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Date: December 7, 2010 | By: | /s/ Steve Wilson | ||
Name: Steve Wilson | ||||
Title: Sr. V.P., Chief Financial Officer | ||||
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ARTICLE 1 INTERPRETATION | 2 | |||||||
1.1 | To be Read with Indenture; Governing Law
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1.2 | Definitions
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1.3 | Conflict Between Series Supplement and Indenture
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1.4 | Interpretation Provisions in Indenture
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1.5 | Exhibits
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ARTICLE 2 DEBT SECURITIES AND PRINCIPAL TERMS | 5 | |||||||
2.1 | Creation and Designation
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2.2 | Limitation on Aggregate Principal Amount
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2.3 | Currency
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2.4 | Denominations
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2.5 | Date and Maturity
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2.6 | Interest
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2.7 | Redemption and Purchase
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2.8 | Repurchase upon Change of Control Triggering Event
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2.9 | Sinking Fund
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2.10 | Defeasance
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2.11 | Form and Certification
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2.12 | Identification
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ARTICLE 3 MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS | 9 | |||||||
3.1 | Confirmation of Indenture
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3.2 | Acceptance of Trusts
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3.3 | Foreign Issuer Status
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3.4 | Counterparts and Formal Date
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EXHIBIT A TO AMENDED AND RESTATED FOURTH SERIES SUPPLEMENT |
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1.1 | To be Read with Indenture; Governing Law |
1.2 | Definitions |
(1) | Subject to Section 1.2(3), all terms defined in the Indenture and used but not defined in this Series Supplement shall have the meanings specified in the Indenture. |
(2) | In addition, when used in this Series Supplement, the following terms shall have the following meanings: |
Canada Yield Price means in respect of any redemption of the Notes, a price, as determined by the Independent Investment Banker, equal to the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on the Notes (not including any portion of the payments of interest accrued as of the date of redemption) discounted to the redemption date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 365 day year) at the Government of Canada Yield, plus 70 basis points. |
Change of Control means the occurrence of any one of the following: (a) the direct or indirect sale, transfer or other disposition (other than by way of consolidation, amalgamation, arrangement, merger or issue of voting shares), in one or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the property and assets of the Issuer and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any Person or group of Persons acting jointly or in concert for purposes of such transaction (other than to the Issuer or its subsidiaries); (b) the consummation of any transaction or series of transactions including, without limitation, any consolidation, amalgamation, arrangement, merger or issue of voting shares, the result of which is that any Person or group of Persons acting jointly or in concert for purposes of such transaction (other than one or more members of the Shaw Family Group) becomes the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the voting shares of the Issuer, measured by voting power rather than number of shares (but shall not include the creation of a holding corporation or similar transaction that does not involve a change in the beneficial ownership of the Issuer); or (c) the consummation of any transaction or series of transactions including, without limitation, any consolidation, amalgamation, arrangement, merger or issue of securities, the result of which is that any Person or group of Persons acting jointly or in concert for purposes of such transaction (other than one or more members of |
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the Shaw Family Group) has elected to the board of directors of the Issuer such number of its or their nominees so that such nominees so elected shall constitute a majority of the number of the directors comprising the board of directors of the Issuer; provided that, to the extent that one or more regulatory approvals are required for any of the transactions or circumstances described in clauses (a), (b) or (c) above to become effective under applicable law and such approvals have not been received before such transactions or circumstances have occurred, such transactions or circumstances shall be deemed to have occurred at the time such approvals have been obtained and become effective under applicable law. |
