UNITED STATES

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 (Date of earliest event reported): September 22, 2011 (September 16, 2011)

CUMULUS MEDIA INC.

 

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

 

000-24525

 

36-4159663

(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
  (Commission File Number)   (IRS employer
Identification No.)

 

3280 Peachtree Road, N.W., Suite 2300, Atlanta GA

                        30305                    
(Address of principal executive offices)    (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code    (404) 949-0700
  

 

n/a

 

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Introductory Note

On September 16, 2011, Cumulus Media Inc. (the “ Company ”) completed its previously announced acquisition of Citadel Broadcasting Corporation (“ Citadel ”), through the merger (the “ Merger ”) of Cadet Merger Corporation, a Delaware corporation and indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (“ Merger Sub ”), with and into Citadel, with Citadel surviving the Merger and becoming an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company. The Merger was effected pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “ Merger Agreement ”), dated March 9, 2011, by and among the Company, Cumulus Media Holdings Inc. (f/k/a Cadet Holding Corporation), a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company and the direct parent of Merger Sub (“ Cumulus Holdings ”), Merger Sub and Citadel.

In connection with the closing of the Merger and the completion of the Company’s previously announced related global refinancing (the “ Global Refinancing ”), the Company also repaid approximately $1.4 billion in outstanding senior or subordinated indebtedness and other obligations of the Company, of certain of the Company’s other wholly-owned subsidiaries, and of Citadel. This Global Refinancing, and the cash portion of the purchase price paid in the Merger, was funded with (i) $1.325 billion in borrowings under a new first lien term loan, $200.0 million in borrowings under a new first lien revolving credit facility and $790.0 million in borrowings under a new second lien term loan, and (ii) proceeds from the sale of $475.0 million of Cumulus Media’s common stock, preferred stock and warrants to purchase common stock to certain investors (the “ Equity Investment ”) in a private placement exempt from the registration requirements under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “ Securities Act ”). The $610.0 million of 7.75% Senior Notes due 2019 (the “ 7.75% Senior Notes ”) issued by the Company in May 2011 remain outstanding as obligations of Cumulus Holdings as described below.

Also in connection with the Merger and as part of the transactions contemplated by the Global Refinancing, the Company completed an internal restructuring into a holding company structure, which included transferring the remaining assets and operations held directly or indirectly by the Company, other than the equity interests of Cumulus Holdings, to Cumulus Holdings (the “ Internal Restructuring ”).

The Merger, Global Refinancing and Internal Restructuring and the agreements and transactions related thereto are described in more detail below.

Item 1.01— Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

New Credit Facilities

On September 16, 2011 and in order to complete the Global Refinancing, the Company entered into a (i) First Lien Credit Agreement (the “ First Lien Facility ”), dated as of September 16, 2011, among the Company, Cumulus Holdings, as Borrower, certain lenders, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent (“ JPMorgan ”), UBS Securities LLC (“ UBS ”), MIHI LLC (“ Macquarie ”), Royal Bank of Canada and ING Capital LLC, as Co-Syndication Agents, and U.S. Bank National Association and Fifth Third Bank, as Co-Documentation Agents; and (ii) Second Lien Credit Agreement (the “ Second Lien Facility ”), dated as of September 16, 2011, among the Company, Cumulus Holdings, as Borrower, certain lenders, JPMorgan, as Administrative Agent, and UBS, Macquarie, Royal Bank of Canada and ING Capital LLC, as Co-Syndication Agents.

The First Lien Facility consists of a $1.325 billion first lien term loan facility, maturing in September 2018 (the “ First Lien Term Loan ”), and a $300.0 million revolving credit facility, maturing in September 2016 (the “ Revolving Credit Facility ”). Under the Revolving Credit Facility, up to $30.0 million of availability may be drawn in the form of letters of credit and up to $30.0 million is available for swingline borrowings. The Second Lien Facility consists of a $790.0 million second lien term loan facility, maturing in March 2019 (the “ Second Lien Term Loan ”).

At the closing of the Global Refinancing, Cumulus Holdings borrowed $1.325 billion under the First Lien Term Loan, $200.0 million under the Revolving Credit Facility and $790.0 million under the Second Lien Term Loan.

 

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Proceeds from borrowings under the First Lien Facility and Second Lien Facility were used, together with certain other funds, to (i) fund the cash portion of the purchase price paid in the Merger; (ii) repay in full amounts outstanding under the revolving credit facility under the Company’s pre-existing credit agreement (the “ Terminated Credit Agreement ”); (iii) repay all amounts outstanding under the credit facilities of CMP Susquehanna Corporation (“ CMPSC ”), an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Cumulus Media Partners, LLC (“ CMP ”), which became a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company on August 1, 2011; (iv) redeem CMPSC’s outstanding 9.875% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2014 and Variable Rate Senior Secured Notes due 2014; (v) redeem in accordance with their terms all outstanding shares of preferred stock of CMP Susquehanna Radio Holdings Corp., an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of CMP (“ Radio Holdings ”) and the direct parent of CMPSC; and (vi) repay all amounts outstanding, including any accrued interest and the premiums thereon, under Citadel’s pre-existing credit agreement and to redeem its 7.75% Senior Notes due 2018.

Borrowings under the First Lien Facility bear interest, at the option of Cumulus Holdings, based on the Base Rate (as defined below) or the London Interbank Offered Rate (“ LIBOR ”), in each case plus 4.5% on LIBOR-based borrowings and 3.5% on Base Rate-based borrowings. LIBOR-based borrowings are subject to a LIBOR floor of 1.25% for the First Lien Term Loan and 1.0% for the Revolving Credit Facility. Base Rate-based borrowings are subject to a Base Rate Floor of 2.25% for the First Lien Term Loan and 2.0% for the Revolving Credit Facility. Base Rate is defined, for any day, as the fluctuating rate per annum equal to the highest of (i) the Federal Funds Rate, as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, plus  1 / 2 of 1.0%, (ii) the prime commercial lending rate of JPMorgan, as established from time to time, and (iii) 30 day LIBOR plus 1.0%. The First Lien Term Loan amortizes at a per annum rate of 1.0% of the original principal amount of the First Lien Term Loan, payable quarterly, commencing March 31, 2012, with the balance payable on the maturity date.

Borrowings under the Second Lien Facility bear interest, at the option of Cumulus Holdings, at either the Base Rate plus 5.0%, subject to a Base Rate floor of 2.5%, or LIBOR plus 6.0%, subject to a LIBOR floor of 1.5%.

Borrowings under the First Lien Term Loan currently bear interest at 5.75% per annum, borrowings under the Revolving Credit Facility currently bear interest at 5.50% per annum and borrowings under the Second Lien Term Loan currently bear interest at 7.50% per annum.

The representations, covenants and events of default in the First Lien Facility and the Second Lien Facility are customary for financing transactions of this nature. Events of default in the First Lien Facility and the Second Lien Facility include, among others, (a) the failure to pay when due the obligations owing under the credit facilities; (b) the failure to perform (and not timely remedy, if applicable) certain covenants; (c) certain cross defaults and cross accelerations; (d) the occurrence of bankruptcy or insolvency events; (e) certain judgments against the Company or any of its restricted subsidiaries; (f) the loss, revocation or suspension of, or any material impairment in the ability to use of or more of, any material Federal Communications Commission (“ FCC ”) licenses; (g) any representation or warranty made, or report, certificate or financial statement delivered, to the lenders subsequently proven to have been incorrect in any material respect; and (h) the occurrence of a Change in Control (as defined in the First Lien Facility and the Second Lien Facility, as applicable). Upon the occurrence of an event of default, the lenders may terminate the loan commitments, accelerate all loans and exercise any of their rights under the First Lien Facility and the Second Lien Facility, as applicable, and the ancillary loan documents as a secured party.

Certain mandatory prepayments on the First Lien Term Loan and the Second Lien Facility are required upon the occurrence of specified events, including upon the incurrence of certain additional indebtedness, upon the sale of certain assets and upon the occurrence of certain condemnation or casualty events, and from excess cash flow.

The Company’s, Cumulus Holdings’ and their respective restricted subsidiaries’ obligations under the First Lien Facility and Second Lien Facility are collateralized by a first priority lien and second priority lien, respectively, on substantially all of the Company’s, Cumulus Holdings’ and their respective restricted subsidiaries’ assets in which a security interest may lawfully be granted, including, without limitation, intellectual property and substantially all of the capital stock of the Company’s direct and indirect domestic subsidiaries and 66% of the capital stock of any future first-tier foreign subsidiaries. In addition, Cumulus Holdings’ obligations under the First Lien Facility and the Second Lien Facility are guaranteed by the Company and substantially all of its restricted subsidiaries, other than Cumulus Holdings.

 

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The Company has various relationships with UBS and Macquarie, which acted as joint lead arrangers, joint book-runners and co-syndication agents under the First Lien Facility and the Second Lien Facility, and their affiliates. Pursuant to the Amended and Restated Investment Agreement, dated April 22, 2011, between the Company and certain investors (the “ Investment Agreement ”), and as described in more detail below under Item 3.02 “Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities,” UBS and Macquarie participated in the Equity Investment. In addition, some of the other agents and lenders under the First Lien Facility and Second Lien Facility, or their affiliates, have had in the past, and may have, in the future, various relationships with the Company involving the provision of financial or other advisory services, including cash management, investment banking and brokerage services. These agents and lenders, or their respective affiliates, have received, and may in the future receive, customary fees and expenses for those services.

The foregoing description of each of the First Lien Facility and Second Lien Facility is qualified in its entirety by reference to the First Lien Facility, the Second Lien Facility, the First Lien Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, dated as of September 16, 2011, made by the Company, Cumulus Holdings and certain of the Company’s subsidiaries in favor of JPMorgan, as administrative agent, and the Second Lien Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, dated as of September 16, 2011, made by the Company, Cumulus Holdings and certain of the Company’s subsidiaries in favor of JPMorgan, as administrative agent, copies of which are filed as Exhibits 10.1, 10.2, 10.3 and 10.4, respectively, to this current report on Form 8-K (the “ Report ”) and are incorporated by reference herein.

Supplemental Indenture Under the 7.75% Senior Notes

In connection with the Internal Restructuring, on September 16, 2011, the Company and Cumulus Holdings entered into a supplemental indenture with U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (the “ Trustee ”) (the “ Supplemental Indenture ”) to the indenture, dated May 13, 2011 (the “ Indenture ”), among the Company, the subsidiary guarantors party thereto and the Trustee. The Supplemental Indenture provided for: (i) the assumption by Cumulus Holdings of all obligations of the Company; (ii) the substitution of Cumulus Holdings for the Company as issuer; (iii) the release of the Company from all obligations as original issuer; and (iv) the Company’s guarantee of all of Cumulus Holdings’ obligations, in each case under the Indenture and the 7.75% Senior Notes.

The foregoing description of the Supplemental Indenture is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Supplemental Indenture, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 4.1 to this Report and is incorporated by reference herein.

Registration Rights Agreement

Pursuant to the Investment Agreement, on September 16, 2011, the Company entered into a Registration Rights Agreement (the “ Registration Rights Agreement ”) with UBS and Crestview Radio Investors, LLC (“ Crestview ” and, together with UBS, the “ Investors ”) and each other signatory to the Registration Rights Agreement purchasing securities pursuant to the Equity Investment.

Pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, commencing 18 months after the closing of the Equity Investment, Crestview has the right to demand that the Company prepare, file, and cause to be declared effective with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ SEC ”) up to three registrations with respect to Crestview’s shares of the Company’s Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “ Class A common stock ”), provided that each request for registration provides for a minimum of $50.0 million in gross proceeds. In addition, for so long as the Company is eligible to file registration statements on Form S-3, Crestview has the right to demand that the Company file a shelf registration statement providing for the registration for resale of the shares of Class A common stock issued to Crestview pursuant to the Equity Investment, and certain additional shares of Class A common stock that Crestview may acquire, subject to certain limitations as to timing and amounts thereof, and the Company has agreed to use its commercially reasonable efforts to have any such shelf registration statement declared effective within 18 months of the closing of the Equity Investment.

The Registration Rights Agreement also provides that the Company will cause its registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-176294), providing for the registration for resale of up to 28,801,841 shares of Company Class A common stock or Class B common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “ Class B common stock ”), or

 

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warrants issued to purchase the foregoing, issued to UBS (or issued to certain other parties) pursuant to the Equity Investment, that was filed with the SEC on August 12, 2011 to be declared effective by the SEC by August 23, 2011.

The Registration Rights Agreement also provides for unlimited piggyback registration rights for the stockholder parties thereto, and includes other customary provisions relating to, among other things, cutback priorities, standoffs, suspension periods and indemnification.

The foregoing description of the Registration Rights Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Registration Rights Agreement, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.5 to this Report and is incorporated by reference herein.

Stockholders Agreement

Also pursuant to the Investment Agreement, on September 16, 2011, the Company entered into a Stockholders’ Agreement (the “ Stockholders Agreement ”) with BA Capital Company, L.P. and Banc of America Capital Investors SBIC, L.P. (together, the “ BofA Stockholders ”), Blackstone FC Communications Partners L.P., (“ Blackstone ”), Lewis W. Dickey, Jr., John W. Dickey, David W. Dickey, Michael W. Dickey, Lewis W. Dickey, Sr. and DBBC, L.L.C. (collectively, the “ Dickeys ”), Crestview, Macquarie and UBS.

The Stockholders Agreement provides, among other things, for an increase in the size of the Company’s board of directors (the “ Board ”) to seven members, and that the two vacancies on the Board created thereby would be filled by individuals designated by Crestview. In accordance with the Investment Agreement, Crestview has the right to designate two individuals for nomination to the Board, and each of the Dickeys, the BofA Stockholders and Blackstone has the right to designate one individual for nomination to the Board. Currently, Mr. Lewis W. Dickey, Jr. is the designee of the Dickeys, Mr. Robert H. Sheridan III is the designee of the BofA Stockholders and Mr. David M. Tolley is the designee of Blackstone. The Stockholders Agreement provides that the other two positions on the Board will be filled by the Company’s remaining two directors, both of whom are independent, or their successors, who shall meet applicable independence criteria. The Stockholders Agreement also provides that, for so long as Crestview is the Company’s largest stockholder, it will have the right to have one of its designees, who shall meet the definition of an independent director and who is elected to the Board, and is selected by it, appointed as the “lead director” of the Board. Further, the parties to the Stockholders Agreement (other than the Company) have agreed to support such directors (or others as may be designated by the relevant stockholders) as nominees to be presented to the Company’s stockholders for approval at subsequent stockholder meetings for the term set out in the Stockholders Agreement. Each stockholder party’s respective director nomination rights will generally survive for so long as it continues to own a specified percentage of the Company’s stock, subject to certain exceptions.

Subject to certain exceptions, the Stockholders Agreement provides that, until the seventh anniversary of the closing of the Equity Investment, any Company stockholder party to such agreement who, together with its controlled affiliates, beneficially owns 15% or more of the Company’s outstanding common stock (a “ Significant Stockholder ”), may not, directly or indirectly, acquire, agree to acquire or make a proposal to acquire beneficial ownership of any additional equity securities of the Company not owned by them immediately following the closing of the Equity Investment. The Stockholders Agreement also generally provides that, until the seventh anniversary of the closing of the Equity Investment, no Significant Stockholder will, or will permit any of its affiliates to, engage in any transaction or series of transactions that would constitute a going-private transaction of the Company, subject to certain exceptions. The Stockholders Agreement also provides that, subject to certain exceptions, no Significant Stockholder will transfer its Company common stock or warrants to acquire such stock to a person or group that is, to the Significant Stockholder’s knowledge, a specified competitor of the Company or that, following such transfer, would beneficently own greater than 10% of the Company’s common stock. The Stockholders Agreement contains significant restrictions on the transferability of Company securities held by Crestview for a period of eighteen months following the closing of the Equity Investment, subject to certain exceptions. In addition, pursuant to and during the term of the Stockholders Agreement, Crestview is restricted from exercising the Crestview Warrants (as defined below) or buying shares of the Company’s common stock if such exercise or purchase would cause Crestview to beneficially own more than 64,804,148 shares of the Company’s common stock.

In connection with entering into the Stockholders Agreement, all of the pre-existing stockholders agreements among the parties to the Stockholders Agreement or to which the Company was a party, were terminated.

 

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The foregoing description of the Stockholders Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Stockholders Agreement, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.6 to this Report and is incorporated by reference herein.

Warrant Agreements

Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, at the effective time of the Merger, the Company issued warrants to purchase 47,728,737 shares of its Class A common stock to holders of Citadel common stock and warrants (the “ Merger Warrants ”). Pursuant to the Investment Agreement, the Company issued warrants to purchase 24,052,302 shares of its Class A common stock to UBS and certain other entities to which UBS syndicated a portion of its commitment (the “ Investment Warrants ” and together with the Merger Warrants, the “ Company Warrants ”). The Company Warrants were issued under a Warrant Agreement (the “ Warrant Agreement ”), dated September 16, 2011, between the Company and Computershare Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiary Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as warrant agent (the “ Warrant Agent ”). The Company Warrants entitle the holders thereof to purchase, on a one-for-one basis, shares of Class A common stock and are exercisable at any time prior to June 3, 2030 at an exercise price of $0.01 per share of Class A common stock. The exercise price of such warrants is not subject to any anti-dilution protection, other than standard adjustments in the case of stock splits, dividends and the like. Pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Warrant Agreement, upon the request of a holder, the Company has the discretion to issue, upon exercise of warrants, shares of Class B common stock in lieu of an equal number of shares of Class A common stock and, upon request of a holder and at the Company’s discretion, the Company has the right to exchange warrants to purchase an equivalent number of shares of Class B common stock for outstanding warrants to purchase shares of Class A common stock. The Warrant Agreement also provides that holders of Company Warrants will share in any distributions on the Company’s common stock on an as-exercised basis.

Also pursuant to the Investment Agreement, but pursuant to a separate warrant agreement, the Company issued to Crestview warrants (the “ Crestview Warrants ”) to purchase 7,776,498 shares of Class A common stock, at an exercise price of $4.34 per share. The Crestview Warrants are exercisable until the tenth anniversary of the closing of the Equity Investment, and the exercise price of $4.34 per shares is subject to standard weighted average adjustments in the event that the Company subsequently issues additional shares of common stock or common stock derivatives for less than the fair market value per share as of the date of such issuance or sale. In addition, the number of shares of Class A common stock issuable upon exercise of the Crestview Warrants, and the exercise price of the Crestview Warrants, are subject to adjustment in the case of stock splits, dividends and the like.

The foregoing description of the Warrant Agreement, the Merger Warrants, the Investment Warrants and the Crestview Warrants is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Warrant Agreement, Form of Warrant Statement, Form of Global Warrant Certificate and Crestview Warrants, copies of which are filed as Exhibits 4.2, 4.3, 4.4 and 4.5, respectively, to this Report and are incorporated by reference herein.

Item 2.01— Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets.

On September 16, 2011, the Company completed the Merger. At the effective time of the Merger (the “ Effective Time ”), each share of Citadel common stock outstanding was canceled and automatically converted into the right to receive, at the election of each Citadel stockholder, (i) $37.00 in cash, (ii) 8.525 shares of the Company’s Class A common stock, or (iii) a combination of cash and shares of the Company’s Class A common stock, in each case subject to proration (the “ Merger Consideration ”). In addition, each Citadel warrant outstanding as of the Effective Time (the “ Citadel Warrants ”) was deemed to have been surrendered for cancellation in exchange for (i) payment of the applicable cash consideration to which the holder thereof was entitled and (ii) a Merger Warrant exercisable for the applicable shares of stock of the Company to which such holder of Citadel Warrants was entitled, in each case under the terms of the Merger Agreement.

Upon the consummation of the Merger, any outstanding Citadel stock option not exercised on or prior to the deadline for Citadel stockholders to have elected what type of merger consideration they desired to receive in the Merger (the “ Election Deadline ”) was deemed exercised for the number of shares of Citadel Class A common stock equal to (i) the number of shares of Citadel Class A common stock subject to such option minus (ii) the number of shares of Citadel Class A common stock subject to such option which, when multiplied by the fair market value (as defined in the Citadel Broadcasting Corporation 2010 Equity Incentive Plan) of a share of Citadel Class A common stock as of the day that was one business day before the completion of the Merger, was equal to the aggregate

 

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exercise price of such option. Each resulting share of Citadel Class A common stock was converted into the right to receive the type of consideration selected by the majority of Citadel shares and Citadel Warrants for which an election was properly made (or deemed made), subject to proration.

In addition, upon the consummation of the Merger, each Citadel restricted stock award outstanding immediately prior to the consummation of the Merger was converted into the right to receive the Merger Consideration on the same terms and conditions as were applicable to such award immediately prior to the completion of the Merger, including with respect to vesting and the timing of payment on such restricted stock award.

Based on the elections by Citadel stockholders and warrant holders, and the application of the proration procedures provided for in the Merger Agreement, the Company paid a total of approximately $1.418 billion in cash and issued 23,419,745 shares of its Class A common stock and warrants to purchase 47,728,737 shares of its Class A common stock to Citadel securityholders in the Merger.

The cash portion of the purchase price paid in the Merger was funded with cash on hand, and proceeds from the First Lien Facility, the Second Lien Facility and the Equity Investment.

On September 16, 2011, the Company issued a press release announcing the completion of the Merger. A copy of the press release is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Report and is incorporated by reference herein.

The foregoing description of the Merger is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Merger Agreement, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 2.1 to this Report, and is incorporated by reference herein.

Item 2.03— Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.

The information regarding the First Lien Facility and the Second Lien Facility contained above under Item 1.01 under the subheading “New Credit Facilities” is incorporated by reference herein.

Item 3.02— Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.

Pursuant to the Equity Investment, on September 16, 2011, the Company issued and sold (i) 51,843,318 shares of its Class A common stock to Crestview; (ii) $125.0 million of Preferred Stock (as described below) to Macquarie; and (iii) 4,749,566 shares of its Class A common stock and warrants to purchase 24,052,302 shares of its Class A common stock to UBS and certain other investors under the Investment Agreement. In addition, and also pursuant to the Investment Agreement, the Company issued the Crestview Warrants. The information contained above with respect to the Company Warrants and the Crestview Warrants under Item 1.01 under the subheading “Warrant Agreements” is incorporated by reference herein.

The issuance and sale of the securities in the Equity Investment is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, pursuant to Section 4(2) thereof and Rule 506 of Regulation D promulgated thereunder.

Item 3.03— Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders.

Also on September 16, 2011, pursuant to the Investment Agreement and in connection with the closing of the Merger, the Company issued and sold 125,000 shares of its newly created series of preferred stock, the Series A preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “ Series A Preferred Stock ”), to Macquarie. The terms, rights, obligations and preferences of the Series A Preferred Stock are set forth in the Certificate of Designations of Series A Preferred Stock (the “ Certificate of Designations ”). No other shares of Series A Preferred Stock are issuable in the future, except for such shares as may be issued as dividends in lieu of any cash dividends in accordance with the terms thereof. The Series A Preferred Stock has a perpetual term, a liquidation value equal to the amount invested therein plus any accrued but unpaid dividends, and dividend rights as described below. The Series A Preferred Stock generally does not have voting rights, except with respect to any amendment to the Company’s Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “ Third Amended and Restated Charter ”) that would adversely affect

 

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the rights, privileges or preferences of the Series A Preferred Stock or the creation of a class or series of shares senior to, or pari passu with, the Series A Preferred Stock as to dividends, redemption or upon liquidation, and consent rights over certain other actions of the Company and its subsidiaries that could adversely affect the ability of the Company to fulfill its obligations under the Certificate of Designations.

Dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock accrue at a rate of 10% per annum for the first six months from issuance, and 14% per annum for the period commencing on March 16, 2012 and ending on September 15, 2013, with additional increases for every two-year period thereafter. The dividends are payable in cash, except that, at the option of the Company, up to 50% of the dividends for any period may be paid through the issuance of additional shares of Series A Preferred Stock. Payment of dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock is in preference and prior to any dividends payable on any class of the Company’s common stock and, in the event of any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, holders of Series A Preferred Stock are entitled to the liquidation value thereof prior to, and in preference of, payment of any amounts to holders of any class of the Company’s common stock.

The Certificate of Designations was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, and took effect, on September 16, 2011. The foregoing description of the Series A Preferred Stock is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Certificate of Designations, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 3.2 hereto, and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 5.02— Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Directors; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

Appointment of New Directors

On September 16, 2011, in connection with the closing of the Merger and pursuant to the terms of the Stockholders Agreement, as described above, Jeffrey Marcus and Arthur J. Reimers were appointed to the Board. The terms of their appointments are more fully described above under Item 1.01 under the subheading “Stockholders Agreement,” which description is incorporated by reference herein. Mr. Marcus is a Managing Director of Crestview, L.L.C., which is the general partner of Crestview Partners II GP, L.P., which is in turn the general partner of Crestview Partners II, L.P., which is a member of Crestview. As described in more detail under Items 1.01 and 3.02 above, Crestview purchased $225 million in Company securities in the Equity Investment and, in connection therewith, entered into the Registration Rights Agreement and Stockholders Agreement with the Company. The information contained under Item 1.01 under the subheading “Registration Rights Agreement” and under Item 3.02 is incorporated herein by reference.

2011 Equity Plan

On July 8, 2011, stockholders owning a majority of the outstanding voting power of the Company, upon the recommendation of the Board, approved the Company’s 2011 Equity Incentive Plan (the “ 2011 Equity Plan ”), subject to the consummation of the Merger. Prior thereto, the Board had also approved the 2011 Equity Plan, on July 8, 2011, subject to the approval of the 2011 Equity Plan by the Company’s stockholders and the consummation of the Merger.

The 2011 Equity Plan authorizes the granting of equity-based compensation in the form of stock options, stock appreciation rights (“ SARs ”), restricted stock, restricted stock units (“ RSUs ”), performance shares, performance units, and other awards for the purpose of providing Cumulus Media’s non-employee directors, consultants, officers and other employees incentives and rewards for superior performance.

The 2011 Equity Plan is administered by the Compensation Committee of the Board (the “ Committee ”). The Committee may delegate its authority under the 2011 Equity Plan.

Total awards under the 2011 Equity Plan are limited to 35,000,000 shares (the “ Authorized Plan Aggregate ”) of Class A common stock. The 2011 Equity Plan also provides that: (i) the aggregate number of shares of Class A common stock actually issued or transferred upon the exercise of incentive stock options (“ ISOs ”) will not exceed 17,500,000 shares; (ii) the number of shares of Class A common stock issued as restricted stock, RSUs, performance shares, performance units and other awards (after taking into account any forfeitures and cancellations) will not, during the term of the 2011 Equity Plan, in the aggregate exceed 12,000,000 shares of Class A common stock; (iii) no participant will be granted stock options or SARs, in the aggregate, for more than 11,500,000 shares of Class A

 

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common stock during any calendar year; and no participant will be granted awards of restricted stock, RSUs, performance shares or other awards that are intended to qualify as “qualified performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code” ), in the aggregate, for more than 3,000,000 shares of Class A common stock during any calendar year; and (iv) no participant during any calendar year will be granted awards of performance units that are intended to qualify as “qualified performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m) of the Code, in the aggregate, for more than a maximum value of $5,000,000 as of their respective dates of grant.

The 2011 Equity Plan provides that only shares with respect to awards that expire or are forfeited or cancelled, or shares that were covered by an award the benefit of which is paid in cash instead of shares, will again be available for issuance under the 2011 Equity Plan. The following shares will not be added back to the Authorized Plan Aggregate: (i) shares tendered in payment of the option exercise price; (ii) shares withheld by the Company to satisfy the tax withholding obligation; and (iii) shares that are repurchased by the Company with stock option proceeds. Further, all shares covered by a SAR that is exercised and settled in shares, and whether or not all shares are actually issued to the participant upon exercise of the right, will be considered issued or transferred pursuant to the 2011 Equity Plan.

The 2011 Equity Plan provides that generally: (i) stock options and SARs may not become exercisable by the passage of time sooner than one-third per year over three years except in the event of retirement, death or disability of a participant or in the event of a change in control (described below); (ii) stock options and SARs that become exercisable upon the achievement of Management Objectives (as defined below) cannot become exercisable sooner than one year from the date of grant except in the event of retirement, death or disability of a participant or in the event of a change in control; (iii) restricted stock and RSUs may not become unrestricted by the passage of time sooner than one-third per year over three years unless restrictions lapse sooner by virtue of retirement, death or disability of a participant or in the event of a change in control; (iv) the period of time within which Management Objectives relating to performance shares and performance units must be achieved will be a minimum of one year, subject to earlier lapse or modification by virtue of retirement, death or disability of a participant or in the event of a change in control; (v) restricted stock and RSUs that vest upon the achievement of Management Objectives cannot vest sooner than one year from the date of grant, but may be subject to earlier lapse or modification by virtue of retirement, death or disability of a participant or in the event of a change in control; and, as described below, a limited number of awards, however, including restricted stock and RSUs granted to non-employee directors, may be granted without regard to the above minimum vesting periods.

Repricing of options and SARs is prohibited without stockholder approval under the 2011 Equity Plan.

In general, a change in control will be deemed to have occurred if: (i) there is a consummation of a sale, lease, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (other than by way of merger or consolidation), in one or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole to any person or group; (ii) a plan relating to the liquidation or dissolution of the Company is adopted; (iii) there is a consummation of any transaction (including, without limitation, any purchase, sale, acquisition, disposition, merger or consolidation) the result of which is that any person or group becomes the beneficial owner (excluding any options to purchase equity securities of the Company held by such person or group) of more than 50% of the aggregate voting power of all classes of capital stock of the Company having the right to elect directors under ordinary circumstances; or (iv) a majority of the members of the Board are not Continuing Directors. For purposes of this definition, a “ Continuing Director ” is, as of any date of determination, any member of the Board who (1) was a member of the Board on July 8, 2011 or (2) was nominated for election or elected to the Board with the approval of either two-thirds of the Continuing Directors who were members of the Board at the time of such nomination or election or two-thirds of those Company directors who were previously approved by Continuing Directors.

The 2011 Equity Plan provides that dividends or other distributions on performance shares, restricted stock or RSUs that are earned or that have restrictions that lapse as a result of the achievement of Management Objectives will be deferred until and paid contingent upon the achievement of the applicable Management Objectives. The 2011 Equity Plan also provides that dividends and dividend equivalents will not be paid on stock options or SARs.

 

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The 2011 Equity Plan provides that no stock options or SARs will be granted with an exercise or base price less than the fair market value of the Cumulus Media Class A common stock on the date of grant. The 2011 Equity Plan is designed to allow awards to qualify as qualified performance-based compensation under Section 162(m) of the Code.

The following performance metrics may be used as “ Management Objectives ”: profits, cash flow, returns, working capital, profit margins, liquidity measures, sales growth, gross margin growth, cost initiative and stock price metrics, and strategic initiative key deliverable metrics.

The foregoing description of the 2011 Equity Plan is qualified in its entirety by reference to the 2011 Equity Plan, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.7 to this Report and is incorporated herein by reference.

Option Awards

Effective September 16, 2011, pursuant to the 2011 Equity Plan, the Board awarded stock options (the “ Options ”) to purchase shares of Class A common stock to the Company’s named executive officers in the amounts forth in the table below. The Options have an exercise price of $4.34 per share, and provide for vesting on each of the first four anniversaries of the date of grant, with 30% of each award vesting on each of the first two anniversaries thereof, and 20% of each award vesting on each of the next two anniversaries thereof.

 

Name and Position

   Number of Stock Options  

Lewis W. Dickey, Jr., Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer

     11,500,000   

Joseph P. Hannan, Senior Vice President, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer

     900,000   

Jonathan G. Pinch, Executive Vice President and Co-Chief Operating Officer

     1,725,000   

John W. Dickey, Executive Vice President and Co-Chief Operating Officer

     2,760,000   

The foregoing description of the Options is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Form of Nonqualified Stock Option Agreement, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.8 to this Report and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 5.03— Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

On July 8, 2011, upon the recommendation of the Board, holders of a majority of the outstanding voting power of the Company entered into an action by written consent approving and adopting the Third Amended and Restated Charter. The Third Amended and Restated Charter, among other things, (i) increased the number of authorized shares of capital stock of the Company; (ii) eliminated certain rights of the holder of the Company’s Class C common stock; (iii) modified the rights of the Company’s then-existing Class B common stock, including its related consent rights; (iv) reclassified the then-current Company Class D common stock as Company Class B common stock; (v) provided for certain corporate governance matters with respect to stockholders’ ability to act; and (vi) provides that the holders of Company Warrants will participate in any distributions on the Company’s common stock on an as-exercised basis. The Third Amended and Restated Charter was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, and took effect, on September 16, 2011.

Item 8.01—Other Events.

The foregoing description of the Third Amended and Restated Charter is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Third Amended and Restated Charter, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 3.1 to this Report, and is incorporated herein by reference.

After giving effect to the Third Amended and Restated Charter, including the Certificate of Designations, and the various issuances of securities described herein, as of September 16, 2011, the Company had outstanding the following securities:

 

   

119,433,260 shares of Class A common stock;

 

   

12,439,667 shares of Class B common stock;

 

   

644,871 shares of Class C common stock; and

 

   

Warrants to purchase 87,825,505 shares of common stock.

 

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Item 9.01—Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(a) Financial Statements of Businesses Acquired.

The financial statements of Citadel required to be filed pursuant to this Item 9.01(a) were previously included in the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on September 15, 2011 (File No. 000-24525). Pursuant to General Instruction B.3 to Form 8-K, these financial statements are not additionally reported herein.

(b) Pro Forma Financial Information.

The pro forma financial statements required to be filed pursuant to this Item 9.01(b) were previously included in the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on September 15, 2011 (File No. 000-24525). Pursuant to General Instruction B.3 to Form 8-K, these financial statements are not additionally reported herein.

(d) Exhibits. The following exhibits are filed with this report:

 

Exhibit No.

  

Description

2.1    Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of March 9, 2011, by and among Citadel Broadcasting Corporation, Cumulus Media Inc., Cumulus Media Holdings Inc. and Cadet Merger Corporation (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to the Company’s current report on Form 8-K, filed on March 10, 2011).
3.1    Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Cumulus Media Inc., effective as of September 16, 2011.
3.2    Certificate of Designation of Series A Preferred Stock of Cumulus Media Inc.
4.1    First Supplemental Indenture, dated September 16, 2011, by and among Cumulus Media Inc., Cumulus Media Holdings Inc., the other parties thereto and U.S. Bank, National Association, as trustee.
4.2    Warrant Agreement between Cumulus Media Inc. and Computershare Inc. and Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as Warrant Agent, dated as of September 16, 2011.
4.3    Form of Warrant Statement (included in Exhibit 4.1).
4.4    Form of Global Warrant Certificate (included in Exhibit 4.1).
4.5    Warrant, dated as of September 16, 2011, issued to Crestview Radio Investors, LLC.
10.1    First Lien Credit Agreement, dated as of September 16, 2011, among the Cumulus Media Inc., Cumulus Media Holdings Inc., as Borrower, certain lenders, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent, UBS Securities LLC, MIHI LLC, Royal Bank of Canada and ING Capital LLC, as Co-Syndication Agents and U.S. Bank National Association and Fifth Third Bank, as Co-Documentation Agents.
10.2    Second Lien Credit Agreement, dated as of September 16, 2011, among Cumulus Media Inc., Cumulus Media Holdings Inc., as Borrower, certain lenders, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent, and UBS Securities LLC, MIHI LLC, Royal Bank of Canada and ING Capital LLC, as Co-Syndication Agents.
10.3    First Lien Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, dated as of September 16, 2011, made by the Cumulus Media Inc., Cumulus Media Holdings Inc. and certain of the Cumulus Media Inc.’s subsidiaries in favor of JPMorgan, as Administrative Agent.
10.4    Second Lien Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, dated as of September 16, 2011, made by the Cumulus Media Inc., Cumulus Media Holdings Inc. and certain of the Cumulus Media Inc.’s subsidiaries in favor of JPMorgan, as Administrative Agent.

 

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10.5    Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of September 16, 2011, by and among Cumulus Media Inc., Crestview Radio Investors, LLC, UBS Securities LLC, and certain other signatories thereto.
10.6    Stockholders Agreement, dated as of September 16, 2011, among Cumulus Media Inc., BA Capital Company, L.P. and Banc of America Capital Investors SBIC, L.P., Blackstone FC Communications Partners L.P., Lewis W. Dickey, Jr., John W. Dickey, David W. Dickey, Michael W. Dickey, Lewis W. Dickey, Sr. and DBBC, L.L.C., MIHI LLC, UBS Securities LLC, and any other person who becomes a party thereto pursuant to section 3.1 thereof.
10.7    Cumulus Media Inc. 2011 Equity Incentive Plan.
10.8    Form of Nonqualified Stock Option Agreement.
99.1    Press Release, dated September 16, 2011.

 

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SIGNATURES

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.

 

CUMULUS MEDIA INC.

By:  

/s/ J.P. Hannan

  Name:   J.P. Hannan
  Title:   Senior Vice President, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer
   

Date: September 22, 2011

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.

  

Description

3.1    Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Cumulus Media Inc., effective as of September 16, 2011.
3.2    Certificate of Designation of Series A Preferred Stock of Cumulus Media Inc.
4.1    First Supplemental Indenture, dated September 16, 2011, by and among Cumulus Media Inc., Cumulus Media Holdings Inc., the other parties signatory thereto and U.S. Bank, National Association, as trustee.
4.2    Warrant Agreement, dated as of September 16, 2011, between Cumulus Media Inc. and Computer Share Inc. and Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as Warrant Agent.
4.3    Form of Warrant Statement (included in Exhibit 4.1).
4.4    Form of Global Warrant Certificate (included in Exhibit 4.1).
4.5    Warrant, dated as of September 16, 2011, issued to Crestview Radio Investors, LLC.
10.1    First Lien Credit Agreement, dated as of September 16, 2011, among the Cumulus Media Inc., Cumulus Media Holdings Inc., as Borrower, certain lenders, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent, UBS Securities LLC, MIHI LLC, Royal Bank of Canada and ING Capital LLC, as Co-Syndication Agents and U.S. Bank National Association and Fifth Third Bank, as Co-Documentation Agents.
10.2    Second Lien Credit Agreement, dated as of September 16, 2011, among Cumulus Media Inc., Cumulus Media Holdings Inc., as Borrower, certain lenders, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent, and UBS Securities LLC, MIHI LLC, Royal Bank of Canada and ING Capital LLC, as Co-Syndication Agents.
10.3    First Lien Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, dated as of September 16, 2011, made by the Cumulus Media Inc., Cumulus Media Holdings Inc. and certain of the Cumulus Media Inc.’s subsidiaries in favor of JPMorgan, as Administrative Agent.
10.4    Second Lien Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, dated as of September 16, 2011, made by the Cumulus Media Inc., Cumulus Media Holdings Inc. and certain of the Cumulus Media Inc.’s subsidiaries in favor of JPMorgan, as Administrative Agent.
10.5    Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of September 16, 2011, by and among Cumulus Media Inc., Crestview Radio Investors, LLC, UBS Securities LLC, and certain other signatories thereto.
10.6    Stockholders Agreement, dated as of September 16, 2011, among Cumulus Media Inc., BA Capital Company, L.P. and Banc of America Capital Investors SBIC, L.P., Blackstone FC Communications Partners L.P., Lewis W. Dickey, Jr., John W. Dickey, David W. Dickey, Michael W. Dickey, Lewis W. Dickey, Sr. and DBBC, L.L.C., MIHI LLC, UBS Securities LLC, and any other person who becomes a party thereto pursuant to section 3.1 thereof.
10.7    Cumulus Media Inc. 2011 Equity Incentive Plan.
10.8    Form of Nonqualified Stock Option Agreement.
99.1    Press Release, dated September 16, 2011.

Exhibit 3.1

THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

OF

CUMULUS MEDIA INC.

Cumulus Media Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the state of Delaware, hereby certifies as follows:

1. The name of the corporation is “Cumulus Media Inc.” (referred to herein as the “Company”).

2. The Certificate of Incorporation of the Company originally was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on November 8, 2001.

3. The name under which the Company was originally incorporated was “AA Blocker Acquisition Corp.,” which was changed by amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation of the Company to “Cumulus Delaware Inc.” on May 30, 2002, and which was changed by amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation of the Company to “Cumulus Media Inc.” on July 31, 2002. The Certificate of Amendment of the Company was amended and restated on July 31, 2002, and further amended and restated on July 29, 2011.

4. This Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation amends and restates the provisions of the second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company and has been duly adopted by the Board of Directors and the stockholders of the Company and duly executed and acknowledged by the officers of the Company in accordance with the provisions of Sections 103, 228, 242 and 245 of the Delaware General Corporation Law.

5. The text of the second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company is hereby amended and restated to read in its entirety as follows:


ARTICLE I

NAME

The name of the Company is Cumulus Media Inc.

ARTICLE II

REGISTERED AGENT AND REGISTERED OFFICE

The registered agent of the Company is The Corporation Trust Company and the registered office of the Company is located at Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware 19801.

ARTICLE III

PURPOSE

The purpose or purposes for which the Company is organized is the transaction of any or all lawful business for which corporations may be incorporated under the DGCL. The Company shall have perpetual existence.

ARTICLE IV

AUTHORIZED SHARES

The aggregate number of shares which the Company is authorized to issue is 1,450,644,871, divided into four classes consisting of: (i) 750,000,000 shares designated as Class A Common Stock, $.01 par value per share (hereinafter referred to as the “Class A Common Stock”); (ii) 600,000,000 shares designated as Class B Common Stock, $.01 par value per share (hereinafter referred to as the “Class B Common Stock”); (iii) 644,871 shares designated as Class C Common Stock, $ .01 par value per share (hereinafter referred to as the “Class C Common Stock”); and (iv) 100,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock, $.01 par value per share (hereinafter referred to as the “Preferred Stock”). The Class A Common Stock, Class B Common Stock, and Class C Common Stock shall be referred to collectively herein as the “Common Stock”. Effective upon the filing with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware of this Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “Effective Time”), each outstanding share of Class D Common Stock, par value $.01 per share, of the Company shall, without any action on the part of the holder thereof, be reclassified as, and converted into one fully paid and nonassessable share of the Class B Common Stock.

 

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ARTICLE V

TERMS OF COMMON STOCK

Except with regard to voting and conversion rights, shares of Class A Common Stock, Class B Common Stock, and Class C Common Stock are identical in all respects. The preferences, qualifications, limitations, restrictions, and the special or relative rights in respect of the Common Stock and the various classes of Common Stock shall be as follows:

SECTION 1. VOTING RIGHTS.

(a) General Rights . The holders of shares of Class A Common Stock shall be entitled to one (1) vote for each share of Class A Common Stock held on the record date therefor on any matter submitted to a vote of the stockholders of the Company. Except as may be required by law or by Section 1(b) of this Article V, the holders of shares of Class B Common Stock shall not be entitled to vote on any matter submitted to a vote of the stockholders of the Company. The holders of shares of Class C Common Stock shall be entitled to ten (10) votes for each share of Class C Common Stock held on the record date therefor on any matter submitted to a vote of the stockholders of the Company.

(b) Notwithstanding Sections 1(a) and 1(c) of this Article V, holders of Class B Common Stock and Class C Common Stock shall each be entitled to a separate class vote on any amendment or modification of any specific rights or obligations of the holders of Class B Common Stock or Class C Common Stock, respectively, that does not similarly affect the rights or obligations of the holders of Class A Common Stock.

(c) Voting in General . The holders of Class A Common Stock and the holders of Class C Common Stock shall vote together, as a single class, on all matters submitted for a vote to the stockholders of the Company.

(d) No Action by Stockholders Without a Meeting . All actions of the stockholders of the Company must be taken at an annual or special meeting of the stockholders of the Company and may not be taken by written consent without a meeting.

(e) Special Meeting of Stockholders . Special meetings of stockholders of the Company may be called by (i) the Chairman of the Board of Directors, (ii) the Chief Executive Officer of the Company or (iii) by the Board of Directors upon the demand, in accordance with procedures in Section 2.2 of the by-laws of the Company, of the holders of record of shares representing at least 25% of all the votes entitled to be cast on any issue proposed to be considered at the special meeting.

SECTION 2. DIVIDENDS.

After payment of the preferential amounts to which the holders of any shares ranking prior to the Common Stock shall be entitled, the holders of Common Stock shall be entitled to receive when, as and if declared by the Board of Directors of the Company, from funds lawfully available therefor, such dividends as may be declared by the Board of Directors of the Company from time to time. When and as dividends are declared on Common Stock, the holders of shares

 

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of each class of Common Stock will be entitled to share ratably in such dividend according to the number of shares of Common Stock held by them; provided , however , that in the case of dividends or other distributions payable on Common Stock in shares of Common Stock, including distributions pursuant to share splits or dividends, only Class A Common Stock will be distributed with respect to Class A Common Stock, only Class B Common Stock will be distributed with respect to Class B Common Stock, and only Class A Common Stock will be distributed with respect to Class C Common Stock. In the event any class of Common Stock is split, divided or combined, each other class of Common Stock simultaneously shall be proportionately split, divided or combined. The holders of shares of Common Stock and, to the extent required by the warrant agreement or agreements, entered into between the Company and the warrant agent thereunder on or about the date of the Effective Time (as amended, modified or otherwise restated from to time to time collectively referred to as the “Warrant Agreements”), the holders of warrants to purchase Common Stock issued pursuant to the Warrant Agreements (the “Warrants”) shall be entitled to participate in such dividends ratably on a per share basis (in the case of holders of Warrants, based upon their ownership of Common Stock underlying their Warrants on an as-exercised basis); provided, that no such distribution shall be made to holders of Warrants, Class A Common Stock, Class B Common Stock or Class C Common Stock if (i) an FCC ruling, regulation or policy prohibits such distribution to holders of Warrants or (ii) the Company’s FCC counsel opines that such distribution is reasonably likely to cause (a) the Company to violate any applicable FCC rules or regulations or (b) any such holder of Warrants to be deemed to hold an attributable interest in the Company.

SECTION 3. LIQUIDATION, DISSOLUTION OR WINDING-UP.

In the event of any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, whether voluntarily or involuntarily, after payment or provision for payment of the debts and other liabilities of the Company and the preferential amounts to which the holders of any shares ranking prior to the Common Stock in the distribution of assets shall be entitled upon liquidation, the holders of shares of the Class A Common Stock, the Class B Common Stock, and the Class C Common Stock shall be entitled to share pro rata in the remaining assets of the Company in proportion to the respective number of shares of Common Stock held by each holder compared to the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock outstanding.

SECTION 4. MERGER OR CONSOLIDATION.

In the event of a merger or consolidation of the Company, shares of Class A Common Stock, Class B Common Stock, and Class C Common Stock shall be treated identically, except with respect to voting and conversion rights as specifically described in this Article V; provided, however, that, in all cases without exception, the consideration received for each share of Class A Common Stock, Class B Common Stock, and Class C Common Stock as part of any such merger or consolidation shall be identical.

SECTION 5. CONVERTIBILITY AND TRANSFER.

(a) Conversion of Class B Common Stock . Each holder of Class B Common Stock is entitled to convert at any time or times all or any part of such holder’s shares of Class B Common Stock into an equal number of shares of Class A Common Stock; provided , however ,

 

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that to the extent that such conversion would result in the holder holding more than 4.99% of the Class A Common Stock following such conversion, the holder shall first deliver to the Company an ownership certification in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Company for the purpose of enabling the Company (a) to determine that such holder does not have an attributable interest in another entity that would cause the Company to violate applicable FCC rules and regulations and (b) to obtain any necessary approvals from the FCC or the United States Department of Justice. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Company shall not be required to convert (including upon transfer as set forth in Section 5(c)(i) of this Article V) any share of Class B Common Stock if the Company reasonably and in good faith determines that such conversion would result in a violation of the Communications Act, the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended, or the rules and regulations promulgated under either such Act.

(b) Conversion of Class C Common Stock . Each holder of Class C Common Stock is entitled to convert at any time or times all or any part of such holder’s shares of Class C Common Stock into an equal number of shares of Class A Common Stock; provided , however , that to the extent that such conversion would result in the holder holding more than 4.99% of the Class A Common Stock following such conversion, the holder shall first deliver to the Company an ownership certification in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Company for the purpose of enabling the Company (a) to determine that such holder does not have an attributable interest in another entity that would cause the Company to violate applicable FCC rules and regulations and (b) to obtain any necessary approvals from the FCC or the United States Department of Justice. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Company shall not be required to convert (including upon transfer as set forth in Section 5(c)(ii) of this Article V) any share of Class C Common Stock if the Company reasonably and in good faith determines that such conversion would result in a violation of the Communications Act, the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended, or the rules and regulations promulgated under either such Act. In the event of the death of any Principal or the Disability of any Principal which results in termination of such Principal’s employment with the Company, each share of Class C Common Stock held by such deceased or disabled Principal or any Related Party or Affiliate of such deceased or disabled Principal shall automatically be converted into one (1) share of Class A Common Stock. The holder of such converted shares shall have no further rights as a holder of Class C Common Stock with respect to such converted shares, but shall be deemed to have become the holder of the number of shares of Class A Common Stock into which such shares of Class C Common Stock have converted pursuant to this Section 5(b). Such holder shall exchange the certificates representing such converted Class C Common Stock for certificates representing Class A Common Stock.

(c) Transfer of Certain Shares .

(i) Subject to Section 6 of this Article V, a record or beneficial owner of shares of Class B Common Stock may transfer such shares (whether by sale, assignment, gift, bequest, appointment or otherwise) to any transferee. Concurrently with any such transfer, each such transferred share of Class B Common Stock shall automatically be converted into one (1) share of Class A Common Stock. The holder of such converted shares shall have no further rights as a holder of Class B Common Stock with respect to such converted shares but shall be deemed to have become the holder of the number of shares of Class A Common Stock into

 

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which such shares of Class B Common Stock have converted pursuant to this Section 5(c)(i). Such holder shall exchange the certificates representing such converted shares of Class B Common Stock for certificates representing Class A Common Stock.

(ii) Subject to Section 6 of this Article V, a record or beneficial owner of shares of Class C Common Stock may transfer such shares (whether by sale, assignment, gift, bequest, appointment or otherwise) to any transferee; provided , however , that if the transferee is not an Affiliate or a Related Party of a Principal, then, concurrently with any such transfer, each such transferred share of Class C Common Stock shall automatically be converted into one (1) share of Class A Common Stock. The holder of such converted shares shall have no further rights as a holder of Class C Common Stock with respect to such converted shares but shall be deemed to have become the holder of the number of shares of Class A Common Stock into which such shares of Class C Common Stock have converted pursuant to this Section 5(c)(ii). Such holder shall exchange the certificates representing such converted Class C Common Stock for certificates representing Class A Common Stock.

(d) Condition Precedent to Transfer or Conversion . As a condition precedent to any transfer or conversion of any shares of Class B Common Stock or Class C Common Stock, the transferor shall give the Company not less than five (5) business days’ prior written notice of any intended transfer or conversion and the intended transferee or the Person who will hold the converted shares, as applicable, and shall promptly provide the Company, in addition to the information required in Section 5(a) and Section 5(b), with any information reasonably requested by the Company to ensure compliance with applicable law.

(e) Conversion .

(i) Effective Time of Conversion . Subject to Section 5(a) and 5(b), the conversion of shares of Class B Common Stock or Class C Common Stock, as the case may be, will be deemed to have been effected as of the close of business on the date on which occurs the last to occur of the following events:

(A) The certificate or certificates representing the shares of Class B Common Stock or Class C Common Stock to be converted have been surrendered to the principal office of the Company with duly executed conversion instructions and, if applicable, transfer instructions; and

(B) All information requested by the Company has been provided to the Company and Company has made a reasonable and good faith determination that such conversion does not violate the FCC ownership and transfer restrictions set forth in Section 6 of this Article V.

At such time as such conversion has been effected, the rights of the holder of such shares will cease and the Person or Persons in whose name or names any certificate or certificates for shares of Class A Common Stock are to be issued upon such conversion will be deemed to have become the holder or holders of record of the shares of the Class A Common Stock so issuable by reason of the conversion.

 

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(ii) Deliveries Upon Conversion . As soon as possible after a conversion has been effected (but in any event within five (5) business days), the Company will deliver to the converting holder:

(A) a certificate or certificates representing the number of shares of Class A Common Stock issuable by reason of such conversion, or as the case may be, the book entry into the stock ledger of the Company for shares issuable upon conversion shall be deemed to have been made, in such name or names and such denominations as the converting holder has specified; and

(B) a certificate representing any shares of Class B Common Stock or Class C Common Stock which were represented by the certificate or certificates delivered to the Company, or as the case may be, the book entry into the stock ledger of the Company, in connection with such conversion but which were not converted.

(iii) No Charges . The issuance of certificates for shares of Class A Common Stock upon conversion of Class B Common Stock or Class C Common Stock will be made without charge to the holders of such Common Stock for any issuance tax in respect of such issuance or other costs incurred by the Company in connection with such conversion and the related issuance of shares of Class A Common Stock, except for any transfer taxes that may be payable if certificates are to be issued in a name other than that in which the surrendered certificate is registered. Upon conversion of a share of Class B Common Stock or Class C Common Stock, the Company will take all such actions as are necessary in order to ensure that the Class A Common Stock issued or issuable with respect to such conversion will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

(iv) No Adverse Action . The Company will not close its books against the transfer of Class A Common Stock issued or issuable upon conversion of Class B Common Stock or Class C Common Stock in any manner which interferes with the timely conversion of Class B Common Stock or Class C Common Stock.

(v) Sufficient Shares . The Company shall at all times have authorized, reserved and set aside a sufficient number of shares of Class A Common Stock for the conversion of all shares of Class B Common Stock and Class C Common Stock then outstanding.

SECTION 6. FCC MATTERS.

To the extent necessary to comply with the Communications Act and FCC Regulations, the Board of Directors may (i) take any action it believes necessary to prohibit the ownership or voting of more than 25% of the Company’s outstanding Capital Stock by or for the account of aliens or their representatives or by a foreign government or representative thereof or by any entity organized under the laws of a foreign country (collectively “Aliens”), or by any other entity (a) that is subject to or deemed to be subject to control by Aliens on a de jure or de facto basis or (b) owned by, or held for the benefit of, Aliens in a manner that would cause the Company to be in violation of the Communications Act or FCC Regulations; (ii) prohibit any transfer of the Company’s stock which the Company believes could cause more than 25% of the

 

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Company’s outstanding Capital Stock to be owned or voted by or for any person or entity identified in the foregoing clause (i); (iii) prohibit the ownership, voting or transfer of any portion of its outstanding Capital Stock to the extent the ownership, voting or transfer of such portion would cause the Company to violate or would otherwise result in violation of any provision of the Communications Act or FCC Regulations; and (iv) redeem Capital Stock to the extent necessary to bring the Company into compliance with the Communications Act or FCC Regulations or to prevent the loss or impairment of any of the Company’s FCC licenses.

SECTION 7. LEGEND.

Each Certificate representing shares of Common Stock shall bear a legend setting forth the restrictions on transfer and ownership which apply to the shares represented by such Certificate.

SECTION 8. DEFINITIONS.

For the purposes of this certificate of incorporation, the following capitalized terms shall have the meanings set forth below:

“Advancement of Expenses” shall be defined as set forth in Article XI.

“Affiliate” shall be defined as set forth in Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act.

“Aliens” shall be defined as set forth in Section 6 of this Article V.

“Capital Stock” means all shares now or hereafter authorized of any class or series of capital stock of the Company which has the right to participate in the distribution of the assets and earnings of the Company, including Common Stock and any shares of capital stock into which Common Stock may be converted (as a result of recapitalization, share exchange or similar event) or are issued with respect to Common Stock, including, without limitation, with respect to any stock split or stock dividend, or a successor security.

“Class A Common Stock” shall be defined as set forth in Article IV.

“Class B Common Stock” shall be defined as set forth in Article IV.

“Class C Common Stock” shall be defined as set forth in Article IV.

“Common Stock” shall be defined as set forth in Article IV.

“Communications Act” shall mean the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.

“Company” shall mean Cumulus Media Inc., a Delaware corporation.

“Director” shall mean a member of the Board of Directors of the Company.

“DGCL” shall mean General Corporation Law of Delaware, as amended from time to time.

 

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“Disability” shall mean the inability of the Principal to perform his duties to the Company on account of physical or mental illness or incapacity for a period of four and one-half (4 1/2) consecutive months, or for a period of one hundred thirty-five (135) calendar days, whether or not consecutive, during any three hundred sixty-five (365) day period, as a result of a condition that is treated as a total or permanent disability under the long-term disability insurance policy of the Company that covers the Principal.

“Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.

“FCC” shall mean the Federal Communications Commission.

“FCC Approvals” shall be defined as set forth in Section 6 of this Article V.

“FCC Regulations” shall mean the rules, regulations or policies promulgated by the FCC and in effect from time to time.

“Final Adjudication” shall be defined as set forth in Article XI.

“Indemnitee” shall be defined as set forth in Article XI.

“Person” shall include any individual, entity, or group within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act.

“Preferred Stock” shall be defined as set forth in Article IV.

“Principal” means Lewis W. Dickey, Jr.

“Proceeding” shall be defined as set forth in Article XI.

“Related Party” with respect to any Principal means (a) any spouse or immediate family member of such Principal, or (b) any trust, corporation, partnership or other entity, the beneficiaries, stockholders, partners, owners or Persons beneficially holding an eighty percent (80%) or more controlling interest of which consist of such Principal and/or other Persons referred to in the immediately preceding clause (a).

“Securities Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

“Undertaking” shall be defined as set forth in Article XI.

“Voting Securities” means the Common Stock and any other securities of the Company of any kind or class having power generally to vote for the election of Directors.

“Warrant” shall be as defined in Section 2 of this Article V.

“Warrant Agreements” shall be as defined in Section 2 of this Article V.

 

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ARTICLE VI

TERMS OF PREFERRED STOCK

The Board of Directors is hereby authorized to issue shares of undesignated Preferred Stock in such series and to fix from time to time before issuance the number of shares to be included in any series and the designation, relative powers, preferences and rights and qualifications, limitations or restrictions of all shares of such series. The authority of the Board of Directors with respect to each series shall include, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the determination of any or all of the following:

(a) the number of shares of any series and the designation to distinguish the shares of such series from the shares of all other series;

(b) the voting powers, if any, and whether such voting powers are full or limited in such series;

(c) the redemption provisions, if any, applicable to such series, including the redemption price or prices to be paid;

(d) whether dividends, if any, shall be cumulative or noncumulative, the dividend rate of such series, and the dates and preferences of dividends on such series;

(e) the rights of such series upon the voluntary or involuntary dissolution of, or upon any distribution of the assets of, the Company;

(f) the provisions, if any, pursuant to which the shares of such series are convertible into, or exchangeable for, shares of any other class or classes or of any other series of the same or any other class or classes of stock of the Company or any other corporation, and the price or prices or the rates of exchange applicable thereto;

(g) the right, if any, to subscribe for or to purchase any securities of the Company or any other corporation;

(h) the provisions, if any, of a sinking fund applicable to such series; and

(i) any other relative, participating, optional or other special powers, preferences, rights, qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof;

all as shall be determined from time to time by the Board of Directors in the resolution or resolutions providing for the issuance of such Preferred Stock and set forth in a certificate of designations.

 

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ARTICLE VII

NO CUMULATIVE VOTING

No holder of any shares of any class of stock of the Company shall be entitled to cumulative voting rights in any circumstances.

ARTICLE VIII

NO PRE-EMPTIVE RIGHTS

No stockholders shall have any pre-emptive rights to acquire unissued shares of the Company or securities of the Company convertible into or carrying a right to subscribe to or acquire shares.

ARTICLE IX

ELECTION BY WRITTEN BALLOT NOT REQUIRED

Elections of Directors need not be by written ballot except and to the extent provided in the by-laws of the Company.

ARTICLE X

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY OF DIRECTORS

To the full extent permitted by the DGCL or any other applicable law currently or hereafter in effect, no Director of the Company will be personally liable to the Company or its stockholders for or with respect to any acts or omissions in the performance of his or her duties as a Director of the Company. Any repeal or modification of this Article X will not adversely affect any right or protection of a Director of the Company existing prior to such repeal or modification.

ARTICLE XI

INDEMNIFICATION

(a) Right to Indemnification . Each person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to or is otherwise involved in any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (a “Proceeding”) by reason of the fact that the person is or was a director or an officer of the Company, or is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including service with respect to an employee benefit plan (an “Indemnitee”), whether the basis of such Proceeding is alleged action in an official capacity as a director, officer, employee or agent or in any other capacity while serving as a director, officer, employee or agent, shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Company to the fullest extent permitted or required by the DGCL, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended (but, in the case of any such amendment, only to the extent that such amendment

 

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permits the Company to provide broader indemnification rights than such law permitted the Company to provide prior to such amendment), against all expense, liability and loss (including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes or penalties and amounts paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered by such Indemnitee in connection therewith; provided, however, that, except as provided in paragraph (c) of this Article XI with respect to Proceedings to enforce rights to indemnification, the Company shall indemnify any such Indemnitee in connection with a Proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such Indemnitee only if such Proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized by the Board of Directors of the Company.

(b) Right to Advancement of Expenses . The right to indemnification conferred in paragraph (a) of this Article XI shall include the right to be paid by the Company the expenses (including, without limitation, attorneys’ fees and expenses) incurred in defending any such Proceeding in advance of its final disposition (an “Advancement of Expenses”); provided , however , that, if the DGCL so requires, an Advancement of Expenses incurred by an Indemnitee in such person’s capacity as a director or officer (and not in any other capacity in which service was or is rendered by such Indemnitee, including, without limitation, service to an employee benefit plan) shall be made only upon delivery to the Company of an undertaking (an “Undertaking”), by or on behalf of such Indemnitee, to repay all amounts so advanced if it shall ultimately be determined by final judicial decision from which there is no further right to appeal (a “Final Adjudication”) that such Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified for such expenses under this paragraph (b) or otherwise. The rights to indemnification and to the Advancement of Expenses conferred in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Article XI shall be contract rights and such rights shall continue as to an Indemnitee who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the Indemnitee’s heirs, executors and administrators.

(c) Right of Indemnitee to Bring Suit . If a claim under paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Article XI is not paid in full by the Company within 60 calendar days after a written claim has been received by the Company, except in the case of a claim for an Advancement of Expenses, in which case the applicable period shall be 20 calendar days, the Indemnitee may at any time thereafter bring suit against the Company to recover the unpaid amount of the claim. If successful in whole or in part in any such suit, or in a suit brought by the Company to recover an Advancement of Expenses pursuant to the terms of an Undertaking, the Indemnitee shall be entitled to be paid also the expense of prosecuting or defending such suit. In (i) any suit brought by the Indemnitee to enforce a right to indemnification hereunder (but not in a suit brought by the Indemnitee to enforce a right to an Advancement of Expenses) it shall be a defense that, and (ii) any suit brought by the Company to recover an Advancement of Expenses pursuant to the terms of an Undertaking, the Company shall be entitled to recover such expenses upon a Final Adjudication that, the Indemnitee has not met any applicable standard for indemnification set forth in the DGCL. Neither the failure of the Company (including its Board of Directors, independent legal counsel or stockholders) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of such suit that indemnification of the Indemnitee is proper in the circumstances because the Indemnitee has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the DGCL, nor an actual determination by the Company (including its Board of Directors, independent legal counsel or stockholders) that the Indemnitee has not met such applicable standard of conduct, shall create a presumption that the Indemnitee has not met the applicable standard of conduct or, in the case of such a suit brought by the Indemnitee, be a defense to such suit. In any suit brought by the Indemnitee to enforce a right to indemnification or to an

 

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Advancement of Expenses hereunder, or brought by the Company to recover an Advancement of Expenses pursuant to the terms of an Undertaking, the burden of proving that the Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified, or to such Advancement of Expenses, under this Article XI or otherwise shall be on the Company.

(d) Non-Exclusivity of Rights . The rights to indemnification and to the Advancement of Expenses conferred in this Article XI shall not be exclusive of any other right which any person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, the Company’s certificate of incorporation, by-laws, any agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.

(e) Insurance . The Company may maintain insurance, at its expense, to protect itself and any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company, or is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any liability asserted against such person and incurred by such person in any such capacity, or arising out of such person’s status as such, whether or not the Company would have the power to indemnify such person against such liability under the DGCL.

(f) Indemnification of Employees and Agents of the Company . The Company may, to the extent authorized from time to time by the Board of Directors, grant rights to indemnification and to the Advancement of Expenses to any employee or agent of the Company to the fullest extent of the provisions of this Article XI with respect to the indemnification and Advancement of Expenses of directors and officers of the Company.

ARTICLE XII

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

The business and affairs of the Company shall be managed by and under the direction of the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may exercise all such authority and powers of the Company and do all such lawful acts and things as are not by statute or this certificate of incorporation directed or required to be exercised or done by the stockholders. The number of directors shall be fixed from time to time exclusively by the Board of Directors pursuant to a resolution adopted by a majority of the then authorized number of directors of the Company, whether or not there exist any vacancies in previously authorized directorships, but in no event shall the number of directors be fewer than seven or greater than eleven. No director need be a stockholder.

ARTICLE XIII

AMENDMENT OF BY-LAWS

In furtherance and not in limitation of the rights, powers, privileges, and discretionary authority granted or conferred by the DGCL or other statutes or laws of the State of Delaware, the Board of Directors is expressly authorized to make, alter, amend or repeal the by-laws of the Company, without any action on the part of the stockholders, but the stockholders may make additional by-laws and may alter, amend or repeal any by-law whether adopted by them or

 

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otherwise. The Company may in its by-laws confer powers upon the Board of Directors in addition to the foregoing and in addition to the powers and authorities expressly conferred upon the Board of Directors by applicable law.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to be executed by a duly authorized officer as of the 16th day of September, 2011.

 

CUMULUS MEDIA INC.
By:  

/s/ Richard S. Denning

  Richard S. Denning
  Senior Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel

 

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Exhibit 3.2

CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATIONS

OF

SERIES A PREFERRED STOCK

OF

CUMULUS MEDIA INC.

Cumulus Media Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “ Company ”),

DOES HEREBY CERTIFY:

Pursuant to authority conferred upon the Board of Directors of the Company (the “ Board of Directors ”) under the Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on September 16, 2011 (the “ Certificate ”) and the provisions of Section 151 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, the Board of Directors, acting at a meeting duly convened and held on September 14, 2011, at which a quorum was at all times present and voting, adopted the following resolutions, which are in full force and effect and have not been modified, altered or amended, and are not in conflict with any provisions of the Company’s Certificate or its By-Laws, which resolutions provide for the issuance of a series of the Company’s preferred stock and fixes the number, terms, designation, relative rights, preferences and limitations of such stock:

WHEREAS, the Company’s Certificate authorizes 100,000,000 shares of preferred stock, $0.01 par value per share (“ Preferred Stock ”), issuable from time to time in one or more series;

WHEREAS, the Certificate authorizes the Board of Directors to issue shares of undesignated Preferred Stock in such series and to fix from time to time before issuance the number of shares to be included in any series and the designation, relative powers, preferences and rights and qualifications, limitations and restrictions of all shares of such series; and

WHEREAS, the Board of Directors desires, pursuant to its authority as aforesaid, to designate a new series of Preferred Stock, set the number of shares constituting such series, and the designation, relative powers, preferences and rights and qualifications, limitations and restrictions of all shares of such series (the “ Series A Preferred Stock ”);

RESOLVED, that the Board of Directors hereby designates a new series of Preferred Stock, consisting of the number of shares and with the designation, relative powers, preferences and rights and qualifications, limitations and restrictions of all shares of such series, as set forth in the Certificate of Designations for the Series A Preferred Stock on Exhibit A hereto, and the officers of the Company are, and each of them (acting alone) hereby is, authorized and directed to execute such Certificate of Designations in such form; and

FURTHER RESOLVED, that the officers of the Company are, and each of them (acting alone) hereby is, authorized to execute, deliver, file and record the Certificate of Designations with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware in accordance with Sections 103 and 151(g) and any other applicable provisions of the General Corporation Law of Delaware.

[ Signature Page Follows ]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Certificate to be executed in its corporate name this 16th day of September, 2011.

 

CUMULUS MEDIA INC.

/s/ Richard S. Denning

Name:   Richard S. Denning
Title:   Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

[Certificate of Designations of Series A Preferred]


Exhibit A

 

1. Number and Designation .

2,000,000 shares of the authorized and unissued Preferred Stock of the Company are hereby designated “ Series A Preferred Stock .” The par value of the Series A Preferred Stock shall be $0.01 per share and the liquidation preference shall be $1,000.00 per share. The Company may issue fractional interests in and/or fractional shares of Series A Preferred Stock. Each holder of a fractional interest in and/or a fractional share of a share of Series A Preferred Stock shall be entitled, proportionately, to all the rights, preferences and privileges of the Series A Preferred Stock. At all times the Company will have sufficient shares authorized and will take all actions necessary to authorize additional shares if required, in each case, to meet its obligations hereunder.

 

2. Rank .

(a) The Series A Preferred Stock shall, with respect to dividends, redemption and distributions upon liquidation, winding-up and dissolution of the Company, rank senior to all classes and series of Common Stock of the Company and to each other class and series of Stock of the Company hereafter created (other than Senior Stock and Parity Stock) (collectively referred to as “ Junior Stock ”). The Company may not issue any shares of, or any securities convertible into shares of, any class or series of Stock that ranks on a parity with the Series A Preferred Stock as to dividends, redemption or as to distributions upon liquidation, winding-up and dissolution (collectively referred to as “ Parity Stock ”), or senior to the Series A Preferred Stock as to dividends, redemption or as to distributions upon liquidation, winding-up and dissolution of the Company (collectively referred to as “ Senior Stock ”) other than in accordance with Section 4 or Section 6(b).

(b) While any shares of Series A Preferred Stock are outstanding, the Company may not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, issue any shares of any class or series of Stock with mandatory redemption rights, and may not redeem, purchase or pay dividends on any shares of any class or series of Stock, other than the Series A Preferred Stock or in accordance with Section 6(b), and any such actions in violation hereof shall be null and void. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, any Subsidiary that is a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Company may make dividends or other distributions in respect of its Stock to the owners thereof.

 

3. Issuance .

Series A Preferred Stock shall be issued solely to the Macquarie Investor at the Closing and no Series A Preferred Stock shall be issued after the Closing, except as payment-in-kind dividends on outstanding Series A Preferred Stock in accordance with Section 4, or as authorized in accordance with Section 6(b).

 

4. Dividends .


(a) The Holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive, to the fullest extent permitted by law, mandatory and cumulative dividends in an amount per annum equal to the Dividend Rate multiplied by the Liquidation Preference for each of the then-outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock, calculated on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months. Dividends shall begin to accrue and shall accumulate (to the extent not otherwise declared and paid as set forth herein) on each share of Series A Preferred Stock, from the date of issuance thereof, whether or not declared.

(b) Dividends on each share of Series A Preferred Stock shall accrue on a daily basis from the original issue date of such share. To the extent any quarterly dividend is not paid in cash or by issuance of additional shares of Series A Preferred Stock as set forth in this Section 4, such dividend amount shall accumulate and compound on a quarterly basis, whether or not the Company has earnings and/or profits, whether or not payment of dividends is then permitted by law, and whether or not declared.

(c) Dividends shall be paid in full, in cash (“ Cash Dividends ”) for each Dividend Period; provided, that, at the Company’s option and by notice to all Holders mailed no later than five (5) Business Days prior to the applicable Dividend Record Date, up to 50% of the dividends due for any Dividend Period may be paid in kind by issuance of additional Series A Preferred Stock (“ PIK Election Dividends ”) and the remaining 50% or more due for such Dividend Period shall be paid in cash (the “ Minimum Cash Dividend ”), subject to Section 4(d). Dividends shall be payable quarterly with respect to each Dividend Period in arrears on the first Dividend Payment Date after such Dividend Period.

(d) The Company will take all actions necessary to ensure that on the applicable date of declaration of each quarterly dividend, the Company has cash on hand available to make the Minimum Cash Dividend (after meeting all ordinary course expenses of the Company), including requiring Holdco, to the extent permitted by the Holdco Debt and the Financing Documentation, in each Dividend Period, to make distributions to the Company of not less than the Required Distribution Amount for such Dividend Period. If and to the extent that the Company does not for any reason (including due to a failure by the Company to receive the Required Distribution Amount in any Dividend Period or because the payment of dividends is prohibited by law) pay the entire dividend payable for a particular Dividend Period either as a Cash Dividend, or a combination of Cash Dividends and PIK Election Dividends, on the applicable Dividend Payment Date for such period (whether or not the payment of dividends is permitted under applicable law or such dividends are declared by the Board of Directors of the Company), such unpaid dividends shall be paid in kind by issuance of additional Series A Preferred Stock (the “ Additional PIK Dividends ”) to the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock as of the applicable Dividend Record Date, on the first date on which such Additional PIK Dividend can be paid in accordance with applicable law.

(e) When a dividend or part thereof is paid in additional shares of Series A Preferred Stock, such number of additional shares shall be calculated by dividing the amount of such dividend or part thereof that would otherwise be paid in cash by the Liquidation Preference of a share of Series A Preferred Stock.

(f) The “ Dividend Rate ” means

 

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  (i) 10% per annum for the period commencing on the Closing Date and ending on March 15, 2012;

 

  (ii) 14% per annum for the period commencing on March 16, 2012 and ending on September 15, 2013;

 

  (iii) 17% plus the Libor Increase Amount (with the Libor Increase Amount calculated on September 16, 2013) per annum for the period commencing on September 16, 2013 and ending on September 15, 2015; and

 

  (iv) 20% plus the Libor Increase Amount (with the Libor Increase Amount calculated on September 16, 2015 (the “ Reset Date ”) and re-calculated (and the Dividend Rate reset) on each even-numbered anniversary of such Reset Date thereafter) per annum for all periods commencing on or after September 16, 2015.

(g) The “ Libor Increase Amount ” means the positive change in London Interbank Offered Rate for an interest period of 90 days, as reported in the Wall Street Journal, from September 16, 2011 to the applicable calculation date.

(h) Dividends that are payable on the Series A Preferred Stock on any Dividend Payment Date will be payable to Holders of record on the applicable record date, which shall be the last day of the applicable Dividend Period (each such record date, a “ Dividend Record Date ”). Any such day that is a Dividend Record Date shall be a Dividend Record Date whether or not such day is a Business Day. All dividends paid pursuant to this Section 4 shall be paid ratably to the Holders of the Series A Preferred Stock.

(i) The quarterly dividend periods with respect to dividends shall commence on and include January 1, April 1, July 1 and October 1 (other than the initial Dividend Period, which shall commence on and include the Closing Date) and shall end on and include the last calendar day of the calendar quarter ending March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31 preceding the next Dividend Payment Date (each such period, a “ Dividend Period ”).

(j) For purposes of determining whether funds are legally available for any dividends pursuant to this Section 4, the assets of the Company shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be valued at the highest amount permissible under applicable law.

 

5. Liquidation, Dissolution or Winding Up .

(a) In the event of the liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the affairs of the Company, whether voluntary or involuntary (each a “ Liquidation Event ”), the Holders at the time shall be entitled to receive liquidating distributions with respect to each share of Series A Preferred Stock in an amount equal to the Liquidation Preference plus an amount equal to any accrued but unpaid dividends thereon up to and including the date of such liquidation to the fullest extent permitted by law, before any distribution of assets is made to the holders of the Common Stock or any other Junior Stock. After payment of the full amount of such liquidating distribution, the Series A Preferred Stock shall be deemed retired and Holders shall not be entitled to any further participation in any distribution of assets by the Company.

 

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(b) On the occurrence of a Liquidation Event, the Company shall make a liquidating distribution to the Series A Preferred Stock. In the event the assets of the Company available for distribution to stockholders upon any Liquidation Event shall be insufficient to pay in full the amounts payable with respect to all outstanding shares of the Series A Preferred Stock and the corresponding amounts payable on any Parity Stock, Holders and the holders of such Parity Stock shall share ratably in any distribution of assets of the Company in proportion to the full respective liquidating distributions to which they would otherwise be respectively entitled.

(c) The following shall be regarded as Liquidation Events within the meaning of this Section 5 (without limitation): (a) the sale, lease, exchange, transfer or other disposition (including, without limitation, by merger, consolidation or otherwise but excluding the grant of a mortgage or security interest in connection with indebtedness for borrowed money), in one transaction or a series of transactions, of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company or of its Subsidiaries (on a consolidated basis) (unless the holders of at least two-thirds of the then outstanding shares of the Series A Preferred Stock elect not to treat such transaction as a Liquidation Event), (b) any merger, consolidation or other business combination that results in the holders of the issued and outstanding voting securities of the Company immediately prior to such transaction owning or controlling less than a majority of the voting securities of the continuing or surviving entity immediately following such transaction (unless the holders of at least two-thirds of the then outstanding shares of the Series A Preferred Stock elect not to treat such transaction as a Liquidation Event), (c) the commencement of a voluntary or involuntary case with respect to the Company or any Subsidiary holding all or substantially all of the Company’s assets (on a consolidated basis) pursuant to or within the meaning of Title 11 of the United States Code, (d) the appointment of a custodian for all or substantially all of the assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (e) a general assignment by the Company for the benefit of its creditors, or (f) any merger, consolidation or other business combination of the Company with or into another Person that results in the cancellation of any shares of Series A Preferred Stock or that results in the conversion or exchange of any shares of Series A Preferred Stock into or for (1) shares of any other class or series of Stock of the Company, (2) Stock of the Company or any other Person (or the right to receive any such Stock), (3) any property (including, without limitation, cash and the right to receive cash or property) or (4) any combination of the foregoing (unless, in any such case, the holders of at least two-thirds of the then outstanding shares of the Series A Preferred Stock elect not to treat such transaction as a Liquidation Event).

(d) To the maximum extent that any liquidating distribution is made in a combination of cash and property other than cash, the liquidating distributions to the Holders of the Series A Preferred shall be made in cash to the maximum extent possible, in preference and priority to the liquidating distribution payable to any other Stock, other than Parity Stock (in which case, such distribution in cash shall be made pro rata) or Senior Stock. Whenever the distribution provided for in this Section 5 shall be payable in property other than cash, the value of such distribution shall be the fair market value of such property as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors.

 

6. Voting .

 

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(a) The Holders of Series A Preferred Stock, except as otherwise required under Delaware law or as set forth in this Certificate of Designation, shall not be entitled or permitted to vote such shares of Series A Preferred Stock on any matter required or permitted to be voted upon by the stockholders of the Company.

(b) So long as any shares of Series A Preferred Stock are outstanding, the Company shall not, either directly or indirectly, by amendment, merger, reorganization, reclassification, recapitalization, conversion, consolidation or otherwise, do any of the following without (in addition to any other vote required by law or the Certificate of Incorporation) the affirmative vote or consent of Holders of at least a majority of the then outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock, given in person or by proxy, either in writing by consent or by resolution adopted at an annual or special meeting and any act or transaction entered into without such vote or consent shall be void ab initio and of no force and effect:

 

  (i) (A) amend, alter, add, repeal or delete any provision of this Certificate of Designations, or (B) amend, alter, add, repeal or delete any provision of the Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, in either case, so as to adversely affect the rights, privileges, powers or preferences of the Holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock, including without limitation to: (I) reduce the Liquidation Preference for or the amount of any dividend or other amount payable on (including upon redemption of) any Series A Preferred Stock, (II) postpone any date fixed in this Certificate of Designation for the payment of any Liquidation Preference, dividend or other amount payable on or redemption of Series A Preferred Stock (except as provided in Section 5(c)), or (III) amend Section 13(f) hereof; or

 

  (ii) amend, alter, add, repeal or delete any provision of the Bylaws of the Company to the extent such amendments, alterations, additions, repeals or deletions would adversely affect the ability of Holdco to pay to the Company the Required Distribution Amount or Net Cash Proceeds or the Company’s ability to pay dividends on or make mandatory redemptions of the Series A Preferred Stock as required pursuant to Section 4 or 8 hereof; or

 

  (iii) authorize, or create, or increase the authorized amount of, or issue, sell or Transfer, any shares of, or any securities convertible into shares of, any class or series of the Company’s Stock ranking senior to or pari passu with the Series A Preferred Stock in the payment of dividends, redemption or in the distribution of assets on any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company; or

 

  (iv) authorize, issue, sell or Transfer, or decrease the authorized amount of, any shares of the Series A Preferred Stock (other than in accordance with Section 4 hereof);

 

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  (v) reclassify, alter or amend any authorized Parity Stock, Senior Stock or Junior Stock of the Company, if such reclassification, alteration or amendment would render such other security senior to (or, in the case of Junior Stock, pari passu with or senior to; or in the case of Senior Stock, senior in additional respects to) the Series A Preferred Stock; or

 

  (vi) purchase or redeem (or permit any Subsidiary to purchase or redeem) or pay, declare or set apart for payment any dividend or make any distribution on, any shares of Stock of the Company (or any warrants, rights, calls or options exercisable for or convertible into any Stock of the Company), other than (A) redemptions of or dividends or distributions on the Series A Preferred Stock as expressly authorized herein, (B) dividends or other distributions payable on Junior Stock solely in the form of additional shares of Junior Stock, and (C) the purchase of Common Stock or options for Common Stock from former officers or employees of the Company or its Subsidiaries upon the death, disability or termination of employment of such officer or employee, provided that the amount of payments under this clause (C) after the Closing Date shall not exceed $5,000,000 in the aggregate in any fiscal year of the Company (with any unused amounts in any fiscal year being carried over to succeeding fiscal years subject to a maximum (without giving effect to the following proviso) of $10,000,000 in any fiscal year of the Company; provided, further, that such $10,000,000 amount in any fiscal year may be increased by the Net Cash Proceeds from the sale of Stock of the Company to any employee, member of the board of directors or consultant of the Company; or

 

  (vii) issue, sell or Transfer, or permit any Subsidiary to issue, sell or Transfer any shares of any class or series of Stock with mandatory redemption rights; or

 

  (viii) take any action or enter into or amend any agreement, or permit Holdco to take any action or enter into or amend any agreement that would restrict Holdco’s obligation to pay, distribute or loan to the Company in each Dividend Period, the Required Distribution Amount, including any amendment of Section 8 of the Contribution Agreement, dated as of September 15, 2011, between the Company and Holdco; or

 

  (ix)

amend the Holdco Debt, or enter into (or permit any Subsidiary of the Company to enter into) any new debt obligations, where the Holdco Debt, as so amended, or such new debt obligations, restrict the Company’s ability to effect the redemptions in Section 8, dividends in Section 4 or liquidating distributions in Section 5 hereof or restrict Holdco’s ability to pay to the Company the Required Distribution Amount or Net Cash Proceeds (or restricts the ability of any other Subsidiary of the Company to make distributions to Holdco in order to pay the Company the Required Distribution Amount or Net Cash Proceeds) in a manner that is more

 

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restrictive than the terms of the Holdco Debt as in effect on the Closing Date; or

 

  (x) amend, or permit Holdco to amend, the Restricted Payment Provisions if such amendment would adversely affect the Required Distribution Amount or Holdco’s ability to pay the Required Distribution Amount or any other payment required to be made to the Holders of Series A Preferred Stock; or

 

  (xi) engage in any business activities other than (A) ownership of 100% of the Stock and Stock Equivalents of Holdco, (B) paying taxes, holding directors’ and shareholders’ meetings, preparing corporate and similar records and other activities incidental to maintenance of its corporate existence, (C) issuing, selling and redeeming its own Stock and Stock Equivalents, (D) preparing reports to, and preparing and making notices to and filings with, governmental authorities and to its holders of Stock and Stock Equivalents, (E) receiving, and holding the distributions received from Holdco and its Subsidiaries and distributing the proceeds thereof as required or permitted by this Certificate of Designations, (F) performance under ordinary course contracts already in the name of the Company as of March 9, 2011 (which shall not thereafter have been amended in a manner that would render them non-ordinary course contracts) or consistent with the obligations of Holdco under the Financing Documentation and maintaining a corporate office and activities related thereto (collectively, the “ Permitted Activities ”); or

 

  (xii) incur or assume any debt or obligations (other than under the Financing Documentation or those obligations directly related to the Permitted Activities), or guarantee the debt or obligations of any other Person (other than guarantees under the Financing Documentation), unless, in the case of debt for borrowed money, the Net Cash Proceeds thereof are applied to redemptions of Series A Preferred Stock in accordance with Section 8(a) below; or

 

  (xiii) Transfer (other than any pledge made pursuant to the Financing Documentation) any Stock or Stock Equivalents of Holdco (or permit Holdco to issue any Stock or Stock Equivalents to any Person other than the Company); or

 

  (xiv)

permit any Subsidiary to (A) amend, alter, add, repeal or delete any provision of its certificate of incorporation, bylaws or equivalent governing documents or (B) authorize, create, issue, sell, Transfer, reclassify, alter or amend any shares of, or any shares or other securities (including, for the avoidance of doubt, Stock Equivalents) convertible into shares of, any class or series of Stock, if, in the case of either (A) or (B) above, such action would adversely affect the Company’s ability to effect the redemptions contemplated by Section 8, payment of dividends

 

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contemplated by Section 4, or payment of liquidating distributions contemplated by Section 5 (including, but not limited to, by restricting or otherwise limiting or conditioning the ability of such Subsidiary to pay dividends or otherwise distribute cash or other property, directly or indirectly through any other Subsidiary of the Company, to the Company); or

 

  (xv) take any actions intended to circumvent the provisions of this Certificate of Designations.

(c) In any case in which the Holders of Series A Preferred Stock shall be entitled to vote or consent pursuant to this Section 6 or pursuant to Delaware law, each Holder of Series A Preferred Stock entitled to vote or consent with respect to such matter shall be entitled to one vote for each share of Series A Preferred Stock held.

(d) Any action as to which a vote of the Holders of Series A Preferred Stock is required pursuant to the terms of this Certificate of Designations may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent or consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of outstanding Stock of Series A Preferred Stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares of Series A Preferred Stock entitled to vote thereon were present and voted and shall be delivered to the Company.

 

7. Maturity .

The Series A Preferred Stock shall be perpetual unless redeemed in accordance with this Certificate of Designations.

 

8. Mandatory Redemption .

(a) Upon receipt by the Company of Net Cash Proceeds from (i) the issuance by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of debt for borrowed money (other than the Holdco Debt) or (ii) the issuance by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of Stock or Stock Equivalents (other than issuances to the Company or a wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Company), the Company shall redeem, for cash, to the fullest extent permitted by law, that number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock with an aggregate Redemption Price (as defined below) equal to the lesser of (1) an amount equal to 100% of such Net Cash Proceeds and (2) the aggregate Redemption Price of the maximum number of shares (or fractions thereof) of Series A Preferred Stock permitted to be redeemed on the Redemption Date (as defined below) pursuant to the Financing Documentation or other debt obligations of the Company’s Subsidiaries (to the extent that the terms thereof were approved by the Holders of Series A Preferred Stock pursuant to Section 6(b) above, if necessary); provided , that to the extent the aggregate Redemption Price of the shares (or fractions thereof) of Series A Preferred Stock permitted to be redeemed on the applicable Redemption Date pursuant to applicable law and the Financing Documentation is less than 100% of such Net Cash Proceeds, the Company shall effect further redemptions of shares (or fractions thereof) of Series A Preferred Stock from time to time as and when permitted pursuant to the Financing Documentation or other debt obligations of the Company’s Subsidiaries (to the extent

 

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that the terms thereof were approved by the Holders of Series A Preferred Stock pursuant to Section 6(b) above, if necessary) until such time as 100% of such Net Cash Proceeds have been applied to make redemptions of Series A Preferred Stock. The date of the occurrence of any event described in the preceding clause (a)(i) or (ii) and each subsequent date on which the Company becomes obligated to make a redemption pursuant to the proviso in the preceding sentence is referred to herein as an “ Issuance Redemption Date .” The Company will take all reasonable actions to ensure that Holdco and its Subsidiaries, promptly after the issuance of any Stock or Stock Equivalents, or any incurrence of debt for borrowed money (other than Holdco Debt), make distributions to the Company of not less than the Net Cash Proceeds received by Holdco or such Subsidiary on such issuance or incurrence.

(b) To the extent that, at the end of any Dividend Period (each such date, a “ PIK Redemption Date ,” and together with each Issuance Redemption Date, each a “ Mandatory Redemption Date ”) the Company has an amount of (i) cash and cash equivalents on hand plus (ii) the amount of cash and cash equivalents permitted under the Financing Documentation to be distributed or loaned to the Company from Holdco, in an aggregate amount in excess of (1) the Minimum Cash Dividend plus (2) all ordinary course expenses of the Company then due and payable and reasonable reserves for ordinary course expenses (such excess, the “ Available Amount ”), the Company shall to the fullest extent permitted by law redeem for cash a number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock with a Redemption Price equal to the lesser of (I) the Available Amount, and (II) an amount equal to (A) the aggregate Redemption Price of all shares of Series A Preferred Stock issued as Additional PIK Dividends less (B) the aggregate Redemption Price of all shares of Series A Preferred Stock redeemed pursuant to this Section 8(b) prior to the end of such Dividend Period.

(c) Upon the occurrence of each Mandatory Redemption Date, cash in an amount equal to the aggregate Redemption Price for all such shares of Series A Preferred Stock to be redeemed as a result of such Mandatory Redemption Date shall be segregated in a deposit account of the Company created and used solely for such purpose.

 

9. Optional Redemption .

(a) The Company shall have the right, but not the obligation, to redeem, to the fullest extent permitted by law, all or any portion of the outstanding Series A Preferred Stock at the Redemption Price for the relevant Redemption Date. The date of any such election by the Board of Directors is referred to herein as an “ Optional Election Date .”

 

10. Mechanics of Redemption .

(a) The redemption price per share of Series A Preferred Stock (the “ Redemption Price ”) shall be equal to the Liquidation Preference plus an amount equal to any accrued but unpaid dividends thereon up to and including the date of redemption (the “ Redemption Date ”) (which shall be the date that is ten (10) Business Days after the relevant Mandatory Redemption Date or Optional Election Date). Any redemption made pursuant to Section 8 or 9 shall be made on a pro-rata basis from each Holder on the Redemption Record Date (as defined below) such that the aggregate Redemption Price received by each such Holder on the relevant Redemption Date equals the product of (1)(A) the aggregate Liquidation Preference of all shares of Series A

 

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Preferred Stock held by such Holder on the relevant Redemption Record Date plus all accrued but unpaid dividends thereon, divided by (B) the aggregate Liquidation Preference of all issued and outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock on the relevant Redemption Record Date, plus the aggregate of all accrued but unpaid dividends thereon, multiplied by (2) the aggregate Redemption Price for all shares of Series A Preferred Stock to be redeemed on the relevant Redemption Date.

(b) Any redemption made pursuant to Section 8 or 9 shall be made from the Holders of record on the applicable record date, which shall be the date that is five (5) Business Days prior to the applicable Redemption Date (each such record date, a “ Redemption Record Date ”). Any such day that is a Redemption Record Date shall be a Redemption Record Date whether or not such day is a Business Day.

(c) No later than three (3) Business Days after the occurrence of a Mandatory Redemption Date or Optional Election Date (the “ Redemption Notice Deadline ”), the Company shall deliver a notice (a “ Redemption Notice ”) to each Holder including the following information: (A) informing the Holder of the redemption and the event giving rise thereto, (B) the aggregate number of shares of such Holder to be redeemed, (C) the Redemption Record Date and the Redemption Date, (D) the Redemption Price payable with respect to each share of Series A Preferred Stock on the Redemption Date, (E) that any certificates representing shares of Series A Preferred Stock which are to be redeemed must be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price at the office of the Company or any registered agent located in the United States selected by the Company therefor together with any written instrument or instructions of transfer or other documents and endorsements reasonably acceptable to the redemption agent or the Company, as applicable (if reasonably required by the redemption agent or the Company, as applicable), provided, that if such certificates are lost, stolen or destroyed, the Company may require an affidavit certifying to such effect and, if requested, an agreement indemnifying the Company from any losses incurred in connection therewith, in each case, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Company, from such Holder; (F) that, upon a Holder’s compliance with clause (E), payment of the Redemption Price with respect to any shares of Series A Preferred Stock to be made on the Redemption Date will be made to the Holder on the Redemption Date to the account specified by such Holder by notice to the Company. Notice of any redemption of shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall be given by first class mail, postage prepaid, addressed to the Holders of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock to be redeemed at their respective last addresses appearing on the books of the Company.

(d) If a Redemption Notice has been duly given as provided in Section 10(c) and if on or before the Redemption Date specified in the notice all funds necessary for the redemption have been irrevocably set aside by the Company, separate and apart from its other funds, in trust for the pro rata benefit of the Holders of the shares called for redemption, so as to be and continue to be available therefor, then, notwithstanding that any certificate for any share so called for redemption has not been surrendered for cancellation, after the Redemption Date, unless the Company defaults in the payment of the Redemption Price, in which case such rights shall continue until the Redemption Price is paid, dividends shall cease to accrue on all shares so called for redemption, all shares so called for redemption shall no longer be deemed outstanding and all rights with respect to such shares shall forthwith on such Redemption Date cease and terminate, except only the right of the Holders thereof to receive the amount payable on such

 

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redemption, without interest. Any funds unclaimed at the end of two years from the Redemption Date shall, to the extent permitted by law, be released to the Company, after which time the Holders of the shares so called for redemption shall look only to the Company for payment of the Redemption Price of such shares.

(e) Redemptions may include the redemption of fractional interests in or fractional shares of Series A Preferred Stock. Upon the redemption of any fractional interests or shares and surrender of the relevant share certificate, a new certificate shall be issued to the relevant Holder evidencing the remaining fractional shares outstanding and held by such Holder.

(f) Upon redemption of any shares of Series A Preferred Stock, such shares shall be retired by the Company.

 

11. Transfer .

(a) Subject to the transfer restrictions set forth in this Section 11, the Series A Preferred Stock may be transferred or assigned by the Holder at any time. Transfers and assignments of shares of the Series A Preferred Stock may include assignment or transfer of fractional interests in and fractional shares of Series A Preferred Stock.

(b) No Holder of Series A Preferred Stock shall transfer or assign any shares of Series A Preferred Stock to:

 

  (i) Clear Channel Communications, Inc., a Texas corporation (“ Clear Channel ”);

 

  (ii) Entercom Communications Corp., a Pennsylvania corporation (“ Entercom ”); or

 

  (iii) any Person that directly controls or is controlled, directly or indirectly, by either Clear Channel or Entercom.

(c) Shares of outstanding Series A Preferred Stock that are redeemed, purchased or otherwise acquired by the Company, including pursuant to Sections 8, 9 and 10 above, shall be cancelled and retired.

 

12. Certain Definitions .

(a) As used in this Certificate of Designations, the following terms shall have the following meanings (with terms defined in the singular having comparable meanings when used in the plural and vice versa), unless the context otherwise requires:

 

  (i)

Affiliate ” means, as to any Person, any other Person which, directly or indirectly, is in control of, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person. A Person shall be deemed to control another Person if the controlling Person possesses, directly or indirectly, the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of the other Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or

 

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otherwise. Without limitation, any director, executive officer or beneficial owner of five percent (5%) or more of the Stock (either directly or through ownership of Stock Equivalents) of a Person shall for the purposes of this Certificate of Designation, be deemed to control the other Person.

 

  (ii) Business Day ” means any day except a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York, New York are authorized or obligated to close.

 

  (iii) Closing ” means the closing of the issuance and sale of the securities contemplated by the Investment Agreement.

 

  (iv) Closing Date ” means September 16, 2011.

 

  (v) Dividend Payment Date ” means January 15, April 15, July 15 and October 15 of each year, commencing on October 15, 2011; provided that, if any such Dividend Payment Date would otherwise occur on a day that is not a Business Day, such Dividend Payment Date shall instead be the immediately succeeding Business Day.

 

  (vi) Financing Documentation ” means the agreements, notes and other documentation governing the terms of the Holdco Debt, as in effect on the Closing Date, together with any amendments, amendments and restatements, replacements, extensions, refinancings or other modifications thereof not prohibited hereunder.

 

  (vii) First Lien Credit Agreement ” means the First Lien Credit Agreement, dated as of September 16, 2011, among the Company, Holdco, as borrower, certain lenders party thereto, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent, the other agents party thereto, and Macquarie Capital (USA), Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, UBS Securities LLC, and RBC Capital Markets as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners, as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time consistent with the terms thereof and hereof (to the extent that the terms of any such amendment, modification or supplement were approved by the Holders of Series A Preferred Stock pursuant to Section 6(b) above, if necessary).

 

  (viii) Holdco ” means Cumulus Media Holdings Inc. (f/k/a Cadet Holding Corporation), a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Company.

 

  (ix) Holdco Debt ” means obligations under (A) the First Lien Credit Agreement; (B) the Second Lien Credit Agreement; (C) the Senior Notes and the Senior Notes Indenture; and (D) any amendments, amendments and restatements, extensions, refinancings or other modifications thereof (to the extent that the terms thereof were approved by the Holders of Series A Preferred Stock pursuant to Section 6(b) above, if necessary).

 

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  (x) Holder ” means the Person in whose name the shares of the Series A Preferred Stock are registered, which may be treated by the Company as the absolute owner of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock for the purpose of making payment and for all other purposes.

 

  (xi) Investment Agreement ” means that Amended and Restated Investment Agreement, dated as of April 22, 2011, by and among the Company, Crestview Radio Investors, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, the Macquarie Investor, and UBS Securities LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as it may be amended from time to time.

 

  (xii) Liquidation Event ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5(a).

 

  (xiii) Liquidation Preference ” means, as to the Series A Preferred Stock, One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) per share.

 

  (xiv) Macquarie Investor ” means MIHI LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.

 

  (xv) Merger Agreement ” means the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of March 9, 2011, as it may be amended from time to time, among Citadel, the Company, Holdco and Cadet Merger Corporation.

 

  (xvi) Net Cash Proceeds ” means, in respect of any issuance of debt or equity, (i) the amount of cash proceeds (including cash proceeds as and when received in respect of non-cash proceeds received or receivable in connection with such issuance), net of underwriting discounts and reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses paid or incurred in connection therewith in favor of any Person not an Affiliate of the Company less (ii) in the case of any issuance of debt, the amount of any such cash proceeds (calculated pursuant to the preceding clause (i)) applied within 90 days of the receipt thereof to fund ordinary course working capital requirements of the Company or its Subsidiaries, to retire Holdco Debt, or to consummate an acquisition by a Subsidiary of the Company of productive assets of a kind then used or usable in the business of the Company or its Subsidiaries.

 

  (xvii) Person ” means any individual, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, association, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, government or any agency or political subdivision thereof or any other entity.

 

  (xviii)

Required Distribution Amount ” means, for each Dividend Period, the lesser of (i) the maximum cash amount permitted to be paid by Holdco to the Company under the Holdco Debt without resulting in a default or event of default under the Financing Documentation, and (ii) the amount required to pay the Company’s ordinary course expenses for such

 

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Dividend Period plus the required Minimum Cash Dividend for such Dividend Period.

 

  (xix) Restricted Payment Provisions ” means (A) Section 8.8 of the First Lien Credit Agreement; (B) Section 8.8 of the Second Lien Credit Agreement; (C) Section 3.3 of the Senior Notes Indenture; and (D) corresponding provisions under amendments, amendments and restatements, replacements, extensions, refinancings or other modifications thereof (to the extent that the terms thereof were approved by the Holders of Series A Preferred Stock pursuant to Section 6(b) above, if necessary).

 

  (xx) Second Lien Credit Agreement ” means the Second Lien Credit Agreement, dated as of September 16, 2011, among the Company, Holdco, as borrower, the lenders party thereto, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as second lien administrative agent thereunder, and the other agents party thereto, as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time consistent with the terms thereof and hereof (to the extent that the terms of such amendment, modification or supplement were approved by the Holders of Series A Preferred Stock pursuant to Section 6(b) above, if necessary).

 

  (xxi) Senior Notes ” means the senior notes issued under and as defined in the Senior Notes Indenture.

 

  (xxii) Senior Notes Indenture ” the Indenture, dated as of May 13, 2011, among the Company, Holdco and the other Subsidiaries of the Company party thereto, and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee, as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time consistent with the terms thereof and hereof (to the extent that the terms of such amendment, modification or supplement were approved by the Holders of Series A Preferred Stock pursuant to Section 6(b) above, if necessary).

 

  (xxiii) Stock ” means all shares of capital stock (whether denominated as common stock, preferred stock or other stock), equity interests, beneficial, partnership or membership interests, joint venture interests, participations or other ownership or profit interests in or equivalents (regardless of how designated) of or in a Person (other than an individual), whether voting or non-voting.

 

  (xxiv) Stock Equivalents ” means all securities convertible into or exchangeable for Stock or any other Stock Equivalent and all warrants, options or other rights to purchase, subscribe for or otherwise acquire any Stock or any other Stock Equivalent, whether or not presently convertible, exchangeable or exercisable.

 

  (xxv) Subsidiary ” means, with respect to any Person:

 

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  (1) any corporation, association or other business entity of which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of Stock entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person (or a combination thereof); and

 

  (2) any partnership (a) the sole general partner or the managing general partner of which is such Person or a Subsidiary of such Person or (b) the only general partners of which are such Person or of one or more Subsidiaries of such Person (or any combination thereof).

 

  (xxvi) Transfer ” means a sale, assignment, conveyance, license, transfer or other disposition to, or any exchange with, any Person, in one transaction or a series of transactions.

 

  (xxvii) Wholly-Owned Subsidiary ” of any Person means a Subsidiary of such Person, 100% of the outstanding Stock of which is owned by such Person or by one or more Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries of such Person.

(b) Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to such terms in the Certificate of Incorporation.

 

13. Miscellaneous .

For purposes of this Certificate of Designations, the following provisions shall apply:

(a) Share Certificates . If any certificates representing Series A Preferred Stock shall be mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Company shall issue, in exchange and in substitution for and upon cancellation of the mutilated certificate, or in lieu of and substitution for the lost, stolen or destroyed certificate, a new Series A Preferred Stock certificate of like tenor and representing an equivalent number of Series A Preferred Stock, but only upon receipt of evidence of such loss, theft or destruction of such certificate and indemnity by the Holder thereof, if requested, reasonably satisfactory to the Company.

(b) Severability . If any right, preference, power or limitation of the Series A Preferred Stock set forth in this Certificate of Designations is invalid, unlawful or incapable of being enforced by reason of any rule of law or public policy, all other rights, preferences, powers and limitations set forth in this Certificate of Designations which can be given effect without the invalid, unlawful or unenforceable right, preference, power or limitation shall, nevertheless, remain in full force and effect, and no right, preference, power or limitation herein set forth shall be deemed dependent upon any other such right, preference, power or limitation unless so expressed herein.

(c) Headings . The headings of the various subdivisions hereof are for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of any of the provisions hereof.

 

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(d) Notices . Except as otherwise expressly provided in Section 10(c), all notices or communications in respect of Series A Preferred Stock shall be in writing and shall be deemed delivered (a) three (3) Business Days after being sent by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, (b) one (1) Business Day after being sent via a reputable nationwide overnight courier service guaranteeing next business day delivery, (c) on the date of delivery if delivered personally, or (d) if by facsimile, upon written confirmation of receipt by facsimile.

(e) Other Rights . The shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall not have any rights, preferences, privileges or voting powers or relative, participating, optional or other special rights, or qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, other than as set forth herein or in the Certificate of Incorporation or as provided by applicable law and regulation.

(f) Waivers . Any term or provision of this Certificate of Designations may be waived, with the written consent of the Company and the vote or written consent of holders of a majority of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock at the time outstanding (other than any shares of Series A Preferred Stock held by the Company); provided that, without the consent of all Holders of Series A Preferred Stock directly affected thereby, no such waiver shall (i) reduce the Liquidation Preference for or the amount of any dividend or other amount payable on or redemption of any Series A Preferred Stock, or (ii) postpone any date fixed in this Certificate of Designation for the payment of any Liquidation Preference, dividend or other amount payable on or redemption of Series A Preferred Stock. Any such waiver shall be binding upon all holders of outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock (other than as set forth in the proviso in the immediately preceding sentence).

 

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Exhibit 4.1

FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

This First Supplemental Indenture is entered into as of September 16, 2011 (this “ First Supplemental Indenture ”), by and among Cumulus Media Holdings Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Holdings ”), Cumulus Media Inc., a Delaware Corporation (“ CMI ”), the other parties hereto, and U.S. Bank National Association, a banking corporation organized and existing under the laws of the United States (the “ Trustee ”), as Trustee, and as transfer agent, registrar, authentication agent and paying agent under the Indenture referred to below.

W I T N E S S E T H:

WHEREAS, CMI, the Guarantors named therein and the Trustee have heretofore executed and delivered an Indenture dated as of May 13, 2011 (as supplemented, waived or otherwise modified, the “ Indenture ”), providing for the issuance of an aggregate principal amount of $610.0 million of 7.75% Senior Notes due 2019 of CMI (the “ Notes ”);

WHEREAS, CMI intends to transfer all or substantially all of its assets to Holdings pursuant to the Citadel Transaction and Section 3.21(a)(1) of the Indenture;

WHEREAS, Sections 3.21(a)(2) and 4.1(a)(2) of the Indenture provide that under specified circumstances Holdings shall execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture pursuant to which Holdings shall expressly assume CMI’s obligations under the Indenture and the Notes on the terms and conditions set forth herein and under the Indenture;

WHEREAS, Sections 3.21(b)(1) and (2) of the Indenture provide that under specified circumstances CMI shall execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture pursuant to which CMI shall unconditionally guarantee all of Holdings’ obligations under the Indenture and the Notes on the terms and conditions set forth herein and under the Indenture;

WHEREAS, as Section 4.1(a)(2) of the Indenture provides that under specified circumstances Holdings will assume by written agreement all of the obligations of CMI under the Registration Rights Agreement, Holdings shall simultaneously herewith enter into a “Joinder Agreement to Registration Rights Agreement” to effect such assumption;

WHEREAS, Section 4.1(a)(5) of the Indenture provides that under specified circumstances each Guarantor shall by supplemental indenture confirm that its Guarantee shall apply to such Person’s obligations under the Indenture, the Notes and the Registration Rights Agreement on the terms and conditions set forth herein and under the Indenture; and

WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 9.1 of the Indenture, Holdings, CMI and the Trustee are authorized to execute and deliver this First Supplemental Indenture without consent of the Holders.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties mutually covenant and agree for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders as follows:


ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

SECTION 1.1  Defined Terms . As used in this First Supplemental Indenture, terms defined in the Indenture are used herein as therein defined. The words “herein,” “hereof” and “hereby” and other words of similar import used in this First Supplemental Indenture refer to this First Supplemental Indenture as a whole and not to any particular section hereof.

ARTICLE II

REPRESENTATIONS; AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND; GUARANTEE

SECTION 2.1  Representations . Each of CMI, Holdings and the other Guarantors represents and warrants to the Trustee as follows:

(i) It is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization.

(ii) The execution, delivery and performance by it of this First Supplemental Indenture have been authorized and approved by all necessary corporate or limited liability company action on its part.

SECTION 2.2  Assumption; Agreement to be Bound; Confirmation .

(i) Pursuant to Sections 3.21(a)(2) and 4.1(a)(2) of the Indenture, Holdings hereby assumes all of the obligations of CMI under the Indenture and the Notes and shall, for all purposes under the Indenture and the Notes, be substituted for CMI as the Issuer, with the same effect as if it had been named in the Indenture as the Issuer. CMI shall be relieved of any obligations under the Indenture and the Notes as the original Issuer of the Notes and Holdings shall be relieved of any obligations under the Indenture and the Notes as a Guarantor.

(ii) Pursuant to Sections 3.21(b)(1) and (2) of the Indenture, CMI hereby becomes a party to the Indenture as a Guarantor only and as such shall have all of the rights and be subject to all of the obligations and agreements of a Guarantor under the Indenture. CMI agrees to be bound by all of the provisions of the Indenture applicable to a Guarantor and to perform all of the obligations and agreements of a Guarantor under the Indenture.

(iii) Pursuant to Section 4.1(a)(5) of the Indenture, each other Guarantor hereby confirms that its Guarantee shall apply to such Person’s obligations under the Indenture, the Notes and the Registration Rights Agreement.

SECTION 2.3  Guarantee . Pursuant to Sections 3.21(b)(1) and (2) of the Indenture, CMI agrees, on a joint and several basis with all the existing Guarantors, to fully, unconditionally and irrevocably Guarantee to each Holder of the Notes and the Trustee the Guaranteed Obligations pursuant to Article X of the Indenture on a senior unsecured basis, including without limitation to waive and not in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit

 

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or advantage of, any rights of reimbursement, indemnity or subrogation or any other rights against Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary as a result of any payment by CMI under its Guarantee until payment in full of obligations under the Indenture.

ARTICLE III

MISCELLANEOUS

SECTION 3.1  Notices . All notices and other communications to Holdings, as Issuer, and to CMI, as a Guarantor, shall be given as provided in the Indenture.

SECTION 3.2  Parties . Nothing expressed or mentioned herein is intended or shall be construed to give any Person, firm or corporation, other than the Holders and the Trustee, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this First Supplemental Indenture or the Indenture or any provision herein or therein contained.

SECTION 3.3  Governing Law . This First Supplemental Indenture shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.

SECTION 3.4  Severability Clause . In case any provision in this First Supplemental Indenture shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and such provision shall be ineffective only to the extent of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability.

SECTION 3.5  Ratification of Indenture; Supplemental Indentures Part of Indenture . Except as expressly amended hereby, the Indenture is in all respects ratified and confirmed and all the terms, conditions and provisions thereof shall remain in full force and effect. This First Supplemental Indenture shall form a part of the Indenture for all purposes, and every Holder of Notes heretofore or hereafter authenticated and delivered shall be bound hereby.

SECTION 3.6  Counterparts . The parties hereto may sign one or more copies of this First Supplemental Indenture in counterparts, all of which together shall constitute one and the same agreement.

SECTION 3.7  Headings . The headings of the Articles and the Sections in this First Supplemental Indenture are for convenience of reference only and shall not be deemed to alter or affect the meaning or interpretation of any provisions hereof.

SECTION 3.8 Trustee Makes No Representation . The Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or sufficiency of this First Supplemental Indenture.

[Signature page follows]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this First Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed as of the date first above written.

 

CUMULUS MEDIA HOLDINGS INC.
By:  

/s/ Joseph P. Hannan

  Name:   Joseph P. Hannan
  Title:   Senior Vice President, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer

 

CUMULUS MEDIA INC.
By:  

/s/ Joseph P. Hannan

  Name:   Joseph P. Hannan
  Title:   Senior Vice President, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer

 

BROADCAST SOFTWARE INTERNATIONAL INC.

By:  

/s/ Joseph P. Hannan

  Name:   Joseph P. Hannan
  Title:   Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

 

CADET MERGER CORPORATION
By:  

/s/ Joseph P. Hannan

  Name:   Joseph P. Hannan
  Title:   Senior Vice President, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer

 

CUMULUS BROADCASTING LLC
By:  

/s/ Joseph P. Hannan

  Name:   Joseph P. Hannan
  Title:   Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

[Signature Page to First Supplemental Indenture]


CATALYST MEDIA, INC.
By:  

/s/ Joseph P. Hannan

  Name:   Joseph P. Hannan
  Title:   Senior Vice President, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as Trustee, Transfer Agent, Registrar,

Authentication Agent and Paying Agent

By:  

/s/ William B. Echols

  Name:   William B. Echols
  Title:   Vice President

[Signature Page to First Supplemental Indenture]

Exhibit 4.2

 

 

WARRANT AGREEMENT

between

CUMULUS MEDIA INC.

and

COMPUTERSHARE INC.

and

COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, N.A.,

AS WARRANT AGENT

Dated as of September 16, 2011

 

 


This WARRANT AGREEMENT (the “ Agreement ”) is dated as of September 16, 2011 (the “ Effective Date ”), between CUMULUS MEDIA INC., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ” or “ Cumulus ”), and COMPUTERSHARE INC., a Delaware Corporation (“ Computershare ”), and its wholly-owned subsidiary COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, N.A., a federally chartered trust company, as warrant agent (the “ Warrant Agent ”).

W I T N E S S E T H

WHEREAS, pursuant to each of (i) the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated March 9, 2011, by and among the Company, Citadel Broadcasting Corporation, Cumulus Media Holdings Inc. ( f/k/a Cadet Holding Corporation) and Cadet Merger Corporation (the “ Merger Agreement ”), (ii) the Amended and Restated Investment Agreement, dated as of April 22, 2011, by and among the Company, Crestview Radio Investors, LLC, MIHI LLC and UBS Securities LLC, and (iii) the Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of September 16, 2011, by and among the Company, UBS Securities LLC and each of the entities or persons whose name is set forth on the signature pages thereto, the Company proposes to issue warrants (the “ Warrants ”) entitling the holders thereof to purchase shares of the Company’s class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “ Class A Common Stock ”).

WHEREAS, the Warrant Agent, at the request of the Company, has agreed to act as the agent of the Company in connection with the issuance, registration, transfer, exchange, exercise and conversion of the Warrants.

WHEREAS, the Company desires to enter into this Agreement to set forth the terms and conditions of the Warrants and the rights and obligations of the Company, the Warrant Agent, the Registered Holders and the Holders.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and mutual agreements set forth herein, the parties hereto agree as follows:

ARTICLE I.

DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION

Section 1.1. Certain Defined Terms . Capitalized terms used in this Agreement shall have the following respective meanings, except as otherwise provided herein or as the context shall otherwise require:

Act ” means the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.

Affiliate ” means, with respect to any Person, (i) any other Person of which securities or other ownership interests representing more than fifty percent (50%) of the voting interests are, at the time such determination is being made, owned, Controlled or held, directly or indirectly, by such Person or (ii) any other Person which, at the time such determination is being made, is Controlling, Controlled by or under common Control with, such Person. As used herein, “ Control, ” whether used as a noun or verb, refers to the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct, or cause the direction of, the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities or otherwise.


Agreement ” has the meaning specified in the introduction of this Agreement.

Board of Directors ” means the board of directors of the Company.

Book-Entry Warrants ” shall mean Warrants issued by book-entry registration in the books and records of the Warrant Agent.

Business Day ” means any day which is not a day on which The New York Stock Exchange is authorized or obligated by Law or executive order to close.

Certificate of Incorporation ” means the Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company as in effect upon closing of the merger pursuant to the Merger Agreement, as the same may be amended or restated from time to time.

Class A Common Stock ” has the meaning specified in the Recitals of this Agreement.

Class B Common Stock ” means the Class B Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company.

Class C Common Stock ” means the Class C Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company.

Common Stock ” means the Class A Common Stock, the Class B Common Stock, and the Class C Common Stock, or shares of any class or classes resulting from any reclassification or reclassifications thereof and which have no preference in respect of dividends or of amounts payable in the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company and which are not subject to redemption by the Company.

Commission ” means the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any other federal agency at the time administering the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, whichever is the relevant statute for the particular purpose.

Communication ” has the meaning specified in Section 9.3(a) .

Company ” has the meaning specified in the introduction of this Agreement.

Depositary ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.1 .

Effective Date ” has the meaning specified in the introduction of this Agreement.

Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

Exercise Form ” has the meaning specified in Section 3.3 .

Exercise Price ” means $0.01 per share of Class A Common Stock, which amount is not subject to adjustment.

Expiration Date ” means, with respect to any Warrant, June 3, 2030.

 

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FCC ” means the Federal Communications Commission and any successor governmental agency performing functions similar to those performed by the Federal Communications Commission on the Effective Date.

FCC Restrictions ” means the restrictions on the ownership and transfer of Common Stock in the Act and FCC Rules that are referenced in Section 6 of ARTICLE V of the Certificate of Incorporation.

FCC Rules ” means the published decisions, rules, and policies of the FCC.

Fundamental Change ” has the meaning specified in Section 4.1(c)(i) .

Global Warrant Certificate ” shall mean evidence of Warrants in the form of a global certificate registered in the name of Cede & Co., with the forms of election to exercise and of assignment printed on the reverse thereof, in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit A-2 attached hereto.

Governmental Authority ” means (i) any nation or government, (ii) any federal, state, county, province, city, town, municipality, local or other political subdivision thereof or thereto, (iii) any court, tribunal, department, commission, board, bureau, instrumentality, agency, council, arbitrator or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to government and (iv) any other governmental entity, agency or authority having or exercising jurisdiction over any relevant Person, item or matter.

Holders ” means the registered holders of Book-Entry Warrants in the Warrant Register and the holders of beneficial interests in a Global Warrant Certificate.

Laws ” means all laws, statutes, rules, regulations, policies, ordinances, orders, writs, injunctions or decrees and other pronouncements having the effect of law of any Governmental Authority.

Market Price ” per share of Class A Common Stock means, as of any date, (i) the last sale price on such date of a share of Class A Common Stock or, if no such sale takes place on such date, the average of the closing bid and asked prices thereof on such date, in each case as officially reported on the Nasdaq Stock Market or, if the Class A Common Stock is not then listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market, such other principal national securities exchange on which shares of Class A Common Stock are then listed or admitted to trading, or (ii) if shares of Class A Common Stock are not then listed or admitted to trading on any national securities exchange but are trading in the over-the-counter market on the OTC Bulletin Board maintained by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc., the last trading price of the shares of Class A Common Stock on such date as reported thereby, or (iii) if shares of Class A Common Stock are not then trading on the over-the-counter market on the OTC Bulletin Board maintained by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc., but are quoted on the “Pink Sheets” or similar organization, the last sale price as reported thereby, or (iv) if none of (i), (ii) or (iii) is applicable, a price per share thereof equal to the fair market value thereof determined in good faith by a resolution of the Board of Directors as of a date that is within 15 days of the date as of which the determination is to be made.

 

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Merger Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals of this Agreement.

Ownership Certification ” means a written certification in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit B for the purpose of enabling the Company to determine a Holder’s potential level of direct and indirect voting and equity interests in accordance with 47 U.S.C. § 310(b) of the Act, as interpreted and applied by the FCC in the FCC Rules.

Person ” means any individual, limited liability company, company, partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, Governmental Authority or other entity or enterprise and shall include any successor (by merger or otherwise) of such entity.

Registered Holders ” means the registered holders of Book-Entry Warrants and Global Warrant Certificates in the Warrant Register.

Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

Transfer Notice ” means a written notice, substantially in the form of the Forms of Assignment set forth on Exhibits A-1 and A-2 , which states (i) the name, address, facsimile number and e-mail address of the transferor and the transferee, (ii) the number of Warrants and underlying shares of Class A Common Stock subject to the proposed transfer and (iii) the proposed date of completion of the proposed transfer.

Warrants ” has the meaning specified in the Recitals of this Agreement.

Warrant Agent ” has the meaning specified in the introduction of this Agreement.

Warrant Register ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.3(c) .

Warrant Statements ” shall mean the certain statements, in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit A-1 attached hereto, issued by the Warrant Agent from time to time to the Holders of Book-Entry Warrants evidencing such book-entry position in the Warrant Register.

Section 1.2. Interpretation . In this Agreement, unless a clear contrary intention appears:

(a) the words “ hereof, ” “ herein ” and “ hereunder ” and words of similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement;

(b) reference to any gender includes each other gender and the neuter;

(c) all terms defined in the singular shall have the same meanings in the plural and vice versa;

(d) reference to any Person includes such Person’s heirs, executors, personal representatives, administrators, successors and assigns; provided, however, that nothing contained in this clause (d) is intended to authorize any assignment not otherwise permitted by this Agreement;

 

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(e) reference to a Person in a particular capacity or capacities excludes such Person in any other capacity;

(f) reference to any contract or agreement means such contract or agreement as amended, supplemented or modified from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof;

(g) all references to Articles and Sections shall be deemed to be references to the Articles and Sections of this Agreement;

(h) all references to Exhibits shall be deemed to be references to the Exhibits attached hereto which are made a part hereof and incorporated herein by reference;

(i) the word “including” (and with correlative meaning “include”) means including, without limiting the generality of any description preceding such term;

(j) with respect to the determination of any period of time, the word “from” means “from and including” and the words “to” and “until” each means “to but excluding”;

(k) the captions and headings contained in this Agreement shall not be considered or given any effect in construing the provisions hereof if any question of intent should arise;

(l) reference to any Law means such Law as amended, modified, codified, reenacted, supplemented or superseded in whole or in part, and in effect from time to time;

(m) where any provision of this Agreement refers to action to be taken by any Person, which such Person is prohibited from taking, such provision shall be applicable whether such action is taken directly or indirectly by such Person; and

(n) no provision of this Agreement shall be interpreted or construed against any party solely because that party or its legal representative drafted such provision.

ARTICLE II.

ORIGINAL ISSUE OF WARRANTS

Section 2.1. Form of Warrant .

(a) The Warrants to be delivered pursuant to this Agreement shall be issued, at the discretion of the Company, either (i) via book-entry registration on the books and records of the Warrant Agent and evidenced by the Warrant Statements, in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit A-1 attached hereto, or (ii) in the form of one or more Global Warrant Certificates, with the forms of election to exercise and of assignment printed on the reverse thereof, substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A-2 attached hereto. The Warrant Statements and Global Warrant Certificates may bear such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by this Agreement, and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as may be required to comply with any Law or with any rules made pursuant thereto or

 

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with any rules of any securities exchange or as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the Company.

(b) Each Warrant shall represent the right, subject to the provisions of this Agreement and the Warrant Statement or Global Warrant Certificate, to purchase one (1) share of Class A Common Stock (subject to adjustment as set forth in Section 4.1 ) at the Exercise Price. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, if so requested by a Holder who wishes to exercise its Warrant, the Company, in its sole and absolute discretion, may instead deliver one share of Class B Common Stock in the place of each share of Class A Common Stock otherwise issuable upon such exercise if to do so would not violate the FCC Restrictions. For the avoidance of doubt, the Company shall have no obligation under Section 6.2 to use commercially reasonable efforts to list any such shares of Class B Common Stock.

(c) The Global Warrant Certificates, if any, shall be deposited on or after the Effective Date with the Warrant Agent, or its Affiliate, and registered in the name of Cede & Co., as the nominee of The Depository Trust Company (the “ Depositary ”). Each Global Warrant Certificate shall represent such number of outstanding Warrants as specified therein, and each shall provide that it shall represent the aggregate amount of outstanding Warrants from time to time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate amount of outstanding Warrants represented thereby may from time to time be reduced or increased, as appropriate, in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

(d) The Warrant Agent will create a special account for the issuance of Global Warrant Certificates.

(e) The Company shall provide an opinion of counsel in a form to be reasonably agreed upon with respect to the Warrants within one (1) Business Day following the Effective Date.

Section 2.2. Legends .

(a) Each Global Warrant Certificate shall bear a legend in substantially the following form:

“THE SECURITIES EVIDENCED BY THIS CERTIFICATE (INCLUDING THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THE WARRANTS REPRESENTED HEREBY) ARE SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS ON EXERCISE AND OTHER AGREEMENTS SET FORTH IN THE WARRANT AGREEMENT, DATED SEPTEMBER 16, 2011, BETWEEN THE COMPANY AND THE WARRANT AGENT. COPIES THEREOF MAY BE OBTAINED BY A HOLDER OF WARRANTS AT THE COMPANY’S PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS WITHOUT CHARGE.”

(b) Each Global Warrant Certificate and Warrant Statement, or the Warrant Register with respect to any Warrants (and the securities issuable upon exercise thereof) represented by such Warrant Statement, that have been issued by the Company without being registered under the Securities Act shall bear a legend in substantially the following form:

 

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“THE SECURITIES EVIDENCED BY THIS CERTIFICATE OR STATEMENT HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS AND CANNOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF UNLESS REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND UNDER APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR UNLESS THE COMPANY SHALL HAVE RECEIVED AN OPINION OF COUNSEL REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY THAT REGISTRATION OF SUCH SECURITIES UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS ARE NOT REQUIRED.

(c) Each Holder and Registered Holder further acknowledges and agrees that the Class A Common Stock issued upon exercise of the Warrant if certificated shall bear an applicable legend substantially in the form of the legend set forth in Section 2.2(b) above, and any other legends required by applicable federal and state securities Laws, the Certificate of Incorporation of the Company or otherwise called for by this Agreement or any other agreement between the Company, on the one hand, and the Registered Holder and the Holder, on the other hand.

Section 2.3. Execution and Delivery of Warrants .

(a) The Global Warrant Certificates shall be executed in the corporate name and on behalf of the Company by the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President or any one of the Vice Presidents of the Company and attested to by the Secretary or one of the Assistant Secretaries of the Company, either manually or by facsimile signature printed thereon. In the event that any officer of the Company whose signature shall have been placed upon any of the Global Warrant Certificates shall cease to be such officer of the Company before countersignature by the Warrant Agent and the issuance and delivery thereof, such Global Warrant Certificates may, nevertheless, be countersigned by the Warrant Agent and issued and delivered with the same force and effect as though such person had not ceased to be such officer of the Company.

(b) The Warrant Agent is hereby authorized to countersign, issue and deliver, as applicable, Book-Entry Warrants and Global Warrant Certificates as required by Section 2.4 (in the case of a transfer or exchange), Section 3.3(c) (in the case of the exercise of less than all the Warrants represented by the surrendered Book-Entry Warrant or Global Warrant Certificate) or ARTICLE V (in the case of a lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated Warrant Statement or Global Warrant Certificate).

(c) Registration and Countersignature . Upon receipt of written instructions from the Company, Global Warrant Certificates shall be countersigned, by manual or facsimile signature, and dated the date of countersignature by the Warrant Agent and shall not be valid for any purpose unless so countersigned. The Book-Entry Warrants and Global Warrant Certificates shall be numbered and shall be registered in a register (the “ Warrant Register ”) to be maintained by the Warrant Agent.

 

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(d) The Company and the Warrant Agent may deem and treat the Registered Holder(s) of a Warrant as the absolute owner(s) thereof (notwithstanding any notation of ownership or other writing thereon made by anyone), for the purpose of any exercise thereof or any distribution to the holder(s) thereof and for all other purposes, and neither the Company nor the Warrant Agent shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.

Section 2.4. Certain Transfer and Exercise Restrictions . Subject to compliance with the Securities Act, and the rules and regulations thereunder, and to the requirements of this Section 2.4 , Warrants are freely transferable; provided that if any change in federal Laws shall impose limitations on the transferability of Warrants, a transfer shall be permitted only to the extent that such limitations have been satisfied.

(a) Any Warrants (and any Warrant Shares) that have been issued by the Company without being registered under the Securities Act may not be offered, sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of unless registered under the Securities Act and under applicable state securities laws or unless the Company shall have received on opinion of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Company that registration of such securities under the Securities Act and under the provisions of applicable state securities laws are not required.

(b) The Warrant Agent shall register in the Warrant Register transfers and exchanges of Book-Entry Warrants and Global Warrant Certificates as provided in this Agreement. The transfer and exchange of beneficial interests in Global Warrant Certificates shall be effected through the Depositary, in accordance with this Agreement and the procedures of the Depositary therefor.

(c) Subject to Section 3.2 , the Warrants may be exercised only upon a Holder’s completion and execution of the Ownership Certification.

(d) When Warrant Statements or Global Warrant Certificates are presented to the Warrant Agent with a Transfer Notice, the Warrant Agent shall, when provided with appropriate evidence of transferor’s authority, register the transfer or make the exchange as requested if the requirements of this Agreement for such transaction are met. To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Company shall execute Global Warrant Certificates at the Warrant Agent’s request. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Warrants, but the Company or the Warrant Agent may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or similar governmental charge payable in connection with any registration of transfer of Warrants.

(e) Except as otherwise provided in this Section 2.4 , all Book-Entry Warrants and Global Warrant Certificates issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Warrants shall be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same obligations, and entitled to the same benefits under this Agreement, as the Book-Entry Warrants or Global Warrant Certificates surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange.

(f) The Board of Directors shall have the power to determine, in its sole and absolute discretion, all matters related to this Section 2.4 , including matters necessary or desirable to administer or to determine compliance with this Section 2.4 and, absent manifest

 

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error, the determinations of the Board of Directors shall be final and binding on the Company, the Registered Holders and the Holders.

(g) In the event of any purported transfer in violation of the provisions of this Agreement, such purported transfer shall be void and of no effect and the Warrant Agent shall not give effect to such transfer. Prior to a transfer of a Warrant in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, the Company, the Warrant Agent and any agent of the Company may deem and treat the Person in whose name the Warrants are registered as the absolute owner thereof for all purposes (notwithstanding any notation of ownership or other writing thereon made by anyone), and neither the Company nor the Warrant Agent shall be affected by any notice to the contrary or be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or an interest in any Warrants on the part of any other Person and shall not be liable for any registration of transfer of Warrants that are registered or to be registered in the name of a fiduciary or the nominee of a fiduciary unless made with actual knowledge that a fiduciary or nominee is committing a breach of trust in requesting such registration of transfer or with such knowledge of such facts that its participation therein amounts to bad faith.

(h) Unless and until it is exchanged in whole for a Book-Entry Warrant, a Global Warrant Certificate may not be transferred as a whole except (i) with the prior written consent of the Company and (ii) 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 successor Depositary.

(i) If at any time, (i) the Depositary for the Global Warrant Certificates notifies the Company that the Depositary is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for the Global Warrant Certificates and a successor Depositary for the Global Warrant Certificates is not appointed by the Company within 90 days after delivery of such notice or (ii) the Company, in its sole discretion, notifies the Warrant Agent in writing that all Warrants shall be exclusively represented in the form of Book-Entry Warrants, then the Warrant Agent, upon written instructions signed by the Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer, any Vice President, the Treasurer or Secretary of the Company, and all other necessary information, shall register Book-Entry Warrants in an aggregate number equal to the number of Warrants represented by the Global Warrant Certificates, in exchange for such Global Warrant Certificates in such names and in such amounts as directed by the Depositary or, in the absence of instructions from the Depositary, by the Company.

(j) Any holder of a beneficial interest in a Global Warrant Certificate may, upon request, exchange such beneficial interest for a Book-Entry Warrant. Upon receipt by the Warrant Agent from the Depositary or its nominee of (i) written instructions or such other form of instructions as is customary for the Depositary on behalf of any Person having a beneficial interest in a Global Warrant Certificate and (ii) all other necessary information required by the Warrant Agent, in accordance with the standing instructions and procedures existing between the Depositary and Warrant Agent; then, the Warrant Agent shall cause the number of Warrants represented by the Global Warrant Certificate to be reduced by the number of Warrants to be represented by the Book-Entry Warrant to be issued in exchange for the beneficial interest of

 

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such Person in the Global Warrant Certificate. Following such reduction, the Warrant Agent shall register in the name of the Holder the Book-Entry Warrant and deliver to said Holder a Warrant Statement. Such Book-Entry Warrant issued in exchange for a beneficial interest in a Global Warrant Certificate shall be registered in such name as the Depositary, pursuant to instructions from its direct or indirect participants or otherwise, shall instruct the Warrant Agent. The Warrant Agent shall deliver such Warrant Statement to the Person in whose name such Warrants are so registered.

(k) A Book-Entry Warrant may not be exchanged for a beneficial interest in a Global Warrant Certificate except upon satisfaction of the requirements set forth below. Upon receipt by the Warrant Agent of appropriate instruments of transfer with respect to the Book-Entry Warrant, in form satisfactory to the Warrant Agent, together with written instructions directing the Warrant Agent to make, or to direct the Depositary to make, an endorsement on the Global Warrant Certificate to reflect an increase in the number of Warrants represented by the Global Warrant Certificate equal to the number of Warrants represented by such Book-Entry Warrant, and all other necessary information, then the Warrant Agent shall cancel such Book-Entry Warrant on the Warrant Register and cause, or direct the Depositary to cause, in accordance with the standing instructions and procedures existing between the Depositary and the Warrant Agent, the number of Warrants represented by the Global Warrant Certificate to be increased accordingly. If no Global Warrant Certificates are then outstanding, the Company shall issue and the Warrant Agent shall either manually or by facsimile countersign a new Global Warrant Certificate representing the appropriate number of Warrants; provided, that the Warrant Agent shall not effect any exchanges pursuant to this Section 2.4(k) , if the Company, in its sole discretion, has notified the Warrant Agent in writing that all Warrants shall be exclusively represented in the form of Book Entry Warrants.

(l) At such time as all beneficial interests in Global Warrant Certificates have either been exchanged for Book-Entry Warrants, repurchased or canceled, all Global Warrant Certificates shall be returned to, or retained and canceled by, the Warrant Agent, upon written instructions from the Company satisfactory to the Warrant Agent.

Section 2.5. Surrender and Cancellation of Warrants . Any Book-Entry Warrant or Global Warrant Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer, exchange or exercise of the Warrants represented thereby or pursuant to Sections 4.1(c) or 6.3 shall, if surrendered to the Company, be delivered to the Warrant Agent, and all Book-Entry Warrants or Global Warrant Certificates surrendered or so delivered to the Warrant Agent shall be promptly canceled by the Warrant Agent and shall not be reissued by the Company or the Warrant Agent and, except as provided in Section 2.4 (in the case of a transfer or exchange), Section 3.3(c) (in the case of the exercise of less than all the Warrants represented by the surrendered Book-Entry Warrant or Global Warrant Certificate) or ARTICLE V (in the case of a lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated Warrant Statement or Global Warrant Certificate), no Book-Entry Warrant or Global Warrant Certificate shall be issued hereunder in lieu thereof. On request of the Company, the Warrant Agent (provided that any retention periods established by the Commission have expired) shall destroy canceled Global Warrant Certificates held by it and shall deliver its certificates of destruction to the Company. The Warrant Agent shall destroy all canceled Global Warrant Certificates in accordance with its normal procedures, or retain such Global Warrant Certificates as may be required by applicable Laws.

 

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ARTICLE III.

EXERCISE PRICE; EXERCISE OF WARRANTS

Section 3.1. Exercise Price . Each Book-Entry Warrant or beneficial interest in a validly-countersigned Global Warrant Certificate shall entitle the Holder thereof, subject to the provisions of this Agreement and the Warrant Statement or Global Warrant Certificate, to purchase one (1) share of Class A Common Stock (subject to adjustment as provided in Section 4.1 ) for each Warrant represented thereby at the Exercise Price, payable in full at the time of purchase.

Section 3.2. Exercise; Expiration Date . Each outstanding Warrant may be exercised on any Business Day which is on or after the Effective Date and on or before the Expiration Date, but only if in the Company’s sole and absolute discretion, which shall be final, conclusive and binding on the Warrant Agent and all Holders, the issuance of Common Stock pursuant to the exercise of such Warrant will not cause the Company to violate the FCC Restrictions; provided that such Holder shall have completed and duly executed the Exercise Form (as defined below) and the Ownership Certification. Any Warrants not exercised by 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Expiration Date shall expire and all rights thereunder and all rights in respect thereof under this Agreement shall automatically terminate at such time.

Section 3.3. Method of Exercise; Payment of Exercise Price .

(a) Exercise Generally .

(i) In the case of Persons who hold Book-Entry Warrants, all or any of the Warrants represented by such Book-Entry Warrants may be exercised prior to the Expiration Date by the Holder thereof by providing the Warrant Agent at its corporate trust office set forth in Section 9.3 (x) a written notice of the Holder’s election to exercise the number of the Warrants specified therein (“ Exercise Form ”) substantially in the form of Exhibit C-1 hereto and (y) the Ownership Certification, in each case fully completed and duly executed by such Holder, which exercise shall be irrevocable (subject to Section 2.4(c) ). Such documents referenced above shall be accompanied by payment in full of the Exercise Price for each share of Class A Common Stock for which such Warrant is exercised (or a written instruction from such Holder to the Warrant Agent to satisfy payment of the Exercise Price pursuant to Section 3.3(h) below), together with any documentary, stamp or transfer tax, or other applicable tax or governmental charges.

(ii) In the case of Persons who hold Warrants through the book-entry facilities of the Depositary or by or through Persons that are direct participants in the Depositary, all or any of the Warrants represented by such book-entry facilities may be exercised prior to the Expiration Date by the Holder thereof by providing (x) an Exercise Form to the Warrant Agent substantially in the form of Exhibit C-2 hereto (or as provided by such Holder’s broker) and (y) the Ownership Certification, in each case fully completed and duly executed by such Holder, which exercise shall be irrevocable (subject to Section 2.4(c) ). Such documents referenced above shall be accompanied by payment in full of the Exercise Price for each share of Class A Common Stock for which such Warrant is exercised (or a written instruction from such Holder to the Warrant

 

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Agent to satisfy payment of the Exercise Price pursuant to Section 3.3(h) below), together with any documentary, stamp or transfer tax, or other applicable tax or governmental charges.

(b) Unless payment of the Exercise Price is to be satisfied pursuant to Section 3.3(h) below, payment of the Exercise Price shall be made by the Holder by certified bank check or official bank check in New York Clearing House funds payable to the order of the Company and delivered to the Warrant Agent at the address set forth in Section 9.3(c) or by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account specified in advance by the Warrant Agent, or in the case of a holder of a beneficial interest in a Global Warrant Certificate to such Holder’s broker. Upon the exercise of any Warrant, the Warrant Agent shall provide written notice of such exercise to the Company, including notice of the number of shares of Class A Common Stock to be issued upon the exercise of such Warrant (and whether the payment of the Exercise Price is to be satisfied pursuant to Section 3.3(h) below), and shall deliver all payments received upon exercise of such Warrant to the Company in such manner as the Company shall instruct in writing.

