of
voting rights.
F-18
NEXTEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
Interpretation No. 46 provides guidance for identifying the
party with a controlling financial interest resulting from
arrangements or financial interests rather than from voting
interests. Interpretation No. 46 defines the term variable
interest entity, or VIE, and is based on the premise that if a
business enterprise absorbs a majority of the VIEs
expected losses and/or receives a majority of its expected
residual returns (measures of risk and reward), that enterprise
(the primary beneficiary) has a controlling financial interest
in the VIE. Under Interpretation No. 46, the assets,
liabilities, and results of the activities of the VIE should be
included in the consolidated financial statements of the primary
beneficiary. We were required to apply the provisions of
Interpretation No. 46R in the first quarter 2004. As we did
not have any VIEs during 2004, the adoption of this new method
of accounting for VIEs did not affect our financial condition or
results of operations.
EITF Topic D-108. In September 2004, the EITF issued
Topic D-108,
Use of the Direct Method to Value Intangible Assets.
In EITF Topic D-108, the SEC staff announced that companies must
use the direct value method to determine the fair value of their
intangible assets acquired in business combinations completed
after September 29, 2004. The SEC staff also announced that
companies that currently apply the residual value approach for
valuing intangible assets with indefinite useful lives for
purposes of impairment testing must use the direct value method
by no later than the beginning of their first fiscal year after
December 15, 2004. As permitted we performed our annual
impairment test as of October 1, 2004 to measure the fair
value of our 800 and 900 MHz FCC licenses in our
national footprint using the residual value approach. Under this
new accounting guidance, we must perform an impairment test to
measure the fair value of our 800 and 900 MHz licenses in
the first quarter 2005 using the direct value method. As we have
not yet completed an impairment test using the direct value
method, we are unable to assess the impact on our financial
statements of adopting this requirement. We will reflect an
impairment charge, if any, resulting from the change to a direct
value method as a cumulative effect of a change in accounting
principle in our first quarter 2005 results.
SFAS No. 123R. In December 2004, the FASB
issued SFAS No. 123R (revised 2004), Share-Based
Payment. The statement is a revision of
FASB Statement No. 123, Accounting for Stock
Based Compensation and supercedes APB Opinion No. 25,
Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees. The
statement focuses primarily on accounting for transactions in
which we obtain employee services in share-based payment
transactions. This statement requires a public company to
measure the cost of employee services received in exchange for
an award of equity instruments based on the grant-date fair
value of the award. This standard is scheduled to become
effective in the first interim reporting period beginning after
June 15, 2005. Assuming that the effective date is not
delayed, we will apply this new standard to our interim
reporting period beginning July 1, 2005. We have not yet
determined the amount of impact on the consolidated statements
of operations following adoption and subsequent to 2005 or the
transition method we will use.
F-19
NEXTEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
|
|
2. |
Supplemental Balance Sheet Information |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31, | |
|
|
| |
|
|
2004 | |
|
2003 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
(In millions) | |
Accounts and notes receivable
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Trade
|
|
$ |
1,482 |
|
|
$ |
1,336 |
|
|
Other receivables
|
|
|
34 |
|
|
|
26 |
|
|
Less allowance for doubtful accounts
|
|
|
(64 |
) |
|
|
(86 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
1,452 |
|
|
$ |
1,276 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Prepaid expenses
|
|
$ |
262 |
|
|
$ |
120 |
|
|
Investment in NII Holdings
|
|
|
293 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Deferred costs of handset sales and activation (note 1)
|
|
|
50 |
|
|
|
28 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
605 |
|
|
$ |
148 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Property, plant and equipment
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Buildings and improvements
|
|
$ |
303 |
|
|
$ |
221 |
|
|
Network equipment and software
|
|
|
14,343 |
|
|
|
12,541 |
|
|
Non-network internal use software, office equipment and other
|
|
|
1,351 |
|
|
|
1,095 |
|
|
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization
|
|
|
(7,340 |
) |
|
|
(5,562 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
8,657 |
|
|
|
8,295 |
|
|
Network asset inventory and construction in progress
|
|
|
956 |
|
|
|
798 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
9,613 |
|
|
$ |
9,093 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts payable
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Trade
|
|
$ |
519 |
|
|
$ |
343 |
|
|
Other payables
|
|
|
467 |
|
|
|
320 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
986 |
|
|
$ |
663 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accrued expenses and other
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Payroll related
|
|
$ |
220 |
|
|
$ |
288 |
|
|
Deferred access revenues
|
|
|
367 |
|
|
|
310 |
|
|
Accrued interest
|
|
|
129 |
|
|
|
148 |
|
|
Deferred gain from sale of towers
|
|
|
61 |
|
|
|
94 |
|
|
Deferred handset sales and activation fees (note 1)
|
|
|
42 |
|
|
|
28 |
|
|
Other
|
|
|
485 |
|
|
|
514 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
1,304 |
|
|
$ |
1,382 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other liabilities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Deferred gain from sale of towers
|
|
$ |
32 |
|
|
$ |
92 |
|
|
Other
|
|
|
279 |
|
|
|
166 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
311 |
|
|
$ |
258 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
F-20
NEXTEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31, | |
|
|
| |
|
|
2004 | |
|
2003 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
(In millions) | |
Marketable equity securities, excluding current portion
of NII Holdings investment of $293
|
|
$ |
293 |
|
|
$ |
307 |
|
Marketable debt securities, NII Holdings
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
67 |
|
Equity method investments, at cost net of equity in
earnings (loss)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nextel Partners, net of equity in net losses of $330 and $346
|
|
|
24 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other
|
|
|
3 |
|
|
|
4 |
|
Nonmarketable equity securities, at cost
|
|
|
40 |
|
|
|
30 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
360 |
|
|
$ |
408 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
NII Holdings. NII Holdings provides wireless
communications services using iDEN technology primarily in
selected Latin American markets. In November 2002, NII Holdings,
which prior to that time had been our substantially wholly-owned
subsidiary, completed its reorganization under Chapter 11
of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, having filed a voluntary
petition for reorganization in May 2002 in the United States
Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware after it and one
of its subsidiaries defaulted on credit and vendor finance
facilities. Prior to its bankruptcy filing, NII Holdings was
accounted for as one of our consolidated subsidiaries. As a
result of NII Holdings bankruptcy filing in May 2002, we
began accounting for our investment in NII Holdings using the
equity method. In accordance with the equity method of
accounting, we did not recognize equity losses of NII Holdings
after May 2002 as we had already recognized $1,408 million
of losses in excess of our investment in NII Holdings through
that date. NII Holdings net operating results through May
2002 have been presented as equity in losses of unconsolidated
affiliates, as permitted under the accounting rules governing a
mid-year change from consolidating a subsidiary to accounting
for the investment using the equity method.
Upon NII Holdings emergence from bankruptcy in November
2002, we recognized a non-cash pre-tax gain on deconsolidation
of NII Holdings in the amount of $1,218 million consisting
primarily of the reversal of equity losses we had recorded in
excess of our investment in NII Holdings, partially offset by
charges recorded when we consolidated NII Holdings, including,
among other items, $185 million of cumulative foreign
currency translation losses. At the same time, we began
accounting for our new ownership interest in NII Holdings using
the equity method, under which we recorded our proportionate
share of NII Holdings results of operations. In November
2003, we sold 3.0 million shares of NII Holdings common
stock, which generated $209 million in net proceeds and a
gain of $184 million, based on an average per share
carrying amount.
In 2004, we tendered NII Holdings 13% notes that we
owned to NII Holdings, in exchange for $77 million in cash
resulting in a $28 million realized gain in other
(expense) income in the accompanying condensed consolidated
statements of operations. As of December 31, 2004, we
accounted for the shares of NII Holdings common stock as an
available-for-sale investment. A portion of our investment in
NII Holdings was reclassified to other current assets as of
December 31, 2004. As of December 31, 2004, we owned
about 18% of the outstanding common stock of NII Holdings.
Under roaming agreements with NII Holdings, we expensed
$21 million during 2004, $8 million during 2003 and
$7 million during 2002 for our subscribers roaming on NII
Holdings networks and earned roaming revenues of
$6 million during 2004 and $1 million during 2003 and
2002 for NII Holdings subscribers roaming on our network.
We recorded the roaming revenues we earned from NII Holdings as
service revenues and we recorded the roaming expenses we were
charged as cost of service. We had a net
F-21
NEXTEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
payable due to NII Holdings of $2 million as of
December 31, 2004 and we had a net receivable due from NII
Holdings of $1 million as of December 31, 2003. All
payments due to and due from NII Holdings are settled in
accordance with customary commercial terms for comparable
transactions.
Timothy M. Donahue, a member of our board of directors and our
President and Chief Executive Officer, was a director of NII
Holdings until March 2004.
Nextel Partners. Nextel Partners provides digital
wireless communications services under the Nextel brand name in
mid-sized and tertiary U.S. markets having the right to
operate in 98 of the top 300 metropolitan statistical areas in
the United States ranked by population. In January 1999, we
entered into agreements with Nextel Partners and other parties,
including Motorola, relating to the formation, capitalization,
governance, financing and operation of Nextel Partners. As part
of those transactions in 1999, we sold assets and transferred
specified FCC licenses to Nextel Partners in exchange for equity
interests in Nextel Partners having a total agreed value of
$140 million and cash of $142 million, which also
included the reimbursement of costs and net operating expenses.
As a result of Nextel Partners initial public offering in
February 2000, our equity interest was converted into voting
class B common stock and our total ownership interest was
diluted. As a result of the initial public offering and
subsequent transactions, including our purchase from Motorola in
2004 of about 5.6 million shares of Nextel Partners common
stock, we owned about 32% of the outstanding common stock of
Nextel Partners as of December 31, 2004. We account for our
investment in Nextel Partners using the equity method. As of
December 31, 2004, assuming conversion of our class B
shares of Nextel Partners into class A shares of Nextel
Partners, the market value of our investment is about $1,654
million.
We entered into the relationships with Nextel Partners
principally to accelerate the build-out of our network outside
the largest metropolitan market areas that initially were the
main focus of our network coverage. As an inducement to obtain
Nextel Partners commitment to undertake and complete the
anticipated network expansion, we agreed that we would not offer
wireless communications services under the Nextel brand name,
iDEN services on 800 MHz frequencies, or wireless
communications services that allow interconnection with landline
telecommunications in Nextel Partners territory. We also
have roaming agreements with Nextel Partners covering all of the
U.S. market areas in which Nextel Partners currently
provides, or will in the future provide, iDEN-based services.
The certificate of incorporation of Nextel Partners establishes
circumstances in which we will have the right or obligation to
purchase the outstanding shares of class A common stock of
Nextel Partners at specified prices. We may pay the
consideration of any such purchase in cash, shares of our
class A common stock, or a combination of both.
Specifically, under the terms of the certificate of
incorporation of Nextel Partners, during the 18 month
period following completion of the proposed merger with Sprint,
the holders of a majority of the Nextel Partners class A
common stock can vote to require us to purchase all of the
outstanding shares of Nextel Partners that we do not already own
for the appraised fair market value of those shares. The Nextel
Partners stockholders will not be entitled to take that action
if the proposed merger with Sprint is not completed. We do not
know if the stockholders of Nextel Partners will elect to
require us to purchase the Nextel Partners class A shares
if the proposed merger with Sprint is completed.
Subject to various limitations and conditions, we may be
required to purchase the outstanding shares of Nextel
Partners class A common stock in certain other
circumstances if:
|
|
|
|
|
(i) we elect to cease using iDEN technology on a nationwide
basis; (ii) this technology change means that Nextel
Partners cannot offer nationwide roaming comparable to that
available to its |
F-22
NEXTEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
|
|
|
|
|
subscribers before our change; and (iii) we elect not to
pay for the equipment necessary to permit Nextel Partners to
make a technology change; |
|
|
|
we elect to terminate the relationship with Nextel Partners
because of its breach of the operating agreements; |
|
|
|
we breach the operating agreements; or |
|
|
|
Nextel Partners fails to implement changes required by us to
match changes we have made in our business, operations or
systems. |
If we purchase the outstanding shares of Nextel Partners
class A common stock:
|
|
|
|
|
as a result of the termination of our operating agreements with
Nextel Partners as a result of our breach, the purchase price
could involve a premium based on a pricing formula. |
|
|
|
as a result of the termination of our operating agreements as a
result of a breach by Nextel Partners, the purchase price could
involve a discount based on a pricing formula. |
|
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|
as a result of the election of a majority of the non-Nextel
stockholders to require us to purchase, after Nextel
Partners failure to implement changes in business,
operations or systems required by us, the purchase price will be
an amount equal to the higher of the fair market value as
determined by the appraisal process and a 20% rate of return on
each tranche of invested capital in Nextel Partners, whether
contributed in cash or in kind, from the date of its
contribution through the purchase date, which value will be
divided over all of Nextel Partners capital stock. |
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for any other reason, the purchase price will be the fair market
value of the class A common stock. Under the certificate of
incorporation of Nextel Partners, fair market value is defined
as the price that a buyer would be willing to pay for all of
Nextel Partners outstanding capital stock in an
arms-length transaction and includes a control premium, as
determined by an appraisal process. |
Subject to various limitations and conditions, including
possible deferrals by Nextel Partners, we will have the right to
purchase the outstanding shares of Nextel Partners
class A common stock on January 29, 2008. We may not
transfer our interest in Nextel Partners to a third party before
January 29, 2011, and Nextel Partners class A
common stockholders have the right, and in specified instances
the obligation, to participate in any sale of our interest.
During 2003, we received $15 million for the sale of FCC
licenses and network assets to Nextel Partners. Additionally,
Nextel Partners completed an offering of its common stock in
2003 and as a result, we recorded an increase of $5 million
in paid-in capital in our stockholders equity in
accordance with SAB No. 51. Also in the second half of
2003, Nextel Partners redeemed its 12% nonvoting mandatorily
redeemable preferred stock that we held for $39 million. As
our investment in Nextel Partners had been written down to zero
during the second quarter 2003 through the application of the
equity method of accounting, we recorded a gain of
$39 million.
Under our roaming agreement with Nextel Partners, we expensed
$155 million during 2004, $112 million during 2003 and
$78 million during 2002 for our customers roaming on Nextel
Partners network and earned roaming revenues of
$87 million during 2004, $61 million during 2003 and
$38 million during 2002 for Nextel Partners subscribers
roaming on our network. We also provide telecommunications
switching services to Nextel Partners under a switch sharing
agreement. For these services, we earned $39 million in
2004, $44 million in 2003 and $52 million in 2002,
which we recorded as a reduction to cost of service. We also
charged Nextel Partners $20 million in 2004,
$11 million in 2003 and $6 million in 2002 for
administrative services provided under a services agreement. We
recorded these amounts as a reduction to selling, general and
administrative expenses. We earned $5 million in 2004 and
$4 million in 2003 in royalty fees, which we recorded as
other income (expense). We have a net receivable due from Nextel
Partners of $10 million as of December 31, 2004 and
$16 million as of December 31, 2003. All
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
payments due to and due from Nextel Partners are settled in
accordance with customary commercial terms for comparable
transactions.
As of December 31, 2004, Mr. Donahue was a director of
Nextel Partners.
SpectraSite. In 1999, we received an ownership interest
in SpectraSite Holdings, Inc. in connection with a sale and
leaseback transaction of certain of our telecommunication
towers. The ownership interest constituted continuing
involvement and, accordingly, these transactions were accounted
for by the financing method. In the exchange, we also received
$560 million in cash, which we reflected as a finance
obligation on our balance sheet.
During 2002, we recognized a $37 million other-than
temporary reduction in the fair value of our investment in
SpectraSite and we sold all of our equity investment in
SpectraSite for a de minimis amount. The sale of our equity
investment ended our continuing involvement in SpectraSite for
substantially all of our tower leases and we recorded a
$291 million deferred gain, which we began amortizing over
the original remaining lease terms through 2007. Payments under
the leases are accounted for as operating leases and are
included in rent expense in cost of service. As of
December 31, 2004, we had a remaining deferred gain of
$93 million.
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4. |
Significant Transactions |
Acquisitions. In May 2004, we purchased certain
multichannel multipoint distribution system, or MMDS, FCC
licenses, interests in certain MMDS FCC licenses and other
immaterial network assets of WorldCom, Inc. We paid an aggregate
cash purchase price of $144 million, of which
$137 million was paid in 2004 and the remainder was paid
prior to 2004. Also, in June 2004, we purchased certain MMDS FCC
licenses, interests in certain MMDS FCC licenses and other
immaterial network assets of Nucentrix Broadband Networks, Inc.
We paid an aggregate cash purchase price of $51 million, of
which $49 million was paid in 2004 and the remainder was
paid prior to 2004. Both of these transactions were accounted
for as asset purchases. These licenses relate to spectrum that
we may use in connection with the deployment of certain
broadband or other wireless services.
In January 2003, we purchased the 900 MHz FCC licenses of
NeoWorld Communications, Inc. through the acquisition of all of
its stock. Pursuant to our agreements, we paid an aggregate cash
purchase price of $280 million, of which $201 million
was paid in 2003 and the remainder was paid prior to 2003. We
accounted for this transaction as an asset purchase because we
purchased FCC licenses that were not being used to generate
revenues and we did not acquire any employees or customers.
In February 2002, we purchased from Chadmoore Wireless Group,
Inc. 800 MHz and 900 MHz FCC licenses for an aggregate
cash purchase price of $142 million, including
$6 million of accrued acquisition and transaction costs,
$111 million of which was paid to Chadmoore in 2002. We
accounted for this acquisition as a business combination and
substantially all of the purchase price was allocated to
licenses.
No significant business combinations were completed during 2004
or 2003.
Restructuring and Impairment Charges. In January 2002, we
announced a five-year information technology outsourcing
agreement with Electronic Data Systems Corp., or EDS, under
which EDS manages our corporate data center, database
administration, helpdesk, desktop services and other technical
functions. Additionally, in January 2002, we announced an
eight-year customer relationship management agreement with
International Business Machines Corporation and TeleTech
Holdings, Inc. to manage our customer care centers. In
connection with these outsourcing agreements, we recorded a
$35 million restructuring and impairment charge in the
first quarter 2002, which primarily represents the future lease
payments related to facilities we planned to vacate net of
estimated sublease income. The restructuring
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
charge also includes employee separation costs associated with
the involuntary termination of about 700 employees throughout
the organization and the write-off of impaired assets. The
employee separations were completed by the end of 2002. As of
December 31, 2004, our restructuring liability was
$6 million relating to lease cancellation costs.
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December 31, 2004 | |
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December 31, 2003 | |
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Gross | |
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Net | |
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Gross | |
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Net | |
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Useful | |
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Carrying | |
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Accumulated | |
|
Carrying | |
|
Carrying | |
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Accumulated | |
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Carrying | |
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Lives | |
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Value | |
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Amortization | |
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Value | |
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Value | |
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Amortization | |
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Value | |
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(In millions) | |
Amortized intangible assets
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Customer lists
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3 years |
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$ |
40 |
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|
$ |
38 |
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|
$ |
2 |
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|
$ |
98 |
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|
$ |
75 |
|
|
$ |
23 |
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|
Spectrum sharing and noncompete agreements and other
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Up to 10 years |
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|
|
77 |
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|
|
24 |
|
|
|
53 |
|
|
|
82 |
|
|
|
17 |
|
|
|
65 |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
117 |
|
|
|
62 |
|
|
|
55 |
|
|
|
180 |
|
|
|
92 |
|
|
|
88 |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
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|
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Unamortized intangible assets
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|
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FCC licenses
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Indefinite |
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|
7,140 |
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|
|
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|
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7,140 |
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|
|
6,922 |
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|
|
|
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6,922 |
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Goodwill
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Indefinite |
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|
|
28 |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
28 |
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|
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28 |
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|
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|
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28 |
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|
|
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|
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|
|
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7,168 |
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7,168 |
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6,950 |
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6,950 |
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Total intangible assets
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$ |
7,285 |
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$ |
62 |
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$ |
7,223 |
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|
$ |
7,130 |
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|
$ |
92 |
|
|
$ |
7,038 |
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FCC licenses, our most significant intangible assets, authorize
wireless carriers to use radio frequency spectrum, and are
issued on both a site-specific and wide-area basis, enabling
wireless carriers to provide service either in specific
800 MHz economic areas or 900 MHz metropolitan trading
areas in the United States. Currently, our 800 MHz and
900 MHz licenses are issued for periods of 10 years
and our 700 MHz licenses are issued for a period of
15 years. All of our FCC licenses are subject to
construction and/or operational and technical requirements. The
FCC has routinely granted license renewals if the licensees
provide substantial services in their licensed area and have
complied with applicable rules and policies and the
Communications Act of 1934, as amended. We believe that we have
met and will continue to meet all requirements necessary to
retain and secure renewal of our FCC licenses. Our book value in
our FCC licenses are at cost or if acquired in a business
combination at an allocated amount based on the fair value.
