Document:

Exhibit 10.43

EXECUTION VERSION

FIRST AMENDMENT AGREEMENT

This FIRST AMENDMENT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of January 30, 2014 and effective as of January 1, 2014, by and among SHENANDOAH TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANY, a Virginia corporation (“Borrower”), each of the subsidiaries of Borrower identified as guarantors on the signature pages hereto (individually, a “Guarantor” and, collectively, the “Guarantors”; and together with Borrower, individually a “Loan Party” and, collectively, the “Loan Parties”), COBANK, ACB, as Administrative Agent (“Administrative Agent”), and each of the financial institutions executing this Agreement and identified as a Lender on the signature pages hereto (the “Lenders”).

RECITALS

WHEREAS, Borrower, the Guarantors and the Lenders have entered into that certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of September 14, 2012 (as amended, modified, supplemented, extended or restated from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”); and

 

WHEREAS, the Lenders have agreed to certain modifications to the Credit Agreement as more fully described herein.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the agreements set forth in this Agreement, each of Borrower, the Guarantors and the Lenders party hereto hereby agrees as follows:

SECTION 1.  Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Credit Agreement.

 

SECTION 2.  Amendments. In reliance on the representations and warranties of Borrower and the Guarantors contained in this Agreement and in connection with Borrower’s request therefor, and subject to the effectiveness of this Agreement as described below,

 

(A)     Subsection 2.13 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by replacing each reference therein to “Hedge Agreements” with “Related Secured Hedge Agreements”.

 

(B)    Subsection 3.4(G) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by adding to the end of such Subsection 3.4(G) “permitted pursuant to Subsection 3.14”.

 

(C)     Subsection 3.14 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by amending and restating such Subsection 3.14 in its entirety as follows:

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3.14            Hedge Agreements.  The Loan Parties will not, and will not permit their respective Subsidiaries to, engage in, guaranty or grant a security interest to secure any speculative transactions or any transaction involving a Hedge Agreement except for Hedge Agreements entered into (i) as required by Subsection 2.13 or (ii) in the ordinary course of business solely for hedging (rather than speculative) purposes to provide protection to the Borrower or any other Loan Party against fluctuations in interest rates or currency exchange rates; provided however, that (X) no Loan Party or Subsidiary of any Loan Party shall enter into or incur any Hedge Agreement that constitutes or gives rise to a Swap Obligation, contingent or otherwise, if at the time it enters into or incurs such Swap Obligation it does not constitute an “eligible contract participant” as defined in the Commodity Exchange Act, and (Y) no Loan Party or Subsidiary of any Loan Party shall guaranty or grant a security interest to secure any Swap Obligation if at the time of such guaranty or grant it does not constitute an “eligible contract participant” as defined in the Commodity Exchange Act.

 

(D)     Section 5 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by adding to such Section the following Subsection 5.22:

 

5.22            Qualified ECP Guarantor Status.  The Borrower is, and will be, a Qualified ECP Guarantor on the date hereof and on each date it enters into a Hedge Agreement in accordance with the terms hereof.

 

(E)    Subsection 6.1(C) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by adding to Subsection 6.1(C) a cross reference to Subsection 9.23 of the Credit Agreement.

 

(F)    Subsection 6.9 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by adding to the end of Subsection 6.9 the following sentence:

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, amounts received from any Loan Party shall not be applied to Secured Obligations that comprise Excluded Swap Obligations of such Loan Party (it being understood that in the event that any amount is applied to Secured Obligations other than Excluded Swap Obligations as a result of this sentence, the Administrative Agent shall make such adjustments as it determines in its sole discretion are appropriate to distributions pursuant to Related Secured Hedge Agreements from amounts received from “eligible contract participants” under the Commodity Exchange Act or any regulations promulgated thereunder to ensure, as nearly as possible, that the proportional aggregate recoveries with respect to Secured Obligations pursuant to Related Secured Hedge Agreements by the holders of any Excluded Swap Obligations are the same as the proportional aggregate recoveries with respect to other Secured Obligations Related Secured Hedge Agreements).

