Exhibit 4.1
INSIGHT MIDWEST, L.P.
and
INSIGHT CAPITAL, INC.
As Issuers
and
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
As Successor Trustee To
HARRIS TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK
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SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
Dated as of October 12, 2005
(Supplemental to Indenture Dated as of October 1, 1999)
Series A and Series B
9 3/4% Senior Notes Due 2009
SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of October 12, 2005 (this "Second
Supplemental Indenture") among Insight Midwest, L.P., a Delaware limited
partnership (the "Company"), Insight Capital, Inc., a Delaware corporation
("Insight Capital" and together with the Company, the "Issuers"), and The Bank
of New York, a New York banking corporation, as successor trustee to Harris
Trust Company of New York (the "Trustee").
WHEREAS, the Issuers executed and delivered an Indenture dated as of
October 1, 1999 (as the same has been amended or supplemented to the date
hereof, the "Indenture") between the Issuers and the Trustee, as trustee,
providing for the issue of the Issuers' Series A and Series B 9 3/4% Senior
Notes Due 2009; and
WHEREAS, Section 9.02 of the Indenture provides that compliance with
Section 4.15 of the Indenture may be waived with the consent of the Holders of a
majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes voting as a single
class; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Consent Solicitation Statement dated September 28,
2005, as it has been amended or supplemented to the date hereof ("Consent
Solicitation Statement"), the Issuers have solicited a waiver (the "Waiver")
from the Record Holders (as defined herein) with respect to any requirement
under the Indenture that the Issuers or any other person may have to make a
Change of Control Offer under Section 4.15 of the Indenture as a result of the
execution and delivery of certain agreements and the consummation of certain
transactions in connection with the Merger (as defined herein);
WHEREAS, in accordance with Section 9.02 of the Indenture, the Issuers have
received the written consent of the Record Holders of at least a majority in
principal amount of the outstanding Notes voting as a single class to the
Waiver;
WHEREAS, pursuant to an Officers' Certificate, the Issuers have directed
the Trustee to enter into this Second Supplemental Indenture; and
WHEREAS, all conditions and requirements necessary to make this Second
Supplemental Indenture a valid and binding instrument in accordance with its
terms and the terms of the Indenture have been satisfied, including, without
limitation, the delivery to the Trustee of an Opinion of Counsel.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and of the mutual
covenants herein contained, the Issuers and the Trustee hereby covenant and
agree as follows:
SECTION 1. DEFINED TERMS. For all purposes of this Second Supplemental
Indenture, the following terms shall have the following meaning:
"Carlyle" means Carlyle Partners III Telecommunications, L.P., Carlyle
Partners IV Telecommunications, L.P., CP III Coinvestment, L.P. and CP IV
Coinvestment, L.P., individually and collectively.
"Consent Date" means 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on October 12, 2005, as
extended by the Issuers.
"Consent Payment" means the cash payment to be made on the Consent Payment
Date to the Trustee for the benefit of the Record Holders who consent to the
proposed Waiver on or prior to the Consent Date and do not withdraw such consent
prior to the Effective Time in the amount, and on the terms and subject to the
conditions, specified in the Consent Solicitation Statement.
"Consent Payment Date" means a date promptly following consummation of the
Merger and designated by the Issuers.
"Continuing Investors" means Sidney R. Knafel, Michael S. Willner, Andrew
G. Knafel, the Knafel Children Trusts, Thomas Kempner, James Marcus and any
other persons who become parties to the Exchange Agreement prior to consummation
of the Merger.
"Effective Time" means 5:01 P.M., New York City time, on October 12, 2005.
"Exchange Agreement" means the Exchange Agreement, dated as of July 28,
2005, by and among Insight, Insight Acquisition, the Continuing Investors and
Carlyle, as the same may from time to time be amended, modified, supplemented or
restated.
"Insight" means Insight Communications Company, Inc., a Delaware
corporation.
"Insight Acquisition" means Insight Acquisition Corp., a Delaware
corporation.
"Knafel Children Trusts" means the Trust F/B/O Andrew G. Knafel, dated
September 13, 1978, the Trust F/B/O Douglas R. Knafel, dated September 13, 1978,
the Trust F/B/O Andrew G. Knafel and Douglas R. Knafel, dated July 16, 1976, and
the Trust F/B/O Douglas R. Knafel, dated November 6, 1983, individually and
collectively.