(c) Partial Exercise; Surrender of Warrants . A Holder may exercise all or any number of whole Warrants represented by a Book-Entry Warrant or a beneficial interest in a Global Warrant Certificate. If less than all of the Warrants represented by a Book-Entry Warrant are exercised, the Warrant Agent shall reduce the Warrant Register and such Holder’s position by the whole number of Warrants duly exercised. If less than all of the Warrants represented by a beneficial interest in a Global Warrant Certificate are exercised, such Depositary records shall be reduced by the whole number of Warrants duly exercised and the Warrant Agent and the Depositary shall make the necessary adjustments to their registries and such Global Warrant Certificate to reflect such exercise. Any Warrants surrendered for exercise shall, if surrendered to the Company, be delivered to the Warrant Agent, and all Warrants surrendered or so delivered to the Warrant Agent shall be promptly cancelled by the Warrant Agent and shall not be reissued by the Company. The Warrant Agent shall destroy such cancelled Global Warrant Certificates and deliver its certificate of destruction to the Company, unless the Company shall otherwise direct.

(d) Issuance of Class A Common Stock .

(i) Upon surrender of a Book-Entry Warrant or a beneficial interest in a Global Warrant Certificate in conformity with the foregoing provisions, including without limitation Section 3.2 , and payment of the Exercise Price in respect of the exercise of one or more Warrants evidenced thereby (unless payment of the Exercise Price is to be satisfied pursuant to Section 3.3(h) below), the Warrant Agent shall, when such payment is received and subject to Section 9.2 , deliver to the Company the notice of exercise received pursuant to Section 3.3(a) , deliver or deposit all funds received as instructed in writing by the Company and advise the Company by telephone at the end of such day of the amount of funds so deposited to its account (or shall advise the Company that payment of the Exercise Price is to be satisfied pursuant to Section 3.3(h) below). The Company shall thereupon, as promptly as practicable, and in any event within five (5) Business Days after receipt by the Company of such notice of exercise, (A) execute or cause to be executed and deliver or cause to be delivered to the Holder a certificate or

 

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certificates representing the aggregate number of shares of Class A Common Stock issuable upon such exercise, (B) if in the Company’s sole discretion the shares of Class A Common Stock are not certificated, make or cause to be made a book entry into the stock ledger of the Company for the aggregate number of shares of Class A Common Stock issuable upon such exercise or (C) if in the Company’s sole discretion the shares of Class A Common Stock shall be represented by a global certificate held by the Depositary, issue by same-day or next-day credit to the Depositary for the account of such beneficial holder or for the account of a participant in the Depositary the aggregate number of shares of Class A Common Stock issuable upon such exercise, in each case, based upon the aggregate number of Warrants so exercised and determined in accordance with Sections 3.3(g) and 3.3(h) , and, in each case, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered an amount in cash in lieu of any fractional share(s), if the Company so elects pursuant to Section 4.5 . Any certificate or certificates so delivered shall be, to the extent possible, in such denomination or denominations as such Holder shall request in such notice of exercise and shall be registered or otherwise placed in the name of, and delivered to, the Holder.

(ii) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Company shall not be required to issue or deliver any certificate or certificates for shares of Class A Common Stock purchased upon the exercise of a Warrant or portion thereof, make a book entry into the stock ledger of the Company if in the Company’s sole discretion the shares of Class A Common Stock are not certificated or, as the case may be, issue any instructions to the Depositary, prior to fulfillment of all of the following conditions: (x) the obtaining of approval or other clearance from any state or federal governmental agency which the Company shall, in its reasonable and good faith discretion, determine to be necessary or advisable and (y) the lapse of such reasonable period of time following the exercise of the Warrant as may be required by applicable Law.

(e) Notice to Transfer Agent . Upon the exercise of any Warrant, the Warrant Agent is hereby authorized and directed to notify any transfer agent of the Common Stock upon the exercise of any Warrant and to take any other reasonable steps to effect the exercise. Upon such notification, such transfer agent (and all such transfer agents are hereby irrevocably authorized to comply with this Section 3.3(e) ) shall register on its books the necessary number of shares of Class A Common Stock issuable upon such exercise (based upon the aggregate number of Warrants so exercised), determined in accordance with Section 3.3(g) ; provided that such Holder shall have complied with Section 3.3(a) .

(f) Time of Exercise . Except for exercises in connection with and conditioned upon a transaction pursuant to Section 4.1(c) , any Warrant exercised hereunder shall, assuming such exercise is in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement (including but not limited to Section 3.2 hereof), be deemed to have been effected immediately prior to the close of business on the day on which the Book-Entry Warrant or beneficial interest in a Global Warrant Certificate, representing such Warrant shall have been surrendered for exercise as provided in this Section 3.3 , together with any documentary, stamp or transfer tax, or other applicable tax or governmental charges. At such time, the certificates for the shares of Class A Common Stock issuable upon such exercise as provided in Section 3.3(d) shall be

 

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deemed to have been issued, or, as the case may be, the book entry into the stock ledger of the Company or the records of the Depositary for the shares of Class A Common Stock issuable upon such exercise as provided in Section 3.3(d) shall be deemed to have been made, and, for all purposes of this Agreement, the Holder shall, as between such Person and the Company, be deemed to be and entitled to all rights of the holder of record of such Class A Common Stock.

(g) Shares Issuable . The number of shares of Class A Common Stock “obtainable upon exercise” of Warrants at any time shall be the number of shares of Class A Common Stock for which such Warrants are then exercisable. The number of shares of Class A Common Stock “for which each Warrant is exercisable” shall be one (1) share, subject to adjustment as provided in Section 4.1 .

(h) Cashless Exercise . In lieu of paying the Exercise Price in cash as provided in this Section 3.3, payment of the Exercise Price may instead be satisfied by reducing the number of shares of Class A Common Stock that would otherwise have been issued upon such exercise by the number of shares of Class A Common Stock that have an aggregate Market Price (determined as of the Business Day immediately preceding the date of exercise) equal to the Exercise Price that would otherwise have been paid by the Holder upon such exercise.

ARTICLE IV.

ADJUSTMENTS; DISTRIBUTIONS.

Section 4.1. Adjustments . The number of shares of Class A Common Stock for which each Warrant is exercisable shall be subject to adjustment from time to time as follows:

(a) Upon Subdivisions or Splits . If, at any time after the Effective Date, the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding is increased by a distribution payable in shares of Common Stock (excluding any such distribution in accordance with Section 4.7 as in effect on the date hereof), or by a subdivision or split-up of shares of Common Stock, other than, in any such case, upon the occurrence of any transaction to which Section 4.1(c) applies, following the record date for the determination of holders of Common Stock entitled to receive such distribution, or in the cases of a subdivision or split-up, on the day following the effective date thereof, the number of shares of Class A Common Stock obtainable upon exercise of the Warrants shall be increased in proportion to such increase in outstanding shares of Common Stock. The adjustment made pursuant to this Section 4.1(a) shall become effective (i) in the case of any such distribution, immediately after the close of business on the record date for the determination of holders of Common Stock entitled to receive such distribution or (ii) in the case of such subdivision or split-up, at the time when such subdivision or split-up becomes effective with respect to all holders of Common Stock.

(b) Upon Combinations or Reverse Splits . If, at any time after the Effective Date, the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding is decreased by a combination or reverse split of the outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares of Common Stock, other than upon the occurrence of any transaction to which Section 4.1(c) applies, then the number of shares of Class A Common Stock obtainable upon exercise of the Warrants immediately prior to the date of such combination or reverse split shall be decreased in proportion to such decrease in outstanding shares of Common Stock. The adjustment made

 

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pursuant to this Section 4.1(b) shall become effective at the time when such combination or reverse split becomes effective with respect to all holders of Common Stock.

(c) Fundamental Changes .

(i) If any transaction or event, including any merger, consolidation, sale of assets, tender or exchange offer, reorganization, reclassification, compulsory share exchange or liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Company, occurs in which all or substantially all of the outstanding shares of the outstanding Common Stock are converted into or exchanged for stock, other securities, cash or assets (other than as a result of a distribution, subdivision or combination provided for in subsections 4.1 (a) and (b) above) (each, a “ Fundamental Change ”), each Warrant will automatically be adjusted upon such Fundamental Change to be exercisable solely into the right to receive the kind and amount of consideration to which such Holder would have been entitled as a result of any such Fundamental Change had the Warrant been exercised immediately prior thereto. If holders of Common Stock are given any choice as to the stock, other securities, cash or assets to be received upon a Fundamental Change, then such Holder shall be given the same choice as to the consideration it receives. The Company will not effect any Fundamental Change (where there is a change in or distribution with respect to the Common Stock) unless, prior to the consummation of such Fundamental Change, the successor Person (if other than the Company) assumes by written instrument the foregoing obligations.

(ii) Upon the consummation of a Fundamental Change, all Book-Entry Warrants and Global Warrant Certificates shall be deemed to have been surrendered to the Warrant Agent, and all such Book-Entry Warrants and Global Warrant Certificates shall be promptly cancelled by the Warrant Agent and shall not be reissued by the Company. The Company or the successor Person shall promptly cause to be issued, for each such previously outstanding Book-Entry Warrant and Global Warrant Certificate, a new Warrant exercisable for the kind and amount of consideration into which such surrendered Book-Entry Warrant or Global Warrant Certificate was exercisable as a result of the adjustment pursuant to Section 4.1(c)(i) ; provided , that, if such consideration includes cash, then the Company or the successor Person shall cause to be issued to each such Holder (A) the cash consideration for which such surrendered Book-Entry Warrant or Global Warrant Certificate was exercisable as a result of the adjustment in Section 4.1(c)(i) , less the Exercise Price, and (B) a new Warrant substantially similar hereto exercisable for only the kind and amount of non-cash consideration for which such Surrendered Book-Entry Warrant or Global Warrant Certificate was exercisable as a result of the adjustment in Section 4.1(c)(i) .

(iii) The provisions of this Section 4.1(c) shall apply similarly and equally to successive Fundamental Changes and shall be applied without regard to any limitations on exercise of this Warrant.

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(e) Treasury Shares . Shares of Common Stock at any time owned by the Company or its subsidiaries shall not be deemed to be outstanding for the purposes of any computation under this Section 4.1 .

Section 4.2. Notice of Adjustment . Whenever the number of shares of Class A Common Stock or other securities or property obtainable upon exercise of each Warrant is required to be adjusted pursuant to Section 4.1 , the Company shall, as promptly as reasonably practicable, deliver to the Warrant Agent a certificate setting forth (a) the number of shares of Class A Common Stock or other securities or property obtainable upon exercise of each Warrant and the Exercise Price therefor after such adjustment, (b) a brief statement of the facts requiring such adjustment and (c) the computation by which such adjustment was made. Such certificate shall be conclusive evidence of the correctness of such adjustment absent manifest error. The Warrant Agent shall be fully protected in relying on such certificate, and on any adjustment contained therein, and shall not be deemed to have any knowledge of such adjustment unless and until it shall have received such certificate. Within two (2) Business Days of receipt of such certificate, the Warrant Agent shall mail notice of the adjustment described in such certificate to each Holder at the expense of the Company; provided , that , at the Warrant Agent’s discretion, such notice may be sent to the holders of beneficial interests of a Global Warrant Certificate for which the Company has not been provided addresses through the Depositary’s communication system. The Warrant Agent shall be entitled to rely on such certificate and shall be under no duty or responsibility with respect to any such certificate (including all information required by clauses (a), (b) and (c) above), except to exhibit the same, from time to time, to any Holder desiring to inspect such certificate during reasonable business hours. The Warrant Agent shall not at any time be under any duty or responsibility to any Holder to determine whether any facts exist which may require any adjustment of the number of shares of Class A Common Stock or other securities or property obtainable upon exercise of any Warrant, or with respect to the nature or extent of any such adjustment when made, or with respect to the method employed in making such adjustment, or the validity or value (or the kind or amount) of any shares of Class A Common Stock or other securities or property that may be obtainable upon exercise of any Warrant, or to investigate or confirm whether the information contained in the above referenced certificate complies with the terms of this Agreement or any other document. The Warrant Agent shall not be responsible for any failure of the Company to make any cash payment or to issue, transfer or deliver any shares of Class A Common Stock or other securities or property upon the exercise of any Warrant.

Section 4.3. Statement on Warrants . The form of Warrant Statement or Global Warrant Certificate need not be changed because of any adjustment made pursuant to Section 4.1(a) or Section 4.1(b) , and Warrant Statements and Global Warrant Certificates issued after such adjustment may state the same number and kind of shares of Common Stock as are stated in the Warrant Statements and Global Warrant Certificates initially issued pursuant to this Agreement. The Company may, however, at any time in its sole discretion (which shall be conclusive), make any change in the form of Warrant Statement or Global Warrant Certificate that it may deem appropriate to reflect any such adjustment and that does not affect the substance thereof, and any Warrant Statement or Global Warrant Certificate thereafter issued or, as applicable, countersigned, whether in exchange or substitution for an outstanding Warrant Statement or Global Warrant Certificate or otherwise, may be in the form so changed.

 

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Section 4.4. Notice of Certain Events .

(a) In the event that, at any time after the date hereof and prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Expiration Date, the Company shall be subject to any Fundamental Change, dividend, distribution or other transaction or event covered by Section 4.7 , the Company shall cause to be mailed to the Warrant Agent and each Holder, at the earliest practicable time (and, in any event, not less than ten (10) calendar days before any record date or, if no record date applies, before any date set for closing), notice of the date on which such Fundamental Change, dividend, distribution or other transaction or event covered by Section 4.7 shall take place; provided at the Company’s discretion, such notice may be sent to the holders of beneficial interests of a Global Warrant Certificate for which the Company has not been provided addresses through the Depositary’s communication system. Such notice shall also set forth such facts as shall indicate the effect of such action (to the extent such effect may be known at the date of such notice), if any, on the kind and amount of shares of Class A Common Stock and other securities, money and other property deliverable in connection with such transaction or event.

(b) Notwithstanding anything in the preceding paragraph (a) to the contrary, the Company shall not be obligated to provide any material, non-public information pursuant to any notice given under this Agreement. To the extent any notice given by the Company hereunder constitutes, or contains, material, non-public information regarding the Company, the Company shall simultaneously file such notice with the SEC (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement) pursuant to a Current Report on Form 8-K.

Section 4.5. Fractional Shares . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if the number of shares of Class A Common Stock obtainable upon exercise of each Warrant is adjusted pursuant to the provisions of Section 4.1 , the Company shall not be required to issue any fraction of a share of Class A Common Stock upon any subsequent exercise of any Warrant. If Book-Entry Warrants or beneficial interests in Global Warrant Certificates evidencing more than one Warrant shall be surrendered for exercise at the same time by the same Holder, the number of full shares of Class A Common Stock that shall be issuable upon such exercise thereof shall be computed on the basis of the aggregate number of Warrants so surrendered and exercised. If any fraction of a share of Class A Common Stock would, except for the provisions of this Section 4.5 , be issuable on the exercise of any Warrant (or specified portion thereof), in lieu of the issuance of such fractional share of Class A Common Stock, the Company may (and shall direct the Warrant Agent to) (i) pay the Holder of such Warrant an amount in cash equal to the Market Price per share as of the date of exercise multiplied by such fraction (computed to the nearest whole cent) or (ii) round such fraction of a share to the nearest whole number of shares (where for the avoidance of doubt, 0.5 of a share shall be rounded to one (1) share). The Holders, by their acceptance of the Warrants, expressly waive their right to receive any fraction of a share of Class A Common Stock instead of such cash or such rounding. Whenever a payment for fractional shares is to be made by the Warrant Agent under any section of this Agreement, the Company shall (i) promptly prepare and deliver to the Warrant Agent a certificate setting forth in reasonable detail the facts related to such payment and the prices and/or formulas utilized in calculating such payments, and (ii) provide sufficient monies to the Warrant Agent in the form of fully collected funds to make such payments. The Warrant Agent shall be fully protected in relying upon such a certificate and shall have no duty with respect to, and shall not be deemed to have knowledge of any payment for fractional shares under any

 

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Section of this Agreement relating to the payment of fractional shares unless and until the Warrant Agent shall have received such a certificate and sufficient monies.

Section 4.6. Concerning All Adjustments . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if an adjustment is made under any provision of ARTICLE IV on account of any event, transaction, circumstance, condition or happening, no additional adjustment shall be made under any other provision of ARTICLE IV on account of such event, transaction, circumstance, condition or happening. Unless otherwise expressly provided in this ARTICLE IV , all determinations and calculations required or permitted under this ARTICLE IV shall be made by the Company or its Board of Directors, as appropriate, and all such calculations and determinations shall be conclusive and binding in the absence of manifest error.

Section 4.7. Distributions and Purchases .

(a) All distributions on and purchases of capital stock and capital stock equivalents shall be approved by the Board of Directors in its sole discretion and made in accordance with applicable Law.

(b) All distributions to holders of Warrants, Class A Common Stock, Class B Common Stock or Class C Common Stock shall be made to holders of Warrants, Class A Common Stock, Class B Common Stock and Class C Common Stock concurrently and on a pro rata basis (in the case of Holders of Warrants, based on their ownership of Class A Common Stock underlying their Warrants on an as-exercised basis), provided that no such distribution shall be made by or on behalf of the Company to holders of the Warrants, and also shall then not be made to holders of the Class A Common Stock, Class B Common Stock or Class C Common Stock, if (x) an FCC ruling, regulation or policy prohibits such distribution to Holders of Warrants or (y) the Company’s FCC counsel opines that such distribution is reasonably likely to cause (i) the Company to violate any applicable FCC rules or regulations or (ii) any such Warrant Holder to be deemed to hold an attributable interest in the Company.

(c) Any tender or exchange offer subject to Section 13 or 14 of the Exchange Act for Class A Common Stock, Class B Common Stock, Class C Common Stock or Warrants shall be made concurrently and on a pro rata basis (in the case of Holders of Warrants, based upon their ownership of Class A Common Stock underlying their Warrants on an as-exercised/as-converted basis) to all holders of Class A Common Stock, Class B Common Stock, Class C Common Stock and Warrants.

(d) Distributions to Holders of Warrants and payments to Holders of Warrants pursuant to a tender or exchange offer for Warrants subject to Section 13 or 14 of the Exchange Act shall be made in compliance with the Act and FCC Rules, including those provisions relating to multiple ownership and alien ownership.

ARTICLE V.

LOSS, THEFT, DESTRUCTION OR MUTILATION OF

WARRANT STATEMENTS AND GLOBAL WARRANT CERTIFICATES

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destruction or mutilation of any Warrant Statement or Global Warrant Certificate, and an indemnity bond in form and amount and with corporate surety satisfactory to them, and (in the case of mutilation) upon surrender and cancellation thereof, then, in the absence of notice to the Company or the Warrant Agent that the Warrants represented thereby have been acquired by a protected purchaser, the Company shall issue and, as applicable, the Warrant Agent shall countersign and deliver to the Holder of the lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated Warrant Statement or Global Warrant Certificate, in exchange and substitution for or in lieu thereof, a new Warrant Statement or Global Warrant Certificate of the same tenor and representing an equivalent number of Warrants. Upon the issuance of any new Warrant Statement or Global Warrant Certificate under this ARTICLE V , the Company may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Warrant Agent) in connection therewith. The provisions of this ARTICLE V are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights or remedies with respect to the replacement of lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated Warrant Statements and Global Warrant Certificates.

ARTICLE VI.

AUTHORIZATION AND RESERVATION OF COMMON

STOCK; PURCHASE OR EXCHANGE OF WARRANTS

Section 6.1. Reservation of Authorized Common Stock . The Company will at all times reserve and keep available, from its authorized and unissued Common Stock solely for issuance and delivery upon the exercise of the Warrants and free of preemptive rights, such number of shares of Class A Common Stock and other securities, cash or property as from time to time shall be issuable upon the exercise in full of all outstanding Warrants. The Company further covenants that it shall, from time to time, take all steps necessary to increase the authorized number of shares of its Class A Common Stock if at any time the authorized number of shares of Class A Common Stock remaining unissued would otherwise be insufficient to allow delivery of all the shares of Class A Common Stock then deliverable upon the exercise in full of all outstanding Warrants. The Company covenants that all shares of Class A Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants will, upon issuance, be duly and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and will be free from all taxes, liens and charges in respect of the issue thereof (other than taxes in respect of any transfer occurring contemporaneously or otherwise specified herein). Subject to Section 3.2 , the Company shall take all such actions as may be necessary to ensure that all such shares of Class A Common Stock may be so issued without violation of any applicable Law or governmental regulation (except for official notice of issuance which shall be immediately delivered by the Company upon each such issuance). The Company covenants that unless the shares of Class A Common Stock are not certificated, stock certificates issued to evidence any shares of Class A Common Stock issued upon exercise of Warrants will comply with the Delaware General Corporation Law and any other applicable Law.

Section 6.2. Stock Exchange Listing of Class A Common Stock . So long as any Warrants remain outstanding, the Company will use commercially reasonable efforts to take all necessary action to (i) have the shares of Class A Common Stock, immediately upon their issuance upon exercise of the Warrants, and (ii) the Warrants, listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market, or such other national securities exchange on which shares of Class A Common Stock or

 

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Warrants, as applicable, are then listed, and to maintain such listing so long as any other shares of Class A Common Stock or Warrants, as applicable, are so listed.

Section 6.3. Purchase or Exchange of Warrants by the Company . The Company shall have the right to purchase or otherwise acquire Warrants at such times, in such manner and for such consideration as it and the relevant Holders of Warrants may deem appropriate. In the event the Company shall purchase or otherwise acquire Warrants, the related Global Warrant Certificates shall thereupon be delivered to the Warrant Agent for cancellation, and the related Book-Entry Warrants shall be cancelled. Any Warrants purchased or otherwise acquired by the Company shall not be outstanding for any purpose. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, if requested by a Holder of Warrants after the date of this Agreement, the Company may, in its discretion, exchange the Warrants of such Holder for new warrants (“Class B Warrants”) that would be exercisable for the same number of shares of Class B Common Stock as the number of shares of Class A Common Stock for which the exchanged Warrants were exercisable, which warrants would be issued pursuant to a Warrant Agreement in substantially the same form as this Agreement, mutatis mutandis (including with a provision that permits the exchange of a Class B Warrant back into a Warrant); provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, the Company would have no obligation pursuant to Section 6.2 above or otherwise with respect to the listing of such new warrants or the shares of Class B Common Stock for which they are exercisable.

ARTICLE VII.

WARRANT HOLDERS NOT DEEMED STOCKHOLDERS

Section 7.1. No Stockholder Rights . Nothing contained in this Agreement or in any of the Warrant Statements or Global Warrant Certificates shall be construed as conferring upon the holders thereof the right to vote or to consent or to receive notice as stockholders in respect of the meetings of stockholders for the election of directors of the Company or any other matter, or any rights whatsoever as stockholders of the Company. The Warrant Agent shall have no duty to monitor or enforce compliance with this provision.

ARTICLE VIII.

WARRANT AGENT

Section 8.1. Appointment and Acceptance of Agency . The Company hereby appoints the Warrant Agent to act as agent for the Company in respect of the Warrants upon the express terms and instructions set forth in this Agreement (and no implied terms) and the Warrant Agent hereby accepts the agency established by this Agreement and agrees to perform the same on the terms and conditions herein set forth.

Section 8.2. Correctness of Statements; Distribution of Warrants . The statements contained herein and in each Warrant Statement and Global Warrant Certificate shall be deemed to be statements of the Company only, and the Warrant Agent assumes no responsibility for the accuracy or correctness of any of the same or be required to verify the same. The Warrant Agent assumes no responsibility with respect to the distribution of the Warrants except as herein otherwise provided.

 

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Section 8.3. Use of Agents . The Warrant Agent may execute and exercise any of the rights or powers hereby vested in it or perform any duty hereunder either itself or by or through its attorneys, accountants, agents or other experts, and the Warrant Agent will not be answerable or accountable for any act, default, neglect or unintentional misconduct of any such attorneys or agents or for any loss to the Company, the Registered Holders or the Holders resulting from any such act, default, neglect or unintentional misconduct, absent gross negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith (as each is determined by a final non-appealable order of a court of competent jurisdiction) in the selection and continued employment or engagement thereof.

Section 8.4. Proof of Actions Taken . Whenever in the performance of its duties under this Agreement, the Warrant Agent shall deem it necessary or desirable that any fact or matter be proved or established by the Company prior to taking, suffering or omitting to take any action hereunder, such fact or matter (unless such evidence in respect thereof be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on the part of the Warrant Agent (as determined by a final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction), be deemed to be conclusively proved and established by a certificate signed by the Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer, any Vice President, the Treasurer or Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Warrant Agent; and such certificate, in the absence of bad faith on the part of the Warrant Agent (as determined by a final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction), shall be full authorization to the Warrant Agent for any action taken, suffered or omitted to be taken by it under the provisions of this Agreement in reliance upon such certificate. In the event the Warrant Agent reasonably believes any ambiguity or uncertainty exists hereunder or in any notice, instruction, direction, request or other communication, paper or document received by the Warrant Agent hereunder, or is uncertain of any action to take hereunder, the Warrant Agent, may, following prior written notice to the Company, refrain from taking any action, and shall be fully protected and shall not be liable in any way to the Company or any other person or entity for refraining from taking such action, unless the Warrant Agent receives written instructions signed by the Company which eliminates such ambiguity or uncertainty to the reasonable satisfaction of the Warrant Agent.

Section 8.5. Compensation; Indemnity . The Company agrees to pay the Warrant Agent reasonable compensation for all services rendered by the Warrant Agent in the preparation, delivery, negotiation, administration and execution of this Agreement and the exercise and performance of its duties hereunder. The Company agrees to reimburse the Warrant Agent for all expenses, taxes and governmental charges and other charges of any kind and nature incurred by the Warrant Agent (including reasonable fees and expenses of the Warrant Agent’s counsel and agents) in the performance of its duties under this Agreement. The Company also agrees to indemnify the Warrant Agent for, and to hold it harmless against, any loss, liability or expenses incurred, except as a result of gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct on the part of the Warrant Agent (each as determined by a final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction), for any action taken or omitted to be taken by the Warrant Agent, or any person acting on behalf of the Warrant Agent, in connection with the acceptance and administration of this Agreement, including the costs and expenses of defending against any claim of liability in the premises. The indemnity provided for herein shall survive the expiration of the Warrants and the termination of this Agreement. The costs and expenses incurred in enforcing this right of indemnification shall be paid by the Company. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, in no event shall the Warrant Agent be liable for special,

 

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indirect, punitive, incidental or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including lost profits), even if the Warrant Agent has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of the action. Any liability of the Warrant Agent under this Agreement will be limited to the amount of annual fees paid by the Company to the Warrant Agent.

Section 8.6. Legal Proceedings . The Warrant Agent shall be under no obligation to institute any action, suit or legal proceeding or to take any other action likely to involve expense unless the Company or one or more Holders shall furnish the Warrant Agent with reasonable security and indemnity satisfactory to the Warrant Agent for any costs and expenses which may be incurred, but this provision shall not affect the power of the Warrant Agent to take such action as the Warrant Agent may consider proper, whether with or without any such security or indemnity. All rights of action under this Agreement or under any of the Warrants may be enforced by the Warrant Agent without the possession of any of the Warrants or the production thereof at any trial or other proceeding relative thereto, and any such action, suit or proceeding instituted by the Warrant Agent shall be brought in its name as Warrant Agent, and any recovery of judgment shall be for the ratable benefit of the Holders, as their respective rights or interests may appear, or the Company, as applicable.

Section 8.7. Other Transactions Involving the Company . The Warrant Agent and any member, stockholder, director, officer or employee of the Warrant Agent may buy, sell or deal in any of the Warrants or other securities of the Company or become pecuniarily interested in any transactions in which the Company may be interested, or contract with or lend money to the Company or otherwise act as fully and freely as though it were not Warrant Agent under this Agreement or such director, officer or employee. Nothing herein shall preclude the Warrant Agent from acting in any other capacity for the Company or for any other legal entity including acting as transfer agent or as a lender to the Company or an Affiliate thereof.

Section 8.8. Actions as Agent . The Warrant Agent shall act hereunder solely as agent for the Company, and its duties shall be determined solely by the express provisions of this Agreement. No implied duties or obligations shall be read into this Agreement against the Warrant Agent. The Warrant Agent shall not be liable for anything which it may do or refrain from doing in connection with this Agreement except for its own gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct (each as determined by a final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction).

Section 8.9. Liability of Warrant Agent . The Warrant Agent may conclusively rely upon and shall be protected by the Company and shall not incur any liability or responsibility for or in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted to be taken by it in reliance on any Warrant Statement or Global Warrant Certificate or other securities of the Company, instrument of assignment or transfer, power of attorney, endorsement, affidavit, letter, direction, statement, notice, resolution, waiver, consent, order, certificate or other paper, document or instrument reasonably believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed, executed, sent, presented and, where necessary, verified or acknowledged, by the proper party or parties. The Warrant Agent shall not be bound by any notice or demand, or any waiver, modification, termination or revision of this Agreement or any of the terms hereof, unless evidenced by a writing between and signed by, the Company and the Warrant Agent. The Warrant Agent shall not be required to take

 

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instructions or directions except those given in accordance with this Agreement, provided however that such covenant and agreement does not extend to, and the Warrant Agent shall not be indemnified with respect to, such costs, expenses, losses and damages incurred or suffered by the Warrant Agent as a result of, or arising out of, its gross negligence, bad faith, or willful misconduct.

Section 8.10. Validity of Agreement . The Warrant Agent shall not be under any responsibility in respect of the validity of this Agreement or the execution and delivery hereof (except the due execution and delivery hereof by the Warrant Agent) or in respect of the validity or execution of any Warrant (except its counter-signature thereof); nor shall it be responsible for any breach by the Company of any covenant or condition contained in this Agreement or in any Warrant Statement or Global Warrant Certificate; nor shall the Warrant Agent by any act hereunder be deemed to make any representation or warranty as to the authorization or reservation of any underlying securities (or other equity interests) to be issued pursuant to this Agreement or any Warrant, or as to whether any underlying securities (or other equity interests) will, when issued, be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, or as to the Exercise Price or the number or amount of underlying securities or other securities or other property issuable upon exercise of any Warrant; nor shall it be responsible to make or liable for any adjustments required under any provision hereof, including but not limited to Article IV hereof, or responsible for the manner, method or amount of any such adjustment or the ascertaining of the existence of facts that would required any such adjustment; nor shall it by act hereunder be deemed to make any representation or warranty as to the authorization or reservation of any shares of Common Stock to be issued pursuant to this Agreement or any Warrant or as to whether any shares of Common Stock will, when issued, be valid and fully paid and nonassessable.

Section 8.11. Acceptance of Instructions . The Warrant Agent is hereby authorized and directed to accept instructions with respect to the performance of its duties hereunder from the Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer, any Vice President or Secretary of the Company, and to apply to such officers for advice or instructions in connection with its duties, and shall not be liable for any action taken or suffered by it in accordance with instructions of any such officer or officers or for any delay in acting while waiting for those instructions.

Section 8.12. Right to Consult and Rely Upon Counsel . Before the Warrant Agent acts or refrains from acting, it may at any time consult with legal counsel (who may be legal counsel for the Company), and the opinion or advice of such counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection to the Warrant Agent and the Warrant Agent shall incur no liability or responsibility to the Company or to any Holder or Registered Holder for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it in accordance with the opinion or advice of such counsel.

Section 8.13. Right to Rely Upon Orders . The Warrant Agent may rely conclusively and shall be protected in acting upon any order, judgment, instruction, notice, demand, certificate, statement, instrument, report or other paper or document (not only as to its due execution and the validity and effectiveness of its provisions, but also as to the truth and acceptability and of information therein contained) which is believed by the Warrant Agent, to

 

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be genuine and to be signed or presented by the proper person or persons as set forth in Section 8.11 .

Section 8.14. No Additional Duties . The Warrant Agent shall have no duties, responsibilities or obligations as the Warrant Agent except those which are expressly set forth herein, and in any modification or amendment hereof to which the Warrant Agent has consented in writing, and no duties, responsibilities or obligations shall be implied or inferred. Without limiting the foregoing, unless otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, the Warrant Agent shall not be subject to, nor be required to comply with, or determine if any person or entity has complied with, any other agreement between or among the parties hereto, even though references thereto may be made in this Agreement, or to comply with any notice, instruction, direction, request or other communication, paper or document other than as expressly set forth in this Agreement.

Section 8.15. No Responsibility for Company’s Breach . The Warrant Agent shall not be responsible for any failure of the Company to comply with any of the covenants contained in this Agreement (including, without limitation, any adjustment of the Exercise Price pursuant to Article IV hereof, the authorization or reservation of shares of Common Stock pursuant to Section 6.1 hereof, and the due execution and delivery by the Company of this Agreement or any Global Warrant Certificate) or in the Global Warrant Certificates to be complied with by the Company.

Section 8.16. No Duty to Ensure Securities Laws Compliance . The Warrant Agent will not be under any duty or responsibility to ensure compliance with any applicable federal or state securities Laws in connection with the issuance, transfer or exchange of Global Warrant Certificates.

Section 8.17. No Liability for Force Majeure Events . The Warrant Agent shall not incur any liability for not performing any act, duty, obligation or responsibility by reason of any occurrence beyond the control of the Warrant Agent (including, without limitation, any act or provision of the present or future Law or regulation or Governmental Authority, any act of God, war, civil disorder or failure of any means of communication).

Section 8.18. No Duty to Make Adjustments . The Warrant Agent shall not at any time be under any duty or responsibility to any Holder or Registered Holder to make or cause to be made any adjustment of the Exercise Price or number of the shares of Common Stock or other securities or property deliverable as provided in this Agreement, or to determine whether any facts exist which may require any of such adjustments, or with respect to the nature or extent of any such adjustments, when made, or with respect to the method employed in making the same. The Warrant Agent shall not be accountable with respect to the validity or value or the kind or amount of any shares of Common Stock or of any securities or property which may at any time be issued or delivered upon the exercise of any Warrant or with respect to whether any such shares of Common Stock or other securities will when issued be validly issued and fully paid and nonassessable, and makes no representation with respect thereto. The Warrant Agent shall not be accountable to confirm or verify the accuracy or necessity of any calculation.

 

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Section 8.19. Additional Assurances . The Company agrees to perform, execute and acknowledge and deliver or cause to be performed, executed, acknowledged and delivered all such further and other acts, instruments, and assurances as many reasonably be required by the Warrant Agent for the carrying out or performing of the provisions of this Agreement.

Section 8.20. Survival . All rights and obligations contained in this Article VIII shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the resignation, replacement or removal of the Warrant Agent.

Section 8.21. Change of Warrant Agent . If the Warrant Agent shall resign (such resignation to become effective not earlier than sixty (60) days after the giving of written notice thereof to the Company and the Registered Holders) or shall become incapable of acting as Warrant Agent or if the Board shall by resolution remove the Warrant Agent (such removal to become effective not earlier than thirty (30) days after the filing of a certified copy of such resolution with the Warrant Agent and the giving of written notice of such removal to the Registered Holders), the Company shall appoint a successor to the Warrant Agent. If the Company shall fail to make such appointment within a period of thirty (30) days after such removal or after it has been so notified in writing of such resignation or incapacity by the Warrant Agent or by a Registered Holder (in the case of incapacity), then any Registered Holder may apply to any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor to the Warrant Agent. Pending appointment of a successor to the Warrant Agent, either by the Company or by such a court, the duties of the Warrant Agent shall be carried out by the Company. Any successor Warrant Agent, whether appointed by the Company or by such a court, shall be a Person, in good standing, incorporated under the Laws of any state or of the United States of America. As soon as practicable after appointment of the successor Warrant Agent, the Company shall cause written notice of the change in the Warrant Agent to be given to each of the Registered Holders at such Registered Holder’s address appearing on the Warrant Register and shall be given to each holder of a beneficial interest in a Global Warrant Certificate at such holder’s address as provided by the Depositary; provided that the Company may, at its discretion, alternatively send such notice to the holders of beneficial interests of a Global Warrant Certificate through the Depositary’s communication system. After appointment, the successor Warrant Agent shall be vested with the same powers, rights, duties and responsibilities as if it had been originally named as Warrant Agent without further act or deed. The former Warrant Agent shall deliver and transfer to the successor Warrant Agent all books and records of the Company and any property at the time held by it hereunder and execute and deliver, at the expense of the Company, any further assurance, conveyance, act or deed necessary for the purpose. Failure to give any notice provided for in this Section 8.21 or any defect therein, shall not affect the legality or validity of the removal of the Warrant Agent or the appointment of a successor Warrant Agent, as the case may be.

Section 8.22. Successor Warrant Agent . Any Person into which the Warrant Agent may be merged or with which it may be consolidated, or any Person resulting from any merger or consolidation to which the Warrant Agent shall be a party, shall be the successor Warrant Agent under this Agreement without any further act; provided, however , that such Person would be eligible for appointment as a successor to the Warrant Agent under the provisions of Section 8.21 . Any such successor Warrant Agent shall promptly cause notice of its succession as Warrant Agent to be mailed to the Company and the Registered Holders, at such Warrant

 

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Agent’s sole expense. If at the time such successor to the Warrant Agent shall succeed under this Agreement, any of the Global Warrant Certificates shall have been countersigned but not delivered, any such successor to the Warrant Agent may adopt the countersignature of the original Warrant Agent; and if at that time any of the Global Warrant Certificates shall not have been countersigned, any successor to the Warrant Agent may countersign such Global Warrant Certificates either in the name of the predecessor Warrant Agent or in the name of the successor Warrant Agent; and in all such cases such Global Warrant Certificates shall have the full force provided in the Global Warrant Certificates and in this Agreement.

Section 8.23. Expenses . All expenses incident to the Company’s performance of or compliance with this Agreement will be borne by the Company, including, without limitation: (i) all expenses of printing Global Warrant Certificates; (ii) messenger and delivery services and telephone calls; (iii) all fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company; (iv) all fees and disbursements of independent certified public accountants or knowledgeable experts selected by the Company; and (v) the Company’s internal expenses (including, without limitation, all salaries and expenses of their officers and employees performing legal or accounting duties).

Section 8.24. Other . No provision of this Agreement shall require the Warrant Agent to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder or in the exercise of its rights if it believes there shall be reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnification against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it.

ARTICLE IX.

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 9.1. Money Deposited with Computershare . The Warrant Agent shall not be required to pay interest on any moneys deposited pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, except such as it shall agree in writing with the Company to pay thereon. Any moneys, securities or other property which at any time shall be deposited by the Company or on its behalf with Computershare pursuant to this Agreement shall be and are hereby assigned, transferred and set over to the Warrant Agent in trust for the purpose for which such moneys, securities or other property shall have been deposited; but such moneys, securities or other property need not be segregated from other funds, securities or other property except to the extent required by Law. The Company acknowledges that the bank accounts maintained by the Warrant Agent in connection with the services provided under this Agreement will be in its name and that the Warrant Agent may receive interest in connection with the investment.

Section 9.2. Payment of Taxes . The Company shall pay any and all taxes (other than income taxes) that may be payable in respect of the issue or delivery of shares of Common Stock on exercise of Warrants pursuant hereto. The Company shall not be required, however, to pay any tax or other charge imposed in respect of any transfer involved in the issue and delivery of any certificates for shares of Common Stock or payment of cash or other property to any Recipient other than the Holder of the Warrant surrendered upon the exercise of a Warrant, and in case of such transfer or payment, the Warrant Agent and the Company shall not be required to issue or deliver any certificate or pay any cash until (a) such tax or charge has been paid or an amount sufficient for the payment thereof has been delivered to the Warrant Agent or the

 

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Company or (b) it has been established to the Company’s satisfaction that any such tax or other charge that is or may become due has been paid. The Warrant Agent shall have no duty or obligation to take any action under any Section of this Agreement which requires the payment by a Holder or a Registered Holder of applicable taxes or charges unless and until the Warrant Agent is satisfied that all such taxes and/or charges have been paid.

Section 9.3. Notices .

(a) Any notice, request, demand or report (each, a “ Communication ”) required or permitted to be given or made by this Agreement shall be in writing.

(b) Any Communication authorized by this Agreement to be given or made by the Warrant Agent, by any Registered Holder or by any Holder to or on the Company shall be sufficiently given or made if sent by registered or certified overnight mail or by a nationally recognized overnight delivery service for next day delivery and shall be deemed given upon receipt, or by facsimile or electronic mail, addressed (until another address is filed by the Company with the Warrant Agent) as follows:

Cumulus Media Inc.

3280 Peachtree Road, N.W.

Suite 2300

Atlanta, Georgia 30305

Attention: Richard S. Denning

With a copy to:

Jones Day

1420 Peachtree Street, N.E.

Suite 800

Atlanta, Georgia 30309-3053

Attention: John E. Zamer

(c) Any Communication authorized by this Agreement to be given or made by the Company, by any Registered Holder or by any Holder to or on the Warrant Agent shall be sufficiently given or made if sent by registered or certified overnight mail or by a nationally recognized overnight delivery service for next day delivery and shall be deemed given upon receipt, or by facsimile or electronic mail, addressed (until another address is filed by the Warrant Agent with the Company) as follows:

Computershare Trust Company, N.A.

250 Royall Street

Canton, Massachusetts 02021

Attention: Client Administration

Telecopy: (781) 575-2549

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given or made if sent by registered or certified overnight mail or by a nationally recognized overnight delivery service for next day delivery and shall be deemed given upon receipt, or by facsimile or electronic mail, addressed (until another address is filed by the Holder or Registered Holder with the Company) at the address of such Holder or Registered Holder as shown on the registry books of the Company or at such holder’s address as provided by the Depositary; provided that at Company’s discretion, such notice may be sent to the holders of beneficial interests of a Global Warrant Certificate for which the Company has not been provided addresses through the Depositary’s communication system. The Company shall deliver a copy of any notice or demand it delivers to any Holder or Registered Holder to the Warrant Agent, and the Warrant Agent shall deliver a copy of any notice or demand it delivers to any Holder or Registered Holder to the Company.

Section 9.4. Waiver of Jury Trial .

(a) Waiver of Jury Trial . EACH PARTY ACKNOWLEDGES THAT ANY DISPUTE THAT MAY ARISE OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT IS LIKELY TO INVOLVE COMPLICATED AND DIFFICULT ISSUES, AND THEREFORE SUCH PARTY HEREBY EXPRESSLY WAIVES ITS RIGHT TO JURY TRIAL OF ANY DISPUTE BASED UPON OR ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER AGREEMENTS RELATING HERETO OR ANY DEALINGS AMONG THEM RELATING TO THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY. THE SCOPE OF THIS WAIVER IS INTENDED TO ENCOMPASS ANY AND ALL ACTIONS, SUITS AND PROCEEDINGS THAT RELATE TO THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY, INCLUDING CONTRACT CLAIMS, TORT CLAIMS, BREACH OF DUTY CLAIMS, AND ALL OTHER COMMON LAW AND STATUTORY CLAIMS. EACH PARTY REPRESENTS THAT (i) NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT IN THE EVENT OF ANY ACTION, SUIT OR PROCEEDING, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER, (ii) SUCH PARTY UNDERSTANDS AND WITH THE ADVICE OF COUNSEL HAS CONSIDERED THE IMPLICATIONS OF THIS WAIVER, (iii) SUCH PARTY MAKES THIS WAIVER VOLUNTARILY, AND (iv) SUCH PARTY HAS BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND REPRESENTATIONS IN THIS SECTION 9.4 .

Section 9.5. Governing Law . This Agreement and each Warrant Statement and Global Warrant Certificate issued hereunder shall be deemed to be a contract made under the Laws of the State of New York applicable to contracts made and to be performed therein and for all purposes shall be construed in accordance with the Laws of such State without giving effect to conflict of law principles that would cause the application of the Laws of another state.

Section 9.6. Binding Effect . This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Company and the Warrant Agent and their respective successors and assigns, and the Holders and Registered Holders from time to time of the Warrants. Subject to Section 3.3(e) , nothing in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to confer upon any Person, other than the Company, the Warrant Agent, Holders and Registered Holders, any right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement or any part hereof.

 

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Section 9.7. Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed manually or by facsimile in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together constitute one and the same instrument.

Section 9.8. Amendments .

(a) The Warrant Agent may, without the consent or concurrence of the Holders or Registered Holders, enter into one or more supplemental agreements or amendments with the Company for the purpose of (i) evidencing the rights of the Holders or Registered Holders upon a Fundamental Change under Section 4.1(c) , (ii) making any changes or corrections in this Agreement that are required to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision contained herein that may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision herein or any clerical omission or mistake or manifest error herein contained, (iii) making such other provisions in regard to matters or questions arising under this Agreement as shall not adversely affect the interest of the Holders or Registered Holders or be inconsistent with this Agreement or any supplemental agreement or amendment or (iv) adding further covenants and agreements of the Company in this Agreement or surrendering any rights or power reserved to or conferred upon the Company in this Agreement.

(b) With the written consent of the Holders evidencing at least a majority in number of the Warrants at the time outstanding (excluding Warrants held by the Company or any of its Affiliates), the Company and the Warrant Agent may at any time and from time to time by supplemental agreement or amendment add any provisions to or change in any manner or eliminate any of the provisions of this Agreement or of any supplemental agreement or modify in any manner the rights and obligations of the Holders and the Company; provided , that any amendment or modification of, or waiver of rights under, this Agreement that (i) amends this Section 9.8 , (ii) adversely affects a Holder or Registered Holder’s right to exercise the Warrant, (iii) amends or modifies the Exercise Price, (iv) changes the Expiration Date to a date that is earlier than June 30, 2030, shall require the consent of each Holder and Registered Holder so affected or (v) impairs the right of any Holder or Registered Holder to receive any distribution or a security as set forth in this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, no supplement agreement or amendment that changes the rights and duties of the Warrant Agent under this Agreement shall be effective against the Warrant Agent without the written consent of the Warrant Agent.

Section 9.9. Waivers . The Company may take any action herein prohibited, or omit to perform any act herein required to be performed by it, only if (i) the Company has obtained the written consent of Holders evidencing a majority of the then outstanding Warrants and (ii) any consent required pursuant to Section 9.8 has been obtained.

Section 9.10. Inspection . The Warrant Agent shall cause a copy of this Agreement to be available at all reasonable times at the office of the Warrant Agent for inspection by any Holder or Registered Holders. The Warrant Agent may require such Holder or Registered Holders to submit his Warrant Statement, Global Warrant Certificate or evidence of a beneficial interest in a Global Warrant Certificate for inspection by it.

 

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Section 9.11. Headings . The descriptive headings of the several Sections of this Agreement are inserted for convenience and shall not control or affect the meaning or construction of any of the provisions hereof.

Section 9.12. Construction . This Agreement has been freely and fairly negotiated among the parties. If an ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation arises, this Agreement will be construed as if drafted jointly by the parties, the Registered Holders and the Holders and no presumption or burden of proof will arise favoring or disfavoring any party because of the authorship of any provision of this Agreement.

Section 9.13. Severability . In the event that any one or more of the provisions, paragraphs, words, clauses, phrases or sentences contained herein, or the application thereof in any circumstances, is held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect for any reason, the validity, legality and enforceability of any such provision, paragraph, word, clause, phrase or sentence in every other respect and of the other remaining provisions, paragraphs, words, clauses, phrases or sentences hereof shall not be in any way impaired, it being intended that all rights, powers and privileges of the parties hereto shall be enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by Law; provided that this Section 9.13 shall not cause this Agreement or the Warrants to differ materially from the intent of the parties as herein expressed; provided, however, that if such excluded or added provision shall affect the rights, immunities, duties or obligations of the Warrant Agent, the Warrant Agent shall be entitled to resign upon ten (10) days written notice.

Section 9.14. Entire Agreement . This Agreement and the Warrants set forth the entire agreement of the parties hereto as to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all previous, agreements among all or some of the parties hereto with respect thereto, whether written, oral or otherwise. In the event of any conflict, discrepancy, or ambiguity between the terms and conditions contained in this Agreement and any schedules or attachments hereto, the terms and conditions contained in this Agreement shall take precedence.

Section 9.15. The Company acknowledges that the Warrant Agent is subject to the customer identification program (“ Customer Identification Program ”) requirements under the USA PATRIOT Act and its implementing regulations, and that the Warrant Agent must obtain, verify and record information that allows the Warrant Agent to identify the Company. Accordingly, prior to accepting an appointment hereunder, the Warrant Agent may request information from the Company that will help the Warrant Agent to identify the Company, including without limitation the Company’s physical address, tax identification number, organizational documents, certificate of good standing, license to do business, or any other information that the Warrant Agent deems necessary. The Company agrees that the Warrant Agent cannot accept an appointment hereunder unless and until the Warrant Agent verifies the Company’s identity in accordance with the Customer Identification Program requirements.

Section 9.16. Force Majeure . In no event shall the Warrant Agent be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations under this Agreement arising out of or caused by, directly or indirectly, forces beyond its reasonable control, including without limitation strikes, work stoppages, accidents, acts of war or terrorism, civil or military disturbances, nuclear or natural catastrophes or acts of God, and interruptions, loss or malfunctions of utilities, communications or computer (software or hardware) services.

 

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Section 9.17. Noncircumvention . The Company hereby covenants and agrees that it will not, by amendment of its Certificate of Incorporation, amended and restated bylaws or through any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, scheme of arrangement, dissolution, issue or sale of securities, or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms of this Agreement, and will at all times in good faith carry out all the provisions of this Agreement and take all action as may be required to protect the rights of the Holder. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company (a) shall not increase the par value of any shares of Common Stock receivable upon the exercise of this Agreement above the Exercise Price then in effect and (b) shall take all such actions as may be necessary or appropriate in order that the Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of the Warrants.

Section 9.18. Persons Benefitting . Nothing in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to confer upon any Person other than the Company, the Warrant Agent, Computershare, the Registered Holders and the Holders any right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement or any part hereof.

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

 

CUMULUS MEDIA INC.
By:  

/s/ Lewis W. Dickey, Jr.

   Name:  

Lewis W. Dickey

   Title:  

Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer


COMPUTERSHARE INC.
By:  

/s/ Thomas Borberly

   Name:  

Thomas Borberly

   Title:   Manager, Corporate Actions
COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, N.A.
By:  

/s/ Thomas Borberly

   Name:  

Thomas Borberly

   Title:   Manager, Corporate Actions


Exhibit A-1

Computershare

Computershare Trust Company, N.A.

PO Box 43078

Providence, Rl 02940-3078

Within USA, US territories & Canada    800 519 3111

Outside USA, US territories & Canada    781 575 2725

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(DRS) Advice
Transaction(s)

 

Date

   Transcription
Description
   Total
Shares/Units
   CUSIP    Class
Description
 
              Warrant   

Broker Information: Only used when transferring your shares to or from your broker.

 

Broker On Record at Computershare

   Broker Participant Number    Broker Customer  Account
Number

Account Information: Date: (Excludes transactions pending settlement)

 

Current Direct Registration Balance

   Total Shares/Units    CUSIP    Class
Description
 
           Warrant   

IMPORTANT INFORMATION - RETAIN FOR YOUR RECORDS.

This advice is your record of the share transaction in your account on the books of the Company as part of the Direct Registration System. The advice is neither a negotiable instrument nor a security, and delivery of it does not of itself confer any rights to the recipient. It should be kept with your important documents as a record of your ownership of these shares. No action on your part is required.

The IRS requires that we report the cost basis of certain shares acquired after January 1, 2011. If your shares were covered by the legislation and you have sold or transferred the shares and requested a specific cost basis calculation method, we have processed as requested. If you did not specify a cost basis calculation method, we have defaulted to the first in, first out (FIFO) method. Please visit our website or consult your tax advisor if you need additional information about cost basis.

Upon request, the Company will furnish to any shareholder, without charge, a full statement of the designations, rights (including rights under any Company’s Rights Agreement, if any), preferences and limitations of the shares of each class and series authorized to be issued, and the authority of the Board of Directors to divide the shares into series and to determine and change rights, preferences and limitations of any class or series.


Assets are not deposits of Computershare and are not insured by the Federal Deposit insurance Corporation, the Securities Investor Protection Corporation, or any other federal or state agency.

If you do not keep in contact with us or do not have any activity in your account for the time periods specified by state law, your property could become subject to state unclaimed property laws and transferred to the appropriate state.

SEE REVERSE SIDE FOR IMPORTANT INFORMATION


This statement is your record that the Cumulus Media Inc. Warrants have been credited to your account on the books of Cumulus Media Inc. maintained by Computershare, under the Direct Registration System. Please verify all information on the reverse side of this statement. This statement is neither a negotiable instrument nor a security, and delivery of this statement does not itself confer any rights on the recipient. Nevertheless, it should be kept with your important documents as a record of your ownership of these securities.

Transfer ownership of your book-entry warrants at any time by submitting the appropriate warrant transfer documents to Computershare. Visit Computershare online at www.computershare.com/investor , or call 1-800-519-3111 to obtain transfer documents.

Transfer of your book-entry warrants to your broker can be accomplished in one of two ways:

(1) The fastest and easiest way - provide your broker with your Account Key at Computershare , your Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) and your account registration information, and request that your broker initiate an electronic transfer of your warrants, or

(2) Obtain a “Broker-Dealer Authorization Form” by visiting www.computershare.com/investor , or by calling 1-800-519-3111.

The Warrant Agreement, dated September 16,, 2011 (the “Warrant Agreement”), between Cumulus Media Inc. (the “Company”) and Computershare , as Warrant Agent (the “Warrant Agent”), is incorporated by reference into and made a part of this statement, and this statement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Warrant Agreement. A copy of the Warrant Agreement may be inspected at the Warrant Agent’s office located at [ ] . All capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Warrant Agreement.

Book-Entry Warrants may be exercised to purchase Class A Common Stock (subject to adjustment as provided in Section 4.1 of the Warrant Agreement, the “Warrant Shares”) from the Company from the Effective Date through 5:00 p.m. New York City time on the Expiration Date, at an initial exercise price of $0.01 per whole share (the “Exercise Price”) multiplied by the number of Warrant Shares set forth above (the “Exercise Amount”). The number of shares of Class A Common Stock purchasable upon exercise of the Warrants is subject to adjustment upon the occurrence of certain events as set forth in the Warrant Agreement. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Warrant Agreement, each Holder of a Book-Entry Warrant may exercise such Book-Entry Warrant, in whole or from time to time in part, by: (1) providing a properly completed and duly executed (a) exercise form for the election to exercise such Book Entry Warrants (the “Exercise Form”) and (b) written certification as set forth in the Warrant Agreement for the purpose of enabling the Company to determine a Holder’s potential level of direct and indirect voting and equity interests for purposes of determining compliance with the FCC Restrictions (the “Ownership Certification”) to the Warrant Agent in accordance with the instructions below, no later than 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Expiration Date, and (2) paying the applicable Exercise Amount to the Warrant Agent (unless payment of the Exercise Price is to be satisfied pursuant to the cashless exercise provisions set forth in Section 3.3(h) of the Warrant Agreement, in which case, your exercise form must be accompanied by a written instruction to the Warrant Agent that you will effect payment of the Exercise Price in this manner). Following submission of the forms described in the preceding sentence, the Company


will review your forms to determine the maximum number of Warrants you are able to exercise, if any, pursuant to the certain restrictions on exercise of the Warrants and ownership of the Company’s common stock described in the Warrant Agreement and the Certificate of Incorporation, as each may be amended from time to time. Following this review, the Warrant Agent shall deliver to you Class A common stock and/or reissue Warrants, based on the amounts determined by the Company’s review.

The Company shall not be required to issue any fraction of a share of its capital stock in connection with the exercise of Warrants. All shares of capital stock issuable upon conversion of more than one Warrant by a holder thereof shall be aggregated for purposes of determining whether the conversion would result in the issuance of any fractional share. If, after the aforementioned aggregation, the conversion would result in the issuance of any fractional share, the Company may, in lieu of issuing any fractional share, (i) pay the holder of such Warrant an amount in cash equal to the Market Price per share multiplied by such fraction (computed to the nearest whole cent) or (ii) round such fraction of a share to the nearest whole number of shares. For the avoidance of doubt, 0.5 of a share shall be rounded to one (1) share.

(DETACH SALES COUPON HERE)

SELL MY WARRANTS

By signing and returning this form. I am authorizing the sale of Cumulus Media Inc. Warrants held by Computershare in book-entry form in my name. Please mail me a check for the proceeds of the sale less applicable fees. The fees to be charged are included in the enclosed Share Sale Program Sheet. THIS FORM MUST BE SIGNED BY THE REGISTERED HOLDER(S) EXACTLY AS THEIR NAME(S) APPEAR(S) ON THIS STATEMENT.

 

FULL SALE:

¨   SELL ALL

WARRANTS

  

PARTIAL SALE:

¨   SELL         

WARRANTS

   Taxpayer ID or Social Security Number

 

  

 

  
SIGNATURE    DATE   

 

  

 

  
SIGNATURE    DATE   


FORM OF ASSIGNMENT

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned registered holder of the Book-Entry Warrant hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto the Assignee(s) named below (including the undersigned with respect to any Warrants constituting a part of the Warrants evidenced by the Warrant Statement not being assigned hereby) all of the rights of the undersigned under the Book-Entry Warrant, with respect to the whole number of Warrants set forth below:

 

 

 

Name(s) of Assignee(s):

 

 

 

Address:

 

 

 

No. of Warrants:

 

Please insert social security or other identifying number of assignee(s):

 

 

 

and does hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint

 

  
the undersigned’s attorney to make such transfer on the books of

 

  
maintained for such purposes, with full power of substitution in the premises.

 

 

 

Dated

 

 

 

(Signature of Owner)

 

 

 

(Street Address)

 

 

 

(City) (State) (Zip Code)

 

 

 

Signature Guaranteed By 1

 

 

1  

The Holder’s signature must be guaranteed by a participant in a Medallion Signature Guarantee Program at a guarantee level acceptable to the Company’s transfer agent.


EXHIBIT A-2

FORM OF FACE OF GLOBAL WARRANT CERTIFICATE

CUMULUS MEDIA INC.

No. 1

Cusip Number: [ ]

Zero Warrants

WARRANTS TO PURCHASE CLASS A COMMON STOCK

VOID AFTER 5:00 P.M., NEW YORK CITY TIME, ON JUNE 3, 2030

This Global Warrant Certificate is held by The Depository Trust Company (the “ Depositary ”) or its nominee in custody for the benefit of the beneficial owners hereof, and is not transferable to any Person under any circumstances except that (i) this Global Warrant Certificate may be exchanged in whole but not in part pursuant to Section 2.4 of the Warrant Agreement dated as of September  16 , 2011, by and between the Company and the Warrant Agent (the “ Warrant Agreement ”), (ii) this Global Warrant Certificate may be delivered to the Warrant Agent for cancellation pursuant to Section 2.4 of the Warrant Agreement and (iii) this Global Warrant Certificate may be transferred to a successor Depositary with the prior written consent of the Company.

Unless this Global Warrant Certificate is presented by an authorized representative of the Depositary to the Company or the Warrant Agent for registration of transfer, exchange or payment and any certificate issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co., or such other entity as is requested by an authorized representative of the Depositary (and any payment hereon is made to Cede & Co. or to such other entity as is requested by an authorized representative of the Depositary), any transfer, pledge or other use hereof for value or otherwise by or to any Person is wrongful because the registered owner hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest herein.

Transfers of this Global Warrant Certificate shall be limited to transfers in whole, but not in part, to nominees of the Depositary or to a successor thereof or such successor’s nominee, and transfers of portions of this Global Warrant Certificate shall be limited to transfers made in accordance with the restrictions set forth in the Warrant Agreement.

No registration or transfer of the securities issuable pursuant to the Warrant will be recorded on the books of the Company until the provisions set forth in the Warrant Agreement have been complied with.

In the event of any conflict or inconsistency between this Global Warrant Certificate and the Warrant Agreement, the Warrant Agreement shall control.


THE SECURITIES EVIDENCED BY THIS CERTIFICATE (INCLUDING THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THE WARRANTS REPRESENTED HEREBY) ARE SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER AND OTHER AGREEMENTS SET FORTH IN THE WARRANT AGREEMENT, DATED SEPTEMBER 16 , 2011, BETWEEN THE COMPANY AND THE WARRANT AGENT. COPIES THEREOF MAY BE OBTAINED BY A HOLDER OF WARRANTS AT THE COMPANY’S PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS WITHOUT CHARGE.

THIS WARRANT WILL BE VOID IF NOT EXERCISED PRIOR TO

5:00 P.M., NEW YORK CITY TIME, ON JUNE 3, 2030

WARRANT TO PURCHASE ONE SHARE OF

CLASS A COMMON STOCK OF CUMULUS MEDIA INC.

FOR EACH WARRANT HELD

CUMULUS MEDIA INC.

CUSIP #: [ ]

DISTRIBUTION DATE: [ ] , 2011

No. 1


This certifies that, for value received, Cede & Co., and its registered assigns (collectively, the “Registered Holder”), is entitled to purchase from Cumulus Media Inc., a corporation incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “Company”), subject to the terms and conditions hereof, at any time before 5:00 p.m., New York time, on June 3, 2030, the number of fully paid and non-assessable shares of Class A Common Stock of the Company set forth above at the Exercise Price (as defined in the Warrant Agreement). The Exercise Price and the number and kind of shares purchasable hereunder are subject to adjustment from time to time as provided in Article IV of the Warrant Agreement. The initial Exercise Price shall be $0.01.

This Global Warrant Certificate shall not be valid unless countersigned by the Warrant Agent.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Warrant has been duly executed by the Company effective as of the 16th day of September, 2011.

 

CUMULUS MEDIA INC.

By:

 

 

Print Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 


Attest:

 

 

 

Secretary

COMPUTERSHARE

as Warrant Agent

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

Title:

Address of Registered Holder for Notices (until changed in accordance with this Warrant):

 

 

 

 

 

 

REFERENCE IS HEREBY MADE TO THE FURTHER PROVISIONS OF THIS GLOBAL WARRANT CERTIFICATE SET FORTH ON THE REVERSE HEREOF. SUCH FURTHER PROVISIONS SHALL FOR ALL PURPOSES HAVE THE SAME EFFECT AS THOUGH FULLY SET FORTH AT THIS PLACE.


FORM OF REVERSE OF GLOBAL WARRANT CERTIFICATE

The Warrant evidenced by this Warrant Certificate is a part of a duly authorized issue of Warrants to purchase shares of Class A Common Stock issued pursuant to that Warrant Agreement, a copy of which may be inspected at the Warrant Agent’s office designated for such purpose. The Warrant Agreement hereby is incorporated by reference in and made a part of this instrument and is hereby referred to for a description of the rights, limitation of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Warrant Agent, the Company and the Registered Holders of the Warrants. All capitalized terms used on the face of this Warrant herein but not defined that are defined in the Warrant Agreement shall have the meanings assigned to them therein.

Upon due presentment for registration of transfer of the Warrant at the office of the Warrant Agent designated for such purpose, a new Warrant Certificate or Warrant Certificates of like tenor and evidencing in the aggregate a like number of Warrants shall be issued to the transferee in exchange for this Warrant Certificate, subject to the limitations provided in the Warrant Agreement, without charge except for any applicable tax or other charge.

The Company shall not be required to issue fractions of Warrant Shares or any certificates that evidence fractional Warrant Shares.

No Warrants may be sold, exchanged or otherwise transferred in violation of the Securities Act or state securities laws.

This Warrant does not entitle the Registered Holder to any of the rights of a stockholder of the Company.

The Company and Warrant Agent may deem and treat the Registered Holder hereof as the absolute owner of this Warrant Certificate (notwithstanding any notation of ownership or other writing hereon made by anyone) for the purpose of any exercise hereof and for all other purposes, and neither the Company nor the Warrant Agent shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.


FORM OF ASSIGNMENT

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned registered holder of the Global Warrant Certificate hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto the Assignee(s) named below (including the undersigned with respect to any Warrants constituting a part of the Warrants evidenced by the Global Warrant Certificate not being assigned hereby) all of the rights of the undersigned under the Global Warrant Certificate, with respect to the whole number of Warrants set forth below:

 

 

 

Name(s) of Assignee(s):

 

 

 

Address:

 

 

 

No. of Warrants:

 

Please insert social security or other identifying number of assignee(s):

 

 

 

and does hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint

 

  
the undersigned’s attorney to make such transfer on the books of

 

  
maintained for such purposes, with full power of substitution in the premises.

 

 

 

Dated

 

 

 

(Signature of Owner)

 

 

 

(Street Address)

 

 

 

(City) (State) (Zip Code)

 

 

 

Signature Guaranteed By 1

 

 

1  

The Holder’s signature must be guaranteed by a participant in a Medallion Signature Guarantee Program at a guarantee level acceptable to the Company’s transfer agent.


EXHIBIT B

FORM OF OWNERSHIP CERTIFICATION

This Ownership Certification must be accompanied by a completed FCC Worksheet, which is attached to this

Ownership Certification.

                     (the “ Holder ”) hereby represents and certifies that as of the date below such Holder is

       (a) a citizen of the United States (“ U.S. Citizen ”);

       (b) an entity organized under the laws of the United States (“ U.S. Entity ”); or

       (c) a non-U.S. citizen or an entity organized under the laws of a foreign country (together, a “ Non-U.S. Citizen ”).

To the extent the Holder is a U.S. Entity, the Holder represents and certifies that as of the date below, U.S. Citizens and U.S. Entities hold,

       percent of the direct and indirect voting interests of Holder, and

       percent of the direct and indirect equity interests of Holder.

The Holder further represents and certifies that, for purposes of this Ownership Certification, it has determined its level of direct and indirect voting and ownership interests in accordance with 47 U.S.C. § 310(b) and FCC rules.

The Holder acknowledges that the Company may decline to honor a requested exercise if it has a reasonable basis to believe, based on the most recent information available to it, that the exercise would cause more than 20% of the Company’s Common Stock in the aggregate to be owned or voted, directly or indirectly, by alien owners.

 

By:

 

 

 

Sign

 

 

 

Print Name

Title:

 

 

Entity:

 

 

Date:

 

 


Cumulus Media Inc.

FCC Ownership Certification Questionnaire

(“FCC WORKSHEET”)

EXHIBIT B

FORM OF OWNERSHIP CERTIFICATION

This Ownership Certification must be accompanied by a completed FCC Worksheet, which is attached to this

Ownership Certification.

                     (the “ Holder ”) hereby represents and certifies that as of the date below such Holder is

       (a) a citizen of the United States (“ U.S. Citizen ”);

       (b) an entity organized under the laws of the United States (“ U.S. Entity ”); or

       (c) a non-U.S. citizen or an entity organized under the laws of a foreign country (together, a “ Non-U.S. Citizen ”).

If the Holder is a U.S. Entity, the Holder represents and certifies that as of the date below, U.S. Citizens and other U.S. Entities hold

       percent of the direct and indirect voting interests of Holder, and

       percent of the direct and indirect equity interests of Holder.

The Holder further represents and certifies that, for purposes of this Ownership Certification, it has determined its level of direct and indirect voting and ownership interests in accordance with 47 U.S.C. § 310(b) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, and FCC rules and policies.

The Holder acknowledges that the Company may decline to honor a requested exercise if it has a reasonable basis to believe, based on the most recent information available to it, that the exercise would cause more than 20% of the Company’s Common Stock in the aggregate to be owned or voted, directly or indirectly, by alien owners or if the exercise would or would be likely to place the Company in violation of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, or FCC rules and policies.

 

By:

 

 

 

Sign

 

 

 

Print Name

Title:

 

 

Entity:

 

 

Date:

 

 


Cumulus Media Inc.

FCC Ownership Certification Questionnaire

(“FCC WORKSHEET”)

The purpose of this FCC Worksheet is to request certain information from each holder of warrants for the Company’s Common Stock and provide an explanation about why such information is needed.

The principal business of Cumulus Media Inc. and its directly and indirectly wholly-owned subsidiaries (collectively, “Cumulus” or the “Company” ) is radio broadcasting. The ownership, operation, and control of radio broadcast stations is regulated by the Federal Communications Commission ( “FCC” ), which issues licenses to parties (like Cumulus) to own and operate a radio station. FCC consent is required for any assignment of an FCC license or for the transfer of control of a company which directly or indirectly holds an FCC license to operate a radio station. Cumulus’ acquisition of Citadel Broadcasting Corporation ( “Citadel” ) therefore required FCC consent.

In processing applications for consent to the assignment or transfer of control of broadcast licenses, the FCC considers whether the prospective buyer, as well as other parties who do have or will have an interest in the buyer, possess the requisite legal, character, and other qualifications to hold an interest in a broadcast license. In order to make and preserve the necessary certifications regarding the Company’s qualifications to obtain and retain FCC licenses for its radio stations, Cumulus needs to obtain certain information from every warrantholder who proposes to exercise the warrant and acquire the Company’s Common Stock. Of principal concern are the provisions of Section 310(b) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended (which places limits on alien ownership and voting of stock) and FCC rules (commonly referred to as the “multiple ownership rules” ) which limit the number of radio stations a single party can own in a particular market.

The Warrant Agreement provides that, if the Company determines that the issuance of its Class A Common Stock or its Class B Common Stock to any warrantholder will, or is reasonably likely to, cause the Company to be in violation of Section 310(b) of the Communications Act of 1934 or the FCC’s multiple ownership rules, then the Company will be entitled to refuse to honor any exercise of the warrant.

Goal of Questionnaire . The goal of this FCC Worksheet is to elicit the information from each warrantholder (each a “Reporting Party” ) which Cumulus needs to confirm the certifications which Cumulus has made in the FCC applications in conjunction with the Citadel merger and to determine whether warrantholders can acquire Cumulus stock.


Questions . Questions regarding this FCC Worksheet should be directed to FCC counsel for Cumulus:

Dickstein Shapiro LLP

1825 Eye Street, NW

Washington, DC 20006-5403

Attn: Lew Paper, Esq.

Tele: (202) 420-2265

Fax: (202) 420-2201

Email: PaperL@dicksteinshapiro.com

Andy Kersting, Esq.

Tele: (202) 420-3631

Fax: (202) 420-2201

Email: KerstingA@dicksteinshapiro.com


OWNERSHIP CERTIFICATION QUESTIONNAIRE

The information provided in response to the questions below with respect to a Reporting Party may be disclosed in FCC applications, reports and forms that may be available to the public. The FCC Worksheet is divided into four sections:

 

Section 1:    Preliminary Information
Section II:    Alien Ownership Compliance
Section III:    Attribution and Multiple Ownership Rule Compliance
Section IV:    Certification

If a Reporting Party wishes to exercise a warrant to acquire the Company’s Class A Common Stock and will not exceed a 4.99% threshold post-exercise, only Sections I, II and IV need to be completed . If a Reporting Party wishes to exercise warrants to acquire the Company’s Class A Common Stock and will possibly exceed the 4.99% threshold post-exercise, Sections I, II, III and IV need to be completed .

Questions marked “Entity Respondents Only” should be answered only by individuals completing this FCC Worksheet on behalf of a corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity, including a trust.

Questions marked “Individual Respondents Only” should be answered only by individuals completing this FCC Worksheet in their individual capacities.

Questions marked “All Respondents” should be answered by all individuals completing this form.


Section I: Preliminary Information

 

Name of Reporting Party   
Address   
Telephone   
Name, Telephone Number and E-Mail Address of Person Completing this FCC Worksheet   
Number of Shares of Cumulus Common Stock Held by Reporting Party Prior to Exercise of Warrants   

Class A Common Stock

(Voting)

  

Class B Common Stock

(Non-Voting)

     
Number of Warrants Held by Reporting Party   
Number of Warrants Reporting Party Desires to Exercise for each Class of Cumulus Common Stock   

Class A Common Stock

(Voting)

  

Class B Common Stock

(Non-Voting)

     
Total Number of Shares of Cumulus Common Stock to be Held by Reporting Party After Exercise of Warrants   

Class A Common Stock

(Voting)

  

Class B Common Stock

(Non-Voting)

     


Section II: Alien Ownership Compliance

 

Nature of Reporting Party (e.g. individual, corporation, LLC, limited partnership)   
State or Country of Residence or Incorporation/Organization of Reporting Party   
Percentage of Ownership of Reporting Party held by Non-U.S. Citizens or Companies   
Percentage of Votes of Reporting Party held by U.S. Citizens or Companies   
Percentage of Votes of Reporting Party held by Non-U.S. Citizens or Companies   
Number of Shares of Cumulus Stock Held by Reporting Party Prior to Exercise of Warrants   

Class A Common

Stock (Voting)

  

Class B Common

Stock (Non-

Voting)

     
Number of Warrants Held by Reporting Party   
Method Used to Determine Ownership of Reporting Party (e.g., record ownership of shares, equity units for private funds, or statistical sampling for publicly-traded funds)   


Section III: Attribution and Multiple Ownership Rule Compliance

Complete this section if the Reporting Party may hold more than 4.99% of Cumulus voting stock after exercise of the warrants.

The questions below ask whether the Reporting Party has any other media interests (which include radio stations, television stations, cable television systems, or daily newspapers) apart from the interest in Cumulus. The questions are intentionally broad to simplify the scope for most respondents. If you answer “yes” to a question, we may require additional information to determine whether the other media interests are reportable to the FCC.

Ownership and Positional Information

Complete the following chart with respect to Directors, Officers and Equity Holders:

 

List Directors of the

Reporting Party

  

List Officers of the

Reporting Party

(include titles)

  

List all Non-insulated

Partners and all Non-

insulated Members or, if a

corporation, all Stockholders

holding 5% or more

of the voting stock of the

Reporting Party 1

     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     

 

 

1  

The FCC treats all partnership interests as attributable unless the limited partnership agreement includes provisions identified by the FCC which “insulate” the passive or non-voting partners from “material” involvement in the broadcast and other media activities of the partnership. The FCC applies the same attribution and insulation standards to limited liability companies (but not corporations, where the use of non-voting stock is sufficient to demonstrate lack of material involvement in the company’s broadcast and other media activities).


Complete the following chart for each Reporting Party, each Partner or each Member, or, in the case of a corporation, each Stockholder holding 5% or more of the voting stock of the Reporting Party:

 

Name of Equity

Holder

  

Number

of Shares

Held

  

Class

of

Stock

  

Voting

Rights

(Yes or

No)

  

For

Partnerships

and LLCs:

% of

Equity Held

  

For

Partnerships

and LLCs: Is the

Equity Holder
“Insulated” from
Media Activities?

              
              
              
              
              
              
              
              
              
              
              
              
              
              
              
              
              


Other Media Interests and Demographic Information

Complete the following chart for each Reporting Party who is an individual, each general partner and non-insulated limited partner of a partnership, each non-insulated member of a limited liability company, and each stockholder of a corporation holding 5% or more of the voting stock of the Reporting Party:

 

Other Media Interests      
   Yes    No
Does the Reporting Party, respondent, or any member of the individual respondent’s immediate family (spouse, parent, sibling or child) have a direct or indirect ownership interest or serve as an officer, director, member or hold a similar position with any of the following:      
Any AM or FM radio station      
Any television station      
Any daily newspaper      

Any entity that (i) provides more than 15% of the total weekly programming hours to a radio or television station, or

(ii) sells more than 15% of the total weekly advertising time on a radio or television station

     
Any application for a broadcast station pending before the FCC      

Any cable television system or common carrier that provides cable video

service or open video system

     
Any bank trust department, insurance company or mutual fund which holds or votes 20% or more of the voting shares of any entity that has an interest in a broadcast station, cable system or newspaper      
Any investor or creditor whose equity (including voting or nonvoting stockholdings) and debt interest exceeds 33% of the sum of the total equity plus the total debt of any entity that has an interest in a broadcast station, cable system or newspaper      
If you responded “yes” to any of the above, please use additional sheets to describe the interest or position held and/or the location of all radio stations, television stations, and newspapers).      
Demographic Information           
      Male    Female
Gender           
      Yes    No
Hispanic or Latino           
          
Race (please check one)           
American Indian or Alaska Native     

Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific

Islander

     
Asian      White      
Black or African American      Two or more races      


Character Issues/Familial Relationships/Litigation

In the case of each Reporting party, complete the following chart for each general partner and non-insulated limited partner of a partnership, each non-insulated member of a limited liability company, and each stockholder of a corporation holding 5% or more of the voting stock:

 

   Yes    No
Have you had any interest in, or connection with, any broadcast application in which character issues have been raised before the FCC?      
Are you related to any direct or indirect owner of the responding party? (individual respondents only)      
The following questions ask whether you have been convicted of a crime or found guilty of violation of other laws. The FCC asks these questions in order to determine whether persons have the requisite character qualifications to hold radio and television station licenses. For purposes of responding to these inquiries, include any conviction or an adverse decision by a court or governmental agency or department, even if the conviction or decision is on appeal or is otherwise subject to reversal.      
Have you, or has any company under your control, been convicted or found guilty of any the following:      
  A violation of the Communications Act or any FCC rule or policy?      
  Fraudulent representations or lack of candor to any governmental agency?      
  Criminal fraud or any criminal conviction involving false statements or dishonesty?      
  Any felony?      
  Distributing, trafficking in, or possession of controlled substances or other unlawful drugs in a proceeding in which the court made a determination to deny you “Federal benefits,” which include FCC benefits?      
 

A violation of the antitrust laws or other laws dealing

with unfair competition related in some way to the mass media?

     
  Discrimination?      
  Other “serious” misdemeanor convictions, particularly where there is a pattern of such convictions. Have you been convicted of serious misdemeanors that may raise such a concern?      

If you responded “yes” to any of the above, please briefly describe the relevant issue(s):

 


Section IV:    Certification

I have completed the FCC Worksheet and hereby certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, all statements and information provided in this FCC Worksheet are true, correct and complete as of the date below. I agree to report immediately any adverse final adjudication of the type listed in Section III – Character Issues/Familial Relationships/Litigation to the contact persons listed on page 2 of this FCC Worksheet. I understand that compliance with the alien ownership restrictions of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, and the FCC’s multiple ownership rules, as well as its other rules and policies, is an ongoing obligation. Accordingly, I will promptly (and in no event later than 30 days after any change in circumstance or acquisition of new information) provide an amended FCC Worksheet whenever the information furnished in this FCC Worksheet is no longer accurate and complete in all material respects.

 

Name of Reporting Party:  

 

By (if not an individual):  

 

Name:  

 

Title:  

 

Date (all Reporting
Parties):  

 

Questions . Questions regarding this FCC Worksheet should be directed to FCC counsel for Cumulus:

Dickstein Shapiro LLP

1825 Eye Street, NW

Washington, DC 20006-5403

Attn: Lew Paper, Esq.

Tele: (202) 420-2265

Fax: (202) 420-2201

Email: PaperL@dicksteinshapiro.com

Andy Kersting

Tele: (202) 420-3631

Fax: (202) 420-2201

Email: KerstingA@dicksteinshapiro.com


EXHIBIT C-1

EXERCISE FORM FOR REGISTERED HOLDERS

HOLDING BOOK-ENTRY WARRANTS

(To be executed upon exercise of Warrant)

The undersigned hereby irrevocably elects to exercise the right, represented by the Book-Entry Warrants, to purchase Class A Common Stock and herewith tenders payment for          of the shares of Class A Common Stock to the order of Computershare in the amount of $             in accordance with the terms of the Warrant Agreement and this Warrant.

The undersigned requests that a statement representing the Class A Common Stock be delivered as follows:

 

   

Name

 

 

   

Address

 

 

   

 

   

Delivery Address (if different)

   

 

   

 

If said number of shares shall not be all the shares purchasable under the within Warrant Statement, the undersigned requests that a new Book-Entry Warrant representing the balance of such Warrants shall be registered, with the appropriate Warrant Statement delivered as follows:

 

   

Name

 

 

   

Address

 

 

   

 

   

Delivery Address (if different)

   

 

   

 

 

 

   

  Signature

 

 

Social Security or Other Taxpayer

Identification Number of Holder

   
    Note: If the statement representing the Class A Common Stock or any Book-Entry Warrants representing Warrants not exercised is to be registered in a name other than that in which the Book-Entry Warrants are registered, the signature of the holder hereof must be guaranteed.
   

SIGNATURE GUARANTEED BY:

   

 


   

Signatures must be guaranteed by a participant in a Medallion Signature Guarantee Program at a guarantee level acceptable to the Company’s transfer agent.


Exercise Form and Ownership Certification

Must be delivered to the Warrant Agent as follows:

 

By Mail:    For Information, Call:    By Overnight Courier:
Computershare       Computershare

 

     

 

   1-800-519-3111   


EXHIBIT C-2

EXERCISE FORM FOR BENEFICIAL HOLDERS

HOLDING WARRANTS THROUGH THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY

TO BE COMPLETED BY DIRECT PARTICIPANT

IN THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY

(To be executed upon exercise of Warrant)

The undersigned hereby irrevocably elects to exercise the right, represented by              Warrants held for its benefit through the book-entry facilities of Depository Trust Company (the “Depositary”), to purchase Class A Common Stock and herewith tenders payment for          of the shares of Class A Common Stock to the order of Computershare in the amount of $              in accordance with the terms of the Warrant Agreement and this Warrant.

The undersigned requests that the Class A Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants be in registered form in the authorized denominations, registered in such names and delivered, all as specified in accordance with the instructions set forth below; provided, that if the shares of Class A Common Stock are evidenced by global securities, the shares of Class A Common Stock shall be registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee.

Dated:

NOTE: THIS EXERCISE NOTICE MUST BE DELIVERED TO THE WARRANT AGENT, PRIOR TO 5:00 P.M., NEW YORK CITY TIME, ON THE EXPIRATION DATE. THE WARRANT AGENT SHALL NOTIFY YOU (THROUGH THE CLEARING SYSTEM) OF (1) THE WARRANT AGENT’S ACCOUNT AT THE DEPOSITARY TO WHICH YOU MUST DELIVER YOUR WARRANTS ON THE EXERCISE DATE AND (2) THE ADDRESS, PHONE NUMBER AND FACSIMILE NUMBER WHERE YOU CAN CONTACT THE WARRANT AGENT AND TO WHICH WARRANT EXERCISE NOTICES ARE TO BE SUBMITTED.

NAME OF DIRECT PARTICIPANT IN THE DEPOSITARY:

(PLEASE PRINT)

ADDRESS:

CONTACT NAME:

ADDRESS:

TELEPHONE (INCLUDING INTERNATIONAL CODE):

FAX (INCLUDING INTERNATIONAL CODE):


SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER TAXPAYER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER (IF APPLICABLE):

ACCOUNT FROM WHICH WARRANTS ARE BEING DELIVERED:

DEPOSITARY ACCOUNT NO.

WARRANT EXERCISE NOTICES WILL ONLY BE VALID IF DELIVERED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INSTRUCTIONS SET FORTH IN THIS NOTIFICATION (OR AS OTHERWISE DIRECTED), MARKED TO THE ATTENTION OF “WARRANT EXERCISE”.

WARRANT HOLDER DELIVERING WARRANTS, IF OTHER THAN THE DIRECT DEPOSITARY PARTICIPANT DELIVERING THIS WARRANT EXERCISE NOTICE:

 

NAME:

  

 

  
  

(PLEASE PRINT)

  

CONTACT NAME:

TELEPHONE (INCLUDING INTERNATIONAL CODE):

FAX (INCLUDING INTERNATIONAL CODE):

SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER TAXPAYER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER (IF APPLICABLE):

ACCOUNT TO WHICH THE SHARES OF CLASS A COMMON STOCK ARE TO BE CREDITED:

DEPOSITARY ACCOUNT NO.

FILL IN FOR DELIVERY OF THE CLASS A COMMON STOCK, IF OTHER THAN TO THE PERSON DELIVERING THIS WARRANT EXERCISE NOTICE:

 

NAME:

  

 

  
  

(PLEASE PRINT)

  

 

ADDRESS:

 

 

 

CONTACT NAME:

 

 

 

TELEPHONE (INCLUDING INTERNATIONAL CODE):

  

 

  

 

FAX (INCLUDING INTERNATIONAL CODE):

  

 

  

 

SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER TAXPAYER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER (IF APPLICABLE):

  

 

  

 

NUMBER OF WARRANTS BEING EXERCISED:

  

 

  


(ONLY ONE EXERCISE PER WARRANT EXERCISE NOTICE)

 

Signature:

 

 

 

Name:

  

 

  
     

 

Capacity in which Signing:  

 

 

SIGNATURE GUARANTEED BY:  

 

 

Signatures must be guaranteed by a participant in a Medallion Signature Guarantee Program at a guarantee level acceptable to the Company’s transfer agent.

Exhibit 4.5

THIS WARRANT AND ANY SECURITIES ACQUIRED UPON THE EXERCISE OF THIS WARRANT HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE AND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF EXCEPT WHILE A REGISTRATION STATEMENT RELATING THERETO IS IN EFFECT UNDER SUCH ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER SUCH ACT OR SUCH LAWS.

THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS WARRANT AND THE SECURITIES ACQUIRED PURSUANT TO THE EXERCISE OF THIS WARRANT ARE SUBJECT TO TRANSFER AND OTHER RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN A STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT, DATED AS OF SEPTEMBER 16, 2011, A COPY OF WHICH IS ON FILE WITH THE SECRETARY OF THE COMPANY.

 

 

CUMULUS MEDIA INC.

CLASS A COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT

 

 

This warrant (and any warrant issued in full or partial replacement hereof, each a “ Warrant ”) certifies that, for good and valuable consideration, CUMULUS MEDIA INC., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), grants to CRESTVIEW RADIO INVESTORS, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “ Warrantholder ”), the right to subscribe for and purchase from the Company, during the Exercise Period (as hereinafter defined), 7,776,498 (SEVEN MILLION SEVEN HUNDRED SEVENTY-SIX THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED NINETY EIGHT) validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable shares, par value $0.01, of Class A Common Stock of the Company (the “ Warrant Shares ”), at the exercise price per share of $4.34 (FOUR DOLLARS AND THIRTY-FOUR CENTS) (the “ Exercise Price ”), all subject to the terms, conditions and adjustments herein set forth. Capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in Section 9 below.

1. Warrant . This Warrant is issued pursuant to, and in accordance with, Section 2.2 of the Investment Agreement.

2. Exercise of Warrant; Payment of Taxes .

2.1 Exercise of Warrant . Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, this Warrant may be exercised at any time, in whole or in part, by the Warrantholder during the Exercise Period by:

(a) the surrender of this Warrant to the Company, with a duly executed Exercise Form, and


(b) subject to Section 2.2 below, the delivery of payment to the Company, for the account of the Company, by cash, wire transfer, certified or official bank check or any other means approved by the Company, of the aggregate Exercise Price in lawful money of the United States of America.

The Company agrees that the Warrant Shares shall be deemed to be issued to the Warrantholder as the record holder of such Warrant Shares as of the close of business on the date on which this Warrant shall have been surrendered and payment made for the Warrant Shares as aforesaid.

2.2 Conversion Right .

(a) In lieu of the payment of the aggregate Exercise Price, the Warrantholder shall have the right (but not the obligation), to require the Company to convert this Warrant, in whole or in part, into shares of Class A Common Stock (the “ Conversion Right ”) as provided for in this Section 2.2. Upon exercise of the Conversion Right, the Company shall deliver to the Warrantholder (without payment by the Warrantholder of any of the Exercise Price) in accordance with Section 2.1(b) that number of shares of Class A Common Stock equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (i) the value of the Warrant or portion thereof at the time the Conversion Right is exercised (determined by subtracting the aggregate Exercise Price at the time of the exercise of the Conversion Right from the aggregate Current Market Price for the shares of Class A Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrant at the time of the exercise of the Conversion Right) by (ii) the Current Market Price of one share of Class A Common Stock at the time of the exercise of the Conversion Right.

(b) The Conversion Right may be exercised by the Warrantholder on any Business Day prior to the end of the Exercise Period by surrender of this Warrant to the Company, with a duly executed Exercise Form with the conversion section completed, exercising the Conversion Right and specifying the total number of shares of Class A Common Stock that the Warrantholder will be issued pursuant to such conversion.

2.3 Warrant Shares Certificate . A stock certificate or certificates for the Warrant Shares specified in the Exercise Form shall be delivered to the Warrantholder within five (5) Business Days after receipt of the Exercise Form by the Company and, if the Conversion Right is not exercised, the payment by the Warrantholder of the aggregate Exercise Price. If this Warrant shall have been exercised only in part, the Company shall, at the time of delivery of the stock certificate or certificates, deliver to the Warrantholder a new Warrant evidencing the right to purchase the remaining Warrant Shares, which new Warrant shall in all other respects be identical with this Warrant.

2.4 Payment of Taxes . The Company will pay all documentary stamp or other issuance taxes, if any, attributable to the issuance of Warrant Shares upon the exercise of this Warrant; provided , however , that the Company shall not be required to pay any tax or taxes which may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the

 

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issue or delivery of any Warrants or Warrant certificates or Warrant Shares in a name other than that of the then Warrantholder as reflected upon the books of the Company.

3. Restrictions on Transfer; Restrictive Legends .

3.1 So long as the Stockholders Agreement is still in effect, this Warrant and the Warrant Shares may not be transferred, sold, assigned, hypothecated or otherwise disposed of, in whole or in part, to any Person other than in accordance with the Stockholders Agreement, provided that at no time may this Warrant or the Warrant Shares be transferred, sold, assigned, hypothecated or otherwise disposed of, in whole or in part, to any Person except in accordance with applicable federal and state securities laws.

3.2 Except as otherwise permitted by this Section 3, (a) each Warrant (and each Warrant issued in substitution for any Warrant pursuant to Section 6) shall be stamped or otherwise imprinted with a legend in substantially the form as set forth on the cover of this Warrant and (b) each certificate for Warrant Shares issued upon the exercise of any Warrant and each certificate issued upon the direct or indirect transfer of any such Warrant Shares shall be stamped or otherwise imprinted with a legend in substantially the form provided in the Stockholders Agreement (so long as such agreement is in effect). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Warrantholder may require the Company to issue a Warrant or a certificate for Warrant Shares, in each case without the legend provided for in the first paragraph on the cover of this Warrant, if either (i) such Warrant or such Warrant Shares, as the case may be, have been registered for resale under the Securities Act, (ii) the Warrantholder has delivered to the Company an opinion of legal counsel (from a firm reasonably satisfactory to the Company) which opinion shall be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Company’s counsel, to the effect that such registration is not required with respect to such Warrant or such Warrant Shares, as the case may be or (iii) such Warrant or Warrant Shares may be sold pursuant to Rule 144 (or any successor provision then in effect) under the Securities Act.

4. Reservation, Registration and Listing of Shares . The Company covenants and agrees as follows:

(a) All Warrant Shares that are issued upon the exercise of this Warrant shall, upon issuance, be validly issued, not subject to any preemptive rights, and, except as provided in the Stockholders Agreement (so long as such agreement is in effect), be free from all taxes, liens, security interests, charges, and other encumbrances with respect to the issuance thereof (collectively, “ Encumbrances ”), other than taxes in respect of any transfer occurring contemporaneously with such issue and Encumbrances created by the Warrantholder.

(b) The Company shall at all times have authorized and reserved, and shall keep available and free from preemptive rights, a sufficient number of shares of Class A Common Stock to provide for the exercise of the rights represented by this Warrant.

 

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(c) For so long as shares of Class A Common Stock are listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market or another national securities exchange, the Company will procure at its sole expense the listing of the Warrant Shares on the Nasdaq Stock Market or such other national securities exchange (subject to issuance or official notice of issuance), as the case may be, and maintain the listing of such shares after issuance.

(d) The Company shall not, directly or indirectly, by amendment of its Certificate of Incorporation or through any reorganization, transfer of assets, spin-off, consolidation, merger, dissolution, issue or sale of securities or any other action or inaction, seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms of this Warrant, and shall at all times in good faith assist in performing and giving effect to the terms hereof and in the taking of all such actions as may be necessary or appropriate in order to protect the rights of the Warrantholder against dilution or other impairment.

5. Anti-dilution Adjustments . The Exercise Price and the number of Warrant Shares to be received upon exercise of this Warrant shall be subject to adjustment as follows:

5.1 Dividend, Subdivision or Combination of Common Stock . In the event that the Company shall at any time or from time to time, after the issuance of this Warrant but prior to the exercise hereof, (w) make a dividend or distribution on the outstanding shares of Common Stock payable in Common Stock, (x) subdivide the outstanding shares of Common Stock into a larger number of shares, or (y) combine the outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares (other than any such event for which an adjustment is made pursuant to another clause of this Section 5), then, and in each such case, (A) the aggregate number of Warrant Shares for which this Warrant is exercisable (the “ Warrant Share Number ”) immediately prior to such event shall be adjusted (and any other appropriate actions shall be taken by the Company) so that the Warrantholder shall be entitled to receive upon exercise of this Warrant the number of shares of Class A Common Stock or other securities of the Company that it would have owned or would have been entitled to receive upon or by reason of any of the events described above, had this Warrant been exercised immediately prior to the occurrence of such event and (B) the Exercise Price payable upon the exercise of this Warrant shall be adjusted by multiplying such Exercise Price immediately prior to such adjustment by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of Warrant Shares issuable upon the exercise of this Warrant immediately prior to such adjustment, and the denominator of which shall be the number of Warrant Shares issuable immediately thereafter. An adjustment made pursuant to this Section 5.1 shall become effective retroactively (x) in the case of any such dividend or distribution, to a date immediately following the close of business on the record date for the determination of holders of shares of Common Stock entitled to receive such dividend or distribution or (y) in the case of any such subdivision, combination or reclassification, to the close of business on the day upon which such corporate action becomes effective.

5.2 Issuance of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents Below Current Market Price .

 

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(a) If the Company shall at any time or from time to time, after the issuance of this Warrant but prior to the exercise hereof, issue or sell (such issuance or sale, a “ New Issuance ”) any shares of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents at a price per share of Common Stock (the “ New Issue Price ”) that is less than the Current Market Price of one share of Class A Common Stock then in effect as of the record date or Issue Date (as defined below), as the case may be (the “ Relevant Date ”) (treating the price per share of Common Stock, in the case of the issuance of any Common Stock Equivalent, as equal to (x) the sum of the price for such Common Stock Equivalent plus any additional consideration payable (without regard to any anti-dilution adjustments) upon the conversion, exchange or exercise of such Common Stock Equivalent divided by (y) the number of shares of Common Stock initially underlying such Common Stock Equivalent), other than (i) issuances or sales for which an adjustment is made pursuant to another subsection of this Section 5 and (ii) issuances in connection with an Excluded Transaction, then , and in each such case, (A) the Exercise Price then in effect shall be adjusted by multiplying the Exercise Price in effect on the day immediately prior to the Relevant Date by a fraction (I) the numerator of which shall be the sum of the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding on the Relevant Date plus the number of shares of Class A Common Stock which the aggregate consideration received by the Company for the total number of such additional shares of Common Stock so issued would purchase at the Current Market Price of one share of Class A Common Stock on the Relevant Date (or, in the case of Common Stock Equivalents, the number of shares of Class A Common Stock which the aggregate consideration received by the Company upon the issuance of such Common Stock Equivalents and receivable by the Company upon the conversion, exchange or exercise of such Common Stock Equivalents would purchase at the Current Market Price of one share of Class A Common Stock on the Relevant Date) and (II) the denominator of which shall be the sum of the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding on the Relevant Date plus the number of additional shares of Common Stock issued or to be issued (or, in the case of Common Stock Equivalents, the maximum number of shares of Common Stock into which such Common Stock Equivalents initially may convert, exchange or be exercised) and (B) the Warrant Share Number shall be increased to equal the product of (i) the aggregate number of Warrant Shares for which this Warrant is exercisable immediately prior to the New Issuance multiplied by (ii) a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the Exercise Price in effect on the day immediately prior to the Relevant Date and the denominator of which shall be the Exercise Price in effect immediately after such adjustment.

Such adjustment shall be made whenever such shares of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents are issued, and shall become effective retroactively (x) in the case of an issuance to the stockholders of the Company, as such, to a date immediately following the close of business on the record date for the determination of shareholders entitled to receive such shares of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents and (y) in all other cases, on the date (the “ Issue Date ”) of such issuance; provided , however , that the determination as to whether an adjustment is required to be made pursuant to this Section 5.2 shall be made only upon the issuance of such shares of Common Stock or

 

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Common Stock Equivalents, and not upon the issuance of any security into which the Common Stock Equivalents convert, exchange or may be exercised.

(b) In case at any time any shares of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents or any rights or options to purchase any shares of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents shall be issued or sold for cash, the consideration received therefor shall be deemed to be the amount received by the Company therefor, without deduction therefrom of any expenses incurred or any underwriting commissions or concessions or discounts paid or allowed by the Company in connection therewith. In case any shares of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents or any rights or options to purchase any Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents shall be issued or sold for a consideration other than cash, the amount of the consideration other than cash received by the Company shall be deemed to be the fair market value of such consideration, without deduction therefrom of any expenses incurred or any underwriting commissions or concessions or discounts paid or allowed by the Company in connection therewith, as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors, provided , that the Board of Directors shall send a written notice to the Majority Warrantholders detailing the methodology of such determination, and, unless such determination has been approved by a Crestview Director, the Majority Warrantholders shall have the right to object to such determination within ten (10) Business Days of receipt of such notice, and if the Majority Warrantholders object, the fair market value of such consideration shall be determined, at the Company’s expense, by an appraiser chosen by the Board of Directors and reasonably acceptable to the Majority Warrantholders.

(c) If any Common Stock Equivalents (or any portions thereof) which shall have given rise to an adjustment pursuant to this Section 5.2 shall have expired or terminated without the exercise thereof and/or if by reason of the terms of such Common Stock Equivalents there shall have been an increase or increases, with the passage of time or otherwise, in the price payable upon the exercise or conversion thereof, then the Exercise Price hereunder shall be readjusted (but to no greater extent than originally adjusted) in order to (i) eliminate from the computation any additional shares of Common Stock corresponding to such Common Stock Equivalents as shall have expired or terminated, (ii) treat the additional shares of Common Stock, if any, actually issued or issuable pursuant to the previous exercise of such Common Stock Equivalents as having been issued for the consideration actually received and receivable therefor and (iii) treat any of such Common Stock Equivalents which remain outstanding as being subject to exercise or conversion on the basis of such exercise or conversion price as shall be in effect at the time.

5.3 Certain Distributions . In case the Company shall at any time or from time to time, after the issuance of this Warrant but prior to the exercise hereof, distribute to holders of shares of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents (including any such distribution made in connection with a merger or consolidation in which the Company is the resulting or surviving Person and shares of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents are not changed or exchanged) cash, evidences of indebtedness of the Company or another issuer, securities of the Company or another

 

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issuer or other assets (excluding dividends or distributions payable in shares of Common Stock for which adjustment is made under Section 5.1 and any distribution in connection with an Excluded Transaction) or rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any of the foregoing, then , and in each such case, (A) the Exercise Price then in effect shall be adjusted (and any other appropriate actions shall be taken by the Company) by being multiplied by a fraction (i) the numerator of which shall be the Current Market Price of one share of Class A Common Stock immediately prior to the date of distribution less the then fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors (provided, that the Board of Directors shall send a written notice to the Majority Warrantholders detailing the methodology of such determination, and, unless such determination has been approved by a Crestview Director, the Majority Warrantholders shall have the right to object to such determination within ten (10) Business Days of receipt of such notice) and if the Majority Warrantholders object, at the Company’s expense by an appraiser chosen by the Board of Directors and reasonably acceptable to the Majority Warrantholders) of the portion of the cash, evidences of indebtedness, securities or other assets so distributed or of such rights or warrants applicable to one share of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalent and (ii) the denominator of which shall be the Current Market Price of one share of Class A Common Stock immediately prior to the date of distribution (but such fraction shall not be greater than one) and (B) the Warrant Share Number shall be increased by being multiplied by a fraction (i) the numerator of which shall be the Current Market Price of one share of Class A Common Stock immediately prior to the record date for the distribution of such cash, evidences of indebtedness, securities, other assets or rights or warrants and (ii) the denominator of which shall be the Current Market Price of one share of Class A Common Stock immediately prior to such record date less the fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors (provided, that the Board of Directors shall send a written notice to the Majority Warrantholders detailing the methodology of such determination, and, unless such determination has been approved by a Crestview Director, the Majority Warrantholders shall have the right to object to such determination within ten (10) Business Days of receipt of such notice) and if the Majority Warrantholders object, at the Company’s expense by an appraiser chosen by the Board of Directors and reasonably acceptable to the Majority Warrantholders) of the portion of such cash, evidences of indebtedness, securities, other assets or rights or warrants so distributed or of such rights or warrants applicable to one share of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalent. Such adjustment shall be made whenever any such distribution is made and shall become effective retroactively to a date immediately following the close of business on the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such distribution.

5.4 Other Changes . In case the Company at any time or from time to time, after the issuance of this Warrant but prior to the exercise hereof, shall take any action affecting its Common Stock similar to or having an effect similar to any of the actions described in any of Sections 5.1, 5.2, 5.3 or 5.8 (but not including any action described in any such Section) then, and in each such case, the Exercise Price and Warrant Share Number shall be adjusted in such manner and at such time as determined mutually in good faith by the Board of Directors and the Majority Warrantholders.

 

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5.5 No Adjustment; Par Value Minimum . Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no adjustment under this Section 5 need be made to the Exercise Price or Warrant Share Number if the company receives written notice from the Warrantholder that no such adjustment is required. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Warrant, the Exercise Price shall not be adjusted below the par value of a share of Class A Common Stock.

5.6 Abandonment . If the Company shall take a record of the holders of shares of its Common Stock for the purpose of entitling them to receive a dividend or other distribution, and shall thereafter and before the distribution to stockholders thereof legally abandon its plan to pay or deliver such dividend or distribution, then no adjustment in the Exercise Price or Warrant Share Number shall be required by reason of the taking of such record.

5.7 Certificate as to Adjustments . Upon any adjustment in the Exercise Price or Warrant Share Number, the Company shall within a reasonable period (not to exceed ten (10) days) following any of the foregoing transactions deliver to the Warrantholder a certificate, signed by (i) the Chief Executive Officer of the Company and (ii) the Chief Financial Officer of the Company, setting forth in reasonable detail the event requiring the adjustment and the method by which such adjustment was calculated and specifying the adjusted Exercise Price and Warrant Share Number then in effect following such adjustment.

5.8 Spin-off; Reorganization, Reclassification or Merger .

(a) In case of any spin-off by the Company of another Person (the “ Spin-off Entity ”) at any time after the issuance of this Warrant but prior to the exercise hereof, in addition to giving effect to the Exercise Price adjustment described in clause (A) of Section 5.3, the Company shall issue to the Warrantholder a new warrant, in form and substance satisfactory to the Company and the Majority Warrantholders, entitling the Warrantholder to purchase, at the exercise price equal to the excess of the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such spin-off over the adjusted Exercise Price pursuant to Section 5.3, the number of shares of common stock or other proprietary interest in the Spin-off Entity that the Warrantholder would have owned had the Warrantholder, immediately prior to such spin-off (without giving effect to the Warrant Share Number adjustment described in clause (B) of Section 5.3), exercised this Warrant .

(b) In case of any capital reorganization, reclassification, merger, consolidation or other business combination (other than a merger, consolidation or other business combination of the Company in which the Company is the surviving corporation) or liquidation of the Company, or the sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, or other change of outstanding shares of Common Stock (other than a change in par value, or from par value to no par value, or from no par value to par value) (each, a “ Transaction ”) at any time after the issuance of this Warrant but prior to the exercise hereof, the Company shall execute and deliver to the Warrantholder prior to effecting such Transaction a certificate stating that the Warrantholder shall have the right thereafter to exercise this Warrant for the kind and

 

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amount of shares of stock or other securities, property or cash receivable upon such Transaction by a holder of the number of shares of Class A Common Stock into which this Warrant could have been exercised immediately prior to such Transaction, and provision shall be made therefor in the agreement, if any, relating to such Transaction. Such certificate shall provide for adjustments equivalent to the adjustments provided for in this Section 5. No Transaction shall be effected, directly or indirectly, by the Company unless, prior to the consummation thereof, the surviving corporation (if other than the Company), or the transferee of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets, assumes the foregoing obligations of the Company pursuant to this Section 5.8. The provisions of this Section 5.8 and any equivalent thereof in any such certificate similarly shall apply to successive transactions.

5.9 Notices . In case the Company at any time or from time to time, after the issuance of this Warrant but prior to the exercise hereof, shall take any action described in any of Sections 5.1, 5.2, 5.3 or 5.8, or any action affecting its Common Stock similar to or having an effect similar to any of such actions, then the Company shall send a written notice to the Warrantholder describing such action in reasonable detail as promptly as possible but in any event at least ten (10) days prior to the earlier of (i) the record date for such action (or, in the case of a dividend, distribution or granting of rights or warrants, if a record is not to be taken, the date as of which the holders of Common Stock of record to be entitled to such dividend, distribution or granting of rights or warrants are to be determined) and (ii) the date on which such action is expected to become effective.

6. Loss or Destruction of Warrant . Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, upon receipt by the Company of evidence reasonably satisfactory to it of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant and, in the case of loss, theft or destruction, of such bond or indemnification as the Company may reasonably require, and, in the case of such mutilation, upon surrender and cancellation of this Warrant, the Company will execute and deliver a new Warrant of like tenor.

7. Ownership of Warrant . The Company may deem and treat the person in whose name this Warrant is registered as the holder and owner hereof (notwithstanding any notations of ownership or writing hereon made by anyone other than the Company) for all purposes and shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary, until presentation of this Warrant for registration of transfer.

8. Amendments . Any provision of this Warrant may be amended and the observance thereof waived only with the written consent of the Company and the Warrantholder.

9. Definitions . As used herein, unless the context otherwise requires, the following terms have the following respective meanings:

Affiliate ” has the meaning set forth in the Investment Agreement.

Board of Directors ” means the Board of Directors of the Company.

 

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Business Day ” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in the State of New York are authorized or required by law or executive order to close.

Capital Stock ” means, with respect to any Person, any and all shares, interests, participations, rights in, or other equivalents (however designated and whether voting or non-voting) of such Person’s capital stock (including, without limitation, common stock or preferred stock) and any and all securities, rights, warrants or options exercisable or exchangeable for or convertible into such capital stock.

Class A Common Stock ” means Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company.

Class B Common Stock ” means Class B Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company.

Class C Common Stock ” means Class C Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company.

Common Stock ” means, collectively, Class A Common Stock, Class B Common Stock and Class A Common Stock.

Common Stock Equivalent ” means any security or obligation which is by its terms, directly or indirectly, convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for shares of Common Stock, including, without limitation, any option, warrant or other subscription or purchase right with respect to Common Stock or any Common Stock Equivalent.

Company ” has the meaning set forth in the first paragraph of this Warrant.

Conversion Right ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(a) of this Warrant.

Crestview Director ” means an individual who was designated for nomination to election to the Board of Directors by Crestview Radio Investors, LLC pursuant to Section 2.1(b)(i) of the Stockholders Agreement.

Current Market Price ” means, as of the date of determination, (a) the average of the daily Market Price under, as applicable, clause (a) or (b) of the definition thereof of shares of Class A Common Stock during the immediately preceding twenty (20) trading days ending on such date, and (b) if shares of Class A Common Stock are not then listed or admitted to trading on any national securities exchange or quoted in the over-the-counter market, then the Market Price under clause (c) of the definition thereof on such date.

 

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Excluded Transaction ” means (a) any issuance of shares of restricted stock or options to purchase shares of Common Stock to employees, officers, directors or consultants of the Company or its subsidiaries pursuant to the terms of the Company’s 2011 Employee Incentive Plan as in effect as of the date hereof, or pursuant to options and other equity awards issued to employees, officers, directors or consultants of the Company or its subsidiaries and outstanding on the date hereof, (b) any issuance of Common Stock upon the conversion, exchange or exercise of any Common Stock Equivalents, (c) shares of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents issued to banks or other financial institutions pursuant to a debt financing approved by the Board of Directors, (d) shares of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents issued pursuant to the acquisition of another Person by the Company, or the acquisition of assets of another Person by the Company, whether by means of merger, consolidation, or other business combination, or purchase of assets or joint venture, and (e) any issuance of Warrant Shares.

Exercise Form ” means an Exercise Form in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit A .

Exercise Period ” means the period from the date hereof to the tenth (10th) anniversary of the date hereof.

Exercise Price ” has the meaning set forth in the first paragraph of this Warrant.

Investment Agreement ” means the Amended and Restated Investment Agreement, dated as of April 22, 2011, among the Company, the Warrantholder and the other parties listed therein.

Issue Date ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.2 of this Warrant.

Majority Warrantholders ” means the holders of Warrants that are exercisable for a majority of the Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of all Warrants assuming the exercise of all such Warrants.

Market Price ” means, as of the date of determination, (a) if shares of Class A Common Stock are listed on a national securities exchange, the volume-weighted average price per share of Class A Common Stock on such date as displayed by Bloomberg (or any successor service); (b) if shares of Class A Common Stock are not then listed or admitted to trading on any national securities exchange but are traded in the over-the-counter market, the volume-weighted average price per share of Class A Common Stock on such date as furnished by two members of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. that are either active market makers in such shares or are representative market participants reasonably capable of providing the volume-weighted average price for such shares, as selected mutually in good faith from time to time by the Board of Directors and the Majority Warrantholders for that purpose; or (c) if neither (a) nor (b) is applicable, a market price per share determined in good faith by the Board of Directors (provided that the Board of Directors shall send a written notice to the Majority

 

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Warrantholders detailing the methodology of such determination, and, unless such determination has been approved by a Crestview Director, the Majority Warrantholders shall have the right to object to such determination within ten (10) Business Days of receipt of such notice) and if the Majority Warrantholders object, at the Company’s expense by an appraiser chosen by the Board of Directors and reasonably acceptable to the Majority Warrantholders. Any determination of the Market Price by an appraiser shall be based on a valuation of the Company as an entirety without regard to any discount for minority interests or disparate voting rights among classes of capital stock.

New Issuance ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.2 of this Warrant.

New Issue Price ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.2 of this Warrant.

Person ” means any individual, firm, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, trust, incorporated or unincorporated association, joint venture, joint stock company, governmental body or other entity of any kind.

Relevant Date ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.2 of this Warrant.

Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder.

Spin-off Entity ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.8 of this Warrant.

Stockholders Agreement ” means the Stockholders Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, among the Company and the other parties signatory thereto.

Transaction ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.8 of this Warrant.

Warrant ” has the meaning set forth in the first paragraph of this Warrant.

Warrant Share Number ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.1 of this Warrant.

Warrant Shares ” has the meaning set forth in the first paragraph of this Warrant.

Warrantholder ” has the meaning set forth in the first paragraph of this Warrant.

10. Miscellaneous .

10.1 Entire Agreement . This Warrant, the Investment Agreement, the Stockholders Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, among the Company and the other parties signatory thereto constitute the entire agreement between the Company and the Warrantholder with respect to the

 

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Warrant and supersede all prior agreements and understanding with respects to the subject matter of this Warrant.

10.2 Binding Effect; Benefits . This Warrant shall inure to the benefit of and shall be binding upon the Company and the Warrantholder and their respective permitted successors and assigns. Nothing in this Warrant, expressed or implied, is intended to or shall confer on any person other than the Company and the Warrantholder, or their respective permitted successors or assigns, any rights, remedies, obligations or liabilities under or by reason of this Warrant.

10.3 Headings . The headings in this Warrant are for convenience of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning of this Warrant.

10.4 Notices . All notices, demands and other communications provided for or permitted hereunder shall be made in writing and shall be by registered or certified first-class mail, return receipt requested, telecopier, courier service or personal delivery:

 

  (a) if to the Company:

Cumulus Media Inc.

3280 Peachtree Road, N.W.

Suite 2300

Atlanta, Georgia 30305

Attention: Richard S. Denning

Fax: (404) 949-0740

with a copy to:

Jones Day

1420 Peachtree Street, N.E.

Suite 800

Atlanta, Georgia 30309-3053

Attention: John E. Zamer

David Phillips

Fax: (404) 581-8330

 

  (b) if to the Warrantholder:

c/o Crestview Partners II, L.P.

667 Madison Avenue, 10th Floor

New York, NY 10065

Attention: Jeffrey Marcus

Tom Murphy

Brian Cassidy

Fax: (212) 906-0793

 

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with a copy to:

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

1285 Avenue of the Americas

New York, NY 10019-6064

Attention: Kenneth M. Schneider

Neil Goldman

Fax: (212) 757-3990

All such notices, demands and other communications shall be deemed to have been duly given when delivered by hand, if personally delivered; when delivered by courier, if delivered by commercial courier service; five (5) Business Days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; and when receipt is mechanically acknowledged, if telecopied. Any party may by notice given in accordance with this Section 10.4 designate another address or Person for receipt of notices hereunder.

10.5 Severability . Any term or provision of this Warrant which is invalid or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity or unenforceability without rendering invalid or unenforceable the terms and provisions of this Warrant or affecting the validity or enforceability of any of the terms or provisions of this Warrant in any other jurisdiction.

10.6 GOVERNING LAW . THIS WARRANT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CONFLICTS OF LAW PRINCIPLES THEREOF.

10.7 No Rights or Liabilities as Stockholders . Nothing contained in this Warrant shall be determined as conferring upon the Warrantholder any rights as a stockholder of the Company or as imposing any liabilities on the Warrantholder to purchase any securities whether such liabilities are asserted by the Company or by creditors or stockholders of the Company or otherwise.

10.8 Rules of Construction . The Company and the Warrantholder have participated jointly in negotiating and drafting this Warrant. In the event that an ambiguity or a question of intent or interpretation arises, this Warrant will be construed as if drafted jointly by the Company and the Warrantholder, and no presumption or burden of proof will arise favoring or disfavoring any party by virtue of the authorship of any provision of this Warrant.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be signed by its duly authorized officer.

 

CUMULUS MEDIA INC.
By:  

/s/ Lewis W. Dickey, Jr.

Name:   Lewis W. Dickey, Jr.
Title:  

Chairman, President and Chief

Executive Officer

Dated: September 16, 2011

[ Signature Page to Class A Warrant ]


Exhibit A

EXERCISE FORM

(To be executed upon exercise of this Warrant)

The undersigned hereby irrevocably elects to exercise the right, represented by this Warrant, [to purchase [insert number] shares of Class A Common Stock and herewith tenders payment for such shares to the order of the Company in the amount of $[insert number] [hereby exercises its Conversion Right for [all] [    %] of this Warrant] in accordance with the terms of this Warrant. The undersigned requests that a certificate for such [Warrant Shares] [that number of Warrant Shares to which the undersigned is entitled as calculated pursuant to Section 2.2] be registered in the name of the undersigned and that such certificates be delivered to the undersigned’s address below.

The undersigned represents that it is acquiring such shares for its own account for investment and not with a view to or for sale in connection with any distribution thereof (subject, however, to any requirement of law that the disposition thereof shall at all times be within its control).

Dated: [insert date]

 

Signature  

 

 

 

  (Print Name)
 

 

  (Street Address)
 

 

  (City)   (State)   (Zip Code)

Exhibit 10.1

 

 

FIRST LIEN CREDIT AGREEMENT

among

CUMULUS MEDIA INC.,

CUMULUS MEDIA HOLDINGS INC.,

as Borrower,

CERTAIN LENDERS,

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.

as Administrative Agent,

UBS SECURITIES LLC,

MIHI LLC,

ROYAL BANK OF CANADA,

and

ING CAPITAL LLC,

as Co-Syndication Agents

and

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

and

FIFTH THIRD BANK,

as Co-Documentation Agents

Dated as of September 16, 2011

 

 

J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC,

UBS SECURITIES LLC,

MACQUARIE CAPITAL (USA) INC.,

RBC CAPITAL MARKETS,

and

ING CAPITAL LLC

as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners

 

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

          Page  

SECTION 1.

   DEFINITIONS      1   

1.1

   Defined Terms      1   

1.2

   Other Definitional Provisions      33   

SECTION 2.

   AMOUNT AND TERMS OF THE TERM LOAN COMMITMENTS      33   

2.1

   Term Loans      33   

2.2

   Repayment of Term Loans      34   

2.3

   Proceeds of Term Loans      34   

SECTION 3.

   AMOUNT AND TERMS OF REVOLVING CREDIT COMMITMENTS      34   

3.1

   Revolving Credit Commitments      34   

3.2

   Proceeds of Revolving Credit Loans      34   

3.3

   Issuance of Letters of Credit      35   

3.4

   Participating Interests      36   

3.5

   Procedure for Opening Letters of Credit      36   

3.6

   Payments in Respect of Letters of Credit      36   

3.7

   Swing Line Commitment      37   

3.8

   Participations      38   

SECTION 4.

   GENERAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO LOANS AND LETTERS OF CREDIT      38   

4.1

   Procedure for Borrowing by the Borrower      38   

4.2

   Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt      39   

4.3

   Conversion Options      40   

4.4

   Changes of Commitment Amounts      40   

4.5

   Optional Prepayments      41   

4.6

   Mandatory Prepayments      41   

4.7

   Interest Rates and Payment Dates      43   

4.8

   Computation of Interest and Fees      43   

4.9

   Commitment Fees      44   

4.10

   Certain Fees      44   

4.11

   Letter of Credit Fees      44   

4.12

   Obligations Absolute      45   

4.13

   Assignments      45   

4.14

   Participations      45   

4.15

   Inability to Determine Interest Rate for Eurodollar Loans      45   

4.16

   Pro Rata Treatment and Payments      46   

4.17

   Illegality      47   

4.18

   Requirements of Law      48   

4.19

   Indemnity      49   

4.20

   Taxes      50   

4.21

   Defaulting Lender      53   

4.22

   Mitigation; Replacement of Lenders      54   

4.23

   Prepayments Below Par      55   

4.24

   Extensions of Term Loans and Revolving Credit Commitments      57   

 

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          Page  

4.25

   Incremental Facility      59   

SECTION 5.

   REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES      60   

5.1

   Financial Condition      60   

5.2

   Corporate Existence; Compliance with Law      61   

5.3

   Corporate Power; Authorization      61   

5.4

   Enforceable Obligations      62   

5.5

   No Legal Bar      62   

5.6

   No Material Litigation      62   

5.7

   Investment Company Act      62   

5.8

   Federal Regulation      62   

5.9

   No Default or Breach      62   

5.10

   Taxes      62   

5.11

   Subsidiaries      63   

5.12

   Ownership of Property; Liens; Licenses      63   

5.13

   Intellectual Property      63   

5.14

   Labor Matters      63   

5.15

   ERISA      64   

5.16

   Environmental Matters      64   

5.17

   Disclosure      64   

5.18

   Security Documents      65   

5.19

   Solvency      65   

5.20

   Use of Proceeds      65   

5.21

   Patriot Act      65   

SECTION 6.

   CONDITIONS PRECEDENT      66   

6.1

   Conditions to Initial Loans and Letters of Credit      66   

6.2

   Conditions to All Loans and Letters of Credit after the Closing Date      69   

SECTION 7.

   AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS      70   

7.1

   Financial Statements      70   

7.2

   Certificates; Other Information      71   

7.3

   Payment of Obligations      72   

7.4

   Conduct of Business; Maintenance of Existence; Compliance      72   

7.5

   Maintenance of Property; Insurance      73   

7.6

   Inspection of Property; Books and Records; Discussions; Annual Meetings      73   

7.7

   Notices      73   

7.8

   Environmental Laws      74   

7.9

   Post-Closing Obligations      74   

7.10

   Additional Loan Parties; Pledge of Stock of Additional Subsidiaries; Additional Collateral, etc.      74   

7.11

   Broadcast License Subsidiaries      75   

7.12

   Swap Agreements      76   

7.13

   Ratings      76   

7.14

   Designation of Subsidiaries      76   

SECTION 8.

   NEGATIVE COVENANTS      77   

8.1

   Financial Condition Covenants      77   

8.2

   Indebtedness      78   

 

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          Page  

8.3

   Limitation on Liens      80   

8.4

   Limitation on Contingent Obligations      83   

8.5

   Prohibition of Fundamental Changes      84   

8.6

   Prohibition on Sale of Assets      84   

8.7

   Limitation on Investments, Loans and Advances      87   

8.8

   Limitation on Restricted Payments      90   

8.9

   Transactions with Affiliates      92   

8.10

   Limitation on Sales and Leasebacks      92   

8.11

   Fiscal Year      93   

8.12

   Negative Pledge Clauses      93   

8.13

   Clauses Restricting Subsidiary Distributions      93   

8.14

   FCC Licenses      94   

8.15

   Certain Payments of Indebtedness      94   

8.16

   Amendment of Material Documents      95   

SECTION 9.

   EVENTS OF DEFAULT      95   

SECTION 10.

   THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND THE ISSUING LENDER      98   

10.1

   Appointment      98   

10.2

   Delegation of Duties      98   

10.3

   Exculpatory Provisions      99   

10.4

   Reliance by the Administrative Agent      99   

10.5

   Notice of Default      99   

10.6

   Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Lenders      100   

10.7

   Indemnification      100   

10.8

   Administrative Agent in its Individual Capacity      100   

10.9

   Successor Administrative Agent      100   

10.10

   Issuing Lender as Issuer of Letters of Credit      101   

10.11

   No Other Agent Duties, Etc.      101   

SECTION 11.

   MISCELLANEOUS      101   

11.1

   Amendments and Waivers      101   

11.2

   Notices      103   

11.3

   No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies      104   

11.4

   Survival of Representations and Warranties      104   

11.5

   Payment of Expenses      104   

11.6

   Successors and Assigns; Participations; Purchasing Lenders      106   

11.7

   Adjustments; Set-off      110   

11.8

   Counterparts      111   

11.9

   Integration      111   

11.10

   GOVERNING LAW; NO THIRD PARTY RIGHTS      111   

11.11

   SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION; WAIVERS      111   

11.12

   Acknowledgements      112   

11.13

   Releases of Guarantees and Liens      112   

11.14

   Intercreditor Agreement      113   

11.15

   Confidentiality      113   

11.16

   Usury Savings      114   

11.17

   Severability      114   

11.18

   Patriot Act      114   

 

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SCHEDULES:

 

Schedule 1.1A

   Commitments

Schedule 1.1B

   Mortgaged Properties

Schedule 3.1

   Letters of Credit

Schedule 5.6

   Litigation

Schedule 5.9

   No Default

Schedule 5.11(a)

   Domestic Subsidiaries

Schedule 5.11(b)

   Foreign Subsidiaries

Schedule 5.12

   FCC Licenses

Schedule 5.16

   Environmental Matters

Schedule 5.18

   Financing Statements and Other Filings

Schedule 6.1(b)

   Closing Date Preferred Stock

Schedule 8.2

   Existing Indebtedness

Schedule 8.3

   Existing Liens

Schedule 8.4

   Existing Contingent Obligations

Schedule 8.6

   Stations in Trust

Schedule 8.7

   Existing Investments, Loans and Advances

Schedule 8.9

   Transactions with Affiliates

EXHIBITS:

 

Exhibit A

   Form of Guarantee and Collateral Agreement

Exhibit B-1

   Form of Parent Closing Certificate

Exhibit B-2

   Form of Borrower Closing Certificate

Exhibit B-3

   Form of Subsidiary Guarantor Closing Certificate

Exhibit C

   Form of L/C Participation Certificate

Exhibit D

   Form of Assignment and Assumption

Exhibit E

   Forms of Exemption Certificate

Exhibit F

   Form of Swing Line Loan Participation Certificate

Exhibit G

   Form of Discounted Prepayment Option Notice

Exhibit H

   Form of Lender Participation Notice

Exhibit I

   Form of Discounted Voluntary Prepayment Notice

Exhibit J

   Form of Solvency Certificate

Exhibit K

   Form of Intercreditor Agreement

 

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FIRST LIEN CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement ”), dated as of September 16, 2011, among CUMULUS MEDIA INC., a Delaware corporation (“ Parent ”), CUMULUS MEDIA HOLDINGS INC., a Delaware corporation (the “ Borrower ”), the several banks and other financial institutions or entities from time to time parties hereto (the “ Lenders ”), JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as administrative agent for the Lenders, UBS SECURITIES LLC, MIHI LLC, ROYAL BANK OF CANADA and ING CAPITAL LLC, as co-syndication agents, and U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION and FIFTH THIRD BANK, as co-documentation agents.

WHEREAS, pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “ Acquisition Agreement ”) by and among Parent, Borrower, Cadet Merger Corporation and Citadel Broadcasting Corporation (the “ Acquired Business ”), dated March 9, 2011, the Acquired Business will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Borrower (the “ Acquisition ”);

WHEREAS, in order to finance the Acquisition, to repay existing indebtedness and other long-term obligations of Parent and the Acquired Business and their respective Subsidiaries, as further defined below as the “Refinancing”, to pay fees, commissions and expenses in connection with the Acquisition, the Refinancing and the financing thereof and to provide ongoing working capital requirements of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries following the Acquisition, the Borrower has requested that the Lenders enter into this Agreement and make the Loans provided for herein;

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the agreements, provisions and covenants herein contained, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS

1.1 Defined Terms . As used in this Agreement, the terms defined in the preamble or recitals hereto shall have the meanings set forth therein, and the following terms shall have the following meanings:

ABR ”: for any day, a rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/16 of 1%) equal to the greatest of (a) the Prime Rate in effect on such day, (b) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day plus 1/2 of 1% and (c) the Eurodollar Rate for a Eurodollar Loan with a one-month interest period commencing on such day plus 1.0%. For purposes hereof: “Prime Rate” shall mean the rate of interest per annum publicly announced from time to time by JPMCB as its prime rate in effect at its principal office in New York City (the Prime Rate not being intended to be the lowest rate of interest charged by JPMCB in connection with extensions of credit to debtors); and “Federal Funds Effective Rate” shall mean, for any day, the weighted average of the rates on overnight federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by federal funds brokers, as published on the next succeeding Business Day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such rate is not so published for any day which is a Business Day, the average of the quotations for the day of such transactions received by the Administrative Agent from three federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it. If for any reason the Administrative Agent shall have determined (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error) that it is unable to ascertain the Federal Funds Effective Rate, for any reason, including the inability or failure of the Administrative Agent to obtain sufficient quotations in accordance with the terms hereof, the ABR shall be determined without regard to clause (b) of the first sentence of this definition, as appropriate, until the circumstances giving rise to such inability no longer exist. For purposes of this definition, the Eurodollar Rate shall be determined using the Eurodollar Rate as otherwise determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with the definition of Eurodollar Rate, except that (x) if a given day is a Business Day, such determination shall be made on such day (rather than two Business Days prior to the


commencement of an Interest Period) or (y) if a given day is not a Business Day, the Eurodollar Rate for such day shall be the rate determined by the Administrative Agent pursuant to preceding clause (x) for the most recent Business Day preceding such day. Any change in the ABR due to a change in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Effective Rate or the Eurodollar Rate shall be effective as of the opening of business on the effective day of such change in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Effective Rate or the Eurodollar Rate, respectively. Notwithstanding the foregoing (i) in respect of any Term Loans that are ABR Loans, ABR shall at all times not be less than 2.25% and (ii) in respect of any Revolving Credit Loans that are ABR Loans, ABR shall at all times not be less than 2.00%.

ABR Loans ”: Loans whose interest rate is based on the ABR.

Acceptable Discount ”: as defined in subsection 4.23.

Acceptance Date ”: as defined in subsection 4.23.

Acquired Business ”: as defined in the recitals hereto.

Acquisition ”: as defined in the recitals hereto.

Acquisition Agreement : as defined in the recitals hereto.

Acquisition Agreement Representations ”: the representations made by the Acquired Business in the Acquisition Agreement as are material to the interests of the Lenders, but only to the extent that Parent or the Borrower has the right to terminate its obligations under the Acquisition Agreement as a result of the breach of such representations in the Acquisition Agreement.

Act ”: as defined in subsection 11.18.

Additional Lender ”: as defined in subsection 4.25.

Administrative Agent ”: JPMCB, together with its affiliates, in its capacity as administrative agent for the Lenders hereunder, and its successors in such capacity as provided in Section 10.

Affiliate ”: of any Person (a) any Person (other than a Subsidiary) which, directly or indirectly, is in control of, is controlled by, or is under common control with such Person, or (b) any Person who is a director or officer (i) of such Person, (ii) of any Subsidiary of such Person or (iii) of any Person described in clause (a) above. For purposes of this definition, “control” of a Person shall mean the power, direct or indirect, either to (x) vote 10% or more of the securities having ordinary voting power for the election of directors of such Person, or (y) direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person whether by contract or otherwise.

Affiliated Debt Fund ”: any Affiliate of the Permitted Owners that (i) is a Debt Fund and (ii) with respect to which such Permitted Owner and investment vehicles managed or advised by such Permitted Owner that are not engaged primarily in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans, bonds and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of business do not make investment decisions for such entity.

 

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Affiliated Lender ”: the Permitted Owners and any Affiliate of the Permitted Owners (including the Borrower and its Subsidiaries).

Aggregate Exposure ”: with respect to any Lender at any time, an amount equal to the sum of such Lender’s Aggregate Revolving Credit Extensions of Credit plus such Lender’s participating interests in Swing Line Loans.

Aggregate Revolving Credit Extensions of Credit ”: at any particular time, the sum of (a) the aggregate then outstanding principal amount of the Revolving Credit Loans, (b) the aggregate amount then available to be drawn under all outstanding Letters of Credit and (c) the aggregate amount of Revolving L/C Obligations.

Agreement ”: as defined in the preamble hereto.

Applicable Discount ”: as defined in subsection 4.23.

Applicable Margin ”: (a) for each Revolving Credit Loan, 4.50% per annum in the case of a Eurodollar Loan or 3.50% per annum in the case of an ABR Loan, (b) for each Term Loan, 4.50% per annum in the case of a Eurodollar Loan or 3.50% per annum in the case of an ABR Loan and (c) for each Swing Line Loan, 3.50% per annum. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Applicable Margin in respect of any tranche of Extended Revolving Credit Commitments or any Extended Term Loans or Revolving Credit Loans made pursuant to any Extended Revolving Credit Commitments shall be the applicable percentages per annum set forth in the relevant Extension Offer.

Approved Fund ”: as defined in subsection 11.6(c).

Arrangers ”: JPMorgan Securities LLC, UBS Securities LLC, Macquarie Capital (USA) Inc. and RBC Capital Markets, in their capacity as arrangers of the Commitments.

ASC ”: the FASB Accounting Standards Codification.

Asset Sale ”: any sale, sale-leaseback, assignment, conveyance, transfer or other disposition by any Group Member of any of its property or assets (except sales, assignments, conveyances, transfers and other dispositions permitted by subsection 8.6 (other than clauses (e), (f), (g), (o) and (w) thereof).

Assignee ”: as defined in subsection 11.6(c).

Assignment and Assumption ”: an Assignment and Assumption substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto.

Available Amount ”: as of any date of determination, an amount equal to the sum of:

(a) $75,000,000; plus

(b) 50% of the sum of (without duplication):

(i) the consolidated net income of the Borrower for the fiscal year of the Borrower most recently ended (or, in the case of the fiscal year ending December

 

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31, 2011, the consolidated net income of the Borrower for the period commencing on the Closing Date and ending on December 31, 2011);

(ii) the Net Proceeds received after the Closing Date and on or prior to such date (other than any Net Proceeds applied for Investments under subsection 8.7(t), Restricted Payments under subsection 8.8(c) or subsection 8.8(h) or prepayments of Indebtedness under subsection 8.15(b)(iv)) from any Capital Stock Issuance (other than any such issuance to a Group Member), including any sale of treasury Capital Stock, but excluding any issuance of Disqualified Stock; provided that the Net Proceeds thereof have been contributed by Parent in cash as common equity to the Borrower;

(iii) the net cash proceeds received after the Closing Date and on or prior to such date from any capital contribution to the Borrower (other than any Specified Equity Contribution and any capital contributions applied pursuant to subsection 8.2(p)) or to any Restricted Subsidiary; provided that any such capital contribution is from a Person other than a Group Member;

(iv) the aggregate amount received after the Closing Date and on or prior to such date by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in cash from any dividend or other distribution by an Unrestricted Subsidiary;

(v) the net cash proceeds received after the Closing Date and on or prior to such date by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary from the issuance of convertible or exchangeable debt securities that have been converted into or exchanged for Capital Stock of a Group Member (other than Disqualified Stock);

(vi) the aggregate amount received in cash or Cash Equivalents after the Closing Date and on or prior to such date by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in connection with the sale, transfer or other disposition of its ownership interest in any existing joint venture that is not a Subsidiary or in any Unrestricted Subsidiary, in each case, to the extent of the Investment in such joint venture or Unrestricted Subsidiary (with the amount of such Investment being calculated in accordance with the last sentence of subsection 8.7);

(vii) the aggregate amount received in cash or Cash Equivalents after the Closing Date and on or prior to such date by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in connection with the sale, transfer or other disposition to a Person (other than a Group Member) of any Investment made in reliance on subsection 8.7(r) and repurchases and redemptions (other than by a Group Member) of such Investments from the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries and repayments of loans or advances (other than by a Group Member) that constitute Investments made in reliance on subsection 8.7(r); provided that such amount shall not exceed the amount of such initial Investment made in reliance on subsection 8.7(r); and

(viii) the amount equal to the net reduction in Investments made by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiaries in any Person resulting from the redesignation of Unrestricted Subsidiaries as Restricted Subsidiaries or the merger or consolidation of an Unrestricted Subsidiary with and into the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries not to exceed the amount of Investments previously made by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in such

 

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Unrestricted Subsidiary (with the amount of such Investments being calculated in accordance with the last sentence of subsection 8.7); minus

(c) the amount of any Investments made in reliance on subsection 8.7(r) prior to such date, any Restricted Payments made in reliance on subsection 8.8(b) prior to such date and any prepayments of Second Lien Loans or any Second Lien Permitted Refinancings made in reliance on subsection 8.15(b)(iii) prior to such date.

Available Revolving Credit Commitment ”: as to any Lender, at a particular time, an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (a) the amount of such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment at such time less (b) the sum of (i) the aggregate unpaid principal amount at such time of all Revolving Credit Loans made by such Lender pursuant to subsection 3.1, (ii) such Lender’s L/C Participating Interest in the aggregate amount available to be drawn at such time under all outstanding Letters of Credit, (iii) such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of the aggregate outstanding amount of Revolving L/C Obligations and (iv) such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of the aggregate unpaid principal amount at such time of all Swing Line Loans, provided that for purposes of calculating Available Revolving Credit Commitments pursuant to subsection 4.9 the amount referred to in this clause (iv) shall be zero; collectively, as to all the Lenders, the “ Available Revolving Credit Commitments ”.

Bankruptcy Code ”: the United States Bankruptcy Code, as now or hereafter in effect, or any successor statute.

Bankruptcy Event ”: with respect to any Person, such Person or its Parent Entity becomes the subject of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding, or has had a receiver, conservator, trustee, administrator, custodian, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with the reorganization or liquidation of its business appointed for it, provided that a Bankruptcy Event shall not result solely by virtue of (i) any ownership interest, or the acquisition of any ownership interest, in such Person by a Governmental Authority or instrumentality thereof or (ii) in the case of a solvent Person, the precautionary appointment of an administrator, guardian, custodian or other similar official by a Governmental Authority or instrumentality thereof under or based on the law of the country where such Person is subject to home jurisdiction supervision if applicable law requires that such appointment not be publicly disclosed and such appointment has not been publicly disclosed, in any such case where such action does not result in or provide such Person with immunity from the jurisdiction of courts within the United States or from the enforcement of judgments or writs of attachment on its assets or permit such Person (or such Governmental Authority or instrumentality) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made by such Person or its Parent Entity.

Benefited Lender ”: as defined in subsection 11.7 hereof.

Board ”: the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States (or any successor).

Borrower ”: as defined in the preamble hereto.

Borrowing Date ”: any Business Day, or, in the case of Eurodollar Loans, any Working Day, specified in a notice pursuant to (a) subsection 3.7 or 4.1 as a date on which the Borrower requests JPMCB to make Swing Line Loans or the Lenders to make Revolving Credit Loans hereunder or (b) subsection 3.5 as a date on which the Borrower requests the Issuing Lender to issue a Letter of Credit hereunder.

 

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Breakage Event ”: as defined in subsection 4.19 hereof.

Broadcast Assets ”: all or substantially all the assets used and useful in the operation of a Station pursuant to an FCC License, including such FCC License.

Broadcast Cash Flow ”: for any period, Consolidated EBITDA for such period plus, to the extent deducted in calculating such Consolidated EBITDA, corporate level general and administrative expenses of the Borrower and the Subsidiary Guarantors for such period (calculated in a manner consistent with the calculation of such expenses in the consolidated financial statements of the Borrower for such period).

