AMENDMENT NO. 4 dated as of January 14, 2005 to SEVENTH AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT dated as of June 26, 2001


Exhibit 10.23

 

Execution Copy

 

AMENDMENT NO. 4

dated as of January 14, 2005

to

SEVENTH AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

dated as of June 26, 2001

CSC HOLDINGS, INC. (formerly known as Cablevision Systems Corporation), a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), the Restricted Subsidiaries (as defined in the Credit Agreement referred to below) that are parties to such Credit Agreement, the banks that are parties to such Credit Agreement (the “Banks”) and TORONTO DOMINION (TEXAS) LLC, as Administrative Agent (the “Administrative Agent”), agree as follows:

 

ARTICLE I

CREDIT AGREEMENT

 

Section 1.1.           Credit Agreement.  Reference is made to the Seventh Amended & Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of June 26, 2001 (as amended by Amendment No. 1, dated as of July 20, 2001, Amendment No. 2, dated as of November 19, 2001, and Amendment No. 3 and Waiver dated as of August 14, 2002, the “Credit Agreement”), among the Company, the Restricted Subsidiaries party thereto, the Banks, the Administrative Agent, TD Securities (USA) LLC and Banc of America Securities LLC, as Co-Lead Arrangers and Co-Book Managers, Bank of America, N.A., as Syndication Agent, The Bank of New York and The Bank of Nova Scotia, as Co-Documentation Agents and Arrangers, JPMorgan Chase Bank, as Co-Documentation Agent, ▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Securities Inc., Mizuho Financial Group and ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ Barney Inc., as Arrangers, Bank of Montreal, Barclays Bank plc, BNP Paribas, Calyon New York Branch, Dresdner Bank AG, New York and Grand Cayman Branches, First Union National Bank and Royal Bank of Canada, as Managing Agents and Societe Generale and SunTrust Bank, as Co-Agents.  Terms used in this Amendment No. 4 to Seventh Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (this “Amendment”) that are not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings given to such terms in the Credit Agreement.  The Credit Agreement as amended by this Amendment (the “Amended Credit Agreement”) is and shall continue to be in full force and effect and is hereby in all respects ratified and confirmed.

 

Section 1.2.           Amendment.  Upon and after the Fourth Amendment Effective Date (as defined in Section 3.4 hereof), Section 9.22 of the Credit Agreement shall be amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

 


 

Cash Flow Ratio.                              The Company and the Guarantors will not permit the Cash Flow Ratio to exceed the following respective amounts at any time during the following respective periods:

 

Period

 

Ratio

From and including the Effective Date to and including September 30, 2001

 

6.25 to 1

 

 

 

From and including October 1, 2001 to and including March 31, 2004

 

6.75 to 1

 

 

 

From and including April 1, 2004 to and including June 30, 2005

 

6.25 to 1

 

 

 

From and including July 1, 2005 to and including December 31, 2005

 

5.75 to 1

 

 

 

On and after January 1, 2006

 

5.50 to 1

 

ARTICLE II

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

 

Section 2.1.           Representations and Warranties.  Each of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries that are parties to the Credit Agreement represents and warrants as follows:

 

(a)          Power; Binding Agreements.  Each of the Company and such Restricted Subsidiaries has full power, authority and legal right to make and perform this Amendment and the Amended Loan Documents.  This Amendment and the Amended Credit Agreement constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of each of the Company and such Restricted Subsidiaries, enforceable in accordance with their terms (except for limitations on enforceability under bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency and other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and limitations on the availability of the remedy of specific performance imposed by the application of general equitable principles).

 

(b)         Authority; No Conflict.  The making and performance of this Amendment and the Amended Credit Agreement by each of the Company and such Restricted Subsidiaries have been duly authorized by all necessary action and do not and will not (i) violate any provision of any laws, orders, rules or regulations presently in effect (other than violations that, singly or in the aggregate, have not had and are not likely to have a Materially Adverse Effect), or any provision of any of the Company’s or the Restricted Subsidiaries’ respective partnership agreements, charters or by-laws presently in effect; (ii) result in the breach of, or constitute a default or require any consent under, any existing indenture or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries is a party or by which their respective properties may be bound or affected (other than any breach, default or required consent that, singly or in the aggregate, have not had and are not likely to have a Materially Adverse Effect); or (iii) result in, or require, the creation or imposition of any Lien upon or with respect to any of

 

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the properties or assets now owned or hereafter acquired by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries.

