THIS DOCUMENT IS A COPY OF THE FORM 8-K
FILED ON OCTOBER 27, 1995 PURSUANT TO A
RULE 201 TEMPORARY HARDSHIP EXEMPTION
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report: October 27, 1995
U S WEST, Inc.
A Delaware Commission File IRS Employer
Corporation Number 1-8611 Identification
No. 84-0926774
7800 East Orchard Road, Englewood, Colorado 80111
Telephone Number (303) 793-6500
Item 4. Changes in Registrant's Certifying Accountant
In view of the expected implementation of the Company's targeted
stock structure, the Company has determined, following a
recommendation of the Audit Committee, that it will be more
efficient and effective for the Company to have a single firm
perform the auditing function for the entire business. This
decision has resulted in a difficult choice between two highly
qualified auditing firms. Until now, Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P. has
served as the Company's independent auditor, and Arthur Andersen
LLP has served as the primary auditing firm for major subsidiaries
within the U S WEST Media Group. After careful consideration and
review, the Company has determined that Arthur Andersen LLP will
serve as the Company's independent auditor. For that reason, the
Company has notified Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P. that the Company will
no longer retain the firm as its independent auditor, effective
upon the completion of the audit of the Company's financial
statements for the fiscal year ending December 31, 1995. The
Company maintains high regard for Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P. and is
grateful for the work it has performed over the years.
During the Company's two most recent fiscal years ended December
31, 1994 and December 31, 1993, the reports of Coopers & Lybrand
L.L.P. on the Company's financial statements contained no adverse
opinion or disclaimer of opinion, nor were they qualified or
modified as to uncertainty, audit scope or accounting principles.
During the Company's two most recent fiscal years ended December
31, 1994 and December 31, 1993, and interim periods thereafter:
(1) No disagreements with Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P. have occurred
on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial
statement disclosure, or auditing scope or procedure, which
disagreements, if not resolved to the satisfaction of Coopers &
Lybrand L.L.P., would have caused it to make reference to the
subject matter of the disagreement in connection with its reports
on the Company's financial statements.
(2) No reportable events involving Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P. have
occurred that must be disclosed under Item 304(a)(1)(v) of
Regulation S-K.
(3) The Company has not consulted with Arthur Andersen LLP on items
that concerned the application of accounting principles to a
specific transaction, either completed or proposed, or on the type
of audit opinion that might be rendered on the Company's financial
statements.
The Company requested, and Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P. has furnished,
a letter addressed to the Securities and Exchange Commission stating
that Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P. agrees with the statements set forth
in the second paragraph above and in numbered paragraphs (1) and (2)
above. A copy of that letter from Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P. to the
Securities and Exchange Commission is filed as Exhibit 16 to this
Form 8-K.
Item 7. Exhibits
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EXHIBIT NO. DESCRIPTION
4.1 Form of Note concerning the U S WEST Capital Funding,
Inc. 6.31% Notes due November 1, 2005, unconditionally
guaranteed as to payment of principal and interest by
U S WEST, Inc.
4.2 Form of Distribution Agreement between U S WEST Capital
Funding, Inc.; Merrill Lynch & Co.; Merrill Lynch,
Pierce; Fenner & Smith Incorporated; Goldman, Sachs &
Co.; Lehman Brothers; Lehman Brothers, Inc.; Morgan
Stanley & Co. Incorporated and Salomon Brothers Inc,
dated October 13, 1995.
4.3 Form of U S WEST Capital Funding, Inc. Fixed Rate
Medium-Term Note.
4.4 Form of U S WEST Capital Funding, Inc. Floating Rate
Medium-Term Note.
16 Letter from Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P. dated October 27,
1995.
27 Financial Data Schedule.
99A Press Release issued October 27, 1995 concerning the
third quarter earnings results of U S WEST, Inc. (the
"Company").
99A.1 Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Income of the
Company for quarters and nine months ended September
30, 1994 and September 30, 1995, filed in connection
with the Press Release dated October 27, 1995.
99A.2 Unaudited Consolidated Balance Sheets of the Company
for the year ended December 31, 1994 and nine months
ended September 30, 1995, filed in connection with the
Press Release dated October 27, 1995.
99A.3 Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows of the
Company for nine months ended September 30, 1994 and
September 30, 1995, filed in connection with the Press
Release dated October 27, 1995.
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99A.4 Unaudited Combined Statements of Income of U S WEST
Communications Group for quarters and nine months ended
September 30, 1994 and September 30, 1995, filed in
connection with the Press Release dated October 27,
1995.
99A.5 Unaudited Selected Combined Group Data of U S WEST
Communications Group for quarters and nine months ended
September 30, 1994 and September 30, 1995, filed in
connection with the Press Release dated October 27,
1995.
99A.6 Unaudited Combined Statements of Income of U S WEST
Media Group for quarters and nine months ended
September 30, 1994 and September 30, 1995, filed in
connection with the Press Release dated October 27,
1995.
99A.7 Unaudited Selected Combined Group Data of U S WEST
Media Group for quarters and nine months ended
September 30, 1994 and September 30, 1995, filed in
connection with the Press Release dated October 27,
1995.
99A.8 Unaudited Selected Proportionate Data of U S WEST
Media Group for quarters ended September 30, 1994 and
September 30, 1995 and year to date 1994 and 1995,
filed in connection with the Press Release dated
October 27, 1995.
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on
its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
U S WEST, Inc.
/s/ STEPHEN E. BRILZ
By:___________________________
Stephen E. Brilz
Senior Attorney and
Assistant Secretary
Dated: October 27, 1995
EXHIBIT 4.1
REGISTERED
PRINCIPAL AMOUNT
$
U S WEST CAPITAL FUNDING, INC.
6.31% NOTES DUE NOVEMBER 1, 2005
UNCONDITIONALLY GUARANTEED AS TO PAYMENT OF
PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST BY
U S WEST, INC.
CUSIP 912912AC6
Unless and until it is exchanged in whole or in part for Notes in definitive
form, this Note may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depositary to
a nominee of the Depositary, or by a nominee of the Depositary to the
Depositary or another nominee of the Depositary, or by the Depositary or any
such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such Depositary.
Unless this certificate is presented by an authorized representative of The
Depository Trust Company (55 Water Street, New York, New York) to the issuer
or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange or payment, and any
certificate issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or such other name
as requested by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company
and any payment is made to Cede & Co., ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE
HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL, since the
registered owner hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest herein.
U S WEST Capital Funding, Inc., a corporation duly organized and existing
under the laws of the State of Colorado (herein called the "Company") for
value received hereby promises to pay Cede & Co. or registered assigns, the
principal sum of
$ ( Dollars)
on November 1, 2005, by wire transfer of immediately available funds in such
coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment
shall be legal tender for the payment of public and private debts and to pay
interest semiannually on each May 1 and November 1 on said principal sum at
the rate per annum specified in the title of this Note, in the same manner, in
like coin or currency, from the first day of May or November, as the case may
be, to which interest on this Note has been paid preceding the date hereof
(unless the date hereof is a May 1 or November 1 to which interest has been
paid, in which case from the date hereof, or unless the date hereof is prior
to the first payment of interest, in which case from October 27, 1995) until
payment of said principal sum has been made or duly provided for.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, unless this Note shall be authenticated at a
time when there is an existing default in the payment of interest on the
Notes, if the date hereof is between April 15 and the immediately following
May 1 or is between October 15 and the immediately following November 1, this
Note shall bear interest from such May 1 or November 1; provided, however,
that if the Company shall default in the payment of interest due on such May 1
or November 1, then this Note shall bear interest from the next preceding date
to which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid on this Note,
from October 27, 1995. The interest so payable on any May 1 or November 1
will, subject to certain exceptions provided in the Indenture referred to
herein, be paid to the person in whose name this Note shall be registered at
the close of business on the April 15 prior to such May 1 or the October 15
prior to such November 1 unless such April 15 or October 15 shall be a Legal
Holiday (as defined in said Indenture), in which event the next preceding day
that is not a Legal Holiday. Interest will be computed on the basis of a year
of twelve 30-day months.
This Note is one of the duly authorized issue of Notes of the Company,
designated as set forth herein (the "Notes"), limited to the aggregate
principal amount of $250,000,000, all issued or to be issued under and
pursuant to an Indenture dated as of April 15, 1988 and amended by the Trust
Indenture Reform Act of 1990 (herein referred to as the "Indenture"), duly
executed and delivered by the Company and U S WEST, Inc. (the "Guarantor") to
First National Bank of Santa Fe (formerly Banquest/First National Bank of
Santa Fe), as Trustee (herein referred to as the "Trustee"), to which
Indenture and all Indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for
a description of the rights, limitation of rights, obligations, duties and
immunities thereunder of the Trustee, the Company, the Guarantor and the
Holders (the words "Holders" or "Holder" meaning the registered holders or
registered holder of the Notes).
In case an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, the principal
hereof may be declared, and upon such declaration shall become due and
payable, in the manner, with the effect and subject to the conditions provided
in the Indenture.
The Indenture contains provisions permitting the Company, the Guarantor
and the Trustee, with the written consent of the Holders of a majority in
principal amount of the outstanding Securities of each series affected by a
supplemental indenture (with each series voting as a class), to enter into a
supplemental indenture to add any provisions to or to change or eliminate any
provisions of the Indenture or of any supplemental indenture or to modify, in
each case in any manner not covered by provisions in the Indenture relating to
amendments and waivers without the consent of Holders, the rights of the
Holders of each such series. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of
the outstanding Securities of each series affected by such waiver (with each
series voting as a class), by notice to the Trustee, may waive compliance by
the Company or the Guarantor with any provision of the Indenture, any
supplemental indenture or the Securities of any such series, except a Default
in payment of the principal of or interest on any Security. However, without
the consent of each Holder affected, an amendment or waiver may not: (1)
reduce the amount of Securities whose Holders must consent to an amendment or
waiver; (2) change the rate of or change the time for payment of interest on
any Security; (3) change the principal of or change the fixed maturity of any
Security; (4) waive a Default in the payment of the principal of or interest
on any Security; (5) make any Security payable in money other than that stated
in the Security; or (6) make any change in the provisions of the Indenture:
(i) with respect to the right of the Holders of a majority in principal amount
of any series of Securities, by notice to the Trustee, to waive an existing
Default with respect to that series and its consequences; (ii) with respect to
the right of any Holder of a Security to receive payment of principal of and
interest on the Security, on or after the respective due dates expressed in
the Security, the right of any Holder of a coupon to receive payment of
interest due as provided in such coupon, or the right to bring suit for
enforcement of any such payments on or after their respective dates; and (iii)
described in this sentence.
This Note is not redeemable prior to maturity, and is not entitled to a
sinking fund.
This Note is repayable, in whole or in part, at the option of the Holder
hereof, on November 1, 2000 (the "Repayment Date"), at a price equal to the
principal amount hereof to be repaid plus all accrued interest hereon to the
Repayment Date. In order to exercise such repayment option, the Holder hereof
must deliver to the Paying Agent, at the corporate trust office in the Borough
of Manhattan in the City of New York, this Note, or such portion hereof, as to
which an election to exercise the repayment option is being made, together
with a duly signed and completed notice of election to have this Note, or such
portion hereof repaid by the Company. This Note and such notice of election
to exercise the repayment option must be delivered to the Paying Agent no
earlier than September 1, 2000 and no later than October 1, 2000. Once made,
an election to exercise the repayment option by the Holder hereof will be
irrevocable. Such option may be exercised with respect to less than the
entire principal amount hereof, but any such redemption in part will be in
increments of $1,000 or any amount in excess thereof which is an integral
multiple of $1,000. All determinations as to the validity, form, eligibility
(including time of receipt) and acceptance of this Note for repayment will be
determined by the Company, whose determination will be final and binding.
No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of
the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is
absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and interest on this Note
at the place, at the respective times, at the rate, and in the coin or
currency herein prescribed.
No director, officer, employee or stockholder, as such, of the Company or
the Guarantor shall have any liability for any obligations of the Company
under this Note or the Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of or
by reason of such obligations or their creation. Each Holder, by accepting
this Note, waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are
part of the consideration for the issue of this Note and the Guarantee
endorsed hereon.
The laws of the State of New York shall govern the Indenture and this
Note.
Ownership of Notes shall be proved by the register for the Notes kept by
the Registrar. The Company, the Guarantor, the Trustee and any agent of the
Company may treat the person in whose name a Note is registered as the
absolute owner thereof for all purposes.
Terms used herein without definition that are defined in the Indenture
shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
Unless the Certificate of Authentication hereon has been executed by the
Trustee under the Indenture referred to herein by the manual signature of one
of its authorized officers, or on behalf of the Trustee by the manual
signature of an authorized officer of the Trustee's authenticating agent, this
Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or
obligatory for any purpose.
_____________________________________________
GUARANTEE OF U S WEST, INC.
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, U S WEST, Inc., a corporation duly organized and
existing under the laws of the State of Colorado (the "Guarantor"), hereby
unconditionally guarantees to the holder of the Note upon which this Guarantee
is endorsed the due and punctual payment of the principal of and interest on
said Note, when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at
maturity or otherwise, according to the terms thereof and of the Indenture
referred to therein.
The Guarantor agrees to determine, at least one business day prior to the
date upon which a payment of principal of or interest on said Note is due and
payable, whether U S WEST Capital Funding, Inc. (the "Company") has available
the funds to make such payment as the same shall become due and payable. In
case of the failure of the Company punctually to pay any such principal or
interest, the Guarantor hereby agrees to cause any such payment to be made
punctually when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at
maturity or otherwise, and as if such payment were made by the Company.
The Guarantor hereby agrees that its obligations hereunder shall be
unconditional, irrevocable and absolute, irrespective of the validity,
regularity, or enforceability of said Note or said Indenture, the absence of
any action to enforce the same, any waiver or consent by the holder of said
Note with respect to any provisions thereof, the recovery of any judgment
against the Company or any action to enforce the same, or any other
circumstance which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge
or defense of a guarantor. The Guarantor hereby waives diligence,
presentment, demand or payment, filing of claims with a court in the event of
merger or bankruptcy of the Company, any right to require a proceeding first
against the Company, protest or notice with respect to said Note or
indebtedness evidenced thereby and all demands whatsoever and covenants that
this Guarantee will not be discharged except by complete performance of the
obligations contained in said Note and in this Guarantee.
The Guarantor shall be subrogated to all rights of the holder of said
Note against the Company in respect of any amounts paid by the Guarantor
pursuant to the provisions of this Guarantee; provided, however, that the
Guarantor shall not, without the consent of the holders of all of the Notes
then outstanding, be entitled to enforce or to receive any payments arising
out of, or based upon, such right of subrogation until the principal of and
interest of all Notes of the Company known as "6.31% Notes Due November 1,
2005" shall have been paid in full or payment thereof shall have been provided
for in accordance with said Indenture.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if following
any payment of principal or interest by the Company on the Notes to the
holders of the Notes, it is determined by a final decision of a court of
competent jurisdiction that such payment shall be avoided by a trustee in
bankruptcy (including any debtor-in-possession) as a preference under 11
U.S.C. 547 and such payment is paid by such holder to such trustee in
bankruptcy, then and to the extent of such repayment the obligations of the
Guarantor hereunder shall remain in full force and effect.
This Guarantee shall not be valid or become obligatory for any purpose
with respect to a Note until the certificate of authentication of such Note
shall have been signed by the Trustee or on its behalf by the Trustee's
authenticating agent.
This Guarantee shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, U S WEST, Inc. has caused this Guarantee to be signed
in its corporate name by the signature of two of its officers thereunto duly
authorized and has caused its corporate seal to be affixed hereunto.
U S WEST, Inc.
By:______________________________
Charles J. Burdick
Vice President and Assistant Treasurer
By:______________________________
Stephen E. Brilz
Assistant Secretary
(SEAL)
________________________________________________________
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly
executed, manually or by facsimile, and its corporate seal or a facsimile of
its corporate seal to be imprinted hereon.
Dated: October 27, 1995
U S WEST Capital Funding, Inc.
By:_____________________________
Charles J. Burdick
Vice President and Treasurer
(SEAL)
By:_____________________________
J. Roger Fox
Assistant Treasurer
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Securities of the series designated herein, issued
under the Indenture described herein.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF SANTA FE
By Citibank, N.A., as Authenticating Agent
By:_________________________________
Authorized Officer
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and
transfer(s) unto
__________________________________________
Please insert social security number or other identifying number of assignee:
_______________________________
Please print or type name and address (including zip code) of assignee:
___________________________________
___________________________________
___________________________________
___________________________________
the within Note and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting and
appointing _______________________ attorney to transfer said Note of U S WEST
Capital Funding, Inc. on the books of the Company, with full power of
substitution in the premises.
___________________________________
Dated:_____________________________
NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as
written upon the face of this Note in every particular without alteration or
enlargement or any change whatever.
NOTICE OF ELECTION
The undersigned hereby irrevocably request(s) and instruct(s) the Company
to repay this Note (or portion hereof specified below) pursuant to its terms
at a price equal to the principal amount to be repaid, together with unpaid
interest accrued hereon to the Repayment Date, to the undersigned, at
__________________________________________________________ (Please print or
typewrite name and address of the undersigned).
For this Note to be repaid, the Paying Agent must receive at its
corporate trust office, no earlier than September 1, 2000 and no later than
October 1, 2000, this Note with this "Notice of Election" form duly completed.
If less than the entire principal amount of this Note is to be repaid,
specify the portion hereof (which shall be increments of $1,000) which the
Holder elects to have repaid and specify the denomination or denominations
(which shall be in increments of $1,000 or any amount in excess thereof which
is an integral multiple of $1,000) of the Notes to be issued to the Holder for
the portion of this Note not being repaid (in the absence of any such
specification, one such Note will be issued for the portion not being repaid).
Principal Amount to be Repaid: ______________________
Date: ______________________________
___________________________________
Notice: The signature on this Notice of Election must correspond with the
name as written upon the face of this Note in every particular without
alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.
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EXHIBIT 4.2
U S WEST CAPITAL FUNDING, INC.
MEDIUM-TERM NOTES
DUE NINE MONTHS OR MORE FROM DATE OF ISSUE
DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT
October 13, 1995
MERRILL LYNCH & CO.
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
Incorporated
World Financial Center
North Tower, 10th Floor
New York, New York 10281_1310
GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO.
85 Broad Street
New York, New York 10004
LEHMAN BROTHERS
Lehman Brothers Inc.
3 World Financial Center, 12th Floor
New York, New York 10285-1200
MORGAN STANLEY & CO. INCORPORATED
1585 Broadway
New York, New York 10036
SALOMON BROTHERS INC
Seven World Trade Center
New York, New York 10048
Dear Sirs:
U S WEST Capital Funding, Inc., a Colorado corporation (the "Company"),
confirms its agreement with Merrill Lynch & Co., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner
& Smith Incorporated, Goldman, Sachs & Co., Lehman Brothers, Lehman Brothers
Inc., Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated and Salomon Brothers Inc (each, an
"Agent", and collectively, the "Agents") with respect to the issue and sale by
the Company of its Medium-Term Notes Due Nine Months or More from Date of
Issue (the "Notes"). The Notes are to be issued pursuant to an indenture,
dated as of April 15, 1988, as amended, supplemented or modified from time to
time (the "Indenture"), among the Company, U S WEST, Inc., a Colorado
corporation ("U S WEST"), and First National Bank of Santa Fe, as trustee (the
"Trustee"). The Notes will be unconditionally guaranteed as to payment of
principal, premium, if any, and interest by U S WEST. As of the date hereof,
the Company has authorized the issuance and sale of up to U.S. $500,000,000
aggregate initial offering price (or its equivalent, based upon the applicable
exchange rate at the time of issuance, in such foreign or composite currencies
as the Company shall designate at the time of issuance) of Notes to or through
the Agents pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. It is understood,
however, that the Company may from time to time authorize the issuance of
additional Notes and that such additional Notes may be sold to or through the
Agents pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, all as though the issu-ance of
such Notes were authorized as of the date hereof. The Notes will have the
benefit of a Guarantee (the "Guarantees") between the Company and U S WEST.
This Agreement provides both for the sale of Notes by the Company to one
or more Agents as principal for resale to investors and other purchasers and
for the sale of Notes by the Company directly to investors (as may from time
to time be agreed to by the Company and the applicable Agent), in which case
such Agent will act as an agent of the Company in soliciting purchases of the
Notes.
The Company and U S WEST have filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "SEC") a joint registration statement on Form S-3
(Registration Nos. 33-50049, 33-50049-01, 33-19226 and 33-19226-01) for the
registration of debt securities, including the Notes, under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act"), and the offering thereof from time to
time in accordance with Rule 415 of the rules and regulations of the SEC under
the 1933 Act (the "1933 Act Regulations"). Such registra-tion statement has
been declared effective by the SEC and the Indenture has been qualified under
the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the "1939 Act"). Such
registration statement (and any further registration statements which may be
filed by the Company and U S WEST for the purpose of registering additional
Notes and in connection with which this Agreement is included or incorporated
by reference as an exhibit) and the prospectus constituting a part thereof,
and any prospectus supplement and pricing supplement relating to the Notes,
including all documents incorporated therein by reference, as from time to
time amended or supplemented by the filing of documents pursuant to the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "1934 Act"), or the 1933 Act
or otherwise, are referred to herein as the "Registration Statement" and the
"Prospectus," respectively, except that if any revised prospectus shall be
provided to the Agents by the Company for use in connection with the offering
of the Notes, whether or not such revised prospectus is required to be filed
by the Company pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the 1933 Act Regulations, the term
"Prospectus" shall refer to such revised prospectus from and after the time it
is first provided to the Agents for such use.
ECTION Appointment as Agent.