During the year ended December 31, 2004, we acquired FCC
licenses for an aggregate purchase price of $225 million,
which included deposits for licenses paid prior to 2004 that
were recorded in other assets until we acquired the relevant
licenses. These acquisitions consisted primarily of two
transactions. In May 2004, we purchased certain MMDS FCC
licenses, interests in certain MMDS FCC licenses and other
immaterial network assets of WorldCom. We paid an aggregate cash
purchase price of $144 million, of which $137 million
was paid in 2004 and the remainder was paid prior to 2004. Also,
in June 2004, we purchased certain MMDS FCC licenses, interests
in certain MMDS FCC licenses and other immaterial network assets
of Nucentrix Broadband Networks. We paid an aggregate cash
purchase price of $51 million, of which $49 million
was paid in 2004 and the remainder was paid prior to 2004. Both
of these transactions were accounted for as asset purchases.
These licenses relate to spectrum that we may use in connection
with the deployment of certain broadband or other wireless
services. During the year ended December 31, 2004, we also
wrote off $58 million of fully amortized customer lists,
which did not have an impact on our results of operations or
financial condition.
During the year ended December 31, 2003, we acquired FCC
licenses for an aggregate purchase price of $366 million,
which included both the licenses of NeoWorld Communications and
deposits for other licenses paid prior to 2003 that were
recorded in other assets until we acquired the relevant
licenses. In
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NEXTEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
connection with the acquisition of stock of NeoWorld
Communications, we recorded an additional deferred tax liability
of $86 million, in accordance with the provisions of
SFAS No. 109, Accounting for Income Taxes.
The offsetting increase related to recognizing this deferred tax
liability was recorded to FCC licenses.
For intangible assets with finite lives, we recorded aggregate
amortization expense of $34 million and $51 million
for the years ended December 31, 2004 and 2003,
respectively. Based only on the amortized intangible assets
existing at December 31, 2004, we estimate the amortization
expense to be $9 million during 2005, $5 million
during 2006, $4 million during 2007, $3 million during
2008 and $3 million during 2009. Actual amortization
expense to be reported in future periods could differ from these
estimates as a result of new intangible asset acquisitions,
changes in useful lives and other relevant factors.
We performed our annual impairment test of FCC licenses and
goodwill as of October 1, 2004 and concluded that there was
no impairment as the fair values of these intangible assets were
greater than their carrying values. We concluded, based on the
guidance in EITF Issue No. 02-7, Unit of Accounting
for Testing Impairment of Indefinite-Lived Intangible
Assets, that the unit of accounting for our 800 MHz
and 900 MHz FCC licenses is our nationwide footprint. Using
a residual value approach, we measured the fair value of our
800 MHz and 900 MHz FCC licenses by deducting the fair
values of our net assets as well as the fair values of certain
unrecorded identified intangible assets, other than these FCC
licenses, from our reporting units fair value, which was
determined using a discounted cash flow analysis that was based
on our long-term cash flow projections, discounted at our
corporate weighted average cost of capital. Under the new
accounting guidance announced by the SEC staff at the September
2004 EITF meeting, we must perform an impairment test to measure
the fair value of our 800 and 900 MHz licenses as of
January 1, 2005 using the direct value method, see
note 1. We will reflect an impairment charge, if any,
resulting from the change to a direct value method as a
cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle in our
first quarter 2005 results.
We have invested about $350 million in 700 MHz
licenses that are currently not used in our network. The FCC, as
part of its resolution of the problem of interference with
public safety systems operating in the 800 MHz band, as
described in note 15, gave us minimal credit for our
700 MHz licenses against our total obligation under the
FCCs process to resolve the interference problem. In the
third quarter of 2004, we performed a direct method valuation of
our 700 MHz licenses and determined that the 700 MHz
licenses were not impaired.
Adoption of SFAS No. 142. In connection with
the adoption of SFAS No. 142 in 2002, we ceased
amortizing FCC license costs, as we believe that our portfolio
of FCC licenses represents an intangible asset with an
indefinite useful life. As a result, in the first quarter of
2002, we incurred a one-time cumulative non-cash charge to the
income tax provision of $335 million to increase the
valuation allowance related to our net operating losses. This
cumulative charge was required because we had significant
deferred tax liabilities related to our FCC licenses that have a
significantly lower tax basis than book basis. Historically, we
did not need a valuation allowance for the portion of our net
operating loss equal to deferred tax liabilities related to FCC
licenses expected to reverse during our net operating loss
carryforward period. Because we ceased amortizing FCC licenses
in connection with the adoption of SFAS No. 142, we
can no longer estimate the amount, if any, of deferred tax
liabilities related to our FCC licenses that will reverse during
the carryforward period. Accordingly, we increased our valuation
allowance. We have recorded an incremental non-cash charge of
$33 million during 2004, $62 million during 2003, and
$51 million during 2002 to the income tax provision related
to FCC licenses for which we have a tax basis. As these FCC
licenses are no longer amortized for book purposes but are
amortized for tax purposes, we are recording additional deferred
tax liabilities as amortization occurs for tax purposes. In 2004
we released our net operating loss valuation allowance, which
reversed all of the previous
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NEXTEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
incremental charges recorded to the income tax provision related
to FCC licenses for which we have a tax basis.
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6. |
Long-Term Debt, Capital Lease and Mandatorily Redeemable
Preferred Stock |
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Retirements | |
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Borrowings, | |
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Balance | |
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and | |
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Debt-for-Debt | |
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Balance | |
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|
December 31, | |
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Repayments | |
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Exchange and | |
|
December 31, | |
|
|
2003 | |
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of Principal | |
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Other | |
|
2004 | |
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| |
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| |
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|
(Dollars in millions) | |
9.375% senior serial redeemable notes due 2009
|
|
$ |
1,599 |
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|
$ |
(567 |
) |
|
$ |
(1,032 |
) |
|
$ |
|
|
5.25% convertible senior notes due 2010
|
|
|
607 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
607 |
|
9.5% senior serial redeemable notes due 2011,
including a deferred premium of $36 and $7
|
|
|
895 |
|
|
|
(171 |
) |
|
|
(510 |
) |
|
|
214 |
|
6% convertible senior notes due 2011
|
|
|
608 |
|
|
|
(608 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6.875% senior serial redeemable notes due 2013,
including a deferred premium of $0 and $5 and net of an
unamortized discount of $0 and $58
|
|
|
500 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
864 |
|
|
|
1,364 |
|
5.95% senior serial redeemable notes due 2014,
including a deferred premium of $0 and $12 and net of an
unamortized discount of $0 and $59
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,046 |
|
|
|
1,046 |
|
7.375% senior serial redeemable notes due 2015, net
of unamortized premium of $8 and unamortized discount of $3
|
|
|
2,008 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
126 |
|
|
|
2,134 |
|
Bank credit facility, interest payable quarterly at an
adjusted rate calculated based either on the U.S. prime
rate or London Interbank Offered Rate, or LIBOR (2.4% to
4.7% 2004; 2.4% to 6.9% 2003)
|
|
|
3,804 |
|
|
|
(1,626 |
) |
|
|
1,000 |
|
|
|
3,178 |
|
Capital lease obligation
|
|
|
165 |
|
|
|
(165 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other
|
|
|
26 |
|
|
|
(16 |
) |
|
|
(4 |
) |
|
|
6 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total long-term debt
|
|
|
10,212 |
|
|
$ |
(3,153 |
) |
|
$ |
1,490 |
|
|
|
8,549 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Less current portion
|
|
|
(487 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(22 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
9,725 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
8,527 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Zero coupon convertible preferred stock mandatorily
redeemable 2013, no dividend; convertible into
4,779,386 shares of class A common stock;
245,245 shares issued and outstanding; stated at accreted
liquidation preference value at 9.25% compounded quarterly
|
|
$ |
99 |
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
9 |
|
|
$ |
108 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
9.375% Senior Notes. Cash interest on the
9.375% senior serial redeemable notes due 2009 began to
accrue May 15, 2000, at an annual rate of 9.375%. These
notes were senior unsecured indebtedness and
F-27
NEXTEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
ranked equal in right of payment with all of our other
unsubordinated, unsecured indebtedness. These senior notes were
partially exchanged through debt-for-debt exchange transactions
in 2004 and were fully retired later in 2004. See
2004 Debt-for-Debt Exchanges and
2004 Debt Retirements.
5.25% Convertible Senior Notes. Cash interest on the
5.25% convertible senior notes due 2010 is payable
semiannually in arrears on January 15 and July 15, at an
annual rate of 5.25%. We may choose to redeem some or all of
these notes at a redemption price that currently is 102.333% of
the aggregate principal amount of these notes, plus accrued and
unpaid interest. These notes are convertible at the option of
the holders into our class A common stock at any time prior
to redemption, repurchase or maturity at a conversion price of
$74.40 per share, subject to adjustment. These notes are
senior unsecured indebtedness and rank equal in right of payment
with all of our other unsubordinated, unsecured indebtedness.
9.5% Senior Notes. Cash interest on these notes is
payable semiannually in arrears on February 1 and
August 1, at an annual rate of 9.5%. We may choose to
redeem some or all of these notes commencing on February 1,
2006 at an initial redemption price of 104.75% of the aggregate
principal amount of these notes, plus accrued and unpaid
interest. These notes are senior unsecured indebtedness and rank
equal in right of payment with all our other unsubordinated,
unsecured indebtedness. In July 2001, we entered into three
interest rate swap agreements to hedge the risk of changes in
fair value attributable to changes in market interest rates
associated with $500 million of our 9.5% senior serial
redeemable notes. As a result of this hedge and in accordance
with SFAS No. 133, Accounting for Derivative
Instruments and Hedging Activities, we recognized an
increase to the carrying value of these notes. During the third
quarter 2003, we terminated all three swap agreements in
exchange for cash received of about $38 million. As a
result of the terminations, we recorded a premium of about
$38 million, which is recognized as an adjustment to
interest expense in our statement of operations over the
remaining life of the hedged debt. Additional information
regarding our hedging activities can be found in note 8.
These senior notes were partially exchanged through
debt-for-debt exchange transactions in 2004. See
2004 Debt-for-Debt Exchanges.
6% Convertible Senior Notes. Cash interest on these
notes began to accrue on June 1, 2001, at an annual rate of
6%. These notes were senior unsecured indebtedness and ranked
equal in right of payment with all our other unsubordinated,
unsecured indebtedness. These senior notes were retired in 2004.
See 2004 Debt Retirements.
6.875% Senior Notes. In October 2003, we completed
the sale of $500 million in principal amount of our
6.875% senior serial redeemable notes due 2013, which we
refer to as the 6.875% senior notes, in a transaction that
generated about $500 million in net cash proceeds to us.
Cash interest on these notes is payable semiannually in arrears
on April 30 and October 31 commencing April 30,
2004, at an annual rate of 6.875%. We may choose to redeem some
or all of these notes commencing on October 31, 2008 at an
initial redemption price of 103.438% of the aggregate principal
amount of these notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest. On or
before October 31, 2006, we may choose to redeem a portion
of the principal amount of the outstanding notes using the
proceeds of one or more sales of qualified equity securities at
a redemption price of 106.875% of the notes principal
amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest to the date of
redemption, so long as a specified principal amount of notes
remains outstanding immediately following the redemption. These
notes are senior unsecured indebtedness and rank equal in right
of payment with all our other unsubordinated, unsecured
indebtedness. Additional 6.875% senior notes were issued
through debt-for-debt exchange transactions in 2004. See
2004 Debt-for-Debt Exchanges.
5.95% Senior Notes. In March 2004, we completed the
sale of $500 million in principal amount of our
5.95% senior serial redeemable notes due 2014, which we
refer to as the 5.95% senior notes, in a transaction that
generated about $494 million in net cash proceeds to us.
Cash interest on these notes is payable semiannually in arrears
on March 15 and September 15 commencing
September 15, 2004, at an
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annual rate of 5.95%. We may choose to redeem some or all of
these notes commencing on March 15, 2009 at an initial
redemption price of 102.975% of the aggregate principal amount
of these notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest. On or before
March 15, 2007, we may choose to redeem a portion of the
principal amount of the outstanding notes using the proceeds of
one or more sales of qualified equity securities at a redemption
price of 105.95% of the notes principal amount, plus
accrued and unpaid interest to the date of redemption, so long
as a specified principal amount of notes remains outstanding
immediately following the redemption. These notes are senior
unsecured indebtedness and rank equal in right of payment with
all our other unsubordinated, unsecured indebtedness. Additional
5.95% senior notes were issued through debt-for-debt
exchange transactions in 2004. See 2004
Debt-for-Debt Exchanges.
7.375% Senior Notes. In July 2003, we completed the
sale of $1,000 million in principal amount of our
7.375% senior serial redeemable notes due 2015, which we
refer to as the 7.375% senior notes, in a transaction that
generated about $983 million in net cash proceeds to us. In
September 2003, we completed the sale of an additional
$1,000 million in principal amount of our
7.375% senior notes due 2015, which generated about
$1,000 million in net cash proceeds to us. The senior notes
issued in July 2003 and September 2003 are a single series of
notes. Cash interest on these notes is payable semiannually in
arrears on February 1 and August 1, at an annual rate
of 7.375%. We may choose to redeem some or all of these notes
commencing on August 1, 2008 at an initial redemption price
of 103.688% of the aggregate principal amount of these notes,
plus accrued and unpaid interest. On or before August 1,
2006, we may choose to redeem a portion of the principal amount
of the outstanding notes using the proceeds of one or more sales
of qualified equity securities at a redemption price of 107.375%
of the notes principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid
interest to the date of redemption, so long as a specified
principal amount of notes remains outstanding immediately
following the redemption. These notes are senior unsecured
indebtedness and rank equal in right of payment with all our
other unsubordinated, unsecured indebtedness. Additional
7.375% senior notes were issued through debt-for-debt
exchange transactions in 2004. See 2004
Debt-for-Debt Exchanges.
Zero Coupon Preferred Stock. No dividends are payable
with respect to the zero coupon convertible preferred stock due
2013; however, the liquidation preference accretes from the
initial liquidation preference of $253.675 per share at
issuance date at an annual rate of 9.25% compounded quarterly to
a liquidation preference of $1,000 per share at maturity in
2013. The zero coupon preferred stock is convertible at the
option of the holders prior to redemption or maturity into our
class A common stock at a conversion rate of
19.4882 shares of our class A common stock for each
share of zero coupon preferred stock, subject to adjustment upon
the occurrence of specified events. Generally, holders of our
zero coupon convertible preferred stock are not entitled to vote
on any matter required or permitted to be voted on by the
holders of our class A common stock. We may choose to
redeem some or all of the preferred stock starting
December 23, 2005, and the preferred stock may be tendered
by the holders for acquisition by us on December 23, 2005
and 2008, in each case at a redemption price equal to the
liquidation preference on the redemption date. The zero coupon
preferred stock is mandatorily redeemable on December 23,
2013 at the fully accreted liquidation preference of
$1,000 per share. We may elect, subject to the satisfaction
of specified requirements, to pay any redemption or tender price
with our class A common stock.
Series D Preferred Stock. Shares of our
series D exchangeable preferred stock due 2009 had a
liquidation preference of $1,000 per share. Dividends on
the series D preferred stock accrued at an annual rate of
13% of the liquidation preference, were cumulative from the date
of issuance and were payable quarterly in cash. These shares of
preferred stock were retired in 2003.
Series E Preferred Stock. Shares of our
series E exchangeable preferred stock due 2010 had a
liquidation preference of $1,000 per share. Dividends on
the series E preferred stock accrued at an annual rate of
11.125% of the liquidation preference, were cumulative from the
date of issuance and were payable
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quarterly in cash or, on or prior to February 15, 2003 at
our option, in additional shares of series E preferred
stock. These shares of preferred stock were retired in 2003.
2004 Debt Retirements. For the year ended
December 31, 2004, we purchased and retired a total of
$1,346 million in aggregate principal amount at maturity of
our outstanding senior notes and convertible senior notes in
exchange for $1,421 million in cash. As a result, we
recognized an $83 million loss in other income
(expense) in the statements of operations, representing the
excess of the purchase price over the carrying value of the
purchased and retired notes and the write-off of unamortized
debt financing costs, net of the recognition of a portion of the
deferred premium associated with the termination of some of our
interest rate swaps. Additional information regarding out
interest rate swaps and the deferred premium can be found in
note 8.
2004 Debt-for-Debt Exchanges. For the year ended
December 31, 2004, we entered into several non-cash
debt-for-debt exchange transactions with holders of our
securities. As a result, we exchanged $1,032 million in
principal amount of the 9.375% senior notes and
$481 million in principal amount of our 9.5% senior
notes for a total of $1,647 million in principal amount of
new senior notes. The new senior notes consist of
$918 million in principal amount of 6.875% senior
notes issued at a $61 million discount to their principal
amount, $592 million in principal amount of
5.95% senior notes issued at a $54 million discount to
their principal amount, and $137 million in principal
amount of 7.375% senior notes issued at an $11 million
discount to their principal amount. These transactions were
accounted for as debt modifications. As a result, the
$17 million of the deferred premium resulting from the
settlement of a fair value hedge associated with the
9.5% senior notes is now associated with the 5.95% and
6.875% senior notes and will be recognized as an adjustment
to interest expense over the remaining life of the 5.95% and
6.875% senior notes. Additional information regarding our
interest rate swaps and the related deferred premium can be
found in note 8.
2003 and 2002 Debt and Preferred Stock Retirements. For
the year ended December 31, 2003, we purchased and retired
a total of $4,049 million in aggregate principal amount at
maturity of our outstanding senior notes and convertible senior
notes in exchange for 30.6 million shares of class A
common stock valued at $588 million and $3,626 million
in cash. As a result, we recognized a $204 million loss in
other income (expense) in the accompanying consolidated
statements of operations, representing the excess of the
purchase price over the carrying value of the purchased and
retired notes and the write-off of unamortized debt financing
costs. During the same period, we also purchased and retired a
total of $932 million in aggregate face amount of our
outstanding mandatorily redeemable preferred stock in exchange
for about $972 million in cash. As a part of these
transactions, we recognized a $48 million loss in the
accompanying consolidated statements of operations, representing
the excess of the purchase price over the carrying value of the
purchased and retired preferred stock and the write-off of
unamortized financing costs. In connection with the
implementation of SFAS No. 150, Accounting for
Certain Financial Instruments with Characteristics of both
Liabilities and Equity effective July 1, 2003 the
losses associated with our third quarter 2003 preferred stock
retirements are included in other income (expense) in the
accompanying consolidated statements of operations.
For the year ended December 31, 2002, we purchased and
retired a total of $1,928 million in aggregate principal
amount at maturity of our outstanding senior notes and
convertible senior notes in exchange for 97.7 million
shares of class A common stock valued at $596 million
and about $666 million in cash. As a result, we recognized
a $514 million gain in other income (expense) in the
statement of operations, representing the excess of the carrying
value over the purchase price of the purchased and retired notes
and the write-off of unamortized debt financing costs. In
accordance with SFAS No. 84, Induced Conversions
of Convertible Debt, the shares of our class A common
stock issued in excess of the shares that the holders would have
been entitled to had they converted under the original terms of
the convertible notes are multiplied by the fair value of the
shares on the transaction date and the result is
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recorded as debt conversion expense of $160 million in
other income (expense) in the statement of operations.
