AMENDMENT #1 TO FORM S-4
As
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 10,
2006
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Registration
No. 333-130676 |
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Registration
No. 333-130676-01 |
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Amendment
No. 1
To
FORM S-4
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
MEDIACOM BROADBAND LLC
MEDIACOM BROADBAND CORPORATION
(Exact names of registrants as specified in their charters)
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Delaware
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4841
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06-1615412 |
Delaware
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(State or other jurisdiction of
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(Primary Standard Industrial
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(I.R.S. Employer |
incorporation or organization)
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Classification Code
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100 Crystal Run Road
Middletown, New York 10941
(845) 695-2600
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrants principal executive offices)
Rocco B. Commisso
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Mediacom Communications Corporation
100 Crystal Run Road
Middletown, New York 10941
(845) 695-2600
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
Robert L. Winikoff, Esq.
Kenneth A. Rosenblum, Esq.
Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP
1221 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10020
(212) 768-6700
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public:
As soon as practicable after this Registration Statement becomes effective.
If the securities being registered on this form are being offered in connection with the
formation of a holding company and there is compliance with General Instruction G, check the
following box. o
If this form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule
462(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration
statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. o
If this form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities
Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the
earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. o
PART II
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
Item 20. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Mediacom Broadband LLC
Article VIII of Mediacom Broadband LLCs Amended and Restated Operating Agreement (the
Operating Agreement) provides as follows:
No Indemnified Person (as defined) shall be liable, directly or indirectly, to the Company or
to any other member for any act or omission in relation to the Company or the Operating Agreement
taken or omitted by such Indemnified Person in good faith, provided that such act or omission does
not constitute gross negligence, fraud or willful violation of the law or the Operating Agreement.
The Company shall, to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware Act, indemnify and hold harmless
each Indemnified Person against all claims, liabilities and expenses of whatsoever nature relating
to activities undertaken in connection with the Company, including but not limited to, amounts paid
in satisfaction of judgments, in compromise or as fines and penalties, and counsel, accountants
and experts and other fees, costs and expenses reasonably incurred in connection with the
investigation, defense or disposition (including by settlement) of any action, suit or other
proceeding, whether civil or criminal, before any court or administrative body in which such
Indemnified Person may be or may have been involved, as a party or otherwise, or with which such
Indemnified Person may be or may have been threatened, while acting as such Indemnified Person,
provided that no indemnity shall be payable hereunder against any liability incurred by such
Indemnified Person by reason of such Indemnified Persons gross negligence, fraud or willful
violation of law or the Operating Agreement or with respect to any matter as to which such
Indemnified Person shall have been adjudicated not to have acted in good faith.
Section 18-108 of the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act (the Delaware Act) empowers a
limited liability company to indemnify and hold harmless any member or manager or other person from
and against any and all claims and demands whatsoever, subject to such standards and restrictions,
if any, as are set forth in its limited liability company agreement.
Mediacom Broadband Corporation
Article VI of Mediacom Broadband Corporations Certificate of Incorporation provides as
follows:
To the fullest extent permitted by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware as the
same exists or may hereafter be amended, a director of the Corporation shall not be liable to the
Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director.
Article VII of Mediacom Broadband Corporations By-Laws provides as follows:
The Corporation shall indemnify any person to the full extent permitted, and in the manner
provided, by the Laws of the State of Delaware, as the same now exists or may hereafter be amended.
Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law empowers a corporation to indemnify any
person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or
completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative
(other than an action by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the fact that he is or
was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation or is or was serving at the request
of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or enterprise,
against expenses (including attorneys fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement
actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if he
acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best
interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no
reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful.
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Section 145 also empowers a corporation to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is
threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the
right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that such person
acted in any of the capacities set forth above, against expenses (including attorneys
fees)actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with the defense or settlement of such
action or suit if he acted under similar standards, except that no indemnification may be made in
respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable
to the corporation unless, and only to the extent that, the Court of Chancery or the court in which
such action was brought shall determine that despite the adjudication of liability such person is
fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the court shall deem proper.
Section 145 further provides that to the extent that a director or officer of a corporation
has been successful in the defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to above or in the
defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, he shall be indemnified against expenses (including
attorneys fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection therewith; that
indemnification provided for by Section 145 shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to
which the indemnified party may be entitled; and that the corporation is empowered to purchase and
maintain insurance on behalf of a director or officer of the corporation against any liability
asserted against him and incurred by him in any such capacity, or arising out of his status as
such, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify him against such liabilities
under Section 145.
Item 21. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules.
