eh1100496_formt3.htm



As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 30, 2011
 
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

Form T-3
FOR APPLICATION FOR QUALIFICATION OF INDENTURES UNDER
THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939

Grupo Iusacell, S.A. de C.V.
 
Montes Urales No. 460, Piso 1
Colonia Lomas de Chapultepec
Delegación Miguel Hidalgo, 11000
México, D.F.
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
SECURITIES TO BE ISSUED UNDER THE INDENTURE TO BE QUALIFIED
 
Title of Class
Amount
9.0% Senior Secured Notes due 2017
Approximately U.S.$103,232,0721
 
Approximate date of proposed public offering:
As soon as practicable after the effectiveness of this Application for Qualification.
 
CT Corporation System
111 Eighth Avenue
13th Floor
New York, NY 10011
(212) 894-8800

(Name and address of agent for service)
 
With a copy to:
David S. Huntington, Esq.
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
1285 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10019
(212) 373-3000
 
Grupo Iusacell, S.A. de C.V. hereby amends this application for qualification on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effectiveness until (i) the 20th day after the filing of an amendment that specifically states that it shall supersede this Application for Qualification or (ii) such date as the Securities and Exchange Commission, acting pursuant to Section 307(c) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, may determine upon written request of the Company.


 

1         The amount of securities that will be issued under the indenture to be qualified will be increased based on the capitalization of the Restructuring Fee as described herein and certain other fees payable by the Company.
 
 
 


 
 
 

 
GENERAL
 
1.            General Information
 
(a)           Form of organization:  Mexican corporation (sociedad anónima de capital variable).
 
(b)           State or other sovereign power under the laws of which organized:  United Mexican States.
 
2.            Securities Act Exemption Applicable
 
The issuance of the 9.0% Senior Secured Notes due 2017 (the “Notes”) of Grupo Iusacell, S.A. de C.V. (theCompany”) will be exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), pursuant to Section 3(a)(10) of the Securities Act.
 
On or about June 30, 2011, the Company proposes to issue U.S.$103,232,072 in aggregate principal amount of the Notes, subject to an increase in such principal amount resulting from the capitalization of the Restructuring Fee (as described below) and certain other fees payable by the Company, pursuant to a reorganization agreement (a convenio concursal) (the “Reorganization Agreement”), which was filed with the Ninth District Civil Court of the First Circuit in Mexico City, Mexico (the “Mexican Court”).  The Reorganization Agreement was filed as part of the reorganization proceeding commenced by the Company on December 15, 2010, when it filed a petition with the Mexican Court to commence a concurso mercantil con Plan de Reestructura Previo proceeding (the “Concurso Mercantil Proceeding”) under the Mexican Business Reorganization Act (Ley de Concursos Mercantiles).
 
The Reorganization Agreement has been approved by the Mexican Court.  Pursuant to the Reorganization Agreement, U.S.$206,464,143 in aggregate principal amount of the Company’s outstanding 10% Senior Secured Notes due 2013 (the “Existing Notes”) will be cancelled, and the holders of Existing Notes will receive U.S.$500 in principal amount of Notes for each U.S.$1,000 principal amount of Existing Notes previously held.  On the first interest payment date in respect of the Notes following the date on which the Notes are issued (the “Issue Date”), holders will also receive a payment in kind in an amount equal to U.S.$0.25 of Notes per $1,000 in principal amount of New Notes (the “Restructuring Fee”) for each day that elapses from and including January 1, 2011 through the Issue Date.  In addition, on the Issue Date, certain holders of the Existing Notes who entered into lock-up agreements prior to the commencement of the Concurso Mercantil Proceeding will also receive a payment in kind in the form of an additional U.S.$45 of Notes for each U.S.$1,000 Existing Notes held immediately prior to the Issue Date, subject to certain conditions.
 
