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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 21, 2012
   
Registration No. 333-______
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
 
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
FORM S-4
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
CLEAR CHANNEL WORLDWIDE HOLDINGS, INC.*
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Nevada
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
7310
(Primary Standard Industrial
Classification Code Number)
20-2232023
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
200 East Basse Road
San Antonio, Texas 78209
Telephone: (210) 832-3700
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)
Robert H. Walls, Jr.
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc.
200 East Basse Road
San Antonio, Texas 78209
Telephone: (210) 832-3700
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
James S. Rowe
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
300 North LaSalle
Chicago, Illinois 60654
Telephone: (312) 862-2000
*The co-registrants listed on the next page are also included in this Form S-4 Registration Statement as additional registrants.
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public:  The exchange will occur as soon as practicable after the effective date of this Registration Statement.
If the securities being registered on this Form are being offered in connection with the formation of a holding company and there is compliance with General Instruction G, check the following box. o
If this form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. o
If this form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. o
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer: o
Accelerated filer: o
Non-accelerated filer: x   (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company: o
If applicable, place an X in the box to designate the appropriate rule provision relied upon in conducting this transaction:
Exchange Act Rule 13e-4(i) (Cross-Border Issuer Tender Offer) o
Exchange Act Rule 14d-1(d) (Cross-Border Third-Party Tender Offer) o
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Each Class of Securities
to be Registered
Amount
to be Registered
Proposed Maximum
Offering Price
Per Unit (1)
Proposed Maximum
Aggregate
Offering Price (1)
Amount of
Registration Fee
7.625% Series A Senior Subordinated Notes due 2020
$275,000,000
100%
$275,000,000
$31,515 (1)
Guarantees of 7.625% Series A Senior Subordinated Notes due 2020 (2)
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A (3)
7.625% Series B Senior Subordinated Notes due 2020
$1,925,000,000
100%
$1,925,000,000
$220,605 (1)
Guarantees of 7.625% Series B Senior Subordinated Notes due 2020 (2)
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A (3)
(1) Estimated solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(f) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
(2) See the following page for a table setting forth the guarantors, all of which are additional registrants.
(3) No separate consideration will be received for the guarantees, and no separate fee is payable, pursuant to Rule 457(n) under the Securities Act.
 
The registrants hereby amend this registration statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the registrants shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this registration statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 or until this registration statement shall become effective on such date as the Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.


 
 
 


TABLE OF ADDITIONAL REGISTRANTS
 
Exact Name of Additional Registrants*
Primary Standard
Industrial
Classification
Number
Jurisdiction of
Formation
I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.
Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc.
7310
Delaware
86-0812139
Clear Channel Outdoor, Inc.
7310
Delaware
86-0801051
Clear Channel Adshel, Inc.
7310
Delaware
13-3935813
1567 Media LLC
7310
Delaware
74-2980035
Clear Channel Spectacolor, LLC
7310
Delaware
74-2951415
Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings Company Canada
7310
Delaware
74-2951063
Outdoor Management Services, Inc
7310
Nevada
16-1643708
IN-TER-SPACE Services, Inc.
7310
Pennsylvania
23-1940160
 
* The address and agent for service of process for each of the additional registrants are the same as for Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings, Inc.


 
 


The information in this prospectus is not complete and may be changed. These notes may not be sold until the registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission is effective. This prospectus is not an offer to sell nor is it an offer to buy these notes in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted.
 
SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, DATED JUNE 21, 2012

PROSPECTUS

CLEAR CHANNEL WORLDWIDE HOLDINGS, INC.
Exchange Offers for
 
$275,000,000 7.625% Series A Senior Subordinated Notes due 2020 and
 
$1,925,000,000 7.625% Series B Senior Subordinated Notes due 2020
 
We are offering to exchange up to $275,000,000 aggregate principal amount of our new 7.625% Series A Senior Subordinated Notes due 2020 and up to $1,925,000,000 aggregate principal amount of our new 7.625% Series B Senior Subordinated Notes due 2020, which will be registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, for up to $275,000,000 aggregate principal amount of our outstanding 7.625% Series A Senior Subordinated Notes due 2020 (the “A note exchange offer”) and up to $1,925,000,000 aggregate principal amount of our outstanding 7.625% Series B Senior Subordinated Notes due 2020 (the “B note exchange offer” and together with the A note exchange offer, the “exchange offers”), respectively. We refer to the outstanding 7.625% Series A Senior Subordinated Notes due 2020 as the “outstanding A notes” and the outstanding 7.625% Series B Senior Subordinated Notes due 2020 as the “outstanding B notes” (collectively, the “outstanding notes”). We refer to the new 7.625% Series A Senior Subordinated Notes due 2020 as the “Series A exchange notes” and the new 7.625% Series B Senior Subordinated Notes due 2020 as the “Series B exchange notes” (collectively, the “exchange notes”). We sometimes refer to the outstanding notes and the exchange notes collectively as the “notes.”
 
MATERIAL TERMS OF THE EXCHANGE OFFERS
 
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The exchange offers expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on                         , 2012, unless extended.
 
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We will exchange all outstanding notes that are validly tendered and not withdrawn prior to the expiration or termination of the applicable exchange offer. You may withdraw your tender of outstanding notes at any time before the expiration of the applicable exchange offer.
 
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The terms of the exchange notes to be issued in each exchange offer are substantially identical to the same series of outstanding notes, except that the transfer restrictions and registration rights relating to the applicable outstanding notes will not apply to the exchange notes.
 
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The exchange of outstanding notes for exchange notes should not be a taxable event for U.S. federal income tax purposes, but you should see the discussion under the caption “Certain United States Federal Income Tax Considerations” for more information.
 
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We will not receive any proceeds from the exchange offers.
 
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We issued the outstanding notes in transactions not requiring registration under the Securities Act and, as a result, their transfer is restricted. We are making the exchange offers to satisfy your registration rights as a holder of the outstanding notes.
 

 
 


We are not asking you for a proxy and you are not requested to send us a proxy.
 
For a discussion of certain factors that you should consider before participating in this exchange offer, see “Risk Factors” beginning on page 14 of this prospectus.
 
Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of the exchange notes to be distributed in the exchange offer, nor have any of these organizations determined if this prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
 
You should rely only on the information contained in, or incorporated by reference in, this prospectus. We have not authorized any other person to provide you with different or additional information. If anyone provides you with different or additional information, you should not rely on it. You should assume that the information contained in, or incorporated by reference in, this prospectus is accurate as of the date on the front cover of this prospectus or the date of the document incorporated by reference. Our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects may have changed since then. We are not making an offer to sell the exchange notes offered by this prospectus in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted.
 
We have filed a registration statement on Form S-4 to register with the SEC the exchange notes to be issued in exchange for the outstanding notes. This prospectus is part of that registration statement.
 
Each broker-dealer that receives exchange notes for its own account pursuant to the exchange offers must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such exchange notes. This prospectus, as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, may be used by a broker-dealer in connection with resales of exchange notes received in exchange for outstanding notes where such outstanding notes were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities. We have agreed that, starting on the expiration date (as defined herein) and ending on the close of business 180 days after the expiration date, we will make this prospectus available to any broker-dealer for use in connection with any such resale. See “Plan of Distribution.”
 
THE DATE OF THIS PROSPECTUS IS                             , 2012.

 
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    Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings, Inc., the issuer of the notes, is an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. Unless otherwise specified, in this prospectus, (i) “Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings,” “we,” “our,” “us” and the “Company” refer to Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries, including Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings, Inc., (ii) “Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings” and the “issuer” refer to Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings, Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries; (iii) “CCOI” refers to Clear Channel Outdoor, Inc., a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings and a guarantor of the notes; (iv) “Clear Channel Communications” refers to Clear Channel Communications, Inc., the indirect holder of approximately 89% of the common stock of Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings; and (v) “CC Media Holdings” refers to CC Media Holdings, Inc., the indirect parent company of Clear Channel Communications. Clear Channel Communications merged with a subsidiary of CC Media Holdings, a company formed by private equity funds sponsored by Bain Capital Partners, LLC (“Bain Capital”) and Thomas H. Lee Partners, L.P. (“THL”), in July 2008.
 
    Unless otherwise specified or the context requires, references to “dollars” and “$” are to United States dollars.
 


 
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FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
 
Some of the statements contained in, and incorporated by reference in, this prospectus that are not historical in nature may constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws. These statements are often identified by the words “will,” “should,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “expect,” “intend,” “estimate,” “hope,” or similar expressions. These statements reflect management’s current views with respect to future events and are subject to risks and uncertainties. There are important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in forward-looking statements, many of which are beyond our control. These factors, risks and uncertainties include the following:
 
 
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risks associated with a global economic downturn and its impact on capital markets;
 
 
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other general economic and political conditions in the United States and in other countries in which we currently do business, including those resulting from recessions, political events and acts or threats of terrorism or military conflicts;
 
 
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industry conditions, including competition;
 
 
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the level of expenditures on advertising;
 
 
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legislative or regulatory requirements;
 
 
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fluctuations in operating costs;
 
 
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technological changes and innovations;
 
 
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changes in labor conditions and management;
 
 
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capital expenditure requirements;
 
 
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risks of doing business in foreign countries;
 
 
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fluctuations in exchange rates and currency values;
 
 
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the outcome of pending and future litigation;
 
 
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changes in interest rates;
 
 
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taxes and tax disputes;
 
 
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shifts in population and other demographics;
 
 
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access to capital markets and borrowed indebtedness;
 
 
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our ability to implement our business strategies;
 
 
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the risk that we may not be able to integrate the operations of acquired businesses successfully;
 
 
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the risk that our cost savings initiatives may not be entirely successful or that any cost savings achieved from those initiatives may not persist;
 
 
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the impact of our substantial indebtedness, including the effect of our leverage on our financial position and earnings;
 
 
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our relationship with Clear Channel Communications;
 
 
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the impact of the above and similar factors on Clear Channel Communications, our primary direct or indirect external source of capital; and
 
 
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certain other factors set forth in our other filings with the SEC, including the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings for the year ended December 31, 2011 and the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings for the quarter ended March 31, 2012.
 
There may be other factors that may cause our actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements. Our actual results, performance or achievements could differ materially from those expressed in, or implied by, the forward-looking statements. We can give no assurances that any of the events anticipated by the forward-looking statements will occur or, if any of them does, what impact they will have on our results of operations and financial condition. You should carefully read the factors described in the “Risk Factors” section of this prospectus for a description of certain risks that could, among other things, cause our actual results to differ from these forward-looking statements.
 
 
 
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All forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this prospectus, or as of the date of the date of the document incorporated by reference, and are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements contained in this prospectus. We undertake no obligation to update or revise forward-looking statements which may be made to reflect events or circumstances that arise after the date made or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.
 
MARKET DATA
 
Market and industry data presented throughout this prospectus, or incorporated into this prospectus by reference, has been obtained from a combination of our own internal company surveys, the good faith estimates of management and various trade associations and publications. While we believe our internal surveys, third-party information, estimates of management and data from trade associations are reliable, we have not verified this data with any independent sources. Accordingly, we do not make any representations as to the accuracy or completeness of that data. As of April 5, 2012, entities affiliated with David C. Abrams, a member of the board of directors of CC Media Holdings and Clear Channel Communications, beneficially owned approximately 11.0% of the outstanding shares of capital stock of Arbitron, Inc.  Information provided by Arbitron, Inc. is contained in reports that are available to all of the clients of Arbitron, Inc. and was not commissioned by or prepared for Mr. Abrams.
 
INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
 
This prospectus incorporates by reference important business and financial information about us that is not included in or delivered with this document. We have elected to incorporate by reference information into this prospectus by referring to another document that we have filed separately with the SEC. The information incorporated by reference is deemed to be part of this prospectus, except as described in the following sentence. Any statement in this prospectus or in any document which is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in this prospectus will be deemed to have been modified or superseded to the extent that a statement contained in this prospectus or any document that we subsequently file with the SEC that is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in this prospectus modifies or supersedes that statement. Any statement so modified or superseded will not be deemed to be a part of this prospectus except as so modified or superseded.
 
This prospectus incorporates by reference the following documents that we have previously filed with the SEC:
 
 
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the Current Reports on Form 8-K of Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings filed with SEC on June 21, 2012, May 21, 2012, March 16, 2012, February 29, 2012, February 23, 2012, January 24, 2012, January 10, 2012 and January 3, 2012 (excluding portions of such Form 8-Ks which were furnished and not filed with the SEC);
 
 
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the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings for the quarter ended March 31, 2012;
 
 
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the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings for the year ended December 31, 2011; and
 
 
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the Definitive Proxy Statement of Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings filed with SEC on April 9, 2012.
 
We are also incorporating by reference all other reports that we file on behalf of Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings with the SEC pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date of this prospectus and continuing until the close of business 180 days after consummation of the exchange offers.
 

 
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Statements contained in this prospectus as to the contents of any contract or other document referred to in this prospectus do not purport to be complete, and where reference is made to the particular provisions of such contract or other document, such provisions are qualified in all respects by reference to all of the provisions of such contract or other document.
 
We will provide without charge to each person to whom a copy of this prospectus has been delivered, on the written or oral request of such person, a copy of any or all of the documents which have been or may be incorporated in this prospectus by reference (other than exhibits to such documents unless such exhibits are specifically incorporated by reference in any such documents). Requests for such copies should be directed to:
 
Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc.
Attention: Investor Relations
200 East Basse Road
San Antonio, Texas 78209
Telephone: (210) 832-3700

 
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SUMMARY
 
Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings, the issuer of the notes, is an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings. The outstanding notes are and the exchange notes will be guaranteed by Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings and certain of its existing and future domestic subsidiaries. The financial statements incorporated by reference in this prospectus are those of Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings.
 
Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings is a holding company that owns 100% of our International segment through the indirect ownership of numerous international subsidiaries. Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings also owns certain other immaterial subsidiaries that are included in our Americas segment. Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings has no direct operations or operating assets.
 
The following summary is qualified in its entirety by the more detailed information, including the section entitled “Risk Factors” and the consolidated and combined financial statements and related notes, contained elsewhere in, or incorporated by reference in, this prospectus. Because this is a summary, it may not contain all of the information that may be important to you. You should read the entire prospectus and the other documents to which we have referred you before deciding whether to invest in the exchange offers.
 
Overview
 
We are a leading global outdoor advertising company with key market positions in each of our operating segments: Americas and International.
 
 
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Americas. We are the largest outdoor advertising company in the Americas (based on revenues), which includes the United States and Canada. As of December 31, 2011, we owned or operated more than 100,000 display structures, including 857 digital billboards in 37 U.S. markets. Our Americas assets consist of billboards, street furniture, transit displays, airport displays, mall displays and wallscapes and other spectaculars, which we believe are in premier real estate locations in various markets throughout the Americas. As of December 31, 2011, we had operations in 48 of the top 50 markets in the United States, based on designated market area (“DMA”) region rankings, including all of the top 20 markets. Our Americas advertising business is focused on metropolitan areas with dense populations. For the year ended December 31, 2011 and the three months ended March 31, 2012, our Americas segment represented 42% and 43% of our revenue, respectively.
 
 
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International. We are a leading international outdoor advertising company with operations in Asia, Australia, Europe and Latin America, with approximately 33% of our 2011 revenue in this segment derived from France and the U.K. As of December 31, 2011, we owned or operated more than 650,000 displays across more than 30 countries, including key positions in attractive international growth markets, such as China and Australia. Our International assets consist of street furniture and transit displays, billboards, mall displays, Smartbike schemes, wallscapes and other spectaculars. Our International business is focused on metropolitan areas with dense populations. For the year ended December 31, 2011 and the three months ended March 31, 2012, our International segment represented 58% and 57% of our revenue, respectively.
 
For the year ended December 31, 2011 and the three months ended March 31, 2012, we generated revenue of $3,003.9 million and $651.3 million, respectively.
 
Our Strengths
 
Global Scale and Local Market Leadership. We are a leading global outdoor advertising company. As of December 31, 2011, we owned and operated more than 750,000 outdoor advertising displays worldwide in metropolitan and densely-populated real estate locations, providing advertisers with both a global and a local reach. Our global scale enables productive and cost-effective investment across our portfolio, which supports our competitive position.
 

 
 
 

 
 
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Our business is focused on urban markets with dense populations. Our real estate locations in these markets provide reach to a broad audience and therefore a compelling opportunity for our advertisers to reach a mass audience at a relatively low cost. We believe that the buying decision for our customers is based on the strength of the network of locations for outdoor advertising we can offer. The strength of our network is derived from the value of our permits and site-leases. In the United States, we have operations in 48 of the top 50 markets, including all of the 20 largest markets, and our International division currently has a presence in more than 30 countries.
 
 
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Our scale has enabled cost-effective investment in new display technologies, such as digital billboards, which we believe can support future growth. This technology allows us to transition from selling space on a display to a single advertiser to selling time on that display to multiple advertisers, creating new revenue opportunities from both new and existing clients.
 
Strong Collection of Assets. Through acquisitions and organic growth, we have aggregated a sizable portfolio of assets. The domestic outdoor industry is regulated by the Federal government as well as state and municipal governments. Statutes and regulations govern the construction, repair, maintenance, lighting, spacing, location, replacement and content of outdoor advertising structures. Due to such regulation, it has become increasingly difficult to construct new outdoor advertising structures. Further, for many of our existing billboards, a permit for replacement cannot be sought by our competitors or landlords. Internationally, regulations vary by country and region but generally provide for limitations on the number, placement, size, nature and density of outdoor displays. As a result, our existing billboards in top demographic areas have significant value.
 
Outdoor is a Compelling Value Proposition to Advertisers. We believe outdoor advertising offers a cost-effective advertising medium for advertisers, broad reach, access to consumers when they are out of the home and relatively low cost per thousand persons reached relative to other media. We also believe the outdoor industry is well-positioned to benefit from the fragmentation of audiences of other media as it is able to reach mass audiences on a local market basis.
 
 
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Cost-Effective Advertising Medium. Outdoor media provides advertisers with highly cost-effective advertising as measured by cost per thousand persons reached.
 
 
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Broad Audience Reach. According to the Arbitron 2009 In-Car Study, the average American spends about 20 hours in a car per week, a 31% increase since 2003. The captive in-car audience is subject to increasing out-of-home advertiser exposures as time and distance of commutes increase.
 
 
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Valuable Out-of-Home Position. Outdoor advertising reaches potential consumers outside the home, where they are closer to purchase decisions. Many of our billboards are located along major roadways that are highly trafficked and have the potential to direct consumers to nearby businesses.
 
 
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Fragmentation of Other Media. We believe that the proliferation of content and distribution models provides a means for the continued fragmentation of audiences of most traditional media, rendering outdoor advertising more attractive for its mass reach capabilities.
 
Attractive Long-Term Business Model. While spending on outdoor advertising is, like most media, correlated with the overall economy, we believe the industry holds attractive long term prospects, both domestically and internationally.
 
 
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Strong Cash Flow Generation. For 2009, 2010, 2011 and the three months ended March 31, 2012, we generated operating cash flows of $441.3 million, $525.2 million, $517.2 million and $95.3 million, respectively.
 
 
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Geographic and Customer Diversity. For the year ended December 31, 2011, approximately 42% and 58% of our revenue was generated from our Americas and our International segments, respectively, and as of December 31, 2011, we had operations in 45 countries. No single advertising market in the United States and no ad category represented greater than 10% and 8%, respectively, of our revenue during the year ended December 31, 2011.
 


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Experienced Management Team. We have an experienced management team from our senior executives to our local market managers. Our Chief Executive Officer, C. William Eccleshare, who was appointed to serve in such role on January 24, 2012, and previously served as our Chief Executive Officer—International since September 1, 2009, has more than 30 years of advertising experience. Our Chief Revenue Officer, Franklin G. Sisson, Jr., has served as an executive of Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings for more than a decade, as has our Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer-International, Jonathan Bevan. Many of our senior managers have managed the business through several business cycles.
 
Our Strategy
 
We seek to capitalize on our Americas and International network and diversified product mix to maximize revenue. In addition, by sharing best practices among our business segments, we believe we can quickly and effectively replicate our successes in other markets in which we operate. Our outdoor strategy focuses on leveraging our diversified product mix and long-standing presence in many of our existing markets, which provides us with the ability to launch new products and test new initiatives in a reliable and cost-effective manner. In this context we plan to focus on our competitive strengths to position our company through the following strategies:
 
Promote Outdoor Media Spending. Given the industry fundamentals of outdoor media and our depth and breadth of relationships with both local and national advertisers, we believe we can grow our share of total media spending by utilizing our dedicated national sales team to highlight the value of outdoor advertising relative to other media. Outdoor advertising only represented 4% of total dollars spent on advertising in the United States in 2010. We have made, and continue to make, significant investments in research tools that enable our clients to better understand how our displays can successfully reach their target audiences and promote their advertising campaigns. Also, we are working closely with clients, advertising agencies and other diversified media companies to develop more sophisticated systems that will provide improved audience metrics for outdoor advertising. For example, we have implemented the EYES ON audience measurement system which: (1) separately reports audiences for each of the nearly 400,000 units of inventory across the industry in the United States, (2) reports those audiences using the same demographics available and used by other media permitting reach and frequency measures, (3) provides the same audience measures across more than 200 markets, and (4) reports which advertisement is most likely to be seen. We believe that measurement systems such as EYES ON will further enhance the attractiveness of outdoor advertising for both existing clients and new advertisers and further foster outdoor media spending growth.
 
Continue to Deploy Digital Displays. We believe digital outdoor advertising provides significant advantages over traditional outdoor media. Our electronic displays are linked through centralized computer systems to instantaneously and simultaneously change advertising copy on a large number of displays, allowing us to sell more slots to advertisers. The ability to change copy by time of day and quickly change messaging based on advertisers’ needs creates additional flexibility for our customers. Although digital displays require more capital to construct compared to traditional bulletins, we believe the advantages of digital allow us to penetrate new accounts and categories of advertisers as well as serve a broader set of needs for existing advertisers. Digital displays allow for high-frequency, 24-hour advertising changes in high traffic locations and allow us to offer our clients optimal flexibility, distribution, circulation and visibility. We expect this trend to continue as we increase our quantity of digital inventory. As of March 31, 2012, we have deployed more than 900 digital billboards in 37 markets in the United States.
 
Internationally, we are able to offer networks of digital displays in multiple formats and multiple environments including bus shelters, airports, transit, malls and flagship locations through our new international digital brand, Clear Channel Play. With digital network launches in Sweden, Belgium and the U.K. accelerating our expansion program during 2011, we had more than 2,900 digital displays in twelve countries across Europe and Asia as of March 31, 2012.
 
Capitalize on Product and Geographic Opportunities. We are also focused on growing our business internationally by working closely with our advertising customers and agencies in meeting their needs, and through new product offerings, optimization of our current display portfolio and selective investments targeting promising growth markets. We have continued to innovate and introduce new products in international markets based on local demands. Our core business internationally is our street furniture business and that is where we plan to focus much of our investment. We plan to continue to evaluate municipal contracts that may come up for bid and will make prudent investments where we believe we can receive attractive returns. We will also continue to invest in markets such as China, Turkey and Poland, where we believe there is growth potential.
 
 
 

 
 

 
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Corporate Information
 
Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings was incorporated in Delaware in 1995. Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings was incorporated in Nevada in 2004. The principal executive offices of Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings and Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings are located at 200 East Basse Road, San Antonio, Texas 78209, telephone: (210) 832-3700. Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings’ web site is http://www.clearchanneloutdoor.com. The information contained in or connected to our web site is not part of this prospectus and is not incorporated into this prospectus by reference unless expressly provided otherwise herein.
 


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
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Corporate Structure
 
The following chart summarizes our corporate structure and principal indebtedness as of March 31, 2012:
 
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(1)
Clear Channel Communications’ senior secured credit facilities and receivables based credit facility are guaranteed on a senior secured basis by Clear Channel Capital I, LLC (“Clear Channel Capital”) and by Clear Channel Communications’ material wholly-owned domestic restricted subsidiaries. Clear Channel Communications’ foreign subsidiaries and Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings and its subsidiaries have not guaranteed any of Clear Channel Communications’ obligations under the senior secured credit facilities or receivables based credit facility.  As of March 31, 2012, Clear Channel Communications’ senior secured credit facilities consisted of a $10.0 million revolving credit facility, including a letter of credit sub-facility and a swingline loan sub-facility, of which $10.0 million was outstanding, a $1,070.0 million term loan A, an $8,598.6 million term loan B, a $660.4 million term loan C—asset sale facility and $961.4 million of delayed draw term loans. Clear Channel Communications’ receivables based credit facility provides for a revolving credit commitment of $625.0 million, subject to a borrowing base. As of March 31, 2012, Clear Channel Communications had no borrowings outstanding under the receivables based credit facility.
 





 
 
 

 
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Clear Channel Communications’ priority guarantee notes due 2021 (the “priority guarantee notes”) are guaranteed on a senior basis by Clear Channel Capital and by Clear Channel Communications’ wholly-owned domestic restricted subsidiaries that guarantee its senior secured credit facilities. Clear Channel Communications’ foreign subsidiaries and Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings and its subsidiaries have not guaranteed any of Clear Channel Communications’ obligations under the priority guarantee notes.
 
(3)
Clear Channel Communications’ senior cash pay notes due 2016 and senior toggle notes due 2016 are guaranteed on a senior basis by Clear Channel Capital and by Clear Channel Communications’ wholly-owned domestic restricted subsidiaries that guarantee its senior secured credit facilities, except that those guarantees by Clear Channel Communications’ subsidiaries are subordinated to each such guarantor’s guarantee of such facilities and to the priority guarantee notes.
 
(4)
As of March 31, 2012, Clear Channel Communications had $1,748.6 million aggregate principal amount of senior notes (the “legacy notes”) outstanding. Clear Channel Communications’ legacy notes bear interest at fixed rates ranging from 4.9% to 7.25%, have maturities through 2027 and contain provisions, including limitations on certain liens and sale and leaseback transactions, customary for investment grade debt securities. The legacy notes are not guaranteed by Clear Channel Capital or any of Clear Channel Communications’ subsidiaries.
 