Broadcast License Subsidiary ”: a wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Borrower that (a) owns or holds no material assets other than FCC Licenses and related rights and (b) has no material liabilities other than (i) trade payables incurred in the ordinary course of business and (ii) tax liabilities, other governmental charges and other liabilities incidental to the ownership or holding of such licenses and related rights.

Business Acquisition ”: any Permitted Acquisition and any other acquisition permitted under subsection 8.7 pursuant to which the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries acquires any business, division or line of business or all or substantially all of the outstanding Capital Stock of any corporation or other entity (other than any director’s qualifying shares or any options for equity interests that cannot, as a matter of law, be cancelled, redeemed or otherwise extinguished without the express agreement of the holder thereof at or prior to acquisition) or any Station and Broadcast Assets related thereto.

Business Day ”: a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York City are authorized or required by law to close.

Capital Expenditures ”: for any period, all amounts (other than those arising from the acquisition or lease of businesses and assets which are permitted by subsection 8.7) which are set forth on the consolidated statement of cash flows of the Borrower for such period as “capital expenditures” in accordance with GAAP.

Capital Lease Obligations ”: as to any Person, the obligations of such Person to pay rent or other amounts under any lease of (or other arrangement conveying the right to use) real or personal property, or a combination thereof, which obligations are required to be classified and accounted for as capital leases on a balance sheet of such Person under GAAP and, for the purposes of this Agreement, the amount of such obligations at any time shall be the capitalized amount thereof at such time determined in accordance with GAAP. Notwithstanding anything else set forth herein, any lease that was or would have been treated as an operating lease under GAAP as in effect on the Closing Date that would become or be treated as a capital lease solely as a result of a change in GAAP after the Closing Date shall always be treated as an operating lease for all purposes and at all times under this Agreement.

Capital Stock ”: any and all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock of a corporation, any and all equivalent ownership interests in a Person (other than a corporation) and any and all warrants, rights or options to purchase any of the foregoing; provided , that any instrument evidencing Indebtedness convertible or exchangeable for Capital Stock shall not be deemed to be Capital Stock, unless and until any such instruments are so converted or exchanged.

 

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Capital Stock Issuance ”: any issuance by Parent of its Capital Stock in a public or private offering.

Cash Collateralize ”: to pledge and deposit with or deliver to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, Issuing Lender or Swing Line Lender (as applicable) and the Lenders, as collateral for L/C Exposure, Obligations in respect of Swing Line Loans, obligations of Lenders to fund participations in respect of either thereof or prepayment obligations (as the context may require), cash or deposit account balances, in each case pursuant to documentation in form and substance satisfactory to (a) the Administrative Agent and (b) the applicable Issuing Lender or the Swing Line Lender, as applicable (which documents are hereby consented to by the Lenders).

Cash Equivalents ”:

(a) United States dollars;

(b) securities issued or directly and fully and unconditionally guaranteed or insured by the U.S. government or any agency or instrumentality thereof the securities of which are unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation of such government with maturities of 24 months or less from the date of acquisition;

(c) certificates of deposit, time deposits and eurodollar time deposits with maturities of one year or less from the date of acquisition, bankers’ acceptances with maturities not exceeding one year and overnight bank deposits, in each case with any commercial bank having capital and surplus of not less than $300,0000,000;

(d) repurchase obligations for underlying securities of the types described in clauses (b) and (c) entered into with any financial institution meeting the qualifications specified in clause (c) above and in U.S. dollars;

(e) commercial paper rated at least P-2 by Moody’s or at least A-2 by S&P and in each case maturing within 24 months after the date of creation thereof, in U.S. dollars;

(f) marketable short-term money market and similar securities having a rating of at least P-2 or A-2 from either Moody’s or S&P, respectively (or, if at any time neither Moody’s nor S&P shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another Rating Agency) and in each case maturing within 24 months after the date of creation thereof and in U.S. dollars;

(g) investment funds investing substantially all of their assets in securities of the types described in clauses (a) through (f) above;

(h) readily marketable direct obligations issued by any state, commonwealth or territory of the United States or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof having an investment grade rating from either Moody’s or S&P with maturities of 24 months or less from the date of acquisition;

(i) Indebtedness or Preferred Stock issued by Persons with a rating of “A” or higher from S&P or “A2” or higher from Moody’s with maturities of 24 months or less from the date of acquisition and in each case in U.S. dollars;

 

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(j) Investments with weighted average maturities of 12 months or less from the date of acquisition in money market funds rated AAA- (or the equivalent thereof) or better by S&P or Aaa3 (or the equivalent thereof) or better by Moody’s and in each case in U.S. dollars; and

(k) credit card receivables and debit card receivables so long as such are considered cash equivalents under GAAP and are so reflected on the Borrower’s balance sheet.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, Cash Equivalents shall include amounts denominated in currencies other than U.S. dollars; provided that such amounts are converted into U.S. dollars as promptly as practicable and in any event within ten Business Days following the receipt of such amounts.

Change in Control ”: (a) the acquisition of ownership, directly or indirectly, beneficially or of record, by any Person or group (within the meaning of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder as in effect on the Closing Date), of Capital Stock representing more than 35% of the aggregate ordinary active voting power represented by the issued and outstanding Capital Stock of Parent (other than such an acquisition by a Permitted Owner); (b) occupation of a majority of the seats (other than vacant seats) on the board of directors of Parent by Persons who were neither (i) nominated by the board of directors of the Parent nor (ii) appointed by directors so nominated; (c) the acquisition of direct or indirect Control of Parent by any Person or group (other than such an acquisition by a Permitted Owner) or (d) the failure of Parent to own, directly and of record, 100% of the Capital Stock of the Borrower.

Change in Law ”: with respect to any Lender, the adoption of any law, rule, regulation, policy, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) or any change therein or in the interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority, including the issuance of any final rule, regulation or guideline by any regulatory agency having jurisdiction over such Lender or, in the case of subsection 4.18, any corporation controlling such Lender; provided however , that notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith and (ii) all requests, rules, guidelines, requirements and directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall in each case be deemed to be a “Change in Law”, regardless of the date enacted, adopted or issued.

Closing Date ”: the date on which each of the conditions precedent to the effectiveness of this Agreement contained in subsection 6.1 has been either satisfied or waived and the initial Loans are made hereunder, in accordance with the terms and provisions of Section 6.

Closing Date Material Adverse Effect ”: any change, effect, event, occurrence or state of facts that has had or is reasonably likely in the future to have, individually or when considered with other effects, a material adverse effect on (i) the business, results of operations or financial condition of the Acquired Business and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole or (ii) the ability of the Acquired Business to timely consummate the Transactions; provided , however , that a Closing Date Material Adverse Effect will not include any change, effect, event, occurrence or state of facts resulting from (A) changes, after the date of the Acquisition Agreement, in GAAP, (B) actions or omissions of the Acquired Business taken with the prior written consent of Parent and

 

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the Arrangers (not to be unreasonably withheld), (C) matters to the extent specifically disclosed on the Parent Disclosure Letter or Company Disclosure Letter, as applicable, (D) compliance of the Acquired Business with the terms and conditions of the Acquisition Agreement, (E) any failure by the Acquired Business to meet any published analyst estimates or expectations of its revenue, earnings or other financial performance or results of operations for any period, in and of itself, or any failure by the Acquired Business to meet its internal or published projections, budgets, plans or forecasts of its revenues, earnings or other financial performance or results of operations, in and of itself ( provided , that the facts or occurrences giving rise to or contributing to such failure that are not otherwise excluded from the definition of “Closing Date Material Adverse Effect” may be taken into account in determining whether there has been a Closing Date Material Adverse Effect), (F) changes affecting any of the industries in which such entity operates generally, or changes in laws, rules or regulations of general applicability to companies in the industries in which the Acquired Business and its Subsidiaries operate, (G) any change in the price or trading volume of the Company Shares, Company Warrants or Parent Shares, in and of itself (provided, that the facts or occurrences giving rise to or contributing to such change that are not otherwise excluded from the definition of “Closing Date Material Adverse Effect” may be taken into account in determining whether there has been a Closing Date Material Adverse Effect), (H) the announcement of the Transactions and performance of the Acquisition Agreement or the identity of the parties to the Acquisition Agreement (including the initiation of litigation by any Person with respect to the Acquisition Agreement or the Transactions, and including any termination of, reduction in or other negative impact on relationships or dealings, contractual or otherwise, with any customers, suppliers, distributors, partners or employees (including the threatened or actual termination, suspension, modification or reductions in such relationships) of the Acquired Business and its subsidiaries due to the announcement and performance of the Acquisition Agreement), (I) matters to the extent specifically disclosed in a publicly available final registration statement, prospectus, report, form, schedule or definitive proxy statement filed by the Acquired Business with the Securities and Exchange Commission at any time on or after June 3, 2010 through March 7, 2011, but excluding any risk factor disclosure under the headings “Risk Factors,” “Forward Looking Statements” or any similar precautionary sections or (J) any events or changes affecting general worldwide economic or capital market conditions, except in the case of each of clauses (F) and (J), to the extent that such changes affect the Acquired Business disproportionately). Capitalized terms used in this definition that are not otherwise defined in this Agreement have the meanings given to them in the Acquisition Agreement.

Closing Date Preferred Stock ”: as defined in subsection 6.1(b)(ii).

CMP ”: Cumulus Media Partners, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.

Code ”: the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.

Collateral ”: all property of the Loan Parties, now owned or hereafter acquired, upon which a Lien is purported to be created by any Security Document.

Commercial L/C ”: a commercial documentary Letter of Credit under which the relevant Issuing Lender agrees to make payments in Dollars for the account of the Borrower, on behalf of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary thereof, in respect of obligations of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary thereof in connection with the purchase of goods or services in the ordinary course of business.

 

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Commitment Percentage ”: with respect to any Lender, the Term Loan Commitment Percentage and the Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of such Lender, as the context may require.

Commitments ”: the collective reference to the Term Loan Commitments, the Swing Line Commitment, the Revolving Credit Commitments and any Extended Revolving Credit Commitment; individually, a “ Commitment ”.

Communications Act ”: the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. §151 et seq.

Conduit Lender ”: any special purpose corporation organized and administered by any Lender for the purpose of making Loans otherwise required to be made by such Lender and designated by such Lender in a written instrument, subject to the consent of the Administrative Agent and the Borrower (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld); provided , that the designation by any Lender of a Conduit Lender shall not relieve the designating Lender of any of its obligations to fund a Loan under this Agreement if, for any reason, its Conduit Lender fails to fund any such Loan, and the designating Lender (and not the Conduit Lender) shall have the sole right and responsibility to deliver all consents and waivers required or requested under this Agreement with respect to its Conduit Lender, and provided , further , that no Conduit Lender shall (a) be entitled to receive any greater amount pursuant to subsections 4.17, 4.18, 4.19 or 4.20 than the designating Lender would have been entitled to receive in respect of the extensions of credit made by such Conduit Lender or (b) be deemed to have any Commitment.

Confirmation Order ”: that certain order confirming the Reorganization Plan pursuant to applicable sections of the Bankruptcy Code entered by the Bankruptcy Court on May 19, 2010.

Consolidated Current Assets ”: at any date, all amounts (other than cash and Cash Equivalents) that would, in conformity with GAAP, be set forth opposite the caption “total current assets” (or any like caption) on a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries at such date.

Consolidated Current Liabilities ”: at any date, all amounts that would, in conformity with GAAP, be set forth opposite the caption “total current liabilities” (or any like caption) on a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries at such date, but excluding (a) the current portion of any Funded Debt of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries and (b) without duplication of clause (a) above, all Indebtedness consisting of Revolving Credit Loans or Swing Line Loans to the extent otherwise included therein.

Consolidated EBITDA ”: for any period of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, the consolidated net income ((i) including net income and losses from discontinued operations, (ii) excluding all income tax expense or benefit to the extent that the effect of such item has entered into the determination of consolidated net income whether based on income, profits or capital, including federal, foreign state, franchise, excise and similar taxes and foreign withholding taxes paid or accrued during such period, including any penalties and interest relating to any tax examinations, (iii) excluding extraordinary items, as well as unusual gains, losses and charges and gains and losses arising from the proposed or actual disposition of material assets (what constitutes material assets to be reasonably determined by the Borrower in good faith) whether such losses or gains are classified as discontinued operations, continuing operations or extraordinary items, (iv) excluding minority interest and (v) excluding to the extent reflected in the statement of consolidated net income for such period, the sum of (a) interest expense (net of

 

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interest income), including costs recognized from interest rate hedges, amortization and write offs of debt discount and debt issuance costs and commissions, discounts and other fees and charges associated with Letters of Credit, (b) depreciation and amortization expenses whether such expenses are classified as discontinued operations or continuing operations including acceleration thereof and including the amortization of the increase in inventory, if any, resulting from the application of ASC 805, “Business Combinations” for transactions contemplated by this Agreement (including any Business Acquisitions), (c) any impairment expense or write-off with respect to goodwill, other intangible assets, long-lived asset, joint ventures, assets held for sale, variable interest entities resulting from the application of ASC 810, “Consolidation,” and investment in debt and equity securities pursuant to GAAP, (d) compensation expenses arising from the sale of stock, the granting of stock options, restricted stock, restricted stock units, dividends on unvested shares, the granting of stock appreciation rights, termination of stock based rewards in connection with the Plan and similar stock based arrangements, (e) the excess of the expense in respect of post-retirement benefits and post-employment benefits accrued under ASC 715, “Compensation—Retirement Benefits” and ASC 712, “Compensation—Nonretirement Postemployment Benefits” over the cash expense in respect of such post-retirement benefits and post-employment benefits, (f) all non-cash gains or losses incurred in connection with the disposition of assets, (g) all costs relating to hedging arrangements or the unwinding of hedging arrangements, (h) other non-cash expenses or charges, including asset retirement obligations and supplemental executive retirement obligations, (i) non-recurring expenses recognized for restructuring costs, including but not limited to severance costs, relocation costs, integration and facilities costs, signing costs, retention or completion bonuses, transition costs and litigation expenses (including judgment and settlement amounts relating to the Acquisition or any Business Acquisition), provided that any restructuring costs added back pursuant to this clause (i) (1) in respect of the Acquisition (x) shall not exceed $50,000,000 in the aggregate during the term of this Agreement and (y) shall be incurred within 18 months after the Closing Date, (2) in respect of all other restructuring costs shall not exceed $5,000,000 in any four fiscal quarter period and (3) in respect of litigation expenses shall not exceed $3,000,000 in the aggregate during the term of this Agreement, (j) restructuring or reorganization charges or reserves relating to the transactions contemplated by the Reorganization Plan, to the extent deducted in computing consolidated net income; provided that (i) the amounts added back in connection with claims by the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance shall not exceed $1,400,000 in the aggregate during the term of this Agreement, (ii) the amounts added back pursuant to this clause (j) (other than in respect of any amounts added back pursuant to clause (i) of this proviso) in respect of all fiscals quarter ending after the Closing Date shall not exceed $300,000 in the aggregate and (iii) no amounts may be added back pursuant to this clause (j) (other than in respect of any amounts added back pursuant to clause (i) of this proviso) in respect of any fiscal quarter ending after June 30, 2012, (k) to the extent covered by insurance under which the insurer has been properly notified and has not denied or contested coverage, expenses with respect to liability or casualty events or business interruption, (l) all non-recurring transactional costs and any fees or expenses incurred or paid by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with the Acquisition, the Refinancing, this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, the Second Lien Loan Documents, any Business Acquisition, the acquisition of any Capital Stock of CMP by a Group Member, the incurrence of Indebtedness permitted to be incurred by this Agreement (including a refinancing thereof) and the issuance of any Capital Stock (in each case, whether or not successful) permitted to be issued by this Agreement, (m) cost-savings and synergies projected by the Borrower in good faith to be realized as a result of the Acquisition (calculated on a pro forma basis as though such costs savings and synergies had been realized on the first day of the relevant Test Period), net of the amount of actual benefits realized in respect thereof, provided that the aggregate amount added back pursuant to this clause (m) shall not exceed (i) $51,900,000 in respect of the Test Period ending September 30, 2011, (ii) $38,900,000 in respect of the Test

 

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Period ending December 31, 2011, (iii) $26,000,000 in respect of the Test Period ending March 31, 2012, (iv) $13,000,000 in respect of the Test Period ending June 30, 2012 and (v) $0 in respect of any Test Period ending thereafter, provided further that no cost savings and synergies shall be added back pursuant to this clause (m) to the extent duplicative of any expenses or charges otherwise added to Consolidated EBITDA, whether through a pro forma adjustment or otherwise, for such period, (n) monitoring fees, management fees or similar fees paid to Affiliates during such period, in an aggregate amount not to exceed $2,500,000 in any fiscal year of the Borrower and (o) any charges, expenses and write-offs deducted in calculating consolidated net income for such period for purchase accounting adjustments; provided that Consolidated EBITDA shall be decreased by the amount of any dividends or distributions made to Parent to pay expenses that otherwise would have been expenses of the Borrower; provided further that Consolidated EBITDA for any such period shall exclude the cumulative effect of changes in GAAP or accounting principle(s) subsequent to the date hereof.

The financial results of Unrestricted Subsidiaries, joint ventures and variable interest entities shall be excluded in calculating “Consolidated EBITDA” except that Consolidated EBITDA for any period shall be increased by the amount of cash dividends paid by such Unrestricted Subsidiaries, joint ventures and variable interest entities to the Borrower or any of its wholly-owned Restricted Subsidiaries.

For the purposes of calculating Consolidated EBITDA for any Test Period pursuant to any determination (i) if at any time during such Test Period, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary shall have made any Material Disposition, the Consolidated EBITDA for such Test Period shall be reduced by an amount equal to the Consolidated EBITDA (if positive) attributable to the property that is the subject of such Material Disposition for such Test Period or increased by an amount equal to the Consolidated EBITDA (if negative) attributable thereto for such Test Period and (ii) if during such Test Period, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary shall have made a Material Acquisition, Consolidated EBITDA for such Test Period shall be calculated after giving pro forma effect thereto as if such Material Acquisition occurred on the first day of such Test Period. As used in this Agreement, “Material Acquisition” means (i) the acquisition of any separate asset, business or lines of business for a purchase price (or in the case of a Permitted Asset Swap, the value of the assets subject to such Permitted Asset Swap) in excess of $25,000,000 and (ii) the designation of any Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary to the extent permitted hereunder; and “Material Disposition” means (i) any sale or other disposition of property or series of related sales or dispositions of property that yields gross proceeds to the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in excess of $25,000,000 and (ii) the designation of any Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary to the extent permitted hereunder. Calculations of Consolidated EBITDA shall take into account any identifiable cost savings from Material Acquisitions and Material Dispositions documented to the reasonable satisfaction of the Administrative Agent.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, for the purposes of determining Consolidated EBITDA under this Agreement for any period that includes any of the fiscal quarters ended September 30, 2010, December 31, 2010, March 31, 2011 and June 30, 2011, Consolidated EBITDA for such fiscal quarters shall be $108,747,636.00, $118,369,176.00, $71,575,260.00 and $109,719,433.30 respectively.

Consolidated Senior Secured Debt ”: as of any date of determination, Consolidated Total Indebtedness secured by a Lien on any of the assets of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.

 

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Consolidated Senior Secured Leverage Ratio ”: as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Senior Secured Debt (provided that Indebtedness under clause (b) of the definition of Indebtedness shall only be included to the extent of any unreimbursed drawings under any letter of credit) as of such date to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for the Test Period most recently ended prior to such date.

Consolidated Senior Secured Net Leverage Ratio ”: as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Senior Secured Debt (provided that Indebtedness under clause (b) of the definition of Indebtedness shall only be included to the extent of any unreimbursed drawings under any letter of credit) less the aggregate amount of unrestricted cash and Cash Equivalents of the Borrower and the Subsidiary Guarantors up to a maximum amount of $50,000,000, in each case as of such date, to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for the Test Period most recently ended prior to such date for which financial statements have been delivered.

Consolidated Term Indebtedness ”: as of any date of determination, for the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, the outstanding principal amount of all obligations, whether current or long-term, for borrowed money (including Obligations with respect to the Term Facility hereunder and Obligations (as defined in the Second Lien Credit Agreement) with respect to the Second Lien Facility) and all obligations evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, loan agreements or other similar instruments; provided that Consolidated Term Indebtedness shall not include the outstanding principal amount of any loans of a revolving nature (including the Revolving Credit Loans).

Consolidated Total Indebtedness ”: as of any date of determination, all Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.

Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio ”: as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Total Indebtedness ( provided that Indebtedness under clause (b) of the definition of Indebtedness shall only be included to the extent of any unreimbursed drawings under any letter of credit) as of such date to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for the Test Period most recently ended prior to such date for which financial statements have been delivered.

Consolidated Total Net Leverage Ratio ”: as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Total Indebtedness ( provided that Indebtedness under clause (b) of the definition of Indebtedness shall only be included to the extent of any unreimbursed drawings under any letter of credit) less the aggregate amount of unrestricted cash and Cash Equivalents of the Borrower and the Subsidiary Guarantors up to a maximum amount of (i) $100,000,000 for purposes of Section 8.1 or (ii) $50,000,000 for all other purposes, in each case as of such date, to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for the Test Period most recently ended prior to such date for which financial statements have been delivered.

Consolidated Working Capital ”: at any date, the excess of Consolidated Current Assets on such date minus Consolidated Current Liabilities on such date.

Contingent Obligation ”: as to any Person, any obligation of such Person guaranteeing or in effect guaranteeing any Indebtedness (“ primary obligations ”) of any other Person (the “ primary obligor ”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, including any obligation of such Person, whether or not contingent (a) to purchase any such primary obligation or any property constituting direct or indirect security therefor, (b) to advance or supply funds (i) for the purchase or payment of any such primary obligation or (ii) to maintain working capital or equity capital of

 

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the primary obligor or otherwise to maintain the net worth or solvency of the primary obligor, (c) to purchase property, securities or services primarily for the purpose of assuring the owner of any such primary obligation of the ability of the primary obligor to make payment of such primary obligation or (d) otherwise to assure or hold harmless the owner of any such primary obligation against loss in respect thereof; provided , however , that the term Contingent Obligation shall not include endorsements of instruments for deposit or collection in the ordinary course of business. The amount of any Contingent Obligation shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount (based on the maximum reasonably anticipated net liability in respect thereof as determined by the Borrower in good faith) of the primary obligation or portion thereof in respect of which such Contingent Obligation is made or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated net liability in respect thereof (assuming such Person is required to perform thereunder) as determined by the Borrower in good faith.

Contractual Obligation ”: as to any Person, any provision of any security issued by such Person or of any agreement, instrument or undertaking to which such Person is a party or by which it or any of the property owned by it is bound.

Control ”: the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise. “ Controlling ” and “ Controlled ” have meanings correlative thereto.

Crestview ”: collectively, Crestview Radio Investors, LLC and its Affiliates.

Debt Fund ”: bona fide debt fund or an investment vehicle that is engaged in the making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans, bonds and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of business.

Declined Prepayment Amount ”: as defined in subsection 4.6(f).

Default ”: any of the events specified in Section 9, whether or not any requirement for the giving of notice, the lapse of time, or both, has been satisfied.

Defaulting Lender ”: any Lender that, in the reasonable determination of the Administrative Agent, (a) has failed, within three Business Days of the date required to be funded or paid, to (i) fund any portion of its Loans, (ii) fund any portion of its participations in Letters of Credit or Swing Line Loans or (iii) pay over to any Lender Party any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder, unless, in the case of clause (i) above, such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent in writing that such failure is the result of such Lender’s good faith determination that a condition precedent to funding (specifically identified and including the particular default, if any) has not been satisfied or waived in accordance with subsection 11.1, (b) has notified the Borrower or any Lender Party in writing that it does not intend or expect to comply with any of its funding obligations under this Agreement (unless such writing indicates that such position is based on such Lender’s good faith determination that a condition precedent to funding (specifically identified and including the particular default, if any) has not been satisfied or waived in accordance with subsection 11.1), (c) has failed, within three Business Days after written request by the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender, the Swing Line Lender or the Borrower, acting in good faith, to provide a certification in writing from an authorized officer of such Lender that it will comply with its obligations to fund prospective Loans and participations in then outstanding Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans under this Agreement, provided that such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this

 

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clause (c) upon such party’s receipt of such certification in form and substance satisfactory to it and the Administrative Agent, or (d) has become the subject of a Bankruptcy Event.

Discount Range ”: as defined in subsection 4.23.

Discounted Prepayment Option Notice ”: as defined in subsection 4.23.

Discounted Voluntary Prepayment ”: as defined in subsection 4.23.

Discounted Voluntary Prepayment Notice ”: as defined in subsection 4.23.

Disqualified Lenders ”: those Persons whose primary business consists of broadcasting, local media and advertising who are identified in writing by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent prior to the Closing Date, as such list may be supplemented after the Closing Date as reasonably agreed by the Administrative Agent.

Disqualified Person ”: as defined in the definition of “Eligible Assignee”.

Disqualified Stock ”: with respect to any Person, any Capital Stock of such Person which, by its terms, or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is putable or exchangeable, or upon the happening of any event, matures or is mandatorily redeemable (other than solely as a result of a change of control or asset sale) pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof (other than solely as a result of a change of control or asset sale), in whole or in part, in each case prior to the date that is 180 days after the Term Loan Maturity Date (or, if later, the maturity date of any Extended Term Loans); provided , however , that if such Capital Stock is issued to any plan for the benefit of employees of Parent or its Subsidiaries or by any such plan to such employees, such Capital Stock shall not constitute Disqualified Stock solely because it may be required to be repurchased by Parent or its Subsidiaries in order to satisfy applicable statutory or regulatory obligations.

Divestiture Trust ”: a trust (a) created by or on behalf of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary to hold and ultimately sell Broadcast Assets in conjunction with the Acquisition, any Business Acquisition or any sale or other disposition pursuant to Section 8.6(e) or (g) hereof to ensure compliance with the Communications Act or FCC rules and policies and (b) that is independently owned and managed by a Person unaffiliated with the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary.

Dollars ” and “ $ ”: dollars in lawful currency of the United States of America.

Domestic Subsidiary ”: any Subsidiary of the Borrower other than a Foreign Subsidiary.

ECF Percentage ”: 50%; provided , that, with respect to any fiscal year of the Borrower, the ECF Percentage shall be reduced to (a) 25% if the Consolidated Total Net Leverage Ratio as of the last day of such fiscal year is less than 4.25 to 1.00 but greater than or equal to 3.50 to 1.00 and (b) 0% if the Consolidated Total Net Leverage Ratio as of the last day of such fiscal year is less than 3.50 to 1.0.

Eligible Assignee ”: (a) a Lender, (b) a Lender Affiliate, (c) an Approved Fund and (d) any other Person (other than Parent); provided that “Eligible Assignee” shall not in any event include (i) a natural person, (ii) a Disqualified Lender or (iii) any holding company, trust or

 

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investment vehicle for the primary benefit of a natural person (including relatives of such person), other than any such entity that (w) has not been formed for the primary purpose of acquiring Loans or Commitments under this Agreement, (x) is managed by a professional adviser (other than such natural person or any such relatives) having significant experience in the business of making or purchasing commercial loans, (y) has assets of greater than $25,000,000 and (z) has significant business activities that consist of making or purchasing (by assignment as principal) commercial loans and similar extensions of credit (any of the Persons described in clauses (i) through (iii) above, a “ Disqualified Person ”).

Environmental Laws ”: any and all applicable Federal, state, local or municipal laws, rules, orders, regulations, statutes, ordinances, codes, decrees or requirements of any Governmental Authority regulating, relating to or imposing liability or standards of conduct concerning human health or the protection of the environment, including Materials of Environmental Concern, as now or may at any time hereafter be in effect.

Equity Contribution ”: cash contributions to Parent made on the Closing Date in an aggregate amount of not less than $250,000,000.

ERISA ”: the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time.

ERISA Affiliate ”: any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that, together with any Loan Party, is treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the Code.

Eurocurrency Reserve Requirements ”: for any day, as applied to a Eurodollar Loan, the aggregate (without duplication) of the rates (expressed as a decimal) of reserve requirements current on such day (including basic, supplemental, marginal and emergency reserves under any regulations of the Board or other Governmental Authority having jurisdiction with respect thereto), as now and from time to time hereafter in effect, dealing with reserve requirements prescribed for Eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as “Eurocurrency liabilities” in Regulation D of such Board) maintained by a member bank of the Federal Reserve System.

Eurodollar Base Rate ”: with respect to each day during any Interest Period for any Eurodollar Loan, the rate per annum determined on the basis of the rate for deposits in Dollars for a period equal to such Interest Period commencing on the first day of such Interest Period appearing on the Reuters Screen LIBOR01 Page as of 11:00 a.m., London time, two Working Days prior to the beginning of such Interest Period. In the event that such rate does not appear on the Reuters Screen LIBOR01 Page (or otherwise on such screen), the “Eurodollar Base Rate” shall be determined by reference to such other comparable publicly available service for displaying eurodollar rates as may be reasonably selected by the Administrative Agent or, in the absence of such availability, by reference to the rate at which JPMCB is offered Dollar deposits at or about 10:00 A.M., New York City time, two Working Days prior to the beginning of such Interest Period in the interbank eurodollar market where the foreign currency and exchange operations in respect of its Eurodollar Loans then are being conducted for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period for the number of days comprised therein and in an amount comparable to the amount of its Eurodollar Loan to be outstanding during such Interest Period.

Eurodollar Lending Office ”: the office of each Lender which shall be maintaining its Eurodollar Loans.

 

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Eurodollar Loans ”: Loans at such time as they are made and/or being maintained at a rate of interest based upon a Eurodollar Rate.

Eurodollar Rate ”: with respect to each day during each Interest Period pertaining to a Eurodollar Loan, a rate per annum determined for such day in accordance with the following formula (rounded upward to the nearest 1/100th of 1%):

                Eurodollar Base Rate                

1.00 – Eurocurrency Reserve Requirement

; provided that (i) in respect of any Term Loans that are Eurodollar Loans, the Eurodollar Rate shall be at all times not less than 1.25% and (ii) in respect of any Revolving Credit Loans that are Eurodollar Loans, the Eurodollar Rate shall be at all times not less than 1.00%.

Event of Default ”: any of the events specified in Section 9, provided that any requirement for the giving of notice, the lapse of time, or both, has been satisfied.

Excess Cash Flow ”: for any fiscal year of the Borrower, the excess, if any, of (a) the sum, without duplication, of (i) consolidated net income of the Borrower for such period, adjusted to exclude any cash gains or losses attributable to any Asset Sale, (ii) the amount of all non-cash charges (including depreciation and amortization) deducted in arriving at such consolidated net income, (iii) decreases in Consolidated Working Capital for such period, and (iv) the aggregate net amount of non cash loss on the disposition of property by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries during such period (other than sales of inventory in the ordinary course of business), to the extent deducted in arriving at such consolidated net income less (b) the sum, without duplication, of (i) the amount of all non-cash credits included in arriving at such consolidated net income, (ii) the aggregate amount actually paid by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries in cash during such period on account of Capital Expenditures (excluding the principal amount of Indebtedness incurred in connection with such expenditures and any such expenditures financed with the proceeds of any Reinvestment Deferred Amount), (iii) the aggregate amount of all regularly scheduled principal payments of Funded Debt (including the Loans) of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries made during such period (other than in respect of any revolving credit facility (including the Revolving Credit Facility) to the extent there is not an equivalent permanent reduction in commitments thereunder), (iv) increases in Consolidated Working Capital for such period, (v) the aggregate net amount of non-cash gain on the disposition of property by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries during such period (other than sales of inventory in the ordinary course of business), to the extent included in arriving at such consolidated net income, (vi) the aggregate amount actually paid by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries in cash during such period on account of professional fees that have not been deducted in the calculation of consolidated net income for such period and (viii) optional prepayments of the Second Lien Loans or any Second Lien Permitted Refinancing made in reliance on subsection 8.15(b)(ii) during such period.

Excess Cash Flow Application Date ”: as defined in subsection 4.6(c).

Existing Letters of Credit ”: as defined in subsection 3.3(c).

Extended Revolving Credit Commitment ”: as defined in subsection 4.24(a).

Extended Term Loans ”: as defined in subsection 4.24(a).

 

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Extension ”: as defined in subsection 4.24(a).

Extension Offer ”: as defined in subsection 4.24(a).

Facility ”: each of (a) the Term Loan Commitments and Term Loans made thereunder (the “ Term Facility ”) and (b) the Revolving Credit Commitments and the extensions of credit made thereunder (the “ Revolving Credit Facility ”).

FASB ”: the Financial Accounting Standards Board

FATCA ”: Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the date hereof, and any regulations or official interpretations thereof.

FCC ”: the Federal Communications Commission or any Governmental Authority succeeding to the Federal Communications Commission.

FCC Licenses ”: a license issued by the FCC under Part 73 of Title 47 of the Code of Federal Regulations and held by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary.

Fee Letter ”: that certain Fee Letter, dated as of March 9, 2011, among Parent, the Borrower, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., JPMorgan Securities LLC, UBS Securities LLC, UBS Loan Finance LLC, Macquarie Capital (USA) Inc. and MIHI LLC.

Foreign Subsidiary ”: any Subsidiary of the Borrower (a) which is organized under the laws of any jurisdiction outside the United States (within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(9) of the Code), or (b) whose principal assets consist of capital stock or other equity interests of one or more Persons which conduct the major portion of their business outside the United States (within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(9) of the Code).

Funded Debt ”: as to any Person, all Indebtedness of such Person that matures more than one year from the date of its creation or matures within one year from such date but is renewable or extendible, at the option of such Person, to a date more than one year from such date or arises under a revolving credit or similar agreement that obligates the lender or lenders to extend credit during a period of more than one year from such date, including all current maturities and current sinking fund payments in respect of such Indebtedness whether or not required to be paid within one year from the date of its creation and, in the case of the Borrower, Indebtedness in respect of the Loans and any Permitted Refinancings thereof and the Second Lien Loans and any Second Lien Permitted Refinancings.

GAAP ”: generally accepted accounting principles in the United States as in effect from time to time. In the event that any “Accounting Change” (as defined below) shall occur and such change results in a material change in the method of calculation of financial covenants, standards or terms in this Agreement, then the Borrower and the Administrative Agent agree, upon the request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, respectively, to enter into negotiations in order to amend such provisions of this Agreement so as to reflect equitably such Accounting Changes with the desired result that the criteria for evaluating the Borrower’s financial condition shall be the same after such Accounting Changes as if such Accounting Changes had not been made. In the event a request for an amendment has been made pursuant to the prior sentence, until such time as such an amendment shall have been executed and delivered by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders, all financial covenants, standards and terms in this Agreement shall continue to be calculated or construed as if such Accounting Changes had

 

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not occurred. “Accounting Changes” refers to changes in accounting principles required by the promulgation of any rule, regulation, pronouncement or opinion by the Financial Accounting Standards Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants or, if applicable, the SEC.

Gleiser Note ”: the promissory note dated as of November 21, 2003, made by Gleiser Communications, LLC, as the same may be amended or otherwise modified prior to and after the date hereof.

Governmental Authority ”: any nation or government, any state or other political subdivision thereof and any entity exercising executive, legislative, taxing, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to government (including the FCC).

Group Members ”: collectively, the Borrower and any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.

Guarantee and Collateral Agreement ”: the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement to be executed and delivered by Parent, the Borrower and each Subsidiary Guarantor, substantially in the form of Exhibit A (it being understood and agreed that, notwithstanding anything that may be to the contrary herein, the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement shall not require the pledge of (x) any of the outstanding Capital Stock of, or other equity interests in, any Subsidiary of the Borrower which is owned by a Foreign Subsidiary of the Borrower or (y) more than 66% of the outstanding voting stock of any “first tier” Foreign Subsidiary of the Borrower).

Incremental Facility ”: as defined in subsection 4.25(a).

Incremental Facility Amendment ”: as defined in subsection 4.25(b).

Incremental Facility Closing Date ”: as defined in subsection 4.25(b).

Incremental Revolving Facility ”: as defined in subsection 4.25(a).

Incremental Term Facility ”: as defined in subsection 4.25(a).

Indebtedness ”: of any Person, at any particular date, (a) all indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money or for the deferred purchase price of property or services (other than current trade payables or liabilities and deferred payment for services to employees or former employees incurred in the ordinary course of business and payable in accordance with customary practices and other deferred compensation arrangements), (b) obligations with respect to all letters of credit issued for the account of such Person, (c) all liabilities (other than Lease Obligations) secured by any Lien on any property owned by such Person, to the extent attributable to such Person’s interest in such property, even though such Person has not assumed or become liable for the payment thereof, (d) Capital Lease Obligations of such Person, (e) all indebtedness of such Person arising under bankers’ acceptance facilities, (f) all obligations of such Person in respect of Disqualified Stock and (g) for the purposes of Section 9(e) only, all obligations of such Person in respect of Swap Agreements; but, in each case, excluding (w) any working capital adjustments or earnouts in connection with any permitted Investment under subsection 8.7 or disposition of assets permitted under subsection 8.6, (x) customer deposits and interest payable thereon in the ordinary course of business and (y) trade and other accounts and accrued expenses payable in the ordinary course of business in accordance with customary trade terms and in the case of both clauses (x) and (y) above, which are not overdue for a period of more than 90 days or, if overdue for more than 90 days, as to which a dispute exists and adequate reserves in conformity with

 

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GAAP have been established on the books of such Person and (z) Indebtedness that has been defeased or satisfied and discharged in accordance with the terms of the documents governing such Indebtedness.

Insolvent” or “Insolvency ”: with respect to a Multiemployer Plan, the condition that such plan is insolvent within the meaning of Section 4245 of ERISA.

Intellectual Property ”: the collective reference to all rights, priorities and privileges relating to intellectual property, whether arising under United States, multinational or foreign laws or otherwise, including copyrights, copyright licenses, patents, patent licenses, trademarks, trademark licenses, technology, know-how and processes, and all rights to sue at law or in equity for any infringement or other impairment thereof, including the right to receive all proceeds and damages therefrom.

Intercreditor Agreement ”: the Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, among the Loan Parties, the Administrative Agent and the Second Lien Administrative Agent, substantially in the form of Exhibit K.

Interest Payment Date ”: (a) as to any ABR Loan (other than any Swing Line Loan), the last day of each March, June, September and December to occur while such Loan is outstanding and the final maturity date of such Loan, (b) as to any Eurodollar Loan having an Interest Period of three months or less, the last day of such Interest Period, (c) as to any Eurodollar Loan having an Interest Period longer than three months, each day that is three months, or a whole multiple thereof, after the first day of such Interest Period and the last day of such Interest Period, (d) as to any Loan (other than any Revolving Credit Loan that is an ABR Loan and any Swing Line Loan), the date of any repayment or prepayment made in respect thereof and (e) as to any Swing Line Loan, the day that such Loan is required to be repaid.

Interest Period ”: with respect to any Eurodollar Loan:

(a) initially, the period commencing on the Borrowing Date or the effective date of the most recent conversion or continuation of such Eurodollar Loan, as the case may be, and ending one, two, three or six months (or, if made available by all relevant Lenders, nine or twelve months) thereafter as selected by the Borrower in its notice of borrowing or notice of conversion, as the case may be, given with respect thereto; and

(b) thereafter, each period commencing on the last day of the next preceding Interest Period applicable to such Eurodollar Loan and ending one, two, three or six months (or, if made available by all relevant Lenders, any period not longer than twelve months) thereafter as selected by the Borrower by irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent not less than three Working Days prior to the last day of the then current Interest Period with respect to such Eurodollar Loan;

provided that the foregoing provisions relating to Interest Periods are subject to the following:

(i) if any Interest Period would otherwise end on a day which is not a Working Day, that Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Working Day, unless the result of such extension would be to carry such Interest Period into another calendar month, in which event such Interest Period shall end on the immediately preceding Working Day;

 

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(ii) the Borrower may not select an Interest Period under a particular Facility that would extend beyond the Revolving Credit Termination Date or beyond the Term Loan Maturity Date, as the case may be (or, with respect to any Extended Loan, the maturity date with respect thereto), or if the Revolving Credit Termination Date or Term Loan Maturity Date (or maturity date with respect to any Extended Loan), as applicable, shall not be a Working Day, on the next preceding Working Day;

(iii) if the Borrower shall fail to give notice as provided above in clause (b), it shall be deemed to have selected a conversion of a Eurodollar Loan into an ABR Loan (which conversion shall occur automatically and without need for compliance with the conditions for conversion set forth in subsection 4.3);

(iv) any Interest Period that begins on the last day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Working Day of a calendar month; and

(v) the Borrower shall select Interest Periods so as not to require a prepayment (to the extent practicable) or a scheduled payment of a Eurodollar Loan during an Interest Period for such Eurodollar Loan.

Investments ”: as defined in subsection 8.7.

Issuing Lender ”: JPMCB or any other Lender (or their respective Affiliates) which agrees to be an Issuing Lender and is designated by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent as an Issuing Lender, as issuer of Letters of Credit.

JPMCB ”: JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

L/C Application ”: a letter of credit application in the Issuing Lender’s then customary form for the type of letter of credit requested.

L/C Exposure ”: at any time, an amount equal to the sum of (a) the aggregate then undrawn and unexpired amount of the then outstanding Letters of Credit and (b) the aggregate amount of drawings under Letters of Credit that have not then been reimbursed pursuant to subsection 3.6.

L/C Participating Interest ”: an undivided participating interest in the face amount of each issued and outstanding Letter of Credit and the L/C Application relating thereto.

L/C Participation Certificate ”: a certificate in substantially the form of Exhibit C hereto.

Lease Obligations ”: of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, as of the date of any determination thereof, the rental commitments of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries determined on a consolidated basis, if any, under leases for real and/or personal property (net of rental commitments from sub-leases thereof), excluding Capital Lease Obligations.

Lender Affiliate ”: (a) any Affiliate of any Lender, (b) any Person that is administered or managed by any Lender and that is engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its business and (c) with respect to any Lender which is a fund that invests in commercial loans and similar extensions of credit, any other fund that invests in commercial loans and similar

 

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extensions of credit and is managed or advised by the same investment advisor as such Lender or by an Affiliate of such Lender or investment advisor.

Lender Participation Notice ”: as defined in subsection 4.23.

Lender Party ”: the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender, the Swing Line Lender or any other Lender.

Lenders ”: as defined in the preamble hereto; provided that unless the context otherwise requires, each reference herein to the Lenders shall be deemed to include any Conduit Lender.

Letters of Credit ”: a letter of credit issued by an Issuing Lender pursuant to the terms of subsection 3.3.

Lien ”: any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement, encumbrance, lien (statutory or other), or preference, priority or other security agreement or preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement and any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing).

Loan Documents ”: the collective reference to this Agreement, the Notes, the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, the Intercreditor Agreement, any amendment or modification entered into in connection with any Incremental Facility or Extension and any Mortgage or other security document executed and delivered pursuant to the terms of subsection 7.10.

Loans ”: the collective reference to the Term Loans, the Revolving Credit Loans and the Swing Line Loans; individually, a “ Loan ”.

Loan Parties ”: Parent and each of its Restricted Subsidiaries that is a party, or which at any time becomes a party, to a Loan Document.

Majority Revolving Lenders ”: the holders of more than 50% of the Revolving Credit Commitments (or if the Revolving Credit Commitments have been cancelled (i) the aggregate then outstanding principal amount of the Revolving Credit Loans, (ii) the L/C Participating Interests in the aggregate amount then available to be drawn under all outstanding Letters of Credit, (iii) the aggregate then outstanding principal amount of Revolving L/C Obligations and (iv) the aggregate amount represented by the agreements of the Lenders in subsections 3.7(b) and (d) with respect to the Swing Line Loans then outstanding or the Swing Line Loan Participation Certificates then outstanding).

Majority Term Lenders ”: the holders of more than 50% of the Term Loan Commitments or, after the Closing Date, the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Term Loans.

Material Acquisition ”: as defined in the definition of “Consolidated EBITDA”.

Material Adverse Effect ”: any event, development or circumstance that has had or could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on (a) the business, results of operations, property or financial condition of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole or (b) the validity or enforceability of any of the Loan Documents or the rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders thereunder.

 

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Material Disposition ”: as defined in the definition of “Consolidated EBITDA”.

Materials of Environmental Concern ”: any gasoline or petroleum (including crude oil or any fraction thereof) or petroleum products or any hazardous or toxic substances, materials or wastes, defined or regulated as such in, or which form the basis of liability under, any Environmental Law, including asbestos, polychlorinated biphenyls and urea-formaldehyde insulation, medical waste and radioactive materials.

Minimum Extension Condition ”: as defined in subsection 4.24(b).

Minimum Tranche Amount ”: as defined in subsection 4.24(b).

Moody’s ”: Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. and any successor to its rating agency business.

Mortgaged Properties ”: the Properties listed on Schedule 1.1B, as to which the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders shall be granted a Lien pursuant to the Mortgages.

Mortgages ”: each of the mortgages and deeds of trust (if any) made by any Loan Party in favor of, or for the benefit of, the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders, each in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

Multiemployer Plan ”: a multiemployer plan as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA to which a Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate has (or within the past 6 years has had) an obligation to contribute pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement to which such Loan Party or ERISA Affiliate is a party.

Net Proceeds ”: (a) in connection with any Asset Sale or any Recovery Event, the proceeds thereof in the form of cash and Cash Equivalents (including any such proceeds received by way of deferred payment of principal pursuant to a note or installment receivable or purchase price adjustment receivable or otherwise, but only as and when received) actually received by any Group Member, net of attorneys’ fees, accountants’ fees, investment banking fees, amounts required to be applied to the repayment of Indebtedness secured by a Lien expressly permitted hereunder on any asset that is the subject of such Asset Sale or Recovery Event (other than any Lien pursuant to a Security Document), any reserves required to be maintained in connection therewith in accordance with GAAP and other customary fees and expenses actually incurred in connection therewith and net of taxes paid or reasonably estimated to be payable as a result thereof (after taking into account (i) any available tax credits or deductions that would not otherwise have been utilized during the taxable period during which such Asset Sale or Recovery Event occurs and (ii) any tax sharing arrangements with a Person other than Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries) and (b) in connection with any issuance or sale of Capital Stock or any incurrence of Indebtedness, the proceeds thereof in the form of cash and Cash Equivalents received from such issuance or incurrence, net of attorneys’ fees, investment banking fees, accountants’ fees, underwriting discounts and commissions and other customary fees and expenses actually incurred in connection therewith.

Non-Broadcast Assets ”: as defined in subsection 8.6(e).

Non-Excluded Taxes ”: as defined in subsection 4.20(a).

 

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Non-Significant Subsidiary ”: at any time, any Restricted Subsidiary (other than any Broadcast License Subsidiary) which (i) at such time has total assets (including the total assets of any of its Subsidiaries), together with the total assets of any other Restricted Subsidiaries that are Non-Significant Subsidiaries, of less than 5% of the total assets of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries and (ii) has accrued revenues (including the accrued revenues of any of its Subsidiaries), together with the accrued revenues of any other Restricted Subsidiaries that are Non-Significant Subsidiaries, for the most recently ended twelve-month period of less than 5% of the total revenues of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries.

Non-U.S. Lender ”: as defined in subsection 4.20(g).

Notes ”: the collective reference to any promissory notes evidencing Loans.

Obligations ”: the unpaid principal of and interest on the Loans and all other obligations and liabilities of the Borrower to the Administrative Agent or any Lenders (or, in the case of Specified Swap Agreements and Specified Cash Management Agreements, any Affiliate of any Lender) (including interest accruing after the maturity of the Loans and interest accruing after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy, or the commencement of any insolvency, reorganization or like proceeding, related to the Borrower, whether or not a claim for post-filing or post-petition interest is allowed in such proceeding), whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter incurred, which may arise under, out of, or in connection with, this Agreement, the Loans, the other Loan Documents, any Letter of Credit or L/C Application, any Specified Swap Agreement, any Specified Cash Management Agreement or any other document made, delivered or given in connection therewith, whether on account of principal, interest, reimbursement obligations, other fees, indemnities, costs, expenses (including all fees and disbursements of counsel to the Administrative Agent or any Lender or any such Affiliate) or otherwise.

Offered Loans ”: as defined in subsection 4.23.

Other Taxes ”: any and all present or future stamp or documentary taxes or any other similar excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies arising from any payment made hereunder or from the execution, delivery or enforcement of, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or any other Loan Document including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.

Parent ”: as defined in the preamble hereto.

Parent Entity ”: with respect to any Lender, any Person as to which such Lender is, directly or indirectly, a subsidiary.

Participant Register ”: as defined in subsection 11.6(b).

Participants ”: as defined in subsection 11.6(b).

Participating Lender ”: any Lender (other than the Issuing Lender with respect to such Letter of Credit) with respect to its L/C Participating Interest in each Letter of Credit.

PBGC ”: the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation established pursuant to Subtitle A of Title IV of ERISA (or any successor).

 

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Permitted Acquisition ”: any acquisition permitted by subsection 8.7(k).

Permitted Asset Swap ”: as defined in subsection 8.6(q).

Permitted Owner ”: (a) the Principal, (b) with respect to the Principal, (i) any spouse or immediate family member of the Principal or (ii) any trust, corporation, partnership or other entity, the beneficiaries, stockholders, partners, owners or Persons beneficially holding an 80% or more controlling interest of which consist of the Principal and/or such other Persons referred to in the immediately preceding clause (b)(i), (c) Crestview, (d) MIHI LLC, (e) UBS or (f) any Person Controlled by, or under common Control with, the Principal, Crestview, MIHI LLC or UBS.

Permitted Refinancing ”: with respect to all or any portion of any Indebtedness, any modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension of such Indebtedness; provided that (i) the principal amount thereof does not exceed the principal amount of the Indebtedness so modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended (plus any accrued but unpaid interest, fees and redemption premiums payable by the terms of such Indebtedness thereon and reasonable expenses incurred in connection therewith), (ii) other than with respect to a Permitted Refinancing in respect of Indebtedness permitted pursuant to subsection 8.2(j), such modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension has a final maturity date equal to or later than the final maturity date of, and has a weighted average life to maturity equal to or greater than the weighted average life to maturity of, the Indebtedness being modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended, (iii) if the Indebtedness being modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended is subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations, such modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension is subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations on terms at least as favorable on the whole to the Lenders as those contained in the documentation governing the Indebtedness being modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended, (iv) the terms and conditions of any such modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended Indebtedness are market terms on the date of issuance (as determined in good faith by the Borrower) or are not, taken as a whole, materially more restrictive than the covenants and events of default contained in this Agreement (as determined in good faith by the Borrower), provided that if such Indebtedness contains any financial maintenance covenants, such covenants shall not be tighter than those contained in this Agreement, (v) such modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension shall not be incurred by a Person who is not a Subsidiary Guarantor (unless such Indebtedness being refinanced was originally incurred or guaranteed by a Person who was not a Subsidiary Guarantor), (vi) at the time thereof, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and (vii) to the extent that the Liens securing the Indebtedness being refinanced are subordinated to the Liens securing the Obligations, any Lien securing such refinancing Indebtedness is subordinated to the Liens securing the Obligations on terms at least as favorable (when taken as a whole) to the Lenders as those contained in the applicable subordination language (if any) for the Indebtedness being refinanced; provided further that with respect to any Permitted Refinancing of the Facilities (any such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness, “ Loan Refinancing Debt ”), (x) other than amortization, pricing or maturity date, such Loan Refinancing Debt shall, with respect to all periods prior to the latest maturity date of Loans outstanding at the time of incurrence of such Loan Refinancing Debt, have the same terms as the Term Facility or Revolving Credit Facility, as applicable, or (taken as a whole) such terms that are not materially more favorable to the lenders providing such Loan Refinancing Debt than those applicable to the Term Facility or Revolving Credit Facility, as applicable, and (y) any Loan Refinancing Debt that is secured shall be subject to an intercreditor agreement reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

 

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Person ”: an individual, partnership, corporation, business trust, joint stock company, trust, limited liability company, unincorporated association, joint venture, Governmental Authority or other entity of whatever nature.

Plan ”: any employee pension benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA, but excluding any Multiemployer Plan) in respect of which any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate is, or if such Plan were terminated, would under Section 4062 or 4069 of ERISA be deemed to be, an “employer” (as defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA).

Pledged Stock ”: as defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement.

Preferred Stock ”: any Capital Stock with preferential rights of payment of dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up.

Principal ”: Lewis W. Dickey, Jr.

Pro Forma Balance Sheet ”: as defined in subsection 5.1.

Pro Forma Income Statement ”: as defined in subsection 5.1.

Prohibited Transaction ”: as defined in Section 406 of ERISA and Section 4975(f)(3) of the Code.

Properties ”: each parcel of real property currently or previously owned or operated by any Group Member.

Proposed Discounted Prepayment Amount ”: as defined in subsection 4.23.

Qualifying Lender ”: as defined in subsection 4.23.

Qualifying Loan ”: as defined in subsection 4.23.

Radio Holdings Preferred Stock ”: the shares of Series A Preferred Stock, $0.01 par value per share, of CMP Susquehanna Radio Holdings Corp. outstanding as of the Closing Date.

Rating Agencies ”: Moody’s and S&P, or if Moody’s or S&P or both shall not make a rating on the Notes publicly available, a nationally recognized statistical rating agency or agencies, as the case may be, selected by the Borrower which shall be substituted for Moody’s or S&P or both, as the case may be.

Receivables Facility ”: any of one or more receivables financing facilities, as amended, supplemented, modified, extended, renewed, restated or refunded from time to time, the obligations of which are non-recourse (except for customary representations, warranties, covenants and indemnities made in connection with such facilities) to the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than a Receivables Subsidiary) pursuant to which the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary sells its accounts receivable to either (a) a Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary or (b) a Receivables Subsidiary that in turn funds such purchase by purporting to sell its accounts receivable to a Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary or by borrowing from such a Person or from another Receivables Subsidiary that in turn funds itself by borrowing from such a Person.

 

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Receivables Subsidiary ”: any Subsidiary formed for the purpose of facilitating or entering into one or more Receivables Facilities, and in each case engages only in activities reasonably related or incidental thereto.

Recovery Event ”: any settlement of or payment in respect of any property or casualty insurance claim or any condemnation proceeding relating to any asset of any Group Member.

Refinancing ”: the repayment or other retirement or redemption of the Radio Holdings Preferred Stock and existing indebtedness of the Acquired Business, Parent and their respective Subsidiaries.

Refunded Swing Line Loans “: as defined in subsection 3.7.

Register ”: as defined in subsection 11.6(d).

Regulation U ”: Regulation U of the Board, as from time to time in effect.

Reinvestment Deferred Amount ”: with respect to any Reinvestment Event, the aggregate Net Proceeds received by the Borrower or any Subsidiary in connection therewith that are not applied to prepay the Term Loans pursuant to subsection 4.6(b).

Reinvestment Event ”: any Asset Sale or Recovery Event in respect of which the Borrower has exercised its Reinvestment Rights in accordance with subsection 4.6(b).

Reinvestment Prepayment Amount ”: with respect to any Reinvestment Event, the Reinvestment Deferred Amount relating thereto less any amount expended prior to the relevant Reinvestment Prepayment Date to acquire, improve or repair assets useful in the business of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary.

Reinvestment Prepayment Date ”: with respect to any Reinvestment Event, the earlier of (a) the date occurring twelve months after such Reinvestment Event (or, if the Borrower enters into a legally binding commitment to reinvest the Net Proceeds from such Reinvestment Event within such 12-month period, the date that is 12 months after entry into such legally binding commitment) and (b) the date on which the Borrower shall have conclusively determined not to acquire, improve or repair assets useful in the Borrower’s or any Restricted Subsidiary’s business with all or any portion of the relevant Reinvestment Deferred Amount.

Reinvestment Rights ”: if no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at the time of receipt of Net Proceeds of a Reinvestment Event, except as provided in subsection 8.6(e) or subsection 8.10, the right of the Borrower (directly or indirectly through a Restricted Subsidiary) to use all or a specified portion of the Net Proceeds of an Asset Sale or Recovery Event to acquire, improve or repair assets useful in its business.

Related Document ”: any agreement, certificate, document or instrument relating to a Letter of Credit.

Reorganization ”: with respect to a Multiemployer Plan, the condition that such plan is in reorganization as such term is used in Section 4241 of ERISA.

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the date of the confirmation thereof pursuant to the Confirmation Order and as may be amended thereafter in accordance with the terms thereof and the Bankruptcy Code.

Reportable Event ”: any “reportable event,” as defined in Section 4043(c) of ERISA or the regulations issued thereunder, with respect to a Single Employer Plan, other than those events as to which the 30-day notice period has been waived pursuant to applicable regulations as in effect on the date hereof.

Required Lenders ”: at a particular time Lenders that hold more than 50% of (a) the aggregate then outstanding principal amount of the Term Loans and (b) the Revolving Credit Commitments or if the Revolving Credit Commitments have been cancelled (i) the aggregate then outstanding principal amount of the Revolving Credit Loans, (ii) the L/C Participating Interests in the aggregate amount then available to be drawn under all outstanding Letters of Credit, (iii) the aggregate then outstanding principal amount of Revolving L/C Obligations and (iv) the aggregate amount represented by the agreements of the Lenders in subsections 3.7(b) and (d) with respect to the Swing Line Loans then outstanding or the Swing Line Loan Participation Certificates then outstanding.

Requirement of Law ”: as to any Person, the Certificate of Incorporation and By-Laws or other organizational or governing documents of such Person, and any law, treaty, rule or regulation (including Environmental Laws) or determination of an arbitrator or a court or other Governmental Authority, in each case applicable to or binding upon such Person or any of its property or to which such Person or any of its property is subject.

Responsible Officer ”: the chief executive officer or the chief operating officer of the Borrower or, with respect to financial matters, the chief financial officer of the Borrower.

Restricted Payments ”: as defined in subsection 8.8.

Restricted Subsidiary ”: any Subsidiary of Parent other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary. Unless the context otherwise requires, all references to “Restricted Subsidiary” in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall be deemed to be a reference to a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower.

Revolving Credit Commitment ”: as to any Lender, its obligations to make Revolving Credit Loans to the Borrower pursuant to subsection 3.1, and to purchase its L/C Participating Interest in any Letter of Credit in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any time the amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name in Schedule 1.1A under the heading “Revolving Credit Commitment” and in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any time the amount equal to such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of the aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments, as the aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments may be reduced or adjusted from time to time pursuant to this Agreement; collectively, as to all the Lenders, the “ Revolving Credit Commitments ”. The Revolving Credit Commitments as of the Closing Date shall be $300,000,000.

Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage ”: as to any Lender at any time, the percentage which such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment constitutes of all of the Revolving Credit Commitments (disregarding any Defaulting Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment) (or, if the Revolving Credit Commitments shall have been terminated, the percentage of the outstanding Aggregate Revolving Credit Extensions of Credit and Swing Line Loans constituted by such Lender’s Aggregate Revolving Credit Extensions of Credit and

 

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participating interest in Swing Line Loans giving effect to any assignments and to any Lender’s status as a Defaulting Lender at the time of determination).

Revolving Credit Commitment Period ”: the period from and including the Closing Date to but not including the Revolving Credit Termination Date.

Revolving Credit Facility ”: as defined in the definition of “Facility”.

Revolving Credit Loan ” and “ Revolving Credit Loans ”: as defined in subsection 3.1.

Revolving Credit Termination Date ”: the earlier of (i) September 16, 2016 and (ii) any other date on which the Revolving Credit Commitments shall terminate hereunder.

Revolving L/C Obligations ”: the obligations of the Borrower to reimburse the Issuing Lender for any payments made by an Issuing Lender under any Letter of Credit that have not been reimbursed by the Borrower pursuant to subsection 3.6.

Revolving Lender ”: each Lender that has a Revolving Credit Commitment or that holds Revolving Credit Loans.

S&P ”: Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC and any successor to its rating agency business.

SEC Filings ”: any public filings that Parent or the Acquired Business has made on form 10K, 10Q or 8K pursuant to the U.S. federal securities statutes, rules or regulations prior to the Closing Date.

Second Lien Administrative Agent ”: JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as second lien administrative agent under the Second Lien Loan Documents, and its successors and assigns.

Second Lien Credit Agreement ”: the Second Lien Credit Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, among Parent, the Borrower, the lenders party thereto, the Second Lien Administrative Agent and the other agents party thereto.

Second Lien Facility ”: the “Facility” as defined in the Second Lien Credit Agreement.

Second Lien Guarantee and Collateral Agreement ”: the Second Lien Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, among the Loan Parties and the Second Lien Administrative Agent.

Second Lien Incremental Facilities ”: the “Incremental Facilities” as defined in the Second Lien Credit Agreement.

Second Lien Loan Documents ”: collectively, (a) the Second Lien Credit Agreement, (b) the Second Lien Security Documents, (c) any promissory note evidencing the loans under the Second Lien Credit Agreement, and (d) any amendment, waiver, supplement or other modification to any of the documents in clauses (a) through (c).

Second Lien Loans ”: the “Loans” as such term is defined in the Second Lien Credit Agreement.

 

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Second Lien Permitted Refinancing ”: any Indebtedness in respect of any refinancing of the Second Lien Loans permitted under subsection 8.2(a)(ii).

Second Lien Security Documents ”: (a) the Second Lien Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, (b) the mortgages executed by any Loan Party which provide the Second Lien Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the lenders under the Second Lien Credit Agreement, a second priority lien on the Mortgaged Properties, and (c) all other security documents delivered after the date hereof to the Second Lien Administrative Agent granting a lien on any property of any Person to secure the obligations and liabilities of any Loan Party under any Second Lien Loan Document.

Security Documents ”: the collective reference to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, the Mortgages and all other security documents hereafter delivered to the Administrative Agent granting a Lien on any property of any Person to secure the obligations and liabilities of any Loan Party under any Loan Document.

Senior Notes ”: the senior notes issued under and as defined in that certain Indenture dated as of March 13, 2011 among Parent, the Subsidiaries of Parent party thereto and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time).

Single Employer Plan ”: any Plan subject to the provisions of Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA.

Solvent ”: when used with respect to any Person, means that, as of any date of determination, (a) the amount of the present fair saleable value of the assets of such Person will, as of such date, exceed the amount of all liabilities of such Person, contingent or otherwise, as of such date, as such quoted terms are determined in accordance with applicable federal and state laws governing determinations of the insolvency of debtors, (b) the present fair saleable value of the assets of such Person will, as of such date, be greater than the amount that will be required to pay the liability of such Person on its debts as such debts become absolute and matured, (c) such Person will not have, as of such date, an unreasonably small amount of capital with which to conduct its business, and (d) such Person will be able to pay its debts as they mature. For purposes of this definition, (i) “debt” means liability on a “claim”, (ii) “claim” means any (x) right to payment, whether or not such a right is reduced to judgment, liquidated, unliquidated, fixed, contingent, matured, unmatured, disputed, undisputed, legal, equitable, secured or unsecured or (y) right to an equitable remedy for breach of performance if such breach gives rise to a right to payment, whether or not such right to an equitable remedy is reduced to judgment, fixed, contingent, matured or unmatured, disputed, undisputed, secured or unsecured and (iii) “present fair saleable value” and “liabilities of such Person, contingent or otherwise” shall, in each case, be determined in accordance with applicable federal and state laws governing determinations of the insolvency of debtors.

Specified Cash Management Agreement ”: any agreement providing for treasury, depositary, purchasing card or cash management services, including in connection with any automated clearing house transfers of funds or any similar transactions between the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor and any Lender or Affiliate thereof.

Specified Equity Contribution ”: as defined in subsection 8.1.

Specified Swap Agreement ”: any Swap Agreement in respect of interest rates, currency exchange rates or commodity prices entered into by the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor

 

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and any Person that is a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender at the time such Swap Agreement is entered into.

Standby L/C ”: an irrevocable standby or direct pay Letter of Credit under which the Issuing Lender agrees to make payments in Dollars for the account of the Borrower on behalf of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary thereof, in respect of obligations of the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary thereof incurred for general corporate purposes, including for insurance purposes or in respect of advance payments or as bid or performance bonds.

Station ”: a broadcast radio station operated pursuant to an FCC License.

Subordinated Indebtedness ”: any Indebtedness of the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries which is subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations.

Subsidiary ”: as to any Person, a corporation, partnership or other entity of which shares of Capital Stock or other equity interests having ordinary voting power (other than Capital Stock or other equity interests having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) to elect a majority of the board of directors or other managers of such corporation, partnership or other entity are at the time owned, directly or indirectly, or the management of which is otherwise controlled, directly or indirectly, or both, by such Person. Unless otherwise qualified, all references to a “Subsidiary” or to “Subsidiaries” in this Agreement shall refer to a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of the Borrower.

Subsidiary Guarantor ”: any Restricted Subsidiary which enters into the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement pursuant to clause (a) of subsection 6.1 or subsection 7.10(a) (it being understood and agreed that no Foreign Subsidiary of the Borrower shall, in any case, enter into the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement pursuant to subsection 7.10(a)).

Suspension Period ”: any day on which no Revolving Credit Loans, Swing Line Loans, Revolving L/C Obligations or Letters of Credit are outstanding, other than Letters of Credit that have been Cash Collateralized on terms reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent in an amount equal to at least 103% of the undrawn amount thereof.

Swap Agreement ”: any agreement with respect to any swap, forward, future or derivative transaction or option or similar agreement involving, or settled by reference to, one or more rates, currencies, commodities, equity or debt instruments or securities, or economic, financial or pricing indices or measures of economic, financial or pricing risk or value or any similar transaction or any combination of these transactions; provided that no phantom stock or similar plan providing for payments only on account of services provided by current or former directors, officers, employees or consultants of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries shall be a “Swap Agreement”.

Swing Line Commitment ”: JPMCB’s obligation to make Swing Line Loans pursuant to subsection 3.7.

Swing Line Exposure ”: at any time, the aggregate principal amount of all Swing Line Loans outstanding at such time. The Swing Line Exposure of any Lender at any time shall equal its Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of the aggregate Swing Line Exposure at such time.

Swing Line Lender ”: at any time the Lender then having an obligation to make Swing Line Loans under this Agreement.

 

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Swing Line Loan ” and “ Swing Line Loans ”: as defined in subsection 3.7(a).

Swing Line Loan Participation Certificate ”: a certificate in substantially the form of Exhibit F hereto.

Taxes ”: any present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, withholdings, assessments, fees or other charges imposed by any Governmental Authority, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.

Term Facility ”: as defined in the definition of “Facility”.

Term Lender ”: each Lender that has a Term Loan Commitment or that holds a Term Loan.

Term Loan ”: as defined in subsection 2.1.

Term Loan Commitment ”: as to any Lender, the obligation of such Lender, if any, to make a Term Loan to the Borrower in a principal amount not to exceed the amount set forth under the heading “Term Commitment” opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule 1.1A. The Term Loan Commitment as of the Closing Date shall be $1,325,000,000.

Term Loan Commitment Percentage ”: as to any Lender, the percentage which such Lender’s Term Loan constitutes of the aggregate then outstanding principal amount of Term Loans.

Term Loan Maturity Date ”: September 16, 2018 or if such day is not a Business Day, the first Business Day thereafter.

Term Loan Standstill Period ”: as defined in Section 9(c).

Test Period ”: the most recent period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Borrower ended on or prior to such time (taken as one accounting period) in respect of which financial statements for each quarter or fiscal year in such period have been delivered pursuant to subsection 7.1(a) or 7.1(b), as applicable.

Transactions ”: the Acquisition, the Refinancing, the entering into of the Loan Documents and the initial borrowings hereunder, the entering into of the Second Lien Loan Documents and the borrowings thereunder and the payments of fees, commissions and expenses in connection with each of the foregoing.

Transferee ”: as defined in subsection 11.6(f).

Type ”: as to any Loan, its nature as an ABR Loan or a Eurodollar Loan.

UBS ”: collectively, UBS Securities LLC and its Affiliates.

UCC ”: the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect, from time to time, in the State of New York; provided that, if perfection or the effect of perfection or non-perfection or the priority of any security interest in any Collateral is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in a jurisdiction other than the State of New York, “UCC” means the Uniform Commercial

 

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Code as in effect from time to time in such other jurisdiction for purposes of the provisions hereof relating to such perfection, effect of perfection or non-perfection or priority.

Unrestricted Subsidiary ”: any Subsidiary of the Borrower designated by the board of directors of the Borrower as an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to subsection 7.14.

Withdrawal Liability ”: liability to a Multiemployer Plan as a result of a complete withdrawal or a partial withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan, as such terms are defined in Title IV of ERISA.

Working Day ”: any Business Day which is a day for trading by and between banks in Dollar deposits in the interbank Eurodollar market.

1.2 Other Definitional Provisions . Unless otherwise specified therein, all terms defined in this Agreement shall have the defined meanings when used in the Notes, any other Loan Document or any certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant hereto.

(a) As used herein and in the Notes, any other Loan Document and any certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant hereto, accounting terms relating to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries not defined in subsection 1.1 and accounting terms partly defined in subsection 1.1 to the extent not defined, shall have the respective meanings given to them under GAAP. Notwithstanding any other provision contained herein, all terms of an accounting or financial nature used herein shall be construed, and all computations of amounts and ratios referred to herein shall be made, without giving effect to any election under ASC 825 “Financial Instruments” (or any other ASC having a similar result or effect) to value any Indebtedness or other liabilities of Parent, the Borrower or any Subsidiary at “fair value”, as defined therein.

(b) The words “hereof”, “herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement, and section, subsection, schedule and exhibit references are to this Agreement unless otherwise specified.

(c) (i) The words “include”, “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation”, (ii) the word “incur” shall be construed to mean incur, create, issue, assume, become liable in respect of or suffer to exist (and the words “incurred” and “incurrence” shall have correlative meanings), (iii) the words “asset” and “property” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, Capital Stock, securities, revenues, accounts, leasehold interests and contract rights, and (iv) references to agreements or other Contractual Obligations shall, unless otherwise specified, be deemed to refer to such agreements or Contractual Obligations as amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time.

(d) The meanings given to terms defined herein shall be equally applicable to the singular and plural forms of such terms.

SECTION 2. AMOUNT AND TERMS OF THE TERM LOAN COMMITMENTS

2.1 Term Loans . Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Lender severally agrees to make a term loan (a “ Term Loan ”) to the Borrower on the Closing Date in an amount equal to the Term Loan Commitment of such Lender as set forth opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule 1.1A. Amounts repaid or prepaid in respect of Term Loans may not be reborrowed. The Term

 

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Loans may from time to time be (a) Eurodollar Loans or (b) ABR Loans or (c) a combination thereof, as determined by the Borrower and notified to the Administrative Agent in accordance with subsections 4.1 and 4.3.

2.2 Repayment of Term Loans . The Borrower shall repay the Term Loans in consecutive quarterly installments on the last day of each fiscal quarter (or, in the case of the last installment, the Term Loan Maturity Date), commencing on March 31, 2012, each of which installments shall be in an aggregate principal amount equal to 0.25% of the original aggregate principal amount of the Term Loans; provided that with respect to the installment payable on the Term Loan Maturity Date, such installment shall be in an amount equal to the then outstanding principal amount of the Term Loans.

2.3 Proceeds of Term Loans . The Borrower shall use the proceeds of the Term Loans to finance, in part, the Acquisition and the Refinancing and to pay fees, commissions and expenses in connection therewith.

SECTION 3. AMOUNT AND TERMS OF REVOLVING CREDIT COMMITMENTS

3.1 Revolving Credit Commitments . (a) Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, each Lender severally agrees to extend credit, in an aggregate amount not to exceed such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment, to the Borrower from time to time on any Borrowing Date during the Revolving Credit Commitment Period by purchasing an L/C Participating Interest in each Letter of Credit issued by the Issuing Lender and by making loans to the Borrower (“ Revolving Credit Loans ”) from time to time. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall (i) any Revolving Credit Loan or Swing Line Loan be made, or any Letter of Credit be issued, if, after giving effect to such making or issuance and the use of proceeds thereof as irrevocably directed by the Borrower, the sum of the Aggregate Revolving Credit Extensions of Credit and the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Swing Line Loans would exceed the aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments or if subsection 3.7 would be violated thereby, (ii) any Revolving Credit Loan or Swing Line Loan be made, or any Letter of Credit be issued, if the amount of such Loan to be made or any Letter of Credit to be issued would, after giving effect to the use of proceeds, if any, thereof, exceed the Available Revolving Credit Commitments or (iii) Revolving Credit Loans in excess of $300,000,000 in the aggregate be made on the Closing Date (unless otherwise agreed to by all of the Arrangers). During the Revolving Credit Commitment Period, the Borrower may use the Revolving Credit Commitments by borrowing, prepaying the Revolving Credit Loans or Swing Line Loans in whole or in part, and reborrowing, all in accordance with the terms and conditions hereof, and/or by having the Issuing Lenders issue Letters of Credit, having such Letters of Credit expire undrawn upon or if drawn upon, reimbursing the relevant Issuing Lender for such drawing, and having the Issuing Lenders issue new Letters of Credit. The Revolving Credit Loans may from time to time be (a) Eurodollar Loans or (b) ABR Loans or (c) a combination thereof, as determined by the Borrower and notified to the Administrative Agent in accordance with subsections 4.1 and 4.3.

(b) Each borrowing of Revolving Credit Loans pursuant to the Revolving Credit Commitments shall be in an aggregate principal amount of the lesser of (i) $1,000,000, or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof, and (ii) the Available Revolving Credit Commitments, except that any borrowing of a Revolving Credit Loan to be used solely to pay a like amount of Swing Line Loans may be in the aggregate principal amount of such Swing Line Loans.

3.2 Proceeds of Revolving Credit Loans . The Borrower shall use the proceeds of the Revolving Credit Loans (a) on the Closing Date to finance, in part, the Acquisition and the Refinancing and to pay fees, commissions and expenses in connection therewith and (b) thereafter to (i) make payments to the Issuing Lender to reimburse the Issuing Lender for drawings made under the Letters of

 

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Credit, (ii) repay Swing Line Loans and Revolving Credit Loans after the Closing Date, and (iii) finance the general working capital needs and general corporate purposes of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.

3.3 Issuance of Letters of Credit . (a) The Borrower may from time to time request any Issuing Lender to issue a Letter of Credit, which may be either a Standby L/C or a Commercial L/C, by delivering to the Administrative Agent at its address specified in subsection 11.2 and the Issuing Lender an L/C Application completed to the satisfaction of the Issuing Lender, together with the proposed form of the Letter of Credit (which shall comply with the applicable requirements of paragraph (b) below) and such other certificates, documents and other papers and information as the Issuing Lender may reasonably request; provided that if the Issuing Lender informs the Borrower that it is for any reason unable to open such Letter of Credit, the Borrower may request another Lender to open such Letter of Credit upon the same terms offered to the initial Issuing Lender and if such other Lender agrees to issue such Letter of Credit each reference to the Issuing Lender for purposes of the Loan Documents shall be deemed to be a reference to such Lender.

(b) Each Letter of Credit issued hereunder shall, among other things, (i) be in such form requested by the Borrower as shall be acceptable to the Issuing Lender in its sole discretion and (ii) have an expiry date occurring not later than the earlier of (w) 365 days after the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit (or, in the case of a renewal or extension, 365 days after such renewal or extension) and (x) 15 Business Days prior to the Revolving Credit Termination Date; provided that any Letter of Credit with a one year term may provide for the renewal thereof for additional one year periods (but not beyond the date that is 15 Business Days prior to the Revolving Credit Termination Date, except to the extent Cash Collateralized or backstopped (including as provided herein) pursuant to arrangements reasonably acceptable to the relevant Issuing Lenders, in each case for all relevant period beyond the date that is 15 Business Days prior to the Revolving Credit Termination Date). Unless otherwise expressly agreed by the Issuing Lender, when a Letter of Credit is issued (including any such agreement applicable to an Existing Letter of Credit), (i) the rules of the “International Standby Practices 1998 published by the Institute of International Banking Law & Practice (or such later version thereof as may be in effect at the time of issuance) or the rules of the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credit, as most recently published by the International Chamber of Commerce (the “ UCP Rules ”) shall apply to each Standby L/C, and (ii) the UCP Rules shall apply to each Commercial L/C.

(c) The letters of credit set forth on Schedule 3.1 which remain outstanding on the Closing Date (the “ Existing Letters of Credit ”) shall be deemed to be Letters of Credit issued under this Agreement on the Closing Date. Without limiting the foregoing (i) each such Existing Letter of Credit shall be included in the calculation of the L/C Exposure, (ii) all liabilities of the Borrower and the other Loan Parties with respect to such Existing Letters of Credit shall constitute Obligations and (iii) each Lender shall have reimbursement obligations with respect to such Existing Letters of Credit as provided in subsection 3.6(b).

(d) If the maturity date in respect of any tranche of Revolving Credit Commitments occurs prior to the expiration of any Letter of Credit, then (i) if one or more other tranches of Revolving Credit Commitments in respect of which the maturity date shall not have occurred are then in effect, (x) outstanding Revolving Credit Loans shall be repaid pursuant to subsection 4.5 on such maturity date in an amount sufficient to permit the reallocation of the L/C Exposure relating to the outstanding Letters of Credit contemplated by clause (y) below and (y) such Letters of Credit shall automatically be deemed to have been issued (including for purposes of the obligations of the Revolving Lenders to purchase participations therein and to make Revolving Credit Loans and payments in respect thereof pursuant to subsection 3.4) under (and ratably participated in by Lenders pursuant to) the Revolving Credit Commitments in respect of such non-terminating tranches up to an aggregate amount not to exceed the

 

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aggregate principal amount of the unutilized Revolving Credit Commitments thereunder at such time (it being understood that (A) the participations therein of Revolving Lenders under the maturing tranche shall be correspondingly released and (B) no partial face amount of any Letter of Credit may be so reallocated) and (ii) to the extent not reallocated pursuant to immediately preceding clause (i), but without limiting the obligations with respect thereto, the Borrower shall Cash Collateralize any such Letter of Credit. If, for any reason, such Cash Collateral is not provided or the reallocation does not occur, the Revolving Lenders under the maturing tranche shall continue to be responsible for their participating interests in the Letters of Credit; provided that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, upon any subsequent repayment of the Revolving Loans, the reallocation set forth in clause (i) shall automatically occur to the extent of such repayment (it being understood that no partial face amount of any Letter of Credit may be so reallocated). Except to the extent of reallocations of participations pursuant to clause (i) of the second preceding sentence, the occurrence of a maturity date with respect to a given tranche of Revolving Credit Commitments shall have no effect upon (and shall not diminish) the percentage participations of the Revolving Lenders in any Letter of Credit issued before such maturity date. Commencing with the maturity date of any tranche of Revolving Credit Commitments, the sublimit for Letters of Credit under any tranche of Revolving Credit Commitments that has not so then matured shall be as agreed with the Lenders under such extended tranche; provided that in no event shall such sublimit be less than the sum of (x) the L/C Exposure of the Revolving Lenders under such extended tranche immediately prior to such maturity date and (y) the face amount of the Letters of Credit reallocated to such extended tranche pursuant to clause (i) above (assuming Revolving Credit Loans are repaid in accordance with clause (i)(x)).

(e) In the event of any conflict between the terms hereof and the terms of any L/C Application, the terms hereof shall control.

3.4 Participating Interests . Effective in the case of each Letter of Credit opened by the Issuing Lender as of the date of the opening thereof, the Issuing Lender agrees to allot and does allot, to itself and each other Lender, and each Lender severally and irrevocably agrees to take and does take in such Letter of Credit and the related L/C Application, an L/C Participating Interest in a percentage equal to such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage.

3.5 Procedure for Opening Letters of Credit . Upon receipt of any L/C Application from the Borrower in respect of a Letter of Credit, the Issuing Lender will promptly notify the Administrative Agent thereof. The Issuing Lender will process such L/C Application, and the other certificates, documents and other papers delivered to the Issuing Lender in connection therewith, upon receipt thereof in accordance with its customary procedures and, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, shall promptly open such Letter of Credit by issuing the original of such Letter of Credit to the beneficiary thereof and by furnishing a copy thereof to the Borrower; provided that no such Letter of Credit shall be issued (a) if the amount of such requested Letter of Credit, together with the sum of (i) the aggregate unpaid amount of Revolving L/C Obligations outstanding at the time of such request and (ii) the maximum aggregate amount available to be drawn under all Letters of Credit outstanding at such time, would exceed $30,000,000 or (b) if subsection 3.1 would be violated thereby.

3.6 Payments in Respect of Letters of Credit . (a) The Borrower agrees to reimburse the Issuing Lender, through the Administrative Agent, for any payment made by the Issuing Lender under any Letter of Credit not later than 12:00 Noon, New York City time, on (i) the Business Day that the Borrower receives notice of such draft, if such notice is received on such day prior to 10:00 A.M., New York City time, or (ii) if clause (i) above does not apply, the Business Day immediately following the day that the Borrower receives such notice. Interest shall be payable on any such unreimbursed amounts from the date of such payment until reimbursement in full thereof at a rate per annum equal to (A) until the Business Day next succeeding the date on which the relevant notice is received by the Borrower, the ABR

 

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plus the Applicable Margin for Revolving Credit Loans which are ABR Loans and (B) on such date and thereafter, the ABR plus the Applicable Margin for Revolving Credit Loans which are ABR Loans plus 2%.

(b) In the event that the Issuing Lender makes a payment under any Letter of Credit and is not reimbursed in full therefor in accordance with the terms of this Agreement (or in the event that any reimbursement received by the Issuing Lender shall be required to be returned by it at any time), the Issuing Lender will promptly notify each other Lender with a Revolving Credit Commitment through the Administrative Agent. Forthwith upon its receipt of any such notice, each other Lender with a Revolving Credit Commitment will transfer to the Issuing Lender, through the Administrative Agent, in immediately available funds, an amount equal to such other Lender’s pro rata share of the Revolving L/C Obligation arising from such unreimbursed payment. Upon its receipt from such other Lender of such amount and a request of such Lender, the Issuing Lender will complete, execute and deliver to such other Lender an L/C Participation Certificate dated the date of such receipt and in such amount.

(c) Whenever, at any time after the Issuing Lender has made a payment under any Letter of Credit and has received from any other Lender such other Lender’s pro rata share of the Revolving L/C Obligation arising therefrom, the Issuing Lender receives any reimbursement on account of such Revolving L/C Obligation or any payment of interest on account thereof, the Issuing Lender will distribute to such other Lender, through the Administrative Agent, its pro rata share thereof in like funds as received (appropriately adjusted, in the case of interest payments, to reflect the period of time during which such Lender’s participating interest was outstanding and funded); provided that, in the event that the receipt by the Issuing Lender of such reimbursement or such payment of interest (as the case may be) is required to be returned, such other Lender will return to the Issuing Lender, through the Administrative Agent, any portion thereof previously distributed by the Issuing Lender to it in like funds as such reimbursement or payment is required to be returned by the Issuing Lender.

3.7 Swing Line Commitment . (a) Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, JPMCB agrees to make swing line loans (individually, a “ Swing Line Loan ”; collectively, the “ Swing Line Loans ”) to the Borrower from time to time during the Revolving Credit Commitment Period in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding not to exceed $30,000,000; provided that at no time may the sum of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Swing Line Loans and the Aggregate Revolving Credit Extensions of Credit exceed the Revolving Credit Commitments. Amounts borrowed by the Borrower under this subsection may be repaid and, through but excluding the Revolving Credit Termination Date, reborrowed. The Swing Line Loans shall be ABR Loans, and shall not be entitled to be converted into Eurodollar Loans. The Borrower shall give JPMCB irrevocable notice (which notice must be received by JPMCB prior to 1:00 p.m., New York City time) on the requested Borrowing Date specifying the amount of each requested Swing Line Loan, which shall be in the minimum amount of $250,000 or a whole multiple thereof. The proceeds of each Swing Line Loan will be made available by JPMCB to the Borrower by crediting the account of the Borrower at JPMCB with such proceeds. The proceeds of Swing Line Loans may be used solely for the purposes referred to in subsection 3.2.

(b) JPMCB at any time in its sole and absolute discretion may, and on the thirtieth day (or if such day is not a Business Day, the next Business Day) after the Borrowing Date with respect to any Swing Line Loans shall, on behalf of the Borrower (which hereby irrevocably directs JPMCB to act on its behalf), request each Lender, including JPMCB, to make a Revolving Credit Loan (which shall be initially an ABR Loan) in an amount equal to such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of the amount of such Swing Line Loans (the “ Refunded Swing Line Loans ”) outstanding on the date such notice is given. Unless any of the events described in Section 9(f) shall have occurred (in which event the procedures of clause (c) of this subsection shall apply) each Lender shall make the proceeds of its

 

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Revolving Credit Loan available to JPMCB for the account of JPMCB at the office of JPMCB located at 270 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10017 prior to 12:00 Noon (New York City time) in funds immediately available on the Business Day next succeeding the date such notice is given. The proceeds of such Revolving Credit Loans shall be immediately applied to repay the Refunded Swing Line Loans.

(c) If prior to the making of a Revolving Credit Loan pursuant to clause (b) of this subsection one of the events described in Section 9(f) shall have occurred, each Lender will, on the date such Loan would otherwise have been made, purchase an undivided participating interest in the Refunded Swing Line Loans in an amount equal to its Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of such Refunded Swing Line Loans. Each Lender will immediately transfer to JPMCB, in immediately available funds, the amount of its participation and upon receipt thereof JPMCB will deliver to such Lender a Swing Line Loan Participation Certificate dated the date of receipt of such funds and in such amount.

(d) Whenever, at any time after JPMCB has received from any Lender such Lender’s participating interest in a Swing Line Loan, JPMCB receives any payment on account thereof, JPMCB will distribute to such Lender its participating interest in such amount (appropriately adjusted, in the case of interest payments, to reflect the period of time during which such Lender’s participating interest was outstanding and funded) in like funds as received; provided , however , that in the event that such payment received by JPMCB is required to be returned, such Lender will return to JPMCB any portion thereof previously distributed by JPMCB to it in like funds as such payment is required to be returned by JPMCB.

(e) If the maturity date shall have occurred in respect of any tranche of Revolving Credit Commitments at a time when another tranche or tranches of Revolving Credit Commitments is or are in effect with a longer maturity date, then on the earliest occurring maturity date all then outstanding Swing Line Loans shall be repaid in full on such date (and there shall be no adjustment to the participations in such Swing Line Loans as a result of the occurrence of such maturity date); provided , however , that if on the occurrence of such earliest maturity date (after giving effect to any repayments of Revolving Credit Loans and any reallocation of Letter of Credit participations as contemplated in subsection 3.3(d)), there shall exist sufficient unutilized Extended Revolving Credit Commitments so that the respective outstanding Swing Line Loans could be incurred pursuant the Extended Revolving Credit Commitments which will remain in effect after the occurrence of such maturity date, then there shall be an automatic adjustment on such date of the participations in such Swing Line Loans and same shall be deemed to have been incurred solely pursuant to the relevant Extended Revolving Credit Commitments, and such Swing Line Loans shall not be so required to be repaid in full on such earliest maturity date.

3.8 Participations . Each Lender’s obligation to purchase participating interests pursuant to subsection 3.4 and clauses (b) and (c) of subsection 3.7 is absolute and unconditional as set forth in subsection 4.14.

SECTION 4. GENERAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO LOANS AND LETTERS OF CREDIT

4.1 Procedure for Borrowing by the Borrower . (a) The Borrower may borrow under the Commitments on any Working Day, if the borrowing is of Eurodollar Loans, or on any Business Day, if the borrowing is of ABR Loans. With respect to any borrowings, the Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent irrevocable notice (which notice must be received by the Administrative Agent (i) with respect to any Loans to be made on the Closing Date (x) prior to 1:00 P.M., New York City time

 

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three Working Days prior to the Closing Date if all or any part of the Loans are to be Eurodollar Loans 1 and (y) prior to 9:00 A.M. New York City time on the Closing Date if the borrowing is to be solely of ABR Loans and (ii) with respect to any Loans to be made after the Closing Date, prior to 1:00 P.M., New York City time, (x) three Working Days prior to the requested Borrowing Date if all or any part of the Loans are to be Eurodollar Loans and (y) one Business Day prior to the requested Borrowing Date if the borrowing is to be solely of ABR Loans) specifying (A) the amount of the borrowing, (B) whether such Loans are initially to be Eurodollar Loans or ABR Loans, or a combination thereof, (C) if the borrowing is to be entirely or partly Eurodollar Loans, the length of the Interest Period for such Eurodollar Loans, and (D) if the borrowing is to be made after the Closing Date, the amount of such borrowing to be constituted by Revolving Credit Loans. Upon receipt of such notice the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender (which notice shall in any event be delivered to each Lender by 4:00 P.M., New York City time, on such date or, in the case of Loans to be made on the Closing Date, promptly following receipt thereof by the Administrative Agent). Not later than 12:00 Noon, New York City time, on the Borrowing Date specified in such notice, each Lender shall make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in subsection 11.2 (or at such other location as the Administrative Agent may direct) an amount in immediately available funds equal to the amount of the Loan to be made by such Lender. Subject to subsection 3.7(b), Loan proceeds received by the Administrative Agent hereunder shall promptly be made available to the Borrower by the Administrative Agent’s crediting the account of the Borrower, at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in subsection 11.2, with the aggregate amount actually received by the Administrative Agent from the Lenders and in like funds as received by the Administrative Agent.

(b) Any borrowing of Eurodollar Loans by the Borrower hereunder shall be in such amounts and be made pursuant to such elections so that, after giving effect thereto, (i) the aggregate principal amount of all Eurodollar Loans having the same Interest Period shall not be less than $1,000,000, or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof, and (ii) no more than five Interest Periods shall be in effect at any one time with respect to Eurodollar Loans which are Term Loans and no more than five Interest Periods shall be in effect at any one time with respect to Eurodollar Loans which are Revolving Credit Loans.

4.2 Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt . (a) The Borrower hereby unconditionally promises to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender (i) the then unpaid principal amount of each Revolving Credit Loan of such Lender (other than any Revolving Credit Loan made under any Extended Revolving Credit Commitment) on the Revolving Credit Termination Date (or such earlier date on which the Revolving Credit Loans become due and payable pursuant to Section 9), (ii) the then unpaid principal amount of the Term Loan of such Lender (other than Extended Term Loans), in accordance with the applicable amortization schedule set forth in subsection 2.2 (or the then unpaid principal amount of such Term Loans, on the date that any or all of the Loans become due and payable pursuant to Section 9), (iii) the then unpaid principal amount of each Revolving Credit Loan under an Extended Revolving Credit Commitment of such Lender on the respective maturity date applicable thereto (or such earlier date on which the Loans become due and payable pursuant to Section 9) and (iv) the then unpaid principal amount of any Extended Term Loan of such Lender, in accordance with the amortization schedule and maturity date applicable thereto (or the then unpaid principal amount of such Extended Term Loan, on the date that any or all of the Loans become due and payable pursuant to Section 9). The Borrower hereby further agrees to pay interest on the unpaid principal amount of the Loans from time to time outstanding from the date hereof until payment in full thereof at the rates per annum, and on the dates, set forth in subsection 4.7.

 

 

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(b) Each Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice an account or accounts evidencing indebtedness of the Borrower to such Lender resulting from each Loan of such Lender from time to time, including the amounts of principal and interest payable and paid to such Lender from time to time under this Agreement.

(c) The Administrative Agent shall maintain the Register pursuant to subsection 11.6(d), and a subaccount therein for each Lender, in which shall be recorded (i) the amount of each Loan made hereunder, the Type thereof and each Interest Period applicable thereto, (ii) the amount of any principal or interest due and payable or to become due and payable from the Borrower to each Lender hereunder and (iii) both the amount of any sum received by the Administrative Agent hereunder from the Borrower and each Lender’s share thereof.

(d) The entries made in the Register and the accounts of each Lender maintained pursuant to subsection 4.2(c) shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law, be prima facie evidence of the existence and amounts of the obligations of the Borrower therein recorded; provided , however , that the failure of any Lender or the Administrative Agent to maintain the Register or any such account, or any error therein, shall not in any manner affect the obligation of the Borrower to repay (with applicable interest) the Loans made to such Borrower by such Lender in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

4.3 Conversion Options . The Borrower may elect from time to time to convert Eurodollar Loans into ABR Loans by giving the Administrative Agent irrevocable notice of such election, to be received by the Administrative Agent prior to 12:00 Noon, New York City time, at least three Working Days prior to the proposed conversion date, provided that any such conversion of Eurodollar Loans shall only be made on the last day of an Interest Period with respect thereto. The Borrower may elect from time to time to convert all or a portion of the ABR Loans then outstanding to Eurodollar Loans by giving the Administrative Agent irrevocable notice of such election, to be received by the Administrative Agent prior to 12:00 Noon, New York City time, at least three Working Days prior to the proposed conversion date, specifying the Interest Period selected therefor, and, if no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, such conversion shall be made on the requested conversion date or, if such requested conversion date is not a Working Day, on the next succeeding Working Day. Upon receipt of any notice pursuant to this subsection 4.3, the Administrative Agent shall promptly, but in any event by 4:00 P.M., New York City time, notify each Lender thereof. All or any part of the outstanding Loans (other than Swing Line Loans) may be converted as provided herein, provided that partial conversions of Loans shall be in the aggregate principal amount of $1,000,000, or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof, and the aggregate principal amount of the resulting Eurodollar Loans outstanding in respect of any one Interest Period shall be at least $1,000,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof.

4.4 Changes of Commitment Amounts . (a) The Borrower shall have the right, upon not less than three Business Days’ notice to the Administrative Agent, to terminate or, from time to time, reduce the Revolving Credit Commitments subject to the provisions of this subsection 4.4. To the extent, if any, that the sum of the amount of the Revolving Credit Loans, Swing Line Loans, and Revolving L/C Obligations then outstanding and the amounts available to be drawn under outstanding Letters of Credit exceeds the amount of the Revolving Credit Commitments as then reduced, the Borrower shall be required to make a prepayment equal to such excess amount, the proceeds of which shall be applied first, to payment of the Swing Line Loans then outstanding, second, to payment of the Revolving Credit Loans then outstanding, third, to payment of any Revolving L/C Obligations then outstanding, and last, to Cash Collateralize any outstanding Letters of Credit. Any such termination of the Revolving Credit Commitments shall be accompanied by prepayment in full of the Revolving Credit Loans, Swing Line Loans and Revolving L/C Obligations then outstanding and by Cash Collateralization of any outstanding

 

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Letter of Credit. Upon termination of the Revolving Credit Commitments any Letter of Credit then outstanding which has been so Cash Collateralized shall no longer be considered a “Letter of Credit”, as defined in subsection 1.1 and any L/C Participating Interests heretofore granted by the Issuing Lender to the Lenders in such Letter of Credit shall be deemed terminated (subject to automatic reinstatement in the event that such Cash Collateral is returned and the Issuing Lender is not fully reimbursed for any such Revolving L/C Obligations) but the Letter of Credit fees payable under subsection 4.11 shall continue to accrue to the Issuing Lender (or, in the event of any such automatic reinstatement, as provided in subsection 4.11) with respect to such Letter of Credit until the expiry thereof.

(b) Interest accrued on the amount of any partial prepayment pursuant to this subsection 4.4 to the date of such partial prepayment shall be paid on the Interest Payment Date next succeeding the date of such partial prepayment. In the case of the termination of the Revolving Credit Commitments, interest accrued on the amount of any prepayment relating thereto and any unpaid commitment fee accrued hereunder shall be paid on the date of such termination. Any such partial reduction of the Revolving Credit Commitments shall be in an amount of $1,000,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof, and shall reduce permanently the Revolving Credit Commitments.

4.5 Optional Prepayments . (a) The Borrower may at any time and from time to time prepay Loans, in whole or in part, upon at least one Business Days’ irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent in the case of ABR Loans and two Working Days’ irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent in the case of Eurodollar Loans and specifying the date and amount of prepayment; provided that Eurodollar Loans prepaid on other than the last day of any Interest Period with respect thereto shall be prepaid subject to the provisions of subsection 4.16. Upon receipt of such notice the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender thereof. If such notice is given, the Borrower shall make such prepayment, and the payment amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable, on the date specified therein. Accrued interest on any Notes or on the amount of any Loans paid in full pursuant to this subsection 4.5 shall be paid on the date of such prepayment. Accrued interest on the amount of any partial prepayment shall be paid on the Interest Payment Date next succeeding the date of such partial prepayment. Partial prepayments shall be in an aggregate principal amount equal to the lesser of (A) $1,500,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof and (B) the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the applicable Loans, as the case may be. Any amount prepaid on account of Term Loans may not be reborrowed. Partial prepayments of the Term Loans pursuant to this subsection 4.5 shall be applied as directed by the Borrower.

(b) In the event of any prepayment of Term Loans made with the proceeds of any Indebtedness (other than proceeds of Revolving Credit Loans) having a lower effective yield (taking into account applicable interest rate, including floors, original issue discount (“OID”) and fees, with OID and fees being equated to interest rate based on a four-year life to maturity) than the effective yield (taking into account applicable interest rate, including floors, OID and fees, with OID and fees being equated to interest rate based on a four-year life to maturity) for the Term Loans on or prior to the first anniversary of the Closing Date, the Borrower shall pay to the applicable Lenders with respect to such Term Loans a prepayment premium equal to 1% of the principal amount of the Term Loans so prepaid.

(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the Borrower may rescind any notice of prepayment under this subsection 4.5 if such prepayment would have resulted from a refinancing of all of the Facilities, which refinancing shall not be consummated or shall otherwise be delayed.

4.6 Mandatory Prepayments . (a) In the event of any incurrence of Indebtedness by any Group Member (other than Indebtedness of any Group Member permitted to be issued under subsection 8.2 (other than with respect to any issuance of Senior Notes permitted under clause (h)

 

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thereof)), an amount equal to 100% of the Net Proceeds of such Indebtedness incurrence shall on the date of such Indebtedness incurrence be applied to the prepayment of the Term Loans as set forth in subsection 4.6(d).

(b) In the event of receipt by any Group Member of Net Proceeds from any Asset Sale or Recovery Event (in excess of $7,500,000 in the aggregate for all Asset Sales and Recovery Events per fiscal year) by any Group Member then, unless the Borrower exercises its Reinvestment Rights in respect thereof, an amount equal to 100% of the Net Proceeds of such Asset Sale or Recovery Event shall on the date of such receipt be applied to the prepayment of the Term Loans as set forth in subsection 4.6(d); provided that notwithstanding the foregoing, on each Reinvestment Prepayment Date, an amount equal to the Reinvestment Prepayment Amount with respect to the relevant Reinvestment Event shall be applied toward the prepayment of the Term Loans as set forth in subsection 4.6(d).

(c) If, for any fiscal year of the Borrower commencing with the fiscal year ending December 31, 2012, there shall be Excess Cash Flow, the Borrower shall, on the relevant Excess Cash Flow Application Date, apply toward the prepayment of the Term Loans the ECF Percentage of such Excess Cash Flow less (solely to the extent not funded by the proceeds of Indebtedness) (x) the aggregate amount of all optional prepayments of Term Loans pursuant to subsection 4.5 or subsection 4.23 made during such fiscal year ( provided that with respect to any prepayment pursuant to subsection 4.23, the aggregate amount of such prepayment for purposes of this clause shall be the amount of the Borrower’s cash payment in respect of such prepayment) and (y) the aggregate amount of all optional repayments of Revolving Credit Loans pursuant to subsection 4.5 made during such fiscal year that are accompanied by an equivalent permanent reduction in the Revolving Credit Commitments. Each such prepayment shall be made on a date (an “ Excess Cash Flow Application Date ”) no later than ten Business Days after the earlier of (i) the date on which the financial statements of the Borrower referred to in subsection 7.1, for the fiscal year with respect to which such prepayment is made, are required to be delivered to the Lenders and (ii) the date such financial statements are actually delivered.

(d) Partial prepayments of the Term Loans pursuant to subsection 4.6 shall be applied first , to the next eight installments thereof scheduled to be paid in direct order, and second , to the remaining installments on a pro rata basis (other than the repayment to be made on the Term Loan Maturity Date); provided that prepayments of Eurodollar Loans pursuant to this subsection 4.6, if not on the last day of the Interest Period with respect thereto, shall, at the Borrower’s option, as long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, be prepaid subject to the provisions of subsection 4.19 or such prepayment (after application to any ABR Loans, in the case of prepayments by the Borrower) shall be deposited with the Administrative Agent as Cash Collateral for such Eurodollar Loans on terms reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and thereafter shall be applied to the prepayment of the Eurodollar Loans on the last day of the respective Interest Periods for such Eurodollar Loans next ending most closely to the date of receipt of such Net Proceeds. After such application, unless a Default or an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, any remaining interest earned on such Cash Collateral shall be paid to the Borrower.

(e) Except as set forth in subsection 4.19, all payments made under this subsection 4.6 will be without penalty or premium.

(f) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this subsection 4.6, if any Term Lender shall notify the Administrative Agent (i) on the date of such prepayment, with respect to any prepayment under subsection 4.6(a) or (b) or (ii) at least one Business Day prior to the date of a prepayment under subsection 4.6(c) that it wishes to decline its share of such prepayment, such share (the “ Declined Prepayment Amount ”) shall be applied by the Borrower to the mandatory prepayment of the

 

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Second Lien Loans in accordance with, and to the extent required by, subsection 4.5 of the Second Lien Credit Agreement.

(g) Upon the Revolving Credit Termination Date the Borrower shall, with respect to each then outstanding Letter of Credit, if any, either (i) cause such Letter of Credit to be cancelled without such Letter of Credit being drawn upon or (ii) collateralize the Revolving L/C Obligations with respect to such Letter of Credit with cash or a letter of credit issued by banks or a bank satisfactory to the Administrative Agent on terms reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

4.7 Interest Rates and Payment Dates . (a) Each Eurodollar Loan shall bear interest for each day during each Interest Period with respect thereto on the unpaid principal amount thereof at a rate per annum equal to the Eurodollar Rate determined for such Interest Period plus the Applicable Margin.

(b) ABR Loans shall bear interest for the period from and including the date thereof until maturity thereof on the unpaid principal amount thereof at a rate per annum equal to the ABR plus the Applicable Margin.

(c) Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default under Section 9(f) or, at the election of the Required Lenders if all or a portion of (i) the principal amount of any of the Loans or Revolving L/C Obligations or (ii) any interest payable thereon, shall not be paid when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise), any overdue amount under the Loan Documents shall, without limiting the rights of the Lenders under Section 9, bear interest at a rate per annum which is (x) in the case of overdue principal or Revolving L/C Obligations, 2% above the rate that would otherwise be applicable thereto pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this subsection or (y) in the case of overdue interest, fees and other amounts, 2% above the rate described in paragraph (b) of this subsection for Revolving Credit Loans, in each case from the date of such nonpayment until such amount is paid in full (as well after as before judgment).

(d) Interest shall be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date; provided that interest accruing pursuant to paragraph (c) of this subsection shall be payable on demand by the Administrative Agent made at the request of the Required Lenders.

4.8 Computation of Interest and Fees . (a) Interest in respect of ABR Loans at any time the ABR is calculated based on the Prime Rate and all fees hereunder shall be calculated on the basis of a 365 or 366, as the case may be, day year for the actual days elapsed. Interest in respect of Eurodollar Loans and ABR Loans at any time the ABR is not calculated based on the Prime Rate shall be calculated on the basis of a 360 day year for the actual days elapsed. The Administrative Agent shall as soon as practicable notify the Borrower and the Lenders of each determination of a Eurodollar Rate. Any change in the interest rate on a Loan resulting from a change in the ABR shall become effective as of the opening of business on the day on which such change in the ABR becomes effective. The Administrative Agent shall as soon as practicable notify the Borrower and the Lenders of the effective date and the amount of each such change.

(b) Each determination of an interest rate by the Administrative Agent pursuant to any provision of this Agreement shall be conclusive and binding on the Borrower and the Lenders in the absence of manifest error. The Administrative Agent shall, at the request of the Borrower, deliver to the Borrower a statement showing the quotations used by the Administrative Agent in determining the Eurodollar Rate.

 

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4.9 Commitment Fees . (a) Subject to paragraph (b) of this subsection 4.9, the Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of each Lender, a commitment fee from and including the Closing Date to but excluding the Revolving Credit Termination Date on the sum of such Lender’s Available Revolving Credit Commitment outstanding from time to time, at the rate per annum for each day during the period for which payment is made equal to 0.50%.

(b) The commitment fee provided for in this subsection 4.9 shall be payable quarterly in arrears on the last day of each fiscal quarter ending after the Closing Date and on the Revolving Credit Termination Date.

4.10 Certain Fees . (a) The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for its own account a non-refundable agent’s fee in the amount and payable on such dates as is separately agreed to by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.

(b) The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of each Lender as of the Closing Date (other than any Defaulting Lender), a ticking fee from and including July 22, 2011 to and including the Closing Date on the sum of such Lender’s commitment outstanding from time to time under the commitment letter in respect of the Facilities (which ticking fee may be shared by such Lender with one or more other Lenders as reflected in an allocation confirmation or other documentation reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, subject to the performance by such other Lender of its obligations in respect of such allocation), at the rate per annum for each day during the period for which payment is made equal to 2.25% (it being understood that the ticking fee shall be calculated on the basis of a 360 day year for the actual days elapsed during such period). The ticking fee payable pursuant to this clause (b) shall be payable on the Closing Date.

4.11 Letter of Credit Fees . (a) In lieu of any letter of credit commissions and fees provided for in any L/C Application relating to Letters of Credit (other than standard administrative, issuance, amendment and negotiation fees), the Borrower agrees to pay the Administrative Agent a Letter of Credit fee, for the account of the Issuing Lender and the Participating Lenders, (i) with respect to each Standby L/C, on the average outstanding amount available to be drawn under each Standby L/C at a rate per annum equal to the Applicable Margin for Revolving Credit Loans which are Eurodollar Loans in effect at such time, whether or not there are any such Eurodollar Loans outstanding at such time, payable in arrears, on the last day of each fiscal quarter of the Borrower and on the Revolving Credit Termination Date and (ii) with respect to each Commercial L/C, on the aggregate face amount of each Commercial L/C at a rate equal to the Applicable Margin for Revolving Credit Loans which are Eurodollar Loans in effect at such time, whether or not there are any such Eurodollar Loans outstanding at such time, payable on the date such Commercial L/C is issued.

In addition, the Borrower shall pay to the Issuing Lender (i) with respect to each Standby L/C, in arrears on the last day of each fiscal quarter of the Borrower and on the Revolving Credit Termination Date with respect to the Revolving Credit Commitments, a fee equal to 0.125% per annum on the average outstanding amount available to be drawn under such Standby L/C, solely for its own account as Issuing Lender of such Standby L/C and not on account of its L/C Participating Interest therein and (ii) with respect to each Commercial L/C, on the date such Commercial L/C is issued, a fee to equal to 0.125% on the aggregate face amount of such Commercial L/C, solely for its own account as Issuing Lender of such Commercial L/C and not on account of its L/C Participating Interest therein.

(b) In connection with any payment of fees pursuant to this subsection 4.11, the Administrative Agent agrees to provide to the Borrower a statement of any such fees so paid; provided that the failure by the Administrative Agent to provide the Borrower with any such invoice shall not relieve the Borrower of its obligation to pay such fees.

 

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(c) In addition to the foregoing fees, the Borrower shall pay or reimburse the Issuing Lender for any taxes, fees, charges, expenses or other costs as are incurred or charged by the Issuing Lender in issuing, negotiating, effecting payment under, amending or otherwise administering any Letter of Credit.

4.12 Obligations Absolute . The payment obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement with respect to the Letters of Credit shall be unconditional and irrevocable and shall be paid strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement under all circumstances, including the following circumstances:

(i) the existence of any claim, set-off, defense or other right which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries may have at any time against any beneficiary, or any transferee, of any Letter of Credit (or any Persons for whom any such beneficiary or any such transferee may be acting), the Issuing Lender, the Administrative Agent or any Lender, or any other Person, whether in connection with this Agreement, the Related Documents, any Loan Documents, the transactions contemplated herein, or any unrelated transaction;

(ii) any statement or any other document presented under any Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent, invalid or insufficient in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect;

(iii) payment by the Issuing Lender under any Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft or certificate which does not comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit, except where such payment constitutes gross negligence or willful misconduct on the part of the Issuing Lender; or

(iv) any other circumstances or happening whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing, except for any such circumstances or happening constituting gross negligence or willful misconduct on the part of the Issuing Lender.

4.13 Assignments . No Participating Lender’s participation in any Letter of Credit or any of its rights or duties hereunder shall be subdivided, assigned or transferred (other than in connection with a transfer of part or all of such Participating Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment in accordance with subsection 11.6) without the prior written consent of the Issuing Lender, which consent will not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. Such consent may be given or withheld without the consent or agreement of any other Participating Lender. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Participating Lender may subparticipate its Participating Interest without obtaining the prior written consent of the Issuing Lender.

4.14 Participations . Each Lender’s obligation to purchase participating interests pursuant to subsection 3.4 shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including (i) any set-off, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right which such Lender may have against the Issuing Lender, the Borrower or any other Person for any reason whatsoever; (ii) the occurrence or continuance of a Default or an Event of Default; (iii) any adverse change in the condition (financial or otherwise) of the Borrower; (iv) any breach of this Agreement by the Borrower or any other Lender; or (v) any other circumstance, happening or event whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing.

4.15 Inability to Determine Interest Rate for Eurodollar Loans . In the event that the Administrative Agent shall have determined (which determination shall be conclusive and binding upon the Borrower) that (a) by reason of circumstances affecting the interbank eurodollar market generally, adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the Eurodollar Rate for any Interest Period

 

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with respect to (i) proposed Loans that the Borrower has requested be made as Eurodollar Loans, (ii) any Eurodollar Loans that will result from the requested conversion of all or part of ABR Loans into Eurodollar Loans or (iii) the continuation of any Eurodollar Loan as such for an additional Interest Period, (b) the Eurodollar Rate determined or to be determined for any Interest Period will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to Lenders constituting the Required Lenders of maintaining their affected Eurodollar Loans during such Interest Period by reason of circumstances affecting the interbank eurodollar market generally or (c) dollar deposits in the relevant amount and for the relevant period with respect to any such Eurodollar Loan are not available to any of the Lenders in their respective Eurodollar Lending Offices’ interbank eurodollar market, the Administrative Agent shall forthwith give notice of such determination, confirmed in writing, to the Borrower and the Lenders at least one day prior to, as the case may be, the requested Borrowing Date, the conversion date or the last day of such Interest Period. If such notice is given, (i) any requested Eurodollar Loans shall be made as ABR Loans, (ii) any ABR Loans that were to have been converted to Eurodollar Loans shall be continued as ABR Loans and (iii) any outstanding Eurodollar Loans shall be converted, on the last day of the then current Interest Period applicable thereto, into ABR Loans. Until such notice has been withdrawn by the Administrative Agent, no further Eurodollar Loans shall be made and no ABR Loans shall be converted to Eurodollar Loans.

4.16 Pro Rata Treatment and Payments . (a) Each borrowing of any Loan (other than Swing Line Loans) and each payment by the Borrower on account of any fee hereunder (other than as set forth in subsections 4.10 and 4.11) and any reduction of the Revolving Credit Commitments shall be made pro rata according to the relevant Commitment Percentages of the Lenders entitled or obligated thereto. Each payment (including each prepayment) by the Borrower on account of principal of and interest on the Loans (other than Swing Line Loans and other than as set forth in subsections 4.6, 4.17, 4.18 and 4.19) shall be made pro rata according to the relevant Commitment Percentages of the Lenders entitled thereto. All payments (including prepayments) to be made by the Borrower on account of principal, interest and fees shall be made without set-off or counterclaim and shall be made to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Lenders, at the Administrative Agent’s office located at 1111 Fannin Street, 8 th Floor, Houston, Texas 77002, in lawful money of the United States of America and in immediately available funds. The Administrative Agent shall promptly distribute such payments ratably to each Lender in like funds as received. If any payment hereunder (other than payments on Eurodollar Loans) becomes due and payable on a day other than a Business Day, such payment shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day and, with respect to payments of principal, interest thereon shall be payable at the then applicable rate during such extension. If any payment on a Eurodollar Loan becomes due and payable on a day other than a Working Day, the maturity thereof shall be extended to the next succeeding Working Day and, with respect to payments of principal, interest thereon shall be payable at the then applicable rate during such extension unless the result of such extension would be to extend such payment into another calendar month in which event such payment shall be made on the immediately preceding Working Day.

(b) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have been notified in writing by any Lender prior to a Borrowing Date that such Lender will not make the amount which would constitute its relevant Commitment Percentage of the borrowing on such date available to the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such amount available to the Administrative Agent on such Borrowing Date in accordance with subsection 4.1 and the Administrative Agent may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Borrower a corresponding amount. If such amount is made available to the Administrative Agent by such Lender on a date after such Borrowing Date, such Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent on demand an amount equal to the product of (i) the daily average Federal funds rate during such period as quoted by the Administrative Agent, times (ii) the amount of such Lender’s relevant Commitment Percentage of such borrowing, times (iii) a fraction the numerator of which is the number of days that elapse from and including such Borrowing Date to the date on which such Lender’s relevant Commitment Percentage of such borrowing

 

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shall have become immediately available to the Administrative Agent and the denominator of which is 360. A certificate of the Administrative Agent submitted to any Lender with respect to any amounts owing under this subsection 4.16(b) shall be conclusive, absent manifest error. If such Lender’s relevant Commitment Percentage of such borrowing is not in fact made available to the Administrative Agent by such Lender within three Business Days of such Borrowing Date, the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to recover such amount with interest thereon at the rate per annum applicable to ABR Loans hereunder, on demand, from the Borrower without prejudice to any rights which the Borrower or the Administrative Agent may have against such Lender hereunder. Nothing contained in this subsection 4.16(b) shall relieve any Lender which has failed to make available its ratable portion of any borrowing hereunder from its obligation to do so in accordance with the terms hereof.

(c) The failure of any Lender to make the Loan to be made by it on any Borrowing Date shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligation, if any, hereunder to make its Loan on such Borrowing Date, but no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to make the Loan to be made by such other Lender on such Borrowing Date.

(d) All payments and prepayments (other than mandatory prepayments as set forth in subsection 4.6 and other than prepayments as set forth in subsection 4.18 with respect to increased costs) of Eurodollar Loans hereunder shall be in such amounts and be made pursuant to such elections so that, after giving effect thereto, the aggregate principal amount of all Eurodollar Loans with the same Interest Period shall not be less than $1,000,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof.

(e) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this subsection 4.16 or elsewhere in this Agreement, the Borrower may (i) make prepayments of Term Loans at a discount to the par value of such Loans and on a non pro rata basis in accordance with subsection 4.23, (ii) purchase Term Loans on a non pro rata basis in accordance with subsection 11.6 and (iii) extend the final maturity of Term Loans and/or Revolving Credit Commitments in connection with an Extension that is permitted under subsection 4.24 without being obligated to effect such extensions on a pro rata basis among the Lenders (it being understood that no such extension (x) shall constitute a payment or prepayment of any Term Loans or Revolving Credit Loans, as applicable, for purposes of this subsection or (y) shall reduce the amount of any scheduled amortization payment due under subsection 2.2, except that the amount of any scheduled amortization payment due to a Lender of Extended Term Loans may be reduced to the extent provided pursuant to the express terms of the respective Extension Offer) without giving rise to any violation of this subsection or any other provision of this Agreement. Furthermore, the Borrower may take all actions contemplated by (A) subsection 4.23 in connection with the prepayment of Term Loans at a discount to the par value of such Loans, (B) subsection 4.24 in connection with any Extension (including modifying pricing, amortization and repayments or prepayments of Extended Revolving Credit Commitments or Extended Term Loans) and (C) subsection 11.6 in connection with the purchase of Term Loans on a non pro rata basis and, in each case, such actions taken in accordance with subsection 4.23, 4.24 and 11.6, as applicable, shall be permitted hereunder, and the differing or non pro rata payments contemplated therein shall be permitted without giving rise to any violation of this subsection or any other provision of this Agreement.

4.17 Illegality . Notwithstanding any other provisions herein, if any Change in Law occurring after the date that any lender becomes a Lender party to this Agreement shall make it unlawful for such Lender to maintain Eurodollar Loans as contemplated by this Agreement, the commitment of such Lender hereunder to make Eurodollar Loans or to convert all or a portion of ABR Loans into Eurodollar Loans shall forthwith be cancelled and such Lender’s Loans then outstanding as Eurodollar Loans, if any, shall, if required by law and if such Lender so requests, be converted automatically to ABR Loans on the date specified by such Lender in such request. To the extent that such affected Eurodollar Loans are converted into ABR Loans, all payments of principal which would otherwise be applied to such

 

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Eurodollar Loans shall be applied instead to such Lender’s ABR Loans. The Borrower hereby agrees promptly to pay any Lender, upon its demand, any additional amounts necessary to compensate such Lender for any costs incurred by such Lender in making any conversion in accordance with this subsection 4.17 including, but not limited to, any interest or fees payable by such Lender to lenders of funds obtained by it in order to make or maintain its Eurodollar Loans hereunder (such Lender’s notice of such costs, as certified to the Borrower through the Administrative Agent, to be conclusive absent manifest error).

4.18 Requirements of Law . (a) In the event that, at any time after the date hereof any Change in Law or compliance by any Lender with any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) from any central bank or other Governmental Authority:

(i) does or shall subject any Lender, Transferee or Issuing Lender to any taxes with respect to this Agreement, any Note, any Eurodollar Loans or any Letter of Credit made by it or change the basis of taxation of payments to such Lender in respect thereof (other than (A) Non-Excluded Taxes or Other Taxes or (B) the imposition of, or change in the rate of, any taxes excluded from the definition of “Non-Excluded Taxes” pursuant to subsection 4.20(a));

(ii) does or shall impose, modify or hold applicable any reserve, special deposit, compulsory loan or similar requirement against assets held by, or deposits or other liabilities in or for the account of, advances or loans by, or other credit extended by, or any other acquisition of funds by, any office of such Lender which are not otherwise included in the determination of the Eurodollar Rate; or

(iii) does or shall impose on such Lender any other condition;

and the result of any of the foregoing is to increase the cost to such Lender (or, in the case of (i), to such Lender, Transferee or Issuing Lender) of converting, renewing or maintaining advances or extensions of credit or to reduce any amount receivable hereunder, in each case, in respect of its Eurodollar Loans or, in the case of (i), any Loans or issuing or participating Letters of Credit, then, in any such case, the Borrower shall promptly pay such Lender (or, in the case of (i), such Lender, Transferee or Issuing Lender), on demand, any additional amounts necessary to compensate such Lender (or, in the case of (i), such Lender, Transferee or Issuing Lender) on an after-tax basis for such additional cost or reduced amount receivable (other than (A) Non-Excluded Taxes or Other Taxes or (B) the imposition of, or change in the rate of, any taxes excluded from the definition of “Non-Excluded Taxes” pursuant to subsection 4.20(a)) which such Lender (or, in the case of (i), such Lender, Transferee or Issuing Lender) deems to be material as determined by such Lender (or, in the case of (i), such Lender, Transferee or Issuing Lender) with respect to such Eurodollar Loans or, in the case of (i), any Loans or issuing or participating Letters of Credit, together with interest on each such amount from the date demanded until payment in full thereof at a rate per annum equal to the ABR plus the Applicable Margin (which Applicable Margin shall, with respect to Letters of Credit, be the Applicable Margin with respect to Revolving Credit ABR Loans).

(b) In the event that at any time after the date hereof any Change in Law with respect to any Lender or the Issuing Lender shall, in the opinion of such Lender or the Issuing Lender, as the case may be, have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s, the Issuing Lender’s or such corporation’s capital, as the case may be, as a consequence of the obligations of such Lender or the Issuing Lender, as the case may be, hereunder to a level below that which such Lender, the Issuing Lender or such corporation, as the case may be, could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into account such Lender’s, the Issuing Lender’s or such corporation’s policies, as the case may be, with respect to capital adequacy) by an amount deemed by such Lender or the Issuing Lender, as the case may

 

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be, to be material, then from time to time following notice by such Lender or the Issuing Lender, as the case may be, to the Borrower of such Change in Law as provided in paragraph (c) of this subsection 4.18, within 15 days after demand by such Lender or the Issuing Lender, as the case may be, the Borrower shall pay to such Lender or the Issuing Lender, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender, the Issuing Lender or such corporation, as the case may be, on an after-tax basis for such reduction.

(c) If any Lender or the Issuing Lender becomes entitled to claim any additional amounts pursuant to this subsection 4.18, it shall promptly notify the Borrower through the Administrative Agent, of the event by reason of which it has become so entitled. If any Lender has notified the Borrower through the Administrative Agent of any increased costs pursuant to paragraph (a) of this subsection 4.18, the Borrower at any time thereafter may, upon at least two Working Days’ notice to the Administrative Agent (which shall promptly notify the Lenders thereof), and subject to subsection 4.19, prepay or convert into ABR Loans all (but not a part) of the Eurodollar Loans then outstanding. Each Lender agrees that, upon the occurrence of any event giving rise to the operation of paragraph (a) of this subsection 4.18 or entitling a Lender to receive additional amounts under paragraph (a) or (c) of subsection 4.20 with respect to such Lender, it will, if requested by the Borrower, and to the extent permitted by law or by the relevant Governmental Authority, endeavor in good faith to avoid or minimize the increase in costs, reduction in payments, or payment of additional amounts resulting from such event (including endeavoring to change its Eurodollar Lending Office or any other lending office); provided , however , that such avoidance or minimization can be made in such a manner that such Lender, in its sole determination, suffers no economic, legal or regulatory disadvantage.

(d) A certificate submitted by such Lender, through the Administrative Agent, to the Borrower shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error. The covenants contained in this subsection 4.18 shall survive the termination of this Agreement and repayment of the outstanding Loans.

(e) The Borrower agrees that the provisions of the foregoing paragraphs (a) and (b) and the provisions of each L/C Application providing for reimbursement or payment to the Issuing Lender in the event of the imposition or implementation of, or increase in, any reserve, special deposit, capital adequacy or similar requirement in respect of the Letter of Credit relating thereto shall apply equally to each Participating Lender in respect of its L/C Participating Interest in such Letter of Credit, as if the references in such paragraphs and provisions referred to, where applicable, such Participating Lender or any corporation controlling such Participating Lender.

4.19 Indemnity . The Borrower agrees to indemnify each Lender and to hold such Lender harmless from any loss or expense which such Lender may sustain or incur as a consequence of (a) default by the Borrower in payment of the principal amount of or interest on any Eurodollar Loans of such Lender, including, but not limited to any such loss or expense arising from interest or fees payable by such Lender to lenders of funds obtained by it in order to make or maintain its Eurodollar Loans hereunder, (b) default by the Borrower in making a conversion of ABR Loans to Eurodollar Loans after the Borrower has given notice in accordance with subsection 4.1 or in continuing Eurodollar Loans for an additional Interest Period after the Borrower has given a notice in accordance with clause (b) of the definition of Interest Period, (c) default by the Borrower in making a borrowing of Eurodollar Loans after the Borrower has given a notice in accordance with subsection 4.1 or in making any prepayment of Eurodollar Loans after the Borrower has given a notice in accordance with subsection 4.3 or (d) a payment or prepayment of a Eurodollar Loan or conversion of any Eurodollar Loan into an ABR Loan, in either case on a day which is not the last day of an Interest Period with respect thereto (any of the events referred to in clauses (b), (c) or (d), a “ Breakage Event ”). In the case of a Breakage Event, such loss or expense shall include an amount equal to the excess, as reasonably determined by such Lender of (i) the cost of obtaining funds for the Eurocurrency Loan that is the subject of such Breakage Event for the

 

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period from the date of such Breakage Event to the last day of the Interest Period in effect (or that would have been in effect) for such Loan over (ii) the amount of interest likely to be realized by such Lender in redeploying the funds released or not utilized by reason of such Breakage Event for such period, but such loss or expense shall not, in any event, include any lost profit or loss of Applicable Margin. A certificate of any Lender setting forth any amount or amounts that such Lender is entitled to receive pursuant to this Section shall be delivered to the Borrower and shall be conclusive absent manifest error. This covenant shall survive termination of this Agreement and payment of the outstanding Obligations.

4.20 Taxes . (a) All payments made by or on behalf of any Loan Party under this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for or on account of, any present or future income, stamp or other taxes, levies, imposts, duties, charges, fees, deductions or withholdings, now or hereafter imposed, levied, collected, withheld or assessed by any Governmental Authority, excluding net income taxes, branch profit taxes, franchise taxes and other similar taxes imposed as a result of a present or former connection between the Administrative Agent or such Lender and the jurisdiction of the Governmental Authority imposing such tax or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein (other than any such connection arising solely from the Administrative Agent or such Lender having executed, delivered or performed its obligations or received a payment under, or enforced, this Agreement or any other Loan Document); provided that, if any such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties, charges, fees, deductions or withholdings (“ Non-Excluded Taxes ”) or Other Taxes are required to be withheld from any amounts payable to the Administrative Agent or any Lender, as determined in good faith by the applicable withholding agent, (i) such amounts shall be paid to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law and (ii) the amounts so payable by the applicable Loan Party to the Administrative Agent or such Lender shall be increased to the extent necessary to yield to the Administrative Agent or such Lender (after payment of all Non-Excluded Taxes and Other Taxes) interest or any such other amounts payable hereunder at the rates or in the amounts specified in this Agreement as if such withholding or deduction had not been made; provided further , however, that Non-Excluded Taxes shall not include any amounts (x) that are attributable to such Lender’s failure to comply with the requirements of paragraph (f), (g), (h) or (i) of this subsection 4.20 or (y) that are taxes imposed by a Requirement of Law in effect (including FATCA) at the time (and, in the case of FATCA, including any future regulations of official interpretations thereof) a Non-U.S. Lender becomes a party hereto (or designates a new lending office) that do not arise as a result of a change in the jurisdiction of incorporation or the operations of a Loan Party, except to the extent that such Non-U.S. Lender (or its assignor, if any) was entitled, at the time of designation of a new lending office (or assignment), to receive additional amounts with respect to such withholding taxes under this subsection 4.20.

(b) In addition, the Borrower shall pay any Other Taxes to the relevant Governmental Authority if and to the extent required by applicable law.

(c) Whenever any Non-Excluded Taxes or Other Taxes are payable by a Loan Party, as promptly as possible thereafter such Loan Party shall send to the Administrative Agent for its own account or for the account of the relevant Lender, as the case may be, a copy of a receipt received by such Loan Party showing payment thereof. If (i) a Loan Party fails to pay any Non-Excluded Taxes or Other Taxes when due to the appropriate taxing authority, (ii) a Loan Party fails to remit to the Administrative Agent the required receipts or other reasonably requested documentary evidence or (iii) any Non-Excluded Taxes or Other Taxes are imposed directly upon the Administrative Agent or any Lender (other than in the case of (iii) any interest or penalties attributable to the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Administrative Agent or such Lender), the Loan Parties shall indemnify the Administrative Agent and the Lenders for such amounts and any incremental taxes, interest or penalties that may become payable by the Administrative Agent or any Lender as a result of any such failure, in the case of (i) and (ii), or any such direct imposition, in the case of (iii).

 

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(d) If any Lender Party determines, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, that it has received a refund of any Non-Excluded Taxes as to which it has been indemnified pursuant to this subsection 4.20 (including additional amounts paid pursuant to this subsection 4.20), it shall pay to the indemnifying party an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made under this subsection with respect to the Non-Excluded Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses (including any Non-Excluded Taxes) of such indemnified party and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund). Such indemnifying party, upon the request of such indemnified party, shall repay to such indemnified party the amount paid to such indemnified party pursuant to the previous sentence (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) in the event such indemnified party is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this subsection 4.20(d), in no event will any indemnified party be required to pay any amount to any indemnifying party pursuant to this subsection 4.20(d) if such payment would place such indemnified party in a less favorable position (on a net after-Tax basis) than such indemnified party would have been in if the indemnification payments or additional amounts giving rise to such refund had never been paid. This subsection 4.20(d) shall not be construed to require any indemnified party to make available its tax returns (or any other information relating to its taxes which it deems confidential) to the indemnifying party or any other Person.

(e) Each Lender shall indemnify the Administrative Agent for the full amount of any taxes, levies, imposts, duties, charges, fees, deductions, withholdings or similar charges imposed by any Governmental Authority that are attributable to such Lender and that are payable or paid by the Administrative Agent, together with all interest, penalties, reasonable costs and expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, as determined by the Administrative Agent in good faith. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to any Lender by the Administrative Agent shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

(f) If a payment made to a Lender under this Agreement or any other Loan Document would be subject to United States federal withholding tax imposed by FATCA if such Lender were to fail to comply with the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (including those contained in Section 1471(b) or 1472(b) of the Code, as applicable), such Lender shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, at the time or times prescribed by law and at such time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, such documentation prescribed by applicable law (including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as may be necessary for the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to comply with its obligations under FATCA, to determine that such Lender has or has not complied with such Lender’s obligations under FATCA or to determine the amount to deduct and withhold from such payment. Solely for purposes of this subsection 4.20(f), “FATCA” shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement.

(g) Each Lender, Assignee and Participant that is not a citizen or resident of the United States of America, a corporation, partnership or other entity created or organized in or under the laws of the United States of America, or an estate or trust that is subject to United States federal income taxation regardless of the source of its income (a “ Non-U.S. Lender ”) shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, and if applicable, the assigning Lender (or, in the case of a Participant, to the Lender from which the related participation shall have been purchased) on or before the date on which it becomes a party to this Agreement (or, in the case of a Participant, on or before the date on which such Participant purchases the related participation) and from time or time thereafter upon the request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent:

 

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(i) two duly completed and signed copies of either Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN (relating to such Non-U.S. Lender and entitling it to a complete exemption from, or a reduced rate of, United States federal withholding tax on all amounts to be received by such Non-U.S. Lender pursuant to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents), Form W-8ECI (relating to all amounts to be received by such Non-U.S. Lender pursuant to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents) or Form W-8IMY (together with any applicable underlying Internal Revenue Service forms, which together entitle such Non-U.S. Lender to a complete exemption from, or a reduced rate of, United States Federal withholding tax on all amounts to be received by such Non-U.S. Lender pursuant to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents), or successor and related applicable forms, as the case may be; or

(ii) in the case of a Non-U.S. Lender that is not a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code and that does not comply with the requirements of clause (i) hereof, (x) a statement in the form of the applicable Exhibit E (or such other form of statement as shall be reasonably requested by the Borrower from time to time) to the effect that such Non-U.S. Lender is eligible for a complete exemption from, or a reduced rate of, United States federal withholding tax under Section 871(h) or 881(c) of the Code, and (y) two duly completed and signed copies of the applicable Internal Revenue Service Form W-8 or successor and related applicable form;

In addition, each Non-U.S. Lender agrees (i) to deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, and if applicable, the assigning Lender (or, in the case of a Participant, to the Lender from which the related participation shall have been purchased) two further duly completed and signed copies of such Form W-8BEN, W-8IMY or W-8ECI or such other Internal Revenue Service forms required to be delivered pursuant to this subsection 4.20, as the case may be, or successor and related applicable forms, on or before the date that any such form expires or becomes obsolete and promptly after the occurrence of any event requiring a change from the most recent form(s) previously delivered by it to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (or, in the case of a Participant, to the Lender from which the related participation shall have been purchased) in accordance with applicable United States laws and regulations, and (ii) to notify promptly the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (or, in the case of a Participant, the Lender from which the related participation shall have been purchased) if it is no longer able to deliver, or if it is required to withdraw or cancel, any form or statement previously delivered by it pursuant to this subsection 4.20(g). Notwithstanding any other provision of this subsection 4.20, a Non -U.S. Lender shall not be required to deliver any form pursuant to this subsection 4.20 that such Non -U.S. Lender is not legally able to deliver.

(h) A Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of non-U.S. withholding tax under the law of the jurisdiction in which the Borrower is located, or any treaty to which such jurisdiction is a party, with respect to payments under this Agreement shall deliver to the Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), at the time or times prescribed by applicable law, as reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, or as specified in the proceeding in the preceding paragraph, such properly completed and executed documentation prescribed by applicable law as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate; provided that such Lender is legally entitled to complete, execute and deliver such documentation and in such Lender’s judgment such completion, execution or submission would not materially prejudice the legal or commercial position of such Lender.

(i) Each Lender, Assignee and Participant that is not a Non-U.S. Lender shall, on or before the date that such Lender becomes a party to this Agreement, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (or, in the case of a Participant, to the Lender from whom the related Participation was purchased), two duly completed and signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-9, certifying that such Person is exempt from United States back-up

 

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withholding tax. Each such Lender, Assignee or Participant shall deliver further documentation in accordance with the previous sentence at the time(s) specified by subsection 4.20(g).

(j) The agreements in this subsection 4.20 shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the payment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder.

4.21 Defaulting Lender . Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, if any Revolving Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then the following provisions shall apply for so long as such Revolving Lender is a Defaulting Lender:

(a) fees shall cease to accrue on the Revolving Credit Commitment of such Defaulting Lender pursuant to subsection 4.9;

(b) the Aggregate Exposure of such Defaulting Lender shall not be included in determining whether all Lenders or the Required Lenders have taken or may take any action hereunder (including any consent to any amendment or waiver pursuant to subsection 11.1), provided that any waiver, amendment or modification (i) which requires the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender which affects such Defaulting Lender differently than other affected Lenders or (ii) increases or extends such Defaulting Lender’s Commitment, reduces or excuses the principal amount of, or interest or fees payable on, Loans or Letter of Credit disbursements or postpones the scheduled date of payment as to such Defaulting Lender shall require the consent of such Defaulting Lender;

(c) if any Swing Line Exposure or L/C Exposure exists at the time such Revolving Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender then:

(i) all or any part of the Swing Line Exposure and L/C Exposure of such Defaulting Lender shall be reallocated among the non-Defaulting Lenders in accordance with their respective Revolving Credit Commitment Percentages but only to the extent the sum of all non-Defaulting Lenders’ Aggregate Revolving Credit Extensions of Credit and participations in Swing Line Loans plus such Defaulting Lender’s Swing Line Exposure and L/C Exposure does not exceed the total of all non-Defaulting Lenders’ Revolving Commitments;

(ii) if the reallocation described in clause (i) above cannot, or can only partially, be effected, the Borrower shall within three Business Days following notice by the Administrative Agent (x)  first , prepay such Swing Line Exposure and (y)  second , Cash Collateralize for the benefit of the Issuing Lender only the Borrower’s obligations corresponding to such Defaulting Lender’s L/C Exposure (after giving effect to any partial reallocation pursuant to clause (i) above) for so long as such L/C Exposure is outstanding;

(iii) if the Borrower Cash Collateralizes any portion of such Defaulting Lender’s L/C Exposure pursuant to clause (ii) above, the Borrower shall not be required to pay any fees to such Defaulting Lender pursuant to subsection 4.11 with respect to such Defaulting Lender’s L/C Exposure during the period such Defaulting Lender’s L/C Exposure is Cash Collateralized;

(iv) if the L/C Exposure of the non-Defaulting Lenders is reallocated pursuant to clause (i) above, then the fees payable to the Lenders pursuant to subsection 4.9 and subsection 4.11 shall be adjusted in accordance with such non-Defaulting Lenders’ Revolving Credit Commitment Percentages; and

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rights or remedies of the Issuing Lender or any other Lender hereunder, all letter of credit fees payable under subsection 4.11 with respect to such Defaulting Lender’s L/C Exposure shall be payable to the Issuing Lender until and to the extent that such L/C Exposure is reallocated and/or Cash Collateralized; and

(d) so long as such Lender is a Defaulting Lender, the Swing Line Lender shall not be required to fund any Swing Line Loan and the Issuing Lender shall not be required to issue, amend or increase any Letter of Credit, unless it has received assurances satisfactory to it that non-Defaulting Lenders will cover the related exposure and/or Cash Collateral will be provided by the Borrower, and participating interests in any newly made Swing Line Loan or any newly issued or increased Letter of Credit shall be allocated among non-Defaulting Lenders in a manner consistent with subsection 4.21(c)(i) (and such Defaulting Lender shall not participate therein).

In the event that the Administrative Agent, the Borrower, the Swing line Lender and the Issuing Lender each agrees that a Defaulting Lender has adequately remedied all matters that caused such Revolving Lender to be a Defaulting Lender, then the Swing Line Exposure and L/C Exposure of the Revolving Lenders shall be readjusted to reflect the inclusion of such Revolving Lender’s Commitment and on such date such Revolving Lender shall purchase at par such of the Revolving Loans of the other Revolving Lenders (other than Swing Line Loans) as the Administrative Agent shall determine may be necessary in order for such Revolving Lender to hold such Revolving Loans in accordance with its Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage.

4.22 Mitigation; Replacement of Lenders . (a) If any Lender requests compensation under subsection 4.18, or if the Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to subsection 4.20, then such Lender shall use reasonable efforts to designate a different lending office for funding or booking its Loans hereunder or to assign its rights and obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches or affiliates, if, in the reasonable judgment of such Lender, such designation or assignment (i) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to subsection 4.18 or subsection 4.20, as applicable, in the future and (ii) would not subject such Lender to any unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender. The Borrower hereby agrees to pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in connection with any such designation or assignment.