The Company believes that the issuance of the Notes will be exempt from registration under the Securities Act pursuant to Section 3(a)(10) of the Securities Act because it is issuing the Notes in exchange for its Existing Notes in an exchange in which the terms and conditions of such issuance and exchange are contained in a Reorganization Agreement that has been approved by the Mexican Court pursuant to the Mexican Business Reorganization Act.
 
On December 24, 2010, the Mexican Court issued an insolvency declaration (the “Insolvency Declaration”) whereby it directed the Mexican Federal Institute of Bankruptcy Proceedings (Instituto Federal de Especialistas de Concursos Mercantiles) to appoint a conciliator (conciliador) and established that the Company was in general default.  The Insolvency Declaration, which also included a provisional list of creditors, was subject to appeal but was not appealed.  On January 13, 2011, the Insolvency Declaration was registered with the Public Registry of Property and Commerce (Registro Público de la
 
 
 
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Propiedad y del Comercio) in Mexico City and on January 25, 2011 an abstract of its contents was published in the Federal Official Gazette (Diario Oficial de la Federación) and in the El Universal, which is a widely circulated newspaper in Mexico City and in Mexico.
 
After entering into the conciliation stage, the conciliator (an independent insolvency proceeding official with a fiduciary duty to all creditors, who is charged with facilitating a reorganization agreement that considers the interests of all recognized parties) arranged for the approval of the Reorganization Agreement with the Company’s recognized creditors.  Recognized creditors comprising 10% or more of all of the Company’s recognized obligations were entitled to seek the appointment of an intervenor (intervenor) to review the findings of the conciliator and ensure that creditor interests were being adequately protected.  No intervenor was appointed. The conciliator requested such reports as it deemed necessary to facilitate the approval of the Reorganization Agreement by the requisite majority of creditors.  Once the conciliator believed that he had the support of a majority of the recognized creditors, the conciliator made the Reorganization Agreement available to recognized creditors for comment for a period of not less than 10 days.  The conciliator determined that the plan was fair, both procedurally and substantively, to all recognized creditors.  The conciliator submitted an approved Reorganization Agreement to the Mexican Court.
 
Following the submission of the Reorganization Agreement to the Mexican Court, the Mexican Court presented the Reorganization Agreement for the consideration of the recognized creditors for a period that was not less than five days.  During this five-day period, recognized creditors had the opportunity to file objections to the restructuring contemplated by the Reorganization Agreement.  A recognized creditor could object in writing by stating that the Reorganization Agreement does not comply with the Mexican Businesses Reorganization Act or is inconsistent with public policy. No objection was presented.  A recognized creditor could also object as to the authenticity of his or her consent.  No objection was presented. The Reorganization Agreement is considered to be valid and effective if it is signed by recognized creditors representing more than 50% of the sum of (1) the recognized amount owed to all our unsecured recognized creditors, and (2) the recognized amount owed to all our secured creditors that have executed the Reorganization Agreement.  These thresholds for approval by recognized creditors of the Reorganization Plan were exceeded. The Mexican Court approved the Reorganization Agreement by its order dated April 7, 2011. Prior to granting its approval, the Mexican Court reviewed the Reorganization Agreement to ensure that it met the formal requirements of the Mexican Business Reorganization Act and took into consideration the report and supporting documentation submitted by the conciliator.  The Mexican Court then determined that the Reorganization Agreement (1) treats all creditors within the same classes equally and (2) does not contravene public policy.  The Mexican Court approved the Reorganization Agreement based on the conciliator’s findings including as to fairness.  The Mexican Court’s approval of the Reorganization Agreement was subject to appeal, but was not appealed, and the Mexican Court’s approval of the Reorganization Agreement is now final and non-appealable. The Existing Notes will be cancelled and the Notes will be issued pursuant to the Reorganization Agreement and the orders of the Mexican Court.
 