Bank Credit Facility. As of December 31, 2004, our
bank credit facility provided for total secured financing
capacity of $6,178 million, subject to the satisfaction or
waiver of applicable borrowing conditions. This facility
consisted of a $4,000 million revolving loan commitment, of
which $1,000 million has been borrowed, and a term loan
outstanding of $2,178 million, all of which has been
borrowed.
In 2004, we amended our bank credit facility to create a new
$4,000 million revolving credit facility that replaced our
then-existing revolving credit facility and one of our
then-existing term loans. In connection with the amendment, we
borrowed $1,000 million of this new facility and used
$476 million of cash on hand to repay the entire
outstanding balance of one of our then-existing term loans in
the amount of $1,360 million and our then-outstanding
revolving loan in the amount of $116 million. This
transaction was accounted for as an extinguishment of debt in
accordance with SFAS No. 140, Accounting for
Transfers and Servicing of Financial Assets and Extinguishments
of Liabilities. Thus, we recognized a $34 million
loss in other income (expense) in the accompanying
consolidated statements of operations, representing the
write-off of unamortized debt financing costs associated with
the old credit facility. The new revolving credit facility can
be used to secure letters of credit for the full amount
available under the facility.
In 2005, we entered into a secured term loan agreement of
$2,200 million, the proceeds of which were used to
refinance our outstanding term loan of $2,178 million.
Under the terms of the new loan, the initial interest rate will
be the London Interbank Offered Rate, or LIBOR plus
75 basis points, reflecting a reduction of 150 basis
points from the rate on the then-existing term loan. The
interest rate automatically will adjust to the applicable rate
of our existing $4,000 million revolving credit facility,
currently LIBOR plus 100 basis points, on December 31,
2005 or earlier, if the merger agreement between Nextel and
Sprint is terminated. The new term loan matures on
February 1, 2010, at which time we will be obligated to pay
the principal of the new term loan in one installment, and is
subject to the terms and conditions of our existing revolving
credit facility, which will remain unchanged, including
provisions that allow the lenders to declare borrowings due
immediately in the event of default.
Our credit facility requires compliance with two financial ratio
tests: total indebtedness to operating cash flow and operating
cash flow to interest expense, each as defined under the credit
agreement. The maturity dates of the loans may accelerate if we
do not comply with the financial ratio tests, which could have a
material adverse effect on our financial condition. As of
December 31, 2004, we were in compliance with all financial
ratio tests under our credit facility. We are also obligated to
repay the loans if certain change of control events occur.
Borrowings under the facility are currently secured by liens on
substantially all of our assets, and are guaranteed by us and by
substantially all of our subsidiaries. Our credit facility
provides for the termination of these liens and subsidiary
guarantees upon satisfaction of certain conditions, including
improvements in debt ratings and the repayment of our remaining
outstanding term loan. There is no provision under any of our
indebtedness that requires repayment in the event of a downgrade
by any ratings service.
Our ability to borrow additional amounts under the credit
facility may be restricted by provisions included in some of our
public notes that limit the incurrence of additional
indebtedness in certain circumstances. The availability of
borrowings under this facility also is subject to the
satisfaction or waiver of specified borrowing conditions. As of
December 31, 2004, we have satisfied the conditions under
this facility and the applicable provisions of our senior note
indentures did not restrict our ability to borrow the remaining
amount available under the revolving credit commitment. In
February 2005, we accepted the terms of the Report and Order,
which requires us to establish a letter of credit in the amount
of $2,500 million to provide assurance that funds will be
available to pay the relocation costs of the incumbent users of
the 800 MHz spectrum.
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The credit facility also contains covenants which limit our
ability and the ability of some of our subsidiaries to incur
additional indebtedness; create liens; pay dividends or make
distributions in respect of our or their capital stock or make
specified other restricted payments; consolidate, merge or sell
all or substantially all of our or their assets; guarantee
obligations of other entities; enter into hedging agreements;
enter into transactions with affiliates or related persons or
engage in any business other than the telecommunications
business. Although these covenants are similar to those
contained in our previous credit facility, they have been
revised under the amended credit facility to provide us with
greater operating flexibility. In addition, in February 2005, we
amended our credit facility primarily to modify the
facilitys definition of change in control to
exclude the proposed merger with Sprint.
Capital Lease Obligation. In February 2004, we exercised
the early buy-out option for our capital lease in which we paid
$191 million in cash, $156 million of which related to
the reduction of the capital lease obligation, and recorded the
$35 million difference as an adjustment to the book basis
of the switch assets that were being leased.
In March 2003, we exercised the early buy-out option on another
capital lease in which we paid $69 million in cash,
$54 million of which related to the reduction of the
capital lease obligation, and recorded the $15 million
difference as an adjustment to the book basis of the switch
assets that were being leased.
Future Maturities of Long-Term Debt
For the years subsequent to December 31, 2004, scheduled
annual maturities of long-term debt, including our bank credit
facility and finance obligation outstanding, as of
December 31, 2004 are as follows:
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December 31, | |
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2004 | |
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| |
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(In millions) | |
2005
|
|
$ |
22 |
|
2006
|
|
|
22 |
|
2007
|
|
|
22 |
|
2008
|
|
|
22 |
|
2009
|
|
|
1,028 |
|
Thereafter
|
|
|
7,529 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
8,645 |
|
Add deferred premium
|
|
|
24 |
|
Less unamortized discount
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|
|
(120 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
8,549 |
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|
|
|
|
We may, from time to time as we deem appropriate, enter into
additional refinancing and similar transactions, including
exchanges of our common stock or other securities for our debt
and other long-term obligations and redemption, repurchase or
retirement transactions involving our outstanding debt and
equity securities, that in the aggregate may be material.
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7. |
Fair Value of Financial Instruments |
We have determined the estimated fair values of financial
instruments using available market information and appropriate
valuation methodologies. However, considerable judgment is
required in interpreting market data to develop fair value
estimates. As a result, the estimates presented below are not
necessarily indicative of the amounts that we could realize or
be required to pay in a current market exchange. The use of
different market assumptions, as well as estimation
methodologies, may have a material effect on the estimated fair
value amounts.
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December 31, | |
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| |
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2004 | |
|
2003 | |
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| |
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| |
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Carrying | |
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Estimated | |
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Carrying | |
|
Estimated | |
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|
Amount | |
|
Fair Value | |
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Amount | |
|
Fair Value | |
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| |
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| |
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| |
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(In millions) | |
Marketable equity securities, NII Holdings (including
current portion of $293)
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$ |
586 |
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|
$ |
586 |
|
|
$ |
307 |
|
|
$ |
307 |
|
Marketable debt securities, NII Holdings
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
67 |
|
|
|
67 |
|
Long-term debt, including current portion
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|
8,549 |
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|
|
9,084 |
|
|
|
10,047 |
|
|
|
10,565 |
|
Mandatorily redeemable preferred stock
|
|
|
108 |
|
|
|
150 |
|
|
|
99 |
|
|
|
146 |
|
Cash and Cash Equivalents, Short-Term Investments, Accounts
and Notes Receivable, Accounts Payable, Accrued Expenses and Due
to Related Parties. The carrying amounts of these items are
reasonable estimates of their fair values.
Marketable Debt and Equity Securities. We estimate the
fair value of these securities based on quoted market prices. At
December 31, 2004 and 2003, marketable debt and equity
securities included within prepaid expenses and other current
assets and investments consist of the following:
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Gross | |
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Gross |
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Amortized | |
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Unrealized | |
|
Unrealized |
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Fair | |
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Cost | |
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Gain | |
|
Loss |
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Value | |
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| |
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| |
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| |
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(In millions) | |
2004
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Available-for-sale equity securities
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|
$ |
33 |
|
|
$ |
553 |
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|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
586 |
|
2003
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Available-for-sale equity securities
|
|
$ |
33 |
|
|
$ |
274 |
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|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
307 |
|
|
Available-for-sale debt securities
|
|
|
47 |
|
|
|
20 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
67 |
|
Long-Term Debt. We estimate the fair value of these
securities based on quoted market prices of our senior notes and
loans under our bank credit facility.
Derivative Instruments. The fair value of these
instruments is based on estimates obtained from bankers to
settle the agreements. See note 8.
Mandatorily Redeemable Preferred Stock. We estimate the
fair value of these securities based on quoted market prices.
Finance Obligation. We estimate the fair value of our
finance obligation based on the present value of future cash
flows using a discount rate available for similar obligations.
Letters of Credit. We use letters of credit to back some
lease guarantees. Outstanding letters of credit totaled
$8 million at December 31, 2004 and $24 million
at December 31, 2003. Pursuant to the terms of the Report
and Order described in note 15 below, we are required to
establish a letter of credit in the amount of
$2,500 million to provide assurance that funds will be
available to pay the relocation costs of the incumbent users of
the 800 MHz spectrum in connection with the band
reconfiguration process. We
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
obtained the letter of credit using borrowing capacity under our
existing revolving credit facility. The letters of credit
reflect fair value as a condition of their underlying purpose
and are subject to fees competitively determined in the market
place.
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8. |
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities |
We use derivative instruments, consisting primarily of interest
rate swap agreements, to manage our exposure to changes in the
fair values or future cash flows of some of our long-term debt,
which are caused by interest rate fluctuations. We do not use
derivative instruments for trading or other speculative
purposes. The use of derivative instruments exposes us to market
risk and credit risk. Market risk is the adverse effect that a
change in interest rates has on the value of a financial
instrument. We manage market risk associated with our derivative
instruments by establishing and monitoring limits on the degree
of risk that may be undertaken. This risk is also monitored
through regular communication with senior management. While
derivative instruments are subject to fluctuations in values,
these fluctuations are generally offset by fluctuations in fair
values or cash flows of the underlying hedged items. Credit risk
is the risk that the counterparty exposes us to loss in the
event of nonperformance. We mitigate credit risk by dealing only
with counterparties that have at least an A rating
from either Moodys or Standard & Poors, and
by setting exposure limits with each approved counterparty. We
currently do not hedge assets or liabilities denominated in
foreign currencies or foreign currency transactions.
From time to time, we hedge the cash flows and fair values of
some of our long-term debt using interest rate swaps. We enter
into these derivative contracts to manage our exposure to
interest rate changes by achieving a desired proportion of fixed
rate versus variable rate debt. In an interest rate swap, we
agree to exchange the difference between a variable interest
rate and either a fixed or another variable interest rate,
multiplied by a notional principal amount.
In 2001, we entered into three interest rate swap agreements to
hedge the risk of changes in fair value of a portion of our
long-term fixed rate debt, which were attributable to changes in
the LIBOR, as the benchmark interest rate. These fair value
hedges qualified for hedge accounting using the short-cut method
since the swap terms matched the critical terms of the hedged
debt. Accordingly, there was no net effect on our results of
operations for the year ended December 31, 2003 relating to
the ineffectiveness of these fair value hedges. During 2003, we
terminated all three swap agreements. As a result of the
terminations, we recorded a deferred premium of
$38 million, which we recognize as an adjustment to
interest expense over the remaining life of the hedged debt. As
described in note 6, a portion of this deferred premium
associated with our purchase and retirement of a portion of the
hedged debt was recognized as an offset to the loss on early
retirement of the related senior notes. Additionally, a portion
of this deferred premium has been transferred from one series of
senior notes to two other series of senior notes as a result of
debt-for-debt exchanges entered into during 2004. As a result,
the portion of the deferred premium that was transferred to the
different series of notes will now be recognized as an
adjustment to the interest expense over the remaining life of
those series.
Additionally, from time to time, we use interest rate swaps to
hedge the variability of future cash flows, which are caused by
changes in LIBOR, as the benchmark interest rate, associated
with some of our long-term variable rate debt. In February 2003,
we terminated a variable-to-variable interest rate swap in the
notional amount of $400 million in accordance with its
original terms. There was no realized gain or loss associated
with this termination. Since this swap did not qualify for cash
flow hedge accounting, we recognized changes in its fair value
up to the termination date in our statement of operations in the
period of the change. Interest expense includes a gain of
$2 million in 2003 and a gain of $10 million in 2002,
representing changes in the fair value of this swap. During
2003, we terminated our remaining cash flow hedge, which was
recorded at its fair value, and paid $91 million in cash to
satisfy our obligations under it. As a result of the
termination, unrealized losses of about $10 million,
representing the effective portion of
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
the change in fair value reported in accumulated other
comprehensive loss, were recognized in our statement of
operations. The ineffective portion of the change in fair value
of our swap qualifying for cash flow hedge accounting was
recognized as interest expense in our statement of operations up
to the termination date in the period of the change. Interest
expense includes a loss of $8 million for the year ended
December 31, 2003, related to the ineffective portion of
the change in the fair value, offset by a gain of
$3 million relating to the termination of the swap.
Interest expense includes a loss of $22 million for the
year ended December 31, 2002 related to the ineffective
portion of the change in the fair value of this swap.
Interest expense related to the periodic net cash settlements on
all swaps was $12 million in 2003 and $26 million in
2002. As of December 31, 2004, we did not have any
significant derivative instruments.
The components of the income tax benefit (provision) were as
follows:
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|
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|
|
|
|
Year Ended December 31, | |
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|
| |
|
|
2004 | |
|
2003 | |
|
2002 | |
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|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
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|
(In millions) | |
Current
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
State
|
|
$ |
(107 |
) |
|
$ |
(51 |
) |
|
$ |
(5 |
) |
Deferred
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Federal
|
|
|
452 |
|
|
|
(51 |
) |
|
|
(325 |
) |
|
State
|
|
|
10 |
|
|
|
(11 |
) |
|
|
(61 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
462 |
|
|
|
(62 |
) |
|
|
(386 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income tax benefit (provision)
|
|
$ |
355 |
|
|
$ |
(113 |
) |
|
$ |
(391 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Our income tax benefit (provision) reconciles to the amount
computed by applying the U.S. statutory rate to loss before
extraordinary item as follows:
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|
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|
|
|
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|
|
|
|
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|
Year Ended December 31, | |
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|
| |
|
|
2004 | |
|
2003 | |
|
2002 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
(In millions) | |
Income tax provision at statutory rate
|
|
$ |
(926 |
) |
|
$ |
(568 |
) |
|
$ |
(613 |
) |
State tax provision, net
|
|
|
(123 |
) |
|
|
(59 |
) |
|
|
(83 |
) |
Tax contingencies
|
|
|
(142 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gain on deconsolidation of NII Holdings
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
482 |
|
Gain on retirement of debt
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(109 |
) |
Decrease in valuation allowance
|
|
|
1,546 |
|
|
|
531 |
|
|
|
34 |
|
Equity in losses of unconsolidated affiliates
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(16 |
) |
|
|
(86 |
) |
Other
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1 |
) |
|
|
(16 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
355 |
|
|
$ |
(113 |
) |
|
$ |
(391 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
F-35
NEXTEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
As further discussed below, during 2004 we released
substantially all our net operating loss valuation allowance and
a portion of our capital loss carryforward valuation allowance
which had the effect of changing the balance sheet presentation
of our deferred tax assets and liabilities beginning in 2004.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31, 2004 | |
|
|
| |
|
|
Current | |
|
Long-term | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
(In millions) | |
Deferred tax assets
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net operating loss carryforwards
|
|
$ |
925 |
|
|
$ |
1,452 |
|
|
Capital loss carryforward
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
713 |
|
|
Accruals and other liabilities
|
|
|
70 |
|
|
|
64 |
|
|
Federal AMT
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
30 |
|
|
Research credit
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3 |
|
|
Investments
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
85 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
995 |
|
|
|
2,347 |
|
Valuation allowance
|
|
|
(1 |
) |
|
|
(657 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
994 |
|
|
|
1,690 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Deferred tax liabilities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Property, plant and equipment
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,596 |
|
|
Intangibles
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,735 |
|
|
Investments
|
|
|
112 |
|
|
|
112 |
|
|
Other
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
28 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
112 |
|
|
|
3,471 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current deferred tax asset
|
|
$ |
882 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Long-term deferred tax liability
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
1,781 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
F-36
NEXTEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
Deferred tax assets and liabilities as of December 31, 2003
consisted of the following:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31, | |
|
|
2003 | |
|
|
| |
|
|
(In millions) | |
Deferred tax assets
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net operating loss carryforwards
|
|
$ |
2,805 |
|
|
Capital loss carryforward
|
|
|
723 |
|
|
Accruals and other liabilities
|
|
|
176 |
|
|
Federal AMT
|
|
|
14 |
|
|
Research credit
|
|
|
3 |
|
|
Investments
|
|
|
64 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,785 |
|
Valuation allowance
|
|
|
(2,544 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,241 |
|
|
|
|
|
Deferred tax liabilities
|
|
|
|
|
|
Property, plant and equipment
|
|
|
1,320 |
|
|
Intangibles
|
|
|
1,665 |
|
|
Investments
|
|
|
129 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,114 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net deferred tax liability
|
|
$ |
1,873 |
|
|
|
|
|
At December 31, 2004, we had $6,376 million of
consolidated net operating loss carryforwards for federal income
tax that expire in varying amounts through 2023. The net
operating loss carryforwards include additional deductions for
depreciation and amortization that were reported on our most
recently filed tax returns. At the end of 2003, we believed that
our cumulative losses, when evaluated in connection with other
qualitative factors and uncertainties concerning our business
and industry, provided substantial negative evidence regarding
the likelihood of our eventual realization of the tax benefit of
our net operating and capital loss carryforwards, which
outweighed the positive evidence available. Therefore, we
maintained a valuation allowance of $2,544 million as of
December 31, 2003 including reserves primarily for the tax
benefit of net operating loss carryforwards, as well as for
capital loss carryforwards and transactions associated with the
tax benefit of stock option deductions.
Based on our cumulative operating results through June 30,
2004, and an assessment of our expected future operations, we
concluded that it was more likely than not that we would be able
to realize the tax benefits of our federal net operating loss
carryforwards. Therefore in 2004, we decreased the valuation
allowance attributable to our net operating loss carryforwards
by $901 million as a credit to tax expense. Additionally,
we released the valuation allowance attributable to the tax
benefit of stock option deductions and credited
stockholders equity by $389 million. We have
established a $142 million liability for probable tax
exposures relating to the potential non-deductibility of certain
federal and state income tax benefits.
During 2004, we determined that it was more likely than not that
we would utilize a portion of our capital loss carryforwards
before their expiration. Accordingly, we decreased the valuation
allowance primarily attributable to capital loss carryforwards
by $212 million as a credit to tax expense during 2004.
Significant changes in our assessment of the future realization
of our capital loss carryforwards would require us to reconsider
the need for a valuation allowance associated with the capital
loss deferred tax asset.
F-37
NEXTEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
In connection with our adoption of SFAS No. 142 in the
first quarter of 2002, we incurred a one-time cumulative
non-cash charge to the income tax provision of $335 million
to increase the valuation allowance related to our net operating
losses and other deferred tax assets. For additional information
regarding the adoption of SFAS No. 142, see
note 5.
As a result of NII Holdings bankruptcy reorganization in
the fourth quarter 2002, we incurred a capital loss for tax
purposes of $1,938 million, and accordingly, we increased
our valuation allowance by $766 million.
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|
10. |
Commitments and Contingencies |
Operating Lease Commitments. We lease various equipment,
office facilities, retail outlets and kiosks, switching
facilities, and transmitter and receiver sites under operating
leases. The non-cancelable portion of these leases ranges from
monthly up to 10 years. These leases, with few exceptions,
provide for automatic renewal options and escalations that are
either fixed or based on the consumer price index. Any rent
abatements, along with rent escalations, are included in the
computation of rent expense calculated on a straight-line basis
over the lease term. Our lease term for most leases includes the
initial non-cancelable term plus one renewal period, as the
exercise of the related renewal option is reasonably assured
(see note 1). Our cell site leases generally provide for an
initial non-cancelable term of 5 to 7 years with
5 renewal options for 5 years each.