(5)
As part of the day-to-day cash management services provided by Clear Channel Communications, we maintain accounts that represent net amounts due to or from Clear Channel Communications, which are recorded as “Due from/to Clear Channel Communications” on our consolidated balance sheet. The accounts represent the revolving promissory note issued by us to Clear Channel Communications and the revolving promissory note issued by Clear Channel Communications to us, in each case in the face amount of $1.0 billion or if more or less than such amount, the aggregate unpaid principal amount of all advances. The accounts are generally payable on demand and are scheduled to mature on December 15, 2017.
 
(6)
Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings’ Series A senior notes due 2017 and Series B senior notes due 2017 (collectively, the “Senior Notes”) are guaranteed by Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, CCOI and certain subsidiaries of Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings that will also guarantee the notes.
 
(7)
As of March 31, 2012, we had $45.1 million of other indebtedness, consisting of $25.3 million of indebtedness at our Americas segment and $19.8 million of indebtedness at our International segment.
 


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 
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Summary of the Exchange Offers
 
The Initial Offerings of Outstanding Notes
We sold the outstanding notes on March 15, 2012 to Goldman, Sachs & Co, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, RBS Securities Inc. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC. We refer to these parties in this prospectus collectively as the “initial purchasers.” The initial purchasers subsequently resold the outstanding notes (i) to qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act and (ii) outside the United States to non-U.S. persons in offshore transactions in reliance on Regulation S under the Securities Act.
 
Registration Rights Agreements
Simultaneously with the initial sale of the outstanding notes, we entered into two registration rights agreements, one with respect to each of the outstanding A and B notes, pursuant to which we have agreed, among other things, to use commercially reasonable efforts to file with the SEC and cause to become effective a registration statement relating to offers to exchange the outstanding notes for an issue of SEC-registered notes with terms identical to the outstanding notes. The exchange offers are intended to satisfy your rights under the applicable registration rights agreement. After the exchange offers are complete, you will no longer be entitled to any exchange or registration rights with respect to your outstanding notes.
 
The Exchange Offers
We are offering to exchange the Series A and Series B exchange notes, which have been registered under the Securities Act, for your outstanding A and B notes, respectively, which were issued in the private offering. In order to be exchanged, an outstanding note must be properly tendered and accepted. All outstanding notes that are validly tendered and not validly withdrawn will be exchanged. We will issue exchange notes promptly after the expiration of the exchange offers.
 
Resales
Based on interpretations by the staff of the SEC set forth in no-action letters issued to unrelated parties, we believe that the exchange notes issued in the exchange offers may be offered for resale, resold and otherwise transferred by you without compliance with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act provided that:
 
  the exchange notes are being acquired in the ordinary course of your business;
   
  you are not participating, do not intend to participate, and have no arrangement or understanding with any person to participate, in the distribution of the exchange notes issued to you in the applicable exchange offer; and
   
  you are not an affiliate of ours.
   
 
If any of these conditions are not satisfied and you transfer any exchange notes issued to you in the applicable exchange offer without delivering a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act or without an exemption from registration of your exchange notes from these requirements, you may incur liability under the Securities Act. We will not assume, nor will we indemnify you against, any such liability. 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Each broker-dealer that is issued exchange notes in the applicable exchange offer for its own account in exchange for outstanding notes that were acquired by that broker-dealer as a result of market-making or other trading activities, must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any resale of the exchange notes.  A broker-dealer may use this prospectus for an offer to resell, resale or other retransfer of the exchange notes issued to it in the applicable exchange offer.
 
Expiration Date
The exchange offers will expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time,                         , 2012, unless we decide to extend the expiration date.
 
Conditions to the Exchange Offers
Neither exchange offer is subject to any condition, other than that the exchange offer does not violate applicable law or any applicable interpretation of the staff of the SEC.
 
Procedures for Tendering Outstanding Notes
If you wish to tender your outstanding notes for exchange in the applicable exchange offer, you must transmit to the exchange agent on or before the expiration date either:
   
  an original or a facsimile of a properly completed and duly executed copy of the letter of transmittal, which accompanies this prospectus, together with your outstanding notes and any other documentation required by the letter of transmittal, at the address provided on the cover page of the letter of transmittal; or
   
  if the outstanding notes you own are held of record by The Depository Trust Company, or “DTC,” in book-entry form and you are making delivery by book-entry transfer, a computer-generated message transmitted by means of the Automated Tender Offer Program System of DTC, or “ATOP,” in which you acknowledge and agree to be bound by the terms of the letter of transmittal and which, when received by the exchange agent, forms a part of a confirmation of book-entry transfer. As part of the book-entry transfer, DTC will facilitate the exchange of your notes and update your account to reflect the issuance of the exchange notes to you. ATOP allows you to electronically transmit your acceptance of the exchange offer to DTC instead of physically completing and delivering a letter of transmittal to the notes exchange agent.
   
 
In addition, you must deliver to the exchange agent on or before the expiration date:
   
  a timely confirmation of book-entry transfer of your outstanding notes into the account of the notes exchange agent at
DTC if you are effecting delivery of book-entry transfer, or
   
  if necessary, the documents required for compliance with the guaranteed delivery procedures. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Special Procedures for Beneficial Owners
If you are the beneficial owner of book-entry interests and your name does not appear on a security position listing of DTC as the holder of the book-entry interests or if you are a beneficial owner of outstanding notes that are registered in the name of a broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee and you wish to tender the book-entry interest or outstanding notes in the exchange offer, you should contact the person in whose name your book-entry interests or outstanding notes are registered promptly and instruct that person to tender on your behalf.
 
Withdrawal Rights
You may withdraw the tender of your outstanding notes from the applicable exchange offer at any time prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on                             , 2012.
 
U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences
We believe that the exchange of outstanding notes should not be a taxable event for United States federal income tax purposes.
 
Use of Proceeds; Fees and Expenses
We will not receive any proceeds from the issuance of exchange notes pursuant to the exchange offers. We will pay all of our expenses incident to the exchange offers.
 
Exchange Agent
U.S. Bank National Association is serving as the exchange agent in connection with the exchange offers.
 
 
 
 


 
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Summary of Terms of the Exchange Notes
 
Issuer
Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings, Inc., a Nevada corporation.
 
Notes Offered:
 
Series A Exchange Notes
$275,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 7.625% Series A senior subordinated notes due 2020.
 
Series B Exchange Notes
$1,925,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 7.625% Series B senior subordinated notes due 2020.
 
The indentures under which the outstanding notes were issued, as amended or supplemented, will govern the exchange notes, as applicable. Accordingly, they will be treated as separate obligations for all purposes, including with respect to any amendment, consent or waiver.
 
Maturity:
 
Series A Exchange Notes
March 15, 2020.
 
Series B Exchange Notes
March 15, 2020.
 
Interest:
 
Series A Exchange Notes
The Series A exchange notes will bear interest at 7.625% per annum, payable on March 15 and September 15 of each year, beginning on September 15, 2012.
 
Series B Exchange Notes
The Series B exchange notes will bear interest at 7.625% per annum, payable on March 15 and September 15 of each year, beginning on September 15, 2012.
 
Interest on the exchange notes will be payable by or on behalf of Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings weekly in arrears into an account established by the Trustee for the benefit of holders of exchange notes.
 
Guarantees
The exchange notes will be guaranteed, jointly and severally, irrevocably and unconditionally, on an unsecured senior subordinated basis, by Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, CCOI and certain of the existing and future domestic subsidiaries of Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings. See “Description of the Exchange Notes.” The guarantee of each guarantor:
   
  will be an unsecured senior subordinated obligation of such guarantor;
   
  will rank senior to all of such guarantor’s future indebtedness that expressly provides that it is subordinated to its guarantee of the notes;
   
  will rank pari passu in right of payment with all existing and future senior subordinated indebtedness of such guarantor;
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  will rank junior to all existing and future senior indebtedness of such guarantor, including its guarantee of the Senior Notes; and
   
 
will be structurally subordinated to all existing and future obligations of any subsidiary of a guarantor that does not guarantee the notes.
 
Ranking
The exchange notes:
   
  will be the unsecured senior subordinated obligations of Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings;
   
  will rank senior to all of Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings’ future indebtedness that expressly provides that it is subordinated to the notes;
   
  will rank pari passu in right of payment with all of Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings’ future senior subordinated indebtedness;
   
  will rank junior to all of Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings’ existing and future senior indebtedness, including the Senior Notes; and
   
 
will be structurally subordinated to all existing and future obligations of Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings’ existing or future subsidiaries that do not guarantee the notes.
 
Optional Redemption:
 
 
Series A Exchange Notes
Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings may redeem some or all of the Series A exchange notes at any time and from time to time on or after March 15, 2015, at the redemption prices described in this prospectus. Prior to March 15, 2015, the issuer may redeem some or all of the Series A exchange notes at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Series A exchange notes plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the applicable redemption date plus the applicable “make-whole” premium described in this prospectus. In addition, at any time prior to March 15, 2015, Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings may redeem up to 40% of the aggregate principal amount of the Series A exchange notes with the proceeds of certain equity offerings at a redemption price of 107.625%, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the applicable redemption date. See “Description of the Exchange Notes—Description of the A Notes—Optional Redemption.”
 
Series B Exchange Notes
Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings may redeem some or all of the Series B exchange notes at any time and from time to time on or after March 15, 2015, at the redemption prices described in this prospectus. Prior to March 15, 2015, the issuer may redeem some or all of the Series B exchange notes at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Series B exchange notes plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the applicable redemption date plus the applicable “make-whole” premium described in this prospectus. In addition, at any time prior to March 15, 2015, Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings may redeem up to 40% of the aggregate principal amount of the Series B exchange notes with the proceeds of certain equity offerings at a redemption price of 107.625%, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the applicable redemption date. See “Description of the Exchange Notes—Description of the B Notes—Optional Redemption.”
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Change of Control
If a change of control occurs, we will be required to make an offer to purchase the exchange notes at a price equal to 101% of the principal amount of such notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of purchase. This term includes important limitations and exceptions. For more information, see, including the definition of “Change of Control”, see “Description of the Exchange Notes—Description of the A Notes—Repurchase at the Option of Holders—Change of Control” and “Description of the Exchange Notes—Description of the B Notes—Repurchase at the Option of Holders—Change of Control.”
 
Certain Covenants
The indenture governing the Series A exchange notes and the indenture governing the Series B exchange notes have different covenants and definitions of the same term may be different in each indenture.
 
Series A Exchange Notes
The indenture governing the Series A exchange notes contains covenants that limit our ability and the ability of our restricted subsidiaries to, among other things:
   
  incur or guarantee additional debt or issue certain preferred stock;
   
  create restrictions on the payment of dividends or other amounts to us from our restricted subsidiaries that are not guarantors of the notes;
   
  enter into certain transactions with affiliates; and
   
  merge or consolidate with another person, or sell or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of our assets.
   
 
The indenture governing the Series A exchange notes does not include limitations on dividends, distributions, investments or asset sales. In addition, the covenants in the indenture governing the Series A exchange notes are subject to important exceptions and qualifications, which are described under “Description of the Exchange Notes—Description of the A Notes—Certain Covenants in the A Note Indenture” and “—Certain Definitions.”
   
Series B Exchange Notes
The indenture governing the Series B exchange notes contains covenants that limit our ability and the ability of our restricted subsidiaries to, among other things:
 
  incur or guarantee additional debt or issue certain preferred stock;
   
  redeem, repurchase or retire our subordinated debt;
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
make certain investments;
   
  create restrictions on the payment of dividends or other amounts to us from our restricted subsidiaries that are not guarantors of the notes;
   
  enter into certain transactions with affiliates;
   
  merge or consolidate with another person, or sell or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of our assets;
   
  sell certain assets, including capital stock of our subsidiaries;
   
  designate our subsidiaries as unrestricted subsidiaries; and
   
  pay dividends, redeem or repurchase capital stock or make other restricted payments.
   
 
The covenants in the indenture governing the Series B exchange notes are subject to important exceptions and qualifications, which are described under “Description of the Exchange Notes—Description of the B Notes—Certain Covenants in the B Note Indenture” and “—Certain Definitions.”
   
Repurchase Ratio
Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings and its subsidiaries are prohibited from making any purchase of, or otherwise effectively cancelling or retiring any B notes if, after giving effect thereto and, if applicable, any concurrent purchase of or other action with respect to any A notes, the ratio of (a) the outstanding aggregate principal amount of the A notes to (b) the outstanding aggregate principal amount of the B notes is greater than 0.250, subject to certain exceptions. See “Description of the Exchange Notes—Description of the A Notes—Mandatory Redemption; Offers to Purchase; Open Market Purchases” and “Description of the Exchange Notes—Description of the B Notes—Mandatory Redemption; Offers to Purchase; Open Market Purchases.”
 
Absence of a Public Market
There is currently no existing market for the exchange notes. Accordingly, there can be no assurances as to the development of an active trading market for the exchange notes. We do not intend to apply for listing of the exchange notes on any national exchange or quotation on an automated dealer quotation system.
 
Risk Factors
In evaluating whether to participate in the applicable exchange offer, you should carefully consider, along with the other information set forth in or incorporated by reference in this prospectus, the specific factors set forth under “Risk Factors.”
 
 
 
 


 
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RISK FACTORS
 
You should carefully consider the following risk factors as well as the other information and data included in, and incorporated by reference in, this prospectus prior to participating in the applicable exchange offer. Any of the following risks could materially and adversely affect our business, cash flows, financial condition or results of operations. In such case, you may lose all or part of your investment.
 
Risks Related to the Exchange Offers
 
Because there is no public market for the notes, you may not be able to resell your notes.
 
The exchange notes will be registered under the Securities Act, but will constitute a new issue of securities with no established trading market, and there can be no assurance as to:
 
 
·
the liquidity of any trading market that may develop;
 
 
·
the ability of holders to sell their exchange notes; or
 
 
·
the price at which the holders would be able to sell their exchange notes.
 
If a trading market were to develop, the exchange notes might trade at higher or lower prices than their principal amount or purchase price, depending on many factors, including prevailing interest rates, the market for similar securities and our financial performance.
 
In addition, any holder of outstanding notes who tenders in the applicable exchange offer for the purpose of participating in a distribution of the applicable exchange notes may be deemed to have received restricted securities, and if so, will be required to comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any resale transaction. For a description of these requirements, see “Exchange Offers.”
 
Your outstanding notes will not be accepted for exchange if you fail to follow the exchange offer procedures and, as a result, your outstanding notes will continue to be subject to existing transfer restrictions and you may not be able to sell your outstanding notes.
 
We will not accept your outstanding notes for exchange if you do not follow the exchange offer procedures. We will issue exchange notes as part of the exchange offers only after a timely receipt of your outstanding notes and all other required documents. Therefore, if you want to tender your outstanding notes, please allow sufficient time to ensure timely delivery. If we do not receive your outstanding notes and other required documents by the expiration date of the exchange offers, we will not accept your outstanding notes for exchange. We are under no duty to give notification of defects or irregularities with respect to the tenders of outstanding notes for exchange. If there are defects or irregularities with respect to your tender of outstanding notes, we may not accept your outstanding notes for exchange. For more information, see “Exchange Offers.”
 
If you do not exchange your outstanding notes, your outstanding notes will continue to be subject to the existing transfer restrictions and you may not be able to sell your outstanding notes.
 
We did not register the outstanding notes, nor do we intend to do so following the exchange offers. Outstanding notes that are not tendered will therefore continue to be subject to the existing transfer restrictions and may be transferred only in limited circumstances under the securities laws. If you do not exchange your outstanding notes, you will lose your right to have your outstanding notes registered under the federal securities laws. As a result, if you hold outstanding notes after the applicable exchange offer, you may not be able to sell your outstanding notes.
 

 
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Risks Related to the Exchange Notes
 
We have substantial indebtedness that could restrict our operations and impair our financial condition and your investment in the notes.
 
At March 31, 2012, our total indebtedness for borrowed money was $4,745.1 million, of which approximately $23.5 million of such total indebtedness (excluding interest) was classified as current, $20.6 million is due between 2013 and 2016, and $4,701.0 million is due in 2017 and thereafter.
 
Our substantial level of indebtedness and other financial obligations increase the possibility that we may be unable to generate cash sufficient to pay, when due, the principal of, interest on or other amounts due, in respect of our indebtedness, including the notes in the event Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings is required to make such payments on the notes or we are required to make such payments on the notes pursuant to our guarantee.
 
Our substantial indebtedness could have other adverse consequences, including:
 
 
·
requiring us to dedicate a substantial portion of our cash flow to the payment of principal and interest on indebtedness, thereby reducing cash available for other purposes, including to fund operations and capital expenditures, invest in new technology and pursue other business opportunities;
 
 
·
limiting our liquidity and operational flexibility and limiting our ability to obtain additional financing for working capital, capital expenditures, debt service requirements, acquisitions and general corporate or other purposes;
 
 
·
limiting our ability to adjust to changing economic, business and competitive conditions;
 
 
·
requiring us to defer planned capital expenditures, reduce discretionary spending, sell assets, restructure existing indebtedness or defer acquisitions or other strategic opportunities;
 
 
·
limiting our ability to refinance any of our indebtedness or increasing the cost of any such financing in any downturn in our operating performance or decline in general economic conditions;
 
 
 
·
making us more vulnerable to a downturn in our operating performance or a decline in general economic or industry conditions; and
 
 
·
making us more susceptible to changes in credit ratings, which could impact our ability to obtain financing in the future and increase the cost of such financing.
 
If compliance with our debt obligations materially hinders our ability to operate our business and adapt to changing industry conditions, we may lose market share, our revenue may decline and our operating results may suffer.
 
Our ability to make scheduled payments on our debt obligations depends on our financial condition and operating performance, which is subject to prevailing economic and competitive conditions and to certain financial, business and other factors beyond our control. We may not be able to maintain a level of cash flows from operating activities sufficient to permit us to pay the principal, premium, if any, and interest on our indebtedness.
 
If our cash flows and capital resources are insufficient to fund our debt service obligations, we may be forced to reduce or delay capital expenditures, sell assets or operations, seek additional capital or restructure or refinance our indebtedness. We may not be able to take any of these actions, and these actions may not be successful or permit us to meet our scheduled debt service obligations. Furthermore, these actions may not be permitted under the terms of our existing or future debt agreements.
 

 
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Our ability to restructure or refinance our debt will depend on the condition of the capital markets and our financial condition at such time. Any refinancing of our debt could be at higher interest rates and increase our debt service obligations and may require us to comply with more onerous covenants, which could further restrict our business operations. The terms of existing or future debt instruments may restrict us from adopting some of these alternatives. These alternative measures may not be successful and may not permit us to meet our scheduled debt service obligations. If we cannot make scheduled payments on our indebtedness we will be in default under one or more of our debt agreements and, as a result we could be forced into bankruptcy or liquidation.
 
To service our debt obligations and to fund capital expenditures, we must generate a significant amount of cash, which depends on many factors beyond our control.
 
For the three months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011, earnings were not sufficient to cover our fixed charges by $60.9 million and $32.3 million, respectively.  Our ratio of earnings to fixed charges was 1.17x for the year ended December 31, 2011.  Our cash debt service for 2012, based on the amount of indebtedness outstanding at March 31, 2012 is expected to be approximately $367.0 million based on current interest rates, of which $363.5 million represents debt service on fixed-rate obligations.
 
Our ability to service our debt obligations and to fund capital expenditures for display construction or renovation will require a significant amount of cash, which depends on general economic, financial, competitive, legislative, regulatory and other factors beyond our control, which may prevent us from generating any cash to meet these needs. Our ability to make payments on and to refinance our indebtedness will also depend on our ability to generate cash in the future.
 
We cannot ensure that our business will generate sufficient cash flow or that future borrowings will be available to us in an amount sufficient to enable us to pay our indebtedness or to fund our other liquidity needs. If our future cash flow from operations and other capital resources are insufficient to pay our obligations as they mature or to fund our liquidity needs, we may be forced to reduce or delay our business activities and capital expenditures, sell assets, or attempt to obtain additional equity capital or restructure or refinance all or a portion of indebtedness on or before maturity. We cannot ensure that we will be able to refinance any of our indebtedness on a timely basis, on satisfactory terms or at all. In addition, the terms of our existing indebtedness and other future indebtedness may limit our ability to pursue any of these alternatives.
 
Our agreements with Clear Channel Communications impose restrictions on our ability to finance operations and capital needs, make acquisitions or engage in other business activities.
 
We have entered into a Master Agreement, a Corporate Services Agreement, a Tax Matters Agreement, a Trademark License Agreement and a number of other agreements with Clear Channel Communications setting forth various matters governing our relationship with Clear Channel Communications while it remains a significant stockholder in us. These agreements allow Clear Channel Communications to retain control over many aspects of our operations. We are not able to terminate these agreements or amend them in a manner we deem more favorable so long as Clear Channel Communications continues to own shares of our common stock representing more than 50% of the total voting power of our common stock.
 
The Master Agreement with Clear Channel Communications includes restrictive covenants that, among other things, restrict our ability to:
 
 
·
issue any shares of capital stock or securities convertible into capital stock;
 
 
·
incur additional indebtedness;
 
 
·
make certain acquisitions and investments;
 
 
·
repurchase our stock;
 
 
·
dispose of certain assets; and
 

 
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merge or consolidate.
 
The existence of these restrictions limits our ability to finance operations and capital needs, make acquisitions or engage in other business activities, including our ability to grow and increase our revenue or respond to competitive changes. The following is a discussion of our sources of capital:
 
 
·
We do not have any material committed external sources of capital independent from Clear Channel Communications.
 
 
·
Under our Master Agreement with Clear Channel Communications, we are prohibited from incurring more than $400.0 million of indebtedness unless we receive the prior consent of Clear Channel Communications. We have exceeded the $400.0 million threshold, but obtained the consent of Clear Channel Communications to issue the notes. In addition, the Company is subject to certain covenants under the Master Agreement, including a prohibition on taking actions that could reasonably result in Clear Channel Communications being in breach of or in default under its senior secured credit facilities, which could limit our ability to incur debt in the future.
 
 
·
Restricted subsidiaries that are non-loan parties under Clear Channel Communications’ senior secured credit facilities, including Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, are prohibited from borrowing more than an aggregate of $900.0 million from third parties. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings and its restricted subsidiaries are permitted to incur indebtedness provided (i) the net cash proceeds are distributed to the holders of Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings’ common stock or loaned to Clear Channel Communications, (ii) Clear Channel Communications makes a prepayment on its senior secured credit facilities indebtedness in an amount equal to the amount received by Clear Channel Communications or its subsidiaries in connection with such dividend or loan and (iii) on a pro forma basis, giving effect to the incurrence of such indebtedness, (a) with respect to the incurrence of senior indebtedness, Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings’ senior leverage ratio is no greater than 3.25 and its total leverage ratio is no greater than 6.5 and (b) with respect to the incurrence of subordinated indebtedness, Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings’ total leverage ratio is no greater than 6.5.
 
 
·
As part of the day-to-day cash management services provided by Clear Channel Communications, we maintain accounts that represent net amounts due to or from Clear Channel Communications, which are recorded as “Due from/to Clear Channel Communications” on the consolidated balance sheet. The respective balances of these accounts are evidenced by a revolving promissory note issued by us to Clear Channel Communications (the “CCOH Cash Management Note”) and a revolving promissory note issued by Clear Channel Communications to us (the “CCU Cash Management Note” and together with the CCOH Cash Management Note, the “Cash Management Notes”), each in the face amount of $1.0 billion, or if more or less than such amount, the aggregate unpaid principal amount of all advances. Clear Channel Communications is not required to provide us with funds to finance our working capital or other cash requirements. Our claim in relation to cash transferred from our concentration account is on an unsecured basis and is limited to the balance of the “Due from Clear Channel Communications” account, which amount was $702.8 million as of March 31, 2012. The balance in such account is currently expected to continue to increase and could exceed $1.0 billion in the next several years. If Clear Channel Communications were to become insolvent, the notes would not be accelerated, and we would be an unsecured creditor of Clear Channel Communications with respect to any amounts owed to us under the CCU Cash Management Note. In such event, we would be treated the same as other unsecured creditors of Clear Channel Communications and, if we were not entitled to the cash previously transferred to Clear Channel Communications, or could not obtain such cash on a timely basis, we could experience a liquidity shortfall.
 
 
·
Clear Channel Communications’ senior secured credit facilities contain a covenant that restricts Clear Channel Communications’ ability to amend, modify or change any term of (i) the Cash Management Notes and (ii) certain other agreements between Clear Channel Communications and us in any manner that is materially adverse to the interests of the lenders under such facilities. The covenant expressly provides that extensions of the maturity of the Cash Management Notes and these agreements and any changes in the interest rate on the Cash Management Notes and other intercompany notes between Clear Channel Communications and us that are approved by the board of directors of Clear Channel Communications will be deemed not materially adverse to the interests of the lenders.
 

 
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In 2009, Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings issued the Senior Notes. The Senior Notes require the Company to maintain at least $100.0 million in cash or other liquid assets or have cash available to be borrowed under committed credit facilities, consisting of (i) $50.0 million at the issuer and guarantor entities (principally our domestic business) and (ii) $50.0 million at the non-guarantor subsidiaries (principally our international business) (together the “Liquidity Amount”) in each case under the sole control of the relevant entity.
 