(b) If any Lender requests compensation under subsection 4.18, or if the Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to subsection 4.20, or if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then the Borrower may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to such Lender and the Administrative Agent, require such Lender to assign and delegate, without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in subsection 11.6), all its interests, rights and obligations under this Agreement to an assignee that shall assume such obligations (which assignee may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment), provided that (A) (i) the Borrower shall have received the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent (and, if a Revolving Credit Commitment is being assigned, each Issuing Lender and the Swing Line Lender), which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld or delayed, (ii) such Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding principal of its Loans, participations in Letters of Credit funded under subsection 3.6(b) and participations in Swing Line Loans, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts payable to it hereunder from the assignee (to the extent of such outstanding principal and accrued interest and fees) or the Borrower (in the case of all other amounts), (iii) the Borrower or such assignee shall have paid to the Administrative Agent the processing and recordation fee specified in subsection 11.6(d) and (iv) in the case of any such assignment resulting from a claim for compensation under subsection 4.18 or payments required to be made pursuant to subsection 4.20, such assignment will result in a material reduction in such compensation or payments

 

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and (B) substantially concurrently with satisfaction of the requirements set forth in clause (A) of this proviso, such Lender shall be deemed to have assigned and delegated its interests, rights and obligations under this Agreement and such Lender shall not be required to execute the Assignment and Assumption in connection therewith. A Lender shall not be required to make any such assignment and delegation if, prior thereto, as a result of a waiver by such Lender or otherwise (including as a result of any action taken by such Lender under paragraph (a) above), the circumstances entitling the Borrower to require such assignment and delegation cease to apply.

4.23 Prepayments Below Par . (a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Agreement (including subsection 4.16(a) or 11.7(a)) or any other Loan Document, the Borrower shall have the right at any time and from time to time to prepay Term Loans to the Lenders at a discount to the par value of such Loans and on a non pro rata basis (each, a “ Discounted Voluntary Prepayment ”) pursuant to the procedures described in this subsection 4.23, provided that (A) on the date of the Discounted Prepayment Option Notice and after giving effect to the Discounted Voluntary Prepayment, no more than $50,000,000 shall be outstanding in Revolving Credit Loans and Swing Line Loans, (B) the proceeds of Revolving Credit Loans are not used to make such Discounted Voluntary Prepayment, (C) any Discounted Voluntary Prepayment shall be offered to all Term Lenders of a particular tranche on a pro rata basis, (D) the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent, together with each Discounted Prepayment Option Notice, a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower (1) stating that no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result from the Discounted Voluntary Prepayment, (2) stating that each of the conditions to such Discounted Voluntary Prepayment contained in this subsection 4.23 has been satisfied and (3) specifying the aggregate principal amount of Term Loans to be prepaid pursuant to such Discounted Voluntary Prepayment and (E) the aggregate amount of Term Loans prepaid pursuant to this subsection 4.23 (valued at the par amount thereof) shall not exceed 50% of the initial aggregate principal amount of the Term Loans.

(b) To the extent the Borrower seeks to make a Discounted Voluntary Prepayment, the Borrower will provide written notice to the Administrative Agent substantially in the form of Exhibit G hereto (each, a “ Discounted Prepayment Option Notice ”) that the Borrower desires to prepay Term Loans in an aggregate principal amount specified therein by the Borrower (each, a “ Proposed Discounted Prepayment Amount ”), in each case at a discount to the par value of such Loans as specified below. The Proposed Discounted Prepayment Amount of any Loans shall not be less than $10,000,000 (unless otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent). The Discounted Prepayment Option Notice shall further specify with respect to the proposed Discounted Voluntary Prepayment (A) the Proposed Discounted Prepayment Amount for Loans to be prepaid, (B) a discount range (which may be a single percentage) selected by the Borrower with respect to such proposed Discounted Voluntary Prepayment equal to a percentage of par of the principal amount of the Loans to be prepaid (the “ Discount Range ”), and (C) the date by which Lenders are required to indicate their election to participate in such proposed Discounted Voluntary Prepayment, which shall be at least five Business Days following the date of the Discounted Prepayment Option Notice (the “ Acceptance Date ”).

(c) Upon receipt of a Discounted Prepayment Option Notice, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each applicable Lender thereof. On or prior to the Acceptance Date, each such Lender may specify by written notice substantially in the form of Exhibit H hereto (each, a “ Lender Participation Notice ”) to the Administrative Agent (A) a maximum discount to par (the “ Acceptable Discount ”) within the Discount Range (for example, a Lender specifying a discount to par of 20% would accept a purchase price of 80% of the par value of the Loans to be prepaid) and (B) a maximum principal amount (subject to rounding requirements specified by the Administrative Agent) of the Loans to be prepaid held by such Lender with respect to which such Lender is willing to permit a Discounted Voluntary Prepayment at the Acceptable Discount (“ Offered Loans ”). Based on the Acceptable Discounts and principal amounts of the Loans to be prepaid specified by the Lenders in the applicable

 

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Lender Participation Notice, the Administrative Agent, in consultation with the Borrower, shall determine the applicable discount for such Loans to be prepaid (the “ Applicable Discount ”), which Applicable Discount shall be (A) the percentage specified by the Borrower if the Borrower has selected a single percentage pursuant to subsection 4.23(b) for the Discounted Voluntary Prepayment or (B) otherwise, the highest Acceptable Discount at which the Borrower can pay the Proposed Discounted Prepayment Amount in full (determined by adding the principal amounts of Offered Loans commencing with the Offered Loans with the highest Acceptable Discount); provided , however , that in the event that such Proposed Discounted Prepayment Amount cannot be repaid in full at any Acceptable Discount, the Applicable Discount shall be the lowest Acceptable Discount specified by the Lenders that is within the Discount Range. The Applicable Discount shall be applicable for all Lenders who have offered to participate in the Voluntary Discounted Prepayment and have Qualifying Loans (as defined below). Any Lender with outstanding Loans to be prepaid whose Lender Participation Notice is not received by the Administrative Agent by the Acceptance Date shall be deemed to have declined to accept a Discounted Voluntary Prepayment of any of its Loans at any discount to their par value within the Applicable Discount.

(d) The Borrower shall make a Discounted Voluntary Prepayment by prepaying those Loans to be prepaid (or the respective portions thereof) offered by the Lenders (“ Qualifying Lenders ”) that specify an Acceptable Discount that is equal to or greater than the Applicable Discount (“ Qualifying Loans ”) at the Applicable Discount, provided that if the aggregate proceeds required to prepay all Qualifying Loans (disregarding any interest payable at such time) would exceed the amount of aggregate proceeds required to prepay the Proposed Discounted Prepayment Amount, such amounts in each case calculated by applying the Applicable Discount, the Borrower shall prepay such Qualifying Loans ratably among the Qualifying Lenders based on their respective principal amounts of such Qualifying Loans (subject to rounding requirements specified by the Administrative Agent). If the aggregate proceeds required to prepay all Qualifying Loans (disregarding any interest payable at such time) would be less than the amount of aggregate proceeds required to prepay the Proposed Discounted Prepayment Amount, such amounts in each case calculated by applying the Applicable Discount, the Borrower shall prepay all Qualifying Loans.

(e) Each Discounted Voluntary Prepayment shall be made within five Business Days of the Acceptance Date (or such later date as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably agree, given the time required to calculate the Applicable Discount and determine the amount and holders of Qualifying Loans), without premium or penalty (and not subject to subsection 4.19), upon irrevocable notice substantially in the form of Exhibit I hereto (each a “ Discounted Voluntary Prepayment Notice ”), delivered to the Administrative Agent no later than 1:00 p.m. New York City Time, three Business Days prior to the date of such Discounted Voluntary Prepayment, which notice shall specify the date and amount of the Discounted Voluntary Prepayment and the Applicable Discount determined by the Administrative Agent. Upon receipt of any Discounted Voluntary Prepayment Notice, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each relevant Lender thereof. If any Discounted Voluntary Prepayment Notice is given, the amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable to the applicable Lenders, subject to the Applicable Discount on the applicable Loans, on the date specified therein together with accrued interest (on the par principal amount) to but not including such date on the amount prepaid. The par principal amount of each Discounted Voluntary Prepayment of a Term Loan shall be applied ratably to reduce the remaining installments of such Term Loans.

(f) To the extent not expressly provided for herein, each Discounted Voluntary Prepayment shall be consummated pursuant to reasonable procedures (including as to timing, rounding, minimum amounts, Type and Interest Periods and calculation of Applicable Discount in accordance with subsection 4.23(c) above) established by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower.

 

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(g) Prior to the delivery of a Discounted Voluntary Prepayment Notice, (A) upon written notice to the Administrative Agent, the Borrower may withdraw or modify its offer to make a Discounted Voluntary Prepayment pursuant to any Discounted Prepayment Option Notice and (B) no Lender may withdraw its offer to participate in a Discounted Voluntary Prepayment pursuant to any Lender Participation Notice unless the terms of such proposed Discounted Voluntary Prepayment have been modified by the Borrower after the date of such Lender Participation Notice.

(h) Nothing in this subsection 4.23 shall require the Borrower to undertake any Discounted Voluntary Prepayment.

4.24 Extensions of Term Loans and Revolving Credit Commitments . (a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, pursuant to one or more offers (each, an “ Extension Offer ”) made from time to time by the Borrower to all Lenders of Term Loans with a like maturity date or Revolving Credit Commitments with a like maturity date, in each case on a pro rata basis (based on the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the respective Term Loans or Revolving Credit Commitments with a like maturity date, as the case may be) and on the same terms to each such Lender, the Borrower is hereby permitted to consummate from time to time transactions with individual Lenders that accept the terms contained in such Extension Offers to extend the maturity date of each such Lender’s Term Loans and/or Revolving Credit Commitments and otherwise modify the terms of such Term Loans and/or Revolving Credit Commitments pursuant to the terms of the relevant Extension Offer (including by increasing the interest rate or fees payable in respect of such Term Loans and/or Revolving Credit Commitments (and related outstandings) and/or modifying the amortization schedule in respect of such Lender’s Term Loans) (each, an “ Extension ”, and each group of Term Loans or Revolving Credit Commitments, as applicable, in each case as so extended, as well as the original Term Loans and the original Revolving Credit Commitments (in each case not so extended), being a “tranche”; any Extended Term Loans shall constitute a separate tranche of Term Loans from the tranche of Term Loans from which they were converted, and any Extended Revolving Credit Commitments shall constitute a separate tranche of Revolving Commitments from the tranche of Revolving Commitments from which they were converted), so long as the following terms are satisfied: (i) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time the offering document in respect of an Extension Offer is delivered to the Lenders, (ii) except as to interest rates, fees and final maturity (which shall be determined by the Borrower and set forth in the relevant Extension Offer), the Revolving Credit Commitment of any Revolving Lender that agrees to an extension with respect to such Revolving Credit Commitment extended pursuant to an Extension (an “ Extended Revolving Credit Commitment ”), and the related outstandings, shall be a Revolving Credit Commitment (or related outstandings, as the case may be) with the same terms as the original Revolving Credit Commitments (and related outstandings); provided that (x) subject to the provisions of subsections 3.3(d) and 3.7(e) to the extent dealing with Swing Line Loans and Letters of Credit which mature or expire after a maturity date when there exist Extended Revolving Commitments with a longer maturity date, all Swing Line Loans and Letters of Credit shall be participated in on a pro rata basis by all Lenders with Revolving Credit Commitments in accordance with their Revolving Credit Commitment Percentages (and except as provided in subsections 3.3(d) and 3.7(e), without giving effect to changes thereto on an earlier maturity date with respect to Swing Line Loans and Letters of Credit theretofore incurred or issued) and all borrowings under Revolving Credit Commitments and repayments thereunder shall be made on a pro rata basis (except for (A) payments of interest and fees at different rates on Extended Revolving Credit Commitments (and related outstandings) and (B) repayments required upon the maturity date of the non-extending Revolving Credit Commitments) and (y) at no time shall there be Revolving Credit Commitments hereunder (including Extended Revolving Credit Commitments and any original Revolving Credit Commitments) which have more than three different maturity dates, (iii) except as to interest rates, fees, amortization, final maturity date, premium, required prepayment dates and participation in prepayments (which shall, subject to immediately succeeding clauses (iv), (v) and (vi), be determined between the Borrower and set forth in the relevant

 

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Extension Offer), the Term Loans of any Term Lender that agrees to an extension with respect to such Term Loans extended pursuant to any Extension (“ Extended Term Loans ”) shall have the same terms as the tranche of Term Loans subject to such Extension Offer until the maturity of such Term Loans, (iv) the final maturity date of any Extended Term Loans shall be no earlier than the then latest maturity date hereunder and the amortization schedule applicable to Term Loans pursuant to subsection 2.2 for periods prior to the Term Loan Maturity Date, as applicable, may not be increased, (v) the weighted average life of any Extended Term Loans shall be no shorter than the remaining weighted average life of the Term Loans extended thereby, (vi) any Extended Term Loans may participate on a pro rata basis or a less than pro rata basis (but not greater than a pro rata basis) in any voluntary or mandatory repayments or prepayments hereunder, in each case as specified in the respective Extension Offer, (vii) if the aggregate principal amount of Term Loans (calculated on the face amount thereof) or Revolving Credit Commitments, as the case may be, in respect of which Term Lenders or Revolving Lenders, as the case may be, shall have accepted the relevant Extension Offer shall exceed the maximum aggregate principal amount of Term Loans or Revolving Credit Commitments, as the case may be, offered to be extended by the Borrower pursuant to such Extension Offer, then the Term Loans or Revolving Credit Loans, as the case may be, of such Term Lenders or Revolving Lenders, as the case may be, shall be extended ratably up to such maximum amount based on the respective principal amounts (but not to exceed actual holdings of record) with respect to which such Term Lenders or Revolving Lenders, as the case may be, have accepted such Extension Offer, (viii) all documentation in respect of such Extension shall be consistent with the foregoing, (ix) any applicable Minimum Extension Condition shall be satisfied unless waived by the Borrower and (x) the Minimum Tranche Amount shall be satisfied unless waived by the Administrative Agent.

(b) With respect to all Extensions consummated by the Borrower pursuant to this subsection, (i) such Extensions shall not constitute voluntary or mandatory payments or prepayments for purposes of subsection 4.4, 4.5 or 4.6 and (ii) no Extension Offer is required to be in any minimum amount or any minimum increment, provided that (x) the Borrower may at its election specify as a condition (a “ Minimum Extension Condition ”) to consummating any such Extension that a minimum amount (to be determined and specified in the relevant Extension Offer in the Borrower’s sole discretion and may be waived by the Borrower) of Term Loans or Revolving Credit Commitments (as applicable) of any or all applicable tranches be tendered and (y) no tranche of Extended Term Loans shall be in an amount of less than $50,000,000 (or, if less, the then aggregate outstanding amount of the Term Loans) (the “ Minimum Tranche Amount ”), unless such Minimum Tranche Amount is waived by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and the Lenders hereby consent to the transactions contemplated by this subsection (including, for the avoidance of doubt, payment of any interest, fees or premium in respect of any Extended Term Loans and/or Extended Revolving Credit Commitments on such terms as may be set forth in the relevant Extension Offer) and hereby waive the requirements of any provision of this Agreement (including subsection 4.4, 4.5 or 4.6 and 4.16(a)) or any other Loan Document that may otherwise prohibit any such Extension or any other transaction contemplated by this Section.

(c) No consent of any Lender or the Administrative Agent shall be required to effectuate any Extension, other than (A) the consent of each Lender agreeing to such Extension with respect to one or more of its Term Loans and/or Revolving Credit Commitments (or a portion thereof) and (B) with respect to any Extension of the Revolving Credit Commitments, the consent of the Issuing Lender and the Swing Line Lender, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. All Extended Term Loans, Extended Revolving Credit Commitments and all obligations in respect thereof shall be Obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents that are secured by the Collateral on a pari passu basis with all other applicable Obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. The Lenders hereby irrevocably authorize the Administrative Agent to enter into amendments to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents with the Borrower as may be necessary in

 

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order to establish new tranches or sub-tranches in respect of Revolving Credit Commitments or Term Loans so extended and such technical amendments as may be necessary or appropriate in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent and the Borrower in connection with the establishment of such new tranches or sub-tranches, in each case on terms consistent with this subsection. Without limiting the foregoing, in connection with any Extensions the respective Loan Parties shall (at their expense) amend (and the Administrative Agent is hereby directed to amend) any Mortgage that has a maturity date prior to the then latest maturity date so that such maturity date is extended to the then latest maturity date (or such later date as may be advised by local counsel to the Administrative Agent).

(d) In connection with any Extension, the Borrower shall provide the Administrative Agent at least 5 Business Days’ (or such shorter period as may be agreed by the Administrative Agent) prior written notice thereof, and shall agree to such procedures (including regarding timing, rounding and other adjustments and to ensure reasonable administrative management of the credit facilities hereunder after such Extension), if any, as may be established by, or acceptable to, the Administrative Agent, in each case acting reasonably to accomplish the purposes of this subsection.

4.25 Incremental Facility . (a) The Borrower may from time to time amend this Agreement in order to provide to the Borrower additional revolving loan facilities (each, an “ Incremental Revolving Facility ”) and additional term loan facilities and/or increased term loan commitments in respect of the Term Facility or any other existing term loan facility hereunder (each, an “ Incremental Term Facility ”; together with any Incremental Revolving Facility, the “ Incremental Facilities ”), provided that (i) the aggregate principal amount of the Incremental Facilities and the Second Lien Incremental Facilities shall not exceed $500,000,000, (ii) each Incremental Facility shall be in a minimum aggregate principal amount of $25,000,000 and (iii) the Consolidated Senior Secured Leverage Ratio as of such date (determined on a pro forma basis after giving effect to the provision of such Incremental Facility and assuming, if such Incremental Facility is an Incremental Revolving Facility, such Incremental Revolving Facility is fully drawn as of such date) is less than or equal to 5.0 to 1.0. Each Incremental Facility will be secured and guaranteed with the other Facilities on a pari passu basis. Each Incremental Term Facility must have a weighted average life to maturity which is the same or longer than the then remaining weighted average life to maturity of the Term Facility and a final maturity no earlier than the Term Loan Maturity Date. Incremental Facilities will be entitled to prepayments and voting rights on the same basis as the comparable Facility unless the applicable Incremental Facility Activation Notice specifies a lesser treatment. Each Incremental Revolving Facility shall have the same terms as the Revolving Credit Facility. Other than amortization, pricing or maturity date, each Incremental Term Facility shall have the same terms as the Term Facility or such terms as are reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, provided that if the Applicable Margin (which, for such purposes only, shall be deemed to include all upfront or similar fees or original issue discount payable to all Lenders providing such Incremental Term Facility and any Eurodollar or ABR floor applicable to such Incremental Term Facility but excluding any ticking fees, arrangement fees and other fees not paid to the makers of such loans generally) relating to any Incremental Term Facility exceeds the Applicable Margin (which, for such purposes only, shall be deemed to include all upfront or similar fees or original issue discount payable to all Lenders providing the Term Facility, and any Eurodollar or ABR floor applicable to the Term Facility) relating to the Term Facility immediately prior to the effectiveness of the applicable Incremental Term Facility by more than 0.25%, the Applicable Margin relating to the Term Facility shall be adjusted to be equal to the Applicable Margin (which, for such purposes only, shall be deemed to include all upfront or similar fees or original issue discount payable to all Lenders providing such Incremental Term Facility and any Eurodollar or ABR floor applicable to such Incremental Facility) relating to such Incremental Term Facility minus 0.25%. In the case of any Incremental Term Facility that increases the term loan commitments under the Term Facility or any other existing term loan facility, the manner in which such increase is implemented shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. An Incremental

 

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Facility may be made available under this Agreement only if, after giving effect thereto and the use of proceeds thereof no Default or Event of Default exists.

(b) An Incremental Facility shall be made available hereunder upon delivery to the Administrative Agent of notice thereof executed by the Borrower. Any additional bank, financial institution, existing Lender or other Person that elects to extend loans or commitments under an Incremental Facility shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Borrower (any such bank, financial institution, existing Lender or other Person being called an “ Additional Lender ”) and, if not already a Lender, shall become a Lender under this Agreement pursuant to an amendment (an “ Incremental Facility Amendment ”) to this Agreement and, as appropriate, the other Loan Documents, executed by the Borrower, such Additional Lender and the Administrative Agent. No Incremental Facility Amendment shall require the consent of any Lenders other than the Additional Lenders with respect to such Incremental Facility Amendment. No Lender shall be obligated to provide any Incremental Facility, unless it so agrees. Commitments in respect of any Incremental Facility shall become Commitments under this Agreement. An Incremental Facility Amendment may, without the consent of any other Lenders, effect such amendments to any Loan Documents as may be necessary or appropriate, in the opinion of the Administrative Agent, to effect the provisions of this subsection (including to provide for voting provisions applicable to the Additional Lenders). The effectiveness of any Incremental Facility Amendment shall, unless otherwise agreed to by the Administrative Agent and the Additional Lenders, be subject to the satisfaction on the date thereof (each, an “ Incremental Facility Closing Date ”) of each of the conditions set forth in subsection 6.2 (it being understood that all references to “Borrowing Date” in subsection 6.2 shall be deemed to refer to the Incremental Facility Closing Date). The proceeds of any Incremental Facility will be used only for general corporate purposes (including acquisitions permitted under subsection 8.7).

SECTION 5. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

In order to induce the Lenders to enter into this Agreement and to make the Loans and to induce the Issuing Lender to issue, and the Participating Lenders to participate in, the Letters of Credit, the Borrower hereby represents and warrants to each Lender and the Administrative Agent, on the date of each Loan made or Letter of Credit issued, that:

5.1 Financial Condition . (a) The unaudited pro forma consolidated balance sheet of Parent and its Subsidiaries as at June 30, 2011 (the “ Pro Forma Balance Sheet ”) and the unaudited pro forma consolidated income statement of Parent and its Subsidiaries for the twelve-month period ending on June 30, 2011 (the “ Pro Forma Income Statement ”) have each been prepared after giving effect (as if such events had occurred on such date or the first day of such period, as applicable) to (i) the consummation of the Acquisition, (ii) the Loans to be made on the Closing Date and the use of proceeds thereof and (iii) the payment of fees and expenses in connection with the foregoing. The Pro Forma Balance Sheet and the Pro Forma Income Statement were each prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed by the Borrower to be reasonable at the time made in light of the circumstances when made. As of the date of the Pro Forma Balance Sheet, none of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries has any material obligation, contingent or otherwise, which was not reflected therein or in the notes thereto and which would have a Material Adverse Effect on the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

(b) (i) The audited consolidated balance sheet of Parent and its Subsidiaries at December 31, 2008, December 31, 2009 and December 31, 2010 and the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows for the fiscal years ended on such dates, reported on by certified public accountants of nationally recognized standing, (ii) the unaudited consolidated balance sheet of Parent and its Subsidiaries at March 31, 2011 and June 30, 2011 and the related consolidated

 

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statements of operations and cash flows for the fiscal periods ended on such dates, (iii) the audited consolidated balance sheet of the Acquired Business and its Subsidiaries at December 31, 2008, December 31, 2009 and December 31, 2010 and the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows for the fiscal years ended on such dates, reported on by certified public accountants of nationally recognized standing and (iv) the unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the Acquired Business and its Subsidiaries at March 31, 2011 and June 30, 2011, copies of each of which have heretofore been furnished to each Lender (if disclosed in the SEC Filings, such statements are deemed furnished to Lenders), (A) in the case of clauses (i) and (ii) above, fairly present in all material respects (except, with respect to interim reports, for normal year-end adjustments and the absence of footnotes) the consolidated financial position of Parent and its Subsidiaries as at such date, and the consolidated results of their operations and cash flows for the fiscal periods then ended and, in the case of the statements referred to in the foregoing clause (ii), the portion of the fiscal year through March 31, 2011 or June 30, 2011, as applicable, in each case, in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the periods involved (except as noted therein) and (B) in the case of clauses (iii) and (iv) above, to the knowledge of the Borrower, fairly present in all material respects (except, with respect to interim reports, for normal year-end adjustments and the absence of footnotes) the consolidated financial position of the Acquired Business and its Subsidiaries as at such date, and the consolidated results of their operations and cash flows for the fiscal periods then ended and, in the case of the statements referred to in the foregoing clause (iv), the portion of the fiscal year through March 31, 2011 or June 30, 2011, as applicable, in each case, in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the periods involved (except as noted therein).

(c) No Change . Since December 31, 2010, there has been no development or event that has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

5.2 Corporate Existence; Compliance with Law . Each Group Member (a) is a Person duly organized or formed, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, (b) has the requisite power and authority and the legal right to own and operate its property, to lease the property it operates and to conduct the business in which it is currently engaged, except to the extent that the failure to possess such power and authority and such legal right would not, in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, (c) is duly qualified and in good standing under the laws of each jurisdiction where its ownership, lease or operation of property or the conduct of its business requires such qualification, except where the failure to be so qualified would not have a Material Adverse Effect and (d) is in compliance with all applicable Requirements of Law (including occupational safety and health, health care, pension, certificate of need, the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, any so-called “Superfund” or “Superlien” law, or any applicable federal, state, local or other statute, law, ordinance, code, rule, regulation, order or decree regulating, relating to, or imposing liability or standards of conduct concerning, any Materials of Environmental Concern), except to the extent that the failure to comply therewith would not, in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

5.3 Corporate Power; Authorization . (a) Each Loan Party has the requisite power and authority and the legal right to make, deliver and perform the Loan Documents to which it is a party and, in the case of the Borrower, to obtain extensions of credit hereunder. Each Loan Party has taken all necessary corporate or other organizational action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents to which it is a party and in case of the Borrower, to authorize the extensions of credit on the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

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enforceability of this Agreement or any Loan Document to the extent that it is a party thereto, or the guarantee of the Obligations pursuant to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, except (i) such as have been obtained or made and are in full force and effect, (ii) filings necessary to perfect Liens created under the Loan Documents and (iii) those consents, authorizations, filings and notices, the failure of which to obtain or make could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

5.4 Enforceable Obligations . Each of the Loan Documents has been duly executed and delivered on behalf of each Loan Party party thereto and each of such Loan Documents constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of such Loan Party, enforceable against such Loan Party in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding in equity or at law).

5.5 No Legal Bar . The execution, delivery and performance of each Loan Document, the guarantee of the Obligations pursuant to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, the use of proceeds of the Loans and of drawings under the Letters of Credit will not violate any Requirement of Law or any Contractual Obligation applicable to or binding upon any Group Member or any of its properties or assets, which violations, individually or in the aggregate, would have a Material Adverse Effect, and will not result in the creation or imposition (or the obligation to create or impose) of any Lien (other than any Liens created pursuant to the Loan Documents or the Second Lien Loan Documents) on any of its or their respective properties or assets.

5.6 No Material Litigation . Except as disclosed in the SEC Filings or on Schedule 5.6, no litigation or investigation known to the Borrower through receipt of written notice or proceeding of or by any Governmental Authority or any other Person is pending against any Group Member, (a) with respect to the validity, binding effect or enforceability of any Loan Document, or with respect to the Loans made hereunder, or the use of proceeds thereof or (b) which would have a Material Adverse Effect.

5.7 Investment Company Act . No Group Member is required to be registered as an “investment company” (as the quoted term is defined or used in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended).

5.8 Federal Regulation . No part of the proceeds of any of the Loans, and no other extensions of credit hereunder, will be used for any purpose which violates, or which would be inconsistent with, the provisions of Regulation T, U or X of the Board. No Group Member is engaged or will engage, principally or as one of its important activities, in the business of extending credit for the purpose of “purchasing” or “carrying” any “margin stock” within the respective meanings of each of the quoted terms under said Regulation U.

5.9 No Default or Breach . Except as set forth in the SEC Filings made prior to the date hereof or on Schedule 5.9, no Group Member is in default or breach (i) in the payment or performance of any of its Contractual Obligations (other than Indebtedness) in any respect which would have a Material Adverse Effect, or (ii) under any condition, term or requirement of any FCC License or any order, award or decree of any Governmental Authority or arbitrator binding upon or affecting it or by which any of its properties or assets may be bound or affected in any respect which would have a Material Adverse Effect.

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other taxes, fees or other charges imposed on it or any of its property by any Governmental Authority (other than those the amount or validity of which is currently being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which reserves in conformity with GAAP have been provided in the books of such Group Member), except any such taxes, fees or charges, the payment of which, or the failure to pay, would not have a Material Adverse Effect; and, to the knowledge of the Borrower, no claims are being asserted with respect to any such Taxes, fees or other charges (other than those the amount or validity of which is currently being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which reserves in conformity with GAAP have been provided in the books of the applicable Group Member), except as to any such Taxes, fees or other charges, the payment of which, or the failure to pay, would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

5.11 Subsidiaries . As of the Closing Date, (a) the Subsidiaries of Parent listed on Schedule 5.11(a) constitute all of the Domestic Subsidiaries of Parent and (b) the Subsidiaries listed on Schedule 5.11(b) constitute all of the Foreign Subsidiaries of Parent. As of the Closing Date, Schedule 5.11(a) identifies all of the Broadcast License Subsidiaries and the Unrestricted Subsidiaries.

5.12 Ownership of Property; Liens; Licenses . (a) Except as disclosed in Schedule 8.3 hereof, each Group Member has good and marketable title to, or valid and subsisting leasehold interests in, all its real property used by such Group Member in the operation of its business, and good title to all its respective other owned property, except where the failure to have such title or interest would not have a Material Adverse Effect. All such real property and other owned property is free and clear of any Liens, other than Liens permitted by subsection 8.3.

(b) As of the Closing Date, Schedule 5.12 sets forth all FCC Licenses held by any Group Member (and the respective holders of such FCC Licenses) and all other licenses and permits issued by any Governmental Authority which are held by any Group Member that are in effect as of the Closing Date and are material to the business of the Group Members. Each of the foregoing FCC Licenses, and each other license or permit from a Governmental Authority that is material to the business of the Group Members, is valid and in full force and effect, and the Group Members are in compliance in all material respects with the terms and conditions thereof and any requirements under applicable FCC regulation.

5.13 Intellectual Property . Each Group Member owns, or is licensed to use, all Intellectual Property necessary for the conduct of its business as currently conducted except where the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. No claim that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect has been asserted and is pending by any Person challenging or questioning the use of any Intellectual Property or the validity or effectiveness of any Intellectual Property, nor does the Borrower know of any valid basis for any such claim. The use of Intellectual Property by the Group Members does not infringe on the rights of any Person in a manner that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

5.14 Labor Matters . Except as, in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect: (a) there are no strikes or other labor disputes against any Group Member pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened; (b) hours worked by and payment made to employees of any Group Member have not been in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act or any other applicable Requirement of Law dealing with such matters; and (c) all payments due from any Group Member on account of insurance coverage, other contributions or liabilities associated with employee health and welfare benefit plans have been paid or accrued as a liability on the books of such Group Member.

 

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5.15 ERISA . Except as would not have a Material Adverse Effect: (i) each Loan Party and each ERISA Affiliate is in compliance with the applicable provisions of ERISA and of the Code relating to Plans; (ii) no Reportable Event or non-exempt Prohibited Transaction has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur with respect to any Plan; (iii) there has been no determination that any Single Employer Plan is, or is expected to be, in “at risk” status (within the meaning of Section 430 of the Code or Section 303 of ERISA); (iv) no Lien in favor of the PBGC or any Single Employer Plan has been imposed upon any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate that remains unsatisfied; (v) no Loan Party and no ERISA Affiliate has received from the PBGC or a plan administrator any notice relating to an intention to terminate any Single Employer Plan or to appoint a trustee to administer any Single Employer Plan under Section 4042 of ERISA; (vi) no Loan Party and no ERISA Affiliate has incurred any Withdrawal Liability that remains unsatisfied; and (vii) no Loan Party and no ERISA Affiliate has received any notice concerning the imposition of Withdrawal Liability or any determination that a Multiemployer Plan is, or is expected to be, Insolvent, in Reorganization, terminated or in “endangered” or “critical” status (within the meaning of Section 432 of the Code or Section 305 of ERISA).

5.16 Environmental Matters . (a) Except as disclosed in the SEC Filings or on Schedule 5.16, to the knowledge of the Borrower, the Properties do not contain any Materials of Environmental Concern in concentrations which constitute a violation of, or would reasonably be expected to give rise to liability under, Environmental Laws that would have a Material Adverse Effect.

(b) The Properties and all operations at the Properties are in compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws, except for failure to be in compliance that would not have a Material Adverse Effect, and there is no contamination at, under or about the Properties that would have a Material Adverse Effect.

(c) No Group Member has received any written notice of violation, alleged violation, non-compliance, liability or potential liability regarding environmental matters or compliance with Environmental Laws with regard to the Properties that would have a Material Adverse Effect, nor does the Borrower have knowledge that any such action is being contemplated, considered or threatened.

(d) There are no judicial proceedings or governmental or administrative actions pending or threatened under any Environmental Law to which any Group Member is or will be named as a party with respect to the Properties that would have a Material Adverse Effect, nor are there any consent decrees or other decrees, consent orders, administrative orders or other orders under any Environmental Law with respect to the Properties that would have a Material Adverse Effect.

5.17 Disclosure. None of the written reports, financial statements, certificates or other written information (other than projections, budgets or other estimates or forward-looking statements or information of a general economic or industry nature or reports or studies prepared by third parties that were not expressly commissioned by a Group Member (collectively, the “ Projections ”)), taken as a whole, furnished by or on behalf of any Group Member to the Administrative Agent or any Lender prior to the Closing Date in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any other Loan Document or delivered hereunder or thereunder (as modified or supplemented by other information so furnished prior to the Closing Date) contains any material misstatement of fact or omits to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not materially misleading; provided that, with respect to Projections, the Borrower represents only that such information was prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed by the Borrower to be reasonable at the time such Projections were prepared, it being understood that Projections by their nature are uncertain and no assurance is given that the results reflected in such Projections will be achieved.

 

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5.18 Security Documents . (a) The Guarantee and Collateral Agreement is effective to create in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, a legal, valid and enforceable security interest in the Collateral described therein and proceeds thereof except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding in equity or at law). In the case of the Pledged Stock that are Securities (as defined in the UCC) described in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, when stock certificates representing such Pledged Stock are delivered to the Administrative Agent (together with a properly completed and signed stock power or endorsement), and in the case of the other Collateral in which a security interest can be perfected under the relevant UCC by filing a UCC financing statement and described in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, when financing statements and other filings specified on Schedule 5.18 in appropriate form are filed in the offices specified on Schedule 5.18, the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement shall constitute a fully perfected Lien on, and security interest in, all right, title and interest of the Loan Parties in such Collateral and the proceeds thereof, as security for the Obligations (as defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement), in each case prior and superior in right to any other Person (except, in the case of Collateral other than Pledged Stock, Liens permitted by subsection 8.3 and, in the case of Collateral consisting of Pledged Stock, inchoate Liens arising by operation of law).

(b) Each of the Mortgages upon proper filing is effective to create in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, a legal, valid and enforceable security interest in the Mortgaged Properties described therein and proceeds thereof except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding in equity or at law), and when the Mortgages are filed in the appropriate recording offices, each such Mortgage shall constitute a fully perfected (if and to the extent perfection may be achieved by such filings) Lien on, and security interest in, all right, title and interest of the Loan Parties in the Mortgaged Properties and the proceeds thereof, as security for the Obligations (as defined in the relevant Mortgage), in each case prior and superior in right to any other Person (except that the security interest created in such real property and the Mortgaged Property may be subject to the Liens permitted by subsection 8.3).

5.19 Solvency . As of the Closing Date and after giving effect to the Transactions, the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, are Solvent.

5.20 Use of Proceeds . The proceeds of the Term Loans and the Revolving Credit Loans to be made on the Closing Date shall be used to finance, in part, the Acquisition, the Refinancing and to pay related fees and expenses in connection therewith. The proceeds of the Revolving Credit Loans made after the Closing Date and the Swing Line Loans shall be used for working capital and general corporate purposes.

5.21 Patriot Act . To the extent applicable, each Group Member is in compliance, in all material respects, with (i) the Trading with the Enemy Act, as amended, and each of the foreign assets control regulations of the United States Treasury Department (31 CFR, Subtitle B, Chapter V, as amended) and any other enabling legislation or executive order relating thereto, and (ii) the Act. No part of the proceeds of the Loans will be used, directly or indirectly, for any payments to any governmental official or employee, political party, official of a political party, candidate for political office, or anyone else acting in an official capacity, in order to obtain, retain or direct business or obtain any improper advantage, in violation of the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended.

 

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SECTION 6. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT

6.1 Conditions to Initial Loans and Letters of Credit . The obligation of each Lender to make its Loans on the Closing Date and the obligation of the Issuing Lenders to issue any Letter of Credit on the Closing Date are subject to the satisfaction or waiver, immediately prior to or concurrently with the making of such Loans or the issuance of such Letter of Credit, as the case may be, of the following conditions precedent:

(a) Credit Agreement; Guarantee and Collateral Agreement; Intercreditor Agreement . The Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have received (i) from each party thereto a counterpart of this Agreement signed on behalf of such party, (ii) the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of Parent, the Borrower and each Subsidiary Guarantor, (iii) “short form” intellectual property security agreements with respect to the Intellectual Property of the Loan Parties that is to be perfected by filing such agreements with the United States Patent and Trademark Office or the United States Copyright Office, as applicable, executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of each Loan Party party thereto and (iv) the Intercreditor Agreement executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of each Loan Party, the Administrative Agent and the Second Lien Administrative Agent.

(b) Acquisition; Equity Contribution . (i) The Acquisition shall have been, or substantially simultaneously with the effectiveness of this Agreement, shall be, consummated in accordance with the terms of the Acquisition Agreement, without giving effect to any amendment, supplement, modification or waiver of any term or condition of the Acquisition Agreement, or any consent under the Acquisition Agreement, that in the reasonable judgment of the Arrangers is materially adverse to the Lenders, unless consented to by the Arrangers (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) (it being understood and agreed that any reduction in the purchase price shall not be deemed materially adverse to the Lenders so long as (i) with respect to the first 10% reduction, such reduction is allocated to ratably reduce the Equity Contribution and the Term Facility and (ii) thereafter, such reduction is allocated to reduce the Term Facility until the Term Facility is paid off in full and thereafter to reduce the Second Lien Facility).

(ii) The Administrative Agent shall have received evidence reasonably satisfactory to it that Parent shall have received the net cash proceeds of the Equity Contribution; provided that (x) not less than $225,000,000 of the Equity Contribution shall be in the form of common equity and (y) any Preferred Stock issued by the Parent in consideration of the Equity Contribution (the “ Closing Date Preferred Stock ”) shall be on terms consistent in all material respects with the terms set forth on Schedule 6.1(b).

(c) Material Adverse Effect . Since September 30, 2010, no event or events have occurred that have had or would have, individually or in the aggregate, a Closing Date Material Adverse Effect on the Acquired Business.

(d) Pro Forma Balance Sheet; Pro Forma Income Statement . The Administrative Agent shall have received a copy of (i) the Pro Forma Balance Sheet and (ii) the Pro Forma Income Statement.

(e) Acquisition Agreement Representations . All of the Acquisition Agreement Representations shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Closing Date as if made on and as of the Closing Date (unless stated to relate to a specific earlier date, in which case, such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date).

 

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(f) Legal Opinions . The Administrative Agent shall have received, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, an opinion of (a) Jones Day, counsel to the Borrower and (b) Dickstein Shapiro LLP, FCC counsel to the Borrower, each in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. Such opinions shall also cover such other matters incident to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably require.

(g) Closing Certificates . The Administrative Agent shall have received a closing certificate of Parent, the Borrower and each Subsidiary Guarantor, dated the Closing Date, substantially in the form of Exhibits B-1, B-2 and B-3 hereto, respectively, with appropriate insertions and attachments, reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Administrative Agent and its counsel, executed by the Chief Executive Officer or any Vice President and the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of Parent, the Borrower and each Subsidiary Guarantor respectively.

(h) Fees . The Administrative Agent shall have received for the account of the Arrangers or the Lenders, or for its own account, as the case may be, all fees (including the fees referred to in subsection 4.10) and expenses payable to the Lenders, the Arrangers and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the Closing Date and invoiced at least one Business Day prior to the Closing Date.

(i) Filings . All necessary or advisable filings shall have been duly made or made available to the Administrative Agent or its counsel to create a perfected first priority Lien on and security interest in all Collateral in which a security interest can be perfected by filing a UCC-1 financing statement, and all such Collateral shall be free and clear of all Liens, except Liens permitted by subsection 8.3.

(j) Lien Searches . The Administrative Agent shall have received the results of a recent Lien search with respect to each Loan Party, and such search shall reveal no Liens on any of the assets of the Loan Parties except for Liens permitted by subsection 8.3 or otherwise reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent or discharged on or prior to the Closing Date pursuant to documentation reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

(k) Pledged Stock; Stock Powers; Pledged Notes . The Administrative Agent shall have (i) received the certificates representing the shares pledged pursuant to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, together with an undated stock power for each such certificate executed in blank by a duly authorized officer of the pledgor thereof, and (ii) received the promissory notes pledged pursuant to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, endorsed in blank by a duly authorized officer of the pledgor thereof; provided that if, notwithstanding the use by the Loan Parties of commercially reasonable efforts to deliver to the Administrative Agent the promissory notes pledged pursuant to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, satisfaction of such requirement is not satisfied as of the Closing Date, the satisfaction of such requirement shall not be a condition to the effectiveness of this Agreement or the availability of the Loans (but shall be required to be satisfied within 15 Business Days of the Closing Date (or such later date as the Administrative Agent may agree in its reasonable discretion)).

(l) Organizational Documents . The Administrative Agent shall have received true and correct copies of the Certificate of Incorporation and By-laws or Operating Agreement of each Loan Party, certified as to authenticity by the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of each such Loan Party.

(m) Corporate Documents . The Administrative Agent shall have received copies of certificates from the Secretary of State or other appropriate authority of such jurisdiction, evidencing the good standing or existence of each Loan Party in its jurisdiction of incorporation or organization.

 

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(n) Solvency Certificate . The Administrative Agent shall have received a solvency certificate in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit J from the Chief Financial Officer of the Borrower that shall certify as to the solvency of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis after giving effect to the Transactions.

(o) Insurance Certificate . The Administrative Agent shall have received insurance certificates satisfying the requirements of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement; provided that if, notwithstanding the use by the Loan Parties of commercially reasonable efforts to satisfy the requirement set forth in this subsection 6.1(o), such requirement is not satisfied as of the Closing Date, the satisfaction of such requirement shall not be a condition to the effectiveness of this Agreement or the availability of the Loans (but shall be required to be satisfied within 15 Business Days of the Closing Date (or such later date as the Administrative Agent may agree in its reasonable discretion)).

(p) Existing Indebtedness . Upon effectiveness of this Agreement and application of the proceeds of the Loans to be made on the Closing Date, no Group Member will have any Indebtedness or Preferred Stock outstanding other than (i) any Closing Date Preferred Stock and (ii) any Indebtedness or other outstanding Preferred Stock permitted by this Agreement.

(q) Patriot Act . Before the end of the third Business Day prior to the Closing Date, the Administrative Agent shall have received all documentation and other information, which has been requested in writing at least five Business Days prior to the Closing Date, required by regulatory authorities under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the Act.

(r) Mortgages, etc . (i) The Administrative Agent shall have received a Mortgage with respect to each Mortgaged Property, executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of each party thereto.

(ii) If requested by the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall have received, and the title insurance company issuing the policy referred to in clause (iii) below (the “ Title Insurance Company ”) shall have received, maps or plats of an as-built survey of the sites of the Mortgaged Properties certified to the Administrative Agent and the Title Insurance Company in a manner reasonably satisfactory to them, dated a date reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Title Insurance Company by an independent professional licensed land surveyor reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Title Insurance Company.

(iii) The Administrative Agent shall have received in respect of each Mortgaged Property a mortgagee’s title insurance policy (or policies) or marked up unconditional binder for such insurance, in each case in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall have received evidence reasonably satisfactory to it that all premiums in respect of each such policy, all charges for mortgage recording tax, and all related expenses, if any, have been paid.

(iv) The Administrative Agent shall have received (A) a policy of flood insurance that (1) covers any parcel of improved real property that is encumbered by any Mortgage and is located within a “special flood hazard area”, (2) is written in an amount reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and (3) has a term ending not later than the maturity of the Indebtedness secured by such Mortgage and (B) confirmation that the Borrower has received the notice required pursuant to Section 208.25(i) of Regulation H of the Board.

 

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(v) The Administrative Agent shall have received a copy of all recorded documents referred to, or listed as exceptions to title in, the title policy or policies referred to in clause (iii) above and a copy of all other material documents affecting the Mortgaged Properties.

(vi) The Administrative Agent shall have received legal opinions (including an opinion of counsel in each state in which Mortgaged Property is located with respect to the enforceability of the form(s) of Mortgages to be recorded in such state and an opinion of counsel in the state as to which the applicable Loan Party party to such Mortgage is organized), which opinions shall in each case be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

; provided that if, notwithstanding the use by the Loan Parties of commercially reasonable efforts to satisfy the requirements set forth in this subsection 6.1(r), such requirements are not satisfied as of the Closing Date, the satisfaction of such requirements shall not be a condition to the effectiveness of this Agreement or the availability of the Loans (but shall be required to be satisfied within 90 days of the Closing Date (or such later date as the Administrative Agent may agree in its reasonable discretion)).

(s) Representations and Warranties . Each of the representations and warranties set forth in subsections 5.2(b), 5.3(a), 5.4, 5.5 (solely as to organizational documents), 5.7, 5.8, 5.18, 5.19 and 5.21 shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Closing Date (it being understood and agreed that each of the other representations and warranties set forth in the Loan Documents shall be made on the Closing Date, but the accuracy of such other representations and warranties shall not be a condition to the making of any Loan or the issuance of any Letter of Credit on the Closing Date).

Without limiting the generality of the provisions of subsection 10.4, for purposes of determining compliance with the conditions specified in this subsection 6.1, each Lender that has signed this Agreement shall be deemed to have consented to, approved, accepted or be satisfied with, each document or other matter required thereunder to be consented to or approved by or acceptable or satisfactory to a Lender unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from such Lender prior to the proposed Closing Date specifying its objection thereto.

6.2 Conditions to All Loans and Letters of Credit after the Closing Date . The obligation of each Lender to make any Loan (other than (i) any Revolving Credit Loan the proceeds of which are to be used to repay Refunded Swing Line Loans or (ii) as agreed by the Administrative Agent and the Additional Lenders as set forth in subsection 4.25(b)) and the obligation of each Issuing Lender to issue any Letter of Credit, in each case after the Closing Date, is subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent on the relevant Borrowing Date:

(a) Representations and Warranties . Each of the representations and warranties made in or pursuant to the Loan Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date of such Loan (or such Letter of Credit) as if made on and as of such date (unless stated to relate to a specific earlier date, in which case, such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date).

(b) No Default or Event of Default . No Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on such date or after giving effect to the Loan to be made or the Letter of Credit to be issued on such Borrowing Date.

(c) Financial Covenant . The Borrower shall be in pro forma compliance with the financial covenant set forth in subsection 8.1 as of the last day of the most recently ended fiscal quarter after giving effect to the Loan to be made or the Letter of Credit to be issued on such Borrowing Date;

 

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provided that in determining such financial covenant, the proceeds of any Loan to be made on such Borrowing Date shall be excluded in the calculation of unrestricted cash and Cash Equivalents.

Each borrowing by the Borrower hereunder (other than (i) any borrowing of any Revolving Credit Loan the proceeds of which are used to repay funded Swing Line Loans and (ii) as agreed by the Administrative Agent and the Additional Lenders as set forth in subsection 4.25(b)) and the issuance of each Letter of Credit by each Issuing Lender hereunder, in each case after the Closing Date, shall constitute a representation and warranty by the Borrower as of the date of such borrowing or issuance that the conditions in clauses (a) through (c) of this subsection 6.2 have been satisfied.

SECTION 7. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

From and after the Closing Date, so long as the Commitments remain in effect or any Loan or Note or Revolving L/C Obligation remains outstanding and unpaid, any amount remains available to be drawn under any Letter of Credit (unless the L/C Exposure related thereto has been fully Cash Collateralized) or any other amount is owing to any Lender (other than (i) under any Specified Swap Agreement or Specified Cash Management Agreement and (ii) indemnities and other contingent liabilities not then due and payable that survive repayment of the Loans), the Issuing Lender or the Administrative Agent hereunder, the Borrower hereby agrees that it shall, and, in the case of the agreements contained in subsections 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, 7.6, 7.7, 7.8, 7.9, and 7.11 cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, and Parent hereby agrees (solely with respect to subsection 7.10) that it shall and shall cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to:

7.1 Financial Statements . Furnish to the Administrative Agent (with sufficient copies for each Lender) or otherwise make available as described in the last sentence of subsection 7.2:

(a) as soon as available, but in any event within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Borrower, a copy of the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries as at the end of such year and the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows for such year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous year, reported on without a “going concern” or like qualification or exception, or qualification arising out of the scope of the audit, by certified public accountants of nationally recognized standing not unacceptable to the Administrative Agent; and

(b) as soon as available, but in any event not later than 60 days after the end of each of the first three quarterly periods of each fiscal year of the Borrower, the unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries at the end of such quarter and the related unaudited consolidated statements of operations and cash flows of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries for such applicable period and the portion of the fiscal year through the end of such quarter, setting forth in each case in comparative form, the figures for the previous year, certified by a Responsible Officer as being fairly stated in all material respects (subject to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes);

all financial statements shall be prepared in reasonable detail in accordance with GAAP ( provided , that interim statements may be condensed and may exclude footnote disclosure and are subject to year-end adjustment) applied consistently throughout the periods reflected therein and with prior periods (except as concurred in by such accountants or officer, as the case may be, and disclosed therein and except that interim financial statements need not be restated for changes in accounting principles which require retroactive application, and operations which have been discontinued (as defined in ASC 360, “Property, Plant and Equipment”) during the current year need not be shown in interim financial statements as such either for the current period or comparable prior period).

 

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In the event the Borrower changes its accounting methods because of changes in GAAP, or any change in GAAP occurs which increases or diminishes the protection and coverage afforded to the Lenders under current GAAP accounting methods, the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, may request of the other parties to this Agreement an amendment of the financial covenants contained in this Agreement to reflect such changes in GAAP and to provide the Lenders with protection and coverage equivalent to that existing prior to such changes in accounting methods or GAAP, and each of the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders agree to consider such request in good faith.

Documents required to be delivered pursuant to this subsection 7.1 and subsection 7.2 below (to the extent any such documents are included in materials otherwise filed with the SEC) may be delivered electronically and if so delivered, shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date (i) on which Parent or the Borrower posts such documents, or provides a link thereto, on Parent’s or the Borrower’s website on the Internet at www.cumulus.com or (ii) on which such documents are posted on Parent’s or the Borrower’s behalf on an Internet or intranet website, if any, to which each Lender and the Administrative Agent have access (whether a commercial or public third-party website or whether sponsored by the Administrative Agent (including the website of the SEC at http://www.sec.gov)); provided that (x) in each case, other than with respect to regular periodic reporting, the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of the posting of any such documents and (y) in the case of documents required to be delivered pursuant to subsection 7.2, at the request of the Administrative Agent, the Borrower shall furnish to the Administrative Agent a hard copy of such document. Each Lender shall be solely responsible for timely accessing posted documents and maintaining its copies of such documents.

7.2 Certificates; Other Information . Furnish to the Administrative Agent or otherwise make available as described in the last sentence of subsection 7.2:

(a) concurrently with the delivery of the consolidated financial statements referred to in subsection 7.1(a), a letter from the independent certified public accountants reporting on such financial statements stating that in making the examination necessary to express their opinion on such financial statements nothing came to their attention to cause them to believe that the Borrower failed to comply with the terms, covenants, provisions or conditions of subsection 8.1 insofar as they relate to financial and accounting matters (subject to customary qualifications), except as specified in such letter; provided , that this delivery shall not be required if such accountants do not provide such letters generally;

(b) concurrently with the delivery of the financial statements referred to in subsections 7.1(a) and 7.1(b), a certificate of the Responsible Officer of the Borrower (i) stating that, to the best of such officer’s knowledge, such officer has obtained no knowledge of any Default or Event of Default except as specified in such certificate, (ii) showing in detail as of the end of the related fiscal period the figures and calculations supporting such statement in respect of subsection 8.1 and (iii) in the case of financial statements under subsection 7.1(a), beginning with the financial statements for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2012, setting forth reasonably detailed calculations of Excess Cash Flow;

(c) promptly upon receipt thereof, copies of all final reports submitted to the Borrower by independent certified public accountants in connection with each annual, interim or special audit of the books of the Borrower made by such accountants, including any final comment letter submitted by such accountants to management in connection with their annual audit;

(d) promptly upon their becoming available, copies of all financial statements, reports, notices and proxy statements and all regular and periodic reports and all final registration statements and final prospectuses, if any, filed by Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries with any securities exchange or with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any Governmental Authority succeeding to any of its functions;

 

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(e) concurrently with the delivery of the financial statements referred to in subsections 7.1(a) and 7.1(b), a management summary describing and analyzing the performance of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries during the periods covered by such financial statements; provided , however, that such management summary need not be furnished so long as Parent or the Borrower is a reporting company under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended;

(f) concurrently with the delivery of the consolidated financial statements referred to in subsection 7.1(a), but in any event within 90 days after the beginning of each fiscal year of the Borrower to which such budget relates, an annual operating budget of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis;

(g) promptly following any request by the Administrative Agent therefor, copies of any documents or notices described in Sections 101(k) or 101( l ) of ERISA that any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate may request with respect to any Multiemployer Plan; provided, that if the Loan Parties or their ERISA Affiliates have not requested such documents or notices from the administrator or sponsor of an applicable Multiemployer Plan, then Borrower shall cause the Loan Parties and/or their ERISA Affiliates to promptly make a request for such documents or notices from the administrator or sponsor of such Multiemployer Plan and Borrower shall provide copies of such documents and notices promptly after receipt thereof; and

(h) promptly, such additional financial and other information as the Administrative Agent or any Lender (through the Administrative Agent) may from time to time reasonably request.

The requirements of subsections 7.1 and 7.2 above shall be deemed to be satisfied if Parent or the Borrower shall have made such materials available to the Administrative Agent, including by electronic transmission, within the time periods specified therefor and pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent, or by filing such materials by electronic transmission with the Securities and Exchange Commission, in which case “delivery” of such statements for purposes of subsections 7.2(a) and 7.1(b) shall mean making such statements available in such fashion.

7.3 Payment of Obligations . Pay, discharge or otherwise satisfy at or before maturity or before they become delinquent, as the case may be, all of its tax liabilities, assessments and governmental charges or levies upon it or its properties or assets, except (a) when the amount or validity thereof is currently being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and reserves in conformity with GAAP with respect thereto have been provided on the books of the applicable Group Member, as the case may be and (b) to the extent the failure to pay or discharge the same could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

7.4 Conduct of Business; Maintenance of Existence; Compliance . Continue to engage in business conducted or proposed to be conducted by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on the Closing Date or any business that is similar, reasonably related, incidental, complementary or ancillary thereto, including without limitation in broadcasting and other media businesses, and preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect its legal existence and take all reasonable action to maintain all rights, privileges, franchises, accreditations, certifications, authorizations, licenses, permits, approvals and registrations, necessary or desirable in the normal conduct of its business except for rights, privileges, franchises, accreditations, certifications, authorizations, licenses, permits, approvals and registrations the loss of which would not in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect, and except as otherwise permitted by this Agreement; and comply with all applicable Requirements of Law and Contractual Obligations except to the extent that the failure to comply therewith would not, in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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7.5 Maintenance of Property; Insurance . (a) Except if the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, keep all property useful and necessary in its business in good working order and condition (ordinary wear and tear, casualty and condemnation excepted).

(b) Maintain with financially sound and reputable insurance companies ( provided that if any such insurance company shall at any time cease to be financially sound and reputable, there shall be no breach of this provision in the event that the Borrower promptly (and in any event within forty-five (45) days of such date) obtains insurance from an alternative insurance carrier that is financially sound and reputable) insurance with respect to its properties in at least such amounts (after giving effect to any self-insurance reasonable and customary for similarly situated Persons engaged in the same or similar businesses as the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in the same geographic locales) and against at least such risks as are customarily insured against in the same general area by companies engaged in the same or similar business.

(c) Maintain casualty and property insurance for which the Borrower shall (i) use commercially reasonable efforts to cause such insurance to provide that no cancellation, material reduction in amount or material change in coverage thereof shall be effective until at least thirty (30) days after receipt by the Administrative Agent of written notice thereof, and (ii) name the Administrative Agent as insured party or loss payee.

(d) Upon request by the Administrative Agent, the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent information in reasonable detail as to the insurance maintained by the Group Members.

7.6 Inspection of Property; Books and Records; Discussions; Annual Meetings . (a) Keep proper books of record and account in which full, true and correct in all material respects entries are made of all material dealings and transactions in relation to its business and activities which permit financial statements to be prepared in conformity with GAAP and all Requirements of Law; and permit representatives of the Administrative Agent upon reasonable notice to visit and inspect any of its properties and examine and make abstracts from any of its books and records at any reasonable time during normal business hours and as often as may reasonably be desired upon reasonable notice (but no more than once per annum unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing), and to discuss the business, operations, properties and financial and other condition of Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries with officers and employees thereof and with their independent certified public accountants (with, at the option of the Borrower, an officer of the Borrower present) upon reasonable advance notice to the Borrower.

(b) Within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Borrower, at the request of the Administrative Agent, hold a meeting at a mutually agreeable location, venue and time or, at the option of the Administrative Agent, by conference call (the reasonable costs of such venue or call to be paid by the Borrower) with all Lenders who choose to attend such meeting at which meeting shall be reviewed, to the extent permitted by applicable Requirements of Law (including applicable national security laws, directives, policies, rules, regulations and procedures), the financial results of the previous fiscal year and the financial condition of Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries and the operating budget presented for the current fiscal year of the Borrower.

7.7 Notices . Promptly give notice to the Administrative Agent (who shall deliver to each Lender) upon a Responsible Officer obtaining knowledge of:

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(b) any litigation, investigation or proceeding which may exist at any time between Parent and any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and any Governmental Authority, or receipt of any notice of any environmental claim or assessment against Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries by any Governmental Authority, which in any such case would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

(c) any litigation or proceeding affecting Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (i) in which more than $35,000,000 of the amount claimed is not covered by insurance or (ii) in which injunctive or similar relief is sought which if obtained would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

(d) the occurrence of any Reportable Event that, alone or together with any other Reportable Events that have occurred, would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, and in addition to such notice, deliver to the Administrative Agent and each Lender whichever of the following may be applicable: (A) a certificate of the Responsible Officer of the Borrower setting forth details as to such Reportable Event and the action that the Loan Party or ERISA Affiliate proposes to take with respect thereto, together with a copy of any notice of such Reportable Event that may be required to be filed with the PBGC, or (B) any notice delivered by the PBGC in connection with such Reportable Event;

(e) the occurrence of any event which could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the aggregate value of the Collateral or on the security interests created by the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement; and

(f) any development or event that has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

Each notice pursuant to this subsection 7.7 shall be accompanied by a statement of the Responsible Officer of the Borrower setting forth details of the occurrence referred to therein and (in the cases of clauses (a) through (f)) stating what action the Borrower proposes to take with respect thereto.

7.8 Environmental Laws . Except to the extent the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect:

(a) Comply with, and take commercially reasonable steps to cause all tenants and subtenants, if any, to comply with, all applicable Environmental Laws, and obtain and comply with and maintain, and take commercially reasonable steps to cause all tenants and subtenants to obtain and comply with and maintain, any and all licenses, approvals, notifications, registrations or permits required by applicable Environmental Laws.

(b) Conduct and complete all investigations, studies, sampling and testing, and all remedial, removal and other actions to the extent required under Environmental Laws and promptly comply with all legally binding lawful orders and directives of all Governmental Authorities regarding Environmental Laws.

7.9 Post-Closing Obligations . Satisfy, to the extent not satisfied as of the Closing Date, the requirements set forth in subsection 6.1(k)(ii), 6.1(o) and subsection 6.1(r) within the time period set forth in the applicable subsection.

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Significant Subsidiary, a Broadcast License Subsidiary or an Unrestricted Subsidiary) created or acquired after the Closing Date (including as a result of the consummation of any Business Acquisition) (which, for purposes of this clause (a) shall include any existing Subsidiary that ceases to be a Foreign Subsidiary, a Non-Significant Subsidiary, a Broadcast License Subsidiary or an Unrestricted Subsidiary), promptly cause such Subsidiary to become a party to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, which shall be accompanied by such resolutions, incumbency certificates and legal opinions as are reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent; provided that if any Subsidiary of Parent (including any Foreign Subsidiary, Non-Significant Subsidiary, Broadcast License Subsidiary and Unrestricted Subsidiary) shall guarantee obligations in respect of the Second Lien Credit Agreement, the Senior Notes or any Permitted Refinancing thereof, such Subsidiary shall promptly become a party to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement.

(b) (i) Pledge the Capital Stock, or other equity interests and intercompany indebtedness, owned by any Loan Party that is created or acquired after the Closing Date pursuant to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement (it being understood and agreed that, notwithstanding anything that may be to the contrary herein, this subsection 7.10(b) shall not require any Loan Party to pledge more than 66% of the outstanding voting stock of any of its Foreign Subsidiaries) and (ii) with regard to any property acquired by any Loan Party after the Closing Date (other than property described in paragraphs (b)(i) or (c)) (x) execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent such amendments to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or such other documents as the Administrative Agent deems necessary or advisable to grant to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, a security interest in such property in accordance with the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement and (y) take all actions necessary or advisable to grant to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, a perfected first priority security interest in such property, including the filing of Uniform Commercial Code financing statements in such jurisdictions as may be required by the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or by law or as may be requested by the Administrative Agent.

(c) With respect to any fee interest in any real property having a value (together with improvements thereof) of at least $20,000,000 acquired after the Closing Date by any Loan Party (unless subject to a Lien permitted under subsections 8.3(f) or 8.3(h)), promptly (i) execute and deliver a first priority Mortgage, in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, covering such real property, (ii) if requested by the Administrative Agent, provide the Lenders with (x) title and extended coverage insurance covering such real property in an amount at least equal to the purchase price of such real property (or such other amount as shall be reasonably specified by the Administrative Agent) as well as a current ALTA survey thereof, together with a surveyor’s certificate, in each case, if available, and (y) any consents or estoppels reasonably deemed necessary or advisable by the Administrative Agent in connection with such Mortgage, each of the foregoing in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, (iii) deliver the items required by subsection 6.1(r)(iv) with respect to such real property and (iv) if requested by the Administrative Agent, deliver to the Administrative Agent legal opinions relating to the matters described above, which opinions shall be in form and substance, and from counsel, reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

7.11 Broadcast License Subsidiaries . (a) Unless the Borrower shall reasonably determine with the consent of the Administrative Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably delayed, conditioned or withheld) that doing so would cause undue expense or effort for the Borrower or its Subsidiaries, and except with respect to FCC Licenses owned by Susquehanna Radio Corp. (but subject to clause (ii) of the immediately following proviso), cause all FCC Licenses for all Stations owned by the Borrower or its Subsidiaries (other than any Station which the Borrower or any Subsidiary has placed in a Divestiture Trust) to be held at all times by one or more Broadcast License Subsidiaries; provided, that (i) with regard to any FCC Licenses for Stations acquired by the Borrower or its Subsidiaries after the Closing Date, the foregoing requirement shall be deemed satisfied if such FCC Licenses are, promptly

 

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following the acquisition of the respective Stations, assigned to and subsequently held by one or more Broadcast License Subsidiaries and (ii) no later than 60 days after the Closing Date (as such period may be extended by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion), the Borrower shall cause FCC Licenses owned by Susquehanna Radio Corp. to be assigned to one or more Broadcast License Subsidiaries ( provided that if the failure to assign such FCC Licenses by the date that is 60 days after the Closing Date is solely as a result of a delay by the FCC in providing any necessary approvals in respect thereof, the Borrower shall have an additional 60 days in which to cause the assignment of such FCC Licenses).

(b) Ensure that each Broadcast License Subsidiary engages only in the business of holding FCC Licenses and rights and activities related thereto.

(c) Ensure that the property of each Broadcast License Subsidiary is not commingled with the property of Parent, the Borrower or any Subsidiary other than Broadcast License Subsidiaries or otherwise remains clearly identifiable.

(d) Ensure that no Broadcast License Subsidiary has any Indebtedness, guarantees or other liabilities except for the liabilities expressly permitted to be incurred in accordance with the definition of “Broadcast License Subsidiary”.

(e) Ensure that no Broadcast License Subsidiary creates, incurs, assumes or suffers to exist any Liens upon any of its property, assets, income or profits, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, except non-consensual Liens arising by operation of law.

7.12 Swap Agreements . No later than 90 days after the Closing Date, cause the Borrower to have in effect, and maintain at all times until the Term Loan Maturity Date, interest rate Swap Agreements designed to protect the Borrower against fluctuations in interest rates, such that, at all times from such 90 th day after the Closing Date through the Term Loan Maturity Date, at least 25% of the Consolidated Term Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries is either (a) subject to an interest rate Swap Agreement or (b) fixed-rate Indebtedness.

7.13 Ratings . Use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain and maintain a corporate family and/or corporate credit rating, as applicable, and ratings in respect of the Facilities, in each case from each of S&P and Moody’s.

7.14 Designation of Subsidiaries . (a) The board of directors of the Borrower may at any time designate any Restricted Subsidiary (other than a Broadcast License Subsidiary) as an Unrestricted Subsidiary or any Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that (i) immediately before and after such designation, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, (ii) no Subsidiary may be designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary if it has Indebtedness with recourse to Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, (ii) no Subsidiary may be designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary if it was previously designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary, (iv) no Subsidiary may be designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary if it is party to any agreement or contract with Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, unless the terms of such agreement are no less favorable to Parent or such Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable, than those that might be obtained from an unaffiliated third-party, (v) no Subsidiary may be designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary if such Subsidiary is a Person with respect to which Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries has any direct or indirect obligation to make capital contributions or to maintain such Subsidiary’s financial condition, (vi) no Subsidiary may be designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary if after giving effect to such designation, the Consolidated Total Net Leverage Ratio as of such date would exceed the ratio set forth opposite the next succeeding fiscal quarter end in subsection 8.1 and (vii) no Unrestricted Subsidiary may engage in any transaction

 

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described in subsections 8.8 (with respect to the prepayment of any Senior Notes) or 8.15 if the Borrower is prohibited from engaging in such transaction.

(b) The designation of any Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall constitute an Investment by the Borrower therein, at the date of designation in an amount equal to the fair market value of the Borrower’s investment therein as determined in good faith by the board of directors of the Borrower. The designation of any Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary shall, at the time of such designation, constitute the incurrence of any Indebtedness or Liens of such Subsidiary existing at such time. Upon a redesignation of any Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary, the Borrower shall be deemed to continue to have a permanent Investment in an Unrestricted Subsidiary in an amount (if positive) equal to (a) the Borrower’s Investment in such Subsidiary at the time of such redesignation less (b) the fair market value of the net assets of such Subsidiary at the time of such redesignation. Any property transferred to or from an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be valued at its fair market value at the time of such transfer, in each case as determined in good faith by the board of directors of the Borrower.

SECTION 8. NEGATIVE COVENANTS .

From and after the Closing Date, the Borrower hereby agrees that it shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly so long as the Commitments remain in effect or any Loan or Note or Revolving L/C Obligation remains outstanding and unpaid, any amount remains available to be drawn under any Letter of Credit (unless the L/C Exposure related thereto has been fully Cash Collateralized) or any other amount is owing to any Lender (other than (i) under any Specified Swap Agreements or Specified Cash Management Agreements and (ii) indemnities and other contingent liabilities not then due and payable that survive repayment of the Loans), the Issuing Lender or the Administrative Agent hereunder:

8.1 Financial Condition Covenants . Permit, other than during a Suspension Period, the Consolidated Total Net Leverage Ratio as of the last day of any fiscal quarter set forth below to be greater than the ratio set forth opposite such date below:

 

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Leverage Ratio

September 30, 2011    7.75 to 1.00
December 31, 2011    7.75 to 1.00
March 31, 2012    7.75 to 1.00
June 30, 2012    7.50 to 1.00
September 30, 2012    7.00 to 1.00
December 31, 2012    6.50 to 1.00
March 31, 2013    6.50 to 1.00
June 30, 2013    6.25 to 1.00
September 30, 2013    6.00 to 1.00
December 31, 2013    5.50 to 1.00
March 31, 2014    5.50 to 1.00
June 30, 2014    5.00 to 1.00
September 30, 2014    5.00 to 1.00
December 31, 2014    4.75 to 1.00
March 31, 2015    4.50 to 1.00
June 30, 2015    4.50 to 1.00
September 30, 2015 and each fiscal quarter thereafter    4.25 to 1.00

 

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Solely for purposes of determining compliance with the financial covenant set forth herein, any cash equity contribution (which equity shall be common equity or other equity that is not Disqualified Stock) made to the Borrower during the period commencing 15 days prior to the end of the relevant fiscal quarter and on or prior to the day that is 10 Business Days after the day on which financial statements are required to be delivered pursuant to subsection 7.1(a) or subsection 7.1(b), as applicable, shall, at the request of Borrower, be included in the calculation of Consolidated EBITDA for the purposes of determining compliance with the financial covenant set forth herein for periods including such fiscal quarter (any such equity contribution so included in the calculation of Consolidated EBITDA, a “ Specified Equity Contribution ”); provided that (a) in each four fiscal quarter-period there shall be a period of at least two fiscal quarters in which no Specified Equity Contribution is made and there shall not be more than five Specified Equity Contributions during the term of this Agreement, (b) the amount of any Specified Equity Contribution shall be no greater than the amount required to cause the Borrower to be in compliance with the financial covenant set forth herein and (c) upon the Administrative Agent’s receipt of any such request of Borrower to include any Specified Equity Contribution in the calculation of Consolidated EBITDA, until the 10 th Business Day after the applicable day on which financial statements are required to be delivered pursuant to subsection 7.1(a) or subsection 7.1(b), as applicable, no Lender Party shall exercise any right to accelerate the Loans or terminate the Commitments and no Lender Party shall exercise any right to foreclose on or take possession of the Collateral solely on the basis of an Event of Default having occurred and being continuing as a result of a breach of this subsection 8.1. For the avoidance of doubt, all Specified Equity Contributions shall be disregarded for all other purposes of this Agreement.

8.2 Indebtedness . Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Indebtedness, except:

(a) (i) Indebtedness of the Loan Parties under this Agreement (including Indebtedness in respect of Letters of Credit or any Incremental Facility) and Permitted Refinancings thereof and (ii) Indebtedness of the Loan Parties under the Second Lien Credit Agreement in an initial principal amount of $790,000,000 and Permitted Refinancings thereof, provided that the amount of Indebtedness of the Loan Parties permitted under the Second Lien Credit Agreement or any Permitted Refinancings thereof, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the definition of “Permitted Refinancing”, may be increased by the amount of (A) any Second Lien Incremental Facilities incurred or permitted to be incurred pursuant to subsection 4.18 of the Second Lien Credit Agreement (as in effect on the date hereof) and (B) any optional prepayments of Second Lien Loans or any Permitted Refinancings thereof (other than, in each case, any optional prepayments effected pursuant to a Permitted Refinancing);

(b) Indebtedness of the Borrower to any Restricted Subsidiary and of any Restricted Subsidiary to any other Restricted Subsidiary; provided that (i) any such Indebtedness owed by a Loan Party shall be unsecured and subordinated in right of payment to the payment in full of the Obligations on terms reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and (ii) Indebtedness of Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Subsidiary Guarantors to the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor must also be permitted under subsection 8.7;

(c) Indebtedness of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of any foreign currency exchange contracts, interest rate swap arrangements or other derivative contracts or transactions, other than any such contracts, arrangements or transactions entered into by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries for speculative purposes;

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required in the ordinary course of business or in connection with the enforcement of rights or claims of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, and letters of credit obtained in support thereof in the ordinary course of business;

(e) existing Indebtedness of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries listed on Schedule 8.2 hereto including any extension or renewals or refinancing thereof, provided the principal amount thereof is not increased;

(f) (i) any Indebtedness of any Person that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary in connection with a Permitted Acquisition after the Closing Date, (ii) any Indebtedness of any Person that is assumed by a Restricted Subsidiary in connection with an acquisition of assets by such Restricted Subsidiary in connection with a Permitted Acquisition after the Closing Date, and (iii) any Permitted Refinancing in respect of any Indebtedness set forth in the immediately preceding clauses (i) and (ii); provided that (x) in the case of clauses (i) and (ii) such Indebtedness exists at the time of such Permitted Acquisition and is not created in contemplation of or in connection with such Permitted Acquisition, (y) the aggregate principal amount of all Indebtedness of Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Subsidiary Guarantors outstanding under this clause (f) shall not exceed $75,000,000 at any time and (z) no Group Member (other than such Person that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower or the Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, that so assumes such Person’s Indebtedness) shall guarantee or otherwise become liable for the payment of such Indebtedness;

(g) letters of credit of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that the aggregate face amount of such letters of credit shall not exceed $10,000,000 outstanding at any time;

(h) Indebtedness of the Borrower in respect of the Senior Notes in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding not to exceed $850,000,000 and any Permitted Refinancing thereof; provided that the Net Proceeds of any Senior Notes (other than Permitted Refinancings) issued after the Closing Date shall be applied in accordance with subsection 4.6(a);

(i) Indebtedness consisting of promissory notes issued by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries to current or former directors, officers, employees, members of management or consultants of such person (or their respective estate, heirs, family members, spouse or former spouse) to finance the repurchase of shares of Parent permitted by subsection 8.8;

(j) (i) Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (including Capital Lease Obligations) incurred to finance the acquisition, construction, repair, replacement, lease or improvement of fixed or capital assets (or the purchase of the Capital Stock of any Person owning such assets) in an amount not to exceed $100,000,000 at any time outstanding; provided that such Indebtedness is incurred prior to or within 365 days after the applicable acquisition, construction, repair, replacement or improvement, (ii) Indebtedness arising out of sale-leaseback transactions permitted hereunder and (iii) any Permitted Refinancing of any Indebtedness set forth in the immediately preceding clauses (i) and (ii);

(k) cash management obligations and other Indebtedness of the Borrower and any Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of netting services, overdraft protections, employee credit card programs, automatic clearing house arrangements and other similar arrangements in each case in connection with deposit accounts;

(l) unsecured Indebtedness arising from agreements of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries providing for seller financing, deferred purchase price, contingent liabilities in respect of any indemnification obligations, adjustment of purchase price or similar obligations, in each case, incurred or assumed in connection with any Business Acquisition; provided , however , that (i) such

 

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Indebtedness is not reflected on the balance sheet of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries prepared in accordance with GAAP (contingent obligations referred to in a footnote to financial statements and not otherwise reflected on the balance sheet will not be deemed to be reflected on such balance sheet for purposes of this clause (i)), (ii) with respect to a disposition, the maximum assumable liability in respect of all such Indebtedness shall at no time exceed the gross proceeds including non-cash proceeds (the fair market value of such non-cash proceeds being measured at the time received and without giving effect to any subsequent changes in value) actually received by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with such disposition and (iii) as of the date of incurrence of any Indebtedness under this clause (l), the Consolidated Total Net Leverage Ratio (determined (i) on a pro forma basis, after giving effect to the incurrence of such Indebtedness, and (ii) excluding the proceeds of such Indebtedness in the calculation of unrestricted cash and Cash Equivalents) of the Borrower and the Subsidiary Guarantors as of such date) is less than or equal to 6.0 to 1.0;

(m) Indebtedness of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries consisting of (i) financing of insurance premiums or (ii) take-or-pay obligations contained in supply arrangements, in each case, in the ordinary course of business;

(n) Indebtedness of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries incurred pursuant to Receivables Facilities in an aggregate amount not to exceed $50,000,000 at any time;

(o) Indebtedness of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that, as of the date of incurrence of any such Indebtedness, the Consolidated Total Net Leverage Ratio (determined (i) on a pro forma basis, after giving effect to the incurrence of such Indebtedness, and (ii) excluding the proceeds of such Indebtedness in the calculation of unrestricted cash and Cash Equivalents) of the Borrower and the Subsidiary Guarantors as of such date is less than or equal to 6.0 to 1.0; and

(p) other unsecured Indebtedness of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed, at any time, the sum of (i) $100,000,000 and (ii) the aggregate amount of cash capital contributions (other than any Specified Equity Contribution and any cash capital contributions included in the calculation of the Available Amount to the extent such cash capital contributions have been applied pursuant to the definition of Available Amount to make an Investment pursuant to subsection 8.7(r), a Restricted Payment pursuant to subsection 8.8(b) or a prepayment of Second Lien Loans or Second Lien Permitted Refinancings pursuant to subsection 8.15(b)(iii)) received by the Borrower after the Closing Date;

; provided that the aggregate amount of Indebtedness of Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Subsidiary Guarantors (other than Indebtedness set forth on Schedule 8.2 and any Permitted Refinancings thereof) shall not exceed $100,000,000 at any time.

8.3 Limitation on Liens . Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon any of its property, assets, income or profits, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, except:

(a) Liens for taxes, assessments or other governmental charges not yet overdue by more than 30 days or not yet payable or which are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings if adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of the Borrower or such Subsidiary, as the case may be, in accordance with GAAP;

(b) carriers’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’, landlords’, materialmen’s, repairmen’s or other like Liens arising by operation of law, in each case in the ordinary course of business in respect of obligations which are not yet due and payable or which are being contested in good faith and by

 

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appropriate proceedings if adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of the Borrower or such Subsidiary, as the case may be, in accordance with GAAP;

(c) (i) pledges or deposits in connection with workmen’s compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security legislation and/or securing liability for reimbursement or indemnification obligations of insurance carriers providing property, casualty or liability insurance to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary;

(d) (i) easements, right-of-way, zoning, other land use regulations and similar restrictions and other similar encumbrances or title defects incurred, or leases or subleases granted to others, in the ordinary course of business, which, in the aggregate do not materially detract from the value of the property subject thereto or do not interfere with or adversely affect in any material respect the ordinary conduct of the business of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole and (ii) any exceptions set forth in any title policies with respect to Mortgaged Properties;

(e) (i) Liens pursuant to the Loan Documents and (ii) subject to the Intercreditor Agreement, Liens pursuant to the Second Lien Security Documents (or any Second Priority Security Documents (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement));

(f) Liens on assets of entities or Persons which become Restricted Subsidiaries of the Borrower after the date hereof; provided that such Liens exist at the time such entities or Persons become Subsidiaries and are not created in anticipation thereof;

(g) Liens on documents of title and the property covered thereby securing Indebtedness in respect of the Letters of Credit which are Commercial L/Cs;

(h) Liens securing any Indebtedness permitted under subsection 8.2(j); provided that (i) such security interests and the Indebtedness secured thereby are incurred prior to or within 365 days after such acquisition or the completion of such construction or improvement, (iii) the Indebtedness secured thereby does not exceed the cost of acquiring, constructing, repairing, replacing, leasing or improving such fixed or capital assets and (iv) such security interests shall not apply to any other property or assets of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than proceeds and products thereof);

(i) existing Liens described in Schedule 8.3 and renewals thereof; provided that no such Lien is spread to cover any additional property after the Closing Date other than proceeds and products thereof and that the amount secured thereby is not increased (except in accordance with subsection 8.3(z));

(j) Liens securing arrangements permitted by the proviso contained in subsection 8.10;

(k) deposits to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts (other than for borrowed money), leases, licenses, statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature incurred in the ordinary course of business;

(l) Liens securing Indebtedness owing to the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor under subsection 8.2(b);

(m) any Lien existing on any property or asset prior to the acquisition thereof by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary or existing on any property or asset of any Person that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary after the Closing Date prior to the time such Person becomes a Restricted

 

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Subsidiary (including in connection with any acquisition permitted under subsection 8.7); provided that (i) such Lien is not created in contemplation of or in connection with such acquisition or such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, (ii) such Lien shall not apply to any other property or assets of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than proceeds or products thereof) and (iii) such Lien shall secure only those obligations which it secures on the date of such acquisition or the date such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, and extensions, renewals and replacements thereof that do not increase the outstanding principal amount thereof;

(n) Liens securing Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary incurred pursuant to subsection 8.2(n);

(o) Liens securing any Permitted Refinancing permitted under subsection 8.2; provided that such security interests shall not apply to any property or assets that were not collateral for the Indebtedness being refinanced;

(p) Liens securing obligations of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary incurred in the ordinary course of business in an aggregate amount not to exceed $75,000,000 at any time;

(q) Liens securing judgments for the payment of money not constituting an Event of Default under Section 9(h) so long as such Liens (to the extent covering Collateral) are junior to the Liens created pursuant to the Security Documents;

(r) leases, licenses, subleases or sublicenses granted to others in the ordinary course of business and not interfering in any material respect with the business of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;

(s) Liens (i) of a collection bank arising under Section 4-210 of the Uniform Commercial Code on items in the course of collection, and (ii) in favor of a banking or other financial institution arising as a matter of law or granted in the ordinary course of business and under customary general terms and conditions encumbering deposits (including the right of set-off) and which are within the general parameters customary in the banking industry; provided that, in the case of this clause (ii), unless such Liens are non-consensual and arise by operation of law, in no case shall any such Liens secure (either directly or indirectly) the repayment of any Indebtedness for borrowed money;

(t) Liens (i) on cash advances in favor of the seller of any property to be acquired in an Investment permitted pursuant to subsections 8.7(c), 8.7(k), 8.7(r), 8.7(t) or 8.7(u) to be applied against the purchase price for such Investment, or (ii) consisting of an agreement to dispose of any property in a disposition permitted under subsection 8.6, in each case, solely to the extent such Investment or disposition, as the case may be, would have been permitted on the date of the creation of such Lien;

(u) purported Liens evidenced by the filing of precautionary Uniform Commercial Code financing statements relating solely to operating leases of personal property entered into by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;

(v) any interest or title of a lessor, sublessor, licensee, sublicensee, licensor or sublicensor under any lease, sublease, license or sublicense arrangement (including software and other technology licenses) entered into by the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of its business and which could not reasonably be expected, either individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect;

 

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(w) Liens on Cash Collateral granted in favor of any Lenders and/or the Issuing Lender created as a result of any requirement to Cash Collateralize pursuant to this Agreement;

(x) Liens solely on any cash earnest money deposits made by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with any letter of intent or purchase agreement permitted under this Agreement;

(y) Liens on cash or Cash Equivalents used to defease or to satisfy and discharge Indebtedness, provided that such defeasance or satisfaction and discharge is permitted hereunder; and

(z) other Liens securing Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary; provided that at the time of incurrence of any such Lien, the Consolidated Senior Secured Net Leverage Ratio as of such date (determined on a pro forma basis, after giving effect to the incurrence of any Indebtedness and such Lien (but excluding the proceeds of any such Indebtedness in the calculation of unrestricted cash and Cash Equivalents)) is less than or equal to 4.0 to 1.0; provided further that the Liens securing such Indebtedness are pari passu with, or junior to, the Liens securing the Obligations, and such Liens shall be subject to an intercreditor agreement reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

8.4 Limitation on Contingent Obligations . Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Contingent Obligation except:

(a) guarantees by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiaries of obligations to third parties made in the ordinary course of business in connection with relocation of employees of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;

(b) guarantees by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries incurred in the ordinary course of business for an aggregate amount not to exceed $30,000,000 at any one time;

(c) existing Contingent Obligations described in Schedule 8.4 including any extensions or renewals thereof;

(d) Contingent Obligations of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of any foreign currency exchange contracts, interest rate swap arrangements or other derivative contracts or transactions, other than any such contracts, arrangements or transactions entered into by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries for speculative purposes;

(e) Contingent Obligations of any Subsidiary Guarantor pursuant to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, the Second Lien Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or any other Second Priority Guarantee (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement);

(f) guarantees by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries of (i) Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries permitted under subsection 8.2 (other than clause (f) thereof) and (ii) obligations (other than Indebtedness) of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries not prohibited hereunder; provided that (i) any guarantee by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor shall only be permitted to the extent permitted by subsection 8.7(b) and (ii) with respect to any guarantee by a Subsidiary Guarantor, if the Indebtedness so guaranteed is subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations, such guarantee shall be subordinated in right of payment to the guarantee of the Obligations on terms at least as favorable on the whole to the Lenders as those contained in the documentation governing the Indebtedness being guaranteed;

 

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(g) guarantees by the Borrower and any Subsidiary Guarantor of the obligations under the Senior Notes and any Permitted Refinancing thereof; and

(h) guarantees by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness permitted under subsection 8.2(f), so long as such guarantee is permitted by the terms of such subsection.

8.5 Prohibition of Fundamental Changes . Enter into any transaction of acquisition of, or merger or consolidation or amalgamation with, any other Person (including any Restricted Subsidiary or Affiliate of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries), or transfer all or substantially all of its assets to any Unrestricted Subsidiary or Foreign Subsidiary, or liquidate, wind up or dissolve itself (or suffer any liquidation or dissolution), or engage in any business other than business conducted or proposed to be conducted by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on the Closing Date or any business that is similar, reasonably related, incidental, complementary or ancillary thereto, including without limitation in broadcasting and other media businesses, except for (a) the transactions otherwise permitted pursuant to subsections 8.6 and 8.7; provided that the Borrower may not merge, consolidate or amalgamate with any Person unless the Borrower is the continuing or surviving Person, (b) the liquidation or dissolution of any Restricted Subsidiary if the Borrower determines in good faith that such liquidation or dissolution is in the best interests of the Borrower and is not materially disadvantageous to the Lenders, (c)(i) any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor may merge, amalgamate or consolidate with or into any other Restricted Subsidiary ( provided that in any such transaction involving a Subsidiary Guarantor, a Subsidiary Guarantor must be the continuing or surviving Person) and (ii) any Restricted Subsidiary may change its legal form if the Borrower determines in good faith that such action is in the best interest of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries and is not materially disadvantageous to the Lenders (it being understood that in the case of any change in legal form, a Subsidiary that is a Subsidiary Guarantor will remain a Subsidiary Guarantor unless such Subsidiary Guarantor is otherwise permitted to cease being a Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder) and (d) any Restricted Subsidiary may dispose of any or all of its assets to the Borrower or to another Restricted Subsidiary (upon voluntary liquidation or otherwise); provided that if the transferor in such a transaction is a Subsidiary Guarantor, then (i) the transferee or assignee must be a Subsidiary Guarantor or the Borrower or (ii) to the extent constituting an Investment, such Investment must be a permitted Investment in or Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor in accordance with subsections 8.2 and 8.7 respectively or pursuant to a disposition permitted by subsection 8.6.

8.6 Prohibition on Sale of Assets . Convey, sell, lease, assign, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its property, business or assets (including tax benefits, receivables and leasehold interests), whether now owned or hereafter acquired except:

(a) the sale or other disposition by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of any tangible personal property that, in the reasonable judgment of the Borrower, has become uneconomic, obsolete or worn out or no longer used or useful in the conduct of the business of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiaries, and which is disposed of in the ordinary course of business;

(b) sales of inventory by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries made in the ordinary course of business;

(c) any Restricted Subsidiary may sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of any or all of its assets (upon voluntary liquidation or otherwise) to the Borrower or a wholly-owned Restricted Subsidiary that is a Domestic Subsidiary of the Borrower (including by way of merging such Subsidiary into another wholly-owned Restricted Subsidiary that is a Domestic Subsidiary or the Borrower) or make any investment permitted by subsection 8.7, and any Restricted Subsidiary may sell or otherwise dispose of, or part with control of any or all of, the stock of any Restricted Subsidiary to the Borrower, to a

 

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wholly-owned Restricted Subsidiary that is a Domestic Subsidiary of the Borrower or to any other Restricted Subsidiary to the extent such transfer constitutes an investment permitted by subsection 8.7; provided that in either case such transfer shall not cause such wholly-owned Domestic Subsidiary to become a Foreign Subsidiary and provided further that no such transaction may be effected if it would result in the transfer of any assets of, or any stock of, a Restricted Subsidiary to another Restricted Subsidiary whose Capital Stock has not been pledged to the Administrative Agent or which has pledged a lesser percentage of its Capital Stock to the Administrative Agent than was pledged by the transferor Restricted Subsidiary unless, in any such case, after giving effect to such transaction, the stock of such other Restricted Subsidiary is not required to be pledged under the definition of Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or under subsection 7.10(b);

(d) any Foreign Subsidiary of the Borrower may sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of any or all of its assets (upon voluntary liquidation or by merger, consolidation, transfer of assets, or otherwise) to the Borrower or a wholly-owned Restricted Subsidiary and any Foreign Subsidiary of the Borrower may sell or otherwise dispose of, or part control of any or all of, the Capital Stock of, or other equity interests in, any Foreign Subsidiary of the Borrower to a wholly-owned Restricted Subsidiary; provided that in either case such transfer shall not cause a Domestic Subsidiary to become a Foreign Subsidiary;

(e) the sale or other disposition by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of other assets consummated after the Closing Date, provided that (i) such sale or other disposition shall be made for fair value on an arm’s-length basis, (ii) with respect to the sale or other disposition of Broadcast Assets, if the consideration for such sale or other disposition exceeds $2,500,000, the consideration for such sale or other disposition consists of at least 75% in cash and Cash Equivalents ( provided that to the extent the consideration for all such sales or other dispositions made in reliance on this clause (e) of Broadcast Assets for which the consideration was $2,500,000 or less exceeds $20,000,000 in the aggregate, the consideration for any sale or other disposition of a Broadcast Asset made thereafter in reliance on this clause (e) shall consist of at least 75% in cash and Cash Equivalents), (iii) with respect to the sale or other disposition of assets that are not Broadcast Assets (“ Non-Broadcast Assets ”), to the extent the aggregate consideration for all such sales or other dispositions of Non-Broadcast Assets made in reliance on this clause (e) exceeds $25,000,000 in the aggregate, the consideration for such sale or other disposition consists of at least 75% in cash and Cash Equivalents and (iv) at any time that the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio for the Test Period most recently ended is greater than 5.0 to 1.0 and the Borrower has sold or disposed of assets in reliance on this clause (e) and subsection 8.6(f) in excess of $500,000,000 in the aggregate, the Reinvestment Rights provided in subsection 4.6(b) shall only be available to the extent that, at the time of receipt of such Net Proceeds, no Term Loans remain outstanding;

(f) the one-time sale or other disposition by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of a Non-Broadcast Asset, provided that (i) such sale or other disposition shall be made for fair value on an arm’s-length basis, (ii) the Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries generated by such Non-Broadcast Asset for the Test Period most recently ended represents less than 5% of the Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such Test Period, (iii) at any time that the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio for the Test Period most recently ended is greater than 5.0 to 1.0 and the Borrower has sold or disposed of assets in reliance on this clause (f) and subsection 8.6(e) in excess of $500,000,000 in the aggregate, the Reinvestment Rights provided in subsection 4.6(b) shall only be available to the extent that, at the time of receipt of such Net Proceeds, no Term Loans remain outstanding and (iv) substantially concurrently with the consummation of such sale or other disposition, the Borrower shall provide the Administrative Agent with a certificate of a Responsible Officer certifying that such sale or other disposition is being effected pursuant to this clause (f) and that such sale or other disposition complies with the provisions of this clause (f);

 

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(g) the sale or other disposition by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (or a Divestiture Trust which holds Broadcast Assets for Stations) of (x) Stations (and related Broadcast Assets) listed on Schedule 8.6 or (y) Stations (and related Broadcast Assets) acquired in any acquisition permitted under subsection 8.7, in each case to the extent such sale or other disposition is required by applicable law or rule, regulation or order of the FCC; provided that (i) any such sale or other disposition shall be made for fair value on an arms’ length basis, (ii) if the consideration for such sale or other disposition exceeds $15,000,000, the consideration for such sale or other disposition consists of at least 75% in cash and Cash Equivalents, and (iii) the Net Proceeds from such sale or other disposition shall be applied in accordance with subsection 4.6;

(h) dispositions by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of past due accounts receivable in connection with the collection, write down or compromise thereof;

(i) leases, subleases, or sublicenses of property by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, and dispositions of intellectual property by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business, in each case that do not materially interfere with the business of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, and dispositions of intellectual property under a research or development agreement in which the other party receives a license to intellectual property that results from such agreement;

(j) transfers by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of property subject to any casualty event, including any condemnation, taking or similar event and any destruction, damage or any other casualty loss;

(k) dispositions by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business consisting of the abandonment of intellectual property which, in the reasonable good faith determination of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, are uneconomical, negligible, obsolete or otherwise not material in the conduct of its business;

(l) sales by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of immaterial non-core assets acquired in connection with a Business Acquisition which are not used in the business of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries;

(m) any disposition by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of real property to a Governmental Authority as a result of a condemnation of such real property;

(n) exclusive or non-exclusive licenses or similar agreements entered into by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of intellectual property;

(o) the sale of any Unrestricted Subsidiary;

(p) any disposition, assignment or writedown by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of the Gleiser Note;

(q) substantially concurrent sales, transfers and other dispositions by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of related business assets to the extent such assets are exchanged substantially simultaneously for replacement business assets, provided that (i) no more than 30% of any consideration given by the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries for such asset swap consists of cash or Cash Equivalents and (ii) the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary receives consideration at least equal to the fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Borrower) of the assets sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of (each such asset swap, a “ Permitted Asset Swap ”);

 

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(r) to the extent constituting dispositions, mergers, consolidations and liquidations permitted by subsection 8.5, Restricted Payments permitted by subsection 8.8 and Liens permitted by subsection 8.3;

(s) dispositions by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of cash and Cash Equivalents;

(t) dispositions by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Investments in joint ventures to the extent required by, or made pursuant to customary buy/sell arrangements between, the joint venture parties set forth in joint venture arrangements and similar binding arrangements;

(u) the unwinding by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of any Swap Agreement in accordance with its terms;

(v) terminations of leases, subleases, licenses and sublicenses by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;

(w) sale leasebacks by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries permitted by subsection 8.10; and

(x) sales, transfers and dispositions by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of accounts receivable pursuant to a Receivables Facility.

8.7 Limitation on Investments, Loans and Advances . Make any advance, loan, extension of credit or capital contribution to, or purchase any stock, bonds, notes, debentures or other securities of, or any assets constituting a business unit of, or make or maintain any other investment in, any Person (all of the foregoing, “ Investments ”), except:

(a) (i) loans or advances by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of intercompany accounts attributable to the operation of the Borrower’s cash management system and (ii) loans or advances by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to a Subsidiary Guarantor (or a Restricted Subsidiary that would be a Subsidiary Guarantor but for the lapse of time until such Restricted Subsidiary is required to be a Subsidiary Guarantor);

(b) Investments by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries in Subsidiaries of the Borrower that are not Subsidiary Guarantors; provided that at all times the aggregate amount of all such Investments, together with any guarantees by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor, shall not exceed $20,000,000;

(c) Investments by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, not otherwise described in this subsection 8.7, in the Borrower or in Subsidiary Guarantors (or a Subsidiary that would be a Subsidiary Guarantor but for the lapse of time until such Subsidiary is required to be a Subsidiary Guarantor) that otherwise are not prohibited under the terms of this Agreement;

(d) any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower may make Investments in the Borrower (by way of capital contribution or otherwise);

(e) the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries may invest in, acquire and hold (i) Cash Equivalents and cash and (ii) other cash equivalents invested in or held with any financial institutions to the extent such amounts under this clause (ii) do not exceed $5,000,000 per individual institution and $25,000,000 in the aggregate at any one time;

 

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(f) the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries may make travel and entertainment advances and relocation loans in the ordinary course of business to officers, employees and agents of the Borrower or any such Restricted Subsidiary not to exceed $10,000,000 in the aggregate at any one time;

(g) the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries may make payroll advances in the ordinary course of business;

(h) the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries may acquire and hold receivables owing to it, if created or acquired in the ordinary course of business and payable or dischargeable in accordance with customary trade terms ( provided that nothing in this clause shall prevent the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary from offering such concessionary trade terms, or from receiving such investments or any other investments in connection with the bankruptcy or reorganization of their respective suppliers or customers or the settlement of disputes with such customers or suppliers arising in the ordinary course of business, as management deems reasonable in the circumstances);

(i) the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries may make Investments in connection with asset sales permitted by subsection 8.6(e), (f) or (g) or to which the Required Lenders consent;

(j) existing Investments of the Borrower described in Schedule 8.7;

(k) the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries may in a single transaction or series of related transactions, make acquisitions (by merger, purchase, lease (including any lease that contains up-front payments and/or buyout options) or otherwise) of any business, division or line of business or all or substantially all of the outstanding Capital Stock of any corporation or other entity (other than any director’s qualifying shares or any options for equity interests that cannot, as a matter of law, be cancelled, redeemed or otherwise extinguished without the express agreement of the holder thereof at or prior to acquisition) or any Station and Broadcast Assets related thereto as long as (i) immediately after giving effect thereto, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing ( provided that this clause (i) shall not apply with respect to any acquisition made pursuant to a legally binding commitment entered into at a time when no Default existed or would result from the making of such acquisition), (ii) as of the date of such acquisition, the Consolidated Senior Secured Net Leverage Ratio (determined on a pro forma basis, after giving effect to such acquisition and any incurrence of Indebtedness in connection therewith (but excluding the proceeds of any such Indebtedness in the calculation of unrestricted cash and Cash Equivalents)) is less than or equal to the greater of (A) the Consolidated Senior Secured Net Leverage Ratio as of the last day of the most recently ended fiscal quarter and (B) 5.0 to 1.0, (iii) all actions required to be taken with respect to any acquired assets or acquired or newly formed Subsidiary under subsection 7.10 shall be taken substantially simultaneously with consummation of such acquisition, (iv) any acquisition of an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to this clause (k) shall be an Investment permitted by a provision of this subsection 8.7 (other than this clause (k)), (v) any such newly acquired Subsidiary shall not be liable for any Indebtedness except for Indebtedness permitted by subsection 8.2 and (vi) the Borrower has delivered to the Administrative Agent a certificate of a Responsible Officer to the effect set forth in clauses (i) through (v) above, together with all relevant financial information for the Person or assets to be acquired; provided that the aggregate consideration (whether cash or property, as valued in good faith by the board of directors of the Borrower) given by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries for all acquisitions consummated after the Closing Date in reliance on this clause (k) of Persons that do not, upon the acquisition thereof, become Subsidiary Guarantors shall not exceed $25,000,000;

 

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(l) (i) Investments by the Borrower and any Restricted Subsidiaries in any business, division, line of business or Person acquired pursuant to a Permitted Acquisition so long as the conditions to the making of any Permitted Acquisition set forth in subsection 8.7(k) are satisfied mutatis mutandis with respect to the making of such Investment and (ii) Investments of any Person in existence at the time such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to a Business Acquisition ( provided that such Investment was not made in connection with or anticipation of such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary);

(m) the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries may make loans or advances to, or acquisitions or other Investments in, other Persons (exclusive of (i) Unrestricted Subsidiaries and (ii) Persons which are, or become, Foreign Subsidiaries) that constitute or are in connection with joint ventures, provided the consideration paid by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in all such transactions after the Closing Date, does not exceed in the aggregate $15,000,000;

(n) the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries may make loans or advances to, or other Investments in, or otherwise transfer funds (including by way of repayment of loans or advances) to, Foreign Subsidiaries that are Restricted Subsidiaries (including new Foreign Subsidiaries that are to become Restricted Subsidiaries); provided that the consideration paid by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in all transactions after the Closing Date (net, in the case of loans, advances, investments and other transfers, of any repayments or return of capital in respect thereof actually received in cash by the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries (net of applicable taxes) after the Closing Date) does not exceed in the aggregate $5,000,000;

(o) the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries may acquire obligations of one or more directors, officers, employees, members or management or consultants of any of the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with such person’s acquisition of shares of the Borrower, so long as no cash is actually advanced by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to such persons in connection with the acquisition of any such obligations;

(p) the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries may acquire assets with the Net Proceeds from Asset Sales in accordance with the reinvestment rights provided under subsection 4.6(b);

(q) the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries may acquire assets under a Permitted Asset Swap;

(r) the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries may make other Investments in an aggregate amount not to exceed the Available Amount at such time;

(s) the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries may purchase any Capital Stock of CMP not already owned by a Group Member on the Closing Date;

(t) the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries may make Investments to the extent the consideration paid therefor consists solely of (i) Capital Stock, which is not Disqualified Stock, of any Restricted Subsidiary or (ii) the Net Proceeds of any substantially concurrent issuance of Capital Stock, which is not Disqualified Stock, by Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than any issuance the proceeds of which have been included in the calculation of the Available Amount to the extent such proceeds have been applied pursuant to the definition of “Available Amount” to make an Investment pursuant to subsection 8.7(r), a Restricted Payment pursuant to subsection 8.8(b) or a prepayment of Second Lien Loans or Second Lien Permitted Refinancings pursuant to subsection 8.15(b)(iii), have been applied for Restricted Payments under subsection 8.8(c) or subsection 8.8(h) or have been applied for prepayments of Indebtedness under subsection 8.15(b)(iv)); provided that, (x) immediately before and

 

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after making such Investment, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing), (y) in the case of clause (ii) in respect of an issuance by Parent, the proceeds thereof have been contributed by Parent in cash as common equity to the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary and (z) in the case of clause (ii), such issuance is to a Person other than a Group Member; and

(u) the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries may make other Investments not to exceed, together with all other Investments made in reliance on this clause (u), the greater of (i) $150,000,000 and (ii) the lesser of (x) 33% of consolidated total assets of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of the most recently ended fiscal quarter of the Borrower for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to subsection 7.1(a) or 7.1(b), as applicable, and (y) $450,000,000.

For purposes of calculating the amount of any Investment, such amount shall equal (x) the amount actually invested less (y) any repayments, interest, returns, profits, dividends, distributions, income and similar amounts actually received in cash from such Investment (from dispositions or otherwise) (which amount referred to in this clause (y) shall not exceed the amount of such Investment at the time such Investment was made).

8.8 Limitation on Restricted Payments . Declare any dividends on any shares of any class of stock of any Group Member, or make any payment on account of, or set apart assets for a sinking or other analogous fund for, the purchase, redemption, retirement or other acquisition of any shares of any class of stock of any Group Member, whether now or hereafter outstanding, or make any other distribution in respect thereof, either directly or indirectly, whether in cash or property or in obligations of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, or make any optional payment or prepayment on the principal of the Senior Notes or any Permitted Refinancing of the Senior Notes or redeem or otherwise acquire, purchase or defease any Senior Notes or any Permitted Refinancing thereof (all of the foregoing being referred to herein as “ Restricted Payments ”); except that:

(a) (i) any Group Member may declare or pay dividends to the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor, (ii) any Group Member that is not a Loan Party may declare or pay dividends to any other Group Member that is not a Loan Party and (iii) any Restricted Subsidiary may declare and pay dividends ratably with respect to its Capital Stock;

(b) so long as (i) no Default or Event of Default then exists or would result therefrom and (ii) the Borrower could incur $1 of additional Indebtedness under subsection 8.2(o) (with the Consolidated Total Net Leverage Ratio for such purpose being calculated (i) after giving pro forma effect to the making of such Restricted Payment and any Indebtedness incurred in connection therewith and (ii) excluding the proceeds of such Indebtedness in the determination of unrestricted cash and Cash Equivalents)), the Borrower may make Restricted Payments in an aggregate amount not to exceed the Available Amount;

(c) so long as no Default or Event of Default then exists or would result therefrom, the Borrower may, or may pay dividends or make distributions to Parent to permit Parent to, purchase its common stock or common stock options from former officers or employees of any Group Member upon the death, disability or termination of employment of such officer or employee, provided , that the amount of payments made under this clause (c) after the Closing Date shall not exceed $5,000,000 in the aggregate in any fiscal year of the Borrower (with unused amounts in any fiscal year being carried over to succeeding fiscal years subject to a maximum (without giving effect to the following proviso) of $10,000,000 in any fiscal year of the Borrower); provided further that such amount in any fiscal year may be increased by an amount not to exceed (i) the Net Proceeds from the sale of Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of Parent to any employee, member or the board of directors or consultant of any Group Member that occurs after the Closing Date, solely to the extent such Net Proceeds (x) have been

 

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contributed by Parent in cash as common equity to the Borrower and (y) have not been (A) included in the calculation of the Available Amount and applied to make an Investment pursuant to subsection 8.7(r), a Restricted Payment pursuant to subsection 8.8(b) or a prepayment of Second Lien Loans or Second Lien Permitted Refinancings pursuant to subsection 8.15(b)(iii), (B) applied for Investments under subsection 8.7(t) or Restricted Payments under subsection 8.8(h) or (C) applied to make a prepayment of Indebtedness under subsection 8.15(b)(iv); plus (ii) the cash proceeds of key man life insurance policies received by the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries after the Closing Date; less (iii) the amount of any Restricted Payments previously made with the cash proceeds described in clauses (i) and (ii);

(d) so long as no Default or Event of Default then exists or would result therefrom, the Borrower may, or may pay dividends or make distributions to Parent to permit Parent to, make payments and/or net shares under employee benefit plans to settle option price payments owed by employees and directors with respect thereto, make payments in respect of or purchase restricted stock units and similar stock based awards thereunder and to settle employees’ and directors’ federal, state and income tax liabilities (if any) related thereto, provided that the aggregate amount of such payments made by the Borrower after the Closing Date shall not exceed $5,000,000 in any fiscal year (with unused amounts in any fiscal year of the Borrower being carried over to succeeding fiscal years subject to a maximum of $10,000,000 in any fiscal year);

(e) CMP Susquehanna Radio Holdings Corp. may redeem, repurchase, retire or acquire the Radio Holdings Preferred Stock in connection with the Refinancing;

(f) so long as no Default or Event of Default then exists or would result therefrom, any Group Member may make dividends or distributions within 60 days after the date of declaration thereof, if at the date of declaration such payment would have complied with the provisions of this Agreement;

(g) so long as no Default or Event of Default then exists or would result therefrom, the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries may, directly (in the case of the Borrower) or indirectly (in the case of any Restricted Subsidiaries), make distributions to Parent to permit Parent to make cash payments in lieu of the issuance of fractional shares or interests in connection with the exercise of warrants, options or other rights or securities convertible into or exchangeable for Capital Stock of Parent; provided that any such cash payment shall not be for the purpose of evading the limitations of this covenant;

(h) the Borrower may make payments in respect of the Senior Notes and any Permitted Refinancing thereof and redeem, repurchase, retire or acquire any Capital Stock of Parent in exchange for, or out of the Net Proceeds of, the substantially concurrent sale or issuance (other than to any Group Member) of Capital Stock (other than any Disqualified Stock) of Parent, solely to the extent such Net Proceeds (i) have been contributed by Parent in cash as common equity to the Borrower and (ii) have not been (A) included in the calculation of the Available Amount and applied to make an Investment pursuant to subsection 8.7(r), a Restricted Payment pursuant to subsection 8.8(b) or a prepayment of Second Lien Loans or Second Lien Permitted Refinancings pursuant to subsection 8.15(b)(iii), (B) applied for Restricted Payments under subsection 8.8(c) or applied for Investments under subsection 8.7(t) or (C) applied to a prepayment of Indebtedness under subsection 8.15(b)(iv);

(i) the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries may convert or exchange all or any part of the Senior Notes or any Permitted Refinancings thereof to Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of Parent;

 

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(j) the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries may make payments in respect of the Senior Notes and any Permitted Refinancing thereof (i) in connection with any refinancing of the Senior Notes or any Permitted Refinancing thereof permitted pursuant to the terms hereof or (ii) so long as (x) no Default or Event of Default then exists or would result therefrom and (y) as of the date of such payment, the Consolidated Senior Secured Leverage Ratio (determined on a pro forma basis, after giving effect to the prepayment of such Indebtedness and any Indebtedness incurred in connection with such prepayment) is less than or equal to 4.0 to 1.0; and

(k) the Borrower may pay dividends or make distributions to Parent to permit Parent (i) to pay corporate overhead expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business and (ii) to pay amounts required for Parent to pay federal, state and local income Taxes imposed directly on Parent to the extent such Taxes are attributable to the income of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries (including, without limitation, by virtue of Parent being the common parent of a consolidated or combined Tax group of which the Borrower and/or its Restricted Subsidiaries are members); provided that the amount of any such dividends or distributions (plus any Taxes payable directly by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries) shall not exceed the amount of such Taxes that would have been payable directly by the Borrower and/or its Restricted Subsidiaries had the Borrower been the common parent of a separate Tax group that included only the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries.

8.9 Transactions with Affiliates . Enter into after the date hereof any transaction, including any purchase, sale, lease or exchange of property or the rendering of any service, with any Affiliate (other than the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor) except (a) for transactions which are otherwise not prohibited under this Agreement and which are upon fair and reasonable terms no less favorable in any material respect to the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary than it would obtain in a hypothetical comparable arm’s length transaction with a Person not an Affiliate, (b) so long as no Event of Default under Section 9(a) or (f) has occurred and is continuing, the payment of monitoring fees, management fees or similar fees to Affiliates of the Borrower in an aggregate amount not to exceed $2,500,000 during any fiscal year of the Borrower (it being understood that any such fees (within the annual cap) that are accrued and unpaid while an Event of Default under Section 9(a) or (f) continues may be paid at such time that no Event of Default under Section 9(a) or (f) is continuing, whether in the fiscal year of the Borrower when such fees were originally due and payable or in any subsequent fiscal year of the Borrower), (c) the Equity Contribution and the issuance of the Closing Date Preferred Stock, (d) the reasonable and customary fees payable to the directors of the Group Members and reimbursement of reasonable out-of-pocket costs of the directors of the Group Members, (e) the payment of reasonable and customary indemnities to the directors, officers and employees of the Group Members in the ordinary course of business and (f) as permitted under subsection 8.2(b), subsection 8.3(l), subsections 8.4(a) and (f), subsection 8.6(c), subsection 8.7(c) and (d) and subsection 8.8 or (g) as set forth on Schedule 8.9.

8.10 Limitation on Sales and Leasebacks . Enter into any arrangement with any Person providing for the leasing by any Group Member of real or personal property which has been or is to be sold or transferred by such Group Member to such Person or to any other Person to whom funds have been or are to be advanced by such Person on the security of such property or rental obligations of such Group Member, provided that the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries may enter into such arrangements covering property with an aggregate fair market value not exceeding $100,000,000 during the term of this Agreement if the Net Proceeds from such sale leaseback arrangements are applied to the prepayment of Term Loans in accordance with the provisions of subsection 4.6(b); provided that the Reinvestment Rights provided in subsection 4.6(b) shall not be available with respect to such Net Proceeds.

 

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8.11 Fiscal Year . Permit the fiscal year for financial reporting purposes of the Borrower to end on a day other than December 31, unless the Borrower shall have given at least 45 days prior written notice to the Administrative Agent.

8.12 Negative Pledge Clauses . Enter into or suffer to exist or become effective any agreement that prohibits or limits (other than a dollar limit, provided that such dollar limit is sufficient in amount to allow at all times the Liens to secure the Obligations) the ability of any Group Member to create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon any of its property or revenues, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, to secure its obligations under the Loan Documents to which it is a party other than (a) this Agreement, the other Loan Documents, the Second Lien Loan Documents and the Senior Notes (and any agreement governing any Permitted Refinancing in respect of the Loans or the Senior Notes or any Second Lien Permitted Refinancing, so long as any such prohibition or limitation contained in such refinancing agreement is not materially less favorable to the Lenders that that which exists as of the Closing Date), (b) any agreements governing any secured Indebtedness otherwise permitted hereby (in which case, any prohibition or limitation shall only be effective against the assets financed thereby), (c) an agreement prohibiting only the creation of Liens securing Subordinated Indebtedness, (d) pursuant to applicable law, (e) restrictions by reason of customary provisions restricting assignments, subletting or other transfers contained in leases, licenses and other similar agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business ( provided that such restrictions are limited to the property or assets secured by such Liens or the property or assets subject to such leases, licenses, or similar agreements, as the case may be), (f) any prohibition or limitation that consists of customary restrictions and conditions contained in any agreement relating to the sale or sale-leaseback of any property permitted under this Agreement, (g) documents, agreements or constituent documents governing joint ventures, (h) any agreement in effect at the time a Restricted Subsidiary becomes a Restricted Subsidiary as long as such agreement was not entered into in contemplation of such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary, (i) agreements permitted under subsection 8.10, (j) restrictions arising in connection with cash or other deposits permitted under subsections 8.3 and 8.7 and limited to such cash or deposits and (k) customary non-assignment provisions in contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business.

8.13 Clauses Restricting Subsidiary Distributions . Enter into or suffer to exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or restriction on the ability of any Restricted Subsidiary to (a) make Restricted Payments in respect of any Capital Stock of such Subsidiary held by, or pay any Indebtedness owed to, the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary, (b) make loans or advances to, or other Investments in, the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary or (c) transfer any of its assets to the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary, except for such encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by reason of (i) any restrictions existing under the Loan Documents, the Second Lien Loan Documents or the Senior Notes (or any agreement governing any Permitted Refinancing in respect of the Loans or the Senior Notes or any Second Lien Permitted Refinancings, so long as any such restriction contained in such refinancing agreement is not materially less favorable to the Lenders that that which exists as of the Closing Date), (ii) any restrictions with respect to a Restricted Subsidiary imposed pursuant to an agreement that has been entered into in connection with the disposition of all or substantially all of the Capital Stock or all or substantially all of the assets of such Restricted Subsidiary, (iii) applicable law, (iv) restrictions in effect on the date of this Agreement contained in the agreements governing the Indebtedness in effect on the Closing Date and in any agreements governing any refinancing thereof if such restrictions are no more restrictive than those contained in the agreements as in effect on the date of this Agreement governing the Indebtedness being renewed, extended or refinanced, (v) customary non-assignment provisions with respect to contracts, leases or licensing agreements entered into by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, in each case entered into in the ordinary course of business, (vi) customary provisions in joint venture agreements and other similar agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business, (vii) Liens permitted under subsection 8.3 and any documents or instruments governing the terms of any Indebtedness or other obligations secured by any such Liens;

 

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provided that such prohibitions or restrictions apply only to the assets subject to such Liens; (viii) any encumbrance or restriction with respect to a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to an agreement relating to any Capital Stock or Indebtedness incurred by such Restricted Subsidiary on or prior to the date on which such Restricted Subsidiary was acquired by the Borrower and outstanding on such date as long as such agreement was not entered into in contemplation of such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary, (ix) any customary restriction on cash or other deposits imposed under agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business or net worth provisions in leases and other agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business, (x) provisions with respect to dividends, the disposition or distribution of assets or property in joint venture agreements, license agreements, asset sale agreements, sale-leaseback agreements, stock sale agreements and other similar agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business; (xi) restrictions on deposits imposed under contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business; and (xii) any restrictions under any Indebtedness permitted by subsection 8.2 if such restrictions are no more restrictive to the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries than those contained under this Agreement.

8.14 FCC Licenses . Cause any of the FCC Licenses to be held at any time by any Person other than the Borrower or any of its wholly-owned Restricted Subsidiaries that are Domestic Subsidiaries (with an exception for those Stations held in a Divestiture Trust pursuant to rule, regulation or order of the FCC).

8.15 Certain Payments of Indebtedness . (a) Make any payment in violation of any of the subordination provisions of any Subordinated Indebtedness or any payment of regularly scheduled interest or principal on any Subordinated Indebtedness at any time after the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default under Section 9(a); or (b) make any payment or prepayment (including payments as a result of acceleration thereof) on the Second Lien Loans (or any Second Lien Permitted Refinancing) or any Subordinated Indebtedness or redeem or otherwise acquire, purchase or defease the Second Lien Loans (or any Second Lien Permitted Refinancing) or any Subordinated Indebtedness, except that (i) any Group Member may make any such payment in connection with any refinancing of the Second Lien Loans or any Second Lien Permitted Refinancing or any Subordinated Indebtedness permitted pursuant to the terms hereof; (ii) any Group Member may make payments in respect of the Second Lien Loans or any Second Lien Permitted Refinancing or any Subordinated Indebtedness so long as (x) no Default or Event of Default then exists or would result therefrom and (y) as of the date of such payment, the Consolidated Senior Secured Leverage Ratio (determined on a pro forma basis, after giving effect to the prepayment of such Indebtedness and any Indebtedness incurred in connection with such prepayment) is less than or equal to 4.0 to 1.0; (iii) with respect to the Second Lien Loans or any Second Lien Permitted Refinancing, so long as (x) no Default or Event of Default then exists or would result therefrom and (y) the Borrower could incur $1 of additional Indebtedness under subsection 8.2(o) (with the Consolidated Total Net Leverage Ratio for such purpose being calculated (1) after giving pro forma effect to the making of such prepayment and any Indebtedness incurred in connection therewith and (2) excluding the proceeds of such Indebtedness in the determination of unrestricted cash and Cash Equivalents)), any Group Member may prepay the Second Lien Loans or any Second Lien Permitted Refinancing in an aggregate amount not to exceed the Available Amount, (iv) any Group Member may prepay the Second Lien Loans or any Second Lien Permitted Refinancing or any Subordinated Indebtedness out of the Net Proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale or issuance (other than to any Group Member) of Capital Stock (other than any Disqualified Stock) of Parent, solely to the extent such Net Proceeds (x) have been contributed by Parent in cash as common equity to the Borrower and (y) have not been (1) included in the calculation of the Available Amount and applied to make an Investment pursuant to subsection 8.7(r), a Restricted Payment pursuant to subsection 8.8(b) or a prepayment of Second Lien Loans or a Second Lien Permitted Refinancing pursuant to subsection 8.15(b)(iii) or (2) applied for Restricted Payments under subsections 8.8(c) or 8.8(h) or applied for Investments under subsection 8.7(t), (v) if a Lender has declined a prepayment in accordance with

 

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subsection 4.6(f), the Borrower may make a prepayment in respect of the Second Lien Loans in accordance with subsection 4.5 of the Second Lien Credit Agreement (or, after payment in full of all Second Lien Loans, a prepayment in respect of any Second Lien Permitted Refinancing if required by the terms of such Indebtedness) in an amount equal to the applicable Declined Prepayment Amount; and (vi) the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries may convert or exchange all or any portion of any Subordinated Indebtedness to Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of Parent.

8.16 Amendment of Material Documents . Amend, modify, waive or otherwise change, or consent or agree to any material amendment, modification, waiver or other change to (a) its certificate of incorporation, by-laws or other organizational documents, (b) any indenture, credit agreement or other document entered into to evidence or govern the terms of any Indebtedness identified on Schedule 8.2 or permitted to be created, incurred or assumed pursuant to subsection 8.2 (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the Second Lien Credit Agreement) and, in each case, any indenture, credit agreement or other document entered into with respect to any extension, renewal, replacement or refinancing thereof or (c) any document entered into to evidence or govern the terms of any Preferred Stock, in each case except for any such amendment, modification or waiver that, (i) would not, in any material respect, adversely affect the interests of the Lenders and (ii) would otherwise not be prohibited hereunder; provided that no such amendment, modification, waiver, change, consent or agreement shall be made with respect to the Second Lien Credit Agreement unless not prohibited under the Intercreditor Agreement.

SECTION 9. EVENTS OF DEFAULT .

Upon the occurrence of any of the following events:

(a) The Borrower shall fail to (i) pay any principal of any Loan or Note or Revolving L/C Obligation when due in accordance with the terms hereof or (ii) pay any interest on any Loan or any other amount payable hereunder within three Business Days after any such interest or other amount becomes due in accordance with the terms thereof or hereof; or

(b) Any representation or warranty made or deemed made by any Loan Party in any Loan Document or which is contained in any certificate, guarantee, document or financial or other statement furnished under or in connection with this Agreement shall prove to have been incorrect in any material respect on or as of the date made or deemed made; or

(c) Any Loan Party shall default in the observance or performance of any agreement contained in subsection 3.3(d), 7.7(a) or Section 8 of this Agreement; provided that a default by the Borrower under subsection 8.1 shall not constitute an Event of Default with respect to the Term Facility or any Term Loans unless and until the Majority Revolving Lenders shall have terminated their Revolving Credit Commitments and declared all amounts under the Revolving Credit Facility to be due and payable (such period commencing with a default under subsection 8.1 and ending on the date on which the Majority Revolving Lenders with respect to the Revolving Credit Facility terminate and accelerate the Revolving Credit Facility, the “ Term Loan Standstill Period ”); or

(d) Any Loan Party shall default in the observance or performance of any other agreement contained in any Loan Document, and such default shall continue unremedied for a period of 30 days after written notice thereof from the Administrative Agent to the Borrower; or

(e) Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries shall (A) default in any payment of principal of or interest on any Indebtedness (other than the Loans, the Revolving L/C Obligations and any intercompany debt) or in the payment of any Contingent Obligation (other than in respect of the Loans,

 

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the Revolving L/C Obligations or any intercompany debt) in respect of Indebtedness, beyond the period of grace, if any, provided in the instrument or agreement under which such Indebtedness or such Contingent Obligation was created; or (B) default in the observance or performance of any other agreement or condition relating to any such Indebtedness or Contingent Obligation in respect of Indebtedness or contained in any instrument or agreement evidencing, securing or relating thereto, or any other event shall occur or condition exist, the effect of which default or other event or condition is to cause, or to permit the holder or holders of such Indebtedness or beneficiary or beneficiaries of such Contingent Obligation (or a trustee or agent on behalf of such holder or holders or beneficiary or beneficiaries) to cause, with the giving of notice if required, such Indebtedness to become due prior to its stated maturity, any applicable grace period having expired, or such Contingent Obligation to become payable, any applicable grace period having expired, provided that the aggregate principal amount of all such Indebtedness and Contingent Obligations (without duplication of any Indebtedness and Contingent Obligations in respect thereof) which would then become due or payable as described in this Section 9(e) would equal or exceed $35,000,000; or

(f) (i) Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than any Non-Significant Subsidiary) shall commence any case, proceeding or other action (A) under any existing or future law of any jurisdiction, domestic or foreign, relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or relief of debtors, seeking to have an order for relief entered with respect to it, or seeking to adjudicate it a bankrupt or insolvent, or seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, winding-up, liquidation, dissolution, composition or other relief with respect to it or a material portion of its assets, or (B) seeking appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian or other similar official for it or for all or any substantial part of its assets, or Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than any Non-Significant Subsidiary) shall make a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors; or (ii) there shall be commenced against Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than any Non-Significant Subsidiary) any case, proceeding or other action of a nature referred to in clause (i) above which (A) results in the entry of an order for relief or any such adjudication or appointment or (B) remains undismissed, undischarged or unbonded for a period of 60 days; or (iii) there shall be commenced against Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than any Non-Significant Subsidiary) any case, proceeding or other action seeking issuance of a warrant of attachment, execution, distraint or similar process against all or any substantial part of its assets which results in the entry of an order for any such relief which shall not have been vacated, discharged, or stayed or bonded pending appeal within 60 days from the entry thereof; or (iv) Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than any Non-Significant Subsidiary) shall take any action in furtherance of, or indicating its consent to, approval of, or acquiescence in, any of the acts set forth in clause (i), (ii), or (iii) above; or (v) Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than any Non-Significant Subsidiary) shall generally not, or shall be unable to, or shall admit in writing its inability to, pay its debts as they become due; or

(g) (i) A Reportable Event shall have occurred; (ii) any Plan that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code shall lose its qualification; (iii) a non-exempt Prohibited Transaction shall have occurred with respect to any Plan; (iv) any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate shall have failed to make by its due date a required installment under Section 430(j) of the Code with respect to any Single Employer Plan or a required contribution to a Multiemployer Plan, in either case whether or not waived; (v) a determination shall have been made that any Single Employer Plan is, or is expected to be, in “at risk” status (within the meaning of Section 430 of the Code or Section 303 of ERISA); (vi) any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate shall have incurred any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to the termination of any Single Employer Plan, including but not limited to the imposition of any Lien in favor of the PBGC or any Single Employer Plan; (vii) any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate shall have been notified by the sponsor of a Multiemployer Plan that it has incurred or will be assessed Withdrawal Liability to such Multiemployer Plan and such Loan Party or ERISA Affiliate does not have reasonable grounds for contesting such Withdrawal Liability or is not contesting

 

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such Withdrawal Liability in a timely and appropriate manner; or (viii) any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate shall have received from the sponsor of a Multiemployer Plan a determination that such Multiemployer Plan is, or is expected to be, Insolvent, in Reorganization, terminated, or in “endangered” or “critical” status (within the meaning of Section 432 of the Code or Section 305 of ERISA; and in each case in clauses (i) through (viii) above, such event or condition, together with all other such events or conditions if any, would result in a Material Adverse Effect; or

(h) One or more judgments or decrees shall be entered against Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries involving in the aggregate a liability (not paid or fully covered by insurance) of $35,000,000 or more to the extent that all such judgments or decrees shall not have been vacated, discharged, stayed or bonded pending appeal within the time required by the terms of such judgment; or

(i) Except as contemplated by this Agreement or as provided in subsection 11.1, the guarantee contained in Section 2 of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement shall cease, for any reason, to be in full force and effect or any Loan Party shall so assert in writing; or

(j) Except as contemplated by this Agreement or as provided in subsection 11.1, any Grantor (as defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement) shall breach any covenant or agreement contained in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement with the effect that the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement shall cease to be in full force and effect or the Lien granted thereby shall cease to be a Lien with the priority purported to be created thereby and, for the avoidance of doubt, as required by the Intercreditor Agreement, in each case other than with respect to items of Collateral not exceeding $2,500,000 in the aggregate or any Loan Party shall assert in writing that the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or the Intercreditor Agreement is no longer in full force and or effect or the Lien granted by the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement is no longer of the priority purported to be created thereby and, for the avoidance of doubt, as required by the Intercreditor Agreement; provided that there shall be no Event of Default under this Section 9(j) to the extent such Event of Default arises from the failure of the Administrative Agent to file financing statements or continuation statements under the Uniform Commercial Code in respect of any Lien granted by the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement; or

(k) A Change in Control shall occur; or

(l) The loss, revocation or suspension of, or any material impairment in the ability to use, any one or more FCC Licenses with respect to any Station of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary generating collective Broadcast Cash Flow equal to or greater than 15% of the total Broadcast Cash Flow of the Borrower and the Subsidiary Guarantors;

then, and in any such event, (a) if such event is an Event of Default with respect to the Borrower specified in clause (i) or (ii) of paragraph (f) above, automatically (i) the Commitments and the Issuing Lender’s obligation to issue Letters of Credit shall immediately terminate and the Loans hereunder (with accrued interest thereon) and all other amounts owing under this Agreement and the Loans shall immediately become due and payable, and (ii) all obligations of the Borrower in respect of the Letters of Credit, although contingent and unmatured, shall become immediately due and payable and the Issuing Lender’s obligation to issue Letters of Credit shall immediately terminate; (b) if such event is an Event of Default arising from a breach of subsection 8.1, any or all of the following actions may be taken: (X) (i) with the consent of the Majority Revolving Lenders, the Administrative Agent may, or upon the request of the Majority Revolving Lenders, the Administrative Agent shall, by notice to the Borrower declare the Revolving Credit Commitments to and the Issuing Lender’s obligation to issue Letters of Credit to be terminated forthwith, whereupon the Revolving Credit Commitments and such obligation shall immediately terminate; and (ii) with the consent of the Majority Revolving Lenders, the Administrative Agent may, or upon the request of the Majority Revolving Lenders, the Administrative Agent shall, by

 

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notice to the Borrower, (A) declare the Revolving Credit Loans hereunder (with accrued interest thereon) and all other amounts owing under the Loan Documents with respect to the Revolving Credit Facility under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to be due and payable forthwith, whereupon the same shall immediately become due and payable and (B) declare all or any portion of the obligations of the Borrower in respect of the Letters of Credit, although contingent and unmatured, to be due and payable forthwith, whereupon the same shall immediately become due and payable and/or demand that the Borrower discharge any or all of the obligations supported by the Letters of Credit by paying or prepaying any amount due or to become due in respect of such obligations; and (Y) subject to the proviso in paragraph (c) above and the expiration of the Term Loan Standstill Period (if applicable), with the consent of the Majority Term Lenders, the Administrative Agent may, or upon the request of the Majority Term Lenders, the Administrative Agent shall, by notice to the Borrower, declare the Term Loans hereunder (with accrued interest thereon) and all other amounts owing with respect to the Term Facility under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to be due and payable forthwith, whereupon the same shall immediately become due and payable; and (c) if such event is any other Event of Default, so long as any such Event of Default shall be continuing, either or both of the following actions may be taken: (i) with the consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent may, or upon the request of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent shall, by notice to the Borrower declare the Commitments and the Issuing Lender’s obligation to issue Letters of Credit to be terminated forthwith, whereupon the Commitments and such obligation shall immediately terminate; and (ii) with the consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent may, or upon the request of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent shall, by notice to the Borrower (A) declare all or a portion of the Loans of all Lenders hereunder (with accrued interest thereon) and all other amounts owing under this Agreement and such Loans to be due and payable forthwith, whereupon the same shall immediately become due and payable, and (B) declare all or a portion of the obligations of the Borrower in respect of the Letters of Credit, although contingent and unmatured, to be due and payable forthwith, whereupon the same shall immediately become due and payable and/or demand that the Borrower discharge any or all of the obligations supported by the Letters of Credit by paying or prepaying any amount due or to become due in respect of such obligations. All payments under this Section 9 on account of undrawn Letters of Credit shall be made by the Borrower directly to a cash collateral account established by the Administrative Agent for such purpose for application to the Borrower’s Revolving L/C Obligations as drafts are presented under the Letters of Credit, with the balance, if any, to be applied to the Borrower’s obligations under this Agreement and the Loans as the Administrative Agent shall determine with the approval of the Required Lenders. Except as expressly provided above in this Section 9, presentment, demand, protest and all other notices of any kind are hereby expressly waived.

SECTION 10. THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND THE ISSUING LENDER

10.1 Appointment . Each Lender hereby irrevocably designates and appoints JPMCB as the Administrative Agent under this Agreement and irrevocably authorizes JPMCB as Administrative Agent for such Lender to take such action on its behalf under the provisions of the Loan Documents and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of the Loan Documents, together with such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary elsewhere in this Agreement, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein, or any fiduciary relationship with any Lender, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into the Loan Documents or otherwise exist against the Administrative Agent.

10.2 Delegation of Duties . The Administrative Agent may execute any of its duties under this Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents by or through agents or attorneys-in-fact and shall be entitled to advice of counsel concerning all matters pertaining to such duties. Without limiting the foregoing, the Administrative Agent may appoint any of its affiliates as its agent to perform the

 

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functions of the Administrative Agent hereunder relating to the advancing of funds to the Borrower and distribution of funds to the Lenders and to perform such other related functions of the Administrative Agent hereunder as are reasonably incidental to such functions. The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any agents or attorneys-in-fact selected by it with reasonable care, except as otherwise provided in subsection 10.3.

10.3 Exculpatory Provisions . Neither the Administrative Agent nor any of its officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact, Affiliates or Subsidiaries shall be (i) liable for any action lawfully taken or omitted to be taken by it or such Person under or in connection with the Loan Documents (except for its or such Person’s own gross negligence or willful misconduct), or (ii) responsible in any manner to any of the Lenders for any recitals, statements, representations or warranties made by any Loan Party or any officer thereof contained in the Loan Documents or in any certificate, report, statement or other document referred to or provided for in, or received by the Administrative Agent under or in connection with, the Loan Documents or for the value, validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of the Loan Documents or for any failure of any Loan Party to perform its obligations thereunder. The Administrative Agent shall not be under any obligation to any Lender to ascertain or to inquire as to the observance or performance of any of the agreements contained in, or conditions of, any Loan Document, or to inspect the properties, books or records of any Loan Party.

10.4 Reliance by the Administrative Agent . The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any Note, writing, resolution, notice, consent, certificate, affidavit, letter, cablegram, telegram, telecopy, electronic transmission, telex or teletype message, statement, order or other document or conversation believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent or made by the proper Person or Persons and upon advice and statements of legal counsel (including counsel to the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent may deem and treat the payee of any Note as the owner thereof for all purposes unless a written notice of assignment, negotiation or transfer thereof shall have been filed with the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be fully justified in failing or refusing to take any action under any Loan Document unless it shall first receive such advice or concurrence of the Required Lenders (or, where unanimous consent of the Lenders is expressly required hereunder, such Lenders) as it deems appropriate or it shall first be indemnified to its satisfaction by the Lenders against any and all liability and expense which may be incurred by it by reason of taking or continuing to take any such action. The Administrative Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from acting, under any Loan Document in accordance with a request of the Required Lenders, and such request and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding upon all the Lenders and all future holders of the Notes.

10.5 Notice of Default . The Administrative Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default hereunder unless the Administrative Agent has received written notice from a Lender or the Borrower referring to this Agreement, describing such Default or Event of Default and stating that such notice is a “notice of default”. In the event that the Administrative Agent receives such a notice, the Administrative Agent shall promptly give notice thereof to the Lenders. The Administrative Agent shall take such action with respect to such Default or Event of Default as shall be directed by the Required Lenders; provided that (i) the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action that exposes the Administrative Agent to liability or that is contrary to this Agreement or applicable law and (ii) unless and until the Administrative Agent shall have received such directions, the Administrative Agent may (but shall not be obligated to) take such action, or refrain from taking such action, with respect to such Default or Event of Default as it shall deem advisable in the best interests of the Lenders.

 

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10.6 Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Lenders . Each Lender expressly acknowledges that neither the Administrative Agent nor any of its officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact, Subsidiaries or Affiliates has made any representations or warranties to it and that no act by the Administrative Agent hereafter taken, including any review of the affairs of the Loan Parties, shall be deemed to constitute any representation or warranty by the Administrative Agent to any Lender. Each Lender represents to the Administrative Agent that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own appraisal of an investigation into the business, operations, property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of the Loan Parties and made its own decision to make its Loans hereunder and participate in the Letters of Credit and enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also represents that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit analysis, appraisals and decisions in taking or not taking action under the Loan Documents, and to make such investigation as it deems necessary to inform itself as to the business, operations, property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of the Loan Parties. Except for notices, reports and other documents expressly required to be furnished to the Lenders by the Administrative Agent hereunder, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty or responsibility to provide any Lender with any credit or other information concerning the business, financial condition, assets, liabilities, net assets, properties, results of operations, value, prospects and other condition or creditworthiness of the Loan Parties which may come into the possession of the Administrative Agent or any of its officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact, Affiliates or Subsidiaries.

10.7 Indemnification . The Lenders severally agree to indemnify the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such (to the extent not reimbursed by the Loan Parties and without limiting the obligation of the Loan Parties to do so), ratably (determined at the time such indemnity is sought) according to the respective amounts of their respective Commitments (or, to the extent such Commitments have been terminated, according to the respective outstanding principal amounts of the Loans and obligations, whether as Issuing Lender or a Participating Lender, with respect to Letters of Credit), from and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind whatsoever which may at any time (including at any time following the payment of the Loans) be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against the Administrative Agent in any way relating to or arising out of the Loan Documents or any documents contemplated by or referred to herein or the transactions contemplated hereby or any action taken or omitted by the Administrative Agent under or in connection with any of the foregoing; provided that no Lender shall be liable for the payment of any portion of such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements resulting from the Administrative Agent’s gross negligence or willful misconduct. The agreements contained in this subsection 10.7 shall survive the payment of the Notes and all other amounts payable hereunder.

10.8 Administrative Agent in its Individual Capacity . The Administrative Agent and its Affiliates and Subsidiaries may make loans to, accept deposits from and generally engage in any kind of business with the Loan Parties as though the Administrative Agent were not the Administrative Agent hereunder. With respect to its Loans made or renewed by it, any Note issued to it and any Letter of Credit issued by or participated in by it, the Administrative Agent shall have the same rights and powers, duties and liabilities under the Loan Documents as any Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not Administrative Agent and the terms “Lender” and “Lenders” shall include the Administrative Agent in its individual capacities.

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Administrative Agent under the Loan Documents, then the Required Lenders shall appoint from among the Lenders a successor agent for the Lenders which successor agent shall (unless an Event of Default under Section 9(a) or Section 9(f) shall have occurred and be continuing) be approved by the Borrower (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed) whereupon such successor agent shall succeed to the rights, powers and duties of the Administrative Agent and the term “Administrative Agent” shall mean such successor agent effective upon its appointment, and the former Administrative Agent’s rights, powers and duties as Administrative Agent shall be terminated, without any other or further act or deed on the part of such former Administrative Agent or any of the parties to this Agreement or any holders of the Notes. If no successor agent has accepted appointment as Administrative Agent by the date that is 30 days following a retiring Administrative Agent’s notice of resignation, the retiring Administrative Agent’s resignation shall nevertheless thereupon become effective, and the Lenders shall assume and perform all of the duties of the Administrative Agent hereunder until such time, if any, as the Required Lenders appoint a successor agent as provided for above. After any retiring Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder as Administrative Agent, the provisions of this Section 10 shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was Administrative Agent under the Loan Documents.