 
 
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AFFILIATIONS
 
3.            Affiliates
 
(a)           The principal shareholder of the Company is Orilizo Holding BV, a Netherlands company and a subsidiary of GSF Telecom Holdings, S.A.P.I. de C.V.  GSF Telecom Holdings, S.A.P.I. de C.V., Operadora Unefon S.A. de C.V., a fixed and mobile telephony company, Grupo Elektra S.A.B. de C.V., an electronic appliance retailer, and TV Azteca, S.A.B. de C.V., a Mexican television network, are all part of a group of companies that are either controlled or subject to significant influence, directly or indirectly, by Mr. Ricardo B. Salinas Pliego.
 
The Company is a holding company for the shares of Grupo Iusacell Celular, S.A. de C.V. and several other subsidiaries.  The following table shows the Company’s active direct and indirect subsidiaries, their principal lines of business, their countries of incorporation and the percentages of our ownership interest and voting power as of June 29, 2011:
 
Subsidiary
 
Line of Business
 
Country of Incorporation
 
% direct and indirect economic interest
 
% direct and indirect voting interest
Grupo Iusacell Celular, S.A. de C.V.
 
Operating cellular
 
Mexico
 
100.0
 
100.0
Iusacell PCS, S.A. de C.V.
 
Regions 1 and 4 PCS
 
Mexico
 
100.0
 
100.0
Iusacell PCS de México, S.A. de C.V.(1)
 
Regions 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 PCS
 
Mexico
 
100.0
 
100.0
Iusacell Infraestructura, S.A. de C.V.
 
Microwave financing
 
Mexico
 
100.0
 
100.0
Iusacell Arrendadora, S.A. de C.V.
 
Leasing
 
Mexico
 
100.0
 
100.0
Servicios Eficientes de Cartera, S. de R.L. de C.V.
 
Treasury Services
 
Mexico
 
100.0
 
100.0
MXG Pro Sevicios Operativos, S.A. de C.V.
 
Administrative Services
 
Mexico
 
100.0
 
100.0
Apoyo y Asesoría en Telecomunicaciones, S.A. de C.V.
 
Administrative Services
 
Mexico
 
100.0
 
100.0
SOS Telecomunicaciones, S.A. de C.V.(2)
 
Region 9 cellular
 
Mexico
 
100.0
 
100.0
 
 
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Subsidiary
 
Line of Business
 
Country of Incorporation
 
% direct and indirect economic interest
 
% direct and indirect voting interest
Comunicaciones Celulares de Occidente, S.A. de C.V.(3)
 
Region 5 cellular
 
Mexico
 
100.0
 
100.0
Sistemas Telefónicos Portátiles Celulares, S.A. de C.V.(2)
 
Region 6 cellular
 
Mexico
 
100.0
 
100.0
Telecomunicaciones del Golfo, S.A. de C.V. (2)
 
Region 7 cellular
 
Mexico
 
100.0
 
100.0
Iusacell, S.A. de C.V.(2)
 
Sales and marketing
 
Mexico
 
100.0
 
100.0
Total Play Telecomunicaciones, S.A. de C.V.(2)
 
Long distance, capacity transmission and fixed local wireline services
 
Mexico
 
46.6
 
46.6
Iusatel USA, Inc.(4)
 
Long distance U.S.
 
United States
 
46.6
 
46.6
Infotelecom, S.A. de C.V.(2)
 
Paging
 
Mexico
 
51.0
 
51.0
Inmobiliaria Montes Urales 460, S.A. de C.V.(2)
 
Real estate
 
Mexico
 
100.0
 
100.0
Editorial Celular, S.A. de C.V.(2)
 
Publishing
 
Mexico
 
40.0
 
40.0
 
 
 
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Subsidiary
 
Line of Business
 
Country of Incorporation
 
% direct and indirect economic interest
 
% direct and indirect voting interest
Portatel del Sureste, S.A. de C.V.(5)
 