(G)     Section 9 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by adding to such Section the following Subsection 9.23:

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9.23            Keepwell.  In addition to and not in derogation of any other obligation of any Loan Party under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, each Loan Party constituting a Qualified ECP Guarantor hereby jointly and severally absolutely and irrevocably undertakes to provide and guarantees such funds or other support to each other Loan Party as may be needed by such Loan Party from time to time to honor all of its obligations under any Loan Document including obligations with respect to Swap Obligations that would, in the absence of the agreement in this Section 9.23, otherwise constitute Excluded Swap Obligations as to such other Loan Party (but in each case, only up to the maximum amount of such liability that can be hereby incurred without rendering its obligations under this Section 9.23 or otherwise under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, as it relates to such other Loan Parties, voidable under applicable Law relating to fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer, and not for any greater amount).  The guarantees, obligations and undertakings of the Loan Parties constituting Qualified ECP Guarantors under this Section 9.23 shall remain in full force and effect until all obligations under any Loan Document have been indefeasibly paid and performed in full and all Commitments have expired or been terminated.  The Loan Parties intend that this Section 9.23 constitute, and this Section 9.23 shall be deemed to constitute, a “keepwell, support, or other agreement” for the benefit of each other Loan Party for all purposes of the Commodity Exchange Act

 

(H)     The definitions of “Hedge Agreement”, “Material Accounts”, “Obligations”, and “Secured Obligations” in Subsection 10.1 of the Credit Agreement are hereby amended and restated in their entirety as set forth below:

 

“Hedge Agreement” means (i) any and all rate swap transactions, basis swaps, credit derivative transactions, forward rate transactions, commodity swaps, commodity options, forward commodity contracts, equity or equity index swaps or options, bond or bond price or bond index swaps or options or forward bond or forward bond price or forward bond index transactions, interest rate options, forward foreign exchange transactions, cap transactions, floor transactions, collar transactions, currency swap transactions, cross-currency rate swap transactions, currency options, spot contracts, or any other similar transactions or any combination of any of the foregoing (including any options to enter into any of the foregoing), whether or not any such transaction is governed by or subject to any master agreement, and (ii) any and all transactions of any kind, and the related confirmations, which are subject to the terms and conditions of, or governed by, any form of master agreement published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., any International Foreign Exchange Master Agreement, or any other master agreement.

 

“Material Accounts” means (A) all deposit, securities or other investment accounts in the name of the Loan Parties and their respective Subsidiaries (other than Excluded Subsidiaries) at Branch Banking and Trust Company (or such other financial institution with which Borrower maintains its primary banking relationship) and (B) all other deposit, securities or other investment accounts in the name of the Loan Parties and their respective Subsidiaries (other than Excluded Subsidiaries), in each case, to the extent the average daily or interdaily balance of such accounts for the most recently completed six calendar months exceeds $1,000,000 individually or $2,500,000 in the aggregate.

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“Obligations” means all obligations, liabilities and Indebtedness of every nature of Borrower and all other Loan Parties under the Loan Documents from time to time owed to Administrative Agent, any Lender or any Indemnitee, including, the principal amount of all debts, claims and Indebtedness, accrued and unpaid interest and all indemnities, fees, costs and expenses, whether primary, secondary, direct, contingent, fixed or otherwise, heretofore, now or from time to time hereafter owing, due or payable, or any combination thereof, whether before or after the filing of a proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code or any Other Debtor Relief Law (whether or not allowed in such proceeding) by or against any Loan Party or any of its respective Subsidiaries; provided however, Excluded Swap Obligations of any Loan Party shall in any event be excluded from “Obligations” owing by such Loan Party.

 

“Secured Obligation” means (i) the Obligations and (ii) all obligations of Borrower or any other Loan Party under any Secured Hedge Agreement; provided however, Excluded Swap Obligations of any Loan Party shall in any event be excluded from “Secured Obligations” owing by such Loan Party.

 

(I)     Subsection 10.1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended to add the following definitions:

 

“Commodity Exchange Act” means the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. § 1 et seq.), as amended from time to time, and any successor statute.

 

“Excluded Swap Obligation” means, with respect to any Loan Party providing a guaranty of or granting a security interest to secure any Swap Obligation of another Loan Party, any Swap Obligation if, and to the extent that, all or a portion of the guaranty of such Loan Party of, or the grant by such Loan Party of a security interest to secure, such Swap Obligation (or any guaranty thereof) is or becomes illegal under the Commodity Exchange Act or any rule, regulation or order of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (or the application or official interpretation of any thereof) by virtue of such Loan Party’s failure for any reason to constitute an “eligible contract participant” as defined in the Commodity Exchange Act (determined after giving effect to Subsection 9.23 and any other “keepwell, support or other agreements” for the benefit of such Loan Party) at the time the guaranty of or grant of such security interest by such Loan Party becomes effective with respect to such related Swap Obligation.  For the avoidance of doubt, if a Swap Obligation arises under a master agreement governing more than one swap, such exclusion shall apply only to the portion of such Swap Obligation that is attributable to swaps for which such guaranty or grant of security interest is or becomes illegal.