 

(c)          Approval of Regulatory Authorities.  No approval or consent of, or filing or registration with, any federal, state or local commission or other regulatory authority is required in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by the Company and such Restricted Subsidiaries of this Amendment and the Amended Credit Agreement.

 

(d)         Credit Agreement Representations and Warranties.  Each representation and warranty made by the Company in the Credit Agreement is true and correct at and as of the date hereof, except to the extent that such representation and warranty expressly relates to an earlier date.

 

Section 2.2.           Survival.  Each of the foregoing representations and warranties shall be made at and as of the Fourth Amendment Effective Date and shall constitute a representation and warranty of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries made under the Amended Credit Agreement and it shall be an Event of Default if any such representation and warranty shall prove to have been incorrect or misleading in any material respect when made.  Each of the representations and warranties made under the Amended Credit Agreement (and including those representations and warranties made herein) shall survive and not be waived by the execution and delivery of this Amendment.

 

ARTICLE III

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 3.1.           Governing Law.  This Amendment shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of New York.

 

Section 3.2.           Counterparts.  This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such separate counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.

 

Section 3.3.           Expenses.  The Company hereby agrees to pay or reimburse the Administrative Agent for all reasonable fees and expenses, including attorneys’ fees, incurred in connection with the negotiation, preparation, execution and delivery of this Amendment.

 

Section 3.4.           Fourth Amendment Effective Date.  This Amendment shall become effective as of the date first written above (the “Fourth Amendment Effective Date”) on the first date when this Amendment shall have been duly executed and delivered by the Company, each of the Restricted Subsidiaries that are parties to the Credit Agreement, the Administrative Agent and the Majority Banks.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.

 

 

 

CSC HOLDINGS, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

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Name: ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇

 

 

Title:   Sr. Vice President, Treasurer

 

 

 

CABLEVISION OF CONNECTICUT
CORPORATION

 

 

 

CABLEVISION AREA 9 CORPORATION

 

 

 

CABLEVISION FAIRFIELD CORPORATION

 

 

 

COMMUNICATIONS DEVELOPMENT
CORPORATION

 

 

 

CABLEVISION SYSTEMS DUTCHESS
CORPORATION

 

 

 

CABLEVISION SYSTEMS EAST HAMPTON
CORPORATION

 

 

 

CABLEVISION SYSTEMS GREAT NECK
CORPORATION

 

 

 

CABLEVISION SYSTEMS HUNTINGTON
CORPORATION

 

 

 

CABLEVISION SYSTEMS ISLIP CORPORATION

 

 

 

CABLEVISION SYSTEMS LONG ISLAND
CORPORATION

 

 

 

CABLEVISION SYSTEMS SUFFOLK
CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

CABLEVISION SYSTEMS WESTCHESTER
CORPORATION

 


 

 

CABLEVISION OF CLEVELAND G.P., INC.

 

 

 

CABLEVISION OF CLEVELAND L.P., INC.

 

 

 

TELERAMA, INC.

 

 

 

CABLEVISION OF THE MIDWEST HOLDING
CO., INC.

 

 

 

CSC ACQUISITION CORPORATION

 

 

 

CSC ACQUISITION - NY, INC.

 

 

 

CSC ACQUISITION - MA, INC.

 

 

 

A-R CABLE SERVICES - NY, INC.

 

 

 

CABLEVISION LIGHTPATH, INC.

 

 

 

CABLEVISION OF BROOKLINE, INC.

 

 

 

CABLEVISION SYSTEMS BROOKLINE
CORPORATION

 

 

 

ARSENAL MSUB 2, INC.

 

 

 

PETRA CABLEVISION CORPORATION

 

 

 

SUFFOLK CABLE CORPORATION

 

 

 

SAMSON CABLEVISION CORP.

 

 

 

SUFFOLK CABLE OF SMITHTOWN, INC.

 

 

 

SUFFOLK CABLE OF SHELTER ISLAND, INC.

 

 

 

CABLEVISION SYSTEMS NEW YORK CITY
CORPORATION

 

 

 

CABLEVISION OF WAPPINGERS FALLS, INC.

 


 

 

CABLEVISION OF BROOKHAVEN, INC.

 

 

 

CABLEVISION OF SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER,
INC.

 

 

 

CABLEVISION OF OAKLAND, INC.