Change of Control Triggering Event means the occurrence of both a Change of Control and a Rating Event. |
DBRS shall mean DBRS Limited, or any successor to the rating agency business thereof provided such successor is an approved rating organization within the meaning of NI 41-101. |
Government of Canada Yield means, with respect to any Redemption Date, the arithmetic average, as determined by the Independent Investment Banker, of the yield to maturity on the third Business Day preceding the Redemption Date, compounded semi-annually, which a non-callable Government of Canada Bond would carry if issued, in Canadian Dollars in Canada, at 100% of its principal amount on such date with a term to maturity which most closely approximates the remaining term to maturity of the Notes to be redeemed from such day as quoted by the Independent Investment Banker at 5:00 p.m. on such day. |
Independent Investment Banker means TD Securities Inc. or its successors; provided, however, that if it shall cease to be a primary Canadian Government securities dealer in Toronto, Ontario, the Issuer shall substitute for it another primary Canadian Government securities dealer in Toronto, Ontario. |
Investment Grade Rating means a rating equal to or higher than Baa3 (or the equivalent) by Moodys, BBB- (or the equivalent) by S&P or BBB (low) (or the equivalent) by DBRS, or the equivalent investment grade credit rating from any other Specified Rating Agency. |
Moodys shall mean Moodys Investors Service, Inc,. or any successor to the rating agency business thereof provided such successor is an approved rating organization within the meaning of NI 41-101. |
NI 41-101 means National Instrument 41-101 of the Canadian Securities Administrators, as the same may be amended, restated, re-enacted or replaced from time to time. |
Notes shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.1 of this Series Supplement. |
Rating Date means the date which is 90 days prior to the earlier of (i) a Change in Control and (ii) public notice of the occurrence of a Change in Control or of the Issuers intention or agreement to effect a Change in Control. |
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Rating Event means (i) in the event the Notes are assigned an Investment Grade Rating by at least two of the three Specified Rating Agencies on the Rating Date, the rating of the Notes by at least two of the three Rating Agencies being below an Investment Grade Rating; or (ii) in the event the Notes are not rated an Investment Grade Rating by at least two of the three Specified Rating Agencies on the Rating Date, the rating of the Notes by at least two of the three Specified Rating Agencies being decreased by one or more gradations (including gradations within rating categories as well as between rating categories), in each case on any day within the 60-day period (which period shall be extended so long as the rating of the Notes is under publicly announced consideration for possible downgrade by any of the Rating Agencies) after the earlier of (a) the occurrence of a Change of Control and (b) public notice of the occurrence of a Change of Control or of the Issuers intention or agreement to effect a Change of Control. |
S&P shall mean Standard & Poors Ratings Services, a division of McGraw-Hill Companies, or any successor to the rating agency business thereof provided such successor is an approved rating organization within the meaning of NI 41-101. |
Shaw Family Group means JR Shaw, his spouse and issue (whether natural-born or legally adopted) and spouses thereof and their issue (whether natural-born or legally adopted) and corporations controlled by any one or more of the foregoing or trusts of which any one or more of the foregoing are the principal beneficiaries; provided that in the case of a trust, the Shaw Family Group will only be deemed to control that proportion of the voting shares held by such trust that it is reasonable to regard as being held, directly or indirectly, for the benefit of one or more of the foregoing individuals. |
Specified Rating Agencies means each of Moodys, S&P and DBRS as long as, in each case, it has not ceased to rate the Notes or failed to make a rating of the Notes publicly available for reasons outside of the Issuers control; provided that if one or more of Moodys, S&P or DBRS ceases to rate the Notes or fails to make a rating of the Notes publicly available for reasons outside of the Issuers control, the Issuer may select any other approved rating organization within the meaning of NI 41-101 as a replacement agency for such one or more of them, as the case may be and provided further that the Issuer shall maintain a rating with at least two Specified Rating Agencies at all times. |
(3) | For purposes of interpreting or construing the Principal Terms of the Notes, words or phrases which are defined in the Indenture in capitalized form but which are used (or grammatical variations of which are used) in this Series Supplement without being capitalized shall be interpreted and construed without any reference whatever to the meanings ascribed to the capitalized form thereof by the Indenture. |
1.3 | Conflict Between Series Supplement and Indenture |