 

“Qualified ECP Guarantor” means, in respect of any Swap Obligation, each Loan Party (a) that has total assets exceeding $10,000,000 at the time of such Swap Obligation or any guaranty of or any granting of a security interest to secure obligations under such Swap Obligation becomes effective or (b) that otherwise constitutes an “eligible contract participant” under the Commodity Exchange Act or any regulations promulgated thereunder and can cause another Person to qualify as an “eligible contract participant” at such time by entering into a keepwell under Section 1a(18)(A)(v)(II) of the Commodity Exchange Act.

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“Swap Obligation” means, with respect to any Loan Party, any obligation to pay or perform under any agreement, contract or transaction that constitutes a “swap” within the meaning of section 1a(47) of the Commodity Exchange Act.

 

SECTION 3.  This Agreement shall not constitute a novation of the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document.  Except as expressly provided in this Agreement, the execution and delivery of this Agreement does not and will not amend, modify or supplement any provision of, or constitute a consent to or a waiver of any noncompliance with the provisions of, the Loan Documents, and the Loan Documents shall remain in full force and effect.

 

SECTION 4.  Each of the Loan Parties hereby represents and warrants to the Lenders as follows:

 

(A)          Such Loan Party has the right and power, and has taken all necessary action to authorize it, to execute, deliver and perform this Agreement in accordance with its terms.  This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by such Loan Party and is a legal, valid and binding obligation of it, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms.

 

(B)          The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement in accordance with its terms do not and will not, by the passage of time, the giving of notice or otherwise,

 

(1)            require any Governmental Approval or violate any Applicable Law relating to such Loan Party;

 

(2)            conflict with, result in a breach of or constitute a default under the organizational documents of such Loan Party, any material provision of any indenture, agreement or other instrument to which it is a party or by which it or any of its properties may be bound or any Governmental Approval relating to it; or

 

(3)            result in or require the creation or imposition of any Lien (except as permitted by the Loan Documents) upon or with respect to any property now owned or hereafter acquired by such Loan Party.

 

(C)            The representations and warranties of such Loan Party set forth in the Loan Documents are true and correct as of the date hereof as if made on the date hereof.

 

(D)            No Event of Default under the Loan Documents has occurred and is continuing as of this date.

SECTION 5.  Borrower hereby confirms and agrees that (a) each Security Document is and shall continue to be in full force and effect, and (b) the obligations secured by each such document include any and all obligations of the Loan Parties to the Secured Parties under the Credit Agreement.

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SECTION 6.  Each of the Guarantors hereby confirms and agrees that (a) its guarantee contained in the Credit Agreement and each Security Document to which it is a party is and shall continue to be in full force and effect, and (b) the obligations guaranteed or secured by each such applicable document include any and all obligations of the Loan Parties to the Secured Parties under the Credit Agreement.

 

SECTION 7.  This Agreement shall be effective only upon receipt by the Administrative Agent of an execution counterpart hereto signed by Borrower, each Guarantor, and each Lender.

 

SECTION 8.  Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, on demand, all reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent, including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel retained by the Administrative Agent, in connection with the negotiation, preparation, execution and delivery of this Agreement and all other instruments and documents contemplated hereby.

 

SECTION 9.  This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when executed shall be deemed to be an original and shall be binding upon all parties and their respective permitted successors and assigns, and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.

 

SECTION 10.  This Agreement shall be governed by and shall be construed and enforced in accordance with all provisions of the Credit Agreement, including the governing law provisions thereof.

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Witness the due execution hereof by the respective duly authorized officers of the undersigned as of the date first written above.