The existing cash management arrangements with Clear Channel Communications will continue, including the funding of daily disbursements relating to domestic operating activities of the Company. However, in the event that Clear Channel Communications fails to advance any funds to or for the account of the Company to pay daily operating disbursements of domestic operations, and as a result, we are unable to maintain the Liquidity Amount, we could make a demand for repayment on the CCU Cash Management Note (to the extent of any balance thereon) to replenish the Liquidity Amount. If we fail to maintain the Liquidity Amount for more than five business days, an event of default will occur under the indentures governing the Senior Notes. In the event of a bankruptcy, liquidation, dissolution, reorganization, or similar proceeding of Clear Channel Communications, for the period thereafter that is the shorter of such proceeding and 60 days, the Liquidity Amount will be reduced to $50.0 million, with a $25.0 million requirement at the issuer and guarantor entities and a $25.0 million requirement at the non-guarantor subsidiaries. There can be no assurance that Clear Channel Communications will have sufficient liquidity to fund its obligations to us.
 
Despite current indebtedness levels, we and our subsidiaries may still be able to incur substantially more debt. This could further exacerbate the risks associated with our leverage.
 
We and our subsidiaries may be able to incur substantial additional indebtedness in the future. Although the indentures governing the notes and the Senior Notes contain restrictions on the incurrence of additional indebtedness, these restrictions are subject to a number of qualifications and exceptions, and the indebtedness incurred in compliance with these restrictions could be substantial. For example, our subsidiaries that are not guarantors, which include all of our foreign subsidiaries, may be able to incur substantially more indebtedness under the indentures than our subsidiaries that are guarantors. Accordingly, any indebtedness incurred by our foreign subsidiaries would be structurally senior to the Senior Notes and the notes.  Moreover, the indentures governing the notes and the Senior Notes do not impose any limitation on our incurrence of liabilities that are not considered “indebtedness” under the indentures, and do not impose any limitation on liabilities incurred by our immaterial subsidiaries or our subsidiaries that might be designated as “unrestricted subsidiaries.” If we incur additional debt above the current levels, the risks associated with our substantial leverage would increase.
 
Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings is a holding company that has no revenue-generating operations and will depend on payments received under the proceeds loans to make payments on the notes.
 
Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings is a holding company which holds the stock of the first tier foreign subsidiaries which, when aggregated with the assets and revenue of their respective subsidiaries, represents all of the total assets and revenue of the International segment. Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings will not be permitted to engage in any activities other than the ownership of all the outstanding equity interests in its subsidiaries and activities incidental thereto. Upon receipt of the net proceeds from the outstanding notes, Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings loaned, on a subordinated unsecured basis, amounts equal to the net proceeds of the notes to CCOI which will be due and payable at the same times as payments under the notes and which we refer to as the “proceeds loans.” Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings’ ability to make payments on the notes is therefore dependent on the payments received under the proceeds loans and other funds that may be received from its subsidiaries. However, there is no obligation on the part of its subsidiaries to provide funds to Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings. None of the subsidiaries of Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings guaranteed the notes as of the issue date. None of the foreign subsidiaries of Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, and none of the domestic subsidiaries of Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings that are immaterial subsidiaries or are designated as unrestricted subsidiaries, guarantee the notes. If payments on the proceeds loans are not made by CCOI, for whatever reason, Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings may not have funds available to it that would permit it to make payments on the notes. In such circumstances, the holders of the notes would have to rely upon claims for payment under the guarantees, which claims would be subject to a number of risks described elsewhere under “Risk Factors.”
 

 
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Your right to receive payments on the notes will be junior to the rights of the holders of the Senior Notes and any of our future senior debt.
 
The notes are unsecured senior subordinated obligations that will rank junior in right of payment to all of our existing and future senior indebtedness, including the Senior Notes and any borrowings we make under Clear Channel Communications’ senior credit facilities. As of March 31, 2012, we had approximately $2.5 billion of senior indebtedness outstanding.
 
We may not pay principal, premium, if any, interest or other amounts on account of the notes in the event of a payment default in respect of certain of our senior indebtedness or other defaults in respect of such designated senior indebtedness that result in the acceleration of the maturity thereof, including the Senior Notes and any borrowings we make under Clear Channel Communications’ senior secured credit facilities, unless the senior indebtedness has been paid in full or the default has been cured or waived. In addition, in the event of certain other defaults with respect to certain of our senior indebtedness, we may not be permitted to pay any amount on account of the notes for a designated period of time.
 
Because of the subordination provisions in the notes, in the event of our bankruptcy, liquidation or dissolution, our assets will not be available to pay obligations under the notes until we have made all payments in cash on our senior indebtedness. Sufficient assets may not remain after all these payments have been made to make any payments on the notes, including payments of principal or interest when due.
 
The notes are structurally subordinated to the liabilities of our subsidiaries that do not guarantee the notes. Your right to receive payments on the notes could be adversely affected if any of our non-guarantor subsidiaries declare bankruptcy, liquidate or reorganize.
 
Our non-wholly-owned (and certain wholly-owned) domestic subsidiaries and our foreign subsidiaries do not guarantee the notes. As a result, the notes will be structurally subordinated to all existing and future obligations, including indebtedness, of our subsidiaries that do not guarantee the notes, and the claims of creditors of these subsidiaries, including trade creditors, will have priority as to the assets of these subsidiaries. In the event of a bankruptcy, liquidation or reorganization of any of our non-guarantor subsidiaries, holders of their indebtedness and their trade and other creditors will generally be entitled to payment of their claims from the assets of those subsidiaries before any assets are made available for distribution to us and, in turn, to our creditors.
 
Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings, Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings and the other guarantors accounted for approximately $4,839.6 million, or 67.9%, of our total assets on an actual consolidated basis as of March 31, 2012.
 
We may not have access to the cash flow and assets that may be needed to make payments on the notes in the event that we are required to make such payments pursuant to our guarantee.
 
In November 2005, we entered into a cash management arrangement with Clear Channel Communications whereby Clear Channel Communications provides us day-to-day cash management services. As part of this arrangement, substantially all of the cash generated from our domestic operations is transferred daily into Clear Channel Communications accounts and, in return, Clear Channel Communications funds certain of our operations. This arrangement is evidenced by the CCU Cash Management Note and the CCOH Cash Management Note. Each of the Cash Management Notes is a demand obligation; however, Clear Channel Communications is not under any contractual commitment to advance funds to us beyond the amounts outstanding under the note issued by Clear Channel Communications. Clear Channel Communications may continue to use the cash flows of our domestic operations for its own general corporate purposes pursuant to the terms of the existing cash management and intercompany arrangements between Clear Channel Communications and us.
 

 
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In addition, we derive substantially all of our operating income from our subsidiaries. We are dependent on the earnings and cash flow of our subsidiaries to meet our obligations with respect to our guarantee of the notes. We cannot assure you that our subsidiaries will be able to, or be permitted to, pay to us the amounts necessary to service the notes (in the event we are required to make such payments on the notes pursuant to our guarantee). Provisions of law, such as those requiring that dividends be paid only out of surplus, will also limit the ability of our subsidiaries to make distributions, loans, or other payments to us. In the event we do not receive distributions from our subsidiaries, we may be unable to make required principal and interest payments on our indebtedness, including the Senior Notes and the notes (in the event we are required to make such payments pursuant to our guarantee).
 
Restrictive covenants in the indentures governing the notes and the Senior Notes, the indentures governing Clear Channel Communications’ legacy notes, senior cash pay and toggle notes and priority guarantee notes and agreements governing Clear Channel Communications’ senior secured credit facilities and receivables based credit facility may restrict our ability to pursue our business strategies.
 
Clear Channel Communications’ senior secured credit facilities and receivables based credit facility, the indentures governing Clear Channel Communications’ legacy notes, senior cash pay and toggle notes and priority guarantee notes and the indentures governing the notes and the Senior Notes contain a number of restrictive covenants that impose significant operating and financial restrictions on us and may limit our ability to engage in acts that may be in our long-term best interests. These agreements include covenants restricting, among other things, our ability and the ability of our restricted subsidiaries to:
 
 
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incur or guarantee additional debt or issue certain preferred stock;
 
 
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redeem, repurchase or retire our subordinated debt;
 
 
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make certain investments;
 
 
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create liens on our or our restricted subsidiaries’ assets to secure debt;
 
 
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create restrictions on the payment of dividends or other amounts to us from our restricted subsidiaries that are not guarantors of the notes;
 
 
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enter into transactions with affiliates;
 
 
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merge or consolidate with another person, or sell or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of our assets;
 
 
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sell certain assets, including capital stock of our subsidiaries;
 
 
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alter the business that we conduct; and
 
 
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designate our subsidiaries as unrestricted subsidiaries.
 
The indentures governing our Series B Senior Notes and Series B notes contain restrictions on our ability to pay dividends, redeem or purchase capital stock or make any other restricted payments. The indentures governing the Series A Senior Notes and Series A notes do not restrict our ability to pay dividends, redeem or purchase capital stock or make any other restricted payments.  See “Description of the Exchange Notes—Description of the A Notes—Certain Covenants in the A Note Indenture—Limitation on Restricted Payments” and “Description of the Exchange Notes—Description of the B Notes—Certain Covenants in the B Note Indenture—Limitation on Restricted Payments.”
 

 
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The calculation of Adjusted EBITDA pursuant to the indentures governing the notes permits certain estimates and assumptions that may differ materially from actual results but which would nonetheless permit us to incur indebtedness on the basis of those assumptions.
 
Although Adjusted EBITDA is derived from our financial statements (pro forma or historical, as the case may be), the calculation of “EBITDA” pursuant to the indentures governing the notes, permits certain estimates and assumptions that may differ materially from actual results. Although our management believes these estimates and assumptions are reasonable, investors should not place undue reliance upon the calculation of Adjusted EBITDA given how it is calculated and the possibility that the underlying estimates and assumptions may ultimately not reflect actual results. In addition, the indentures governing the notes permit us to adjust EBITDA for items that would not meet the standards for inclusion in pro forma financial statements under Regulation S-X and other SEC rules. Some of these adjustments may be too speculative to merit adjustment under Regulation S-X; however, the indentures governing the notes would permit such adjustments for purposes of determining Adjusted EBITDA. As a result of these adjustments, we may be able to incur more debt or pay dividends or make other restricted payments in greater amounts than would otherwise be permitted without such adjustments.
 
Adjusted EBITDA is not a presentation made in accordance with GAAP, is not a measure of financial condition, liquidity or profitability and should not be considered as an alternative to net income (loss) determined in accordance with GAAP or operating cash flows determined in accordance with GAAP. Additionally, Adjusted EBITDA is not intended to be a measure of free cash flow for management’s discretionary use, as it does not take into account certain items such as interest and principal payments on our indebtedness, depreciation and amortization expense, working capital needs, tax payments, non-recurring expenses and capital expenditures.
 
Certain transactions that may result in a change of ownership of Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings may not constitute a change of control. In addition, in the event of a change of control, Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings may not be able to fulfill its repurchase obligations under the indentures governing the notes.
 
Under the indentures governing the notes, upon the occurrence of any change of control, Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings will be required to make a change of control offer to repurchase the notes at a price equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of repurchase. The definition of change of control in the indentures governing the notes includes, among other things, (i) the issuer ceasing to be a wholly-owned subsidiary of Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings or Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings becoming a wholly-owned subsidiary of Clear Channel Communications, (ii) a sale of all or substantially all of Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings' assets to persons other than Permitted Holders (as defined under “Description of the Exchange Notes—Description of the A Notes—Certain Definitions” and “Description of the Exchange Notes—Description of the B Notes—Certain Definitions”), (iii) the acquisition of more than 50% of the voting power of the voting stock of Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings or any of its parent companies by persons other than Permitted Holders and (iv) certain changes in the board of directors of Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings. However, a change of control under clause (iii) would not be triggered by (a) any restructuring of all or substantially all of any series, class, tranche or facility of indebtedness of any parent of Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, (b) any debt workout and similar transactions involving all or substantially all of any series, class, tranche or facility of indebtedness of any parent of Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, including any restructuring of indebtedness in connection with any consensual or negotiated arrangement or any court approved or ordered arrangement or plan, (c) any exchange or conversion of all or substantially all of any series, class, tranche or facility of indebtedness for or to any equity interests or any issuance of equity interests for cash or other consideration (other than any public offering of capital stock and any offering of capital stock that is underwritten for resale pursuant to Rule 144A or Regulation S of the Securities Act) as result of which all or substantially all of any series, class, tranche or facility of indebtedness of any parent of Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings is repaid, retired, exchanged for equity, cancelled, extinguished or otherwise discharged or (d) any other transactions that have substantially the effect of any of the foregoing; provided, however, that in each case, such restructuring, debt workout, exchange, conversion or other transaction does not involve the consensual sale for cash consideration of capital stock of any such parent of Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings owned by the Investors (as defined under “Description of the Exchange Notes—Description of the A Notes—Certain Definitions” and “Description of the Exchange Notes—Description of the B Notes—Certain Definitions”).
 

 
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Any change of control would be expected to constitute a default under any secured credit facilities. Therefore, upon the occurrence of a change of control, the lenders under any secured credit facilities would be expected to have the right to accelerate their loans, and if so accelerated, we would be required to repay all of our outstanding obligations under any secured credit facilities. Also, any senior indebtedness generally would be expected to prohibit us from purchasing any notes if we do not repay all borrowings under such facilities first or obtain the consent of the lenders under such facilities. In such case, unless we first repay all such borrowings or obtain the consent of such lenders, we would be prohibited from purchasing the notes upon a change of control.
 
In addition, if a change of control occurs, there can be no assurance that Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings will have available funds sufficient to pay the change of control purchase price for any of the notes that might be delivered by holders of the notes seeking to accept the change of control offer and, accordingly, none of the holders of the notes may receive the change of control purchase price for their notes. Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings’ failure to make the change of control offer or to pay the change of control purchase price with respect to the notes when due would result in a default under the indentures governing the notes. See “Description of the Exchange Notes—Description of the A Notes—Events of Default and Remedies” and “Description of the Exchange Notes—Description of the B Notes—Events of Default and Remedies.”
 
Federal and state statutes may allow courts, under specific circumstances, to void the notes and the guarantees, subordinate claims in respect of the notes and the guarantees and require noteholders to return payments received.
 
Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings’ issuance of the notes and the issuance of the guarantees by the guarantors, as well as other components of the offering may be subject to review under state and Federal laws if a bankruptcy, liquidation or reorganization case or a lawsuit, including in circumstances in which bankruptcy is not involved, were commenced at some future date by us, by the guarantors or on behalf of our unpaid creditors or the unpaid creditors of a guarantor. Under the Federal bankruptcy laws and comparable provisions of state fraudulent transfer and fraudulent conveyance laws, a court may void or otherwise decline to enforce the notes and a guarantor’s guarantee, or a court may subordinate the notes and such guarantee to our or the applicable guarantor’s existing and future indebtedness.
 
While the relevant laws may vary from state to state, a court might void or otherwise decline to enforce the notes if it found that when Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings issued the notes, when the applicable guarantor entered into its guarantee or, in some states, when payments became due under the notes or such guarantee, Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings or the applicable guarantor received less than reasonably equivalent value or fair consideration and either:
 
 
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Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings or the applicable guarantor was insolvent, or rendered insolvent by reason of such incurrence; or
 
 
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Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings or the applicable guarantor was engaged in a business or transaction for which Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings’ or the applicable guarantor’s remaining assets constituted unreasonably small capital; or
 
 
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Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings or the applicable guarantor intended to incur, or believed that Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings or the applicable guarantor would incur, debts beyond Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings’ or such guarantor’s ability to pay such debts as they mature; or
 
 
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Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings or the applicable guarantor was a defendant in an action for money damages or had a judgment for money damages docketed against Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings or such guarantor if, in either case, after final judgment, the judgment is unsatisfied.
 
The court might also void the notes or a guarantee without regard to the above factors, if the court found that we issued the notes or the applicable guarantor entered into its guarantee with actual intent to hinder, delay or defraud our or its creditors.
 

 
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A court would likely find that we or a guarantor did not receive reasonably equivalent value or fair consideration for the notes or such guarantee if we or such guarantor did not substantially benefit directly or indirectly from the issuance of the notes or the applicable guarantee. As a general matter, value is given for a note or guarantee if, in exchange for the note or guarantee, property is transferred or an antecedent debt is satisfied. A debtor will generally not be considered to have received value in connection with a debt offering if the debtor uses the proceeds of that offering to make a dividend payment or otherwise retire or redeem equity securities issued by the debtor. For example, in a transaction such as this offering, there is increased risk of a determination that Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings incurred debt obligations for less than reasonably equivalent value or fair consideration as a court may find that the benefit of the transaction went to the stockholders of Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, including Clear Channel Communications, while neither Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings nor the guarantors, other than Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, benefited substantially or directly from the notes or the guarantees.
 
The measures of insolvency applied by courts will vary depending upon the particular fraudulent transfer law applied in any proceeding to determine whether a fraudulent transfer has occurred. Generally, however, an entity would be considered insolvent if:
 
 
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the sum of its debts, including subordinated and contingent liabilities, was greater than the fair saleable value of its assets; or
 
 
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if the present fair saleable value of its assets were less than the amount that would be required to pay the probable liability on its existing debts, including subordinated and contingent liabilities, as they become absolute and mature; or
 
 
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it cannot pay its debts as they become due.
 
In the event of a finding that a fraudulent conveyance or transfer has occurred, the court may void, or hold unenforceable, the notes or any of the guarantees, which could mean that you may not receive any payments on the notes and the court may direct you to repay any amounts that you have already received from Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings or any guarantor to Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings, such guarantor or a fund for the benefit of Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings’ or such guarantor’s creditors. Furthermore, the holders of voided notes would cease to have any direct claim against Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings or the applicable guarantor. Consequently, Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings’ or the applicable guarantor’s assets would be applied first to satisfy Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings’ or the applicable guarantor’s other liabilities, before any portion of its assets could be applied to the payment of the notes. Sufficient funds to repay the notes may not be available from other sources, including the remaining guarantors, if any. Moreover, the voidance of the notes or a guarantee could result in an event of default with respect to Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings’ and its guarantors’ other debt that could result in acceleration of such debt (if not otherwise accelerated due to Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings’ or its guarantors’ insolvency or other proceeding).
 
Although each guarantee will contain a provision intended to limit that guarantor’s liability to the maximum amount that it could incur without causing the incurrence of obligations under its guarantee to be a fraudulent transfer, this provision may not be effective to protect those guarantees from being voided under fraudulent transfer law, or may reduce that guarantor’s obligation to an amount that effectively makes its guarantee worthless.
 
The notes will mature after a substantial portion of our other indebtedness, including the Senior Notes.
 
The notes will mature in 2020. Substantially all of our existing indebtedness (including the Senior Notes) will mature prior to the maturity of the notes. Therefore, we will be required to repay substantially all of our other creditors before we are required to repay a portion of interest due on, and the principal of, the notes. As a result, we may not have sufficient cash to repay all amounts owing on the notes at maturity. There can be no assurance that we will have the ability to borrow or otherwise raise the amounts necessary to repay such amounts.
 

 
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Because each guarantor’s liability under its guarantee or security may be reduced to zero, avoided or released under certain circumstances, you may not receive any payments from some or all of the guarantors.
 
Noteholders have the benefit of the guarantees from Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings and certain of its subsidiaries. However, the guarantees are limited to the maximum amount the guarantors are permitted to guarantee under applicable law. As a result, a guarantor’s liability under its guarantee could be reduced to zero, depending on the amount of other obligations of such guarantor. Furthermore, under certain circumstances, a court under applicable fraudulent conveyance and transfer statutes could void the obligations under a guarantee or further subordinate it to all other obligations of the guarantor. In addition, you will lose the benefit of a particular guarantee and security if it is released under certain circumstances.
 
In the event of a bankruptcy proceeding, the claims of noteholders may be reduced.
 
Because the terms of the proceeds loans mirror the terms of the notes (other than, with respect to the Series A proceeds loan, a variance in aggregate principal amount as a result of the payment of the initial purchasers' discount by the issuer prior to the making of such proceeds loan) and because the same obligations underlie CCOI’s guarantee and the proceeds loans, in the event of a bankruptcy proceeding, the claim of the noteholders with respect to CCOI’s guarantee and of Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings with respect to the proceeds loans might not be treated by the court administrating such bankruptcy proceeding as separate claims. In any event, the existence of the proceeds loans will not allow the noteholders to recover in excess of the amount they would otherwise be entitled to recover were the proceeds loans not to have been executed.
 
Risks Related to Our Business
 
Our results have been in the past, and could be in the future, adversely affected by economic uncertainty or deteriorations in economic conditions.
 
Expenditures by advertisers tend to be cyclical, reflecting economic conditions and budgeting and buying patterns. Periods of a slowing economy or recession, or periods of economic uncertainty, may be accompanied by a decrease in advertising. The global economic downturn that began in 2008 resulted in a decline in advertising and marketing by our customers, which resulted in a decline in advertising revenues across our businesses. This reduction in advertising revenues had an adverse effect on our revenue, profit margins, cash flow and liquidity. Although we believe that global economic conditions are improving, economic conditions remain uncertain. If economic conditions do not continue to improve, economic uncertainty increases or economic conditions deteriorate again, global economic conditions may once again adversely impact our revenue, profit margins, cash flow and liquidity. Furthermore, because a significant portion of our revenue is derived from local advertisers, our ability to generate revenues in specific markets is directly affected by local and regional conditions, and unfavorable regional economic conditions also may adversely impact our results. In addition, even in the absence of a downturn in general economic conditions, an individual business sector or market may experience a downturn, causing it to reduce its advertising expenditures, which also may adversely impact our results.
 
We performed impairment tests on our goodwill and other intangible assets during the fourth quarter of 2011 and 2010 and recorded non-cash impairment charges of $7.6 million and $11.5 million, respectively. Additionally, we performed impairment tests in 2008 and 2009 on our indefinite-lived assets and goodwill and, as a result of the global economic downturn and the corresponding reduction in our revenues, we recorded non-cash impairment charges of $3.2 billion and $890.7 million, respectively. Although we believe we have made reasonable estimates and used appropriate assumptions to calculate the fair value of our billboard permits and reporting units, it is possible a material change could occur. If actual market conditions and operational performance for the respective reporting units underlying the intangible assets were to deteriorate, or if facts and circumstances change that would more likely than not reduce the estimated fair value of the indefinite-lived assets or goodwill for these reporting units below their adjusted carrying amounts, we may also be required to recognize additional impairment charges in future periods, which could have a material impact on our financial condition and results of operations.
 

 
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Downgrades in our credit ratings may adversely affect our borrowing costs, limit our financing options, reduce our flexibility under future financings and adversely affect our liquidity, and also may adversely impact our business operations.
 
Our and Clear Channel Communications’ corporate credit ratings by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services and Moody’s Investors Service are speculative-grade and have been downgraded and upgraded at various times during the past several years. Any reductions in our credit ratings could increase our borrowing costs, reduce the availability of financing to us or increase the cost of doing business or otherwise negatively impact our business operations.
 
Our financial performance may be adversely affected by many factors beyond our control.
 
Certain factors that could adversely affect our financial performance by, among other things, leading to decreases in overall revenues, the numbers of advertising customers, advertising fees, or profit margins include:
 
 
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unfavorable economic conditions, which may cause companies to reduce their expenditures on advertising;
 
 
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an increased level of competition for advertising dollars, which may lead to lower advertising rates as we attempt to retain customers or which may cause us to lose customers to our competitors who offer lower rates that we are unable or unwilling to match;
 
 
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unfavorable fluctuations in operating costs, which we may be unwilling or unable to pass through to our customers;
 
 
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technological changes and innovations that we are unable to successfully adopt or are late in adopting that offer more attractive advertising alternatives than what we offer, which may lead to a loss of advertising customers or to lower advertising rates;
 
 
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changes in governmental regulations and policies and actions of regulatory bodies, including changes to restrictions on rebuilding non-conforming structures, which could increase our taxes or other costs, restrict the advertising media that we employ or restrict some or all of our customers that operate in regulated areas from using certain advertising media or from advertising at all;
 
 
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unfavorable shifts in population and other demographics, which may cause us to lose advertising customers as people migrate to markets where we have a smaller presence or which may cause advertisers to be willing to pay less in advertising fees if the general population shifts into a less desirable age or geographical demographic from an advertising perspective; and
 
 
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unfavorable changes in labor conditions, which may impair our ability to operate or require us to spend more to retain and attract key employees.
 
We face intense competition in the outdoor advertising business.
 
We operate in a highly competitive industry, and we may not be able to maintain or increase our current advertising and sales revenues. We compete for advertising revenue with other outdoor advertising businesses, as well as with other media, such as radio, newspapers, magazines, television, direct mail, smart mobile phones, satellite radio and Internet-based media, within their respective markets. Market shares are subject to change, which could have the effect of reducing our revenue in that market. Our competitors may develop services or advertising media that are equal or superior to those we provide or that achieve greater market acceptance and brand recognition than we achieve. It also is possible that new competitors may emerge and rapidly acquire significant market share in any of our business segments. An increased level of competition for advertising dollars may lead to lower advertising rates as we attempt to retain customers or may cause us to lose customers to our competitors who offer lower rates that we are unable or unwilling to match.
 

 
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Our business is dependent on our management team and other key individuals.
 
Our business is dependent upon the performance of our management team and other key individuals. A number of key individuals have joined us over the past two years, including Robert W. Pittman, who became our Executive Chairman on October 2, 2011. Although we have entered into agreements with some members of our management team and certain other key individuals, we can give no assurance that all or any of our management team and other key individuals will remain with us. Competition for these individuals is intense and many of our key employees are at-will employees who are under no legal obligation to remain with us, and may decide to leave for a variety of personal or other reasons beyond our control. If members of our management or key individuals decide to leave us in the future, or if we are not successful in attracting, motivating and retaining other key employees, our business could be adversely affected.
 
Government regulation of outdoor advertising may restrict our outdoor advertising operations.
 