"Merger" means the proposed merger of Insight Acquisition with and into
Insight as contemplated by the Merger Agreement.
"Merger Agreement" means the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of July
28, 2005, by and between Insight Acquisition and Insight, as the same may from
time to time be amended, modified, supplemented or restated.
"Principals' Agreement" means the Principals' Agreement, dated as of July
28, 2005, by and among Sidney R. Knafel, Michael S. Willner and Carlyle, in each
case as the same may from time to time be amended, modified, supplemented or
restated.
"Record Holder'' means each Holder of record as of the close of business in
New York City on September 26, 2005.
"Securityholders Agreement" means the Securityholders Agreement to be
entered into concurrently with the consummation of the Merger by Insight,
Carlyle, the Continuing Investors and each other person who becomes a party
thereto as contemplated thereunder, as the same may from time to time be
amended, modified, supplemented or restated.
"Termination Date" means the later of (A) the February 15, 2006 termination
date specified in Section 7.01(b)(i) of the Merger Agreement or (B) the date the
Merger Agreement is terminated, but in no event later than the 60th day after
February 15, 2006.
"Transactions" means the Merger and the other transactions consummated
pursuant to the Transaction Agreements in connection with the closing of the
Merger.
"Transaction Agreements" means the Merger Agreement, the Exchange
Agreement, the Voting Agreement, the Principals' Agreement, the Securityholders
Agreement and the other agreements and instruments executed and delivered in
connection therewith, in each case by the parties contemplated thereunder and as
the same may from time to time be amended, modified, supplemented or restated.
"Voting Agreement" means the Insight Voting Agreement dated as of July 28,
2005 between Insight Acquisition, Sidney R. Knafel, Michael S. Willner, Andrew
G. Knafel and the Knafel Children Trusts, in each case as the same may from time
to time be amended, modified, supplemented or restated.
Except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires,
all capitalized terms defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them
herein. All capitalized terms defined in the Indenture and not defined herein
shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
SECTION 2. WAIVER OF SECTION 4.15 OF INDENTURE. Subject to payment of the
Consent Payment on or before the Consent Payment Date by the Issuer to the
Trustee for the benefit of the Record Holders entitled to such Consent Payment
under the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Consent
Solicitation Statement, the provisions of Section 4.15 of the Indenture are
hereby waived in all respects as the same may relate to: (i) the execution and
delivery of the Transaction Agreements by the parties contemplated thereunder,
and (ii) the consummation of the Transactions on or prior to the Termination
Date.
SECTION 3. EFFECT ON ORIGINAL INDENTURE. This Second Supplemental Indenture
shall be immediately effective at the Effective Time and form a part of the
Indenture for all purposes relating to the Notes and every holder of the Notes
heretofore or thereafter authenticated under the Indenture as supplemented
hereby, shall be bound hereby, provided that, in the event the Merger is not
consummated on or prior to the Termination Date and the Consent Payment is not
made to the Record Holders entitled thereto, the Waiver and Section 2 of this
Second Supplemental Indenture will have no further effect. The Indenture as
supplemented by this Second Supplemental Indenture is hereby in all respects
ratified and confirmed.
SECTION 4. COUNTERPARTS. This Second Supplemental Indenture may be executed
in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original; but such
counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
SECTION 5. TRUSTEE MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS. The Trustee makes no
representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Second Supplemental
Indenture. The statements and recitals herein are deemed to be those of the
Issuers and not of the Trustee.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Second Supplemental
Indenture to be duly executed, all as of the day and year first written above.
INSIGHT MIDWEST, L.P.
By its General Partner,
Insight Communications Company, L.P.
By its General Partner,
Insight Communications Company, Inc.
By: /s/ John Abbot
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Name: John Abbot
Title: Senior Vice President & Chief
Financial Officer
INSIGHT CAPITAL, INC.
By: /s/ John Abbot
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Name: John Abbot
Title: Senior Vice President & Chief
Financial Officer
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
as Trustee
By: /s/ Robert A. Massimillo
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Name: Robert A. Massimillo
Title: Vice President