10.10 Issuing Lender as Issuer of Letters of Credit . Each Lender hereby acknowledges that the provisions of this Section 10 shall apply to the Issuing Lender, in its capacity as issuer of any Letter of Credit, in the same manner as such provisions are expressly stated to apply to the Administrative Agent.

10.11 No Other Agent Duties, Etc. . Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, none of the Persons acting as co-syndication agent, co-documentation agent, joint lead arranger or bookrunner listed on the cover page hereof or otherwise shall have any powers, duties or responsibilities under any of the Loan Documents, except in its capacity as the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender, the Swing Line Lender or any other Lender.

SECTION 11. MISCELLANEOUS

11.1 Amendments and Waivers . No Loan Document or any terms thereof may be amended, supplemented, waived or modified except in accordance with the provisions of this subsection 11.1. Except as expressly set forth in this Agreement, neither this Agreement nor any other Loan Document nor any provision hereof or thereof may be waived, amended, supplemented or modified except pursuant to a document in writing entered into by the Required Lenders and the Loan Parties that are party hereto or thereto, as applicable; provided , however , that:

(a) no such waiver and no such amendment, supplement or modification shall (i) directly or indirectly release all or substantially all of the Collateral or all or substantially all of the Guarantors from their obligations under the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or (ii) reduce any percentage specified in the definition of Required Lenders, in each case without the written consent of all Lenders;

(b) no such waiver and no such amendment, supplement or modification shall (i) extend the scheduled maturity of any Loan or scheduled installment of any Loan or reduce any scheduled installment of any Loan or reduce the principal amount thereof or extend the expiry date of any Letter of Credit beyond the Revolving Credit Termination Date, or reduce the rate (provided that only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary to amend the default rate provided in subsection 4.7(c) or to waive any obligation of the Borrower to pay interest at such default rate) or extend the time of payment of interest thereon, or change the method of calculating interest thereon, or reduce the amount or extend the time of payment of any fee payable to the Lenders hereunder, or increase the amount of any Commitment

 

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of any Lender without the consent of each Lender directly and adversely affected thereby, (ii) amend, modify or waive any provision of this subsection 11.1 or consent to the assignment or transfer by any Loan Party of any of its rights and obligations under any Loan Document without the consent of all Lenders, (iii) amend, modify or waive subsection 4.16(a) in a manner that would by its terms alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby or (iv) amend, modify or waive Section 6.5 of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement with respect to the priority of payments set forth therein, in each case, without the written consent of each Lender directly and adversely affected thereby; provided , that any such waiver, amendment, supplement or modification may be made without the consent of the Required Lenders if such waiver, amendment, supplement or modification otherwise satisfies the requirements of this clause (b);

(c) no such waiver and no such amendment, supplement or modification shall amend subsection 3.3(d) without the consent of Lenders holding more than 50% of the Revolving Credit Commitments in respect of the applicable maturing Revolving Credit Commitments (or if the Revolving Credit Commitments in respect of such maturing tranche have been cancelled the sum of (i) the L/C Participating Interests in the aggregate amount then available to be drawn under all outstanding Letters of Credit issued in respect of such maturing tranche and (ii) the aggregate then outstanding principal amount of Revolving L/C Obligations in respect of such maturing tranche);

(d) no such waiver and no such amendment, supplement or modification shall amend, modify or waive any provision of Section 10 or subsection 4.21 without the written consent of the then Issuing Lender and the Administrative Agent; and

(e) this Agreement and the other Loan Documents may be amended solely with the consent of the Administrative Agent to incorporate the terms of any Incremental Facility or to establish an Extension permitted by subsection 4.24.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of subsection 8.1 (and any defined terms solely as used therein) or any other provision to any Loan Document that has been added solely for the benefit of the Revolving Credit Facility (as may be agreed between the Majority Revolving Lenders and the Borrower) shall require the written consent of the Majority Revolving Lenders (and only the Majority Revolving Lenders) and each Loan Party party hereto. For the avoidance of doubt, it is understood and agreed that the Required Lenders may not, and nor shall the consent of the Required Lenders be needed to, amend, modify or waive any provision of subsection 8.1 (or any defined term as used therein) or any other provision to any Loan Document that has been added solely for the benefit of the Revolving Credit Facility (as may be agreed between the Majority Revolving Lenders and the Borrower).

Any such waiver and any such amendment, supplement or modification described in this subsection 11.1 shall apply equally to each of the Lenders and shall be binding upon each Loan Party, the Lenders, the Administrative Agent and all future holders of the Loans. No waiver, amendment, supplement or modification of any Letter of Credit shall extend the expiry date thereof without the written consent of the Participating Lenders. In the case of any waiver, the Borrower, the Lenders and the Administrative Agent shall be restored to their former position and rights hereunder and under the outstanding Loans, and any Default or Event of Default waived shall be deemed to be cured and not continuing; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default, or impair any right consequent thereon.

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Lenders whose consent is required is not obtained (any such Lender whose consent is not obtained as described in this subsection 11.1 being referred to as a “ Non-Consenting Lender ”), then, the Borrower may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to such Non-Consenting Lender and the Administrative Agent, require such Non-Consenting Lender to assign and delegate, without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in subsection 11.6), all its interests, rights and obligations under this Agreement to an assignee that shall assume such obligations (which assignee may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment), provided that (i) (a) the Borrower shall have received the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent (and, if a Revolving Credit Commitment is being assigned, each Issuing Lender and the Swing Line Lender), which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld or delayed, (b) such Non-Consenting Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding principal amount of its Loans, participations in Letters of Credit funded under subsection 3.6(b) and participations under Swing Line Loans, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts payable to it hereunder from the assignee (to the extent of such outstanding principal and accrued interest and fees) or the Borrower (in the case of all other amounts), (c) the Borrower or such assignee shall have paid to the Administrative Agent the processing and recordation fee specified in subsection 11.6(d) and (d) such assignee has consented to the Proposed Change and (ii) substantially concurrently with satisfaction of the requirements set forth in clause (i) of this proviso, such Non-Consenting Lender shall be deemed to have assigned and delegated its interests, rights and obligations under this Agreement and such Non-Consenting Lender shall not be required to execute the Assignment and Assumption in connection therewith. If the Proposed Change to which the Non-Consenting Lender withholds consent would reduce the Applicable Margin for the period on or prior to the first anniversary of the Closing Date, the Borrower shall be required to pay such Non-Consenting Lender a 1% premium on the amount of such Non-Consenting Lender’s Loans in connection with any assignment thereof pursuant to this paragraph.

11.2 Notices . All notices, requests and demands to or upon the respective parties hereto to be effective shall be in writing (including by telecopy or electronic transmission), and, unless otherwise expressly provided herein, shall be deemed to have been duly given or made when delivered by hand on a Business Day during recipient’s normal business hours, or three Business Days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, or, in the case of telecopy notice, when sent on a Business Day and received during recipient’s normal business hours with confirmation of receipt received, addressed as follows in the case of each Loan Party and the Administrative Agent, and as set forth on its signature page hereto in the case of any Lender, or to such other address as may be hereafter notified by the respective parties hereto and any future holders of the Loans:

 

The Borrower:

 

Cumulus Media Holdings Inc.

3280 Peachtree Road, N.W., Suite 2300

Atlanta, Georgia 30305

Attention: General Counsel

Telecopy: (404) 260-6877

In the case of the Borrower, with a copy to:

 

Jones Day

1420 Peachtree Street, N.E., Suite 800

Atlanta, Georgia 30309

Attention: John E. Zamer, Esq.

Telecopy: (404) 581-8330

 

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The Administrative Agent:

   JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
   Loan and Agency Services Group
   1111 Fannin Street
   10 th Floor
   Houston, Texas 77002
   Attention: Yi Chun Kuo
   Telecopy: (713) 750-2878

With copies to:

   JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
   383 Madison Avenue, 24 th Floor
   New York, New York 10179
   Telecopy: (212) 270-5127

provided that the failure to provide the copies of notices to the Borrower provided for in this subsection 11.2 shall not result in any liability to the Administrative Agent or any Lender.

Notices and other communications to the Lenders hereunder may be delivered or furnished by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent; provided that the foregoing shall not apply to notices pursuant to subsections 3.3, 3.7, 4.1, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5 and 4.6 unless otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent and the applicable Lender. The Administrative Agent or the Borrower may, in its discretion, agree to accept notices and other communications to it hereunder by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by it; provided that approval of such procedures may be limited to particular notices or communications.

11.3 No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies . No failure to exercise and no delay in exercising, on the part of the Administrative Agent or any Lender, any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder or under the Loan Documents, shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, remedy, power or privilege. The rights, remedies, powers and privileges herein provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights, remedies, powers and privileges provided by law.

11.4 Survival of Representations and Warranties . All representations and warranties made hereunder, in the other Loan Documents and in any document, certificate or statement delivered pursuant hereto or in connection herewith shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the making of the Loans, Letters of Credit and other extensions of credit hereunder.

11.5 Payment of Expenses . The Borrower agrees:

(a) to pay or reimburse the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender, the Arrangers and their respective Affiliates for all of their reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection with the preparation, execution and delivery of, any amendment, supplement or modification to, or any waiver of, this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and any other documents prepared in connection herewith or therewith, and the consummation and administration of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including the reasonable fees and disbursements (including filing and recording fees and expenses) of counsel to the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers and the Lenders (which shall be limited to one counsel, FCC counsel and, if necessary, one local counsel in any relevant jurisdiction and expenses attributable to processing primary assignments and, solely in case of any actual or perceived conflict of interest, one additional counsel to the affected Lenders taken as a whole);

 

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(b) to pay or reimburse the Lenders and the Administrative Agent for all their reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection with, and to pay, indemnify, and hold the Administrative Agent and the Lenders harmless from and against any and all other liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever arising out of or in connection with, the enforcement or preservation of any rights under any Loan Document and any such other documents or any workout or restructuring of the Loan Documents, limited to out-of-pocket costs, fees, disbursements and other charges of one counsel, FCC counsel and one local counsel in any relevant jurisdiction for the Administrative Agent and the Lenders taken as a whole (and, solely in case of any actual or perceived conflict of interest, one additional counsel to the affected Lenders taken as a whole) incurred in connection with the foregoing and in connection with advising the Administrative Agent with respect to its rights and responsibilities under this Agreement, the other Loan Documents and the documentation relating thereto.

(c) to pay, indemnify, and to hold the Administrative Agent and each Lender harmless from, any and all recording and filing fees and any and all liabilities with respect to, or resulting from any delay in paying similar fees, if any, which may be payable or determined to be payable in connection with the execution and delivery of, or consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by, or any amendment, supplement or modification of, or any waiver or consent under or in respect of, any Loan Document and any such other documents; and

(d) to pay, indemnify, and hold the Administrative Agent, each Arranger, the Issuing Lender and each Lender and their respective officers, directors, employees, affiliates, advisors, controlling persons and agents (each an “ Indemnitee ”) harmless from and against any and all other liabilities, obligations, losses, damages (including punitive damages), penalties, fines, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever (including reasonable experts’ and consultants’ fees and limited to reasonable fees and disbursements of one counsel, one FCC counsel and, if necessary, one local counsel in each appropriate jurisdiction, in each case for all Indemnitees taken as a whole (and, solely in the case of any actual or perceived conflict of interest where the Indemnitee affected by such conflict of interest informs the Borrower of such conflict and thereafter retains its own counsel, of another firm of counsel for such affected Indemnitee) and third party claims for personal injury or real or personal property damage) which may be incurred by or asserted against the Administrative Agent, any Arranger or any Lender (x) arising out of or in connection with any investigation, litigation or proceeding related to this Agreement, the other Loan Documents, the Loans, the actual or proposed use of proceeds of the Loans, or any of the other transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, whether or not the Administrative Agent, any Arranger or any of the Lenders is a party thereto, (y) with respect to any environmental matters, any environmental compliance expenses and remediation expenses in connection with the presence, suspected presence, release or suspected release of any Materials of Environmental Concern in or into the air, soil, groundwater, surface water or improvements at, on, about, under, or within the Properties, or any portion thereof, or elsewhere in connection with the transportation of Materials of Environmental Concern to or from the Properties, in each case to the extent required under Environmental Laws, or (z) without limiting the generality of the foregoing, by reason of or in connection with the execution, performance, delivery, enforcement or administration, of this Agreement, the other Credit Agreement and any such other documents, or transfer of, or payment or failure to make payments under, Letters of Credit (all the foregoing in this clause (d), collectively, the “ indemnified liabilities ”), provided that the Borrower shall have no obligation hereunder to any Indemnitee (x) with respect to indemnified liabilities to the extent they are found by a final, non-appealable judgment of a court to arise from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of, or material breach by, such Indemnitee, (y) under this subsection 11.5 for any taxes other than Other Taxes or taxes derived from a non-tax claim or (z) with respect to indemnified liabilities arising out of a dispute solely between Indemnified Parties not involving an act or omission by the Borrower or any of its Affiliates (other than any such indemnified liabilities asserted against any Indemnitee in its capacity, or in fulfilling

 

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its role, as an agent or Arranger or similar role for any Facility (including any Incremental Facility)). All amounts due under this subsection 11.5 shall be payable not later than 10 days after written demand therefor. The agreements in this subsection 11.5 shall survive repayment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder.

11.6 Successors and Assigns; Participations; Purchasing Lenders .

(a) This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of Parent, the Borrower, the Lenders and the Administrative Agent, all future holders of the Loans, and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby (including any Affiliate of the Issuing Lender that issues any Letter of Credit), except that (i) the Borrower may not assign or transfer any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement without the prior written consent of each Lender (and any attempted assignment or transfer by the Borrower without such consent shall be null and void) and (ii) no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer its rights and obligations hereunder except in accordance with this Section.

(b) Any Lender other than a Conduit Lender may, in the ordinary course of its business and in accordance with applicable law, at any time sell to one or more banks or other financial institutions or Lender Affiliates (other than a Disqualified Person or an Affiliated Lender (other than an Affiliated Debt Fund)) (“ Participants ”) participating interests in any Loan owing to such Lender, any participating interest of such Lender in the Letters of Credit, any Note held by such Lender, any Commitment of such Lender or any other interest of such Lender hereunder and under the other Loan Documents. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the immediately preceding sentence, each Lender shall have the right to sell one or more participations in all or any part of its Loans or any other Obligation to one or more lenders or other Persons that provide financing to such Lender in the form of sales and repurchases of participations without having to satisfy the foregoing requirements. In the event of any such sale by a Lender of participating interests to a Participant, such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement to the other parties to this Agreement shall remain unchanged, such Lender shall remain solely responsible for the performance thereof, such Lender shall remain the holder of any such Loan for all purposes under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and the Borrower and the Administrative Agent shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. The Borrower agrees that if amounts outstanding under this Agreement and the Loans are due and unpaid, or shall have been declared or shall have become due and payable upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, each Participant shall be deemed to have the right of setoff in respect of its participating interest in amounts owing under this Agreement and any Loan to the same extent as if the amount of its participating interest were owing directly to it as a Lender under this Agreement or any Loan; provided that such Participant shall only be entitled to such right of setoff if it shall have agreed in the agreement pursuant to which it shall have acquired its participating interest to share with the Lenders the proceeds thereof, as provided in subsection 11.7. The Borrower also agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of, and shall be subject to the limitations of, subsections 4.17, 4.18, 4.19 and 4.20 with respect to its participation in the Letters of Credit and the Loans outstanding from time to time; provided that no Participant shall be entitled to receive (i) any greater amount pursuant to such subsections than the transferor Lender would have been entitled to receive in respect of the amount of the participation transferred by such transferor Lender to such Participant had no such transfer occurred or (ii) the benefits of subsection 4.20 unless such Participant complies with subsections 4.20(f), 4.20(g), 4.20(h) and 4.20(i) as if it were a Lender. Each Lender that sells a participation, acting solely for this purpose as an agent of the Borrower, shall maintain a register on which it enters the name and address of each Participant and the principal amounts (and stated interest) of each Participant’s interest in the Loans or other obligations under this Agreement (the “ Participant Register ”). No Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register to any Person except to the extent such disclosure is necessary to establish that any Loan, Letter of Credit or Note is in registered form under Section 5f.103.1(c) of the U.S. Treasury

 

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Regulations. The entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and such Lender, each Loan Party and the Administrative Agent shall treat each person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register pursuant to the terms hereof as the owner of such participation for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary.

(c) Any Lender other than any Conduit Lender may, in the ordinary course of its business and in accordance with applicable law, with the prior written consent (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) of:

(i) the Administrative Agent; provided that no consent of the Administrative Agent shall be required for an assignment of all or a portion of a Term Loan to a Lender, a Lender Affiliate or an Approved Fund;

(ii) the Swing Line Lender and the Issuing Lenders; provided that no consent of the Swing Line Lender or Issuing Lenders shall be required for an assignment of Term Loan only; and

(iii) the Borrower; provided that (A) (i) no consent of the Borrower shall be required for an assignment to a Lender, a Lender Affiliate or an Approved Fund or (ii) if an Event of Default under Section 9(a) or (f) has occurred and is continuing and (B) the Borrower shall be deemed to have consented to any assignment unless the Borrower has objected thereto by written notice to the Administrative Agent within 10 Business Days after having received notice thereof,

sell to any Eligible Assignee (an “ Assignee ”), all or any part of its rights and obligations under this Agreement, the Notes and the other Loan Documents and, with respect to the Letters of Credit, such Lender’s L/C Participating Interest, pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption executed by such Assignee, such assigning Lender (except as otherwise permitted by subsection 4.22 and subsection 11.1) and, to the extent their consent is required, the Borrower, the Swing Line Lender, the Issuing Lenders and the Administrative Agent, and delivered to the Administrative Agent for its acceptance and recording in the Register (as defined below); provided that (A) each such sale pursuant to this subsection 11.6(c) of less than all of a Lender’s rights and obligations (I) to a Person which is not then a Lender, a Lender Affiliate or an Approved Fund shall be of Commitments and/or Loans of not less than $5,000,000 (or in the case of the Term Facility, $1,000,000) and (II) to a Person which is then a Lender, a Lender Affiliate or an Approved Fund may be in any amount and (B) each Assignee shall comply with the provisions of subsection 4.20 hereof; provided , further that the foregoing shall not prohibit a Lender from selling participating interests in accordance with subsection 11.6(a) in all or any portion of its Loans (without duplication). For purposes of clause (A) of the first proviso contained in the preceding sentence, the amount described therein shall be aggregated in respect of each Lender and its Lender Affiliates, if any. Upon such execution, delivery, acceptance and recording, from and after the effective date determined pursuant to such Assignment and Assumption, (x) the Assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent provided in such Assignment and Assumption, have the rights and obligations of a Lender hereunder with the Commitments and Loans as set forth therein, and (y) the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest transferred, as reflected in such Assignment and Assumption, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Assumption covering all or the remaining portion of an assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, such assigning Lender shall cease to be a party hereto but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of subsections 4.17, 4.18, 4.19, 4.20 and 11.5). Such Assignment and Assumption shall be deemed to amend this Agreement to the extent, and only to the extent, necessary to reflect the addition of such Assignee and the resulting adjustment of Commitment Percentages arising from the purchase by such Assignee of all or a portion of the rights and obligations of such assigning Lender under this

 

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Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Conduit Lender may assign at any time to its designating Lender hereunder without the consent of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent any or all of the Loans it may have funded hereunder and pursuant to its designation agreement and without regard to the limitations set forth in the first sentence of this subsection 11.6(c); provided that such designating Lender complies with subsection 4.20 and shall not be entitled to receive any greater amounts under this Agreement (including subsections 4.18 and 4.20) than the assigning Conduit Lender was entitled to receive immediately prior to such assignment in respect of the Loans subject to such assignment.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Agreement (including subsection 4.16(a) or 11.7(a)) or any other Loan Document, any Lender may assign all or any portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement, the Notes and the other Loan Documents and, with respect to the Letters of Credit, such Lender’s L/C Participating Interest to an Affiliated Lender; provided that any such assignment (other than any such assignment to an Affiliated Debt Fund) shall be subject to the following additional conditions: (1) no Event of Default under Section 9(a) or (f) shall have occurred and be continuing immediately before and after giving effect to such assignment, (2) after giving effect to such assignment and to all other assignments with all Affiliated Lenders, the aggregate principal amount of all Term Loans then held by all Affiliated Lenders shall not exceed 25% of the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Term Loans then outstanding, (3) the Affiliated Lender shall execute a waiver in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that it shall have no right whatsoever so long as such Person is an Affiliated Lender (i) to vote as a Lender with respect to any amendment, modification, waiver, consent or other such action with respect to any of the terms of this Agreement or any other Loan Document (it being understood that such interest will be deemed voted in the same proportion as the allocation of voting with respect to such matter by those Lenders who are not Affiliated Lenders), provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, (x) such Affiliated Lender shall be permitted to vote as a Lender if such amendment, modification, waiver, consent or other such action (A) requires the vote of all Lenders or all affected Lenders and all other Lenders or all other affected Lenders, as the case may be, have given their consent thereto, or (B) disproportionately affects such Affiliated Lender in its capacity as a Lender as compared to other Lenders that are not Affiliated Lenders and (y) no amendment, modification, waiver, consent or other action shall deprive any Affiliated Lender of its share of any payments which the Lenders are entitled to share on a pro rata basis hereunder without consent of such Affiliated Lender, (ii) subject to subclause (i) of clause (3) of this paragraph, to otherwise vote as a Lender on any matter related to this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (iii) to, in its capacity as a Lender, attend (or receive any notice of) any meeting, conference call or correspondence with the Administrative Agent or any Lender or receive any information from the Administrative Agent or any Lender, (iv) to receive advice of counsel to the Administrative Agent or to Lenders other than Affiliated Lenders or to challenge the Lenders’ attorney-client privilege or (v) to make or bring any claim, in its capacity as a Lender, against the Administrative Agent or any Lender with respect to the duties and obligations of such Persons under the Loan Documents (except with respect to rights expressly retained under subclause (i) of clause (3) of this paragraph), (4) each Affiliated Lender shall acknowledge and agree that the Loans owned by it shall be non-voting under sections 1126 and 1129 of the Bankruptcy Code in the event that any proceeding thereunder shall be instituted by or against any Group Member, or, alternatively, to the extent that the foregoing non-voting designation is deemed unenforceable for any reason, each Affiliated Lender shall vote in such proceedings in the same proportion as the allocation of voting with respect to such matter by those Lenders who are not Affiliated Lenders, except to the extent that any plan of reorganization proposes to treat the obligations held by such Affiliated Lender in a manner that is less favorable in any material respect to such Affiliated Lender than the proposed treatment of similar obligations held by Lenders that are not Affiliated Lenders, (5) no Revolving Credit Commitments, Revolving Credit Loans or L/C Participating Interests shall be assigned to any Affiliated Lender; (6) any Loans assigned to the Borrower or any Subsidiary shall be cancelled promptly upon such assignment and (7) no proceeds of Revolving Credit Loans shall be used by the Borrower or any Subsidiary to purchase Term Loans.

 

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For the purposes of this subsection 11.6, “ Approved Fund ” means any Person (other than a Disqualified Person) that is engaged in making, purchasing, holding or investing in bank loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its business and that is administered or managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender or (c) an entity or an affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a Lender.

(d) The Administrative Agent acting on behalf of and as agent for the Borrower, shall maintain at the address of the Administrative Agent referred to in subsection 11.2 a copy of each Assignment and Assumption delivered to it and a register (the “ Register ”) for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders and the Commitment of, the principal amount of any Term Loans, Swing Line Loans and/or Revolving Credit Loans owing to, and if such Lender has any Revolving Credit Commitments and/or the L/C Participating Interests owing to each Lender. The entries in the Register shall be conclusive, in the absence of manifest error, and the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register as the owner of the Loans or L/C Participating Interests recorded therein for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding any notice to the contrary. The Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrower or any Lender at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice. No assignment shall be effective for purposes of this agreement unless it has been recorded in the Register as provided in this paragraph. Upon its receipt of an Assignment and Assumption executed by an assigning Lender, an Assignee and any other party required to executed such Assignment and Assumption pursuant to this subsection 11.6, together with payment to the Administrative Agent of a registration and processing fee of $3,500, the Administrative Agent shall (i) promptly accept such Assignment and Assumption and (ii) on the effective date determined pursuant thereto, record the information contained therein in the Register and give notice of such acceptance and recordation to the Lenders and the Borrower. The Assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an administrative questionnaire in which the Assignee designates one or more credit contacts to whom all syndicate-level information (which may contain material non-public information about the Borrower and its Affiliates and their related parties or their respective securities) will be made available and who may receive such information in accordance with the assignee’s compliance procedures and applicable laws, including Federal and state securities laws.

(f) The Borrower authorizes each Lender to disclose to any Participant or Assignee (each, a “ Transferee ”) and any prospective Transferee or to any pledgee referred to in subsection 11.6(g) or to any direct or indirect contractual counterparty in swap agreements or such contractual counterparty’s professional advisor (so long as such contractual counterparty or professional advisor to such contractual counterparty agrees to be bound by confidentiality provisions at least as restrictive as those of subsection 11.15) any and all financial information in such Lender’s possession concerning the Borrower and its Subsidiaries which has been delivered to such Lender by or on behalf of the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement or which has been delivered to such Lender by or on behalf of the Borrower in connection with such Lender’s credit evaluation of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and Affiliates prior to becoming a party to this Agreement; provided that no such information shall be provided by any Lender to any Disqualified Lender.

(g) For avoidance of doubt, the parties to this Agreement acknowledge that the provisions of this subsection concerning assignments of Loans and Notes relate only to absolute assignments and that such provisions do not prohibit assignments creating security interests, including any pledge or assignment (i) by a Lender of any Loan or Note to any Federal Reserve Bank or central bank having jurisdiction over such lender in accordance with applicable law and (ii) by a Lender Affiliate which is a fund to its trustee in support of its obligations to its trustee; provided that any transfer of Loans or Notes upon, or in lieu of, enforcement of or the exercise of remedies under any such pledge shall be treated as an assignment thereof which shall not be made without compliance with the requirements of this subsection 11.6.

 

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(h) The Borrower, upon receipt of written notice from the relevant Lender, agrees to issue Notes to any Lender requiring Notes to facilitate transactions of the type described in paragraph (g) above.

(i) The Borrower, each Lender and the Administrative Agent hereby confirms that it will not institute against a Conduit Lender or join any other Person in instituting against a Conduit Lender any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceeding under any state bankruptcy or similar law, for one year and one day after the payment in full of the latest maturing commercial paper note issued by such Conduit Lender; provided , however (i) that each Lender designating any Conduit Lender hereby agrees to indemnify, save and hold harmless each other party hereto for any loss, cost, damage or expense arising out of its inability to institute such a proceeding against such Conduit Lender during such period forbearance and (ii) the foregoing shall not prohibit or limit the ability of any such Person to file claims against a Conduit Lender in connection with any such proceeding.

11.7 Adjustments; Set-off .

(a) Except as otherwise expressly set forth in this Agreement (including subsections 4.23, 4.24 and 11.6), if any Lender (a “ Benefited Lender ”) shall at any time receive any payment of all or part of any of its Term Loans, Revolving Credit Loans (other than payment of Swing Line Loans) or L/C Participating Interests, as the case may be, or interest thereon, or receive any collateral in respect thereof (whether voluntarily or involuntarily, by set-off, pursuant to events or proceedings of the nature referred to in Section 9(f), or otherwise) in a greater proportion than any such payment to and collateral received by any other Lender, if any, in respect of such other Lender’s L/C Participating Interests, Term Loans or Revolving Credit Loans, as the case may be, or interest thereon, such Benefited Lender shall purchase for cash from the other Lenders such portion of each such other Lender’s L/C Participating Interests, Term Loans or Revolving Credit Loans, as the case may be, or shall provide such other Lenders with the benefits of any such collateral, or the proceeds thereof, as shall be necessary to cause such Benefited Lender to share the excess payment or benefits of such collateral or proceeds ratably with each of the Lenders; provided , however , that if all or any portion of such excess payment or benefits is thereafter recovered from such Benefited Lender, such purchase shall be rescinded, and the purchase price and benefits returned, to the extent of such recovery, but without interest. The Borrower agrees that each Lender so purchasing a portion of another Lender’s Loans and/or L/C Participating Interests may exercise all rights of payment (including rights of set-off) with respect to such portion as fully as if such Lender were the direct holder of such portion. The Administrative Agent shall promptly give the Borrower notice of any set-off, provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such set-off.

(b) Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default specified in Section 9(a) or Section 9(f), the Administrative Agent and each Lender are hereby irrevocably authorized at any time and from time to time without notice to the Borrower, any such notice being hereby waived by the Borrower, to set off and appropriate and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final), in any currency, and any other credits, indebtedness or claims, in any currency, in each case whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, matured or unmatured, at any time held or owing by the Administrative Agent or such Lender or any of their respective Affiliates to or for the credit or the account of the Borrower or any part thereof in such amounts as the Administrative Agent or such Lender may elect, on account of the liabilities of the Borrower hereunder and under the other Loan Documents and claims of every nature and description of the Administrative Agent or such Lender against the Borrower in any currency, whether arising hereunder, or otherwise, under any other Loan Document as the Administrative Agent or such Lender may elect, whether or not the Administrative Agent or such Lender has made any demand for payment and although such liabilities and claims may be contingent or

 

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unmatured. The Administrative Agent and each Lender shall notify the Borrower promptly of any such setoff made by it and the application made by it of the proceeds thereof, provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such setoff and application. The rights of the Administrative Agent and each Lender under this paragraph are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) which the Administrative Agent or such Lender may have.

11.8 Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed by one or more of the parties to this Agreement on any number of separate counterparts and all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument. A set of the copies of this Agreement signed by all the parties shall be lodged with the Borrower and the Administrative Agent. This Agreement shall become effective with respect to the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders when the Administrative Agent shall have received a signature page of this Agreement executed by the Borrower and the Lenders, or, in the case of any Lender, shall have received telephonic confirmation from such Lender stating that such Lender has executed counterparts of this Agreement or the signature pages hereto and sent the same to the Administrative Agent. Delivery of an executed signature page of this Agreement by e-mail or facsimile transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart hereof.

11.9 Integration . Except for matters set forth in the Fee Letter, this Agreement and the other Loan Documents represent the entire agreement of the Loan Parties, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof, and there are no promises, undertakings, representations or warranties by the Administrative Agent or any Lender relative to the subject matter hereof or thereof not expressly set forth or referred to herein or in the other Loan Documents.

11.10 GOVERNING LAW; NO THIRD PARTY RIGHTS . THIS AGREEMENT AND THE LOANS AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES UNDER THIS AGREEMENT AND THE LOANS SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK; PROVIDED THAT THE INTERPRETATION OF THE DEFINITION OF “CLOSING DATE MATERIAL ADVERSE EFFECT” (AND WHETHER OR NOT A CLOSING DATE MATERIAL ADVERSE EFFECT HAS OCCURRED) SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE AS APPLIED TO CONTRACTS SUCH AS THE ACQUISITION AGREEMENT. THIS AGREEMENT IS SOLELY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PARTIES HERETO AND THEIR RESPECTIVE SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, AND, EXCEPT AS SET FORTH IN SUBSECTION 11.6, NO OTHER PERSONS SHALL HAVE ANY RIGHT, BENEFIT, PRIORITY OR INTEREST UNDER, OR BECAUSE OF THE EXISTENCE OF, THIS AGREEMENT.

11.11 SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION; WAIVERS . EACH PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY:

(i) SUBMITS FOR ITSELF AND ITS PROPERTY IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS CREDIT AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS, OR FOR RECOGNITION AND ENFORCEMENT OF ANY JUDGMENT IN RESPECT THEREOF, TO THE EXCLUSIVE GENERAL JURISDICTION OF THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SITTING IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN, THE COURTS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, AND THE APPELLATE COURTS FROM ANY THEREOF;

 

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(ii) CONSENTS THAT ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE BROUGHT IN SUCH COURTS, AND WAIVES ANY OBJECTION THAT IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE VENUE OF ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT OR THAT SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING WAS BROUGHT IN AN INCONVENIENT COURT AND AGREES NOT TO PLEAD OR CLAIM THE SAME;

(iii) AGREES THAT SERVICE OF PROCESS IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE EFFECTED BY MAILING A COPY THEREOF BY REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL (OR ANY SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR FORM OF MAIL), POSTAGE PREPAID, TO SUCH PARTY AT ITS ADDRESS SET FORTH IN SUBSECTION 11.2 OR AT SUCH OTHER ADDRESS OF WHICH THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT SHALL HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED PURSUANT THERETO;

(iv) AGREES THAT NOTHING CONTAINED HEREIN SHALL AFFECT THE RIGHT TO EFFECT SERVICE OF PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW OR SHALL LIMIT THE RIGHT TO SUE IN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION;

(v) WAIVES, TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT NOT PROHIBITED BY LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO CLAIM OR RECOVER IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING REFERRED TO IN THIS SECTION ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT, PUNITIVE OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES; AND

(vi) EACH PARTY HERETO UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPH (a) ABOVE.

11.12 Acknowledgements . Each of Parent and the Borrower hereby acknowledges that:

(a) it has been advised by counsel in the negotiation, execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents;

(b) none of the Administrative Agent or any Lender has any fiduciary relationship to any Loan Party, and the relationship between the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, on the one hand, and the Loan Parties, on the other hand, is solely that of creditor and debtor; and

(c) no joint venture exists among the Lenders or among any Loan Parties and the Lenders.

11.13 Releases of Guarantees and Liens .

(a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any other Loan Document, the Administrative Agent is hereby irrevocably authorized by each Lender (without requirement of notice to or consent of any Lender except as expressly required by subsection 11.1) and the Administrative Agent hereby agrees to take any action requested by the Borrower having the effect of releasing or evidencing the release of any collateral or guarantee obligations (i) to the extent necessary to permit consummation of any transaction not prohibited by any Loan Document or that has been consented to in accordance with subsection 11.1 or (ii) under the circumstances described in paragraph (b) below.

 

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(b) At such time as the Loans, the L/C Obligations and the other obligations under the Loan Documents (other than obligations under or in respect of Specified Swap Agreements or Specified Cash Management Agreements and contingent indemnity obligations not due and payable) shall have been paid in full in cash, the Commitments have been terminated and no Letters of Credit shall be outstanding, the collateral shall be released from the Liens created by the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, and the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement and all obligations (other than those expressly stated to survive such termination) of the Administrative Agent and each Loan Party under the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement shall terminate, all without delivery of any instrument or performance of any act by any Person.

11.14 Intercreditor Agreement . Each Lender hereby authorizes and directs the Administrative Agent (a) to enter into the Intercreditor Agreement on its behalf, perform the Intercreditor Agreement on its behalf and take any actions thereunder as determined by the Administrative Agent to be necessary or advisable to protect the interest of the Lenders and the Issuing Lender, and each Lender agrees to be bound by the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement and (b) to enter into any other intercreditor agreement reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent on its behalf, perform such intercreditor agreement on its behalf and take any actions thereunder as determined by the Administrative Agent to be necessary or advisable to protect the interests of the Lenders and the Issuing Lender, and each Lender agrees to be bound by the terms of such Intercreditor agreement.

11.15 Confidentiality . Each of the Administrative Agent and each Lender agrees to keep confidential all non-public information provided to it by any Loan Party, the Administrative Agent or any Lender pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement; provided that nothing herein shall prevent the Administrative Agent or any Lender from disclosing any such information (a) to the Administrative Agent or any other Lender, (b) subject to an agreement to comply with confidentiality provisions at least as restrictive as those of this Section, to any actual or prospective Transferee or any pledgee referred to in subsection 11.6(g) or any direct or indirect counterparty to any swap agreement (or any professional advisor to such counterparty), (c) to its Affiliates or to its employees, directors, agents, attorneys, accountants and other professional advisors or those of any of its Affiliates (it being understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such information and instructed to keep such information confidential), (d) upon the request or demand of any Governmental Authority, (e) in response to any order of any court or other Governmental Authority or as may otherwise be required pursuant to any Requirement of Law, (f) if requested or required to do so in connection with any litigation or similar proceeding, (g) that has been publicly disclosed (other than in violation of this subsection 11.15), (h) to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners or any similar organization or any nationally recognized rating agency that requires access to information about a Lender’s investment portfolio in connection with ratings issued with respect to such Lender (it being understood that any rating agency to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such information and instructed to keep such information confidential) or (i) in connection with the exercise of any remedy hereunder or under any other Loan Document; provided that, unless prohibited by applicable law or court order, such Lender or the Administrative Agent shall use reasonable efforts to notify the Borrower of any disclosure pursuant to clauses (d) or (e).

Each Lender acknowledges that information furnished to it pursuant to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents may include material non-public information concerning the Borrower and its Affiliates and their related parties or their respective securities, and confirms that it has developed compliance procedures regarding the use of material non-public information and that it will handle such material non-public information in accordance with those procedures and applicable law, including Federal and state securities laws.

 

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All information, including requests for waivers and amendments, furnished by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent pursuant to, or in the course of administering, this Agreement or the other Loan Documents will be syndicate-level information, which may contain material non-public information about the Borrower and its Affiliates and their related parties or their respective securities. Accordingly, each Lender represents to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent that it has identified in its administrative questionnaire a credit contact who may receive information that may contain material non-public information in accordance with its compliance procedures and applicable law, including Federal and state securities laws.

11.16 Usury Savings . Notwithstanding any other provision herein, the aggregate interest rate charged hereunder, including all charges or fees in connection therewith deemed in the nature of interest under applicable law, shall not exceed the Highest Lawful Rate (as such term is defined below). If the rate of interest (determined without regard to the preceding sentence) under this Agreement at any time exceeds the Highest Lawful Rate (as defined below), the outstanding amount of the Loans made hereunder shall bear interest at the Highest Lawful Rate until the total amount of interest due hereunder equals the amount of interest which would have been due hereunder if the stated rates of interest set forth in this Agreement had at all times been in effect. In addition, if and when the Loans made hereunder are repaid in full the total interest due hereunder (taking into account the increase provided for above) is less than the total amount of interest which would have been due hereunder if the stated rates of interest set forth in this Agreement had at all times been in effect, then to the extent permitted by law, the Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent an amount equal to the difference between the amount of interest paid and the amount of interest which would have been paid if the Highest Lawful Rate had at all times been in effect. Notwithstanding the foregoing, it is the intention of the Lenders and the Borrower to conform strictly to any applicable usury laws. Accordingly, if any Lender contracts for, charges, or receives any consideration which constitutes interest in excess of the Highest Lawful Rate, then any such excess shall be cancelled automatically and, if previously paid, shall at such Lender’s option be applied to the outstanding amount of the Loans made hereunder or be refunded to the Borrower. As used in this paragraph, the term “Highest Lawful Rate” means the maximum lawful interest rate, if any, that at any time or from time to time may be contracted for, charged, or received under the laws applicable to such Lender which are presently in effect or, to the extent allowed by law, under such applicable laws which may hereafter be in effect and which allow a higher maximum nonusurious interest rate than applicable laws now allow.

11.17 Severability . Any provision of this Agreement that is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.

11.18 Patriot Act . Each Lender that is subject to the requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)) (the “ Act ”) hereby notifies the Borrower that pursuant to the requirements of the Act, it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies the Borrower and each other Loan Party, which information includes the name and address of the Borrower and each other Loan Party and other information that will allow such Lender to identify the Borrower and each other Loan Party in accordance with the Act.

[R EMAINDER OF P AGE I NTENTIONALLY L EFT B LANK ]

 

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

 

CUMULUS MEDIA INC.
By:   /s/ Lewis W. Dickey, Jr.
  Name: Lewis W. Dickey, Jr.
  Title: Chief Executive Officer
CUMULUS MEDIA HOLDINGS INC.
By:   /s/ Lewis W. Dickey, Jr.
  Name: Lewis W. Dickey, Jr.
  Title: Chief Executive Officer

Credit Agreement Signature Page


JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Issuing Lender and as a Lender

By:   /s/ Tina Ruyter
  Name: Tina Ruyter
  Title: Executive Director

Credit Agreement Signature Page


UBS Securities LLC, as Co-Syndication Agent

By:  

/s/ Mary E. Evans

Name:   Mary E. Evans
Title:   Attorney-in-fact


UBS Loan Finance LLC, as a Lender
By:  

/s/ Mary E. Evans

 

Name: Mary E. Evans

 

Title:   Associate Director Banking Products

            Services, US

Credit Agreement Signature Page


MIHI LLC, as Co-Syndication Agent and as a

Lender

By:   /s/ Kevin Smith
  Name:   Kevin Smith
  Title:   Authorized Signatory
By:   /s/ Stephen Mehos
  Name:   Stephen Mehos
  Title:   Authorized Signatory

Credit Agreement Signature Page


Royal Bank of Canada, as Co-Syndication

    Agent and as a Lender

By:   /s/ Mark S. Gronich
 

Name: Mark S. Gronich

Title:   Authorized Signatory

 

Credit Agreement Signature Page


RBC Bank (USA), as a Lender
By:  

/s/ James R. Pryor

 

Name:

Title:

 

James R. Pryor

Authorized Signatory

 

Credit Agreement Signature Page


ING CAPITAL LLC, as Co-Syndication Agent and as a Lender

By:  

/s/ Christopher J. Moon

  Name:   Christopher J. Moon
  Title:   Director

 

Credit Agreement Signature Page


FIFTH THIRD BANK, as Co-Documentation Agent and as a Lender
By:   /s/ Holly Sims
  Name: Holly Sims
  Title:   Vice President

 

Credit Agreement Signature Page


U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

    as Co-Documentation Agent and as a Lender

By:   /s/ Gail F. Scannell
  Name: Gail F. Scannell
  Title: Senior Vice President

Credit Agreement Signature Page


CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH,

    as a Lender

By:   /s/ Jay Chall
  Name: Jay Chall
  Title:   Director

Credit Agreement Signature Page

Exhibit 10.2

 

 

SECOND LIEN CREDIT AGREEMENT

among

CUMULUS MEDIA INC.,

CUMULUS MEDIA HOLDINGS INC.,

as Borrower,

CERTAIN LENDERS,

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.

as Administrative Agent,

and

UBS SECURITIES LLC,

MIHI LLC,

ROYAL BANK OF CANADA,

and

ING CAPITAL LLC,

as Co-Syndication Agents

Dated as of September 16, 2011

 

 

J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC,

UBS SECURITIES LLC,

MACQUARIE CAPITAL (USA) INC.,

RBC CAPITAL MARKETS,

and

ING CAPITAL LLC

as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners

 

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

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SECTION 1.

  DEFINITIONS      1   

1.1

  Defined Terms      1   

1.2

  Other Definitional Provisions      29   

SECTION 2.

  AMOUNT AND TERMS OF THE COMMITMENTS      29   

2.1

  Loans      29   

2.2

  Repayment of Loans      29   

2.3

  Proceeds of Loans      29   

SECTION 3.

  [RESERVED]      30   

SECTION 4.

  GENERAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO LOANS      30   

4.1

  Procedure for Borrowing by the Borrower      30   

4.2

  Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt      30   

4.3

  Conversion Options      31   

4.4

  Optional Prepayments      31   

4.5

  Mandatory Prepayments      32   

4.6

  Interest Rates and Payment Dates      33   

4.7

  Computation of Interest and Fees      33   

4.8

  Certain Fees      34   

4.9

  Inability to Determine Interest Rate for Eurodollar Loans      34   

4.10

  Pro Rata Treatment and Payments      34   

4.11

  Illegality      36   

4.12

  Requirements of Law      36   

4.13

  Indemnity      37   

4.14

  Taxes      38   

4.15

  Mitigation; Replacement of Lenders      41   

4.16

  Prepayments Below Par      42   

4.17

  Extensions of Loans      44   

4.18

  Incremental Facility      45   

SECTION 5.

  REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES      46   

5.1

  Financial Condition      46   

5.2

  Corporate Existence; Compliance with Law      47   

5.3

  Corporate Power; Authorization      47   

5.4

  Enforceable Obligations      48   

5.5

  No Legal Bar      48   

5.6

  No Material Litigation      48   

5.7

  Investment Company Act      48   

5.8

  Federal Regulation      48   

5.9

  No Default or Breach      48   

5.10

  Taxes      49   

5.11

  Subsidiaries      49   

5.12

  Ownership of Property; Liens; Licenses      49   

5.13

  Intellectual Property      49   

 

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  5.14

  Labor Matters      49   

  5.15

  ERISA      50   

  5.16

  Environmental Matters      50   

  5.17

  Disclosure      50   

  5.18

  Security Documents      51   

  5.19

  Solvency      51   

  5.20

  Use of Proceeds      51   

  5.21

  Patriot Act      51   

SECTION 6.

  CONDITIONS PRECEDENT      52   

SECTION 7.

  AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS      55   

  7.1

  Financial Statements      55   

  7.2

  Certificates; Other Information      56   

  7.3

  Payment of Obligations      57   

  7.4

  Conduct of Business; Maintenance of Existence; Compliance      57   

  7.5

  Maintenance of Property; Insurance      58   

  7.6

  Inspection of Property; Books and Records; Discussions; Annual Meetings      58   

  7.7

  Notices      59   

  7.8

  Environmental Laws      59   

  7.9

  Post-Closing Obligations      60   

  7.10

  Additional Loan Parties; Pledge of Stock of Additional Subsidiaries; Additional Collateral, etc.      60   

  7.11

  Broadcast License Subsidiaries      60   

  7.12

  Swap Agreements      61   

  7.13

  Ratings      61   

  7.14

  Designation of Subsidiaries      61   

SECTION 8.

  NEGATIVE COVENANTS      62   

  8.1

  [Reserved]      62   

  8.2

  Indebtedness      62   

  8.3

  Limitation on Liens      64   

  8.4

  Limitation on Contingent Obligations      67   

  8.5

  Prohibition of Fundamental Changes      68   

  8.6

  Prohibition on Sale of Assets      68   

  8.7

  Limitation on Investments, Loans and Advances      71   

  8.8

  Limitation on Restricted Payments      74   

  8.9

  Transactions with Affiliates      76   

  8.10

  Limitation on Sales and Leasebacks      76   

  8.11

  Fiscal Year      77   

  8.12

  Negative Pledge Clauses      77   

  8.13

  Clauses Restricting Subsidiary Distributions      77   

  8.14

  FCC Licenses      78   

  8.15

  Certain Payments of Indebtedness      78   

  8.16

  Amendment of Material Documents      78   

SECTION 9.

  EVENTS OF DEFAULT      79   

SECTION 10.

  THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT      81   

10.1

  Appointment      81   

 

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10.2

  Delegation of Duties      82   

10.3

  Exculpatory Provisions      82   

10.4

  Reliance by the Administrative Agent      82   

10.5

  Notice of Default      82   

10.6

  Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Lenders      83   

10.7

  Indemnification      83   

10.8

  Administrative Agent in its Individual Capacity      83   

10.9

  Successor Administrative Agent      84   

10.10

  No Other Agent Duties, Etc.      84   

SECTION 11.

  MISCELLANEOUS      84   

11.1

  Amendments and Waivers      84   

11.2

  Notices      85   

11.3

  No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies      86   

11.4

  Survival of Representations and Warranties      86   

11.5

  Payment of Expenses      87   

11.6

  Successors and Assigns; Participations; Purchasing Lenders      88   

11.7

  Adjustments; Set-off      92   

11.8

  Counterparts      93   

11.9

  Integration      93   

11.10

  GOVERNING LAW; NO THIRD PARTY RIGHTS      93   

11.11

  SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION; WAIVERS      93   

11.12

  Acknowledgements      94   

11.13

  Releases of Guarantees and Liens      94   

11.14

  Intercreditor Agreement      95   

11.15

  Confidentiality      95   

11.16

  Usury Savings      96   

11.17

  Severability      96   

11.18

  Patriot Act      96   

 

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SCHEDULES:

 

Schedule 1.1A

   Commitments

Schedule 1.1B

   Mortgaged Properties

Schedule 5.6

   Litigation

Schedule 5.9

   No Default

Schedule 5.11(a)

   Domestic Subsidiaries

Schedule 5.11(b)

   Foreign Subsidiaries

Schedule 5.12

   FCC Licenses

Schedule 5.16

   Environmental Matters

Schedule 5.18

   Financing Statements and Other Filings

Schedule 6(b)

   Closing Date Preferred Stock

Schedule 8.2

   Existing Indebtedness

Schedule 8.3

   Existing Liens

Schedule 8.4

   Existing Contingent Obligations

Schedule 8.6

   Stations in Trust

Schedule 8.7

   Existing Investments, Loans and Advances

Schedule 8.9

   Transactions with Affiliates

EXHIBITS:

 

Exhibit A

   Form of Guarantee and Collateral Agreement

Exhibit B-1

   Form of Parent Closing Certificate

Exhibit B-2

   Form of Borrower Closing Certificate

Exhibit B-3

   Form of Subsidiary Guarantor Closing Certificate

Exhibit C

   Form of Assignment and Assumption

Exhibit D

   Forms of Exemption Certificate

Exhibit E

   Form of Discounted Prepayment Option Notice

Exhibit F

   Form of Lender Participation Notice

Exhibit G

   Form of Discounted Voluntary Prepayment Notice

Exhibit H

   Form of Solvency Certificate

Exhibit I

   Form of Intercreditor Agreement

 

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SECOND LIEN CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement ”), dated as of September 16, 2011, among CUMULUS MEDIA INC., a Delaware corporation (“ Parent ”), CUMULUS MEDIA HOLDINGS INC., a Delaware corporation (the “ Borrower ”), the several banks and other financial institutions or entities from time to time parties hereto (the “ Lenders ”), JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as administrative agent for the Lenders, and UBS SECURITIES LLC, MIHI LLC, ROYAL BANK OF CANADA and ING CAPITAL LLC, as co-syndication agents.

WHEREAS, pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “ Acquisition Agreement ”) by and among Parent, Borrower, Cadet Merger Corporation and Citadel Broadcasting Corporation (the “ Acquired Business ”), dated March 9, 2011, the Acquired Business will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Borrower (the “ Acquisition ”);

WHEREAS, in order to finance the Acquisition, to repay existing indebtedness and other long-term obligations of Parent and the Acquired Business and their respective Subsidiaries, as further defined below as the “Refinancing”, to pay fees, commissions and expenses in connection with the Acquisition, the Refinancing and the financing thereof and to provide ongoing working capital requirements of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries following the Acquisition, the Borrower has requested that the Lenders enter into this Agreement and make the Loans provided for herein;

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the agreements, provisions and covenants herein contained, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS

1.1 Defined Terms . As used in this Agreement, the terms defined in the preamble or recitals hereto shall have the meanings set forth therein, and the following terms shall have the following meanings:

ABR ”: for any day, a rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/16 of 1%) equal to the greatest of (a) the Prime Rate in effect on such day, (b) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day plus 1/2 of 1% and (c) the Eurodollar Rate for a Eurodollar Loan with a one-month interest period commencing on such day plus 1.0%. For purposes hereof: “Prime Rate” shall mean the rate of interest per annum publicly announced from time to time by JPMCB as its prime rate in effect at its principal office in New York City (the Prime Rate not being intended to be the lowest rate of interest charged by JPMCB in connection with extensions of credit to debtors); and “Federal Funds Effective Rate” shall mean, for any day, the weighted average of the rates on overnight federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by federal funds brokers, as published on the next succeeding Business Day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such rate is not so published for any day which is a Business Day, the average of the quotations for the day of such transactions received by the Administrative Agent from three federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it. If for any reason the Administrative Agent shall have determined (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error) that it is unable to ascertain the Federal Funds Effective Rate, for any reason, including the inability or failure of the Administrative Agent to obtain sufficient quotations in accordance with the terms hereof, the ABR shall be determined without regard to clause (b) of the first sentence of this definition, as appropriate, until the circumstances giving rise to such inability no longer exist. For purposes of this definition, the Eurodollar Rate shall be determined using the Eurodollar Rate as otherwise determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with the definition of Eurodollar Rate, except that (x) if a given day is a Business Day, such determination shall be made on such day (rather than two Business Days prior to the commencement of an Interest Period) or (y) if a given day is not a Business Day, the Eurodollar


Rate for such day shall be the rate determined by the Administrative Agent pursuant to preceding clause (x) for the most recent Business Day preceding such day. Any change in the ABR due to a change in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Effective Rate or the Eurodollar Rate shall be effective as of the opening of business on the effective day of such change in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Effective Rate or the Eurodollar Rate, respectively. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in respect of any Loans that are ABR Loans, ABR shall at all times not be less than 2.50%.

ABR Loans ”: Loans whose interest rate is based on the ABR.

Acceptable Discount ”: as defined in subsection 4.16.

Acceptance Date ”: as defined in subsection 4.16.

Acquired Business ”: as defined in the recitals hereto.

Acquisition ”: as defined in the recitals hereto.

Acquisition Agreement : as defined in the recitals hereto.

Acquisition Agreement Representations ”: the representations made by the Acquired Business in the Acquisition Agreement as are material to the interests of the Lenders, but only to the extent that Parent or the Borrower has the right to terminate its obligations under the Acquisition Agreement as a result of the breach of such representations in the Acquisition Agreement.

Act ”: as defined in subsection 11.18.

Additional Lender ”: as defined in subsection 4.18.

Administrative Agent ”: JPMCB, together with its affiliates, in its capacity as administrative agent for the Lenders hereunder, and its successors in such capacity as provided in Section 10.

Affiliate ”: of any Person (a) any Person (other than a Subsidiary) which, directly or indirectly, is in control of, is controlled by, or is under common control with such Person, or (b) any Person who is a director or officer (i) of such Person, (ii) of any Subsidiary of such Person or (iii) of any Person described in clause (a) above. For purposes of this definition, “control” of a Person shall mean the power, direct or indirect, either to (x) vote 10% or more of the securities having ordinary voting power for the election of directors of such Person, or (y) direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person whether by contract or otherwise.

Affiliated Debt Fund ”: any Affiliate of the Permitted Owners that (i) is a Debt Fund and (ii) with respect to which such Permitted Owner and investment vehicles managed or advised by such Permitted Owner that are not engaged primarily in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans, bonds and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of business do not make investment decisions for such entity.

Affiliated Lender ”: the Permitted Owners and any Affiliate of the Permitted Owners (including the Borrower and its Subsidiaries).

 

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Agreement ”: as defined in the preamble hereto.

Applicable Discount ”: as defined in subsection 4.16.

Applicable Margin ”: 6.00% per annum in the case of a Eurodollar Loan or 5.00% per annum in the case of an ABR Loan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Applicable Margin in respect of any tranche of any Extended Loans shall be the applicable percentages per annum set forth in the relevant Extension Offer.

Applicable Percentage ”: as to any Lender, the percentage which such Lender’s Loan constitutes of the aggregate then outstanding principal amount of Loans.

Approved Fund ”: as defined in subsection 11.6(c).

Arrangers ”: JPMorgan Securities LLC, UBS Securities LLC, Macquarie Capital (USA) Inc. and RBC Capital Markets, in their capacity as arrangers of the Commitments.

ASC ”: the FASB Accounting Standards Codification.

Asset Sale ”: any sale, sale-leaseback, assignment, conveyance, transfer or other disposition by any Group Member of any of its property or assets (except sales, assignments, conveyances, transfers and other dispositions permitted by subsection 8.6 (other than clauses (e), (f), (g), (o) and (w) thereof).

Assignee ”: as defined in subsection 11.6(c).

Assignment and Assumption ”: an Assignment and Assumption substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto.

Available Amount ”: as of any date of determination, an amount equal to the sum of:

(a) $75,000,000; plus

(b) 50% of the sum of (without duplication):

(i) the consolidated net income of the Borrower for the fiscal year of the Borrower most recently ended (or, in the case of the fiscal year ending December 31, 2011, the consolidated net income of the Borrower for the period commencing on the Closing Date and ending on December 31, 2011);

(ii) the Net Proceeds received after the Closing Date and on or prior to such date (other than any Net Proceeds applied for Investments under subsection 8.7(t) or Restricted Payments under subsection 8.8(c) or subsection 8.8(h)) from any Capital Stock Issuance (other than any such issuance to a Group Member), including any sale of treasury Capital Stock, but excluding any issuance of Disqualified Stock; provided that the Net Proceeds thereof have been contributed by Parent in cash as common equity to the Borrower;

(iii) the net cash proceeds received after the Closing Date and on or prior to such date from any capital contribution to the Borrower (other than any Specified Equity Contribution and any capital contributions applied pursuant to

 

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subsection 8.2(p)) or to any Restricted Subsidiary; provided that any such capital contribution is from a Person other than a Group Member;

(iv) the aggregate amount received after the Closing Date and on or prior to such date by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in cash from any dividend or other distribution by an Unrestricted Subsidiary;

(v) the net cash proceeds received after the Closing Date and on or prior to such date by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary from the issuance of convertible or exchangeable debt securities that have been converted into or exchanged for Capital Stock of a Group Member (other than Disqualified Stock);

(vi) the aggregate amount received in cash or Cash Equivalents after the Closing Date and on or prior to such date by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in connection with the sale, transfer or other disposition of its ownership interest in any existing joint venture that is not a Subsidiary or in any Unrestricted Subsidiary, in each case, to the extent of the Investment in such joint venture or Unrestricted Subsidiary (with the amount of such Investment being calculated in accordance with the last sentence of subsection 8.7);

(vii) the aggregate amount received in cash or Cash Equivalents after the Closing Date and on or prior to such date by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in connection with the sale, transfer or other disposition to a Person (other than a Group Member) of any Investment made in reliance on subsection 8.7(r) and repurchases and redemptions (other than by a Group Member) of such Investments from the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries and repayments of loans or advances (other than by a Group Member) that constitute Investments made in reliance on subsection 8.7(r); provided that such amount shall not exceed the amount of such initial Investment made in reliance on subsection 8.7(r); and

(viii) the amount equal to the net reduction in Investments made by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiaries in any Person resulting from the redesignation of Unrestricted Subsidiaries as Restricted Subsidiaries or the merger or consolidation of an Unrestricted Subsidiary with and into the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries not to exceed the amount of Investments previously made by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in such Unrestricted Subsidiary (with the amount of such Investments being calculated in accordance with the last sentence of subsection 8.7); minus

(c) the amount of any Investments made in reliance on subsection 8.7(r), any Restricted Payments made in reliance on subsection 8.8(b) and any prepayments of Loans or Second Lien Permitted Refinancings (as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement) prior to the First Priority Obligations Payment Date to the extent such prepayments reduce the First Lien Available Amount or amounts that can be applied to increase the First Lien Available Amount, in each case prior to such date.

Bankruptcy Code ”: the United States Bankruptcy Code, as now or hereafter in effect, or any successor statute.

Benefited Lender ”: as defined in subsection 11.7 hereof.

 

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Board ”: the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States (or any successor).

Borrower ”: as defined in the preamble hereto.

Breakage Event ”: as defined in subsection 4.13 hereof.

Broadcast Assets ”: all or substantially all the assets used and useful in the operation of a Station pursuant to an FCC License, including such FCC License.

Broadcast Cash Flow ”: for any period, Consolidated EBITDA for such period plus, to the extent deducted in calculating such Consolidated EBITDA, corporate level general and administrative expenses of the Borrower and the Subsidiary Guarantors for such period (calculated in a manner consistent with the calculation of such expenses in the consolidated financial statements of the Borrower for such period).

Broadcast License Subsidiary ”: a wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Borrower that (a) owns or holds no material assets other than FCC Licenses and related rights and (b) has no material liabilities other than (i) trade payables incurred in the ordinary course of business and (ii) tax liabilities, other governmental charges and other liabilities incidental to the ownership or holding of such licenses and related rights.

Business Acquisition ”: any Permitted Acquisition and any other acquisition permitted under subsection 8.7 pursuant to which the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries acquires any business, division or line of business or all or substantially all of the outstanding Capital Stock of any corporation or other entity (other than any director’s qualifying shares or any options for equity interests that cannot, as a matter of law, be cancelled, redeemed or otherwise extinguished without the express agreement of the holder thereof at or prior to acquisition) or any Station and Broadcast Assets related thereto.

Business Day ”: a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York City are authorized or required by law to close.

Capital Expenditures ”: for any period, all amounts (other than those arising from the acquisition or lease of businesses and assets which are permitted by subsection 8.7) which are set forth on the consolidated statement of cash flows of the Borrower for such period as “capital expenditures” in accordance with GAAP.

Capital Lease Obligations ”: as to any Person, the obligations of such Person to pay rent or other amounts under any lease of (or other arrangement conveying the right to use) real or personal property, or a combination thereof, which obligations are required to be classified and accounted for as capital leases on a balance sheet of such Person under GAAP and, for the purposes of this Agreement, the amount of such obligations at any time shall be the capitalized amount thereof at such time determined in accordance with GAAP. Notwithstanding anything else set forth herein, any lease that was or would have been treated as an operating lease under GAAP as in effect on the Closing Date that would become or be treated as a capital lease solely as a result of a change in GAAP after the Closing Date shall always be treated as an operating lease for all purposes and at all times under this Agreement.

Capital Stock ”: any and all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock of a corporation, any and all equivalent ownership interests

 

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in a Person (other than a corporation) and any and all warrants, rights or options to purchase any of the foregoing; provided , that any instrument evidencing Indebtedness convertible or exchangeable for Capital Stock shall not be deemed to be Capital Stock, unless and until any such instruments are so converted or exchanged.

Capital Stock Issuance ”: any issuance by Parent of its Capital Stock in a public or private offering.

Cash Equivalents ”:

(a) United States dollars;

(b) securities issued or directly and fully and unconditionally guaranteed or insured by the U.S. government or any agency or instrumentality thereof the securities of which are unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation of such government with maturities of 24 months or less from the date of acquisition;

(c) certificates of deposit, time deposits and eurodollar time deposits with maturities of one year or less from the date of acquisition, bankers’ acceptances with maturities not exceeding one year and overnight bank deposits, in each case with any commercial bank having capital and surplus of not less than $300,0000,000;

(d) repurchase obligations for underlying securities of the types described in clauses (b) and (c) entered into with any financial institution meeting the qualifications specified in clause (c) above and in U.S. dollars;

(e) commercial paper rated at least P-2 by Moody’s or at least A-2 by S&P and in each case maturing within 24 months after the date of creation thereof, in U.S. dollars;

(f) marketable short-term money market and similar securities having a rating of at least P-2 or A-2 from either Moody’s or S&P, respectively (or, if at any time neither Moody’s nor S&P shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another Rating Agency) and in each case maturing within 24 months after the date of creation thereof and in U.S. dollars;

(g) investment funds investing substantially all of their assets in securities of the types described in clauses (a) through (f) above;

(h) readily marketable direct obligations issued by any state, commonwealth or territory of the United States or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof having an investment grade rating from either Moody’s or S&P with maturities of 24 months or less from the date of acquisition;

(i) Indebtedness or Preferred Stock issued by Persons with a rating of “A” or higher from S&P or “A2” or higher from Moody’s with maturities of 24 months or less from the date of acquisition and in each case in U.S. dollars;

(j) Investments with weighted average maturities of 12 months or less from the date of acquisition in money market funds rated AAA- (or the equivalent thereof) or better by S&P or Aaa3 (or the equivalent thereof) or better by Moody’s and in each case in U.S. dollars; and

 

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(k) credit card receivables and debit card receivables so long as such are considered cash equivalents under GAAP and are so reflected on the Borrower’s balance sheet.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, Cash Equivalents shall include amounts denominated in currencies other than U.S. dollars; provided that such amounts are converted into U.S. dollars as promptly as practicable and in any event within ten Business Days following the receipt of such amounts.

Change in Control ”: (a) the acquisition of ownership, directly or indirectly, beneficially or of record, by any Person or group (within the meaning of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder as in effect on the Closing Date), of Capital Stock representing more than 35% of the aggregate ordinary active voting power represented by the issued and outstanding Capital Stock of Parent (other than such an acquisition by a Permitted Owner); (b) occupation of a majority of the seats (other than vacant seats) on the board of directors of Parent by Persons who were neither (i) nominated by the board of directors of the Parent nor (ii) appointed by directors so nominated; (c) the acquisition of direct or indirect Control of Parent by any Person or group (other than such an acquisition by a Permitted Owner) or (d) the failure of Parent to own, directly and of record, 100% of the Capital Stock of the Borrower.

Change in Law ”: with respect to any Lender, the adoption of any law, rule, regulation, policy, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) or any change therein or in the interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority, including the issuance of any final rule, regulation or guideline by any regulatory agency having jurisdiction over such Lender or, in the case of subsection 4.12, any corporation controlling such Lender; provided however , that notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith and (ii) all requests, rules, guidelines, requirements and directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall in each case be deemed to be a “Change in Law”, regardless of the date enacted, adopted or issued.

Closing Date ”: the date on which each of the conditions precedent to the effectiveness of this Agreement contained in Section 6 has been either satisfied or waived and the initial Loans are made hereunder, in accordance with the terms and provisions of Section 6.

Closing Date Material Adverse Effect ”: any change, effect, event, occurrence or state of facts that has had or is reasonably likely in the future to have, individually or when considered with other effects, a material adverse effect on (i) the business, results of operations or financial condition of the Acquired Business and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole or (ii) the ability of the Acquired Business to timely consummate the Transactions; provided , however , that a Closing Date Material Adverse Effect will not include any change, effect, event, occurrence or state of facts resulting from (A) changes, after the date of the Acquisition Agreement, in GAAP, (B) actions or omissions of the Acquired Business taken with the prior written consent of Parent and the Arrangers (not to be unreasonably withheld), (C) matters to the extent specifically disclosed on the Parent Disclosure Letter or Company Disclosure Letter, as applicable, (D) compliance of the Acquired Business with the terms and conditions of the Acquisition Agreement, (E) any failure by the Acquired Business to meet any published analyst estimates or expectations of its revenue, earnings or other financial performance or results of operations for any period, in and of

 

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itself, or any failure by the Acquired Business to meet its internal or published projections, budgets, plans or forecasts of its revenues, earnings or other financial performance or results of operations, in and of itself ( provided , that the facts or occurrences giving rise to or contributing to such failure that are not otherwise excluded from the definition of “Closing Date Material Adverse Effect” may be taken into account in determining whether there has been a Closing Date Material Adverse Effect), (F) changes affecting any of the industries in which such entity operates generally, or changes in laws, rules or regulations of general applicability to companies in the industries in which the Acquired Business and its Subsidiaries operate, (G) any change in the price or trading volume of the Company Shares, Company Warrants or Parent Shares, in and of itself (provided, that the facts or occurrences giving rise to or contributing to such change that are not otherwise excluded from the definition of “Closing Date Material Adverse Effect” may be taken into account in determining whether there has been a Closing Date Material Adverse Effect), (H) the announcement of the Transactions and performance of the Acquisition Agreement or the identity of the parties to the Acquisition Agreement (including the initiation of litigation by any Person with respect to the Acquisition Agreement or the Transactions, and including any termination of, reduction in or other negative impact on relationships or dealings, contractual or otherwise, with any customers, suppliers, distributors, partners or employees (including the threatened or actual termination, suspension, modification or reductions in such relationships) of the Acquired Business and its subsidiaries due to the announcement and performance of the Acquisition Agreement), (I) matters to the extent specifically disclosed in a publicly available final registration statement, prospectus, report, form, schedule or definitive proxy statement filed by the Acquired Business with the Securities and Exchange Commission at any time on or after June 3, 2010 through March 7, 2011, but excluding any risk factor disclosure under the headings “Risk Factors,” “Forward Looking Statements” or any similar precautionary sections or (J) any events or changes affecting general worldwide economic or capital market conditions, except in the case of each of clauses (F) and (J), to the extent that such changes affect the Acquired Business disproportionately). Capitalized terms used in this definition that are not otherwise defined in this Agreement have the meanings given to them in the Acquisition Agreement.

Closing Date Preferred Stock ”: as defined in subsection Section 6(b)(ii).

CMP ”: Cumulus Media Partners, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.

Code ”: the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.

Collateral ”: all property of the Loan Parties, now owned or hereafter acquired, upon which a Lien is purported to be created by any Security Document.

Commitment ”: as to any Lender, the obligation of such Lender, if any, to make a Loan to the Borrower in a principal amount not to exceed the amount set forth under the heading “Commitment” opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule 1.1A. The aggregate Commitments of all Lenders as of the Closing Date shall be $790,000,000.

Communications Act ”: the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. §151 et seq.

Conduit Lender ”: any special purpose corporation organized and administered by any Lender for the purpose of making Loans otherwise required to be made by such Lender and designated by such Lender in a written instrument, subject to the consent of the Administrative Agent and the Borrower (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld); provided , that the

 

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designation by any Lender of a Conduit Lender shall not relieve the designating Lender of any of its obligations to fund a Loan under this Agreement if, for any reason, its Conduit Lender fails to fund any such Loan, and the designating Lender (and not the Conduit Lender) shall have the sole right and responsibility to deliver all consents and waivers required or requested under this Agreement with respect to its Conduit Lender, and provided , further , that no Conduit Lender shall (a) be entitled to receive any greater amount pursuant to subsections 4.11, 4.12, 4.13 or 4.14 than the designating Lender would have been entitled to receive in respect of the extensions of credit made by such Conduit Lender or (b) be deemed to have any Commitment.

Confirmation Order ”: that certain order confirming the Reorganization Plan pursuant to applicable sections of the Bankruptcy Code entered by the Bankruptcy Court on May 19, 2010.

Consolidated Current Assets ”: at any date, all amounts (other than cash and Cash Equivalents) that would, in conformity with GAAP, be set forth opposite the caption “total current assets” (or any like caption) on a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries at such date.

Consolidated Current Liabilities ”: at any date, all amounts that would, in conformity with GAAP, be set forth opposite the caption “total current liabilities” (or any like caption) on a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries at such date, but excluding (a) the current portion of any Funded Debt of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries and (b) without duplication of clause (a) above, all Indebtedness consisting of First Lien Revolving Loans or First Lien Swing Line Loans to the extent otherwise included therein.

Consolidated EBITDA ”: for any period of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, the consolidated net income ((i) including net income and losses from discontinued operations, (ii) excluding all income tax expense or benefit to the extent that the effect of such item has entered into the determination of consolidated net income whether based on income, profits or capital, including federal, foreign state, franchise, excise and similar taxes and foreign withholding taxes paid or accrued during such period, including any penalties and interest relating to any tax examinations, (iii) excluding extraordinary items, as well as unusual gains, losses and charges and gains and losses arising from the proposed or actual disposition of material assets (what constitutes material assets to be reasonably determined by the Borrower in good faith) whether such losses or gains are classified as discontinued operations, continuing operations or extraordinary items, (iv) excluding minority interest and (v) excluding to the extent reflected in the statement of consolidated net income for such period, the sum of (a) interest expense (net of interest income), including costs recognized from interest rate hedges, amortization and write offs of debt discount and debt issuance costs and commissions, discounts and other fees and charges associated with Letters of Credit (as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement or any successor First Priority Agreement), (b) depreciation and amortization expenses whether such expenses are classified as discontinued operations or continuing operations including acceleration thereof and including the amortization of the increase in inventory, if any, resulting from the application of ASC 805, “Business Combinations” for transactions contemplated by this Agreement (including any Business Acquisitions), (c) any impairment expense or write-off with respect to goodwill, other intangible assets, long-lived asset, joint ventures, assets held for sale, variable interest entities resulting from the application of ASC 810, “Consolidation,” and investment in debt and equity securities pursuant to GAAP, (d) compensation expenses arising from the sale of stock, the granting of stock options, restricted stock, restricted stock units, dividends on unvested shares, the granting of stock appreciation rights, termination of stock based rewards in connection with the Plan and similar stock based arrangements, (e) the excess of the expense in respect of post-retirement benefits and post-employment benefits accrued under ASC 715, “Compensation—

 

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Retirement Benefits” and ASC 712, “Compensation—Nonretirement Postemployment Benefits” over the cash expense in respect of such post-retirement benefits and post-employment benefits, (f) all non-cash gains or losses incurred in connection with the disposition of assets, (g) all costs relating to hedging arrangements or the unwinding of hedging arrangements, (h) other non-cash expenses or charges, including asset retirement obligations and supplemental executive retirement obligations, (i) non-recurring expenses recognized for restructuring costs, including but not limited to severance costs, relocation costs, integration and facilities costs, signing costs, retention or completion bonuses, transition costs and litigation expenses (including judgment and settlement amounts relating to the Acquisition or any Business Acquisition), provided that any restructuring costs added back pursuant to this clause (i) (1) in respect of the Acquisition (x) shall not exceed $50,000,000 in the aggregate during the term of this Agreement and (y) shall be incurred within 18 months after the Closing Date, (2) in respect of all other restructuring costs shall not exceed $5,000,000 in any four fiscal quarter period and (3) in respect of litigation expenses shall not exceed $3,000,000 in the aggregate during the term of this Agreement, (j) restructuring or reorganization charges or reserves relating to the transactions contemplated by the Reorganization Plan, to the extent deducted in computing consolidated net income; provided that (i) the amounts added back in connection with claims by the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance shall not exceed $1,400,000 in the aggregate during the term of this Agreement, (ii) the amounts added back pursuant to this clause (j) (other than in respect of any amounts added back pursuant to clause (i) of this proviso) in respect of all fiscals quarter ending after the Closing Date shall not exceed $300,000 in the aggregate and (iii) no amounts may be added back pursuant to this clause (j) (other than in respect of any amounts added back pursuant to clause (i) of this proviso) in respect of any fiscal quarter ending after June 30, 2012, (k) to the extent covered by insurance under which the insurer has been properly notified and has not denied or contested coverage, expenses with respect to liability or casualty events or business interruption, (l) all non-recurring transactional costs and any fees or expenses incurred or paid by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with the Acquisition, the Refinancing, this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, the First Lien Loan Documents, any Business Acquisition, the acquisition of any Capital Stock of CMP by a Group Member, the incurrence of Indebtedness permitted to be incurred by this Agreement (including a refinancing thereof) and the issuance of any Capital Stock (in each case, whether or not successful) permitted to be issued by this Agreement, (m) cost-savings and synergies projected by the Borrower in good faith to be realized as a result of the Acquisition (calculated on a pro forma basis as though such costs savings and synergies had been realized on the first day of the relevant Test Period), net of the amount of actual benefits realized in respect thereof, provided that the aggregate amount added back pursuant to this clause (m) shall not exceed (i) $51,900,000 in respect of the Test Period ending September 30, 2011, (ii) $38,900,000 in respect of the Test Period ending December 31, 2011, (iii) $26,000,000 in respect of the Test Period ending March 31, 2012, (iv) $13,000,000 in respect of the Test Period ending June 30, 2012 and (v) $0 in respect of any Test Period ending thereafter, provided further that no cost savings and synergies shall be added back pursuant to this clause (m) to the extent duplicative of any expenses or charges otherwise added to Consolidated EBITDA, whether through a pro forma adjustment or otherwise, for such period, (n) monitoring fees, management fees or similar fees paid to Affiliates during such period, in an aggregate amount not to exceed $2,500,000 in any fiscal year of the Borrower and (o) any charges, expenses and write-offs deducted in calculating consolidated net income for such period for purchase accounting adjustments; provided that Consolidated EBITDA shall be decreased by the amount of any dividends or distributions made to Parent to pay expenses that otherwise would have been expenses of the Borrower; provided further that Consolidated EBITDA for any such period shall exclude the cumulative effect of changes in GAAP or accounting principle(s) subsequent to the date hereof.

 

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The financial results of Unrestricted Subsidiaries, joint ventures and variable interest entities shall be excluded in calculating “Consolidated EBITDA” except that Consolidated EBITDA for any period shall be increased by the amount of cash dividends paid by such Unrestricted Subsidiaries, joint ventures and variable interest entities to the Borrower or any of its wholly-owned Restricted Subsidiaries.

For the purposes of calculating Consolidated EBITDA for any Test Period pursuant to any determination (i) if at any time during such Test Period, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary shall have made any Material Disposition, the Consolidated EBITDA for such Test Period shall be reduced by an amount equal to the Consolidated EBITDA (if positive) attributable to the property that is the subject of such Material Disposition for such Test Period or increased by an amount equal to the Consolidated EBITDA (if negative) attributable thereto for such Test Period and (ii) if during such Test Period, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary shall have made a Material Acquisition, Consolidated EBITDA for such Test Period shall be calculated after giving pro forma effect thereto as if such Material Acquisition occurred on the first day of such Test Period. As used in this Agreement, “Material Acquisition” means (i) the acquisition of any separate asset, business or lines of business for a purchase price (or in the case of a Permitted Asset Swap, the value of the assets subject to such Permitted Asset Swap) in excess of $25,000,000 and (ii) the designation of any Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary to the extent permitted hereunder; and “Material Disposition” means (i) any sale or other disposition of property or series of related sales or dispositions of property that yields gross proceeds to the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in excess of $25,000,000 and (ii) the designation of any Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary to the extent permitted hereunder. Calculations of Consolidated EBITDA shall take into account any identifiable cost savings from Material Acquisitions and Material Dispositions documented to the reasonable satisfaction of the Administrative Agent.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, for the purposes of determining Consolidated EBITDA under this Agreement for any period that includes any of the fiscal quarters ended September 30, 2010, December 31, 2010, March 31, 2011 and June 30, 2011, Consolidated EBITDA for such fiscal quarters shall be $108,747,636.00, $118,369,176.00, $71,575,260.00 and $109,719,433.30 respectively.

Consolidated Senior Secured Debt ”: as of any date of determination, Consolidated Total Indebtedness secured by a Lien on any of the assets of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.

Consolidated Senior Secured Leverage Ratio ”: as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Senior Secured Debt (provided that Indebtedness under clause (b) of the definition of Indebtedness shall only be included to the extent of any unreimbursed drawings under any letter of credit) as of such date to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for the Test Period most recently ended prior to such date.

Consolidated Senior Secured Net Leverage Ratio ”: as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Senior Secured Debt (provided that Indebtedness under clause (b) of the definition of Indebtedness shall only be included to the extent of any unreimbursed drawings under any letter of credit) less the aggregate amount of unrestricted cash and Cash Equivalents of the Borrower and the Subsidiary Guarantors up to a maximum amount of $50,000,000, in each case as of such date, to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for the Test Period most recently ended prior to such date for which financial statements have been delivered.

 

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Consolidated Term Indebtedness ”: as of any date of determination, for the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, the outstanding principal amount of all obligations, whether current or long-term, for borrowed money (including Obligations with respect to the Facility hereunder and Obligations (as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement) with respect to the First Lien Term Facility) and all obligations evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, loan agreements or other similar instruments; provided that Consolidated Term Indebtedness shall not include the outstanding principal amount of any loans of a revolving nature (including the First Lien Revolving Loans).

Consolidated Total Indebtedness ”: as of any date of determination, all Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.

Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio ”: as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Total Indebtedness ( provided that Indebtedness under clause (b) of the definition of Indebtedness shall only be included to the extent of any unreimbursed drawings under any letter of credit) as of such date to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for the Test Period most recently ended prior to such date for which financial statements have been delivered.

Consolidated Total Net Leverage Ratio ”: as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Total Indebtedness ( provided that Indebtedness under clause (b) of the definition of Indebtedness shall only be included to the extent of any unreimbursed drawings under any letter of credit) less the aggregate amount of unrestricted cash and Cash Equivalents of the Borrower and the Subsidiary Guarantors up to a maximum amount $50,000,000 as of such date to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for the Test Period most recently ended prior to such date for which financial statements have been delivered.

Consolidated Working Capital ”: at any date, the excess of Consolidated Current Assets on such date minus Consolidated Current Liabilities on such date.

Contingent Obligation ”: as to any Person, any obligation of such Person guaranteeing or in effect guaranteeing any Indebtedness (“ primary obligations ”) of any other Person (the “ primary obligor ”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, including any obligation of such Person, whether or not contingent (a) to purchase any such primary obligation or any property constituting direct or indirect security therefor, (b) to advance or supply funds (i) for the purchase or payment of any such primary obligation or (ii) to maintain working capital or equity capital of the primary obligor or otherwise to maintain the net worth or solvency of the primary obligor, (c) to purchase property, securities or services primarily for the purpose of assuring the owner of any such primary obligation of the ability of the primary obligor to make payment of such primary obligation or (d) otherwise to assure or hold harmless the owner of any such primary obligation against loss in respect thereof; provided , however , that the term Contingent Obligation shall not include endorsements of instruments for deposit or collection in the ordinary course of business. The amount of any Contingent Obligation shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount (based on the maximum reasonably anticipated net liability in respect thereof as determined by the Borrower in good faith) of the primary obligation or portion thereof in respect of which such Contingent Obligation is made or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated net liability in respect thereof (assuming such Person is required to perform thereunder) as determined by the Borrower in good faith.

 

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Contractual Obligation ”: as to any Person, any provision of any security issued by such Person or of any agreement, instrument or undertaking to which such Person is a party or by which it or any of the property owned by it is bound.

Control ”: the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise. “ Controlling ” and “ Controlled ” have meanings correlative thereto.

Crestview ”: collectively, Crestview Radio Investors, LLC and its Affiliates.

Debt Fund ”: bona fide debt fund or an investment vehicle that is engaged in the making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans, bonds and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of business.

Declined First Lien Prepayment Amount ”: the “Declined Prepayment Amount” as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement.

Default ”: any of the events specified in Section 9, whether or not any requirement for the giving of notice, the lapse of time, or both, has been satisfied.

Discount Range ”: as defined in subsection 4.16.

Discounted Prepayment Option Notice ”: as defined in subsection 4.16.

Discounted Voluntary Prepayment ”: as defined in subsection 4.16.

Discounted Voluntary Prepayment Notice ”: as defined in subsection 4.16.

Disqualified Lenders ”: those Persons whose primary business consists of broadcasting, local media and advertising who are identified in writing by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent prior to the Closing Date, as such list may be supplemented after the Closing Date as reasonably agreed by the Administrative Agent.

Disqualified Person ”: as defined in the definition of “Eligible Assignee”.

Disqualified Stock ”: with respect to any Person, any Capital Stock of such Person which, by its terms, or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is putable or exchangeable, or upon the happening of any event, matures or is mandatorily redeemable (other than solely as a result of a change of control or asset sale) pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof (other than solely as a result of a change of control or asset sale), in whole or in part, in each case prior to the date that is 180 days after the Maturity Date (or, if later, the maturity date of any Extended Loans); provided , however , that if such Capital Stock is issued to any plan for the benefit of employees of Parent or its Subsidiaries or by any such plan to such employees, such Capital Stock shall not constitute Disqualified Stock solely because it may be required to be repurchased by Parent or its Subsidiaries in order to satisfy applicable statutory or regulatory obligations.

Divestiture Trust ”: a trust (a) created by or on behalf of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary to hold and ultimately sell Broadcast Assets in conjunction with the Acquisition, any Business Acquisition, or any sale or other disposition pursuant to Section 8.6(e) or (g) hereof to

 

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ensure compliance with the Communications Act or FCC rules and policies and (b) that is independently owned and managed by a Person unaffiliated with the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary.

Dollars ” and “ $ ”: dollars in lawful currency of the United States of America.

Domestic Subsidiary ”: any Subsidiary of the Borrower other than a Foreign Subsidiary.

ECF Percentage ”: 50%; provided , that, with respect to any fiscal year of the Borrower, the ECF Percentage shall be reduced to (a) 25% if the Consolidated Total Net Leverage Ratio as of the last day of such fiscal year is less than 4.25 to 1.00 but greater than or equal to 3.50 to 1.00 and (b) 0% if the Consolidated Total Net Leverage Ratio as of the last day of such fiscal year is less than 3.50 to 1.0.

Eligible Assignee ”: (a) a Lender, (b) a Lender Affiliate, (c) an Approved Fund and (d) any other Person (other than Parent); provided that “Eligible Assignee” shall not in any event include (i) a natural person, (ii) a Disqualified Lender or (iii) any holding company, trust or investment vehicle for the primary benefit of a natural person (including relatives of such person), other than any such entity that (w) has not been formed for the primary purpose of acquiring Loans or Commitments under this Agreement, (x) is managed by a professional adviser (other than such natural person or any such relatives) having significant experience in the business of making or purchasing commercial loans, (y) has assets of greater than $25,000,000 and (z) has significant business activities that consist of making or purchasing (by assignment as principal) commercial loans and similar extensions of credit (any of the Persons described in clauses (i) through (iii) above, a “Disqualified Person”).

Environmental Laws ”: any and all applicable Federal, state, local or municipal laws, rules, orders, regulations, statutes, ordinances, codes, decrees or requirements of any Governmental Authority regulating, relating to or imposing liability or standards of conduct concerning human health or the protection of the environment, including Materials of Environmental Concern, as now or may at any time hereafter be in effect.

Equity Contribution ”: cash contributions to Parent made on the Closing Date in an aggregate amount of not less than $250,000,000.

ERISA ”: the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time.

ERISA Affiliate ”: any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that, together with any Loan Party, is treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the Code.

Eurocurrency Reserve Requirements ”: for any day, as applied to a Eurodollar Loan, the aggregate (without duplication) of the rates (expressed as a decimal) of reserve requirements current on such day (including basic, supplemental, marginal and emergency reserves under any regulations of the Board or other Governmental Authority having jurisdiction with respect thereto), as now and from time to time hereafter in effect, dealing with reserve requirements prescribed for Eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as “Eurocurrency liabilities” in Regulation D of such Board) maintained by a member bank of the Federal Reserve System.

Eurodollar Base Rate ”: with respect to each day during any Interest Period for any Eurodollar Loan, the rate per annum determined on the basis of the rate for deposits in Dollars for

 

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a period equal to such Interest Period commencing on the first day of such Interest Period appearing on the Reuters Screen LIBOR01 Page as of 11:00 a.m., London time, two Working Days prior to the beginning of such Interest Period. In the event that such rate does not appear on the Reuters Screen LIBOR01 Page (or otherwise on such screen), the “Eurodollar Base Rate” shall be determined by reference to such other comparable publicly available service for displaying eurodollar rates as may be reasonably selected by the Administrative Agent or, in the absence of such availability, by reference to the rate at which JPMCB is offered Dollar deposits at or about 10:00 A.M., New York City time, two Working Days prior to the beginning of such Interest Period in the interbank eurodollar market where the foreign currency and exchange operations in respect of its Eurodollar Loans then are being conducted for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period for the number of days comprised therein and in an amount comparable to the amount of its Eurodollar Loan to be outstanding during such Interest Period.

Eurodollar Lending Office ”: the office of each Lender which shall be maintaining its Eurodollar Loans.

Eurodollar Loans ”: Loans at such time as they are made and/or being maintained at a rate of interest based upon a Eurodollar Rate.

Eurodollar Rate ”: with respect to each day during each Interest Period pertaining to a Eurodollar Loan, a rate per annum determined for such day in accordance with the following formula (rounded upward to the nearest 1/100th of 1%):

                  Eurodollar Base Rate                  

1.00 – Eurocurrency Reserve Requirement

; provided that, in respect of any Loans that are Eurodollar Loans, the Eurodollar Rate shall be at all times not less than 1.50%.

Event of Default ”: any of the events specified in Section 9, provided that any requirement for the giving of notice, the lapse of time, or both, has been satisfied.

Excess Cash Flow ”: for any fiscal year of the Borrower, the excess, if any, of (a) the sum, without duplication, of (i) consolidated net income of the Borrower for such period, adjusted to exclude any cash gains or losses attributable to any Asset Sale, (ii) the amount of all non-cash charges (including depreciation and amortization) deducted in arriving at such consolidated net income, (iii) decreases in Consolidated Working Capital for such period, and (iv) the aggregate net amount of non cash loss on the disposition of property by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries during such period (other than sales of inventory in the ordinary course of business), to the extent deducted in arriving at such consolidated net income less (b) the sum, without duplication, of (i) the amount of all non-cash credits included in arriving at such consolidated net income, (ii) the aggregate amount actually paid by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries in cash during such period on account of Capital Expenditures (excluding the principal amount of Indebtedness incurred in connection with such expenditures and any such expenditures financed with the proceeds of any Reinvestment Deferred Amount), (iii) the aggregate amount of all regularly scheduled principal payments of Funded Debt (including the Loans) of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries made during such period (other than in respect of any revolving credit facility (including the First Lien Revolving Credit Facility) to the extent there is not an equivalent permanent reduction in commitments thereunder), (iv) increases in Consolidated Working Capital for such period, (v) the aggregate net amount of non-cash gain on the disposition of property by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries during such period (other than sales of

 

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inventory in the ordinary course of business), to the extent included in arriving at such consolidated net income and (vi) the aggregate amount actually paid by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries in cash during such period on account of professional fees that have not been deducted in the calculation of consolidated net income for such period.

Excess Cash Flow Application Date ”: as defined in subsection 4.5(c).

Extended Loans ”: as defined in subsection 4.17(a).

Extension ”: as defined in subsection 4.17(a).

Extension Offer ”: as defined in subsection 4.17(a).

Facility ”: the Commitments and Loans made thereunder.

FASB ”: the Financial Accounting Standards Board

FATCA ”: Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the date hereof, and any regulations or official interpretations thereof.

FCC ”: the Federal Communications Commission or any Governmental Authority succeeding to the Federal Communications Commission.

FCC Licenses ”: a license issued by the FCC under Part 73 of Title 47 of the Code of Federal Regulations and held by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary.

Fee Letter ”: that certain Fee Letter, dated as of March 9, 2011, among Parent, the Borrower, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., JPMorgan Securities LLC, UBS Securities LLC, UBS Loan Finance LLC, Macquarie Capital (USA) Inc. and MIHI LLC.

First Lien Administrative Agent ”: JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as first lien administrative agent under the First Lien Loan Documents, and its successors and assigns.

First Lien Available Amount ”: the “Available Amount” as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement.

First Lien Credit Agreement ”: the First Lien Credit Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, among Parent, the Borrower, the lenders party thereto, the First Lien Administrative Agent and the other agents party thereto.

First Lien Guarantee and Collateral Agreement ”: the First Lien Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, among the Loan Parties and the First Lien Administrative Agent.

First Lien Incremental Facilities ”: the “Incremental Facilities” as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement.

First Lien Lenders ”: the “Lenders” as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement.

First Lien Loans ”: the “Loans” as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement.

 

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First Lien Loan Documents ”: collectively, (a) the First Lien Credit Agreement, (b) the First Lien Security Documents, (c) any promissory note evidencing the loans under the First Lien Credit Agreement, and (d) any amendment, waiver, supplement or other modification to any of the documents in clauses (a) through (c).

First Lien Permitted Refinancing ”: any Indebtedness in respect of any refinancing of the First Lien Loans and unutilized First Lien Revolving Commitments permitted under subsection 8.2(a)(ii).

First Lien Revolving Commitments ”: the “Revolving Credit Commitments” as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement.

First Lien Revolving Credit Facility ”: the “Revolving Credit Facility” as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement.

First Lien Revolving Loans ”: the “Revolving Credit Loans” as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement.

First Lien Security Documents ”: (a) the First Lien Guarantee and Security Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, among the Loan Parties and the First Lien Administrative Agent, (b) the mortgages executed by any Loan Party which provide the First Lien Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the First Lien Lenders, a first priority lien on the Mortgaged Properties, and (c) all other security documents delivered after the date hereof to the First Lien Administrative Agent granting a lien on any property of any Person to secure the obligations of any Loan Party under any First Lien Loan Document.

First Lien Swing Line Loans ”: the “Swing Line Loans” as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement.

First Lien Term Facility ”: the “Term Facility” as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement.

First Lien Term Loans ”: the “Term Loans” as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement.

First Priority Agreement ”: as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement.

First Priority Obligations ”: as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement.

First Priority Obligations Payment Date ”: as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement.

First Priority Representative ”: as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement.

Foreign Subsidiary ”: any Subsidiary of the Borrower (a) which is organized under the laws of any jurisdiction outside the United States (within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(9) of the Code), or (b) whose principal assets consist of capital stock or other equity interests of one or more Persons which conduct the major portion of their business outside the United States (within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(9) of the Code).

Funded Debt ”: as to any Person, all Indebtedness of such Person that matures more than one year from the date of its creation or matures within one year from such date but is renewable

 

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or extendible, at the option of such Person, to a date more than one year from such date or arises under a revolving credit or similar agreement that obligates the lender or lenders to extend credit during a period of more than one year from such date, including all current maturities and current sinking fund payments in respect of such Indebtedness whether or not required to be paid within one year from the date of its creation and, in the case of the Borrower, Indebtedness in respect of the Loans and any Permitted Refinancing thereof and the First Lien Loans and any First Lien Permitted Refinancings.

GAAP ”: generally accepted accounting principles in the United States as in effect from time to time. In the event that any “Accounting Change” (as defined below) shall occur and such change results in a material change in the method of calculation of financial covenants, standards or terms in this Agreement, then the Borrower and the Administrative Agent agree, upon the request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, respectively, to enter into negotiations in order to amend such provisions of this Agreement so as to reflect equitably such Accounting Changes with the desired result that the criteria for evaluating the Borrower’s financial condition shall be the same after such Accounting Changes as if such Accounting Changes had not been made. In the event a request for an amendment has been made pursuant to the prior sentence, until such time as such an amendment shall have been executed and delivered by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders, all financial covenants, standards and terms in this Agreement shall continue to be calculated or construed as if such Accounting Changes had not occurred. “Accounting Changes” refers to changes in accounting principles required by the promulgation of any rule, regulation, pronouncement or opinion by the Financial Accounting Standards Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants or, if applicable, the SEC.

Gleiser Note ”: the promissory note dated as of November 21, 2003, made by Gleiser Communications, LLC, as the same may be amended or otherwise modified prior to and after the date hereof.

Governmental Authority ”: any nation or government, any state or other political subdivision thereof and any entity exercising executive, legislative, taxing, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to government (including the FCC).

Group Members ”: collectively, the Borrower and any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.

Guarantee and Collateral Agreement ”: the Second Lien Guarantee and Collateral Agreement to be executed and delivered by Parent, the Borrower and each Subsidiary Guarantor, substantially in the form of Exhibit A (it being understood and agreed that, notwithstanding anything that may be to the contrary herein, the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement shall not require the pledge of (x) any of the outstanding Capital Stock of, or other equity interests in, any Subsidiary of the Borrower which is owned by a Foreign Subsidiary of the Borrower or (y) more than 66% of the outstanding voting stock of any “first tier” Foreign Subsidiary of the Borrower).

Incremental Facility ”: as defined in subsection 4.18(a).

Incremental Facility Amendment ”: as defined in subsection 4.18(b).

Incremental Facility Closing Date ”: as defined in subsection 4.18(b).

Indebtedness ”: of any Person, at any particular date, (a) all indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money or for the deferred purchase price of property or services (other than current

 

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trade payables or liabilities and deferred payment for services to employees or former employees incurred in the ordinary course of business and payable in accordance with customary practices and other deferred compensation arrangements), (b) obligations with respect to all letters of credit issued for the account of such Person, (c) all liabilities (other than Lease Obligations) secured by any Lien on any property owned by such Person, to the extent attributable to such Person’s interest in such property, even though such Person has not assumed or become liable for the payment thereof, (d) Capital Lease Obligations of such Person, (e) all indebtedness of such Person arising under bankers’ acceptance facilities, (f) all obligations of such Person in respect of Disqualified Stock and (g) for the purposes of Section 9(e) only, all obligations of such Person in respect of Swap Agreements; but, in each case, excluding (x) any working capital adjustments or earnouts in connection with any permitted Investment under subsection 8.7 or disposition of assets permitted under subsection 8.6, (y) customer deposits and interest payable thereon in the ordinary course of business and (z) trade and other accounts and accrued expenses payable in the ordinary course of business in accordance with customary trade terms and in the case of both clauses (y) and (z) above, which are not overdue for a period of more than 90 days or, if overdue for more than 90 days, as to which a dispute exists and adequate reserves in conformity with GAAP have been established on the books of such Person.

Insolvent” or “Insolvency ”: with respect to a Multiemployer Plan, the condition that such plan is insolvent within the meaning of Section 4245 of ERISA.

Intellectual Property ”: the collective reference to all rights, priorities and privileges relating to intellectual property, whether arising under United States, multinational or foreign laws or otherwise, including copyrights, copyright licenses, patents, patent licenses, trademarks, trademark licenses, technology, know-how and processes, and all rights to sue at law or in equity for any infringement or other impairment thereof, including the right to receive all proceeds and damages therefrom.

Intercreditor Agreement ”: the Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, among the Loan Parties, the Administrative Agent and the First Lien Administrative Agent, substantially in the form of Exhibit I.

Interest Payment Date ”: (a) as to any ABR Loan, the last day of each March, June, September and December to occur while such Loan is outstanding and the final maturity date of such Loan, (b) as to any Eurodollar Loan having an Interest Period of three months or less, the last day of such Interest Period, (c) as to any Eurodollar Loan having an Interest Period longer than three months, each day that is three months, or a whole multiple thereof, after the first day of such Interest Period and the last day of such Interest Period and (d) as to any Loan, the date of any repayment or prepayment made in respect thereof.

Interest Period ”: with respect to any Eurodollar Loan:

(a) initially, the period commencing on the Closing Date or the effective date of the most recent conversion or continuation of such Eurodollar Loan, as the case may be, and ending one, two, three or six months (or, if made available by all relevant Lenders, nine or twelve months) thereafter as selected by the Borrower in its notice of borrowing or notice of conversion, as the case may be, given with respect thereto; and

(b) thereafter, each period commencing on the last day of the next preceding Interest Period applicable to such Eurodollar Loan and ending one, two, three or six months (or, if made available by all relevant Lenders, any period not longer than twelve months) thereafter as

 

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selected by the Borrower by irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent not less than three Working Days prior to the last day of the then current Interest Period with respect to such Eurodollar Loan;

provided that the foregoing provisions relating to Interest Periods are subject to the following:

(i) if any Interest Period would otherwise end on a day which is not a Working Day, that Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Working Day, unless the result of such extension would be to carry such Interest Period into another calendar month, in which event such Interest Period shall end on the immediately preceding Working Day;

(ii) the Borrower may not select an Interest Period that would extend beyond the Maturity Date (or, with respect to any Extended Loan, the maturity date with respect thereto), or if the Maturity Date (or maturity date with respect to any Extended Loan, as applicable) shall not be a Working Day, on the next preceding Working Day;

(iii) if the Borrower shall fail to give notice as provided above in clause (b), it shall be deemed to have selected a conversion of a Eurodollar Loan into an ABR Loan (which conversion shall occur automatically and without need for compliance with the conditions for conversion set forth in subsection 4.3);

(iv) any Interest Period that begins on the last day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Working Day of a calendar month; and

(v) the Borrower shall select Interest Periods so as not to require a prepayment (to the extent practicable) or a scheduled payment of a Eurodollar Loan during an Interest Period for such Eurodollar Loan.

Investments ”: as defined in subsection 8.7.

JPMCB ”: JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

Lease Obligations ”: of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, as of the date of any determination thereof, the rental commitments of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries determined on a consolidated basis, if any, under leases for real and/or personal property (net of rental commitments from sub-leases thereof), excluding Capital Lease Obligations.

Lender Affiliate ”: (a) any Affiliate of any Lender, (b) any Person that is administered or managed by any Lender and that is engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its business and (c) with respect to any Lender which is a fund that invests in commercial loans and similar extensions of credit, any other fund that invests in commercial loans and similar extensions of credit and is managed or advised by the same investment advisor as such Lender or by an Affiliate of such Lender or investment advisor.

Lender Participation Notice ”: as defined in subsection 4.16.

Lender Party ”: the Administrative Agent or any Lender.

 

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Lenders ”: as defined in the preamble hereto; provided that unless the context otherwise requires, each reference herein to the Lenders shall be deemed to include any Conduit Lender.

Lien ”: any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement, encumbrance, lien (statutory or other), or preference, priority or other security agreement or preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement and any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing).

Loan Documents ”: the collective reference to this Agreement, the Notes, the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, the Intercreditor Agreement, any amendment or modification entered into in connection with any Incremental Facility or Extension and any Mortgage or other security document executed and delivered pursuant to the terms of subsection 7.10.

Loans ”: as defined in subsection 2.1.

Loan Parties ”: Parent and each of its Restricted Subsidiaries that is a party, or which at any time becomes a party, to a Loan Document.

Make Whole Amount ”: as of any date of determination, the present value at such date, computed using a discount rate equal to the Treasury Rate plus 0.50% of (a) all interest that would accrue on the portion of the Second Lien Facility being prepaid from such date through the first anniversary of the Closing Date, computed using the then Eurodollar Rate for an Interest Period of three months plus the Applicable Margin on such date and (b) the prepayment premium applicable to optional prepayments of the Second Lien Facility pursuant to subsection 4.4 on the date after the first anniversary of the Closing Date.

Material Acquisition ”: as defined in the definition of “Consolidated EBITDA”.

Material Adverse Effect ”: any event, development or circumstance that has had or could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on (a) the business, results of operations, property or financial condition of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole or (b) the validity or enforceability of any of the Loan Documents or the rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders thereunder.

Material Disposition ”: as defined in the definition of “Consolidated EBITDA”.

Materials of Environmental Concern ”: any gasoline or petroleum (including crude oil or any fraction thereof) or petroleum products or any hazardous or toxic substances, materials or wastes, defined or regulated as such in, or which form the basis of liability under, any Environmental Law, including asbestos, polychlorinated biphenyls and urea-formaldehyde insulation, medical waste and radioactive materials.

Maturity Date ”: September 16, 2019 or if such day is not a Business Day, the first Business Day thereafter.

Minimum Extension Condition ”: as defined in subsection 4.17(b).

Minimum Tranche Amount ”: as defined in subsection 4.17(b).

 

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Moody’s ”: Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. and any successor to its rating agency business.

Mortgaged Properties ”: the Properties listed on Schedule 1.1B, as to which the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders shall be granted a Lien pursuant to the Mortgages.

Mortgages ”: each of the mortgages and deeds of trust (if any) made by any Loan Party in favor of, or for the benefit of, the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders, each in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

Multiemployer Plan ”: a multiemployer plan as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA to which a Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate has (or within the past 6 years has had) an obligation to contribute pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement to which such Loan Party or ERISA Affiliate is a party.

Net Proceeds ”: (a) in connection with any Asset Sale or any Recovery Event, the proceeds thereof in the form of cash and Cash Equivalents (including any such proceeds received by way of deferred payment of principal pursuant to a note or installment receivable or purchase price adjustment receivable or otherwise, but only as and when received) actually received by any Group Member, net of attorneys’ fees, accountants’ fees, investment banking fees, amounts required to be applied to the repayment of Indebtedness secured by a Lien expressly permitted hereunder on any asset that is the subject of such Asset Sale or Recovery Event (other than any Lien pursuant to a Security Document), any reserves required to be maintained in connection therewith in accordance with GAAP and other customary fees and expenses actually incurred in connection therewith and net of taxes paid or reasonably estimated to be payable as a result thereof (after taking into account (i) any available tax credits or deductions that would not otherwise have been utilized during the taxable period during which such Asset Sale or Recovery Event occurs and (ii) any tax sharing arrangements with a Person other than Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries) and (b) in connection with any issuance or sale of Capital Stock or any incurrence of Indebtedness, the proceeds thereof in the form of cash and Cash Equivalents received from such issuance or incurrence, net of attorneys’ fees, investment banking fees, accountants’ fees, underwriting discounts and commissions and other customary fees and expenses actually incurred in connection therewith.

Non-Broadcast Assets ”: as defined in subsection 8.6(e).

Non-Excluded Taxes ”: as defined in subsection 4.14(a).

Non-Significant Subsidiary ”: at any time, any Restricted Subsidiary (other than any Broadcast License Subsidiary) which (i) at such time has total assets (including the total assets of any of its Subsidiaries), together with the total assets of any other Restricted Subsidiaries that are Non-Significant Subsidiaries, of less than 5% of the total assets of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries and (ii) has accrued revenues (including the accrued revenues of any of its Subsidiaries), together with the accrued revenues of any other Restricted Subsidiaries that are Non-Significant Subsidiaries, for the most recently ended twelve-month period of less than 5% of the total revenues of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries.

Non-U.S. Lender ”: as defined in subsection 4.14(g).

Notes ”: the collective reference to any promissory notes evidencing Loans.

 

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Obligations ”: the unpaid principal of and interest on the Loans and all other obligations and liabilities of the Borrower to the Administrative Agent or any Lenders (including interest accruing after the maturity of the Loans and interest accruing after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy, or the commencement of any insolvency, reorganization or like proceeding, related to the Borrower, whether or not a claim for post-filing or post-petition interest is allowed in such proceeding), whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter incurred, which may arise under, out of, or in connection with, this Agreement, the Loans, the other Loan Documents or any other document made, delivered or given in connection therewith, whether on account of principal, interest, reimbursement obligations, other fees, indemnities, costs, expenses (including all fees and disbursements of counsel to the Administrative Agent or any Lender or any such Affiliate) or otherwise.

Offered Loans ”: as defined in subsection 4.16.

Other Taxes ”: any and all present or future stamp or documentary taxes or any other similar excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies arising from any payment made hereunder or from the execution, delivery or enforcement of, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or any other Loan Document including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.

Parent ”: as defined in the preamble hereto.

Parent Entity ”: with respect to any Lender, any Person as to which such Lender is, directly or indirectly, a subsidiary.

Participant Register ”: as defined in subsection 11.6(b).

Participants ”: as defined in subsection 11.6(b).

PBGC ”: the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation established pursuant to Subtitle A of Title IV of ERISA (or any successor).

Permitted Acquisition ”: any acquisition permitted by subsection 8.7(k).

Permitted Asset Swap ”: as defined in subsection 8.6(q).

Permitted Owner ”: (a) the Principal, (b) with respect to the Principal, (i) any spouse or immediate family member of the Principal or (ii) any trust, corporation, partnership or other entity, the beneficiaries, stockholders, partners, owners or Persons beneficially holding an 80% or more controlling interest of which consist of the Principal and/or such other Persons referred to in the immediately preceding clause (b)(i), (c) Crestview, (d) MIHI LLC, (e) UBS or (f) any Person Controlled by, or under common Control with, the Principal, Crestview, MIHI LLC or UBS.

Permitted Refinancing ”: with respect to all or any portion of any Indebtedness, any modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension of such Indebtedness; provided that (i) the principal amount thereof does not exceed the principal amount of the Indebtedness so modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended (plus any accrued but unpaid interest, fees and redemption premiums payable by the terms of such Indebtedness thereon and reasonable expenses incurred in connection therewith), (ii) other than with respect to a Permitted Refinancing in respect of Indebtedness permitted pursuant to subsection 8.2(j), such modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension has a final maturity date equal to or later than the

 

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final maturity date of, and has a weighted average life to maturity equal to or greater than the weighted average life to maturity of, the Indebtedness being modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended, (iii) if the Indebtedness being modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended is subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations, such modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension is subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations on terms at least as favorable on the whole to the Lenders as those contained in the documentation governing the Indebtedness being modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended, (iv) the terms and conditions of any such modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended Indebtedness are market terms on the date of issuance (as determined in good faith by the Borrower) or are not, taken as a whole, materially more restrictive than the covenants and events of default contained in this Agreement (as determined in good faith by the Borrower), (v) such modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension shall not be incurred by a Person who is not a Subsidiary Guarantor (unless such Indebtedness being refinanced was originally incurred or guaranteed by a Person who was not a Subsidiary Guarantor), (vi) at the time thereof, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and (vii) to the extent that the Liens securing the Indebtedness being refinanced are subordinated to the Liens securing the Obligations, any Lien securing such refinancing Indebtedness is subordinated to the Liens securing the Obligations on terms at least as favorable (when taken as a whole) to the Lenders as those contained in the applicable subordination language (if any) for the Indebtedness being refinanced; provided further that with respect to any Permitted Refinancing of the Facility (any such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness, “ Loan Refinancing Debt ”), (x) other than amortization, pricing or maturity date, such Loan Refinancing Debt shall, with respect to all periods prior to the latest maturity date of Loans outstanding at the time of incurrence of such Loan Refinancing Debt, have the same terms as the Facility, or (taken as a whole) such terms that are not materially more favorable to the lenders providing such Loan Refinancing Debt than those applicable to the Facility and (y) any Loan Refinancing Debt that is secured shall be subject to an intercreditor agreement reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

Person ”: an individual, partnership, corporation, business trust, joint stock company, trust, limited liability company, unincorporated association, joint venture, Governmental Authority or other entity of whatever nature.

Plan ”: any employee pension benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA, but excluding any Multiemployer Plan) in respect of which any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate is, or if such Plan were terminated, would under Section 4062 or 4069 of ERISA be deemed to be, an “employer” (as defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA).

Pledged Stock ”: as defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement.

Preferred Stock ”: any Capital Stock with preferential rights of payment of dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up.

Principal ”: Lewis W. Dickey, Jr.

Pro Forma Balance Sheet ”: as defined in subsection 5.1.

Pro Forma Income Statement ”: as defined in subsection 5.1.

Prohibited Transaction ”: as defined in Section 406 of ERISA and Section 4975(f)(3) of the Code.

 

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Properties ”: each parcel of real property currently or previously owned or operated by any Group Member.

Proposed Discounted Prepayment Amount ”: as defined in subsection 4.16.

Qualifying Lender ”: as defined in subsection 4.16.

Qualifying Loan ”: as defined in subsection 4.16.

Radio Holdings Preferred Stock ”: the shares of Series A Preferred Stock, $0.01 par value per share, of CMP Susquehanna Radio Holdings Corp. outstanding as of the Closing Date.

Rating Agencies ”: Moody’s and S&P, or if Moody’s or S&P or both shall not make a rating on the Notes publicly available, a nationally recognized statistical rating agency or agencies, as the case may be, selected by the Borrower which shall be substituted for Moody’s or S&P or both, as the case may be.

Receivables Facility ”: any of one or more receivables financing facilities, as amended, supplemented, modified, extended, renewed, restated or refunded from time to time, the obligations of which are non-recourse (except for customary representations, warranties, covenants and indemnities made in connection with such facilities) to the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than a Receivables Subsidiary) pursuant to which the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary sells its accounts receivable to either (a) a Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary or (b) a Receivables Subsidiary that in turn funds such purchase by purporting to sell its accounts receivable to a Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary or by borrowing from such a Person or from another Receivables Subsidiary that in turn funds itself by borrowing from such a Person.

Receivables Subsidiary ”: any Subsidiary formed for the purpose of facilitating or entering into one or more Receivables Facilities, and in each case engages only in activities reasonably related or incidental thereto.

Recovery Event ”: any settlement of or payment in respect of any property or casualty insurance claim or any condemnation proceeding relating to any asset of any Group Member.

Refinancing ”: the repayment or other retirement or redemption of the Radio Holdings Preferred Stock and existing indebtedness of the Acquired Business, Parent and their respective Subsidiaries.

Register ”: as defined in subsection 11.6(d).

Regulation U ”: Regulation U of the Board, as from time to time in effect.

Reinvestment Deferred Amount ”: with respect to any Reinvestment Event, the aggregate Net Proceeds received by the Borrower or any Subsidiary in connection therewith that are not applied to prepay the Loans pursuant to subsection 4.5(b).

Reinvestment Event ”: any Asset Sale or Recovery Event in respect of which the Borrower has exercised its Reinvestment Rights in accordance with subsection 4.5(b).

 

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Reinvestment Prepayment Amount ”: with respect to any Reinvestment Event, the Reinvestment Deferred Amount relating thereto less any amount expended prior to the relevant Reinvestment Prepayment Date to acquire, improve or repair assets useful in the business of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary.

Reinvestment Prepayment Date ”: with respect to any Reinvestment Event, the earlier of (a) the date occurring twelve months after such Reinvestment Event (or, if the Borrower enters into a legally binding commitment to reinvest the Net Proceeds from such Reinvestment Event within such 12-month period, the date that is 12 months after entry into such legally binding commitment) and (b) the date on which the Borrower shall have conclusively determined not to acquire, improve or repair assets useful in the Borrower’s or any Restricted Subsidiary’s business with all or any portion of the relevant Reinvestment Deferred Amount.

Reinvestment Rights ”: if no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at the time of receipt of Net Proceeds of a Reinvestment Event, except as provided in subsection 8.6(e) or subsection 8.10, the right of the Borrower (directly or indirectly through a Restricted Subsidiary) to use all or a specified portion of the Net Proceeds of an Asset Sale or Recovery Event to acquire, improve or repair assets useful in its business.

Reorganization ”: with respect to a Multiemployer Plan, the condition that such plan is in reorganization as such term is used in Section 4241 of ERISA.

Reorganization Plan ”: the Second Modified Joint Plan of Reorganization of the Acquired Business under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code, dated May 10, 2010 as in effect on the date of the confirmation thereof pursuant to the Confirmation Order and as may be amended thereafter in accordance with the terms thereof and the Bankruptcy Code.

Reportable Event ”: any “reportable event,” as defined in Section 4043(c) of ERISA or the regulations issued thereunder, with respect to a Single Employer Plan, other than those events as to which the 30-day notice period has been waived pursuant to applicable regulations as in effect on the date hereof.

Required Lenders ”: at a particular time Lenders that hold more than 50% of the aggregate then outstanding principal amount of the Loans.

Requirement of Law ”: as to any Person, the Certificate of Incorporation and By-Laws or other organizational or governing documents of such Person, and any law, treaty, rule or regulation (including Environmental Laws) or determination of an arbitrator or a court or other Governmental Authority, in each case applicable to or binding upon such Person or any of its property or to which such Person or any of its property is subject.

Responsible Officer ”: the chief executive officer or the chief operating officer of the Borrower or, with respect to financial matters, the chief financial officer of the Borrower.

Restricted Payments ”: as defined in subsection 8.8.

Restricted Subsidiary ”: any Subsidiary of Parent other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary. Unless the context otherwise requires, all references to “Restricted Subsidiary” in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall be deemed to be a reference to a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower.

 

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S&P ”: Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC and any successor to its rating agency business.

SEC Filings ”: any public filings that Parent or the Acquired Business has made on form 10K, 10Q or 8K pursuant to the U.S. federal securities statutes, rules or regulations prior to the Closing Date.

Security Documents ”: the collective reference to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, the Mortgages and all other security documents hereafter delivered to the Administrative Agent granting a Lien on any property of any Person to secure the obligations and liabilities of any Loan Party under any Loan Document.

Senior Notes ”: the senior notes issued under and as defined in that certain Indenture dated as of March 13, 2011 among Parent, the Subsidiaries of Parent party thereto and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time).

Single Employer Plan ”: any Plan subject to the provisions of Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA.

Solvent ”: when used with respect to any Person, means that, as of any date of determination, (a) the amount of the present fair saleable value of the assets of such Person will, as of such date, exceed the amount of all liabilities of such Person, contingent or otherwise, as of such date, as such quoted terms are determined in accordance with applicable federal and state laws governing determinations of the insolvency of debtors, (b) the present fair saleable value of the assets of such Person will, as of such date, be greater than the amount that will be required to pay the liability of such Person on its debts as such debts become absolute and matured, (c) such Person will not have, as of such date, an unreasonably small amount of capital with which to conduct its business, and (d) such Person will be able to pay its debts as they mature. For purposes of this definition, (i) “debt” means liability on a “claim”, (ii) “claim” means any (x) right to payment, whether or not such a right is reduced to judgment, liquidated, unliquidated, fixed, contingent, matured, unmatured, disputed, undisputed, legal, equitable, secured or unsecured or (y) right to an equitable remedy for breach of performance if such breach gives rise to a right to payment, whether or not such right to an equitable remedy is reduced to judgment, fixed, contingent, matured or unmatured, disputed, undisputed, secured or unsecured and (iii) “present fair saleable value” and “liabilities of such Person, contingent or otherwise” shall, in each case, be determined in accordance with applicable federal and state laws governing determinations of the insolvency of debtors.

Specified Equity Contribution ”: as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement.

Station ”: a broadcast radio station operated pursuant to an FCC License.

Subordinated Indebtedness ”: any Indebtedness of the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries which is subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations.

Subsidiary ”: as to any Person, a corporation, partnership or other entity of which shares of Capital Stock or other equity interests having ordinary voting power (other than Capital Stock or other equity interests having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) to elect a majority of the board of directors or other managers of such corporation, partnership or other entity are at the time owned, directly or indirectly, or the management of which is otherwise controlled, directly or indirectly, or both, by such Person. Unless otherwise qualified, all

 

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references to a “Subsidiary” or to “Subsidiaries” in this Agreement shall refer to a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of the Borrower.

Subsidiary Guarantor ”: any Restricted Subsidiary which enters into the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement pursuant to clause (a) of Section 6 or subsection 7.10(a) (it being understood and agreed that no Foreign Subsidiary of the Borrower shall, in any case, enter into the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement pursuant to subsection 7.10(a)).

Swap Agreement ”: any agreement with respect to any swap, forward, future or derivative transaction or option or similar agreement involving, or settled by reference to, one or more rates, currencies, commodities, equity or debt instruments or securities, or economic, financial or pricing indices or measures of economic, financial or pricing risk or value or any similar transaction or any combination of these transactions; provided that no phantom stock or similar plan providing for payments only on account of services provided by current or former directors, officers, employees or consultants of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries shall be a “Swap Agreement”.

Taxes ”: any present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, withholdings, assessments, fees or other charges imposed by any Governmental Authority, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.

Test Period ”; the most recent period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Borrower ended on or prior to such time (taken as one accounting period) in respect of which financial statements for each quarter or fiscal year in such period have been delivered pursuant to subsection 7.1(a) or 7.1(b), as applicable.

Transactions ”: the Acquisition, the Refinancing, the entering into of the Loan Documents and the initial borrowings hereunder, the entering into of the First Lien Loan Documents and the borrowings thereunder and the payments of fees, commissions and expenses in connection with each of the foregoing.

Transferee ”: as defined in subsection 11.6(f).

Type ”: as to any Loan, its nature as an ABR Loan or a Eurodollar Loan.

UBS ”: collectively, UBS Securities LLC and its Affiliates.

UCC ”: the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect, from time to time, in the State of New York; provided that, if perfection or the effect of perfection or non-perfection or the priority of any security interest in any Collateral is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in a jurisdiction other than the State of New York, “UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in such other jurisdiction for purposes of the provisions hereof relating to such perfection, effect of perfection or non-perfection or priority.

Unrestricted Subsidiary ”: any Subsidiary of the Borrower designated by the board of directors of the Borrower as an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to subsection 7.14.

Withdrawal Liability ”: liability to a Multiemployer Plan as a result of a complete withdrawal or a partial withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan, as such terms are defined in Title IV of ERISA.

 

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Working Day ”: any Business Day which is a day for trading by and between banks in Dollar deposits in the interbank Eurodollar market.

1.2 Other Definitional Provisions . Unless otherwise specified therein, all terms defined in this Agreement shall have the defined meanings when used in the Notes, any other Loan Document or any certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant hereto.

(a) As used herein and in the Notes, any other Loan Document and any certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant hereto, accounting terms relating to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries not defined in subsection 1.1 and accounting terms partly defined in subsection 1.1 to the extent not defined, shall have the respective meanings given to them under GAAP. Notwithstanding any other provision contained herein, all terms of an accounting or financial nature used herein shall be construed, and all computations of amounts and ratios referred to herein shall be made, without giving effect to any election under ASC 825 “Financial Instruments” (or any other ASC having a similar result or effect) to value any Indebtedness or other liabilities of Parent, the Borrower or any Subsidiary at “fair value”, as defined therein.

(b) The words “hereof”, “herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement, and section, subsection, schedule and exhibit references are to this Agreement unless otherwise specified.

(c) (i) The words “include”, “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation”, (ii) the word “incur” shall be construed to mean incur, create, issue, assume, become liable in respect of or suffer to exist (and the words “incurred” and “incurrence” shall have correlative meanings), (iii) the words “asset” and “property” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, Capital Stock, securities, revenues, accounts, leasehold interests and contract rights, and (iv) references to agreements or other Contractual Obligations shall, unless otherwise specified, be deemed to refer to such agreements or Contractual Obligations as amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time.

(d) The meanings given to terms defined herein shall be equally applicable to the singular and plural forms of such terms.

SECTION 2. AMOUNT AND TERMS OF THE COMMITMENTS

2.1 Loans . Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Lender severally agrees to make a term loan (a “ Loan ”) to the Borrower on the Closing Date in an amount equal to the Commitment of such Lender as set forth opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule 1.1A. Amounts repaid or prepaid in respect of Loans may not be reborrowed. The Loans may from time to time be (a) Eurodollar Loans or (b) ABR Loans or (c) a combination thereof, as determined by the Borrower and notified to the Administrative Agent in accordance with subsections 4.1 and 4.3.

2.2 Repayment of Loans . The Borrower shall repay the outstanding principal amount of the Loans on the Maturity Date.

2.3 Proceeds of Loans . The Borrower shall use the proceeds of the Loans to finance, in part, the Acquisition and the Refinancing and to pay fees, commissions and expenses in connection therewith.

 

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SECTION 3. [ RESERVED ]

SECTION 4. GENERAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO LOANS

4.1 Procedure for Borrowing by the Borrower . (a) The Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent irrevocable notice (which notice must be received by the Administrative Agent (i) prior to 1:00 P.M., New York City time three Working Days prior to the Closing Date if all or any part of the Loans are to be Eurodollar Loans 1 and (ii) prior to 9:00 A.M. New York City time on the Closing Date if the borrowing is to be solely of ABR Loans) specifying (A) the amount of the borrowing, (B) whether such Loans are initially to be Eurodollar Loans or ABR Loans, or a combination thereof and (C) if the borrowing is to be entirely or partly Eurodollar Loans, the length of the Interest Period for such Eurodollar Loans. Upon receipt of such notice the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender. Not later than 12:00 Noon, New York City time, on the Closing Date, each Lender shall make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in subsection 11.2 (or at such other location as the Administrative Agent may direct) an amount in immediately available funds equal to the amount of the Loan to be made by such Lender. Loan proceeds received by the Administrative Agent hereunder shall promptly be made available to the Borrower by the Administrative Agent’s crediting the account of the Borrower, at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in subsection 11.2, with the aggregate amount actually received by the Administrative Agent from the Lenders and in like funds as received by the Administrative Agent.

(b) Any borrowing of Eurodollar Loans by the Borrower hereunder shall be in such amounts and be made pursuant to such elections so that, after giving effect thereto, (i) the aggregate principal amount of all Eurodollar Loans having the same Interest Period shall not be less than $1,000,000, or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof, and (ii) no more than five Interest Periods shall be in effect at any one time with respect to Eurodollar Loans.

4.2 Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt . (a) The Borrower hereby unconditionally promises to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender (i) the then unpaid principal amount of the Loan of such Lender (other than Extended Loans), in accordance with subsection 2.2 (or the then unpaid principal amount of such Loan on the date that any or all of the Loans become due and payable pursuant to Section 9) and (ii) the then unpaid principal amount of any Extended Loan of such Lender, in accordance with the amortization schedule and maturity date applicable thereto (or the then unpaid principal amount of such Extended Loan on the date that any or all of the Loans become due and payable pursuant to Section 9). The Borrower hereby further agrees to pay interest on the unpaid principal amount of the Loans from time to time outstanding from the date hereof until payment in full thereof at the rates per annum, and on the dates, set forth in subsection 4.6.

(b) Each Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice an account or accounts evidencing indebtedness of the Borrower to such Lender resulting from each Loan of such Lender from time to time, including the amounts of principal and interest payable and paid to such Lender from time to time under this Agreement.

(c) The Administrative Agent shall maintain the Register pursuant to subsection 11.6(d), and a subaccount therein for each Lender, in which shall be recorded (i) the amount of each Loan made hereunder, the Type thereof and each Interest Period applicable thereto, (ii) the amount of any principal or interest due and payable or to become due and payable from the Borrower to each Lender

 

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Note : If Loans to be made on the Closing Date include Eurodollar Loans, Borrowing Notice must include indemnity agreement re: breakage costs.

 

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hereunder and (iii) both the amount of any sum received by the Administrative Agent hereunder from the Borrower and each Lender’s share thereof.

(d) The entries made in the Register and the accounts of each Lender maintained pursuant to subsection 4.2(c) shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law, be prima facie evidence of the existence and amounts of the obligations of the Borrower therein recorded; provided , however , that the failure of any Lender or the Administrative Agent to maintain the Register or any such account, or any error therein, shall not in any manner affect the obligation of the Borrower to repay (with applicable interest) the Loans made to such Borrower by such Lender in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

4.3 Conversion Options . The Borrower may elect from time to time to convert Eurodollar Loans into ABR Loans by giving the Administrative Agent irrevocable notice of such election, to be received by the Administrative Agent prior to 12:00 Noon, New York City time, at least three Working Days prior to the proposed conversion date, provided that any such conversion of Eurodollar Loans shall only be made on the last day of an Interest Period with respect thereto. The Borrower may elect from time to time to convert all or a portion of the ABR Loans then outstanding to Eurodollar Loans by giving the Administrative Agent irrevocable notice of such election, to be received by the Administrative Agent prior to 12:00 Noon, New York City time, at least three Working Days prior to the proposed conversion date, specifying the Interest Period selected therefor, and, if no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, such conversion shall be made on the requested conversion date or, if such requested conversion date is not a Working Day, on the next succeeding Working Day. Upon receipt of any notice pursuant to this subsection 4.3, the Administrative Agent shall promptly, but in any event by 4:00 P.M., New York City time, notify each Lender thereof. All or any part of the outstanding Loans may be converted as provided herein, provided that partial conversions of Loans shall be in the aggregate principal amount of $1,000,000, or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof, and the aggregate principal amount of the resulting Eurodollar Loans outstanding in respect of any one Interest Period shall be at least $1,000,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof.

4.4 Optional Prepayments . (a) The Borrower may at any time and from time to time prepay Loans, in whole or in part, upon at least one Business Days’ irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent in the case of ABR Loans and two Working Days’ irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent in the case of Eurodollar Loans and specifying the date and amount of prepayment; provided that Eurodollar Loans prepaid on other than the last day of any Interest Period with respect thereto shall be prepaid subject to the provisions of subsection 4.10. Upon receipt of such notice the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender thereof. If such notice is given, the Borrower shall make such prepayment, and the payment amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable, on the date specified therein. Accrued interest on any Notes or on the amount of any Loans paid in full pursuant to this subsection 4.4 shall be paid on the date of such prepayment. Accrued interest on the amount of any partial prepayment shall be paid on the Interest Payment Date next succeeding the date of such partial prepayment. Partial prepayments shall be in an aggregate principal amount equal to the lesser of (A) $1,500,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof and (B) the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the applicable Loans, as the case may be. Any amount prepaid on account of Loans may not be reborrowed. Partial prepayments of the Loans pursuant to this subsection 4.4 shall be applied as directed by the Borrower.

(b) All optional prepayments of Loans pursuant to subsection 4.4(a) shall be accompanied by the payment of a prepayment premium equal to (i) the Make Whole Amount, if such prepayment is made during the period beginning on the Closing Date through the first anniversary of the Closing Date, (ii) 3% of the aggregate principal amount of such prepayment, if such prepayment is made during the period beginning after the first anniversary of the Closing Date through the second anniversary

 

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of the Closing Date, (iii) 2% of the aggregate principal amount of such prepayment, if such prepayment is made during the period beginning after the second anniversary of the Closing Date through the third anniversary of the Closing Date, (iv) 1% of the aggregate principal amount of such prepayment, if such prepayment is made during the period beginning after the third anniversary of the Closing Date through the fourth anniversary of the Closing Date and (v) 0% of the aggregate principal amount of such prepayment, if such prepayment is made during the period beginning after the fourth anniversary of the Closing Date.

(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the Borrower may rescind any notice of prepayment under this subsection 4.4 if such prepayment would have resulted from a refinancing of the Facility, which refinancing shall not be consummated or shall otherwise be delayed.

4.5 Mandatory Prepayments . (a) In the event of any incurrence of Indebtedness by any Group Member (other than Indebtedness of any Group Member permitted to be issued under subsection 8.2 (other than with respect to any issuance of Senior Notes permitted under clause (h) thereof)), an amount equal to 100% of the Net Proceeds of such Indebtedness incurrence shall, one Working Day after the date of such Indebtedness incurrence be applied to the prepayment of the Loans as set forth in subsection 4.5(d).

(b) In the event of receipt by any Group Member of Net Proceeds from any Asset Sale or Recovery Event (in excess of $7,500,000 in the aggregate for all Asset Sales and Recovery Events per fiscal year) by any Group Member then, unless the Borrower exercises its Reinvestment Rights in respect thereof, an amount equal to 100% of the Net Proceeds of such Asset Sale or Recovery Event shall, on the Working Day after such receipt, be applied to the prepayment of the Loans as set forth in subsection 4.5(d); provided that notwithstanding the foregoing, on each Reinvestment Prepayment Date, an amount equal to the Reinvestment Prepayment Amount with respect to the relevant Reinvestment Event shall be applied toward the prepayment of the Loans as set forth in subsection 4.5(d).

(c) If, for any fiscal year of the Borrower commencing with the fiscal year ending December 31, 2012, there shall be Excess Cash Flow, the Borrower shall, on the relevant Excess Cash Flow Application Date, apply toward the prepayment of the Loans the ECF Percentage of such Excess Cash Flow less (solely to the extent not funded by the proceeds of Indebtedness) (x) the aggregate amount of all optional prepayments of Loans pursuant to subsection 4.4 or subsection 4.16 made during such fiscal year ( provided that with respect to any prepayment pursuant to subsection 4.16, the aggregate amount of such prepayment for purposes of this clause shall be the amount of the Borrower’s cash payment in respect of such prepayment), (y) the aggregate amount of all optional prepayments of First Lien Term Loans pursuant to subsection 4.5 or 4.23 of the First Lien Credit Agreement made during such fiscal year ( provided that with respect to any prepayment pursuant to subsection 4.23 of the First Lien Credit Agreement, the aggregate amount of such prepayment for purposes of this clause shall be the amount of the Borrower’s cash payment in respect of such prepayment) and (z) the aggregate amount of all optional repayments of First Lien Revolving Loans pursuant to subsection 4.5 of the First Lien Credit Agreement made during such fiscal year that are accompanied by an equivalent permanent reduction in the First Lien Revolving Commitments. Each such prepayment shall be made on a date (an “ Excess Cash Flow Application Date ”) no later than 15 Business Days after the earlier of (i) the date on which the financial statements of the Borrower referred to in subsection 7.1, for the fiscal year with respect to which such prepayment is made, are required to be delivered to the Lenders and (ii) the date such financial statements are actually delivered.

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Default has occurred and is continuing, be prepaid subject to the provisions of subsection 4.13 or such prepayment (after application to any ABR Loans, in the case of prepayments by the Borrower) shall be deposited with the Administrative Agent as Cash Collateral for such Eurodollar Loans on terms reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and thereafter shall be applied to the prepayment of the Eurodollar Loans on the last day of the respective Interest Periods for such Eurodollar Loans next ending most closely to the date of receipt of such Net Proceeds. After such application, unless a Default or an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, any remaining interest earned on such Cash Collateral shall be paid to the Borrower.

(e) Except as set forth in subsection 4.13, all payments made under this subsection 4.5 will be without penalty or premium.

(f) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this subsection 4.5, other than with respect to any Declined First Lien Prepayment Amount, no prepayment shall be made under this subsection 4.5 prior to the First Priority Obligations Payment Date.

(g) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this subsection 4.5, if any Lender shall notify the Administrative Agent (i) on the date of such prepayment, with respect to any prepayment under subsection 4.5(a) or (b) or (ii) at least one Business Day prior to the date of a prepayment under subsection 4.5(c) that it wishes to decline its share of such prepayment, such share shall be retained by the Borrower.

4.6 Interest Rates and Payment Dates . (a) Each Eurodollar Loan shall bear interest for each day during each Interest Period with respect thereto on the unpaid principal amount thereof at a rate per annum equal to the Eurodollar Rate determined for such Interest Period plus the Applicable Margin.

(b) ABR Loans shall bear interest for the period from and including the date thereof until maturity thereof on the unpaid principal amount thereof at a rate per annum equal to the ABR plus the Applicable Margin.

(c) Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default under Section 9(f) or, at the election of the Required Lenders if all or a portion of (i) the principal amount of any of the Loans or (ii) any interest payable thereon, shall not be paid when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise), any overdue amount under the Loan Documents shall, without limiting the rights of the Lenders under Section 9, bear interest at a rate per annum which is (x) in the case of overdue principal, 2% above the rate that would otherwise be applicable thereto pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this subsection or (y) in the case of overdue interest, fees and other amounts, 2% above the rate described in paragraph (b) of this subsection, in each case from the date of such nonpayment until such amount is paid in full (as well after as before judgment).

(d) Interest shall be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date; provided that interest accruing pursuant to paragraph (c) of this subsection shall be payable on demand by the Administrative Agent made at the request of the Required Lenders.

4.7 Computation of Interest and Fees . (a) Interest in respect of ABR Loans at any time the ABR is calculated based on the Prime Rate and all fees hereunder shall be calculated on the basis of a 365 or 366, as the case may be, day year for the actual days elapsed. Interest in respect of Eurodollar Loans and ABR Loans at any time the ABR is not calculated based on the Prime Rate shall be calculated on the basis of a 360 day year for the actual days elapsed. The Administrative Agent shall as soon as practicable notify the Borrower and the Lenders of each determination of a Eurodollar Rate. Any change

 

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in the interest rate on a Loan resulting from a change in the ABR shall become effective as of the opening of business on the day on which such change in the ABR becomes effective. The Administrative Agent shall as soon as practicable notify the Borrower and the Lenders of the effective date and the amount of each such change.

(b) Each determination of an interest rate by the Administrative Agent pursuant to any provision of this Agreement shall be conclusive and binding on the Borrower and the Lenders in the absence of manifest error. The Administrative Agent shall, at the request of the Borrower, deliver to the Borrower a statement showing the quotations used by the Administrative Agent in determining the Eurodollar Rate.

4.8 Certain Fees . (a) The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for its own account a non-refundable agent’s fee in the amount and payable on such dates as is separately agreed to by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.

(b) The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of each Lender as of the Closing Date (other than any Lender which defaults in its obligation to fund Loans hereunder), a ticking fee from and including July 22, 2011 to and including the Closing Date on the sum of such Lender’s commitment outstanding from time to time under the commitment letter in respect of the Facility (which ticking fee may be shared by such Lender with one or more other Lenders as reflected in an allocation confirmation or other documentation reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, subject to the performance by such other Lender of its obligations in respect of such allocation), at the rate per annum for each day during the period for which payment is made equal to 4.50% (it being understood that the ticking fee shall be calculated on the basis of a 360 day year for the actual days elapsed during such period). The ticking fee payable pursuant to this clause (b) shall be payable on the Closing Date.

4.9 Inability to Determine Interest Rate for Eurodollar Loans . In the event that the Administrative Agent shall have determined (which determination shall be conclusive and binding upon the Borrower) that (a) by reason of circumstances affecting the interbank eurodollar market generally, adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the Eurodollar Rate for any Interest Period with respect to (i) proposed Loans that the Borrower has requested be made as Eurodollar Loans, (ii) any Eurodollar Loans that will result from the requested conversion of all or part of ABR Loans into Eurodollar Loans or (iii) the continuation of any Eurodollar Loan as such for an additional Interest Period, (b) the Eurodollar Rate determined or to be determined for any Interest Period will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to Lenders constituting the Required Lenders of maintaining their affected Eurodollar Loans during such Interest Period by reason of circumstances affecting the interbank eurodollar market generally or (c) dollar deposits in the relevant amount and for the relevant period with respect to any such Eurodollar Loan are not available to any of the Lenders in their respective Eurodollar Lending Offices’ interbank eurodollar market, the Administrative Agent shall forthwith give notice of such determination, confirmed in writing, to the Borrower and the Lenders at least one day prior to, as the case may be, the requested Closing Date, the conversion date or the last day of such Interest Period. If such notice is given, (i) any requested Eurodollar Loans shall be made as ABR Loans, (ii) any ABR Loans that were to have been converted to Eurodollar Loans shall be continued as ABR Loans and (iii) any outstanding Eurodollar Loans shall be converted, on the last day of the then current Interest Period applicable thereto, into ABR Loans. Until such notice has been withdrawn by the Administrative Agent, no further Eurodollar Loans shall be made and no ABR Loans shall be converted to Eurodollar Loans.

