Exhibit 4.5
Execution Version
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
This REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT dated August 13, 2021 (this “Agreement”) is entered into by and among T-Mobile USA, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Issuer”), T-Mobile US, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), the subsidiaries of the Issuer party hereto (the “Subsidiary Guarantors” and, together with Parent, the “Initial Guarantors”) and Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC for themselves and as representatives (the “Representatives”) of the several initial purchasers listed on Schedule 1 of the Purchase Agreement (as defined below) (the “Initial Purchasers”).
The Issuer, the Initial Guarantors and the Representatives are parties to that certain Purchase Agreement, dated August 10, 2021 (the “Purchase Agreement”), which provides for the sale by the Issuer to the Initial Purchasers of $700,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 3.600% Senior Secured Notes due 2060 (the “New 2060 Notes”) and $1,300,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 3.400% Senior Secured Notes due 2052 (the “2052 Notes” and, together with the New 2060 Notes, the “Notes”). The Issuer previously issued $1,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 3.600% Senior Secured Notes due 2060 (the “Existing 2060 Notes” and collectively with the New 2060 Notes, the “2060 Notes”) and the New 2060 Notes constitute an offering of “Additional Notes” (as such term is defined in the Base Indenture (as defined below) and the Seventeenth Supplemental Indenture (as defined below)).
The Notes will be issued under that certain Indenture dated as of April 9, 2020 (the “Base Indenture”), among the Issuer, Parent and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee (the “Trustee”), as supplemented with respect to the Issuer’s (a) 2060 Notes by the Seventeenth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of October 28, 2020 (the “Seventeenth Supplemental Indenture”), and the Twentieth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of the date hereof (the “Twentieth Supplemental Indenture”) and (b) 2052 Notes by the Nineteenth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of the date hereof (the “Nineteenth Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the Seventeenth Supplemental Indenture and the Twentieth Supplemental Indenture, the “Supplemental Indentures”) in each case among the Issuer, the Initial Guarantors and the Trustee (the Base Indenture, together with the Supplemental Indentures, the “Indenture”). The Initial Guarantors will, jointly and severally, fully and unconditionally guarantee on a senior secured basis (other than Sprint Corporation, a Delaware corporation, Sprint Communications, Inc. and Sprint Capital Corporation, which will guarantee on a senior unsecured basis) the obligations of the Issuer, including the due and punctual payment of interest on the Notes (the “Notes Guarantees”). The term “Securities” shall mean the Notes and the Notes Guarantees.
As an inducement to the Initial Purchasers to enter into the Purchase Agreement, the Issuer and the Initial Guarantors have agreed to provide to the Initial Purchasers and their direct and indirect transferees the registration rights set forth in this Agreement. The execution and delivery of this Agreement is a condition to the closing under the Purchase Agreement.