	
 

	
SHENANDOAH TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANY, as Borrower

	
 

	
 

	
 

	
 

	
 

	
 

	
By:

	
/s/

	
 

	
 

	
Name:

	
Christopher E. French

	
 

	
 

	
Title:

	
President

	
 

	
 

	
SHENANDOAH CABLE TELEVISION LLC,

	
 

	
 

	
SHENTEL CABLE OF SHENANDOAH COUNTY, LLC,

	
 

	
 

	
SHENANDOAH PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS, LLC,

	
 

	
 

	
SHENANDOAH MOBILE, LLC,

	
 

	
 

	
SHENTEL COMMUNICATIONS, LLC,

	
 

	
 

	
SHENTEL MANAGEMENT COMPANY,

	
 

	
 

	
each as a Guarantor

	
 

	
 

	
 

	
 

	
 

	
 

	
By:

	
/s/

	
 

	
 

	
Name:

	
Christopher E. French

	
 

	
 

	
Title:

	
President

	
 

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COBANK, ACB, as Administrative Agent and a Lender

	
 

	
 

	
 

	
 

	
 

	
 

	
By:

	
/s/

	
 

	
 

	
 

	
Gloria Hancock

	
 

	
 

	
 

	
Vice President

	
 

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AgFirst Farm Credit Bank, as a voting participant pursuant to Subsection 8.1(D) of the Credit Agreement

	
 

	
 

	
 

	 	
By:

	
/s/

	
 

	
Name:

	
John W. Burnside, Jr.

	
 

	
Title:

	
Vice President

	
 

	
Farm Credit Bank of Texas, as a voting participant pursuant to Subsection 8.1(D) of the Credit Agreement

	
 

	
 

	
 

	 	
By:

	
/s/

	
 

	
Name:

	
Nicholas King

	
 

	
Title:

	
Vice President

	
 

	
Farm Credit Services of America, FLCA, as a voting participant pursuant to Subsection 8.1(D) of the Credit Agreement

	
 

	
 

	
 

	 	
By:

	
/s/

	
 

	
Name:

	
Ben Fogle

	
 

	
Title:

	
Vice President

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Farm Credit Mid-America, FLCA, fka Farm Credit Services of Mid-America, FLCA, as a voting participant pursuant to Subsection 8.1(D) of the Credit Agreement

	
 

	
 

	
 

	 	
By:

	
/s/

	
 

	
Name:

	
Ralph Bowman

	
 

	
Title:

	
Vice President Capital Markets

	
 

	
United FCS, FLCA d/b/a FCS Commercial Finance Group, as a voting participant pursuant to Subsection 8.1(D) of the Credit Agreement

	
 

	
 

	
 

	 	
By:

	
/s/

	
 

	
Name:

	
Jeremy Voigts

	
 

	
Title:

	
Vice President

	
 

	
GreenStone Farm Credit Services, ACA/FLCA, as a voting participant pursuant to Subsection 8.1(D) of the Credit Agreement

	
 

	
 

	
 

	 	
By:

	
/s/

	
 

	
Name:

	
Jeff Pavlik

	
 

	
Title:

	
Vice President

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1st Farm Credit Services, FLCA, as a voting participant pursuant to Subsection 8.1(D) of the Credit Agreement

	
 

	
 

	
 

	 	
By:

	
/s/

	
 

	
Name:

	
Dale A. Richardson

	
 

	
Title:

	
Vice President, Capital Markets Group

	
 

	
MidAtlantic Farm Credit FLCA, as a voting participant pursuant to Subsection 8.1(D) of the Credit Agreement

	
 

	
 

	
 

	 	
By:

	
/s/

	
 

	
Name:

	
William J. Rutta

	
 

	
Title:

	
Vice President

	
 

	
AgStar Financial Services, FLCA, as a voting participant pursuant to Subsection 8.1(D) of the Credit Agreement

	
 

	
 

	
 

	 	
By:

	
/s/

	
 

	
Name:

	
Troy Mostaert

	
 

	
Title:

	
VP Capital Markets

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AgChoice Farm Credit, FLCA, as a voting participant pursuant to Subsection 8.1(D) of the Credit Agreement

	
 

	
 

	
 

	 	
By:

	
/s/

	
 

	
Name:

	
Mark F. Kerstetter

	
 

	
Title:

	
Vice President

	
 

	
Frontier Farm Credit, ACA, as a voting participant pursuant to Subsection 8.1(D) of the Credit Agreement

	
 

	
 

	
 

	 	
By:

	
/s/

	
 

	
Name:

	
Stuart R. Hays

	
 

	
Title:

	
Vice President

	
 

	
Northwest Farm Credit Services, FLCA, as a voting participant pursuant to Subsection 8.1(D) of the Credit Agreement