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1.4 | Interpretation Provisions in Indenture |
1.5 | Exhibits |
2.1 | Creation and Designation |
2.2 | Limitation on Aggregate Principal Amount |
2.3 | Currency |
2.4 | Denominations |
2.5 | Date and Maturity |
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2.6 | Interest |
(1) | Interest shall be paid in arrears, in equal semi-annual instalments, on the Interest Payment Dates and the Stated Maturity of the Notes, which interest shall accrue, for the Original Notes, from and including the Series Issuance Date and, for the New Notes, from and including November 9, 2010 or, in either case, if interest has already been paid, from and including the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid at the rate of 6.75% per annum on the aggregate unpaid principal amount of each Note, to but excluding the date of payment and, to the extent permitted by Applicable Law, interest shall be paid on any overdue interest accruing but not paid on an Interest Payment Date at the rate of 6.75% per annum, after as well as before maturity, default and judgement, from the Interest Payment Date on which such overdue interest becomes payable to the date payment of such interest has been made. |
(2) | For any interim period, interest on the Notes shall be computed on the basis of a 365-day year and the number of days elapsed in the period. |
(3) | The Interest Payment Dates for the Notes shall be May 9 and November 9 in each year beginning May 9, 2010 for the Original Notes and May 9, 2011 for the New Notes. |
(4) | The Regular Interest Record Dates for the Notes shall be April 24 and October 25 in each year. |
2.7 | Redemption and Purchase |
(1) | The Notes may be redeemed, in whole or in part at any time and from time to time, at the election of the Issuer for a Redemption Price equal to the greater of (a) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed or (b) the Canada Yield Price. In addition, all accrued and unpaid interest on the outstanding principal amount of each Note called for redemption shall be paid to the Redemption Date. The Notes will not be subject to redemption at the election of the Holders of the Notes. |
(2) | In addition, in lieu of redemption as provided in Section 3.2 of the Indenture, the Notes will be subject to redemption, in whole but not in part, at the option of the Issuer at any time, at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the outstanding principal amount thereof together with accrued and unpaid interest to the date fixed for redemption upon the giving of a notice as described below, if (a) the Issuer determines that (i) as a result of any change in or amendment to the laws (or any regulations or rulings promulgated thereunder) of Canada or of any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein affecting taxation, or any change in or amendment to official position of such taxing authority regarding application or interpretation of such laws, regulations or rulings (including a holding by a court of competent jurisdiction), which change or amendment is announced or becomes effective on or after the Series Issuance Date, the Issuer has or will become obligated to pay, on the next succeeding Interest Payment Date, Additional Amounts or (ii) on or after the Series Issuance Date, any action has been taken by any taxing authority of, or any decision has |
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been rendered by a court of competent jurisdiction in, Canada or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein, including any of those actions specified in clause (i) above, whether or not such action was taken or decision was rendered with respect to the Issuer, or any change, amendment, application or interpretation shall be officially proposed, which, in any such case, in the written opinion to the Issuer of legal counsel of recognized standing, will result in an obligation to pay, on the next succeeding Interest Payment Date, Additional Amounts with respect to any Notes and (b) in any such case the Issuer in its business judgment determines that such obligation cannot be avoided by the use of reasonable measures available to the Issuer; provided however, that (x) no such notice of redemption may be given earlier than 90 days prior to the earliest date on which the Issuer would be obligated to pay such Additional Amounts and (y) at the time such notice of redemption is given, such obligation to pay such Additional Amounts remains in effect. |
(3) | In the event that the Issuer elects to redeem the Notes pursuant to the provisions set forth in the preceding Section 2.7(2), the Issuer shall deliver to the Indenture Trustee a Certificate of the Issuer stating that the Issuer is entitled to redeem the Notes pursuant to their terms. |
(4) | Notice of intention to redeem the Notes will be given not more than 60 nor less than 15 days prior to the date fixed for redemption to each Holder and will specify the date fixed for redemption. |
2.8 | Repurchase upon Change of Control Triggering Event |