For years subsequent to December 31, 2004, minimum lease
payments for all operating lease obligations that have lease
terms exceeding one year, net of rental income, are as follows
(in millions):
|
|
|
|
|
2005
|
|
$ |
515 |
|
2006
|
|
|
532 |
|
2007
|
|
|
497 |
|
2008
|
|
|
442 |
|
2009
|
|
|
373 |
|
Thereafter
|
|
|
726 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
3,085 |
|
|
|
|
|
Total rental expense, net of rental income, was
$548 million during 2004, $500 million during 2003 and
$390 million during 2002.
Other Commitments. We are a party to service and other
contracts in connection with conducting our business. Minimum
amounts due under some of the more significant agreements are
$864 million in 2005, $707 million in 2006,
$504 million in 2007, $288 million in 2008,
$263 million in 2009 and $507 million thereafter.
Amounts actually paid under some of these agreements will likely
be higher due to variable components of these agreements. The
more significant variable components that determine the ultimate
obligation owed include such items as hours contracted,
subscribers and other factors. In addition, we are party to
various arrangements that are conditional in nature and obligate
us to make payments only upon the occurrence of certain events,
such as the delivery of functioning software or a product. In
addition, significant amounts expected to be paid to Motorola
for infrastructure, handsets and related services are not
included in the figures above due to the uncertainty surrounding
the timing and extent of these payments; however, the figures
above do include the minimum contractual amounts. See
note 13 with respect to amounts paid to Motorola in 2004,
2003 and 2002.
Contingencies. In April 2001, a purported class action
lawsuit was filed in the Circuit Court in Baltimore, Maryland by
the Law Offices of Peter Angelos, and subsequently in other
state courts in Pennsylvania, New York and Georgia by
Mr. Angelos and other firms, alleging that wireless
telephones
F-38
NEXTEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
pose a health risk to users of those telephones and that the
defendants failed to disclose these risks. We, along with
numerous other companies, were named as defendants in these
cases. The cases, together with a similar case filed earlier in
Louisiana state court, were ultimately transferred to federal
court in Baltimore, Maryland. On March 5, 2003, the court
granted the defendants motions to dismiss. The plaintiffs
have appealed this decision.
A number of lawsuits have been filed against us in several state
and federal courts around the United States, challenging the
manner by which we recover the costs to us of federally mandated
universal service, Telecommunications Relay Service payment
requirements imposed by the FCC, and the costs (including costs
to implement changes to our network) to comply with federal
regulatory requirements to provide E911, telephone number
pooling and telephone number portability. In general, these
plaintiffs claim that our rate structure that breaks out and
assesses federal program cost recovery fees on monthly customer
bills is misleading and unlawful. The plaintiffs generally seek
injunctive relief and damages on behalf of a class of customers,
including a refund of amounts collected under these regulatory
line item assessments. We have reached a settlement with the
plaintiff, who purports to represent a nationwide class of
affected customers, in one of the lawsuits that challenged the
manner by which we recover the costs to comply with federal
regulatory requirements to provide E911, telephone number
pooling and telephone number portability. The settlement was
found to be fair and was approved by the court, which approval
recently was affirmed by the appellate court, and a motion for
rehearing was filed by one of the objectors. Assuming no further
appeal is sought, the settlement renders moot a majority of
these lawsuits and would not have a material effect on our
business or results of operations.
We are subject to other claims and legal actions that arise in
the ordinary course of business. We do not believe that any of
these other pending claims or legal actions will have a material
effect on our business or results of operation.
On December 15, 2004, we entered into a definitive
agreement for a merger of equals with Sprint. The merger
agreement contains certain termination rights for each of us and
Sprint and further provides for the payment of a termination fee
of $1,000 million upon termination of the merger agreement
under specified circumstances involving an alternative
transaction.
|
|
11. |
Capital Stock and Stock Rights |
Under our certificate of incorporation, we have the authority to
issue 2,180,000,000 shares of capital stock as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
2,060,000,000 shares of class A voting common stock,
par value $0.001 per share; |
|
|
|
100,000,000 shares of class B nonvoting common stock,
par value $0.001 per share; and |
|
|
|
20,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value
$0.01 per share, 800,000 shares of which have been
designated as zero coupon convertible preferred stock due 2013
described in note 6. |
The following is a summary description of our common stock.
Holders of common stock are entitled to share equally, share for
share, if dividends are declared on the common stock, whether
payable in cash, property or securities. There is no provision
for cumulative voting with respect to the election of directors.
Class A Common Stock. The holders of our
class A common stock are entitled to one vote per share on
all matters submitted for action by the stockholders.
F-39
NEXTEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
Class B Common Stock. Motorola is currently the only
holder of our outstanding class B nonvoting common stock.
During 2004, we purchased 6 million shares of our
class B common stock from Motorola. We accounted for this
transaction under the cost method and currently hold these
shares in treasury. A holder of our class B common stock
has no right to vote on any matters submitted for action by the
stockholders. However, a holder of the class B common stock
does have the right to vote as a separate class, with each share
having one vote, on:
|
|
|
|
|
any merger, consolidation, reorganization or reclassification of
our company or our shares of capital stock; |
|
|
|
any amendment to the certificate of incorporation; or |
|
|
|
any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of our company; |
in which the class B common stock would be treated
differently from the class A common stock.
Shares of class B common stock are convertible at any time
at the option of the holder into an equal number of shares of
class A common stock upon the actual or expected occurrence
of any voting conversion event as defined in our
certificate of incorporation.
In the event of any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of
our company or upon the distribution of our assets, all assets
and funds remaining after payment in full of our debts and
liabilities, and after the payment to the holders of the then
outstanding preferred stock of the full preferential amounts to
which they were entitled, would be divided and distributed among
the holders of the class A common stock and nonvoting
class B common stock ratably.
|
|
|
Common Stock Reserved for Issuance |
As of December 31, 2004, we had reserved class A
common stock for future issuance as detailed below (in millions).
|
|
|
|
|
5.25% convertible debt conversion rights
|
|
|
8.1 |
|
Zero coupon preferred stock conversion rights
|
|
|
4.8 |
|
Class B common stock conversion rights
|
|
|
29.7 |
|
Incentive equity and employee stock purchase plan and other
options outstanding
|
|
|
114.3 |
|
Acquisitions and other
|
|
|
39.5 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
196.4 |
|
|
|
|
|
An additional $1,000 million in aggregate dollar amount of
shares of our class A common stock is available for
issuance and sale under our Direct Stock Purchase Plan.
|
|
12. |
Stock and Employee Benefit Plans |
Incentive Equity Plan. Our incentive equity plan provides
for the issuance to our directors, officers, employees and
consultants of up to 180.0 million shares of class A
common stock upon the exercise or issuance of a variety of forms
of equity rights, including grants of options to purchase stock
and deferred shares. Typically, we grant nonqualified stock
options to purchase stock under our equity incentive plan, and
such options that currently are outstanding generally:
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|
|
|
|
have been granted at prices equal to or exceeding the market
value of the stock on the grant date; |
|
|
|
vest over periods up to four years; and |
|
|
|
expire ten years subsequent to award. |
F-40
NEXTEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
If an option holders employment is involuntarily
terminated within one year after the effective date of a change
of control of Nextel, then that holders unvested options
will immediately vest or otherwise become payable, subject to
some limits. Stock options are nontransferable, except to family
members or by will, as provided for in the incentive equity
plan, and the actual value of the stock options that an employee
may realize, if any, will depend on the excess of the market
price on the date of exercise over the exercise price.
A summary of the Incentive Equity Plan stock option activity for
employees and directors is as follows (shares in millions):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted Average | |
|
|
Shares | |
|
Exercise Price | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
Outstanding, December 31, 2001
|
|
|
78.8 |
|
|
$ |
27.14 |
|
|
Granted
|
|
|
28.6 |
|
|
|
5.37 |
|
|
Exercised
|
|
|
(4.8 |
) |
|
|
7.12 |
|
|
Canceled
|
|
|
(14.4 |
) |
|
|
25.40 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Outstanding, December 31, 2002
|
|
|
88.2 |
|
|
|
21.45 |
|
|
Granted
|
|
|
20.9 |
|
|
|
16.87 |
|
|
Exercised
|
|
|
(16.9 |
) |
|
|
11.23 |
|
|
Canceled
|
|
|
(6.1 |
) |
|
|
30.02 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Outstanding, December 31, 2003
|
|
|
86.1 |
|
|
|
21.70 |
|
|
Granted
|
|
|
24.4 |
|
|
|
26.02 |
|
|
Exercised
|
|
|
(17.5 |
) |
|
|
13.07 |
|
|
Canceled
|
|
|
(3.7 |
) |
|
|
24.94 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Outstanding, December 31, 2004
|
|
|
89.3 |
|
|
|
24.45 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Exercisable, December 31, 2002
|
|
|
46.2 |
|
|
|
23.51 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Exercisable, December 31, 2003
|
|
|
46.0 |
|
|
|
25.73 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Exercisable, December 31, 2004
|
|
|
48.9 |
|
|
|
28.46 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The following is a summary of the status of employees
stock options outstanding and exercisable at December 31,
2004 (shares in millions):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Options Outstanding |
|
Options Exercisable |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Exercise |
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted Average |
|
Weighted Average |
|
|
|
Weighted Average |
Price Range |
|
|
|
Shares |
|
Life Remaining |
|
Exercise Price |
|
Shares |
|
Exercise Price |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ 2.91 - $ 6.99
|
|
|
|
|
13.0 |
|
|
|
7.24 years |
|
|
$ |
5.24 |
|
|
|
6.3 |
|
|
$ |
5.24 |
|
7.01 - 12.98
|
|
|
|
|
11.0 |
|
|
|
6.98 years |
|
|
|
10.99 |
|
|
|
5.8 |
|
|
|
10.29 |
|
13.08 - 18.97
|
|
|
|
|
11.5 |
|
|
|
5.68 years |
|
|
|
15.23 |
|
|
|
8.9 |
|
|
|
15.18 |
|
19.00 - 22.97
|
|
|
|
|
12.0 |
|
|
|
6.88 years |
|
|
|
21.46 |
|
|
|
9.1 |
|
|
|
21.97 |
|
23.00 - 26.66
|
|
|
|
|
13.0 |
|
|
|
9.16 years |
|
|
|
23.85 |
|
|
|
2.7 |
|
|
|
24.18 |
|
27.33 - 30.94
|
|
|
|
|
14.9 |
|
|
|
9.28 years |
|
|
|
27.72 |
|
|
|
2.2 |
|
|
|
27.53 |
|
31.25 - 49.16
|
|
|
|
|
0.9 |
|
|
|
5.30 years |
|
|
|
39.74 |
|
|
|
0.9 |
|
|
|
39.75 |
|
50.00 - 79.59
|
|
|
|
|
13.0 |
|
|
|
5.15 years |
|
|
|
61.78 |
|
|
|
13.0 |
|
|
|
61.78 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
89.3 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
48.9 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
|
F-41
NEXTEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
The Incentive Equity Plan also provides for the grant of
deferred shares at no cost to selected employees generally in
consideration of future services. These deferred shares
generally vest over a service period ranging from several months
to four years. An accelerated vesting schedule may be triggered
in the event of a change in control of our company. We granted
deferred shares during the following years with the weighted
average fair values per share at grant date as indicated:
2004 1.2 million shares at $24.40,
2003 1.1 million shares at $17.37; and
2002 0.2 million shares at $6.59.
Associate Stock Purchase Plan. Under our associate stock
purchase plan, eligible employees may subscribe to purchase
shares of class A common stock through payroll deductions
of up to 10% of eligible compensation. The purchase price is the
lower of 85% of market value on the last trading day preceding
the first or last day of each quarter. The aggregate number of
shares purchased by an employee may not exceed $25,000 of fair
market value annually, subject to limitations imposed by
Section 423 of the Internal Revenue Code. A total of
20.0 million shares are authorized for purchase under the
plan. The Employee Stock Purchase Plan will terminate on the
tenth anniversary of its adoption. Employees purchased shares
under this plan during the following years at the weighted
average prices per share as indicated: 2004
0.7 million shares at $19.62, 2003
1.3 million shares at $11.06 and 2002
3.9 million shares at $3.79.
Fair Value Disclosures. The fair value of each option,
deferred share and employee stock purchase plan grant is
estimated on the measurement date using the Black-Scholes
option-pricing model as prescribed by SFAS No. 123
using the following assumptions:
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2004 | |
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2003 | |
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Expected stock price volatility
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78% - 82% |
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82% - 84% |
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69% - 83% |
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Risk-free interest rates
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2.8% - 4.2% |
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2.2% - 3.6% |
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2.5% - 5.1% |
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Expected life of option and deferred share grants in years
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3 - 5 |
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3 - 5 |
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3 - 5 |
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Expected life of stock purchase plan grants in years
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0.25 |
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0.25 |
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0.25 |
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Expected dividend yield
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The Black-Scholes option-pricing model was developed for use in
estimating the fair value of traded options that have no vesting
restrictions and are fully transferable. In addition,
option-pricing models require the input of highly subjective
assumptions including the expected stock price volatility, which
we estimate based on five years of our historical stock price in
accordance with the provisions of SFAS No. 123. Because our
stock options issued under our incentive equity plan have
characteristics significantly different from those of traded
options, and because changes in the subjective input assumptions
can materially affect the fair value estimate, we believe that
the existing models do not necessarily provide a reliable single
measure of the fair value of those stock options. See
note 1 for the effect on our income (loss) available to
common stockholders and earnings (loss) per common share had we
recorded compensation costs determined based on the fair value
of the awards granted using the foregoing valuation methodology.
The weighted average estimated fair value of our stock options
granted during 2004 was $17.25, during 2003 was $11.35 and
during 2002 was $3.40.
Employee Benefit Plans. We maintain a defined
contribution plan pursuant to Section 401(k) of the
Internal Revenue Code covering all eligible officers and
employees. Participants may contribute up to 80% of their base
salary compensation. We provide a matching contribution of 100%
of the first 4% of salary contribution by employees that, prior
to 2005, vested over four years. Effective January 1, 2005,
the matching contribution will vest immediately, including any
unvested portion of matching contributions made prior to 2005.
Our contributions were $25 million during 2004,
$22 million during 2003 and $18 million during 2002.
Under our Cash Compensation Deferral Plan, we provide specified
eligible employees and directors the opportunity to defer cash
compensation in excess of amounts permitted under our 401(k)
defined contribution plan. Eligible employees may defer up to
90% of base salary and 100% of annual bonus. We
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may, but are not obligated to, make discretionary contributions,
but have made no such contributions to date. Distribution
payments are made at retirement, death, disability, termination
of employment or a specific future year designated by the
employee at the time of deferral. The Cash Compensation Deferral
Plan is unfunded and all benefits will be paid from our general
assets. Other liabilities includes $9 million as of
December 31, 2004 and $6 million as of
December 31, 2003, representing deferrals made by
participating employees and investment earnings based on
hypothetical investment elections.
Long-Term Incentive Plan. In 2003, we adopted a long-term
incentive plan designed to reward key members of our management
for achieving specific performance goals over a two-year period
commencing January 1, 2004. This plan offers management the
opportunity to receive a cash-based payment, or a combination of
cash and stock-based payments at the discretion of the
compensation committee of the board of directors. We recorded
compensation expense related to the long-term incentive plan of
$15 million in 2004. In 2002, we had a similar long-term
incentive plan designed to reward key members of our management
for achieving specific performance goals over a two-year period
commencing January 1, 2002. We recorded compensation
expense related to this long-term incentive plan of
$26 million in 2003 and $22 million in 2002.
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13. |
Related Party Transactions |
We have a number of strategic and commercial relationships with
third parties that have had a significant impact on our
business, operations and financial results and have the
potential to have a similar impact in the future. Of these, we
believe that our material relationships are with Motorola,
Nextel Partners, NII Holdings and Craig O. McCaw, all of
which are or have been related parties of ours. See note 3
for discussions of our transactions with NII Holdings and
Nextel Partners.
Motorola. We have a number of important strategic and
commercial relationships with Motorola. Motorola is the sole
supplier of the iDEN infrastructure equipment and substantially
all of the handsets used throughout our network. We work closely
with Motorola to improve existing products and develop new
technologies and enhancements to existing technologies for use
in our network. We also rely on Motorola for network maintenance
and enhancement.
In July 1995, we acquired all of Motorolas 800 MHz
SMR FCC licenses in the continental United States in exchange
for shares of our class A common stock and nonvoting
class B common stock. As described in note 1, in
September 2004, we purchased 6 million shares of our
nonvoting class B common stock from Motorola for
$141 million in cash which was based on the then-current
market value of the shares. As of February 28, 2005,
Motorola owned 47.5 million shares of our class A common
stock and 29.7 million shares of our nonvoting class B
common stock, all of which can be converted into shares of
class A common stock in specified circumstances at
Motorolas election, representing about 7% of our
outstanding class A common stock, assuming that conversion.
As a result of the reduction in Motorolas ownership of our
common stock, Motorola is no longer entitled to nominate any
persons for election as members of our board of directors. In
September 2004, we also purchased about 5.6 million shares
of Nextel Partners class A common stock from Motorola for
an aggregate cash purchase price of $77 million, which was
based on the then-current market value of the shares.
On December 14, 2004, in contemplation of our merger
agreement with Sprint, and to help facilitate a tax-free spin
off of Sprints local wireline business following the
merger, we entered into an agreement with Motorola under which
Motorola agreed, subject to the terms and conditions of the
agreement, not to enter into a transaction that constitutes a
disposition of its class B common stock of Nextel or shares
of non-voting common stock issued to Motorola in connection with
the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement. In
consideration of Motorolas compliance with the terms of
this agreement, upon the occurrence of certain events, we have
agreed to pay Motorola a consent fee of $50 million, which
Motorola
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STATEMENTS (Continued)
must return to us upon the occurrence of certain events,
including, specifically, if the merger with Sprint is not
completed.
Our equipment purchase agreements with Motorola govern our
rights and obligations regarding purchases of network equipment
manufactured by Motorola. Motorola and we have also agreed to
warranty and maintenance programs and specified indemnity
arrangements. We also pay Motorola for handset service and
repair, transmitter and receiver site rent and training. We
entered into a new funding model for the purchase of handset
models that we introduced in late 2003 and for other new models
to be introduced throughout 2004 and 2005. Under this model, we
prepay a certain quantity of handsets in exchange for discounts
on all future handset purchases. We are also reimbursed by
Motorola for co-op advertising and various marketing and
promotional agreements.
Net payables to Motorola were $169 million at
December 31, 2004 and $230 million at
December 31, 2003. Net amounts paid to Motorola by us
during the years ended December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002
consisted of the following:
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Total | |
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Payments | |
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| |
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|
(In millions) | |
2004
|
|
|
|
|
|
Handsets and accessory inventory
|
|
$ |
2,356 |
|
|
Network equipment and software
|
|
|
814 |
|
|
Warranty, maintenance, training and other
|
|
|
93 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
3,263 |
|
|
|
|
|
2003
|
|
|
|
|
|
Handsets and accessory inventory
|
|
$ |
1,461 |
|
|
Network equipment and software
|
|
|
528 |
|
|
Warranty, maintenance, training and other
|
|
|
166 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
2,155 |
|
|
|
|
|
2002
|
|
|
|
|
|
Handsets and accessory inventory
|
|
$ |
1,444 |
|
|
Network equipment and software
|
|
|
776 |
|
|
Warranty, maintenance, training and other
|
|
|
94 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
2,314 |
|
|
|
|
|
All payments due to and due from Motorola are settled in
accordance with customary commercial terms for comparable
transactions.
