Exhibit 10.1

 

ALASKA COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS HOLDINGS, INC.

 

Issuer

 

GUARANTORS

 

and

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK

 

Trustee

 

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

 

Dated as of January 25, 2005

 

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9 7/8% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2011

 

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THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (the “Supplemental Indenture”), dated as of January
25, 2005, is made by and among ALASKA COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS HOLDINGS, INC., a
Delaware corporation, (the “Issuer”), ALASKA COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS GROUP, INC.,
ACS OF THE NORTHLAND, INC. ACS OF ALASKA, INC., ACS OF FAIRBANKS, INC., ACS OF
ANCHORAGE, INC., ACS WIRELESS, INC., ACS INTERNET, INC., ACS MESSAGING, INC. ACS
INFOSOURCE, INC. ACS OF ALASKA LICENSE SUB, INC., ACS OF THE NORTHLAND LICENSE
SUB, INC., ACS OF FAIRBANKS LICENSE SUB, INC., ACS OF ANCHORAGE LICENSE SUB,
INC., ACS WIRELESS LICENSE SUB, INC., ACS LONG DISTANCE LICENSE SUB, INC., ACS
TELEVISION LICENSE SUB, INC., ACS SERVICES, INC. AND ACS LONG DISTANCE, INC.
(collectively, the “Guarantors”) and THE BANK OF NEW YORK, as Trustee (the
“Trustee”), under the Indenture dated as of August 26, 2003 (as amended through
the date hereof, the “Indenture”).  Capitalized terms used herein and not
otherwise defined shall have the meaning assigned to them in the Indenture.

 

W I T N E S S E T H:

 

WHEREAS, the Issuer has issued its 9 7/8% Senior Notes Due 2011 (the “Notes”)
pursuant to the Indenture;

 

WHEREAS, the Issuer has offered (the “Tender Offer”) to purchase up to
$59,350,000 aggregate principal amount of the Notes pursuant to the Offer to
Purchase and Consent Solicitation, dated January 12, 2005, and has solicited
(the “Consent Solicitation”) the consents of the Holders of the Notes to certain
amendments to the provisions of the Indenture in connection with the Tender
Offer pursuant to its Offer to Purchase and Consent Solicitation, dated January
12, 2005 (as amended from time to time on or prior to the date hereof, the
“Offer to Purchase”);

 

WHEREAS, in connection with the Consent Solicitation, the Issuer has obtained
the consents of certain Holders of the Notes to such amendments of certain
provisions of the Indenture and the Notes;

 

WHEREAS, Section 9.02 of the Indenture provides that with the consent of the
Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Notes then
outstanding, the Issuer, any Guarantor, and the Trustee may amend or supplement
the Indenture and the Notes, subject to specified exceptions;

 

WHEREAS, the Holders of a majority of the principal amount of the Notes
outstanding have duly consented to the proposed amendments set forth in this
Supplemental Indenture in accordance with Section 9.02 of the Indenture;

 

WHEREAS, the Issuer has heretofore delivered or is delivering contemporaneously
herewith to the Trustee (i) a copy of resolutions of the Board of Directors of
the Issuer, certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Issuer,
authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of this Supplemental
Indenture, (ii) a copy of resolutions of the Boards of Directors of each of the
Guarantors, certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of each of the
Guarantors, authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of this
Supplemental Indenture, (iii) evidence of the written consent of the Holders set
forth in the immediately preceding paragraph (iv) an Officers’ Certificate and
an Opinion of Counsel with and to the effect set forth in Section 7.02(b) of the
Indenture; and

 

WHEREAS, all conditions necessary to authorize the execution and delivery of
this Supplemental Indenture and to make this Supplemental Indenture valid and
binding have been complied with or have been done or performed.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing, the parties hereto agree as
follows.