2. ECTION
Appointment. Subject to the terms and conditions stated herein and
subject to the reservation by the Company of the right to sell Notes directly
on its own behalf, the Company hereby agrees that Notes will be sold
exclusively to or through the Agents. The Company agrees that it will not,
without the consent of all such Agents, solicit any other agents to purchase
Notes or appoint any other agents to act on its behalf, or to assist it, in
the placement of the Notes; provided, however, the Company expressly reserves
the right to enter into an agreement or agreements substantially identical
hereto, upon notice to the Agents, with such other agent or agents as may
approach the Company from time to time for purposes of selling Notes with
specific terms to or through such agent or agents.
Sale of Notes. The Company shall not sell or approve the
solicitation of purchases of Notes in excess of the amount which shall be
authorized by the Company from time to time or in excess of the aggregate
initial offering price of Notes registered pursuant to the Registration
Statement. The Agents shall have no responsibility for maintaining records
with respect to the aggregate initial offering price of Notes sold, or of
otherwise monitoring the availability of Notes for sale, under the
Registration Statement.
Purchases as Principal. The Agents shall not have any obligation
to purchase Notes from the Company as principal, but one or more Agents may
agree from time to time to purchase Notes as principal for resale to investors
and other purchasers determined by such Agent or Agents. Any such purchase of
Notes by an Agent as principal shall be made in accordance with Section 3(a)
hereof.
Solicitations as Agent. If agreed upon by an Agent and the
Company, such Agent, acting solely as agent for the Company and not as
principal, will solicit purchases of the Notes. Such Agent will communicate
to the Com-pany, orally, each offer to purchase Notes solicited by it on an
agency basis, other than those offers rejected by such Agent. Such Agent
shall have the right, in its discretion reasonably exercised, to reject any
proposed purchase of Notes, as a whole or in part, and any such rejection
shall not be deemed a breach of its agreement contained herein. The Company
may accept or reject any proposed purchase of Notes, in whole or in part.
Such Agent shall make reasonable efforts to assist the Company in obtaining
performance by each purchaser whose offer to purchase Notes has been solicited
by it and accepted by the Company. Such Agent shall not have any liability to
the Company in the event that any such purchase is not consummated for any
reason. If the Company shall default on its obligation to deliver Notes to a
purchaser whose offer it has accepted, the Company shall (i) hold such Agent
harmless against any loss, claim or damage arising from or as a result of such
default by the Company and (ii) notwithstanding such default, pay to such
Agent any commission to which it would otherwise be entitled.
Reliance. The Company and the Agents agree that any Notes
purchased by one or more Agents as principal shall be purchased, and any Notes
the placement of which an Agent arranges as agent shall be placed by such
Agent, in reliance on the representations, warranties, covenants and
agreements of the Company and U S WEST contained herein and on the terms and
conditions and in the manner provided herein.
ECTION Representations and Warranties.
The Company and U S WEST, jointly and severally, represent and
warrant to the Agents as of the date hereof, as of the date of each acceptance
by the Company of an offer for the purchase of Notes (whether to one or more
Agents as principal or through an Agent as agent), and as of the date of each
delivery of Notes (whether to one or more Agents as principal or through an
Agent as agent) (the date of each such delivery to one or more Agents as
prin-cipal being hereafter referred to as a "Settlement Date") (each of the
times referenced above being referred to herein as a "Representation Date"),
as follows:
The Registration Statement, including a prospectus relating to the
debt securities of the Company, has been filed with the SEC and has become
effective.
On the effective date of the Registration Statement, the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus (including the documents
incorporated by reference therein) conformed in all respects to the
requirements of the 1933 Act, the 1939 Act, and the 1933 Act Regulations and
did not include any untrue statements of a material fact or omit to state any
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading, and as of each applicable Representation
Date, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus will conform in all
respects to the requirements of the 1933 Act, the 1939 Act and the 1933 Act
Regulations and neither of such documents will include any untrue statement of
a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, except that the
foregoing does not apply to statements in or omissions from any such documents
based upon written information furnished to the Company by the Agents
specifically for use therein or based upon the Statement of Eligibility of the
Trustee under the Indenture or to statements in or omissions from such
Statement of Eligibility.
Additional Certifications. Any certificate signed by any director
or officer of the Company or U S WEST and delivered to one or more Agents or
to counsel for the Agents in connection with an offering of Notes to one or
more Agents as principal or through an Agent as agent shall be deemed a
representation and warranty by the Company or U S WEST, as the case may be, to
such Agent or Agents as to the matters covered thereby on the date of such
certificate and at each Representation Date subsequent thereto.
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Purchases as Principal; Solicitations as Agent.
Purchases as Principal. Unless otherwise agreed by an Agent and
the Com-pany, Notes shall be purchased by such Agent as principal. Such
purchases shall be made in accordance with terms agreed upon by one or more
Agents and the Company (which terms, unless otherwise agreed, shall, to the
extent applicable, include those terms specified in Exhibit A hereto and be
agreed upon orally, with written confirmation prepared by such Agent or Agents
and mailed to the Company). An Agent's commit-ment to purchase Notes as
principal shall be deemed to have been made on the basis of the
representations and warranties of the Company and U S WEST herein contained
and shall be subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth. Unless the
context otherwise requires, references herein to "this Agreement" shall
include the agreement of one or more Agents to purchase Notes from the Company
as principal. Each purchase of Notes, unless otherwise agreed, shall be at a
discount from the principal amount of each such Note equivalent to the
applicable commission set forth in Schedule A hereto for a Note of identical
maturity. The Agents may engage the services of any other broker or dealer in
connection with the resale of the Notes purchased by them as principal and may
allow any portion of the discount received in connection with such purchases
from the Company to such brokers and dealers. At the time of each purchase of
Notes by one or more Agents as principal, such Agent or Agents shall specify
the requirements for the stand-off agreement, officers' certifi-cates,
opinions of counsel and comfort letter pursuant to Sections 4(h), 8(b), 8(c)
and 8(d) hereof.
Solicitations as Agent. On the basis of the representations and
warranties herein contained, but subject to the terms and conditions herein
set forth, when agreed by the Company and an Agent, such Agent, as an agent of
the Company, will use its reasonable efforts to solicit offers to purchase the
Notes upon the terms and conditions set forth herein and in the Prospectus.
The Agents are not authorized to appoint sub-agents with respect to Notes sold
through them as agent. All Notes sold through an Agent as agent will be sold
at 100% of their principal amount unless otherwise agreed to by the Company
and such Agent.
The Company reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to suspend
solicitation of purchases of the Notes through an Agent, as agent, commencing
at any time for any period of time or permanently. As soon as practicable
after receipt of instructions from the Company, such Agent will suspend
solicitation of purchases from the Company until such time as the Company has
advised such Agent that such solicita-tion may be resumed.
The Company agrees to pay each Agent a commission, in the form of a
discount, equal to the applicable percentage of the principal amount of each
Note sold by the Company as a result of a solicitation made by such Agent as
set forth in Schedule A hereto.
Administrative Procedures. The purchase price, interest rate or
formula, maturity date and other terms of the Notes (as applicable) specified
in Exhibit A hereto shall be agreed upon by the Company and the applicable
Agent or Agents and specified in a pricing supplement to the Prospectus (each,
a "Pricing Supplement") to be prepared in connection with each sale of Notes.
Except as may be otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, the
Notes will be issued in denominations of U.S. $1,000 or any larger amount that
is an integral multiple of U.S. $1,000. Administrative procedures with
respect to the sale of Notes shall be agreed upon from time to time by the
Company, U S WEST, the Agents and Citibank, N.A., as authenticating and paying
agent (the "Procedures"). The Agents, the Company and U S WEST agree to
perform, and the Company agrees to cause Citibank, N.A. to agree to perform,
their respective duties and obligations specifically provided to be performed
by them in the Procedures.
ECTION Covenants of the Company and U S WEST.
The Company and U S WEST covenant with the Agents as follows:
Copies of the Registration Statement. The Company and U S WEST
will furnish to counsel for the Agents one signed copy of the Registration
Statement, including all exhibits, relating to the Notes in the form it became
effective and of all amendments thereto and will furnish to the Agents copies
of the Registration Statement, including all exhibits, in the form it became
effective and of all amendments thereto.
Notice of Certain Proposed Filings and Certain Events. The Company
and U S WEST will advise the Agents promptly of any amendment or
supplementation of the Registration Statement or the Prospectus and will not
effect such amendment or supplementation without the consent of counsel for
the Agents; the Company and U S WEST will also advise the Agents of any
official request made by the SEC for an amendment to the Registration
Statement or Prospectus or for additional information with respect thereto and
of the institution by the SEC of any stop order proceedings in respect of the
Registration Statement, and will use their best efforts to prevent the
issuance of any such stop order and to obtain as soon as possible its lifting,
if issued. The Company and U S WEST will not file any document pursuant to
the 1934 Act which is deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Prospectus
unless counsel to the Agents shall have been previously advised thereof.
Revisions of Prospectus -- Material Changes. If, at any time when
a prospectus relating to the Notes is required to be delivered under the 1933
Act, any event occurs as a result of which the Prospectus as then amended or
supplemented would include an untrue statement of a material fact, or omit to
state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light
of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or if it is
necessary at any time to amend or supplement the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus to comply with the 1933 Act, the Company and U S WEST will
immediately notify the Agents to cease the solicitation of offers to purchase
the Notes in their capacity as Agent and to cease sales of any Notes the
Agents may then own as principal, and the Company and U S WEST promptly will
prepare and file with the SEC an amendment or supplement which will correct
such untrue statement or omission or effect such compliance.
Earnings Statements. U S WEST and, to the extent separately
required pursuant to Rule 158 under the Act, the Company will make generally
available to their security holders as soon as practicable, but not later than
ninety days after the close of the period covered thereby, earning statements
(in form complying with the provisions of Rule 158) covering a twelve month
period beginning not later than the first day of the fiscal quarter of U S
WEST and the Company next following the effective date of the Registration
Statement (as defined in Rule 158) with respect to each sale of Notes.
Copies of the Prospectus. The Company and U S WEST will furnish to
the Agents copies of the Prospectus and all amendments and supplements
thereto, in each case as soon as available and in such quantities as are
reasonably requested.
Blue Sky Qualifications. The Company and U S WEST will use their
respective best efforts to arrange for the qualification of the Notes for sale
and the determination of their eligibility for investment under the laws of
such jurisdictions as the Agents designate and will continue such
qualifications in effect so long as required for their distribution.
Copies of Public Reports. The Company and U S WEST will furnish to
the Agents, at the earliest time the Company and U S WEST make the same
available to others, a copy of their annual reports and other financial
reports furnished or made available to the public generally.
Stand-Off Agreement. If specified by the applicable Agent or
Agents in connection with a purchase of Notes as principal, neither the
Company nor U S WEST will, without such Agents prior consent, between the date
of any agreement to purchase such Notes and the Settlement Date with respect
to such purchase, offer to sell any debt securities of the Company or U S WEST
having a maturity of more than one year, except as may otherwise be provided
in any such agreement.
Prospectus Revisions -- Periodic Financial Information. Except as
otherwise provided in subsection (k) of this Section, on or prior to the date
on which there shall be released to the general public interim financial
statement information related to the Company or U S WEST with respect to any
of the first three quarters of any fiscal year or preliminary financial
statement information with respect to any fiscal year, the Company and U S
WEST shall furnish such information to the Agents, confirmed in writing, and
shall cause the Prospectus to be amended or supplemented to include or
incorporate by reference capsule financial information with respect to the
results of operations of the Company or U S WEST, as the case may be, for the
period between the end of the preceding fiscal year and the end of such
quarter or for such fiscal year, as the case may be, and corresponding
information for the comparable period of the preceding fiscal year, as well as
such other information and explanations as shall be necessary for an
understanding of such amounts, or as shall be required by the 1933 Act or the
1933 Act Regulations.
Prospectus Revisions -- Audited Financial Information. Except as
otherwise provided in subsection (k) of this Section, on or prior to the date
on which there shall be released to the general public financial information
included in or derived from the audited financial statements of the Company or
U S WEST for the preceding fiscal year, the Company and U S WEST shall cause
the Registration Statement and the Prospectus to be amended, whether by the
filing of documents or otherwise, to include or incorporate by reference such
audited financial statements and the report or reports, and consent or
consents to such inclusion or incorporation by reference, of the independent
accountants with respect thereto, as well as such other information and
explanations as shall be necessary for an understanding of such financial
statements, or as shall be required by the 1933 Act or the 1933 Act
Regulations.
Suspension of Certain Obligations. The Company and U S WEST shall
not be required to comply with the provisions of subsections (i) or (j) of
this Section during any period from the time (i) the Agents shall have
suspended solicitation of purchases of the Notes in their capacities as agents
pursuant to a request from the Company and (ii) no Agent shall then hold any
Notes purchased as principal pursuant hereto, until the time the Company shall
determine that solicitation of purchases of the Notes should be resumed or an
Agent shall subsequently purchase Notes from the Company as principal.
ECTION Conditions of Agents' Obligations.
The obligations of the Agents to purchase Notes as principal and to
solicit offers to purchase the Notes as agent of the Company, and the
obligations of any purchasers of the Notes sold through an Agent as agent,
will be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the
part of the Company and U S WEST herein and to the accuracy of the statements
of the officers of the Company and U S WEST made in any certificate furnished
pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance and observance by the
Company and
U S WEST of all covenants and agreements herein contained on their respective
parts to be performed and observed and to the following additional condi-tions
precedent:
Compliance with the 1933 Act and the 1939 Act. On the date hereof,
the Indenture shall be qualified under the 1939 Act and no stop order
suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, as amended from
time to time, shall be in effect, no proceedings for that purpose shall have
been instituted or, to the knowledge of the Company, U S WEST, or the Agents,
shall be contemplated by the SEC.
Legal Opinions. On the date hereof, the Agents shall have received
the following legal opinions, dated as of the date hereof and in form and
substance satisfactory to the Agents:
Opinion of Counsel to the Company and U S WEST. The favorable
opinion of Stephen E. Brilz, counsel to the Company and U S WEST, or other
counsel satisfactory to the Agents, to the effect that:
The Company is a corporation in good standing, duly incorporated
and validly existing under the laws of the State of Colorado, and is
authorized by its Articles of Incorporation to transact the business in which
it is engaged, as set forth in the Prospectus;
U S WEST is a corporation in good standing, duly incorporated and
validly existing under the laws of the state of its incorporation, and is
authorized by its Articles or Certificate of Incorporation to transact the
business in which it is engaged, as set forth in the Prospectus;
The execution, delivery and performance of the Indenture by the
Company and U S WEST have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate
action on the part of the Company and U S WEST; the Indenture has been duly
and validly executed and delivered by the Company and U S WEST and (assuming
due authorization, execution and delivery by the Trustee) constitutes the
legal, valid, and binding agreement of the Company and U S WEST enforceable
against each of them in accordance with its terms, except as enforcement
thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium
or other similar laws relating to or affecting enforcement of creditors'
rights or by general equitable principles; and the Indenture has been duly
qualified under the 1939 Act;
The Notes, when duly executed and authenticated pursuant to the
Indenture and delivered in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement,
will constitute legal, valid, and binding obligations of the Company
enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, except as
enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting enforcement of
creditors' rights or by general equitable principles;
The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the
Company and U S WEST have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate
action on the part of the Company and U S WEST, and this Agreement has been
duly and validly executed and delivered by each of the Company and U S WEST;
All federal and state regulatory consents, approvals,
authorizations, or other orders (except as to state securities or "blue sky"
laws, as to which such counsel need express no opinion) legally required for
the execution by the Company and U S WEST of the Indenture, and the issuance
and sale of the Notes and the Guarantees pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement, have been obtained;
Except as to financial statements and schedules contained
therein, which such opinion need not pass upon, the Registration Statement
(including the Prospectus) complies, and at the time it became effective
complied, as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the
1933 Act and the applicable instructions, rules and regulations of the SEC
thereunder;
The Guarantees, when duly executed pursuant to the Indenture and
delivered in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, will constitute
legal, valid, and binding obligations of U S WEST, as guarantor, enforceable
against U S WEST in accordance with their terms, except as enforcement thereof
may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other
similar laws relating to or affecting enforcement of creditors' rights or by
general equitable principles;
( The Registration Statement is effective under the 1933 Act and, to
the best of such counsel's knowledge and information, no stop order suspending
the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued under the 1933
Act or proceedings therefor initiated or threatened by the SEC; and
The enforceability and legal, valid, and binding nature of the
agreements and obligations of the Company and U S WEST set forth in the
Indenture, the Guarantees, the Notes and this Agreement (the "Agreements") are
not affected by, and the performance of the obligations set forth in such
Agreements, the issuance and sale of the Notes and the Guarantees and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated in such Agreements are not
prevented or restricted by, any action, suit, proceeding, order, or ruling
relating to, or issued or arising as a result of, the Divestiture (as
hereinafter defined).
In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (i) as to matters of New
York law upon the opinion referred to in Section 5(b)(2) hereof without
independent verification; and (ii) as to matters of fact, to the extent such
counsel deems proper, on certificates of responsible officers of the Company,
U S WEST, and public officials.
In addition, such counsel shall state that it has not independently
verified the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the statements contained in
the Registration Statement or the Prospectus and does not assume any
responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or fairness of such statements;
however, nothing has come to such counsel's attention which leads such counsel
to believe that the Registration Statement and the Prospectus (except as to
the financial statements and the notes thereto, and the other financial and
statistical data included therein, as to which such counsel need express no
opinion), and each amendment or supplement thereto, as of their respective
effective or issue dates or, if an Annual Report on Form 10-K has been filed
by the Company or U S WEST with the SEC subsequent to the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement, then at the time of the most recent such filing, and
at the date of such opinion, contained or contains any untrue statements of a
material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or
that the Prospectus, as amended or supplemented as of the date of such opinion
(or, if such opinion is being delivered in connection with the purchase of
Notes by an Agent as principal pursuant to Section 8(c) hereof, at the date of
any agreement by the Agent to purchase Notes as principal and at the
Settlement Date with respect thereto), contains an untrue statement of a
material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading.
Except as specifically provided in clause (ix) above, such opinion may
state that it does not address the impact on the opinions contained therein of
any litigation or ruling relating to the divestiture by American Telephone and
Telegraph Company of ownership of its operating telephone companies (the
"Divestiture").
Opinion of Counsel to the Agents. The favorable opinion of Brown &
Wood, counsel to the Agents, covering the matters referred to in subsection
(b)(1) under the subheadings (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vii), (viii) and
(ix) and the penultimate paragraph of subsection (b)(1) above, subject to the
final paragraph of subsection (b)(1) above, and with respect to such other
matters as the Agents may reasonably request. In rendering such opinion,
Brown & Wood may rely as to matters of Colorado law, upon the opinion referred
to in Section 5(b)(1) without independent verification.
Company Officers' Certificate. On the date hereof, the Agents
shall have received a certificate of the President, any Vice President, an
assistant secretary or an assistant treasurer, and the chief financial
officer, chief accounting officer, treasurer, controller, or an assistant
treasurer or assistant controller of the Company in which such officers shall
state that the representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement
are true and correct as if made at and as of such date, that the Company has
complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be
performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to such date, that no stop order
suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement is in effect and no
proceedings for that purpose are pending or are contemplated by the SEC, and
that, subsequent to the date of the most recent financial statements in the
Prospectus, there has been no material adverse change in the financial
position or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken
as a whole, except as set forth in or contemplated by the Prospectus.
US West Officers' Certificate. On the date hereof, the Agents
shall have received a certificate of the President, any Vice President, an
assistant secretary or an assistant treasurer, and the chief financial
officer, chief accounting officer, treasurer, controller, or an assistant
treasurer or controller of U S WEST in which such officers shall state that
the representations and warranties of U S WEST in this Agreement are true and
correct as if made at and as of such date, that U S WEST has complied with all
agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or
satisfied hereunder at or prior to such date, that no stop order suspending
the effectiveness of the Registration Statement is in effect and no
proceedings for that purpose are pending or are contemplated by the SEC, and
that, subsequent to the date of the most recent financial statements in the
Prospectus, there has been no material adverse change in the financial
position or results of operations of U S WEST and its subsidiaries, taken as a
whole, except as set forth in or contemplated by the Prospectus.
Comfort Letter of Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.. On the date hereof,
the Agents shall have received a letter from Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.
addressed to the Company, U S WEST and the Agents, dated as of the date hereof
and in form and substance satisfactory to the Agents.
Other Documents. On the date hereof and on each Settlement Date,
counsel to the Agents shall have been furnished with such documents and
opinions as such counsel may reasonably require for the purpose of enabling
such counsel to pass upon the issuance and sale of Notes as herein
contemplated and related proceedings, or in order to evidence the accuracy and
completeness of any of the representations and warranties, or the fulfillment
of any of the conditions, herein contained; and all proceedings taken by the
Company and U S WEST in connection with the issuance and sale of Notes as
herein contemplated shall be satisfactory in form and substance to the Agents
and to counsel to the Agents.
If any condition specified in this Section 5 shall not have been
fulfilled when and as required to be fulfilled, this Agreement may be
terminated by the applicable Agent or Agents by written notice to the Company
and U S WEST at any time and any such termination shall be without liability
of any party to any other party, except that the covenant regarding provision
of an earnings statement set forth in Section 4(d) hereof, the indemnity and
contribution agreement set forth in Section 9 hereof, the provi-sions
concerning payment of expenses under Section 10 hereof, the provisions
concerning the representations, warranties, indemnities and agreements to
survive delivery of Section 11 hereof, the provisions relating to notices set
forth in Section 13 hereof, the provisions relating to governing law and forum
set forth in Section 14 hereof, and the provisions relating to parties set
forth in Section 15 hereof shall remain in effect.
ECTION Conditions of Company's Obligations.
The obligation of the Company to deliver the Notes upon payment therefor
will be subject to the conditions that (i) the Indenture will be qualified
under the 1939 Act, (ii) no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement, as amended from time to time, shall be in effect, and
(iii) no proceedings for that purpose shall be pending before, or threatened
by, the SEC.