McCaw Affiliates. In December 2003, Mr. McCaw
resigned from our board, on which he had served since 1995. In
1995, Mr. McCaw acquired significant equity interests in
Nextel, and we agreed to certain arrangements related to our
corporate governance, including terms relating to the election
of directors selected by Digital Radio, L.L.C., an affiliate of
Mr. McCaw, and the approval of specified transactions and
corporate actions and the formulation of specified aspects of
our business strategy. In connection with these equity
investments, we also reached an agreement with Mr. McCaw
and Digital Radio on a number of matters relating to the
ownership, acquisition and disposition of our securities and
limitations on Mr. McCaw and Digital Radios
participation in two-way terrestrial-based mobile wireless
systems in North America and South America. Concurrently with
the execution of the securities purchase agreement with Digital
Radio and Mr. McCaw, we entered into a management support
agreement with Eagle River,
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STATEMENTS (Continued)
Inc., a controlled affiliate of Digital Radio, pursuant to which
Eagle River would provide management and consulting services to
us, our board of directors and the operations committee of the
board from time to time as requested. In consideration of the
services to be provided to us under the management support
agreement, we entered into an incentive option agreement
granting to Eagle River the option to purchase an aggregate of
2.0 million shares of our class A common stock at an
exercise price of $6.13 per share. In November 2004, Eagle
River exercised its option to purchase 1.2 million
shares and has an option to purchase an additional
0.8 million shares. The remaining option is fully
exercisable and expires in April 2005.
In March 2003, we, Digital Radio and Mr. McCaw entered into
an agreement revising these arrangements and terminated
substantially all corporate governance and other rights
originally granted to Digital Radio. As a result, all of the
outstanding shares of the class A preferred stock and
class B preferred stock held by Digital Radio converted
into shares of our class A common stock in March 2003. In
October 2003, we further amended these arrangements to clarify
the scope of the restrictions on Mr. McCaws
participation in specified wireless businesses to allow
Mr. McCaw to acquire interests in MMDS spectrum licenses
subject to his granting us certain options to purchase any such
interests in excess of specified minimum amounts.
Other Related Party Transactions. One of our directors is
chairman of the board and chief executive officer of CommScope,
Inc. We paid CommScope $6 million during 2004,
$4 million during 2003 and $1 million during 2002 for
coaxial cables and related equipment for our transmitter and
receiver sites. We had amounts payable to CommScope outstanding
of $1 million at December 31, 2004 and less than
$1 million at December 31, 2003. One of our executive
officers was a member of the board of directors of RadioFrame
Networks, Inc. through December 31, 2003. We paid
RadioFrame $9 million during 2003 and $6 million
during 2002 for network equipment and software. We had amounts
payable to RadioFrame outstanding of about $1 million as of
December 31, 2003. All payments due to and due from other
related parties are settled in accordance with customary
commercial terms for comparable transactions.
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14. |
Quarterly Financial Data (Unaudited) |
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Second | |
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Third | |
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Fourth | |
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(1) | |
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(1) | |
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(1) | |
|
|
|
|
(In millions, except per share amounts) | |
2004
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating revenues
|
|
$ |
3,103 |
|
|
$ |
3,289 |
|
|
$ |
3,398 |
|
|
$ |
3,578 |
|
|
Operating income
|
|
|
764 |
|
|
|
807 |
|
|
|
855 |
|
|
|
857 |
|
|
Income tax benefit (provision)
|
|
|
(33 |
) |
|
|
717 |
|
|
|
(98 |
) |
|
|
(231 |
) |
|
Net income
|
|
|
595 |
|
|
|
1,342 |
|
|
|
590 |
|
|
|
473 |
|
|
Income available to common stockholders
|
|
|
593 |
|
|
|
1,340 |
|
|
|
588 |
|
|
|
470 |
|
|
Earnings per common share(2)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic
|
|
$ |
0.54 |
|
|
$ |
1.21 |
|
|
$ |
0.53 |
|
|
$ |
0.42 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Diluted
|
|
$ |
0.52 |
|
|
$ |
1.16 |
|
|
$ |
0.52 |
|
|
$ |
0.42 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
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|
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
First | |
|
Second | |
|
Third | |
|
Fourth | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
(1) | |
|
(1) | |
|
(1) | |
|
(As restated)(1) | |
|
|
(In millions, except per share amounts) | |
2003
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating revenues
|
|
$ |
2,371 |
|
|
$ |
2,556 |
|
|
$ |
2,887 |
|
|
$ |
3,006 |
|
|
Operating income
|
|
|
488 |
|
|
|
578 |
|
|
|
695 |
|
|
|
743 |
|
|
Income tax provision
|
|
|
(22 |
) |
|
|
(27 |
) |
|
|
(21 |
) |
|
|
(43 |
) |
|
Net income
|
|
|
235 |
|
|
|
294 |
|
|
|
340 |
|
|
|
642 |
|
|
Income available to common stockholders
|
|
|
203 |
|
|
|
266 |
|
|
|
338 |
|
|
|
639 |
|
|
Earnings per common share(2)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic
|
|
$ |
0.20 |
|
|
$ |
0.26 |
|
|
$ |
0.32 |
|
|
$ |
0.58 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Diluted
|
|
$ |
0.19 |
|
|
$ |
0.25 |
|
|
$ |
0.31 |
|
|
$ |
0.56 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
As described in note 9, we released certain income tax
valuation allowances and recorded a tax benefit of
$901 million in the second quarter and $175 million in
the third quarter of 2004 associated with these releases.
As described in note 3, in November 2003, we sold
3.0 million shares of NII Holdings common stock, which
generated $209 million in net proceeds and a gain of
$184 million.
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(1) |
The fourth quarter 2003 results presented above have been
restated for the effects of correcting the errors described in
note 1 to the consolidated financial statements. Management
believes the effects of these restatements on the quarterly
amounts presented are not material. The results for the first
three quarters of 2003 and 2004 will be restated in our
respective 2004
10-Q/As filed
separately. |
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(2) |
The sum of the quarterly earnings per share amounts may not
equal the annual amounts because of the changes in the
weighted-average number of shares outstanding during the year. |
Report and Order. As part of an ongoing FCC proceeding to
eliminate interference with public safety operators in the
800 MHz band, in August 2004, the FCC released the Report
and Order, as supplemented by an errata and by a Supplemental
Order released on December 22, 2004, which together we
refer to as the Report and Order, which provides for the
exchange of a portion of our FCC licenses of spectrum, which the
FCC is effecting through modifications to these licenses.
Related rules would be implemented in order to realign spectrum
in the 800 MHz band to resolve the problem of interference
with public safety systems operating in that band. The Report
and Order calls for a band reconfiguration plan similar to the
joint proposals submitted by the leading public safety
associations and us during the course of the proceeding. In
February 2005, we accepted the Report and Order and the related
rights, obligations and responsibilities, which obligate us to
surrender all of our holdings in the 700 MHz spectrum band
and certain portions of our holdings in the 800 MHz
spectrum band, and to fund the cost to public safety systems and
other incumbent licensees to reconfigure the 800 MHz
spectrum band through a
36-month phased
transition process. Under the Report and Order, we received
licenses for 10 MHz of nationwide spectrum in the 1.9
gigahertz, or GHz, band, but we are required to relocate and
reimburse the incumbent licensees in the 1.9 GHz band for
their costs of relocation to another band designated by the FCC.
The Report and Order requires us to make a payment to the United
States Department of the Treasury at the conclusion of the band
reconfiguration process to the extent that the value of the
1.9 GHz spectrum we received exceeds the total of the value
of licenses for spectrum positions in the 700 MHz and
800 MHz bands that we surrendered under the decision, plus
the actual costs that we will incur to retune incumbents and our
own facilities under the Report and Order. The FCC determined
under the Report
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STATEMENTS (Continued)
and Order that, for purposes of calculating that payment amount,
the value of this 1.9 GHz spectrum is about
$4,860 million and the aggregate value of this 700 MHz
spectrum and the 800 MHz spectrum surrendered, net of
800 MHz spectrum received as part of the exchange, is about
$2,059 million, which, because of the potential payment to
the U.S. Treasury, results in minimum cash expenditures by
us of about $2,801 million by us under the Report and
Order. We may incur certain costs as part of the reconfiguration
process for which we will not receive credit against the
potential payment to the U.S. Treasury. In addition, under
the Report and Order, we are obligated to pay the full amount of
the costs relating to the reconfiguration plan, even if those
costs exceed $2,801 million.
Pursuant to the terms of the Report and Order, to ensure that
the band reconfiguration process will be completed, we are
required to establish a letter of credit in the amount of
$2,500 million to provide assurance that funds will be
available to pay the relocation costs of the incumbent users of
the 800 MHz spectrum. We obtained the letter of credit
using borrowing capacity under our existing revolving credit
facility. See K. Regulation 2.
800 MHz band spectrum reconfiguration.
Term loan refinancing. In January 2005, we entered into a
new $2,200 million secured term loan agreement, the
proceeds of which were used to refinance the existing
$2,178 million Term Loan E under our credit facility.
Under the terms of the new term loan, the initial interest rate
will be LIBOR plus 75 basis points, reflecting a reduction
of 150 basis points from the rate on the existing term
loan. The interest rate automatically will adjust to the
applicable rate of our existing $4,000 million revolving
credit facility, currently LIBOR plus 100 basis points, on
December 31, 2005 or earlier, if the merger agreement
between Nextel and Sprint is terminated. The new term loan
matures on February 1, 2010, at which time we will be
obligated to pay the principal of the new term loan in one
installment, and is subject to the terms and conditions of our
existing revolving credit facility, which will remain unchanged,
including provisions that allow the lenders to declare
borrowings due immediately in the event of default.
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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
As of June 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004
(In millions)
Unaudited
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2005 | |
|
2004 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
ASSETS |
Current assets
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents
|
|
$ |
2,286 |
|
|
$ |
1,479 |
|
|
Short-term investments
|
|
|
488 |
|
|
|
335 |
|
|
Accounts receivable, less allowance for doubtful accounts of $65
and $64
|
|
|
1,613 |
|
|
|
1,452 |
|
|
Due from related parties
|
|
|
243 |
|
|
|
132 |
|
|
Handset and accessory inventory
|
|
|
380 |
|
|
|
322 |
|
|
Deferred tax assets
|
|
|
911 |
|
|
|
882 |
|
|
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
|
|
|
700 |
|
|
|
605 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total current assets
|
|
|
6,621 |
|
|
|
5,207 |
|
Investments
|
|
|
509 |
|
|
|
360 |
|
Property, plant and equipment, net of accumulated
depreciation of $8,314 and $7,340
|
|
|
10,279 |
|
|
|
9,613 |
|
Intangible assets, net of accumulated amortization of $20
and $62
|
|
|
7,728 |
|
|
|
7,223 |
|
Other assets
|
|
|
289 |
|
|
|
341 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
25,426 |
|
|
$ |
22,744 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS EQUITY |
Current liabilities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts payable
|
|
$ |
1,004 |
|
|
$ |
986 |
|
|
Accrued expenses and other
|
|
|
1,453 |
|
|
|
1,304 |
|
|
Due to related parties
|
|
|
660 |
|
|
|
297 |
|
|
Current portion of long-term debt
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
22 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total current liabilities
|
|
|
3,117 |
|
|
|
2,609 |
|
Long-term debt
|
|
|
8,576 |
|
|
|
8,527 |
|
Deferred income taxes
|
|
|
2,028 |
|
|
|
1,781 |
|
Other liabilities
|
|
|
687 |
|
|
|
311 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total liabilities
|
|
|
14,408 |
|
|
|
13,228 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Commitments and contingencies (note 6)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mandatorily redeemable preferred stock
|
|
|
7 |
|
|
|
108 |
|
Stockholders equity
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Common stock, class A, 1,114 and 1,088 shares issued;
1,108 and 1,088 shares outstanding
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
Common stock, class B, nonvoting convertible, 30 and
36 shares issued; 30 shares outstanding
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Paid-in capital
|
|
|
12,966 |
|
|
|
12,610 |
|
|
Accumulated deficit
|
|
|
(2,234 |
) |
|
|
(3,363 |
) |
|
Treasury stock, at cost
|
|
|
(141 |
) |
|
|
(141 |
) |
|
Deferred compensation, net
|
|
|
(40 |
) |
|
|
(33 |
) |
|
Accumulated other comprehensive income
|
|
|
459 |
|
|
|
334 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total stockholders equity
|
|
|
11,011 |
|
|
|
9,408 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
25,426 |
|
|
$ |
22,744 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The accompanying notes, including note 5
Related Party Transactions, are an
integral part of these condensed consolidated financial
statements.
F-48
NEXTEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
For the Six and Three Months Ended June 30, 2005 and
2004
(In millions, except per share amounts)
Unaudited
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Six Months Ended | |
|
Three Months Ended | |
|
|
June 30, | |
|
June 30, | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
2005 | |
|
2004 | |
|
2005 | |
|
2004 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
Operating revenues
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Service revenues
|
|
$ |
6,695 |
|
|
$ |
5,715 |
|
|
$ |
3,439 |
|
|
$ |
2,939 |
|
|
Handset and accessory revenues
|
|
|
732 |
|
|
|
677 |
|
|
|
380 |
|
|
|
350 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
7,427 |
|
|
|
6,392 |
|
|
|
3,819 |
|
|
|
3,289 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating expenses
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cost of service (exclusive of depreciation included below)
|
|
|
1,150 |
|
|
|
891 |
|
|
|
598 |
|
|
|
455 |
|
|
Cost of handset and accessory revenues
|
|
|
1,093 |
|
|
|
985 |
|
|
|
561 |
|
|
|
496 |
|
|
Selling, general and administrative
|
|
|
2,451 |
|
|
|
2,049 |
|
|
|
1,251 |
|
|
|
1,078 |
|
|
Depreciation
|
|
|
1,020 |
|
|
|
874 |
|
|
|
517 |
|
|
|
442 |
|
|
Amortization
|
|
|
6 |
|
|
|
22 |
|
|
|
2 |
|
|
|
11 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5,720 |
|
|
|
4,821 |
|
|
|
2,929 |
|
|
|
2,482 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating income
|
|
|
1,707 |
|
|
|
1,571 |
|
|
|
890 |
|
|
|
807 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other (expense) income
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest expense
|
|
|
(256 |
) |
|
|
(309 |
) |
|
|
(128 |
) |
|
|
(155 |
) |
|
Interest income
|
|
|
31 |
|
|
|
15 |
|
|
|
18 |
|
|
|
7 |
|
|
Loss on retirement of debt
|
|
|
(37 |
) |
|
|
(51 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(34 |
) |
|
Equity in earnings (losses) of unconsolidated affiliates, net
|
|
|
39 |
|
|
|
(2 |
) |
|
|
22 |
|
|
|
(2 |
) |
|
Realized gain on sale of investment
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
26 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other, net
|
|
|
6 |
|
|
|
3 |
|
|
|
4 |
|
|
|
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(217 |
) |
|
|
(318 |
) |
|
|
(84 |
) |
|
|
(182 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income before income tax (provision) benefit
|
|
|
1,490 |
|
|
|
1,253 |
|
|
|
806 |
|
|
|
625 |
|
Income tax (provision) benefit
|
|
|
(361 |
) |
|
|
684 |
|
|
|
(272 |
) |
|
|
717 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income
|
|
|
1,129 |
|
|
|
1,937 |
|
|
|
534 |
|
|
|
1,342 |
|
|
Mandatorily redeemable preferred stock dividends and accretion
|
|
|
(16 |
) |
|
|
(4 |
) |
|
|
(10 |
) |
|
|
(2 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income available to common stockholders
|
|
$ |
1,113 |
|
|
$ |
1,933 |
|
|
$ |
524 |
|
|
$ |
1,340 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Earnings per common share
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic
|
|
$ |
0.99 |
|
|
$ |
1.74 |
|
|
$ |
0.46 |
|
|
$ |
1.21 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Diluted
|
|
$ |
0.97 |
|
|
$ |
1.67 |
|
|
$ |
0.46 |
|
|
$ |
1.16 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic
|
|
|
1,125 |
|
|
|
1,108 |
|
|
|
1,129 |
|
|
|
1,110 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Diluted
|
|
|
1,143 |
|
|
|
1,168 |
|
|
|
1,146 |
|
|
|
1,173 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Comprehensive income, net of income tax
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Unrealized gains (losses) on available-for-sale securities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net unrealized holding gains (losses) arising during the period
|
|
$ |
125 |
|
|
$ |
67 |
|
|
$ |
49 |
|
|
$ |
(10 |
) |
|
|
Reclassification adjustment for gain included in net income
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(12 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Foreign currency translation adjustment
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other comprehensive income (loss)
|
|
|
125 |
|
|
|
57 |
|
|
|
49 |
|
|
|
(10 |
) |
|
Net income
|
|
|
1,129 |
|
|
|
1,937 |
|
|
|
534 |
|
|
|
1,342 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Comprehensive income, net of income tax
|
|
$ |
1,254 |
|
|
$ |
1,994 |
|
|
$ |
583 |
|
|
$ |
1,332 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The accompanying notes, including note 5
Related Party Transactions, are an
integral part of these condensed consolidated financial
statements.
F-49
NEXTEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN
STOCKHOLDERS EQUITY
For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2005
(In millions)
Unaudited
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accumulated Other | |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Comprehensive Income | |
|
|
|
|
Class A | |
|
Class B |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
Common Stock | |
|
Common Stock |
|
|
|
|
|
Treasury Stock | |
|
|
|
Unrealized | |
|
Cumulative | |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
Paid-in | |
|
Accumulated | |
|
| |
|
Deferred | |
|
Gain on | |
|
Translation | |
|
|
|
|
Shares | |
|
Amount | |
|
Shares | |
|
Amount |
|
Capital | |
|
Deficit | |
|
Shares | |
|
Amount | |
|
Compensation | |
|
Investments | |
|
Adjustment | |
|
Total | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
Balance, January 1, 2005
|
|
|
1,088 |
|
|
$ |
1 |
|
|
|
30 |
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
12,610 |
|
|
$ |
(3,363 |
) |
|
|
6 |
|
|
$ |
(141 |
) |
|
$ |
(33 |
) |
|
$ |
337 |
|
|
$ |
(3 |
) |
|
$ |
9,408 |
|
|
Net income
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,129 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,129 |
|
|
Other comprehensive income
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
125 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
125 |
|
|
Common stock issued under equity plans and other
|
|
|
15 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
201 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
201 |
|
|
Conversion of mandatorily redeemable preferred stock into common
stock
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
105 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
105 |
|
|
Deferred compensation
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
17 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(7 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10 |
|
|
Release of valuation allowance attributable to stock options
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
49 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
49 |
|
|
Mandatorily redeemable preferred stock dividends and accretion
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(16 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(16 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance, June 30, 2005
|
|
|
1,108 |
|
|
$ |
1 |
|
|
|
30 |
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
12,966 |
|
|
$ |
(2,234 |
) |
|
|
6 |
|
|
$ |
(141 |
) |
|
$ |
(40 |
) |
|
$ |
462 |
|
|
$ |
(3 |
) |
|
$ |
11,011 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The accompanying notes, including note 5
Related Party Transactions, are an
integral part of these condensed consolidated financial
statements.