 

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ARTICLE ONE

AMENDMENTS

 

SECTION 1.01.  Amendments.  Subject to Section 2.01 hereof, the Indenture is
hereby amended by:

 

(A) deleting Section 4.03(b) in its entirety and replacing it with:

 

“(b)         Notwithstanding the foregoing paragraph (a), the Issuer and its
Restricted Subsidiaries may Incur the following Indebtedness:

 

(i)            Bank Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed
the sum of (1) with respect to a revolving credit facility, up to $50,000,000
and (2) with respect to any term loan facilities, up to an amount equal to the
greater of (a) $335,000,000 and (b) the Term Loan Borrowing Base less the
aggregate amount of all prepayments of principal applied to permanently reduce
any such Indebtedness; provided, however, that Bank Indebtedness to be incurred
under clause (2) above in excess of $335,000,000 may only be incurred if, after
giving effect to such Incurrence, the Senior Debt to EBITDA Ratio would be less
than 4.5:1;”

 

(B) deleting Section 4.04(a)(2) in its entirety and replacing it with:

 

“(2)         (X) the Issuer could not Incur at least $1.00 of additional
Indebtedness under Section 4.03(a), or (Y) (1) the Senior Debt to EBITDA Ratio
is greater than 5:1, if the Restricted Payment is made prior to August 15, 2007,
or (2) the Senior Debt to EBITDA Ratio is greater than 4.75:1, if the Restricted
Payment is made on or after August 15, 2007;”

 

(C) replacing the definition of “Credit Agreement” in Section 1.01 with the
following:

 

“Credit Agreement” means the credit agreement to be entered into among the
Issuer, Parent, the financial institutions named therein and JPMorgan Chase
Bank, as Administrative Agent, as amended, waived or otherwise modified from
time to time (except to the extent that any such amendment, waiver or other
modification thereto would be prohibited by the terms of this Indenture, unless
otherwise agreed to by the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal
amount of Securities at the time outstanding), including any such amendments or
modifications (or any other credit agreement or credit agreements) that replace,
refund or refinance any or a portion of the commitments or loans thereunder, up
to a maximum principal amount not to exceed the sum of (1) with respect to a
revolving credit facility, up to $50,000,000 and (2) with respect to any term
loan facilities, up to an amount equal to the greater of (a) $335,000,000 and
(b) an amount equal to the Term Loan Borrowing Base.”

 

(D) adding the following definition in the appropriate place in Section 1.01:

 

“‘Term Loan Borrowing Base’ means, as of the date of determination, 325% of
EBITDA, for the period of the most recent four consecutive fiscal quarters at
the end of the most recent fiscal quarter for which financial statements are
publicly available; PROVIDED HOWEVER THAT:

 

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(1)           if the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary has repaid,
repurchased, defeased or otherwise discharged any Indebtedness since the
beginning of such period or if any Indebtedness is to be repaid, repurchased,
defeased or otherwise discharged (in each case, other than Indebtedness Incurred
under any revolving credit facility unless such Indebtedness has been
permanently repaid and has not been replaced) on the date of the transaction
giving rise to the need to calculate the Term Loan Borrowing Base, EBITDA for
such period shall be calculated on a pro forma basis as if such discharge had
occurred on the first day of such period and as if the Issuer or such Restricted
Subsidiary has not earned the interest income actually earned during such period
in respect of cash or Temporary Cash Investments used to repay, repurchase,
defease or otherwise discharge such Indebtedness;

 

(2)           if since the beginning of such period the Issuer or any Restricted
Subsidiary shall have made any Asset Disposition, the EBITDA for such period
shall be reduced by an amount equal to the EBITDA (if positive) directly
attributable to the assets that are the subject of such Asset Disposition for
such period or increased by an amount equal to the EBITDA (if negative) directly
attributable thereto for such period;

 

(3)           if since the beginning of such period, the Issuer or any
Restricted Subsidiary (by merger or otherwise) shall have made an Investment in
any Person that is merged with or into the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary
(or any Person that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary) or an acquisition of
assets, including any acquisition of assets occurring in connection with a
transaction causing a calculation to be made hereunder, which constitutes all or
substantially all of an operating unit of a business, EBITDA for such period
shall be calculated after giving pro forma effect thereto (including the
Incurrence of any Indebtedness) as if such Investment or acquisition occurred on
the first day of such period; any such pro forma calculation may include
adjustments appropriate to reflect, without duplication, (a) any such
acquisition to the extent such adjustments may be reflected in the preparation
of pro forma financial information in accordance with the requirements of GAAP
and Article XI of Regulation S-X under the Exchange Act, (b) the annualized
amount of operating expense reductions reasonably expected to be realized in the
six months following any such acquisition made during any of the four fiscal
quarters constituting the four-quarter reference period prior to the date of
determination and (c) the annualized amount of operating expense reductions
reasonably expected to be realized in the six months following any such
acquisition made by the Issuer during either of the two fiscal quarters
immediately preceding the four-quarter reference period prior to the date of
determination; PROVIDED that in either case such adjustments are set forth in an
Officers’ Certificate that has been signed by the Issuer’s chief executive
officer and chief financial officer and that states (a) the amount of such
adjustment or adjustments, (b) that such adjustment or adjustments are based on
the reasonable good faith beliefs of the officers executing such Officers’
Certificate at the time of such execution and (c) that any related Incurrence of
Indebtedness is permitted pursuant to the Indenture;