If any condition specified in this Section 6 shall not have been
fulfilled when required to be fulfilled, this Agreement may be terminated by
the Company by written notice to the Agents at any time and such termination
shall be without liability of any party to any other party, except that the
covenant regarding provision of an earnings statement set forth in Section
4(d) hereof, the indemnity and contribution agreement set forth in Section 9
hereof, the provisions regarding payment of expenses under Section 10 hereof,
the provisions concerning the representations, warranties, indemnities and
agreements to survive delivery of Section 11 hereof, the provisions relating
the notices set forth in Section 13 hereof, the provisions relating to
governing law and forum set forth in Section 14 hereof, and the provisions
relating to parties set forth in Section 15 hereof shall remain in effect.
ECTION Delivery of and Payment for Notes Sold through an Agent.
Delivery of Notes sold through an Agent as agent shall be made by the
Company to such Agent for the account of any purchaser only against payment
therefor in immediately available funds. In the event that a purchaser shall
fail either to accept delivery of or to make payment for a Note on the date
fixed for settlement, such Agent shall promptly notify the Company and deliver
such Note to the Company and, if such Agent has theretofore paid the Company
for such Note, the Company will promptly return such funds to such Agent. If
such failure occurred for any reason other than default by such Agent in the
performance of its obligations hereunder, the Company will reimburse such
Agent on an equitable basis for its loss of the use of the funds for the
period such funds were credited to the Company's account.
ECTION Additional Covenants of the Company and U S WEST.
The Company and U S WEST covenant and agree with the Agents that:
Reaffirmation of Representations and Warranties. Each acceptance
by the Company of an offer for the purchase of Notes (whether to one or more
Agents as principal or through an Agent as agent), and each delivery of Notes
(whether to one or more Agents as principal or through an Agent as agent),
shall be deemed to be an affirmation that the representations and warranties
of the Company and U S WEST contained in this Agreement and in any certificate
theretofore delivered to the Agents pursuant hereto are true and correct at
the time of such acceptance or sale, as the case may be, and an undertaking
that such representa-tions and warranties will be true and correct at the time
of delivery to such Agent or Agents or to the purchaser or its agent, as the
case may be, of the Note or Notes relating to such acceptance or sale, as the
case may be, as though made at and as of each such time (and it is understood
that such representations and warranties shall relate to the Registration
Statement and Prospectus as amended and supplemented to each such time).
Subsequent Delivery of Certificates. Each time that the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus shall be amended or supplemented
(other than by an amendment or supplement providing solely for a change in the
interest rate or formula applicable to the Notes or a change in the principal
amount of Notes remaining to be sold or similar changes), or there is filed
with the SEC any document incorporated by reference into the Prospectus or (if
required in connection with the purchase of Notes by one or more Agents as
principal) the Company sells Notes to such Agent or Agents as principal, each
of the Company and U S WEST shall furnish or cause to be furnished to the
Agent(s) forthwith a certifi-cate in form satisfac-tory to the Agent(s) to the
effect that the statements contained in the certificates referred to in
Sections 5(c) and 5(d) hereof which were last furnished to the Agents are true
and correct at the time of such amendment or supplement or filing or sale, as
the case may be, as though made at and as of such time (except that such
statements shall be deemed to relate to the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus as amended and supplemented to such time) or, in lieu of such
certificates, certificates of the same tenor as the certificates referred to
in Sections 5(c) and 5(d) hereof, modified as necessary to relate to the
Registration Statement and the Pro-spectus as amended and supplemented to the
time of delivery of such certificates.
Subsequent Delivery of Legal Opinions. Each time that the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus shall be amended or supplemented
(other than by an amendment or supplement providing solely for a change in the
interest rate or formula applicable to the Notes or a change in the principal
amount of Notes remaining to be sold or similar changes), or there is filed
with the SEC any document incorporated by reference into the Prospectus (other
than a document setting forth or incorporating by reference financial
statements or other information as of and for a fiscal quarter, unless
specifically requested by all of the Agents) or (if required in connection
with the purchase of Notes by one or more Agents as principal) the Company
sells Notes to such Agent or Agents as principal, the Company and U S WEST
shall furnish or cause to be furnished to the Agent(s) and to counsel to the
Agents a written opinion of counsel to the Company and U S WEST, satisfactory
to the Agent(s), dated the date of delivery of such opinion, in form
satisfac-tory to the Agent(s), of the same tenor as the opinion referred to in
Section 5(b)(1) hereof but modified, as necessary, to relate to the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus as amended and supplemented to the
time of delivery of such opinion or, in lieu of such opinion, counsel last
furnishing such opinion to the Agents shall furnish the Agent(s) with a letter
to the effect that the Agent(s) may rely on such last opinion to the same
extent as though it was dated the date of such letter authorizing reliance
(except that statements in such last opinion shall be deemed to relate to the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus as amended and supplemented to the
time of delivery of such letter authorizing reliance).
Subsequent Delivery of Comfort Letters. Each time that the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus shall be amended or supplemented to
include additional financial information or there is filed with the SEC any
docu-ment incorporated by reference into the Prospectus which contains
additional financial information, or (if required in connection with the
purchase of Notes by one or more Agents as principal) the Company sells Notes
to such Agent or Agents as principal, the Company and U S WEST shall cause
Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P. forthwith to furnish to the Agent(s) a letter, dated
the date of filing of such amendment, supplement or document with the SEC, or
the date of such sale, as the case may be, in form satisfactory to the
Agent(s), of the same tenor as the portions of the letter referred to in
Section 5(g) hereof, but modified to relate to the Registration Statement and
Prospectus, as amended and supplemented to the date of such letter, and with
such other changes as may be necessary to reflect changes in the financial
statements and other information derived from the accounting records of the
Company and U S WEST; provided, however, that if the Registration Statement or
the Prospectus is amended or supplemented solely to include financial
information as of and for a fiscal quarter, Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P. may limit
the scope of such letter to the unaudited financial statements included in
such amendment or supplement, unless any other information included therein of
an accounting, financial, or statistical nature is of such a nature that, in
the reasonable judgment of the Agent(s), such letter should cover such other
information.
ECTION Indemnification and Contribution.
The Company and U S WEST, jointly and severally, will indemnify and
hold each Agent harmless against any losses, claims, damages, or liabilities,
joint or several, to which such Agent may become subject, under the 1933 Act
or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages, or liabilities (or
actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in the
Registration Statement, the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement
thereto, or any related preliminary prospectus supplement, or arise out of or
are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading, and will reimburse each Agent for any legal or other expenses
reasonably incurred by such Agent, as such expenses are incurred in connection
with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or
action or amounts paid in settlement of any litigation or investigation or
proceeding related thereto if such settlement is effected with the written
consent of the Company and U S WEST; provided, however, that the Company and U
S WEST will not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss,
claim, damage, or liability arises out of or is based upon any untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in
any of such documents in reliance upon and in conformity with written
information furnished to the Company or U S WEST by the Agents specifically
for use therein or in reliance upon and in conformity with the Statement of
Eligibility of the Trustee under the Indenture.
The Agents will indemnify and hold harmless the Company and U S WEST
against any losses, claims, damages, or liabilities to which they may become
subject, under the 1933 Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims,
damages, or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are
based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material
fact contained in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, or any amendment
or supplement thereto, or any related preliminary prospectus supplement, or
arise out of or are based upon the omission or the alleged omission to state
therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading, in each case to the extent, but only the
extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or
alleged omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity with written
information furnished to the Company or U S WEST by the Agents specifically
for use therein, and will reimburse any legal or other expenses reasonably
incurred by the Company or U S WEST, as such expenses are incurred in
connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage,
liability, or action or amounts paid in settlement of any litigation or
investigation or proceeding related thereto if such settlement is effected
with the consent of the Agents.
Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 9
of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party will, if a
claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under
this Section, notify the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, but
the omission so to notify the indemnifying party will not relieve it from any
liability which it may have to any indemnified party otherwise than under this
Section. In case any such action is brought against any indemnified party and
it notifies the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the
indemnifying party will be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent
that it may wish, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly
notified, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel satisfactory to such
indemnified party (who shall not, except with the consent of the indemnified
party, be counsel to the indemnifying party), and after notice from the
indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its election so to assume the
defense thereof, the indemnifying party will not be liable to such indemnified
party under this Section 9 for any legal or other expenses subsequently
incurred by such indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof
other than reasonable costs of investigation. The indemnifying party or
parties shall not be liable under this Agreement with respect to any
settlement made by any indemnified party or parties without prior written
consent by the indemnifying party or parties to such settlement.
If the indemnification provided for in this Section 9 is unavailable
or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under subsection (a) or
(b) above, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or
payable by such indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages,
or liabilities referred to in subsection (a) or (b) above in such proportion
as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company and
U S WEST on the one hand and the Agents on the other from the offering of the
Notes and also to reflect the relative fault of the Company and U S WEST on
the one hand and the Agents on the other in connection with the statements or
omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages, or liabilities as
well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits
received by the Company and U S WEST on the one hand and the Agents on the
other shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the total net proceeds
from the offering of Notes by the Agents (before deducting expenses) received
by the Company and U S WEST bear to the total underwriting discounts and
commissions received by the Agents. The relative fault shall be determined by
reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue
statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a
material fact relates to information supplied by the Company, U S WEST, or the
Agents and the parties' relative intent, knowledge, access to information and
opportunity to correct or prevent such untrue statement or omission. The
amount paid by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims,
damages, or liabilities referred to in the first sentence of this subsection
(d) shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred
by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any
action or claim which is the subject of this subsection (d). Notwithstanding
the provisions of this subsection (d), the Agents shall not be required to
contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at
which the Notes sold by such Agents and distributed to the public were offered
to the public exceeds the amount of any damages which such Agents have
otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue
statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent
misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the 1933 Act) shall
be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such
fraudulent misrepresentation.
The obligations of the Company and U S WEST under this Section 9
shall be in addition to any liability which the Company or U S WEST may
otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each
person, if any, who controls each Agent within the meaning of the Act or the
1934 Act; the Agents' obligations under this Section 9 shall be in addition to
any liability which the Agents may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the
same terms and conditions, to each director of the Company or U S WEST, to
each officer of the Company or U S WEST who has signed the Registration
Statement, and to each person, if any, who controls the Company or U S WEST
within the meaning of the 1933 Act or the 1934 Act.
ECTION Payment of Expenses.
The Company will pay all expenses incident to the performance of its
obligations under this Agreement, including:
The preparation and filing of the Registration Statement and all
amendments thereto and the Prospectus and any amendments or supplements
thereto;
The preparation, filing and reproduction of this Agreement;
The preparation, printing, issuance and delivery of the Notes,
including any fees and expenses relating to the use of Notes in book-entry
form;
The fees and disbursements of the Company's accountants and counsel,
of the Trustee and its counsel, and of any calculation agent or exchange rate
agent;
The reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel to the Agents
incurred in connection with the establishment of the program relating to the
Notes and incurred from time to time in connection with the transactions
contemplated hereby;
The qualification of the Notes under state securities laws in
accordance with the provisions of Section 4(f) hereof, including filing fees
and the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Agents in
connection there-with and in connec-tion with the preparation of any Blue Sky
or Legal Investment Survey;
The printing and delivery to the Agents in such quantities as are
reasonably requested of copies of the Registration Statement and any
amendments thereto, and of the Prospectus and any amendments or supplements
thereto, and the delivery by the Agents of the Prospectus and any amendments
or supplements thereto in connection with solicitations or confirmations of
sales of the Notes;
The preparation, reproducing and delivery to the Agents of copies of
the Indenture and all supplements and amendments thereto;
Any fees charged by rating agencies for the rating of the Notes;
The fees and expenses incurred in connection with any listing of Notes
on a securities exchange;
The fees and expenses incurred with respect to any filing with the
National Association of Securi-ties Dealers, Inc.;
Any advertising and other out_of_pocket expenses of the Agents
incurred with the approval of the Company; and
The cost of providing any CUSIP or other identification numbers for
the Notes.
ECTION Representations, Warranties, Indemnities and Agreements to Survive
Delivery.
All representations, warranties, indemnities and agreements contained in
this Agreement or in certificates of officers of the Company or U S WEST
submitted pursuant hereto or thereto shall remain operative and in full force
and effect, regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the Agents
of the Company, or U S WEST, or any of their officers, directors or any
controlling person, and shall survive each delivery of and payment for any of
the Notes. In no event shall the Company or U S WEST be liable to the Agents
for damages on account of loss of anticipated profits.
ECTION Termination.
Termination of this Agreement. This Agreement (excluding any
agreement hereunder by one or more Agents to purchase Notes as principal) may
be terminated, for any reason at any time, by any Agent as to itself or by the
Company as to all or any of the Agents upon the giving of 7 days written
notice of such termination to the other parties hereto.
Termination of Agreement to Purchase Notes as Principal. The
applicable Agent or Agents may terminate any agreement hereunder by such Agent
or Agents to purchase Notes as principal, immediately upon notice to the
Company and U S WEST, at any time prior to the Settlement Date relating
thereto if (i) there has been, since the respective dates as of which
information is given in the Registration Statement, any change in the
financial condition of the Company or of U S WEST and its subsidiaries
considered as one enterprise, or in the earnings, affairs, or business
prospects of the Company or of U S WEST and its subsidiaries considered as one
enterprise, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business, the
effect of which is, in the judgment of such Agent or Agents, so material and
adverse as to make it impracticable to market the Notes or enforce contracts
for the sale thereof; or (ii) trading in any securities of the Company or U S
WEST shall have been suspended by the SEC or the New York Stock Exchange, or
trading in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange shall have been
suspended or limited or minimum prices shall have been established on such
exchange; or (iii) a banking moratorium shall have been declared either by
Federal or New York State authorities or a banking moratorium shall have been
declared by the relevant authorities in the country or countries of origin of
any foreign currency or currencies in which the Notes are denominated or
payable, or (iv) there shall have occurred any outbreak or material escalation
of hostilities or other calamity or crisis the effect of which in the
financial markets in the United States is such as to make it, in the judgment
of such Agent or Agents, impracticable to market the Notes or enforce
contracts for the sale thereof; or (v) the rating assigned by any nationally
recognized securities rating agency to any debt securities of the Company or U
S WEST as of the date of the agreement to purchase the Notes shall have been
lowered since that date or any such rating agency shall have publicly
announced that it has any of such debt securities under consideration for
possible downgrade.
General. In the event of any such termination, no party will have
any liability to any other party hereto, except that (i) the Agents shall be
entitled to any commissions earned in accordance with the third paragraph of
Section 3(b) hereof, (ii) if at the time of termination (a) any Agent shall
own any Notes purchased by it as principal with the intention of reselling
them or (b) an offer to purchase any of the Notes has been accepted by the
Company but the time of delivery to the purchaser or his agent of the Notes
relating thereto has not occurred, the conditions set forth in Sections 5 and
6 hereof shall remain in effect until such Notes are so resold or delivered,
as the case may be, and (iii) the covenant set forth in Section 4(d) hereof,
the indemnity and contribution agreements set forth in Section 9 hereof, and
the provisions of Sections 10, 11, 13, 14 and 15 hereof shall remain in
effect.
ECTION Notices.
Unless otherwise provided herein, all notices required under the terms
and provisions hereof shall be in writing, either delivered by hand, by mail
or by telecopier or telegram, and any such notice shall be effective when
received at the address specified below.
If to the Company:
U S WEST Capital Funding, Inc.
7800 East Orchard Road
Englewood, Colorado 80111
Attention: Treasurer
Telecopy No.: (303) 793-6657
If to U S WEST:
U S WEST, Inc.
7800 East Orchard Road
Englewood, Colorado 80111
Attention: Treasurer
Telecopy No.: (303) 793-6657
If to the Agents:
Merrill Lynch & Co.
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
Incorporated
North Tower _ 10th Floor
World Financial Center
New York, New York 10281_1310
Attention: MTN Product Management
Telecopy No.: (212) 449-2234
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
85 Broad Street
New York, New York 10004
Attention: Credit Department
Telecopy No.: (212) 363-7609
Lehman Brothers
Lehman Brothers Inc.
3 World Financial Center, 12th Floor
New York, New York 10285-1200
Attention: MTN Department
Telecopy No.: (212) 528-1718
Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated
1221 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10020
Attention: Manager-Continuously Offered Products
Telecopy No.: (212) 764-7490
Salomon Brothers Inc
Seven World Trade Center
New York, New York 10048
Attention: Medium-Term Note Department
Telecopy No.: (212) 783-2274
or at such other address as such party may designate from time to time by
notice duly given in accordance with the terms of this Section 13.
ECTION Governing Law; Forum.
This Agreement and all the rights and obligations of the parties shall be
governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York
applicable to agreements made and to be performed in such State. Any suit,
action or proceeding brought by the Company or U S WEST against any Agent in
connection with or arising under this Agreement shall be brought solely in the
state or federal court of appropriate jurisdiction located in the Borough of
Manhattan, The City of New York.
ECTION Parties.
This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the
Agents, the Company, U S WEST and their respective successors. Nothing
expressed or mentioned in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to
give any person, firm or corporation, other than the parties hereto and their
respective successors and the controlling persons and officers and directors
referred to in Section 9 and their heirs and legal representatives, any legal
or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement or
any provision herein contained. This Agreement and all conditions and
provisions hereof are intended to be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the
parties hereto and respective successors and said controlling persons and
officers and directors and their heirs and legal representatives, and for the
benefit of no other person, firm or corporation. No purchaser of Notes shall
be deemed to be a successor by reason merely of such purchase.
ECTION Counterparts.
This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts and, if
executed in more than one counterpart, the executed counterparts hereof shall
constitute a single instrument.
If the foregoing is in accordance with the Agents' under-standing of our
agreement, please sign and return to the Company a counter-part hereof,
whereupon this instrument along with all counter-parts will become a binding
agreement among the Agents, U S WEST and the Company in accordance with its
terms.
Very truly yours,
U S WEST CAPITAL FUNDING, INC.
By: _____________________________________
Name:
Title:
U S WEST, INC.
By:_______________________________________
Name:
Title:
Confirmed and Accepted, as of the date
first above written:
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH
INCORPORATED
By:
Name:
Title:
GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO.
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LEHMAN BROTHERS INC.
By:
Name:
Title:
MORGAN STANLEY & CO. INCORPORATED
By:
Name:
Title:
SALOMON BROTHERS INC
By:
Name:
Title:
EXHIBIT A
The following terms, if applicable, shall be agreed to by one or more
Agents and the Company in connection with each sale of Notes:
Principal Amount: $_______
(or principal amount of foreign currency or composite currency)
Interest Rate:
If Fixed Rate Note, Interest Rate:
If Floating Rate Note:
Interest Rate Basis:
Initial Interest Rate, if any:
Spread and/or Spread Multiplier, if any:
Interest Reset Date(s):
Interest Payment Date(s):
Index Maturity:
Maximum Interest Rate, if any:
Minimum Interest Rate, if any:
Fixed Rate Commencement Date:
Fixed Interest Rate:
Calculation Agent:
If Redeemable:
Initial Redemption Date:
Initial Redemption Percentage:
Annual Redemption Percentage Reduction, if any:
If Repayable:
Optional Repayment Date(s):
Stated Maturity Date:
Purchase Price: ___%, plus accrued interest, if any, from
______________________
Settlement Date and Time:
Specified Currency:
Authorized Denominations:
Additional/Other Terms:
<PAGE>
Also, in connection with the purchase of Notes by one or more Agents as
principal, agreement as to whether the following will be required:
Officers' Certificates pursuant to Section 8(b) of the Distribution
Agreement.
Legal Opinions pursuant to Section 8(c) of the Distribution Agreement.
Comfort Letter pursuant to Section 8(d) of the Distribution Agreement.
Stand_off Agreement pursuant to Section 4(h) of the Distribution
Agreement.
SCHEDULE A
As compensation for the services of the Agents hereunder, the Company
shall pay the applicable Agent, on a discount basis, a commission for the sale
of each Note equal to the principal amount of such Note multiplied by the
appropriate percentage set forth below:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
<S> <C>
PERCENT OF
MATURITY RANGES PRINCIPAL AMOUNT
- ----------------------------------- -----------------
From 9 months to less than 1 year 125%
From 1 year to less than 18 months 150
From 18 months to less than 2 years 200
From 2 years to less than 3 years 250
From 3 years to less than 4 years 350
From 4 years to less than 5 years 450
From 5 years to less than 6 years 500
From 6 years to less than 7 years 550
From 7 years to less than 10 years 600
From 10 years to less than 15 years 625
From 15 years to less than 20 years 700
From 20 years to 40 years 750
Greater than 40 years *
<FN>
_____________________
* As agreed to by the Company and the applicable Agent at the time of
sale.
</FN>
</TABLE>
(..continued)
2
EXHIBIT 4.3
[FACE OF NOTE]
UNLESS THIS NOTE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (THE "DEPOSITARY") (55 WATER STREET, NEW YORK, NEW
YORK) TO THE ISSUER HEREOF OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE
OR PAYMENT, AND ANY NOTE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR
SUCH OTHER NAME AS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTA-TIVE OF THE
DEPOSITARY AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO., ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR
OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL SINCE
THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.(1)
UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR NOTES IN CERTIFICATED
FORM, THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO
A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE
DEPOSITARY OR TO ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY, OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR
ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR OF THE DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH
SUCCESSOR.(1)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
<S> <C> <C>
REGISTERED CUSIP No. PRINCIPAL AMOUNT
No. FXR- _______________
</TABLE>
U S WEST CAPITAL FUNDING, INC.