F-50
NEXTEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2005 and 2004
(In millions)
Unaudited
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2005 | |
|
2004 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
Cash flows from operating activities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income
|
|
$ |
1,129 |
|
|
$ |
1,937 |
|
|
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by
operating activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Amortization of debt financing costs and accretion of senior
notes
|
|
|
12 |
|
|
|
11 |
|
|
|
Provision for losses on accounts receivable
|
|
|
80 |
|
|
|
68 |
|
|
|
Amortization of deferred gain from sale of towers
|
|
|
(28 |
) |
|
|
(53 |
) |
|
|
Depreciation and amortization
|
|
|
1,026 |
|
|
|
896 |
|
|
|
Loss on retirement of debt
|
|
|
37 |
|
|
|
51 |
|
|
|
Equity in (earnings) losses of unconsolidated affiliates,
net
|
|
|
(39 |
) |
|
|
2 |
|
|
|
Realized gain on investment
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(26 |
) |
|
|
Net tax benefit from the release of valuation allowance
|
|
|
(203 |
) |
|
|
(761 |
) |
|
|
Deferred income tax provision
|
|
|
469 |
|
|
|
30 |
|
|
|
Other, net
|
|
|
24 |
|
|
|
19 |
|
|
|
Change in assets and liabilities, net of effects from
acquisitions:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts receivable
|
|
|
(240 |
) |
|
|
(173 |
) |
|
|
|
Handset and accessory inventory
|
|
|
(60 |
) |
|
|
(246 |
) |
|
|
|
Prepaid expenses and other assets
|
|
|
(117 |
) |
|
|
(237 |
) |
|
|
|
Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other
|
|
|
261 |
|
|
|
487 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash provided by operating activities
|
|
|
2,351 |
|
|
|
2,005 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash flows from investing activities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Capital expenditures
|
|
|
(1,520 |
) |
|
|
(1,188 |
) |
|
Purchases of short-term investments
|
|
|
(594 |
) |
|
|
(1,116 |
) |
|
Proceeds from maturities and sales of short-term investments
|
|
|
442 |
|
|
|
1,275 |
|
|
Payments for purchases of licenses, investments and other
|
|
|
(72 |
) |
|
|
(243 |
) |
|
Proceeds from sale of investment
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
77 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash used in investing activities
|
|
|
(1,744 |
) |
|
|
(1,195 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash flows from financing activities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Borrowings under long-term credit facility
|
|
|
2,200 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Repayments under long-term credit facility
|
|
|
(2,178 |
) |
|
|
(139 |
) |
|
Proceeds from issuance of debt securities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
494 |
|
|
Purchase and retirement of debt securities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(827 |
) |
|
Proceeds from issuance of stock
|
|
|
190 |
|
|
|
104 |
|
|
Payment for capital lease buy-out
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(156 |
) |
|
Repayments under capital lease obligation
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(9 |
) |
|
Preferred stock dividends and other
|
|
|
(12 |
) |
|
|
(1 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities
|
|
|
200 |
|
|
|
(534 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents
|
|
|
807 |
|
|
|
276 |
|
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period
|
|
|
1,479 |
|
|
|
806 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period
|
|
$ |
2,286 |
|
|
$ |
1,082 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The accompanying notes, including note 5
Related Party Transactions, are an
integral part of these condensed consolidated financial
statements.
F-51
NEXTEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Unaudited
|
|
Note 1. |
Basis of Presentation |
Our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have
been prepared in accordance with the rules and regulations of
the Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, and reflect all
adjustments that are necessary for a fair presentation of the
results for interim periods. All adjustments made were of a
normal recurring nature, except as described in the notes below.
You should not expect the results of operations for interim
periods to be an indication of the results for a full year. You
should read the condensed consolidated financial statements in
conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes
contained in our annual report on
Form 10-K for the
year ended December 31, 2004 and our subsequent quarterly
report on
Form 10-Q for the
quarter ended March 31, 2005.
Earnings Per Common Share. Basic earnings per common
share is calculated by dividing income available to common
stockholders by the weighted average number of common shares
outstanding during the period. Diluted earnings per common share
adjusts basic earnings per common share for the effects of
potentially dilutive common shares. Potentially dilutive common
shares primarily include the dilutive effects of shares issuable
under our equity plans computed using the treasury stock method,
and the dilutive effects of shares issuable upon the conversion
of our convertible senior notes and convertible preferred stock
computed using the if-converted method.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Six Months Ended | |
|
Three Months Ended | |
|
|
June 30, | |
|
June 30, | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
2005 | |
|
2004 | |
|
2005 | |
|
2004 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
(In millions, except per share amounts) | |
Income available to common stockholders basic
|
|
$ |
1,113 |
|
|
$ |
1,933 |
|
|
$ |
524 |
|
|
$ |
1,340 |
|
|
Interest expense and preferred stock accretion eliminated upon
the assumed conversion of:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5.25% convertible senior notes due 2010
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
8 |
|
|
|
6% convertible senior notes due 2011
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
16 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
7 |
|
|
|
Zero coupon convertible preferred stock mandatorily redeemable
2013
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income available to common stockholders
diluted
|
|
$ |
1,113 |
|
|
$ |
1,954 |
|
|
$ |
524 |
|
|
$ |
1,358 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted average number of common shares
outstanding basic
|
|
|
1,125 |
|
|
|
1,108 |
|
|
|
1,129 |
|
|
|
1,110 |
|
|
Effect of dilutive securities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Equity plans
|
|
|
18 |
|
|
|
33 |
|
|
|
17 |
|
|
|
31 |
|
|
|
5.25% convertible senior notes due 2010
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
8 |
|
|
|
6% convertible senior notes due 2011
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
22 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
19 |
|
|
|
Zero coupon convertible preferred stock mandatorily redeemable
2013
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted average number of common shares
outstanding diluted
|
|
|
1,143 |
|
|
|
1,168 |
|
|
|
1,146 |
|
|
|
1,173 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Earnings per common share
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic
|
|
$ |
0.99 |
|
|
$ |
1.74 |
|
|
$ |
0.46 |
|
|
$ |
1.21 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Diluted
|
|
$ |
0.97 |
|
|
$ |
1.67 |
|
|
$ |
0.46 |
|
|
$ |
1.16 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
About 12 million shares issuable upon the assumed
conversion of our convertible senior notes and zero coupon
convertible preferred stock could potentially dilute earnings
per share in the future but were excluded from the calculation
of diluted earnings per common share for the six and three
months ended June 30, 2005 due to their antidilutive
effects. Additionally, about 14 million shares issuable
under our equity plans that could also potentially dilute
earnings per share in the future were excluded from the
F-52
NEXTEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
calculation of diluted earnings per common share for the six and
three months ended June 30, 2005 as the exercise prices
exceeded the average market price of our class A common
stock during these periods.
About 8 million shares issuable upon the assumed conversion
of certain of our convertible senior notes could potentially
dilute earnings per share in the future but were excluded from
the calculation of diluted earnings per common share for the six
months ended June 30, 2004 due to their antidilutive
effects. All shares issuable upon the assumed conversion of our
convertible senior notes were included in the calculation of
diluted earnings per common share for the three months ended
June 30, 2004 due to their dilutive effects. Additionally,
about 29 million shares issuable under our equity plans
that could also potentially dilute earnings per share in the
future were excluded from the calculation of diluted earnings
per common share for the six and three months ended
June 30, 2004 as the exercise prices exceeded the average
market price of our class A common stock during these
periods.
Stock-Based Compensation. We account for stock-based
compensation for employees and non-employee members of our board
of directors in accordance with Accounting Principles Board, or
APB, Opinion No. 25, Accounting for Stock Issued to
Employees. Under APB Opinion No. 25, compensation
expense is recognized on a straight-line basis over the vesting
period and is based on the intrinsic value on the measurement
date, calculated as the difference between the fair value of the
class A common stock and the relevant exercise price. We
account for stock-based compensation for non-employees, who are
not members of our board of directors, at fair value using a
Black-Scholes option-pricing model in accordance with the
provisions of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards, or
SFAS, No. 123, Accounting for Stock-Based
Compensation and other applicable accounting principles.
We recorded stock-based compensation expense of $11 million
and $5 million for the six months ended June 30, 2005
and 2004, and $6 million and $4 million for the three
months ended June 30, 2005 and 2004.
We comply with the disclosure provisions of
SFAS No. 123 and SFAS No. 148,
Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation
Transition and Disclosure. Consistent with the provisions
of SFAS No. 123 as amended, had compensation costs
been determined based on the fair value of the awards granted
since 1995, our income available to common stockholders and
earnings per common share would have been as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Six Months Ended | |
|
Three Months Ended | |
|
|
June 30, | |
|
June 30, | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
2005 | |
|
2004 | |
|
2005 | |
|
2004 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
(In millions, except per share amounts) | |
Income available to common stockholders, as reported
|
|
$ |
1,113 |
|
|
$ |
1,933 |
|
|
$ |
524 |
|
|
$ |
1,340 |
|
|
Stock-based compensation expense included in reported net
income, net of income tax of $4, $0, $2 and $0
|
|
|
6 |
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
|
3 |
|
|
|
4 |
|
|
Stock-based compensation expense determined under fair value
based method, net of income tax of $57, $0, $29 and $0
|
|
|
(89 |
) |
|
|
(118 |
) |
|
|
(45 |
) |
|
|
(63 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income available to common stockholders, pro forma
|
|
$ |
1,030 |
|
|
$ |
1,820 |
|
|
$ |
482 |
|
|
$ |
1,281 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Earnings per common share
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
As reported
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic
|
|
$ |
0.99 |
|
|
$ |
1.74 |
|
|
$ |
0.46 |
|
|
$ |
1.21 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Diluted
|
|
$ |
0.97 |
|
|
$ |
1.67 |
|
|
$ |
0.46 |
|
|
$ |
1.16 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pro forma
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic
|
|
$ |
0.92 |
|
|
$ |
1.64 |
|
|
$ |
0.43 |
|
|
$ |
1.15 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Diluted
|
|
$ |
0.90 |
|
|
$ |
1.58 |
|
|
$ |
0.42 |
|
|
$ |
1.11 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
F-53
NEXTEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
Supplemental Cash Flow
Information
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Six Months Ended | |
|
|
June 30, | |
|
|
| |
|
|
2005 | |
|
2004 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
(In millions) | |
Capital expenditures, including capitalized interest
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash paid for capital expenditures
|
|
$ |
1,520 |
|
|
$ |
1,188 |
|
|
Changes in capital expenditures accrued, unpaid or financed
|
|
|
166 |
|
|
|
(65 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
1,686 |
|
|
$ |
1,123 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest costs
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest expense
|
|
$ |
256 |
|
|
$ |
309 |
|
|
Interest capitalized
|
|
|
4 |
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
260 |
|
|
$ |
314 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash paid for interest, net of amounts capitalized
|
|
$ |
238 |
|
|
$ |
310 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash received for interest
|
|
$ |
31 |
|
|
$ |
13 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash paid for income taxes
|
|
$ |
134 |
|
|
$ |
38 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
New Accounting Pronouncements. In September 2004, the
Emerging Issues Task Force, or EITF, issued Topic D-108,
Use of the Direct Method to Value Intangible Assets.
In EITF Topic D-108, the SEC staff announced that companies must
use the direct value method to determine the fair value of their
intangible assets acquired in business combinations completed
after September 29, 2004. The SEC staff also announced that
companies that currently apply the residual value approach for
valuing intangible assets with indefinite useful lives for
purposes of impairment testing must use the direct value method
by no later than the beginning of their first fiscal year after
December 15, 2004. Under this new accounting guidance, we
performed an impairment test to measure the fair value of our
800 and 900 megahertz, or MHz, and 2.5 gigahertz, or GHz,
licenses in the first quarter 2005 using the direct value method
and concluded that there was no impairment as the fair values of
these intangible assets were greater than their carrying values.
In October 2005, we will perform our annual impairment test of
these Federal Communications Commission, or FCC, licenses and
goodwill.
In December 2004, the Financial Accounting Standards Board, or
FASB, issued SFAS No. 123R (revised 2004),
Share-Based Payment. The statement is a revision of
SFAS No. 123, and supercedes APB Opinion No. 25.
The statement focuses primarily on accounting for transactions
in which we obtain employee services in share-based payment
transactions. This statement requires a public company to
measure the cost of employee services received in exchange for
an award of equity instruments based on the grant-date fair
value of the award and contemplates a number of alternative
transition methods for implementing the statement in the period
in which it is adopted. In April 2005, the SEC delayed the
effective date of this statement for most public companies. This
statement is now effective for annual periods that begin after
June 15, 2005. We are still in the process of determining
the amount of the impact that the adoption of
SFAS No. 123R will have on our consolidated statements
of operations in the reporting period in which it is adopted and
for the periods following its adoption and the transition method
we will use.
In December 2004, the FASB issued SFAS No. 153,
Exchanges of Nonmonetary Assets, to address the
measurement of exchanges of nonmonetary assets. It eliminates
the exception from fair value measurement for nonmonetary
exchanges of similar productive assets in APB Opinion
No. 29, Accounting for Nonmonetary
Transactions, and replaces it with an exception for
nonmonetary exchanges that do not have commercial substance.
This statement specifies that a nonmonetary exchange has
F-54
NEXTEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
commercial substance if the future cash flows of the entity are
expected to change significantly as a result of the exchange.
This statement is effective for nonmonetary asset exchanges
occurring in fiscal periods beginning after June 15, 2005.
We are in the process of determining the impact of the adoption
of SFAS No. 153. However, we do not expect that the
adoption of this statement will have a material impact on our
consolidated statements of operations or consolidated balance
sheets in the reporting period in which it is adopted or for the
periods following its adoption.
In June 2005, the EITF issued EITF Issue No. 05-6,
Determining the Amortization Period for Leasehold
Improvements Purchased after Lease Inception or Acquired in a
Business Combination. This accounting guidance states that
leasehold improvements that are placed in service significantly
after, and not contemplated at or near, the beginning of the
lease term should be amortized over the shorter of the useful
life of the assets or a term that includes required lease
periods and renewals that are deemed to be reasonably assured at
the date the leasehold improvements are purchased. Leasehold
improvements acquired in a business combination should be
amortized over the shorter of the useful life of the assets or a
term that includes required lease periods and renewals that are
deemed to be reasonably assured at the date of acquisition. We
are required to apply EITF Issue No. 05-6 to leasehold
improvements that are purchased or acquired in reporting periods
beginning after June 29, 2005. We are in the process of
determining the impact of the adoption of EITF Issue No. 05-6.
However, we do not expect that the adoption of this issue will
have a material impact on our consolidated statements of
operations or consolidated balance sheets in the reporting
period in which adopted or for those periods following adoption.
|
|
Note 2. |
Intangible Assets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
June 30, 2005 | |
|
December 31, 2004 | |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
Gross | |
|
|
|
Net | |
|
Gross | |
|
|
|
Net | |
|
|
|
|
Carrying | |
|
Accumulated | |
|
Carrying | |
|
Carrying | |
|
Accumulated | |
|
Carrying | |
|
|
Useful Lives | |
|
Value | |
|
Amortization | |
|
Value | |
|
Value | |
|
Amortization | |
|
Value | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
(In millions) | |
Amortized intangible assets
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Customer lists
|
|
|
3 years |
|
|
$ |
3 |
|
|
$ |
3 |
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
40 |
|
|
$ |
38 |
|
|
$ |
2 |
|
|
Spectrum sharing and noncompete agreements and other
|
|
|
Up to 10 years |
|
|
|
66 |
|
|
|
17 |
|
|
|
49 |
|
|
|
77 |
|
|
|
24 |
|
|
|
53 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
69 |
|
|
|
20 |
|
|
|
49 |
|
|
|
117 |
|
|
|
62 |
|
|
|
55 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Unamortized intangible assets
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
FCC licenses
|
|
|
Indefinite |
|
|
|
7,651 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
7,651 |
|
|
|
7,140 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
7,140 |
|
|
Goodwill
|
|
|
Indefinite |
|
|
|
28 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
28 |
|
|
|
28 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
28 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
7,679 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
7,679 |
|
|
|
7,168 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
7,168 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total intangible assets
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
7,748 |
|
|
$ |
20 |
|
|
$ |
7,728 |
|
|
$ |
7,285 |
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$ |
62 |
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$ |
7,223 |
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On February 7, 2005, we accepted the terms and conditions
of the FCCs Report and Order, which implemented a spectrum
reconfiguration plan designed to eliminate interference with
public safety operators in the 800 MHz band. Under the
terms of the Report and Order, we surrendered our spectrum
rights in the 700 MHz spectrum band and certain portions of
our spectrum rights in the 800 MHz band, and received
spectrum rights in the 1.9 GHz band and spectrum rights in
a different part of the 800 MHz band and undertook to pay
the costs incurred by us and third parties in connection with
the reconfiguration plan. Based on the FCCs determination
of the values of the spectrum rights we received and
relinquished, the minimum obligation incurred by us under the
Report and Order will be $2,801 million. The Report and
Order also provides that qualifying costs we incur as part of
the reconfiguration plan, including costs to reconfigure our own
infrastructure and spectrum positions, can be
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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
used to offset the minimum obligation of $2,801 million;
however, we are obligated to pay the full amount of the costs
relating to the reconfiguration plan, even if those costs exceed
that amount.
The Report and Order requires us to complete the reconfiguration
plan within a 36-month
period. In addition, a financial reconciliation is required to
be completed in 2008 at the end of the reconfiguration
implementation at which time we would be required to make a
payment to the United States Department of the Treasury to the
extent that the value of the spectrum rights that we received
exceeds the total of (i) the value of spectrum rights that
we surrendered and (ii) the qualifying costs referred to
above.
We have accounted for this transaction as a nonmonetary exchange
in accordance with APB Opinion No. 29. Accordingly, upon
our acceptance of the Report and Order, we recorded the spectrum
rights for the 1.9 GHz and the 800 MHz spectrum that
we received under the Report and Order as FCC licenses at a
value equal to the book value of the spectrum rights for the
800 MHz and 700 MHz spectrum that we surrendered under
the Report and Order plus an amount equal to the portion
(preliminarily estimated at $430 million) of the
reconfiguration costs that represents our current estimate of
amounts to be paid under the Report and Order that will not
benefit our infrastructure or spectrum positions. We have
recorded no gain or loss as this transaction did not represent
the culmination of an earnings process. We account for all other
costs incurred pursuant to the Report and Order that relate to
our spectrum and infrastructure, when expended, either as fixed
assets or as additions to the FCC license intangible asset,
consistent with our accounting and capitalization policy. The
following table presents the activities related to the Report
and Order during the six months ended June 30, 2005:
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Order | |
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Property, plant and equipment
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$ |
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$ |
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$ |
193 |
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$ |
193 |
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FCC licenses
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430 |
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18 |
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448 |
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Recorded liabilities under the Report and Order, including
current portion
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(430 |
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24 |
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(406 |
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$ |
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$ |
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$ |
235 |
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$ |
235 |
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As of June 30, 2005, we had submitted $9 million in
costs to the Transition Administrator under the Report and
Order, all of which had been approved for credit against the
$2,801 million obligation. We will seek credit against the
$2,801 million minimum obligation for substantially all of
the remaining $226 million of reconfiguration-related costs
incurred through June 30, 2005. As of June 30, 2005,
assuming full credit for expenditures made to date, our
remaining minimum obligation would have been $2,566 million.
During the six months ended June 30, 2005, we also
wrote-off $48 million of fully amortized customer lists,
non-compete agreements and other intangible assets with finite
lives. For intangible assets with finite lives, we recorded
aggregate amortization expense of $6 million and
$2 million for the six months and three months ended
June 30, 2005. We recorded aggregate amortization expense
of $22 million and $11 million for the six months and
three months ended June 30, 2004.