Region 8 cellular
 
Mexico
 
100.0
 
100.0
Teleactivos, S.A. de C.V.
 
Call Center
 
Mexico
 
100.0
 
100.0
Servicio Administrativo Integran, S.A. de C.V.
 
Administrative Services
 
Mexico
 
100.0
 
100.0
Unefon, S.A. de C.V.
 
Holding
 
Mexico
 
26.54
 
26.54
Telecomunicaciones Unefon, S.A. de C.V. (5)
 
Infraestructure Services
 
Mexico
 
100.0
 
100.0
Operadora Unefon, S.A. de C.V. (5)
 
Region 1 to 9 PCS
 
Mexico
 
26.54
 
26.54
Unefon Arrendadora, S.A. de C.V. SOFOM ENR(5)
 
Infraestructure
 
Mexico
 
26.54
 
26.54
Unefrecuencias, S.A. de C.V. (5)
 
Capacity transmission
 
Mexico
 
26.54
 
26.54
Frecuencia Móvil, S.A de C.V. (5)
 
Capacity transmission
 
Mexico
 
26.54
 
26.54
Mexican Cellular Holding, Inc.(2)
 
Holding company for Comunicaciones Celulares de Occidente, S.A. de C.V.
 
United States
 
100.0
 
100.0
 

(1)
Held indirectly through Iusacell PCS, S.A. de C.V.
(2)
Held through Grupo Iusacell Celular, S.A. de C.V.
(3)
Held through Mexican Cellular Holding, Inc.
(4)
Held through Total Play Telecomunicaciones,  S.A. de C.V.
(5)
Held through Unefon, S.A. de C.V.
 
(b)           See Item 4 for “Directors and Executive Officers” of the Company as of the date hereof.
 
(c)           See Item 5 for “Principal Owners of Voting Securities” of the Company as of June 29, 2011.
 
 
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MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL
 
4.            Directors and Executive Officers.
 
(a)           The following table sets forth the names of, and offices held by, all current directors and executive officers (as defined in Sections 303(5) and 303(6) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939) of the Company.  The mailing address of each of the directors and executive officers is c/o Montes Urales No. 460, Piso 1, Colonia Lomas de Chapultepec, Delegación Miguel Hidalgo, 11000, México, D.F., Attention: Fernando José Cabrera García:
 
Name
 
Office(s)
Ricardo Benjamín Salinas Pliego
 
Chairman of the Board of Directors
Pedro Padilla Longoria
 
Director
Jaime Cortes Rocha
 
Director
José Antonio Lara del Olmo
 
Director
Adrian Steckel Plaufm
 
Chief Executive Officer
Carlos Ferreiro Rivas
 
Chief Financial Officer
Fernando José Cabrera García
 
General Counsel
Francisco Xavier Borrego Hinojosa Linage
 
Co-Secretary (not member of the Board)
Ricardo Maldonado Yañez
 
Co-Secretary (not member of the Board)
 
5.            Principal owners of voting securities.
 
The principal shareholder of the Company is Orilizo Holding BV, a subsidiary of GSF Telecom Holdings, S.A.P.I. de C.V., each controlled by Mr. Ricardo B. Salinas Pliego. Mr. Salinas Pliego is the Company’s Chairman of the Board.  No other shareholder owns more than 10% of the Company’s common shares.  All common shares have the same voting rights. On May 15, 2011, Orizilo Holding BV’s ownership interest in the Company was as follows:
 
Name and Complete Mailing
Address of Shareholder
Title of Class Owned
Amount Owned
Percentage of Voting Securities Owned
Orizilo Holding BV
Common Shares
25,858,062
99.67%

 
UNDERWRITERS
 
6.            Underwriters.
 
(a)           No person has acted as underwriter of any securities of the Company within the past three years.
 
(b)           No person is acting, or proposed to be acting, as principal underwriter of the Notes.
 