MEDIUM_TERM NOTE
(Fixed Rate)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
<S> <C> <C>
ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE: INTEREST RATE: % STATED MATURITY DATE:
<CAPTION>
<S> <C>
INTEREST PAYMENT DATE(S) DEFAULT RATE:
[ ] May 15 and November 15
[ ] Other:
<CAPTION>
<S> <C> <C>
INITIAL REDEMPTION INITIAL REDEMPTION ANNUAL REDEMPTION
DATE: PERCENTAGE: PERCENTAGE REDUCTION:
<FN>
<F1>
____________________
(1) This paragraph applies to global Notes only.
</FN>
</TABLE>
<PAGE>
OPTIONAL REPAYMENT
DATE(S):
[ ] CHECK IF AN ORIGINAL ISSUE
DISCOUNT NOTE:
Issue Price: %
Total Amount of OID:
Initial Accrual Period:
Yield to Maturity:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
<S> <C>
SPECIFIED CURRENCY: OPTION TO ELECT PAYMENT
[ ] United States dollars IN SPECIFIED CURRENCY (only
[ ] Other: applicable if Specified Currency is other
than United States dollars):
[ ] Yes
[ ] No
</TABLE>
EXCHANGE RATE AGENT:
AUTHORIZED DENOMINATION:
[ ] $1,000 and integral multiples
thereof
[ ] Other:
DEFAULT RATE: %
ADDENDUM ATTACHED:
[ ] Yes
[ ] No
OTHER PROVISIONS:
U S WEST Capital Funding, Inc., a Colorado corporation (the "Company",
which terms include any successor corporation under the Indenture hereinafter
referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to
, or registered assigns, the principal sum of , on the
Stated Maturity Date specified above (or any Redemption Date or Optional
Repayment Date, each as defined on the reverse hereof) (each such Stated
Maturity Date, Redemption Date or Optional Repayment Date being hereinafter
referred to as the "Maturity Date" with respect to the principal repayable on
such date) and to pay interest thereon, at the Interest Rate per annum
specified above, until the principal hereof is paid or duly made available for
payment, and (to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally
enforceable) at the Default Rate per annum, if any, specified above on any
overdue principal, premium and/or interest. The Company will pay interest in
arrears on each Interest Payment Date, if any, specified above (each, an
"Interest Payment Date"), commencing with the first Interest Payment Date next
succeeding the Original Issue Date specified above, and on the Maturity Date;
provided, however, that if the Original Issue Date occurs between a Record
Date (as defined below) and the next succeeding Interest Payment Date,
interest payments will commence on the second Interest Payment Date next
succeeding the Original Issue Date to the holder of this Note on the Record
Date with respect to such second Interest Payment Date. Interest on this Note
will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
Interest on this Note will accrue from, and including, the immediately
preceding Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly
provided for (or from, and including, the Original Issue Date if no interest
has been paid or duly provided for with respect to this Note) to, but
excluding, the applicable Interest Payment Date or the Maturity Date, as the
case may be (each, an "Interest Period"). The interest so payable, and
punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will,
subject to certain exceptions described herein, be paid to the person in whose
name this Note (or one or more predecessor Notes) is registered at the close
of business on the fifteenth calendar day (whether or not a Business Day, as
defined below) immediately preceding such Interest Payment Date (the "Record
Date"); pro-vided, however, that interest payable on the Maturity Date
will be payable to the person to whom the principal hereof and premium, if
any, hereon shall be payable. Any such interest not so punctually paid or
duly provided for ("Defaulted Interest") will forthwith cease to be payable to
the holder on any Record Date, and shall be paid to the person in whose name
this Note is registered at the close of business on a special record date (the
"Special Record Date") for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed
by the Issuing and Paying Agent (as defined on the reverse hereof), notice
whereof shall be given to the holder of this Note by the Issuing and Paying
Agent not less than 10 calendar days prior to such Special Record Date or may
be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the
requirements of any securities exchange on which this Note may be listed, and
upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully
provided for in the Indenture (as defined on the reverse hereof).
Payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest in respect of this
Note due on the Maturity Date will be made in immediately available funds upon
presentation and surrender of this Note (and, with respect to any applicable
repayment of this Note, a duly completed election form as contemplated on the
reverse hereof) at the corporate trust office of the Issuing and Paying Agent
maintained for that purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York,
currently located at 111 Wall Street, New York, New York 10043, or at such
other paying agency as the Company may determine; provided, however, that
if such payment is to be made in a Specified Currency other than United States
dollars as set forth below, such payment will be made by wire transfer of
immediately available funds to an account with a bank designated by the holder
hereof at least 15 calendar days prior to the Maturity Date, provided that
such bank has appropriate facilities therefor and that this Note (and, if
applicable, a duly completed election form) is presented and surrendered at
the aforementioned office of the Issuing and Paying Agent in time for the
Issuing and Paying Agent to make such payment in such funds in accordance with
its normal procedures. Payment of interest due on any Interest Payment Date
other than the Maturity Date will be made by check mailed to the address of
the person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security
Register maintained at the aforementioned office of the Issuing and Paying
Agent; provided, however, that a holder of U.S.$10,000,000 (or, if the
Specified Currency specified above is other than United States dollars, the
equivalent thereof in the Specified Currency) or more in aggregate principal
amount of Notes (whether having identical or different terms and provisions)
will be entitled to receive interest payments on such Interest Payment Date by
wire transfer of immediately available funds if appropriate wire transfer
instructions have been received in writing by the Issuing and Paying Agent not
less than 15 calendar days prior to such Interest Payment Date. Any such wire
transfer instructions received by the Issuing and Paying Agent shall remain in
effect until revoked by such holder.
If any Interest Payment Date or the Maturity Date falls on a day that is
not a Business Day, the required payment of principal, premium, if any, and/or
interest shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force
and effect as if made on the date such payment was due, and no interest shall
accrue with respect to such payment for the period from and after such
Interest Payment Date or the Maturity Date, as the case may be, to the date of
such payment on the next succeeding Business Day.
As used herein, "Business Day" means any day, other than a Saturday or
Sunday, that is neither a legal holiday nor a day on which banking
institutions are authorized or required by law, regulation or executive order
to close in The City of New York; provided, however, that if the Specified
Currency is other than United States dollars and any payment is to be made in
the Specified Currency in accordance with the provisions hereof, such day is
also not a day on which banking institutions are authorized or required by
law, regulation or executive order to close in the Principal Financial Center
(as defined below) of the country issuing the Specified Currency (or, in the
case of the European Currency Unit ("ECU"), is not a day that appears as an
ECU non-settlement day on the display designated as "ISDE" on the Reuter
Monitor Money Rates Service (or a day so designated by the ECU Banking
Association) or, if ECU non-settlement days do not appear on that page (and
are not so designated), is not a day on which payments in ECU cannot be
settled in the international interbank market). "Principal Financial Center"
means the capital city of the country issuing the Specified Currency, except
that with respect to United States dollars, Australian dollars, Deutsche
marks, Dutch guilders, Italian lire, Swiss francs and ECUs, the "Principal
Financial Center" shall be The City of New York, Sydney, Frankfurt, Amsterdam,
Milan, Zurich and Luxembourg, respectively.
The Company is obligated to make payment of principal, premium, if any,
and interest in respect of this Note in the Specified Currency (or, if the
Specified Currency is not at the time of such payment legal tender for the
payment of public and private debts, in such other coin or currency of the
country which issued the Specified Currency as at the time of such payment is
legal tender for the payment of such debts). If the Specified Currency is
other than United States dollars, any such amounts so payable by the Company
will be converted by the Exchange Rate Agent specified above into United
States dollars for payment to the holder of this Note; provided, however,
that the holder of this Note may elect to receive such amounts in the
Specified Currency pursuant to the provisions set forth below.
If the Specified Currency is other than United States dollars and the
holder of this Note shall not have duly made an election to receive all or a
specified portion of any payment of principal, premium, if any, and/or
interest in respect of this Note in the Specified Currency, any United States
dollar amount to be received by the holder of this Note will be based on the
highest bid quotation in The City of New York received by the Exchange Rate
Agent at approximately 11:00 A.M., New York City time, on the second Business
Day preceding the applicable payment date from three recognized foreign
exchange dealers (one of whom may be the Exchange Rate Agent) selected by the
Exchange Rate Agent and approved by the Company for the purchase by the
quoting dealer of the Specified Currency for United States dollars for
settlement on such payment date in the aggregate amount of the Specified
Currency payable to all holders of Notes scheduled to receive United States
dollar payments and at which the applicable dealer commits to execute a
contract. All currency exchange costs will be borne by the holder of this
Note by deductions from such payments. If three such bid quotations are not
available, payments on this Note will be made in the Specified Currency.
If the Specified Currency is other than United States dollars, the holder
of this Note may elect to receive all or a specified portion of any payment of
principal, premium, if any, and/or interest in respect of this Note in the
Specified Currency by submitting a written request for such payment to the
Issuing and Paying Agent at its corporate trust office in The City of New York
on or prior to the applicable Record Date or at least 15 calendar days prior
to the Maturity Date, as the case may be. Such written request may be mailed
or hand delivered or sent by cable, telex or other form of facsimile
transmission. The holder of this Note may elect to receive all or a specified
portion of all future payments in the Specified Currency in respect of such
principal, premium, if any, and/or interest and need not file a separate
election for each payment. Such election will remain in effect until revoked
by written notice to the Issuing and Paying Agent, but written notice of any
such revocation must be received by the Issuing and Paying Agent on or prior
to the applicable Record Date or at least 15 calendar days prior to the
Maturity Date, as the case may be.
If the Specified Currency is other than United States dollars and the
holder of this Note shall have duly made an election to receive all or a
specified portion of any payment of principal, premium, if any, and/or
interest in respect of this Note in the Specified Currency and if the
Specified Currency is not available due to the imposition of exchange controls
or other circumstances beyond the control of the Company, the Company will be
entitled to satisfy its obligations to the holder of this Note by making such
payment in United States dollars on the basis of the Market Exchange Rate (as
defined below) on the second Business Day prior to such payment date or, if
such Market Exchange Rate is not then available, on the basis of the most
recently available Market Exchange Rate or as otherwise specified on the face
hereof. The "Market Exchange Rate" for the Specified Currency other than
United States dollars or a composite currency means the noon dollar buying
rate in The City of New York for cable transfers for such Specified Currency
as certified for customs purposes by (or if not so certified, as otherwise
determined by) the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Any payment made under
such circumstances in United States dollars will not constitute an Event of
Default (as defined in the Indenture) with respect to this Note.
If the Specified Currency is a composite currency and the holder of this
Note shall have duly made an election to receive all or a specified portion of
any payment of principal, premium, if any, and/or interest in respect of this
Note in the Specified Currency and if such composite currency is unavailable
due to the imposition of exchange controls or other circumstances beyond the
control of the Company, the Company will be entitled to satisfy its
obligations to the holder of this Note by making such payment in United States
dollars. The amount of each payment in United States dollars shall be
computed by the Exchange Rate Agent on the basis of the equivalent of the
composite currency in United States dollars. The component currencies of the
composite currency for this purpose (collectively, the "Component Currencies"
and each, a "Component Currency") shall be the currency amounts that were
components of the composite currency as of the last day on which the composite
currency was used. The equivalent of the composite currency in United States
dollars shall be calculated by aggregating the United States dollar
equivalents of the Component Currencies. The United States dollar equivalent
of each of the Component Currencies shall be determined by the Exchange Rate
Agent on the basis of the most recently available Market Exchange Rate for
each such Component Currency, or as otherwise specified on the face hereof.
If the official unit of any Component Currency is altered by way of
combination or subdivision, the number of units of the currency as a Component
Currency shall be divided or multiplied in the same proportion. If two or
more Component Currencies are consolidated into a single currency, the amounts
of those currencies as Component Currencies shall be replaced by an amount in
such single currency equal to the sum of the amounts of the consolidated
Component Currencies expressed in such single currency. If any Component
Currency is divided into two or more currencies, the amount of the original
Component Currency shall be replaced by the amounts of such two or more
currencies, the sum of which shall be equal to the amount of the original
Component Currency.
All determinations referred to above made by the Exchange Rate Agent
shall be at its sole discretion and shall, in the absence of manifest error,
be conclusive for all purposes and binding on the holder of this Note.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Note set forth
on the reverse hereof and, if so specified above, in the Addendum hereto,
which further provisions shall have the same force and effect as if set forth
on the face hereof.
<PAGE>
Notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary contained herein, if the
face of this Note specifies that an Addendum is attached hereto or that "Other
Provisions" apply, this Note shall be subject to the terms set forth in such
Addendum or such "Other Provisions".
Unless the Certificate of Authentication hereon has been executed by the
Trustee by manual signature of one of its authorized officers, or on behalf of
the Trustee by the manual signature of an authorized officer of the Trustee's
authenticating agent, this Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the
Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, U S WEST Capital Funding, Inc. has caused this Note
to be executed, manually or by facsimile, and its corporate seal or a
facsimile of its corporate seal to be imprinted hereon.
Dated:
U S WEST Capital Funding, Inc.
By:_______________________________
James T. Anderson
President
(SEAL)
By:_______________________________
Charles J. Burdick
Vice President and Treasurer
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Securities of the series designated herein, issued
under the Indenture described herein.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF SANTA FE
By CITIBANK, N.A., as Authenticating Agent
By:___________________________
Authorized Officer
<PAGE>
GUARANTEE OF U S WEST, INC.
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, U S WEST, INC., a corporation duly organized and
existing under the laws of the State of Colorado (the "Guarantor"), hereby
unconditionally guarantees to the holder of the Note upon which this Guarantee
is endorsed the due and punctual payment of the principal of, premium, if any,
and interest on said Note, when and as the same shall become due and payable,
whether at maturity, upon redemption or repayment, or otherwise, according to
the terms thereof and of the Indenture referred to therein.
The Guarantor agrees to determine, at least one business day prior to the
date upon which a payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on
said Note is due and payable, whether U S WEST Capital Funding, Inc., a
Colorado corporation (the "Company"), has available the funds to make such
payment as the same shall become due and payable. In case of the failure of
the Company punctually to pay any such principal, premium, if any, or
interest, the Guarantor hereby agrees to cause any such payment to be made
punctually when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at
maturity, upon redemption or repayment, or otherwise, and as if such payment
were made by the Company.
The Guarantor hereby agrees that its obligations hereunder shall be
unconditional, irrevocable, and absolute, irrespective of the validity,
regularity, or enforceability of said Note or said Indenture, the absence of
any action to enforce the same, any waiver or consent by the holder of said
Note with respect to any provisions thereof, the recovery of any judgment
against the Company or any action to enforce the same, or any other
circumstance which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge
or defense of a guarantor. The Guarantor hereby waives diligence,
presentment, demand of payment, filing of claims with a court in the event of
merger or bankruptcy of the Company, any right to require a proceeding first
against the Company, protest or notice with respect to said Note or
indebtedness evidenced thereby, and all demands whatsoever and covenants that
this Guarantee will not be discharged except by complete performance of the
obligations contained in said Note and in this Guarantee.
The Guarantor shall be subrogated to all rights of the holder of said
Note against the Company in respect of any amounts paid by the Guarantor
pursuant to the provisions of this Guarantee; provided, however, that the
Guarantor shall not, without the consent of the holders of all of the Notes
then outstanding, be entitled to enforce or to receive any payments arising
out of, or based upon, such right of subrogation until the principal of and
premium, if any, and interest on all Notes of the Company known as
"Medium-Term Notes Due Nine Months or More from Date of Issue" shall have been
paid in full or payment thereof shall have been provided for in accordance
with said Indenture.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if following
any payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest by the Company on the
Notes to the holders of the Notes it is determined by a final decision of a
court of competent jurisdiction that such payment shall be avoided by a
trustee in bankruptcy (including any debtor-in-possession) as a preference
under 11 U.S.C Section 547 and such payment is paid by such holder to such
trustee in bankruptcy, then, and to the extent of such repayment, the
obligations of the Guarantor hereunder shall remain in full force and effect.
This Guarantee shall not be valid or become obligatory for any purpose
with respect to a Note until the certificate of authentication of such Note
shall have been signed by the Trustee or on its behalf by the Trustee's
authenticating agent.
This Guarantee shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, U S WEST, Inc. has caused this Guarantee to be
executed, manually or by facsimile, and its corporate seal or a facsimile of
its corporate seal to be imprinted hereon.
U S WEST, Inc.
By:____________________________________
James T. Anderson
Acting Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
By:_____________________________________
Charles J. Burdick
Vice President and Assistant Treasurer
(SEAL)
<PAGE>
[REVERSE OF NOTE]
U S WEST CAPITAL FUNDING, INC.
MEDIUM_TERM NOTE
(Fixed Rate)
This Note is one of a duly authorized series of Debt Securities (the
"Debt Securities") of the Company issued and to be issued under an Indenture,
dated as of April 15, 1988, as amended, modified or supplemented from time to
time (the "Indenture"), among the Company, U S WEST, Inc., a Colorado
corporation ("U S WEST"), and First National Bank of Santa Fe, as Trustee (the
"Trustee", which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), to
which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby
made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties
and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the holders of the
Debt Securities, and of the terms upon which the Debt Securities are, and are
to be, authenticated and delivered. Citibank, N.A. ("Citibank"), pursuant to
an agreement with U S West, Inc. and the Company dated October 13, 1995, will
act as paying agent ("Paying Agent") for the payment of principal, premium, if
any, and interest on this Note as well as the registrar (the "Security
Registrar"). The Trustee has appointed Citibank as the authenticating agent
(the "Authenticating Agent"), with respect to this Note. Citibank, as Paying
Agent, Security Registrar and Authenticating Agent together with any
successors in such capacities, is hereinafter referred to as the "Issuing and
Paying Agent." This Note is one of the series of Debt Securities designated
as "Medium-Term Notes Due Nine Months or More From Date of Issue" (the
"Notes"). All terms used but not defined in this Note specified on the face
hereof or in an Addendum hereto shall have the meanings assigned to such terms
in the Indenture.
This Note is issuable only in registered form without coupons in minimum
denominations of U.S.$1,000 and integral multiples thereof or the minimum
Authorized Denomination specified on the face hereof.
This Note will not be subject to any sinking fund and, unless otherwise
provided on the face hereof in accordance with the provisions of the following
two paragraphs, will not be redeemable or repayable prior to the Stated
Maturity Date.
This Note will be subject to redemption at the option of the Company on
any date on and after the Initial Redemption Date, if any, specified on the
face hereof, in whole or from time to time in part in increments of U.S.$1,000
or the minimum Authorized Denomination (provided that any remaining principal
amount hereof shall be at least U.S.$1,000 or such minimum Authorized
Denomination), at the Redemption Price (as defined below), together with
unpaid interest accrued thereon to the date fixed for redemption (each, a
"Redemption Date"), on notice given no more than 90 nor less than 30 calendar
days prior to the Redemption Date and in accordance with the provisions of the
Indenture. The "Redemption Price" shall initially be the Initial Redemption
Percentage specified on the face hereof (as adjusted by the Annual Redemption
Percentage Reduction, if any, specified on the face hereof) multiplied by the
unpaid principal amount of this Note to be redeemed. The Initial Redemption
Percentage shall decline at each anniversary of the Initial Redemption Date by
the Annual Redemption Percentage Reduction, if any, specified on the face
hereof until the Redemption Price is 100% of unpaid principal amount to be
redeemed. In the event of redemption of this Note in part only, a new Note of
like tenor for the unredeemed portion hereof and otherwise having the same
terms as this Note shall be issued in the name of the holder hereof upon the
presentation and surrender hereof.
This Note will be subject to repayment by the Company at the option of
the holder hereof on the Optional Repayment Date(s), if any, specified on the
face hereof, in whole or from time to time in part in increments of U.S.$1,000
or the minimum Authorized Denomination (provided that any remaining principal
amount hereof shall be at least U.S.$1,000 or such minimum Authorized
Denomination), at a repayment price equal to 100% of the unpaid principal
amount to be repaid, together with unpaid interest accrued thereon to the
relevant Optional Repayment Date. For this Note to be repaid, this Note must
be received, together with the form hereon entitled "Option to Elect
Repayment" duly completed, by the Issuing and Paying Agent at its corporate
trust office not more than 60 nor less than 20 calendar days prior to the
relevant Optional Repayment Date. Exercise of such repayment option by the
holder hereof will be irrevocable. In the event of repayment of this Note in
part only, a new Note of like tenor for the unrepaid portion hereof and
otherwise having the same terms as this Note shall be issued in the name of
the holder hereof upon the presentation and surrender hereof.
If this Note is a Discount Note as specified on the face hereof, the
amount payable to the holder of this Note in the event of redemption,
repayment or acceleration of maturity will be equal to (i) the Amortized Face
Amount (as defined below) as of the date of such event, plus (ii) with respect
to any redemption of this Note, the Initial Redemption Percentage specified on
the face hereof (as adjusted by the Annual Redemption Percentage Reduction, if
any, specified on the face hereof) minus 100% multiplied by the Issue Price
specified on the face hereof (the "Issue Price"), net of any portion of such
Issue Price which has been paid prior to the date of redemption, or the
portion of the Issue Price (or the net amount) proportionate to the portion of
the unpaid principal amount to be redeemed, plus (iii) any accrued interest to
the date of such event the payment of which would constitute qualified stated
interest payments within the meaning of Treasury Regulation 1.1273-1(c) under
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"). The "Amortized
Face Amount" of this Note, if it is a Discount Note, means an amount equal to
(i) the Issue Price hereof plus (ii) the aggregate portions of the original
issue discount (the excess of the amounts considered as part of the "stated
redemption price at maturity" hereof within the meaning of Section 1273(a)(2)
of the Code, whether denominated as principal or interest, over the Issue
Price) which shall have accrued hereon pursuant to Section 1272 of the Code
(without regard to Section 1272(a)(7) of the Code) from the date of issue of
this Note to the date of determination, minus (iii) any amount considered as
part of the "stated redemption price at maturity" hereof which has been paid
from the date of issue to the date of determination.