U.S. federal, state and local regulations have a significant impact on the outdoor advertising industry and our business. One of the seminal laws is the Highway Beautification Act (the “HBA”), which regulates outdoor advertising on Federal-Aid Primary, Interstate and National Highway Systems’ roads in the United States. The HBA regulates the size and location of billboards, mandates a state compliance program, requires the development of state standards, promotes the expeditious removal of illegal signs and requires just compensation for takings. Construction, repair, maintenance, lighting, upgrading, height, size, spacing, the location and permitting of billboards and the use of new technologies for changing displays, such as digital displays, are regulated by federal, state and local governments. From time to time, states and municipalities have prohibited or significantly limited the construction of new outdoor advertising structures. Changes in laws and regulations affecting outdoor advertising at any level of government, including laws of the foreign jurisdictions in which we operate, could have a significant financial impact on us by requiring us to make significant expenditures or otherwise limiting or restricting some of our operations. Due to such regulations, it has become increasingly difficult to develop new outdoor advertising locations.
 
From time to time, certain state and local governments and third parties have attempted to force the removal of our displays under various state and local laws, including zoning ordinances, permit enforcement, condemnation and amortization. Amortization is the attempted forced removal of legal non-conforming billboards (billboards which conformed with applicable laws and regulations when built, but which do not conform to current laws and regulations) or the commercial advertising placed on such billboards after a period of years. Pursuant to this concept, the governmental body asserts that just compensation is earned by continued operation of the billboard over time. Amortization is prohibited along all controlled roads and generally prohibited along non-controlled roads. Amortization has, however, been upheld along non-controlled roads in limited instances where provided by state and local law. Other regulations limit our ability to rebuild, replace, repair, maintain and upgrade non-conforming displays. In addition, from time to time third parties or local governments assert that we own or operate displays that either are not properly permitted or otherwise are not in strict compliance with applicable law. For example, court rulings have upheld regulations in the City of New York that have impacted our displays in certain areas within the city. Such regulations and allegations have not had a material impact on our results of operations to date, but if we are increasingly unable to resolve such allegations or obtain acceptable arrangements in circumstances in which our displays are subject to removal, modification or amortization, or if there occurs an increase in such regulations or their enforcement, our operating results could suffer.
 
A number of state and local governments have implemented or initiated taxes, fees and registration requirements in an effort to decrease or restrict the number of outdoor signs and/or to raise revenue. From time to time, legislation also has been introduced in foreign jurisdictions attempting to impose taxes on revenue from outdoor advertising or for the right to use outdoor advertising assets. In addition, a number of jurisdictions, including the City of Los Angeles, have implemented legislation or interpreted existing legislation to restrict or prohibit the installation of new digital billboards. While these measures have not had a material impact on our business and financial results to date, we expect these efforts to continue. The increased imposition of these measures, and our inability to overcome any such measures, could reduce our operating income if those outcomes require removal or restrictions on the use of preexisting displays. In addition, if we are unable to pass on the cost of these items to our clients, our operating income could be adversely affected.
 

 
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International regulation of the outdoor advertising industry can vary by municipality, region and country, but generally limits the size, placement, nature and density of out-of-home displays. Other regulations limit the subject matter and language of out-of-home displays. Our failure to comply with these or any future international regulations could have an adverse impact on the effectiveness of our displays or their attractiveness to clients as an advertising medium and may require us to make significant expenditures to ensure compliance. As a result, we may experience a significant impact on our operations, revenue, international client base and overall financial condition.
 
Additional restrictions on outdoor advertising of tobacco, alcohol and other products may further restrict the categories of clients that can advertise using our products.
 
Out-of-court settlements between the major U.S. tobacco companies and all 50 states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and four other U.S. territories include a ban on the outdoor advertising of tobacco products. Other products and services may be targeted in the U.S. in the future, including alcohol products. Most European Union countries, among other nations, also have banned outdoor advertisements for tobacco products and legislation regulating alcohol advertising has been introduced in a number of European countries in which we conduct business and could have a similar impact. Any significant reduction in alcohol-related advertising or advertising of other products due to content-related restrictions could cause a reduction in our direct revenues from such advertisements and an increase in the available space on the existing inventory of billboards in the outdoor advertising industry.
 
Environmental, health, safety and land use laws and regulations may limit or restrict some of our operations.
 
As the owner or operator of various real properties and facilities, we must comply with various foreign, federal, state and local environmental, health, safety and land use laws and regulations. We and our properties are subject to such laws and regulations relating to the use, storage, disposal, emission and release of hazardous and non-hazardous substances and employee health and safety as well as zoning restrictions. Historically, we have not incurred significant expenditures to comply with these laws. However, additional laws which may be passed in the future, or a finding of a violation of or liability under existing laws, could require us to make significant expenditures and otherwise limit or restrict some of our operations.
 
Doing business in foreign countries exposes us to certain risks not found when doing business in the United States.
 
Doing business in foreign countries carries with it certain risks that are not found when doing business in the United States. These risks could result in losses against which we are not insured. Examples of these risks include:
 
 
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potential adverse changes in the diplomatic relations of foreign countries with the United States;
 
 
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hostility from local populations;
 
 
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the adverse effect of foreign exchange controls;
 
 
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government policies against businesses owned by foreigners;
 
 
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investment restrictions or requirements;
 
 
·
expropriations of property without adequate compensation;
 
 
·
the potential instability of foreign governments;
 
 
·
the risk of insurrections;
 
 
·
risks of renegotiation or modification of existing agreements with governmental authorities;
 

 
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difficulties collecting receivables and otherwise enforcing contracts with governmental agencies and others in some foreign legal systems;
 
 
·
withholding and other taxes on remittances and other payments by subsidiaries;
 
 
·
changes in tax structure and level; and
 
 
·
changes in laws or regulations or the interpretation or application of laws or regulations.
 
In addition, because we own assets in foreign countries and derive revenues from our International operations, we may incur currency translation losses due to changes in the values of foreign currencies and in the value of the U.S. dollar. We cannot predict the effect of exchange rate fluctuations upon future operating results.
 
Our International operations involve contracts with, and regulation by, foreign governments. We operate in many parts of the world that experience corruption to some degree. Although we have policies and procedures in place that are designed to promote legal and regulatory compliance (including with respect to the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the United Kingdom Bribery Act 2010), our employees, subcontractors and agents could take actions that violate applicable anticorruption laws or regulations. Violations of these laws, or allegations of such violations, could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial position and results of operations.
 
The success of our street furniture and transit products is dependent on our obtaining key municipal concessions, which we may not be able to obtain on favorable terms.
 
Our street furniture and transit products businesses require us to obtain and renew contracts with municipalities and other governmental entities. Many of these contracts, which require us to participate in competitive bidding processes at each renewal, typically have terms ranging from three to 20 years and have revenue share and/or fixed payment components. Our inability to successfully negotiate, renew or complete these contracts due to governmental demands and delay and the highly competitive bidding processes for these contracts could affect our ability to offer these products to our clients, or to offer them to our clients at rates that are competitive to other forms of advertising, without adversely affecting our financial results.
 
Future acquisitions and other strategic transactions could pose risks.
 
We frequently evaluate strategic opportunities both within and outside our existing lines of business. We expect from time to time to pursue additional acquisitions and may decide to dispose of certain businesses. These acquisitions or dispositions could be material. Our acquisition strategy involves numerous risks, including:
 
 
·
our acquisitions may prove unprofitable and fail to generate anticipated cash flows;
 
 
·
to successfully manage our large portfolio of outdoor advertising and other properties, we may need to:
 
 
·
recruit additional senior management as we cannot be assured that senior management of acquired businesses will continue to work for us and we cannot be certain that any of our recruiting efforts will succeed, and
 
 
·
expand corporate infrastructure to facilitate the integration of our operations with those of acquired businesses, because failure to do so may cause us to lose the benefits of any expansion that we decide to undertake by leading to disruptions in our ongoing businesses or by distracting our management;
 
 
·
we may enter into markets and geographic areas where we have limited or no experience;
 
 
·
we may encounter difficulties in the integration of operations and systems; and
 

 
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our management’s attention may be diverted from other business concerns.
 
Additional acquisitions by us may require antitrust review by federal antitrust agencies and may require review by foreign antitrust agencies under the antitrust laws of foreign jurisdictions. We can give no assurances that the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”), the U.S. Federal Trade Commission or foreign antitrust agencies will not seek to bar us from acquiring additional outdoor advertising businesses in any market where we already have a significant position. The DOJ actively reviews proposed acquisitions of outdoor advertising businesses. In addition, the antitrust laws of foreign jurisdictions will apply if we acquire international outdoor advertising businesses.
 
 
Risks Related to Our Relationship with Clear Channel Communications
 
We are controlled by Clear Channel Communications, whose interests may differ from the interests of noteholders.
 
As of March 31, 2012, Clear Channel Communications indirectly owned (1) all of our outstanding shares of Class B common stock and (2) 1,553,971 shares of our Class A common stock, collectively representing approximately 89% of the outstanding shares of our common stock. Each share of our Class B common stock entitles its holder to 20 votes and each share of our Class A common stock entitles its holder to one vote on all matters on which stockholders are entitled to vote. As a result, as of March 31, 2012, Clear Channel Communications controlled approximately 99% of the total voting power of our common stock.
 
As long as Clear Channel Communications continues to own shares of our common stock representing more than 50% of the total voting power of our common stock, it will have the ability to direct the election of all members of our Board of Directors (the “Board”) and, therefore, to exercise a controlling influence over our business and affairs, including any determinations with respect to mergers or other business combinations, our acquisition or disposition of assets, our incurrence of indebtedness, our issuance of any additional common stock or other equity securities, our repurchase or redemption of common stock or preferred stock, if applicable, and our payment of dividends. Similarly, Clear Channel Communications will have the power to determine the outcome of matters submitted to a vote of our stockholders. Because Clear Channel Communications’ interests as our controlling stockholder may differ from the interests of the holders of the notes, actions taken by Clear Channel Communications with respect to us may not be favorable to holders of the notes.
 
The interests of Clear Channel Communications may not be aligned with those of the holders of the notes. If we encounter financial difficulties, or we are unable to pay our debts as they mature, the interests of Clear Channel Communications might conflict with those of the holders of the notes. In that situation, for example, the holders of the notes might want us to raise additional equity from investors to reduce our leverage and pay our debts, while Clear Channel Communications might not want to increase its investment in us or have its ownership diluted and instead choose to take other actions, such as selling our assets. Clear Channel Communications might have an interest in pursuing acquisitions, divestitures, financings or other transactions that, in its judgment, could enhance its equity investment, even though such transactions might involve risks to you as a holder of the notes.
 
Conflicts of interest may arise between Clear Channel Communications and us that could be resolved in a manner unfavorable to us.
 
Questions relating to conflicts of interest may arise between Clear Channel Communications and us in a number of areas relating to our past and ongoing relationships. Clear Channel Communications is owned indirectly by CC Media Holdings. Two of our directors serve as directors of CC Media Holdings. Three of our other directors are affiliated with CC Media Holdings and its stockholders. In addition, five of our executive officers serve as executive officers of CC Media Holdings.
 
Areas in which conflicts of interest between Clear Channel Communications and us could arise include, but are not limited to, the following:
 
 
·
Cross officerships, directorships and stock ownership.  The ownership interests of our directors or executive officers in the common stock of CC Media Holdings or service as a director or officer of both CC Media Holdings and us could create, or appear to create, conflicts of interest when directors and executive officers are faced with decisions that could have different implications for the two companies. For example, these decisions could relate to: (1) the nature, quality and cost of services rendered to us by Clear Channel Communications; (2) disagreement over the desirability of a potential acquisition opportunity; (3) employee retention or recruiting; or (4) our capital structure, including our level of indebtedness and our dividend policy.
 

 
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Intercompany transactions.  From time to time, Clear Channel Communications or its affiliates may enter into transactions with us or our subsidiaries or other affiliates. Although the terms of any such transactions will be established based upon negotiations between employees of Clear Channel Communications and us and, when appropriate, subject to the approval of the independent directors on our Board or a committee of disinterested directors, there can be no assurance the terms of any such transactions will be as favorable to us or our subsidiaries or affiliates as may otherwise be obtained in arm’s length negotiations.
 
 
·
Intercompany agreements. We have entered into certain agreements with Clear Channel Communications pursuant to which it provides us certain management, administrative, accounting, tax, legal and other services, for which we reimburse Clear Channel Communications on a cost basis. In addition, we entered into a number of intercompany agreements covering matters such as tax sharing and our responsibility for certain liabilities previously undertaken by Clear Channel Communications for certain of our businesses. Pursuant to the Corporate Services Agreement between Clear Channel Communications and us, we are contractually obligated to utilize the services of certain executive officers of Clear Channel Communications as our executive officers until Clear Channel Communications owns shares of our common stock representing less than 50% of the total voting power of our common stock, or we provide Clear Channel Communications with six months prior written notice of termination. The terms of these agreements were established while we were a wholly-owned subsidiary of Clear Channel Communications and were not the result of arm’s length negotiations. In addition, conflicts could arise in the interpretation or any extension or renegotiation of these existing agreements.
 
The terms of our arrangements with Clear Channel Communications may be more favorable than we would be able to obtain from an unaffiliated third party, and we may be unable to replace the services Clear Channel Communications provides us in a timely manner or on comparable terms.
 
We negotiated our arrangements with Clear Channel Communications in the context of a parent-subsidiary relationship prior to the initial public offering of our Class A common stock. Although Clear Channel Communications is contractually obligated to provide us with services during the term of the Corporate Services Agreement, we cannot assure you these services will be sustained at an appropriate level, or that we will be able to replace these services in a timely manner or on comparable terms. In addition, we cannot provide assurance that the amount we pay Clear Channel Communications for the services will be as favorable to us as that which may be available for comparable services provided by unrelated third parties. Other agreements with Clear Channel Communications also govern our relationship with Clear Channel Communications and provide for the allocation of employee benefit, tax and other liabilities and obligations attributable to our operations. The agreements also contain terms and provisions that may be more favorable than terms and provisions we might have obtained in arm’s length negotiations with unaffiliated third parties. If Clear Channel Communications ceases to provide services to us pursuant to those agreements, our costs of procuring those services from third parties may increase.
 
 
If Clear Channel Communications engages in the same type of business we conduct or takes advantage of business opportunities that might be attractive to us, our ability to successfully operate and expand our business may be hampered.
 
Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides that, subject to any contractual provision to the contrary, Clear Channel Communications will have no obligation to refrain from:
 
 
·
engaging in the same or similar business activities or lines of business as us; or
 

 
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doing business with any of our clients, customers or vendors.
 
In addition, the corporate opportunity policy set forth in our amended and restated certificate of incorporation addresses potential conflicts of interest between our company, on the one hand, and Clear Channel Communications or CC Media Holdings and its officers and directors who are officers or directors of our company, on the other hand. The policy provides that if Clear Channel Communications or CC Media Holdings acquires knowledge of a potential transaction or matter which may be a corporate opportunity for both Clear Channel Communications and us, we will have renounced our interest in the corporate opportunity. It also provides that if one of our directors or officers who is also a director or officer of Clear Channel Communications or CC Media Holdings learns of a potential transaction or matter that may be a corporate opportunity for both Clear Channel Communications and us, we will have renounced our interest in the corporate opportunity, unless that opportunity is expressly offered to that person in writing solely in his or her capacity as our director or officer.
 
If one of our officers or directors, who also serves as a director or officer of Clear Channel Communications or CC Media Holdings, learns of a potential transaction or matter that may be a corporate opportunity for both Clear Channel Communications and us, our amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides that the director or officer will have no duty to communicate or present that corporate opportunity to us and will not be liable to us or our stockholders for breach of fiduciary duty by reason of Clear Channel Communications’ actions with respect to that corporate opportunity.
 
This policy could result in Clear Channel Communications having rights to corporate opportunities in which both we and Clear Channel Communications have an interest.
 
We are a “controlled company” within the meaning of the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) rules and, as a result, qualify for, and intend to rely on, exemptions from certain corporate governance requirements that may not provide stakeholders as many protections as those afforded to stakeholders of other companies.
 
Clear Channel Communications owns shares of our common stock representing more than 50% of the total voting power of our common stock and, as a result, we have elected to be treated as a “controlled company” under the NYSE corporate governance standards. As a controlled company, we are exempt from the provisions of the NYSE’s corporate governance standards requiring that: (1) a majority of our Board consists of independent directors; (2) we have a nominating and governance committee composed entirely of independent directors and governed by a written charter addressing the nominating and governance committee’s purpose and responsibilities; and (3) we have a compensation committee composed entirely of independent directors with a written charter addressing the compensation committee’s purpose and responsibilities. Although we currently have a compensation committee composed entirely of independent directors with a written charter addressing the compensation committee’s purpose and responsibilities, we currently do not have a nominating and governance committee and a majority of our Board of Directors currently does not consist of independent directors. We intend to continue using certain of these exemptions and, as a result: (1) we may not create or maintain a nominating and governance committee; (2) the nominating and governance committee (if one is created) and the compensation committee may not consist entirely of independent directors; and (3) our Board of Directors may not consist of a majority of independent directors. Accordingly, you may not have the same protections afforded to stakeholders of companies that are subject to all of the NYSE corporate governance requirements.
 
We do not have control over our tax decisions and could be liable for income taxes owed by Clear Channel Communications.
 
As long as Clear Channel Communications continues to own shares of our common stock representing at least 80% of the total voting power and value of our common stock, we and certain of our subsidiaries will be included in Clear Channel Communications’ consolidated group for U.S. federal income tax purposes for all pre-merger periods and CC Media Holdings’ consolidated group for post-merger periods. In addition, we or one or more of our subsidiaries may be included in the combined, consolidated or unitary tax returns of Clear Channel Communications for pre-merger periods and CC Media Holdings for post-merger periods or one or more of its subsidiaries for foreign, state and local income tax purposes. Under the Tax Matters Agreement, we pay to Clear Channel Communications the amount of federal, foreign, state and local income taxes that we would be required to pay to the relevant taxing authorities if we and our subsidiaries filed combined, consolidated or unitary tax returns and were not included in the consolidated, combined or unitary tax returns of Clear Channel Communications or its subsidiaries. In addition, by virtue of its controlling ownership and the Tax Matters Agreement, Clear Channel Communications effectively controls all of our tax decisions. The Tax Matters Agreement provides that Clear Channel Communications has the sole authority to respond to and conduct all tax proceedings (including tax audits) relating to us, to file all income tax returns on our behalf and to determine the amount of our liability to (or entitlement to payment from) Clear Channel Communications under the Tax Matters Agreement. This arrangement may result in conflicts of interest between Clear Channel Communications and us. For example, under the Tax Matters Agreement, Clear Channel Communications is able to choose to contest, compromise, or settle any adjustment or deficiency proposed by the relevant taxing authority in a manner that may be beneficial to Clear Channel Communications and detrimental to us.
 

 
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Moreover, notwithstanding the Tax Matters Agreement, federal law provides that each member of a consolidated group is liable for the group’s entire tax obligation. Thus, to the extent Clear Channel Communications or other members of the group fail to make any United States federal income tax payments required by law, we would be liable for the shortfall. Similar principles may apply for foreign, state and local income tax purposes where we file combined, consolidated or unitary returns with Clear Channel Communications or its subsidiaries for federal, foreign, state and local income tax purposes.
 
If Clear Channel Communications spins off our Class B common stock to the CC Media Holdings stockholders, we have agreed in the Tax Matters Agreement to indemnify Clear Channel Communications for its tax-related liabilities in certain circumstances.
 
If Clear Channel Communications spins off our Class B common stock to the CC Media Holdings stockholders in a distribution intended to be tax-free under Section 355 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, which we refer to herein as the Code, we have agreed in the Tax Matters Agreement to indemnify Clear Channel Communications and its affiliates against any and all tax-related liabilities if such a spin-off fails to qualify as a tax-free distribution (including as a result of Section 355(e) of the Code) due to actions, events or transactions relating to our stock, assets or business, or a breach of the relevant representations or covenants made by us in the Tax Matters Agreement. If neither we nor Clear Channel Communications is responsible under the Tax Matters Agreement for any such spin-off not being tax-free under Section 355 of the Code, we and Clear Channel Communications have agreed to each be responsible for 50% of the tax-related liabilities arising from the failure of such a spin-off to so qualify.
 
Any deterioration in the financial condition of Clear Channel Communications could adversely affect our access to the credit markets and increase our borrowing costs.
 
As long as Clear Channel Communications maintains significant control over us, a deterioration in the financial condition of Clear Channel Communications could have the effect of increasing our borrowing costs or impairing our access to the capital markets because of our reliance on Clear Channel Communications for availability under our “Due from Clear Channel Communications” account and its revolving credit facility. To the extent we do not pass on our increased borrowing costs to our clients, our profitability, and potentially our ability to raise capital, could be materially affected. Also, until the first date Clear Channel Communications owns shares of our common stock representing less than 50% of the total voting power of our common stock, pursuant to the Master Agreement between us and Clear Channel Communications, Clear Channel Communications will have the ability to limit our ability to incur debt or issue equity securities, among other limitations, which could adversely affect our ability to meet our liquidity needs or to grow our business.
 

 
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USE OF PROCEEDS
 
Each of the A and B note exchange offers is intended to satisfy certain of our obligations under the applicable registration rights agreement. We will not receive any cash proceeds from the issuance of the exchange notes. In consideration for issuing the exchange notes contemplated in this prospectus, we will receive outstanding notes in like principal amount, the form and terms of which are the same as the form and terms of the exchange notes, except as otherwise described in this prospectus. The outstanding notes surrendered in exchange for the exchange notes will be retired and cancelled. Accordingly, no additional debt will result from the exchange. We have agreed to bear the expenses of the exchange offers.
 

 

 

 

 
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RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES
 
Year Ended December 31,
   
Three Months Ended March 31,
 
2011
Post-Merger
   
2010
Post-Merger
   
2009
Post-Merger
   
2008
Combined
   
2007
Pre-Merger
   
2012
   
2011
 
  1.17 x                       1.76 x            

For the purposes of computing the ratio of earnings to fixed charges, earnings represent income from continuing operations before income taxes less equity in undistributed net income (loss) of unconsolidated affiliates plus fixed charges. Fixed charges represent interest, amortization of debt discount and expense and the estimated interest portion of rental charges. Fixed charges consist of interest expense on all indebtedness (including amortization of deferred financing costs) and the portion of operating lease rental expense that is representative of the interest factor. For the years ended December 31, 2010, 2009 and 2008 earnings were not sufficient to cover our fixed charges by $42.6 million, $986.9 million and $3,140.4 million, respectively. For the three months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011, earnings were not sufficient to cover our fixed charges by $60.9 million and $32.3 million, respectively.
 

 
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SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA
 
The following tables set forth our summary historical consolidated financial and other data as of the dates and for the periods indicated. The summary historical financial data are derived from our audited consolidated financial statements. Historical results are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for future periods. Acquisitions and dispositions impact the comparability of the historical consolidated financial data reflected in this schedule of Selected Financial Data.
 
The summary historical consolidated financial and other data should be read in conjunction with “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and our consolidated financial statements filed as Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2, respectively, to the Current Report on Form 8-K of Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings filed with the SEC on June 21, 2012, and the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings for the three months ended March 31, 2012, each of which is incorporated by reference in this prospectus. The statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2008 is comprised of two periods: post-merger and pre-merger. We applied purchase accounting adjustments to the opening balance sheet on July 31, 2008 as the merger occurred at the close of business on July 30, 2008. The merger resulted in a new basis of accounting beginning on July 31, 2008. For additional discussion regarding the pre-merger and post-merger periods, please refer to the consolidated financial statements contained in the Current Report on Form 8-K of Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings filed with the SEC on June 21, 2012, incorporated by reference in this prospectus.
 