(a) Exhibits
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3.1
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Certificate of Formation of Mediacom Broadband LLC(1) |
3.2
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Amended and Restated Limited
Liability Company Operating Agreement of Mediacom Broadband LLC(1) |
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Certificate of Incorporation of Mediacom Broadband Corporation(1) |
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By-Laws of Mediacom Broadband Corporation(1) |
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Indenture, dated as of
August 30, 2005 among Mediacom Broadband LLC, Mediacom Broadband
Corporation, Law Debenture Trust Company of New York, as trustee, and Deutsche Bank Trust Company America, as paying agent and note registrar(2) |
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Registration Rights Agreement,
dated as of August 30, 2005, among Registrants and J.P. Morgan
Securities Inc., Banc of America Securities LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Credit
Suisse First Boston LLC, Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC, Deutsche Bank
Securities Inc. and Harris Nesbitt Corp.* |
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5.1
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Opinion of Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP |
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8.1
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Opinion of Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP regarding federal income tax matters |
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12.1
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Statement regarding computation of
ratios* |
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21.1
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Subsidiaries of Mediacom Broadband LLC(1) |
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23.1
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Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers
LLP* |
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Consents of Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP (included in Exhibits 5.1 and 8.1) |
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24.1
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Powers of Attorney (included as
part of signature pages)* |
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25.1
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Statement of Eligibility on
Form T-1 of Law Debenture Trust Company of New York to act as
Trustee under the Indenture* |
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99.1
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Form of Letter of Transmittal with
respect to the exchange offer* |
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99.2
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Form of Instruction Letter to
Registered Holders* |
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99.3
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Form of Notice of Guaranteed
Delivery* |
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Previously filed with this Registration Statement |
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Filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-72440) of the
Registrants and incorporated herein by reference. |
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Filed as an exhibit to Registrants Current Report on Form 8-K dated August 30, 2005, and
incorporated herein by reference |
(b) Financial Statement Schedules
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Item 22. Undertakings.
Mediacom Broadband LLC and Mediacom Broadband Corporation (the Registrants) hereby
undertake:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post- effective
amendment to this Registration Statement: (i) to include any prospectus required by Section
10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933; (ii) to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events
arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective
amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the
information set forth in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or
decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not
exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated
maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission
pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more
than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the Calculation of
Registration Fee table in the effective registration statement; (iii) to include any material
information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration
Statement or any material change to such information in the Registration Statement;
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each
such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof; and
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities
being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
The Registrants hereby undertake that:
(1) For purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, the
information omitted from the form of prospectus filed as part of this Registration Statement in
reliance upon Rule 430A and contained in a form of prospectus filed by the Registrants pursuant to
Rule 424(b)(1) or (4) or 497(h) under the Securities Act shall be deemed to be part of this
Registration Statement as of the time it was declared effective.
(2) For the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each
post-effective amendment that contains a form of prospectus shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrants pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrants have been advised that in the opinion of the
Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in
the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against
such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrants of expenses incurred or paid by a
director, officer or controlling person of the Registrants in the successful defense of any action,
suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with
the securities being registered, the Registrants will, unless in the opinion of their counsel the
matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to
a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by them is
against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of
such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant has duly caused this
Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in
the City of Middletown, State of New York, on January 10, 2006.
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Mediacom Broadband LLC |
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Mediacom Communications
Corporation,
its managing member |
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By:
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/s/ ROCCO B. COMMISSO |
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Rocco B. Commisso, |
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Chairman and Chief Executive
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
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/s/ Rocco B. Commisso
Rocco B. Commisso
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Chairman
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/s/ Mark E. Stephan
Mark E. Stephan
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Executive
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President, Chief
Financial Officer and
Director (Principal
Financial and
Accounting Officer)
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Director
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Director
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Director
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E. Stephan, pursuant to Powers of Attorney (executed by each of the
directors listed above and filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission), by signing his name hereto does hereby sign and execute
this Amendment to the Registration Statement on behalf of each of the
persons referenced above.
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January 10, 2006
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/s/ MARK E. STEPHAN |
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Mark E. Stephan |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant has duly caused this
Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in
the City of Middletown, State of New York, on January 10, 2006.
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Mediacom Broadband Corporation
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/s/ ROCCO B. COMMISSO
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Rocco B. Commisso, |
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Chairman and Chief Executive Officer |
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
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/s/ ROCCO B. COMMISSO |
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Chairman
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/s/ MARK E. STEPHAN |
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Executive
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Financial Officer, and
Director (Principal
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EX-5.1
Exhibit 5.1
[Letterhead of Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP]
January 10, 2006
Mediacom Broadband LLC
Mediacom Broadband Corporation
100 Crystal Run Road
Middletown, New York 10941
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as counsel to Mediacom Broadband LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
(Mediacom), and Mediacom Broadband Corporation, a Delaware corporation (MBC and, collectively
with Mediacom, the Issuers), in connection with the preparation and filing of the Issuers
registration statement (the Registration Statement) on Form S-4 (Registration Nos. 333-130676 and
333-130676-01), filed concurrently herewith with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act). The Registration Statement
covers the registration of $200,000,000 principal amount of 8-1/2% Senior Notes due 2015 of the
Issuers (the Exchange Notes) to be offered in exchange for outstanding 8-1/2% Senior Notes due
2015 (the Initial Notes). The Exchange Notes will be issued under an indenture relating to the
Initial Notes and Exchange Notes (the Indenture) among the Issuers and Law Debenture Trust
Company of New York, as Trustee.