4.10 Pro Rata Treatment and Payments . (a) The borrowing of the Loans and each payment by the Borrower on account of any fee hereunder (other than as set forth in subsection 4.8) shall be made pro rata according to the relevant Applicable Percentages of the Lenders entitled or obligated

 

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thereto. Each payment (including each prepayment) by the Borrower on account of principal of and interest on the Loans (other than as set forth in subsections 4.5, 4.11, 4.12 and 4.13) shall be made pro rata according to the relevant Applicable Percentages of the Lenders entitled thereto. All payments (including prepayments) to be made by the Borrower on account of principal, interest and fees shall be made without set-off or counterclaim and shall be made to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Lenders, at the Administrative Agent’s office located at 1111 Fannin Street, 8 th Floor, Houston, Texas 77002, in lawful money of the United States of America and in immediately available funds. The Administrative Agent shall promptly distribute such payments ratably to each Lender in like funds as received. If any payment hereunder (other than payments on Eurodollar Loans) becomes due and payable on a day other than a Business Day, such payment shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day and, with respect to payments of principal, interest thereon shall be payable at the then applicable rate during such extension. If any payment on a Eurodollar Loan becomes due and payable on a day other than a Working Day, the maturity thereof shall be extended to the next succeeding Working Day and, with respect to payments of principal, interest thereon shall be payable at the then applicable rate during such extension unless the result of such extension would be to extend such payment into another calendar month in which event such payment shall be made on the immediately preceding Working Day.

(b) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have been notified in writing by any Lender prior to the Closing Date that such Lender will not make a Loan in an amount equal to its Commitment available to the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such amount available to the Administrative Agent on the Closing Date in accordance with subsection 4.1 and the Administrative Agent may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Borrower a corresponding amount. If such amount is made available to the Administrative Agent by such Lender on a date after the Closing Date, such Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent on demand an amount equal to the product of (i) the daily average Federal funds rate during such period as quoted by the Administrative Agent, times (ii) the amount of such Lender’s Commitment, times (iii) a fraction the numerator of which is the number of days that elapse from and including the Closing Date to the date on which such Lender’s Loan in an amount equal to its Commitment shall have become immediately available to the Administrative Agent and the denominator of which is 360. A certificate of the Administrative Agent submitted to any Lender with respect to any amounts owing under this subsection 4.10(b) shall be conclusive, absent manifest error. If a Loan in an amount equal to such Lender’s Commitment is not in fact made available to the Administrative Agent by such Lender within three Business Days of the Closing Date, the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to recover such amount with interest thereon at the rate per annum applicable to ABR Loans hereunder, on demand, from the Borrower without prejudice to any rights which the Borrower or the Administrative Agent may have against such Lender hereunder. Nothing contained in this subsection 4.10(b) shall relieve any Lender which has failed to make available its ratable portion of any borrowing hereunder from its obligation to do so in accordance with the terms hereof.

(c) The failure of any Lender to make the Loan to be made by it on the Closing Date shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligation, if any, hereunder to make its Loan on the Closing Date, but no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to make the Loan to be made by such other Lender on the Closing Date.

(d) All payments and prepayments (other than mandatory prepayments as set forth in subsection 4.5 and other than prepayments as set forth in subsection 4.12 with respect to increased costs) of Eurodollar Loans hereunder shall be in such amounts and be made pursuant to such elections so that, after giving effect thereto, the aggregate principal amount of all Eurodollar Loans with the same Interest Period shall not be less than $1,000,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof.

 

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(e) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this subsection 4.10 or elsewhere in this Agreement, the Borrower may (i) make prepayments of Loans at a discount to the par value of such Loans and on a non pro rata basis in accordance with subsection 4.16, (ii) purchase Loans on a non pro rata basis in accordance with subsection 11.6 and (iii) extend the final maturity of Loans in connection with an Extension that is permitted under subsection 4.17 without being obligated to effect such extensions on a pro rata basis among the Lenders (it being understood that no such extension (x) shall constitute a payment or prepayment of any Loans for purposes of this subsection or (y) with respect to any Extended Loan, shall reduce the amount of any scheduled amortization due in respect thereof, except to the extent provided pursuant to the express terms of the respective Extension Offer) without giving rise to any violation of this subsection or any other provision of this Agreement. Furthermore, the Borrower may take all actions contemplated by (A) subsection 4.16 in connection with the prepayment of Loans at a discount to the par value of such Loans, (B) subsection 4.17 in connection with any Extension (including modifying pricing, amortization and repayments or prepayments of Extended Loans) and (C) subsection 11.6 in connection with the purchase of Loans on a non pro rata basis and, in each case, such actions taken in accordance with subsection 4.16, 4.17 and 11.6, as applicable, shall be permitted hereunder, and the differing or non pro rata payments contemplated therein shall be permitted without giving rise to any violation of this subsection or any other provision of this Agreement.

4.11 Illegality . Notwithstanding any other provisions herein, if any Change in Law occurring after the date that any lender becomes a Lender party to this Agreement shall make it unlawful for such Lender to maintain Eurodollar Loans as contemplated by this Agreement, the commitment of such Lender hereunder to make Eurodollar Loans or to convert all or a portion of ABR Loans into Eurodollar Loans shall forthwith be cancelled and such Lender’s Loans then outstanding as Eurodollar Loans, if any, shall, if required by law and if such Lender so requests, be converted automatically to ABR Loans on the date specified by such Lender in such request. To the extent that such affected Eurodollar Loans are converted into ABR Loans, all payments of principal which would otherwise be applied to such Eurodollar Loans shall be applied instead to such Lender’s ABR Loans. The Borrower hereby agrees promptly to pay any Lender, upon its demand, any additional amounts necessary to compensate such Lender for any costs incurred by such Lender in making any conversion in accordance with this subsection 4.11 including, but not limited to, any interest or fees payable by such Lender to lenders of funds obtained by it in order to make or maintain its Eurodollar Loans hereunder (such Lender’s notice of such costs, as certified to the Borrower through the Administrative Agent, to be conclusive absent manifest error).

4.12 Requirements of Law . (a) In the event that, at any time after the date hereof any Change in Law or compliance by any Lender with any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) from any central bank or other Governmental Authority:

(i) does or shall subject any Lender or Transferee to any taxes with respect to this Agreement, any Note or any Eurodollar Loans made by it or change the basis of taxation of payments to such Lender in respect thereof (other than (A) Non-Excluded Taxes or Other Taxes or (B) the imposition of, or change in the rate of, any taxes excluded from the definition of “Non-Excluded Taxes” pursuant to subsection 4.14(a));

(ii) does or shall impose, modify or hold applicable any reserve, special deposit, compulsory loan or similar requirement against assets held by, or deposits or other liabilities in or for the account of, advances or loans by, or other credit extended by, or any other acquisition of funds by, any office of such Lender which are not otherwise included in the determination of the Eurodollar Rate; or

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and the result of any of the foregoing is to increase the cost to such Lender (or, in the case of (i), to such Lender or Transferee) of converting, renewing or maintaining advances or extensions of credit or to reduce any amount receivable hereunder, in each case, in respect of its Eurodollar Loans or, in the case of (i), any Loans, then, in any such case, the Borrower shall promptly pay such Lender (or, in the case of (i), such Lender or Transferee), on demand, any additional amounts necessary to compensate such Lender (or, in the case of (i), such Lender or Transferee) on an after-tax basis for such additional cost or reduced amount receivable (other than (A) Non-Excluded Taxes or Other Taxes or (B) the imposition of, or change in the rate of, any taxes excluded from the definition of “Non-Excluded Taxes” pursuant to subsection 4.14(a)) which such Lender (or, in the case of (i), such Lender or Transferee) deems to be material as determined by such Lender (or, in the case of (i), such Lender or Transferee) with respect to such Eurodollar Loans or, in the case of (i), any Loans, together with interest on each such amount from the date demanded until payment in full thereof at a rate per annum equal to the ABR plus the Applicable Margin.

(b) In the event that at any time after the date hereof any Change in Law with respect to any Lender shall, in the opinion of such Lender have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s or such corporation’s capital, as the case may be, as a consequence of the obligations of such Lender hereunder to a level below that which such Lender or such corporation, as the case may be, could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into account such Lender’s or such corporation’s policies, as the case may be, with respect to capital adequacy) by an amount deemed by such Lender to be material, then from time to time following notice by such Lender to the Borrower of such Change in Law as provided in paragraph (c) of this subsection 4.12, within 15 days after demand by such Lender, the Borrower shall pay to such Lender such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or such corporation, as the case may be, on an after-tax basis for such reduction.

(c) If any Lender becomes entitled to claim any additional amounts pursuant to this subsection 4.12, it shall promptly notify the Borrower through the Administrative Agent, of the event by reason of which it has become so entitled. If any Lender has notified the Borrower through the Administrative Agent of any increased costs pursuant to paragraph (a) of this subsection 4.12, the Borrower at any time thereafter may, upon at least two Working Days’ notice to the Administrative Agent (which shall promptly notify the Lenders thereof), and subject to subsection 4.13, prepay or convert into ABR Loans all (but not a part) of the Eurodollar Loans then outstanding. Each Lender agrees that, upon the occurrence of any event giving rise to the operation of paragraph (a) of this subsection 4.12 or entitling a Lender to receive additional amounts under paragraph (a) or (c) of subsection 4.14 with respect to such Lender, it will, if requested by the Borrower, and to the extent permitted by law or by the relevant Governmental Authority, endeavor in good faith to avoid or minimize the increase in costs, reduction in payments, or payment of additional amounts resulting from such event (including endeavoring to change its Eurodollar Lending Office or any other lending office); provided , however , that such avoidance or minimization can be made in such a manner that such Lender, in its sole determination, suffers no economic, legal or regulatory disadvantage.

(d) A certificate submitted by such Lender, through the Administrative Agent, to the Borrower shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error. The covenants contained in this subsection 4.12 shall survive the termination of this Agreement and repayment of the outstanding Loans.

4.13 Indemnity . The Borrower agrees to indemnify each Lender and to hold such Lender harmless from any loss or expense which such Lender may sustain or incur as a consequence of (a) default by the Borrower in payment of the principal amount of or interest on any Eurodollar Loans of such Lender, including, but not limited to any such loss or expense arising from interest or fees payable by such Lender to lenders of funds obtained by it in order to make or maintain its Eurodollar Loans hereunder, (b) default by the Borrower in making a conversion of ABR Loans to Eurodollar Loans after

 

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the Borrower has given notice in accordance with subsection 4.1 or in continuing Eurodollar Loans for an additional Interest Period after the Borrower has given a notice in accordance with clause (b) of the definition of Interest Period, (c) default by the Borrower in making a borrowing of Eurodollar Loans after the Borrower has given a notice in accordance with subsection 4.1 or in making any prepayment of Eurodollar Loans after the Borrower has given a notice in accordance with subsection 4.3 or (d) a payment or prepayment of a Eurodollar Loan or conversion of any Eurodollar Loan into an ABR Loan, in either case on a day which is not the last day of an Interest Period with respect thereto (any of the events referred to in clauses (b), (c) or (d), a “ Breakage Event ”). In the case of a Breakage Event,such loss or expense shall include an amount equal to the excess, as reasonably determined by such Lender of (i) the cost of obtaining funds for the Eurocurrency Loan that is the subject of such Breakage Event for the period from the date of such Breakage Event to the last day of the Interest Period in effect (or that would have been in effect) for such Loan over (ii) the amount of interest likely to be realized by such Lender in redeploying the funds released or not utilized by reason of such Breakage Event for such period, but such loss or expense shall not, in any event, include any lost profit or loss of Applicable Margin. A certificate of any Lender setting forth any amount or amounts that such Lender is entitled to receive pursuant to this Section shall be delivered to the Borrower and shall be conclusive absent manifest error. This covenant shall survive termination of this Agreement and payment of the outstanding Obligations.

4.14 Taxes . (a) All payments made by or on behalf of any Loan Party under this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for or on account of, any present or future income, stamp or other taxes, levies, imposts, duties, charges, fees, deductions or withholdings, now or hereafter imposed, levied, collected, withheld or assessed by any Governmental Authority, excluding net income taxes, branch profit taxes, franchise taxes and other similar taxes imposed as a result of a present or former connection between the Administrative Agent or such Lender and the jurisdiction of the Governmental Authority imposing such tax or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein (other than any such connection arising solely from the Administrative Agent or such Lender having executed, delivered or performed its obligations or received a payment under, or enforced, this Agreement or any other Loan Document); provided that, if any such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties, charges, fees, deductions or withholdings (“ Non-Excluded Taxes ”) or Other Taxes are required to be withheld from any amounts payable to the Administrative Agent or any Lender, as determined in good faith by the applicable withholding agent, (i) such amounts shall be paid to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law and (ii) the amounts so payable by the applicable Loan Party to the Administrative Agent or such Lender shall be increased to the extent necessary to yield to the Administrative Agent or such Lender (after payment of all Non-Excluded Taxes and Other Taxes) interest or any such other amounts payable hereunder at the rates or in the amounts specified in this Agreement as if such withholding or deduction had not been made; provided further , however, that Non-Excluded Taxes shall not include any amounts (x) that are attributable to such Lender’s failure to comply with the requirements of paragraph (f), (g), (h) or (i) of this subsection 4.14 or (y) that are taxes imposed by a Requirement of Law in effect (including FATCA) at the time (and, in the case of FATCA, including any future regulations of official interpretations thereof) a Non-U.S. Lender becomes a party hereto (or designates a new lending office) that do not arise as a result of a change in the jurisdiction of incorporation or the operations of a Loan Party, except to the extent that such Non-U.S. Lender (or its assignor, if any) was entitled, at the time of designation of a new lending office (or assignment), to receive additional amounts with respect to such withholding taxes under this subsection 4.14.

(b) In addition, the Borrower shall pay any Other Taxes to the relevant Governmental Authority if and to the extent required by applicable law.

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account or for the account of the relevant Lender, as the case may be, a copy of a receipt received by such Loan Party showing payment thereof. If (i) a Loan Party fails to pay any Non-Excluded Taxes or Other Taxes when due to the appropriate taxing authority, (ii) a Loan Party fails to remit to the Administrative Agent the required receipts or other reasonably requested documentary evidence or (iii) any Non-Excluded Taxes or Other Taxes are imposed directly upon the Administrative Agent or any Lender (other than in the case of (iii) any interest or penalties attributable to the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Administrative Agent or such Lender), the Loan Parties shall indemnify the Administrative Agent and the Lenders for such amounts and any incremental taxes, interest or penalties that may become payable by the Administrative Agent or any Lender as a result of any such failure, in the case of (i) and (ii), or any such direct imposition, in the case of (iii).

(d) If any Lender Party determines, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, that it has received a refund of any Non-Excluded Taxes as to which it has been indemnified pursuant to this subsection 4.14 (including additional amounts paid pursuant to this subsection 4.14), it shall pay to the indemnifying party an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made under this subsection with respect to the Non-Excluded Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses (including any Non-Excluded Taxes) of such indemnified party and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund). Such indemnifying party, upon the request of such indemnified party, shall repay to such indemnified party the amount paid to such indemnified party pursuant to the previous sentence (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) in the event such indemnified party is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this subsection 4.14(d), in no event will any indemnified party be required to pay any amount to any indemnifying party pursuant to this subsection 4.14(d) if such payment would place such indemnified party in a less favorable position (on a net after-Tax basis) than such indemnified party would have been in if the indemnification payments or additional amounts giving rise to such refund had never been paid. This subsection 4.14(d) shall not be construed to require any indemnified party to make available its tax returns (or any other information relating to its taxes which it deems confidential) to the indemnifying party or any other Person.

(e) Each Lender shall indemnify the Administrative Agent for the full amount of any taxes, levies, imposts, duties, charges, fees, deductions, withholdings or similar charges imposed by any Governmental Authority that are attributable to such Lender and that are payable or paid by the Administrative Agent, together with all interest, penalties, reasonable costs and expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, as determined by the Administrative Agent in good faith. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to any Lender by the Administrative Agent shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

(f) If a payment made to a Lender under this Agreement or any other Loan Document would be subject to United States federal withholding tax imposed by FATCA if such Lender were to fail to comply with the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (including those contained in Section 1471(b) or 1472(b) of the Code, as applicable), such Lender shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, at the time or times prescribed by law and at such time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, such documentation prescribed by applicable law (including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as may be necessary for the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to comply with its obligations under FATCA, to determine that such Lender has or has not complied with such Lender’s obligations under FATCA or to determine the amount to deduct and withhold from such payment. Solely for purposes of this subsection 4.14(f), “FATCA” shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement.

 

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(g) Each Lender, Assignee and Participant that is not a citizen or resident of the United States of America, a corporation, partnership or other entity created or organized in or under the laws of the United States of America, or an estate or trust that is subject to United States federal income taxation regardless of the source of its income (a “ Non-U.S. Lender ”) shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, and if applicable, the assigning Lender (or, in the case of a Participant, to the Lender from which the related participation shall have been purchased) on or before the date on which it becomes a party to this Agreement (or, in the case of a Participant, on or before the date on which such Participant purchases the related participation) and from time or time thereafter upon the request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent:

(i) two duly completed and signed copies of either Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN (relating to such Non-U.S. Lender and entitling it to a complete exemption from, or a reduced rate of, United States federal withholding tax on all amounts to be received by such Non-U.S. Lender pursuant to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents), Form W-8ECI (relating to all amounts to be received by such Non-U.S. Lender pursuant to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents) or Form W-8IMY (together with any applicable underlying Internal Revenue Service forms, which together entitle such Non-U.S. Lender to a complete exemption from, or a reduced rate of, United States Federal withholding tax on all amounts to be received by such Non-U.S. Lender pursuant to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents), or successor and related applicable forms, as the case may be; or

(ii) in the case of a Non-U.S. Lender that is not a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code and that does not comply with the requirements of clause (i) hereof, (x) a statement in the form of the applicable Exhibit D (or such other form of statement as shall be reasonably requested by the Borrower from time to time) to the effect that such Non-U.S. Lender is eligible for a complete exemption from, or a reduced rate of, United States federal withholding tax under Section 871(h) or 881(c) of the Code, and (y) two duly completed and signed copies of the applicable Internal Revenue Service Form W-8 or successor and related applicable form;

In addition, each Non-U.S. Lender agrees (i) to deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, and if applicable, the assigning Lender (or, in the case of a Participant, to the Lender from which the related participation shall have been purchased) two further duly completed and signed copies of such Form W-8BEN, W-8IMY or W-8ECI or such other Internal Revenue Service forms required to be delivered pursuant to this subsection 4.14, as the case may be, or successor and related applicable forms, on or before the date that any such form expires or becomes obsolete and promptly after the occurrence of any event requiring a change from the most recent form(s) previously delivered by it to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (or, in the case of a Participant, to the Lender from which the related participation shall have been purchased) in accordance with applicable United States laws and regulations, and (ii) to notify promptly the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (or, in the case of a Participant, the Lender from which the related participation shall have been purchased) if it is no longer able to deliver, or if it is required to withdraw or cancel, any form or statement previously delivered by it pursuant to this subsection 4.14(g). Notwithstanding any other provision of this subsection 4.14, a Non -U.S. Lender shall not be required to deliver any form pursuant to this subsection 4.14 that such Non -U.S. Lender is not legally able to deliver.

(h) A Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of non-U.S. withholding tax under the law of the jurisdiction in which the Borrower is located, or any treaty to which such jurisdiction is a party, with respect to payments under this Agreement shall deliver to the Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), at the time or times prescribed by applicable law, as reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, or as specified in the proceeding in the preceding paragraph, such properly completed and executed documentation prescribed by applicable

 

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law as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate; provided that such Lender is legally entitled to complete, execute and deliver such documentation and in such Lender’s judgment such completion, execution or submission would not materially prejudice the legal or commercial position of such Lender.

(i) Each Lender, Assignee and Participant that is not a Non-U.S. Lender shall, on or before the date that such Lender becomes a party to this Agreement, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (or, in the case of a Participant, to the Lender from whom the related Participation was purchased), two duly completed and signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-9, certifying that such Person is exempt from United States back-up withholding tax. Each such Lender, Assignee or Participant shall deliver further documentation in accordance with the previous sentence at the time(s) specified by subsection 4.14(g).

(j) The agreements in this subsection 4.14 shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the payment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder.

4.15 Mitigation; Replacement of Lenders . (a) If any Lender requests compensation under subsection 4.12, or if the Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to subsection 4.14, then such Lender shall use reasonable efforts to designate a different lending office for funding or booking its Loans hereunder or to assign its rights and obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches or affiliates, if, in the reasonable judgment of such Lender, such designation or assignment (i) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to subsection 4.12 or subsection 4.14, as applicable, in the future and (ii) would not subject such Lender to any unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender. The Borrower hereby agrees to pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in connection with any such designation or assignment.

(b) If any Lender requests compensation under subsection 4.12, or if the Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to subsection 4.14, or if any Lender defaults in its obligation to fund Loans hereunder, then the Borrower may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to such Lender and the Administrative Agent, require such Lender to assign and delegate, without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in subsection 11.6), all its interests, rights and obligations under this Agreement to an assignee that shall assume such obligations (which assignee may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment), provided that (A) (i) the Borrower shall have received the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld or delayed, (ii) such Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding principal of its Loans, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts payable to it hereunder from the assignee (to the extent of such outstanding principal and accrued interest and fees) or the Borrower (in the case of all other amounts), (iii) the Borrower or such assignee shall have paid to the Administrative Agent the processing and recordation fee specified in subsection 11.6(d) and (iv) in the case of any such assignment resulting from a claim for compensation under subsection 4.12 or payments required to be made pursuant to subsection 4.14, such assignment will result in a material reduction in such compensation or payments and (B) substantially concurrently with satisfaction of the requirements set forth in clause (A) of this proviso, such Lender shall be deemed to have assigned and delegated its interests, rights and obligations under this Agreement and such Lender shall not be required to execute the Assignment and Assumption in connection therewith. A Lender shall not be required to make any such assignment and delegation if, prior thereto, as a result of a waiver by such Lender or otherwise (including as a result of any action taken by such Lender under paragraph (a) above), the circumstances entitling the Borrower to require such assignment and delegation cease to apply.

 

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4.16 Prepayments Below Par . (a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Agreement (including subsection 4.10(a) or 11.7(a)) or any other Loan Document, to the extent that the Borrower is permitted under this Agreement to make an optional prepayment of the Loans, the Borrower shall have the right at any time and from time to time after the fourth anniversary of the Closing Date to prepay Loans to the Lenders at a discount to the par value of such Loans and on a non pro rata basis (each, a “ Discounted Voluntary Prepayment ”) pursuant to the procedures described in this subsection 4.16, provided that (A) on the date of the Discounted Prepayment Option Notice and after giving effect to the Discounted Voluntary Prepayment, no more than $50,000,000 shall be outstanding in First Lien Revolving Loans and First Lien Swing Line Loans, (B) the proceeds of First Lien Revolving Loans are not used to make such Discounted Voluntary Prepayment, (C) any Discounted Voluntary Prepayment shall be offered to all Lenders of a particular tranche on a pro rata basis, (D) the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent, together with each Discounted Prepayment Option Notice, a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower (1) stating that no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result from the Discounted Voluntary Prepayment, (2) stating that each of the conditions to such Discounted Voluntary Prepayment contained in this subsection 4.16 has been satisfied and (3) specifying the aggregate principal amount of Loans to be prepaid pursuant to such Discounted Voluntary Prepayment and (E) the aggregate amount of Loans prepaid pursuant to this subsection 4.16 (valued at the par amount thereof) shall not exceed 50% of the initial aggregate principal amount of the Loans.

(b) To the extent the Borrower seeks to make a Discounted Voluntary Prepayment, the Borrower will provide written notice to the Administrative Agent substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto (each, a “ Discounted Prepayment Option Notice ”) that the Borrower desires to prepay Loans in an aggregate principal amount specified therein by the Borrower (each, a “ Proposed Discounted Prepayment Amount ”), in each case at a discount to the par value of such Loans as specified below. The Proposed Discounted Prepayment Amount of any Loans shall not be less than $10,000,000 (unless otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent). The Discounted Prepayment Option Notice shall further specify with respect to the proposed Discounted Voluntary Prepayment (A) the Proposed Discounted Prepayment Amount for Loans to be prepaid, (B) a discount range (which may be a single percentage) selected by the Borrower with respect to such proposed Discounted Voluntary Prepayment equal to a percentage of par of the principal amount of the Loans to be prepaid (the “ Discount Range ”), and (C) the date by which Lenders are required to indicate their election to participate in such proposed Discounted Voluntary Prepayment, which shall be at least five Business Days following the date of the Discounted Prepayment Option Notice (the “ Acceptance Date ”).

(c) Upon receipt of a Discounted Prepayment Option Notice, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each applicable Lender thereof. On or prior to the Acceptance Date, each such Lender may specify by written notice substantially in the form of Exhibit F hereto (each, a “ Lender Participation Notice ”) to the Administrative Agent (A) a maximum discount to par (the “ Acceptable Discount ”) within the Discount Range (for example, a Lender specifying a discount to par of 20% would accept a purchase price of 80% of the par value of the Loans to be prepaid) and (B) a maximum principal amount (subject to rounding requirements specified by the Administrative Agent) of the Loans to be prepaid held by such Lender with respect to which such Lender is willing to permit a Discounted Voluntary Prepayment at the Acceptable Discount (“ Offered Loans ”). Based on the Acceptable Discounts and principal amounts of the Loans to be prepaid specified by the Lenders in the applicable Lender Participation Notice, the Administrative Agent, in consultation with the Borrower, shall determine the applicable discount for such Loans to be prepaid (the “ Applicable Discount ”), which Applicable Discount shall be (A) the percentage specified by the Borrower if the Borrower has selected a single percentage pursuant to subsection 4.16(b) for the Discounted Voluntary Prepayment or (B) otherwise, the highest Acceptable Discount at which the Borrower can pay the Proposed Discounted Prepayment Amount in full (determined by adding the principal amounts of Offered Loans commencing with the

 

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Offered Loans with the highest Acceptable Discount); provided , however , that in the event that such Proposed Discounted Prepayment Amount cannot be repaid in full at any Acceptable Discount, the Applicable Discount shall be the lowest Acceptable Discount specified by the Lenders that is within the Discount Range. The Applicable Discount shall be applicable for all Lenders who have offered to participate in the Voluntary Discounted Prepayment and have Qualifying Loans (as defined below). Any Lender with outstanding Loans to be prepaid whose Lender Participation Notice is not received by the Administrative Agent by the Acceptance Date shall be deemed to have declined to accept a Discounted Voluntary Prepayment of any of its Loans at any discount to their par value within the Applicable Discount.

(d) The Borrower shall make a Discounted Voluntary Prepayment by prepaying those Loans to be prepaid (or the respective portions thereof) offered by the Lenders (“ Qualifying Lenders ”) that specify an Acceptable Discount that is equal to or greater than the Applicable Discount (“ Qualifying Loans ”) at the Applicable Discount, provided that if the aggregate proceeds required to prepay all Qualifying Loans (disregarding any interest payable at such time) would exceed the amount of aggregate proceeds required to prepay the Proposed Discounted Prepayment Amount, such amounts in each case calculated by applying the Applicable Discount, the Borrower shall prepay such Qualifying Loans ratably among the Qualifying Lenders based on their respective principal amounts of such Qualifying Loans (subject to rounding requirements specified by the Administrative Agent). If the aggregate proceeds required to prepay all Qualifying Loans (disregarding any interest payable at such time) would be less than the amount of aggregate proceeds required to prepay the Proposed Discounted Prepayment Amount, such amounts in each case calculated by applying the Applicable Discount, the Borrower shall prepay all Qualifying Loans.

(e) Each Discounted Voluntary Prepayment shall be made within five Business Days of the Acceptance Date (or such later date as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably agree, given the time required to calculate the Applicable Discount and determine the amount and holders of Qualifying Loans), without premium or penalty (and not subject to subsection 4.13), upon irrevocable notice substantially in the form of Exhibit G hereto (each a “ Discounted Voluntary Prepayment Notice ”), delivered to the Administrative Agent no later than 1:00 p.m. New York City Time, three Business Days prior to the date of such Discounted Voluntary Prepayment, which notice shall specify the date and amount of the Discounted Voluntary Prepayment and the Applicable Discount determined by the Administrative Agent. Upon receipt of any Discounted Voluntary Prepayment Notice, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each relevant Lender thereof. If any Discounted Voluntary Prepayment Notice is given, the amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable to the applicable Lenders, subject to the Applicable Discount on the applicable Loans, on the date specified therein together with accrued interest (on the par principal amount) to but not including such date on the amount prepaid. The par principal amount of each Discounted Voluntary Prepayment of a Loan shall be applied ratably to reduce the remaining installments of such Loans.

(f) To the extent not expressly provided for herein, each Discounted Voluntary Prepayment shall be consummated pursuant to reasonable procedures (including as to timing, rounding, minimum amounts, Type and Interest Periods and calculation of Applicable Discount in accordance with subsection 4.16(c) above) established by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower.

(g) Prior to the delivery of a Discounted Voluntary Prepayment Notice, (A) upon written notice to the Administrative Agent, the Borrower may withdraw or modify its offer to make a Discounted Voluntary Prepayment pursuant to any Discounted Prepayment Option Notice and (B) no Lender may withdraw its offer to participate in a Discounted Voluntary Prepayment pursuant to any Lender Participation Notice unless the terms of such proposed Discounted Voluntary Prepayment have been modified by the Borrower after the date of such Lender Participation Notice.

 

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(h) Nothing in this subsection 4.16 shall require the Borrower to undertake any Discounted Voluntary Prepayment.

4.17 Extensions of Loans . (a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, pursuant to one or more offers (each, an “ Extension Offer ”) made from time to time by the Borrower to all Lenders on a pro rata basis (based on the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the respective Loans with a like maturity date) and on the same terms to each such Lender, the Borrower is hereby permitted to consummate from time to time transactions with individual Lenders that accept the terms contained in such Extension Offers to extend the maturity date of each such Lender’s Loans and otherwise modify the terms of such Loans pursuant to the terms of the relevant Extension Offer (including by increasing the interest rate or fees payable in respect of such Loans (and related outstandings) and/or modifying the amortization schedule in respect of such Lender’s Loans) (each, an “ Extension ”, and each group of Loans, as so extended, as well as the original Loans (in each case not so extended), being a “tranche”; any Extended Loans shall constitute a separate tranche of Loans from the tranche of Loans from which they were converted, so long as the following terms are satisfied: (i) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time the offering document in respect of an Extension Offer is delivered to the Lenders, (ii) except as to interest rates, fees, amortization, final maturity date, premium, required prepayment dates and participation in prepayments (which shall, subject to immediately succeeding clauses (iii), (iv) and (v), be determined between the Borrower and set forth in the relevant Extension Offer), the Loans of any Lender that agrees to an extension with respect to such Loans extended pursuant to any Extension (“ Extended Loans ”) shall have the same terms as the tranche of Loans subject to such Extension Offer until the maturity of such Loans, (iii) the final maturity date of any Extended Loans shall be no earlier than the then latest maturity date hereunder and such Extended Loans shall not amortize prior to the latest maturity date hereunder, (iv) the weighted average life of any Extended Loans shall be no shorter than the remaining weighted average life of the Loans extended thereby, (v) any Extended Loans may participate on a pro rata basis or a less than pro rata basis (but not greater than a pro rata basis) in any voluntary or mandatory repayments or prepayments hereunder, in each case as specified in the respective Extension Offer, (vi) if the aggregate principal amount of Loans (calculated on the face amount thereof) in respect of which Lenders shall have accepted the relevant Extension Offer shall exceed the maximum aggregate principal amount of Loans offered to be extended by the Borrower pursuant to such Extension Offer, then the Loans of such Lenders shall be extended ratably up to such maximum amount based on the respective principal amounts (but not to exceed actual holdings of record) with respect to which such Lenders have accepted such Extension Offer, (vii) all documentation in respect of such Extension shall be consistent with the foregoing, (vii) any applicable Minimum Extension Condition shall be satisfied unless waived by the Borrower and (ix) the Minimum Tranche Amount shall be satisfied unless waived by the Administrative Agent.

(b) With respect to all Extensions consummated by the Borrower pursuant to this subsection, (i) such Extensions shall not constitute voluntary or mandatory payments or prepayments for purposes of subsection 4.4 or 4.5 and (ii) no Extension Offer is required to be in any minimum amount or any minimum increment, provided that (x) the Borrower may at its election specify as a condition (a “ Minimum Extension Condition ”) to consummating any such Extension that a minimum amount (to be determined and specified in the relevant Extension Offer in the Borrower’s sole discretion and may be waived by the Borrower) of Loans of any or all applicable tranches be tendered and (y) no tranche of Extended Loans shall be in an amount of less than $50,000,000 (or, if less, the then aggregate outstanding amount of the Loans) (the “ Minimum Tranche Amount ”), unless such Minimum Tranche Amount is waived by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and the Lenders hereby consent to the transactions contemplated by this subsection (including, for the avoidance of doubt, payment of any interest, fees or premium in respect of any Extended Loans on such terms as may be set forth in the relevant Extension Offer) and hereby waive the requirements of any provision of this Agreement

 

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(including subsection 4.4 or 4.5 and 4.10(a)) or any other Loan Document that may otherwise prohibit any such Extension or any other transaction contemplated by this Section.

(c) No consent of any Lender or the Administrative Agent shall be required to effectuate any Extension, other than (A) the consent of each Lender agreeing to such Extension with respect to one or more of its Loans (or a portion thereof). All Extended Loans and all obligations in respect thereof shall be Obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents that are secured by the Collateral on a pari passu basis with all other applicable Obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. The Lenders hereby irrevocably authorize the Administrative Agent to enter into amendments to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents with the Borrower as may be necessary in order to establish new tranches or sub-tranches in respect of Loans so extended and such technical amendments as may be necessary or appropriate in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent and the Borrower in connection with the establishment of such new tranches or sub-tranches, in each case on terms consistent with this subsection. Without limiting the foregoing, in connection with any Extensions the respective Loan Parties shall (at their expense) amend (and the Administrative Agent is hereby directed to amend) any Mortgage that has a maturity date prior to the then latest maturity date so that such maturity date is extended to the then latest maturity date (or such later date as may be advised by local counsel to the Administrative Agent).

(d) In connection with any Extension, the Borrower shall provide the Administrative Agent at least 5 Business Days’ (or such shorter period as may be agreed by the Administrative Agent) prior written notice thereof, and shall agree to such procedures (including regarding timing, rounding and other adjustments and to ensure reasonable administrative management of the credit facilities hereunder after such Extension), if any, as may be established by, or acceptable to, the Administrative Agent, in each case acting reasonably to accomplish the purposes of this subsection.

4.18 Incremental Facility . (a) The Borrower may from time to time amend this Agreement in order to provide to the Borrower additional term loan facilities and/or increased term loan commitments in respect of the Facility or any other existing term loan facility hereunder (each, an “ Incremental Facility ”), provided that (i) the aggregate principal amount of the Incremental Facilities and the First Lien Incremental Facilities shall not exceed $500,000,000, (ii) each Incremental Facility shall be in a minimum aggregate principal amount of $25,000,000 and (iii) the Consolidated Senior Secured Leverage Ratio as of such date (determined on a pro forma basis after giving effect to the provision of such Incremental Facility) is less than or equal to 5.0 to 1.0. Each Incremental Facility will be secured and guaranteed with the Facility on a pari passu basis. Each Incremental Facility must have a weighted average life to maturity which is the same or longer than the then remaining weighted average life to maturity of the Facility and a final maturity no earlier than the Maturity Date. Incremental Facilities will be entitled to prepayments and voting rights on the same basis as the Facility unless the applicable Incremental Facility Activation Notice specifies a lesser treatment. Other than amortization, pricing or maturity date, each Incremental Facility shall have the same terms as the Facility or such terms as are reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, provided that if the Applicable Margin (which, for such purposes only, shall be deemed to include all upfront or similar fees or original issue discount payable to all Lenders providing such Incremental Facility and any Eurodollar or ABR floor applicable to such Incremental Facility but excluding any ticking fees, arrangement fees and other fees not paid to the makers of such loans generally) relating to any Incremental Facility exceeds the Applicable Margin (which, for such purposes only, shall be deemed to include all upfront or similar fees or original issue discount payable to all Lenders providing the Facility, and any Eurodollar or ABR floor applicable to the Facility) relating to the Facility immediately prior to the effectiveness of the applicable Incremental Facility by more than 0.25%, the Applicable Margin relating to the Facility shall be adjusted to be equal to the Applicable Margin (which, for such purposes only, shall be deemed to include all upfront or similar fees or original issue discount payable to all Lenders providing such Incremental

 

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Facility and any Eurodollar or ABR floor applicable to such Incremental Facility) relating to such Incremental Facility minus 0.25%. With respect to increases in the term loan commitments under the Facility or any other existing term loan facility, the manner in which such increase is implemented shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. An Incremental Facility may be made available under this Agreement only if, after giving effect thereto and the use of proceeds thereof no Default or Event of Default exists.

(b) An Incremental Facility shall be made available hereunder upon delivery to the Administrative Agent of notice thereof executed by the Borrower. Any additional bank, financial institution, existing Lender or other Person that elects to extend loans or commitments under an Incremental Facility shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Borrower (any such bank, financial institution, existing Lender or other Person being called an “ Additional Lender ”) and, if not already a Lender, shall become a Lender under this Agreement pursuant to an amendment (an “ Incremental Facility Amendment ”) to this Agreement and, as appropriate, the other Loan Documents, executed by the Borrower, such Additional Lender and the Administrative Agent. No Incremental Facility Amendment shall require the consent of any Lenders other than the Additional Lenders with respect to such Incremental Facility Amendment. No Lender shall be obligated to provide any Incremental Facility, unless it so agrees. Commitments in respect of any Incremental Facility shall become Commitments under this Agreement. An Incremental Facility Amendment may, without the consent of any other Lenders, effect such amendments to any Loan Documents as may be necessary or appropriate, in the opinion of the Administrative Agent, to effect the provisions of this subsection (including to provide for voting provisions applicable to the Additional Lenders). The effectiveness of any Incremental Facility Amendment shall, unless otherwise agreed to by the Administrative Agent and the Additional Lenders, be subject to the satisfaction on the date thereof (each, an “ Incremental Facility Closing Date ”) of the following conditions precedent: (i) each of the representations and warranties made in or pursuant to the Loan Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of such date as if made on and as of such date (unless stated to relate to a specific earlier date, in which case, such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date) and (ii) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on such date or after giving effect to the Incremental Facility to be made on such date. The proceeds of any Incremental Facility will be used only for general corporate purposes (including acquisitions permitted under subsection 8.7).

SECTION 5. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

In order to induce the Lenders to enter into this Agreement and to make the Loans, the Borrower hereby represents and warrants to each Lender and the Administrative Agent, on the Closing Date, that:

5.1 Financial Condition . (a) The unaudited pro forma consolidated balance sheet of Parent and its Subsidiaries as at June 30, 2011 (the “ Pro Forma Balance Sheet ”) and the unaudited pro forma consolidated income statement of Parent and its Subsidiaries for the twelve-month period ending on June 30, 2011 (the “ Pro Forma Income Statement ”) have each been prepared after giving effect (as if such events had occurred on such date or the first day of such period, as applicable) to (i) the consummation of the Acquisition, (ii) the Loans to be made on the Closing Date and the use of proceeds thereof and (iii) the payment of fees and expenses in connection with the foregoing. The Pro Forma Balance Sheet and the Pro Forma Income Statement were each prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed by the Borrower to be reasonable at the time made in light of the circumstances when made. As of the date of the Pro Forma Balance Sheet, none of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries has any material obligation, contingent or otherwise, which was not reflected therein or in the notes thereto and which would have a Material Adverse Effect on the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

 

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(b) (i) The audited consolidated balance sheet of Parent and its Subsidiaries at December 31, 2008, December 31, 2009 and December 31, 2010 and the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows for the fiscal years ended on such dates, reported on by certified public accountants of nationally recognized standing, (ii) the unaudited consolidated balance sheet of Parent and its Subsidiaries at March 31, 2011 and June 30, 2011 and the related consolidated statements of operations and cash flows for the fiscal periods ended on such dates, (iii) the audited consolidated balance sheet of the Acquired Business and its Subsidiaries at December 31, 2008, December 31, 2009 and December 31, 2010 and the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows for the fiscal years ended on such dates, reported on by certified public accountants of nationally recognized standing and (iv) the unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the Acquired Business and its Subsidiaries at March 31, 2011 and June 30, 2011, copies of each of which have heretofore been furnished to each Lender (if disclosed in the SEC Filings, such statements are deemed furnished to Lenders), (A) in the case of clauses (i) and (ii) above, fairly present in all material respects (except, with respect to interim reports, for normal year-end adjustments and the absence of footnotes) the consolidated financial position of Parent and its Subsidiaries as at such date, and the consolidated results of their operations and cash flows for the fiscal periods then ended and, in the case of the statements referred to in the foregoing clause (ii), the portion of the fiscal year through March 31, 2011 or June 30, 2011, as applicable, in each case, in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the periods involved (except as noted therein) and (B) in the case of clauses (iii) and (iv) above, to the knowledge of the Borrower, fairly present in all material respects (except, with respect to interim reports, for normal year-end adjustments and the absence of footnotes) the consolidated financial position of the Acquired Business and its Subsidiaries as at such date, and the consolidated results of their operations and cash flows for the fiscal periods then ended and, in the case of the statements referred to in the foregoing clause (iv), the portion of the fiscal year through March 31, 2011 or June 30, 2011, as applicable, in each case, in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the periods involved (except as noted therein).

(c) No Change . Since December 31, 2010, there has been no development or event that has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

5.2 Corporate Existence; Compliance with Law . Each Group Member (a) is a Person duly organized or formed, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, (b) has the requisite power and authority and the legal right to own and operate its property, to lease the property it operates and to conduct the business in which it is currently engaged, except to the extent that the failure to possess such power and authority and such legal right would not, in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, (c) is duly qualified and in good standing under the laws of each jurisdiction where its ownership, lease or operation of property or the conduct of its business requires such qualification, except where the failure to be so qualified would not have a Material Adverse Effect and (d) is in compliance with all applicable Requirements of Law (including occupational safety and health, health care, pension, certificate of need, the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, any so-called “Superfund” or “Superlien” law, or any applicable federal, state, local or other statute, law, ordinance, code, rule, regulation, order or decree regulating, relating to, or imposing liability or standards of conduct concerning, any Materials of Environmental Concern), except to the extent that the failure to comply therewith would not, in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

5.3 Corporate Power; Authorization . (a) Each Loan Party has the requisite power and authority and the legal right to make, deliver and perform the Loan Documents to which it is a party and, in the case of the Borrower, to obtain extensions of credit hereunder. Each Loan Party has taken all necessary corporate or other organizational action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of

 

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the Loan Documents to which it is a party and in case of the Borrower, to authorize the extensions of credit on the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

(b) No consent or authorization of, or filing with, notice to or other act by or in respect of, any Person (including any Governmental Authority) is required in connection with the extensions of credit hereunder or with the execution, delivery, performance by any Loan Party, validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any Loan Document to the extent that it is a party thereto, or the guarantee of the Obligations pursuant to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, except (i) such as have been obtained or made and are in full force and effect, (ii) filings necessary to perfect Liens created under the Loan Documents and (iii) those consents, authorizations, filings and notices, the failure of which to obtain or make could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

5.4 Enforceable Obligations . Each of the Loan Documents has been duly executed and delivered on behalf of each Loan Party party thereto and each of such Loan Documents constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of such Loan Party, enforceable against such Loan Party in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding in equity or at law).

5.5 No Legal Bar . The execution, delivery and performance of each Loan Document, the guarantee of the Obligations pursuant to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement and the use of proceeds of the Loans will not violate any Requirement of Law or any Contractual Obligation applicable to or binding upon any Group Member or any of its properties or assets, which violations, individually or in the aggregate, would have a Material Adverse Effect, and will not result in the creation or imposition (or the obligation to create or impose) of any Lien (other than any Liens created pursuant to the Loan Documents or the First Lien Loan Documents) on any of its or their respective properties or assets.

5.6 No Material Litigation . Except as disclosed in the SEC Filings or on Schedule 5.6, no litigation or investigation known to the Borrower through receipt of written notice or proceeding of or by any Governmental Authority or any other Person is pending against any Group Member, (a) with respect to the validity, binding effect or enforceability of any Loan Document, or with respect to the Loans made hereunder, or the use of proceeds thereof or (b) which would have a Material Adverse Effect.

5.7 Investment Company Act . No Group Member is required to be registered as an “investment company” (as the quoted term is defined or used in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended).

5.8 Federal Regulation . No part of the proceeds of any of the Loans, and no other extensions of credit hereunder, will be used for any purpose which violates, or which would be inconsistent with, the provisions of Regulation T, U or X of the Board. No Group Member is engaged or will engage, principally or as one of its important activities, in the business of extending credit for the purpose of “purchasing” or “carrying” any “margin stock” within the respective meanings of each of the quoted terms under said Regulation U.

5.9 No Default or Breach . Except as set forth in the SEC Filings made prior to the date hereof or on Schedule 5.9, no Group Member is in default or breach (i) in the payment or performance of any of its Contractual Obligations (other than Indebtedness) in any respect which would have a Material Adverse Effect, or (ii) under any condition, term or requirement of any FCC License or

 

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any order, award or decree of any Governmental Authority or arbitrator binding upon or affecting it or by which any of its properties or assets may be bound or affected in any respect which would have a Material Adverse Effect.

5.10 Taxes . Each Group Member has paid all taxes shown to be due and payable on its tax returns or extension requests or on any assessments made against it or any of its property and all other taxes, fees or other charges imposed on it or any of its property by any Governmental Authority (other than those the amount or validity of which is currently being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which reserves in conformity with GAAP have been provided in the books of such Group Member), except any such taxes, fees or charges, the payment of which, or the failure to pay, would not have a Material Adverse Effect; and, to the knowledge of the Borrower, no claims are being asserted with respect to any such Taxes, fees or other charges (other than those the amount or validity of which is currently being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which reserves in conformity with GAAP have been provided in the books of the applicable Group Member), except as to any such Taxes, fees or other charges, the payment of which, or the failure to pay, would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

5.11 Subsidiaries . As of the Closing Date, (a) the Subsidiaries of Parent listed on Schedule 5.11(a) constitute all of the Domestic Subsidiaries of Parent and (b) the Subsidiaries listed on Schedule 5.11(b) constitute all of the Foreign Subsidiaries of Parent. As of the Closing Date, Schedule 5.11(a) identifies all of the Broadcast License Subsidiaries and the Unrestricted Subsidiaries.

5.12 Ownership of Property; Liens; Licenses . (a) Except as disclosed in Schedule 8.3 hereof, each Group Member has good and marketable title to, or valid and subsisting leasehold interests in, all its real property used by such Group Member in the operation of its business, and good title to all its respective other owned property, except where the failure to have such title or interest would not have a Material Adverse Effect. All such real property and other owned property is free and clear of any Liens, other than Liens permitted by subsection 8.3.

(b) As of the Closing Date, Schedule 5.12 sets forth all FCC Licenses held by any Group Member (and the respective holders of such FCC Licenses) and all other licenses and permits issued by any Governmental Authority which are held by any Group Member that are in effect as of the Closing Date and are material to the business of the Group Members. Each of the foregoing FCC Licenses, and each other license or permit from a Governmental Authority that is material to the business of the Group Members, is valid and in full force and effect, and the Group Members are in compliance in all material respects with the terms and conditions thereof and any requirements under applicable FCC regulation.

5.13 Intellectual Property . Each Group Member owns, or is licensed to use, all Intellectual Property necessary for the conduct of its business as currently conducted except where the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. No claim that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect has been asserted and is pending by any Person challenging or questioning the use of any Intellectual Property or the validity or effectiveness of any Intellectual Property, nor does the Borrower know of any valid basis for any such claim. The use of Intellectual Property by the Group Members does not infringe on the rights of any Person in a manner that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

5.14 Labor Matters . Except as, in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect: (a) there are no strikes or other labor disputes against any Group Member pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened; (b) hours worked by and payment made to employees of any Group Member have not been in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act or

 

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any other applicable Requirement of Law dealing with such matters; and (c) all payments due from any Group Member on account of insurance coverage, other contributions or liabilities associated with employee health and welfare benefit plans have been paid or accrued as a liability on the books of such Group Member.

5.15 ERISA . Except as would not have a Material Adverse Effect: (i) each Loan Party and each ERISA Affiliate is in compliance with the applicable provisions of ERISA and of the Code relating to Plans; (ii) no Reportable Event or non-exempt Prohibited Transaction has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur with respect to any Plan; (iii) there has been no determination that any Single Employer Plan is, or is expected to be, in “at risk” status (within the meaning of Section 430 of the Code or Section 303 of ERISA); (iv) no Lien in favor of the PBGC or any Single Employer Plan has been imposed upon any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate that remains unsatisfied; (v) no Loan Party and no ERISA Affiliate has received from the PBGC or a plan administrator any notice relating to an intention to terminate any Single Employer Plan or to appoint a trustee to administer any Single Employer Plan under Section 4042 of ERISA; (vi) no Loan Party and no ERISA Affiliate has incurred any Withdrawal Liability that remains unsatisfied; and (vii) no Loan Party and no ERISA Affiliate has received any notice concerning the imposition of Withdrawal Liability or any determination that a Multiemployer Plan is, or is expected to be, Insolvent, in Reorganization, terminated or in “endangered” or “critical” status (within the meaning of Section 432 of the Code or Section 305 of ERISA).

5.16 Environmental Matters . (a) Except as disclosed in the SEC Filings or on Schedule 5.16, to the knowledge of the Borrower, the Properties do not contain any Materials of Environmental Concern in concentrations which constitute a violation of, or would reasonably be expected to give rise to liability under, Environmental Laws that would have a Material Adverse Effect.

(b) The Properties and all operations at the Properties are in compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws, except for failure to be in compliance that would not have a Material Adverse Effect, and there is no contamination at, under or about the Properties that would have a Material Adverse Effect.

(c) No Group Member has received any written notice of violation, alleged violation, non-compliance, liability or potential liability regarding environmental matters or compliance with Environmental Laws with regard to the Properties that would have a Material Adverse Effect, nor does the Borrower have knowledge that any such action is being contemplated, considered or threatened.

(d) There are no judicial proceedings or governmental or administrative actions pending or threatened under any Environmental Law to which any Group Member is or will be named as a party with respect to the Properties that would have a Material Adverse Effect, nor are there any consent decrees or other decrees, consent orders, administrative orders or other orders under any Environmental Law with respect to the Properties that would have a Material Adverse Effect.

5.17 Disclosure . None of the written reports, financial statements, certificates or other written information (other than projections, budgets or other estimates or forward-looking statements or information of a general economic or industry nature or reports or studies prepared by third parties that were not expressly commissioned by a Group Member (collectively, the “ Projections ”)), taken as a whole, furnished by or on behalf of any Group Member to the Administrative Agent or any Lender prior to the Closing Date in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any other Loan Document or delivered hereunder or thereunder (as modified or supplemented by other information so furnished prior to the Closing Date) contains any material misstatement of fact or omits to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not materially misleading; provided that, with respect to Projections, the Borrower represents

 

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only that such information was prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed by the Borrower to be reasonable at the time such Projections were prepared, it being understood that Projections by their nature are uncertain and no assurance is given that the results reflected in such Projections will be achieved.

5.18 Security Documents . (a) The Guarantee and Collateral Agreement is effective to create in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, a legal, valid and enforceable security interest in the Collateral described therein and proceeds thereof except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding in equity or at law). In the case of the Pledged Stock that are Securities (as defined in the UCC) described in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, when stock certificates representing such Pledged Stock are delivered to the Administrative Agent (or, until the First Priority Obligations Payment Date, the First Priority Representative) (together with a properly completed and signed stock power or endorsement), and in the case of the other Collateral in which a security interest can be perfected under the relevant UCC by filing a UCC financing statement and described in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, when financing statements and other filings specified on Schedule 5.18 in appropriate form are filed in the offices specified on Schedule 5.18, the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement shall constitute a fully perfected Lien on, and security interest in, all right, title and interest of the Loan Parties in such Collateral and the proceeds thereof, as security for the Obligations (as defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement), in each case prior and superior in right to any other Person (except, in the case of Collateral other than Pledged Stock, Liens permitted by subsection 8.3 and, in the case of Collateral consisting of Pledged Stock, inchoate Liens arising by operation of law and Liens arising under the First Priority Security Documents).

(b) Each of the Mortgages upon proper filing is effective to create in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, a legal, valid and enforceable security interest in the Mortgaged Properties described therein and proceeds thereof except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding in equity or at law), and when the Mortgages are filed in the appropriate recording offices, each such Mortgage shall constitute a fully perfected (if and to the extent perfection may be achieved by such filings) Lien on, and security interest in, all right, title and interest of the Loan Parties in the Mortgaged Properties and the proceeds thereof, as security for the Obligations (as defined in the relevant Mortgage), in each case prior and superior in right to any other Person (except that the security interest created in such real property and the Mortgaged Property may be subject to the Liens permitted by subsection 8.3).

5.19 Solvency . As of the Closing Date and after giving effect to the Transactions, the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, are Solvent.

5.20 Use of Proceeds . The proceeds of the Loans to be made on the Closing Date shall be used to finance, in part, the Acquisition, the Refinancing and to pay related fees and expenses in connection therewith.

5.21 Patriot Act . To the extent applicable, each Group Member is in compliance, in all material respects, with (i) the Trading with the Enemy Act, as amended, and each of the foreign assets control regulations of the United States Treasury Department (31 CFR, Subtitle B, Chapter V, as amended) and any other enabling legislation or executive order relating thereto, and (ii) the Act. No part of the proceeds of the Loans will be used, directly or indirectly, for any payments to any governmental official or employee, political party, official of a political party, candidate for political office, or anyone

 

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else acting in an official capacity, in order to obtain, retain or direct business or obtain any improper advantage, in violation of the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended.

SECTION 6. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT

The obligation of each Lender to make its Loans on the Closing Date is subject to the satisfaction or waiver, immediately prior to or concurrently with the making of such Loans of the following conditions precedent:

(a) Credit Agreement; Guarantee and Collateral Agreement; Intercreditor Agreement . The Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have received (i) from each party thereto a counterpart of this Agreement signed on behalf of such party, (ii) the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of Parent, the Borrower and each Subsidiary Guarantor, (iii) “short form” intellectual property security agreements with respect to the Intellectual Property of the Loan Parties that is to be perfected by filing such agreements with the United States Patent and Trademark Office or the United States Copyright Office, as applicable, executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of each Loan Party party thereto and (iv) the Intercreditor Agreement executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of each Loan Party, the Administrative Agent and the First Lien Administrative Agent.

(b) Acquisition; Equity Contribution . (i) The Acquisition shall have been, or substantially simultaneously with the effectiveness of this Agreement, shall be, consummated in accordance with the terms of the Acquisition Agreement, without giving effect to any amendment, supplement, modification or waiver of any term or condition of the Acquisition Agreement, or any consent under the Acquisition Agreement, that in the reasonable judgment of the Arrangers is materially adverse to the Lenders, unless consented to by the Arrangers (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) (it being understood and agreed that any reduction in the purchase price shall not be deemed materially adverse to the Lenders so long as (i) with respect to the first 10% reduction, such reduction is allocated to ratably reduce the Equity Contribution and the First Lien Term Facility and (ii) thereafter, such reduction is allocated to reduce the First Lien Term Facility until the First Lien Term Facility is paid off in full and thereafter to reduce the Facility).

(ii) The Administrative Agent shall have received evidence reasonably satisfactory to it that Parent shall have received the net cash proceeds of the Equity Contribution; provided that (x) not less than $225,000,000 of the Equity Contribution shall be in the form of common equity and (y) any Preferred Stock issued by the Parent in consideration of the Equity Contribution (the “ Closing Date Preferred Stock ”) shall be on terms consistent in all material respects with the terms set forth on Schedule 6(b).

(c) Material Adverse Effect . Since September 30, 2010, no event or events have occurred that have had or would have, individually or in the aggregate, a Closing Date Material Adverse Effect on the Acquired Business.

(d) Pro Forma Balance Sheet; Pro Forma Income Statement . The Administrative Agent shall have received a copy of (i) the Pro Forma Balance Sheet and (ii) the Pro Forma Income Statement.

(e) Acquisition Agreement Representations . All of the Acquisition Agreement Representations shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Closing Date as if made on and as of the Closing Date (unless stated to relate to a specific earlier date, in which case, such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date).

 

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(f) Legal Opinions . The Administrative Agent shall have received, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, an opinion of (a) Jones Day, counsel to the Borrower and (b) Dickstein Shapiro LLP, FCC counsel to the Borrower, each in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. Such opinions shall also cover such other matters incident to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably require.

(g) Closing Certificates . The Administrative Agent shall have received a closing certificate of Parent, the Borrower and each Subsidiary Guarantor, dated the Closing Date, substantially in the form of Exhibits B-1, B-2 and B-3 hereto, respectively, with appropriate insertions and attachments, reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Administrative Agent and its counsel, executed by the Chief Executive Officer or any Vice President and the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of Parent, the Borrower and each Subsidiary Guarantor respectively.

(h) Fees . The Administrative Agent shall have received for the account of the Arrangers or the Lenders, or for its own account, as the case may be, all fees (including the fees referred to in subsection 4.8) and expenses payable to the Lenders, the Arrangers and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the Closing Date and invoiced at least one Business Day prior to the Closing Date.

(i) Filings . All necessary or advisable filings shall have been duly made or made available to the Administrative Agent or its counsel to create a perfected second priority Lien on and security interest in all Collateral in which a security interest can be perfected by filing a UCC-1 financing statement, and all such Collateral shall be free and clear of all Liens, except Liens permitted by subsection 8.3.

(j) Lien Searches . The Administrative Agent shall have received the results of a recent Lien search with respect to each Loan Party, and such search shall reveal no Liens on any of the assets of the Loan Parties except for Liens permitted by subsection 8.3 or otherwise reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent or discharged on or prior to the Closing Date pursuant to documentation reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

(k) Pledged Stock; Stock Powers; Pledged Notes . The First Lien Administrative Agent shall have (i) received the certificates representing the shares pledged pursuant to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, together with an undated stock power for each such certificate executed in blank by a duly authorized officer of the pledgor thereof, and (ii) received the promissory notes pledged pursuant to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, endorsed in blank by a duly authorized officer of the pledgor thereof; provided that if, notwithstanding the use by the Loan Parties of commercially reasonable efforts to deliver to the First Lien Administrative Agent the promissory notes pledged pursuant to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, satisfaction of such requirement is not satisfied as of the Closing Date, the satisfaction of such requirement shall not be a condition to the effectiveness of this Agreement or the availability of the Loans (but shall be required to be satisfied within 15 Business Days of the Closing Date (or such later date as the Administrative Agent may agree in its reasonable discretion)).

(l) Organizational Documents . The Administrative Agent shall have received true and correct copies of the Certificate of Incorporation and By-laws or Operating Agreement of each Loan Party, certified as to authenticity by the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of each such Loan Party.

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(n) Solvency Certificate . The Administrative Agent shall have received a solvency certificate in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit H from the Chief Financial Officer of the Borrower that shall certify as to the solvency of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis after giving effect to the Transactions.

(o) Insurance Certificate . The Administrative Agent shall have received insurance certificates satisfying the requirements of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement; provided that if, notwithstanding the use by the Loan Parties of commercially reasonable efforts to satisfy the requirement set forth in this subsection Section 6(o), such requirement is not satisfied as of the Closing Date, the satisfaction of such requirement shall not be a condition to the effectiveness of this Agreement or the availability of the Loans (but shall be required to be satisfied within 15 Business Days of the Closing Date (or such later date as the Administrative Agent may agree in its reasonable discretion)).

(p) Existing Indebtedness . Upon effectiveness of this Agreement and application of the proceeds of the Loans to be made on the Closing Date, no Group Member will have any Indebtedness or Preferred Stock outstanding other than (i) any Closing Date Preferred Stock and (ii) any Indebtedness or other outstanding Preferred Stock permitted by this Agreement.

(q) Patriot Act . Before the end of the third Business Day prior to the Closing Date, the Administrative Agent shall have received all documentation and other information, which has been requested in writing at least five Business Days prior to the Closing Date, required by regulatory authorities under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the Act.

(r) Mortgages, etc . (i) The Administrative Agent shall have received a second priority Mortgage with respect to each Mortgaged Property, executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of each party thereto.

(ii) If requested by the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall have received, and the title insurance company issuing the policy referred to in clause (iii) below (the “ Title Insurance Company ”) shall have received, maps or plats of an as-built survey of the sites of the Mortgaged Properties certified to the Administrative Agent and the Title Insurance Company in a manner reasonably satisfactory to them, dated a date reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Title Insurance Company by an independent professional licensed land surveyor reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Title Insurance Company.

(iii) The Administrative Agent shall have received in respect of each Mortgaged Property a mortgagee’s title insurance policy (or policies) or marked up unconditional binder for such insurance, in each case in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall have received evidence reasonably satisfactory to it that all premiums in respect of each such policy, all charges for mortgage recording tax, and all related expenses, if any, have been paid.

(iv) The Administrative Agent shall have received (A) a policy of flood insurance that (1) covers any parcel of improved real property that is encumbered by any Mortgage and is located within a “special flood hazard area”, (2) is written in an amount reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and (3) has a term ending not later than the maturity of the Indebtedness secured by such Mortgage and (B) confirmation that the Borrower has received the notice required pursuant to Section 208.25(i) of Regulation H of the Board.

 

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(v) The Administrative Agent shall have received a copy of all recorded documents referred to, or listed as exceptions to title in, the title policy or policies referred to in clause (iii) above and a copy of all other material documents affecting the Mortgaged Properties.

(vi) The Administrative Agent shall have received legal opinions (including an opinion of counsel in each state in which Mortgaged Property is located with respect to the enforceability of the form(s) of Mortgages to be recorded in such state and an opinion of counsel in the state as to which the applicable Loan Party party to such Mortgage is organized), which opinions shall in each case be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

; provided that if, notwithstanding the use by the Loan Parties of commercially reasonable efforts to satisfy the requirements set forth in this subsection Section 6(r), such requirements are not satisfied as of the Closing Date, the satisfaction of such requirements shall not be a condition to the effectiveness of this Agreement or the availability of the Loans (but shall be required to be satisfied within 90 days of the Closing Date (or such later date as the Administrative Agent may agree in its reasonable discretion)).

(s) Representations and Warranties . Each of the representations and warranties set forth in subsections 5.2(b), 5.3(a), 5.4, 5.5 (solely as to organizational documents), 5.7, 5.8, 5.18, 5.19 and 5.21 shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Closing Date (it being understood and agreed that each of the other representations and warranties set forth in the Loan Documents shall be made on the Closing Date, but the accuracy of such other representations and warranties shall not be a condition to the making of the Loans).

Without limiting the generality of the provisions of subsection 10.4, for purposes of determining compliance with the conditions specified in this Section 6, each Lender that has signed this Agreement shall be deemed to have consented to, approved, accepted or be satisfied with, each document or other matter required thereunder to be consented to or approved by or acceptable or satisfactory to a Lender unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from such Lender prior to the proposed Closing Date specifying its objection thereto.

SECTION 7. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

From and after the Closing Date, so long as the any Loan or Note remains outstanding and unpaid or any other amount is owing to any Lender (other than indemnities and other contingent liabilities not then due and payable that survive repayment of the Loans) or the Administrative Agent hereunder, the Borrower hereby agrees that it shall, and, in the case of the agreements contained in subsections 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, 7.6, 7.7, 7.8, 7.9, and 7.11 cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, and Parent hereby agrees (solely with respect to subsection 7.10) that it shall and shall cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to:

7.1 Financial Statements . Furnish to the Administrative Agent (with sufficient copies for each Lender) or otherwise make available as described in the last sentence of subsection 7.2:

(a) as soon as available, but in any event within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Borrower, a copy of the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries as at the end of such year and the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows for such year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous year, reported on without a “going concern” or like qualification or exception, or qualification arising out of the scope of the audit, by certified public accountants of nationally recognized standing not unacceptable to the Administrative Agent; and

 

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(b) as soon as available, but in any event not later than 60 days after the end of each of the first three quarterly periods of each fiscal year of the Borrower, the unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries at the end of such quarter and the related unaudited consolidated statements of operations and cash flows of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries for such applicable period and the portion of the fiscal year through the end of such quarter, setting forth in each case in comparative form, the figures for the previous year, certified by a Responsible Officer as being fairly stated in all material respects (subject to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes);

all financial statements shall be prepared in reasonable detail in accordance with GAAP ( provided , that interim statements may be condensed and may exclude footnote disclosure and are subject to year-end adjustment) applied consistently throughout the periods reflected therein and with prior periods (except as concurred in by such accountants or officer, as the case may be, and disclosed therein and except that interim financial statements need not be restated for changes in accounting principles which require retroactive application, and operations which have been discontinued (as defined in ASC 360, “Property, Plant and Equipment”) during the current year need not be shown in interim financial statements as such either for the current period or comparable prior period).

Documents required to be delivered pursuant to this subsection 7.1 and subsection 7.2 below (to the extent any such documents are included in materials otherwise filed with the SEC) may be delivered electronically and if so delivered, shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date (i) on which Parent or the Borrower posts such documents, or provides a link thereto, on Parent’s or the Borrower’s website on the Internet at www.cumulus.com or (ii) on which such documents are posted on Parent’s or the Borrower’s behalf on an Internet or intranet website, if any, to which each Lender and the Administrative Agent have access (whether a commercial or public third-party website or whether sponsored by the Administrative Agent (including the website of the SEC at http://www.sec.gov)); provided that (x) in each case, other than with respect to regular periodic reporting, the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of the posting of any such documents and (y) in the case of documents required to be delivered pursuant to subsection 7.2, at the request of the Administrative Agent, the Borrower shall furnish to the Administrative Agent a hard copy of such document. Each Lender shall be solely responsible for timely accessing posted documents and maintaining its copies of such documents.

7.2 Certificates; Other Information . Furnish to the Administrative Agent or otherwise make available as described in the last sentence of subsection 7.2:

(a) concurrently with the delivery of the financial statements referred to in subsections 7.1(a) and 7.1(b), a certificate of the Responsible Officer of the Borrower (i) stating that, to the best of such officer’s knowledge, such officer has obtained no knowledge of any Default or Event of Default except as specified in such certificate and (ii) in the case of financial statements under subsection 7.1(a), beginning with the financial statements for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2012, setting forth reasonably detailed calculations of Excess Cash Flow;

(b) promptly upon receipt thereof, copies of all final reports submitted to the Borrower by independent certified public accountants in connection with each annual, interim or special audit of the books of the Borrower made by such accountants, including any final comment letter submitted by such accountants to management in connection with their annual audit;

(c) promptly upon their becoming available, copies of all financial statements, reports, notices and proxy statements and all regular and periodic reports and all final registration statements and final prospectuses, if any, filed by Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries with any

 

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securities exchange or with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any Governmental Authority succeeding to any of its functions;

(d) concurrently with the delivery of the financial statements referred to in subsections 7.1(a) and 7.1(b), a management summary describing and analyzing the performance of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries during the periods covered by such financial statements; provided , however, that such management summary need not be furnished so long as Parent or the Borrower is a reporting company under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended;

(e) concurrently with the delivery of the consolidated financial statements referred to in subsection 7.1(a), but in any event within 90 days after the beginning of each fiscal year of the Borrower to which such budget relates, an annual operating budget of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis;

(f) promptly following any request by the Administrative Agent therefor, copies of any documents or notices described in Sections 101(k) or 101( l ) of ERISA that any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate may request with respect to any Multiemployer Plan; provided, that if the Loan Parties or their ERISA Affiliates have not requested such documents or notices from the administrator or sponsor of an applicable Multiemployer Plan, then Borrower shall cause the Loan Parties and/or their ERISA Affiliates to promptly make a request for such documents or notices from the administrator or sponsor of such Multiemployer Plan and Borrower shall provide copies of such documents and notices promptly after receipt thereof; and

(g) promptly, such additional financial and other information as the Administrative Agent or any Lender (through the Administrative Agent) may from time to time reasonably request.

The requirements of subsections 7.1 and 7.2 above shall be deemed to be satisfied if Parent or the Borrower shall have made such materials available to the Administrative Agent, including by electronic transmission, within the time periods specified therefor and pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent, or by filing such materials by electronic transmission with the Securities and Exchange Commission, in which case “delivery” of such statements for purposes of subsection 7.1(b) shall mean making such statements available in such fashion.

7.3 Payment of Obligations . Pay, discharge or otherwise satisfy at or before maturity or before they become delinquent, as the case may be, all of its tax liabilities, assessments and governmental charges or levies upon it or its properties or assets, except (a) when the amount or validity thereof is currently being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and reserves in conformity with GAAP with respect thereto have been provided on the books of the applicable Group Member, as the case may be and (b) to the extent the failure to pay or discharge the same could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

7.4 Conduct of Business; Maintenance of Existence; Compliance . Continue to engage in business conducted or proposed to be conducted by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on the Closing Date or any business that is similar, reasonably related, incidental, complementary or ancillary thereto, including without limitation in broadcasting and other media businesses, and preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect its legal existence and take all reasonable action to maintain all rights, privileges, franchises, accreditations, certifications, authorizations, licenses, permits, approvals and registrations, necessary or desirable in the normal conduct of its business except for rights, privileges, franchises, accreditations, certifications, authorizations, licenses, permits, approvals and registrations the loss of which would not in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect, and except as otherwise permitted by this Agreement; and comply with all applicable Requirements of Law and

 

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Contractual Obligations except to the extent that the failure to comply therewith would not, in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

7.5 Maintenance of Property; Insurance . (a) Except if the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, keep all property useful and necessary in its business in good working order and condition (ordinary wear and tear, casualty and condemnation excepted).

(b) Maintain with financially sound and reputable insurance companies ( provided that if any such insurance company shall at any time cease to be financially sound and reputable, there shall be no breach of this provision in the event that the Borrower promptly (and in any event within forty-five (45) days of such date) obtains insurance from an alternative insurance carrier that is financially sound and reputable) insurance with respect to its properties in at least such amounts (after giving effect to any self-insurance reasonable and customary for similarly situated Persons engaged in the same or similar businesses as the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in the same geographic locales) and against at least such risks as are customarily insured against in the same general area by companies engaged in the same or similar business.

(c) Maintain casualty and property insurance for which the Borrower shall (i) use commercially reasonable efforts to cause such insurance to provide that no cancellation, material reduction in amount or material change in coverage thereof shall be effective until at least thirty (30) days after receipt by the Administrative Agent of written notice thereof, and (ii) name the Administrative Agent as insured party or loss payee.

(d) Upon request by the Administrative Agent, the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent information in reasonable detail as to the insurance maintained by the Group Members.

7.6 Inspection of Property; Books and Records; Discussions; Annual Meetings . (a) Keep proper books of record and account in which full, true and correct in all material respects entries are made of all material dealings and transactions in relation to its business and activities which permit financial statements to be prepared in conformity with GAAP and all Requirements of Law; and permit representatives of the Administrative Agent upon reasonable notice to visit and inspect any of its properties and examine and make abstracts from any of its books and records at any reasonable time during normal business hours and as often as may reasonably be desired upon reasonable notice (but no more than once per annum unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing), and to discuss the business, operations, properties and financial and other condition of Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries with officers and employees thereof and with their independent certified public accountants (with, at the option of the Borrower, an officer of the Borrower present) upon reasonable advance notice to the Borrower.

(b) Within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Borrower, at the request of the Administrative Agent, hold a meeting at a mutually agreeable location, venue and time or, at the option of the Administrative Agent, by conference call (the reasonable costs of such venue or call to be paid by the Borrower) with all Lenders who choose to attend such meeting at which meeting shall be reviewed, to the extent permitted by applicable Requirements of Law (including applicable national security laws, directives, policies, rules, regulations and procedures), the financial results of the previous fiscal year and the financial condition of Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries and the operating budget presented for the current fiscal year of the Borrower.

 

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7.7 Notices . Promptly give notice to the Administrative Agent (who shall deliver to each Lender) upon a Responsible Officer obtaining knowledge of:

(a) the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default;

(b) any litigation, investigation or proceeding which may exist at any time between Parent and any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and any Governmental Authority, or receipt of any notice of any environmental claim or assessment against Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries by any Governmental Authority, which in any such case would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

(c) any litigation or proceeding affecting Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (i) in which more than $35,000,000 of the amount claimed is not covered by insurance or (ii) in which injunctive or similar relief is sought which if obtained would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

(d) the occurrence of any Reportable Event that, alone or together with any other Reportable Events that have occurred, would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, and in addition to such notice, deliver to the Administrative Agent and each Lender whichever of the following may be applicable: (A) a certificate of the Responsible Officer of the Borrower setting forth details as to such Reportable Event and the action that the Loan Party or ERISA Affiliate proposes to take with respect thereto, together with a copy of any notice of such Reportable Event that may be required to be filed with the PBGC, or (B) any notice delivered by the PBGC in connection with such Reportable Event;

(e) the occurrence of any event which could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the aggregate value of the Collateral or on the security interests created by the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement; and

(f) any development or event that has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

Each notice pursuant to this subsection 7.7 shall be accompanied by a statement of the Responsible Officer of the Borrower setting forth details of the occurrence referred to therein and (in the cases of clauses (a) through (f)) stating what action the Borrower proposes to take with respect thereto.

7.8 Environmental Laws . Except to the extent the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect:

(a) Comply with, and take commercially reasonable steps to cause all tenants and subtenants, if any, to comply with, all applicable Environmental Laws, and obtain and comply with and maintain, and take commercially reasonable steps to cause all tenants and subtenants to obtain and comply with and maintain, any and all licenses, approvals, notifications, registrations or permits required by applicable Environmental Laws.

(b) Conduct and complete all investigations, studies, sampling and testing, and all remedial, removal and other actions to the extent required under Environmental Laws and promptly comply with all legally binding lawful orders and directives of all Governmental Authorities regarding Environmental Laws.

 

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7.9 Post-Closing Obligations . Satisfy, to the extent not satisfied as of the Closing Date, the requirements set forth in subsection Section 6(k)(ii), Section 6(o) and subsection Section 6(r) within the time period set forth in the applicable subsection.

7.10 Additional Loan Parties; Pledge of Stock of Additional Subsidiaries; Additional Collateral, etc. (a) With respect to any new Subsidiary of Parent (other than a Foreign Subsidiary, a Non-Significant Subsidiary, a Broadcast License Subsidiary or an Unrestricted Subsidiary) created or acquired after the Closing Date (including as a result of the consummation of any Business Acquisition) (which, for purposes of this clause (a) shall include any existing Subsidiary that ceases to be a Foreign Subsidiary, a Non-Significant Subsidiary, a Broadcast License Subsidiary or an Unrestricted Subsidiary), promptly cause such Subsidiary to become a party to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, which shall be accompanied by such resolutions, incumbency certificates and legal opinions as are reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent; provided that if any Subsidiary of Parent (including any Foreign Subsidiary, Non-Significant Subsidiary, Broadcast License Subsidiary and Unrestricted Subsidiary) shall guarantee obligations in respect of the First Lien Credit Agreement, the Senior Notes or any Permitted Refinancing thereof, such Subsidiary shall promptly become a party to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement.

(b) (i) Pledge the Capital Stock, or other equity interests and intercompany indebtedness, owned by any Loan Party that is created or acquired after the Closing Date pursuant to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement (it being understood and agreed that, notwithstanding anything that may be to the contrary herein, this subsection 7.10(b) shall not require any Loan Party to pledge more than 66% of the outstanding voting stock of any of its Foreign Subsidiaries) and (ii) with regard to any property acquired by any Loan Party after the Closing Date (other than property described in paragraphs (b)(i) or (c)) (x) execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent such amendments to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or such other documents as the Administrative Agent deems necessary or advisable to grant to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, a security interest in such property in accordance with the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement and (y) take all actions necessary or advisable to grant to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, a perfected second priority security interest in such property, including the filing of Uniform Commercial Code financing statements in such jurisdictions as may be required by the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or by law or as may be requested by the Administrative Agent.

(c) With respect to any fee interest in any real property having a value (together with improvements thereof) of at least $20,000,000 acquired after the Closing Date by any Loan Party (unless subject to a Lien permitted under subsections 8.3(f) or 8.3(h)), promptly (i) execute and deliver a second priority Mortgage, in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, covering such real property, (ii) if requested by the Administrative Agent, provide the Lenders with (x) title and extended coverage insurance covering such real property in an amount at least equal to the purchase price of such real property (or such other amount as shall be reasonably specified by the Administrative Agent) as well as a current ALTA survey thereof, together with a surveyor’s certificate, in each case, if available, and (y) any consents or estoppels reasonably deemed necessary or advisable by the Administrative Agent in connection with such Mortgage, each of the foregoing in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, (iii) deliver the items required by subsection Section 6(r)(iv) with respect to such real property and (iv) if requested by the Administrative Agent, deliver to the Administrative Agent legal opinions relating to the matters described above, which opinions shall be in form and substance, and from counsel, reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

7.11 Broadcast License Subsidiaries . (a) Unless the Borrower shall reasonably determine with the consent of the Administrative Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably delayed, conditioned or withheld) that doing so would cause undue expense or effort for the Borrower or its Subsidiaries, and except with respect to FCC Licenses owned by Susquehanna Radio Corp. (but subject to

 

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clause (ii) of the immediately following proviso), cause all FCC Licenses for all Stations owned by the Borrower or its Subsidiaries (other than any Station which the Borrower or any Subsidiary has placed in a Divestiture Trust) to be held at all times by one or more Broadcast License Subsidiaries; provided, that (i) with regard to any FCC Licenses for Stations acquired by the Borrower or its Subsidiaries after the Closing Date, the foregoing requirement shall be deemed satisfied if such FCC Licenses are, promptly following the acquisition of the respective Stations, assigned to and subsequently held by one or more Broadcast License Subsidiaries and (ii) no later than 60 days after the Closing Date (as such period may be extended by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion), the Borrower shall cause FCC Licenses owned by Susquehanna Radio Corp. to be assigned to one or more Broadcast License Subsidiaries ( provided that if the failure to assign such FCC Licenses by the date that is 60 days after the Closing Date is solely as a result of a delay by the FCC in providing any necessary approvals in respect thereof, the Borrower shall have an additional 60 days in which to cause the assignment of such FCC Licenses).

(b) Ensure that each Broadcast License Subsidiary engages only in the business of holding FCC Licenses and rights and activities related thereto.

(c) Ensure that the property of each Broadcast License Subsidiary is not commingled with the property of Parent, the Borrower or any Subsidiary other than Broadcast License Subsidiaries or otherwise remains clearly identifiable.

(d) Ensure that no Broadcast License Subsidiary has any Indebtedness, guarantees or other liabilities except for the liabilities expressly permitted to be incurred in accordance with the definition of “Broadcast License Subsidiary”.

(e) Ensure that no Broadcast License Subsidiary creates, incurs, assumes or suffers to exist any Liens upon any of its property, assets, income or profits, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, except non-consensual Liens arising by operation of law.

7.12 Swap Agreements . No later than 90 days after the Closing Date, cause the Borrower to have in effect, and maintain at all times until the Maturity Date, interest rate Swap Agreements designed to protect the Borrower against fluctuations in interest rates, such that, at all times from such 90 th day after the Closing Date through the Maturity Date, at least 25% of the Consolidated Term Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries is either (a) subject to an interest rate Swap Agreement or (b) fixed-rate Indebtedness.

7.13 Ratings . Use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain and maintain a corporate family and/or corporate credit rating, as applicable, and ratings in respect of the Facility, in each case from each of S&P and Moody’s.

7.14 Designation of Subsidiaries . (a) The board of directors of the Borrower may at any time designate any Restricted Subsidiary (other than a Broadcast License Subsidiary) as an Unrestricted Subsidiary or any Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that (i) immediately before and after such designation, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, (ii) no Subsidiary may be designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary if it has Indebtedness with recourse to Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, (ii) no Subsidiary may be designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary if it was previously designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary, (iv) no Subsidiary may be designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary if it is party to any agreement or contract with Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, unless the terms of such agreement are no less favorable to Parent or such Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable, than those that might be obtained from an unaffiliated third-party, (v) no Subsidiary may be designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary if such Subsidiary is a Person with respect to which Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries has any direct or indirect obligation to

 

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make capital contributions or to maintain such Subsidiary’s financial condition and (vi) no Unrestricted Subsidiary may engage in any transaction described in subsections 8.8 (with respect to the prepayment of any Senior Notes) or 8.15 if the Borrower is prohibited from engaging in such transaction.

(b) The designation of any Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall constitute an Investment by the Borrower therein, at the date of designation in an amount equal to the fair market value of the Borrower’s investment therein as determined in good faith by the board of directors of the Borrower. The designation of any Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary shall, at the time of such designation, constitute the incurrence of any Indebtedness or Liens of such Subsidiary existing at such time. Upon a redesignation of any Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary, the Borrower shall be deemed to continue to have a permanent Investment in an Unrestricted Subsidiary in an amount (if positive) equal to (a) the Borrower’s Investment in such Subsidiary at the time of such redesignation less (b) the fair market value of the net assets of such Subsidiary at the time of such redesignation. Any property transferred to or from an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be valued at its fair market value at the time of such transfer, in each case as determined in good faith by the board of directors of the Borrower.

SECTION 8. NEGATIVE COVENANTS.

From and after the Closing Date, the Borrower hereby agrees that it shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly so long as any Loan or Note or any other amount is owing to any Lender (other than indemnities and other contingent liabilities not then due and payable that survive repayment of the Loans) or the Administrative Agent hereunder:

8.1 [Reserved] .

8.2 Indebtedness . Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Indebtedness, except:

(a) (i) Indebtedness of the Loan Parties under this Agreement (including any Incremental Facility) and Permitted Refinancings thereof and (ii) Indebtedness of the Loan Parties under the First Lien Credit Agreement in an initial principal amount, together with any unutilized First Lien Revolving Commitments, of $1,625,000,000 and Permitted Refinancings thereof, provided that the amount of Indebtedness, together with unutilized revolving commitments, of the Loan Parties permitted under the First Lien Credit Agreement or any Permitted Refinancings thereof, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the definition of “Permitted Refinancing”, may be increased by the amount of (A) any First Lien Incremental Facilities incurred or permitted to be incurred pursuant to subsection 4.25 of the First Lien Credit Agreement (as in effect on the date hereof) and (B) any optional prepayments of First Lien Term Loans or any Permitted Refinancing thereof (other than, in each case, any optional prepayments effected pursuant to a Permitted Refinancing);

(b) Indebtedness of the Borrower to any Restricted Subsidiary and of any Restricted Subsidiary to any other Restricted Subsidiary; provided that (i) any such Indebtedness owed by a Loan Party shall be unsecured and subordinated in right of payment to the payment in full of the Obligations on terms reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and (ii) Indebtedness of Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Subsidiary Guarantors to the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor must also be permitted under subsection 8.7;

(c) Indebtedness of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of any foreign currency exchange contracts, interest rate swap arrangements or other derivative contracts or transactions, other than any such contracts, arrangements or transactions entered into by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries for speculative purposes;

 

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(d) Indebtedness of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries consisting of reimbursement obligations under surety, indemnity, performance, release and appeal bonds, in each case required in the ordinary course of business or in connection with the enforcement of rights or claims of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, and letters of credit obtained in support thereof in the ordinary course of business;

(e) existing Indebtedness of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries listed on Schedule 8.2 hereto including any extension or renewals or refinancing thereof, provided the principal amount thereof is not increased;

(f) (i) any Indebtedness of any Person that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary in connection with a Permitted Acquisition after the Closing Date, (ii) any Indebtedness of any Person that is assumed by a Restricted Subsidiary in connection with an acquisition of assets by such Restricted Subsidiary in connection with a Permitted Acquisition after the Closing Date, and (iii) any Permitted Refinancing in respect of any Indebtedness set forth in the immediately preceding clauses (i) and (ii); provided that (x) in the case of clauses (i) and (ii) such Indebtedness exists at the time of such Permitted Acquisition and is not created in contemplation of or in connection with such Permitted Acquisition, (y) the aggregate principal amount of all Indebtedness of Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Subsidiary Guarantors outstanding under this clause (f) shall not exceed $85,000,000 at any time and (z) no Group Member (other than such Person that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower or the Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, that so assumes such Person’s Indebtedness) shall guarantee or otherwise become liable for the payment of such Indebtedness;

(g) letters of credit of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that the aggregate face amount of such letters of credit (excluding letters of credit issued under the First Lien Credit Agreement) shall not exceed $11,500,000 outstanding at any time;

(h) Indebtedness of the Borrower in respect of the Senior Notes in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding not to exceed $975,000,000 and any Permitted Refinancing thereof; provided that the Net Proceeds of any Senior Notes (other than Permitted Refinancings) issued after the Closing Date shall be applied in accordance with subsection 4.5(a);

(i) Indebtedness consisting of promissory notes issued by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries to current or former directors, officers, employees, members of management or consultants of such person (or their respective estate, heirs, family members, spouse or former spouse) to finance the repurchase of shares of Parent permitted by subsection 8.8;

(j) (i) Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (including Capital Lease Obligations) incurred to finance the acquisition, construction, repair, replacement, lease or improvement of fixed or capital assets (or the purchase of the Capital Stock of any Person owning such assets) in an amount not to exceed $115,000,000 at any time outstanding; provided that such Indebtedness is incurred prior to or within 365 days after the applicable acquisition, construction, repair, replacement or improvement, (ii) Indebtedness arising out of sale-leaseback transactions permitted hereunder and (iii) any Permitted Refinancing of any Indebtedness set forth in the immediately preceding clauses (i) and (ii);

(k) cash management obligations and other Indebtedness of the Borrower and any Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of netting services, overdraft protections, employee credit card programs, automatic clearing house arrangements and other similar arrangements in each case in connection with deposit accounts;

 

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(l) unsecured Indebtedness arising from agreements of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries providing for seller financing, deferred purchase price, contingent liabilities in respect of any indemnification obligations, adjustment of purchase price or similar obligations, in each case, incurred or assumed in connection with any Business Acquisition; provided , however , that (i) such Indebtedness is not reflected on the balance sheet of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries prepared in accordance with GAAP (contingent obligations referred to in a footnote to financial statements and not otherwise reflected on the balance sheet will not be deemed to be reflected on such balance sheet for purposes of this clause (i)), (ii) with respect to a disposition, the maximum assumable liability in respect of all such Indebtedness shall at no time exceed the gross proceeds including non-cash proceeds (the fair market value of such non-cash proceeds being measured at the time received and without giving effect to any subsequent changes in value) actually received by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with such disposition and (iii) as of the date of incurrence of any Indebtedness under this clause (l), the Consolidated Total Net Leverage Ratio (determined (i) on a pro forma basis, after giving effect to the incurrence of such Indebtedness, and (ii) excluding the proceeds of such Indebtedness in the calculation of unrestricted cash and Cash Equivalents) of the Borrower and the Subsidiary Guarantors as of such date) is less than or equal to 6.5 to 1.0;

(m) Indebtedness of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries consisting of (i) financing of insurance premiums or (ii) take-or-pay obligations contained in supply arrangements, in each case, in the ordinary course of business;

(n) Indebtedness of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries incurred pursuant to Receivables Facilities in an aggregate amount not to exceed $60,000,000 at any time;

(o) Indebtedness of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that, as of the date of incurrence of any such Indebtedness, the Consolidated Total Net Leverage Ratio (determined (i) on a pro forma basis, after giving effect to the incurrence of such Indebtedness, and (ii) excluding the proceeds of such Indebtedness in the calculation of unrestricted cash and Cash Equivalents) of the Borrower and the Subsidiary Guarantors as of such date is less than or equal to 6.5 to 1.0; and

(p) other unsecured Indebtedness of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed, at any time, the sum of (i) $115,000,000 and (ii) the aggregate amount of cash capital contributions (other than any Specified Equity Contribution and any cash capital contributions included in the calculation of the Available Amount to the extent such cash capital contributions have been applied pursuant to the definition of Available Amount to make an Investment pursuant to subsection 8.7(r) or a Restricted Payment pursuant to subsection 8.8(b)) received by the Borrower after the Closing Date;

provided that the aggregate amount of Indebtedness of Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Subsidiary Guarantors (other than Indebtedness set forth on Schedule 8.2 and any Permitted Refinancings thereof) shall not exceed $115,000,000 at any time.

8.3 Limitation on Liens . Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon any of its property, assets, income or profits, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, except:

(a) Liens for taxes, assessments or other governmental charges not yet overdue by more than 30 days or not yet payable or which are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings if adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of the Borrower or such Subsidiary, as the case may be, in accordance with GAAP;

 

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(b) carriers’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’, landlords’, materialmen’s, repairmen’s or other like Liens arising by operation of law, in each case in the ordinary course of business in respect of obligations which are not yet due and payable or which are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings if adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of the Borrower or such Subsidiary, as the case may be, in accordance with GAAP;

(c) (i) pledges or deposits in connection with workmen’s compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security legislation and/or securing liability for reimbursement or indemnification obligations of insurance carriers providing property, casualty or liability insurance to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary;

(d) (i) easements, right-of-way, zoning, other land use regulations and similar restrictions and other similar encumbrances or title defects incurred, or leases or subleases granted to others, in the ordinary course of business, which, in the aggregate do not materially detract from the value of the property subject thereto or do not interfere with or adversely affect in any material respect the ordinary conduct of the business of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole and (ii) any exceptions set forth in any title policies with respect to Mortgaged Properties;

(e) Liens (i) pursuant to the Loan Documents and (ii) subject to the Intercreditor Agreement, Liens pursuant to the First Lien Loan Documents (or any other First Priority Security Documents (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement));

(f) Liens on assets of entities or Persons which become Restricted Subsidiaries of the Borrower after the date hereof; provided that such Liens exist at the time such entities or Persons become Subsidiaries and are not created in anticipation thereof;

(g) Liens on documents of title and the property covered thereby securing Indebtedness in respect of the letters of credit issued under the First Lien Credit Agreement which are Commercial L/Cs (as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement or any successor First Priority Agreement);

(h) Liens securing any Indebtedness permitted under subsection 8.2(j); provided that (i) such security interests and the Indebtedness secured thereby are incurred prior to or within 365 days after such acquisition or the completion of such construction or improvement, (iii) the Indebtedness secured thereby does not exceed the cost of acquiring, constructing, repairing, replacing, leasing or improving such fixed or capital assets and (iv) such security interests shall not apply to any other property or assets of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than proceeds and products thereof);

(i) existing Liens described in Schedule 8.3 and renewals thereof; provided that no such Lien is spread to cover any additional property after the Closing Date other than proceeds and products thereof and that the amount secured thereby is not increased (except in accordance with subsection 8.3(z));

(j) Liens securing arrangements permitted by the proviso contained in subsection 8.10;

(k) deposits to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts (other than for borrowed money), leases, licenses, statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature incurred in the ordinary course of business;

 

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(l) Liens securing Indebtedness owing to the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor under subsection 8.2(b);

(m) any Lien existing on any property or asset prior to the acquisition thereof by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary or existing on any property or asset of any Person that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary after the Closing Date prior to the time such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary (including in connection with any acquisition permitted under subsection 8.7); provided that (i) such Lien is not created in contemplation of or in connection with such acquisition or such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, (ii) such Lien shall not apply to any other property or assets of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than proceeds or products thereof) and (iii) such Lien shall secure only those obligations which it secures on the date of such acquisition or the date such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, and extensions, renewals and replacements thereof that do not increase the outstanding principal amount thereof;

(n) Liens securing Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary incurred pursuant to subsection 8.2(n);

(o) Liens securing any Permitted Refinancing permitted under subsection 8.2; provided that such security interests shall not apply to any property or assets that were not collateral for the Indebtedness being refinanced;

(p) Liens securing obligations of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary incurred in the ordinary course of business in an aggregate amount not to exceed $85,000,000 at any time;

(q) Liens securing judgments for the payment of money not constituting an Event of Default under Section 9(h) so long as such Liens (to the extent covering Collateral) are junior to the Liens created pursuant to the Security Documents;

(r) leases, licenses, subleases or sublicenses granted to others in the ordinary course of business and not interfering in any material respect with the business of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;

(s) Liens (i) of a collection bank arising under Section 4-210 of the Uniform Commercial Code on items in the course of collection, and (ii) in favor of a banking or other financial institution arising as a matter of law or granted in the ordinary course of business and under customary general terms and conditions encumbering deposits (including the right of set-off) and which are within the general parameters customary in the banking industry; provided that, in the case of this clause (ii), unless such Liens are non-consensual and arise by operation of law, in no case shall any such Liens secure (either directly or indirectly) the repayment of any Indebtedness for borrowed money;

(t) Liens (i) on cash advances in favor of the seller of any property to be acquired in an Investment permitted pursuant to subsections 8.7(c), 8.7(k), 8.7(r), 8.7(t) or 8.7(u) to be applied against the purchase price for such Investment, or (ii) consisting of an agreement to dispose of any property in a disposition permitted under subsection 8.6, in each case, solely to the extent such Investment or disposition, as the case may be, would have been permitted on the date of the creation of such Lien;

(u) purported Liens evidenced by the filing of precautionary Uniform Commercial Code financing statements relating solely to operating leases of personal property entered into by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;

 

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(v) any interest or title of a lessor, sublessor, licensee, sublicensee, licensor or sublicensor under any lease, sublease, license or sublicense arrangement (including software and other technology licenses) entered into by the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of its business and which could not reasonably be expected, either individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect;

(w) Liens on Cash Collateral (as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement or any successor First Priority Agreement) granted in favor of any First Lien Lender and/or the Issuing Lender (as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement or any successor First Priority Agreement) created as a result of any requirement under the First Lien Credit Agreement to Cash Collateralize (as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement or any successor First Priority Agreement);

(x) Liens solely on any cash earnest money deposits made by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with any letter of intent or purchase agreement permitted under this Agreement;

(y) Liens on cash or Cash Equivalents used to defease or to satisfy and discharge Indebtedness, provided that such defeasance or satisfaction and discharge is permitted hereunder; and

(z) other Liens securing Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary; provided that at the time of incurrence of any such Lien, the Consolidated Senior Secured Net Leverage Ratio as of such date (determined on a pro forma basis, after giving effect to the incurrence of any Indebtedness and such Lien (but excluding the proceeds of any such Indebtedness in the calculation of unrestricted cash and Cash Equivalents)) is less than or equal to 4.0 to 1.0; provided further that the Liens securing such Indebtedness are pari passu with, or junior to, the Liens securing the First Priority Obligations, and such Liens shall be subject to an intercreditor agreement reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

8.4 Limitation on Contingent Obligations . Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Contingent Obligation except:

(a) guarantees by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiaries of obligations to third parties made in the ordinary course of business in connection with relocation of employees of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;

(b) guarantees by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries incurred in the ordinary course of business for an aggregate amount not to exceed $30,000,000 at any one time;

(c) existing Contingent Obligations described in Schedule 8.4 including any extensions or renewals thereof;

(d) Contingent Obligations of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of any foreign currency exchange contracts, interest rate swap arrangements or other derivative contracts or transactions, other than any such contracts, arrangements or transactions entered into by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries for speculative purposes;

(e) Contingent Obligations of any Subsidiary Guarantor pursuant to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, the First Lien Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or any other First Priority Guarantee (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement);

 

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(f) guarantees by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries of (i) Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries permitted under subsection 8.2 (other than clause (f) thereof) and (ii) obligations (other than Indebtedness) of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries not prohibited hereunder; provided that (i) any guarantee by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor shall only be permitted to the extent permitted by subsection 8.7(b) and (ii) with respect to any guarantee by a Subsidiary Guarantor, if the Indebtedness so guaranteed is subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations, such guarantee shall be subordinated in right of payment to the guarantee of the Obligations on terms at least as favorable on the whole to the Lenders as those contained in the documentation governing the Indebtedness being guaranteed;

(g) guarantees by the Borrower and any Subsidiary Guarantor of the obligations under the Senior Notes and any Permitted Refinancing thereof; and

(h) guarantees by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness permitted under subsection 8.2(f), so long as such guarantee is permitted by the terms of such subsection.

8.5 Prohibition of Fundamental Changes . Enter into any transaction of acquisition of, or merger or consolidation or amalgamation with, any other Person (including any Restricted Subsidiary or Affiliate of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries), or transfer all or substantially all of its assets to any Unrestricted Subsidiary or Foreign Subsidiary, or liquidate, wind up or dissolve itself (or suffer any liquidation or dissolution), or engage in any business other than business conducted or proposed to be conducted by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on the Closing Date or any business that is similar, reasonably related, incidental, complementary or ancillary thereto, including without limitation in broadcasting and other media businesses, except for (a) the transactions otherwise permitted pursuant to subsections 8.6 and 8.7; provided that the Borrower may not merge, consolidate or amalgamate with any Person unless the Borrower is the continuing or surviving Person, (b) the liquidation or dissolution of any Restricted Subsidiary if the Borrower determines in good faith that such liquidation or dissolution is in the best interests of the Borrower and is not materially disadvantageous to the Lenders, (c)(i) any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor may merge, amalgamate or consolidate with or into any other Restricted Subsidiary ( provided that in any such transaction involving a Subsidiary Guarantor, a Subsidiary Guarantor must be the continuing or surviving Person) and (ii) any Restricted Subsidiary may change its legal form if the Borrower determines in good faith that such action is in the best interest of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries and is not materially disadvantageous to the Lenders (it being understood that in the case of any change in legal form, a Subsidiary that is a Subsidiary Guarantor will remain a Subsidiary Guarantor unless such Subsidiary Guarantor is otherwise permitted to cease being a Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder) and (d) any Restricted Subsidiary may dispose of any or all of its assets to the Borrower or to another Restricted Subsidiary (upon voluntary liquidation or otherwise); provided that if the transferor in such a transaction is a Subsidiary Guarantor, then (i) the transferee or assignee must be a Subsidiary Guarantor or the Borrower or (ii) to the extent constituting an Investment, such Investment must be a permitted Investment in or Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor in accordance with subsections 8.2 and 8.7 respectively or pursuant to a disposition permitted by subsection 8.6.

8.6 Prohibition on Sale of Assets . Convey, sell, lease, assign, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its property, business or assets (including tax benefits, receivables and leasehold interests), whether now owned or hereafter acquired except:

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uneconomic, obsolete or worn out or no longer used or useful in the conduct of the business of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiaries, and which is disposed of in the ordinary course of business;

(b) sales of inventory by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries made in the ordinary course of business;

(c) any Restricted Subsidiary may sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of any or all of its assets (upon voluntary liquidation or otherwise) to the Borrower or a wholly-owned Restricted Subsidiary that is a Domestic Subsidiary of the Borrower (including by way of merging such Subsidiary into another wholly-owned Restricted Subsidiary that is a Domestic Subsidiary or the Borrower) or make any investment permitted by subsection 8.7, and any Restricted Subsidiary may sell or otherwise dispose of, or part with control of any or all of, the stock of any Restricted Subsidiary to the Borrower, to a wholly-owned Restricted Subsidiary that is a Domestic Subsidiary of the Borrower or to any other Restricted Subsidiary to the extent such transfer constitutes an investment permitted by subsection 8.7; provided that in either case such transfer shall not cause such wholly-owned Domestic Subsidiary to become a Foreign Subsidiary and provided further that no such transaction may be effected if it would result in the transfer of any assets of, or any stock of, a Restricted Subsidiary to another Restricted Subsidiary whose Capital Stock has not been pledged to the Administrative Agent or which has pledged a lesser percentage of its Capital Stock to the Administrative Agent than was pledged by the transferor Restricted Subsidiary unless, in any such case, after giving effect to such transaction, the stock of such other Restricted Subsidiary is not required to be pledged under the definition of Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or under subsection 7.10(b);

(d) any Foreign Subsidiary of the Borrower may sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of any or all of its assets (upon voluntary liquidation or by merger, consolidation, transfer of assets, or otherwise) to the Borrower or a wholly-owned Restricted Subsidiary and any Foreign Subsidiary of the Borrower may sell or otherwise dispose of, or part control of any or all of, the Capital Stock of, or other equity interests in, any Foreign Subsidiary of the Borrower to a wholly-owned Restricted Subsidiary; provided that in either case such transfer shall not cause a Domestic Subsidiary to become a Foreign Subsidiary;

(e) the sale or other disposition by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of other assets consummated after the Closing Date, provided that (i) such sale or other disposition shall be made for fair value on an arm’s-length basis, (ii) with respect to the sale or other disposition of Broadcast Assets, if the consideration for such sale or other disposition exceeds $3,000,000, the consideration for such sale or other disposition consists of at least 75% in cash and Cash Equivalents ( provided that to the extent the consideration for all such sales or other dispositions made in reliance on this clause (e) of Broadcast Assets for which the consideration was $3,000,000 or less exceeds $25,000,000 in the aggregate, the consideration for any sale or other disposition of a Broadcast Asset made thereafter in reliance on this clause (e) shall consist of at least 75% in cash and Cash Equivalents), (iii) with respect to the sale or other disposition of assets that are not Broadcast Assets (“ Non-Broadcast Assets ”), to the extent the aggregate consideration for all such sales or other dispositions of Non-Broadcast Assets made in reliance on this clause (e) exceeds $30,000,000 in the aggregate, the consideration for such sale or other disposition consists of at least 75% in cash and Cash Equivalents and (iv) at any time that the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio for the Test Period most recently ended is greater than 5.0 to 1.0 and the Borrower has sold or disposed of assets in reliance on this clause (e) and subsection 8.6(f) in excess of $575,000,000 in the aggregate, the Reinvestment Rights provided in subsection 4.5(b) shall only be available to the extent that, at the time of receipt of such Net Proceeds, no Loans remain outstanding;

 

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(f) the one-time sale or other disposition by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of a Non-Broadcast Asset, provided that (i) such sale or other disposition shall be made for fair value on an arm’s-length basis, (ii) the Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries generated by such Non-Broadcast Asset for the Test Period most recently ended represents less than 5% of the Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such Test Period, (iii) at any time that the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio for the Test Period most recently ended is greater than 5.0 to 1.0 and the Borrower has sold or disposed of assets in reliance on this clause (f) and subsection 8.6(e) in excess of $575,000,000 in the aggregate, the Reinvestment Rights provided in subsection 4.5(b) shall only be available to the extent that, at the time of receipt of such Net Proceeds, no Loans remain outstanding and (iv) substantially concurrently with the consummation of such sale or other disposition, the Borrower shall provide the Administrative Agent with a certificate of a Responsible Officer certifying that such sale or other disposition is being effected pursuant to this clause (f) and that such sale or other disposition complies with the provisions of this clause (f);

(g) the sale or other disposition by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (or a Divestiture Trust which holds Broadcast Assets for Stations) of (x) Stations (and related Broadcast Assets) listed on Schedule 8.6 or (y) Stations (and related Broadcast Assets) acquired in any acquisition permitted under subsection 8.7, in each case to the extent such sale or other disposition is required by applicable law or rule, regulation or order of the FCC; provided that (i) any such sale or other disposition shall be made for fair value on an arms’ length basis, (ii) if the consideration for such sale or other disposition exceeds $18,000,000, the consideration for such sale or other disposition consists of at least 75% in cash and Cash Equivalents, and (iii) the Net Proceeds from such sale or other disposition shall be applied in accordance with subsection 4.5;

(h) dispositions by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of past due accounts receivable in connection with the collection, write down or compromise thereof;

(i) leases, subleases, or sublicenses of property by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, and dispositions of intellectual property by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business, in each case that do not materially interfere with the business of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, and dispositions of intellectual property under a research or development agreement in which the other party receives a license to intellectual property that results from such agreement;

(j) transfers by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of property subject to any casualty event, including any condemnation, taking or similar event and any destruction, damage or any other casualty loss;

(k) dispositions by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business consisting of the abandonment of intellectual property which, in the reasonable good faith determination of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, are uneconomical, negligible, obsolete or otherwise not material in the conduct of its business;

(l) sales by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of immaterial non-core assets acquired in connection with a Business Acquisition which are not used in the business of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries;

(m) any disposition by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of real property to a Governmental Authority as a result of a condemnation of such real property;

 

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(n) exclusive or non-exclusive licenses or similar agreements entered into by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of intellectual property;

(o) the sale of any Unrestricted Subsidiary;

(p) any disposition, assignment or writedown by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of the Gleiser Note;

(q) substantially concurrent sales, transfers and other dispositions by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of related business assets to the extent such assets are exchanged substantially simultaneously for replacement business assets, provided that (i) no more than 30% of any consideration given by the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries for such asset swap consists of cash or Cash Equivalents and (ii) the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary receives consideration at least equal to the fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Borrower) of the assets sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of (each such asset swap, a “ Permitted Asset Swap ”);

(r) to the extent constituting dispositions, mergers, consolidations and liquidations permitted by subsection 8.5, Restricted Payments permitted by subsection 8.8 and Liens permitted by subsection 8.3;

(s) dispositions by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of cash and Cash Equivalents;

(t) dispositions by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Investments in joint ventures to the extent required by, or made pursuant to customary buy/sell arrangements between, the joint venture parties set forth in joint venture arrangements and similar binding arrangements;

(u) the unwinding by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of any Swap Agreement in accordance with its terms;

(v) terminations of leases, subleases, licenses and sublicenses by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;

(w) sale leasebacks by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries permitted by subsection 8.10; and

(x) sales, transfers and dispositions by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of accounts receivable pursuant to a Receivables Facility.

8.7 Limitation on Investments, Loans and Advances . Make any advance, loan, extension of credit or capital contribution to, or purchase any stock, bonds, notes, debentures or other securities of, or any assets constituting a business unit of, or make or maintain any other investment in, any Person (all of the foregoing, “ Investments ”), except:

(a) (i) loans or advances by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of intercompany accounts attributable to the operation of the Borrower’s cash management system and (ii) loans or advances by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to a Subsidiary Guarantor (or a Restricted Subsidiary that would be a Subsidiary Guarantor but for the lapse of time until such Restricted Subsidiary is required to be a Subsidiary Guarantor);

 

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(b) Investments by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries in Subsidiaries of the Borrower that are not Subsidiary Guarantors; provided that at all times the aggregate amount of all such Investments, together with any guarantees by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor, shall not exceed $25,000,000;

(c) Investments by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, not otherwise described in this subsection 8.7, in the Borrower or in Subsidiary Guarantors (or a Subsidiary that would be a Subsidiary Guarantor but for the lapse of time until such Subsidiary is required to be a Subsidiary Guarantor) that otherwise are not prohibited under the terms of this Agreement;

(d) any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower may make Investments in the Borrower (by way of capital contribution or otherwise);

(e) the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries may invest in, acquire and hold (i) Cash Equivalents and cash and (ii) other cash equivalents invested in or held with any financial institutions to the extent such amounts under this clause (ii) do not exceed $6,000,000 per individual institution and $30,000,000 in the aggregate at any one time;

(f) the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries may make travel and entertainment advances and relocation loans in the ordinary course of business to officers, employees and agents of the Borrower or any such Restricted Subsidiary not to exceed $12,000,000 in the aggregate at any one time;

(g) the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries may make payroll advances in the ordinary course of business;

(h) the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries may acquire and hold receivables owing to it, if created or acquired in the ordinary course of business and payable or dischargeable in accordance with customary trade terms ( provided that nothing in this clause shall prevent the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary from offering such concessionary trade terms, or from receiving such investments or any other investments in connection with the bankruptcy or reorganization of their respective suppliers or customers or the settlement of disputes with such customers or suppliers arising in the ordinary course of business, as management deems reasonable in the circumstances);

(i) the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries may make Investments in connection with asset sales permitted by subsection 8.6(e), (f) or (g) or to which the Required Lenders consent;

(j) existing Investments of the Borrower described in Schedule 8.7;

(k) the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries may in a single transaction or series of related transactions, make acquisitions (by merger, purchase, lease (including any lease that contains up-front payments and/or buyout options) or otherwise) of any business, division or line of business or all or substantially all of the outstanding Capital Stock of any corporation or other entity (other than any director’s qualifying shares or any options for equity interests that cannot, as a matter of law, be cancelled, redeemed or otherwise extinguished without the express agreement of the holder thereof at or prior to acquisition) or any Station and Broadcast Assets related thereto as long as (i) immediately after giving effect thereto, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing ( provided that this clause (i) shall not apply with respect to any acquisition made pursuant to a legally binding commitment entered into at a time when no Default existed or would result from the making of such acquisition), (ii) as of the date of such acquisition, the Consolidated Senior Secured Net Leverage Ratio

 

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(determined on a pro forma basis, after giving effect to such acquisition and any incurrence of Indebtedness in connection therewith (but excluding the proceeds of any such Indebtedness in the calculation of unrestricted cash and Cash Equivalents)) is less than or equal to the greater of (A) the Consolidated Senior Secured Net Leverage Ratio as of the last day of the most recently ended fiscal quarter and (B) 5.75 to 1.0, (iii) all actions required to be taken with respect to any acquired assets or acquired or newly formed Subsidiary under subsection 7.10 shall be taken substantially simultaneously with consummation of such acquisition, (iv) any acquisition of an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to this clause (k) shall be an Investment permitted by a provision of this subsection 8.7 (other than this clause (k)), (v) any such newly acquired Subsidiary shall not be liable for any Indebtedness except for Indebtedness permitted by subsection 8.2 and (vi) the Borrower has delivered to the Administrative Agent a certificate of a Responsible Officer to the effect set forth in clauses (i) through (v) above, together with all relevant financial information for the Person or assets to be acquired; provided that the aggregate consideration (whether cash or property, as valued in good faith by the board of directors of the Borrower) given by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries for all acquisitions consummated after the Closing Date in reliance on this clause (k) of Persons that do not, upon the acquisition thereof, become Subsidiary Guarantors shall not exceed $30,000,000;

(l) (i) Investments by the Borrower and any Restricted Subsidiaries in any business, division, line of business or Person acquired pursuant to a Permitted Acquisition so long as the conditions to the making of any Permitted Acquisition set forth in subsection 8.7(k) are satisfied mutatis mutandis with respect to the making of such Investment and (ii) Investments of any Person in existence at the time such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to a Business Acquisition ( provided that such Investment was not made in connection with or anticipation of such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary);

(m) the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries may make loans or advances to, or acquisitions or other Investments in, other Persons (exclusive of (i) Unrestricted Subsidiaries and (ii) Persons which are, or become, Foreign Subsidiaries) that constitute or are in connection with joint ventures, provided the consideration paid by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in all such transactions after the Closing Date, does not exceed in the aggregate $20,000,000;

(n) the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries may make loans or advances to, or other Investments in, or otherwise transfer funds (including by way of repayment of loans or advances) to, Foreign Subsidiaries that are Restricted Subsidiaries (including new Foreign Subsidiaries that are to become Restricted Subsidiaries); provided that the consideration paid by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in all transactions after the Closing Date (net, in the case of loans, advances, investments and other transfers, of any repayments or return of capital in respect thereof actually received in cash by the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries (net of applicable taxes) after the Closing Date) does not exceed in the aggregate $6,000,000;

(o) the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries may acquire obligations of one or more directors, officers, employees, members or management or consultants of any of the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with such person’s acquisition of shares of the Borrower, so long as no cash is actually advanced by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to such persons in connection with the acquisition of any such obligations;

(p) the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries may acquire assets with the Net Proceeds from Asset Sales in accordance with the reinvestment rights provided under subsection 4.5(b);

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(r) the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries may make other Investments in an aggregate amount not to exceed the Available Amount at such time;

(s) the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries may purchase any Capital Stock of CMP not already owned by a Group Member on the Closing Date;

(t) the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries may make Investments to the extent the consideration paid therefor consists solely of (i) Capital Stock, which is not Disqualified Stock, of any Restricted Subsidiary or (ii) the Net Proceeds of any substantially concurrent issuance of Capital Stock, which is not Disqualified Stock, by Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than any issuance the proceeds of which have been included in the calculation of the Available Amount to the extent such proceeds have been applied pursuant to the definition of “Available Amount” to make an Investment pursuant to subsection 8.7(r) or a Restricted Payment pursuant to subsection 8.8(b) or have been applied for Restricted Payments under subsection 8.8(c) or subsection 8.8(h)); provided that, (x) immediately before and after making such Investment, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing), (y) in the case of clause (ii) in respect of an issuance by Parent, the proceeds thereof have been contributed by Parent in cash as common equity to the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary and (z) in the case of clause (ii), such issuance is to a Person other than a Group Member; and

(u) the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries may make other Investments not to exceed, together with all other Investments made in reliance on this clause (u), the greater of (i) $175,000,000 and (ii) the lesser of (x) 33% of consolidated total assets of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of the most recently ended fiscal quarter of the Borrower for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to subsection 7.1(a) or 7.1(b), as applicable, and (y) $515,000,000.

For purposes of calculating the amount of any Investment, such amount shall equal (x) the amount actually invested less (y) any repayments, interest, returns, profits, dividends, distributions, income and similar amounts actually received in cash from such Investment (from dispositions or otherwise) (which amount referred to in this clause (y) shall not exceed the amount of such Investment at the time such Investment was made).

8.8 Limitation on Restricted Payments . Declare any dividends on any shares of any class of stock of any Group Member, or make any payment on account of, or set apart assets for a sinking or other analogous fund for, the purchase, redemption, retirement or other acquisition of any shares of any class of stock of any Group Member, whether now or hereafter outstanding, or make any other distribution in respect thereof, either directly or indirectly, whether in cash or property or in obligations of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, or make any optional payment or prepayment on the principal of the Senior Notes or any Permitted Refinancing thereof or redeem or otherwise acquire, purchase or defease any Senior Notes or any Permitted Refinancing thereof (all of the foregoing being referred to herein as “ Restricted Payments ”); except that:

(a) (i) any Group Member may declare or pay dividends to the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor, (ii) any Group Member that is not a Loan Party may declare or pay dividends to any other Group Member that is not a Loan Party and (iii) any Restricted Subsidiary may declare and pay dividends ratably with respect to its Capital Stock;

(b) so long as (i) no Default or Event of Default then exists or would result therefrom and (ii) the Borrower could incur $1 of additional Indebtedness under subsection 8.2(o) (with the Consolidated Total Net Leverage Ratio for such purpose being calculated (i) after giving pro forma effect to the making of such Restricted Payment and any Indebtedness incurred in connection therewith and (ii) excluding the proceeds of such Indebtedness in the determination of unrestricted cash and Cash

 

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Equivalents)), the Borrower may make Restricted Payments in an aggregate amount not to exceed the Available Amount;

(c) so long as no Default or Event of Default then exists or would result therefrom, the Borrower may, or may pay dividends or make distributions to Parent to permit Parent to, purchase its common stock or common stock options from former officers or employees of any Group Member upon the death, disability or termination of employment of such officer or employee, provided , that the amount of payments made under this clause (c) after the Closing Date shall not exceed $6,000,000 in the aggregate in any fiscal year of the Borrower (with unused amounts in any fiscal year being carried over to succeeding fiscal years subject to a maximum (without giving effect to the following proviso) of $12,000,000 in any fiscal year of the Borrower); provided further that such amount in any fiscal year may be increased by an amount not to exceed (i) the Net Proceeds from the sale of Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of Parent to any employee, member or the board of directors or consultant of any Group Member that occurs after the Closing Date, solely to the extent such Net Proceeds (x) have been contributed by Parent in cash as common equity to the Borrower and (y) have not been (A) included in the calculation of the Available Amount and applied to make an Investment pursuant to subsection 8.7(r) or a Restricted Payment pursuant to subsection 8.8(b) or (B) applied for Investments under subsection 8.7(t) or Restricted Payments under subsection 8.8(h); plus (ii) the cash proceeds of key man life insurance policies received by the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries after the Closing Date; less (iii) the amount of any Restricted Payments previously made with the cash proceeds described in clauses (i) and (ii);

(d) so long as no Default or Event of Default then exists or would result therefrom, the Borrower may, or may pay dividends or make distributions to Parent to permit Parent to, make payments and/or net shares under employee benefit plans to settle option price payments owed by employees and directors with respect thereto, make payments in respect of or purchase restricted stock units and similar stock based awards thereunder and to settle employees’ and directors’ federal, state and income tax liabilities (if any) related thereto, provided that the aggregate amount of such payments made by the Borrower after the Closing Date shall not exceed $6,000,000 in any fiscal year (with unused amounts in any fiscal year of the Borrower being carried over to succeeding fiscal years subject to a maximum of $12,000,000 in any fiscal year);

(e) CMP Susquehanna Radio Holdings Corp. may redeem, repurchase, retire or acquire the Radio Holdings Preferred Stock in connection with the Refinancing;

(f) so long as no Default or Event of Default then exists or would result therefrom, any Group Member may make dividends or distributions within 60 days after the date of declaration thereof, if at the date of declaration such payment would have complied with the provisions of this Agreement;

(g) so long as no Default or Event of Default then exists or would result therefrom, the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries may, directly (in the case of the Borrower) or indirectly (in the case of any Restricted Subsidiaries), make distributions to Parent to permit Parent to make cash payments in lieu of the issuance of fractional shares or interests in connection with the exercise of warrants, options or other rights or securities convertible into or exchangeable for Capital Stock of Parent; provided that any such cash payment shall not be for the purpose of evading the limitations of this covenant;

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any Group Member) of Capital Stock (other than any Disqualified Stock) of Parent, solely to the extent such Net Proceeds (i) have been contributed by Parent in cash as common equity to the Borrower and (ii) have not been (A) included in the calculation of the Available Amount and applied to make an Investment pursuant to subsection 8.7(r) or a Restricted Payment pursuant to subsection 8.8(b) or (B) applied for Restricted Payments under subsection 8.8(c) or applied for Investments under subsection 8.7(t);

(i) the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries may convert or exchange all or any part of the Senior Notes or any Permitted Refinancings thereof to Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of Parent;

(j) the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries may make payments in respect of the Senior Notes and any Permitted Refinancing thereof (i) in connection with any refinancing of the Senior Notes or any Permitted Refinancing thereof permitted pursuant to the terms hereof or (ii) so long as (x) no Default or Event of Default then exists or would result therefrom and (y) as of the date of such payment, the Consolidated Senior Secured Leverage Ratio (determined on a pro forma basis, after giving effect to the prepayment of such Indebtedness and any Indebtedness incurred in connection with such prepayment) is less than or equal to 4.0 to 1.0; and

(k) the Borrower may pay dividends or make distributions to Parent to permit Parent (i) to pay corporate overhead expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business and (ii) to pay amounts required for Parent to pay federal, state and local income Taxes imposed directly on Parent to the extent such Taxes are attributable to the income of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries (including, without limitation, by virtue of Parent being the common parent of a consolidated or combined Tax group of which the Borrower and/or its Restricted Subsidiaries are members); provided that the amount of any such dividends or distributions (plus any Taxes payable directly by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries) shall not exceed the amount of such Taxes that would have been payable directly by the Borrower and/or its Restricted Subsidiaries had the Borrower been the common parent of a separate Tax group that included only the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries.

8.9 Transactions with Affiliates . Enter into after the date hereof any transaction, including any purchase, sale, lease or exchange of property or the rendering of any service, with any Affiliate (other than the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor) except (a) for transactions which are otherwise not prohibited under this Agreement and which are upon fair and reasonable terms no less favorable in any material respect to the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary than it would obtain in a hypothetical comparable arm’s length transaction with a Person not an Affiliate, (b) so long as no Event of Default under Section 9(a) or (f) has occurred and is continuing, the payment of monitoring fees, management fees or similar fees to Affiliates of the Borrower in an aggregate amount not to exceed $3,000,000 during any fiscal year of the Borrower (it being understood that any such fees (within the annual cap) that are accrued and unpaid while an Event of Default under Section 9(a) or (f) continues may be paid at such time that no Event of Default under Section 9(a) or (f) is continuing, whether in the fiscal year of the Borrower when such fees were originally due and payable or in any subsequent fiscal year of the Borrower), (c) the Equity Contribution and the issuance of the Closing Date Preferred Stock, (d) the reasonable and customary fees payable to the directors of the Group Members and reimbursement of reasonable out-of-pocket costs of the directors of the Group Members, (e) the payment of reasonable and customary indemnities to the directors, officers and employees of the Group Members in the ordinary course of business and (f) as permitted under subsection 8.2(b), subsection 8.3(l), subsections 8.4(a) and (f), subsection 8.6(c), subsection 8.7(c) and (d) and subsection 8.8 or (g) as set forth on Schedule 8.9.

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have been or are to be advanced by such Person on the security of such property or rental obligations of such Group Member, provided that the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries may enter into such arrangements covering property with an aggregate fair market value not exceeding $115,000,000 during the term of this Agreement if the Net Proceeds from such sale leaseback arrangements are applied to the prepayment of Loans in accordance with the provisions of subsection 4.5(b); provided that the Reinvestment Rights provided in subsection 4.5(b) shall not be available with respect to such Net Proceeds.

8.11 Fiscal Year . Permit the fiscal year for financial reporting purposes of the Borrower to end on a day other than December 31, unless the Borrower shall have given at least 45 days prior written notice to the Administrative Agent.

8.12 Negative Pledge Clauses . Enter into or suffer to exist or become effective any agreement that prohibits or limits (other than a dollar limit, provided that such dollar limit is sufficient in amount to allow at all times the Liens to secure the Obligations) the ability of any Group Member to create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon any of its property or revenues, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, to secure its obligations under the Loan Documents to which it is a party other than (a) this Agreement, the other Loan Documents, the First Lien Loan Documents and the Senior Notes (and any agreement governing any Permitted Refinancings in respect of the Loans or the Senior Notes or any First Lien Permitted Refinancing, so long as any such prohibition or limitation contained in such refinancing agreement is not materially less favorable to the Lenders that that which exists as of the Closing Date), (b) any agreements governing any secured Indebtedness otherwise permitted hereby (in which case, any prohibition or limitation shall only be effective against the assets financed thereby), (c) an agreement prohibiting only the creation of Liens securing Subordinated Indebtedness, (d) pursuant to applicable law, (e) restrictions by reason of customary provisions restricting assignments, subletting or other transfers contained in leases, licenses and other similar agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business ( provided that such restrictions are limited to the property or assets secured by such Liens or the property or assets subject to such leases, licenses, or similar agreements, as the case may be), (f) any prohibition or limitation that consists of customary restrictions and conditions contained in any agreement relating to the sale or sale-leaseback of any property permitted under this Agreement, (g) documents, agreements or constituent documents governing joint ventures, (h) any agreement in effect at the time a Restricted Subsidiary becomes a Restricted Subsidiary as long as such agreement was not entered into in contemplation of such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary, (i) agreements permitted under subsection 8.10, (j) restrictions arising in connection with cash or other deposits permitted under subsections 8.3 and 8.7 and limited to such cash or deposits and (k) customary non-assignment provisions in contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business.

8.13 Clauses Restricting Subsidiary Distributions . Enter into or suffer to exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or restriction on the ability of any Restricted Subsidiary to (a) make Restricted Payments in respect of any Capital Stock of such Subsidiary held by, or pay any Indebtedness owed to, the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary, (b) make loans or advances to, or other Investments in, the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary or (c) transfer any of its assets to the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary, except for such encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by reason of (i) any restrictions existing under the Loan Documents, the First Lien Loan Documents or the Senior Notes (or any agreement governing any Permitted Refinancing in respect of the Loans or the Senior Notes or any First Lien Permitted Refinancing, so long as any such restriction contained in such refinancing agreement is not materially less favorable to the Lenders that that which exists as of the Closing Date), (ii) any restrictions with respect to a Restricted Subsidiary imposed pursuant to an agreement that has been entered into in connection with the disposition of all or substantially all of the Capital Stock or all or substantially all of the assets of such Restricted Subsidiary, (iii) applicable law, (iv) restrictions in effect on the date of this Agreement contained in the agreements

 

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governing the Indebtedness in effect on the Closing Date and in any agreements governing any refinancing thereof if such restrictions are no more restrictive than those contained in the agreements as in effect on the date of this Agreement governing the Indebtedness being renewed, extended or refinanced, (v) customary non-assignment provisions with respect to contracts, leases or licensing agreements entered into by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, in each case entered into in the ordinary course of business, (vi) customary provisions in joint venture agreements and other similar agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business, (vii) Liens permitted under subsection 8.3 and any documents or instruments governing the terms of any Indebtedness or other obligations secured by any such Liens; provided that such prohibitions or restrictions apply only to the assets subject to such Liens; (viii) any encumbrance or restriction with respect to a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to an agreement relating to any Capital Stock or Indebtedness incurred by such Restricted Subsidiary on or prior to the date on which such Restricted Subsidiary was acquired by the Borrower and outstanding on such date as long as such agreement was not entered into in contemplation of such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary, (ix) any customary restriction on cash or other deposits imposed under agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business or net worth provisions in leases and other agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business, (x) provisions with respect to dividends, the disposition or distribution of assets or property in joint venture agreements, license agreements, asset sale agreements, sale-leaseback agreements, stock sale agreements and other similar agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business; (xi) restrictions on deposits imposed under contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business; and (xii) any restrictions under any Indebtedness permitted by subsection 8.2 if such restrictions are no more restrictive to the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries than those contained under this Agreement.

8.14 FCC Licenses . Cause any of the FCC Licenses to be held at any time by any Person other than the Borrower or any of its wholly-owned Restricted Subsidiaries that are Domestic Subsidiaries (with an exception for those Stations held in a Divestiture Trust pursuant to rule, regulation or order of the FCC).

8.15 Certain Payments of Indebtedness . (a) Make any payment in violation of any of the subordination provisions of any Subordinated Indebtedness or any payment of regularly scheduled interest or principal on any Subordinated Indebtedness at any time after the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default under Section 9(a); or (b) make any payment or prepayment (including payments as a result of acceleration thereof) on any Subordinated Indebtedness or redeem or otherwise acquire, purchase or defease any Subordinated Indebtedness, except that (i) any Group Member may make any such payment in connection with any refinancing of any Subordinated Indebtedness permitted pursuant to the terms hereof; (ii) any Group Member may make payments in respect of any Subordinated Indebtedness so long as (x) no Default or Event of Default then exists or would result therefrom and (y) as of the date of such payment, the Consolidated Senior Secured Leverage Ratio (determined on a pro forma basis, after giving effect to the prepayment of such Indebtedness and any Indebtedness incurred in connection with such prepayment) is less than or equal to 4.0 to 1.0; and (iii) the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries may convert or exchange all or any portion of any Subordinated Indebtedness to Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of Parent.

8.16 Amendment of Material Documents . Amend, modify, waive or otherwise change, or consent to or agree to any material amendment, modification, waiver or other change to (a) its certificate of incorporation, by-laws or other organizational documents, (b) any indenture, credit agreement or other document entered into to evidence or govern the terms of any Indebtedness identified on Schedule 8.2 or permitted to be created, incurred or assumed pursuant to subsection 8.2 (other than the First Lien Credit Agreement) and, in each case, any indenture, credit agreement or other document entered into with respect to any extension, renewal, replacement or refinancing thereof or (c) any document entered into to evidence or govern the terms of any Preferred Stock, in each case except for any

 

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such amendment, modification or waiver that, (i) would not, in any material respect, adversely affect the interests of the Lenders and (ii) would otherwise not be prohibited hereunder; provided that no amendment, modification, waiver, change, consent or agreement shall be made with respect to the First Lien Credit Agreement unless not prohibited by the Intercreditor Agreement.

SECTION 9. EVENTS OF DEFAULT .

Upon the occurrence of any of the following events:

(a) The Borrower shall fail to (i) pay any principal of any Loan or Note when due in accordance with the terms hereof or (ii) pay any interest on any Loan or any other amount payable hereunder within three Business Days after any such interest or other amount becomes due in accordance with the terms thereof or hereof; or

(b) Any representation or warranty made or deemed made by any Loan Party in any Loan Document or which is contained in any certificate, guarantee, document or financial or other statement furnished under or in connection with this Agreement shall prove to have been incorrect in any material respect on or as of the date made or deemed made; or

(c) Any Loan Party shall default in the observance or performance of any agreement contained in subsection 7.7(a) or Section 8 of this Agreement; or

(d) Any Loan Party shall default in the observance or performance of any other agreement contained in any Loan Document, and such default shall continue unremedied for a period of 30 days after written notice thereof from the Administrative Agent to the Borrower; or

(e) Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries shall (A) default in any payment of principal of or interest on any Indebtedness (other than the Loans and any intercompany debt) or in the payment of any Contingent Obligation (other than in respect of the Loans or any intercompany debt) in respect of Indebtedness, beyond the period of grace, if any, provided in the instrument or agreement under which such Indebtedness or such Contingent Obligation was created; (B) default in the observance or performance of any other agreement or condition relating to any such Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness under the First Lien Credit Agreement) or Contingent Obligation in respect of Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness under the First Lien Credit Agreement) or contained in any instrument or agreement evidencing, securing or relating thereto, or any other event shall occur or condition exist, the effect of which default or other event or condition is to cause, or to permit the holder or holders of such Indebtedness or beneficiary or beneficiaries of such Contingent Obligation (or a trustee or agent on behalf of such holder or holders or beneficiary or beneficiaries) to cause, with the giving of notice if required, such Indebtedness to become due prior to its stated maturity, any applicable grace period having expired, or such Contingent Obligation to become payable, any applicable grace period having expired; or (C) with respect to the First Lien Revolving Commitments and Indebtedness under the First Lien Credit Agreement, default in the observance or performance of any other agreement or condition relating to the First Lien Revolving Commitments and/or such Indebtedness or Contingent Obligation in respect of such First Lien Revolving Commitments and/or Indebtedness or contained in any instrument or agreement evidencing, securing or relating thereto, or any other event shall occur or condition exist, the effect of which default or other event or condition is to cause, with the giving of notice if required, the First Lien Revolving Commitments to terminate and/or such Indebtedness to become due prior to its stated maturity, any applicable grace period having expired, or such Contingent Obligation to become payable, any applicable grace period having expired; provided that the aggregate principal amount of all such Indebtedness and Contingent Obligations (without duplication of any Indebtedness and Contingent

 

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Obligations in respect thereof) which would then become due or payable as described in this Section 9(e) would equal or exceed $40,000,000; or

(f) (i) Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than any Non-Significant Subsidiary) shall commence any case, proceeding or other action (A) under any existing or future law of any jurisdiction, domestic or foreign, relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or relief of debtors, seeking to have an order for relief entered with respect to it, or seeking to adjudicate it a bankrupt or insolvent, or seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, winding-up, liquidation, dissolution, composition or other relief with respect to it or a material portion of its assets, or (B) seeking appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian or other similar official for it or for all or any substantial part of its assets, or Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than any Non-Significant Subsidiary) shall make a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors; or (ii) there shall be commenced against Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than any Non-Significant Subsidiary) any case, proceeding or other action of a nature referred to in clause (i) above which (A) results in the entry of an order for relief or any such adjudication or appointment or (B) remains undismissed, undischarged or unbonded for a period of 60 days; or (iii) there shall be commenced against Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than any Non-Significant Subsidiary) any case, proceeding or other action seeking issuance of a warrant of attachment, execution, distraint or similar process against all or any substantial part of its assets which results in the entry of an order for any such relief which shall not have been vacated, discharged, or stayed or bonded pending appeal within 60 days from the entry thereof; or (iv) Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than any Non-Significant Subsidiary) shall take any action in furtherance of, or indicating its consent to, approval of, or acquiescence in, any of the acts set forth in clause (i), (ii), or (iii) above; or (v) Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than any Non-Significant Subsidiary) shall generally not, or shall be unable to, or shall admit in writing its inability to, pay its debts as they become due; or

(g) (i) A Reportable Event shall have occurred; (ii) any Plan that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code shall lose its qualification; (iii) a non-exempt Prohibited Transaction shall have occurred with respect to any Plan; (iv) any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate shall have failed to make by its due date a required installment under Section 430(j) of the Code with respect to any Single Employer Plan or a required contribution to a Multiemployer Plan, in either case whether or not waived; (v) a determination shall have been made that any Single Employer Plan is, or is expected to be, in “at risk” status (within the meaning of Section 430 of the Code or Section 303 of ERISA); (vi) any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate shall have incurred any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to the termination of any Single Employer Plan, including but not limited to the imposition of any Lien in favor of the PBGC or any Single Employer Plan; (vii) any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate shall have been notified by the sponsor of a Multiemployer Plan that it has incurred or will be assessed Withdrawal Liability to such Multiemployer Plan and such Loan Party or ERISA Affiliate does not have reasonable grounds for contesting such Withdrawal Liability or is not contesting such Withdrawal Liability in a timely and appropriate manner; or (viii) any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate shall have received from the sponsor of a Multiemployer Plan a determination that such Multiemployer Plan is, or is expected to be, Insolvent, in Reorganization, terminated, or in “endangered” or “critical” status (within the meaning of Section 432 of the Code or Section 305 of ERISA; and in each case in clauses (i) through (viii) above, such event or condition, together with all other such events or conditions if any, would result in a Material Adverse Effect; or

(h) One or more judgments or decrees shall be entered against Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries involving in the aggregate a liability (not paid or fully covered by insurance) of $35,000,000 or more to the extent that all such judgments or decrees shall not have been vacated, discharged, stayed or bonded pending appeal within the time required by the terms of such judgment; or

 

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(i) Except as contemplated by this Agreement or as provided in subsection 11.1, the guarantee contained in Section 2 of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement shall cease, for any reason, to be in full force and effect or any Loan Party shall so assert in writing; or

(j) Except as contemplated by this Agreement or as provided in subsection 11.1, any Grantor (as defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement) shall breach any covenant or agreement contained in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement with the effect that the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement shall cease to be in full force and effect or the Lien granted thereby shall cease to be a Lien with the priority purported to be created thereby and, for the avoidance of doubt, as required by the Intercreditor Agreement, in each case other than with respect to items of Collateral not exceeding $3,000,000 in the aggregate or any Loan Party shall assert in writing that the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or the Intercreditor Agreement is no longer in full force and or effect or the Lien granted by the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement is no longer of the priority purported to be created thereby and, for the avoidance of doubt, as required by the Intercreditor Agreement; provided that there shall be no Event of Default under this Section 9(j) to the extent such Event of Default arises from the failure of the Administrative Agent to file financing statements or continuation statements under the Uniform Commercial Code in respect of any Lien granted by the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement; or

(k) A Change in Control shall occur; or

(l) The loss, revocation or suspension of, or any material impairment in the ability to use, any one or more FCC Licenses with respect to any Station of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary generating collective Broadcast Cash Flow equal to or greater than 17% of the total Broadcast Cash Flow of the Borrower and the Subsidiary Guarantors;

then, and in any such event, (a) if such event is an Event of Default with respect to the Borrower specified in clause (i) or (ii) of paragraph (f) above, automatically the Commitments shall immediately terminate and the Loans hereunder (with accrued interest thereon) and all other amounts owing under this Agreement and the Loans shall immediately become due and payable and (b) if such event is any other Event of Default, so long as any such Event of Default shall be continuing, either or both of the following actions may be taken: (i) with the consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent may, or upon the request of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent shall, by notice to the Borrower declare the Commitments to be terminated forthwith, whereupon the Commitments and such obligation shall immediately terminate; and (ii) with the consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent may, or upon the request of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent shall, by notice to the Borrower, declare all or a portion of the Loans of all Lenders hereunder (with accrued interest thereon) and all other amounts owing under this Agreement and such Loans to be due and payable forthwith, whereupon the same shall immediately become due and payable. Except as expressly provided above in this Section 9, presentment, demand, protest and all other notices of any kind are hereby expressly waived.

SECTION 10. THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT

10.1 Appointment . Each Lender hereby irrevocably designates and appoints JPMCB as the Administrative Agent under this Agreement and irrevocably authorizes JPMCB as Administrative Agent for such Lender to take such action on its behalf under the provisions of the Loan Documents and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of the Loan Documents, together with such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary elsewhere in this Agreement, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein, or any fiduciary

 

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relationship with any Lender, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into the Loan Documents or otherwise exist against the Administrative Agent.

10.2 Delegation of Duties . The Administrative Agent may execute any of its duties under this Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents by or through agents or attorneys-in-fact and shall be entitled to advice of counsel concerning all matters pertaining to such duties. Without limiting the foregoing, the Administrative Agent may appoint any of its affiliates as its agent to perform the functions of the Administrative Agent hereunder relating to the advancing of funds to the Borrower and distribution of funds to the Lenders and to perform such other related functions of the Administrative Agent hereunder as are reasonably incidental to such functions. The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any agents or attorneys-in-fact selected by it with reasonable care, except as otherwise provided in subsection 10.3.

10.3 Exculpatory Provisions . Neither the Administrative Agent nor any of its officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact, Affiliates or Subsidiaries shall be (i) liable for any action lawfully taken or omitted to be taken by it or such Person under or in connection with the Loan Documents (except for its or such Person’s own gross negligence or willful misconduct), or (ii) responsible in any manner to any of the Lenders for any recitals, statements, representations or warranties made by any Loan Party or any officer thereof contained in the Loan Documents or in any certificate, report, statement or other document referred to or provided for in, or received by the Administrative Agent under or in connection with, the Loan Documents or for the value, validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of the Loan Documents or for any failure of any Loan Party to perform its obligations thereunder. The Administrative Agent shall not be under any obligation to any Lender to ascertain or to inquire as to the observance or performance of any of the agreements contained in, or conditions of, any Loan Document, or to inspect the properties, books or records of any Loan Party.