If an Event of Default, as defined in the Indenture, shall occur and be
continuing, the principal of the Notes may be declared due and payable in the
manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.
The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance of (i) the entire
indebtedness of the Notes or (ii) certain covenants and Events of Default with
respect to the Notes, in each case upon compliance with certain conditions set
forth therein, which provisions apply to the Notes.
The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the
amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the
Company and U S WEST and the rights of the holders of the Debt Securities at
any time by the Company, U S WEST and the Trustee with the consent of the
holders of not less than a majority of the aggregate principal amount of all
Debt Securities at the time outstanding and affected thereby. The Indenture
also contains provisions permitting the holders of not less than a majority of
the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Debt Securities of any
series, on behalf of the holders of all such Debt Securities, to waive
compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture.
Furthermore, provisions in the Indenture permit the holders of not less than a
majority of the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Debt Securities
of any series, in certain instances, to waive, on behalf of all of the holders
of Debt Securities of such series, certain past defaults under the Indenture
and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the holder of this Note
shall be conclusive and binding upon such holder and upon all future holders
of this Note and other Notes issued upon the registration of transfer hereof
or in exchange heretofore or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such
consent or waiver is made upon this Note.
No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of
the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company or U S WEST,
which is absolute and unconditional, to pay principal, premium, if any, and
interest in respect of this Note or the Guarantee, respectively, at the times,
places and rate of formula, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein
and herein set forth, the transfer of this Note is registrable in the Security
Register of the Company upon surrender of this Note for registration of
transfer at the office or agency of the Company in any place where the
principal hereof premium, if any, or interest hereon is payable, duly endorsed
by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to
the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the holder hereof or
by his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new
Notes, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal
amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein
and herein set forth, this Note is exchangeable for a like aggregate principal
amount of Notes of different authorized denominations but otherwise having the
same terms and conditions, as requested by the holder hereof surrendering the
same.
No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or
exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any
tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
Prior to due presentment of this Note for registration of transfer, the
Company, the Issuing and Paying Agent and any agent of the Company or the
Issuing and Paying Agent may treat the holder in whose name this Note is
registered as the owner thereof for all purposes, whether or not this Note be
overdue, and neither the Company, the Issuing and Paying Agent nor any such
agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
The Indenture and this Note shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to agreements
made and to be performed entirely in such State.
<PAGE>
_____________
ABBREVIATIONS
The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of
this Note, shall be construed as though they were written out in full
according to applicable laws or regulations:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
<S> <C>
TEN COM _ as tenants in common UNIF GIFT MIN ACT _ ______ Custodian _____
TEN ENT _ as tenants by the entireties (Cust)
(Minor)
JT TEN _ as joint tenants with right of under Uniform Gifts to Minors
survivorship and not as tenants in common Act_____________________
(State)
</TABLE>
Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.
__________________________________
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and
transfer(s) unto
PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR
OTHER
IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE
|
|_____________________________|______________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
Please print or typewrite name and address including postal zip code of
assignee)
______________________________________________________________________________
the within Note and all rights thereunder hereby irrevocably constituting and
appointing
____________________________________________________________________
Attorney to transfer said Note on the books of the Trustee, with full power of
substitution in the premises.
Dated:_____________________
_________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
Notice: The signature(s) on this assignment must correspond with the name(s)
as written upon the face of the within Note in every particular, without
alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever.
<PAGE>
OPTION TO ELECT REPAYMENT
The undersigned hereby irrevocably request(s) and instruct(s) the Company to
repay this Note (or portion hereof specified below) pursuant to its terms at a
price equal to 100% of the principal amount to be repaid, together with unpaid
interest accrued hereon to the relevant Optional Repayment Date, to the
undersigned, at __________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
___________________
(Please print or typewrite name and address of the undersigned)
For this Note to be repaid, the Issuing and Paying Agent must receive at
its corporate trust office, not more than 60 nor less than 20 calendar days
prior to the Optional Repayment Date, this Note with this "Option to Elect
Repayment" form duly completed.
If less than the entire principal amount of this Note is to be repaid,
specify the portion hereof (which shall be increments of U.S.$1,000 (or, if
the Specified Currency specified on the face hereof is other than United
States dollars, the minimum Authorized Denomination specified on the face
hereof)) which the holder elects to have repaid and specify the denomination
or denominations (which shall be an Authorized Denomination) of the Notes to
be issued to the holder for the portion of this Note not being repaid (in the
absence of any such specification, one such Note will be issued for the
portion not being repaid).
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
<S> <C>
Principal Amount
to be Repaid: ____________________________ ____________________________________________
Notice: The signature(s) on this
Date: ___________________________________ Option to Elect Repayment must
correspond with the name(s) as
written upon the face of the
within Note in every particular,
without alteration or enlargement
or any change whatsoever.
</TABLE>
(..continued)
2
EXHIBIT 4.4
[FACE OF NOTE]
UNLESS THIS NOTE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (THE "DEPOSITARY") (55 WATER STREET, NEW YORK, NEW
YORK) TO THE ISSUER HEREOF OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE
OR PAYMENT, AND ANY NOTE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR
SUCH OTHER NAME AS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTA-TIVE OF THE
DEPOSITARY AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO., ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR
OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL SINCE
THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.(1)
UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR NOTES IN CERTIFICATED
FORM, THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO
A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE
DEPOSITARY OR TO ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY, OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR
ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR OF THE DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH
SUCCESSOR.(1)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
<S> <C> <C>
REGISTERED CUSIP No. PRINCIPAL AMOUNT
No. FLR-____ _______________ ____________________
</TABLE>
U S WEST CAPITAL FUNDING, INC.
MEDIUM_TERM NOTE
(Floating Rate)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
<S> <C> <C>
INTEREST RATE BASIS ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE: STATED MATURITY DATE:
OR BASES:
</TABLE>
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
<S> <C>
IF LIBOR: IF CMT RATE:
[ ] LIBOR Reuters Designated CMT Telerate Page:
[ ] LIBOR Telerate Designated CMT Maturity Index:
</TABLE>
INDEX CURRENCY:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
<S> <C> <C>
INDEX MATURITY: INITIAL INTEREST RATE: INITIAL INTEREST RESET DATE:
SPREAD (PLUS OR MINUS): MINIMUM INTEREST RATE: INTEREST PAYMENT DATE(S):
<FN>
____________________
(1) This paragraph applies to global Notes only.
</FN>
</TABLE>
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
<S> <C> <C>
SPREAD MULTIPLIER: MAXIMUM INTEREST RATE: INTEREST RESET DATE(S):
INITIAL REDEMPTION INITIAL REDEMPTION ANNUAL REDEMPTION
DATE: PERCENTAGE: PERCENTAGE REDUCTION:
OPTIONAL REPAYMENT INTEREST PERIOD: CALCULATION AGENT:
DATE(S):
<CAPTION>
<S> <C>
INTEREST CATEGORY: DAY COUNT CONVENTION:
[ ] Regular Floating Rate Note [ ] 30/360 for the period
[ ] Floating Rate/Fixed Rate Note from to .
Fixed Rate Commencement Date: [ ] Actual/360 for the period
Fixed Interest Rate: from to .
[ ] Inverse Floating Rate Note [ ] Actual/Actual for the period
Fixed Interest Rate: from to .
[ ] Original Issue Discount Note Applicable Interest Rate Basis:
Issue Price: %
Total Amount of OID:
Initial Accrual Period:
Yield to Maturity:
SPECIFIED CURRENCY: OPTION TO ELECT PAYMENT IN
[ ] United States dollars SPECIFIED CURRENCY (only applicable
[ ] Other: if Specified Currency is other than
United States dollars):
[ ] Yes
[ ] No
</TABLE>
EXCHANGE RATE AGENT:
AUTHORIZED DENOMINATION:
[ ] $1,000 and integral multiples
thereof
[ ] Other:
DEFAULT RATE: %
ADDENDUM ATTACHED:
[ ] Yes
[ ] No
OTHER PROVISIONS:
U S WEST Capital Funding, Inc., a Colorado corporation (the "Company",
which terms include any successor corporation under the Indenture hereinafter
referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to
, or registered assigns, the principal sum of , on the
Stated Maturity Date specified above (or any Redemption Date or Optional
Repayment Date, each as defined on the reverse hereof) (each such Stated
Maturity Date, Redemption Date or Optional Repayment Date being hereinafter
referred to as the "Maturity Date" with respect to the principal repayable on
such date) and to pay interest thereon, at a rate per annum equal to the
Initial Interest Rate specified above until the Initial Interest Reset Date
specified above and thereafter at a rate determined in accordance with the
provisions specified above and on the reverse hereof with respect to one or
more Interest Rate Bases specified above until the prin-cipal hereof is paid
or duly made available for payment, and (to the extent that the payment of
such interest shall be legally enforceable) at the Default Rate per annum, if
any, specified above on any overdue principal, premium and/or interest. The
Company will pay interest in arrears on each Interest Payment Date, if any,
specified above (each, an "Interest Payment Date"), commencing with the first
Interest Payment Date next succeeding the Original Issue Date specified above,
and on the Maturity Date; provided, however, that if the Original Issue
Date occurs between a Record Date (as defined below) and the next succeeding
Interest Payment Date, interest payments will commence on the second Interest
Payment Date next succeeding the Original Issue Date to the holder of this
Note on the Record Date with respect to such second Interest Payment Date.
Interest on this Note will accrue from, and including, the immediately
preceding Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly
provided for (or from, and including, the Original Issue Date if no interest
has been paid or duly provided for with respect to this Note) to, but
excluding, the applicable Interest Payment Date or the Maturity Date, as the
case may be (each, an "Interest Period"). The interest so payable, and
punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will,
subject to certain exceptions described herein, be paid to the person in whose
name this Note (or one or more predecessor Notes) is registered at the close
of business on the fifteenth calendar day (whether or not a Business Day, as
defined below) immediately preceding such Interest Payment Date (the "Record
Date"); provided, however, that interest payable on the Maturity Date will
be payable to the person to whom the princi-pal hereof and premium, if any,
hereon shall be payable. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly
provided for ("Defaulted Interest") will forthwith cease to be payable to the
holder on any Record Date, and shall be paid to the person in whose name this
Note is registered at the close of business on a special record date (the
"Special Record Date") for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed
by the Issuing and Paying Agent (as defined on the reverse hereof) notice
whereof shall be given to the holder of this Note by the Issuing and Paying
Agent not less than 10 calendar days prior to such Special Record Date or may
be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the
requirements of any securities exchange on which this Note may be listed, and
upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully
provided for in the Indenture (as defined on the reverse hereof).
Payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest in respect of this
Note due on the Maturity Date will be made in immediately available funds upon
presentation and surrender of this Note (and, with respect to any applicable
repayment of this Note, a duly completed election form as contemplated on the
reverse hereof) at the corporate trust office of the Issuing and Paying Agent
maintained for that purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York,
currently located at 111 Wall Street, New York, New York 10043, or at such
other paying agency as the Company may determine; provided, however, that
if such payment is to be made in a Specified Currency other than United States
dollars as set forth below, such payment will be made by wire transfer of
immediately available funds to an account with a bank designated by the holder
hereof at least 15 calendar days prior to the Maturity Date, provided that
such bank has appropriate facilities therefor and that this Note (and, if
applicable, a duly completed election form) is presented and surrendered at
the aforementioned office of the Issuing and Paying Agent in time for the
Issuing and Paying Agent to make such payment in such funds in accordance with
its normal procedures. Payment of interest due on any Interest Payment Date
other than the Maturity Date will be made by check mailed to the address of
the person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security
Register maintained at the aforementioned office of the Issuing and Paying
Agent; provided, however, that a holder of U.S.$10,000,000 (or, if the
Specified Currency specified above is other than United States dollars, the
equivalent thereof in the Specified Currency) or more in aggregate principal
amount of Notes (whether having identical or different terms and provisions)
will be entitled to receive interest payments on such Interest Payment Date by
wire transfer of immediately available funds if appropriate wire transfer
instructions have been received in writing by the Issuing and Paying Agent not
less than 15 calendar days prior to such Interest Payment Date. Any such wire
transfer instructions received by the Issuing and Paying Agent shall remain in
effect until revoked by such holder.
If any Interest Payment Date other than the Maturity Date would otherwise
be a day that is not a Business Day, such Interest Payment Date shall be
postponed to the next succeeding Business Day, except that if LIBOR is an
applicable Interest Rate Basis and such Business Day falls in the next
succeeding calendar month, such Interest Payment Date shall be the immediately
preceding Business Day. If the Maturity Date falls on a day that is not a
Business Day, the required payment of principal, premium, if any, and/or
interest shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force
and effect as if made on the date such payment was due, and no interest shall
accrue with respect to such payment for the period from and after the Maturity
Date to the date of such payment on the next succeeding Business Day.
As used herein, "Business Day" means any day, other than a Saturday or
Sunday, that is neither a legal holiday nor a day on which banking
institutions are authorized or required by law, regulation or executive order
to close in The City of New York; provided, however, that if the Specified
Currency is other than United States dollars and any payment is to be made in
the Specified Currency in accordance with the provisions hereof, such day is
also not a day on which banking institutions are authorized or required by
law, regulation or executive order to close in the Principal Financial Center
(as defined below) of the country issuing the Specified Currency (or, in the
case of the European Currency Unit ("ECU"), is not a day that appears as an
ECU non-settlement day on the display designated as "ISDE" on the Reuter
Monitor Money Rates Service (or a day so designated by the ECU Banking
Association) or, if ECU non-settlement days do not appear on that page (and
are not so designated), is not a day on which payments in ECU cannot be
settled in the international interbank market); provided, further, that if
LIBOR is an applicable Interest Rate Basis, such day is also a London Business
Day (as defined below). "London Business Day" means any day (i) if the Index
Currency (as defined below) is other than ECU, on which dealings in such Index
Currency are transacted in the London interbank market or (ii) if the Index
Currency is ECU, that is not designated as an ECU non-settlement day on the
display designated as "ISDE" on the Reuter Monitor Money Rates Service (or a
day so designated by the ECU Banking Association) or, if ECU non-settlement
days do not appear on that page (and are not so designated), is not a day on
which payments in ECU cannot be settled in the international interbank market.
"Principal Financial Center" means the capital city of the country issuing
the Specified Currency, or solely with respect to the calculation of LIBOR,
the Index Currency, except that with respect to United States dollars,
Australian dollars, Deutsche marks, Dutch guilders, Italian lire, Swiss francs
and ECUs, the "Principal Financial Center" shall be The City of New York,
Sydney, Frankfurt, Amsterdam, Milan, Zurich and Luxembourg, respectively.
The Company is obligated to make payment of principal, premium, if any,
and interest in respect of this Note in the Specified Currency (or, if the
Specified Currency is not at the time of such payment legal tender for the
payment of public and private debts, in such other coin or currency of the
country which issued the Specified Currency as at the time of such payment is
legal tender for the payment of such debts). If the Specified Currency is
other than United States dollars, any such amounts so payable by the Company
will be converted by the Exchange Rate Agent specified above into United
States dollars for payment to the holder of this Note; provided, however,
that the holder of this Note may elect to receive such amounts in the
Specified Currency pursuant to the provisions set forth below.
If the Specified Currency is other than United States dollars and the
holder of this Note shall not have duly made an election to receive all or a
specified portion of any payment of principal, premium, if any, and/or
interest in respect of this Note in the Specified Currency, any United States
dollar amount to be received by the holder of this Note will be based on the
highest bid quotation in The City of New York received by the Exchange Rate
Agent at approximately 11:00 A.M., New York City time, on the second Business
Day preceding the applicable payment date from three recognized foreign
exchange dealers (one of whom may be the Exchange Rate Agent) selected by the
Exchange Rate Agent and approved by the Company for the purchase by the
quoting dealer of the Specified Currency for United States dollars for
settlement on such payment date in the aggregate amount of the Specified
Currency payable to all holders of Notes scheduled to receive United States
dollar payments and at which the applicable dealer commits to execute a
contract. All currency exchange costs will be borne by the holder of this
Note by deductions from such payments. If three such bid quotations are not
available, payments on this Note will be made in the Specified Currency.
If the Specified Currency is other than United States dollars, the holder
of this Note may elect to receive all or a specified portion of any payment of
principal, premium, if any, and/or interest in respect of this Note in the
Specified Currency by submitting a written request for such payment to the
Issuing and Paying Agent at its corporate trust office in The City of New York
on or prior to the applicable Record Date or at least 15 calendar days prior
to the Maturity Date, as the case may be. Such written request may be mailed
or hand delivered or sent by cable, telex or other form of facsimile
transmission. The holder of this Note may elect to receive all or a specified
portion of all future payments in the Specified Currency in respect of such
principal, premium, if any, and/or interest and need not file a separate
election for each payment. Such election will remain in effect until revoked
by written notice to the Issuing and Paying Agent, but written notice of any
such revocation must be received by the Issuing and Paying Agent on or prior
to the applicable Record Date or at least 15 calendar days prior to the
Maturity Date, as the case may be.
If the Specified Currency is other than United States dollars and the
holder of this Note shall have duly made an election to receive all or a
specified portion of any payment of principal, premium, if any, and/or
interest in respect of this Note in the Specified Currency and if the
Specified Currency is not available due to the imposition of exchange controls
or other circumstances beyond the control of the Company, the Company will be
entitled to satisfy its obligations to the holder of this Note by making such
payment in United States dollars on the basis of the Market Exchange Rate (as
defined below) on the second Business Day prior to such payment date or, if
such Market Exchange Rate is not then available, on the basis of the most
recently available Market Exchange Rate or as otherwise specified on the face
hereof. The "Market Exchange Rate" for the Specified Currency other than
United States dollars on a composite currency means the noon dollar buying
rate in The City of New York for cable transfers for such Specified Currency
as certified for customs purposes by (or if not so certified, as otherwise
determined by) the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Any payment made under
such circumstances in United States dollars will not constitute an Event of
Default (as defined in the Indenture) with respect to this Note.
If the Specified Currency is a composite currency and the holder of this
Note shall have duly made an election to receive all or a specified portion of
any payment of principal, premium, if any, and/or interest in respect of this
Note in the Specified Currency and if such composite currency is unavailable
due to the imposition of exchange controls or other circumstances beyond the
control of the Company, the Company will be entitled to satisfy its
obligations to the holder of this Note by making such payment in United States
dollars. The amount of each payment in United States dollars shall be
computed by the Exchange Rate Agent on the basis of the equivalent of the
composite currency in United States dollars. The component currencies of the
composite currency for this purpose (collectively, the "Component Currencies"
and each, a "Component Currency") shall be the currency amounts that were
components of the composite currency as of the last day on which the composite
currency was used. The equivalent of the composite currency in United States
dollars shall be calculated by aggregating the United States dollar
equivalents of the Component Currencies. The United States dollar equivalent
of each of the Component Currencies shall be determined by the Exchange Rate
Agent on the basis of the most recently available Market Exchange Rate for
each such Component Currency, or as otherwise specified on the face hereof.
If the official unit of any Component Currency is altered by way of
combination or subdivision, the number of units of the currency as a Component
Currency shall be divided or multiplied in the same proportion. If two or
more Component Currencies are consolidated into a single currency, the amounts
of those currencies as Component Currencies shall be replaced by an amount in
such single currency equal to the sum of the amounts of the consolidated
Component Currencies expressed in such single currency. If any Component
Currency is divided into two or more currencies, the amount of the original
Component Currency shall be replaced by the amounts of such two or more
currencies, the sum of which shall be equal to the amount of the original
Component Currency.
All determinations referred to above made by the Exchange Rate Agent
shall be at its sole discretion and shall, in the absence of manifest error,
be conclusive for all purposes and binding on the holder of this Note.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Note set forth
on the reverse hereof and, if so specified above, in the Addendum hereto,
which further provisions shall have the same force and effect as if set forth
on the face hereof.
Notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary contained herein, if the
face of this Note specifies that an Addendum is attached hereto or that "Other
Provisions" apply, this Note shall be subject to the terms set forth in such
Addendum or such "Other Provisions".
Unless the Certificate of Authentication hereon has been executed by the
Trustee by manual signature of one of its authorized officers, or on behalf of
the Trustee by the manual signature of an authorized officer of the Trustee's
authenticating agent, this Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the
Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, U S WEST Capital Funding, Inc. has caused this Note
to be executed, manually or by facsimile, and its corporate seal or a
facsimile of its corporate seal to be imprinted hereon.
Dated:
U S WEST Capital Funding, Inc.
By:__________________________
James T. Anderson
President
(SEAL)
By:__________________________
Charles J. Burdick
Vice President and Treasurer
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CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Securities of the series designated herein, issued
under the Indenture described herein.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF SANTA FE
By CITIBANK, N.A., as Authenticating Agent
By:___________________________
Authorized Officer
<PAGE>
GUARANTEE OF U S WEST, INC.
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, U S WEST, INC., a corporation duly organized and
existing under the laws of the State of Colorado (the "Guarantor"), hereby
unconditionally guarantees to the holder of the Note upon which this Guarantee
is endorsed the due and punctual payment of the principal of, premium, if any,
and interest on said Note, when and as the same shall become due and payable,
whether at maturity, upon redemption or repayment, or otherwise, according to
the terms thereof and of the Indenture referred to therein.
The Guarantor agrees to determine, at least one business day prior to the
date upon which a payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on
said Note is due and payable, whether U S WEST Capital Funding, Inc., a
Colorado corporation (the "Company"), has available the funds to make such
payment as the same shall become due and payable. In case of the failure of
the Company punctually to pay any such principal, premium, if any, or
interest, the Guarantor hereby agrees to cause any such payment to be made
punctually when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at
maturity, upon redemption or repayment, or otherwise, and as if such payment
were made by the Company.