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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
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Long-Term Debt and Mandatorily Redeemable Preferred Stock |
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5.25% convertible senior notes due 2010
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$ |
607 |
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$ |
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$ |
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$ |
607 |
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9.5% senior serial redeemable notes due 2011,
including a deferred premium of $7 and $3
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214 |
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(126 |
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88 |
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6.875% senior serial redeemable notes due 2013,
including a deferred premium of $5 and $7 and net of an
unamortized discount of $58 and $60
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1,364 |
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56 |
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1,420 |
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5.95% senior serial redeemable notes due 2014,
including a deferred premium of $12 and $14 and net of
unamortized discount of $59 and $63
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1,046 |
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75 |
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1,121 |
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7.375% senior serial redeemable notes due 2015, net
of unamortized discount of $3 and $3
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2,134 |
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Bank credit facility
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3,178 |
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2,200 |
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3,200 |
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6 |
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6 |
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2,205 |
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8,576 |
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Less current portion
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(22 |
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$ |
8,527 |
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8,576 |
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Zero coupon convertible preferred stock mandatorily
redeemable 2013, no dividend; stated at accreted liquidation
preference value at 9.25% compounded quarterly; 245,245 and
0 shares issued and outstanding
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$ |
108 |
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$ |
3 |
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$ |
(111 |
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$ |
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Series B zero coupon convertible preferred stock
mandatorily redeemable 2013, no dividend; stated at accreted
liquidation preference value at 9.25% compounded quarterly; 0
and 15,695 shares issued and outstanding
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1 |
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6 |
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7 |
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108 |
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4 |
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7 |
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Debt-for-Debt Exchanges. During the six months ended
June 30, 2005, we entered into several non-cash
debt-for-debt exchange transactions with holders of our
securities. As a result, we exchanged $122 million in
principal amount of the 9.5% senior notes for a total of
$133 million in principal amount of new senior notes. The
new senior notes consist of $77 million in principal amount
of 5.95% senior notes issued at a $7 million discount
to their principal amount, and $56 million in principal
amount of 6.875% senior notes issued at a $4 million
discount to their principal amount. As a result, the
$4 million of the deferred premium resulting from the
settlement of a fair value hedge associated with the
9.5% senior notes is now associated with the 5.95% and
6.875% senior notes and will be recognized as an adjustment
to interest expense over the remaining lives of the 5.95% and
6.875% senior notes. During the three months ended
June 30, 2005, we did not enter into any non-cash
debt-for-debt exchange transactions with holders of our
securities.
F-57
NEXTEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
During the three months ended June 30, 2004, we entered
into several non-cash debt-for-debt exchange transactions with
holders of our securities. As a result, we exchanged
$326 million in principal amount of our 9.375% senior
notes for a total of $350 million in principal amount of
new senior notes. The new senior notes consisted of
$213 million in principal amount of 6.875% senior
notes issued at a $16 million discount to their principal
amount, and $137 million in principal amount of
7.375% senior notes issued at an $11 million discount
to their principal amount.
In July 2005, we commenced an offer to exchange our 7.375%,
6.875% and 5.95% senior notes for an equal aggregate
principal amount of new senior notes. Additional information
regarding the offer can be found in note 7 below.
Debt Retirements. During the six months ended
June 30, 2004, we purchased and retired a total of
$779 million in aggregate principal amount at maturity of
our outstanding senior notes and convertible senior notes in
exchange for $827 million in cash. As part of these
transactions, we recognized a $51 million loss in other
income (expense) in the accompanying condensed consolidated
statements of operations, representing the excess of the
purchase price over the carrying value of the purchased and
retired notes and the write-off of unamortized debt financing
costs, net of the recognition of a portion of the deferred
premium associated with the termination of some of our interest
rate swaps.
During the three months ended June 30, 2004, we purchased
and retired a total of $612 million in aggregate principal
amount at maturity of our outstanding senior notes and
convertible senior notes in exchange for $636 million in
cash. As part of these transactions, we recognized a
$34 million loss in other income (expense) in the
accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations,
representing the excess of the purchase price over the carrying
value of the purchased and retired notes and the write-off of
unamortized debt financing costs, net of the recognition of a
portion of the deferred premium associated with the termination
of some of our interest rate swaps.
Bank Credit Facility. In January 2005, we entered into a
new $2,200 million secured term loan agreement, the
proceeds of which were used to refinance the existing
$2,178 million Term Loan E under our credit facility.
The new loan provides for an initial interest rate equal to the
London Interbank Offered Rate, or LIBOR, plus 75 basis
points, reflecting a reduction of 150 basis points from the
rate on the refinanced term loan. The interest rate on the new
term loan automatically will adjust to the applicable rate of
the existing $4,000 million revolving credit facility,
currently LIBOR, plus 100 basis points, on
December 31, 2005 or earlier if the merger agreement
between us and Sprint Corporation is terminated. The new term
loan matures on February 1, 2010, at which time we will be
obligated to pay the principal of the new term loan in one
installment, and is subject to the terms and conditions of our
existing revolving credit facility, which remains unchanged,
including provisions that allow the lenders to declare
borrowings due immediately in the event of default. This
transaction was accounted for as an extinguishment of debt in
accordance with SFAS No. 140, Accounting for the
Transfers and Servicing of Financial Assets and Extinguishments
of Liabilities. Thus, we recognized a $37 million
loss in other income (expense) in the accompanying
condensed consolidated statements of operations, representing
the write-off of unamortized debt financing costs associated
with the old term loan.
In February 2005, we amended our credit facility primarily to
modify the facilitys definition of change in
control to exclude our proposed merger with Sprint.
In June 2005, we delivered a $2,500 million letter of
credit as required under the terms of the Report and Order to
provide assurance that funds will be available to pay the
relocation costs of the incumbent users of the 800 MHz
spectrum. The letter of credit was issued pursuant to our bank
credit facility and results in a corresponding reduction in the
amount available under our revolving credit facility. The Report
and Order provides for periodic reductions in the amount of the
letter of credit, which would result in a corresponding increase
in the amount of available revolving loan commitments.
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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
Mandatorily Redeemable Preferred Stock. In March 2005, we
commenced a consent solicitation with respect to our outstanding
zero coupon convertible preferred stock, or zero coupon
preferred stock, to effect certain proposed amendments to the
terms of the zero coupon preferred stock and to the related
certificate of designation, primarily to provide incentives to
holders of the zero coupon preferred stock to convert their
shares into shares of our class A common stock. We received
consents from holders of all of the outstanding zero coupon
preferred stock and, pursuant to the terms of the consent
solicitation, made a cash consent payment of $15.00 per
share, or a total of $4 million, to those holders during
the three months ended March 31, 2005, which has been
recorded as preferred stock dividends in the accompanying
condensed consolidated statement of changes in
stockholders equity.
During the three months ended June 30, 2005, we completed
an offer to exchange any and all outstanding shares of the zero
coupon preferred stock for an equal number of shares of our
newly issued series B zero coupon preferred stock, or
series B preferred stock, the terms of which are
substantially identical to the terms of the zero coupon
preferred stock after giving effect to the proposed amendments,
including the right to receive the special dividend of
$30.00 per share payable upon conversion of the
series B preferred stock into shares of our class A
common stock and the acceleration of the date on which the
series B preferred stock may be redeemed. The exchange
offer was made to give all holders of series B preferred
stock an opportunity to realize the benefits of the proposed
amendments without having to wait for the amendments to be
approved by the holders of our common stock. All of the shares
of outstanding zero coupon preferred stock were properly
tendered and accepted, and during the three months ended
June 30, 2005, we issued shares of our series B
preferred stock in the exchange at the liquidation preference
value of $111 million.
The series B preferred stock is convertible, at the option
of the holder, at any time prior to the close of business on
December 23, 2013 into shares of our class A common
stock at an initial conversion rate of 19.4882 shares of
class A common stock for every share of series B
preferred stock. As of June 30, 2005, holders of the
series B preferred stock have converted 229,550 of their
shares into 4.5 million shares of our class A common
stock at the liquidation preference value of $105 million.
As a result of these transactions, we recorded the related
special dividend of $7 million as preferred stock dividends
in the accompanying condensed consolidated statement of changes
in stockholders equity and the write-off of unamortized
debt financing costs related to the zero coupon preferred stock.
In July 2005, all of the remaining shares of the series B
preferred stock were converted to our class A common stock.
We may, from time to time, as we deem appropriate, enter into
additional refinancing and similar transactions, including
exchanges of our common stock or other securities for our debt
and other long-term obligations, and redemption, repurchase or
retirement transactions that in the aggregate may be material.
We maintain a valuation allowance against certain of our
deferred tax asset amounts in instances where we determine that
it is more likely than not that a tax benefit will not be
realized. Historically, our valuation allowance has included
amounts primarily for the benefit of net operating loss
carryforwards, as well as for capital loss carryforwards,
separate return net operating loss carryforwards and the tax
benefit of stock option deductions relating to employee
compensation. Prior to June 30, 2004, we had recorded a
full valuation allowance against the tax benefits relating to
our net operating loss carryforwards because, at that time, we
did not have a sufficient history of taxable income to conclude
that it was more likely than not that we would be able to
realize the tax benefits of the net operating loss
carryforwards. Accordingly, we recorded in our income statement
only a small provision for income taxes, as our net operating
loss carryforwards resulting from losses generated in prior
years offset virtually all of the taxes that we would have
otherwise incurred. Based on our cumulative operating results
through June 30, 2004, and an
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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
assessment of our expected future operations at that time, we
concluded that it was more likely than not that we would be able
to realize the tax benefits of our federal net operating loss
carryforwards. Therefore, we decreased the valuation allowance
attributable to our net operating loss carryforwards during the
quarter ended June 30, 2004 and began recording an income
tax provision based on applicable federal and state statutory
rates.
Income tax provisions for interim periods are based on estimated
effective annual tax rates. Income tax expense varies from
federal statutory rates primarily because of state taxes.
Additionally, we establish reserves when, despite our belief
that our tax return positions are fully supportable, certain
positions could be challenged and the positions may not be
probable of being fully sustained.
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Federal and state current and deferred income tax expense
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$ |
(564 |
) |
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$ |
(217 |
) |
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$ |
(297 |
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$ |
(184 |
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Valuation allowance release
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203 |
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|
901 |
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25 |
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901 |
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Income tax (provision) benefit
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$ |
(361 |
) |
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$ |
684 |
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$ |
(272 |
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$ |
717 |
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For the six and three months ended June 30, 2005, our
income tax provision was based on the combined federal and state
estimated statutory rate of about 39%. The net benefit for these
periods is derived primarily from the release of the portion of
valuation allowance attributable to the tax impact of recognized
capital gains on completed transactions, including the
transaction described in the Report and Order during first
quarter 2005, and capital gains that are more likely than not to
be recognized on anticipated transactions. The benefit was
partially offset by an increase in our tax reserves of
$46 million during the first quarter 2005.
During the six months ended June 30, 2004, we decreased the
valuation allowance attributable to our net operating loss
carryforwards by $901 million as a credit to tax expense.
Additionally, we released the valuation allowance attributable
to the tax benefit of stock option deductions and credited
stockholders equity by $389 million. For the three
months ended June 30, 2004, we recorded a $717 million
tax benefit that includes the valuation allowance reversal
discussed above, net of accrued amounts for current and prior
years federal and state income taxes.
As of June 30, 2005, our valuation allowance of
$409 million was comprised primarily of the tax effect of
capital losses incurred in prior years for which an allowance is
still required.
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Note 5. |
Related Party Transactions |
We have a number of strategic and commercial relationships with
third parties that have had a significant impact on our
business, operations and financial results and have the
potential to have such an impact in the future. Of these, we
believe that our relationships with Motorola, Inc., Nextel
Partners, Inc., and NII Holdings, Inc., all of which are
deemed to be related parties of ours for purposes of financial
reporting under generally accepted accounting principles, are
the most significant.
In December 2004, in contemplation of our merger agreement with
Sprint, and to help facilitate a tax-free spin off of
Sprints local wireline business following the merger, we
entered into an agreement with Motorola under which Motorola
agreed, subject to the terms and conditions of the agreement,
not to enter into a transaction that constitutes a disposition
of its class B common stock of Nextel or shares of
nonvoting common stock to be issued to Motorola in connection
with the merger of Sprint and Nextel. In
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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
consideration of Motorolas compliance with the terms of
this agreement, upon the occurrence of certain events, we agreed
to pay Motorola a consent fee of $50 million, which
Motorola must return to us upon the occurrence of certain
events, including, specifically, if the merger with Sprint is
not completed. In July 2005, we paid the consent fee to Motorola.
During the second quarter 2005, Motorola sold about
12 million shares of its class A common stock of
Nextel. As a result, as of June 30, 2005, Motorola owned
less than 5% of our outstanding class A common stock,
assuming the conversion of its class B common stock of
Nextel.
As of June 30, 2005, we owned about 31% of the outstanding
common stock of Nextel Partners. Nextel Partners recently filed
preliminary proxy materials with the SEC regarding a potential
exercise of certain put rights that may arise upon
completion of the currently pending Sprint/ Nextel merger, the
closing of which will entitle Nextel Partners stockholders to
trigger a process that would lead to the purchase of all
outstanding Nextel Partners common shares that we do not own.
The put process can be initiated at the request of the holders
of at least 20% of the Nextel Partners shares. Nextel
Partners certificate of incorporation specifies steps for
this process and for determining fair market value,
which would be the price at which we could be required to
purchase the Nextel Partners shares. These put rights do not
arise if the merger with Sprint is not completed.
As of June 30, 2005, we owned about 16% of the outstanding
common stock of NII Holdings.
We paid a total of $1,635 million during the six months
ended June 30, 2005 and $1,563 million during the six
months ended June 30, 2004 to these related parties, net of
discounts and rebates, for infrastructure, handsets and related
costs, net roaming charges and other costs. We received a total
of $34 million during the six months ended June 30,
2005 and $33 million during the six months ended
June 30, 2004 from these related parties for providing
telecommunication switch, engineering and technology, marketing
and administrative services. As of June 30, 2005, we had
$243 million due from these related parties and
$657 million due to these related parties. We also had a
$170 million prepayment recorded in prepaid expenses and
other assets on our condensed consolidated balance sheet related
to handset and network infrastructure to be provided by Motorola
in the future. As of December 31, 2004, we had
$132 million due from these related parties and
$294 million due to these related parties.
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Note 6. |
Commitments and Contingencies |
In April 2001, a purported class action lawsuit was filed in the
Circuit Court in Baltimore, Maryland by the Law Offices of Peter
Angelos, and subsequently in other state courts in Pennsylvania,
New York and Georgia by Mr. Angelos and other firms,
alleging that wireless telephones pose a health risk to users of
those telephones and that the defendants failed to disclose
these risks. We, along with numerous other companies, were named
as defendants in these cases. The cases, together with a similar
case filed earlier in Louisiana state court, were ultimately
transferred to federal court in Baltimore, Maryland. In March
2003, the court granted the defendants motions to dismiss.
In April 2004, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth
Circuit reversed that dismissal and reinstated the cases, and a
motion for rehearing was denied.
A number of lawsuits have been filed against us in several state
and federal courts around the United States, challenging
the manner by which we recover the costs to us of federally
mandated universal service, Telecommunications Relay Service
payment requirements imposed by the FCC, and the costs
(including costs to implement changes to our network) to comply
with federal regulatory requirements to provide enhanced 911, or
E911, telephone number pooling and telephone number portability.
In general, these plaintiffs claim that our rate structure that
breaks out and assesses federal program cost recovery fees on
monthly customer bills is misleading and unlawful. The
plaintiffs generally seek injunctive relief
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NEXTEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
and damages on behalf of a class of customers, including a
refund of amounts collected under these regulatory line item
assessments. We have reached a preliminary settlement with the
plaintiff, who represents a nationwide class of affected
customers, in one of the lawsuits that challenged the manner by
which we recover the costs to comply with federal regulatory
requirements to provide E911, telephone number pooling and
telephone number portability. The settlement has been approved
by the court and affirmed by the United States Court of Appeals
for the Seventh Circuit, but a petition for certiorari was filed
with the U.S. Supreme Court. If not appealed successfully,
the settlement would render moot a majority of these lawsuits,
and would not have a material effect on our business or results
of operations.
We are subject to other claims and legal actions that arise in
the ordinary course of business. We do not believe that any of
these other pending claims or legal actions will have a material
effect on our business or results of operations.
On December 15, 2004, we entered into a definitive
agreement for a merger of equals with Sprint. The merger
agreement contains certain termination rights for both Sprint
and us and further provides for the payment of a termination fee
of $1,000 million upon termination of the merger agreement
under specified circumstances involving an alternative
transaction.
See note 2 for information regarding our obligations under
the FCCs Report and Order.
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Note 7. |
Subsequent Events |
Exchange Offer and Consent Solicitations. In July 2005,
we commenced an offer to exchange any and all of our outstanding
7.375%, 6.875% and 5.95% senior notes, which we refer to as
the original series of senior notes, for an equal aggregate
principal amount of newly issued series of 7.375%, 6.875% and
5.95% senior notes, which we refer to as the exchange
series of senior notes. We are also soliciting consents from the
holders of all of the original series of senior notes to effect
certain proposed amendments to the terms of the original series
of senior notes and the related indenture.
The exchange series of senior notes to be issued in the exchange
offer will be substantially identical to the corresponding
original series of senior notes with the exception that, among
other items, the exchange series of senior notes will have the
benefit of a new covenant under which we will undertake to seek
from Sprint, following consummation of the proposed merger
between us and a subsidiary of Sprint, a guarantee of our
payment obligations with respect to the exchange series of
senior notes. The proposed amendments to the indenture being
sought in the consent solicitation provide, among other items,
that certain of the restrictive covenants relating to the
original series of senior notes will terminate upon the earlier
of (i) the consummation of the proposed merger between us
and Sprint or (ii) the original series of senior notes
achieving a rating of investment grade. Under the terms of the
consent solicitation, to effect the amendments, we must receive
consents from holders of not less than a majority in aggregate
principal amount at stated maturity of all outstanding original
series of senior notes, with the holders of all such series of
notes voting together as a single class on or prior to the
expiration date of August 5, 2005.
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ANNEX A PROPOSED AMENDMENTS
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The following provisions of each of the indentures which are
identical would be amended as follows (capitalized terms used
but not defined herein have the meanings given to them in each
indenture, as amended by the proposed amendments; amended
provisions shown in strikethrough and underlined text): |
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A. |
Section 1.01 (Definition of Asset Sale) |
Asset Sale means:
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(1) the sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition of any
assets or rights; provided that the sale, lease, conveyance or
other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of
the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole
will be governed by the provisions of Section 4.15 and/or
Section 5.01 hereof and not by the provisions of
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(2) the issuance of Equity Interests in any of the
Companys Restricted Subsidiaries or the sale of Equity
Interests in any of its Subsidiaries. |
Notwithstanding the preceding, none of the following items will
be deemed to be an Asset Sale:
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(1) any single transaction or series of related
transactions that involves assets having a Fair Market Value of
less than $2.0 million; |
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(2) a transfer of assets between or among the Company and
its Restricted Subsidiaries; |
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(3) an issuance of Equity Interests by a Restricted
Subsidiary of the Company to the Company or to a Restricted
Subsidiary of the Company; |
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(4) the sale or lease of products, services or accounts
receivable in the ordinary course of business and any sale or
other disposition of damaged, worn-out or obsolete assets in the
ordinary course of business; |
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(5) the sale or other disposition of cash or Cash
Equivalents; and |
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(6) a Restricted Payment that does not violate the covenant
described under Section 4.07 hereof or a Permitted
Investment.; and |
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(7) any transfer or sale of assets to the Parent or any
direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Parent. |
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Section 4.03 (Reports) |
(a) Whether or not required by the rules and regulations of
the SEC, so long as any Notes are outstanding, the Company will
furnish to the holders of the Notes or cause the Trustee to
furnish to the holders of the Notes, within the time periods
specified in the SECs rules and regulations:
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(1) all quarterly and annual reports that would be required
to be filed with the SEC on Forms 10-Q and 10-K if the
Company were required to file such reports; and |
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(2) all current reports that would be required to be filed
with the SEC on Form 8-K if the Company were required to
file such reports. |
All such reports will be prepared in all material respects in
accordance with all of the rules and regulations applicable to
such reports. Each annual report on Form 10-K will include
a report on the Companys consolidated financial statements
by the Companys certified independent accountants. In
addition, following the consummation of the Exchange Offer
contemplated by the Registration Rights Agreement, the Company
will file a copy of each of the reports referred to in clauses
(1) and (2) above
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with the SEC for public availability within the time periods
specified in the rules and regulations applicable to such
reports (unless the SEC will not accept such a filing) and will
post the reports on its website within those time periods.