	
 

	
 

	
 

	 	
By:

	
/s/

	
 

	
Name:

	
Mark Westfall

	
 

	
Title:

	
Vice President

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Farm Credit West, FLCA, as a voting participant pursuant to Subsection 8.1(D) of the Credit Agreement

	
 

	
 

	
 

	 	
By:

	
/s/

	
 

	
Name:

	
Ben Madonna

	
 

	
Title:

	
Vice President

	
 

	
Badgerland Financial, FLCA, as a voting participant pursuant to Subsection 8.1(D) of the Credit Agreement

	
 

	
 

	
 

	 	
By:

	
/s/

	
 

	
Name:

	
Terry A. McMahon

	
 

	
Title:

	
Chief Credit Officer

	
 

	
American Ag Credit, FLCA, as a voting participant pursuant to Subsection 8.1(D) of the Credit Agreement

	
 

	
 

	
 

	 	
By:

	
/s/

	
 

	
Name:

	
Edwin A. Adams, Jr.

	
 

	
Title:

	
Vice PresidentExhibit 10.44

 

EXECUTION VERSION

JOINDER AGREEMENT

 

THIS JOINDER AGREEMENT (this “Joinder”), dated as of January 30, 2014 and effective as of January 1, 2014, is among SHENTEL CABLE OF SHENANDOAH COUNTY, LLC, a Virginia limited liability company (“New Subsidiary”), SHENANDOAH TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANY, a Virginia corporation (“Borrower”), the Guarantors under the Credit Agreement (as hereinafter defined), the Grantors under the Pledge and Security Agreement (as defined in the Credit Agreement), and CoBANK, ACB, as Administrative Agent (“Administrative Agent”) under that certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of September 14, 2012, among Borrower, the Guarantors party thereto, Administrative Agent, CoBank, ACB, as a Lender, and such other Lenders as may from time to time become a party thereto (as amended, modified, extended or restated from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”).  All of the defined terms in the Credit Agreement are incorporated herein by reference.

 

Borrower is required by Subsection 2.12 of the Credit Agreement to cause New Subsidiary to become a “Guarantor” and a “Loan Party” thereunder and to become a “Guarantor” and a “Grantor” under the Pledge and Security Agreement.  New Subsidiary will obtain benefits as a result of the continued extension of credit to Borrower under the Credit Agreement, which benefits are hereby acknowledged, and, accordingly, desires to execute and deliver this Joinder.  Therefore, in consideration of the foregoing and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, and to induce the Lenders to continue to extend credit to Borrower under the Credit Agreement, New Subsidiary, Borrower, each existing Guarantor, each existing Grantor and Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, hereby agree as follows:

 

		1.	New Subsidiary and Administrative Agent, on behalf of itself and the Lenders, hereby acknowledge, agree and confirm that, by New Subsidiary’s execution of this Joinder, New Subsidiary will be deemed to be a party to the Credit Agreement and a “Guarantor” and a “Loan Party” for all purposes of the Credit Agreement, including, Subsection 9.20 thereof, and the other Loan Documents, and shall have all of the obligations and rights of a Guarantor and a Loan Party thereunder as if it had executed the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents.  New Subsidiary hereby ratifies, as of the date hereof, and agrees to be bound by, all of the terms, provisions and conditions contained in the Loan Documents, including, (i) all of the representations and warranties of a Loan Party set forth in Section 5 of the Credit Agreement, (ii) all of the affirmative and negative covenants set forth in Sections 2, 3 and 4 of the Credit Agreement, and (iii) the right of set off set forth in Subsection 6.7 of the Credit Agreement.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing terms of this paragraph 1, New Subsidiary hereby jointly and severally, together with the other Guarantors, unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees as primary obligor and not merely as surety the full and prompt payment when due, whether upon maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, of any and all Secured Obligations strictly in accordance with the terms thereof, on order, or demand, and that in the case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any of the Secured Obligations of Borrower, the same will be promptly paid in full when due in accordance with the terms of such extension or renewal, all as provided in the Credit Agreement, including, Subsection 9.20 of the Credit Agreement.