In connection with rendering this opinion, we have examined and are familiar with: (i) the
limited liability company records of Mediacom, including its organization documents, as amended to
date, and minutes of meetings, or written consents executed in lieu thereof, of its managing
member; and (ii) corporate records of MBC, including its organizational documents, as amended to
date, and minutes of meetings, or written consents executed in lieu thereof, of its Board of
Directors and sole shareholder.
We have also examined such certificates of public officials, certificates of officers of the
Issuers and other records and documents as we have deemed relevant and necessary for the purposes
of the opinions herein expressed.
In making the aforesaid examinations, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures and
the conformity to original documents of all copies furnished to us as original or photostatic
copies. We have also assumed that the limited liability company and corporate records, as the case
may be, furnished to us by the Issuers include all limited liability company or corporate
proceedings taken by the Issuers to date.
Mediacom Broadband LLC
Mediacom Broadband Corporation
January 10, 2006
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Based upon the foregoing and subject to the assumptions and qualifications set forth herein,
it is our opinion that when the Registration Statement has become effective under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, the Exchange Notes have been duly executed and authenticated in accordance
with the Indenture, the Indenture has been qualified under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended, the Initial Notes have been validly tendered to the Issuers and the Exchange Notes have
been delivered in exchange therefor, the Exchange Notes will be validly issued and binding
obligations of the Issuers subject in each case to the effect of (i) Federal and State bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, arrangement, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance and other laws relating
to or affecting the rights of secured or unsecured creditors generally (or affecting the rights of
only creditors of specific types of debtors) and (ii) the application of general principles of
equity (regardless of whether enforcement is considered in proceedings at law or in equity).
The foregoing opinion is limited to the laws of the State of New York, the laws of the United
States of America and Delaware general corporation and limited liability company laws (which
includes the Delaware General Corporation Law and applicable provisions of the Delaware
constitution, as well as reported judicial decisions reporting same) and do not purport to express
any opinion on the laws of any other jurisdiction.
We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement
and to the reference to this firm and this opinion under the heading Legal Matters in the
prospectus comprising a part of such Registration Statement and any amendment thereto. In giving
such consent, we do not hereby admit that we come within the category of persons whose consent is
required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the SEC thereunder.
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Very truly yours,
SONNENSCHEIN NATH & ROSENTHAL LLP
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/s/ Ira
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A member of the Firm |
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EX-8.1
Exhibit 8.1
[Letterhead of Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP]
January 10, 2006
Mediacom Broadband LLC
Mediacom Broadband Corporation
100 Crystal Run Road
Middletown, New York 10941
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81/2% Senior Notes due 2015 |
Dear Ladies & Gentlemen:
In our capacity as counsel to Mediacom Broadband LLC, a Delaware limited liability company,
and Mediacom Broadband Corporation, a Delaware corporation (collectively, the Issuers), we have
been asked to render this opinion in connection with the preparation and filing with the Securities
and Exchange Commission of a registration statement on
Form S-4 (the Registration Statement) and
the prospectus contained therein (the Prospectus), covering the registration of $200,000,000
aggregate principal amount of 81/2% Senior Notes due 2015 (the Exchange Notes) to be offered in
exchange (the Exchange Offer) for all of the Issuers outstanding 81/2% Senior Notes due 2015 (the
Initial Notes).
We have made such examination as we have deemed necessary and appropriate for the purposes of
this opinion. The statements contained in the Prospectus under the heading United States Federal
Income Tax Considerations, describing the material United States federal tax consequences of the
Exchange Offer to the holders of the Initial Notes on the exchange of the Initial Notes for the
Exchange Notes, to the extent such statements constitute matters of U.S. federal income tax law or
legal conclusions with respect thereto, have been prepared or reviewed by us and, in our opinion,
are correct in all material respects. Our opinion is conditioned on, among other things, the
initial and continuing accuracy of the facts, statements and representations set forth in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus.
The foregoing opinion is based on current provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended, the Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder, published pronouncements and other
administrative interpretations by the Internal Revenue Service, and case law, all of which are
subject to change at any time with retroactive effect.
This opinion is rendered as of the date hereof based on the law and facts in existence on the
date hereof, and we do not undertake, and hereby disclaim, any obligation to advise you of any
changes in law or fact, whether or not material, which may be brought to our attention at a later
date.
Mediacom Broadband LLC
Mediacom Broadband Corporation
January 10, 2006
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We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement
and to the use of our name under the caption Legal Matters in the Prospectus and any amendment
thereto. In giving such consent, we do not hereby admit that we come within the category of persons
whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the
SEC thereunder.
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Very truly yours, |
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/s/ SONNENSCHEIN NATH & ROSENTHAL LLP |