 
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CAPITAL SECURITIES
 
7.            Capitalization.
 
(a)           The following table sets forth information with respect to each authorized class of securities of the Company as of June 29, 2011:
 
(i)           Debt Securities:
 
Title of Class
Amount Authorized
Amount Outstanding
10.0% Senior Secured Notes
due 2013
U.S.$206,464,143
U.S.$206,464,143

(ii)           Equity Securities:
 
Title of Class
Amount Authorized
Amount Outstanding
Common Shares
25,942,358
25,942,358
Preferred Shares
13,968,977
--
 
 
(b)           Voting Rights
 
The Company’s capital stock is represented by (i) common, ordinary shares with no par value and (ii) preferred shares with no par value. The ordinary shares have full voting rights and can be subscribed by Mexican and/or foreign individuals or entities once all legal requirements for foreign investment as to the ownership percentages of the capital stock are met.  The preferred shares have limited voting rights in accordance with article 113 of the Mexican General Mercantile Corporations Law (Ley General de Sociedades Mercantiles). Each share of common stock entitles the holder thereof to one vote on all matters submitted to a vote of the shareholders. Each share of preferred stock entitles the holder thereof to one vote in the following matters submitted to a vote of the extraordinary shareholders meeting: (i) duration of the corporation; (ii) dissolution of the corporation; (iii) changes in the activity of the corporation; (iv) change in the nationality of the corporation; (v) transformation of the corporation and (vi) merger with another corporation.


INDENTURE SECURITIES
 
8.            Analysis of indenture provisions.
 
The following is a general description of certain provisions of the indenture related to the Notes (the “Indenture”), a form of which is filed as Exhibit T3C hereto.  The description is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Indenture.  Unless otherwise noted, capitalized terms used below and not defined herein have the meanings given to such terms in the Indenture.
 
 
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(A)           Triggering Events and Events of Default
 
The following events are “Triggering Events” under the Indenture:
 
(a)           the default in the payment when due of the principal of any Notes, including the failure to make a required payment to purchase the Notes pursuant to an optional redemption or Change of Control Offer;
 
(b)           the default for 90 days or more in the payment when due of interest (including any related Additional Amounts) on any Notes;
 
(c)           the failure to perform or comply with covenants limiting (i) the Incurrence of Additional Indebtedness, (ii) Restricted Payments, (iii) Liens and (iv) Mergers, Consolidations, Sales and Conveyances;
 
(d)           the failure to perform or comply with certain covenants limiting (i) Restricted Sales and (ii) certain equity issuances;
 
(e)           the Lien created by the Collateral Trust Agreement at any time fails to constitute a valid and perfected Lien on the Collateral, except for any failure that is cured within 60 days of its occurrence;
 
(f)           the failure to comply with any other covenant or agreement contained in the Indenture, the Collateral Trust Agreement or the Notes for 120 days or more after written notice to the Company from the Trustee;
 
(g)           certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency with respect to the Company;
 
(h)           the failure by the Company to pay one or more final, non-appealable judgments against it, aggregating U.S.$25,000,000 (or its foreign currency equivalent) or more, which are not paid, discharged or stayed for a period of 120 days or more after such judgment or judgments become final and non-appealable; and
 
(i)           the default for 30 calendar days or more in the payment when due of any amounts owed to any Holder pursuant to a written agreement with the Company in connection with the Restructuring; provided that the Company shall pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Insolvency Law) on such overdue amounts without regard to any applicable grace period at the rate of 2.0% per annum in excess of the rate shown on the Notes.
 
Upon the occurrence of a Triggering Event with respect to the Notes, a Trigger Notice may be delivered to the Company, the Trustee (if applicable) and the Collateral Trustee:
 
(a)           if a Triggering Event specified in (a) or (e) above has occurred and is continuing, by any Holder or the Trustee;
 
(b)           if a Triggering Event specified in (b) above has occurred and is continuing, by Holders of at least 40% in principal amount outstanding of the Notes; provided, however, that if such Triggering Event shall have occurred and be continuing for more than 60 days, then by Holders of at least 30% in principal amount outstanding of the Notes;
 
(c)           if a Triggering Event specified in (d) above has occurred and is continuing for at least 120 days, by Holders of at least a majority in principal amount outstanding of the Notes; provided,
 
 
 
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however, that if such Triggering Event shall have occurred and be continuing for more than 90 days, then by Holders of at least 25% in principal amount outstanding of the Notes; or
 
(d)           if a Triggering Event, other than a Triggering Event specified in (a), (b), (d), (e) or (g) above has occurred and is continuing for at least 120 days, by Holders of at least a majority in principal amount outstanding of the Notes;
 
provided, in each case, that any Trigger Notice delivered to the Collateral Trustee by the Holders shall be accompanied by a written certificate from the Trustee stating that such Trigger Notice has been delivered pursuant to Section 6.1 of the Indenture.
 