		2.	New Subsidiary and Administrative Agent, on behalf of itself and the Lenders, hereby acknowledge, agree and confirm that, by its execution of this Joinder, New Subsidiary will be deemed to be a party to the Pledge and Security Agreement and a “Guarantor” and a “Grantor” for all purposes of the Pledge and Security Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and shall have all the obligations and rights of a Guarantor and a Grantor thereunder as if it had executed the Pledge and Security Agreement.  New Subsidiary hereby ratifies, as of the date hereof, and agrees to be bound by, all of the terms, provisions and conditions contained in the Pledge and Security Agreement, including, all of the representations and warranties and all of the negative and affirmative covenants set forth in the Pledge and Security Agreement.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing terms of this paragraph 2, New Subsidiary hereby grants to Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a continuing security interest in its Collateral, all on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Pledge and Security Agreement.

 

		3.	New Subsidiary acknowledges and confirms that it has received a copy of the Credit Agreement and the schedules and exhibits thereto and the Pledge and Security Agreement and the annexes and exhibits thereto.  Each of the parties hereto acknowledges and agrees that the information on the schedules to the Credit Agreement and annexes to the Pledge and Security Agreement are hereby amended to provide the information shown on the attached Schedule A.

 

		4.	Except to the extent excluded pursuant to Section 2.3 of the Pledge and Security Agreement, each of the parties hereto acknowledges and confirms that the Equity Interests described in the Annex A to the attached Schedule A are part of the Equity Interests within the meaning of the Pledge and Security Agreement and are part of the Collateral and secure all of the Secured Obligations as provided in the Pledge and Security Agreement.

 

		5.	Each of Borrower, the existing Guarantors, and the existing Grantors confirms that all of its obligations under the Credit Agreement, the Pledge and Security Agreement, and the other Loan Documents are, and upon the New Subsidiary becoming a Guarantor and Grantor, shall continue to be, in full force and effect.  The parties hereto confirm and agree that immediately upon the New Subsidiary becoming a Guarantor and Grantor the term “Obligations” and “Secured Obligations”, as used in the Credit Agreement, the Pledge and Security Agreement and the other Loan Documents, shall include all obligations of the New Subsidiary under the Credit Agreement, the Pledge and Security Agreement and under each other Loan Document.

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		6.	Each of Borrower, New Subsidiary, the existing Guarantors and the existing Grantors agree that at any time and from time to time, upon the written request of Administrative Agent, they will execute and deliver such further documents and do such further acts and things as Administrative Agent may reasonably request in order to effect the purposes of this Joinder.

 

		7.	This Joinder may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original but all of which when taken together shall constitute one contract.

 

		8.	This Joinder shall be governed by and shall be construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Colorado, without regard to conflicts of law principles that require or permit application of the laws of any other state or jurisdiction.

 

		9.	This Joinder shall be governed by and shall be construed and enforced in accordance with all provisions of the Credit Agreement.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of Borrower, New Subsidiary, the existing Guarantors, the existing Grantors and Administrative Agent, for the benefit of Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties, has caused this Joinder to be duly executed by its authorized officer as of the day and year first above written.

 

	
 

	
SHENANDOAH TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANY, as Borrower and a Grantor

	
 

	
 

	
 

	
 

	
 

	
 

	
By:

	
/s/

	
 

	
 

	
 

	
Name: Christopher E. French

	
 

	
 

	
 

	
Title: President

	
 

	
 

	
SHENTEL CABLE OF SHENANDOAH COUNTY, LLC, as the New Subsidiary

	
 

	
 

	
 

	
 

	
 

	
 

	
By:

	
/s/

	
 

	
 

	
 

	
Name: Christopher E. French

	
 

	
 

	
 

	
Title: President

	
 

	
 

	
SHENANDOAH CABLE TELEVISION, LLC,

	
 

	
 

	
SHENANDOAH PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS, LLC,

	
 

	
 

	
SHENANDOAH MOBILE, LLC,

	
 

	
 

	
SHENTEL MANAGEMENT COMPANY,

	
 

	
 

	
SHENTEL COMMUNICATIONS, LLC, as existing Guarantors and existing Grantors

	
 

	
 

	
 

	
 

	
 

	
 

	
By:

	
/s/

	
 

	
 

	
 

	
Name: Christopher E. French

	
 

	
 

	
 

	
Title: President

	
 

	
 

	
COBANK, ACB,

	
 

	
 

	
as Administrative Agent

	
 

	
 

	
 

	
 

	
 

	
 

	
By:

	
/s/

	
 

	
 

	
 

	
Name: Gloria Hancock

	
 

	
 

	
 

	
Title: Vice President

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