(In thousands, except per share data)
 
Year Ended December 31,
   
Three Months Ended March 31,
 
   
2011
Post-Merger
   
2010
Post-Merger
   
2009
Post-Merger
   
2008
Combined (1)
   
2007
Pre-Merger (2)
   
2012
Post-Merger
   
2011
Post-Merger
 
Results of Operations Data:
                               
(unaudited)
 
Revenue
  $ 3,003,874     $ 2,797,994     $ 2,698,024     $ 3,289,287     $ 3,281,836     $ 651,283     $ 650,214  
Operating expenses:
                                                       
Direct operating expenses
    1,638,801       1,559,972       1,625,083       1,882,136       1,734,845       394,053       391,380  
Selling, general and administrative expenses
    540,872       494,656       484,404       606,370       537,994       153,149       123,180  
Corporate expenses
    90,205       107,596       65,247       71,045       66,080       24,310       21,983  
Depreciation and amortization
    432,035       413,588       439,647       472,350       399,483       92,337       102,330  
Impairment charges(3)
    7,614       11,493       890,737       3,217,649                    
Other operating income (expense)—net
    8,591       (23,753 )     (8,231 )     15,848       11,824       4,003       4,802  
Operating income (loss)
    302,938       186,936       (815,325 )     (2,944,415 )     555,258       (8,563 )     16,143  
Interest expense (including interest on debt with Clear Channel Communications)
    196,976       219,993       154,195       161,650       157,881       51,851       51,930  
Loss on marketable securities
    (4,827 )     (6,490 )     (11,315 )     (59,842 )                  
Equity in earnings (loss) of nonconsolidated affiliates
    6,029       (9,936 )     (31,442 )     68,733       4,402       421       (71 )
Other income (expense)—net
    (649 )     (5,335 )     (9,368 )     25,479       10,113       (494 )     3,111  
Income (loss) before income taxes
    106,515       (54,818 )     (1,021,645 )     (3,071,695 )     411,892       (60,487 )     (32,747 )
Income tax (expense) benefit
    (43,296 )     (21,599 )     149,110       220,319       (146,641 )     15,294       22,355  
Consolidated net income (loss)
    63,219       (76,417 )     (872,535 )     (2,851,376 )     265,251       (45,193 )     (10,392 )
Less amount attributable to noncontrolling interest
    20,273       11,106       (4,346 )     (293 )     19,261       (1,323 )     (851 )
Net income (loss) attributable to the Company
  $ 42,946     $ (87,523 )   $ (868,189 )   $ (2,851,083 )   $ 245,990     $ (43,870 )   $ (9,541 )
Net income (loss) attributable to the Company per common share:
                                                       
Basic
  $ 0.11     $ (0.26 )   $ (2.46 )   $ (8.03 )   $ 0.69     $ (0.14 )   $ (0.03 )
Weighted average common shares
    355,907       355,568       355,377       355,233       354,838       356,363       355,793  
Diluted
  $ 0.11     $ (0.26 )   $ (2.46 )   $ (8.03 )   $ 0.69     $ (0.14 )   $ (0.03 )
Weighted average common shares
    356,528       355,568       355,377       355,233       355,806       356,363       355,793  

 
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(In thousands)
 
As of December 31,
   
Three Months Ended March 31,
 
   
2011
Post-Merger
   
2010
Post-Merger
   
2009
Post-Merger
   
2008
Post-Merger (1)
   
2007
Pre-Merger (2)
   
2012
Post-Merger
   
2011
Post-Merger
 
Balance Sheet Data:
                               
(unaudited)
 
Current assets
  $ 1,453,728     $ 1,550,493     $ 1,640,545     $ 1,554,652     $ 1,607,107     $ 1,421,521     $ 1,453,728  
Property, plant and equipment—net
    2,246,710       2,297,724       2,440,638       2,586,720       2,244,108       2,245,008       2,246,710  
Total assets
    7,088,185       7,076,565       7,192,422       8,050,761       5,935,604       7,132,428       7,088,185  
Current liabilities
    720,983       765,936       771,093       791,865       921,292       753,582       720,983  
Long-term debt, including current maturities
    2,545,909       2,563,809       2,608,878       2,601,854       2,682,021       4,745,073       2,545,909  
Shareholders’/owner’s equity
    2,740,227       2,708,055       2,761,377       3,543,823       2,198,594       559,262       2,740,227  
_______________________
 
(1)
This selected financial data is presented for two periods: post-merger and pre-merger, which relate to the period succeeding Clear Channel Communications’ merger and the period preceding the merger, respectively. The post-merger and pre-merger results of operations are presented as follows:
 
   
Post-Merger
   
Pre-Merger
   
Combined
 
   
Period from
July 31 through
December 31,
2008
   
Period from
January 1 through
July 30,
2008
   
Year Ended
December 31,
2008
 
(In thousands)
Revenue
  $ 1,327,224     $ 1,962,063     $ 3,289,287  
Operating expenses:
                       
Direct operating expenses
    762,704       1,119,432       1,882,136  
Selling, general and administrative expenses
    261,524       344,846       606,370  
Depreciation and amortization
    224,713       247,637       472,350  
Corporate expenses
    31,681       39,364       71,045  
Impairment charges
    3,217,649             3,217,649  
Other operating income — net
    4,870       10,978       15,848  
Operating income (loss)
    (3,166,177 )     221,762       (2,944,415 )
Interest expense (including interest on debt with Clear Channel Communications)
    72,863       88,787       161,650  
Loss on marketable securities
    (59,842           (59,842
Equity in earnings (loss) of nonconsolidated affiliates
    (2,109 )     70,842       68,733  
Other income — net
    12,114       13,365       25,479  
Income (loss) before income taxes
    (3,288,877 )     217,182       (3,071,695 )
Income tax (expense) benefit
    271,895       (51,576 )     220,319  
Consolidated net income (loss)
    (3,016,982 )     165,606       (2,851,376 )
Amount attributable to noncontrolling interest
    1,655       (1,948 )     (293 )
Net income (loss) attributable to the Company
  $ (3,018,637 )   $ 167,554     $ (2,851,083 )
 

 
(2)
Effective January 1, 2007, the Company adopted Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Interpretation No. 48, Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes (“FIN 48”), codified in ASC 740-10. In accordance with the provisions of ASC 740-10, the effects of adoption were accounted for as a cumulative-effect adjustment recorded to the balance of retained earnings on the date of adoption.
 
 
(3)
The Company recorded non-cash impairment charges of $7.6 million and $11.5 million during 2011 and 2010, respectively. The Company also recorded non-cash impairment charges of $890.7 million in 2009 and $3.2 billion in 2008 as a result of the global economic downturn which adversely affected advertising revenues across its businesses.
 

 
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EXCHANGE OFFERS
 
Purpose and Effect of the Exchange Offers
 
Simultaneously with the initial sale of the outstanding notes, we entered into two registration rights agreements, one with respect to each of the outstanding A and B notes, pursuant to which we have agreed that we will use commercially reasonable efforts to take the following actions, at our expense, for the benefit of the holders of the outstanding notes:
 
 
·
no later than 210 days after the closing date of the offering of the outstanding notes, file an exchange offer registration statement with the SEC with respect to registered offers to exchange each series of outstanding notes for the same series of exchange notes, which will have terms identical in all material respects to the outstanding notes, except that additional interest, as liquidated damages, will not be payable in respect of the exchange notes and the exchange notes will not be entitled to registration rights under the registration rights agreements and will not be subject to the transfer restrictions,
 
 
·
cause the exchange offer registration statement to be declared effective by the SEC no later than 270 days after the closing date of the outstanding notes offering (the “effectiveness deadline”),
 
 
·
commence the exchange offers promptly (but no later than 10 business days) after the registration statement is declared effective, and
 
 
·
keep the exchange offers open for at least 20 business days after the date Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings mails notice of such exchange offers to holders.
 
For each outstanding note surrendered to us pursuant to the applicable exchange offer, the holder of such outstanding note will receive an exchange note of the same series, having a principal amount at maturity equal to that of the surrendered note.
 
Under existing SEC interpretations set forth in no-action letters to third parties, the exchange notes would in general be freely transferable after the applicable exchange offer without further registration under the Securities Act; provided that, in the case of broker-dealers, a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act is delivered as required. We have agreed for a period of 180 days after consummation of the exchange offers to make available a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act to any broker-dealer for use in connection with any resale of any such exchange notes acquired as described below. A broker-dealer which delivers such a prospectus to purchasers in connection with such resales will be subject to certain of the civil liability provisions under the Securities Act, and will be bound by the provisions of the registration rights agreements, including certain indemnification rights and obligations.
 
If you wish to participate in the applicable exchange offer, you will be required to represent to us, among other things, that, at the time of the consummation of the applicable exchange offer:
 
 
·
any exchange notes received by you will be acquired in the ordinary course of business,
 
 
·
you have no arrangement or understanding with any person to participate in the distribution of the exchange notes within the meaning of the Securities Act,
 
 
·
you are not our “affiliate,” as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act,
 
 
·
if you are not a broker-dealer, you are not engaged in, and do not intend to engage in, the distribution of the exchange notes within the meaning of the Securities Act, and
 
 
·
if you are a broker-dealer and you will receive exchange notes in exchange for outstanding notes that were acquired for your own account as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities, you will be required to acknowledge that you will deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any resale of such exchange notes.
 

 
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Any holder that is not able to make these representations or certain similar representations will not be entitled to participate in the applicable exchange offer or to exchange their outstanding notes for applicable exchange notes.
 
If (i) applicable law or the interpretations of the staff of the SEC do not permit us to effect an exchange offer with respect to a particular series of outstanding notes, (ii) an exchange offer with respect to a particular series of outstanding notes for any other reason is not completed within the time frame described above or (iii) any holder notifies Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings within 20 business days following the applicable exchange offer that, for certain reasons, it was unable to participate in such exchange offer, Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings will, no later than 30 days after such event (but in no event less than 210 days after the closing date of the issuance of the outstanding notes), file a shelf registration statement relating to resales of the applicable series of outstanding notes and use commercially reasonable efforts to cause it to become effective within 90 days after filing (but in no event less than 270 days after the closing date of the issuance of the outstanding notes) and keep that shelf registration statement effective until the expiration of two years from the closing date of the outstanding notes, or such shorter time period that will terminate when all notes covered by the shelf registration statement have been sold pursuant to the shelf registration statement. Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings will, in the event of such a shelf registration, provide to each holder of the applicable notes copies of a prospectus, notify each such holder of notes when the shelf registration statement has become effective and take certain other actions to permit resales of the notes. A holder of notes that sells notes under a shelf registration statement generally will be required to be named as a selling securityholder in the related prospectus and to deliver a prospectus to purchasers, will be subject to certain of the civil liability provisions under the Securities Act in connection with those sales and will be bound by the provisions of the applicable registration rights agreement that are applicable to such a holder (including certain indemnification obligations).
 
If we fail to comply in a timely fashion with the requirements outlined above regarding the completion of the exchange offers (or, if required, a shelf registration statement), and in certain other limited circumstances, the annual interest rate borne by the applicable notes will be increased by 0.25% per annum and an additional 0.25% per annum every 90 days thereafter, up to a maximum additional cash interest of 0.50% per annum, until the exchange offers are completed, the shelf registration statement is declared effective or, with respect to any particular note, such note ceases to be outstanding or is actually sold by the holder thereof pursuant to Rule 144 under circumstances in which any legend borne by such note relating to restrictions on transferability thereof, under the Securities Act or otherwise, is removed by Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings or pursuant to the indenture.
 
Terms of the Exchange Offers
 
Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this prospectus and in the letter of transmittal, we will accept any and all outstanding notes validly tendered and not withdrawn prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the expiration date of the exchange offers. You may tender all or any portion of your outstanding notes; however, exchange notes will only be issued in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000.
 
The form and terms of the exchange notes are the same as the form and terms of the outstanding notes of the same series, except that:
 
 
(1)
the exchange notes each bear a different CUSIP Number from the outstanding notes;
 
 
(2)
the exchange notes have been registered under the Securities Act and hence will not bear legends restricting the transfer thereof; and
 
 
(3)
the holders of the exchange notes will not be entitled to certain rights under the registration rights agreements, including the provisions providing for an increase in the interest rate on the outstanding notes in certain circumstances relating to the timing of the exchange offer, all of which rights will terminate when the applicable exchange offer is terminated.
 

 
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As of the date of this prospectus, $275,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the outstanding A notes were outstanding and $1,925,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the outstanding B notes were outstanding. The Series A exchange notes will evidence the same debt as the outstanding A notes and will be entitled to the benefits of the indenture governing the series A notes. The Series B exchange notes will evidence the same debt as the outstanding B notes and will be entitled to the benefits of the indenture governing the series B notes.
 
We will be deemed to have accepted validly tendered outstanding notes when, as and if we have given oral or written notice thereof to the exchange agent. The exchange agent will act as agent for the tendering holders for the purpose of receiving the exchange notes from us.
 
If any tendered outstanding notes are not accepted for exchange because of an invalid tender, the occurrence of specified other events set forth in this prospectus or otherwise, the certificates for any unaccepted outstanding notes will be returned, without expense, to the tendering holder thereof as promptly as practicable after the expiration date of the exchange offers.
 
Holders who tender outstanding notes in the applicable exchange offer will not be required to pay brokerage commissions or fees or, subject to the instructions in the letter of transmittal, transfer taxes with respect to the exchange of outstanding notes pursuant to the applicable exchange offer. We will pay all charges and expenses, other than transfer taxes in certain circumstances, in connection with the exchange offers. See “—Fees and Expenses.”
 
Expiration Date; Extensions; Amendments
 
The term “expiration date” will mean 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on                        , 2012, unless we, in our sole discretion, extend the exchange offers, in which case the term “expiration date” will mean the latest date and time to which the exchange offers are extended.
 
In order to extend the exchange offers, we will make a press release or other public announcement, notify the exchange agent of any extension by oral or written notice and will mail to the registered holders an announcement thereof, each prior to 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the next business day after the previously scheduled expiration date.
 
We reserve the right, in our sole discretion, (1) to delay accepting any outstanding notes, to extend the exchange offers or to terminate the exchange offers if any of the conditions set forth below under “—Conditions” have not been satisfied, by giving oral or written notice of any delay, extension or termination to the exchange agent or (2) to amend the terms of the exchange offers in any manner. Such decision will also be communicated in a press release or other public announcement prior to 9:00 a.m., New York City time on the next business day following such decision. Any announcement of delay in acceptance, extension, termination or amendment will be followed as promptly as practicable by oral or written notice thereof to the registered holders.
 
Interest on the Exchange Notes
 
Each exchange note will bear interest from its issuance date. The holders of outstanding notes that are accepted for exchange will receive, in cash, accrued interest on those outstanding notes through, but not including, the issuance date of the exchange notes. This interest will be paid with the first interest payment on the exchange notes. Interest on the outstanding notes accepted for exchange will cease to accrue upon issuance of the exchange notes.
 
Interest on the exchange notes is payable semi-annually in cash in arrears on March 15 and September 15 of each year.


Procedures for Tendering
 
Only a holder of outstanding notes may tender outstanding notes in the applicable exchange offer. To tender in the applicable exchange offer, a holder must complete, sign and date the letter of transmittal, or a facsimile thereof, have the signatures thereon guaranteed if required by the letter of transmittal or transmit an agent’s message in connection with a book-entry transfer, and mail or otherwise deliver the letter of transmittal or the facsimile, together with the outstanding notes and any other required documents, to the exchange agent prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the expiration date. To be tendered effectively, the outstanding notes, letter of transmittal or an agent’s message and other required documents must be completed and received by the exchange agent at the address set forth below under “Exchange Agent” prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the expiration date. Delivery of the outstanding notes may be made by book-entry transfer in accordance with the procedures described below. Confirmation of the book-entry transfer must be received by the exchange agent prior to the expiration date.
 
The term “agent’s message” means a message, transmitted by a book-entry transfer facility to, and received by, the exchange agent forming a part of a confirmation of a book-entry, which states that the book-entry transfer facility has received an express acknowledgement from the participant in the book-entry transfer facility tendering the outstanding notes that the participant has received and agrees: (1) to participate in ATOP; (2) to be bound by the terms of the letter of transmittal; and (3) that we may enforce the agreement against the participant.
 
By executing the letter of transmittal, each holder will make to us the representations set forth above in the fourth paragraph under the heading “—Purpose and Effect of the Exchange Offers.”
 
The tender by a holder and our acceptance thereof will constitute agreement between the holder and us in accordance with the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this prospectus and in the letter of transmittal or agent’s message.
 
The method of delivery of outstanding notes and the letter of transmittal or agent’s message and all other required documents to the exchange agent is at the election and sole risk of the holder. As an alternative to delivery by mail, holders may wish to consider overnight or hand delivery service. In all cases, sufficient time should be allowed to assure delivery to the exchange agent before the expiration date. No letter of transmittal or outstanding notes should be sent to us. Holders may request their respective brokers, dealers, commercial banks, trust companies or nominees to effect the above transactions for them.
 
Any beneficial owner whose outstanding notes are registered in the name of a broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee and who wishes to tender should contact the registered holder promptly and instruct the registered holder to tender on the beneficial owner’s behalf. See “Instructions to Letter of Transmittal” included with the letter of transmittal.
 
Signatures on a letter of transmittal or a notice of withdrawal, as the case may be, must be guaranteed by a member of the Medallion System unless the outstanding notes tendered pursuant to the letter of transmittal are tendered (1) by a registered holder who has not completed the box entitled “Special Issuance Instructions” on the letter of transmittal or (2) for the account of a member firm of the Medallion System. In the event that signatures on a letter of transmittal or a notice of withdrawal, as the case may be, are required to be guaranteed, the guarantee must be by a member firm of the Medallion System.
 
If the letter of transmittal is signed by a person other than the registered holder of any outstanding notes listed in this prospectus, the outstanding notes must be endorsed or accompanied by a properly completed bond power, signed by the registered holder as the registered holder’s name appears on the outstanding notes with the signature thereon guaranteed by a member firm of the Medallion System.
 
If the letter of transmittal or any outstanding notes or bond powers are signed by trustees, executors, administrators, guardians, attorneys-in-fact, offices of corporations or others acting in a fiduciary or representative capacity, the person signing should so indicate when signing, and evidence satisfactory to us of its authority to so act must be submitted with the letter of transmittal.
 
 
 
 
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We understand that the exchange agent will make a request promptly after the date of this prospectus to establish accounts with respect to the outstanding notes at DTC for the purpose of facilitating the exchange offer, and subject to the establishment thereof, any financial institution that is a participant in DTC’s system may make book-entry delivery of outstanding notes by causing DTC to transfer the outstanding notes into the exchange agent’s account with respect to the outstanding notes in accordance with DTC’s procedures for the transfer. Although delivery of the outstanding notes may be effected through book-entry transfer into the exchange agent’s account at DTC, unless an agent’s message is received by the exchange agent in compliance with ATOP, an appropriate letter of transmittal properly completed and duly executed with any required signature guarantee and all other required documents must in each case be transmitted to and received or confirmed by the exchange agent at its address set forth below on or prior to the expiration date, or, if the guaranteed delivery procedures described below are complied with, within the time period provided under the procedures. Delivery of documents to DTC does not constitute delivery to the exchange agent.
 
All questions as to the validity, form and eligibility, including time of receipt, of the acceptance of tendered outstanding notes and the withdrawal of tendered outstanding notes will be determined by us in our sole discretion, which determination will be final and binding on all parties. We reserve the absolute right to reject any and all outstanding notes not properly tendered or any outstanding notes our acceptance of which would, in the opinion of our counsel, be unlawful. We also reserve the right in our sole discretion to waive any defects, irregularities or conditions of tender as to particular outstanding notes. Our interpretation of the terms and conditions of the exchange offers, including the instructions in the letter of transmittal, will be final and binding on all parties. Unless waived, any defects or irregularities in connection with tenders of outstanding notes must be cured within the time we determine. Although we intend to notify holders of defects or irregularities with respect to tenders of outstanding notes, neither we, the exchange agent nor any other person will incur any liability for failure to give the notification. Tenders of outstanding notes will not be deemed to have been made until the defects or irregularities have been cured or waived. Any outstanding notes received by the exchange agent that are not properly tendered and as to which the defects or irregularities have not been cured or waived will be returned by the exchange agent to the tendering holders, unless otherwise provided in the letter of transmittal, as soon as practicable following the expiration date.
 
Guaranteed Delivery Procedures
 
Holders who wish to tender their outstanding notes and (1) whose outstanding notes are not immediately available, (2) who cannot deliver their outstanding notes, the letter of transmittal or any other required documents to the exchange agent or (3) who cannot complete the procedures for book-entry transfer, prior to the expiration date, may effect a tender if:
 
 
(A)
the tender is made through a member firm of the Medallion System;
 
 
(B)
prior to the expiration date, the exchange agent receives from a member firm of the Medallion System a properly completed and duly executed notice of guaranteed delivery by facsimile transmission, mail or hand delivery setting forth the name and address of the holder, the certificate number(s) of the outstanding notes and the principal amount of outstanding notes tendered, stating that the tender is being made thereby and guaranteeing that, within three New York Stock Exchange trading days after the expiration date, the letter of transmittal or facsimile thereof together with the certificate(s) representing the outstanding notes or a confirmation of book-entry transfer of the outstanding notes into the exchange agent’s account at DTC, and any other documents required by the letter of transmittal will be deposited by the member firm of the Medallion System with the exchange agent; and
 
 
(C)
the properly completed and executed letter of transmittal or facsimile thereof, as well as the certificate(s) representing all tendered outstanding notes in proper form for transfer or a confirmation of book-entry transfer of the outstanding notes into the exchange agent’s account at DTC, and all other documents required by the letter of transmittal are received by the exchange agent within three New York Stock Exchange trading days after the expiration date.
 
Upon request to the exchange agent, a notice of guaranteed delivery will be sent to holders who wish to tender their outstanding notes according to the guaranteed delivery procedures set forth above.

 
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Withdrawal of Tenders
 
Except as otherwise provided in this prospectus, tenders of outstanding notes may be withdrawn at any time prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the expiration date.
 
To withdraw a tender of outstanding notes in the applicable exchange offer, a letter or facsimile transmission notice of withdrawal must be received by the exchange agent at its address set forth in this prospectus prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the expiration date. Any notice of withdrawal must:
 
 
(1)
specify the name of the person having deposited the outstanding notes to be withdrawn;
 
 
(2)
identify the outstanding notes to be withdrawn, including the certificate number(s) and principal amount of the outstanding notes, or, in the case of outstanding notes transferred by book-entry transfer, the name and number of the account at DTC to be credited;
 
 
(3)
be signed by the holder in the same manner as the original signature on the letter of transmittal by which the outstanding notes were tendered, including any required signature guarantees, or be accompanied by documents of transfer sufficient to have the trustee with respect to the outstanding notes register the transfer of the outstanding notes into the name of the person withdrawing the tender; and
 
 
(4)
specify the name in which any outstanding notes are to be registered, if different from that of the person depositing the outstanding notes to be withdrawn.
 
All questions as to the validity, form and eligibility, including time of receipt, of the notices will be determined by us in our sole discretion, which determination will be final and binding on all parties. Any outstanding notes so withdrawn will be deemed not to have been validly tendered for purposes of the applicable exchange offer and no exchange notes will be issued with respect thereto unless the outstanding notes so withdrawn are validly retendered. Any outstanding notes which have been tendered but which are not accepted for exchange will be returned to the holder thereof without cost to the holder as soon as practicable after withdrawal, rejection of tender or termination of the applicable exchange offer. Properly withdrawn outstanding notes may be retendered by following one of the procedures described above under “—Procedures for Tendering” at any time prior to the expiration date.
 
Conditions
 
We intend to conduct the exchange offers in accordance with the applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC thereunder. Notwithstanding any other term of the exchange offers, we will not be required to accept for exchange, or exchange notes for, any outstanding notes, and may, prior to the expiration of the exchange offers, terminate or amend the exchange offers as provided in this prospectus before the acceptance of the outstanding notes, if:
 
 
(1)
any action or proceeding is instituted or threatened in any court or by or before any governmental agency with respect to an exchange offer which we reasonably believe might materially impair our ability to proceed with an exchange offer or any material adverse development has occurred in any existing action or proceeding with respect to us or any of our subsidiaries; or
 
 
(2)
any law, statute, rule, regulation or interpretation by the staff of the SEC is proposed, adopted or enacted, which we reasonably believe might materially impair our ability to proceed with an exchange offer or materially impair the contemplated benefits of such exchange offer to us; or
 
 
(3)
any governmental approval has not been obtained, which approval we reasonably believe to be necessary for the consummation of an exchange offer as contemplated by this prospectus.

 
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If we determine in our sole discretion that any of the conditions are not satisfied with respect to either exchange offer, we may (1) refuse to accept any outstanding notes and return all tendered outstanding notes to the tendering holders, (2) extend the exchange offer and retain all outstanding notes tendered prior to the expiration of the exchange offer, subject, however, to the rights of holders to withdraw the outstanding notes (see “—Withdrawal of Tenders”), or (3) waive the unsatisfied conditions with respect to the exchange offer and accept all properly tendered outstanding notes which have not been withdrawn.
 
Exchange Agent
 
U.S. Bank National Association has been appointed as exchange agent for the exchange offers. Questions and requests for assistance, requests for additional copies of this prospectus, the letter of transmittal or the notice of guaranteed delivery should be directed to the exchange agent addressed as follows:
 
By Overnight Courier or Registered/Certified Mail:
U.S. Bank National Association
Corporate Trust Services
Attn: Specialized Finance Department
60 Livingston Avenue
St. Paul, Minnesota 55107
 
 
 
Facsimile Transmission:
(651) 495-8138
 
For Information or to Confirm Receipt of
Facsimile by Telephone:
(800) 934-6802
Delivery to an address other than set forth above will not constitute a valid delivery.
 
Fees and Expenses
 
We will bear the expenses of soliciting tenders. The principal solicitation is being made through DTC by U.S. Bank National Association; however, additional solicitation may be made by electronic mail, facsimile, telephone or in person by our and our affiliates’ officers and regular employees.
 
We have not retained any dealer-manager in connection with the exchange offers and will not make any payments to brokers, dealers or others soliciting acceptances of the exchange offers. We will, however, pay the exchange agent reasonable and customary fees for its services and will reimburse it for its reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with these services.
 
We will pay the cash expenses to be incurred in connection with the exchange offers. Such expenses include fees and expenses of the exchange agent and trustee, accounting and legal fees and printing costs, among others.
 
Accounting Treatment
 
The exchange notes will be recorded at the same carrying value as the outstanding notes, which is face value, as reflected in our accounting records on the date of exchange. Accordingly, we will not recognize any gain or loss for accounting purposes as a result of the exchange offers. The expenses of the exchange offers will be expensed as incurred.
 

 
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Consequences of Failure to Exchange
 
The outstanding notes that are not exchanged for exchange notes pursuant to the exchange offers will remain restricted securities. Accordingly, the outstanding notes may be resold only:
 
 
(1)
to us upon redemption thereof or otherwise;
 
 
(2)
so long as the outstanding notes are eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144A, to a person inside the United States whom the seller reasonably believes is a qualified institutional buyer within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A, in accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act, or pursuant to another exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, which other exemption is based upon an opinion of counsel reasonably acceptable to us;
 
 
(3)
outside the United States to a foreign person in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 904 under the Securities Act; or
 
 
(4)
pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, in each case in accordance with any applicable securities laws of any state of the United States.
 
Resale of the Exchange Notes
 
With respect to resales of exchange notes, based on interpretations by the staff of the SEC set forth in no-action letters issued to third parties, we believe that a holder or other person who receives exchange notes, whether or not the person is the holder, other than a person that is our “affiliate” within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act, in exchange for outstanding notes in the ordinary course of business and who is not participating, does not intend to participate, and has no arrangement or understanding with any person to participate, in the distribution of the exchange notes, will be allowed to resell the exchange notes to the public without further registration under the Securities Act and without delivering to the purchasers of the exchange notes a prospectus that satisfies the requirements of Section 10 of the Securities Act. However, if any holder acquires exchange notes in the exchange offer for the purpose of distributing or participating in a distribution of the exchange notes, the holder cannot rely on the position of the staff of the SEC expressed in the no-action letters or any similar interpretive letters, and must comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any resale transaction, unless an exemption from registration is otherwise available. Further, each broker-dealer that receives exchange notes for its own account in exchange for outstanding notes, where the outstanding notes were acquired by the broker-dealer as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities, must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of the exchange notes. See “Plan of Distribution” for more information.
 