(1) | If a Change of Control Triggering Event occurs, unless the Issuer has exercised the redemption right set out in Section 2.7(1) in respect of all of the Notes, the Issuer will be required to make an offer to repurchase all or, at the option of the Holder, any part (equal to $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof) of each Holders Notes pursuant to the offer described in this Section 2.8 (the Change of Control Offer) on the terms set forth herein. In the Change of Control Offer, the Issuer will be required to offer payment in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes repurchased together with accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes to the date of purchase (the Change of Control Payment). |
(2) | Within 30 days following any Change of Control Triggering Event, the Issuer will give written notice to Holders describing the transaction or transactions that constitute the Change of Control Triggering Event and offering to repurchase the Notes on the 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 given (the Change of Control Payment Date). The Issuer must comply with the requirements of applicable securities laws and regulations in connection with the repurchase of the Notes as a result of a Change of Control Triggering Event. To the extent that the provisions hereof governing the requirement to make or the method of making a Change of Control Offer conflict with any such applicable securities laws or regulations, the Issuer will be required to comply with such laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have breached such provisions hereof by virtue of compliance with such laws and regulations. |
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(3) | On the Change of Control Payment Date, the Issuer will: |
(a) | accept for payment all Notes or portions of such Notes properly tendered pursuant to the Change of Control Offer; |
(b) | deposit with the Indenture Trustee an amount of money sufficient to pay the Change of Control Payment in respect of all Notes or portions of such Notes properly tendered; and |
(c) | deliver or cause to be delivered to the Indenture Trustee the Notes properly accepted, together with an Officers Certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of such Notes or portions of such Notes being purchased by the Issuer. |
(4) | The Indenture Trustee will promptly mail to each Holder of properly tendered Notes the Change of Control Payment for such Notes, and in the case of Notes purchased only in part, the Issuer shall execute and the Indenture Trustee will promptly certify and mail (or cause to be transferred by book-entry) to each such Holder, without charge, a new Note equal in principal amount to the unpurchased portion of any such Note surrendered; provided that each new Note will be in a principal amount of $1,000 and integral multiples thereof. |
(5) | The Issuer will not be required to make a Change of Control Offer upon a Change of Control Triggering Event if a third party makes such an offer substantially in the manner, at the times and in compliance with the requirements for a Change of Control Offer (and for at least the same purchase price payable in cash) and such third party purchases all Notes properly tendered and not withdrawn under its offer. |
2.9 | Sinking Fund |
2.10 | Defeasance |
2.11 | Form and Certification |
(1) | The Notes shall be (a) in registered form only, (b) issued as one or more Global Debt Securities held by, or on behalf of, the Depositary in accordance with Section 2.17 of the Indenture, (c) registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee as provided for in Section 2.17 of the Indenture, and (d) substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A to this Series Supplement, subject to any modifications as may be reasonably required from time to time by the Depositary and which are not prejudicial to the beneficial holders of the Notes (provided that the Original Notes may be substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A to the Original Series Supplement). |
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(2) | The form of certification of the Notes by the Indenture Trustee shall be substantially in the form of the Indenture Trustees Certificate set forth in Exhibit A to this Series Supplement. |
2.12 | Identification |
(a) | the Depositary shall be CDS; |
(b) | the Registrar, Paying Agent and Transfer Agent shall be the Indenture Trustee; and |
(c) | the Place of Payment shall be Calgary, Alberta. |
3.1 | Confirmation of Indenture |
3.2 | Acceptance of Trusts |
3.3 | Foreign Issuer Status |
3.4 | Counterparts and Formal Date |
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COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY OF CANADA | SHAW COMMUNICATIONS INC. | |||||||||
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(signed) | By: | (signed) | |||||||
Name: | Laura Leong | Name: | Rhonda Bashnick | |||||||
Title: | Corporate Trust Officer | Title: | Group Vice President, Finance | |||||||
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(signed) | By: | (signed) | |||||||
Name: | Trish Beaton | Name: | Paul Bachand | |||||||
Title: | Corporate Trust Officer | Title: | Assistant Corporate Secretary |
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SHAW COMMUNICATIONS INC. |
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COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY OF CANADA |
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Registration | Registered | of Indenture Trustee | ||