The Guarantor hereby agrees that its obligations hereunder shall be
unconditional, irrevocable, and absolute, irrespective of the validity,
regularity, or enforceability of said Note or said Indenture, the absence of
any action to enforce the same, any waiver or consent by the holder of said
Note with respect to any provisions thereof, the recovery of any judgment
against the Company or any action to enforce the same, or any other
circumstance which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge
or defense of a guarantor. The Guarantor hereby waives diligence,
presentment, demand of payment, filing of claims with a court in the event of
merger or bankruptcy of the Company, any right to require a proceeding first
against the Company, protest or notice with respect to said Note or
indebtedness evidenced thereby, and all demands whatsoever and covenants that
this Guarantee will not be discharged except by complete performance of the
obligations contained in said Note and in this Guarantee.
The Guarantor shall be subrogated to all rights of the holder of said
Note against the Company in respect of any amounts paid by the Guarantor
pursuant to the provisions of this Guarantee; provided, however, that the
Guarantor shall not, without the consent of the holders of all of the Notes
then outstanding, be entitled to enforce or to receive any payments arising
out of, or based upon, such right of subrogation until the principal of and
premium, if any, and interest on all Notes of the Company known as
"Medium-Term Notes Due Nine Months or More from Date of Issue" shall have been
paid in full or payment thereof shall have been provided for in accordance
with said Indenture.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if following
any payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest by the Company on the
Notes to the holders of the Notes it is determined by a final decision of a
court of competent jurisdiction that such payment shall be avoided by a
trustee in bankruptcy (including any debtor-in-possession) as a preference
under 11 U.S.C Section 547 and such payment is paid by such holder to such
trustee in bankruptcy, then, and to the extent of such repayment, the
obligations of the Guarantor hereunder shall remain in full force and effect.
This Guarantee shall not be valid or become obligatory for any purpose
with respect to a Note until the certificate of authentication of such Note
shall have been signed by the Trustee or on its behalf by the Trustee's
authenticating agent.
This Guarantee shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, U S WEST, Inc. has caused this Guarantee to be
executed, manually or by facsimile, and its corporate seal or a facsimile of
its corporate seal to be imprinted hereon.
U S WEST, Inc.
By:__________________________
James T. Anderson
Acting Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
By:__________________________
Charles J. Burdick
Vice President and Assistant Treasurer
(SEAL)
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[REVERSE OF NOTE]
U S WEST CAPITAL FUNDING, INC.
MEDIUM_TERM NOTE
(Floating Rate)
This Note is one of a duly authorized series of Debt Securities (the
"Debt Securities") of the Company issued and to be issued under an Indenture,
dated as of April 15, 1988, as amended, modified or supplemented from time to
time (the "Indenture"), among the Company, U S WEST, Inc., a Colorado
corporation ("U S WEST"), and First National Bank of Santa Fe, as Trustee (the
"Trustee", which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), to
which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby
made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties
and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the holders of the
Debt Securities, and of the terms upon which the Debt Securities are, and are
to be, authenticated and delivered. Citibank, N.A. ("Citibank"), pursuant to
an agreement with U S West Inc., and the Company dated October 13, 1995, will
act as paying agent (the "Paying Agent") for the payment of principal,
premium, if any, and interest on this Note, as well as the registrar (the
"Security Registrar"). The Trustee has appointed Citibank as the
authenticating agent (the "Authenticating Agent"), with respect to this Note.
Citibank, as Paying Agent, Security Registrar and Authenticating Agent,
together with any successors in such capacities, is hereinafter referred to as
the "Issuing and Paying Agent". This Note is one of the series of Debt
Securities designated as "Medium-Term Notes Due Nine Months or More From Date
of Issue" (the "Notes"). All terms used but not defined in this Note
specified on the face hereof or in an Addendum hereto shall have the meanings
assigned to such terms in the Indenture.
This Note is issuable only in registered form without coupons in minimum
denominations of U.S.$1,000 and integral multiples thereof or the minimum
Authorized Denomination specified on the face hereof.
This Note will not be subject to any sinking fund and, unless otherwise
provided on the face hereof in accordance with the provisions of the following
two paragraphs, will not be redeemable or repayable prior to the Stated
Maturity Date.
This Note will be subject to redemption at the option of the Company on
any date on and after the Initial Redemption Date, if any, specified on the
face hereof, in whole or from time to time in part in increments of U.S.$1,000
or the minimum Authorized Denomination (provided that any remaining principal
amount hereof shall be at least U.S.$1,000 or such minimum Authorized
Denomination), at the Redemption Price (as defined below), together with
unpaid interest accrued thereon to the date fixed for redemption (each, a
"Redemption Date"), on notice given no more than 90 nor less than 30 calendar
days prior to the Redemption Date and in accordance with the provisions of the
Indenture. The "Redemption Price" shall initially be the Initial Redemption
Percentage specified on the face hereof (as adjusted by the Annual Redemption
Percentage Reduction, if any, specified on the face hereof) multiplied by the
unpaid principal amount of this Note to be redeemed. The Initial Redemption
Percentage shall decline at each anniversary of the Initial Redemption Date by
the Annual Redemption Percentage Reduction, if any, specified on the face
hereof until the Redemp-tion Price is 100% of unpaid principal amount to be
redeemed. In the event of redemption of this Note in part only, a new Note of
like tenor for the unredeemed portion hereof and otherwise having the same
terms as this Note shall be issued in the name of the holder hereof upon the
presentation and surrender hereof.
This Note will be subject to repayment by the Company at the option of
the holder hereof on the Optional Repayment Date(s), if any, specified on the
face hereof, in whole or from time to time in part in increments of U.S.$1,000
or the minimum Authorized Denomination (provided that any remaining principal
amount hereof shall be at least U.S.$1,000 or such minimum Authorized
Denomination), at a repayment price equal to 100% of the unpaid principal
amount to be repaid, together with unpaid interest accrued thereon to the
relevant Optional Repayment Date. For this Note to be repaid, this Note must
be received, together with the form hereon entitled "Option to Elect
Repayment" duly completed, by the Issuing and Paying Agent at its corporate
trust office not more than 60 nor less than 20 calendar days prior to the
relevant Optional Repayment Date. Exercise of such repayment option by the
holder hereof will be irrevocable. In the event of repayment of this Note in
part only, a new Note of like tenor for the unrepaid portion hereof and
otherwise having the same terms as this Note shall be issued in the name of
the holder hereof upon the presentation and surrender hereof.
If the Interest Category of this Note is specified on the face hereof as
a Discount Note, the amount payable to the holder of this Note in the event of
redemption, repayment or acceleration of maturity will be equal to (i) the
Amortized Face Amount (as defined below) as of the date of such event, plus
(ii) with respect to any redemption of this Note, the Initial Redemption
Percentage specified on the face hereof (as adjusted by the Annual Redemption
Percentage Reduction, if any, specified on the face hereof) minus 100%
multiplied by the Issue Price specified on the face hereof (the "Issue
Price"), net of any portion of such Issue Price which has been paid prior to
the date of redemption, or the portion of the Issue Price (or the net amount)
proportionate to the portion of the unpaid principal amount to be redeemed,
plus (iii) any accrued interest to the date of such event the payment of which
would constitute qualified stated interest payments within the meaning of
Treasury Regulation 1.1273-1(c) under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended (the "Code"). The "Amortized Face Amount" of this Note, if the
Interest Category of this Note is specified on the face hereof as a Discount
Note, means an amount equal to (i) the Issue Price hereof plus (ii) the
aggregate portions of the original issue discount (the excess of the amounts
considered as part of the "stated redemption price at maturity" hereof within
the meaning of Section 1273(a)(2) of the Code, whether denominated as
principal or interest, over the Issue Price) which shall have accrued hereon
pursuant to Section 1272 of the Code (without regard to Section 1272(a)(7) of
the Code) from the date of issue of this Note to the date of determination,
minus (iii) any amount considered as part of the "stated redemption price at
maturity" hereof which has been paid from the date of issue to the date of
determination.
The interest rate borne by this Note will be determined as follows:
(i) Unless the Interest Category of this Note is specified on the face
hereof as a "Floating Rate/Fixed Rate Note", an "Inverse Floating Rate Note",
an Original Issue Discount Note or as having an Addendum attached, this Note
shall be designated as a "Regular Floating Rate Note" and, except as set forth
below or on the face hereof, shall bear interest at the rate determined by
reference to the applicable Interest Rate Basis or Bases (a) plus or minus the
Spread, if any, and/or (b) multiplied by the Spread Multiplier, if any, in
each case as specified on the face hereof. Commencing on the Initial Interest
Reset Date, the rate at which interest on this Note shall be payable shall be
reset as of each Interest Reset Date specified on the face hereof; provided,
however, that the interest rate in effect for the period, if any, from the
Original Issue Date to the Initial Interest Reset Date shall be the Initial
Interest Rate.
(ii) If the Interest Category of this Note is specified on the face
hereof as a "Floating Rate/Fixed Rate Note", then, except as set forth below
or on the face hereof, this Note shall bear interest at the rate determined by
reference to the applicable Interest Rate Basis or Bases (a) plus or minus the
Spread, if any, and/or (b) multiplied by the Spread Multiplier, if any.
Commencing on the Initial Interest Reset Date, the rate at which interest on
this Note shall be payable shall be reset as of each Interest Reset Date;
provided, however, that (y) the interest rate in effect for the period, if
any, from the Original Issue Date to the Initial Interest Reset Date shall be
the Initial Interest Rate and (z) the interest rate in effect for the period
commencing on the Fixed Rate Commencement Date specified on the face hereof to
the Maturity Date shall be the Fixed Interest Rate specified on the face
hereof or, if no such Fixed Interest Rate is specified, the interest rate in
effect hereon on the day immediately preceding the Fixed Rate Commencement
Date.
(iii) If the Interest Category of this Note is specified on the face
hereof as an "Inverse Floating Rate Note", then, except as set forth below or
on the face hereof, this Note shall bear interest at the Fixed Interest Rate
minus the rate determined by reference to the applicable Interest Rate Basis
or Bases (a) plus or minus the Spread, if any, and/or (b) multiplied by the
Spread Multiplier, if any; provided, however, that, unless otherwise
specified on the face hereof, the interest rate hereon shall not be less than
zero. Commencing on the Initial Interest Reset Date, the rate at which
interest on this Note shall be payable shall be reset as of each Interest
Reset Date; provided, however, that the interest rate in effect for the
period, if any, from the Original Issue Date to the Initial Interest Reset
Date shall be the Initial Interest Rate.
Unless otherwise specified on the face hereof, the rate with respect to
each Interest Rate Basis will be determined in accordance with the applicable
provisions below. Except as set forth above or on the face hereof, the
interest rate in effect on each day shall be (i) if such day is an Interest
Reset Date, the interest rate determined as of the Interest Determination Date
(as hereinafter defined) immediately preceding such Interest Reset Date or
(ii) if such day is not an Interest Reset Date, the interest rate determined
as of the Interest Determination Date immediately preceding the most recent
Interest Reset Date. If any Interest Reset Date would otherwise be a day that
is not a Business Day, such Interest Reset Date shall be postponed to the next
succeeding Business Day, except that if LIBOR is an applicable Interest Rate
Basis and such Business Day falls in the next succeeding calendar month, such
Interest Reset Date shall be the immediately preceding Business Day.
The "Interest Determination Date" with respect to the CD Rate, the CMT
Rate, the Commercial Paper Rate, the Federal Funds Rate and the Prime Rate
will be the second Business Day immediately preceding the applicable Interest
Reset Date; the "Interest Determina-tion Date" with respect to the Eleventh
District Cost of Funds Rate shall be the last working day of the month
immediately preceding the applicable Interest Reset Date on which the Federal
Home Loan Bank of San Francisco (the "FHLB of San Francisco") publishes the
Index (as defined below); and the "Interest Determination Date" with respect
to LIBOR shall be the second London Business Day immediately preceding the
applicable Interest Reset Date, unless the Index Currency is British pounds
sterling, in which case the "Interest Determination Date" will be the
applicable Interest Reset Date. The "Interest Determination Date" with
respect to the Treasury Rate shall be the day in the week in which the
applicable Interest Reset Date falls on which day Treasury Bills (as defined
below) are normally auctioned (Treasury Bills are normally sold at an auction
held on Monday of each week, unless that day is a legal holiday, in which case
the auction is normally held on the following Tuesday, except that such
auction may be held on the preceding Friday); provided, however, that if
an auction is held on the Friday of the week preceding the applicable Interest
Reset Date, the "Interest Determination Date" shall be such preceding Friday;
and provided, further, that if an auc-tion shall fall on any Interest
Reset Date then the Interest Reset Date shall instead be the first Business
Day following such auction. If the interest rate of this Note is determined
with reference to two or more Interest Rate Bases specified on the face
hereof, the "Interest Determination Date" pertaining to this Note shall be the
most recent Business Day which is at least two Business Days prior to the
applicable Interest Reset Date on which each Interest Rate Basis is
determinable. Each Interest Rate Basis shall be determined as of such date,
and the applicable interest rate shall take effect on the related Interest
Reset Date.
CD Rate. If an Interest Rate Basis for this Note is specified on the
face hereof as the CD Rate, the CD Rate shall be determined as of the
applicable Interest Determination Date (a "CD Rate Interest Determina-tion
Date") as the rate on such date for negotiable United States dollar
certificates of deposit having the Index Maturity specified on the face hereof
as published by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System in
"Statistical Release H.15(519), Selected Interest Rates" or any successor
publication ("H.15(519)") under the heading "CDs (Secondary Market)", or, if
not published by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the related Calculation
Date (as defined below), the rate on such CD Rate Interest Determina-tion Date
for negotiable United States dollar certificates of deposit of the Index
Maturity as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York in its daily
statistical release "Composite 3:30 P.M. Quotations for United States
Government Securities" or any successor publication ("Composite Quotations")
under the heading "Certificates of Deposit". If such rate is not yet
published in either H.15(519) or Composite Quotations by 3:00 P.M., New York
City time, on the related Calculation Date, then the CD Rate on such CD Rate
Interest Determination Date will be calculated by the Calculation Agent
specified on the face hereof and will be the arithmetic mean of the secondary
market offered rates as of 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on such CD Rate
Interest Determination Date, of three leading nonbank dealers in negotiable
United States dollar certificates of deposit in The City of New York selected
by the Calculation Agent (after consultation with the Company) for negotiable
United States dollar certificates of deposit of major United States money
market banks for negotiable United States dollar certificates of deposit with
a remaining maturity closest to the Index Maturity in an amount that is
representative for a single transaction in that market at that time;
provided, however, that if the dealers so selected by the Calcula-tion
Agent are not quoting as mentioned in this sentence, the CD Rate determined as
of such CD Rate Interest Determination Date will be the CD Rate in effect on
such CD Rate Interest Determina-tion Date.
CMT Rate. If an Interest Rate Basis for this Note is specified on the
face hereof as the CMT rate, the CMT Rate shall be determined as of the
applicable Interest Determination Date (a "CMT Rate Interest Determination
Date") as the rate displayed on the Designated CMT Telerate Page (as defined
below) under the caption "...Treasury Constant Maturities...Federal Reserve
Board Release H.15...Mondays Approximately 3:45 P.M.", under the column for
the Designated CMT Maturity Index (as defined below) for (i) if the Designated
CMT Telerate Page is 7055, the rate on such CMT Rate Interest Determination
Date and (ii) if the Designated CMT Telerate Page is 7052, the week, or the
month, as applicable, ended immediately preceding the week in which the
related CMT Rate Interest Determination Date occurs. If such rate is no
longer displayed on the relevant page or is not displayed by 3:00 P.M., New
York City time, on the related Calculation Date, then the CMT Rate on such CMT
Rate Interest Determination Date will be such treasury constant maturity rate
for the Designated CMT Maturity Index as published in the relevant H.15(519).
If such rate is no longer published or is not published by 3:00 P.M., New York
City time, on the related Calculation Date, then the CMT Rate on such CMT Rate
Interest Determination Date will be such treasury constant maturity rate for
the Designated CMT Maturity Index (or other United States Treasury rate for
the Designated CMT Maturity Index) for the CMT Rate Interest Determination
Date with respect to such Interest Reset Date as may then be published by
either the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or the United
States Department of the Treasury that the Calculation Agent determines to be
comparable to the rate formerly displayed on the Designated CMT Telerate Page
and published in the relevant H.15(519). If such information is not provided
by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the related Calculation Date, then the
CMT Rate on the CMT Rate Interest Determination Date will be calculated by the
Calculation Agent and will be a yield to maturity, based on the arithmetic
mean of the secondary market closing offer side prices as of approximately
3:30 P.M., New York City time, on such CMT Rate Interest Determination Date
reported, according to their written records, by three leading primary United
States government securities dealers (each, a "Reference Dealer") in The City
of New York selected by the Calculation Agent (from five such Reference
Dealers selected by the Calculation Agent (after consultation with the
Company) and eliminating the highest quotation (or, in the event of equality,
one of the highest) and the lowest quotation (or, in the event of equality,
one of the lowest)), for the most recently issued direct noncallable fixed
rate obligations of the United States ("Treasury Notes") with an original
maturity of approximately the Designated CMT Maturity Index and a remaining
term to maturity of not less than such Designated CMT Maturity Index minus one
year. If the Calculation Agent is unable to obtain three such Treasury Note
quotations, the CMT Rate on such CMT Rate Interest Determination Date will be
calculated by the Calculation Agent and will be a yield to maturity based on
the arithmetic mean of the secondary market offer side prices as of
approximately 3:30 P.M., New York City time, on such CMT Rate Interest
Determination Date of three Reference Dealers in The City of New York (from
five such Reference Dealers selected by the Calculation Agent (after
consultation with the Company) and eliminating the highest quotation (or, in
the event of equality, one of the highest) and the lowest quotation (or, in
the event of equality, one of the lowest)), for Treasury Notes with an
original maturity of the number of years that is the next highest to the
Designated CMT Maturity Index and a remaining term to maturity closest to the
Designated CMT Maturity Index and in an amount of at least U.S.$100 million.
If three or four (and not five) of such Reference Dealers are quoting as
described above, then the CMT Rate will be based on the arithmetic mean of the
offer prices obtained and neither the highest nor the lowest of such quotes
will be eliminated; provided, however, that if fewer than three Reference
Dealers so selected by the Calculation Agent are quoting as mentioned herein,
the CMT Rate determined as of such CMT Rate Interest Determination Date will
be the CMT Rate in effect on such CMT Rate Interest Determination Date. If
two Treasury Notes with an original maturity as described in the second
preceding sentence have remaining terms to maturity equally close to the
Designated CMT Maturity Index, the quotes for the Treasury Note with the
shorter remaining term to maturity will be used.
"Designated CMT Telerate Page" means the display on the Dow Jones
Telerate Service on the page specified on the face hereof (or any other page
as may replace such page on that service for the purpose of displaying
Treasury Constant Maturities as reported in H.15(519)) for the purpose of
displaying Treasury Constant Maturities as reported in H.15(519). If no such
page is specified on the face hereof, the Designated CMT Telerate Page shall
be 7052, for the most recent week.
"Designated CMT Maturity Index" means the original period to maturity of
the United States Treasury securities (either 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 10, 20 or 30
years) specified on the face hereof with respect to which the CMT Rate will be
calculated. If no such maturity is specified on the face hereof, the
Designated CMT Maturity Index shall be 2 years.
Commercial Paper Rate. If an Interest Rate Basis for this Note is
specified on the face hereof as the Commercial Paper Rate, the Commercial
Paper Rate shall be determined as of the applicable Interest Determination
Date (a "Commercial Paper Rate Interest Determination Date") as the Money
Market Yield (as defined below) on such date of the rate for commercial paper
having the Index Maturity as published in H.15(519) under the heading
"Commercial Paper". In the event that such rate is not published by 3:00
P.M., New York City time, on the related Calculation Date, then the Commercial
Paper Rate on such Commercial Paper Rate Interest Determination Date will be
the Money Market Yield of the rate for commercial paper having the Index
Maturity as published in Composite Quotations under the heading "Commercial
Paper" (with an Index Maturity of one month or three months being deemed to be
equivalent to an Index Maturity of 30 days or 90 days, respectively). If such
rate is not yet published in either H.15(519) or Composite Quotations by 3:00
P.M., New York City time, on the related Calculation Date, then the Commercial
Paper Rate on such Commercial Paper Rate Interest Determination Date will be
calculated by the Calculation Agent and shall be the Money Market Yield of the
arithmetic mean of the offered rates at approximately 11:00 A.M., New York
City time, on such Commercial Paper Rate Interest Determination Date of three
leading dealers of commercial paper in The City of New York selected by the
Calcula-tion Agent (after consultation with the Company) for commercial paper
having the Index Maturity placed for an industrial issuer whose bond rating is
"AA", or the equivalent from a nationally recognized statistical rating
organization; provided, however, that if the dealers so selected by the
Calculation Agent are not quoting as men-tioned in this sentence, the
Commercial Paper Rate determined as of such Commercial Paper Rate Interest
Determination Date will be the Commercial Paper Rate in effect on such
Commercial Paper Rate Interest Determination Date.
"Money Market Yield" means a yield (expressed as a percentage) calculated
in accordance with the following formula:
D x 360
Money Market Yield = ------------------------------ x 100
360 - (D x M)
where "D" refers to the applicable per annum rate for commercial paper quoted
on a bank discount basis and expressed as a decimal, and "M" refers to the
actual number of days in the Interest Period for which interest is being
calculated.