 
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DESCRIPTION OF THE EXCHANGE NOTES
 
The outstanding A notes were issued under an indenture dated as of March 15, 2012, among the Issuer, the Guarantors and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee, paying agent and registrar and transfer agent (the “Trustee”), as subsequently amended or supplemented (the “A Note Indenture”). The Series A exchange notes will also be issued under the A Note Indenture. The outstanding B notes were issued under an indenture dated as of March 15, 2012, among the Issuer, the Guarantors and the Trustee, as subsequently amended or supplemented (the “B Note Indenture”). The Series B exchange notes will also be issued under the B Note Indenture. Any outstanding A note that remains outstanding after completion of the A Note exchange offer, together with the Series A exchange notes issued in connection with the A Note exchange offer, will be treated as a single class of securities under the A Note Indenture. Any outstanding B note that remains outstanding after completion of the B Note exchange offer, together with the Series B exchange notes issued in connection with the B Note exchange offer, will be treated as a single class of securities under the B Note Indenture.
 
The following is a summary of certain provisions of the A Note Indenture, the B Note Indenture and the notes. It does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and is qualified in its entirety by reference to, all the provisions of each applicable Indenture, including the definitions of certain terms therein and those terms to be made a part thereof by the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended. The terms of the exchange notes are identical in all material respects to the outstanding notes except that, upon completion of the exchange offers, the exchange notes will be registered under the Securities Act and free of any covenants regarding exchange registration rights.
 
Description of the A Notes
 
General
 
Certain terms used in this description are defined under the subheading “Certain Definitions.” In this description only, (i) the term “Issuer” refers to Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings, Inc., and not to any of its Subsidiaries, (ii) the term “Company” refers to Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc., and not to any of its Subsidiaries, (iii) the terms “we,” “our” and “us” each refer to the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries, (iv) the term “CCO” refers to Clear Channel Outdoor, Inc., and not to any of its Subsidiaries, (v) the term “A Notes” refers to the notes issued under the A Note Indenture and (vi) the term “A Note Registration Rights Agreement” refers to the registration rights agreement with the initial purchasers regarding registration of the outstanding A notes. The Issuer is a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Company. The Company, as a Guarantor of the A Notes, and any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that Guarantees the A Notes are each referred to as a “Restricted Guarantor.”
 
The following description is only a summary of the material provisions of the A Note Indenture and does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the provisions of that agreement, including the definitions therein of certain terms used in this “Description of the A Notes”. We urge you to read the A Note Indenture, the A Notes and the A Note Registration Rights Agreement because those agreements, not this description, define your rights as holders of the A Notes. Copies of the A Note Indenture and the A Note Registration Rights Agreement have been filed with the SEC as exhibits to the Registration Statement on Form S-4 of which this prospectus is a part.
 
Brief Description of the A Notes
 
The A Notes:
 
 
·
are senior subordinated unsecured obligations of the Issuer;
 
 
·
are subordinated in right of payment to all existing and future Senior Indebtedness of the Issuer, including the Senior Notes and Senior Indebtedness under any Credit Facilities of the Issuer;
 
 
·
are pari passu in right of payment with all existing and future Senior Subordinated Indebtedness of the Issuer, including the B Notes;
 

 
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·
are senior in right of payment to all existing and future Subordinated Indebtedness of the Issuer;
 
 
·
are guaranteed by each of the Company, CCO and substantially all of the Company’s other domestic Restricted Subsidiaries other than the Excluded Subsidiaries; and
 
 
·
are structurally subordinated to all existing and future obligations of any existing or future Subsidiaries of the Company that do not guarantee the A Notes.
 
The Guarantee of each Guarantor of the A Notes:
 
 
·
is a senior subordinated unsecured obligation of such Guarantor;
 
 
·
is subordinated in right of payment to all existing and future Senior Indebtedness of such Guarantor, including such Guarantor’s guarantee of the Senior Notes and Senior Indebtedness of such Guarantor under any Credit Facilities of such Guarantor and, in the case of the Company, the Company’s obligations under the CCOH Mirror Note;
 
 
·
is pari passu in right of payment with all existing and future Senior Subordinated Indebtedness of such Guarantor, including such Guarantor’s guarantee of the B Notes; and
 
 
·
is senior in right of payment to all existing and future Subordinated Indebtedness of such Guarantor.
 
Guarantees
 
The Guarantors, as primary obligors and not merely as sureties, jointly and severally irrevocably and unconditionally guarantee, on an unsecured senior subordinated basis, in each case, the performance and full and punctual payment when due, whether at maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, of all obligations of the Issuer under the A Note Indenture and the A Notes, whether for payment of principal of or interest on the A Notes, expenses, indemnification or otherwise, on the terms set forth in the A Note Indenture by executing the A Note Indenture or a supplemental indenture.
 
Each Restricted Subsidiary that is a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Company (other than Excluded Subsidiaries) guarantees the A Notes, subject to release as provided below. The A Notes are structurally subordinated to Indebtedness and other liabilities of Subsidiaries of the Company that do not guarantee the A Notes.
 
Not all of the Company’s Subsidiaries guarantee the A Notes. In the event of a bankruptcy, liquidation or reorganization of any of these non-guarantor Subsidiaries, the non-guarantor Subsidiaries will pay the holders of their debt and their trade creditors before they will be able to distribute or contribute, as the case may be, any of their assets to a Guarantor. None of the Company’s Excluded Subsidiaries guarantee the A Notes. As of the Issue Date, our Excluded Subsidiaries included all Foreign Subsidiaries of the Company, all non-Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries of the Company, certain Domestic Subsidiaries and all Immaterial Subsidiaries.
 
The obligations of each Guarantor under its Guarantee are limited as necessary to prevent such Guarantee from constituting a fraudulent conveyance under applicable law.
 
Any Guarantor that makes a payment under its Guarantee are entitled upon payment in full of all guaranteed obligations under the A Note Indenture to a contribution from each other Guarantor in an amount equal to such other Guarantor’s pro rata portion of such payment based on the respective net assets of all the Guarantors at the time of such payment (such net assets determined in accordance with GAAP).
 
If a Guarantee was rendered voidable, it could be subordinated by a court to all other indebtedness (including guarantees and other contingent liabilities) of the Guarantor, and, depending on the amount of such indebtedness, a Guarantor’s liability on its Guarantee could be reduced to zero.
 

 
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Each Guarantee by a Restricted Guarantor shall provide by its terms that it shall be automatically and unconditionally released and discharged upon:
 
 
(1)
(a)
any sale, exchange or transfer (by merger or otherwise) of (i) the Capital Stock of such Restricted Guarantor after which the applicable Restricted Guarantor is no longer a Restricted Subsidiary or (ii) all or substantially all of the assets of such Restricted Guarantor which sale, exchange or transfer is made in a manner in compliance with the applicable provisions of the A Note Indenture;
 
 
(b)
the designation of any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Guarantor as an Unrestricted Subsidiary;
 
 
(c)
the Issuer exercising its legal defeasance option or covenant defeasance option as described under “Legal Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance” or the Issuer’s obligations under the A Note Indenture being discharged in a manner not in violation of the terms of the A Note Indenture; or
 
 
(d)
such Restricted Guarantor ceasing to be a Restricted Subsidiary as a result of a transaction or designation permitted hereunder; provided, however, if such Restricted Guarantor, immediately prior thereto, was a guarantor of other capital markets debt securities of the Issuer or a Guarantor and continues to be a guarantor of such other capital markets debt securities of the Issuer or a Guarantor, no such release shall be permitted; and
 
 
(2)
such Restricted Guarantor delivering to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent provided for in the A Note Indenture relating to such transaction have been complied with.
 
The Guarantee by the Company provides by its terms that it shall be automatically and unconditionally released and discharged upon the Issuer exercising its legal defeasance option or covenant defeasance option as described under “Legal Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance” or the Issuer’s obligations under the A Note Indenture being discharged in a manner in accordance with the terms of the A Note Indenture.
 
Ranking
 
The payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the A Notes by the Issuer will (a) be subordinated in right of payment to the prior payment in full of all existing and future Senior Indebtedness of the Issuer, including the Senior Notes and Indebtedness under the Senior Credit Facilities, (b) rank pari passu in right of payment to all existing and future Senior Subordinated Indebtedness of the Issuer, including the B Notes and (c) rank senior in right of payment to all existing and future Subordinated Indebtedness of the Issuer.
 
The payment of any Guarantee of the A Notes will (a) be subordinated in right of payment to the prior payment in full of all existing and future Senior Indebtedness of such Guarantor, including the guarantee by such Guarantor of the Senior Notes, Indebtedness under the Senior Credit Facilities and, in the case of the Company, the Company’s Obligations under the CCOH Mirror Note, (b) rank pari passu in right of payment to all existing and future Senior Subordinated Indebtedness of such Guarantor, including the guarantee by such Guarantor of the B Notes, and (c) rank senior in right of payment to all existing and future Subordinated Indebtedness of such Guarantor.
 
Although the A Note Indenture limits the incurrence of Indebtedness by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries and the issuance of Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock by the Restricted Subsidiaries, such limitations are subject to a number of significant qualifications and exceptions. Under certain circumstances, the Company and its Subsidiaries may be able to incur substantial amounts of Indebtedness and such Indebtedness may be Senior Indebtedness. See “Certain Covenants in the A Note Indenture—Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock”.
 

 
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Substantially all of the operations of the Issuer are conducted through its Subsidiaries, most of which are Foreign Subsidiaries of the Issuer who do not Guarantee the A Notes. In addition, substantially all of the operations of the Company are conducted through its Subsidiaries. Unless a Subsidiary is a Guarantor, claims of creditors of such Subsidiary, including trade creditors, and claims of preferred stockholders (if any) of such Subsidiary generally will have priority with respect to the assets and earnings of such Subsidiary over the claims of creditors of the Issuer, including Holders, even if such claims do not constitute Senior Indebtedness. The A Notes, therefore, are effectively subordinated to creditors (including trade creditors) and preferred stockholders (if any) of Subsidiaries of the Company that are not Guarantors.
 
Only Indebtedness of the Issuer or a Guarantor that is Senior Indebtedness will rank senior to the A Notes and the Guarantee of such Guarantor in accordance with the provisions of the A Note Indenture. The A Notes and each Guarantee will in all respects rank pari passu with all other Senior Subordinated Indebtedness of the Company and the relevant Guarantor, respectively, including the B Notes and the guarantees in respect thereof.
 
The Issuer and the Guarantors have agreed in the A Note Indenture not to incur any Indebtedness that is subordinated or junior in right of payment to the Senior Indebtedness of the Issuer or such Guarantor unless such Indebtedness is Senior Subordinated Indebtedness or is expressly subordinated in right of payment to the Senior Subordinated Indebtedness of such Person. The A Note Indenture and the A Notes do not treat (i) unsecured Indebtedness as subordinated or junior to Secured Indebtedness merely because it is unsecured or (ii) Senior Indebtedness as subordinated or junior to any other Senior Indebtedness merely because it has a junior priority with respect to the same collateral.
 
See “Risk Factors—Risks Related to the Exchange Offers” and “Risk Factors—Risks Related to the Exchange Notes.”
 
Payment of Notes
 
We will not be permitted to make any payment or distribution of any kind or character with respect to the A Notes or the Guarantees if either of the following occurs (a “Payment Default”):
 
 
(1)
any Obligation on any Designated Senior Indebtedness is not paid in full in cash when due; or
 
 
(2)
any other default on Designated Senior Indebtedness occurs and the maturity of such Designated Senior Indebtedness is accelerated in accordance with its terms;
 
unless, in either case, the Payment Default has been cured or waived and any such acceleration has been rescinded or such Designated Senior Indebtedness has been paid in full in cash; provided, however, that we will be entitled to make a payment or distribution under the A Notes and the Guarantees without regard to the foregoing if the Issuer and the Trustee receive written notice approving such payment from the Representatives of all Designated Senior Indebtedness with respect to which the Payment Default has occurred and is continuing.
 
During the continuance of any default (other than a Payment Default) (a “Non-Payment Default”) with respect to any Designated Senior Indebtedness pursuant to which the maturity thereof may be accelerated without further notice (except such notice as may be required to effect such acceleration) or the expiration of any applicable grace periods, we will not be permitted to make any payment or distribution of any kind or character with respect to the A Notes for a period (a “Payment Blockage Period”) commencing upon the receipt by the Trustee (with a copy to the Guarantors and the Issuer) of written notice (a “Blockage Notice”) of such Non-Payment Default from the Representative of such Designated Senior Indebtedness specifying an election to effect a Payment Blockage Period and ending 179 days thereafter. The Payment Blockage Period will end earlier if such Payment Blockage Period is terminated:
 
 
(1)
by written notice to the Trustee, the relevant Guarantor and the Issuer from the Person or Persons who gave such Blockage Notice;
 

 
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(2)
because the default giving rise to such Blockage Notice is cured, waived or otherwise no longer continuing; or
 
 
(3)
because such Designated Senior Indebtedness has been discharged or repaid in full in cash.
 
Notwithstanding the provisions described in the immediately preceding paragraph (but subject to the other provisions contained herein), unless the holders of such Designated Senior Indebtedness or the Representative of such Designated Senior Indebtedness have accelerated the maturity of such Designated Senior Indebtedness or a Payment Default has occurred and is continuing, we will be permitted to resume paying the A Notes and the Guarantees after the end of such Payment Blockage Period. The A Notes and the Guarantees will not be subject to more than one Payment Blockage Period in any consecutive 360-day period irrespective of the number of Non-Payment Defaults with respect to Designated Senior Indebtedness during such period. However, in no event will the total number of days during which any Payment Blockage Period or Periods on the A Notes or the Guarantees is in effect exceed 179 days in the aggregate during any consecutive 360 day period, and there must be at least 181 days during any consecutive 360 day period during which no Payment Blockage Period is in effect. Notwithstanding the foregoing, however, no Non-Payment Default that existed or was continuing on the date of commencement of any Payment Blockage Period with respect to any Designated Senior Indebtedness and that was the basis for the initiation of such Payment Blockage Period will be, or be made, the basis for a subsequent Payment Blockage Period unless such default will have been cured or waived for a period of not less than 90 consecutive days (it being acknowledged that any subsequent action, or any breach of any financial covenants during the period after the date of delivery of such initial Blockage Notice, that, in either case, would give rise to a Non-Payment Default pursuant to any provisions under which a Non-Payment Default previously existed or was continuing will constitute a new Non-Payment Default for this purpose).
 
Upon any payment or distribution of the assets of the Issuer to creditors upon a total or partial liquidation or dissolution or reorganization of or similar proceeding relating to the Issuer or its property:
 
 
(1)
the holders of Designated Senior Indebtedness of the Issuer will be entitled to receive payment in full in cash of such Designated Senior Indebtedness before Holders shall be entitled to receive any payment or distribution of any kind or character with respect to any Obligations on, or relating to, the A Notes; and
 
 
(2)
until the Designated Senior Indebtedness of the Issuer is paid in full in cash, any payment or distribution to which Holders would be entitled but for these subordination provisions shall be made to holders of such Designated Senior Indebtedness as their interests may appear.
 
The subordination and payment blockage provisions described above will not prevent a Default from occurring under the A Note Indenture upon the failure of the Issuer to pay interest or principal with respect to the A Notes when due by their terms.
 
A Guarantor’s obligations under its Guarantee are senior subordinated obligations. As such, the rights of Holders to receive payment by a Guarantor pursuant to its Guarantee will be subordinated in right of payment to the rights of holders of Senior Indebtedness of such Subsidiary Guarantor. The terms of the subordination and payment blockage provisions described above with respect to the Issuer’s obligations under the A Notes apply equally to a Guarantor and the obligations of such Guarantor under its Guarantee.
 
By reason of the subordination provisions contained in the A Note Indenture, in the event of a liquidation or insolvency proceeding, creditors of the Issuer or a Guarantor who are holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Issuer or a Guarantor, as the case may be, may recover more, ratably, than the holders of the A Notes, and creditors of ours who are not holders of Senior Indebtedness may recover less, ratably, than holders of Senior Indebtedness and may recover more, ratably, than the holders of the A Notes.
 
The terms of the subordination provisions described above will not apply to payments from money or the proceeds of Government Obligations held in trust by the Trustee for the payment of principal of and interest on the A Notes pursuant to the provisions described under “Legal Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance”.
 

 
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Paying Agent and Registrar for the A Notes
 
The Issuer will maintain one or more Paying Agents for the A Notes. The initial Paying Agent for the A Notes is U.S. Bank National Association.
 
The Issuer will also maintain a registrar in respect of the A Notes, initially U.S. Bank National Association. If the Issuer fails to appoint a registrar, the Trustee will act as such. The registrar for the A Notes will maintain a register reflecting ownership of the A Notes outstanding from time to time and will make payments on and facilitate transfer of the A Notes on behalf of the Issuer.
 
The Issuer may change the Paying Agents or the registrars without prior notice to the Holders. The Company, the Issuer, any Restricted Subsidiary or any Subsidiaries of a Restricted Subsidiary may not act as a Paying Agent or registrar.
 
Transfer and Exchange
 
A Holder may transfer or exchange A Notes in accordance with the terms set forth in the A Note Indenture pursuant to which such A Notes have been issued. Any registrar or the Trustee may require a Holder to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents in connection with a transfer of A Notes. Holders will be required to pay all taxes due on transfer. The Issuer is not required to transfer or exchange any A Note selected for redemption.
 
Principal, Maturity and Interest
 
The Issuer issued $275,000,000 initial aggregate principal amount of outstanding A Notes on the Issue Date and will issue the same amount of Series A Exchange Notes pursuant to the A Note exchange offer. The A Notes will mature on March 15, 2020. Subject to compliance with the covenant described below under the caption “Certain Covenants in the A Note Indenture—Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock,” the Issuer may issue additional A Notes from time to time after this offering (such additional A Notes, the “Additional A Notes”). The A Notes offered by the Issuer and any Additional A Notes subsequently issued under the A Note Indenture will be treated as a single class for all purposes under the A Note Indenture, including waivers, amendments, redemptions and offers to purchase. Unless the context requires otherwise, for all purposes of the A Note Indenture and this “Description of the A Notes”, references to “A Notes” include any Additional A Notes that are actually issued and references to “B Notes” include any Additional B Notes that are actually issued.
 
Interest will accrue and be payable by or on behalf of the Issuer weekly in arrears, on the last Business Day of each week, from the Issue Date, or from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or provided for. Interest is payable by the Trustee semiannually on March 15 and September 15 of each year, commencing September 15, computed using a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months to Holders of record at the close of business on the March 1 or September 1 immediately preceding the relevant interest payment date. If a payment date is not on a Business Day at the place of payment, payment may be made at the place on the next succeeding Business Day and no interest will accrue for the intervening period.
 
The Issuer will pay interest on overdue principal at 1% per annum in excess of the interest otherwise payable by the Issuer and will pay interest on overdue installments due from the Issuer at such higher rate to the extent lawful.
 
The Issuer has caused the Trustee to establish an account (the “Trustee Account”) to be maintained by the Trustee for the benefit of the Holders with respect to payments of interest on the A Notes, over which the Trustee shall have sole control and dominion. Interest on the A Notes will accrue, and be payable by or on behalf of the Issuer to the Trustee, weekly in arrears on the last Business Day of each week; provided that the failure by the Issuer to make or have made any such weekly payment to the Trustee on the last Business Day of the applicable week will not constitute a Default so long as (a)(x) no payment or other transfer by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries shall have been made during the applicable week in respect of which such payment was due and
 

 
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payable under the Cash Management Arrangements or (y) the amount of funds on deposit in the Trustee Account on the last Business Day of the applicable week is equal to the amount of interest which has accrued up to and including the last Business Day of such week and (b) on each semiannual interest payment date the aggregate amount of funds deposited in the Trustee Account is sufficient to pay the aggregate amount of interest on the A Notes that is payable by the Trustee to the Holders on such semiannual interest payment date; provided further, however, that payments of interest shall only be deemed to be overdue to the extent that the aggregate amount of funds deposited in the Trustee Account is not sufficient to pay the aggregate amount of interest on the A Notes that is payable by the Trustee to Holders on the applicable semiannual interest payment date. The Issuer or any Guarantor will not be the legal owners of the funds on deposit in the Trustee Account. Such amounts may be in cash in U.S. dollars, in Government Securities or in a combination thereof. Any interest earned on Government Securities held in the Trustee Account will be applied to pay fees and expenses of the Trustee and, to the extent of any excess, returned to the Company. Upon the making by or on behalf of the Issuer of any payment into the Trustee Account, the Issuer’s obligation to pay accrued interest shall be discharged to the extent of the amount so paid. If the Trustee fails to make an interest payment on the A Notes but the Issuer has deposited the funds with the Trustee, it will not be a Default.
 
Special Interest may accrue on the A Notes in certain circumstances pursuant to the A Note Registration Rights Agreement. All references in the A Note Indenture and this “Description of the A Notes”, in any context, to any interest or other amount payable on or with respect to the A Notes shall be deemed to include any Special Interest pursuant to the A Note Registration Rights Agreement for the A Notes. References to “accrued and unpaid interest” refer to interest that may be payable by the Issuer or the Trustee, as applicable.
 
Principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the A Notes will be payable at the office or agency of the Issuer maintained for such purpose or, at the option of the Issuer, may be made by check mailed to the Holders of the A Notes at their respective addresses set forth in the register of Holders; provided that all payments of principal, premium, if any, and interest with respect to the A Notes represented by one or more global notes registered in the name of or held by The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) or its nominee will be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the accounts specified by the Holder or Holders thereof. The Issuer’s office or agency will be the office of the Paying Agent maintained for such purpose.
 
Mandatory Redemption; Offers to Purchase; Open Market Purchases
 
We are not required to make any sinking fund payments with respect to the A Notes. Under certain circumstances, we may be required to offer to purchase A Notes as described under the caption “Repurchase at the Option of Holders” and “Offer to Purchase A Notes In Certain Circumstances”. We and our affiliates may at any time and from time to time purchase A Notes in the open market, by tender offer, in negotiated transactions or otherwise. Notwithstanding the foregoing, none of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries shall make any purchase of, or otherwise effectively cancel or retire any A Notes (whether through open market purchases, tender offers, defeasance, offers to purchase required by the A Notes or otherwise) if, after giving effect thereto and, if applicable, any concurrent purchase of or other action with respect to any B Notes, the ratio of (a) the outstanding aggregate principal amount of the A Notes to (b) the outstanding aggregate principal amount of the B Notes shall be greater than 0.25; provided, however, that the foregoing restriction shall not be applicable in the case of any Change of Control Offer, A Notes Purchase Offer or offer to purchase the B Notes required to be made under the B Note Indenture at the price specified with respect thereto to all holders of the B Notes, where a violation of the foregoing restriction would occur solely as a result of different offer acceptance rates by the holders of the A Notes and the B Notes. References to the A Notes and the B Notes in this paragraph do not include any Additional A Notes or any Additional B Notes, as applicable.
 
Optional Redemption
 
Except as set forth below, the Issuer shall not be permitted to redeem the A Notes. The A Notes will be payable at par at maturity.
 
At any time prior to March 15, 2015, the A Notes may be redeemed or purchased (by the Issuer or any other Person), at the Issuer’s option, in whole or in part, upon notice as described under “Selection and Notice,” at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of A Notes redeemed plus the Applicable Premium as of the date of redemption (the “Redemption Date”), and, without duplication, accrued and unpaid interest to the Redemption Date, subject to the rights of Holders of A Notes on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date. The Issuer may provide in such notice that the consummation of such redemption or purchase and the payment of the redemption price with respect thereto may, at the Issuer’s discretion, be subject to one or more conditions precedent, and that performance of the Issuer’s obligations with respect to such redemption or purchase may be performed by another Person.
 

 
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On and after March 15, 2015, the A Notes may be redeemed or purchased (by the Issuer or any other Person), at the Issuer’s option, in whole or in part, upon notice as described under “Selection and Notice,” at any time and from time to time at the redemption prices set forth below. The Issuer may provide in such notice that the consummation of such redemption or purchase and the payment of the redemption price with respect thereto may, at the Issuer’s discretion, be subject to one or more conditions precedent, and that performance of the Issuer’s obligations with respect to such redemption or purchase may be performed by another Person. The A Notes will be redeemable at the redemption prices (expressed as percentages of principal amount of the A Notes to be redeemed) set forth below plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the applicable Redemption Date, subject to the right of Holders of record of A Notes on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date, if redeemed during the twelve-month period beginning on March 15 of each of the years indicated below:
 
Year
 
Percentage
 
2015
    105.719 %
2016
    103.813 %
2017
    101.906 %
2018 and thereafter
    100.000 %

In addition, until March 15, 2015, the Issuer may, at its option, on one or more occasions, redeem up to 40% of the then outstanding aggregate principal amount of A Notes at a redemption price equal to 107.625% of the aggregate principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the applicable Redemption Date, subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date, with the net cash proceeds of one or more Equity Offerings to the extent such net cash proceeds are received by or contributed to the Issuer; provided that at least 60% of the sum of the aggregate principal amount of A Notes originally issued under the A Note Indenture and any Additional A Notes issued under the A Note Indenture after the Issue Date remains outstanding immediately after the occurrence of each such redemption; provided further, that each such redemption occurs within 180 days of the date of closing of each such Equity Offering.
 
The Issuer may provide in such notice that payment of the redemption price and performance of the Issuer’s obligations with respect thereto may be performed by another Person. Notice of any redemption upon any Equity Offering may be given prior to the completion of the related Equity Offering, and any such redemption or notice may, at the Issuer’s discretion, be subject to one or more conditions precedent, including, but not limited to, completion of the related Equity Offering.
 
The Trustee or the Paying Agent shall select the A Notes to be purchased in the manner described under “Selection and Notice.”
 