 

 

 

CABLEVISION OF PATERSON, INC.

 

 

 

CABLEVISION OF ROCKLAND/RAMAPO, INC.

 

 

 

CABLEVISION OF WARWICK, INC.

 

 

 

MONTAGUE CABLE COMPANY, INC.

 

 

 

CSC TKR, INC.

 

 

 

CSC TKR I, INC.

 

 

 

CABLEVISION MFR, INC.

 

 

 

CABLEVISION OF MONMOUTH, INC.

 

 

 

CABLEVISION OF ▇▇▇▇▇▇ COUNTY, INC.

 

 

 

CABLEVISION OF NEW JERSEY, INC.

 

 

 

CSC GATEWAY CORPORATION

 

 

 

CABLEVISION OF LITCHFIELD, INC.

 

 

 

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Name: ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇

 

 

Title:   Sr. Vice President, Treasurer

 

 

 

 

 

of each of the above-named corporations

 


 

 

CSC GATEWAY CORPORATION

 

CABLEVISION OF NEW JERSEY, INC.,

 

each a General Partner of Cablevision of Newark

 

 

 

CABLEVISION OF NEW JERSEY, INC.

 

CSC GATWEWAY CORPORATION

 

each a General Partner of Cablevision of Newark

 

 

 

CABLEVISION SYSTEMS BROOKLINE
CORPORATION

 

Managing General Partner of Cablevision of Ossining, L.P.

 

 

 

CABLEVISION AREA 9 CORPORATION,

 

General Partner of Cablevision of Connecticut, L.P.

 

 

 

CABLEVISION OF CLEVELAND G.P., INC.,

 

General Partner of Cablevision of Cleveland, L.P.

 

 

 

CABLEVISION FAIRFIELD CORPORATION,

 

General Partner of Cablevision Systems of Southern
Connecticut, L.P.

 

 

 

CSC TKR, INC.,

 

General Partner of KRC/CCC Investment Partnership

 

 

 

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Name: ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇

 

 

Title:   Sr. Vice President, Treasurer

 

 

 

of each of the above corporate general partners

 


 

 

TORONTO DOMINION (TEXAS) LLC, as
Administrative Agent and a Bank

 

 

 

 

 

By

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 


 

 

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.

 

 

 

 

 

By

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 


 

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK

 

 

 

 

 

By

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 


 

 

THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA

 

 

 

 

 

By

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 


 

 

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK

 

 

 

 

 

By

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 


 

 

CITIBANK, N.A.

 

 

 

 

 

By

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 


 

 

CITICORP USA, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

By

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 


 

 

MIZUHO CORPORATE BANK, LTD.

 

 

 

 

 

By

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 


 

 

BANK OF MONTREAL

 

 

 

 

 

By

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 


 

 

BARCLAYS BANK PLC

 

 

 

 

 

By

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 


 

 

BNP PARIBAS

 

 

 

 

 

By

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

 

By

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 


 

 

CALYON NEW YORK BRANCH

 

 

 

 

 

By

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 


 

 

DRESDNER BANK AG, NEW YORK AND GRAND
CAYMAN BRANCHES

 

 

 

 

 

By

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

 

By

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 


 

 

WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

 

 

 

 

By

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 


 

 

ROYAL BANK OF CANADA

 

 

 

 

 

By

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 


 

 

SOCIETE GENERALE

 

 

 

 

 

By

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 


 

 

SUNTRUST BANK

 

 

 

 

 

By

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 


 

 

Approved and Authorized:

 

 

 

 

 

Bear ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Corporate Lending Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

By

/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ BULZACHCHELLI

 

 

 

Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Bulzachchelli

 

 

Title: Vice President

 


 

 

GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

By

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 


 

 

MELLON BANK, N.A.

 

 

 

 

 

By

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 


 

 

▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ CAPITAL CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

By

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 


 

 

UNION BANK OF CALIFORNIA, N.A.

 

 

 

 

 

By

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 


 

 

▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LYNCH, PIERCE, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇
INCORPORATED

 

 

 

 

 

By

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 


 

 

NATEXIS BANQUES POPULAIRES

 

 

 

 

 

By

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 


 

 

CREDIT INDUSTRIEL ET COMMERCIAL

 

 

 

 

 

By

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 


 

 

NATIONAL CITY BANK

 

 

 

 

 

By

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 


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Filed: March 16th, 2005