Eleventh District Cost of Funds Rate. If an Interest Rate Basis for
this Note is specified on the face hereof as the Eleventh District Cost of
Funds Rate, the Eleventh District Cost of Funds Rate shall be determined as of
the applicable Interest Determination Date (an "Eleventh District Cost of
Funds Rate Interest Determination Date") as the rate equal to the monthly
weighted average cost of funds for the calendar month immediately preceding
the month in which such Eleventh District Cost of Funds Rate Interest
Determination Date falls, as set forth under the caption "11th District" on
Telerate Page 7058 as of 11:00 A.M., San Francisco time, on such Eleventh
District Cost of Funds Rate Interest Determination Date. If such rate does
not appear on Telerate Page 7058 on such Eleventh District Cost of Funds Rate
Interest Determination Date, then the Eleventh District Cost of Funds Rate on
such Eleventh District Cost of Funds Rate Interest Determination Date shall be
the monthly weighted average cost of funds paid by member institutions of the
Eleventh Federal Home Loan Bank District that was most recently announced (the
"Index") by the FHLB of San Francisco as such cost of funds for the calendar
month immediately preceding such Eleventh District Cost of Funds Rate Interest
Determination Date. If the FHLB of San Francisco fails to announce the Index
on or prior to such Eleventh District Cost of Funds Rate Interest
Determination Date for the calendar month immediately preceding such Eleventh
District Cost of Funds Rate Interest Determination Date, the Eleventh District
Cost of Funds Rate determined as of such Eleventh District Cost of Funds Rate
Interest Determination Date will be the Eleventh District Cost of Funds Rate
in effect on such Eleventh District Cost of Funds Rate Interest Determination
Date.
Federal Funds Rate. If an Interest Rate Basis for this Note is
specified on the face hereof as the Federal Funds Rate, the Federal Funds Rate
shall be determined as of the applicable Interest Determination Date (a
"Federal Funds Rate Interest Determination Date") as the rate on such date for
United States dollar federal funds as published in H.15(519) under the heading
"Federal Funds (Effective)" or, if not pub-lished by 3:00 P.M., New York City
time, on the Calculation Date, the rate on such Federal Funds Rate Interest
Determination Date as published in Composite Quotations under the heading
"Federal Funds/Effective Rate". If such rate is not published in either
H.15(519) or Composite Quotations by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the
related Calculation Date, then the Federal Funds Rate on such Federal Funds
Interest Determination Date shall be calculated by the Calculation Agent and
will be the arithmetic mean of the rates for the last transaction in overnight
United States dollar federal funds arranged by three leading brokers of
federal funds transactions in The City of New York selected by the Calculation
Agent (after consultation with the Company), prior to 9:00 A.M., New York City
time, on such Federal Funds Rate Interest Determi-nation Date; provided,
however, that if the brokers so selected by the Calculation Agent are not
quoting as mentioned in this sentence, the Federal Funds Rate determined as of
such Federal Funds Rate Interest Determination Date will be the Federal Funds
Rate in effect on such Federal Funds Rate Interest Determination Date.
LIBOR. If an Interest Rate Basis for this Note is specified on the
face hereof as LIBOR, LIBOR shall be determined by the Calculation Agent as of
the applicable Interest Determination Date (a "LIBOR Interest Determination
Date") in accordance with the following provisions:
(i) if (a) "LIBOR Reuters" is specified on the face hereof, the
arithmetic mean of the offered rates (unless the Designated LIBOR Page (as
defined below) by its terms provides only for a single rate, in which case
such single rate shall be used) for deposits in the Index Currency having the
Index Maturity, commencing on the applicable Interest Reset Date, that appear
(or, if only a single rate is required as aforesaid, appears) on the
Designated LIBOR Page (as defined below) as of 11:00 A.M., London time, on
such LIBOR Interest Determination Date, if at least two such offered rates
appear (unless, as aforesaid, only a single rate is required) on such
Designated LIBOR Page, or (b) if "LIBOR Telerate" is specified on the face
hereof, or if neither "LIBOR Reuters" nor "LIBOR Telerate" is specified on the
face hereof as the method for calculating LIBOR, the rate for deposits in the
Index Currency having the Index Maturity specified on the face hereof,
commencing on such Interest Reset Date, that appears on the Designated LIBOR
Page as of 11:00 A.M., London time, on such LIBOR Interest Determination Date.
If fewer than two such offered rates appear, or if no such rate appears, as
applicable, LIBOR on such LIBOR Interest Determination Date shall be
determined in accordance with the provisions described in clause (ii) below.
(ii) With respect to a LIBOR Interest Determination Date on which
fewer than two offered rates appear, or no rate appears, as the case may be,
on the Designated LIBOR Page as specified in clause (i) above, the Calculation
Agent shall request the principal London offices of each of four major
reference banks in the London interbank market, as selected by the Calculation
Agent (after consultation with the Company), to provide the Calculation Agent
with its offered quotation for deposits in the Index Currency for the period
of the Index Maturity, commencing on the applicable Interest Reset Date, to
prime banks in the London interbank market at approximately 11:00 A.M., London
time, on such LIBOR Interest Determination Date and in a principal amount that
is representative for a single transaction in such Index Currency in such
market at such time. If at least two such quotations are so provided, then
LIBOR on such LIBOR Interest Determination Date will be the arithmetic mean of
such quotations. If fewer than two such quotations are so provided, then
LIBOR on such LIBOR Interest Determination Date will be the arithmetic mean of
the rates quoted at approximately 11:00 A.M., in the applicable Principal
Financial Center, on such LIBOR Interest Determination Date by three major
banks in such Principal Financial Center selected by the Calculation Agent
(after consultation with the Company) for loans in the Index Currency to
leading European banks, having the Index Maturity and in a principal amount
that is representative for a single transaction in such Index Currency in such
market at such time; provided, however, that if the banks so selected by
the Calculation Agent are not quoting as mentioned in this sentence, LIBOR
determined as of such LIBOR Interest Determination Date shall be LIBOR in
effect on such LIBOR Interest Determination Date.
"Index Currency" means the currency or composite currency specified on
the face hereof as to which LIBOR shall be calculated. If no such currency or
composite currency is specified on the face hereof, the Index Currency shall
be United States dollars.
"Designated LIBOR Page" means (a) if "LIBOR Reuters" is specified on the
face hereof, the display on the Reuter Monitor Money Rates Service (or any
successor service) for the purpose of displaying the London interbank rates of
major banks for the applicable Index Currency, or (b) if "LIBOR Telerate" is
specified on the face hereof or neither "LIBOR Reuters" nor "LIBOR Telerate"
is specified on the face hereof as the method for calculating LIBOR, the
display on the Dow Jones Telerate Service (or any successor service) for the
purpose of displaying the London interbank rates of major banks for the
applicable Index Currency.
Prime Rate. If an Interest Rate Basis for this Note is specified on
the face hereto as the Prime Rate, the Prime Rate shall be determined as of
the applicable Interest Determination Date (a "Prime Rate Interest
Determination Date") as the rate on such date as such rate is published in
H.15(519) under the heading "Bank Prime Loan". If such rate is not published
prior to 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the related Calculation Date, then
the Prime Rate shall be the arithmetic mean of the rates of interest publicly
announced by each bank that appears on the Reuters Screen USPRIME1 (as defined
below) as such bank's prime rate or base lending rate as in effect for such
Prime Rate Interest Determination Date. If fewer than four such rates appear
on the Reuters Screen USPRIME1 for such Prime Rate Interest Determination
Date, then the Prime Rate shall be the arithmetic mean of the prime rates
(quoted on the basis of the actual number of days in the year divided by a
360_day year) as of the close of business on such Prime Rate Interest
Determination Date by four major money center banks in The City of New York
selected by the Calculation Agent (after consultation with the Company). If
fewer than four such quotations are so provided, the Prime Rate shall be the
arithmetic mean of four prime rates quoted on the basis of the actual number
of days in the year divided by a 360-day year as of the close of business on
such Prime Rate Interest Determination Date as furnished in The City of New
York by the major money center banks, if any, that have provided such
quotations and by as many substitute banks or trust companies as are necessary
to obtain such four prime rate quotations, provided such substitute banks or
trust companies are organized and doing business under the laws of the United
States, or any State thereof, each having total equity capital of at least
U.S.$500 million and being subject to supervision or examination by Federal or
State authority, selected by the Calculation Agent to provide such rate or
rates; provided, however, that if the banks or trust companies so selected
by the Calculation Agent are not quoting as mentioned in this sentence, the
Prime Rate determined as of such Prime Rate Interest Determination Date will
be the Prime Rate in effect on such Prime Rate Interest Determination Date.
"Reuters Screen USPRIME1" means the display designated as page "USPRIME1"
on the Reuter Monitor Money Rates Service (or such other page as may replace
the USPRIME1 on that service for the purpose of displaying prime rates or base
lending rates of major United States banks).
Treasury Rate. If an Interest Rate Basis for this Note is specified on
the face hereof as the Treasury Rate, the Treasury Rate shall be determined as
of the applicable Interest Determination Date (a "Treasury Rate Interest
Determination Date") as the rate from the auction held on such Treasury Rate
Interest Determination Date (the "Auction") of direct obligations of the
United States ("Treasury Bills") having the Index Maturity specified on the
face hereof, as such rate is published in H.15(519) under the heading
"Treasury Bills_auction average (investment)" or, if not published by 3:00
P.M., New York City time, on the related Calculation Date, the auction average
rate of such Treasury Bills (expressed as a bond equivalent on the basis of a
year of 365 or 366 days, as applic-able, and applied on a daily basis) as
otherwise announced by the United States Department of the Treasury. In the
event that the results of the Auction of Treasury Bills having the Index
Maturity are not re-ported as provided by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on
the related Calculation Date, or if no such Auction is held, then the Treasury
Rate shall be calculated by the Calcula-tion Agent and shall be a yield to
maturity (expressed as a bond equivalent on the basis of a year of 365 or 366
days, as applicable, and applied on a daily basis) of the arithmetic mean of
the secondary market bid rates, as of approximately 3:30 P.M., New York City
time, on such Treasury Rate Interest Determination Date, of three leading
pri-mary United States government securities dealers selected by the
Calculation Agent (after consultation with the Company), for the issue of
Treasury Bills with a remaining maturity closest to the Index Maturity;
provided, however, that if the dealers so selected by the Calculation
Agent are not quoting as mentioned in this sentence, the Treasury Rate
determined as of such Treasury Rate Interest Determination Date will be the
Treasury Rate in effect on such Treasury Rate Interest Determination Date.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the interest rate hereon shall not be
greater than the Maximum Interest Rate, if any, or less than the Minimum
Interest Rate, if any, specified on the face hereof. The interest rate on
this Note will in no event be higher than the maximum rate permitted by New
York law, as the same may be modified by United States law of general
application.
The Calculation Agent shall calculate the interest rate hereon in
accordance with the foregoing on or before each Calcu-lation Date. The
"Calculation Date", if applicable, pertaining to any Interest Determination
Date shall be the earlier of (i) the tenth calendar day after such Interest
Determination Date or, if such day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding
Business Day or (ii) the Business Day immediately preceding the applicable
Interest Payment Date or the Maturity Date, as the case may be.
At the request of the Holder hereof, the Calculation Agent will provide
to the Holder hereof the interest rate hereon then in effect and, if
determined, the interest rate which will become effective as a result of a
determination made for the next succeeding Interest Reset Date.
Accrued interest here-on shall be an amount calculated by multiplying the
principal amount hereof by an accrued interest factor. Such accrued interest
factor shall be computed by adding the interest factor calcu-lated for each
day in the applicable Interest Period. Unless otherwise specified as the Day
Count Convention on the face hereof, the interest factor for each such date
shall be computed by dividing the interest rate applicable to such day by 360
if the CD Rate, the Commercial Paper Rate, the Eleventh District Cost of Funds
Rate, the Federal Funds Rate, LIBOR or the Prime Rate is the applicable
Interest Rate Basis or by the actual number of days in the year if the CMT
Rate or the Treasury Rate is the applicable Interest Rate Basis. Unless
otherwise specified as the Day Count Convention on the face hereof, the
interest factor for this Note, if the interest rate is calculated with
reference to two or more Interest Rate Bases, shall be calculated in each
period in the same manner as if only the Applicable Interest Rate Basis
specified on the face hereof applied.
All percentages resulting from any calculation on this Note shall be
rounded to the nearest one hundred_thousandth of a percentage point, with five
one_millionths of a percentage point rounded upwards, and all amounts used in
or resulting from such calculation on this Note shall be rounded, in the case
of United States dollars, to the nearest cent or, in the case of a Specified
Currency other than United States dollars, to the nearest unit (with one_half
cent or unit being rounded upwards).
If an Event of Default, as defined in the Indenture, shall occur and be
continuing, the principal of the Notes may be declared due and payable in the
manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.
The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance of (i) the entire
indebtedness of the Notes or (ii) certain covenants and Events of Default with
respect to the Notes, in each case upon compliance with certain conditions set
forth therein, which provisions apply to the Notes.
The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the
amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the
Company and U S WEST and the rights of the holders of the Debt Securities at
any time by the Company, U S WEST and the Trustee with the consent of the
holders of not less than a majority of the aggregate principal amount of all
Debt Securities at the time outstanding and affected thereby. The Indenture
also contains provisions permit-ting the holders of not less than a majority
of the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Debt Securities of any
series, on behalf of the holders of all such Debt Securities, to waive
compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture.
Furthermore, provisions in the Indenture permit the holders of not less than a
majority of the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Debt Securities
of any series, in certain instances, to waive, on behalf of all of the holders
of Debt Securities of such series, certain past defaults under the Indenture
and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the holder of this Note
shall be conclusive and binding upon such holder and upon all future holders
of this Note and other Notes issued upon the registration of transfer hereof
or in exchange herefore or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such
consent or waiver is made upon this Note.
No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of
the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company or U S WEST,
which is absolute and unconditional, to pay principal, premium, if any, and
interest in respect of this Note or the Guarantee, respectively, at the times,
places and rate of formula, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein
and herein set forth, the transfer of this Note is registrable in the Security
Register of the Company upon surrender of this Note for registration of
transfer at the office or agency of the Company in any place where the
principal hereof, premium, if any, or interest hereon are payable, duly
endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form
satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the
holder hereof or by his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one
or more new Notes, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate
principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein
and herein set forth, this Note is exchangeable for a like aggregate principal
amount of Notes of different authorized denominations but otherwise having the
same terms and conditions, as requested by the holder hereof surrendering the
same.
No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or
exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any
tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
Prior to due presentment of this Note for registration of transfer, the
Company, the Issuing and Paying Agent and any agent of the Company or the
Issuing and Paying Agent may treat the holder in whose name this Note is
registered as the owner thereof for all purposes, whether or not this Note be
overdue, and neither the Company, the Issuing and Paying Agent nor any such
agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
The Indenture and this Note shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to agreements
made and to be performed entirely in such State.
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ABBREVIATIONS
The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of
this Note, shall be construed as though they were written out in full
according to applicable laws or regulations:
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Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.
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FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s)
unto
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the within Note and all rights thereunder hereby irrevocably constituting and
appointing
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to transfer said Note on the books of the Trustee, with full power of
substitution in the premises.
Dated:_____________________
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Notice: The signature(s) on this assignment must correspond with the name(s)
as written upon the face of the within Note in every particular, without
alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever.
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OPTION TO ELECT REPAYMENT
The undersigned hereby irrevocably request(s) and instruct(s) the Company
to repay this Note (or portion hereof specified below) pursuant to its terms
at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount to be repaid, together with
unpaid interest accrued hereon to the relevant Optional Repayment Date, to the
undersigned, at ______________
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(Please print or typewrite name and address of the undersigned)
For this Note to be repaid, the Issuing and Paying Agent must receive at
its corporate trust office, not more than 60 nor less than 20 calendar days
prior to the Optional Repayment Date, this Note with this "Option to Elect
Repayment" form duly completed.
If less than the entire principal amount of this Note is to be repaid,
specify the portion hereof (which shall be increments of U.S.$1,000 (or, if
the Specified Currency specified on the face hereof is other than United
States dollars, the minimum Authorized Denomination specified on the face
hereof)) which the holder elects to have repaid and specify the denomination
or denominations (which shall be an Authorized Denomination) of the Notes to
be issued to the holder for the portion of this Note not being repaid (in the
absence of any such specification, one such Note will be issued for the
portion not being repaid).
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to be Repaid: $______________ _______________________________________
Notice: The signature(s) on this
Date:_______________________ Option to Elect Repayment must
correspond with the name(s) as
written upon the face of the
within Note in every particular,
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EXHIBIT 16
October 27, 1995
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Gentlemen:
We have read the statements made by U S WEST, Inc., which we understand will
be filed with the Commission, pursuant to Item 4 of Form 8-K, as part of the
Company's Form 8-K report on October 27, 1995. We agree with the statements
concerning our Firm in such Form 8-K.
Very truly yours,
/s/ COOPERS & LYBRAND L.L.P.
U S WEST THIRD QUARTER EARNINGS
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EXHIBIT 99A
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Release Date: October 27, 1995
Contact: Bruce Amundson (303) 793-6296
Becky Winning (303) 793-6367
Lois Leach (303) 793-6355
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U S WEST REVENUES INCREASE 7.2 PERCENT;
COMMUNICATIONS AND MEDIA GROUPS
REPORT STRONG CUSTOMER GROWTH
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. - Strong growth from its wireless operations combined with
growing demand for telephone service in its 14-state region drove solid U S
WEST third quarter results.
Results for the quarter ending September 30 include:
* REVENUES of $3 billion, a 7.2 percent increase compared with third
quarter last year.
* EBITDA - earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization
- of $1.3 billion, a 9 percent increase compared with last year.
* INCOME of $314 million, a 1 percent decrease from last year.
* EARNINGS PER SHARE (EPS) of 67 cents, compared with 70 cents last year.
All third quarter results exclude gains from the sale of rural exchanges,
expenses associated with the creation of targeted stock, and an extraordinary
loss resulting from the early retirement of debt. Results do, however,
include the effects of acquisitions in 1994.
"Our combined operations continue producing solid results," said Richard
McCormick, U S WEST chairman and chief executive officer. "We believe that
shareowner value will be further enhanced by our plan to create two targeted
stocks. Based on the overwhelming shareowner support we've received so far,
the stocks will begin trading on a 'when issued' basis today with distribution
of the two stocks beginning on November 1."
Under the company's targeted stock proposal, U S WEST Communications Group
(NYSE:USW) will track the 14_state telecommunications business. It will
continue paying dividends at the current rate. The other stock, U S WEST
Media Group (NYSE:UMG), will track cable/telephony, wireless, and directory
businesses globally. It will not pay a dividend.
U S WEST COMMUNICATIONS GROUP
U S WEST Communications Group reported record revenues, solid EBITDA growth
and improved net income for the third quarter.
Operational highlights for the quarter include:
* REVENUES of $2.4 billion, a 3.2 percent increase compared with the same
period last year.
* EBITDA of $1.1 billion, a 6 percent increase from third quarter last
year.
* REPORTED INCOME of $287 million, an increase of 8 percent compared with
the same quarter last year. Income includes gains associated with the sale
of selected rural telephone exchanges, expenses associated with the creation
of targeted stock and an extraordinary charge related to the early
retirement of debt. Normalized for these one-time items, income was $276
million, a 3 percent increase over third quarter a year ago.
* REPORTED EPS of 61 cents for the third quarter, a slight increase from
EPS of 59 cents for the same period last year. EPS includes a gain of 4
cents associated with the sale of selected rural exchanges, expenses of 1
cent related to the creation of targeted stock, and an extraordinary charge
of 1 cent related to the early retirement of debt. Normalized for these
one-time items EPS was 59 cents, unchanged from the prior year.
* SUBSCRIBER GROWTH - Excluding the sale of rural exchanges, the number
of telephone access lines served increased by 4.2 percent compared with
third quarter last year. U S WEST Communications Group now serves 14.7
million access lines.
* BILLED MINUTES OF USE, an indicator of long-distance calling volume,
grew by 10.3 percent when compared with third quarter last year.
"Ongoing growth in our 14-state region and increasing demand for additional
lines and services boosted top-line results in the third quarter," said Sol
Trujillo, U S WEST Communications president and CEO. "We expect continued
strong revenue growth as we explore new market opportunities and introduce new
services to meet specific customer needs.
"We're also pursuing aggressive initiatives to improve customer service,"
Trujillo said. "Increased labor and depreciation expenses related to these
initiatives continue to dampen earnings growth. However, we expect our
short-term investment in service quality to drive long-term improvements in
growth and profits."
Other U S WEST Communications Group highlights for the quarter include:
* The launch of TeleChoice [Registered Trademark], an interactive video
dial tone service currently in test in Omaha; and
* The introduction of !NTERACT[Trademark], a new Internet-based desktop
computer networking service for barrier-free business-to-business
communications.
U S WEST Communications Group provides telecommunications and high speed data
services to more than 25 million customers in 14 western and midwestern
states.
U S WEST MEDIA GROUP
Strong revenue and EBITDA growth highlight U S WEST Media Group third
quarter results.
For the quarter, Media Group reported proportionate revenues of $1.3 billion,
a 17 percent increase from last year. Reported proportionate EBITDA for the
quarter was $336 million, a 30 percent increase from last year. Adjusting for
last year's purchase of MediaOne cable properties in Atlanta, proportionate
revenue increased 12 percent and EBITDA grew 19 percent.
"All the critical components of our long_term strategy - cable, wireless and
directory publishing - continue outperforming their peer groups in several key
areas," said Chuck Lillis, U S WEST Media Group president and CEO. "I'm
particularly pleased with the performance of our domestic wireless and cable
operations. U S WEST Cellular continues to lead the industry in subscriber,
revenue and EBITDA growth. Meanwhile, MediaOne is growing its subscriber base
at twice the cable industry average. Furthermore, we continue seeing improved
operational results from our international businesses which demonstrates their
long_term potential."
Results for individual lines of business include the following highlights.
CABLE AND TELEPHONY
In DOMESTIC CABLE-TV markets, Media Group reaches nearly 9.6 million
subscribers. This line of business continues to exhibit strong subscriber,
revenue and EBITDA growth compared with third quarter last year.