If a Triggering Event other than a Triggering Event specified in (e) or (g) above has occurred and is continuing, and a Trigger Notice has been validly delivered to the Company and the Foreclosure Period has concluded, then each such Triggering Event shall constitute an Event of Default and the unpaid principal of, and accrued and unpaid interest (including any related Additional Amount) on, all the Notes will become immediately due and payable, without any other declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holder.
 
If a Triggering Event specified in (e) above has occurred and is continuing, and a Trigger Notice has been validly delivered to the Company, then an Event of Default shall occur and the unpaid principal of, and accrued and unpaid interest (including any related Additional Amount) on, all the Notes will become immediately due and payable, without any further act on the part of the Trustee or any Holder, and the Trustee and, to the extent expressly provided in the Indenture, any Holder shall be permitted to pursue Enforcement Actions.
 
If a Triggering Event specified in (g) above has occurred and is continuing, then an Event of Default shall occur (without the need for the delivery of a Trigger Notice) and the unpaid principal of, and accrued and unpaid interest (including any related Additional Amount) on, all the Notes will become immediately due and payable without further act on the part of the Trustee or any Holder, and the Trustee and, to the extent expressly provided in the Indenture, any Holder shall be permitted to pursue Enforcement Actions.
 
If the Notes are secured by Cash Replacement Collateral, then in all cases, if a Triggering Event has occurred and is continuing, and (except in the case of a Triggering Event specified in (g) above) a Trigger Notice has been validly delivered to the Company, then an Event of Default shall occur and the unpaid principal of, and accrued and unpaid interest (including any related Additional Amount) on, all the Notes will become immediately due and payable, without any further act on the part of the Trustee or any Holder, and the Trustee and, to the extent expressly provided in this Indenture, any Holder shall be permitted to pursue Enforcement Actions.
 
Holders of a majority of outstanding Notes may direct the time, method and place of any proceedings for any remedy available to the Trustee, subject to limitations specified in the Indenture.
 
Holders of 35% in principal amount of the Notes may waive any existing Default or Event of Default under the Indenture, and its consequences, except to the extent expressly prohibited by the TIA.
 
Each of the Trustee and the Holders shall not exercise or seek to exercise any Enforcement Action, nor shall any of them be entitled to do so, or institute any action or proceeding with respect to any Enforcement Action, unless and until either (i) the Foreclosure Period has been initiated and concluded or (ii) a Triggering Event specified in (e) or (g) above has occurred and is continuing and then, in each case, only to the extent expressly provided for in the Indenture or as required by the TIA; provided, however,
 
 
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there shall be no limitation on the ability of the Trustee and, to the extent expressly provided for in the Indenture, the Holders to pursue any Enforcement Action if Cash Replacement Collateral is substituted for Collateral in accordance with the Indenture.
 
Subject to a sale of Share Collateral (but not Cash Replacement Collateral) within the Foreclosure Period, a Holder’s sole remedy in respect of the Notes shall be the distribution, as soon as practicable after the expiration of the Foreclosure Period, by the Collateral Trustee of the Share Collateral to the Holders on a pro rata basis in exchange for, and in full payment and satisfaction of all Obligations under the Notes; provided, however, that any delay in the distribution of the Share Collateral to the Holders after the expiration of the Foreclosure Period caused by an action taken by the Company or any of its Affiliates (including the Salinas Group) with the intent to impede or otherwise frustrate such distribution shall result in the Holders being able to assert a claim against the Company to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law for any damages to such Holders resulting from such delay.
 