10.4 Reliance by the Administrative Agent . The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any Note, writing, resolution, notice, consent, certificate, affidavit, letter, cablegram, telegram, telecopy, electronic transmission, telex or teletype message, statement, order or other document or conversation believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent or made by the proper Person or Persons and upon advice and statements of legal counsel (including counsel to the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent may deem and treat the payee of any Note as the owner thereof for all purposes unless a written notice of assignment, negotiation or transfer thereof shall have been filed with the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be fully justified in failing or refusing to take any action under any Loan Document unless it shall first receive such advice or concurrence of the Required Lenders (or, where unanimous consent of the Lenders is expressly required hereunder, such Lenders) as it deems appropriate or it shall first be indemnified to its satisfaction by the Lenders against any and all liability and expense which may be incurred by it by reason of taking or continuing to take any such action. The Administrative Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from acting, under any Loan Document in accordance with a request of the Required Lenders, and such request and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding upon all the Lenders and all future holders of the Notes.

10.5 Notice of Default . The Administrative Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default hereunder unless the Administrative Agent has received written notice from a Lender or the Borrower referring to this Agreement, describing such Default or Event of Default and stating that such notice is a “notice of default”. In the event that the Administrative Agent receives such a notice, the Administrative Agent shall promptly give notice thereof to the Lenders. The Administrative Agent shall take such action with respect to such Default or Event of Default as shall be directed by the Required Lenders; provided that (i)

 

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the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action that exposes the Administrative Agent to liability or that is contrary to this Agreement or applicable law and (ii) unless and until the Administrative Agent shall have received such directions, the Administrative Agent may (but shall not be obligated to) take such action, or refrain from taking such action, with respect to such Default or Event of Default as it shall deem advisable in the best interests of the Lenders.

10.6 Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Lenders . Each Lender expressly acknowledges that neither the Administrative Agent nor any of its officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact, Subsidiaries or Affiliates has made any representations or warranties to it and that no act by the Administrative Agent hereafter taken, including any review of the affairs of the Loan Parties, shall be deemed to constitute any representation or warranty by the Administrative Agent to any Lender. Each Lender represents to the Administrative Agent that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own appraisal of an investigation into the business, operations, property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of the Loan Parties and made its own decision to make its Loans hereunder and enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also represents that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit analysis, appraisals and decisions in taking or not taking action under the Loan Documents, and to make such investigation as it deems necessary to inform itself as to the business, operations, property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of the Loan Parties. Except for notices, reports and other documents expressly required to be furnished to the Lenders by the Administrative Agent hereunder, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty or responsibility to provide any Lender with any credit or other information concerning the business, financial condition, assets, liabilities, net assets, properties, results of operations, value, prospects and other condition or creditworthiness of the Loan Parties which may come into the possession of the Administrative Agent or any of its officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact, Affiliates or Subsidiaries.

10.7 Indemnification . The Lenders severally agree to indemnify the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such (to the extent not reimbursed by the Loan Parties and without limiting the obligation of the Loan Parties to do so), ratably (determined at the time such indemnity is sought) according to the respective amounts of their respective Commitments (or, after the Closing Date, according to the respective outstanding principal amounts of the Loans), from and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind whatsoever which may at any time (including at any time following the payment of the Loans) be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against the Administrative Agent in any way relating to or arising out of the Loan Documents or any documents contemplated by or referred to herein or the transactions contemplated hereby or any action taken or omitted by the Administrative Agent under or in connection with any of the foregoing; provided that no Lender shall be liable for the payment of any portion of such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements resulting from the Administrative Agent’s gross negligence or willful misconduct. The agreements contained in this subsection 10.7 shall survive the payment of the Notes and all other amounts payable hereunder.

10.8 Administrative Agent in its Individual Capacity . The Administrative Agent and its Affiliates and Subsidiaries may make loans to, accept deposits from and generally engage in any kind of business with the Loan Parties as though the Administrative Agent were not the Administrative Agent hereunder. With respect to its Loans made or renewed by it, any Note issued to it, the Administrative Agent shall have the same rights and powers, duties and liabilities under the Loan Documents as any Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not Administrative Agent and the terms “Lender” and “Lenders” shall include the Administrative Agent in its individual capacities.

 

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10.9 Successor Administrative Agent . The Administrative Agent may resign as Administrative Agent upon 30 days’ notice to the Lenders. If the Administrative Agent shall resign as Administrative Agent under the Loan Documents, then the Required Lenders shall appoint from among the Lenders a successor agent for the Lenders which successor agent shall (unless an Event of Default under Section 9(a) or Section 9(f) shall have occurred and be continuing) be approved by the Borrower (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed) whereupon such successor agent shall succeed to the rights, powers and duties of the Administrative Agent and the term “Administrative Agent” shall mean such successor agent effective upon its appointment, and the former Administrative Agent’s rights, powers and duties as Administrative Agent shall be terminated, without any other or further act or deed on the part of such former Administrative Agent or any of the parties to this Agreement or any holders of the Notes. If no successor agent has accepted appointment as Administrative Agent by the date that is 30 days following a retiring Administrative Agent’s notice of resignation, the retiring Administrative Agent’s resignation shall nevertheless thereupon become effective, and the Lenders shall assume and perform all of the duties of the Administrative Agent hereunder until such time, if any, as the Required Lenders appoint a successor agent as provided for above. After any retiring Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder as Administrative Agent, the provisions of this Section 10 shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was Administrative Agent under the Loan Documents.

10.10 No Other Agent Duties, Etc. . Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, none of the Persons acting as co-syndication agent, co-documentation agent, joint lead arranger or bookrunner listed on the cover page hereof or otherwise shall have any powers, duties or responsibilities under any of the Loan Documents, except in its capacity as the Administrative Agent or any other Lender.

SECTION 11. MISCELLANEOUS

11.1 Amendments and Waiver . No Loan Document or any terms thereof may be amended, supplemented, waived or modified except in accordance with the provisions of this subsection 11.1. Except as expressly set forth in this Agreement, neither this Agreement nor any other Loan Document nor any provision hereof or thereof may be waived, amended, supplemented or modified except pursuant to a document in writing entered into by the Required Lenders and the Loan Parties that are party hereto or thereto, as applicable; provided , however , that:

(a) no such waiver and no such amendment, supplement or modification shall (i) directly or indirectly release all or substantially all of the Collateral or all or substantially all of the Guarantors from their obligations under the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or (ii) reduce any percentage specified in the definition of Required Lenders, in each case without the written consent of all Lenders;

(b) no such waiver and no such amendment, supplement or modification shall (i) extend the scheduled maturity of any Loan or scheduled installment of any Loan or reduce any scheduled installment of any Loan, or reduce the rate (provided that only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary to amend the default rate provided in subsection 4.6(c) or to waive any obligation of the Borrower to pay interest at such default rate) or extend the time of payment of interest thereon, or change the method of calculating interest thereon, or reduce the amount or extend the time of payment of any fee payable to the Lenders hereunder, or increase the amount of any Commitment of any Lender without the consent of each Lender directly and adversely affected thereby, (ii) amend, modify or waive any provision of this subsection 11.1 or consent to the assignment or transfer by any Loan Party of any of its rights and obligations under any Loan Document without the consent of all Lenders, (iii) amend, modify or waive subsection 4.10(a) in a manner that would by its terms alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby or (iv) amend, modify or waive Section 6.5 of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement

 

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with respect to the priority of payments set forth therein, in each case, without the written consent of each Lender directly and adversely affected thereby; provided , that any such waiver, amendment, supplement or modification may be made without the consent of the Required Lenders if such waiver, amendment, supplement or modification otherwise satisfies the requirements of this clause (b);

(c) no such waiver and no such amendment, supplement or modification shall amend, modify or waive any provision of Section 10 without the written consent of the Administrative Agent; and

(d) this Agreement and the other Loan Documents may be amended solely with the consent of the Administrative Agent to incorporate the terms of any Incremental Facility or to establish an Extension permitted by subsection 4.17.

Any such waiver and any such amendment, supplement or modification described in this subsection 11.1 shall apply equally to each of the Lenders and shall be binding upon each Loan Party, the Lenders, the Administrative Agent and all future holders of the Loans. In the case of any waiver, the Borrower, the Lenders and the Administrative Agent shall be restored to their former position and rights hereunder and under the outstanding Loans, and any Default or Event of Default waived shall be deemed to be cured and not continuing; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default, or impair any right consequent thereon.

In connection with any proposed amendment, modification, waiver or termination (a “ Proposed Change ”) requiring the consent of all Lenders or all affected Lenders, if the consent of the Required Lenders to such Proposed Change is obtained, but the consent to such Proposed Change of other Lenders whose consent is required is not obtained (any such Lender whose consent is not obtained as described in this subsection 11.1 being referred to as a “ Non-Consenting Lender ”), then, the Borrower may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to such Non-Consenting Lender and the Administrative Agent, require such Non-Consenting Lender to assign and delegate, without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in subsection 11.6), all its interests, rights and obligations under this Agreement to an assignee that shall assume such obligations (which assignee may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment), provided that (i) (a) the Borrower shall have received the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld or delayed, (b) such Non-Consenting Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding principal amount of its Loans, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts payable to it hereunder from the assignee (to the extent of such outstanding principal and accrued interest and fees) or the Borrower (in the case of all other amounts), (c) the Borrower or such assignee shall have paid to the Administrative Agent the processing and recordation fee specified in subsection 11.6(d) and (d) such assignee has consented to the Proposed Change and (ii) substantially concurrently with satisfaction of the requirements set forth in clause (i) of this proviso, such Non-Consenting Lender shall be deemed to have assigned and delegated its interests, rights and obligations under this Agreement and such Non-Consenting Lender shall not be required to execute the Assignment and Assumption in connection therewith.

11.2 Notice . All notices, requests and demands to or upon the respective parties hereto to be effective shall be in writing (including by telecopy or electronic transmission), and, unless otherwise expressly provided herein, shall be deemed to have been duly given or made when delivered by hand on a Business Day during recipient’s normal business hours, or three Business Days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, or, in the case of telecopy notice, when sent on a Business Day and received during recipient’s normal business hours with confirmation of receipt received, addressed as follows in the case of each Loan Party and the Administrative Agent, and as set forth on its signature page

 

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hereto in the case of any Lender, or to such other address as may be hereafter notified by the respective parties hereto and any future holders of the Loans:

 

The Borrower:

   Cumulus Media Holdings Inc.
   3280 Peachtree Road, N.W., Suite 2300
   Atlanta, Georgia 30305
   Attention: General Counsel
   Telecopy: (404) 260-6877

In the case of the Borrower,

with a copy to:

   Jones Day
   1420 Peachtree Street, N.E., Suite 800
   Atlanta, Georgia 30309
   Attention: John E. Zamer, Esq.
   Telecopy: (404) 581-8330

The Administrative Agent:

   JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
   Loan and Agency Services Group
   1111 Fannin Street
   10 th Floor
   Houston, Texas 77002
   Attention: Yi Chun Kuo
   Telecopy: (713) 750 - 2878

With copies to:

   JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
   383 Madison Avenue
   24 th Floor
   New York, New York 10179
   Attention: Tina Ruyter
   Telecopy: (212) 270 - 5127

provided that the failure to provide the copies of notices to the Borrower provided for in this subsection 11.2 shall not result in any liability to the Administrative Agent or any Lender.

Notices and other communications to the Lenders hereunder may be delivered or furnished by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent; provided that the foregoing shall not apply to notices pursuant to subsections 4.1, 4.3, 4.4 and 4.5 unless otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent and the applicable Lender. The Administrative Agent or the Borrower may, in its discretion, agree to accept notices and other communications to it hereunder by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by it; provided that approval of such procedures may be limited to particular notices or communications.

11.3 No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies . No failure to exercise and no delay in exercising, on the part of the Administrative Agent or any Lender, any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder or under the Loan Documents, shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, remedy, power or privilege. The rights, remedies, powers and privileges herein provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights, remedies, powers and privileges provided by law.

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pursuant hereto or in connection herewith shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the making of the Loans.

11.5 Payment of Expenses . The Borrower agrees:

(a) to pay or reimburse the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers and their respective Affiliates for all of their reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection with the preparation, execution and delivery of, any amendment, supplement or modification to, or any waiver of, this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and any other documents prepared in connection herewith or therewith, and the consummation and administration of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including the reasonable fees and disbursements (including filing and recording fees and expenses) of counsel to the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers and the Lenders (which shall be limited to one counsel, FCC counsel and, if necessary, one local counsel in any relevant jurisdiction and expenses attributable to processing primary assignments and, solely in case of any actual or perceived conflict of interest, one additional counsel to the affected Lenders taken as a whole);

(b) to pay or reimburse the Lenders and the Administrative Agent for all their reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection with, and to pay, indemnify, and hold the Administrative Agent and the Lenders harmless from and against any and all other liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever arising out of or in connection with, the enforcement or preservation of any rights under any Loan Document and any such other documents or any workout or restructuring of the Loan Documents, limited to out-of-pocket costs, fees, disbursements and other charges of one counsel, FCC counsel and one local counsel in any relevant jurisdiction for the Administrative Agent and the Lenders taken as a whole (and, solely in case of any actual or perceived conflict of interest, one additional counsel to the affected Lenders taken as a whole) incurred in connection with the foregoing and in connection with advising the Administrative Agent with respect to its rights and responsibilities under this Agreement, the other Loan Documents and the documentation relating thereto.

(c) to pay, indemnify, and to hold the Administrative Agent and each Lender harmless from, any and all recording and filing fees and any and all liabilities with respect to, or resulting from any delay in paying similar fees, if any, which may be payable or determined to be payable in connection with the execution and delivery of, or consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by, or any amendment, supplement or modification of, or any waiver or consent under or in respect of, any Loan Document and any such other documents; and

(d) to pay, indemnify, and hold the Administrative Agent, each Arranger and each Lender and their respective officers, directors, employees, affiliates, advisors, controlling persons and agents (each an “ Indemnitee ”) harmless from and against any and all other liabilities, obligations, losses, damages (including punitive damages), penalties, fines, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever (including reasonable experts’ and consultants’ fees and limited to reasonable fees and disbursements of one counsel, one FCC counsel and, if necessary, one local counsel in each appropriate jurisdiction, in each case for all Indemnitees taken as a whole (and, solely in the case of any actual or perceived conflict of interest where the Indemnitee affected by such conflict of interest informs the Borrower of such conflict and thereafter retains its own counsel, of another firm of counsel for such affected Indemnitee) and third party claims for personal injury or real or personal property damage) which may be incurred by or asserted against the Administrative Agent, any Arranger or any Lender (x) arising out of or in connection with any investigation, litigation or proceeding related to this Agreement, the other Loan Documents, the Loans, the actual or proposed use of proceeds of the Loans, or any of the other transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, whether or not the Administrative Agent, any Arranger or any of the Lenders is a party thereto, (y) with respect to any environmental

 

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matters, any environmental compliance expenses and remediation expenses in connection with the presence, suspected presence, release or suspected release of any Materials of Environmental Concern in or into the air, soil, groundwater, surface water or improvements at, on, about, under, or within the Properties, or any portion thereof, or elsewhere in connection with the transportation of Materials of Environmental Concern to or from the Properties, in each case to the extent required under Environmental Laws, or (z) without limiting the generality of the foregoing, by reason of or in connection with the execution, performance, delivery, enforcement or administration, of this Agreement, the other Credit Agreement and any such other documents (all the foregoing in this clause (d), collectively, the “ indemnified liabilities ”), provided that the Borrower shall have no obligation hereunder to any Indemnitee (x) with respect to indemnified liabilities to the extent they are found by a final, non-appealable judgment of a court to arise from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of, or material breach by, such Indemnitee, (y) under this subsection 11.5 for any taxes other than Other Taxes or taxes derived from a non-tax claim or (z) with respect to indemnified liabilities arising out of a dispute solely between Indemnified Parties not involving an act or omission by the Borrower or any of its Affiliates (other than any such indemnified liabilities asserted against any Indemnitee in its capacity, or in fulfilling its role, as an agent or Arranger or similar role for any Facility (including any Incremental Facility)). All amounts due under this subsection 11.5 shall be payable not later than 10 days after written demand therefor. The agreements in this subsection 11.5 shall survive repayment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder.

11.6 Successors and Assigns; Participations; Purchasing Lenders .

(a) This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of Parent, the Borrower, the Lenders and the Administrative Agent, all future holders of the Loans, and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, except that (i) the Borrower may not assign or transfer any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement without the prior written consent of each Lender (and any attempted assignment or transfer by the Borrower without such consent shall be null and void) and (ii) no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer its rights and obligations hereunder except in accordance with this Section.

(b) Any Lender other than a Conduit Lender may, in the ordinary course of its business and in accordance with applicable law, at any time sell to one or more banks or other financial institutions or Lender Affiliates (other than a Disqualified Person or an Affiliated Lender (other than an Affiliated Debt Fund)) (“ Participants ”) participating interests in any Loan owing to such Lender, any Note held by such Lender, any Commitment of such Lender or any other interest of such Lender hereunder and under the other Loan Documents. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the immediately preceding sentence, each Lender shall have the right to sell one or more participations in all or any part of its Loans or any other Obligation to one or more lenders or other Persons that provide financing to such Lender in the form of sales and repurchases of participations without having to satisfy the foregoing requirements. In the event of any such sale by a Lender of participating interests to a Participant, such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement to the other parties to this Agreement shall remain unchanged, such Lender shall remain solely responsible for the performance thereof, such Lender shall remain the holder of any such Loan for all purposes under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and the Borrower and the Administrative Agent shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. The Borrower agrees that if amounts outstanding under this Agreement and the Loans are due and unpaid, or shall have been declared or shall have become due and payable upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, each Participant shall be deemed to have the right of setoff in respect of its participating interest in amounts owing under this Agreement and any Loan to the same extent as if the amount of its participating interest were owing directly to it as a Lender under this Agreement or any Loan; provided that such Participant shall only be entitled to such right of setoff if it shall have agreed in

 

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the agreement pursuant to which it shall have acquired its participating interest to share with the Lenders the proceeds thereof, as provided in subsection 11.7. The Borrower also agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of, and shall be subject to the limitations of, subsections 4.11, 4.12, 4.13 and 4.14 with respect to the Loans outstanding from time to time; provided that no Participant shall be entitled to receive (i) any greater amount pursuant to such subsections than the transferor Lender would have been entitled to receive in respect of the amount of the participation transferred by such transferor Lender to such Participant had no such transfer occurred or (ii) the benefits of subsection 4.14 unless such Participant complies with subsections 4.14(f), 4.14(g), 4.14(h) and 4.14(i) as if it were a Lender. Each Lender that sells a participation, acting solely for this purpose as an agent of the Borrower, shall maintain a register on which it enters the name and address of each Participant and the principal amounts (and stated interest) of each Participant’s interest in the Loans or other obligations under this Agreement (the “ Participant Register ”). No Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register to any Person except to the extent such disclosure is necessary to establish that any Loan or Note is in registered form under Section 5f.103.1(c) of the U.S. Treasury Regulations. The entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and such Lender, each Loan Party and the Administrative Agent shall treat each person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register pursuant to the terms hereof as the owner of such participation for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary.

(c) Any Lender other than any Conduit Lender may, in the ordinary course of its business and in accordance with applicable law, with the prior written consent (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) of:

(i) the Administrative Agent; provided that no consent of the Administrative Agent shall be required for an assignment of all or a portion of a Loan to a Lender, a Lender Affiliate or an Approved Fund; and

(ii) the Borrower; provided that (A) (i) no consent of the Borrower shall be required for an assignment to a Lender, a Lender Affiliate or an Approved Fund or (ii) if an Event of Default under Section 9(a) or (f) has occurred and is continuing and (B) the Borrower shall be deemed to have consented to any assignment unless the Borrower has objected thereto by written notice to the Administrative Agent within 10 Business Days after having received notice thereof,

sell to any Eligible Assignee (an “ Assignee ”), all or any part of its rights and obligations under this Agreement, the Notes and the other Loan Documents, pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption executed by such Assignee, such assigning Lender (except as otherwise permitted by subsection 4.15 and subsection 11.1) and, to the extent their consent is required, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, and delivered to the Administrative Agent for its acceptance and recording in the Register (as defined below); provided that (A) each such sale pursuant to this subsection 11.6(c) of less than all of a Lender’s rights and obligations (I) to a Person which is not then a Lender, a Lender Affiliate or an Approved Fund shall be of Loans of not less than $1,000,000 and (II) to a Person which is then a Lender, a Lender Affiliate or an Approved Fund may be in any amount and (B) each Assignee shall comply with the provisions of subsection 4.14 hereof; provided , further that the foregoing shall not prohibit a Lender from selling participating interests in accordance with subsection 11.6(a) in all or any portion of its Loans (without duplication). For purposes of clause (A) of the first proviso contained in the preceding sentence, the amount described therein shall be aggregated in respect of each Lender and its Lender Affiliates, if any. Upon such execution, delivery, acceptance and recording, from and after the effective date determined pursuant to such Assignment and Assumption, (x) the Assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent provided in such Assignment and Assumption, have the rights and obligations of a Lender hereunder with the Commitments and Loans as set forth therein, and (y) the assigning Lender

 

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thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest transferred, as reflected in such Assignment and Assumption, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Assumption covering all or the remaining portion of an assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, such assigning Lender shall cease to be a party hereto but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of subsections 4.11, 4.12, 4.13, 4.14 and 11.5). Such Assignment and Assumption shall be deemed to amend this Agreement to the extent, and only to the extent, necessary to reflect the addition of such Assignee and the resulting adjustment of Applicable Percentages arising from the purchase by such Assignee of all or a portion of the rights and obligations of such assigning Lender under this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Conduit Lender may assign at any time to its designating Lender hereunder without the consent of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent any or all of the Loans it may have funded hereunder and pursuant to its designation agreement and without regard to the limitations set forth in the first sentence of this subsection 11.6(c); provided that such designating Lender complies with subsection 4.14 and shall not be entitled to receive any greater amounts under this Agreement (including subsections 4.12 and 4.14) than the assigning Conduit Lender was entitled to receive immediately prior to such assignment in respect of the Loans subject to such assignment.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Agreement (including subsection 4.10(a) or 11.7(a)) or any other Loan Document, any Lender may assign all or any portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement, the Notes and the other Loan Documents to an Affiliated Lender; provided that any such assignment (other than any such assignment to an Affiliated Debt Fund) shall be subject to the following additional conditions: (1) no Event of Default under Section 9(a) or (f) shall have occurred and be continuing immediately before and after giving effect to such assignment, (2) after giving effect to such assignment and to all other assignments with all Affiliated Lenders, the aggregate principal amount of all Loans then held by all Affiliated Lenders shall not exceed 25% of the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Loans then outstanding, (3) the Affiliated Lender shall execute a waiver in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that it shall have no right whatsoever so long as such Person is an Affiliated Lender (i) to vote as a Lender with respect to any amendment, modification, waiver, consent or other such action with respect to any of the terms of this Agreement or any other Loan Document (it being understood that such interest will be deemed voted in the same proportion as the allocation of voting with respect to such matter by those Lenders who are not Affiliated Lenders), provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, (x) such Affiliated Lender shall be permitted to vote as a Lender if such amendment, modification, waiver, consent or other such action (A) requires the vote of all Lenders or all affected Lenders and all other Lenders or all other affected Lenders, as the case may be, have given their consent thereto, or (B) disproportionately affects such Affiliated Lender in its capacity as a Lender as compared to other Lenders that are not Affiliated Lenders and (y) no amendment, modification, waiver, consent or other action shall deprive any Affiliated Lender of its share of any payments which the Lenders are entitled to share on a pro rata basis hereunder without consent of such Affiliated Lender, (ii) subject to subclause (i) of clause (3) of this paragraph, to otherwise vote as a Lender on any matter related to this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (iii) to, in its capacity as a Lender, attend (or receive any notice of) any meeting, conference call or correspondence with the Administrative Agent or any Lender or receive any information from the Administrative Agent or any Lender, (iv) to receive advice of counsel to the Administrative Agent or to Lenders other than Affiliated Lenders or to challenge the Lenders’ attorney-client privilege or (v) to make or bring any claim, in its capacity as a Lender, against the Administrative Agent or any Lender with respect to the duties and obligations of such Persons under the Loan Documents (except with respect to rights expressly retained under subclause (i) of clause (3) of this paragraph), (4) each Affiliated Lender shall acknowledge and agree that the Loans owned by it shall be non-voting under sections 1126 and 1129 of the Bankruptcy Code in the event that any proceeding thereunder shall be instituted by or against any Group Member, or, alternatively, to the extent that the foregoing non-voting designation is deemed unenforceable for any reason, each Affiliated Lender shall vote in such proceedings in the same proportion as the allocation of voting with respect to such matter by those Lenders who are not Affiliated Lenders, except to the extent

 

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that any plan of reorganization proposes to treat the obligations held by such Affiliated Lender in a manner that is less favorable in any material respect to such Affiliated Lender than the proposed treatment of similar obligations held by Lenders that are not Affiliated Lenders, (5) any Loans assigned to the Borrower or any Subsidiary shall be cancelled promptly upon such assignment and (6) no proceeds of the First Lien Revolving Loans shall be used by the Borrower or any Subsidiary to purchase Loans.

For the purposes of this subsection 11.6, “ Approved Fund ” means any Person (other than a Disqualified Person) that is engaged in making, purchasing, holding or investing in bank loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its business and that is administered or managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender or (c) an entity or an affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a Lender.

(d) The Administrative Agent acting on behalf of and as agent for the Borrower, shall maintain at the address of the Administrative Agent referred to in subsection 11.2 a copy of each Assignment and Assumption delivered to it and a register (the “ Register ”) for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders and the Commitment of and the principal amount of any Loans owing to each Lender. The entries in the Register shall be conclusive, in the absence of manifest error, and the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register as the owner of the Loans recorded therein for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding any notice to the contrary. The Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrower or any Lender at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice. No assignment shall be effective for purposes of this agreement unless it has been recorded in the Register as provided in this paragraph. Upon its receipt of an Assignment and Assumption executed by an assigning Lender, an Assignee and any other party required to executed such Assignment and Assumption pursuant to this subsection 11.6, together with payment to the Administrative Agent of a registration and processing fee of $3,500, the Administrative Agent shall (i) promptly accept such Assignment and Assumption and (ii) on the effective date determined pursuant thereto, record the information contained therein in the Register and give notice of such acceptance and recordation to the Lenders and the Borrower. The Assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an administrative questionnaire in which the Assignee designates one or more credit contacts to whom all syndicate-level information (which may contain material non-public information about the Borrower and its Affiliates and their related parties or their respective securities) will be made available and who may receive such information in accordance with the assignee’s compliance procedures and applicable laws, including Federal and state securities laws.

(f) The Borrower authorizes each Lender to disclose to any Participant or Assignee (each, a “ Transferee ”) and any prospective Transferee or to any pledgee referred to in subsection 11.6(g) or to any direct or indirect contractual counterparty in swap agreements or such contractual counterparty’s professional advisor (so long as such contractual counterparty or professional advisor to such contractual counterparty agrees to be bound by confidentiality provisions at least as restrictive as those of subsection 11.15) any and all financial information in such Lender’s possession concerning the Borrower and its Subsidiaries which has been delivered to such Lender by or on behalf of the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement or which has been delivered to such Lender by or on behalf of the Borrower in connection with such Lender’s credit evaluation of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and Affiliates prior to becoming a party to this Agreement; provided that no such information shall be provided by any Lender to any Disqualified Lender.

(g) For avoidance of doubt, the parties to this Agreement acknowledge that the provisions of this subsection concerning assignments of Loans and Notes relate only to absolute assignments and that such provisions do not prohibit assignments creating security interests, including any pledge or assignment (i) by a Lender of any Loan or Note to any Federal Reserve Bank or central

 

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bank having jurisdiction over such lender in accordance with applicable law and (ii) by a Lender Affiliate which is a fund to its trustee in support of its obligations to its trustee; provided that any transfer of Loans or Notes upon, or in lieu of, enforcement of or the exercise of remedies under any such pledge shall be treated as an assignment thereof which shall not be made without compliance with the requirements of this subsection 11.6.

(h) The Borrower, upon receipt of written notice from the relevant Lender, agrees to issue Notes to any Lender requiring Notes to facilitate transactions of the type described in paragraph (g) above.

(i) The Borrower, each Lender and the Administrative Agent hereby confirms that it will not institute against a Conduit Lender or join any other Person in instituting against a Conduit Lender any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceeding under any state bankruptcy or similar law, for one year and one day after the payment in full of the latest maturing commercial paper note issued by such Conduit Lender; provided , however (i) that each Lender designating any Conduit Lender hereby agrees to indemnify, save and hold harmless each other party hereto for any loss, cost, damage or expense arising out of its inability to institute such a proceeding against such Conduit Lender during such period forbearance and (ii) the foregoing shall not prohibit or limit the ability of any such Person to file claims against a Conduit Lender in connection with any such proceeding.

11.7 Adjustments; Set-off .

(a) Except as otherwise expressly set forth in this Agreement (including subsections 4.16, 4.17 and 11.6), if any Lender (a “ Benefited Lender ”) shall at any time receive any payment of all or part of any of its Loans or interest thereon, or receive any collateral in respect thereof (whether voluntarily or involuntarily, by set-off, pursuant to events or proceedings of the nature referred to in Section 9(f), or otherwise) in a greater proportion than any such payment to and collateral received by any other Lender, if any, in respect of such other Lender’s Loans or interest thereon, such Benefited Lender shall purchase for cash from the other Lenders such portion of each such other Lender’s Loans or shall provide such other Lenders with the benefits of any such collateral, or the proceeds thereof, as shall be necessary to cause such Benefited Lender to share the excess payment or benefits of such collateral or proceeds ratably with each of the Lenders; provided , however , that if all or any portion of such excess payment or benefits is thereafter recovered from such Benefited Lender, such purchase shall be rescinded, and the purchase price and benefits returned, to the extent of such recovery, but without interest. The Borrower agrees that each Lender so purchasing a portion of another Lender’s Loans may exercise all rights of payment (including rights of set-off) with respect to such portion as fully as if such Lender were the direct holder of such portion. The Administrative Agent shall promptly give the Borrower notice of any set-off, provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such set-off.

(b) Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default specified in Section 9(a) or Section 9(f), the Administrative Agent and each Lender are hereby irrevocably authorized at any time and from time to time without notice to the Borrower, any such notice being hereby waived by the Borrower, to set off and appropriate and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final), in any currency, and any other credits, indebtedness or claims, in any currency, in each case whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, matured or unmatured, at any time held or owing by the Administrative Agent or such Lender or any of their respective Affiliates to or for the credit or the account of the Borrower or any part thereof in such amounts as the Administrative Agent or such Lender may elect, on account of the liabilities of the Borrower hereunder and under the other Loan Documents and claims of every nature and description of the Administrative Agent or such Lender against the Borrower in any currency, whether arising hereunder, or otherwise, under any other Loan Document as

 

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the Administrative Agent or such Lender may elect, whether or not the Administrative Agent or such Lender has made any demand for payment and although such liabilities and claims may be contingent or unmatured. The Administrative Agent and each Lender shall notify the Borrower promptly of any such setoff made by it and the application made by it of the proceeds thereof, provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such setoff and application. The rights of the Administrative Agent and each Lender under this paragraph are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) which the Administrative Agent or such Lender may have.

11.8 Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed by one or more of the parties to this Agreement on any number of separate counterparts and all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument. A set of the copies of this Agreement signed by all the parties shall be lodged with the Borrower and the Administrative Agent. This Agreement shall become effective with respect to the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders when the Administrative Agent shall have received a signature page of this Agreement executed by the Borrower and the Lenders, or, in the case of any Lender, shall have received telephonic confirmation from such Lender stating that such Lender has executed counterparts of this Agreement or the signature pages hereto and sent the same to the Administrative Agent. Delivery of an executed signature page of this Agreement by e-mail or facsimile transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart hereof.

11.9 Integration . Except for matters set forth in the Fee Letter, this Agreement and the other Loan Documents represent the entire agreement of the Loan Parties, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof, and there are no promises, undertakings, representations or warranties by the Administrative Agent or any Lender relative to the subject matter hereof or thereof not expressly set forth or referred to herein or in the other Loan Documents.

11.10 GOVERNING LAW; NO THIRD PARTY RIGHTS . THIS AGREEMENT AND THE LOANS AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES UNDER THIS AGREEMENT AND THE LOANS SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK; PROVIDED THAT THE INTERPRETATION OF THE DEFINITION OF “CLOSING DATE MATERIAL ADVERSE EFFECT” (AND WHETHER OR NOT A CLOSING DATE MATERIAL ADVERSE EFFECT HAS OCCURRED) SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE AS APPLIED TO CONTRACTS SUCH AS THE ACQUISITION AGREEMENT. THIS AGREEMENT IS SOLELY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PARTIES HERETO AND THEIR RESPECTIVE SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, AND, EXCEPT AS SET FORTH IN SUBSECTION 11.6, NO OTHER PERSONS SHALL HAVE ANY RIGHT, BENEFIT, PRIORITY OR INTEREST UNDER, OR BECAUSE OF THE EXISTENCE OF, THIS AGREEMENT.

11.11 SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION; WAIVERS . EACH PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY:

(i) SUBMITS FOR ITSELF AND ITS PROPERTY IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS CREDIT AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS, OR FOR RECOGNITION AND ENFORCEMENT OF ANY JUDGMENT IN RESPECT THEREOF, TO THE EXCLUSIVE GENERAL JURISDICTION OF THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SITTING IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN, THE COURTS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, AND THE APPELLATE COURTS FROM ANY THEREOF;

 

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(ii) CONSENTS THAT ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE BROUGHT IN SUCH COURTS, AND WAIVES ANY OBJECTION THAT IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE VENUE OF ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT OR THAT SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING WAS BROUGHT IN AN INCONVENIENT COURT AND AGREES NOT TO PLEAD OR CLAIM THE SAME;

(iii) AGREES THAT SERVICE OF PROCESS IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE EFFECTED BY MAILING A COPY THEREOF BY REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL (OR ANY SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR FORM OF MAIL), POSTAGE PREPAID, TO SUCH PARTY AT ITS ADDRESS SET FORTH IN SUBSECTION 11.2 OR AT SUCH OTHER ADDRESS OF WHICH THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT SHALL HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED PURSUANT THERETO ;

(iv) AGREES THAT NOTHING CONTAINED HEREIN SHALL AFFECT THE RIGHT TO EFFECT SERVICE OF PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW OR SHALL LIMIT THE RIGHT TO SUE IN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION;

(v) WAIVES, TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT NOT PROHIBITED BY LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO CLAIM OR RECOVER IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING REFERRED TO IN THIS SECTION ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT, PUNITIVE OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES; AND

(vi) EACH PARTY HERETO UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPH (a) ABOVE.

11.12 Acknowledgements . Each of Parent and the Borrower hereby acknowledges that:

(a) it has been advised by counsel in the negotiation, execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents;

(b) none of the Administrative Agent or any Lender has any fiduciary relationship to any Loan Party, and the relationship between the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, on the one hand, and the Loan Parties, on the other hand, is solely that of creditor and debtor; and

(c) no joint venture exists among the Lenders or among any Loan Parties and the Lenders.

11.13 Releases of Guarantees and Liens .

(a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any other Loan Document, the Administrative Agent is hereby irrevocably authorized by each Lender (without requirement of notice to or consent of any Lender except as expressly required by subsection 11.1) and the Administrative Agent hereby agrees to take any action requested by the Borrower having the effect of releasing or evidencing the release of any collateral or guarantee obligations (i) to the extent necessary to permit consummation of any transaction not prohibited by any Loan Document or that has been consented to in accordance with subsection 11.1 or (ii) under the circumstances described in paragraph (b) below.

 

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(b) At such time as the Loans and the other obligations under the Loan Documents (other than contingent indemnity obligations not due and payable) shall have been paid in full in cash and the Commitments have been terminated, the collateral shall be released from the Liens created by the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, and the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement and all obligations (other than those expressly stated to survive such termination) of the Administrative Agent and each Loan Party under the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement shall terminate, all without delivery of any instrument or performance of any act by any Person.

11.14 Intercreditor Agreement . Each Lender hereby authorizes and directs the Administrative Agent (a) to enter into the Intercreditor Agreement on its behalf, perform the Intercreditor Agreement on its behalf and take any actions thereunder as determined by the Administrative Agent to be necessary or advisable to protect the interest of the Lenders and, and each Lender agrees to be bound by the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement and (b) to enter into any other intercreditor agreement reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent on its behalf, perform such intercreditor agreement on its behalf and take any actions thereunder as determined by the Administrative Agent to be necessary or advisable to protect the interests of the Lenders, and each Lender agrees to be bound by the terms of such Intercreditor agreement.

11.15 Confidentiality . Each of the Administrative Agent and each Lender agrees to keep confidential all non-public information provided to it by any Loan Party, the Administrative Agent or any Lender pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement; provided that nothing herein shall prevent the Administrative Agent or any Lender from disclosing any such information (a) to the Administrative Agent or any other Lender, (b) subject to an agreement to comply with confidentiality provisions at least as restrictive as those of this Section, to any actual or prospective Transferee or any pledgee referred to in subsection 11.6(g) or any direct or indirect counterparty to any swap agreement (or any professional advisor to such counterparty), (c) to its Affiliates or to its employees, directors, agents, attorneys, accountants and other professional advisors or those of any of its Affiliates (it being understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such information and instructed to keep such information confidential), (d) upon the request or demand of any Governmental Authority, (e) in response to any order of any court or other Governmental Authority or as may otherwise be required pursuant to any Requirement of Law, (f) if requested or required to do so in connection with any litigation or similar proceeding, (g) that has been publicly disclosed (other than in violation of this subsection 11.15), (h) to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners or any similar organization or any nationally recognized rating agency that requires access to information about a Lender’s investment portfolio in connection with ratings issued with respect to such Lender (it being understood that any rating agency to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such information and instructed to keep such information confidential) or (i) in connection with the exercise of any remedy hereunder or under any other Loan Document; provided that, unless prohibited by applicable law or court order, such Lender or the Administrative Agent shall use reasonable efforts to notify the Borrower of any disclosure pursuant to clauses (d) or (e).

Each Lender acknowledges that information furnished to it pursuant to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents may include material non-public information concerning the Borrower and its Affiliates and their related parties or their respective securities, and confirms that it has developed compliance procedures regarding the use of material non-public information and that it will handle such material non-public information in accordance with those procedures and applicable law, including Federal and state securities laws.

All information, including requests for waivers and amendments, furnished by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent pursuant to, or in the course of administering, this Agreement or the other Loan Documents will be syndicate-level information, which may contain material non-public

 

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information about the Borrower and its Affiliates and their related parties or their respective securities. Accordingly, each Lender represents to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent that it has identified in its administrative questionnaire a credit contact who may receive information that may contain material non-public information in accordance with its compliance procedures and applicable law, including Federal and state securities laws.

11.16 Usury Savings . Notwithstanding any other provision herein, the aggregate interest rate charged hereunder, including all charges or fees in connection therewith deemed in the nature of interest under applicable law, shall not exceed the Highest Lawful Rate (as such term is defined below). If the rate of interest (determined without regard to the preceding sentence) under this Agreement at any time exceeds the Highest Lawful Rate (as defined below), the outstanding amount of the Loans made hereunder shall bear interest at the Highest Lawful Rate until the total amount of interest due hereunder equals the amount of interest which would have been due hereunder if the stated rates of interest set forth in this Agreement had at all times been in effect. In addition, if and when the Loans made hereunder are repaid in full the total interest due hereunder (taking into account the increase provided for above) is less than the total amount of interest which would have been due hereunder if the stated rates of interest set forth in this Agreement had at all times been in effect, then to the extent permitted by law, the Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent an amount equal to the difference between the amount of interest paid and the amount of interest which would have been paid if the Highest Lawful Rate had at all times been in effect. Notwithstanding the foregoing, it is the intention of the Lenders and the Borrower to conform strictly to any applicable usury laws. Accordingly, if any Lender contracts for, charges, or receives any consideration which constitutes interest in excess of the Highest Lawful Rate, then any such excess shall be cancelled automatically and, if previously paid, shall at such Lender’s option be applied to the outstanding amount of the Loans made hereunder or be refunded to the Borrower. As used in this paragraph, the term “Highest Lawful Rate” means the maximum lawful interest rate, if any, that at any time or from time to time may be contracted for, charged, or received under the laws applicable to such Lender which are presently in effect or, to the extent allowed by law, under such applicable laws which may hereafter be in effect and which allow a higher maximum nonusurious interest rate than applicable laws now allow.

11.17 Severability . Any provision of this Agreement that is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.

11.18 Patriot Act . Each Lender that is subject to the requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)) (the “ Act ”) hereby notifies the Borrower that pursuant to the requirements of the Act, it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies the Borrower and each other Loan Party, which information includes the name and address of the Borrower and each other Loan Party and other information that will allow such Lender to identify the Borrower and each other Loan Party in accordance with the Act.

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

 

CUMULUS MEDIA INC.
By:   /s/ Lewis W. Dickey, Jr.
  Name: Lewis W. Dickey, Jr.
  Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

CUMULUS MEDIA HOLDINGS INC.
By:   /s/ Lewis W. Dickey, Jr.
  Name: Lewis W. Dickey, Jr.
  Title: Chief Executive Officer

Credit Agreement Signature Page


JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as
Administrative Agent and as a Lender

By:   /s/ Tina Ruyter
  Name: Tina Ruyter
  Title: Executive Director

Credit Agreement Signature Page


UBS SECURITIES LLC,
as Co-Syndication Agent

By:   /s/ Mary E. Evans
  Name: Mary E. Evans
  Title: Attorney-in-Fact
By:   /s/ Irja R. Otsa
  Name: Irja R. Otsa
  Title: Associate Director


MIHI LLC, as Co-Syndication Agent

By:   /s/ Steven Mehos
  Name: Steven Mehos
  Title: Senior Managing Director
By:   /s/ Morgan Edwards
  Name: Morgan Edwards
  Title: Authorized Signatory


ROYAL BANK OF CANADA,

as Co-Syndication Agent

By:   /s/ Mark S. Gronich
 

Name:  Mark S. Gronich

Title:    Authorized Signatory


ING CAPITAL LLC, as Co-Syndication Agent
By:   /s/ Christopher J Moon
 

Name:  Christopher J Moon

Title:    Director     

Exhibit 10.3

 

 

 

FIRST LIEN GUARANTEE AND COLLATERAL AGREEMENT

made by

CUMULUS MEDIA INC.,

CUMULUS MEDIA HOLDINGS INC.,

and CERTAIN SUBSIDIARIES OF CUMULUS MEDIA INC.

in favor of

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,

as Administrative Agent

Dated as of September 16, 2011

 

 

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

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SECTION 1.   

DEFINED TERMS

     1   

    1.1

  

Definitions

     1   

    1.2

  

Other Definitional Provisions

     4   
SECTION 2.   

Guarantee

     5   

    2.1

  

Guarantee

     5   

    2.2

  

Right of Contribution

     5   

    2.3

  

No Subrogation

     6   

    2.4

  

Amendments, etc. with respect to the Borrower Obligations

     6   

    2.5

  

Guarantee Absolute and Unconditional

     6   

    2.6

  

Reinstatement

     7   

    2.7

  

Payments

     7   
SECTION 3.   

GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST

     7   
SECTION 4.   

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

     9   

    4.1

  

Title; No Other Liens

     9   

    4.2

  

Perfected First Priority Liens

     9   

    4.3

  

Jurisdiction of Organization; Chief Executive Office

     9   

    4.4

  

Investment Property

     10   

    4.5

  

Receivables

     10   

    4.6

  

Intellectual Property

     10   
SECTION 5.   

COVENANTS

     12   

    5.1

  

Delivery of Instruments, Certificated Securities and Chattel Paper

     12   

    5.2

  

[Reserved]

     12   

    5.3

  

Maintenance of Perfected Security Interest; Further Documentation

     12   

    5.4

  

Changes in Name, etc

     12   

    5.5

  

[Reserved]

     13   

    5.6

  

Investment Property

     13   

    5.7

  

Intellectual Property

     14   
SECTION 6.   

REMEDIAL PROVISIONS

     15   

    6.1

  

Certain Matters Relating to Receivables

     15   

    6.2

  

Communications with Obligors; Grantors Remain Liable

     16   

    6.3

  

Pledged Stock

     16   

    6.4

  

Proceeds to be Turned Over To Administrative Agent

     17   

    6.5

  

Application of Proceeds

     17   

    6.6

  

Code and Other Remedies

     18   

    6.7

  

Registration Rights

     18   

    6.8

  

Subordination

     19   

    6.9

  

Deficiency

     19   
SECTION 7.   

THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT

     19   

    7.1

  

Administrative Agent’s Appointment as Attorney-in-Fact, etc.

     19   

    7.2

  

Duty of Administrative Agent

     21   

    7.3

  

Execution of Financing Statements

     21   

 

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    7.4

  

Authority of Administrative Agent

     21   

SECTION 8.

  

MISCELLANEOUS

     21   

    8.1

  

Amendments in Writing

     21   

    8.2

  

Notices

     21   

    8.3

  

No Waiver by Course of Conduct; Cumulative Remedies

     22   

    8.4

  

Enforcement Expenses; Indemnification

     22   

    8.5

  

Successors and Assigns

     22   

    8.6

  

Set-Off

     22   

    8.7

  

Counterparts

     23   

    8.8

  

Severability

     23   

    8.9

  

Section Headings

     23   

    8.10

  

Integration

     23   

    8.11

  

GOVERNING LAW

     23   

    8.12

  

Submission To Jurisdiction; Waivers

     23   

    8.13

  

Acknowledgements

     24   

    8.14

  

Additional Grantors

     24   

    8.15

  

Releases

     24   

    8.16

  

WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL

     25   

    8.17

  

Approvals

     25   

SCHEDULES

 

Schedule 1    Notice Addresses
Schedule 2    Investment Property
Schedule 3    Perfection Matters
Schedule 4    Jurisdictions of Organization and Chief Executive Offices
Schedule 5    Intellectual Property

ANNEX

Annex 1    Form of Assumption Agreement

 

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FIRST LIEN GUARANTEE AND COLLATERAL AGREEMENT

FIRST LIEN GUARANTEE AND COLLATERAL AGREEMENT, dated as of September 16, 2011, made by each of the signatories hereto (together with any other entity that may become a party hereto as provided herein, but in no event including any Foreign Subsidiary, the “ Grantors ”), in favor of JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent (in such capacity, the “ Administrative Agent ”) for the banks and other financial institutions or entities (the “ Lenders ”) from time to time parties to the First Lien Credit Agreement, dated as of September 16, 2011 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Credit Agreement ”), among CUMULUS MEDIA INC. (“ Parent ”), CUMULUS MEDIA HOLDINGS INC. (the “ Borrower ”), the Lenders and the Administrative Agent.

W I T N E S S E T H :

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Credit Agreement, the Lenders have severally agreed to make extensions of credit to the Borrower upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein;

WHEREAS, the Borrower is a member of an affiliated group of companies that includes each other Grantor;

WHEREAS, the proceeds of the extensions of credit under the Credit Agreement will be used in part to enable the Borrower to make valuable transfers to one or more of the other Grantors in connection with the operation of their respective businesses;

WHEREAS, the Borrower and the other Grantors are engaged in related businesses, and each Grantor will derive substantial direct and indirect benefit from the making of the extensions of credit under the Credit Agreement; and

WHEREAS, it is a condition precedent to the obligation of the Lenders to make their respective extensions of credit to the Borrower under the Credit Agreement that the Grantors shall have executed and delivered this Agreement to the Administrative Agent for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties;

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and to induce the Administrative Agent and the Lenders to enter into the Credit Agreement and to induce the Lenders to make their respective extensions of credit to the Borrower thereunder, each Grantor, intending to be legally bound, hereby agrees with the Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, as follows:

SECTION 1. DEFINED TERMS

1.1 Definitions . (a) Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement, and the following terms are used herein as defined in the New York UCC: Accounts, Certificated Security, Chattel Paper, Commercial Tort Claims, Deposit Accounts, Documents, Equipment, Farm Products, General Intangibles, Instruments, Inventory, Letter-of-Credit Rights and Supporting Obligations.

(b) The following terms shall have the following meanings:


Agreement ”: this Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

Borrower Obligations ”: the collective reference to the unpaid principal of and interest on the Loans and reimbursement obligations and all other obligations and liabilities of the Borrower (including, without limitation, interest accruing at the then applicable rate provided in the Credit Agreement after the maturity of the Loans and reimbursement obligations and interest accruing at the then applicable rate provided in the Credit Agreement after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy, or the commencement of any insolvency, reorganization or like proceeding, relating to the Borrower, whether or not a claim for post-filing or post-petition interest is allowed in such proceeding) to the Administrative Agent or any Lender (or, in the case of any Specified Swap Agreement or any Specified Cash Management Agreement, the Person that is a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender at the time such arrangement was entered into), whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, due or to become due, or now existing or hereafter incurred, which may arise under, or out of the Credit Agreement, this Agreement, the other Loan Documents, any Letter of Credit or L/C Application, any Specified Swap Agreement, any Specified Cash Management Agreement or any other document made, delivered or given in connection with any of the foregoing, in each case whether on account of principal, interest, reimbursement obligations, fees, indemnities, costs, expenses or otherwise (including, without limitation, all fees and disbursements of counsel to the Administrative Agent or to the Lenders that are required to be paid by the Borrower pursuant to the terms of any of the foregoing agreements).

Collateral ”: as defined in Section 3.

Collateral Account ”: any collateral account established by the Administrative Agent as provided in Section 6.1 or 6.4.

Common Collateral ”: as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement.

Copyrights ”: (i) all copyrights arising under the laws of the United States, any other country or any political subdivision thereof, whether registered or unregistered and whether published or unpublished (including, without limitation, those listed in Schedule 5 ), all registrations and recordings thereof, and all applications in connection therewith, including, without limitation, all registrations, recordings and applications in the United States Copyright Office, and (ii) the right to obtain all renewals thereof.

Copyright Licenses ”: any written agreement naming any Grantor as licensor or licensee (including, without limitation, those listed in Schedule 5), granting any right under any Copyright, including, without limitation, the grant of rights to manufacture, distribute, exploit and sell materials derived from any Copyright.

Excluded Property ”: as defined in Section 3.

Foreign Subsidiary ”: any Subsidiary organized under the laws of any jurisdiction outside the United States of America.

Foreign Subsidiary Voting Stock ”: the voting Capital Stock of any Foreign Subsidiary.

Guarantor Obligations ”: with respect to any Guarantor, all obligations and liabilities of such Guarantor which may arise under this Agreement or any other Loan Document (including, without limitation, Section 2) to the Administrative Agent or any Lender (or, in the case of any Specified Swap Agreement or any Specified Cash Management Agreement, the Person that is a Lender or an Affiliate of a


Lender at the time such arrangement was entered into), in each case whether on account of guarantee obligations, reimbursement obligations, fees, indemnities, costs, expenses or otherwise (including, without limitation, all fees and disbursements of counsel to the Administrative Agent or to the Lenders that are required to be paid by such Guarantor pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or any other Loan Document).

Guarantors ”: the collective reference to each Grantor other than the Borrower.

Intellectual Property ”: the collective reference to all rights, priorities and privileges relating to intellectual property, whether arising under United States, multinational or foreign laws or otherwise, including, without limitation, the Copyrights, the Copyright Licenses, the Patents, the Patent Licenses, the Trademarks and the Trademark Licenses, and all rights to sue at law or in equity for any infringement or other impairment thereof, including the right to receive all proceeds and damages therefrom.

Intercompany Note ”: any promissory note evidencing loans made by any Grantor to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.

Intercreditor Agreement ”: the Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, among the Loan Parties, the Administrative Agent and the Second Priority Representative.

Investment Property ”: the collective reference to (i) all “investment property” as such term is defined in Section 9-102(a)(49) of the New York UCC (other than any Foreign Subsidiary Voting Stock excluded from the definition of “Pledged Stock”) and (ii) whether or not constituting “investment property” as so defined, all Pledged Notes and all Pledged Stock.

Issuers ”: the collective reference to each issuer of any Pledged Stock.

New York UCC ”: the Uniform Commercial Code as from time to time in effect in the State of New York.

Obligations ”: (i) in the case of the Borrower, the Borrower Obligations, and (ii) in the case of each Guarantor, its Guarantor Obligations.

Patents ”: (i) all letters patent of the United States, any other country or any political subdivision thereof, and all reissues and extensions thereof, including, without limitation, any of the foregoing referred to in Schedule 5 , (ii) all applications for letters patent of the United States or any other country and all divisions, continuations and continuations-in-part thereof, including, without limitation, any of the foregoing referred to in Schedule 5 , and (iii) all rights to obtain any reissues or extensions of the foregoing.

Patent License ”: all agreements, whether written or oral, providing for the grant by or to any Grantor of any right to manufacture, use or sell any invention covered in whole or in part by a Patent, including, without limitation, any of the foregoing referred to in Schedule 5 .

Pledged Notes ”: all promissory notes listed on Schedule 2 , all Intercompany Notes at any time issued to any Grantor and all other promissory notes issued to or held by any Grantor (other than (i) promissory notes issued in connection with extensions of trade credit by any Grantor in the ordinary course of business, (ii) the Gleiser Note and (iii) any promissory note made by an employee or director of a Grantor) in an amount exceeding $5,000,000 individually.


Pledged Stock ”: the shares of Capital Stock listed on Schedule 2 , together with any other shares, stock certificates, interests or rights of any nature whatsoever in respect of the Capital Stock of (i) a direct Subsidiary of a Grantor or (ii) any other Person if the value of the Capital Stock under this clause (ii) exceeds $5,000,000 individually that may be issued or granted to, or held by, any Grantor while this Agreement is in effect; provided that in no event shall any Grantor pledge hereunder (a) the Capital Stock issued by CMP KC, LLC or (b) more than 66% of the total outstanding Foreign Subsidiary Voting Stock of any Foreign Subsidiary.

Proceeds ”: all “proceeds” as such term is defined in Section 9-102(a)(64) of the New York UCC and, in any event, shall include, without limitation, all dividends or other income from the Investment Property pledged hereunder, collections thereon or distributions or payments with respect thereto.

Receivable ”: any right to payment for goods sold or leased or for services rendered, whether or not such right is evidenced by an Instrument or Chattel Paper and whether or not it has been earned by performance (including, without limitation, any Account).

Second Priority Obligations ”: as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement.

Second Priority Representative ”: as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement.

Second Priority Security Documents ”: as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement.

Secured Parties ”: the collective reference to the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and any Affiliate of any Lender to which Borrower Obligations or Guarantor Obligations, as applicable, are owed.

Securities Act ”: the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

Trademarks ”: (i) all trademarks, trade names, corporate names, company names, business names, fictitious business names, trade styles, service marks, logos and other source or business identifiers, and all goodwill associated therewith, now existing or hereafter adopted or acquired, all registrations and recordings thereof, and all applications in connection therewith, whether in the United States Patent and Trademark Office or in any similar office or agency of the United States, any State thereof or any other country or any political subdivision thereof, or otherwise, and all common-law rights related thereto, including, without limitation, any of the foregoing referred to in Schedule 5 , and (ii) the right to obtain all renewals thereof.

Trademark License ”: any agreement, whether written or oral, providing for the grant by or to any Grantor of any right to use any Trademark, including, without limitation, any of the foregoing referred to in Schedule 5 .

1.2 Other Definitional Provisions . (a) The words “hereof,” “herein”, “hereto” and “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement, and Section and Schedule references are to this Agreement unless otherwise specified.

(b) The meanings given to terms defined herein shall be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of such terms.


(c) Where the context requires, terms relating to the Collateral or any part thereof, when used in relation to a Grantor, shall refer to such Grantor’s Collateral or the relevant part thereof.

SECTION 2. GUARANTEE

2.1 Guarantee . (a) Each of the Guarantors hereby, jointly and severally, unconditionally and irrevocably, guarantees to the Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties and their respective successors, indorsees, transferees and permitted assigns, the prompt and complete payment and performance by the Borrower when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of the Borrower Obligations.

(b) Anything herein or in any other Loan Document to the contrary notwithstanding, the maximum liability of each Guarantor hereunder and under the other Loan Documents shall in no event exceed the amount which can be guaranteed by such Guarantor under applicable federal and state laws relating to the insolvency of debtors (after giving effect to the right of contribution established in Section 2.2).

(c) Each Guarantor agrees that the Borrower Obligations may at any time and from time to time exceed the amount of the liability of such Guarantor hereunder without impairing the guarantee contained in this Section 2 or affecting the rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent or any Lender hereunder.

(d) The guarantee contained in this Section 2 shall remain in full force and effect until all the Borrower Obligations and the obligations of each Guarantor under the guarantee contained in this Section 2 (other than contingent indemnity obligations not due and payable) shall have been satisfied by payment in full, no Letter of Credit shall be outstanding and the Commitments shall be terminated (or, as applicable, cash collateralized or defeased in accordance with the terms of the Credit Agreement), notwithstanding that from time to time during the term of the Credit Agreement the Borrower may be free from any Borrower Obligations.

(e) No payment made by the Borrower, any of the Guarantors, any other guarantor or any other Person or received or collected by the Administrative Agent or any Lender from the Borrower, any of the Guarantors, any other guarantor or any other Person by virtue of any action or proceeding or any set-off or appropriation or application at any time or from time to time in reduction of or in payment of the Borrower Obligations shall be deemed to modify, reduce, release or otherwise affect the liability of any Guarantor hereunder which shall, notwithstanding any such payment (other than any payment made by such Guarantor in respect of the Borrower Obligations or any payment received or collected from such Guarantor in respect of the Borrower Obligations), remain liable for the Borrower Obligations up to the maximum liability of such Guarantor hereunder until the Borrower Obligations are paid in full (other than contingent indemnity obligations not due and payable), no Letter of Credit shall be outstanding and the Commitments are terminated (or as applicable, cash collateralized or defeased in accordance with the terms of the Credit Agreement).

2.2 Right of Contribution . Each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby agrees that to the extent that a Subsidiary Guarantor shall have paid more than its proportionate share of any payment made hereunder, such Subsidiary Guarantor shall be entitled to seek and receive contribution from and against any other Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder which has not paid its proportionate share of such payment. Each Subsidiary Guarantor’s right of contribution shall be subject to the terms and conditions of Section 2.3. The provisions of this Section 2.2 shall in no respect limit the obligations and liabilities of any Subsidiary Guarantor to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, and each Subsidiary Guarantor shall remain


liable to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders for the full amount guaranteed by such Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder.

2.3 No Subrogation . Notwithstanding any payment made by any Guarantor hereunder or any set-off or application of funds of any Guarantor by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, no Guarantor shall be entitled to be subrogated to any of the rights of the Administrative Agent or any Lender against the Borrower or any other Guarantor or any collateral security or guarantee or right of offset held by the Administrative Agent or any Lender for the payment of the Borrower Obligations, nor shall any Guarantor seek or be entitled to seek any contribution or reimbursement from the Borrower or any other Guarantor in respect of payments made by such Guarantor hereunder, until all amounts owing to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders by the Borrower on account of the Borrower Obligations are paid in full (other than contingent indemnity obligations not due and payable), no Letter of Credit shall be outstanding and the Commitments are terminated (or as applicable, cash collateralized or defeased in accordance with the terms of the Credit Agreement). If any amount shall be paid to any Guarantor on account of such subrogation rights at any time when all of the Borrower Obligations shall not have been paid in full (or as applicable, cash collateralized or defeased in accordance with the terms of the Credit Agreement), such amount shall be held by such Guarantor in trust for the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, and shall, forthwith upon receipt by such Guarantor, be turned over to the Administrative Agent in the exact form received by such Guarantor (duly indorsed by such Guarantor to the Administrative Agent, if required), to be applied against the Borrower Obligations, whether matured or unmatured, in such order as the Administrative Agent may determine.

2.4 Amendments, etc. with respect to the Borrower Obligations . Each Guarantor shall remain obligated hereunder notwithstanding that, without any reservation of rights against any Guarantor and without notice to or further assent by any Guarantor, any demand for payment of any of the Borrower Obligations made by the Administrative Agent or any Lender may be rescinded by the Administrative Agent or such Lender and any of the Borrower Obligations continued, and the Borrower Obligations, or the liability of any other Person upon or for any part thereof, or any collateral security or guarantee therefor or right of offset with respect thereto, may, from time to time, in whole or in part, be renewed, extended, amended, modified, accelerated, compromised, waived, surrendered or released by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, and the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents and any other documents executed and delivered in connection therewith may be amended, modified, supplemented or terminated, in whole or in part, as the Administrative Agent (or the Required Lenders or all Lenders, as the case may be) may deem advisable from time to time, and any collateral security, guarantee or right of offset at any time held by the Administrative Agent or any Lender for the payment of the Borrower Obligations may be sold, exchanged, waived, surrendered or released. Neither the Administrative Agent nor any Lender shall have any obligation to protect, secure, perfect or insure any Lien at any time held by it as security for the Borrower Obligations or for the guarantee contained in this Section 2 or any property subject thereto.

2.5 Guarantee Absolute and Unconditional . Each Guarantor waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law and except as otherwise provided for herein, any and all notice of the creation, renewal, extension or accrual of any of the Borrower Obligations and notice of or proof of reliance by the Administrative Agent or any Lender upon the guarantee contained in this Section 2 or acceptance of the guarantee contained in this Section 2; the Borrower Obligations, and any of them, shall conclusively be deemed to have been created, contracted or incurred, or renewed, extended, amended or waived, in reliance upon the guarantee contained in this Section 2; and all dealings between the Borrower and any of the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, on the other hand, likewise shall be conclusively presumed to have been had or consummated in reliance upon the guarantee contained in this Section 2. Each Guarantor waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law and except as otherwise provided for herein, diligence, presentment, protest, demand for payment and notice of default


or nonpayment to or upon the Borrower or any of the Guarantors with respect to the Borrower Obligations. Each Guarantor understands and agrees that the guarantee contained in this Section 2 shall be construed as a continuing, absolute and unconditional guarantee of payment without regard to (a) the validity or enforceability of the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, any of the Borrower Obligations or any other collateral security therefor or guarantee or right of offset with respect thereto at any time or from time to time held by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, (b) any defense, set-off or counterclaim (other than a defense of payment or performance) which may at any time be available to or be asserted by the Borrower or any other Person against the Administrative Agent or any Lender, or (c) any other circumstance whatsoever (with or without notice to or knowledge of the Borrower or such Guarantor) which constitutes, or might be construed to constitute, an equitable or legal discharge of the Borrower for the Borrower Obligations, or of such Guarantor under the guarantee contained in this Section 2, in bankruptcy or in any other instance. When making any demand hereunder or otherwise pursuing its rights and remedies hereunder against any Guarantor, the Administrative Agent or any Lender may, but shall be under no obligation to, make a similar demand on or otherwise pursue such rights and remedies as it may have against the Borrower, any other Guarantor or any other Person or against any collateral security or guarantee for the Borrower Obligations or any right of offset with respect thereto, and any failure by the Administrative Agent or any Lender to make any such demand, to pursue such other rights or remedies or to collect any payments from the Borrower, any other Guarantor or any other Person or to realize upon any such collateral security or guarantee or to exercise any such right of offset, or any release of the Borrower, any other Guarantor or any other Person or any such collateral security, guarantee or right of offset, shall not relieve any Guarantor of any obligation or liability hereunder, and shall not impair or affect the rights and remedies, whether express, implied or available as a matter of law, of the Administrative Agent or any Lender against any Guarantor. For the purposes hereof “demand” shall include the commencement and continuance of any legal proceedings.

2.6 Reinstatement . The guarantee contained in this Section 2 shall continue to be effective, or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment, or any part thereof, of any of the Borrower Obligations is rescinded or must otherwise be restored or returned by the Administrative Agent or any Lender upon the insolvency, bankruptcy, dissolution, liquidation or reorganization of the Borrower or any Guarantor, or upon or as a result of the appointment of a receiver, intervenor or conservator of, or trustee or similar officer for, the Borrower or any Guarantor or any substantial part of its property, or otherwise, all as though such payments had not been made.

2.7 Payments . Each Guarantor hereby guarantees that payments hereunder will be paid to the Administrative Agent without set-off or counterclaim in Dollars at the Funding Office.

SECTION 3. GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST

Each Grantor hereby assigns and transfers to the Administrative Agent, and hereby grants to the Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, a security interest in, all of Grantor’s right, title and interest in the following property now owned or at any time hereafter acquired by such Grantor or in which such Grantor now has or at any time in the future may acquire any right, title or interest other than Excluded Property (collectively, the “ Collateral ”), as collateral security for the prompt and complete payment and performance when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of such Grantor’s Obligations:

(a) all Accounts;

(b) all Chattel Paper;

(c) all Contracts;


(d) all Deposit Accounts;

(e) all Documents (other than title documents with respect to equipment or assets set forth in clause (ii) of the definition of Excluded Property below);

(f) all Equipment;

(g) all Fixtures;

(h) all General Intangibles;

(i) all Instruments;

(j) all Intellectual Property;

(k) all Inventory;

(l) all Investment Property;

(m) all Letter-of-Credit Rights;

(n) all books and records pertaining to the Collateral; and

(o) to the extent not otherwise included, all Proceeds, Supporting Obligations and products of any and all of the foregoing and all collateral security and guarantees given by any Person with respect to any of the foregoing;

provided , however , that notwithstanding any of the other provisions set forth in this Section 3, the term Collateral and the terms set forth in this Section defining the components of Collateral shall not include, and this Agreement shall not constitute a grant of a security interest in, any of the following (the “ Excluded Property ”): (i) any fee owned real property and any leasehold interests in real property of any Grantor, in each case, with a value of less than $20,000,000 , (ii) any trucks, trailers, tractors, service vehicles, automobiles, rolling stock or other registered mobile equipment or assets covered by certificates of title or ownership of any Grantor, (iii) any Letter-of-Credit Rights and any Commercial Tort Claims of any Grantor, in each case, with a value of less than $5,000,000, (iv) any property to the extent that such grant of a security interest is prohibited by any Requirements of Law of a Governmental Authority, requires a consent not obtained of any Governmental Authority pursuant to such Requirement of Law, is prohibited by the organizational documents of a Subsidiary if such Subsidiary is not a wholly owned Subsidiary, or is prohibited by, or constitutes a breach or default under or results in the termination of or requires any consent not obtained under, any contract, license, agreement, instrument or other document evidencing or giving rise to such property or, in the case of any Investment Property, Pledged Stock or Pledged Note, results in the termination of, is prohibited by, or constitutes a default under, any applicable shareholder agreement, joint-venture agreement, operating agreement or similar agreement, except to the extent that such Requirement of Law or the term in such contract, license, agreement, instrument or other document or shareholder or similar agreement providing for such prohibition, termination, breach or default or requiring such consent is ineffective under applicable law, (v) those assets as to which the Administrative Agent and the Borrower agree that the cost of obtaining a security interest therein or perfection thereof are excessive in relation to the value to the Lenders of the security to be afforded thereby, (vi) more than 66% of the Foreign Subsidiary Voting Stock of any Foreign Subsidiary, (vii) the Capital Stock issued by CMP KC, LLC or (viii) any Trademark application filed in the United States Patent and Trademark Office on the basis of such Grantor’s “intent-to-use” such trademark, unless and


until acceptable evidence of use of the Trademark has been filed with and accepted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office pursuant to Section 1(c) or Section 1(d) of the Lanham Act (15 U.S.C. §§ 1051, et seq.), to the extent that granting a security interest or other lien in such Trademark application prior to such filing would adversely affect the enforceability or validity of or void such Trademark application.

SECTION 4. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

To induce the Administrative Agent and the Lenders to enter into the Credit Agreement and to induce the Lenders to make their respective extensions of credit to the Borrower thereunder, each Grantor hereby represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and each Lender that:

4.1 Title; No Other Liens . Except for the security interest granted to the Administrative Agent for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties pursuant to this Agreement and the other Liens permitted to exist on the Collateral by the Credit Agreement, such Grantor owns or, with respect to Intellectual Property, owns or has a valid right to use each item of the Collateral free and clear of any and all Liens or claims of others. No effective financing statement or other public notice with respect to all or any part of the Collateral is on file or of record in any public office, except such as have been filed in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, pursuant to this Agreement or as are not prohibited by the Credit Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, it is understood and agreed that any Grantor may, as part of its business, grant licenses to third parties to use Intellectual Property owned or developed by a Grantor. For purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, such licensing activity shall not constitute a “Lien” on such Intellectual Property. Each of the Administrative Agent and each Lender understands that any such licenses may be exclusive to the applicable licensees, and such exclusivity provisions may limit the ability of the Administrative Agent to utilize, sell, lease or transfer the related Intellectual Property or otherwise realize value from such Intellectual Property pursuant hereto.

4.2 Perfected First Priority Liens . The security interests granted pursuant to this Agreement (a) upon completion of the filings and other actions specified on Schedule 3 (which, in the case of all filings and other documents referred to on said Schedule, have been delivered to the Administrative Agent in completed and duly executed form) will constitute valid perfected security interests (to the extent such matter is governed by the law of the United States or a jurisdiction therein) in all of the Collateral (excluding motor vehicles and other assets, if any, with respect to which a security interest cannot be perfected by the filing of a financing statement under the applicable Uniform Commercial Code or through filings with United States registries with respect to Intellectual Property) in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, as collateral security for such Grantor’s Obligations, to the extent such security interest may be perfected by such filings, enforceable in accordance with the terms hereof against all creditors of such Grantor and any Persons purporting to purchase any Collateral from such Grantor and (b) are prior to all other Liens on the Collateral in existence on the date hereof except for Liens permitted by the Credit Agreement which have priority over the Liens on the Collateral by operation of law.

4.3 Jurisdiction of Organization; Chief Executive Office . On the date hereof, such Grantor’s jurisdiction of organization, identification number from the jurisdiction of organization (if any), and the location of such Grantor’s chief executive office or sole place of business or principal residence, as the case may be, are specified on Schedule 4 . Such Grantor has furnished to the Administrative Agent a certified charter, certificate of incorporation or other organization document and long-form good standing certificate as of a date which is recent to the date hereof.


4.4 Investment Property . (a) The shares of Pledged Stock pledged by such Grantor hereunder constitute all the issued and outstanding shares of all classes of the Capital Stock of each Issuer directly owned by such Grantor (other than any such Capital Stock which constitutes Excluded Property) or, in the case of Foreign Subsidiary Voting Stock, if less, 66% of the outstanding Foreign Subsidiary Voting Stock of each relevant Issuer.

(b) All the shares of the Pledged Stock have been duly and validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable.

(c) To the best of Grantor’s knowledge, each of the Pledged Notes constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the obligor with respect thereto, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to the effects of bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally, general equitable principles (whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing.

(d) Such Grantor is the record and beneficial owner of, and has good and marketable title to, the Investment Property pledged by it hereunder, free of any and all Liens or options in favor of, or claims of, any other Person, except the security interests created by this Agreement and the Second Priority Security Documents.

4.5 Receivables . Except for (i) promissory notes issued in connection with extensions of trade credit by any Grantor in the ordinary course of business, (ii) the Gleiser Note and (iii) any promissory note made by an employee or director of a Grantor, no amount payable to such Grantor under or in connection with any Receivable is evidenced by any Instrument or Chattel Paper in an amount in excess of $5,000,000 which has not been delivered to the Administrative Agent.

4.6 Intellectual Property . (a)  Schedule 5 lists all registrations and applications for registration of all Trademarks and Copyrights and all issued Patents and Patent applications owned by such Grantor in its own name on the date hereof, and all Patents Licenses, Trademark Licenses and Copyright Licenses in which a Grantor is the exclusive licensee of any United States registrations or application for registration of any Trademarks or Copyrights or any United States issued Patents or Patent applications.

(b) On the date hereof, all material Intellectual Property owned by such Grantor is (i) valid, subsisting, unexpired, has not been abandoned, and, to the knowledge of such Grantor, enforceable, and (ii) does not, and the conduct of each Grantor’s business does not, infringe the Intellectual Property rights of any other Person in a manner that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(c) No holding, decision or judgment has been rendered by any Governmental Authority which would limit, cancel or challenge the validity of, or such Grantor’s rights in, any Intellectual Property in any respect that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(d) No action or proceeding is pending, or, to the knowledge of such Grantor, threatened, on the date hereof (i) seeking to limit, cancel or challenge the validity of any material Intellectual Property or such Grantor’s ownership interest therein (other than routine office actions), or (ii) which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the value of any Intellectual Property owned by or exclusively licensed to such Grantor.

4.7 Commercial Tort Claims .


(a) On the date hereof, no Grantor has rights in any Commercial Tort Claim with potential value in excess of $5,000,000.

(b) Upon the filing of a financing statement covering any Commercial Tort Claim referred to in Section 5.8 hereof against such Grantor in the jurisdiction specified in Schedule 3 hereto, the security interest granted in such Commercial Tort Claim will constitute a valid perfected security interest in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, as collateral security for such Grantor’s Obligations, enforceable in accordance with the terms hereof against all creditors of such Grantor and any Persons purporting to purchase such Collateral from Grantor, which security interest shall be prior to all other Liens on such Collateral except for unrecorded liens permitted by the Credit Agreement which have priority over the Liens on such Collateral by operation of law.

4.8 Organization; Authority; No Litigation .

(a) Such Grantor (i) is a Person duly organized or formed, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, (ii) has the requisite power and authority and the legal right to own and operate its property, to lease the property it operates and to conduct the business in which it is currently engaged, except to the extent that the failure to possess such power and legal authority and such legal right would not, in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, (iii) is duly qualified and in good standing under the laws of each jurisdiction where its ownership, lease or operation of property or the conduct of its business requires such qualification, except where the failure to be so qualified would not have a Material Adverse Effect and (iv) is in compliance with all applicable Requirements of Law, except to the extent that the failure to comply therewith would not, in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

(b) Such Grantor has the requisite power and authority and the legal right to make, deliver and perform the Loan Documents to which it is a party and has taken all necessary corporate or other organizational action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents to which it is a party. No consent or authorization of, or filing with, notice to or other act by or in respect of, any Person (including any Governmental Authority) is required in connection with the execution, delivery, performance, validity or enforceability of any Loan Document to which it is a party, except (i) such as have been obtained or made and are in full force and effect, (ii) filings necessary to perfect Liens created under the Loan Documents and (iii) those consents, authorizations, filings and notices, the failure of which to obtain or make could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. This Agreement and each other Loan Document to which such Grantor is a party has been duly executed and delivered on behalf of such Grantor and constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of such Grantor enforceable against such Grantor in accordance with their terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding in equity or at law).

(c) The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which such Grantor is a party will not violate any Requirement of Law or any Contractual Obligation applicable to or binding upon such Grantor or any of its properties or assets, which violations, individually or in the aggregate, would have a Material Adverse Effect, and will not result in the creation or imposition (or the obligations to create or impose) of any Lien (other than any Lien created pursuant to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which such Grantor is a party or the Second Lien Loan Documents) on any of its properties or assets.


(d) No litigation or investigation known to such Grantor through receipt of written notice or proceeding of or by any Governmental Authority or any other Person is pending against such Grantor (x) with respect to the validity, binding effect or enforceability of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents to which such Grantor is a party or (y) which would have a Material Adverse Effect.

SECTION 5. COVENANTS

Each Grantor covenants and agrees with the Administrative Agent and the Lenders that, from and after the date of this Agreement until the Obligations shall have been paid in full (other than contingent indemnity obligations not due and payable), no Letter of Credit shall be outstanding or not fully cash collateralized on terms reasonably acceptable to the applicable Issuing Lender and the Commitments shall have been terminated:

5.1 Delivery of Instruments, Certificated Securities and Chattel Paper . If any amount payable under or in connection with any of the Collateral in excess of $5,000,000 shall be or become evidenced by any Instrument, Certificated Security or Chattel Paper (excluding (i) promissory notes issued in connection with extensions of trade credit by any Grantor in the ordinary course of business, (ii) the Gleiser Note, and (iii) any promissory note made by an employee or director of a Grantor), such Instrument, Certificated Security or Chattel Paper shall be promptly delivered to the Administrative Agent, duly indorsed in a manner satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, to be held as Collateral pursuant to this Agreement.

5.2 [Reserved] .

5.3 Maintenance of Perfected Security Interest; Further Documentation . (a) Such Grantor shall maintain the security interest created by this Agreement as a perfected security interest having at least the priority (and subject to the qualifications) described in Section 4.2 and shall defend such security interest against the claims and demands of all Persons whomsoever, subject to the rights of such Grantor under the Loan Documents to dispose of the Collateral.

(b) Such Grantor will furnish to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders from time to time statements and schedules further identifying and describing the assets and property of such Grantor as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request, all in reasonable detail.

(c) At any time and from time to time, upon the written request of the Administrative Agent, and at the sole expense of such Grantor, such Grantor will promptly and duly execute and deliver, and have recorded, such further instruments and documents and take such further actions as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request for the purpose of obtaining or preserving the full benefits of this Agreement and of the rights and powers herein granted, including, without limitation, (i) filing any financing or continuation statements under the Uniform Commercial Code (or other similar laws) in effect in any jurisdiction with respect to the security interests created hereby and (ii) in the case of Investment Property and any other relevant Collateral with a value in excess of $5,000,000, taking any actions necessary to enable the Administrative Agent to obtain “control” (within the meaning of the applicable Uniform Commercial Code) with respect thereto; provided that no control agreements shall be required with respect to Deposit Accounts, Letter-of-Credit Rights or any other relevant Collateral.

5.4 Changes in Name, etc . Such Grantor will not, except upon 15 days’ prior written notice (or such different period with the consent of the Administrative Agent) to the Administrative Agent and delivery to the Administrative Agent of all additional executed financing statements and other documents reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent to maintain the validity, perfection and priority of the security interests provided for herein, (i) change its jurisdiction of organization or the location of its chief


executive office or sole place of business or principal residence from that referred to in Section 4.3 or (ii) change its name.

5.5 [Reserved] .

5.6 Investment Property . (a) If such Grantor shall become entitled to receive or shall receive any certificate (including, without limitation, any certificate representing a dividend or a distribution in connection with any reclassification, increase or reduction of capital or any certificate issued in connection with any reorganization), option or rights in respect of the Capital Stock of any Issuer, whether in addition to, in substitution of, as a conversion of, or in exchange for, any shares of the Pledged Stock, or otherwise in respect thereof, such Grantor shall accept the same as the agent of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, hold the same in trust for the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and deliver the same forthwith to the Administrative Agent in the exact form received, duly indorsed by such Grantor to the Administrative Agent, if required, together with an undated stock power covering such certificate duly executed in blank by such Grantor and with, if the Administrative Agent so requests, signature guaranteed, to be held by the Administrative Agent, subject to the terms hereof, as additional collateral security for the Obligations. After the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, any sums paid upon or in respect of the Investment Property upon the liquidation or dissolution of any Issuer shall be paid over to the Administrative Agent to be held by it hereunder as additional collateral security for the Obligations, and in case any distribution of capital shall be made on or in respect of the Investment Property or any property shall be distributed upon or with respect to the Investment Property pursuant to the recapitalization or reclassification of the capital of any Issuer or pursuant to the reorganization thereof, the property so distributed shall, unless otherwise subject to a perfected security interest in favor of the Administrative Agent, be delivered to the Administrative Agent to be held by it hereunder as additional collateral security for the Obligations. If any sums of money or property so paid or distributed in respect of the Investment Property shall be received by such Grantor, such Grantor shall, until such money or property is paid or delivered to the Administrative Agent, hold such money or property in trust for the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, as additional collateral security for the Obligations.

(b) Without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent and except as permitted by, or not prohibited under, the Credit Agreement, such Grantor will not (i) vote to enable, or take any other action to permit, any Issuer to issue any Capital Stock of any nature or to issue any other securities convertible into or granting the right to purchase or exchange for any Capital Stock of any nature of any Issuer, (ii) sell, assign, transfer, exchange, or otherwise dispose of, or grant any option with respect to, the Investment Property or Proceeds thereof (except pursuant to a transaction expressly permitted by the Credit Agreement), (iii) create, incur or permit to exist any Lien or option in favor of, or any claim of any Person with respect to, any of the Investment Property or Proceeds thereof, or any interest therein, except for the security interests created by this Agreement and the Second Priority Security Documents or (iv) enter into any agreement or undertaking restricting the right or ability of such Grantor or the Administrative Agent to sell, assign or transfer any of the Investment Property or Proceeds thereof, other than the Second Lien Loan Documents.

(c) In the case of each Grantor which is an Issuer, such Issuer agrees that (i) it will be bound by the terms of this Agreement relating to the Investment Property issued by it and will comply with such terms insofar as such terms are applicable to it, (ii) it will notify the Administrative Agent promptly in writing of the occurrence of any of the events described in Section 5.7(a) with respect to the Investment Property issued by it and (iii) the terms of Sections 6.3(c) and 6.7 shall apply to it, mutatis mutandis , with respect to all actions that may be required of it pursuant to Section 6.3(c) or 6.7 with respect to the Investment Property issued by it.


5.7 Intellectual Property . (a) Except as otherwise determined by such Grantor in its reasonable business judgment, such Grantor (either itself or through licensees) will (i) continue to use each material Trademark owned by such Grantor to the extent necessary to maintain such Trademark in full force free from any claim of abandonment for non-use, (ii) maintain as in the past substantially the quality of products and services offered under such Trademark, (iii) use such Trademark with the appropriate notice of registration and all other notices and legends to the extent required by applicable Requirements of Law, (iv) not adopt or use any mark which is confusingly similar or a colorable imitation of such Trademark unless the Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, shall obtain a perfected security interest (subject to the qualifications set forth in Section 4.2) in such mark pursuant to this Agreement, and (v) not (and not permit any licensee or sublicensee thereof to) do any act or knowingly omit to do any act whereby such Trademark may become invalidated or impaired in any way.

(b) Except as otherwise determined by such Grantor in its reasonable business judgment, such Grantor (either itself or through licensees) will not do any act, or omit to do any act, whereby any material Patent owned or exclusively licensed by such Grantor may become forfeited, abandoned or dedicated to the public (except as the result of the expiration of such Patent at the end of its statutory term).

(c) Except as otherwise determined by such Grantor in its reasonable business judgment, such Grantor (either itself or through licensees) will not (and will not permit any licensee or sublicensee thereof to) do any act or knowingly omit to do any act whereby any material portion of the Copyrights may become abandoned or otherwise impaired. Such Grantor will not (either itself or through licensees) do any act whereby any material portion of the Copyrights owned or exclusively licensed by such Grantor may fall into the public domain (except as a result of the expiration of such Copyright at the end of its statutory term).

(d) Except as determined by such Grantor in its reasonable business judgment, such Grantor (either itself or through licensees) will not knowingly infringe, misappropriate or otherwise violate the intellectual property rights of any other Person.

(e) Whenever such Grantor, either by itself or through any agent, employee, licensee or designee, shall (i) acquire any registration or application for registration of any Trademark or any issued Patent or Patent application, (ii) become the exclusive licensee of any United States registration or application for registration of any Trademark or any United States issued Patent or Patent application, (iii) or file an application for any Trademark or Patent with the United States Patent and Trademark Office or any similar office or agency in any group of countries, other country or political subdivision thereof, such Grantor shall report such filing, licensing or acquisition to the Administrative Agent after such filing, licensing or acquisition occurs at the same time as the delivery of the certificate under subsection 7.2(b) of the Credit Agreement, but in no event shall such report be made more than ninety (90) days after the date on which such filing, licensing or acquisition occurs. Whenever such Grantor, either by itself or through any agent, employee, licensee or designee, shall (i) acquire any registration or application for registration of any Copyright, (ii) become the exclusive licensee of any United States Copyright registration, or (iii) file an application for any Copyright with the United States Copyright Office or any similar office or agency in any group of countries, other country or political subdivision thereof, such Grantor shall report such filing, licensing or acquisition to the Administrative Agent within (20) twenty Business Days of the acquisition, licensing or filing, as applicable, thereof. Upon request of the Administrative Agent, such Grantor shall execute and deliver, and have recorded, any and all agreements, instruments, documents, and papers as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request to evidence the Administrative Agent’s and the Lenders’ security interest in any such Intellectual Property.


(f) Such Grantor will take all reasonable and necessary steps, including, without limitation, in any proceeding before the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the United States Copyright Office or any similar office or agency in any other country or any political subdivision thereof, to maintain and pursue each application (and to obtain the relevant registration) and to maintain each registration of each of its material Patents, Trademarks, or Copyrights (now or hereafter existing), including, without limitation, filing of applications for renewal, affidavits of use and affidavits of incontestability.

(g) In the event that any material Intellectual Property owned or exclusively licensed by such Grantor is infringed, misappropriated or diluted by a third party, such Grantor shall (i) take such actions as such Grantor shall reasonably deem appropriate under the circumstances to protect such Intellectual Property and (ii) if such Intellectual Property is of material economic value, promptly notify the Administrative Agent after it learns thereof and, where appropriate in Grantor’s reasonable business judgment and where Grantor has standing to do so, sue for infringement, misappropriation or dilution, seek injunctive relief and recover any and all damages for such infringement, misappropriation or dilution.

(h) Each Grantor will take reasonable steps to clear and correct defects in the chain of title (including any filings in connection with security interests not in favor of the Secured Parties or security interests securing the Second Lien Obligations) of the Intellectual Property owned by such Grantor by making, or using commercially reasonable efforts to cause the making of, appropriate filings with the United States Patent and Trademark Office no later than 60 days after the date hereof, and will provide evidence of any such filings to the Administrative Agent or its designee no later than 10 Business Days after making same, provided that the failure to make, or cause to be made, any such filings after reasonable efforts shall not be deemed a violation or breach of this clause (h).

5.8 Commercial Tort Claims . If such Grantor shall obtain an interest in any Commercial Tort Claim with a potential value in excess of $5,000,000, such Grantor shall within 30 days of obtaining such interest sign and deliver documentation acceptable to the Administrative Agent granting a security interest under the terms and provisions of this Agreement in and to such Commercial Tort Claim.

SECTION 6. REMEDIAL PROVISIONS

6.1 Certain Matters Relating to Receivables . (a) The Administrative Agent shall have the right to make test verifications of the Receivables in any manner and through any medium that it reasonably considers advisable, and each Grantor shall furnish all such assistance and information as the Administrative Agent may require in connection with such test verifications; provided that, unless an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, such Grantor shall only be required to provide such information once in any twelve (12) month period. At any time and from time to time during the continuance of an Event of Default, upon the Administrative Agent’s request and at the expense of the relevant Grantor, such Grantor shall cause independent public accountants or others satisfactory to the Administrative Agent to furnish to the Administrative Agent reports showing reconciliations, aging and test verifications of, and trial balances for, the Receivables.

(b) The Administrative Agent hereby authorizes each Grantor to collect such Grantor’s Receivables, provided that the Administrative Agent may curtail or terminate said authority at any time after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default. If required by the Administrative Agent at any time after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, any payments of Receivables, when collected by any Grantor, (i) shall be forthwith (and, in any event, within two Business Days) deposited by such Grantor in the exact form received, duly indorsed by such Grantor to the Administrative Agent if required, in a Collateral Account maintained under the sole dominion and


control of the Administrative Agent, subject to withdrawal by the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders only as provided in Section 6.5, and (ii) until so turned over, shall be held by such Grantor in trust for the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, segregated from other funds of such Grantor. Each such deposit of Proceeds of Receivables shall be accompanied by a report identifying in reasonable detail the nature and source of the payments included in the deposit; provided that all funds in such Collateral Account shall be promptly released to the Grantors upon the cure or waiver of all such Events of Default.

(c) During the continuance of an Event of Default and at the Administrative Agent’s reasonable request, each Grantor shall deliver to the Administrative Agent all original and other documents evidencing, and relating to, the agreements and transactions which gave rise to the Receivables, including, without limitation, all original orders, invoices and shipping receipts.

6.2 Communications with Obligors; Grantors Remain Liable . (a) The Administrative Agent in its own name or in the name of others may at any time after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default communicate with obligors under the Receivables and parties to the Contracts to verify with them to the Administrative Agent’s satisfaction the existence, amount and terms of any Receivables or Contracts.

(b) Upon the request of the Administrative Agent at any time after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, each Grantor shall notify obligors on the Receivables and parties to the Contracts that the Receivables and the Contracts have been assigned to the Administrative Agent for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties and that payments in respect thereof shall be made directly to the Administrative Agent.

(c) Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, each Grantor shall remain liable under each of the Receivables and Contracts to observe and perform all the conditions and obligations to be observed and performed by it thereunder, all in accordance with the terms of any agreement giving rise thereto. Neither the Administrative Agent nor any Lender shall have any obligation or liability under any Receivable (or any agreement giving rise thereto) or Contract by reason of or arising out of this Agreement or the receipt by the Administrative Agent or any Lender of any payment relating thereto, nor shall the Administrative Agent or any Lender be obligated in any manner to perform any of the obligations of any Grantor under or pursuant to any Receivable (or any agreement giving rise thereto) or Contract, to make any payment, to make any inquiry as to the nature or the sufficiency of any payment received by it or as to the sufficiency of any performance by any party thereunder, to present or file any claim, to take any action to enforce any performance or to collect the payment of any amounts which may have been assigned to it or to which it may be entitled at any time or times.

6.3 Pledged Stock . (a) Unless an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and the Administrative Agent shall have given notice to the relevant Grantor of the Administrative Agent’s intent to exercise its corresponding rights pursuant to Section 6.3(b), each Grantor shall be permitted to receive all cash dividends paid in respect of the Pledged Stock and all payments made in respect of the Pledged Notes, in each case paid in the normal course of business of the relevant Issuer and consistent with past practice, to the extent permitted in the Credit Agreement, and to exercise all voting and corporate or other organizational rights with respect to the Investment Property; provided , however , that no vote shall be cast or corporate or other organizational right exercised or other action taken which, in the Administrative Agent’s reasonable judgment, would impair the Collateral in any material respect or which would result in a Default or Event of Default under any provision of the Credit Agreement, this Agreement or any other Loan Document.

(b) If an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing and the Administrative Agent shall give notice of its intent to exercise such rights to the relevant Grantor or Grantors, (i) the Administrative


Agent shall have the right to receive any and all cash dividends, payments or other Proceeds paid in respect of the Investment Property and make application thereof to the Obligations in such order as the Administrative Agent may determine, and (ii) any or all of the Investment Property shall be registered in the name of the Administrative Agent or its nominee, and the Administrative Agent or its nominee may thereafter exercise (x) all voting, corporate and other rights pertaining to such Investment Property at any meeting of shareholders of the relevant Issuer or Issuers or otherwise and (y) any and all rights of conversion, exchange and subscription and any other rights, privileges or options pertaining to such Investment Property as if it were the absolute owner thereof (including, without limitation, the right to exchange at its discretion any and all of the Investment Property upon the merger, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization or other fundamental change in the corporate or other organizational structure of any Issuer, or upon the exercise by any Grantor or the Administrative Agent of any right, privilege or option pertaining to such Investment Property, and in connection therewith, the right to deposit and deliver any and all of the Investment Property with any committee, depositary, transfer agent, registrar or other designated agency upon such terms and conditions as the Administrative Agent may determine), all without liability except to account for property actually received by it, but the Administrative Agent shall have no duty to any Grantor to exercise any such right, privilege or option and shall not be responsible for any failure to do so or delay in so doing, other than as a result of the Administrative Agent’s gross negligence or willful misconduct.

(c) Each Grantor hereby authorizes and instructs each Issuer of any Investment Property pledged by such Grantor hereunder to (i) comply with any instruction received by it from the Administrative Agent in writing that (x) states that an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and (y) is otherwise in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, without any other or further instructions from such Grantor, and each Grantor agrees that each Issuer shall be fully protected in so complying following receipt of such notice and prior to notice that such Event of Default is no longer continuing, and (ii) unless otherwise expressly permitted hereby, pay any dividends or other payments with respect to the Investment Property directly to the Administrative Agent.

6.4 Proceeds to be Turned Over To Administrative Agent . In addition to the rights of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders specified in Section 6.1 with respect to payments of Receivables, if an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, upon request of the Administrative Agent, all Proceeds received by any Grantor consisting of cash, checks and other near-cash items shall be held by such Grantor in trust for the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, and shall, forthwith upon receipt by such Grantor, be turned over to the Administrative Agent in the exact form received by such Grantor (duly indorsed by such Grantor to the Administrative Agent, if required). All Proceeds received by the Administrative Agent hereunder shall be held by the Administrative Agent in a Collateral Account maintained under its sole dominion and control. All Proceeds while held by the Administrative Agent in a Collateral Account (or by such Grantor in trust for the Administrative Agent and the Lenders) shall continue to be held as collateral security for all the Obligations and shall not constitute payment thereof until applied as provided in Section 6.5; provided that all funds in such Collateral Account shall be promptly released to Grantor upon cure or waiver of all such Events of Default.

6.5 Application of Proceeds . At such intervals as may be agreed upon by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, or, if an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, at any time at the Administrative Agent’s election, the Administrative Agent may apply all or any part of Proceeds constituting Collateral, whether or not held in any Collateral Account, and any proceeds of the guarantee set forth in Section 2, in payment of the Obligations in the following order:

First , to pay incurred and unpaid fees and expenses of the Administrative Agent under the Loan Documents;


Second , to the Administrative Agent, for application by it towards payment of amounts then due and owing and remaining unpaid in respect of the Obligations, pro rata among the Secured Parties according to the amounts of the Obligations then due and owing and remaining unpaid to the Secured Parties;

Third , to the Administrative Agent, for application by it towards prepayment of the Obligations, pro rata among the Secured Parties according to the amounts of the Obligations then held by the Secured Parties; and

Fourth , any balance remaining after the Obligations shall have been paid in full (other than contingent indemnity obligations not due and payable), no Letters of Credit shall be outstanding and the Commitments shall have terminated shall be paid over to the Borrower or to whomsoever may be lawfully entitled to receive the same.

6.6 Code and Other Remedies . If an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, the Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Lenders, may exercise, in addition to all other rights and remedies granted to them in this Agreement and in any other instrument or agreement securing, evidencing or relating to the Obligations, all rights and remedies of a secured party under the New York UCC or any other applicable law. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Administrative Agent, without demand of performance or other demand, presentment, protest, advertisement or notice of any kind (except any notice required by law referred to below) to or upon any Grantor or any other Person (all and each of which demands, defenses, advertisements and notices are hereby waived), may in such circumstances forthwith collect, receive, appropriate and realize upon the Collateral, or any part thereof, and/or may forthwith sell, lease, assign, give option or options to purchase, or otherwise dispose of and deliver the Collateral or any part thereof (or contract to do any of the foregoing), in one or more parcels at public or private sale or sales, at any exchange, broker’s board or office of the Administrative Agent or any Lender or elsewhere upon such terms and conditions as it may deem advisable and at such prices as it may deem best, for cash or on credit or for future delivery without assumption of any credit risk. The Administrative Agent or any Lender shall have the right upon any such public sale or sales, and, to the extent permitted by law, upon any such private sale or sales, to purchase the whole or any part of the Collateral so sold, free of any right or equity of redemption in any Grantor, which right or equity is hereby waived and released. Each Grantor further agrees, at the Administrative Agent’s request, to assemble the Collateral and make it available to the Administrative Agent at places which the Administrative Agent shall reasonably select, whether at such Grantor’s premises or elsewhere. The Administrative Agent shall apply the net proceeds of any action taken by it pursuant to this Section 6.6, after deducting all reasonable costs and expenses of every kind incurred in connection therewith or incidental to the care or safekeeping of any of the Collateral or in any way relating to the Collateral or the rights of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders hereunder, including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees and disbursements, to the payment in whole or in part of the Obligations, in such order as the Administrative Agent may elect, and only after such application and after the payment by the Administrative Agent of any other amount required by any provision of law, including, without limitation, Section 9-615(a)(3) of the New York UCC, need the Administrative Agent account for the surplus, if any, to any Grantor. To the extent permitted by applicable law, each Grantor waives all claims, damages and demands it may acquire against the Administrative Agent or any Lender arising out of the exercise by them of any rights hereunder. If any notice of a proposed sale or other disposition of Collateral shall be required by law, such notice shall be deemed reasonable and proper if given at least 10 days before such sale or other disposition.

6.7 Registration Rights . (a) Each Grantor recognizes that the Administrative Agent may be unable to effect a public sale of any or all of the Pledged Stock, by reason of certain prohibitions contained in the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws or otherwise, and may be compelled to


resort to one or more private sales thereof to a restricted group of purchasers which will be obliged to agree, among other things, to acquire such securities for their own account for investment and not with a view to the distribution or resale thereof. Each Grantor acknowledges and agrees that any such private sale may result in prices and other terms less favorable than if such sale were a public sale and, notwithstanding such circumstances, agrees that any such private sale shall be deemed to have been made in a commercially reasonable manner. The Administrative Agent shall be under no obligation to delay a sale of any of the Pledged Stock for the period of time necessary to permit the Issuer thereof to register such securities for public sale under the Securities Act, or under applicable state securities laws, even if such Issuer would agree to do so.

(b) Each Grantor agrees to use its commercially reasonable efforts to do or cause to be done all such other acts as may be necessary to make such sale or sales of all or any portion of the Pledged Stock pursuant to this Section 6.7 valid and binding and in compliance with any and all other applicable Requirements of Law. Each Grantor further agrees that a breach of any of the covenants contained in this Section 6.7 will cause irreparable injury to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, that the Administrative Agent and the Lenders have no adequate remedy at law in respect of such breach and, as a consequence, that each and every covenant contained in this Section 6.7 shall be specifically enforceable against such Grantor, and such Grantor hereby waives and agrees not to assert any defenses against an action for specific performance of such covenants except for a defense that no Event of Default has occurred under the Credit Agreement.

6.8 Subordination . Each Grantor hereby agrees that, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, unless otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent, all Indebtedness owing by it to any Subsidiary of Parent shall be fully subordinated to the indefeasible payment in full in cash of such Grantor’s Obligations.

6.9 Deficiency . Each Grantor shall remain liable for any deficiency if the proceeds of any sale or other disposition of the Collateral are insufficient to pay its Obligations and the reasonable fees and disbursements of any attorneys employed by the Administrative Agent or any Lender to collect such deficiency (with regard to fees and disbursements of any attorneys, to the extent the Borrower is required to pay or reimburse such fees and disbursements pursuant to subsection 11.5 of the Credit Agreement).

SECTION 7. THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT

7.1 Administrative Agent’s Appointment as Attorney-in-Fact, etc. (a) Each Grantor hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Administrative Agent and any officer or agent thereof, with full power of substitution, as its true and lawful attorney-in-fact with full irrevocable power and authority in the place and stead of such Grantor and in the name of such Grantor or in its own name, for the purpose of carrying out the terms of this Agreement, after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, to take any and all appropriate action and to execute any and all documents and instruments which may be necessary or desirable to accomplish the purposes of this Agreement, and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Grantor hereby gives the Administrative Agent the power and right, on behalf of such Grantor, without notice to or assent by such Grantor, after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, to do any or all of the following:

(i) in the name of such Grantor or its own name, or otherwise, take possession of and indorse and collect any checks, drafts, notes, acceptances or other instruments for the payment of moneys due under any Receivable or Contract or with respect to any other Collateral and file any claim or take any other action or proceeding in any court of law or equity or otherwise deemed appropriate by the Administrative Agent for the purpose of collecting any and all such moneys due under any Receivable or Contract or with respect to any other Collateral whenever payable;


(ii) in the case of any Intellectual Property, execute and deliver, and have recorded, any and all agreements, instruments, documents and papers as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request to evidence the Administrative Agent’s and the Lenders’ security interest in such Intellectual Property and the goodwill and general intangibles of such Grantor relating thereto or represented thereby;

(iii) pay or discharge taxes and Liens levied or placed on or threatened against the Collateral, effect any repairs or any insurance called for by the terms of this Agreement and pay all or any part of the premiums therefor and the costs thereof;

(iv) execute, in connection with any sale provided for in Section 6.6 or 6.7, any indorsements, assignments or other instruments of conveyance or transfer with respect to the Collateral; and

(v) (1) direct any party liable for any payment under any of the Collateral to make payment of any and all moneys due or to become due thereunder directly to the Administrative Agent or as the Administrative Agent shall direct; (2) ask or demand for, collect, and receive payment of and receipt for, any and all moneys, claims and other amounts due or to become due at any time in respect of or arising out of any Collateral; (3) sign and indorse any invoices, freight or express bills, bills of lading, storage or warehouse receipts, drafts against debtors, assignments, verifications, notices and other documents in connection with any of the Collateral; (4) commence and prosecute any suits, actions or proceedings at law or in equity in any court of competent jurisdiction to collect the Collateral or any portion thereof and to enforce any other right in respect of any Collateral; (5) defend any suit, action or proceeding brought against such Grantor with respect to any Collateral; (6) settle, compromise or adjust any such suit, action or proceeding and, in connection therewith, give such discharges or releases as the Administrative Agent may deem appropriate; (7) assign any Copyright, Patent or Trademark (along with the goodwill of the business to which any Trademark pertains), throughout the world for such term or terms, on such conditions, and in such manner, as the Administrative Agent shall in its sole discretion determine; and (8) generally, sell, transfer, pledge and make any agreement with respect to or otherwise deal with any of the Collateral as fully and completely as though the Administrative Agent were the absolute owner thereof for all purposes, and do, at the Administrative Agent’s option and such Grantor’s expense, at any time, or from time to time, all acts and things which the Administrative Agent deems necessary to protect, preserve or realize upon the Collateral and the Administrative Agent’s and the Lenders’ security interests therein and to effect the intent of this Agreement, all as fully and effectively as such Grantor might do.

Anything in this Section 7.1(a) to the contrary notwithstanding, the Administrative Agent agrees that it will not exercise any rights under the power of attorney provided for in this Section 7.1(a) unless an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.

(b) If any Grantor fails to perform or comply with any of its agreements contained herein, after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Administrative Agent, at its option, but without any obligation so to do, may perform or comply, or otherwise cause performance or compliance, with such agreement.

(c) The reasonable out of pocket expenses of the Administrative Agent incurred in connection with actions undertaken as provided in this Section 7.1, shall be payable by such Grantor to the Administrative Agent within 10 days of written demand.

(d) Each Grantor hereby ratifies all that said attorneys shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. All powers, authorizations and agencies contained in this Agreement are coupled with


an interest and are irrevocable until this Agreement is terminated and the security interests created hereby are released.

7.2 Duty of Administrative Agent . The Administrative Agent’s sole duty with respect to the custody, safekeeping and physical preservation of the Collateral in its possession, under Section 9-207 of the New York UCC or otherwise, shall be to deal with it in the same manner as the Administrative Agent deals with similar property for its own account. Neither the Administrative Agent, any Lender nor any of their respective officers, directors, employees or agents shall be liable for failure to demand, collect or realize upon any of the Collateral or for any delay in doing so or shall be under any obligation to sell or otherwise dispose of any Collateral upon the request of any Grantor or any other Person or to take any other action whatsoever with regard to the Collateral or any part thereof. The powers conferred on the Administrative Agent and the Lenders hereunder are solely to protect the Administrative Agent’s and the Lenders’ interests in the Collateral and shall not impose any duty upon the Administrative Agent or any Lender to exercise any such powers. The Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall be accountable only for amounts that they actually receive as a result of the exercise of such powers, and neither they nor any of their officers, directors, employees or agents shall be responsible to any Grantor for any act or failure to act hereunder, except for their own (or their officers’, directors’, employees’ or agents’) gross negligence or willful misconduct.

7.3 Execution of Financing Statements . Pursuant to any applicable law, each Grantor authorizes the Administrative Agent to file or record financing statements and other filing or recording documents or instruments with respect to the Collateral without the signature of such Grantor in such form and in such offices as the Administrative Agent determines appropriate to perfect the security interests of the Administrative Agent under this Agreement. Each Grantor authorizes the Administrative Agent to use the collateral description “all personal property” in any such financing statements. Each Grantor hereby ratifies and authorizes the filing by the Administrative Agent of any financing statement with respect to the Collateral made prior to the date hereof.

7.4 Authority of Administrative Agent . Each Grantor acknowledges that the rights and responsibilities of the Administrative Agent under this Agreement with respect to any action taken by the Administrative Agent or the exercise or non-exercise by the Administrative Agent of any option, voting right, request, judgment or other right or remedy provided for herein or resulting or arising out of this Agreement shall, as between the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, be governed by the Credit Agreement and by such other agreements with respect thereto as may exist from time to time among them, but, as between the Administrative Agent and the Grantors, the Administrative Agent shall be conclusively presumed to be acting as agent for the Lenders with full and valid authority so to act or refrain from acting, and no Grantor shall be under any obligation, or entitlement, to make any inquiry respecting such authority.

SECTION 8. MISCELLANEOUS

8.1 Amendments in Writing . None of the terms or provisions of this Agreement may be waived, amended, supplemented or otherwise modified except in accordance with Section 11.1 of the Credit Agreement.

8.2 Notices . All notices, requests and demands to or upon the Administrative Agent or any Grantor hereunder shall be effected in the manner provided for in Section 11.2 of the Credit Agreement; provided that any such notice, request or demand to or upon any Guarantor shall be addressed to such Guarantor at its notice address set forth on Schedule 1 .


8.3 No Waiver by Course of Conduct; Cumulative Remedies . Neither the Administrative Agent nor any Lender shall by any act (except by a written instrument pursuant to Section 8.1), delay, indulgence, omission or otherwise be deemed to have waived any right or remedy hereunder or to have acquiesced in any Default or Event of Default. No failure to exercise, nor any delay in exercising, on the part of the Administrative Agent or any Lender, any right, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof. No single or partial exercise of any right, power or privilege hereunder shall preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege. A waiver by the Administrative Agent or any Lender of any right or remedy hereunder on any one occasion shall not be construed as a bar to any right or remedy which the Administrative Agent or such Lender would otherwise have on any future occasion. The rights and remedies herein provided are cumulative, may be exercised singly or concurrently and are not exclusive of any other rights or remedies provided by law.

8.4 Enforcement Expenses; Indemnification . (a) Each Guarantor agrees to pay or reimburse the Administrative Agent for all its reasonable costs and expenses incurred in collecting against such Guarantor under the guarantee contained in Section 2 or otherwise enforcing or preserving any rights under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which such Guarantor is a party, including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and disbursements of one counsel to the Administrative Agent and to the extent permitted by the Credit Agreement, to the Lenders.

(b) Each Guarantor agrees to pay, and to save the Administrative Agent and the Lenders harmless from, any and all liabilities with respect to, or resulting from any delay in paying, any and all stamp, excise, sales or other taxes, if any, which may be payable or determined to be payable with respect to any of the Collateral or in connection with any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

(c) Each Guarantor agrees to pay, and to save the Administrative Agent and the Lenders harmless from, any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever with respect to the execution, delivery, enforcement, performance and administration of this Agreement to the extent the Borrower would be required to do so pursuant to Section 11.5 of the Credit Agreement.

(d) The agreements in this Section 8.4 shall survive repayment of the Obligations and all other amounts payable under the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

8.5 Successors and Assigns . This Agreement shall be binding upon the successors and assigns of each Grantor and shall inure to the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and their successors and permitted assigns; provided that no Grantor may assign, transfer or delegate any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent.

8.6 Set-Off . In addition to any rights and remedies of the Lenders provided by law, each Grantor hereby irrevocably authorizes the Administrative Agent and each Lender at any time and from time to time when an Event of Default occurred and be continuing shall have the right, without notice to any Grantor, any such notice being expressly waived by each Grantor to the extent permitted by applicable law, upon any Obligations becoming due and payable by any Grantor hereunder or under the Credit Agreement (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) after the expiration of any grace period, to apply to the payment of such Obligations, by setoff or otherwise, any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final), in any currency, and any other credits, indebtedness or claims, in any currency, in each case whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, matured or unmatured, at any time held or owing by such Lender, any affiliate thereof or any of their respective branches or agencies to or for the credit or the account of such Grantor. Each Lender agrees


promptly to notify the relevant Grantor and the Administrative Agent after any such application made by such Lender, provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such application.

8.7 Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed by one or more of the parties to this Agreement on any number of separate counterparts (including by telecopy or “pdf”), and all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument.

8.8 Severability . Any provision of this Agreement which is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.

8.9 Section Headings . The Section headings used in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and are not to affect the construction hereof or be taken into consideration in the interpretation hereof.

8.10 Integration . This Agreement and the other Loan Documents represent the agreement of the Grantors, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof, and there are no promises, undertakings, representations or warranties by the Administrative Agent or any Lender relative to subject matter hereof and thereof not expressly set forth or referred to herein or in the other Loan Documents.

8.11 GOVERNING LAW . THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

8.12 Submission To Jurisdiction; Waivers . Each Grantor hereby irrevocably and unconditionally:

(a) submits for itself and its property in any legal action or proceeding relating to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which it is a party, or for recognition and enforcement of any judgment in respect thereof, to the exclusive general jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York sitting in the Borough of Manhattan, the courts of the United States of America for the Southern District of New York, and appellate courts from any thereof;

(b) consents that any such action or proceeding may be brought in such courts and waives any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the venue of any such action or proceeding in any such court or that such action or proceeding was brought in an inconvenient court and agrees not to plead or claim the same;

(c) agrees that service of process in any such action or proceeding may be effected by mailing a copy thereof by registered or certified mail (or any substantially similar form of mail), postage prepaid, to such Grantor at its address referred to in Section 8.2 or at such other address of which the Administrative Agent shall have been notified pursuant thereto;

(d) agrees that nothing herein shall affect the right to effect service of process in any other manner permitted by law or shall limit the right to sue in any other jurisdiction; and

(e) waives, to the maximum extent not prohibited by law, any right it may have to claim or recover in any legal action or proceeding referred to in this Section any special, exemplary, punitive or


consequential damages; provided that such Grantor shall, except as provided in subsection 11.5 of the Credit Agreement, not be liable for any special, exemplary, punitive or consequential damages.

8.13 Acknowledgements . Each Grantor hereby acknowledges that:

(a) it has been advised by counsel in the negotiation, execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which it is a party;

(b) neither the Administrative Agent nor any Lender has any fiduciary relationship with or duty to any Grantor arising out of or in connection with this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, and the relationship between the Grantors, on the one hand, and the Administrative Agent and Lenders, on the other hand, in connection herewith or therewith is solely that of debtor and creditor; and

(c) no joint venture is created hereby or by the other Loan Documents or otherwise exists by virtue of the transactions contemplated hereby among the Lenders or among the Grantors and the Lenders.

8.14 Additional Grantors . Each Subsidiary of Parent that is required to become a party to this Agreement pursuant to Section 7.10 of the Credit Agreement shall become a Grantor for all purposes of this Agreement upon execution and delivery by such Subsidiary of an Assumption Agreement in the form of Annex 1 hereto.

8.15 Releases . (a) At such time as the Loans, the reimbursement obligations and the other Obligations shall have been paid in full (other than contingent indemnity obligations not due and payable), the Commitments have been terminated and no Letters of Credit shall be outstanding or not fully cash collateralized on terms reasonably acceptable to the applicable Issuing Lender, the Collateral shall be released from the Liens created hereby, and this Agreement and all obligations (other than those expressly stated to survive such termination) of the Administrative Agent and each Grantor hereunder shall terminate, all without delivery of any instrument or performance of any act by any party, and all rights to the Collateral shall revert to the Grantors. At the request and sole expense of any Grantor following any such termination, the Administrative Agent shall deliver to such Grantor any Collateral held by the Administrative Agent hereunder, and execute and deliver to such Grantor such documents as such Grantor shall reasonably request to evidence such termination.

(b) Any of the Collateral sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of by any Grantor in a transaction not prohibited by the Credit Agreement, shall be transferred free of the security interest created hereby on such Collateral, and such security interest shall automatically terminate upon such permitted disposition. The Administrative Agent, at the request and sole expense of such Grantor, shall execute and deliver to such Grantor all releases or other documents reasonably necessary or desirable to evidence such release of the Liens created hereby on such Collateral. Any Subsidiary Guarantor shall be automatically released from its obligations hereunder in the event that all the Capital Stock of such Subsidiary Guarantor shall be sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of in a transaction not prohibited by the Credit Agreement; provided that the Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent, at least five Business Days prior to the date of the proposed release, a written request for release identifying the relevant Subsidiary Guarantor and the terms of the sale or other disposition in reasonable detail, including the price thereof and any expenses in connection therewith, together with a certification by the Borrower stating that such transaction is in compliance with the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents.


8.16 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL . EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT AND FOR ANY COUNTERCLAIM THEREIN.

8.17 Approvals . Any provision contained herein to the contrary notwithstanding, no action shall be taken hereunder by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders with respect to the Collateral unless and until all applicable requirements of the Federal Communications Commission (the “ FCC ”), if any, under the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder and thereof have in the reasonable judgment of the Administrative Agent been fully satisfied to the extent necessary to take such action and there have been obtained all such consents, approvals and authorizations, as may be required to be obtained from the FCC under the terms of any franchise, license or similar operating right held by the Grantor in order to take such action. It is the intention of the parties hereto that the pledge in favor of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders of the Collateral, the grant of a security interest to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders in the Collateral, and all rights and remedies held by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders with respect to the Collateral, shall in all relevant aspects be subject to and governed by said statutes, rules and regulations. By its acceptance of this Agreement, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders agree they will not take any action pursuant to this Agreement which constitutes or results in any assignment or transfer of control of any license or franchise or any change of control over the communications properties owned and operated by the Grantor, if such assignment or transfer of control of any license or franchise or change of control would, under then existing law or under any franchise, require the prior approval of a Governmental Authority, without first obtaining such approval. Upon the exercise by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders of any power, right, privilege or remedy pursuant to this Agreement which requires any such consent, approval, recording, qualification or authorization of any Governmental Authority, the Grantor will execute and deliver, or will cause the execution and delivery of, all applications, certificates, instruments and other documents and papers that the Administrative Agent and the Lenders may reasonably require in order for such governmental consent, approval, recording, qualification or authorization to be obtained. Each Grantor agrees to use its reasonable best efforts to cause such governmental consents, approvals, recordings, qualifications and authorizations to be forthcoming.

8.18 Intercreditor Agreement Governs . Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Liens and security interests granted to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, pursuant to this Agreement and the exercise of any right or remedy by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders hereunder, in each case, with respect to the Common Collateral and Liens securing the Second Priority Obligations are subject to the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement. In the event of any conflict or inconsistency between the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement and this Agreement with respect to the Common Collateral and Liens securing any Second Priority Obligations, the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement shall prevail.


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has caused this Guarantee and Collateral Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as of the date first above written.

 

CUMULUS MEDIA INC.
By:  

/s/ Lewis W. Dickey, Jr.

  Name: Lewis W. Dickey, Jr.
  Title: Chief Executive Officer
CUMULUS MEDIA HOLDINGS INC.
By:  

/s/ Lewis W. Dickey, Jr.

  Name: Lewis W. Dickey, Jr.
  Title: Chief Executive Officer

First Lien Guarantee and Collateral Agreement


Citadel Broadcasting Corporation

Citadel Broadcasting Company

Atlanta Radio, LLC

Aviation I, LLC

Alphabet Acquisition Corp.

Detroit Radio, LLC

Chicago FM Radio Assets, LLC

Chicago License, LLC

Chicago Radio Assets, LLC

Chicago Radio Holding, LLC

Chicago Radio, LLC

DC Radio Assets, LLC

DC Radio, LLC

International Radio, Inc.

KLOS Radio, LLC

KLOS-FM Radio Assets, LLC

KLOS Syndications Assets, LLC

LA License, LLC

LA Radio, LLC

Minneapolis Radio, LLC

Minneapolis Radio Assets, LLC

Network License, LLC

NY License, LLC

NY Radio Assets, LLC

NY Radio, LLC

Oklahoma Radio Partners, LLC

Radio Watermark, Inc.

Radio Assets, LLC

Radio Networks, LLC

Radio Today Entertainment, Inc.

San Francisco Radio, LLC

San Francisco Radio Assets, LLC

SF License, LLC

WBAP-KSCS Acquisition Partner, LLC

WBAP-KSCS Assets, LLC

WBAP-KSCS Radio Acquisition, LLC

WPLJ Radio, LLC

 

By:

 

/s/ Lewis W. Dickey, Jr.

 

Name: Lewis W. Dickey, Jr.

 

Title:   Chief Executive Officer

First Lien Guarantee and Collateral Agreement


Broadcast Software International Inc.

Cumulus Broadcasting LLC

Cumulus Media Partners, LLC

CMP KC Corp.

CMP Susquehanna Holdings Corp.

CMP Susquehanna Radio Holdings Corp.

Susquehanna Pfaltzgraff Co.

Susquehanna Media Co.

Susquehanna Radio Corp.

Radio Metroplex, Inc.

KLIF Broadcasting, Inc.

Catalyst Media, Inc.

CMP Susquehanna Corp.

 

By:

 

/s/ Lewis W. Dickey, Jr.

 

Name: Lewis W. Dickey, Jr.

 

Title:   Chief Executive Officer

 

WBAP-KSCS Radio Group, Ltd.

By:

 

WBAP-KSCS Radio Acquisition, LLC, its

General Partner

By:

 

/s/ Lewis W. Dickey, Jr.

 

Name: Lewis W. Dickey, Jr.

 

Title:   Chief Executive Officer

First Lien Guarantee and Collateral Agreement


JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent
By:  

/s/ Tina Ruyter

  Name: Tina Ruyter
  Title: Executive Director

 

First Lien Guarantee and Collateral Agreement

Exhibit 10.4

This Agreement is subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement dated as of September 16, 2011 among JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent for the First Priority Secured Parties, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent for the Second Priority Secured Parties, Cumulus Media Inc., a Delaware corporation, Cumulus Media Holdings Inc., a Delaware corporation, as Borrower, and the Loan Parties referred to therein, as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time

 

 

 

SECOND LIEN GUARANTEE AND COLLATERAL AGREEMENT

made by

CUMULUS MEDIA INC.,

CUMULUS MEDIA HOLDINGS INC.,

and CERTAIN SUBSIDIARIES OF CUMULUS MEDIA INC.

in favor of

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,

as Administrative Agent

Dated as of September 16, 2011

 

 

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

          Page  

SECTION 1.

   DEFINED TERMS      1   

1.1  

   Definitions      1   

1.2  

   Other Definitional Provisions      4   

SECTION 2.

   GUARANTEE      4   

2.1  

   Guarantee      5   

2.2  

   Right of Contribution      5   

2.3  

   No Subrogation      5   

2.4  

   Amendments, etc. with respect to the Borrower Obligations      6   

2.5  

   Guarantee Absolute and Unconditional      6   

2.6  

   Reinstatement      7   

2.7  

   Payments      7   

SECTION 3.

   GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST      7   

SECTION 4.

   REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES      8   

4.1  

   Title; No Other Liens      9   

4.2  

   Perfected First Priority Liens      9   

4.3  

   Jurisdiction of Organization; Chief Executive Office      9   

4.4  

   Investment Property      9   

4.5  

   Receivables      10   

4.6  

   Intellectual Property      10   

SECTION 5.

   COVENANTS      11   

5.1  

   Delivery of Instruments, Certificated Securities and Chattel Paper      12   

5.2  

   [Reserved]      12   

5.3  

   Maintenance of Perfected Security Interest; Further Documentation      12   

5.4  

   Changes in Name, etc      12   

5.5  

   [Reserved]      12   

5.6  

   Investment Property      12   

5.7  

   Intellectual Property      13   

SECTION 6.

   REMEDIAL PROVISIONS      15   

6.1  

   Certain Matters Relating to Receivables      15   

6.2  

   Communications with Obligors; Grantors Remain Liable      16   

6.3  

   Pledged Stock      16   

6.4  

   Proceeds to be Turned Over To Administrative Agent      17   

6.5  

   Application of Proceeds      17   

6.6  

   Code and Other Remedies      18   

6.7  

   Registration Rights      18   

6.8  

   Subordination      19   

6.9  

   Deficiency      19   

SECTION 7.

   THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT      19   

7.1  

   Administrative Agent’s Appointment as Attorney-in-Fact, etc.      19   

7.2  

   Duty of Administrative Agent      20   

7.3  

   Execution of Financing Statements      21   

 

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7.4  

   Authority of Administrative Agent      21   

SECTION 8.

   MISCELLANEOUS      21   

8.1  

   Amendments in Writing      21   

8.2  

   Notices      21   

8.3  

   No Waiver by Course of Conduct; Cumulative Remedies      21   

8.4  

   Enforcement Expenses; Indemnification      22   

8.5  

   Successors and Assigns      22   

8.6  

   Set-Off      22   

8.7  

   Counterparts      22   

8.8  

   Severability      22   

8.9  

   Section Headings      23   

8.10

   Integration      23   

8.11

   GOVERNING LAW      23   

8.12

   Submission To Jurisdiction; Waivers      23   

8.13

   Acknowledgements      23   

8.14

   Additional Grantors      24   

8.15

   Releases      24   

8.16

   WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL      24   

8.17

   Approvals      24   

SCHEDULES

 

Schedule 1   Notice Addresses
Schedule 2   Investment Property
Schedule 3   Perfection Matters
Schedule 4   Jurisdictions of Organization and Chief Executive Offices
Schedule 5   Intellectual Property
ANNEX  
Annex 1   Form of Assumption Agreement

 

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SECOND LIEN GUARANTEE AND COLLATERAL AGREEMENT

SECOND LIEN GUARANTEE AND COLLATERAL AGREEMENT, dated as of September 16, 2011, made by each of the signatories hereto (together with any other entity that may become a party hereto as provided herein, but in no event including any Foreign Subsidiary, the “ Grantors ”), in favor of JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent (in such capacity, the “ Administrative Agent ”) for the banks and other financial institutions or entities (the “ Lenders ”) from time to time parties to the Second Lien Credit Agreement, dated as of September 16, 2011 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Credit Agreement ”), among CUMULUS MEDIA INC. (“ Parent ”), CUMULUS MEDIA HOLDINGS INC. (the “ Borrower ”), the Lenders and the Administrative Agent.

W I T N E S S E T H :

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Credit Agreement, the Lenders have severally agreed to make extensions of credit to the Borrower upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein;

WHEREAS, the Borrower is a member of an affiliated group of companies that includes each other Grantor;

WHEREAS, the proceeds of the extensions of credit under the Credit Agreement will be used in part to enable the Borrower to make valuable transfers to one or more of the other Grantors in connection with the operation of their respective businesses;

WHEREAS, the Borrower and the other Grantors are engaged in related businesses, and each Grantor will derive substantial direct and indirect benefit from the making of the extensions of credit under the Credit Agreement; and

WHEREAS, it is a condition precedent to the obligation of the Lenders to make their respective extensions of credit to the Borrower under the Credit Agreement that the Grantors shall have executed and delivered this Agreement to the Administrative Agent for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties;

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and to induce the Administrative Agent and the Lenders to enter into the Credit Agreement and to induce the Lenders to make their respective extensions of credit to the Borrower thereunder, each Grantor, intending to be legally bound, hereby agrees with the Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, as follows:

SECTION 1. DEFINED TERMS

1.1 Definitions . (a) Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement, and the following terms are used herein as defined in the New York UCC: Accounts, Certificated Security, Chattel Paper, Commercial Tort Claims, Deposit Accounts, Documents, Equipment, Farm Products, General Intangibles, Instruments, Inventory, Letter-of-Credit Rights and Supporting Obligations.

(b) The following terms shall have the following meanings:


Agreement ”: this Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

Borrower Obligations ”: the collective reference to the unpaid principal of and interest on the Loans and all other obligations and liabilities of the Borrower (including, without limitation, interest accruing at the then applicable rate provided in the Credit Agreement after the maturity of the Loans and interest accruing at the then applicable rate provided in the Credit Agreement after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy, or the commencement of any insolvency, reorganization or like proceeding, relating to the Borrower, whether or not a claim for post-filing or post-petition interest is allowed in such proceeding) to the Administrative Agent or any Lender, whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, due or to become due, or now existing or hereafter incurred, which may arise under, or out of the Credit Agreement, this Agreement, the other Loan Documents or any other document made, delivered or given in connection with any of the foregoing, in each case whether on account of principal, interest, fees, indemnities, costs, expenses or otherwise (including, without limitation, all fees and disbursements of counsel to the Administrative Agent or to the Lenders that are required to be paid by the Borrower pursuant to the terms of any of the foregoing agreements).

Collateral ”: as defined in Section 3.

Collateral Account ”: any collateral account established by the Administrative Agent as provided in Section 6.1 or 6.4.

Common Collateral ”: as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement.

Copyrights ”: (i) all copyrights arising under the laws of the United States, any other country or any political subdivision thereof, whether registered or unregistered and whether published or unpublished (including, without limitation, those listed in Schedule 5 ), all registrations and recordings thereof, and all applications in connection therewith, including, without limitation, all registrations, recordings and applications in the United States Copyright Office, and (ii) the right to obtain all renewals thereof.

Copyright Licenses ”: any written agreement naming any Grantor as licensor or licensee (including, without limitation, those listed in Schedule 5), granting any right under any Copyright, including, without limitation, the grant of rights to manufacture, distribute, exploit and sell materials derived from any Copyright.

Excluded Property ”: as defined in Section 3.

First Priority Obligations ”: as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement.

First Priority Representative ”: as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement.

First Priority Security Documents ”: as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement.

Foreign Subsidiary ”: any Subsidiary organized under the laws of any jurisdiction outside the United States of America.

Foreign Subsidiary Voting Stock ”: the voting Capital Stock of any Foreign Subsidiary.

Guarantor Obligations ”: with respect to any Guarantor, all obligations and liabilities of such Guarantor which may arise under this Agreement or any other Loan Document (including, without


limitation, Section 2) to the Administrative Agent or any Lender (or, in the case of any Specified Swap Agreement or any Specified Cash Management Agreement, the Person that is a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender at the time such arrangement was entered into), in each case whether on account of guarantee obligations, reimbursement obligations, fees, indemnities, costs, expenses or otherwise (including, without limitation, all fees and disbursements of counsel to the Administrative Agent or to the Lenders that are required to be paid by such Guarantor pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or any other Loan Document).

Guarantors ”: the collective reference to each Grantor other than the Borrower.

Intellectual Property ”: the collective reference to all rights, priorities and privileges relating to intellectual property, whether arising under United States, multinational or foreign laws or otherwise, including, without limitation, the Copyrights, the Copyright Licenses, the Patents, the Patent Licenses, the Trademarks and the Trademark Licenses, and all rights to sue at law or in equity for any infringement or other impairment thereof, including the right to receive all proceeds and damages therefrom.

Intercompany Note ”: any promissory note evidencing loans made by any Grantor to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.

Intercreditor Agreement ”: the Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, among the Loan Parties, the Administrative Agent and the First Priority Representative.

Investment Property ”: the collective reference to (i) all “investment property” as such term is defined in Section 9-102(a)(49) of the New York UCC (other than any Foreign Subsidiary Voting Stock excluded from the definition of “Pledged Stock”) and (ii) whether or not constituting “investment property” as so defined, all Pledged Notes and all Pledged Stock.

Issuers ”: the collective reference to each issuer of any Pledged Stock.

New York UCC ”: the Uniform Commercial Code as from time to time in effect in the State of New York.

Obligations ”: (i) in the case of the Borrower, the Borrower Obligations, and (ii) in the case of each Guarantor, its Guarantor Obligations.

Patents ”: (i) all letters patent of the United States, any other country or any political subdivision thereof, and all reissues and extensions thereof, including, without limitation, any of the foregoing referred to in Schedule 5 , (ii) all applications for letters patent of the United States or any other country and all divisions, continuations and continuations-in-part thereof, including, without limitation, any of the foregoing referred to in Schedule 5 , and (iii) all rights to obtain any reissues or extensions of the foregoing.

Patent License ”: all agreements, whether written or oral, providing for the grant by or to any Grantor of any right to manufacture, use or sell any invention covered in whole or in part by a Patent, including, without limitation, any of the foregoing referred to in Schedule 5 .

Pledged Notes ”: all promissory notes listed on Schedule 2 , all Intercompany Notes at any time issued to any Grantor and all other promissory notes issued to or held by any Grantor (other than (i) promissory notes issued in connection with extensions of trade credit by any Grantor in the ordinary


course of business, (ii) the Gleiser Note and (iii) any promissory note made by an employee or director of a Grantor) in an amount exceeding $5,000,000 individually.

Pledged Stock ”: the shares of Capital Stock listed on Schedule 2 , together with any other shares, stock certificates, interests or rights of any nature whatsoever in respect of the Capital Stock of (i) a direct Subsidiary of a Grantor or (ii) any other Person if the value of the Capital Stock under this clause (ii) exceeds $5,000,000 individually that may be issued or granted to, or held by, any Grantor while this Agreement is in effect; provided that in no event shall any Grantor pledge hereunder (a) the Capital Stock issued by CMP KC, LLC or (b) more than 66% of the total outstanding Foreign Subsidiary Voting Stock of any Foreign Subsidiary.

Proceeds ”: all “proceeds” as such term is defined in Section 9-102(a)(64) of the New York UCC and, in any event, shall include, without limitation, all dividends or other income from the Investment Property pledged hereunder, collections thereon or distributions or payments with respect thereto.

Receivable ”: any right to payment for goods sold or leased or for services rendered, whether or not such right is evidenced by an Instrument or Chattel Paper and whether or not it has been earned by performance (including, without limitation, any Account).

Secured Parties ”: the collective reference to the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and any Affiliate of any Lender to which Borrower Obligations or Guarantor Obligations, as applicable, are owed.

Securities Act ”: the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

Trademarks ”: (i) all trademarks, trade names, corporate names, company names, business names, fictitious business names, trade styles, service marks, logos and other source or business identifiers, and all goodwill associated therewith, now existing or hereafter adopted or acquired, all registrations and recordings thereof, and all applications in connection therewith, whether in the United States Patent and Trademark Office or in any similar office or agency of the United States, any State thereof or any other country or any political subdivision thereof, or otherwise, and all common-law rights related thereto, including, without limitation, any of the foregoing referred to in Schedule 5 , and (ii) the right to obtain all renewals thereof.

Trademark License ”: any agreement, whether written or oral, providing for the grant by or to any Grantor of any right to use any Trademark, including, without limitation, any of the foregoing referred to in Schedule 5 .

1.2 Other Definitional Provisions . (a) The words “hereof,” “herein”, “hereto” and “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement, and Section and Schedule references are to this Agreement unless otherwise specified.

(b) The meanings given to terms defined herein shall be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of such terms.

(c) Where the context requires, terms relating to the Collateral or any part thereof, when used in relation to a Grantor, shall refer to such Grantor’s Collateral or the relevant part thereof.

SECTION 2. GUARANTEE


2.1 Guarantee . (a) Each of the Guarantors hereby, jointly and severally, unconditionally and irrevocably, guarantees to the Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties and their respective successors, indorsees, transferees and permitted assigns, the prompt and complete payment and performance by the Borrower when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of the Borrower Obligations.

(b) Anything herein or in any other Loan Document to the contrary notwithstanding, the maximum liability of each Guarantor hereunder and under the other Loan Documents shall in no event exceed the amount which can be guaranteed by such Guarantor under applicable federal and state laws relating to the insolvency of debtors (after giving effect to the right of contribution established in Section 2.2).

(c) Each Guarantor agrees that the Borrower Obligations may at any time and from time to time exceed the amount of the liability of such Guarantor hereunder without impairing the guarantee contained in this Section 2 or affecting the rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent or any Lender hereunder.

(d) The guarantee contained in this Section 2 shall remain in full force and effect until all the Borrower Obligations and the obligations of each Guarantor under the guarantee contained in this Section 2 (other than contingent indemnity obligations not due and payable) shall have been satisfied by payment in full and the Commitments shall be terminated (or, as applicable, cash collateralized or defeased in accordance with the terms of the Credit Agreement), notwithstanding that from time to time during the term of the Credit Agreement the Borrower may be free from any Borrower Obligations.

(e) No payment made by the Borrower, any of the Guarantors, any other guarantor or any other Person or received or collected by the Administrative Agent or any Lender from the Borrower, any of the Guarantors, any other guarantor or any other Person by virtue of any action or proceeding or any set-off or appropriation or application at any time or from time to time in reduction of or in payment of the Borrower Obligations shall be deemed to modify, reduce, release or otherwise affect the liability of any Guarantor hereunder which shall, notwithstanding any such payment (other than any payment made by such Guarantor in respect of the Borrower Obligations or any payment received or collected from such Guarantor in respect of the Borrower Obligations), remain liable for the Borrower Obligations up to the maximum liability of such Guarantor hereunder until the Borrower Obligations are paid in full (other than contingent indemnity obligations not due and payable) and the Commitments are terminated (or as applicable, cash collateralized or defeased in accordance with the terms of the Credit Agreement).

2.2 Right of Contribution . Each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby agrees that to the extent that a Subsidiary Guarantor shall have paid more than its proportionate share of any payment made hereunder, such Subsidiary Guarantor shall be entitled to seek and receive contribution from and against any other Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder which has not paid its proportionate share of such payment. Each Subsidiary Guarantor’s right of contribution shall be subject to the terms and conditions of Section 2.3. The provisions of this Section 2.2 shall in no respect limit the obligations and liabilities of any Subsidiary Guarantor to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, and each Subsidiary Guarantor shall remain liable to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders for the full amount guaranteed by such Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder.

2.3 No Subrogation . Notwithstanding any payment made by any Guarantor hereunder or any set-off or application of funds of any Guarantor by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, no Guarantor shall be entitled to be subrogated to any of the rights of the Administrative Agent or any Lender against the Borrower or any other Guarantor or any collateral security or guarantee or right of offset held by the Administrative Agent or any Lender for the payment of the Borrower Obligations, nor shall any


Guarantor seek or be entitled to seek any contribution or reimbursement from the Borrower or any other Guarantor in respect of payments made by such Guarantor hereunder, until all amounts owing to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders by the Borrower on account of the Borrower Obligations are paid in full (other than contingent indemnity obligations not due and payable) and the Commitments are terminated (or as applicable, cash collateralized or defeased in accordance with the terms of the Credit Agreement). If any amount shall be paid to any Guarantor on account of such subrogation rights at any time when all of the Borrower Obligations shall not have been paid in full (or as applicable, cash collateralized or defeased in accordance with the terms of the Credit Agreement), such amount shall be held by such Guarantor in trust for the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, and shall, forthwith upon receipt by such Guarantor, be turned over to the Administrative Agent in the exact form received by such Guarantor (duly indorsed by such Guarantor to the Administrative Agent, if required), to be applied against the Borrower Obligations, whether matured or unmatured, in such order as the Administrative Agent may determine.

2.4 Amendments, etc. with respect to the Borrower Obligations . Each Guarantor shall remain obligated hereunder notwithstanding that, without any reservation of rights against any Guarantor and without notice to or further assent by any Guarantor, any demand for payment of any of the Borrower Obligations made by the Administrative Agent or any Lender may be rescinded by the Administrative Agent or such Lender and any of the Borrower Obligations continued, and the Borrower Obligations, or the liability of any other Person upon or for any part thereof, or any collateral security or guarantee therefor or right of offset with respect thereto, may, from time to time, in whole or in part, be renewed, extended, amended, modified, accelerated, compromised, waived, surrendered or released by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, and the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents and any other documents executed and delivered in connection therewith may be amended, modified, supplemented or terminated, in whole or in part, as the Administrative Agent (or the Required Lenders or all Lenders, as the case may be) may deem advisable from time to time, and any collateral security, guarantee or right of offset at any time held by the Administrative Agent or any Lender for the payment of the Borrower Obligations may be sold, exchanged, waived, surrendered or released. Neither the Administrative Agent nor any Lender shall have any obligation to protect, secure, perfect or insure any Lien at any time held by it as security for the Borrower Obligations or for the guarantee contained in this Section 2 or any property subject thereto.