In addition to a strong performance in the Time Warner Entertainment (TWE)
partnership, MediaOne increased subscribers by more than 7 percent and
generated $26 million in EBITDA for a 46 percent margin.
In INTERNATIONAL CABLE-TV markets, Media Group continues increasing its
international customer base. It now serves 1.7 million subscribers at the
venture level.
On October 2, TeleWest, a combined cable-TV and telephone venture in the
United Kingdom, completed its merger with SBC CableComms. This creates the
world's largest independent cable and telephony operator with interests in 31
franchises covering 4.1 million homes.
WIRELESS
In DOMESTIC WIRELESS markets, U S WEST Cellular continues producing record
EBITDA coupled with strong customer growth.
* EBITDA was $85 million, a 49 percent increase compared with third
quarter 1994.
* EBITDA margin for the quarter was 38 percent compared with 34 percent
for the same period last year.
* U S WEST Cellular added 104,000 customers during the quarter. The
company now serves a customer base of 1.3 million, a 55 percent increase
from third quarter last year. This strong subscriber growth contributed to
a 32 percent increase in cellular revenues.
During the quarter, U S WEST and AirTouch Communications (NYSE: ATI) announced
completion of the first phase of their merger. Effective Nov. 1, the
companies will establish a joint venture management company to support their
combined cellular businesses in 16 of the nation's top 30 markets.
Subscribers to INTERNATIONAL WIRELESS joint ventures more than doubled from a
year ago to 589,000. Media Group operates wireless joint ventures in the
United Kingdom, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Russia. In August,
Media Group began operating the first Global System for Mobile Communications
(GSM) cellular phone network in Malaysia.
DIRECTORY AND INFORMATION SERVICES
Media Group's DIRECTORY PUBLISHING BUSINESS, U S WEST Direct reported revenues
of $257 million, a 7 percent increase from third quarter last year. EBITDA
was $128 million, a 7 percent increase from third quarter last year.
Media Group also operates directory publishing companies in Brazil, Poland and
the United Kingdom.
U S WEST Media Group operates three lines of businesses - cable and
telephony, wireless, and directory and information services - in local
markets around the world.
# # #
EXHIBIT 99A.1
<TABLE>
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF U S WEST, Inc.
INCOME (UNAUDITED)
<CAPTION>
Quarter Ended Nine Months Ended
September 30, % September 30, %
In millions 1995 1994 Change 1995 1994 Change
- ---------------------- ------- ------- ------ ------- ------- ------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
SALES & OTHER REVENUES $2,964 $2,765 7.2 $8,686 $8,114 7.0
EXPENSES
Employee-related 1,007 968 4.0 2,982 2,822 5.7
Other operating 592 532 11.3 1,661 1,527 8.8
Taxes other than
income taxes 103 109 (5.5) 330 322 2.5
Depreciation & amort. 573 509 12.6 1,695 1,519 11.6
Interest expense 137 104 31.7 404 323 25.1
Equity losses in
unconsol. ventures 38 26 46.2 128 83 54.2
Gains on asset sales:
Rural tele. exchanges 34 - - 112 48 -
Paging assets - - - - 68 -
Guaranteed minority
interest expense 2 - - 2 - -
Other income
(expense)- net (8) (3) - (6) 11 -
-------- ------ -------- -------
Income before income
taxes and extra-
ordinary item 538 514 4.7 1,590 1,645 (3.3)
Income taxes 213 196 8.7 617 628 (1.8)
-------- ------ ------- ------
Income before extra-
ordinary item 325 318 2.2 973 1,017 (4.3)
Extraordinary item:
Early extinguishment
of debt, net of tax (9) - - (9) - -
-------- ------- ------- ------
NET INCOME 316 318 (0.6) 964 1,017 (5.2)
Preferred dividends 1 - - 3 - -
-------- ------- ------- ------
EARNINGS AVAILABLE FOR
COMMON STOCK $315 $318 (0.9) $961 $1,017 (5.5)
======== ======= ======= ======
Average common shares
outstanding 471.2 455.0 3.6 470.1 451.0 4.2
======== ======= ======= ======
</TABLE>
Note: Certain reclassifications within the financial
statements have been made to conform to the current year
presentation.
EXHIBIT 99A.1 (continued)
<TABLE>
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF U S WEST, Inc.
INCOME (UNAUDITED)
<CAPTION>
Quarter Ended Nine Months Ended
September 30, % September 30, %
1995 1994 Change 1995 1994 Change
- ---------------------- ------ ------- ------- ------ ------- ------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Earnings per common
share:
Income available $0.69 $0.70 (1.4) $2.06 $2.25 (8.4)
for common stock
before extraordinary
item
Extraordinary item (0.02) - - (0.02) - -
------- ------- ------- --------
EARNINGS PER COMMON
SHARE $0.67 $0.70 (4.3) $2.04 $2.25 (9.3)
======= ======= ======= ========
</TABLE>
EXHIBIT 99A.2
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS U S WEST, Inc.
(UNAUDITED)
September 30, December 31,
In millions 1995 1994
- --------------------------------------- ------------- -----------
<S> <C> <C>
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents $108 $209
Accounts and notes receivable 1,932 1,693
Inventories and supplies 248 189
Deferred tax asset 339 352
Prepaid and other 310 323
------------ ------------
Total current assets 2,937 2,766
------------ ------------
Property, plant and equipment - net 14,342 13,997
Investment in Time Warner Entertainment 2,501 2,522
Intangible assets - net 1,824 1,858
Investment in international ventures 1,361 881
Net investment in assets held for sale 418 302
Other assets 1,378 878
------------ -----------
Total assets $24,761 $23,204
============ ===========
LIABILITIES AND SHAREOWNERS' EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Short-term debt $3,640 $2,837
Accounts payable 859 944
Employee compensation 408 367
Dividends payable 253 251
Current portion of restructuring charges 348 337
Other 1,428 1,278
------------ ------------
Total current liabilities 6,936 6,014
------------ ------------
Long-term debt 5,144 5,101
Postretirement and other postemployment
benefit obligations 2,372 2,502
Deferred taxes, credits and other 1,894 2,154
Guaranteed minority interest in trust holding
subordinated debentures of subsidiary 600 -
Preferred stock subject to
mandatory redemption 51 51
Common shareowners' equity:
Common shares 8,161 8,056
Cumulative deficit (223) (458)
LESOP guarantee (157) (187)
Foreign currency translation adjustments (17) (29)
------------- -----------
Total common shareowners' equity 7,764 7,382
------------- -----------
Total liabilities and shareowners' equity $24,761 $23,204
============= ===========
</TABLE>
EXHIBIT 99A.3
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS U S WEST, Inc.
(UNAUDITED)
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
In millions 1995 1994
- ------------------------------------------------ ----------- -------
<S> <C> <C>
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net income $964 $1,017
Adjustments to net income:
Depreciation and amortization 1,695 1,519
Postretire. med. & life costs, net of cash fundings (86) (13)
Gains on sales of assets:
Rural telephone exchanges (112) (48)
Paging assets - (68)
Equity losses in unconsolidated ventures 128 83
Deferred income taxes and amortization
of investment tax credits 93 181
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Restructuring payments (268) (167)
Accounts and notes receivable (219) (173)
Inventories, supplies and other (81) (42)
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities 108 111
Other - net 21 (66)
- --------------------------------------------------- --------- ------
Cash provided by operating activities 2,243 2,334
- --------------------------------------------------- --------- ------
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Expenditures for property, plant & equip. (1,963) (1,948)
Investment in international ventures (576) (214)
Proceeds from disposals of property, plant & equip. 166 49
Cash (to) net investment in assets held for sale (108) -
Proceeds from sale of paging assets - 143
Other - net (274) (97)
- ---------------------------------------------------- ------- -------
Cash (used) for investing activities (2,755) (2,067)
- ---------------------------------------------------- ------- -------
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Net proceeds from short-term debt 688 403
Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt 499 251
Repayments of long-term debt (640) (408)
Proceeds from issuance of trust
originated preferred securities 581 -
Dividends paid on common stock (697) (663)
Proceeds from issuance of common stock 43 329
Proceeds from issuance of preferred stock - 50
Purchase of treasury stock (63) -
- ---------------------------------------------------- ------- -------
Cash provided by (used for) financing activities 411 (38)
- ---------------------------------------------------- ------- -------
Cash (used for) provided by continuing operations (101) 229
- ---------------------------------------------------- ------- -------
Cash (to) discontinued operations - (59)
- ---------------------------------------------------- ------- -------
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS
(Decrease) Increase (101) 170
Beginning balance 209 128
- ---------------------------------------------------- ------- -------
Ending balance $108 $298
==================================================== ======= =======
</TABLE>
Note: Certain reclassifications within the financial statements have
been made to conform to the current year presentation.
EXHIBIT 99A.4
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
COMBINED STATEMENTS OF INCOME U S WEST COMMUNICATIONS Group
(UNAUDITED)
Quarter Ended Nine Months Ended
September 30, % September 30, %
In millions 1995 1994 Change 1995 1994 Change
- --------------------- -------- ------- ------ ------- ------- ------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
OPERATING REVENUES
Local service $1,105 $1,034 6.9 $3,231 $3,035 6.5
Interstate access 594 573 3.7 1,774 1,691 4.9
Intrastate access 186 188 (1.1) 558 541 3.1
Long-distance network 298 323 (7.7) 891 1,019 (12.6)
Other services 206 198 4.0 591 564 4.8
-------- ------ ------ -------
Total operating
revenue 2,389 2,316 3.2 7,045 6,850 2.8
-------- ------ ------ -------
OPERATING EXPENSES
Employee-related 835 828 0.8 2,479 2,411 2.8
Other operating 404 389 3.9 1,099 1,123 (2.1)
Taxes other than
income taxes 95 102 (6.9) 306 301 1.7
Depreciation & amort. 513 476 7.8 1,514 1,420 6.6
-------- ------ ------- -------
Total operating
expenses 1,847 1,795 2.9 5,398 5,255 2.7
-------- ------ ------- -------
Income from operations 542 521 4.0 1,647 1,595 3.3
Interest expense 108 94 14.9 315 277 13.7
Gain on sales of rural
telephone exchanges 34 - - 112 48 -
Other expense - net 14 5 - 30 21 42.9
-------- ------- ------- -------
Income before income
taxes and extraordinary
item 454 422 7.6 1,414 1,345 5.1
Income taxes 162 155 4.5 514 494 4.0
-------- ------- ------- -------
Income before extra-
ordinary item 292 267 9.4 900 851 5.8
Extraordinary item:
Early extinguishment
of debt, net of tax (5) - - (5) - -
-------- ------- ------- -------
NET INCOME $287 $267 7.5 $895 $851 5.2
======== ======= ======= =======
Pro forma average
shares outstanding 471.2 455.0 3.6 470.1 451.0 4.2
======== ======= ======= =======
</TABLE>
Note: Certain reclassifications within the financial statements have
been made to conform to the current year presentation.
EXHIBIT 99A.4 (continued)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
COMBINED STATEMENTS OF INCOME U S WEST COMMUNICATIONS Group
(UNAUDITED)
Quarter Ended Nine Months Ended
September 30, % September 30, %
1995 1994 Change 1995 1994 Change
- --------------------- -------- ------- ------ ------- ------- ------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Pro forma earnings
per share:
Income before $0.62 $0.59 5.1 $1.91 $1.89 1.1
extraordinary item
Extraordinary item (0.01) - - (0.01) - -
------- ------- ------ -------
Pro forma earnings $0.61 $0.59 3.4 $1.90 $1.89 0.5
per share ======= ======= ====== =======
</TABLE>
EXHIBIT 99A.5
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
SELECTED COMBINED GROUP DATA U S WEST COMMUNICATIONS Group
(UNAUDITED)
Dollars in Quarter Ended Nine Months Ended
millions, except September 30, % September 30, %
per share amounts 1995 1994 Change 1995 1994 Change
- ----------------- --------- ------- ------ ------- ------- ------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
EBITDA (#1) $1,055 $997 5.8 $3,161 $3,015 4.8
EBITDA margin 44.2% 43.0% - 44.9% 44.0% -
Capital
expenditures $730 $638 14.4 $1,923 $1,756 9.5
Return on equity (#2) 36.2% 36.6% - 37.2% 38.9% -
Debt-to-capital
ratio 67.6% 65.8%# - 67.6% 65.8%# -
Employees:
Communications Grp 50,849 52,161 (2.5) 50,849 52,161 (2.5)
Telephone
operations only 47,868 48,315 (0.9) 47,868 48,315 (0.9)
Pro forma dividends
per share $0.535 $0.535 - $1.605 $1.605 -
Access lines
(thousands) (#3):
Business 4,230 4,019 5.3 4,230 4,019 5.3
Consumer 10,440 10,156 2.8 10,440 10,156 2.8
Total access lines 14,670 14,175 3.5 14,670 14,175 3.5
Billed access minutes
of use (millions):
Interstate 12,027 10,930 10.0 35,501 32,437 9.4
Intrastate 2,404 2,159 11.3 6,988 6,282 11.2
Total minutes of
use 14,431 13,089 10.3 42,489 38,719 9.7
<FN>
<F1>
# As of December 31, 1994
<F2>
# 1: Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization,
and other (EBITDA). EBITDA also excludes gain on asset sales.
<F3>
# 2: Based on income before extraordinary item.
<F4>
# 3: Access line growth excluding rural exchange sales was 4.2%.
</FN>
</TABLE>
EXHIBIT 99A.6
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
COMBINED STATEMENTS OF INCOME U S WEST MEDIA Group
(UNAUDITED)
Quarter Ended Nine Months Ended
September 30, % September 30,%
In millions 1995 1994 Change 1995 1994 Change
- ----------------------- ----- ------- ------- ------ ------ -----
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
SALES AND OTHER REVENUES $604 $482 25.3 $1,725 $1,359 26.9
EXPENSES
Costs of sales and
other revenues 193 161 19.9 539 433 24.5
Selling, general and
administrative 204 162 25.9 634 498 27.3
Depreciation & amort. 60 33 81.8 181 99 82.8
Interest expense 29 10 - 89 46 93.5
Equity losses in
unconsol. ventures 38 26 46.2 128 83 54.2
Gain on sale of
paging assets - - - - 68 -
Guaranteed minority
interest expense 2 - - 2 - -
Other income - net 6 2 - 24 32 (25.0)
------ ----- ------- -----
Income before income
taxes and extra-
ordinary item 84 92 (8.7) 176 300 (41.3)
Income taxes 51 41 24.4 103 134 (23.1)
------ ----- ------- -----
Income before extra-
ordinary item 33 51 (35.3) 73 166 (56.0)
Extraordinary item:
Early extinguishment
of debt, net of tax (4) - - (4) - -
------ ----- ------- -----
- -
NET INCOME 29 51 (43.1) 69 166 (58.4)
Preferred dividends 1 - - 3 - -
------ ----- ------- -----
- -
EARNINGS AVAILABLE FOR
COMMON STOCK $28 $51 (45.1) $66 $166 (60.2)
====== ===== ======= ======
Pro forma average
shares outstanding 471.2 455.0 3.6 470.1 451.0 4.2
====== ===== ======= ======
</TABLE>
Note: Certain reclassifications within the financial
statements have been made to conform to the current
year presentation.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
COMBINED STATEMENTS OF INCOME U S WEST MEDIA Group
(UNAUDITED)
Quarter Ended Nine Months Ended
September 30, % September 30, %
1995 1994 Change 1995 1994 Change
- ------------------ ---- ------- ------- ------ ------- ------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Pro forma earnings
per common share:
Income available $0.07 $0.11 (36.4) $0.15 $0.37 (59.5)
for common stock
before extraordi-
nary item
Extraordinary
item (0.01) - - (0.01) - -
------ ------- ------ ------
Pro forma earnings
per common share $0.06 $0.11 (45.5) $0.14 $0.37 (62.2)
====== ======= ====== ======
</TABLE>
EXHIBIT 99A.7
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
SELECTED COMBINED GROUP DATA U S WEST MEDIA Group
(UNAUDITED)
Dollars in
millions; Quarter Ended Nine Months Ended
statistics in September 30, % September 30, %
thousands 1995 1994 Change 1995 1994 Change
- ----------------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
MediaOne
(Atlanta Cable) #1
Basic subscribers
served 517 481 7.5 517 481 7.5
Homes passed 840 802 4.7 840 802 4.7
Basic penetration 61.5% 60.0% - 61.5% 60.0% -
<CAPTION>
U S WEST NewVector (Wireless)
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Service revenue $222.7 $168.2 32.4 $615.4 $454.0 35.6
Equipment revenue $22.9 $29.8 (23.2) $60.3 $80.8 (25.4)
EBITDA (#2) $84.6 $56.9 48.7 $217.2 $137.8 57.6
EBITDA margin 38.0% 33.8% - 35.3% 30.4% -
Cellular
subscribers
(consolidated) 1,269 821 54.6 1,269 821 54.6
Total POPS
(managed) 19,500 18,000 8.3 19,500 18,000 8.3
<CAPTION>
U S WEST Direct (Yellow Pages)
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Revenues $257.2 $239.8 7.3 $760.6 $710.2 7.1
EBITDA $127.6 $119.3 7.0 $383.7 $353.9 8.4
Net income $74.7 $70.0 6.7 $224.5 $207.4 8.2
Advertisers 473 466 1.5 473 466 1.5
<FN>
<F1>
# 1: U S WEST acquired the Atlanta cable properties on
December 6, 1994. The 1994 data is presented for comparative
purposes only.
<F2>
# 2: Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization,
and other (EBITDA). EBITDA also excludes gains on asset sales,
equity losses and guaranteed minority interest expense.
</FN>
</TABLE>
Note: Certain reclassifications have been made to conform
to the current year presentation.
EXHIBIT 99A.8
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
SELECTED PROPORTIONATE DATA U S WEST MEDIA Group
(UNAUDITED) (1)(2)
Cable and Media Content
Dollars in Telecomm. Wireless and Services Total
millions Dom.(3) Int'l Dom. Int'l Dom. Int'l
- ----------------- -------- ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
QTR Ended
September 30, 1995
Revenues $655 $26 $223 $66 $267 $28 $1,265
EBITDA 162 (11) 77 - 111 (3) 336
Net income (loss) (14) (23) 23 (16) 65 (6) 29
Subscribers
(thousands) 2,825 599 1,162 271 NA NA 4,857
<CAPTION>
QTR Ended
September 30, 1994 (4)
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Revenues $566 $21 $166 $52 $248 $31 $1,084
EBITDA 123 (13) 48 (15) 108 7 258
Net income (loss) (1) (14) 15 (12) 63 - 51
Subscribers
(thousands) 2,349 232 694 124 NA NA 3,399
<CAPTION>
YTD September 30, 1995
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Revenues $1,906 $82 $584 $200 $791 $72 $3,635
EBITDA 440 (34) 189 (25) 322 (7) 885
Net income (loss) (46) (36) 54 (76) 184 (11) 69
<CAPTION>
YTD September 30, 1994 (4)
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Revenues $1,589 $64 $479 $121 $738 $42 $3,033
EBITDA 343 (33) 125 (38) 318 5 720
Net income (loss) (15) (32) 69 (47) 193 (2) 166
<FN>
<F1>
(1) Proportionate data reflects the Media Group's relative ownership
interest in revenues and EBITDA for both its consolidated and
equity method entities. Proportionate data is not required by GAAP
or intended to replace the Combined Financial Statements prepared
in accordance with GAAP.
<F2>
(2) Proportionate revenue and EBITDA results do not include certain
international investments in various stages of start-up for which
the Media Group does not receive detailed income statements on a
timely basis. Net loss related to the excluded investments is $6
and $13 for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 1995.
<F3>
(3) Includes the Media Group's 25.51 percent pro-rata priority and
residual equity interests in reported TWE results.
<F4>
(4) Results do not include the Atlanta cable properties which
U S WEST Inc. acquired in December 1994. 1994 results include
the paging operation which was sold in the 2nd quarter. Paging
revenue, EBITDA and net income for the nine months was $28,
$11 and $44.
</FN>
</TABLE>
<TABLE> <S> <C>
<ARTICLE> 5
<CIK> 0000732718
<NAME> U S WEST, INC.
<MULTIPLIER> 1,000,000
<S> <C> <C>
<PERIOD-TYPE> 3-MOS 9-MOS
<FISCAL-YEAR-END> DEC-31-1995 DEC-31-1995
<PERIOD-START> JUL-31-1995 JAN-01-1995
<PERIOD-END> SEP-30-1995 SEP-30-1995
<CASH> 108 180
<SECURITIES> 0 0
<RECEIVABLES> 1,932 1,932
<ALLOWANCES> 0 0
<INVENTORY> 248 248
<CURRENT-ASSETS> 2,937 2,937
<PP&E> 32,278 32,278
<DEPRECIATION> 17,936 17,936
<TOTAL-ASSETS> 24,761 24,761
<CURRENT-LIABILITIES> 6,936 6,936
<BONDS> 5,144 5,144
<COMMON> 8,161 8,161
51 51
0 0
<OTHER-SE> (397) (397)
<TOTAL-LIABILITY-AND-EQUITY> 24,761 24,761
<SALES> 2,964 8,686
<TOTAL-REVENUES> 2,964 8,686
<CGS> 0 0
<TOTAL-COSTS> 0 0
<OTHER-EXPENSES> 2,275 6,668
<LOSS-PROVISION> 0 0
<INTEREST-EXPENSE> 137 404
<INCOME-PRETAX> 538 1,590
<INCOME-TAX> 213 617
<INCOME-CONTINUING> 325 973
<DISCONTINUED> 0 0
<EXTRAORDINARY> (9) (9)
<CHANGES> (0) 0
<NET-INCOME> 316 964
<EPS-PRIMARY> .67 2.04
<EPS-DILUTED> .67 2.04
</TABLE>