No Holder of any Note may pursue any remedy under the Indenture, unless such Holder is otherwise entitled to bring an Enforcement Action at such time, and:
 
 
Holders of at least 35% in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes make a written request to the Trustee to pursue the remedy;
 
 
such Holders of the Notes provide to the Trustee satisfactory indemnity;
 
 
the Trustee does not comply within 90 days; and
 
 
during such 90 day period the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes do not give the Trustee a written direction which, in the opinion of the Trustee, is inconsistent with the request.
 
(B)           Notice of Defaults
 
If a Default or Event of Default occurs and is continuing and if a Trust Officer has actual knowledge thereof, the Trustee shall mail to each Holder notice of the Default or Event of Default within 120 days after the occurrence thereof.  Except in the case of a Default or Event of Default in payment of principal of or interest on any Note (including payments pursuant to the optional redemption or required repurchase provisions of such Note, if any), the Trustee may withhold the notice if and so long as a committee of its Trust Officers in good faith determines that withholding the notice is in the interests of the Holders.
 
(C)           Authentication and Delivery; Use of Proceeds
 
At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of the Indenture, the Company may deliver the Notes executed by the Company to the Trustee for authentication, together with the applicable documents referred to in the Indenture to be dated on or about June 30, 2011 and certain other conditions are satisfied, and the Trustee shall thereafter authenticate and deliver such Notes to or upon the order of the Company (specified in the Company Order referred to in the Indenture) or pursuant to such procedures acceptable to the Trustee as may be specified from time to time by a Company Order.
 
There will be no proceeds (and therefore no application of such proceeds) from the issuance of the Notes, because the Notes will be issued in exchange for the Existing Notes pursuant to the Reorganization Agreement.
 
 
 
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(D)           Release of Property subject to Lien
 
Collateral may be released from the Liens and security interest created by the Collateral Trust Agreement at any time or from time to time in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture and the Collateral Trust Agreement.  Upon the written request of the Company pursuant to an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel delivered to the Trustee certifying that all conditions precedent under the Indenture have been met and the compliance with the applicable provisions of the Collateral Trust Agreement and the Indenture and without the consent of any Holder, the Company and the Trustee will be entitled to releases of assets included in the Collateral from the Liens securing the Notes in connection with the provision of Cash Replacement Collateral or Stock Replacement Collateral pursuant to Section 4.1(a)(i)(2) of the Indenture or pursuant to the Collateral Trust Agreement.
 
The Trustee shall, at the written request of the Company, deliver a certificate to the Collateral Trustee stating that the Obligations of the Company have been satisfied (including, pursuant to the Collateral Trust Agreement, by means of a pro rata distribution of Share Collateral by the Collateral Trustee to the Holders).  In connection with such instruction, the Trustee shall request the Collateral Trustee to execute, deliver or acknowledge any necessary or proper instruments of termination, satisfaction or release to evidence the release of all such Liens.
 
(E)           Satisfaction and Discharge; Covenant Defeasance
 
Under the terms of the Indenture, the Company may at its option by a resolution of the Board of Directors, at any time, upon the satisfaction of certain conditions described in the Indenture, elect to be discharged from its obligations with respect to outstanding Notes (“defeasance”).  In general, upon a defeasance, the Company shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness represented by the outstanding Notes and to have satisfied all of its obligations under such Notes except for (1) the rights of Holders of such Notes to receive, solely from the trust fund established for such purposes, payments in respect of the principal of, premium, if any, on and interest on such Notes when such payments are due, (2) certain provisions relating to ownership, registration, cancellation and transfer of the Notes, (3) certain provisions relating to the mutilation, destruction, loss or theft of the Notes, (4) the covenant relating to the maintenance of an office or agency in the City of New York and (5) certain provisions relating to the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee.
 