 

(4)           if since the beginning of such period, any Person (that
subsequently became a Restricted Subsidiary or was merged with or into the
Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary since the beginning of such period) shall
have made any Asset Disposition or any Investment or acquisition of assets that
would have required an adjustment pursuant to clause (2) or (3) above if made by
the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary during such period, EBITDA for such period
shall be calculated after giving pro forma effect thereto as if such Asset
Disposition, Investment or acquisition of assets occurred on the first day of
such period.

 

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For purposes of this definition, whenever pro forma effect is to be given to an
acquisition of assets and the amount of income or earnings relating thereto, the
pro forma calculations shall be determined in good faith by a responsible
financial or accounting Officer of the Issuer.  If any Indebtedness bears a
floating rate of interest and is being given pro forma effect, the interest
expense on such Indebtedness shall be calculated as if the rate in effect on the
date of determination had been the applicable rate for the entire period (taking
into account any Interest Rate Agreement applicable to such Indebtedness if such
Interest Rate Agreement has a remaining term as at the date of determination in
excess of 12 months).”

 

SECTION 1.02.   Amendment of Definitions.  Subject to Section 2.01 hereof, the
Indenture is hereby amended by deleting any definitions from the Indenture with
respect to which references would be eliminated as a result of the amendment of
the Indenture pursuant to Section 1.01 hereof.

 

ARTICLE TWO

MISCELLANEOUS

 

SECTION 2.01.   Effectiveness.  This Supplemental Indenture shall become
effective on and as of the date the counterparts hereto shall have been executed
and delivered by each of the parties hereto.  This Supplemental Indenture will
become operative upon the earlier to occur of (x) the Payment Date (as defined
in the Offer to Purchase) and (y) the date on which the Issuer delivers a
written, irrevocable notice to the Depositary (as defined in the Offer to
Purchase) that all conditions to the Tender Offer have been waived or satisfied
and it shall not amend, extend or terminate the Tender Offer and shall
consummate the Tender Offer at the Expiration Time (as defined in the Offer to
Purchase) in effect on such date, in which case this Supplemental Indenture will
become operative as of the date hereof.

 

SECTION 2.02.  Governing Law.  THE INTERNAL LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK,
INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, SECTION 5-1401 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS
LAW,  SHALL GOVERN AND BE USED TO CONSTRUE THIS SUPPLEMENTAL SUPPLEMENTAL
INDENTURE.

 

SECTION 2.03.  Counterparts.  This Supplemental Indenture may be executed in any
number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original; but such
counterparts shall constitute but one and the same instrument.

 

SECTION 2.04.  Severability.  In case any provision of this Supplemental
Indenture shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and
enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or
impaired thereby.

 

SECTION 2.05.  Ratification.  Except as expressly waived, amended or
supplemented hereby, all of the terms of the Indenture shall remain and continue
in full force and effect and are hereby confirmed in all respects and, as
expressly waived, amended, or supplemented hereby, the Indenture is in all
respects agreed to, ratified and confirmed by each of the Issuer, the Guarantors
and the Trustee.

 

SECTION 2.06.  Trustee.  The Trustee accepts the trusts created by the
Indenture, as supplemented by this Supplemental Indenture, and agrees to perform
the same upon the terms and conditions of the Indenture, as amended and
supplemented by this Supplemental Indenture.

 

SECTION 2.07. No Representations by Trustee. The recitals contained herein shall
be taken as the statement of the Issuer and Guarantors, and the Trustee assumes
no responsibility whatsoever for their correctness.  The Trustee makes no
representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture
or for the due execution hereof by the Issuer and the Guarantors.

 

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SECTION 2.08.  Reaffirmation. The parties hereto make and reaffirm as of the
date of execution of this Supplemental Indenture all of their respective
representations, covenants and agreements set forth in the Indenture, as amended
by this Supplemental Indenture.