Repurchase at the Option of Holders
 
Change of Control
 
The A Notes provide that if a Change of Control occurs, unless the Issuer has previously or concurrently mailed a redemption notice with respect to all the outstanding A Notes as described under “Optional Redemption,” the Issuer will make an offer to purchase all of the A Notes pursuant to the offer described below (the “Change of Control Offer”) at a price in cash (the “Change of Control Payment”) equal to 101.0% of the aggregate principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of purchase, subject to the right of Holders of the A Notes of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date. Within 30 days following any Change of Control, unless the Issuer has previously or concurrently mailed a redemption notice with respect to all the outstanding A Notes as described under “Optional Redemption,” the Issuer will send notice of such Change of Control Offer by electronic transmission (for A Notes held in book-entry form) or first-class mail, with a copy to the Trustee, to each Holder of A Notes to the address of such Holder appearing in the security register with a copy to the Trustee, or otherwise in accordance with the procedures of DTC, with the following information:
 

 
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(1)
that a Change of Control Offer is being made pursuant to the covenant entitled “Repurchase at the Option of Holders—Change of Control,” and that all A Notes properly tendered pursuant to such Change of Control Offer will be accepted for payment by the Issuer;
 
 
(2)
the purchase price and the purchase date, which will be no earlier than 30 days nor later than 60 days from the date such notice is transmitted or mailed (the “Change of Control Payment Date”);
 
 
(3)
that any A Note not properly tendered will remain outstanding and continue to accrue interest;
 
 
(4)
that unless the Issuer defaults in the payment of the Change of Control Payment, all A Notes accepted for payment pursuant to the Change of Control Offer will cease to accrue interest on the Change of Control Payment Date;
 
 
(5)
that Holders electing to have any A Notes purchased pursuant to a Change of Control Offer will be required to surrender such A Notes, with the form entitled “Option of Holder to Elect Purchase” on the reverse of such A Notes completed, to the Paying Agent specified in the notice at the address specified in the notice prior to the close of business on the third Business Day preceding the Change of Control Payment Date;
 
 
(6)
that Holders will be entitled to withdraw their tendered A Notes and their election to require the Issuer to purchase such A Notes, provided that the Paying Agent receives, not later than the close of business on the fifth Business Day preceding the Change of Control Payment Date, a telegram, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder of the A Notes, the principal amount of A Notes tendered for purchase, and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing its tendered A Notes and its election to have such A Notes purchased;
 
 
(7)
that the Holders whose A Notes are being repurchased only in part will be issued new A Notes equal in principal amount to the unpurchased portion of the A Notes surrendered. The unpurchased portion of the A Notes must be equal to a minimum of $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in principal amount;
 
 
(8)
if such notice is transmitted or mailed prior to the occurrence of a Change of Control, stating that the Change of Control Offer is conditional on the occurrence of such Change of Control; and
 
 
(9)
the other instructions, as determined by the Issuer, consistent with the covenant described hereunder, that a Holder must follow.
 
The Issuer will comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent such laws or regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of A Notes by the Issuer pursuant to a Change of Control Offer. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the provisions of the A Note Indenture, the Issuer will comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations described in the A Note Indenture by virtue thereof.
 
On the Change of Control Payment Date, the Issuer will, to the extent permitted by law,
 
 
(1)
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(2)
deposit with the Paying Agent an amount equal to the aggregate Change of Control Payment in respect of all A Notes or portions thereof so tendered, and
 
 
(3)
deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Trustee for cancellation (and delivery to the Paying Agent) the A Notes so accepted together with an Officer’s Certificate to the Trustee stating that such A Notes or portions thereof have been tendered to and purchased by the Issuer.
 
Future credit agreements or other agreements to which the Company or the Issuer become a party may provide that certain change of control events with respect to the Company would constitute a default thereunder (including a Change of Control under the A Note Indenture). If we experience a change of control that triggers a default under any Credit Facilities, we could seek a waiver of such default or seek to refinance our Credit Facilities. In the event we do not obtain such a waiver or refinance the Credit Facilities, such default could result in amounts outstanding under our Credit Facilities being declared due and payable.
 
In the event that at the time of a Change of Control the terms of any Senior Indebtedness (including Senior Indebtedness pursuant to future credit agreements) restrict or prohibit the purchase of the A Notes following such Change of Control, then prior to the mailing of the notice to the Holders but in any event within 30 days following such Change of Control, we undertake to (1) repay in full all such Senior Indebtedness or (2) obtain the requisite consents under the agreements governing such Senior Indebtedness (including any such credit agreements) to permit the repurchase of the A Notes. If we do not repay such Senior Indebtedness or obtain such consents, we will remain prohibited from purchasing A Notes. In such case, our failure to comply with the foregoing undertaking, after appropriate notice and lapse of time, would result in an Event of Default under the A Note Indenture, which could, in turn, constitute a default under the agreements governing such Senior Indebtedness. In such circumstances, the subordination provisions in the A Note Indenture would likely restrict payment to the Holders of A Notes.
 
Our ability to pay cash to the Holders of A Notes following the occurrence of a Change of Control may be limited by our then-existing financial resources. Therefore, sufficient funds may not be available when necessary to make any required repurchases. See “Risk Factors—Risks Related to the Exchange Notes—Certain transactions that may result in a change of ownership of Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings may not constitute a change of control. In addition, in the event of a change of control, Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings may not be able to fulfill its repurchase obligations under the indentures governing the notes.”
 
The Change of Control purchase feature of the A Notes may in certain circumstances make more difficult or discourage a sale or takeover of us and, thus, the removal of incumbent management. The Change of Control purchase feature is a result of negotiations between the Initial Purchasers and us. As of the Issue Date, we had no present intention to engage in a transaction involving a Change of Control, although it is possible that we could decide to do so in the future. Subject to the limitations discussed below, we could, in the future, enter into certain transactions, including acquisitions, dispositions, refinancings or other recapitalizations, that would not constitute a Change of Control under the A Note Indenture, but that could increase the amount of indebtedness outstanding at such time or otherwise affect our capital structure or credit ratings. Restrictions on our ability to incur additional Indebtedness (including Senior Indebtedness) are contained in the covenant described under “Certain Covenants in the A Note Indenture—Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock.” In addition, a Change of Control could be triggered by changes in ownership resulting from an insolvency of CCU or a restructuring of its Indebtedness. Accordingly, events relating to CCU and over which we and they do not have control could trigger a Change of Control. Such restrictions in the A Note Indenture can be waived only with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the A Notes then outstanding. Except for the limitations contained in such covenants, however, the A Note Indenture does not contain any covenants or provisions that may afford Holders of the A Notes protection in the event of a highly leveraged transaction. Such limitations are subject to a number of important exceptions, baskets and qualifications.
 
We will not be required to make a Change of Control Offer following a Change of Control if a third party makes the Change of Control Offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements set forth in the A Note Indenture applicable to a Change of Control Offer made by us and purchases all A Notes validly tendered and not withdrawn under such Change of Control Offer. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, a Change of Control Offer may be made in advance of a Change of Control, conditional upon such Change of Control, if a definitive agreement is in place for the Change of Control at the time of making of the Change of Control Offer.
 

 
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The definition of “Change of Control” includes a disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries to any Person. Although there is a limited body of case law interpreting the phrase “substantially all,” there is no precise established definition of the phrase under applicable law. Accordingly, in certain circumstances there may be a degree of uncertainty as to whether a particular transaction would involve a disposition of “all or substantially all” of the assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries. As a result, it may be unclear as to whether a Change of Control has occurred and whether a Holder of A Notes may require the Issuer to make an offer to repurchase the A Notes as described above. In addition, Holders may not be entitled to require us to purchase their A Notes in certain circumstances involving a significant change in the composition of our Board of Directors, including in connection with a proxy contest where our Board of Directors does not endorse a dissident slate of directors but approves them as “Continuing Directors”.
 
Except as described in clause (11) of the second paragraph under “Amendment, Supplement and Waiver,” the provisions in the A Note Indenture relative to the Issuer’s obligation to make an offer to repurchase the A Notes as a result of a Change of Control may be waived or modified at any time with the written consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding A Notes under the A Note Indenture.
 
Asset Sales
 
The A Notes do not contain any limitation on (1) the sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition, whether in a single transaction or a series of related transactions, of property or assets (including by way of a Sale and Lease-Back Transaction) of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or (2) the issuance or sale of Equity Interests of any Restricted Subsidiary, whether in a single transaction or a series of related transactions (each, an “Asset Sale”).
 
Offer to Purchase A Notes In Certain Circumstances
 
If the Issuer makes (1) any optional redemption of the B Notes, purchase of the B Notes through open-market purchases at or above 100% of the principal amount thereof or offer to purchase the B Notes at 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued but unpaid interest pursuant to clause (2) of the second paragraph of the covenant described under “Asset Sales” in the “Description of the B Notes”, the Issuer shall, substantially concurrently therewith, apply a pro rata amount to (x) make an optional redemption of the A Notes, (y) purchases of A Notes through open-market purchases at or above 100% of the principal amount thereof or (z) make an offer to purchase the A Notes (in accordance with procedures similar to those applicable to the B Notes) to all Holders of A Notes at 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued but unpaid interest (an “A Notes Purchase Offer”), or (2) any B Notes Asset Sale Offer under the B Notes Indenture, the Issuer shall, substantially concurrently therewith, apply a pro rata amount to make an A Notes Purchase Offer to purchase a pro rata amount of A Notes at 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued but unpaid interest provided that, in each case, no such redemption or purchase of or offer to purchase the A Notes shall be required to the extent that, after giving effect to any redemption or purchase of or other action with respect to the B Notes contemplated by this paragraph and, if applicable, any concurrent purchase of or other action with respect to any A Notes, the ratio of (i) the outstanding aggregate principal amount of the A Notes to (ii) the outstanding aggregate principal amount of the B Notes shall not exceed 0.25. For purposes of this paragraph, “pro rata amount” with respect to the A Notes shall be calculated taking into account all B Notes and other Senior Subordinated Indebtedness subject to the applicable redemption, purchase or offer.
 
Selection and Notice
 
If the Issuer is redeeming less than all of the A Notes at any time, the Trustee or the Paying Agent will select the A Notes to be redeemed (a) if such A Notes are listed on any national securities exchange, in compliance with the requirements of the principal national securities exchange on which such A Notes are listed or (b) on a pro rata basis to the extent practicable, and, in the case of A Notes represented in global form, in accordance with the applicable procedures of DTC, or, if the pro rata basis is not practicable for any reason, by lot or by such other method as the Trustee or the Paying Agent shall deem appropriate.
 

 
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Notices of purchase or redemption shall be mailed by electronic transmission (for Notes held in book-entry form) or by first-class mail, postage prepaid, at least 30 but not more than 60 days before the purchase or redemption date to (x) each Holder of A Notes to be redeemed at such Holder’s registered address, (y) to the Trustee to forward to each Holder of A Notes to be redeemed at such Holder’s registered address, or (z) otherwise in accordance with the procedures of DTC, except that redemption notices may be mailed more than 60 days prior to a redemption date if the notice is issued in connection with a defeasance of the A Notes or a satisfaction and discharge of the A Note Indenture. Notices of purchase or redemption may, at the Issuer’s discretion, provide that the purchase or redemption contemplated thereby is conditioned on the satisfaction of one or more conditions precedent, including, but not limited to, the consummation of an acquisition or financing transaction or Equity Offering. If any A Note is to be purchased or redeemed in part only, any notice of purchase or redemption that relates to such A Note shall state the portion of the principal amount thereof that has been or is to be purchased or redeemed.
 
The Issuer will issue a new A Note in a principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion of the original Note in the name of the Holder upon cancellation of the original A Note. A Notes called for redemption become due on the date fixed for redemption. On and after the redemption date, interest ceases to accrue on A Notes or portions of them called for redemption.
 
Certain Covenants in the A Note Indenture
 
Set forth below are summaries of the principal covenants that are contained in the A Note Indenture.
 
Suspension of Covenants if the A Notes Achieve Investment Grade Rating
 
If on any date following the date of the A Note Indenture:
 
 
(1)
the A Notes achieve an Investment Grade Rating by both of the Rating Agencies; and
 
(2)           no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing (a “Suspension Date”),
 
then, beginning on that day and subject to the provisions of the following paragraph, the covenants specifically listed under the following captions in this offering circular will be terminated:
 
 
(1)
“—Repurchase at the Option of Holders-Asset Sales”;
 
 
(2)
“—Certain Covenants in the A Note Indenture—Limitation on Restricted Payments”;
 
 
(3)
“—Certain Covenants in the A Note Indenture—Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock”;
 
 
(4)
“—Certain Covenants in the A Note Indenture—Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Restricted Subsidiaries”;
 
 
(5)
“—Certain Covenants in the A Note Indenture—Limitation on Guarantees of Indebtedness by Restricted Subsidiaries”;
 
 
(6)
“—Certain Covenants in the A Note Indenture—Transactions with Affiliates”; and
 
 
(7)
clause (4) of the covenant described below under the caption “—Certain Covenants in the A Note Indenture—Merger, Consolidation or Sale of All or Substantially All Assets”,
 
 

 
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(collectively, the “Suspended Covenants”). In the event that the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries are not subject to the Suspended Covenants for any period of time as a result of the foregoing, and on any subsequent date (the “Reversion Date”) one or both of the Rating Agencies withdraws its Investment Grade Rating or downgrades the rating assigned to the Notes below an Investment Grade Rating, then the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries will thereafter again be subject to the Suspended Covenants with respect to future events, unless and until the A Notes subsequently attain an Investment Grade Rating by both of the Rating Agencies and no Default or Event of Default is in existence (in which event the Suspended Covenants shall no longer be in effect for such time as the A Notes maintain an Investment Grade Rating by both of the Rating Agencies and no Default or Event of Default is in existence). Notwithstanding that the Suspended Covenants may be reinstated, no Default, Event of Default or breach of any kind shall be deemed to exist under the A Note Indenture, the A Notes or the Guarantees with respect to the Suspended Covenants based on any actions taken or events occurring during any Suspension Period (as defined below), or any actions taken at any time pursuant to any contractual obligation arising after the commencement of a Suspension Period and prior to the immediately following Reversion Date, regardless of whether such actions or events would have been permitted if the applicable Suspended Covenants remained in effect during such period. The periods of time between the applicable Suspension Date and the immediately following Reversion Date are each referred to in this description as a “Suspension Period”.
 
On the Reversion Date, all Indebtedness incurred during the immediately preceding Suspension Period will be deemed to have been outstanding on the Issue Date, so that it is classified as permitted under clause (4) of the second paragraph of “Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock”. Calculations made after a Reversion Date of the amount available to be made as Restricted Payments under “Limitation on Restricted Payments” will be made as though the covenant described under “Limitation on Restricted Payments” had been in effect prior to, but not during, the Suspension Period. No Default or Event of Default will be deemed to have occurred as a result of the Reversion Date occurring on the basis of any actions taken or the continuance of any circumstances resulting from actions taken or the performance of obligations under agreements entered into by the Company, the Issuer or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries during the Suspension Period (other than agreements to take actions after the Reversion Date that would not be permitted outside of the Suspension Period entered into in contemplation of the Reversion Date). For purposes of determining compliance with “Asset Sales”, the amount of Excess Proceeds from all Asset Sales not applied in accordance with the covenant will be deemed to be reset to zero.
 
There can be no assurance that the A Notes will ever achieve an Investment Grade Rating or that any such rating will be maintained.
 
Limitation on Restricted Payments
 
The A Note Indenture does not contain any limit on the Company’s or any Restricted Subsidiary’s ability to, directly or indirectly:
 
 
(1)
declare or pay any dividend or make any distribution or any payment having the effect thereof on account of the Company’s or any Restricted Subsidiary’s Equity Interests (in such Person’s capacity as holder of such Equity Interests), including any dividend or distribution payable in connection with any merger, amalgamation or consolidation including:
 
 
(a)
dividends or distributions payable solely in Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company; or
 
 
(b)
dividends or distributions by a Restricted Subsidiary so long as, in the case of any dividend or distribution payable on or in respect of any class or series of securities issued by a Restricted Subsidiary other than a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Company, the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary receives at least its pro rata share of such dividend or distribution in accordance with its Equity Interests in such class or series of securities;
 
 
(2)
purchase, redeem, defease or otherwise acquire or retire for value any Equity Interests of the Company or any direct or indirect parent of the Company, including in connection with any merger, amalgamation or consolidation;
 

 
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(3)
make any principal payment on, or redeem, repurchase, defease or otherwise acquire or retire for value in each case, prior to any scheduled repayment, sinking fund payment or maturity, any Subordinated Indebtedness including:
 
 
(a)
Indebtedness permitted under clause (8) of the covenant described under “—Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock”; or
 
 
(b)
the payment of principal on or the purchase, redemption, defeasance, repurchase or other acquisition or retirement of Subordinated Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in anticipation of satisfying a sinking fund obligation, principal installment or final maturity, in each case due within one year of the date of such payment of principal or such purchase, redemption, defeasance, repurchase or acquisition; or
 
 
(4)
make any Investment
 
(all such payments and other actions set forth in clauses (1) through (4) above being collectively referred to as “Restricted Payments”).
 
As of the Issue Date, all of the Subsidiaries of the Company were Restricted Subsidiaries. The Company will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to become an Unrestricted Subsidiary unless it is also an Unrestricted Subsidiary for purposes of the B Notes and the Company will not permit any Unrestricted Subsidiary to become a Restricted Subsidiary unless it is also a Restricted Subsidiary for purposes of the B Notes. Unrestricted Subsidiaries will not be subject to any of the restrictive covenants set forth in the A Note Indenture.
 
Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock
 
The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, issue, assume, guarantee or otherwise become directly or indirectly liable, contingently or otherwise (collectively, “incur” and collectively, an “incurrence”) with respect to any Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness) and the Issuer and the Guarantors will not issue any shares of Disqualified Stock and the Company will not permit the Issuer to, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor to issue any shares of Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock; provided, however, that (1) the Issuer and the Guarantors may incur Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness) or issue shares of Disqualified Stock (other than Disqualified Stock of the Issuer or any parent company of the Issuer that is also a Restricted Subsidiary), and (2) any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor may incur Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness), issue shares of Disqualified Stock and issue shares of Preferred Stock, if in each case the Consolidated Leverage Ratio at the time such additional Indebtedness is incurred or such Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock is issued would have been no greater than 7.0 to 1.0 determined on a pro forma basis (including a pro forma application of the net proceeds therefrom), as if the additional Indebtedness had been incurred, or the Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock had been issued, as the case may be, and the application of proceeds therefrom had occurred at the beginning of the most recently ended four fiscal quarters for which internal financial statements are available; provided further, however, that Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors may not incur Indebtedness or issue Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock if, after giving pro forma effect to such incurrence or issuance (including a pro forma application of the net proceeds therefrom), more than an aggregate of $150.0 million of Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors is outstanding pursuant to this paragraph at such time.
 
The foregoing limitations will not apply to:
 
 
(1)
Indebtedness of (a) the Issuer and the Guarantors pursuant to (i) the Senior Notes (including any guarantee in respect of the Senior Notes) and (ii) any Senior Exchange Notes (including any guarantee in respect of the Senior Exchange Notes) and (b) CCO represented by the Senior Proceeds Loans in the amount outstanding as of the Issue Date;
 

 
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(2)
the incurrence by (a) the Issuer and any Guarantor of Indebtedness represented by (i) the A Notes (including any Guarantee, but excluding any Additional A Notes) and (ii) the B Notes (including any guarantee of the B Notes, but excluding any Additional B Notes) and (b) CCO of Indebtedness represented by the Proceeds Loans;
 
 
(3)
the incurrence by the Issuer and any Guarantor of Indebtedness represented by (i) the Series A Exchange Notes and related guarantees of the Series A Exchange Notes to be issued in exchange for the A Notes (excluding any Additional A Notes) and Guarantees pursuant to the A Note Registration Rights Agreement and (ii) the Series B Exchange Notes and related guarantees of the Series B Exchange Notes to be issued in exchange for the B Notes (excluding any Additional B Notes) and guarantees of the Series B Exchange Notes pursuant to the B Note Registration Rights Agreement;
 
 
(4)
Indebtedness of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries (i) in existence on the Issue Date (other than Indebtedness described in clauses (1) and (2)), (ii) incurred by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to any revolving or other line of credit pursuant to which there is an unfunded commitment in effect as of the Issue Date or (iii) under Credit Facilities in an amount not to exceed $150.0 million at any one time outstanding;
 
 
(5)
Indebtedness (including Capitalized Lease Obligations) incurred or Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock issued by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of the Issuer or any parent company of the Issuer that is also a Restricted Subsidiary), to finance the purchase, lease or improvement of property (real or personal) or equipment that is used or useful in a Similar Business, whether through the direct purchase of assets or the Equity Interests of any Person owning such assets in an aggregate principal amount, together with any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof and all other Indebtedness incurred and Disqualified Stock and/or Preferred Stock issued and outstanding under this clause (5), not to exceed the greater of (x) $140 million and (y) 2.0% of Total Assets at any time outstanding; so long as such Indebtedness exists at the date of such purchase, lease or improvement, or is created within 270 days thereafter;
 
 
(6)
Indebtedness incurred by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary constituting reimbursement obligations with respect to bankers’ acceptances, letters of credit and bank guarantees issued in the ordinary course of business, including letters of credit in respect of workers’ compensation claims, or other Indebtedness with respect to reimbursement type obligations regarding workers’ compensation claims, health, disability or other benefits to employees or former employees or their families or property, casualty or liability insurance or self-insurance, or other Indebtedness with respect to reimbursement type obligations regarding the foregoing; provided, however, that upon the drawing of such bankers’ acceptances and letters of credit or the incurrence of such Indebtedness, such obligations are reimbursed within 30 days following such drawing or incurrence;
 
 
(7)
Indebtedness arising from agreements of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary providing for indemnification, adjustment of purchase price, earn-out or similar obligations, in each case, incurred or assumed in connection with the acquisition or disposition of any business, assets or a Subsidiary, other than guarantees of Indebtedness incurred by any Person acquiring all or any portion of such business, assets or a Subsidiary for the purpose of financing such acquisition; provided, however, that such Indebtedness is not reflected on the balance sheet (other than by application of ASC 460 or in respect of acquired contingencies and contingent consideration recorded under ASC 805) of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (contingent obligations referred to in a footnote to financial statements and not otherwise reflected on the balance sheet will not be deemed to be reflected on such balance sheet for purposes of this clause (7));
 
 

 
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(8)
Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock of the Company to a Restricted Subsidiary or a Restricted Subsidiary to the Company or another Restricted Subsidiary; provided that any such Indebtedness owing by the Issuer or a Guarantor to a Restricted Subsidiary that is not the Issuer or a Guarantor is expressly subordinated in right of payment to the A Notes or the Guarantee of the A Notes, as applicable; provided further, that any subsequent issuance or transfer of any Capital Stock or any other event which results in any Restricted Subsidiary ceasing to be a Restricted Subsidiary or any other subsequent transfer (except that a pledge of Indebtedness referred to in this clause (8) shall not be deemed a transfer until the pledgee commences actions to foreclose on such Indebtedness) of any such Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock (except to the Company, the Issuer or another Restricted Subsidiary that is a Guarantor) shall be deemed, in each case, to be an incurrence of such Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock not permitted by this clause (8);
 
 
(9)
shares of Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary (other than the Issuer or any parent company of the Issuer that is also a Restricted Subsidiary) issued to the Company or another Restricted Subsidiary; provided that any subsequent issuance or transfer of any Capital Stock or any other event which results in any such Restricted Subsidiary ceasing to be a Restricted Subsidiary or any other subsequent transfer (except that a pledge of such Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock referred to in this clause (9) shall not be deemed a transfer until the pledgee commences actions to foreclose on such Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock) of any such shares of Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock (except to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary) shall be deemed in each case to be an issuance of such shares of Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock not permitted by this clause (9);
 
 
(10)
Hedging Obligations (excluding Hedging Obligations entered into for speculative purposes) for the purpose of limiting interest rate risk with respect to any Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to this covenant, exchange rate risk or commodity pricing risk;
 
 
(11)
obligations in respect of self-insurance, customs, stay, performance, bid, appeal and surety bonds and completion guarantees and other obligations of a like nature provided by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;
 
 
(12)
(a) Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock of the Company owed or issued to CCU or any of its Subsidiaries that is a direct or indirect parent company in connection with the Cash Management Arrangements and (b) Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock of the Company or a Restricted Guarantor (other than Disqualified Stock of a parent company of the Issuer that is also a Restricted Subsidiary) and Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor (in the case of Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock, other than the Issuer or any parent company of the Issuer that is also a Restricted Subsidiary) in an aggregate principal amount or liquidation preference, which when aggregated with the principal amount and liquidation preference of all other Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock then outstanding and incurred pursuant to this clause (12)(b), does not at any one time outstanding exceed $150.0 million (it being understood that any Indebtedness incurred or Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock issued pursuant to this clause (12)(b) shall cease to be deemed incurred or outstanding for purposes of this clause (12)(b) but shall be deemed incurred for the purposes of the first paragraph of this covenant from and after the first date on which the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary could have incurred such Indebtedness or issued such Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock under the first paragraph of this covenant without reliance on this clause (12)(b), with such automatic reclassification subject to the $150.0 million limitation in the first paragraph of this covenant that Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors may not incur Indebtedness or issue Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock if, after giving pro forma effect to such incurrence or issuance (including a pro forma application of the net proceeds therefrom), the availability as of such date of determination under the $150.0 million sublimit would be exceeded);
 
 
(13)
the incurrence by (1) the Issuer and the Guarantors of Indebtedness or the issuance of shares of Disqualified Stock by the Guarantors (other than Disqualified Stock of any parent company of the Issuer that is also a Restricted Subsidiary), and (2) any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor of Indebtedness or the issuance of shares of Disqualified Stock or shares of Preferred Stock, in each case, that serves to extend, replace, refund, refinance, renew or defease:
 