In addition, the Company may at its option by Board Resolution, at any time, upon the satisfaction of certain conditions described below, elect to be released from certain covenants described in the Indenture (“covenant defeasance”).  Following such covenant defeasance, the occurrence of a breach or violation of any such covenant will not be deemed to be a Triggering Event, a Default or an Event of Default under the Indenture.
 
The Indenture will be discharged and will cease to be of further effect (except as to surviving rights or registration of transfer or exchange of the Notes, as expressly provided for in the Indenture) as to all Notes when:
 
(a)           either:
 
(i)           all the Notes that have been executed, authenticated and delivered (except lost, stolen or destroyed Notes which have been replaced or paid and Notes for whose payment money has been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Company and thereafter repaid to the Company or discharged from such trust) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or
 
 
 
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(ii)           all Notes not previously cancelled have become due and payable, and the Company has deposited with the Trustee Dollars or U.S. Government Obligations sufficient to pay and discharge the entire Indebtedness on the Notes not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, for principal of and interest on the Notes to the date of deposit, together with irrevocable instructions from the Company directing the Trustee to apply such funds to the payment;
 
(b)           the Company has paid all other sums payable under the Indenture and the Notes by the Company, or the Collateral Trustee has distributed, on a pro rata basis, Share Collateral to the Holders pursuant to the Collateral Trust Agreement; and
 
(c)           the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating that all conditions precedent under the Indenture relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have been complied with.
 
(F)           Evidence of Compliance with Covenants.
 
(a)           The Company shall deliver to the Trustee as soon as available, but in any event within 150 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company, an Officers’ Certificate stating whether, to the best of such Officers’ knowledge, anything came to his or her attention to cause him or her to believe that there existed on the date of such statements a Triggering Event, Default or Event of Default, and if so, specifying the nature and period of existence thereof and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.
 
(b)           Upon becoming aware of any Triggering Event, Default or Event of Default, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee written notice in the form of an Officers’ Certificate specifying such Triggering Event, Default or Event of Default and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take.
 
(c)           Upon any request or application by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under the Indenture, the Company may be required to furnish to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel.
 
(d)           The Company is required to deliver all certificates and opinions under Section 314 of the TIA relating to collateral and releases thereof.
 
9.            Other obligors.
 
Not applicable.
 
Contents of application for qualification.
 
This application for qualification comprises:
 
(a)           Pages numbered one to fourteen, consecutively.
 
(b)           The statement of eligibility and qualification on Form T-1 of U.S. Bank, National Association, as Trustee under the Indenture to be qualified.
 
(c)           The following exhibits in addition to those filed as a part of the statement of eligibility and qualification of the Trustee:
 
 
 
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(i)           Exhibit T3A. The information required under Exhibit T3A is contained in the bylaws of the Company attached hereto as Exhibit T3B;
 
(ii)           Exhibit T3B. – A translation of the bylaws of the Company;
 
(iii)           Exhibit T3C. – A copy of the form of Indenture;
 
(iv)           Exhibit T3D. – The Mexican Court’s resolution approving the terms and conditions described in item 2;
 
(v)           Exhibit T3E. – Not applicable; and
 
(vi)           Exhibit T3F. – Cross reference sheet showing the location in the Indenture of the provisions therein pursuant to Sections 310 through 318(a), inclusive, of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (included in Exhibit T3C).
 
 
 
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SIGNATURE
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, the applicant, Grupo Iusacell, S.A. de C.V., a sociedad anónima de capital variable (corporation) organized and existing under the laws of Mexico, has duly caused this application to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, all in Mexico City, Mexico, on June 30, 2011.
 
Grupo Iusacell, S.A. de C.V.
 
     
     
By:
 /s/  Fernando José Cabrera García  
 
Fernando José Cabrera García
 
 
Attorney-In-Fact
 
     
     
By:
 /s/ Carlos Ferreiro Rivas  
 
Carlos Ferreiro Rivas
 
 
Attorney-In-Fact
 

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