If, at any time after consummation of the Exchange Offer
contemplated by the Registration Rights Agreement, the Company
is no longer subject to the periodic reporting requirements of
the Exchange Act for any reason, the Company will nevertheless
continue filing the reports specified in the preceding
paragraphs of this covenant with the SEC within the time periods
specified above unless the SEC will not accept such a filing.
The Company will not take any action for the purpose of causing
the SEC not to accept any such filings. If, notwithstanding the
foregoing, the SEC will not accept the Companys filings
for any reason, the Company will post the reports referred to in
the preceding paragraphs on its website within the time periods
that would apply if the Company were required to file those
reports with the SEC.
Delivery of reports and information to the Trustee under this
Section 4.03 is for informational purposes only and the
Trustees receipt of the foregoing shall not constitute
actual or constructive notice of any of the information therein
or determinable from the information contained therein. The
Trustee shall have no obligation to review or analyze such
information.
(b) If the Company has designated any of its Subsidiaries
as Unrestricted Subsidiaries, then the quarterly and annual
financial information required by the preceding paragraphs will
include a reasonably detailed presentation, either on the face
of the financial statements or in the footnotes thereto, and in
Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition
and Results of Operations, of the financial condition and
results of operations of the Company and its Restricted
Subsidiaries separate from the financial condition and results
of operations of the Unrestricted Subsidiaries of the Company.
(c) In addition, the Company and the Guarantors agree that,
for so long as any Notes remain outstanding, they will furnish
to the holders of the Notes and to securities analysts and
prospective investors, upon their request, the information
required to be delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under
the Securities Act.
(d) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Parent
executes and delivers a Parent Guarantee, the reports and other
information required by this Section 4.03 may instead be
those filed with the SEC by the Parent and furnished with
respect to the Parent without including the condensed
consolidating footnote contemplated by
Rule 3-10 of
Regulation S-X
promulgated under the Securities Act.
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Section 4.11 (Transactions with Affiliates) |
(a) The Company will not, and will not permit any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries to, make any payment to, or sell, lease,
transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its properties or assets
to, or purchase any property or assets from, or enter into or
make or amend any transaction, contract, agreement,
understanding, loan, advance or guarantee with, or for the
benefit of, any Affiliate of the Company (each, an
Affiliate Transaction), unless:
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(1) the Affiliate Transaction is on terms that are no less
favorable to the Company or the relevant Restricted Subsidiary
than those that would have been obtained in a comparable
transaction by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary with an
unrelated Person; and |
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(2) the Company delivers to the Trustee:, |
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(a) with respect to any Affiliate
Transaction or series of related Affiliate Transactions
involving aggregate consideration in excess
of$1.0 million $10,000,000, a
resolution of determination by the Board
of Directors of the Company set forth in an Officers
Certificate certifying that such Affiliate Transaction complies
with clause (1) above this covenant and that
such Affiliate Transaction has been approved by a majority of
the disinterested members of the Board of Directors of the
Company; and |
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(b) with respect to any Affiliate Transaction or
series of related Affiliate Transactions involving aggregate
consideration in excess of $10.0 million, an opinion from
an independent nationally recognized accounting or investment
banking firm, or a firm experienced in the appraisal or similar
review of similartypes of transactions, that the financial terms
of such transaction are fair to the Company or such Restricted
Subsidiary from a financial point of view. |
(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:
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(1) any employment agreement, employee benefit plan,
officer or director indemnification agreement or any similar
arrangement entered into by the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business and payments
pursuant thereto; |
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(2) transactions between or among the Company and/or its
Restricted Subsidiaries; |
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(3) transactions with a Person (other than an Unrestricted
Subsidiary of the Company) that is an Affiliate of the Company
solely because the Company owns, directly or through a
Restricted Subsidiary, an Equity Interest in, or controls, such
Person; |
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(4) payment of reasonable directors fees; |
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(5) any issuance of Equity Interests (other than
Disqualified Stock) of the Company to Affiliates of the Company; |
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(6) Restricted Payments and Permitted Investments that do
not violate the provisions of Section 4.07 hereof; |
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(7) loans or advances to employees in the ordinary course
of business not to exceed $1.0 million in the aggregate at
any one time outstanding; and |
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(8) consummation of the Reorganization, including the
Merger. |
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II. |
The following definitions would be added to Section 1.01
of each indenture in their proper alphabetical location
(capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings
given to them in each indenture): |
Parent means any person (as such term is used in
Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act and the
regulations thereunder) who is or becomes the Beneficial Owner,
directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the total voting
stock or total common equity of the Company.
Parent Guarantee means an unconditional Guarantee
by a Parent, on a senior unsecured basis, of all monetary
obligations of the Company under the Indenture and any
outstanding Notes.
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PART II
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
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Item 14. |
Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution. |
The table below sets forth the various expenses and costs to be
incurred by Sprint Nextel Corporation (Sprint
Nextel) in connection with the sale and distribution of
the securities offered hereby. All the amounts shown are
estimated except the Securities and Exchange commission
registration fee.
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Securities and Exchange commission registration fee
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31,030 |
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Trustees fees
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5,000 |
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Printing and engraving expenses
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50,000 |
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Accounting fees and expenses
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95,000 |
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Legal fees and expenses
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150,000 |
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Miscellaneous expenses
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7,970 |
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Total expenses
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339,000 |
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Item 15. |
Indemnification of Directors and Officers. |
The following summary is qualified in its entirety by reference
to the complete text of the statutes referred to below and the
amended and restated articles of incorporation and amended and
restated bylaws of Sprint Nextel Corporation (Sprint
Nextel).
Under Section 17-6305 of the Kansas General Corporation
Code, or KGCC, a corporation may indemnify a director, officer,
employee, or agent of the corporation (or other entity if such
person is serving in such capacity at the corporations
request) against expenses (including attorneys fees),
judgments, fines, and amounts paid in settlement actually and
reasonably incurred by him if he acted in good faith and in a
manner he reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the
best interests of the corporation and, with respect to any
criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to
believe his conduct was unlawful. In the case of an action
brought by or in the right of a corporation, the corporation may
indemnify a director, officer, employee, or agent of the
corporation (or other entity if such person is serving in such
capacity at the corporations request) against expenses
(including attorneys fees) actually and reasonably
incurred by him if he acted in good faith and in a manner he
reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best
interests of the corporation, except that no indemnification
shall be made in respect of any claim, issue, or matter as to
which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the
corporation unless a court determines that, despite the
adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances
of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to
indemnification for such expenses as the court shall deem
proper. Expenses (including attorneys fees) incurred by an
officer or director in defending any civil or criminal action,
suit or proceeding may be paid by the corporation in advance of
the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding upon
receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such director or
officer to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be
determined that he is not entitled to be indemnified by the
corporation.
Consistent with Section 17-6305 of the KGCC,
Article IV, Section 10 of the bylaws of Sprint Nextel
provides that the corporation will indemnify its directors and
officers against expenses, judgments, fines and amounts paid in
settlement in connection with any action, suit, or proceeding if
the director or officer acted in good faith and in a manner
reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best
interests of the corporation. With respect to a criminal action
or proceeding, the director or officer must also have had no
reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful.
In accordance with Section 17-6002(b)(8) of the KGCC,
Sprint Nextels articles of incorporation provide that
directors shall not be personally liable for monetary damages
for breaches of their fiduciary
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duty as directors except for (i) breaches of their duty of
loyalty to Sprint Nextel or its stockholders, (ii) acts or
omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional
misconduct or knowing violations of law, (iii) certain
transactions under Section 17-6424 of the KGCC (unlawful
payment of dividends) or (iv) transactions from which a
director derives an improper personal benefit.
Under Article IV, Section 10 of the bylaws of Sprint
Nextel, Sprint Nextel may purchase and maintain insurance on
behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer or
employee of the corporation, or who is or was serving at the
request of the corporation as a director, officer or employee of
any other enterprise, against any liability arising out of his
status as such, whether or not the corporation would have the
power to indemnify such persons against liability. Sprint Nextel
carries standard directors and officers liability coverage for
its directors and officers and the directors and officers of its
subsidiaries. Subject to certain limitations and exclusions, the
policies reimburse the corporation for liabilities indemnified
under the bylaws.
Sprint Nextel has entered into indemnification agreements with
its directors and officers. These agreements provide for the
indemnification, to the full extent permitted by law, of
expenses, judgments, fines, penalties and amounts paid in
settlement incurred by the director or officer in connection
with any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or
proceeding on account of service as a director, officer,
employee or agent of Sprint Nextel.
All references to documents filed pursuant to the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, including
Forms 10-K, 10-Q
and 8-K, were
filed by IWO Holdings, Inc., file
no. 333-39746,
Sprint Corporation or Sprint Nextel Corporation, file
no. 1-04721, or
Nextel Communications, Inc., file
no. 0-19656,
unless otherwise indicated.
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Indenture, dated as of January 6, 2005, between IWO Escrow
Company and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee for the
Senior Secured Floating Rate Notes due 2012 (filed as
Exhibit 4.1 to the current report on Form 8-K filed by
IWO Holdings, Inc. on February 14, 2005 (the IWO
Holdings February 14, 2005 8-K) and incorporated
herein by reference). |
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Supplemental Indenture, dated as of February 10, 2005,
among Independent Wireless One Corporation, Independent Wireless
One Leased Realty Corporation, IWO Holdings, Inc. and U.S. Bank
National Association, as trustee for the Senior Secured Floating
Rate Notes due 2012 (filed as Exhibit 4.2 to the IWO
Holdings February 14, 2005 8-K and incorporated herein by
reference). |
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Form of Second Supplemental Indenture for Senior Secured
Floating Rate Notes due 2012. |
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Form of Sprint Nextel Corporation Guarantee of Senior Secured
Floating Rate Notes due 2012. |
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Indenture, dated as of January 6, 2005, between IWO Escrow
Company and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee for
the 10.75% Senior Discount Notes due 2015 (filed as
Exhibit 4.3 to the IWO Holdings February 14, 2005 8-K
and incorporated herein by reference). |
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Supplemental Indenture, dated as of February 10, 2005,
among Independent Wireless One Corporation, Independent Wireless
One Leased Realty Corporation, IWO Holdings, Inc. and
U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee for the 10.75%
Senior Discount Notes due 2015 (filed as Exhibit 4.4 to the
IWO Holdings February 14, 2005 8-K and incorporated herein
by reference). |
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Form of Second Supplemental Indenture for 10.75% Senior Discount
Notes due 2015. |
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Form of Sprint Nextel Corporation Guarantee of 10.75% Senior
Discount Notes due 2015. |
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Assumption Agreement, dated as of February 10, 2005, among
IWO Holdings, Inc., Independent Wireless One Corporation and
Independent Wireless One Leased Realty Corporation (filed as
Exhibit 4.6 to the IWO Holdings February 14, 2005 8-K
and incorporated herein by reference). |
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Pledge and Security Agreement, dated as of January 6, 2005
among IWO Escrow Company, the other Grantors party thereto and
The Bank of New York, as collateral trustee, and Joinder
Agreement in connection with Pledge and Security Agreement,
dated February 10, 2005, among IWO Holdings, Inc.,
Independent Wireless One Corporation and Independent Wireless
One Leased Realty Corporation (filed as Exhibit 4.7 to the
IWO Holdings February 14, 2005 8-K and incorporated herein
by reference). |
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Collateral Trust Agreement, dated as of January 6,
2005, among IWO Escrow Company, the other Grantors party
thereto, U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee for the
Senior Secured Floating Rate Notes due 2012, and The Bank of New
York, as collateral trustee, and Collateral Trust Joinder,
dated as of February 10, 2005, among IWO Holdings, Inc.,
Independent Wireless One Corporation and Independent Wireless
One Leased Realty Corporation (filed as Exhibit 4.8 to the
IWO Holdings February 14, 2005 8-K and incorporated herein
by reference). |
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Indenture, dated January 26, 2000, between Nextel
Communications, Inc. and BNY Midwest Trust Company, as Trustee,
relating to Nextel Communications, Inc.s
5.25% Convertible Senior Redeemable Notes due 2010 (filed
as Exhibit 4.1 to Nextel Communications, Inc.s
current report on Form 8-K filed on January 26, 2000
and incorporated herein by reference). |
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First Supplemental Indenture, dated August 12, 2005,
between Nextel Communications, Inc. (f/k/a S-N Merger Corp.) and
BNY Midwest Trust Company (filed as Exhibit 4.2 to Nextel
Communications, Inc.s current report on Form 8-K
filed on August 18, 2005 (the Nextel August 18,
2005 8-K) and incorporated herein by reference). |
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Indenture, dated January 26, 2001, between Nextel
Communications, Inc. and BNY Midwest Trust Company, as Trustee,
relating to Nextel Communications, Inc.s 9.5% Senior
Serial Redeemable Notes due 2011 (filed as Exhibit 4.1 to
Nextel Communications, Inc.s current report on
Form 8-K filed on January 29, 2001 and incorporated
herein by reference). |
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First Supplemental Indenture, dated August 12, 2005,
between Nextel Communications, Inc. (f/k/a S-N Merger Corp.) and
BNY Midwest Trust Company (filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the
Nextel August 18, 2005 8-K and incorporated herein by
reference). |
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Indenture, dated as of July 31, 2003, between Nextel
Communications, Inc. and BNY Midwest Trust Company, as Trustee
(filed August 8, 2003 as Exhibit 4.1 to Nextel
Communications, Inc.s quarterly report on Form 10-Q
for the quarter ended June 30, 2003 and incorporated herein
by reference). |
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First Supplemental Indenture, dated August 8, 2005, between
Nextel Communications, Inc. (f/k/a S-N Merger Corp.) and BNY
Midwest Trust Company (filed as Exhibit 4.1 to Nextel
Communications, Inc.s current report on Form 8-K
filed on August 9, 2005 (the Nextel August 9,
2005 8-K) and incorporated herein by reference). |
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Second Supplemental Indenture, dated August 8, 2005,
between Nextel Communications, Inc. and BNY Midwest Trust
Company (filed as Exhibit 4.2 to the Nextel August 9,
2005 8-K and incorporated herein by reference). |
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Third Supplemental Indenture, dated August 12, 2005,
between Nextel Communications, Inc. (f/k/a S-N Merger Corp.),
Sprint Nextel Corporation and BNY Midwest Trust Company (filed
as Exhibit 4.3 to the Nextel August 18, 2005 8-K
and incorporated herein by reference). |
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Fourth Supplemental Indenture, dated August 12, 2005,
between Nextel Communications, Inc. (f/k/a S-N Merger Corp.) ,
Sprint Nextel Corporation and BNY Midwest Trust Company (filed
as Exhibit 4.3.5 to the Sprint Nextel August 18,
2005 8-K and incorporated herein by reference). |
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Form of Nextel Communications, Inc.s Series A
7.375% senior serial redeemable note due 2015 (filed as
Exhibit 4.3 to the Nextel August 9, 2005 8-K and
incorporated herein by reference). |
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Form of Nextel Communications, Inc.s Series B
6.875% senior serial redeemable note due 2013 (filed as
Exhibit 4.4 to the Nextel August 9, 2005 8-K and
incorporated herein by reference). |
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Form of Nextel Communications, Inc.s Series C
5.95% senior serial redeemable note due 2014 (filed as
Exhibit 4.5 to the Nextel August 9, 2005 8-K and
incorporated herein by reference). |
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Form of Nextel Communications, Inc.s Series D
7.375% senior serial redeemable Note due 2015 (filed as
Exhibit 4.6 to the Nextel August 9, 2005 8-K and
incorporated herein by reference). |
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Form of Nextel Communications, Inc.s Series E
6.875% senior serial redeemable Note due 2013 (filed as
Exhibit 4.7 to the Nextel August 9, 2005 8-K and
incorporated herein by reference). |
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Form of Nextel Communications, Inc.s Series F
5.95% senior serial redeemable Note due 2014, Series F
(filed as Exhibit 4.8 to the Nextel August 9,
2005 8-K and incorporated herein by reference). |
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Indenture, dated as of October 1, 1998, among Sprint
Capital Corporation, Sprint Corporation and Bank One, N.A., as
Trustee (filed as Exhibit 4(b) to Sprint Corporations
quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
September 30, 1998, and incorporated herein by
reference). |
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First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of January 15, 1999,
among Sprint Capital Corporation, Sprint Corporation and Bank
One, N.A., as Trustee (filed as Exhibit 4(b) to Sprint
Corporations current report on Form 8-K dated
February 2, 1999 and incorporated herein by reference). |
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Second Supplemental Indenture dated as of October 15, 2001,
among Sprint Capital Corporation, Sprint Corporation and Bank
One, N.A. as Trustee (filed as Exhibit 99 to Sprint
Corporations current report on Form 8-K/ A dated
October 17, 2001 and incorporated herein by reference). |
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Indenture, dated as October 1, 1998, between Sprint
Corporation and Bank One, N.A., as Trustee (filed as
Exhibit 4(a) to Sprint Corporations quarterly report
on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 1998,
and incorporated herein by reference). |
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First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of January 15, 1999,
between Sprint Corporation and Bank One, N.A., as Trustee (filed
as Exhibit 4(a) to Sprint Corporations current report
on Form 8-K dated February 2, 1999 and incorporated
herein by reference). |
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Opinion of Jones Day regarding validity. |
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Opinion of Michael T. Hyde, Esq. regarding validity. |
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Opinion of Jones Day regarding United States federal income tax
considerations. |
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Statement regarding computation of earnings to combined fixed
charges and preferred stock dividends. |
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Letter re Unaudited Interim Financial Information. |
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Consent of KPMG LLP. |
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Consent of Ernst & Young LLP. |
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Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP. |
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Consent of Jones Day (included in Exhibit 5.1). |
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Consent of Michael T. Hyde, Esq. (included in Exhibit 5.2). |
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Powers of Attorney. |
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Letter of Consent. |
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(a) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) 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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(i) To include any prospectus required by
section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933; |
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(ii) 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 Commission 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. |
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(iii) 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; |
Provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i),
(a)(1)(ii) and (a)(1)(iii) of this section do not apply if the
information required to be included in a post-effective
amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with
or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to
section 13 or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the
registration statement, or is contained in a form of prospectus
filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) (§ 230.424(b) of
this chapter) that is part of the registration statement.
(2) 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.
(3) 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.
(4) 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 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.
(5) 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
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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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(i) 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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(ii) 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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(iii) 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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(iv) Any other communication that is an offer in the
offering made by the undersigned registrant to the purchaser. |
(b) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for
purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act
of 1933, each filing of the registrants 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 plans 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.
(c) 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 Securities and Exchange
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as
expressed in the Act 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 Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such
issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe
that it meets all of the requirements for filing on
Form S-3 and has
duly caused this Amendment No. 1 to the Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Reston, State of
Virginia, on the
2nd day
of March 2006.
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SPRINT NEXTEL CORPORATION |
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Gary D. Begeman |
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Vice President |
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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Gary D. Forsee |
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President and Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal
Executive Officer) |
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Paul N. Saleh |
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Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer) |
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William G. Arendt |
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Senior Vice President and Controller (Principal Accounting
Officer) |
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Timothy M. Donahue |
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Chairman of the Board |
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Keith J. Bane |
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Director |
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Gordon M. Bethune |
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Director |
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William E. Conway |
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Director |
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Frank M. Drendel |
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Director |
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James J. Hance, Jr. |
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Director |
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Signature |
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V. Janet Hill |
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Director |
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Irvine O. Hockaday, Jr. |
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Director |
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Linda Koch Lorimer |
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Director |
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William E. Kennard |
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Director |
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Stephanie M. Shern |
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Director |
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William H. Swanson |
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Director |
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*By: |
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/s/ Gary D. Begeman
Gary D. Begeman
as Attorney-in-Fact |
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March 2, 2006 |
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EXHIBITS
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Exhibit |
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Description of Exhibits |
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Letter re Unaudited Interim Financial Information. |
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*23.1 |
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Consent of KPMG LLP. |
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*23.2 |
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Consent of Ernst & Young LLP. |
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*23.3 |
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Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP. |
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*99 |
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Letter of Consent. |