 

SECTION 2.09.  Assignment.  All covenants and agreements of the Issuer, the
Guarantors, and the Trustee in the Indenture, as amended by this Supplemental
Indenture, shall bind each of their respective successors and assigns, whether
so expressed or not.

 

SECTION 2.10.  Third-Party Beneficiaries.  Nothing in this Supplemental
Indenture, express or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties
hereto and their successors under the Indenture and the Holders of the Notes,
any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under the Indenture
or this Supplemental Indenture.

 

SECTION 2.11.  Trust Indenture Act.  If any provisions hereof limit, quality or
conflict with a provision of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended from
time to time (the “TIA”), required under the TIA to be a part of and govern this
Supplemental Indenture, the provisions of the TIA shall control.  If any
provision hereof modifies or excludes any provision of the TIA that may be so
modified or excluded, the latter provisions shall be deemed to apply to this
Supplemental Indenture as so modified or excluded, as the case may be.

 

SECTION 2.12.  Unity.  All provisions of this Supplemental Indenture shall be
deemed to be incorporated in, and made a part of, the Indenture.  The Indenture,
as amended and supplemented by this Supplemental Indenture, shall be read, taken
and construed as one and the same instrument.

 

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

 

 

ALASKA COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS HOLDINGS, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Leonard Steinberg

 

 

Name:

Leonard Steinberg

 

 

Title:

General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

 

 

 

ALASKA COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS GROUP, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Leonard Steinberg

 

 

Name:

Leonard Steinberg

 

 

Title:

General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

 

 

 

 

 

ACS OF THE NORTHLAND, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Leonard Steinberg

 

 

Name:

Leonard Steinberg

 

 

Title:

General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

 

 

 

 

 

ACS OF ALASKA, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Leonard Steinberg

 

 

Name:

Leonard Steinberg

 

 

Title:

General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

 

 

 

 

 

ACS OF FAIRBANKS, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Leonard Steinberg

 

 

Name:

Leonard Steinberg

 

 

Title:

General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

 

 

 

 

 

ACS OF ANCHORAGE, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Leonard Steinberg

 

 

Name:

Leonard Steinberg

 

 

Title:

General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

 

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ACS WIRELESS, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Leonard Steinberg

 

 

Name:

Leonard Steinberg

 

 

Title:

General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

 

 

 

 

 

ACS INTERNET, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Leonard Steinberg

 

 

Name:

Leonard Steinberg

 

 

Title:

General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

 

 

 

 

 

ACS MESSAGING, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Leonard Steinberg

 

 

Name:

Leonard Steinberg

 

 

Title:

General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

 

 

 

 

 

ACS INFOSOURCE, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Leonard Steinberg

 

 

Name:

Leonard Steinberg

 

 

Title:

General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

 

 

 

 

 

ACS OF ALASKA LICENSE SUB, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Leonard Steinberg

 

 

Name:

Leonard Steinberg

 

 

Title:

General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

 

 

 

 

 

ACS OF THE NORTHLAND LICENSE SUB, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Leonard Steinberg

 

 

Name:

Leonard Steinberg

 

 

Title:

General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

 

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ACS OF FAIRBANKS LICENSE SUB, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Leonard Steinberg

 

 

Name:

Leonard Steinberg

 

 

Title:

General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

 

 

 

 

 

ACS OF ANCHORAGE LICENSE SUB, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Leonard Steinberg

 

 

Name:

Leonard Steinberg

 

 

Title:

General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

 

 

 

 

 

ACS WIRELESS LICENSE SUB, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Leonard Steinberg

 

 

Name:

Leonard Steinberg

 

 

Title:

General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

 

 

 

 

 

ACS LONG DISTANCE LICENSE SUB, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Leonard Steinberg

 

 

Name:

Leonard Steinberg

 

 

Title:

General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

 

 

 

 

 

ACS TELEVISION LICENSE SUB, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Leonard Steinberg

 

 

Name:

Leonard Steinberg

 

 

Title:

General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

 

 

 

 

 

ACS SERVICES, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Leonard Steinberg

 

 

Name:

Leonard Steinberg

 

 

Title:

General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

 

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ACS LONG DISTANCE, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Leonard Steinberg

 

 

Name:

Leonard Steinberg

 

 

Title:

General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

 

 

 

 

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Daren M. DiNicola

 

 

Name:

Daren M. DiNicola

 

 

Title:

Authorized Signatory

 

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