 
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(a)
any Indebtedness incurred or Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock issued as permitted under the first paragraph of this covenant and clauses (1), (2), (3), (4)(i), (4)(ii), (5) and (12)(a) above and clause (14) below (including with respect to (x) the first paragraph of this covenant, any unfunded commitment for which an Officer’s Certificate has been delivered to the Trustee as provided in the definition of Consolidated Leverage Ratio and (y) clause (4) above, any revolving or other line of credit pursuant to which there is an unfunded commitment in effect as of the Issue Date), or
 
 
(b)
any Indebtedness incurred or Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock issued to so extend, replace, refund, refinance, renew or defease the Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock described in clause (a) above (including unfunded commitments that serve to extend, replace, refund, refinance, renew or defease any unfunded commitments under Indebtedness described in such clause (a)); provided, however, that in the case of clauses (a) and (b), any unfunded commitment shall continue to be treated as outstanding for purposes of the definition of Consolidated Leverage Ratio to the extent such unfunded commitment was outstanding for purposes thereof prior to such extension, replacement, refunding, refinancing, renewal or defeasance under this clause (13),
 
including, in each case, additional Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock incurred to pay premiums (including tender premiums), defeasance costs and fees and expenses in connection therewith or incurred as a result of original issue discount, accreted value in excess of the proceeds thereof or the stated principal amount thereof being in excess of the fair value thereof at issuance, in each case, as determined in good faith by the Company (collectively, the “Refinancing Indebtedness”) prior to its respective maturity; provided, however, that such Refinancing Indebtedness:
 
 
(A)
has a Weighted Average Life to Maturity at the time such Refinancing Indebtedness is incurred which is not less than the remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock being extended, replaced, refunded, refinanced, renewed or defeased (except by virtue of prepayment of such Indebtedness),
 
 
(B)
to the extent such Refinancing Indebtedness extends, replaces, refunds, refinances, renews or defeases (i) Indebtedness subordinated in right of payment or pari passu to the A Notes or any Guarantee thereof, such Refinancing Indebtedness is subordinated in right of payment or pari passu to the A Notes or the Guarantee at least to the same extent as the Indebtedness being extended, replaced, refunded, refinanced, renewed or defeased or (ii) Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock, such Refinancing Indebtedness must be Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock, respectively,
 
 
(C)
in the case of any Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to refinance Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock outstanding under clause (5) above, such Refinancing Indebtedness shall be deemed to have been incurred and to be outstanding under such clause (5), and not this clause (13) for purposes of determining amounts outstanding under such clauses; and
 
 
(D)
shall not include:
 
 
(i)
Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor that refinances Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of the Issuer or a Guarantor; or
 
 
(ii)
Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary that refinances Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of an Unrestricted Subsidiary; and
 

 

 
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provided further, however, that subclauses (A) and (B) of this clause (13) will not apply to any extension, replacement, refunding, refinancing, renewal or defeasance of any Indebtedness under any Credit Facilities;
 
 
(14)
Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of (x) the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary  (in the case of Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock, other than the Issuer or any parent company of the Issuer that is also a Restricted Subsidiary) incurred or issued to finance an acquisition or (y) Persons that are acquired by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary or merged into the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary in accordance with the terms of the A Note Indenture; provided, however, that after giving effect to such acquisition or merger, either:
 
 
(i)
the Company would be permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Consolidated Leverage Ratio test set forth in the first paragraph of this covenant, or
 
 
(ii)
the Consolidated Leverage Ratio is less than the Consolidated Leverage Ratio immediately prior to such acquisition or merger;
 
 
provided, however, that in each case, such determination is made on a pro forma basis taking into account such acquisition or merger;
 
 
(15)
Indebtedness arising from the honoring by a bank or other financial institution of a check, draft or similar instrument drawn against insufficient funds in the ordinary course of business; provided that such Indebtedness is extinguished within five Business Days of its incurrence;
 
 
(16)
[Reserved];
 
 
(17)
(a)
any guarantee by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness or other obligations of any Guarantor so long as the incurrence of such Indebtedness incurred by such Guarantor is permitted under the terms of the A Note Indenture;
 
 
(b)
any guarantee by a Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness of the Company; or
 
 
(c)
any guarantee by a Restricted Subsidiary (other than the Issuer or a Restricted Guarantor), the Company or CCO of obligations of any other Restricted Subsidiary (other than the Issuer or a Guarantor);
 
 
provided that, in each case, such Restricted Subsidiary shall comply with the covenant described below under “Limitation on Guarantees of Indebtedness by Restricted Subsidiaries”;
 
 
 
(18)
Indebtedness of Foreign Subsidiaries of the Company in an amount not to exceed at any one time outstanding and together with any other Indebtedness incurred under this clause (18) $150.0 million (it being understood that any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause (18) shall cease to be deemed incurred or outstanding for purposes of this clause (18) but shall be deemed incurred for the purposes of the first paragraph of this covenant from and after the first date on which such Foreign Subsidiary could have incurred such Indebtedness under the first paragraph of this covenant without reliance on this clause (18), with such automatic reclassification subject to the $150.0 million limitation in the first paragraph of this covenant that Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors may not incur Indebtedness or issue Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock if, after giving pro forma effect to such incurrence or issuance (including a pro forma application of the net proceeds therefrom), the availability as of such date of determination under the $150.0 million sublimit would be exceeded;
 
 

 
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(19)
Indebtedness consisting of Indebtedness issued by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to future, current or former officers, directors, employees and consultants thereof or any direct or indirect parent thereof, their respective estates, heirs, family members, spouses or former spouses, in each case to finance the repurchase, redemption, defeasance, retirement or other acquisition for value of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company or any of its direct or indirect parent companies held by any future, present or former employee, director, officer or consultant of the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of its direct or indirect parent companies pursuant to any management equity plan or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement (including any principal and interest payable on any notes issued by the Company or any direct or indirect parent company of the Company in connection with any such repurchase, retirement or acquisition), or any stock subscription or shareholder agreement;
 
 
(20)
cash management obligations and Indebtedness in respect of netting services, employee credit card programs and similar arrangements in connection with cash management and deposit accounts; and
 
 
(21)
(a) Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries consisting of the financing of insurance premiums in the ordinary course of business or (b) customer deposits and advance payments received in the ordinary course of business from customers for goods purchased in the ordinary course of business.
 
For purposes of determining compliance with this covenant:
 
 
(1)
in the event that an item of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock (or any portion thereof) meets the criteria of more than one of the categories of permitted Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock described in clauses (1) through (21) above or is entitled to be incurred pursuant to the first paragraph of this covenant, the Company, in its sole discretion, may classify or reclassify such item of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock (or any portion thereof) and will only be required to include the amount and type of such Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock in one of the above clauses or under the first paragraph of this covenant; provided that (x) all Indebtedness outstanding under the Credit Facilities on the Issue Date will be treated as incurred on the Issue Date under clause (4) of the preceding paragraph and (y) Indebtedness incurred or Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock issued by Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors may be reclassified only to the extent that, after giving effect to such reclassification (including a pro forma application of the net proceeds therefrom), such Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor would be permitted to incur the Indebtedness or issue the Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock as so reclassified on the date; and
 
 
(2)
at the time of incurrence or any reclassification thereafter, the Company will be entitled to divide and classify an item of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock in more than one of the types of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock described in the first and second paragraphs above; provided, however, that with respect to such Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock of Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors, such Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock may only be classified or reclassified as a type of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock to the extent such Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor may so incur such Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock under the A Note Indenture on the date of classification or reclassification.
 
Accrual of interest or dividends, the accretion of accreted value, the accretion or amortization of original issue discount and the payment of interest or dividends in the form of additional Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock, as applicable, will not be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness or issuance of Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock for purposes of this covenant.
 
For purposes of determining compliance with any U.S. dollar-denominated restriction on the incurrence of Indebtedness, the U.S. dollar-equivalent principal amount of Indebtedness denominated in a foreign currency shall be calculated based on the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on the date such Indebtedness was incurred, in the case of term debt, or first committed, in the case of revolving credit debt; provided that if such Indebtedness is incurred to refinance other Indebtedness denominated in a foreign currency, and such refinancing would cause the applicable U.S. dollar-denominated restriction to be exceeded if calculated at the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on the date of such refinancing, such U.S. dollar-denominated restriction shall be deemed not to have been exceeded so long as the principal amount of such refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed (i) the principal amount of such Indebtedness being refinanced plus (ii) the aggregate amount of fees, underwriting discounts, premiums and other costs and expenses incurred in connection with such refinancing.
 

 
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The principal amount of any Indebtedness incurred to refinance other Indebtedness, if incurred in a different currency from the Indebtedness being refinanced, shall be calculated based on the currency exchange rate applicable to the currencies in which such respective Indebtedness is denominated that is in effect on the date of such refinancing. The principal amount of any non-interest bearing Indebtedness or other discount security constituting Indebtedness at any date shall be the principal amount thereof that would be shown on a balance sheet of the Company dated such date prepared in accordance with GAAP.
 
The Company will not, and will not permit the Issuer or any Guarantor to, directly or indirectly, incur (1) any Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness) that is contractually subordinated or junior in right of payment to any Senior Indebtedness of the Issuer or such Guarantor, as the case may be, unless such Indebtedness is Senior Subordinated Indebtedness or is expressly subordinated in right of payment to Senior Subordinated Indebtedness of the Issuer or such Guarantor, as the case may be, or (2) any Secured Indebtedness that is not Senior Indebtedness of the Issuer or such Guarantor, as the case may be, unless contemporaneously therewith the Issuer or such Guarantor makes effective provision to secure the A Notes or applicable Guarantee equally and ratably with such Secured Indebtedness for so long as such Secured Indebtedness is secured by a Lien.
 
For all purposes of the A Notes and the A Note Indenture, subordination will refer to contractual payment subordination and not to structural subordination. The A Notes and the A Note Indenture will not treat (1) unsecured Indebtedness as subordinated or junior to Secured Indebtedness merely because it is unsecured, (2) unsubordinated Indebtedness as subordinated or junior to any other unsubordinated Indebtedness merely because it has a junior priority with respect to the same collateral or (3) Indebtedness as subordinated or junior Indebtedness merely because it is structurally subordinated to other Indebtedness.
 
Merger, Consolidation or Sale of All or Substantially All Assets
 
Neither the Company nor the Issuer may consolidate or merge with or into or wind up into (whether or not the Company or the Issuer, as the case may be, is the surviving corporation), nor may the Company or the Issuer sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of (other than to any member of the CCU Restricted Group) assets or properties that in either case constitute all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries which are Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, in one or more related transactions, to any Person unless:
 
 
(1)
the Company or the Issuer, as the case may be, is the surviving corporation or the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than the Company or the Issuer, as the case may be) or the Person to which such sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition will have been made is organized or existing under the laws of the United States, any state thereof, the District of Columbia, or any territory thereof (the Company, the Issuer or such Person, as the case may be, being herein called the “Successor Company”); provided that in the case where the Successor Company is not a corporation, a co-obligor of the A Notes is a corporation;
 
 
(2)
the Successor Company, if other than the Company or the Issuer, as the case may be, expressly assumes all the obligations of the Company or the Issuer, as the case may be, under the Company’s Guarantee or the A Notes, as applicable, pursuant to a supplemental indenture or other documents or instruments in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee;
 
 
(3)
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(4)
immediately after giving pro forma effect to such transaction and any related financing transactions, as if such transactions had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period, (a) the Successor Company would be permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Consolidated Leverage Ratio set forth in the first paragraph of the covenant described under “—Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock,” or (b) the Consolidated Leverage Ratio for the Successor Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries would be equal to or less than such Consolidated Leverage Ratio immediately prior to such acquisition or merger;
 
 
(5)
each Guarantor, unless it is (a) the other party to the transactions described above, in which case clause (1)(b) of the second succeeding paragraph shall apply or (b) a Guarantor that will be released from its obligations under its Guarantee in connection with such transactions, shall have by supplemental indenture confirmed that its Guarantee shall apply to such Person’s obligations under the A Note Indenture and the A Notes; and
 
 
(6)
the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger or transfer and such supplemental indentures, if any, comply with the A Note Indenture.
 
The Successor Company will succeed to, and be substituted for, the Company or the Issuer, as the case may be, under the A Note Indenture and the A Notes, as applicable, and the Company or the Issuer, as applicable, will be automatically released from its obligations under the A Note Indenture and the A Notes. Notwithstanding the foregoing clauses (3) and (4),
 
 
(1)
the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than the Issuer) may consolidate with or merge into or transfer all or part of its properties and assets to the Issuer or a Guarantor; and
 
 
(2)
the Company or the Issuer may merge with an Affiliate of the Company or the Issuer, as the case may be, solely for the purpose of reorganizing the Company or the Issuer, as the case may be, in the United States, any state thereof, the District of Columbia or any territory thereof so long as the amount of Indebtedness of the Company, the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries is not increased thereby.
 
Subject to certain limitations described in the A Note Indenture governing release of a Guarantee upon the sale, disposition or transfer of a guarantor, no Guarantor will, and the Company will not permit any Restricted Guarantor to, consolidate or merge with or into or wind up into (whether or not the Company or such Restricted Guarantor is the surviving corporation), or sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of (other than to any member of the CCU Restricted Group) all or substantially all of its properties or assets, in one or more related transactions, to any Person unless:
 
 
(1)
(a)
such Guarantor is the surviving Person or the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than such Guarantor) or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition will have been made is organized or existing under the laws of the jurisdiction of organization of such Guarantor, as the case may be, or the laws of the United States, any state thereof, the District of Columbia, or any territory thereof (such Guarantor or such Person, as the case may be, being herein called the “Successor Person”);
 
 
(b)
the Successor Person, if other than such Guarantor, expressly assumes all the obligations of such Guarantor under the A Note Indenture and such Guarantor’s related Guarantee pursuant to supplemental indentures or other documents or instruments in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee;
 
 
(c)
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(d)
the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger or transfer and such supplemental indentures, if any, comply with the A Note Indenture; or
 
 
(2)
the transaction is a Qualified Asset Sale.
 
In the case of clause (1) of the immediately preceding paragraph, the Successor Person will succeed to, and be substituted for, such Guarantor under the A Note Indenture and such Guarantor’s Guarantee. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Guarantor (other than the Company, which is covered by the third preceding paragraph) may (1) merge or consolidate with or into or wind up into or transfer all or part of its properties and assets to another Guarantor or the Issuer, (2) merge with an Affiliate of the Company solely for the purpose of reincorporating the Guarantor in the United States, any state thereof, the District of Columbia or any territory thereof or (3) convert into (which may be effected by merger with a Restricted Subsidiary that has substantially no assets and liabilities) a corporation, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability corporation or trust organized or existing under the laws of the jurisdiction of organization of such Guarantor (which may be effected by merger so long as the survivor thereof is a Guarantor).
 
Transactions with Affiliates
 
The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, make any payment to, or sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of their properties or assets to, or purchase any property or assets from, or enter into or make or amend any transaction, contract, agreement, understanding, loan, advance or guarantee with, or for the benefit of, any Affiliate of the Company (each of the foregoing, an “Affiliate Transaction”) involving aggregate payments or consideration in excess of $10.0 million, unless:
 
 
(1)
such Affiliate Transaction is on terms that are not materially less favorable to the Company or the relevant Restricted Subsidiary than those that would have been obtained in a comparable transaction by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary with an unrelated Person on an arm’s-length basis; and
 
 
(2)
the Company delivers to the Trustee with respect to any Affiliate Transaction or series of related Affiliate Transactions involving aggregate payments or consideration in excess of $20.0 million, a resolution adopted by the majority of the Board of Directors approving such Affiliate Transaction and set forth in an Officer’s Certificate certifying that such Affiliate Transaction complies with clause (1) above.
 
The foregoing provisions will not apply to the following:
 
 
(1)
(a) transactions between or among the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and (b) any Affiliate Transaction, directly or indirectly, to the extent constituting (i) the payment of dividends or making any other distributions to any member of the CCU Restricted Group or payment of any Indebtedness owed to any member of the CCU Restricted Group, (ii) the making loans or advances to any member of the CCU Restricted Group, or (iii) the selling, leasing or transferring any of properties or assets to any member of the CCU Restricted Group;
 
 
(2)
Restricted Payments permitted by the provisions of the B Note Indenture described under the covenant “—Description of the B Notes—Certain Covenants in the B Note Indenture—Limitation on Restricted Payments” and Investments constituting Permitted Investments;
 
 
(3)
for so long as the Company is a member of a group filing a consolidated, combined, unitary, or similar group tax return with any direct or indirect parent company of the Company (regardless of whether the Company is a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of such parent company), payments in respect of the hypothetical consolidated, combined, unitary, or similar group tax liabilities of the Company and its Subsidiaries, determined as if the Company were the common parent of a group of a separate affiliated group of corporations filing a consolidated federal income tax return (or the common parent of the applicable comparable group filing a consolidated, combined, unitary, or similar group tax return under state, local, or foreign law);
 

 
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(4)
the payment of reasonable and customary fees and compensation paid to, and indemnities provided on behalf or for the benefit of, employees, officers, directors or consultants of the Company, any of its direct or indirect parent companies or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;
 
 
(5)
transactions in which the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, as the case may be, delivers to the Trustee a letter from an Independent Financial Advisor stating that such transaction is fair to the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary from a financial point of view or stating that the terms are not materially less favorable to the Company or the relevant Restricted Subsidiary than those that would have been obtained in a comparable transaction by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary with an unrelated Person on an arm’s-length basis;
 
 
(6)
any agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby with an affiliate as in effect as of the Issue Date, including the CCU Mirror Note and the CCOH Mirror Note, and any extension, amendment, restatement, modification or other supplement to, or replacement of, any of the foregoing otherwise permitted by the A Note Indenture and so long as any such extension, amendment, restatement, modification or other supplement is not materially adverse in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors to the Holders when taken as a whole as compared to the applicable agreement as in effect on the Issue Date;
 
 
(7)
the existence of, or the performance by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of its obligations under the terms of, any stockholders agreement, principal investors agreement (including any registration rights agreement or purchase agreement related thereto) to which it is a party as of the Issue Date and any similar agreements which it may enter into thereafter; provided, however, that the existence of, or the performance by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of obligations under any future amendment to any such existing agreement or under any similar agreement entered into after the Issue Date shall only be permitted by this clause (7) to the extent that the terms of any such amendment or new agreement are not otherwise materially adverse in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors to the Holders when taken as a whole;
 
 
(8)
the Transactions and the payment of all fees and expenses related to the Transactions, including Transaction Expenses related thereto;
 
 
(9)
transactions with Unrestricted Subsidiaries, customers, clients, suppliers, contractors, joint venture partners, lessors or lessees of property or purchasers or sellers of goods or services, in each case in the ordinary course of business and otherwise in compliance with the terms of the A Note Indenture which are fair to the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, in the reasonable determination of the Board of Directors or the senior management thereof, or are on terms at least as favorable as would reasonably have been obtained at such time from an unaffiliated party;
 
 
(10)
the issuance of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary;
 
 
(11)
agreements and transactions between the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and members of the CCU Restricted Group, on the other hand;
 
 
(12)
payments by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to any of the Investors made for any financial advisory, financing, underwriting or placement services or in respect of other investment banking activities, including in connection with acquisitions or divestitures, which payments are approved by a majority of the Board of Directors in good faith or as otherwise permitted by the A Note Indenture;
 

 
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(13)
payments or loans (or cancellation of loans) to employees or consultants of the Company, any of its direct or indirect parent companies or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and employment agreements, severance arrangements, stock option plans and other similar arrangements with such employees or consultants which, in each case, are approved by a majority of the Board of Directors in good faith;
 
 
(14)
(a) Investments by the Investors in debt securities of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and any payments in respect thereof so long as (i) the investment is being offered generally to other investors on the same or more favorable terms and (ii) the investment constitutes less than 5.0% of the proposed or outstanding issue amount of such class of securities, and (b) payments in respect of any Public Debt or Notes held by Affiliates;
 
 
(15)
pledges of Equity Interests of Unrestricted Subsidiaries for the benefit of the lenders to such Unrestricted Subsidiaries in connection with bona fide lending or financing transactions; and
 
 
(16)
any sale of securities (including Disqualified Stock but excluding other Capital Stock) made to an Affiliate on the same terms as are being made to non-Affiliate investors in any public or private sale of such securities and any related transactions involving such securities where such Affiliate is treated no more favorably than the non-Affiliate investors, provided that, in each case, at least 80% of such securities are sold to, in the case of a public or private sale of securities, or held by, in the case of other related transactions involving such securities, non-Affiliate investors. Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Restricted Subsidiaries.
 
Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Restricted Subsidiaries

The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors to, directly or indirectly, create or otherwise cause or suffer to exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or consensual restriction on the ability of any such Restricted Subsidiary to:
 
 
(1)
pay (a) dividends or make any other distributions to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries on its Capital Stock or with respect to any other interest or participation in, or measured by, its profits (except for any dividend or liquidation priority between classes of Capital Stock) or (b) any Indebtedness owed to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;
 
 
(2)
make loans or advances to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; or
 
 
(3)
sell, lease or transfer any of its properties or assets to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries,
 
except (in each case) for such encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by reason of:
 
 
(a)
contractual encumbrances or restrictions in effect on the Issue Date, including pursuant to (i) the Senior Notes, the Senior Exchange Notes, the guarantees in respect thereof and the Senior Indentures, (ii) the Priority Guarantee Notes, the Priority Guarantee Exchange Notes, the guarantees in respect thereof and the Priority Guarantee Indenture and (iii) the Existing CCU Senior Notes and the Existing CCU Senior Notes Indentures;
 
 
(b)
(x) the Senior Credit Facilities and the related documentation and (y) the Indentures, the Notes, the Exchange Notes and the Guarantees and the guarantees of the B Notes;
 
 
(c)
purchase money obligations for property acquired in the ordinary course of business and Capital Lease Obligations that impose restrictions of the nature discussed in clause (3) above on the property so acquired;
 
 
(d)
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(e)
any agreement or other instrument of a Person acquired by or merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary thereof in existence at the time of such acquisition, merger, consolidation or amalgamation (but, in any such case, not created in contemplation thereof), which encumbrance or restriction is not applicable to any Person, or the properties or assets of any Person, other than the Person so acquired and its Subsidiaries, or the property or assets of the Person so acquired and its Subsidiaries or the property or assets so assumed;
 
 
(f)
contracts for the sale of assets, including customary restrictions with respect to a Subsidiary of (i) the Company or (ii) a Restricted Subsidiary, pursuant to an agreement that has been entered into for the sale or disposition of all or substantially all of the Capital Stock or assets of such Subsidiary that impose restrictions on the assets to be sold;
 
 
(g)
Secured Indebtedness otherwise permitted to be incurred pursuant to the covenant described under “—Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock” that limits the right of the debtor to dispose of the assets securing such Indebtedness;
 
 
(h)
restrictions on cash or other deposits or net worth imposed by customers under contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business;
 
 
(i)
other Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of Foreign Subsidiaries of the Company permitted to be incurred subsequent to the Issue Date pursuant to the provisions of the covenant described under “—Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock”;
 
 
(j)
customary provisions in any joint venture agreement or other similar agreement relating solely to such joint venture;
 
 
(k)
customary provisions contained in any lease, sublease, license, sublicense or similar agreement, including with respect to intellectual property, and other agreements, in each case, entered into in the ordinary course of business;
 
 
(l)
customary provisions contained in any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to any Credit Facilities as permitted pursuant to the covenant described under “—Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock” and provided that an Officer reasonably and in good faith determines at the time such Indebtedness is incurred (and at the time of any modification of the terms of any such encumbrance or restriction) that any such encumbrance or restriction will not materially adversely affect the Issuer’s or any Guarantor’s ability to make any payments, when due, with respect to the A Notes or its Guarantee thereof and any other Indebtedness that is an obligation of the Issuer or such Guarantor and such determination is set forth in an Officer’s Certificate delivered to the Trustee; and
 
 
(m)
any encumbrances or restrictions of the type referred to in clauses (1), (2) and (3) above imposed by any amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings of the contracts, instruments or obligations referred to in clauses (a) through (l) above; provided that such amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings are, in the good faith judgment of the Company, not materially more restrictive with respect to such encumbrance and other restrictions taken as a whole than those prior to such amendment, modification, restatement, renewal, increase, supplement, refunding, replacement or refinancing.
 

 
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Limitation on Guarantees of Indebtedness by Restricted Subsidiaries
 
The Company will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, other than a Guarantor or an Immaterial Subsidiary, to guarantee the payment of any Indebtedness in excess of $25.0 million of the Issuer or any Guarantor unless:
 
 
(1)
such Restricted Subsidiary within 30 days executes and delivers a supplemental indenture to the A Note Indenture providing for a Guarantee by such Restricted Subsidiary, except that with respect to a guarantee of Indebtedness of the Issuer or any Guarantor, if such Indebtedness is by its express terms subordinated in right of payment to the A Notes or a related Guarantee, any such guarantee by such Restricted Subsidiary with respect to such Indebtedness shall be subordinated in right of payment to such Guarantee substantially to the same extent as such Indebtedness is subordinated to the A Notes or such Guarantor’s related Guarantee; and
 
 
(2)
such Restricted Subsidiary shall within 30 days deliver to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee;
 
provided, that this covenant shall not be applicable to any guarantee of any Restricted Subsidiary that existed at the time such Person became a Restricted Subsidiary and was not incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary. The Company may elect, in its sole discretion, to cause any Subsidiary that is not otherwise required to be a Guarantor to become a Guarantor, in which case such Subsidiary shall not be required to comply with the 30 day periods described above.
 
Reports and Other Information
 
Notwithstanding that the Company may not be subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act or otherwise report on an annual and quarterly basis on forms provided for such annual and quarterly reporting pursuant to rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC, the A Note Indenture will require the Company to file with the SEC from and after