2.5 Guarantee Absolute and Unconditional . Each Guarantor waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law and except as otherwise provided for herein, any and all notice of the creation, renewal, extension or accrual of any of the Borrower Obligations and notice of or proof of reliance by the Administrative Agent or any Lender upon the guarantee contained in this Section 2 or acceptance of the guarantee contained in this Section 2; the Borrower Obligations, and any of them, shall conclusively be deemed to have been created, contracted or incurred, or renewed, extended, amended or waived, in reliance upon the guarantee contained in this Section 2; and all dealings between the Borrower and any of the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, on the other hand, likewise shall be conclusively presumed to have been had or consummated in reliance upon the guarantee contained in this Section 2. Each Guarantor waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law and except as otherwise provided for herein, diligence, presentment, protest, demand for payment and notice of default or nonpayment to or upon the Borrower or any of the Guarantors with respect to the Borrower Obligations. Each Guarantor understands and agrees that the guarantee contained in this Section 2 shall be construed as a continuing, absolute and unconditional guarantee of payment without regard to (a) the validity or enforceability of the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, any of the Borrower Obligations or any other collateral security therefor or guarantee or right of offset with respect thereto at any time or from time to time held by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, (b) any defense, set-off or counterclaim (other than a defense of payment or performance) which may at any time be available to or be asserted by the Borrower or any other Person against the Administrative Agent or any Lender, or (c)


any other circumstance whatsoever (with or without notice to or knowledge of the Borrower or such Guarantor) which constitutes, or might be construed to constitute, an equitable or legal discharge of the Borrower for the Borrower Obligations, or of such Guarantor under the guarantee contained in this Section 2, in bankruptcy or in any other instance. When making any demand hereunder or otherwise pursuing its rights and remedies hereunder against any Guarantor, the Administrative Agent or any Lender may, but shall be under no obligation to, make a similar demand on or otherwise pursue such rights and remedies as it may have against the Borrower, any other Guarantor or any other Person or against any collateral security or guarantee for the Borrower Obligations or any right of offset with respect thereto, and any failure by the Administrative Agent or any Lender to make any such demand, to pursue such other rights or remedies or to collect any payments from the Borrower, any other Guarantor or any other Person or to realize upon any such collateral security or guarantee or to exercise any such right of offset, or any release of the Borrower, any other Guarantor or any other Person or any such collateral security, guarantee or right of offset, shall not relieve any Guarantor of any obligation or liability hereunder, and shall not impair or affect the rights and remedies, whether express, implied or available as a matter of law, of the Administrative Agent or any Lender against any Guarantor. For the purposes hereof “demand” shall include the commencement and continuance of any legal proceedings.

2.6 Reinstatement . The guarantee contained in this Section 2 shall continue to be effective, or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment, or any part thereof, of any of the Borrower Obligations is rescinded or must otherwise be restored or returned by the Administrative Agent or any Lender upon the insolvency, bankruptcy, dissolution, liquidation or reorganization of the Borrower or any Guarantor, or upon or as a result of the appointment of a receiver, intervenor or conservator of, or trustee or similar officer for, the Borrower or any Guarantor or any substantial part of its property, or otherwise, all as though such payments had not been made.

2.7 Payments . Each Guarantor hereby guarantees that payments hereunder will be paid to the Administrative Agent without set-off or counterclaim in Dollars at the Funding Office.

SECTION 3. GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST

Each Grantor hereby assigns and transfers to the Administrative Agent, and hereby grants to the Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, a security interest in, all of Grantor’s right, title and interest in the following property now owned or at any time hereafter acquired by such Grantor or in which such Grantor now has or at any time in the future may acquire any right, title or interest other than Excluded Property (collectively, the “ Collateral ”), as collateral security for the prompt and complete payment and performance when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of such Grantor’s Obligations:

(a) all Accounts;

(b) all Chattel Paper;

(c) all Contracts;

(d) all Deposit Accounts;

(e) all Documents (other than title documents with respect to equipment or assets set forth in clause (ii) of the definition of Excluded Property below);

(f) all Equipment;


(g) all Fixtures;

(h) all General Intangibles;

(i) all Instruments;

(j) all Intellectual Property;

(k) all Inventory;

(l) all Investment Property;

(m) all Letter-of-Credit Rights;

(n) all books and records pertaining to the Collateral; and

(o) to the extent not otherwise included, all Proceeds, Supporting Obligations and products of any and all of the foregoing and all collateral security and guarantees given by any Person with respect to any of the foregoing;

provided , however , that notwithstanding any of the other provisions set forth in this Section 3, the term Collateral and the terms set forth in this Section defining the components of Collateral shall not include, and this Agreement shall not constitute a grant of a security interest in, any of the following (the “ Excluded Property ”): (i) any fee owned real property and any leasehold interests in real property of any Grantor, in each case, with a value of less than $20,000,000 , (ii) any trucks, trailers, tractors, service vehicles, automobiles, rolling stock or other registered mobile equipment or assets covered by certificates of title or ownership of any Grantor, (iii) any Letter-of-Credit Rights and any Commercial Tort Claims of any Grantor, in each case, with a value of less than $5,000,000, (iv) any property to the extent that such grant of a security interest is prohibited by any Requirements of Law of a Governmental Authority, requires a consent not obtained of any Governmental Authority pursuant to such Requirement of Law, is prohibited by the organizational documents of a Subsidiary if such Subsidiary is not a wholly owned Subsidiary, or is prohibited by, or constitutes a breach or default under or results in the termination of or requires any consent not obtained under, any contract, license, agreement, instrument or other document evidencing or giving rise to such property or, in the case of any Investment Property, Pledged Stock or Pledged Note, results in the termination of, is prohibited by, or constitutes a default under, any applicable shareholder agreement, joint-venture agreement, operating agreement or similar agreement, except to the extent that such Requirement of Law or the term in such contract, license, agreement, instrument or other document or shareholder or similar agreement providing for such prohibition, termination, breach or default or requiring such consent is ineffective under applicable law, (v) those assets as to which the Administrative Agent and the Borrower agree that the cost of obtaining a security interest therein or perfection thereof are excessive in relation to the value to the Lenders of the security to be afforded thereby, (vi) more than 66% of the Foreign Subsidiary Voting Stock of any Foreign Subsidiary, (vii) the Capital Stock issued by CMP KC, LLC or (viii) any Trademark application filed in the United States Patent and Trademark Office on the basis of such Grantor’s “intent-to-use” such trademark, unless and until acceptable evidence of use of the Trademark has been filed with and accepted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office pursuant to Section 1(c) or Section 1(d) of the Lanham Act (15 U.S.C. §§ 1051, et seq.), to the extent that granting a security interest or other lien in such Trademark application prior to such filing would adversely affect the enforceability or validity of or void such Trademark application.

SECTION 4. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES


To induce the Administrative Agent and the Lenders to enter into the Credit Agreement and to induce the Lenders to make their respective extensions of credit to the Borrower thereunder, each Grantor hereby represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and each Lender that:

4.1 Title; No Other Liens . Except for the security interest granted to the Administrative Agent for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties pursuant to this Agreement and the other Liens permitted to exist on the Collateral by the Credit Agreement, such Grantor owns or, with respect to Intellectual Property, owns or has a valid right to use each item of the Collateral free and clear of any and all Liens or claims of others. No effective financing statement or other public notice with respect to all or any part of the Collateral is on file or of record in any public office, except such as have been filed in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, pursuant to this Agreement or as are not prohibited by the Credit Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, it is understood and agreed that any Grantor may, as part of its business, grant licenses to third parties to use Intellectual Property owned or developed by a Grantor. For purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, such licensing activity shall not constitute a “Lien” on such Intellectual Property. Each of the Administrative Agent and each Lender understands that any such licenses may be exclusive to the applicable licensees, and such exclusivity provisions may limit the ability of the Administrative Agent to utilize, sell, lease or transfer the related Intellectual Property or otherwise realize value from such Intellectual Property pursuant hereto.

4.2 Perfected Liens . The security interests granted pursuant to this Agreement (a) upon completion of the filings and other actions specified on Schedule 3 (which, in the case of all filings and other documents referred to on said Schedule, have been delivered to the Administrative Agent in completed and duly executed form) will constitute valid perfected security interests (to the extent such matter is governed by the law of the United States or a jurisdiction therein) in all of the Collateral (excluding motor vehicles and other assets, if any, with respect to which a security interest cannot be perfected by the filing of a financing statement under the applicable Uniform Commercial Code or through filings with United States registries with respect to Intellectual Property) in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, as collateral security for such Grantor’s Obligations, to the extent such security interest may be perfected by such filings, enforceable in accordance with the terms hereof against all creditors of such Grantor and any Persons purporting to purchase any Collateral from such Grantor and (b) are prior to all other Liens on the Collateral in existence on the date hereof except for Liens permitted by the Credit Agreement which have priority over the Liens on the Collateral by operation of law and Liens created under the First Priority Security Documents.

4.3 Jurisdiction of Organization; Chief Executive Office . On the date hereof, such Grantor’s jurisdiction of organization, identification number from the jurisdiction of organization (if any), and the location of such Grantor’s chief executive office or sole place of business or principal residence, as the case may be, are specified on Schedule 4 . Such Grantor has furnished to the Administrative Agent a certified charter, certificate of incorporation or other organization document and long-form good standing certificate as of a date which is recent to the date hereof.

4.4 Investment Property . (a) The shares of Pledged Stock pledged by such Grantor hereunder constitute all the issued and outstanding shares of all classes of the Capital Stock of each Issuer directly owned by such Grantor (other than any such Capital Stock which constitutes Excluded Property) or, in the case of Foreign Subsidiary Voting Stock, if less, 66% of the outstanding Foreign Subsidiary Voting Stock of each relevant Issuer.

(b) All the shares of the Pledged Stock have been duly and validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable.


(c) To the best of Grantor’s knowledge, each of the Pledged Notes constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the obligor with respect thereto, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to the effects of bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally, general equitable principles (whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing.

(d) Such Grantor is the record and beneficial owner of, and has good and marketable title to, the Investment Property pledged by it hereunder, free of any and all Liens or options in favor of, or claims of, any other Person, except the security interests created by this Agreement and the First Priority Security Documents.

4.5 Receivables . Except for (i) promissory notes issued in connection with extensions of trade credit by any Grantor in the ordinary course of business, (ii) the Gleiser Note and (iii) any promissory note made by an employee or director of a Grantor, no amount payable to such Grantor under or in connection with any Receivable is evidenced by any Instrument or Chattel Paper in an amount in excess of $5,000,000 which has not been delivered to the Administrative Agent.

4.6 Intellectual Property . (a)  Schedule 5 lists all registrations and applications for registration of all Trademarks and Copyrights and all issued Patents and Patent applications owned by such Grantor in its own name on the date hereof, and all Patents Licenses, Trademark Licenses and Copyright Licenses in which a Grantor is the exclusive licensee of any United States registrations or application for registration of any Trademarks or Copyrights or any United States issued Patents or Patent applications.

(b) On the date hereof, all material Intellectual Property owned by such Grantor is (i) valid, subsisting, unexpired, has not been abandoned, and, to the knowledge of such Grantor, enforceable, and (ii) does not, and the conduct of each Grantor’s business does not, infringe the Intellectual Property rights of any other Person in a manner that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(c) No holding, decision or judgment has been rendered by any Governmental Authority which would limit, cancel or challenge the validity of, or such Grantor’s rights in, any Intellectual Property in any respect that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(d) No action or proceeding is pending, or, to the knowledge of such Grantor, threatened, on the date hereof (i) seeking to limit, cancel or challenge the validity of any material Intellectual Property or such Grantor’s ownership interest therein (other than routine office actions), or (ii) which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the value of any Intellectual Property owned by or exclusively licensed to such Grantor.

4.7 Commercial Tort Claims .

(a) On the date hereof, no Grantor has rights in any Commercial Tort Claim with potential value in excess of $5,000,000.

(b) Upon the filing of a financing statement covering any Commercial Tort Claim referred to in Section 5.8 hereof against such Grantor in the jurisdiction specified in Schedule 3 hereto, the security interest granted in such Commercial Tort Claim will constitute a valid perfected security interest in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, as collateral security for such Grantor’s Obligations, enforceable in accordance with the terms hereof against all creditors of such Grantor and any Persons purporting to purchase such Collateral from Grantor, which security interest shall be prior to all other Liens on such Collateral except for unrecorded liens permitted by the Credit


Agreement which have priority over the Liens on such Collateral by operation of law and Liens created by the First Priority Security Documents.

4.8 Organization; Authority; No Litigation .

(a) Such Grantor (i) is a Person duly organized or formed, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, (ii) has the requisite power and authority and the legal right to own and operate its property, to lease the property it operates and to conduct the business in which it is currently engaged, except to the extent that the failure to possess such power and legal authority and such legal right would not, in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, (iii) is duly qualified and in good standing under the laws of each jurisdiction where its ownership, lease or operation of property or the conduct of its business requires such qualification, except where the failure to be so qualified would not have a Material Adverse Effect and (iv) is in compliance with all applicable Requirements of Law, except to the extent that the failure to comply therewith would not, in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

(b) Such Grantor has the requisite power and authority and the legal right to make, deliver and perform the Loan Documents to which it is a party and has taken all necessary corporate or other organizational action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents to which it is a party. No consent or authorization of, or filing with, notice to or other act by or in respect of, any Person (including any Governmental Authority) is required in connection with the execution, delivery, performance, validity or enforceability of any Loan Document to which it is a party, except (i) such as have been obtained or made and are in full force and effect, (ii) filings necessary to perfect Liens created under the Loan Documents and (iii) those consents, authorizations, filings and notices, the failure of which to obtain or make could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. This Agreement and each other Loan Document to which such Grantor is a party has been duly executed and delivered on behalf of such Grantor and constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of such Grantor enforceable against such Grantor in accordance with their terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding in equity or at law).

(c) The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which such Grantor is a party will not violate any Requirement of Law or any Contractual Obligation applicable to or binding upon such Grantor or any of its properties or assets, which violations, individually or in the aggregate, would have a Material Adverse Effect, and will not result in the creation or imposition (or the obligations to create or impose) of any Lien (other than any Lien created pursuant to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which such Grantor is a party or the First Lien Loan Documents) on any of its properties or assets.

(d) No litigation or investigation known to such Grantor through receipt of written notice or proceeding of or by any Governmental Authority or any other Person is pending against such Grantor (x) with respect to the validity, binding effect or enforceability of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents to which such Grantor is a party or (y) which would have a Material Adverse Effect.

SECTION 5. COVENANTS

Each Grantor covenants and agrees with the Administrative Agent and the Lenders that, from and after the date of this Agreement until the Obligations shall have been paid in full (other than contingent indemnity obligations not due and payable) and the Commitments shall have been terminated:


5.1 Delivery of Instruments, Certificated Securities and Chattel Paper . If any amount payable under or in connection with any of the Collateral in excess of $5,000,000 shall be or become evidenced by any Instrument, Certificated Security or Chattel Paper (excluding (i) promissory notes issued in connection with extensions of trade credit by any Grantor in the ordinary course of business, (ii) the Gleiser Note, and (iii) any promissory note made by an employee or director of a Grantor), such Instrument, Certificated Security or Chattel Paper shall be promptly delivered to the Administrative Agent, duly indorsed in a manner satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, to be held as Collateral pursuant to this Agreement.

5.2 [Reserved] .

5.3 Maintenance of Perfected Security Interest; Further Documentation . (a) Such Grantor shall maintain the security interest created by this Agreement as a perfected security interest having at least the priority (and subject to the qualifications) described in Section 4.2 and shall defend such security interest against the claims and demands of all Persons whomsoever, subject to the rights of such Grantor under the Loan Documents to dispose of the Collateral.

(b) Such Grantor will furnish to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders from time to time statements and schedules further identifying and describing the assets and property of such Grantor as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request, all in reasonable detail.

(c) At any time and from time to time, upon the written request of the Administrative Agent, and at the sole expense of such Grantor, such Grantor will promptly and duly execute and deliver, and have recorded, such further instruments and documents and take such further actions as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request for the purpose of obtaining or preserving the full benefits of this Agreement and of the rights and powers herein granted, including, without limitation, (i) filing any financing or continuation statements under the Uniform Commercial Code (or other similar laws) in effect in any jurisdiction with respect to the security interests created hereby and (ii) in the case of Investment Property and any other relevant Collateral with a value in excess of $5,000,000, taking any actions necessary to enable the Administrative Agent to obtain “control” (within the meaning of the applicable Uniform Commercial Code) with respect thereto; provided that no control agreements shall be required with respect to Deposit Accounts, Letter-of-Credit Rights or any other relevant Collateral.

5.4 Changes in Name, etc . Such Grantor will not, except upon 15 days’ prior written notice (or such different period with the consent of the Administrative Agent) to the Administrative Agent and delivery to the Administrative Agent of all additional executed financing statements and other documents reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent to maintain the validity, perfection and priority of the security interests provided for herein, (i) change its jurisdiction of organization or the location of its chief executive office or sole place of business or principal residence from that referred to in Section 4.3 or (ii) change its name.

5.5 [Reserved] .

5.6 Investment Property . (a) If such Grantor shall become entitled to receive or shall receive any certificate (including, without limitation, any certificate representing a dividend or a distribution in connection with any reclassification, increase or reduction of capital or any certificate issued in connection with any reorganization), option or rights in respect of the Capital Stock of any Issuer, whether in addition to, in substitution of, as a conversion of, or in exchange for, any shares of the Pledged Stock, or otherwise in respect thereof, such Grantor shall accept the same as the agent of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, hold the same in trust for the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and deliver the same forthwith to the Administrative Agent in the exact form received, duly


indorsed by such Grantor to the Administrative Agent, if required, together with an undated stock power covering such certificate duly executed in blank by such Grantor and with, if the Administrative Agent so requests, signature guaranteed, to be held by the Administrative Agent, subject to the terms hereof, as additional collateral security for the Obligations. After the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, any sums paid upon or in respect of the Investment Property upon the liquidation or dissolution of any Issuer shall be paid over to the Administrative Agent to be held by it hereunder as additional collateral security for the Obligations, and in case any distribution of capital shall be made on or in respect of the Investment Property or any property shall be distributed upon or with respect to the Investment Property pursuant to the recapitalization or reclassification of the capital of any Issuer or pursuant to the reorganization thereof, the property so distributed shall, unless otherwise subject to a perfected security interest in favor of the Administrative Agent, be delivered to the Administrative Agent to be held by it hereunder as additional collateral security for the Obligations. If any sums of money or property so paid or distributed in respect of the Investment Property shall be received by such Grantor, such Grantor shall, until such money or property is paid or delivered to the Administrative Agent, hold such money or property in trust for the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, as additional collateral security for the Obligations.

(b) Without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent and except as permitted by, or not prohibited under, the Credit Agreement, such Grantor will not (i) vote to enable, or take any other action to permit, any Issuer to issue any Capital Stock of any nature or to issue any other securities convertible into or granting the right to purchase or exchange for any Capital Stock of any nature of any Issuer, (ii) sell, assign, transfer, exchange, or otherwise dispose of, or grant any option with respect to, the Investment Property or Proceeds thereof (except pursuant to a transaction expressly permitted by the Credit Agreement), (iii) create, incur or permit to exist any Lien or option in favor of, or any claim of any Person with respect to, any of the Investment Property or Proceeds thereof, or any interest therein, except for the security interests created by this Agreement and the First Priority Security Documents or (iv) enter into any agreement or undertaking restricting the right or ability of such Grantor or the Administrative Agent to sell, assign or transfer any of the Investment Property or Proceeds thereof, other than the First Lien Loan Documents.

(c) In the case of each Grantor which is an Issuer, such Issuer agrees that (i) it will be bound by the terms of this Agreement relating to the Investment Property issued by it and will comply with such terms insofar as such terms are applicable to it, (ii) it will notify the Administrative Agent promptly in writing of the occurrence of any of the events described in Section 5.7(a) with respect to the Investment Property issued by it and (iii) the terms of Sections 6.3(c) and 6.7 shall apply to it, mutatis mutandis , with respect to all actions that may be required of it pursuant to Section 6.3(c) or 6.7 with respect to the Investment Property issued by it.

5.7 Intellectual Property . (a) Except as otherwise determined by such Grantor in its reasonable business judgment, such Grantor (either itself or through licensees) will (i) continue to use each material Trademark owned by such Grantor to the extent necessary to maintain such Trademark in full force free from any claim of abandonment for non-use, (ii) maintain as in the past substantially the quality of products and services offered under such Trademark, (iii) use such Trademark with the appropriate notice of registration and all other notices and legends to the extent required by applicable Requirements of Law, (iv) not adopt or use any mark which is confusingly similar or a colorable imitation of such Trademark unless the Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, shall obtain a perfected security interest (subject to the qualifications set forth in Section 4.2) in such mark pursuant to this Agreement, and (v) not (and not permit any licensee or sublicensee thereof to) do any act or knowingly omit to do any act whereby such Trademark may become invalidated or impaired in any way.


(b) Except as otherwise determined by such Grantor in its reasonable business judgment, such Grantor (either itself or through licensees) will not do any act, or omit to do any act, whereby any material Patent owned or exclusively licensed by such Grantor may become forfeited, abandoned or dedicated to the public (except as the result of the expiration of such Patent at the end of its statutory term).

(c) Except as otherwise determined by such Grantor in its reasonable business judgment, such Grantor (either itself or through licensees) will not (and will not permit any licensee or sublicensee thereof to) do any act or knowingly omit to do any act whereby any material portion of the Copyrights may become abandoned or otherwise impaired. Such Grantor will not (either itself or through licensees) do any act whereby any material portion of the Copyrights owned or exclusively licensed by such Grantor may fall into the public domain (except as a result of the expiration of such Copyright at the end of its statutory term).

(d) Except as determined by such Grantor in its reasonable business judgment , such Grantor (either itself or through licensees) will not knowingly infringe, misappropriate or otherwise violate the intellectual property rights of any other Person.

(e) Whenever such Grantor, either by itself or through any agent, employee, licensee or designee, shall (i) acquire any registration or application for registration of any Trademark or any issued Patent or Patent application, (ii) become the exclusive licensee of any United States registration or application for registration of any Trademark or any United States issued Patent or Patent application, (iii) or file an application for any Trademark or Patent with the United States Patent and Trademark Office or any similar office or agency in any group of countries, other country or political subdivision thereof, such Grantor shall report such filing, licensing or acquisition to the Administrative Agent after such filing, licensing or acquisition occurs at the same time as the delivery of the certificate under subsection 7.2(b) of the Credit Agreement, but in no event shall such report be made more than ninety (90) days after the date on which such filing, licensing or acquisition occurs. Whenever such Grantor, either by itself or through any agent, employee, licensee or designee, shall (i) acquire any registration or application for registration of any Copyright, (ii) become the exclusive licensee of any United States Copyright registration, or (iii) file an application for any Copyright with the United States Copyright Office or any similar office or agency in any group of countries, other country or political subdivision thereof, such Grantor shall report such filing, licensing or acquisition to the Administrative Agent within (20) twenty Business Days of the acquisition, licensing or filing, as applicable, thereof. Upon request of the Administrative Agent, such Grantor shall execute and deliver, and have recorded, any and all agreements, instruments, documents, and papers as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request to evidence the Administrative Agent’s and the Lenders’ security interest in any such Intellectual Property.

(f) Such Grantor will take all reasonable and necessary steps, including, without limitation, in any proceeding before the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the United States Copyright Office or any similar office or agency in any other country or any political subdivision thereof, to maintain and pursue each application (and to obtain the relevant registration) and to maintain each registration of each of its material Patents, Trademarks, or Copyrights (now or hereafter existing), including, without limitation, filing of applications for renewal, affidavits of use and affidavits of incontestability.

(g) In the event that any material Intellectual Property owned or exclusively licensed by such Grantor is infringed, misappropriated or diluted by a third party, such Grantor shall (i) take such actions as such Grantor shall reasonably deem appropriate under the circumstances to protect such Intellectual Property and (ii) if such Intellectual Property is of material economic value, promptly notify the Administrative Agent after it learns thereof and, where appropriate in Grantor’s reasonable business


judgment and where Grantor has standing to do so, sue for infringement, misappropriation or dilution, seek injunctive relief and recover any and all damages for such infringement, misappropriation or dilution.

(h) Each Grantor will take reasonable steps to clear and correct defects in the chain of title (including any filings in connection with security interests not in favor of the Secured Parties or security interests securing the First Lien Obligations) of the Intellectual Property owned by such Grantor by making, or using commercially reasonable efforts to cause the making of, appropriate filings with the United States Patent and Trademark Office no later than 60 days after the date hereof, and will provide evidence of any such filings to the Administrative Agent or its designee no later than 10 Business Days after making same, provided that the failure to make, or cause to be made, any such filings after reasonable efforts shall not be deemed a violation or breach of this clause (h).

5.8 Commercial Tort Claims . If such Grantor shall obtain an interest in any Commercial Tort Claim with a potential value in excess of $5,000,000, such Grantor shall within 30 days of obtaining such interest sign and deliver documentation acceptable to the Administrative Agent granting a security interest under the terms and provisions of this Agreement in and to such Commercial Tort Claim.

SECTION 6. REMEDIAL PROVISIONS

6.1 Certain Matters Relating to Receivables . (a) The Administrative Agent shall have the right to make test verifications of the Receivables in any manner and through any medium that it reasonably considers advisable, and each Grantor shall furnish all such assistance and information as the Administrative Agent may require in connection with such test verifications; provided that, unless an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, such Grantor shall only be required to provide such information once in any twelve (12) month period. At any time and from time to time during the continuance of an Event of Default, upon the Administrative Agent’s request and at the expense of the relevant Grantor, such Grantor shall cause independent public accountants or others satisfactory to the Administrative Agent to furnish to the Administrative Agent reports showing reconciliations, aging and test verifications of, and trial balances for, the Receivables.

(b) The Administrative Agent hereby authorizes each Grantor to collect such Grantor’s Receivables, provided that the Administrative Agent may curtail or terminate said authority at any time after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default. If required by the Administrative Agent at any time after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, any payments of Receivables, when collected by any Grantor, (i) shall be forthwith (and, in any event, within two Business Days) deposited by such Grantor in the exact form received, duly indorsed by such Grantor to the Administrative Agent if required, in a Collateral Account maintained under the sole dominion and control of the Administrative Agent, subject to withdrawal by the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders only as provided in Section 6.5, and (ii) until so turned over, shall be held by such Grantor in trust for the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, segregated from other funds of such Grantor. Each such deposit of Proceeds of Receivables shall be accompanied by a report identifying in reasonable detail the nature and source of the payments included in the deposit; provided that all funds in such Collateral Account shall be promptly released to the Grantors upon the cure or waiver of all such Events of Default.

(c) During the continuance of an Event of Default and at the Administrative Agent’s reasonable request, each Grantor shall deliver to the Administrative Agent all original and other documents evidencing, and relating to, the agreements and transactions which gave rise to the Receivables, including, without limitation, all original orders, invoices and shipping receipts.


6.2 Communications with Obligors; Grantors Remain Liable . (a) The Administrative Agent in its own name or in the name of others may at any time after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default communicate with obligors under the Receivables and parties to the Contracts to verify with them to the Administrative Agent’s satisfaction the existence, amount and terms of any Receivables or Contracts.

(b) Upon the request of the Administrative Agent at any time after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, each Grantor shall notify obligors on the Receivables and parties to the Contracts that the Receivables and the Contracts have been assigned to the Administrative Agent for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties and that payments in respect thereof shall be made directly to the Administrative Agent.

(c) Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, each Grantor shall remain liable under each of the Receivables and Contracts to observe and perform all the conditions and obligations to be observed and performed by it thereunder, all in accordance with the terms of any agreement giving rise thereto. Neither the Administrative Agent nor any Lender shall have any obligation or liability under any Receivable (or any agreement giving rise thereto) or Contract by reason of or arising out of this Agreement or the receipt by the Administrative Agent or any Lender of any payment relating thereto, nor shall the Administrative Agent or any Lender be obligated in any manner to perform any of the obligations of any Grantor under or pursuant to any Receivable (or any agreement giving rise thereto) or Contract, to make any payment, to make any inquiry as to the nature or the sufficiency of any payment received by it or as to the sufficiency of any performance by any party thereunder, to present or file any claim, to take any action to enforce any performance or to collect the payment of any amounts which may have been assigned to it or to which it may be entitled at any time or times.

6.3 Pledged Stock . (a) Unless an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and the Administrative Agent shall have given notice to the relevant Grantor of the Administrative Agent’s intent to exercise its corresponding rights pursuant to Section 6.3(b), each Grantor shall be permitted to receive all cash dividends paid in respect of the Pledged Stock and all payments made in respect of the Pledged Notes, in each case paid in the normal course of business of the relevant Issuer and consistent with past practice, to the extent permitted in the Credit Agreement, and to exercise all voting and corporate or other organizational rights with respect to the Investment Property; provided , however , that no vote shall be cast or corporate or other organizational right exercised or other action taken which, in the Administrative Agent’s reasonable judgment, would impair the Collateral in any material respect or which would result in a Default or Event of Default under any provision of the Credit Agreement, this Agreement or any other Loan Document.

(b) If an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing and the Administrative Agent shall give notice of its intent to exercise such rights to the relevant Grantor or Grantors, (i) the Administrative Agent shall have the right to receive any and all cash dividends, payments or other Proceeds paid in respect of the Investment Property and make application thereof to the Obligations in such order as the Administrative Agent may determine, and (ii) any or all of the Investment Property shall be registered in the name of the Administrative Agent or its nominee, and the Administrative Agent or its nominee may thereafter exercise (x) all voting, corporate and other rights pertaining to such Investment Property at any meeting of shareholders of the relevant Issuer or Issuers or otherwise and (y) any and all rights of conversion, exchange and subscription and any other rights, privileges or options pertaining to such Investment Property as if it were the absolute owner thereof (including, without limitation, the right to exchange at its discretion any and all of the Investment Property upon the merger, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization or other fundamental change in the corporate or other organizational structure of any Issuer, or upon the exercise by any Grantor or the Administrative Agent of any right, privilege or option pertaining to such Investment Property, and in connection therewith, the right to


deposit and deliver any and all of the Investment Property with any committee, depositary, transfer agent, registrar or other designated agency upon such terms and conditions as the Administrative Agent may determine), all without liability except to account for property actually received by it, but the Administrative Agent shall have no duty to any Grantor to exercise any such right, privilege or option and shall not be responsible for any failure to do so or delay in so doing, other than as a result of the Administrative Agent’s gross negligence or willful misconduct.

(c) Each Grantor hereby authorizes and instructs each Issuer of any Investment Property pledged by such Grantor hereunder to (i) comply with any instruction received by it from the Administrative Agent in writing that (x) states that an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and (y) is otherwise in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, without any other or further instructions from such Grantor, and each Grantor agrees that each Issuer shall be fully protected in so complying following receipt of such notice and prior to notice that such Event of Default is no longer continuing, and (ii) unless otherwise expressly permitted hereby, pay any dividends or other payments with respect to the Investment Property directly to the Administrative Agent.

6.4 Proceeds to be Turned Over To Administrative Agent . In addition to the rights of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders specified in Section 6.1 with respect to payments of Receivables, if an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, upon request of the Administrative Agent, all Proceeds received by any Grantor consisting of cash, checks and other near-cash items shall be held by such Grantor in trust for the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, and shall, forthwith upon receipt by such Grantor, be turned over to the Administrative Agent in the exact form received by such Grantor (duly indorsed by such Grantor to the Administrative Agent, if required). All Proceeds received by the Administrative Agent hereunder shall be held by the Administrative Agent in a Collateral Account maintained under its sole dominion and control. All Proceeds while held by the Administrative Agent in a Collateral Account (or by such Grantor in trust for the Administrative Agent and the Lenders) shall continue to be held as collateral security for all the Obligations and shall not constitute payment thereof until applied as provided in Section 6.5; provided that all funds in such Collateral Account shall be promptly released to Grantor upon cure or waiver of all such Events of Default.

6.5 Application of Proceeds . At such intervals as may be agreed upon by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, or, if an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, at any time at the Administrative Agent’s election, the Administrative Agent may apply all or any part of Proceeds constituting Collateral, whether or not held in any Collateral Account, and any proceeds of the guarantee set forth in Section 2, in payment of the Obligations in the following order:

First , to pay incurred and unpaid fees and expenses of the Administrative Agent under the Loan Documents;

Second , to the Administrative Agent, for application by it towards payment of amounts then due and owing and remaining unpaid in respect of the Obligations, pro rata among the Secured Parties according to the amounts of the Obligations then due and owing and remaining unpaid to the Secured Parties;

Third , to the Administrative Agent, for application by it towards prepayment of the Obligations, pro rata among the Secured Parties according to the amounts of the Obligations then held by the Secured Parties; and

Fourth , any balance remaining after the Obligations shall have been paid in full (other than contingent indemnity obligations not due and payable) and the Commitments shall have


terminated shall be paid over to the Borrower or to whomsoever may be lawfully entitled to receive the same.

6.6 Code and Other Remedies . If an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, the Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Lenders, may exercise, in addition to all other rights and remedies granted to them in this Agreement and in any other instrument or agreement securing, evidencing or relating to the Obligations, all rights and remedies of a secured party under the New York UCC or any other applicable law. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Administrative Agent, without demand of performance or other demand, presentment, protest, advertisement or notice of any kind (except any notice required by law referred to below) to or upon any Grantor or any other Person (all and each of which demands, defenses, advertisements and notices are hereby waived), may in such circumstances forthwith collect, receive, appropriate and realize upon the Collateral, or any part thereof, and/or may forthwith sell, lease, assign, give option or options to purchase, or otherwise dispose of and deliver the Collateral or any part thereof (or contract to do any of the foregoing), in one or more parcels at public or private sale or sales, at any exchange, broker’s board or office of the Administrative Agent or any Lender or elsewhere upon such terms and conditions as it may deem advisable and at such prices as it may deem best, for cash or on credit or for future delivery without assumption of any credit risk. The Administrative Agent or any Lender shall have the right upon any such public sale or sales, and, to the extent permitted by law, upon any such private sale or sales, to purchase the whole or any part of the Collateral so sold, free of any right or equity of redemption in any Grantor, which right or equity is hereby waived and released. Each Grantor further agrees, at the Administrative Agent’s request, to assemble the Collateral and make it available to the Administrative Agent at places which the Administrative Agent shall reasonably select, whether at such Grantor’s premises or elsewhere. The Administrative Agent shall apply the net proceeds of any action taken by it pursuant to this Section 6.6, after deducting all reasonable costs and expenses of every kind incurred in connection therewith or incidental to the care or safekeeping of any of the Collateral or in any way relating to the Collateral or the rights of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders hereunder, including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees and disbursements, to the payment in whole or in part of the Obligations, in such order as the Administrative Agent may elect, and only after such application and after the payment by the Administrative Agent of any other amount required by any provision of law, including, without limitation, Section 9-615(a)(3) of the New York UCC, need the Administrative Agent account for the surplus, if any, to any Grantor. To the extent permitted by applicable law, each Grantor waives all claims, damages and demands it may acquire against the Administrative Agent or any Lender arising out of the exercise by them of any rights hereunder. If any notice of a proposed sale or other disposition of Collateral shall be required by law, such notice shall be deemed reasonable and proper if given at least 10 days before such sale or other disposition.

6.7 Registration Rights . (a) Each Grantor recognizes that the Administrative Agent may be unable to effect a public sale of any or all of the Pledged Stock, by reason of certain prohibitions contained in the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws or otherwise, and may be compelled to resort to one or more private sales thereof to a restricted group of purchasers which will be obliged to agree, among other things, to acquire such securities for their own account for investment and not with a view to the distribution or resale thereof. Each Grantor acknowledges and agrees that any such private sale may result in prices and other terms less favorable than if such sale were a public sale and, notwithstanding such circumstances, agrees that any such private sale shall be deemed to have been made in a commercially reasonable manner. The Administrative Agent shall be under no obligation to delay a sale of any of the Pledged Stock for the period of time necessary to permit the Issuer thereof to register such securities for public sale under the Securities Act, or under applicable state securities laws, even if such Issuer would agree to do so.


(b) Each Grantor agrees to use its commercially reasonable efforts to do or cause to be done all such other acts as may be necessary to make such sale or sales of all or any portion of the Pledged Stock pursuant to this Section 6.7 valid and binding and in compliance with any and all other applicable Requirements of Law. Each Grantor further agrees that a breach of any of the covenants contained in this Section 6.7 will cause irreparable injury to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, that the Administrative Agent and the Lenders have no adequate remedy at law in respect of such breach and, as a consequence, that each and every covenant contained in this Section 6.7 shall be specifically enforceable against such Grantor, and such Grantor hereby waives and agrees not to assert any defenses against an action for specific performance of such covenants except for a defense that no Event of Default has occurred under the Credit Agreement.

6.8 Subordination . Each Grantor hereby agrees that, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, unless otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent, all Indebtedness owing by it to any Subsidiary of Parent shall be fully subordinated to the indefeasible payment in full in cash of such Grantor’s Obligations.

6.9 Deficiency . Each Grantor shall remain liable for any deficiency if the proceeds of any sale or other disposition of the Collateral are insufficient to pay its Obligations and the reasonable fees and disbursements of any attorneys employed by the Administrative Agent or any Lender to collect such deficiency (with regard to fees and disbursements of any attorneys, to the extent the Borrower is required to pay or reimburse such fees and disbursements pursuant to subsection 11.5 of the Credit Agreement).

SECTION 7. THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT

7.1 Administrative Agent’s Appointment as Attorney-in-Fact, etc. (a) Each Grantor hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Administrative Agent and any officer or agent thereof, with full power of substitution, as its true and lawful attorney-in-fact with full irrevocable power and authority in the place and stead of such Grantor and in the name of such Grantor or in its own name, for the purpose of carrying out the terms of this Agreement, after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, to take any and all appropriate action and to execute any and all documents and instruments which may be necessary or desirable to accomplish the purposes of this Agreement, and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Grantor hereby gives the Administrative Agent the power and right, on behalf of such Grantor, without notice to or assent by such Grantor, after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, to do any or all of the following:

(i) in the name of such Grantor or its own name, or otherwise, take possession of and indorse and collect any checks, drafts, notes, acceptances or other instruments for the payment of moneys due under any Receivable or Contract or with respect to any other Collateral and file any claim or take any other action or proceeding in any court of law or equity or otherwise deemed appropriate by the Administrative Agent for the purpose of collecting any and all such moneys due under any Receivable or Contract or with respect to any other Collateral whenever payable;

(ii) in the case of any Intellectual Property, execute and deliver, and have recorded, any and all agreements, instruments, documents and papers as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request to evidence the Administrative Agent’s and the Lenders’ security interest in such Intellectual Property and the goodwill and general intangibles of such Grantor relating thereto or represented thereby;

(iii) pay or discharge taxes and Liens levied or placed on or threatened against the Collateral, effect any repairs or any insurance called for by the terms of this Agreement and pay all or any part of the premiums therefor and the costs thereof;


(iv) execute, in connection with any sale provided for in Section 6.6 or 6.7, any indorsements, assignments or other instruments of conveyance or transfer with respect to the Collateral; and

(v) (1) direct any party liable for any payment under any of the Collateral to make payment of any and all moneys due or to become due thereunder directly to the Administrative Agent or as the Administrative Agent shall direct; (2) ask or demand for, collect, and receive payment of and receipt for, any and all moneys, claims and other amounts due or to become due at any time in respect of or arising out of any Collateral; (3) sign and indorse any invoices, freight or express bills, bills of lading, storage or warehouse receipts, drafts against debtors, assignments, verifications, notices and other documents in connection with any of the Collateral; (4) commence and prosecute any suits, actions or proceedings at law or in equity in any court of competent jurisdiction to collect the Collateral or any portion thereof and to enforce any other right in respect of any Collateral; (5) defend any suit, action or proceeding brought against such Grantor with respect to any Collateral; (6) settle, compromise or adjust any such suit, action or proceeding and, in connection therewith, give such discharges or releases as the Administrative Agent may deem appropriate; (7) assign any Copyright, Patent or Trademark (along with the goodwill of the business to which any Trademark pertains), throughout the world for such term or terms, on such conditions, and in such manner, as the Administrative Agent shall in its sole discretion determine; and (8) generally, sell, transfer, pledge and make any agreement with respect to or otherwise deal with any of the Collateral as fully and completely as though the Administrative Agent were the absolute owner thereof for all purposes, and do, at the Administrative Agent’s option and such Grantor’s expense, at any time, or from time to time, all acts and things which the Administrative Agent deems necessary to protect, preserve or realize upon the Collateral and the Administrative Agent’s and the Lenders’ security interests therein and to effect the intent of this Agreement, all as fully and effectively as such Grantor might do.

Anything in this Section 7.1(a) to the contrary notwithstanding, the Administrative Agent agrees that it will not exercise any rights under the power of attorney provided for in this Section 7.1(a) unless an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.

(b) If any Grantor fails to perform or comply with any of its agreements contained herein, after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Administrative Agent, at its option, but without any obligation so to do, may perform or comply, or otherwise cause performance or compliance, with such agreement.

(c) The reasonable out of pocket expenses of the Administrative Agent incurred in connection with actions undertaken as provided in this Section 7.1, shall be payable by such Grantor to the Administrative Agent within 10 days of written demand.

(d) Each Grantor hereby ratifies all that said attorneys shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. All powers, authorizations and agencies contained in this Agreement are coupled with an interest and are irrevocable until this Agreement is terminated and the security interests created hereby are released.

7.2 Duty of Administrative Agent . The Administrative Agent’s sole duty with respect to the custody, safekeeping and physical preservation of the Collateral in its possession, under Section 9-207 of the New York UCC or otherwise, shall be to deal with it in the same manner as the Administrative Agent deals with similar property for its own account. Neither the Administrative Agent, any Lender nor any of their respective officers, directors, employees or agents shall be liable for failure to demand, collect or realize upon any of the Collateral or for any delay in doing so or shall be under any obligation to sell or otherwise dispose of any Collateral upon the request of any Grantor or any other Person or to take any other action whatsoever with regard to the Collateral or any part thereof. The powers conferred on the


Administrative Agent and the Lenders hereunder are solely to protect the Administrative Agent’s and the Lenders’ interests in the Collateral and shall not impose any duty upon the Administrative Agent or any Lender to exercise any such powers. The Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall be accountable only for amounts that they actually receive as a result of the exercise of such powers, and neither they nor any of their officers, directors, employees or agents shall be responsible to any Grantor for any act or failure to act hereunder, except for their own (or their officers’, directors’, employees’ or agents’) gross negligence or willful misconduct.

7.3 Execution of Financing Statements . Pursuant to any applicable law, each Grantor authorizes the Administrative Agent to file or record financing statements and other filing or recording documents or instruments with respect to the Collateral without the signature of such Grantor in such form and in such offices as the Administrative Agent determines appropriate to perfect the security interests of the Administrative Agent under this Agreement. Each Grantor authorizes the Administrative Agent to use the collateral description “all personal property” in any such financing statements. Each Grantor hereby ratifies and authorizes the filing by the Administrative Agent of any financing statement with respect to the Collateral made prior to the date hereof.

7.4 Authority of Administrative Agent . Each Grantor acknowledges that the rights and responsibilities of the Administrative Agent under this Agreement with respect to any action taken by the Administrative Agent or the exercise or non-exercise by the Administrative Agent of any option, voting right, request, judgment or other right or remedy provided for herein or resulting or arising out of this Agreement shall, as between the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, be governed by the Credit Agreement and by such other agreements with respect thereto as may exist from time to time among them, but, as between the Administrative Agent and the Grantors, the Administrative Agent shall be conclusively presumed to be acting as agent for the Lenders with full and valid authority so to act or refrain from acting, and no Grantor shall be under any obligation, or entitlement, to make any inquiry respecting such authority.

SECTION 8. MISCELLANEOUS

8.1 Amendments in Writing . None of the terms or provisions of this Agreement may be waived, amended, supplemented or otherwise modified except in accordance with Section 11.1 of the Credit Agreement.

8.2 Notices . All notices, requests and demands to or upon the Administrative Agent or any Grantor hereunder shall be effected in the manner provided for in Section 11.2 of the Credit Agreement; provided that any such notice, request or demand to or upon any Guarantor shall be addressed to such Guarantor at its notice address set forth on Schedule 1 .

8.3 No Waiver by Course of Conduct; Cumulative Remedies . Neither the Administrative Agent nor any Lender shall by any act (except by a written instrument pursuant to Section 8.1), delay, indulgence, omission or otherwise be deemed to have waived any right or remedy hereunder or to have acquiesced in any Default or Event of Default. No failure to exercise, nor any delay in exercising, on the part of the Administrative Agent or any Lender, any right, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof. No single or partial exercise of any right, power or privilege hereunder shall preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege. A waiver by the Administrative Agent or any Lender of any right or remedy hereunder on any one occasion shall not be construed as a bar to any right or remedy which the Administrative Agent or such Lender would otherwise have on any future occasion. The rights and remedies herein provided are cumulative, may be exercised singly or concurrently and are not exclusive of any other rights or remedies provided by law.


8.4 Enforcement Expenses; Indemnification . (a) Each Guarantor agrees to pay or reimburse the Administrative Agent for all its reasonable costs and expenses incurred in collecting against such Guarantor under the guarantee contained in Section 2 or otherwise enforcing or preserving any rights under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which such Guarantor is a party, including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and disbursements of one counsel to the Administrative Agent and to the extent permitted by the Credit Agreement, to the Lenders.

(b) Each Guarantor agrees to pay, and to save the Administrative Agent and the Lenders harmless from, any and all liabilities with respect to, or resulting from any delay in paying, any and all stamp, excise, sales or other taxes, if any, which may be payable or determined to be payable with respect to any of the Collateral or in connection with any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

(c) Each Guarantor agrees to pay, and to save the Administrative Agent and the Lenders harmless from, any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever with respect to the execution, delivery, enforcement, performance and administration of this Agreement to the extent the Borrower would be required to do so pursuant to Section 11.5 of the Credit Agreement.

(d) The agreements in this Section 8.4 shall survive repayment of the Obligations and all other amounts payable under the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

8.5 Successors and Assigns . This Agreement shall be binding upon the successors and assigns of each Grantor and shall inure to the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and their successors and permitted assigns; provided that no Grantor may assign, transfer or delegate any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent.

8.6 Set-Off . In addition to any rights and remedies of the Lenders provided by law, each Grantor hereby irrevocably authorizes the Administrative Agent and each Lender at any time and from time to time when an Event of Default occurred and be continuing shall have the right, without notice to any Grantor, any such notice being expressly waived by each Grantor to the extent permitted by applicable law, upon any Obligations becoming due and payable by any Grantor hereunder or under the Credit Agreement (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) after the expiration of any grace period, to apply to the payment of such Obligations, by setoff or otherwise, any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final), in any currency, and any other credits, indebtedness or claims, in any currency, in each case whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, matured or unmatured, at any time held or owing by such Lender, any affiliate thereof or any of their respective branches or agencies to or for the credit or the account of such Grantor. Each Lender agrees promptly to notify the relevant Grantor and the Administrative Agent after any such application made by such Lender, provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such application.

8.7 Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed by one or more of the parties to this Agreement on any number of separate counterparts (including by telecopy or “pdf”), and all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument.

8.8 Severability . Any provision of this Agreement which is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.


8.9 Section Headings . The Section headings used in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and are not to affect the construction hereof or be taken into consideration in the interpretation hereof.

8.10 Integration . This Agreement and the other Loan Documents represent the agreement of the Grantors, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof, and there are no promises, undertakings, representations or warranties by the Administrative Agent or any Lender relative to subject matter hereof and thereof not expressly set forth or referred to herein or in the other Loan Documents.

8.11 GOVERNING LAW . THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

8.12 Submission To Jurisdiction; Waivers . Each Grantor hereby irrevocably and unconditionally:

(a) submits for itself and its property in any legal action or proceeding relating to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which it is a party, or for recognition and enforcement of any judgment in respect thereof, to the exclusive general jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York sitting in the Borough of Manhattan, the courts of the United States of America for the Southern District of New York, and appellate courts from any thereof;

(b) consents that any such action or proceeding may be brought in such courts and waives any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the venue of any such action or proceeding in any such court or that such action or proceeding was brought in an inconvenient court and agrees not to plead or claim the same;

(c) agrees that service of process in any such action or proceeding may be effected by mailing a copy thereof by registered or certified mail (or any substantially similar form of mail), postage prepaid, to such Grantor at its address referred to in Section 8.2 or at such other address of which the Administrative Agent shall have been notified pursuant thereto;

(d) agrees that nothing herein shall affect the right to effect service of process in any other manner permitted by law or shall limit the right to sue in any other jurisdiction; and

(e) waives, to the maximum extent not prohibited by law, any right it may have to claim or recover in any legal action or proceeding referred to in this Section any special, exemplary, punitive or consequential damages; provided that such Grantor shall, except as provided in subsection 11.5 of the Credit Agreement, not be liable for any special, exemplary, punitive or consequential damages.

8.13 Acknowledgements . Each Grantor hereby acknowledges that:

(a) it has been advised by counsel in the negotiation, execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which it is a party;

(b) neither the Administrative Agent nor any Lender has any fiduciary relationship with or duty to any Grantor arising out of or in connection with this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, and the relationship between the Grantors, on the one hand, and the Administrative Agent and Lenders, on the other hand, in connection herewith or therewith is solely that of debtor and creditor; and


(c) no joint venture is created hereby or by the other Loan Documents or otherwise exists by virtue of the transactions contemplated hereby among the Lenders or among the Grantors and the Lenders.

8.14 Additional Grantors . Each Subsidiary of Parent that is required to become a party to this Agreement pursuant to Section 7.10 of the Credit Agreement shall become a Grantor for all purposes of this Agreement upon execution and delivery by such Subsidiary of an Assumption Agreement in the form of Annex 1 hereto.

8.15 Releases . (a) At such time as the Loans, the reimbursement obligations and the other Obligations shall have been paid in full (other than contingent indemnity obligations not due and payable), the Commitments have been terminated, the Collateral shall be released from the Liens created hereby, and this Agreement and all obligations (other than those expressly stated to survive such termination) of the Administrative Agent and each Grantor hereunder shall terminate, all without delivery of any instrument or performance of any act by any party, and all rights to the Collateral shall revert to the Grantors. At the request and sole expense of any Grantor following any such termination, the Administrative Agent shall deliver to such Grantor any Collateral held by the Administrative Agent hereunder, and execute and deliver to such Grantor such documents as such Grantor shall reasonably request to evidence such termination.

(b) Any of the Collateral sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of by any Grantor in a transaction not prohibited by the Credit Agreement, shall be transferred free of the security interest created hereby on such Collateral, and such security interest shall automatically terminate upon such permitted disposition. The Administrative Agent, at the request and sole expense of such Grantor, shall execute and deliver to such Grantor all releases or other documents reasonably necessary or desirable to evidence such release of the Liens created hereby on such Collateral. Any Subsidiary Guarantor shall be automatically released from its obligations hereunder in the event that all the Capital Stock of such Subsidiary Guarantor shall be sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of in a transaction not prohibited by the Credit Agreement; provided that the Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent, at least five Business Days prior to the date of the proposed release, a written request for release identifying the relevant Subsidiary Guarantor and the terms of the sale or other disposition in reasonable detail, including the price thereof and any expenses in connection therewith, together with a certification by the Borrower stating that such transaction is in compliance with the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

8.16 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL . EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT AND FOR ANY COUNTERCLAIM THEREIN.

8.17 Approvals . Any provision contained herein to the contrary notwithstanding, no action shall be taken hereunder by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders with respect to the Collateral unless and until all applicable requirements of the Federal Communications Commission (the “ FCC ”), if any, under the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder and thereof have in the reasonable judgment of the Administrative Agent been fully satisfied to the extent necessary to take such action and there have been obtained all such consents, approvals and authorizations, as may be required to be obtained from the FCC under the terms of any franchise, license or similar operating right held by the Grantor in order to take such action. It is the intention of the parties hereto that the pledge in favor of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders of the Collateral, the grant of a security interest to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders in the Collateral, and all rights and remedies held by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders with respect to the Collateral, shall in all


relevant aspects be subject to and governed by said statutes, rules and regulations. By its acceptance of this Agreement, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders agree they will not take any action pursuant to this Agreement which constitutes or results in any assignment or transfer of control of any license or franchise or any change of control over the communications properties owned and operated by the Grantor, if such assignment or transfer of control of any license or franchise or change of control would, under then existing law or under any franchise, require the prior approval of a Governmental Authority, without first obtaining such approval. Upon the exercise by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders of any power, right, privilege or remedy pursuant to this Agreement which requires any such consent, approval, recording, qualification or authorization of any Governmental Authority, the Grantor will execute and deliver, or will cause the execution and delivery of, all applications, certificates, instruments and other documents and papers that the Administrative Agent and the Lenders may reasonably require in order for such governmental consent, approval, recording, qualification or authorization to be obtained. Each Grantor agrees to use its reasonable best efforts to cause such governmental consents, approvals, recordings, qualifications and authorizations to be forthcoming.

8.18 Intercreditor Agreement Governs . Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Liens and security interests granted to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, pursuant to this Agreement and the exercise of any right or remedy by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders hereunder, in each case, with respect to the Common Collateral and Liens securing the First Priority Obligations are subject to the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement. In the event of any conflict or inconsistency between the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement and this Agreement with respect to the Common Collateral and Liens securing any First Priority Obligations, the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement shall prevail. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, prior to the First Priority Obligations Payment Date (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement), the requirements of this Agreement to deliver Collateral and any certificates, instruments or other documents in relation thereto to the Administrative Agent shall be deemed satisfied by delivery of such Collateral and such certificates, instruments or documents in relation thereto to the First Priority Representative (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement) (as bailee for the Administrative Agent).

In furtherance of the foregoing, and notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in the event the First Priority Representative enters into any amendment, waiver or consent in respect of any of the First Priority Security Documents (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement) for the purpose of adding to, or deleting from, or waiving or consenting to any departures from any provisions of, any First Priority Security Document or changing in any manner the rights of any parties thereunder, in each case solely with respect to any Common Collateral, then such amendment, waiver or consent shall apply automatically to any comparable provision of this Agreement without the consent of or action by the Administrative Agent or any Lender; provided that (other than with respect to amendments, modifications or waivers that secure additional extensions of credit and add additional secured creditors and do not violate the express provisions of the Credit Agreement), (i) no such amendment, waiver or consent shall have the effect of releasing assets subject to the Lien of this Agreement, except to the extent that a release of such Lien is permitted or required by Section 4.2 of the Intercreditor Agreement, and (ii) any such amendment, waiver or consent that materially and adversely affects the rights of the Administrative Agent or the Lenders and does not affect the First Priority Secured Parties (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement) in a like or similar manner shall not apply to this Agreement without the consent of the Administrative Agent.


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has caused this Guarantee and Collateral Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as of the date first above written.

 

CUMULUS MEDIA INC.

By:

 

/s/ Lewis W. Dickey, Jr.

 

Name: Lewis W. Dickey, Jr.

 

Title:   Chief Executive Officer

CUMULUS MEDIA HOLDINGS INC.

By:

 

/s/ Lewis W. Dickey, Jr.

 

Name: Lewis W. Dickey, Jr.

 

Title:   Chief Executive Officer

 

Second Lien Guarantee and Collateral Agreement


Citadel Broadcasting Corporation

Citadel Broadcasting Company

Atlanta Radio, LLC

Aviation I, LLC

Alphabet Acquisition Corp.

Detroit Radio, LLC

Chicago FM Radio Assets, LLC

Chicago License, LLC

Chicago Radio Assets, LLC

Chicago Radio Holding, LLC

Chicago Radio, LLC

DC Radio Assets, LLC

DC Radio, LLC

International Radio, Inc.

KLOS Radio, LLC

KLOS-FM Radio Assets, LLC

KLOS Syndications Assets, LLC

LA License, LLC

LA Radio, LLC

Minneapolis Radio, LLC

Minneapolis Radio Assets, LLC

Network License, LLC

NY License, LLC

NY Radio Assets, LLC

NY Radio, LLC

Oklahoma Radio Partners, LLC

Radio Watermark, Inc.

Radio Assets, LLC

Radio Networks, LLC

Radio Today Entertainment, Inc.

San Francisco Radio, LLC

San Francisco Radio Assets, LLC

SF License, LLC

WBAP-KSCS Acquisition Partner, LLC

WBAP-KSCS Assets, LLC

WBAP-KSCS Radio Acquisition, LLC

WPLJ Radio, LLC

By:   /s/ Lewis W. Dickey, Jr.
 

Name: Lewis W. Dickey, Jr.

Title:   Chief Executive Officer

Broadcast Software International Inc.

Cumulus Broadcasting LLC

Cumulus Media Partners, LLC

CMP KC Corp.

CMP Susquehanna Holdings Corp.

CMP Susquehanna Radio Holdings Corp.

Susquehanna Pfaltzgraff Co.

Susquehanna Media Co.

Susquehanna Radio Corp.

Radio Metroplex, Inc.

KLIF Broadcasting, Inc.

Catalyst Media, Inc.

CMP Susquehanna Corp.

By:

 

/s/ Lewis W. Dickey, Jr.

 

Name: Lewis W. Dickey, Jr.

Title:   Chief Executive Officer

WBAP-KSCS Radio Group, Ltd.

By:

  WBAP-KSCS Radio Acquisition, LLC, its General Partner

By:

 

/s/ Lewis W. Dickey, Jr.

 

Name: Lewis W. Dickey, Jr.

Title:   Chief Executive Officer

 

 

Second Lien Guarantee and Collateral Agreement


JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent

By:

 

/s/ Tina Ruyter

 

Name: Tina Ruyter

 

Title:   Executive Director

 

Second Lien Guarantee and Collateral Agreement

Exhibit 10.5

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

This REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this Agreement ) is made and entered into effective as of September 16, 2011, by and among CUMULUS MEDIA INC., a Delaware corporation (the Company ), CRESTVIEW RADIO INVESTORS, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ( Crestview Investor ), UBS SECURITIES LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ( UBS Investor ), and each person listed on the signature pages hereto that is purchasing securities of the Company pursuant to the UBS Investor Syndication (each, together with its Affiliates, a Syndicate Investor and, together with Crestview Investor, and UBS Investor, collectively, the Investors ).

RECITALS

WHEREAS , the Company, Crestview Investor, and UBS Investor are parties to that certain Amended and Restated Investment Agreement, dated as of April 22, 2011 (as in effect on the date hereof, and as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented after the date hereof, the Investment Agreement );

WHEREAS , the Company, UBS Investor and assignees of the UBS Investor Syndication are parties to a Securities Purchase Agreement, dated September 16, 2011 (the UBS Securities Purchase Agreement ); and

WHEREAS , the Company has agreed to provide certain registration rights to the Investors, as set forth in the Investment Agreement and the UBS Securities Purchase Agreement, and the Company and the Investors are entering into this Agreement to set forth the terms and conditions applicable to such registration rights;

NOW, THEREFORE , in consideration of the mutual agreements contained herein, the Company and the Investors agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein have their respective meanings set forth in the Investment Agreement. As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the following meanings:

“Affiliate” of any particular Person means any other Person controlling, controlled by or under common control with such particular Person, where “control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct the management and policies of a Person whether through the ownership of voting securities or otherwise.

“Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.


“Applicable Period” has the meaning set forth in the Existing Registration Agreement.

“BofA Investors” means, together, BA Capital Company, L.P. and Banc of America Capital Investors SBIC, L.P.

“Business Day” means a day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or another day on which commercial banking institutions in New York, New York are authorized or required by law to be closed.

“Class A Common Stock” means the Company’s Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share.

“Class A Warrants” means warrants to purchase shares of Class A Common Stock.

“Class B Warrants” means warrants to purchase shares of Class B Common Stock.

“Class B Common Stock” means the Company’s Class B Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share.

“Closing” means the closing of the transactions contemplated by the Investment Agreement.

“CMP Registration Statement” means the “Closing Shares Registration Statement” as such term is used and defined in the Existing Registration Agreement.

“Company” has the meaning set forth in the preamble, and shall include the Company’s successors.

“Company Common Stock” means shares of the Class A Common Stock, Class B Common Stock and the Company’s Class C Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share.

“Company Indemnified Person” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.2 .

“Crestview Investor” has the meaning set forth in the preamble and such term shall include, subject to the provisions of Section 2.2 , any transferee to whom registration rights granted pursuant to this Agreement are validly assigned pursuant to Section 6.1 hereof.

“Crestview Lockup Expiration Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(a) .

“Crestview Registrable Securities” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(a) .

“Crestview Shelf Resale Registration” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(a) .

“Demand Registration” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2 .

“Demand Registration Statement” means a Registration Statement filed by the Company with the SEC pursuant to Section 2.2 hereof, and all amendments and supplements to such

 

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Registration Statement, including post-effective amendments, in each case including the prospectus contained therein, all exhibits thereto and all material incorporated by reference therein.

“Disclosure Package” means (i) the preliminary prospectus, (ii) each Free Writing Prospectus and (iii) all other information that is deemed, under Rule 159 promulgated under the Securities Act (or any successor thereto), to have been conveyed to purchasers of securities at the time of sale (including a contract of sale).

“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

“Excluded Investor” means, as of the date of determination, any Investor that, together with its Affiliates, beneficially owns Registrable Securities constituting less than 0.75% of the outstanding Company Common Stock as of such date.

“Existing Registrable Securities” means those securities of the Company that are “Registrable Securities” as such term is used and defined in the Existing Registration Agreement.

“Existing Registration Agreement” means that certain Registration Rights Agreement, dated August 1, 2011, between the Company and the other parties thereto.

“Fair Market Value” means the fair market value of the applicable class of the Company Common Stock or Class A Warrants, as the case may be, as of the relevant determination date based on the closing sales price of the applicable class of the Company Common Stock or Class A Warrants, as the case may be, on the New York Stock Exchange, NASDAQ or such other stock exchange as the Company Common Stock or Class A Warrants, as applicable, is then listed for trading (and, if not so listed, as determined by the board of directors of the Company in good faith based on relevant facts and circumstances).

“FINRA” means the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority or any successor self-regulatory organization.

“Follow-on Investor” means any Person, other than a transferee that is an Affiliate of an Investor, that (i) becomes an Investor, in a single transaction or in a series of transactions (whether or not related), pursuant to the terms of Section 6.1 in connection with a purchase of Registrable Securities for a gross purchase price of at least twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000), (ii) beneficially owns Registrable Securities with a Fair Market Value of at least twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000) as of any date of determination and (iii) the Company has agreed in writing is a Follow-on Investor for purposes of this Agreement.

“Form S-3” means such form under the Securities Act as in effect on the date hereof or any successor or similar registration form under the Securities Act subsequently adopted by the SEC which permits inclusion or incorporation of substantial information by reference to other documents filed by the Company with the SEC.

 

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“Free Writing Prospectus” means any “free writing prospectus” as defined in Rule 405 promulgated under the Securities Act (or any successor thereto).

“Indemnified Person” means either an Investor Indemnified Person or Company Indemnified Persons, as applicable.

“Investment Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.

“Investor(s)” has the meaning set forth in the preamble, and such term shall include any transferee to whom registration rights granted pursuant to this Agreement are validly assigned pursuant to Section 6.1 hereof.

“Investor Indemnified Person” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.1 .

“Lockup Restrictions” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.5 .

“Merger Agreement” means that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated March 9, 2011, by and among Citadel Broadcasting Corporation, the Company, Cadet Holding Corporation and Cadet Merger Corporation.

“NASDAQ” means the Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. or any successor organization thereto.

“Permitted Interruption” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.6(c) .

“Person” means an individual, limited liability company, association, joint stock company, partnership, corporation, trust, estate or unincorporated organization.

“Piggyback Registration” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3 .

“Piggyback Investors” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3 .

“Registrable Securities” means Crestview Registrable Securities, and Syndicate Registrable Securities beneficially owned by the Investors, and any shares of Company Common Stock issued or issuable to any Investor with respect thereto by way of stock dividend or distribution, stock split, or in connection with any combination of shares, recapitalization, merger, share exchange, conversion, exercise, consolidation or similar transaction; provided , however , that any such securities shall cease to be Registrable Securities (i) when they have been sold pursuant to a Registration Statement, (ii) on the third (3rd) anniversary of the effective date of a Registration Statement that covers the resale of such Registrable Securities (other than Crestview Registrable Securities, as to which this clause (ii) shall not apply) (exclusive of any period during which the holders of Registrable Securities are prohibited or impaired from disposition of Registrable Securities by reason of the occurrence of a Permitted Interruption), (iii) have been transferred to someone other than an Investor or a Person who becomes an Investor in accordance with Section 6.1 hereof, or (iv) when they have ceased to be outstanding.

“Registration Expenses” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.6 .

 

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“Registration Statement” means any Shelf Registration Statement, any Demand Registration Statement and any other registration statement prepared and filed with the SEC pursuant to Article II hereof, and all amendments and supplements to such Registration Statement, including post-effective amendments, in each case including the prospectus contained therein, all exhibits thereto and all material incorporated by reference therein.

“Required Investors” means, collectively, (i) Crestview Investors holding a majority of the outstanding Crestview Registrable Securities (on an as-exercised basis) held by all Crestview Investors, (ii) Investors (other than Crestview Investors) holding a majority of the outstanding Registrable Securities (on an as-exercised basis) held by all Investors (other than Crestview Investors) and (iii) any Investor who purchases a minimum of 11,500,000 shares of Company Common Stock and/or Class A Warrants in the aggregate pursuant to the Investment Agreement or the UBS Securities Purchase Agreement and any transferee thereof to whom registration rights granted pursuant to this Agreement are validly assigned pursuant to Section 6.1 hereof, in each case so long as such Investor or transferee beneficially owns at least 5,000,000 shares of such Company Common Stock and/or Class A Warrants that constitute Registrable Securities (appropriately adjusted to reflect any stock split, dividend or combination, or any recapitalization, merger, consolidation, exchange or other similar reorganization).

“Rule 144” means Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act (or any successor thereto).

“SEC” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

“Shelf Registration Statement” means the Company’s “shelf” Registration Statement on Form S-3 that covers the resale, to be made on a delayed or continuous basis, of securities that constitute Registrable Securities, under Rule 415 promulgated under the Securities Act (or any successor thereto), and all amendments and supplements to such Registration Statement, including post-effective amendments, in each case including the prospectus contained therein, all exhibits thereto and all material incorporated by reference therein; provided , that if the Company is a WKSI, such “shelf” Registration Statement shall cover an unspecified number of securities to be sold by the Investors.

“Shelf Resale Registration” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(c) .

“Shelf Takedown” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(d) .

“Stockholders’ Agreement” means that certain Stockholders’ Agreement, dated September 16, 2011 , by and between the Company, certain Investors and the other parties thereto.

“Syndicate Investor(s)” has the meaning set forth in the preamble and such term shall include any transferee to whom registration rights granted pursuant to this Agreement are validly assigned pursuant to Section 6.1 hereof.

 

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“Syndicate Registrable Securities” means the Class A Common Stock, Class B Common Stock and Class A Warrants, issued or issuable to, and beneficially owned by, UBS Investor or Syndicate Investors pursuant to the Investment Agreement or the UBS Securities Purchase Agreement, or upon conversion, exercise or exchange of any such Class B Common Stock or Class A Warrants, and, solely in the event that all Syndicate Registrable Securities are beneficially owned by Persons other than (a) Persons that are Investors as of the date hereof (without regard to any permitted transferees under Section 6.1 hereof) or (b) Follow-on Investors, are not otherwise transferable by any such UBS Investors or Syndicate Investors under Rule 144 without the volume or manner of sale restrictions under such rule (assuming the Company is not in compliance with the current public information requirements of Rule 144).

“Syndicate Shelf Resale Registration” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(b) .

“UBS Investor” has the meaning set forth in the preamble and such term shall include any transferee to whom registration rights granted pursuant to this Agreement are validly assigned pursuant to Section 6.1 hereof.

“UBS Investor Syndication” has the meaning set forth in the Investment Agreement.

“UBS Securities Purchase Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.

“underwritten offering” means a registered underwritten offering in which securities of the Company are sold to one or more underwriters for reoffering to the public, pursuant to which the Company shall use reasonable best efforts to facilitate the distribution and sale of any securities to be offered pursuant to this Agreement, including by having its officers make road show presentations, hold meetings with and make calls to potential investors and take such other actions, including in connection with due diligence investigations described in Sections 4.3 and 4.6(g) , as shall be reasonably requested by the Investors initiating such underwritten offering or the lead managing underwriter of an underwritten offering.

“Underwritten Takedown” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3 .

“WKSI” means a “well-known seasoned issuer” as defined in Rule 405 promulgated under the Securities Act (or any successor thereto).

ARTICLE II

DEMAND AND PIGGYBACK RIGHTS

2.1 Shelf Registration Statements .

(a) Crestview Investor will have the right, for so long as the Company is eligible to use Form S-3, to demand that the Company prepare and file a Shelf Registration Statement, and the Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause it to be declared effective by the date that is eighteen (18) months from the Closing (the Crestview Lockup Expiration Date ) providing for the registration for resale of all of Crestview Investor’s

 

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shares of Class A Common Stock, and shares received by Crestview Investor upon exercise of the Class A Warrants or conversion of Class B Common Stock received upon exercise of Class B Warrants, in each case purchased pursuant to the Investment Agreement or otherwise acquired in compliance with the terms and conditions of the Investment Agreement, this Agreement and the Stockholders’ Agreement, and, solely in the event that all Crestview Registrable Securities are beneficially owned by Persons other than (a) Crestview Investor and its Affiliates (without regard to any permitted transferees under Section 6.1 hereof, other than Affiliates of Crestview Investor) or (b) Follow-on Investors, not otherwise transferable under Rule 144 without the requirement to comply with the volume or manner of sale restrictions under such rule (collectively, Crestview Registrable Securities ), and the Company will keep such registration statement (the Crestview Shelf Resale Registration ) continuously effective until the earliest of (i) the date that all Crestview Registrable Securities registered thereunder have been sold pursuant to such Crestview Shelf Resale Registration, (ii) the date that all such Crestview Registrable Securities may be sold under Rule 144 without the volume or manner of sale restrictions under such rule and without the requirement for the Company to be in compliance with the current public information required under Rule 144, solely in the event that all such Crestview Registrable Securities are beneficially owned by Persons other than (a) Crestview Investor and its Affiliates (without regard to any permitted transferees under Section 6.1 hereof, other than Affiliates of Crestview Investor) or (b) a Follow-on Investor, (iii) the date that the Company ceases to be Form S-3 eligible, in which event the Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to file a Crestview Shelf Resale Registration on Form S-1 or any other applicable form on which it is then eligible for such resales with the SEC as promptly as practicable after the Company ceased to be Form S-3 eligible for such resales, and (iv) the third (3 rd ) anniversary of the effective date of such Crestview Shelf Resale Registration (exclusive of any period during which the holders of Registrable Securities are prohibited or impaired from disposition of Registrable Securities by reason of the occurrence of a Permitted Interruption); provided, however , that such third (3 rd ) anniversary shall be at least three years after the Crestview Lockup Expiration Date (exclusive of any period during which the holders of Registrable Securities are prohibited or impaired from disposition of Registrable Securities by reason of the occurrence of a Permitted Interruption). Notwithstanding the foregoing, Crestview Investor shall not be permitted to sell, pursuant to the Crestview Shelf Resale Registration and during any six-month period from and after the effectiveness of the Crestview Shelf Resale Registration, shares in an amount that represents more than one-half (1/2) of the aggregate amount of the Crestview Registrable Securities that it received at the Closing (but, for the avoidance of doubt, Crestview Investor will be permitted to sell during such six-month period by means other than pursuant to the Crestview Shelf Resale Registration so long as Crestview Investor is in compliance with the Stockholders’ Agreement). Upon the written request of Crestview Investor, the Company will file and seek effectiveness of a post-effective amendment to the Crestview Shelf Resale Registration to register additional Crestview Registrable Securities to the extent that they were not included in the Crestview Shelf Resale Registration Statement at the time it was declared effective by the SEC.

(b) The Company has filed a Shelf Registration Statement (File No. 333-176294), providing for the resale of the Syndicate Registrable Securities (the Syndicate Shelf Resale Registration and, together with the Crestview Shelf Resale Registration, the Shelf Resale Registrations ), and will use commercially reasonable efforts to amend the Syndicate Shelf Resale Registration with respect to all Investors who had executed and delivered a

 

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definitive UBS Securities Purchase Agreement and provided the requisite selling securityholder information on or before the date of Closing, and (y) cause the Syndicate Shelf Resale Registration to be declared effective by the SEC within five (5) Business Days of the Closing. The Company will keep the Syndicate Shelf Resale Registration continuously effective until the earliest of (i) the date that all Syndicate Registrable Securities registered thereunder have been sold pursuant to such Syndicate Shelf Resale Registration, (ii) the date that all such Syndicate Registrable Securities may be sold under Rule 144 without the volume or manner of sale restrictions under such rule (assuming for such purpose that the Company is not in compliance with the current public information requirements of Rule 144), solely in the event that all Syndicate Registrable Securities are beneficially owned by Persons other than (a) Persons that are Investors as of the date hereof (without regard to any permitted transferees under Section 6.1 hereof) or (b) Follow-on Investors, (iii) the date that the Company ceases to be Form S-3 eligible for such resales, in which event the Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to file a Syndicate Shelf Resale Registration on Form S-1 or any other applicable form on which it is then eligible for such resales with the SEC as promptly as practicable after the Company ceased to be Form S-3 eligible for such resales, and (iv) the third (3 rd ) anniversary of the effective date of such Syndicate Shelf Resale Registration (exclusive of any period during which the holders of Registrable Securities are prohibited or impaired from disposition of Registrable Securities by reason of the occurrence of a Permitted Interruption).

(c) The Investors who hold Registrable Securities each shall be entitled, at any time and from time to time when the applicable Shelf Resale Registration is effective, to sell such Registrable Securities pursuant to such Shelf Resale Registration (each, a Shelf Takedown ). The resale of Registrable Securities pursuant to a Shelf Resale Registration may, from time to time (without limitation as to the number of times) from and after the date such Shelf Resale Registration is declared effective by the SEC, be an underwritten offering upon the written request of one or more Investors beneficially owning at least ten percent (10%) of the outstanding Company Common Stock or anticipating a minimum of $50 million in aggregate gross proceeds from such offering. If any Investor wishes to request that a Shelf Takedown be an underwritten Shelf Takedown, then, prior to making such request, such Investor will provide five (5) Business Days’ notice to the Company and the Company will promptly notify each other Investor of such initiating Investor’s intent and each other Investor shall be permitted, upon delivery of a written notice to the Company prior to the expiration of such five (5) Business Day period, to have its Registrable Securities included in such request for an underwritten Shelf Takedown. In the event that any Person(s) so requests such an underwritten offering, then (i) the other Investors shall have the right to exercise piggyback registration rights with respect to such offering, subject to Section 2.1(f) , and (ii) the provisions of Section 3.1(b) shall apply thereto. In the event, and to the extent, that an Investor requests to participate in an underwritten Shelf Takedown and the Registration Statement pursuant to which the underwritten Shelf Takedown will be effected does not already include Registrable Securities held by such requesting Investor, and such Registrable Securities may not otherwise be included in the underwritten Shelf Takedown pursuant to the rules and regulations of the SEC, then the Company and such Investor will cooperate and use all commercially reasonable efforts to amend the Registration Statement, to the extent permitted by the rules and regulations of the SEC, in order to include such Investor, and the securities it proposes to sell, in the Shelf Takedown, as selling securityholder thereunder. Each Investor, if applicable, shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cooperate in taking any customary actions necessary or appropriate, including providing such information to the

 

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Company as is reasonably requested, to permit any such Investor to exercise its piggyback registration rights in such circumstances.

(d) If a Shelf Resale Registration ceases to be effective for any reason at any time (other than (i) because all securities included within the Shelf Resale Registration have been sold or have ceased to be Registrable Securities or (ii) after the third (3 rd ) anniversary of the date that the Shelf Resale Registration is declared effective by the SEC (or, in the case of Crestview Investor, the third (3 rd ) anniversary of the Crestview Lockup Expiration Date, if later) (exclusive of any period during which the holders of Registrable Securities are prohibited or impaired from disposition of Registrable Securities by reason of the occurrence of a Permitted Interruption)), the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to obtain the prompt withdrawal of any order suspending the effectiveness thereof, and in any event shall use commercially reasonable efforts to amend the Shelf Resale Registration as soon as reasonably practicable and in no event later than forty five (45) days of such cessation of effectiveness in a manner to obtain the withdrawal of the order suspending the effectiveness thereof, or file an additional Shelf Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 415 promulgated under the Securities Act (or any successor thereto) covering all of the Registrable Securities included in the Shelf Resale Registration (in which case the provisions of Sections 2.1(a) , 2.1(b) , 2.1(c) and 2.1(d) shall apply to such subsequent or additional Shelf Registration Statement).

(e) In any underwritten Shelf Takedown, the Investors holding a majority of the Registrable Securities (on an as-exercised basis) requested to be included in such Shelf Takedown, shall have the right to select the managing underwriter, provided that such managing underwriter shall be reasonably acceptable to the Company. If the managing underwriters advise any Person requesting such Shelf Takedown and the Company that, in their opinion, the number of securities requested to be included in such underwritten offering exceeds the amount that can be sold in such underwritten offering without adversely affecting the distribution (including the timing and/or price at which the Registrable Securities can be sold) of the securities being offered, such underwritten offering will include only the number of securities that the underwriters advise in their reasonable good faith judgment can be sold in such underwritten offering without having an adverse effect on the distribution (including the timing and/or price at which the Registrable Securities can be sold) of the securities being offered. The Company will include in such underwritten offering pursuant to the Shelf Resale Registration, to the extent of the number of securities which such Investors requesting such Shelf Takedown and the Company are so advised can be sold in such underwritten offering, (i) first, during the Applicable Period, securities proposed to be sold by the BofA Investors; (ii) second, securities proposed to be sold by the Investors initiating the Shelf Takedown, pro rata, on the basis of the number of Registrable Securities requested to be included (on an as-exercised basis); (iii) third, any Existing Registrable Securities as to which piggyback rights have been exercised by any holders thereof, pro rata on the basis of the number of such securities requested to be included; (iv) fourth, any other securities as to which piggyback rights have been exercised by any holders of Company securities, pro rata on the basis of the number of securities requested to be included, and (v) fifth, any other securities of the Company that the Company has agreed to include, pro rata on the basis of the number of securities requested to be included.

2.2 Crestview Investor Demand Registration Rights . Commencing eighteen (18) months after the Closing, Crestview Investor shall have three (3) rights, exercisable

 

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by written notice to the Company, to request that the Company effect the registration under the Securities Act of all or any portion of the Crestview Registrable Securities (a Demand Registration ). The Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to prepare and file with the SEC a Registration Statement with respect to such Demand Registration, and to cause such Registration Statement filed pursuant to this Section 2.2 to become effective as promptly as practicable after such filing, and, subject to Section 2.6(c) hereof, to remain effective until the earlier of (i) the date on which all Crestview Registrable Securities included within such Registration Statement have been sold and (ii) the expiration of one (1) year from the date such Registration Statement first becomes effective (exclusive of any period during which the holders of Registrable Securities are prohibited or impaired from disposition of Registrable Securities by reason of the occurrence of a Permitted Interruption), at which time the Company shall have the right to deregister any of such securities that remain unsold. For the avoidance of doubt, a request by Crestview Investor to file the Crestview Shelf Resale Registration Statement or any replacement thereof pursuant to Section 2.1(a) shall not constitute a Demand Registration. For purposes of this Section 2.2 and any Demand Registration hereunder, the rights of Crestview Investor with respect thereto shall not be transferable unless the transferee holds a majority of the Crestview Registrable Securities that Crestview Investor received as of the Closing, and otherwise complies with Section 6.1 hereof.

2.3 Piggyback Registration Rights . If the Company at any time proposes to register any securities (whether pursuant to the exercise of demand registration rights by a securityholder of the Company or at the initiative of the Company) under the Securities Act in connection with an underwritten public offering of such securities for cash, or to undertake an underwritten offering of securities that are already registered on an effective Registration Statement (an Underwritten Takedown ), whether for its own account or for the account of other securityholders, and the form of registration statement prospectus, as the case may be, to be used may be used for the registration, or the Underwritten Takedown, of Registrable Securities beneficially owned by the Investors (for the avoidance of doubt, Crestview Investor shall not have the right to piggyback during the period prior to the date that is eighteen (18) months after Closing) ( Piggyback Investors ), any Piggyback Investor may, by written notice to the Company, request that any or all Registrable Securities held by such Piggyback Investor be included in such proposed underwritten offering, or Underwritten Takedown, of securities by the Company under the Securities Act (a Piggyback Registration ). The Company will facilitate such Piggyback Registration in the manner described in this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, (i) the Investors will not have piggyback rights under this Agreement or otherwise with respect to the initial filing of the CMP Registration Statement (but will have piggyback rights with respect to an Underwritten Takedown thereunder), and (ii) the Investors will not have piggyback or other registration rights with respect to registered primary offerings by the Company (A) covered by a Form S-8 Registration Statement (or a successor form) applicable to employee benefit-related offers and sales, (B) where the securities are not being sold by the Company for cash, (C) covered by a registration statement on Form S-4 (or successor form) or (D) relating to a corporate reorganization pursuant to Rule 145 promulgated under the Securities Act (or any successor thereto). In the event, and to the extent, that an Investor requests to participate in an Underwritten Takedown and the Registration Statement pursuant to which the Underwritten Takedown will be effected does not already include Registrable Securities held by such requesting Investor, and such Registrable Securities may not otherwise be included in the Underwritten Takedown pursuant to the rules and

 

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regulations of the SEC, then the Company and such Investor will cooperate and use all commercially reasonable efforts to amend the Registration Statement, to the extent permitted by the rules and regulations of the SEC, in order to include such Investor, and the securities it proposes to sell, in the Underwritten Takedown, as selling securityholder thereunder.

2.4 Additional Demand Registrations . If the Company effects the registration of less than seventy five percent (75%) of the Registrable Securities requested to be included by Crestview Investor in a Demand Registration under Section 2.2 solely as a result of the operation of Section 3.3 , then Crestview Investor shall be entitled to request, and the Company shall effect, an additional Demand Registration; provided , that at least six (6) months have elapsed since the effective date of the most recent Demand Registration pursuant to Section 2.2 . If the Company withdraws or suspends any Demand Registration pursuant to Section 2.6(c) before the expiration of such Demand Registration under Section 2.2 , and before all of the Crestview Registrable Securities covered by such Demand Registration have been sold pursuant thereto (or in the case of any withdrawal by Crestview Investor following the occurrence of a Permitted Interruption in accordance with Section 2.6(c) ), then Crestview Investor shall be entitled to request, and the Company shall effect, an additional Demand Registration. Other than in the case of any withdrawal by Crestview Investor following the occurrence of a Permitted Interruption in accordance with Section 2.6(c) , which is addressed by the preceding sentence, if Crestview Investor withdraws all of its Crestview Registrable Securities from a Demand Registration and Crestview Investor reimburses all of the Registration Expenses incurred by the Company in connection with such withdrawn Demand Registration, then Crestview Investor shall be entitled to request, and the Company shall effect, an additional Demand Registration. Any such additional Demand Registration pursuant to this Section 2.4 shall be requested and effected in the manner and subject to the procedures that applied with respect to the initial Demand Registration.

2.5 Effective Registration Statement . A Demand Registration pursuant to Section 2.2 shall not be deemed to have been effected, without limiting Section 2.4 , and shall not count against the limit on the number of such registrations set forth in Section 2.2 unless (i) a Registration Statement with respect thereto has become effective and, after it has become effective, such Demand Registration is not interfered with by any stop order, injunction or other order or requirement of the SEC or other governmental agency or court for any reason, and (ii) the sale of Registrable Securities contemplated thereby (if underwritten) has been consummated.

2.6 Limitations on Demand and Piggyback Rights .

(a) With respect to any registrations requested pursuant to Section 2.2 or Section 2.4 , the Company may include in such registration any other equity securities of the Company.

(b) Subject to Section 6.5 , any demand for the filing of a Registration Statement pursuant to Sections 2.1(a), 2.2 or 2.4 will be subject to the constraints of any applicable lockup arrangements entered into by the Company in connection with a then pending underwritten offering, and such demand must be deferred until such lockup arrangements no longer apply. If a demand pursuant to Sections 2.1(a), 2.2 or 2.4 has been made under this

 

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Article II , no further demands may be made by the same Person so long as the related offering is still being pursued in good faith.

(c) The Company may postpone the filing of any Registration Statement or suspend the effectiveness of any Registration Statement, any amendment or post-effective amendment thereto or prospectus supplement for a reasonable “blackout period”, as described below, if (and, subject to the foregoing, only for so long as) the board of directors of the Company determines in good faith (as certified in writing by an officer of the Company) that such registration, offering, amendment or supplement (i) would materially interfere with a bona fide business, financing or acquisition (including any merger, reorganization, consolidation, tender offer or similar transaction) transaction of the Company, (ii) is reasonably likely to require premature disclosure of material, nonpublic information, the premature disclosure of which the board of directors reasonably determines in the exercise of its good faith judgment (and not for the avoidance of its obligations under this Agreement) would not be in the best interests of the Company, or (iii) could not be effected by the Company in compliance with the applicable financial statement requirements under the Securities Act or Exchange Act (such event described in this Section 2.6(c) during which the Company is not required to make such filing, amendment or supplement is herein referred to as a Permitted Interruption ); provided , however , that the Company shall not postpone the filing of a demanded Registration Statement or suspend the effectiveness of any Registration Statement pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii) of this Section 2.6 for more than (i) an aggregate of 30 days during the first six-month period following the Closing, (ii) an aggregate of 90 days (of which only 30 days may be used during the first six-month period following Closing) prior to the one-year anniversary of the Closing, and (iii) following the first anniversary of the Closing, (A) 120 consecutive days, and (B) an aggregate of 180 days in any 360 day period. Upon the occurrence of any Permitted Interruption resulting from the matters described in clause (iii) of the definition thereof, the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to take such actions as necessary to permit the use of such Registration Statement as soon as possible. The Company agrees to notify each of the Investors affected by a Permitted Interruption in writing as promptly as practicable upon each of the commencement and the termination of each Permitted Interruption. The Company shall not be required in such notice of a Permitted Interruption to disclose the cause for such Permitted Interruption, and each Investor agrees, subject to applicable law, that it will not disclose receipt of such notice of Permitted Interruption to any Person, except such officers, directors, employees, advisors or representatives of such Investor as have a need to know and who agree to keep such information confidential. Each Investor agrees that, upon receipt of any such notice from the Company, such Investor will forthwith discontinue disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to the applicable Registration Statement until such Investor’s receipt of the Company’s notice as to the termination of the Permitted Interruption. In the event of a Permitted Interruption that would postpone the filing of a Registration Statement with the SEC, the Investor(s) initiating such Registration Statement shall have the right to withdraw their request for registration (and, to the extent applicable, such Registration Statement shall not count against the limit on Demand Registrations set forth in Section 2.2 ) and Investors that have exercised piggyback rights with respect to such Registration Statement shall have the right to withdraw their request for piggyback registration of their Registrable Securities by giving written notice to the Company within ten (10) days following receipt of the Company’s notice as to termination of the Permitted Interruption. No such withdrawal shall affect the obligations of the Company with respect to Registrable Securities not so withdrawn and the duration of the applicable period in which a Registration Statement is to

 

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remain effective shall be extended by the number of days of any such Permitted Interruption. The Company shall reimburse each holder of Registrable Securities for all costs and expenses reasonably incurred by such Investor in connection with the postponement or withdrawal of such a filing.

ARTICLE III

NOTICES, CUTBACKS AND OTHER MATTERS

3.1 Notifications .

(a) In order for one or more Investors to exercise their right to demand that a Registration Statement be filed or an underwritten offering be pursued, they must so notify the Company in writing indicating the number of securities sought to be registered or underwritten. The Company will keep the Investors contemporaneously apprised of all pertinent aspects of its pursuit of any registration or underwriting, whether pursuant to a Demand Registration or otherwise, with respect to which a Piggyback Registration opportunity is available. Pending any required public disclosure and subject to applicable legal requirements, the parties will maintain the confidentiality of these discussions.

(b) Any Investor wishing to exercise its piggyback registration rights with respect to a Registration Statement or an underwritten offering must notify the Company within the time periods set forth herein (and the Company shall promptly notify the other Piggyback Investors thereof) of the number of securities it seeks to have included in such Registration Statement. Such notice must be given as soon as practicable, but, subject to the next sentence hereof, in no event later than 5:00 pm, New York City time, on the second trading day prior to (i) if applicable, the date on which the preliminary prospectus intended to be used in connection with pre-effective marketing efforts for the relevant offering is expected to be finalized, and (ii) in any case, the date on which the pricing of the relevant offering is expected to occur. Subject to Section 2.3 , in the event that any sale of securities pursuant to a Registration Statement is underwritten, the Company shall promptly notify each Piggyback Investor of such development and the Piggyback Investors and/or such other stockholders of the Company (as applicable) shall have three (3) Business Days after receipt of such notice to request the inclusion of such Registrable Securities in the registration by the Company under the Securities Act in connection with such proposed registration of securities.

3.2 Plan of Distribution; Underwriters . The resale of Registrable Securities pursuant to a Demand Registration may be made from time to time from and after the date the Demand Registration Statement is declared effective by the SEC, upon the written request of Crestview Investor, pursuant to an underwritten offering; provided that any such underwritten request anticipates a minimum of $50 million in aggregate gross proceeds from such offering. Crestview Investor shall be entitled to determine the plan of distribution and to select its counsel (which, at the election of Crestview, may be the same as counsel for the Company). The underwriters of any underwritten offering pursuant to a Demand Registration shall be selected by Crestview Investor, subject, however, to the prior approval of the Company, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed; provided , however , that Crestview Investor shall not be required to pursue an underwritten offering upon exercise of the Demand Registration.

 

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3.3 Cutbacks . If the managing underwriters advise the Company and the selling Investors that, in their reasonable good faith opinion, the number of securities requested to be included in an underwritten offering (other than any resale of Registrable Securities pursuant to a Shelf Resale Registration that is an underwritten offering, which shall be subject to Section 2.1(f)) exceeds the amount that can be sold in such offering without adversely affecting the distribution (including the timing and/or price at which the Registrable Securities can be sold) of the securities being offered, such offering will include only the number of securities that the underwriters advise can be sold in such offering without having an adverse effect on the distribution (including the timing and/or price at which the Registrable Securities can be sold) of the securities being offered. The Company will include in such Registration Statement (other than any resale of Registrable Securities pursuant to the Shelf Resale Registration that is an underwritten offering, which shall be subject to Section 2.1(f)), to the extent of the number of securities which the Company is so advised can be sold in such offering, (i) first, all securities proposed by Company, if any, to be sold for its own account, in the case of an underwritten offering initiated by the Company; (ii) second, during the Applicable Period, securities proposed to be sold by the BofA Investors; (iii) third, Registrable Securities proposed to be sold by the Investor(s) initiating the registration, pro rata, on the basis of the number of Registrable Securities owned by the Investors who requested to be included (including, if applicable, Class A Warrants on an as-exercised basis); (iv) fourth, any Existing Registrable Securities as to which piggyback rights have been exercised by any holders thereof, pro rata on the basis of the number of such securities requested to be included; (v) fifth, any other Registrable Securities as to which piggyback rights have been exercised by any holders thereof, pro rata on the basis of the number of securities requested to be included, (vi) sixth, any other securities as to which piggyback rights have been exercised by any holders of Company securities, pro rata on the basis of the number of securities requested to be included, and (vii) seventh, any other securities of the Company that the Company has agreed to include, pro rata on the basis of the number of securities requested to be included.

3.4 Withdrawals . Without limiting any Investor’s withdrawal rights pursuant to Section 2.6(c) , even if securities held by any Investor have been part of a registered underwritten offering, such Investor may, no later than the time at which the public offering price and underwriters’ discount are determined with the managing underwriter, decline to sell all or any portion of the securities being offered for its account. In the event of such a withdrawal, the Company and any Investor having the right to participate in such offering may, in their discretion, include additional securities in such offering in replacement of any securities so withdrawn without requiring any further notice or piggyback registration rights with respect to the Investor that has withdrawn its securities.

3.5 Lockups .

(a) In connection with any underwritten offering of Registrable Securities, (i) the Company (and each of its executive officers and directors) and (ii) each Investor which is selling Registrable Securities pursuant to its rights hereunder will agree to be bound by the underwriting agreement’s lockup restrictions (the Lockup Restrictions ) (which must apply, and continue to apply, in a like manner to each of the Company (and each of its executive officers and directors) and Investors participating in the underwritten offering (except to the extent each of foregoing is released, pro rata, on the basis of the number of Registrable Securities

 

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held (on an as-exercised basis)) that are agreed to (a) by the Company (if a majority of the securities being sold in such underwritten offering are being sold for its account) or (b) by Investors holding a majority of Registrable Securities being sold by all Investors in such underwritten offering (if a majority of the securities being sold in such underwritten offering are being sold by Investors), as applicable (including, if applicable, Class A Warrants on an as-exercised basis).

(b) Without limiting Section 3.5(a), following the date that is eighteen (18) months after the Closing, in connection with any underwritten offering of Registrable Securities, each Investor that is not selling Registrable Securities in such underwritten offering pursuant to its rights hereunder (other than any Excluded Investor (as of the date on which the Lockup Restrictions become effective)) will agree to be bound by the Lockup Restrictions with respect to all of such Investor’s Registrable Securities, if reasonably requested by the managing underwriter or underwriters in an underwritten offering as being necessary, in their good faith, for the success of the underwritten offering, for a maximum period beginning seven days prior to, and ending on the 90th day following, the effective date of any such underwritten offering, to the extent that the Company, each of its executive officers and directors and the Investors (other than any Excluded Investor) are bound by the Lockup Restrictions in a like manner (except to the extent the Investors subject to the Lockup Restrictions and each of the foregoing is released, pro rata, on the basis of the number of Registrable Securities beneficially owned (including, if applicable, Class A Warrants on an as-exercised basis)) except to the extent to required to effect a redemption request made by a limited partner or investor in an Investor in accordance with such Investor’s organizational documents and provided that such Lockup Restrictions shall not apply to sales (in a single transaction or in a series of transactions, whether or not related) of Registrable Securities constituting less than 0.75% of the outstanding Company Common Stock as of such sale.

3.6 Expenses . All costs and expenses incurred in connection with any Registration Statement or registered offering that includes securities held by Investors (including the costs incurred in connection with the obligations in Section 4.2 ), including all registration and filing fees, including FINRA filing fees, printing expenses, reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel (including the fees and disbursements of one outside counsel for Investors selected by the holders of the majority of the Registrable Securities (on an as-exercised basis) to be included in such Registration Statement and of the independent certified public accountants, and the expense of qualifying such securities under state blue sky laws (all such expenses, the Registration Expenses ), will be borne by the Company. However, underwriters’, brokers’ and dealers’ discounts and commissions, or similar fees of securities industry professionals and applicable transfer taxes, if any, in each case relating to securities sold for the account of an Investor will be borne by such Investor.

ARTICLE IV

FACILITATING REGISTRATIONS AND OFFERINGS

4.1 General . If the Company becomes obligated under this Agreement to facilitate a registration or offering of Registrable Securities on behalf of Investors, the Company will do so with the same degree of care and dispatch as would reasonably be expected in the case

 

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of a registration and offering by the Company of securities for its own account. Without limiting this general obligation, the Company will fulfill its specific obligations as described in this Article IV.

4.2 Registration Statements . In connection with each Registration Statement (including any Shelf Resale Registration, Demand Registration and any other registration statement as to which piggyback rights apply), the Company will:

(a) (i) prepare and file with the SEC a Registration Statement (or an amendment or supplement to any Shelf Resale Registration) covering the applicable Registrable Securities, (ii) file amendments thereto as warranted, (iii) seek the effectiveness thereof, and (iv) file with the SEC prospectuses and prospectus supplements as may be required, all in consultation with the Investors and as reasonably necessary in order to permit the offer and sale of the such Registrable Securities in accordance with the applicable plan of distribution;

(b) (1) within a reasonable time prior to the filing of any Registration Statement, any prospectus, any amendment to a Registration Statement, amendment or supplement to a prospectus or any Free Writing Prospectus, provide copies of such documents to the selling Investors and to the underwriter or underwriters of an underwritten offering, if applicable, and to their respective counsel; fairly consider such reasonable changes in any such documents prior to or after the filing thereof as the counsel to the Investors or the underwriter or the underwriters may request; and make such of the representatives of the Company as shall be reasonably requested by the selling Investors or any underwriter available for discussion of such documents;

(2) within a reasonable time prior to the filing of any document which is to be incorporated by reference into a Registration Statement or a prospectus, provide copies of such document to counsel for the Investors and underwriters; fairly consider and include such reasonable changes in such document prior to or after the filing thereof as counsel for such Investors or such underwriter shall request; and make such of the representatives of the Company as shall be reasonably requested by such counsel available for discussion of such document;

(3) with respect to each Free Writing Prospectus or other materials to be included in the Disclosure Package, ensure that no Registrable Securities be sold “by means of” (as defined in Rule 159A(b) promulgated under the Securities Act) such Free Writing Prospectus or other materials without the prior written consent of the Holders of the Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement, which Free Writing Prospectuses or other materials shall be subject to the review of counsel to such selling Holders, and make all required filings of all Free Writing Prospectuses with the SEC;

(c) cause each Registration Statement and the related prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, as of the effective date of such Registration Statement, amendment or supplement and during the distribution of the registered securities (x) to comply in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC and (y) not to contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit

 

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to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading;

(d) notify each Investor promptly, and, if requested by such Investor, confirm such advice in writing, (i) when a Registration Statement has become effective and when any post-effective amendments and supplements thereto become effective if such Registration Statement or post-effective amendment is not automatically effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462 of the Securities Act (or any successor thereto), (ii) of the issuance by the SEC or any state securities authority of any stop order, injunction or other order or requirement suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement or the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose, (iii) if, between the effective date of a Registration Statement and the closing of any sale of securities covered thereby pursuant to any agreement to which the Company is a party, the representations and warranties of the Company contained in such agreement cease to be true and correct in all material respects or if the Company receives any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation of any proceeding for such purpose, and (iv) of the happening of any event during the period a Registration Statement is effective as a result of which such Registration Statement or the related prospectus contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of a prospectus, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading;

(e) furnish counsel for each underwriter, if any, and for the respective Investors copies of any correspondence with the SEC or any state securities authority relating to the Registration Statement or prospectus or prospectus supplement or other amendment thereof;

(f) otherwise comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the SEC, including making available to its security holders an earnings statement covering at least 12 months which shall satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 thereunder (or any successor thereto); and

(g) use all reasonable efforts to obtain the withdrawal of any order suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement at the earliest possible time.

4.3 Due Diligence . In connection with each registration and offering of securities to be sold by Investors, the Company will, in accordance with customary practice, make available for inspection by representatives of the Investors and underwriters and any counsel or accountant retained by such Investor or underwriters all relevant financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents and properties of the Company and cause appropriate officers, managers and employees of the Company to supply all information reasonably requested by any such representative, underwriter, counsel or accountant in connection with their due diligence exercise.

4.4 Information from Investors . Each Investor that holds securities covered by any Registration Statement will furnish to the Company such information regarding itself as is required to be included in the Registration Statement, the ownership of securities by such Investor and the proposed distribution by such Investor of such securities, and make such customary representations to the Company, as the Company may from time to time reasonably

 

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request in writing; provided that no Investor shall be required to make any representation or warranty to the Company or the underwriters except such as relate to such Investor’s ownership of shares and the authority, and absence of conflicts, with respect to entering into an underwriting and related agreements and to such Investor’s intended method of distribution. Subject to Section 4.2(b) , each Investor authorizes the Company to include such written information (without independently verifying the accuracy or completeness thereof) in the applicable Registration Statement or other documents prepared or filed in connection therewith. Each Investor further agrees to promptly notify the Company of any inaccuracies or changes in the information provided to the Company that it becomes aware of that may occur subsequent to the date such information was provided to the Company at any time while a Registration Statement including such information pertaining to securities owned by such Investor remains effective. Each Investor agrees to distribute Registrable Securities included in the Registration Statement only in the manner described in the applicable Registration Statement.

4.5 Additional Agreements of Investors .

(a) Each Investor agrees to, following such time that such Investor becomes aware, as expeditiously as possible, (i) notify the Company of the occurrence of any event that makes any statement regarding such Investor made in any Registration Statement or any related prospectus that includes Registrable Securities of such Investor untrue in any material respect or that requires the making of any changes in either a Registration Statement or prospectus that includes Registrable Securities of such Investor so that, in such regard, (A) in the case of a Registration Statement, it will not contain any untrue statement of material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein regarding such Investor or necessary to make the statements therein regarding such Investor not misleading and (B) in the case of a prospectus, it will not contain any untrue statement of material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein regarding such Investor or necessary to make the statements therein regarding such Investor, in light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading, and (ii) provide the Company with such information regarding such Investor as may be required to enable the Company to prepare a supplement or post-effective amendment to the applicable Registration Statement or a supplement to such prospectus.

(b) Each Investor agrees that, upon receipt of any notice from the Company of the happening of any event of the kind described in Section 4.2(d)(ii) or Section 4.2(d)(iv) hereof, such Investor will forthwith discontinue disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to the Registration Statement until such Investor’s receipt of the copies of any necessary supplements or amendments to such Registration Statement or applicable prospectus, and, if so directed by the Company, such Investor will deliver to the Company all copies in its possession, other than permanent file copies then in such Investor’s possession, of the Registration Statement or applicable prospectus covering such Registrable Securities at the time of receipt of such notice. Each Investor agrees that in the event it receives any notice from the Company under Section 4.2(d)(ii) or Section 4.2(d)(iv) , it will not disclose such fact to any Person (other than its Representatives) unless such information is public.

4.6 Non-Shelf Registered Offerings and Shelf Takedowns . In connection with any non-shelf registered offering or Shelf Takedown that is demanded by Investors or as to which piggyback rights otherwise apply, the Company will:

 

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(a) cooperate with the selling Investors and the sole underwriter or managing underwriter of an underwritten offering, if any, to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing the securities to be sold and not bearing any restrictive legends; and enable such securities to be in such denominations (consistent with the provisions of the governing documents thereof) and registered in such names as the selling Investors or the sole underwriter or managing underwriter of an underwritten offering, if any, may reasonably request at least five days prior to any sale of such securities;

(b) furnish to each Investor and to each underwriter, if any, participating in the relevant offering, without charge, as many copies of the applicable prospectus, including each preliminary prospectus, and any amendment or supplement thereto and such other documents as such Investor or underwriter may reasonably request in order to facilitate the public sale or other disposition of the Registrable Securities; the Company hereby consents to the use of the prospectus, including each preliminary prospectus, by each such Investor and underwriter in connection with the offering and sale of the securities covered by the prospectus or the preliminary prospectus;

(c) (i) use all commercially reasonable efforts to register or qualify the Registrable Securities being offered and sold, no later than the time the applicable registration statement becomes effective, under all applicable state securities or “blue sky” laws of such jurisdictions as each underwriter, if any, or any Investor holding securities covered by a registration statement, shall reasonably request; (ii) use all commercially reasonable efforts to keep each such registration or qualification effective during the period such registration statement is required to be kept effective; and (iii) do any and all other acts and things which may be reasonably necessary or advisable to enable each such underwriter, if any, and/or Investor to consummate the disposition in each such jurisdiction of such Registrable Securities owned by such Investor; provided , however , that the Company shall not be obligated to qualify as a foreign corporation or as a dealer in securities in any jurisdiction in which it is not so qualified or to consent to be subject to general service of process (other than service of process in connection with such registration or qualification or any sale of securities in connection therewith) in any such jurisdiction;

(d) cause all shares of Class A Common Stock (including shares of Class A Common Stock issuable upon conversion of any Registrable Securities) that are Registrable Securities being sold to be qualified for inclusion in or listed on NASDAQ or any other U.S. securities exchange on which securities issued by the Company are then so qualified or listed if so requested by the Investors, or if so requested by the underwriter or underwriters of an underwritten offering of Registrable Securities;

(e) provide a transfer agent and registrar for all Registrable Securities;

(f) obtain a CUSIP/ISIN number for all such Registrable Securities, to the extent applicable, in each case not later than the effective date of the applicable Registration Statement;

 

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(g) cooperate and assist in any filings required to be made with FINRA and in the performance of any due diligence investigation by any underwriter in an underwritten offering;

(h) if requested by any participating Investor or the underwriters, promptly include in a prospectus supplement or amendment such information as the Investor or managing underwriters may reasonably request, including in order to permit the intended method of distribution of such securities, and make all required filings of such prospectus supplement or such amendment as soon as reasonably practicable after the Company has received such request;

(i) use all commercially reasonable efforts to facilitate the distribution and sale of any Registrable Securities to be offered pursuant to this Agreement, including by making road show presentations, holding meetings with and making calls to potential investors and taking such other actions as shall be requested by the Investors or the lead managing underwriter of an underwritten offering; and

(j) enter into customary agreements (including, in the case of an underwritten offering, underwriting agreements in customary form, and including provisions with respect to indemnification and contribution in customary form and consistent with the provisions relating to indemnification and contribution contained herein) and take all other customary and appropriate actions in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of such Registrable Securities and in connection therewith:

(1) make such representations and warranties to the selling Investors and the underwriters, if any, in form, substance and scope as are customarily made by issuers to selling securityholders and underwriters, as the case may be, in similar underwritten offerings;

(2) obtain opinions of counsel to the Company and updates thereof (which counsel and opinions (in form, scope and substance) shall be reasonably satisfactory to the lead managing underwriter, if any) addressed to the underwriters, if any, covering the matters customarily covered in opinions requested in sales of securities or underwritten offerings and such other matters as may be reasonably requested by underwriters;

(3) obtain “cold comfort” letters and updates thereof from the Company’s independent certified public accountants addressed to the selling Investors, if permissible, and the underwriters, if any, which letters shall be customary in form and shall cover matters of the type customarily covered in “comfort” letters to underwriters in connection with primary underwritten offerings; and

(4) to the extent requested and customary for the relevant transaction, enter into a securities sales agreement with the Investors providing for, among other things, the appointment of a representative as agent for the selling Investors for the purpose of soliciting purchases of Registrable Securities, which agreement shall be customary in form, substance and scope and shall contain customary representations, warranties and covenants.

 

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The above shall be done at such times as customarily occur in similar registered offerings or shelf takedowns.

ARTICLE V

INDEMNIFICATION

5.1 Indemnification by the Company . In the event of any registration under the Securities Act by any Registration Statement or any offering, pursuant to rights granted in this Agreement, of Registrable Securities held by Investors, the Company will indemnify, defend and hold harmless Investors, each director, officer, employee and Affiliate of each Investor and each other Person, if any, who controls such Investor within the meaning of the Securities Act (each, an Investor Indemnified Person ), against any losses, claims, damages, or liabilities (including legal fees and costs of court), joint or several, to which such Investor Indemnified Persons may become subject under the Securities Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages, or liabilities (or any actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement of a material fact or alleged untrue statement of any material fact (a) contained in any Registration Statement under which such securities were registered under the Securities Act or any amendment or supplement to any of the foregoing, or which arise out of or are based upon the omission of a material fact or alleged omission to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or (b) contained in any preliminary prospectus, if used prior to the effective date of such Registration Statement, or in the final prospectus (as amended or supplemented if the Company shall have filed with the SEC any amendment or supplement to the final prospectus) or other Disclosure Package or offering document, or which arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state a 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; and will reimburse each Investor Indemnified Person for any legal or any other expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, or liability; provided , however , that (i) the Company shall not be liable to any Investor Indemnified Person in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage, or liability arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in such Registration Statement or such amendment or supplement, in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished to the Company through a written instrument duly executed by such Investor Indemnified Person specifically for use in the preparation thereof and (ii) with respect to any untrue statement of a material fact or omission of a material fact or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission of a material fact made in any preliminary prospectus, or prospectus, the indemnity agreement contained in this Section 5.1 will not inure to the benefit of any Person to the extent that any such losses, claims, damages or liabilities of such Person result from the fact that there was not sent or given to any Person who purchased Registrable Securities, at or prior to the written confirmation of the sale of Registrable Securities to such Person, a copy of the prospectus, as then amended or supplemented (exclusive of material incorporated by reference), if the Company had previously furnished copies thereof to such Person. In connection with any underwritten public offering effected under a Registration Statement, the Company will agree to indemnify the underwriters on terms and conditions customary for such an offering. The Company’s obligations pursuant to this Section 5.1 shall

 

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remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of an Investor Indemnified Person, and shall survive the transfer (in accordance with the terms hereof) of such Registrable Securities by the seller thereof.

5.2 Indemnification by Investors . Each Investor will, severally and not jointly, indemnify, defend and hold harmless (in the same manner and to the same extent as set forth in Section 5.1) the Company, each director, officer, employee and Affiliate of the Company and any Person who controls the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act (each, a Company Indemnified Persons ), with respect to any untrue statement of a material fact or omission of a material fact from any Registration Statement, or any amendment or supplement to it, if such statement or omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished to the Company through a written instrument duly executed by such Investor specifically regarding such Investor for use in the preparation of such Registration Statement or amendment or supplement. Each Investor’s obligations pursuant to this Section 5.2 shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of any Company Indemnified Person, and shall survive the transfer of such Registrable Securities by the seller thereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the liability of any such Investor shall not exceed an amount equal to the net proceeds realized by such Investor from the sale of Registrable Securities pursuant to such Registration Statement.

5.3 Indemnification Procedures . Promptly after receipt by an Indemnified Person of notice of the commencement of any action involving a claim referred to in the preceding Sections of this Article V, the Indemnified Person will, if a resulting claim is to be made or may be made against an indemnifying party, give written notice to the indemnifying party of the commencement of the action. The failure of any Indemnified Person to give notice shall not relieve the indemnifying party of its obligations in this Article V, except to the extent that the indemnifying party is actually prejudiced by the failure to give such notice. If any such action is brought against an Indemnified Person, the indemnifying party will be entitled to participate in and to assume the defense of the action with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person, and after notice from the indemnifying party to such Indemnified Person of its election to assume defense of the action, the indemnifying party will not be liable to such Indemnified Person for any legal or other expenses incurred by the latter in connection with the action’s defense. An Indemnified Person shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any action or proceeding and participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at such Indemnified Person’s expense unless (a) the employment of such counsel has been specifically authorized in writing by the indemnifying party, which authorization shall not be unreasonably withheld, (b) the indemnifying party has not assumed the defense and employed counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person within 30 days after notice of any such action or proceeding, or (c) the named parties to any such action or proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include the Indemnified Person and the indemnifying party and the Indemnified Person shall have been advised by such counsel that there may be one or more legal defenses available to the Indemnified Person that are different from or additional to those available to the indemnifying party (in which case the indemnifying party shall not have the right to assume the defense of such action or proceeding on behalf of the Indemnified Person), it being understood, however, that the indemnifying party shall not, in connection with any one such action or separate but substantially similar or related actions in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances, be liable for the

 

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reasonable fees and expenses of more than one separate firm of attorneys (in addition to all local counsel which is necessary, in the good faith opinion of both counsel for the indemnifying party and counsel for the Indemnified Person in order to adequately represent the indemnified parties) for the Indemnified Person and that all such fees and expenses shall be reimbursed as they are incurred upon written request and presentation of invoices. Whether or not a defense is assumed by the indemnifying party, the indemnifying party will not be subject to any liability for any settlement made without its consent. No indemnifying party will consent to entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement which (i) does not include as an unconditional term the giving by the claimant or plaintiff, to the Indemnified Person, of a release from all liability in respect of such claim or litigation, (ii) involves the imposition of equitable remedies or the imposition of any non-financial obligations on the Indemnified Person, or (iii) requires or results in an admission of liability on behalf of the Indemnified Persons, or enjoin such Indemnified Persons from taking, or compel such Indemnified Persons to take any action.

5.4 Contribution . If the indemnification required by this Article V from the indemnifying party is unavailable to or insufficient to indemnify, defend and hold harmless an Indemnified Person in respect of any indemnifiable losses, claims, damages, liabilities, or expenses, then the indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by the Indemnified Person as a result of such losses, claims, damages, liabilities, or expenses in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect (i) the relative benefit of the indemnifying and indemnified parties and (ii) if the allocation in clause (i) is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefit referred to in clause (i) and also the relative fault of the Indemnified Person and indemnifying parties, in connection with the actions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages, liabilities, or expenses, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of the indemnifying party and the Indemnified Person shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any action in question, including any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact, has been made by, or relates to information supplied by, such indemnifying party or parties, and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information, and opportunity to correct or prevent such action. The amount paid or payable by a party as a result of the losses, claims, damage, liabilities, and expenses referred to above shall be deemed to include any legal or other fees or expenses reasonably incurred by such party in connection with any investigation or proceeding. The Company and Investors agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 5.4 were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in the prior provisions of this Section 5.4 .

Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 5.4 , no Investor shall be required to contribute any amount pursuant to Section 5.4 in excess of the amount of the net proceeds received by such Investor in the applicable registration giving rise to indemnification under this Article V . No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such a fraudulent misrepresentation.

 

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ARTICLE VI

OTHER AGREEMENTS

6.1 Transfer of Rights .

(a) This Agreement is personal to the parties hereto and not assignable or transferable; provided , however , that notwithstanding the foregoing, an Investor may assign and transfer its rights and obligations under this Agreement with respect to the Registrable Securities transferred or sold to any Person in connection with such transfer or sale, which assignment or transfer shall only be effective upon receipt by the Company of a duly executed commitment by such transferee to be bound by the terms of this Agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A , in which case, the transferring Investor’s rights with respect to such transferred Registrable Securities under this Agreement shall be assigned to, and may be enforced by, such transferee of Registrable Securities, and such transferee shall thereupon have all of the rights and obligations of its transferor hereunder with respect to the transferred Registrable Securities. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no transfer of registration rights under this Agreement shall be permitted if immediately following such transfer the disposition of such Registrable Securities by the transferee is not restricted under the Securities Act, except if such transferee is a Follow-on Investor and such transferee executes and delivers to the Company the commitment described in the immediately preceding sentence. Any assignment or transfer of rights and obligations under this Agreement in violation of this Agreement shall be null and void.

(b) In the event the Company engages in a merger or consolidation in which the Registrable Securities are converted into securities of another company, and which securities are not tradable without registration under the Securities Act, appropriate arrangements will be made so that the registration rights provided under this Agreement continue to be provided to Investors by the issuer of such securities. To the extent such new issuer, or any other company acquired by the Company in a merger or consolidation, was bound by registration rights obligations that would conflict with the provisions of this Agreement, the Company will, unless the Required Investors otherwise agree, use its best efforts to modify any such “inherited” registration rights obligations so as not to interfere in any material respects with the rights provided under this Agreement.

6.2 Limited Liability . Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, neither the members, general partners, limited partners or managing directors, or any directors or officers of any members, general or limited partner, advisory director, nor any future members, general partners, limited partners, advisory directors, or managing directors, if any, of any Investor shall have any personal liability for performance of any obligation of such Investor under this Agreement in excess of the respective capital contributions of such members, general partners, limited partners, advisory directors or managing directors to such Investor.

6.3 Rule 144 . If the Company is subject to the requirements of Section 13, 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, the Company covenants that it will file any reports required to be filed by it under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act (or, if the Company is not required to file such reports, it will, upon the request of any Investors, make such information available) and will take such further action as any Investor may reasonably request, so as to enable such

 

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Investor to sell Registrable Securities without registration under the Securities Act within the limitation of the exemptions provided by (a) Rule 144, as such Rule may be amended from time to time, or (b) any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the SEC. Upon the request of any Investors, the Company will deliver to such Investors a written statement as to whether it has complied with such requirements.

6.4 In-Kind Distributions . If any Investor seeks to effectuate an in-kind distribution of all or part of its Registrable Securities to its direct or indirect equityholders, the Company will cooperate with such Investor and the Company’s transfer agent to facilitate such in-kind distribution in the manner reasonably requested by such Investor.

6.5 No Inconsistent Agreements . The Company has not entered into, and on or after the date of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement that conflicts with the provisions hereof. The rights granted to the Investors hereunder do not in any way conflict with the rights granted to the holders of the Company’s other issued and outstanding securities under any other agreement. The Company shall not, without the prior written consent of the holders of a majority of the outstanding Registrable Securities (on an as-exercised basis) held by all Investors, grant to any Persons the right to request the Company to register any equity securities of the Company, or any securities convertible or exchangeable into or exercisable for such securities, if such rights could reasonably be expected, in the good faith determination of the Company’s board of directors, to conflict with or be in parity with the rights of the Investors granted hereunder. The granting by the Company of registration rights to a third party shall not be deemed to be in conflict with or be in parity with the rights of the Investors granted hereunder as long as the provisions of Articles II, III and IV are complied with at all times.

ARTICLE VII

MISCELLANEOUS

7.1 Notices . All notices, demands and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given (i) on the date so given, if delivered personally, (ii) on the date sent, if delivered by facsimile with telephone confirmation of receipt, (iii) on the second Business Day following the date deposited in the mail if mailed via an internationally recognized overnight courier and (iv) on the fourth (4 th ) Business Day following the date deposited in the mail if mailed via registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, in each case, to the other party at the following addresses:

if to any Investor, to the address listed on Annex A , with copies (which shall not constitute notice) to the respective persons listed on Annex A .

if to the Company, to:

Cumulus Media Inc.

3280 Peachtree Road, N.W.

Suite 2300

Atlanta, Georgia 30305

Attn: Lewis W. Dickey, Jr.

 

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Facsimile: (404) 949-0700

with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:

Jones Day

1420 Peachtree Street, N.E.

Suite 800

Atlanta, GA 30309

Attn: Mark L. Hanson, Esq.

Facsimile: (404) 581-8330

7.2 Section Headings . The article and section headings in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not affect the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement. References in this Agreement to a designated “Article” or “Section” refer to an Article or Section of this Agreement unless otherwise specifically indicated.

7.3 Use of Terms . Whenever required by the context, any pronoun used in this Agreement shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine or neuter forms, and the singular form of nouns, pronouns and verbs shall include the plural and vice versa. Whenever the words “include”, “included” or “including” are used in this Agreement, they are deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation”. Reference to any agreement, document or instrument means such agreement, document or instrument as amended or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof. When used in this Agreement, words such as “herein”, “hereinafter”, “hereof”, “hereto”, and “hereunder” shall refer to this Agreement as a whole, unless the context clearly requires otherwise. The use of the words “or,” “either” and “any” shall not be exclusive. The parties hereto have participated jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this Agreement. In the event an ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation arises, this Agreement shall be construed as if drafted jointly by the parties hereto, and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any party by virtue of the authorship of any of the provisions of this Agreement. Unless stated otherwise, any calculation of a percentage of “Registrable Securities” or “Company Common Stock” under this Agreement shall be made on a fully diluted basis (i.e., as if all Class A Warrants had been exercised and all shares of Company Common Stock had been converted into Class A Common Stock).

7.4 Governing Law . This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

7.5 Consent to Jurisdiction and Service of Process . The parties to this Agreement hereby agree to submit to the jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York, the courts of the United States of America for the Southern District of New York, and appellate courts from any thereof in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement.

7.6 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL . EACH PARTY HERETO ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT ANY CONTROVERSY WHICH MAY ARISE UNDER THIS AGREEMENT IS LIKELY TO INVOLVE COMPLICATED AND DIFFICULT ISSUES, AND THEREFORE IT HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY

 

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IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY. EACH PARTY CERTIFIES AND ACKNOWLEDGES THAT (I) NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE EITHER OF SUCH WAIVERS, (II) IT UNDERSTANDS AND HAS CONSIDERED THE IMPLICATIONS OF SUCH WAIVERS, (III) IT MAKES SUCH WAIVERS VOLUNTARILY, AND (IV) IT HAS BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 7.6 .

7.7 Amendments; Termination . This Agreement may be amended or modified, or rights may be waived, only by an instrument in writing executed by the Company and the Required Investors; provided , however , that (i) any amendment or modification of or waiver of rights under, this Agreement that is adverse to the Investors (other than Crestview Investors) shall only be undertaken with (and shall only require) the prior written consent of the Company and the holders of a majority of the outstanding Registrable Securities (on an as-exercised basis) held by all Investors (other than Crestview Investors) so affected, except that if any such amendment or modification would materially adversely affect the rights of an Investor hereunder, then the consent of each Investor so affected shall also be required, and (ii) any amendment or modification of or waiver of rights under, this Agreement that is adverse to Crestview Investors shall only be undertaken with (and shall only require) the prior written consent of the Company and Crestview Investors holding a majority of the outstanding Crestview Registrable Securities (on an as-exercised basis) held by all Crestview Investors.

7.8 Entire Agreement . This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement and understanding of the parties with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby. The registration rights granted under this Agreement supersede any description thereof in the Investment Agreement, the UBS Securities Purchase Agreement, or any other agreement between or among the Company and one or more of the other parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof.

7.9 Severability . The invalidity or unenforceability of any specific provision of this Agreement shall not invalidate or render unenforceable any of its other provisions. Any provision of this Agreement held invalid or unenforceable shall be deemed reformed, if practicable, to the extent necessary to render it valid and enforceable and to the extent permitted by law and consistent with the intent of the parties to this Agreement.

7.10 Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in multiple counterparts, including by means of facsimile, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute the same instrument.

7.11 No Limitation on Convertible Securities . Nothing in this Agreement shall operate to limit the right of any Investor to request the registration of Registrable Securities issuable upon conversion, exchange or exercise of securities beneficially owned by such Investor

 

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notwithstanding the fact that at the time of such request, such Investor does not hold the Registrable Securities underlying such securities.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have duly executed this Agreement effective as of the date first written above.

 

CUMULUS MEDIA INC.
By:  

/s/ Lewis W. Dickey, Jr.

  Name:   Lewis W. Dickey, Jr.
  Title:   Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer


CRESTVIEW RADIO INVESTORS, LLC
By:   Crestview Partners II, L.P., its managing member
By:   Crestview Partners II GP, L.P., its general partner
By:   Crestview, L.L.C., its general partner
By:  

/s/ Thomas S. Murphy, Jr.

  Name:   Thomas S. Murphy, Jr.
  Title:   Managing Director

 

Address for Notices :

Crestview Radio Investors LLC

c/o Crestview Partners II, L.P.

667 Madison Avenue, 10th Floor

New York, NY 10065

Attention:   Jeffrey Marcus
  Tom Murphy
  Brian Cassidy

Fax: (212) 906-0793

 

with a copy to (which copy alone shall not constitute notice):

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

1285 Avenue of the Americas

New York, NY 10019-6064

Attention:   Kenneth M. Schneider
  Neil Goldman
Fax: (212) 757-3990


UBS SECURITIES LLC
By:  

/s/ Craig Klein

  Name:   Craig Klein
  Title:   UBS Securities LLC Executive Director
By:  

/s/ Marybeth Ross

  Name:   Marybeth Ross
  Title   Executive Director

 

Address:
UBS Securities LLC
299 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10171
Attention: Special Situations Group – Immediate Attention Required
Fax: (203) 719-1516


SYNDICATE INVESTOR:

 

GLOBAL UNDERVALUED SECURITIES
MASTER FUND, L.P.

 

By:  

KLEINHEINZ CAPITAL PARTNERS, INC.

INVESTMENT MANAGER

 

Signature:   /s/ James R. Phillips
Print Name:   James R. Phillips
Title:   Chief Financial Officer

 

Address:

 

301 Commerce Street

Suite 1900

Fort Worth, TX 76102

Phone: 817-348-8100

Fax: 817-348-8010

jkp@kleinheinz.com

ajr@kleinheinz.com


SYNDICATE INVESTOR:

 

BHR M ASTER F UND , L TD .

 

Signature:   /s/ William J. Brown
Print Name:   William J. Brown
Title:   President and COO

 

Address:

 

BHR Capital LLC

545 Madison Ave., 10 th FL

New York, NY 10022

212-378-0830

 

SYNDICATE INVESTOR:

 

BHR OC M ASTER F UND , L TD .

 

Signature:   /s/ William J. Brown
Print Name:   William J. Brown
Title:   President and COO

 

Address:

 

BHR Capital LLC

545 Madison Ave., 10 th FL

New York, NY 10022

212-378-0830


ARES ENHANCED CREDIT
OPPORTUNITIES FUND LTD.

 

By:  

ARES ENHANCED CREDIT

OPPORTUNITIES FUND

MANAGEMENT, L.P.,

its manager

By:  

ARES ENHANCED CREDIT OPPORTUNITIES MANAGEMENT GP LLC, its general partner

 

Signature:   /s/Darryl L. Schall
Print Name:   Darryl L. Schall
Title:   Authorized Signatory

 

Address:

 

2000 Avenue of the Stars

12 th Fl.

Los Angeles, CA 90067

 


 

ARES SPECIAL SITUATIONS FUND, L.P.

 

By:  

ASSF MANAGEMENT, L.P.,

its general partner

By:  

ASSF OPERATING MANAGER, LLC,

its general partner

 

Signature:   /s/Darryl L. Schall
Print Name:   Darryl L. Schall
Title:   Authorized Signatory

 

Address:

 

2000 Avenue of the Stars

12 th Fl.

Los Angeles, CA 90067

 


ARES SPECIAL SITUATIONS FUND III, L.P.
By:  

ASSF MANAGEMENT III, L.P.,

its general partner

By:  

ASSF OPERATING MANAGER III, LLC,

its general partner

 

Signature:   /s/ Darryl L. Schall
Print Name:   Darryl L. Schall
Title:   Authorized Signatory

 

Address:

 

2000 Avenue of the Stars

12 th Fl.

Los Angeles, CA 90067


ARES STRATEGIC INVESTMENT

PARTNERS LTD.

By:  

ARES STRATEGIC INVESTMENT

MANAGEMENT LLC,

as investment manager

 

Signature:   /s/ Darryl L. Schall
Print Name:   Darryl L. Schall
Title:   Authorized Signatory

 

Address:

 

2000 Avenue of the Stars

12 th Fl.

Los Angeles, CA 90067


ARES STRATEGIC INVESTMENT

PARTNERS III, L.P.

By:  

ARES STRATEGIC INVESTMENT GP

III, LLC,

its general partner

 

Signature:   /s/ Darryl L. Schall
Print Name:   Darryl L. Schall
Title:   Authorized Signatory

 

Address:

 

2000 Avenue of the Stars

12 th Fl.

Los Angeles, CA 90067


ARES SPECIAL SITUATIONS FUND I-B, L.P.
By:  

ASSF MANAGEMENT, L.P.,

its general partner

By:  

ASSF OPERATING MANAGER, LLC,

its general partner

 

Signature:   /s/ Darryl L. Schall
Print Name:   Darryl L. Schall
Title:   Authorized Signatory

 

Address:

 

2000 Avenue of the Stars

12 th Fl.

Los Angeles, CA 90067


EXHIBIT A

FORM OF JOINDER TO

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

This JOINDER to the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of                     , 2011 (the Registration Rights Agreement ), of Cumulus Media Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company ), is executed on behalf of the undersigned ( Investor ) effective as of the date set forth on the signature page below, with reference to the following facts:

WHEREAS , capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement; and

WHEREAS , Investor is the transferee of Registrable Securities (the “Transferred Registrable Securities”) from a[n] [Crestview] Investor (in this instance, as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) and in connection with such transfer, the registration rights of such [Crestview] Investor (in this instance, as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) with respect to the Transferred Registrable Securities are being assigned to Investor in accordance with the terms of Section 6.1 of the Registration Rights Agreement, and the Registration Rights Agreement requires Investor to become a party thereto if Investor desires to avail itself of the registration and other rights therein with respect to the Transferred Registrable Securities, and Investor agrees to do so in accordance with the terms thereof;

NOW, THEREFORE , in consideration of the mutual covenants contained herein and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the undersigned hereby agrees as follows:

1. Agreement to be Bound . Investor hereby agrees that upon execution of this Joinder, Investor shall become a party to the Registration Rights Agreement as a[n] “[Crestview]Investor” and shall be fully bound by, and subject to, and shall be entitled to the benefits of all of the covenants, terms and conditions of the Registration Rights Agreement applicable to a[n] “[Crestview] Investor” and the Transferred Registrable Securities as though an original party thereto.

2. Counterparts . This Joinder may be executed in separate counterparts each of which shall be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.

3. Notices . For purposes of Section 7.1 of the Registration Rights Agreement, all notices, demands or other communications to Investor shall be directed to Investor’s address set forth below Investor’s signature below.

[ Signature Page Follows ]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF , Investor has executed this Joinder effective as of the date set forth below.

 

INVESTOR:
By:  

 

Name:  

 

Title:  

 

 

ADDRESS:

 

 

 

 

 

Date:  

 

Exhibit 10.6

STOCKHOLDERS’ AGREEMENT

OF

CUMULUS MEDIA INC.

dated as of September 16, 2011


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

         Page  
ARTICLE I    DEFINITIONS      2   

SECTION 1.1.

  Certain Defined Terms      2   

SECTION 1.2.

  Other Definitional Provisions      7   
ARTICLE II   CORPORATE GOVERNANCE      8   

SECTION 2.1.

  Board of Directors Matters      8   

SECTION 2.2.

  Company Cooperation      11   

SECTION 2.3.

  Board Observation Rights      11   

SECTION 2.4.

  Affiliate Transactions      12   
ARTICLE III  TRANSFERS; RESTRICTIONS      12   

SECTION 3.1.

  Rights and Obligations of Transferees      12   

SECTION 3.2.

  Standstill Agreement      12   

SECTION 3.3.

  Going Private Transactions      13   

SECTION 3.4.

  Lock-Up Agreement      14   

SECTION 3.5.

  Additional Stock Transfer Limitations      14   

SECTION 3.6.

  Exchange of Securities by the Crestview Stockholder      14   

SECTION 3.7.

  Reservation of Shares      15   
ARTICLE IV  MISCELLANEOUS      15   

SECTION 4.1.

  Not A “Group”      15   

SECTION 4.2.

  Termination      16   

SECTION 4.3.

  Confidentiality      16   

SECTION 4.4.

  Other Activities of Certain Institutional Stockholders      16   

SECTION 4.5.

  Amendments and Waivers      17   

SECTION 4.6.

  Successors, Assigns and Transferees      17   

SECTION 4.7.

  Legend      17   

SECTION 4.8.

  Notices      18   

SECTION 4.9.

  Further Assurances      19   

SECTION 4.10.

  Entire Agreement; Third Party Beneficiaries      19   

SECTION 4.11.

  Delays or Omissions      19   

SECTION 4.12.

  Governing Law      20   

SECTION 4.13.

  Specific Performance; Jurisdiction      20   

SECTION 4.14.

  Waiver of Jury Trial      21   


TABLE OF CONTENTS

(continued)

 

         Page  

SECTION 4.15.

  Termination of Existing Stockholder Agreements      21   

SECTION 4.16.

  Severability      21   

SECTION 4.17.

  Titles and Subtitles      21   

SECTION 4.18.

  Counterparts; Facsimile Signatures      21   

SECTION 4.19.

  Certain Indemnification Matters      22   

SECTION 4.20.

  Certain Corporate Matters      22   

SECTION 4.21.

  Blackstone Group Stockholders      23   
ARTICLE V  REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES      24   

SECTION 5.1.

  Representations and Warranties of the Company      24   

SECTION 5.2.

  Representations and Warranties of the Stockholders      24   

 

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THIS STOCKHOLDERS’ AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement ”) is entered as of September 16, 2011, among CUMULUS MEDIA INC., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”); BA Capital Company, L.P. and Banc of America Capital Investors SBIC, L.P. (together, the “ BofA Stockholders ”); Blackstone FC Communications Partners L.P., (“ Blackstone ”); Lewis W. Dickey, Jr., John W. Dickey, David W. Dickey, Michael W. Dickey, Lewis W. Dickey, Sr. and DBBC, L.L.C. (collectively, the “ Dickey Group Stockholders ”); Crestview Radio Investors, LLC (the “ Crestview Stockholder ”); MIHI LLC (the “ Macquarie Stockholder ”); UBS Securities LLC (the “ UBS Stockholder ”); and any Person who becomes a party hereto pursuant to Section 3.1 (each of the foregoing, a “ Stockholder and collectively, the “ Stockholders ”).

RECITALS

WHEREAS, contemporaneously with the execution of this Agreement, the Company has issued and sold to the Crestview Stockholder, and the Crestview Stockholder has purchased from the Company, as an investment in the Company, shares of Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company (“ Class A Common Stock ”);

WHEREAS, contemporaneously with the execution of this Agreement, the Company has issued to the Crestview Stockholder warrants to purchase shares of Class A Common Stock in accordance with the terms set forth in the Class A Common Stock Purchase Warrant, dated as of the date hereof, issued by the Company to the Crestview Stockholder (“ Crestview Class A Warrants ”);

WHEREAS, contemporaneously with the execution of this Agreement, the Company also has issued and sold to the UBS Stockholder, and the UBS Stockholder has purchased from the Company, as an investment in the Company, warrants to purchase shares of Class A Common Stock in accordance with the terms set forth in the Warrant Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, between the Company and the warrant agent thereunder (the “ UBS Class A Warrants ”);

WHEREAS, contemporaneously with the execution of this Agreement, the Company has issued and sold to the Macquarie Stockholder, and the Macquarie Stockholder has purchased from the Company, as an investment in the Company, shares of Series A Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company (“ Company Straight Preferred ”);

WHEREAS, after giving effect to the transactions consummated on the date hereof, the Stockholders own the equity securities of the Company in the respective amounts indicated for each Stockholder (and for the Blackstone Group Stockholders) on Schedule A attached to this Agreement; and

WHEREAS, contemporaneously with the execution of this Agreement, all of the Stockholders, on the one hand, and the Company, on the other, are terminating certain existing voting and shareholder agreements to which the Company and such Stockholders are parties.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises, and of the representations, warranties, covenants and agreements set forth herein, the Company and each Stockholder agree as follows:


ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

SECTION 1.1. Certain Defined Terms . As used herein, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

Affiliate ” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control with, such Person.

Agreement ” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble.

beneficial owner ” or “ beneficially own ” has the meaning given such term in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act, and a Person’s beneficial ownership of Common Stock or other Equity Securities of the Company shall be calculated in accordance with the provisions of such rule. For the avoidance of doubt, no Person shall be deemed to beneficially own any security solely as a result of such Person’s execution of this Agreement.

Blackstone ” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble.

Blackstone Group Stockholders ” means, collectively, Blackstone, Blackstone FC Capital Partners IV, L.P., Blackstone FC Capital Partners IV-A L.P., Blackstone Family FCC L.L.C., Blackstone Participation FCC L.L.C. and Blackstone Communications FCC L.L.C.

BofA Stockholders ” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble.

Board ” means the Board of Directors of the Company.

Business Day ” means any day that is not a Saturday, a Sunday or other day on which banks are required or authorized by law to be closed in New York City.

Bylaws ” means the Bylaws of the Company, as in effect on the date hereof and as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof.

Charter ” means the Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, as in effect on the date hereof and as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

Class A Common Stock ” has the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

Class A Warrants ” means the Crestview Class A Warrants and the UBS Class A Warrants.

Class B Common Stock ” means the Class B Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company.

 

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Class C Common Stock ” means the Class C Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company.

Closing ” means the closing of the transactions contemplated by the Investment Agreement.

Common Stock ” means, collectively, the Class A Common Stock, the Class B Common Stock and the Class C Common Stock, and any securities issued in respect thereof, or in substitution therefor, in connection with any stock split, dividend or combination, or any reclassification, recapitalization, merger, consolidation, exchange or other similar reorganization.

Communications Act ” means the Communications Act of 1934.

Company ” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble.

Company Straight Preferred ” has the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

Competing Entity ” means each of Clear Channel Communications, Inc., Entercom Communications Corp. or any Person that is controlled, directly or indirectly, by either Clear Channel Communications, Inc. or Entercom Communications Corp.

Control ” (including the terms “ controlling ”, “ controlled by ” and “ under common control with ”), with respect to the relationship between or among two or more Persons, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the affairs or management of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, as trustee or executor, by contract or otherwise.

Covered Claims ” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.19 .

Crestview Class A Warrants ” has the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

Crestview Stockholder ” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble.

Dickey Group Stockholders ” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble.

Director ” means any member of the Board.

Equity Securities ” means any and all shares of Common Stock or other equity securities of the Company, securities of the Company convertible into, or exchangeable or exercisable for (whether presently convertible, exchangeable or exercisable or not), such shares, and options, warrants or other rights (whether presently convertible, exchangeable or exercisable or not) to acquire such shares of Common Stock or other equity securities of the Company, other than shares of Company Straight Preferred.

Equity Trading Business ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.4 .

Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

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Exchange Agreement ” means that certain Exchange Agreement, dated as of January 31, 2011, by and among the Company, the Blackstone Group Stockholders, and the other parties signatory thereto.

Excluded Transfers ” means (i) Transfers to any Affiliate, including any Affiliate of such Stockholder’s ultimate parent entity, so long as such Affiliate agrees to be bound in writing to the terms of this Agreement (if not already bound hereby) to the same extent as the Transferring Stockholder (or Blackstone Group Stockholder) is bound hereunder prior to giving effect to such Transfer; (ii) (A) Transfers in a bona fide public offering (including any sale under a registration statement filed pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreements) or (B) Transfers to a broker-dealer in a block sale (including any sale pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreements); (iii) Transfers to a mutual fund which, to the knowledge of the Stockholder effecting the Transfer, typically makes investments in Persons in the ordinary course of its business for investment purposes only and not with the purpose or effect of changing or influencing the control of such Persons and that, to the knowledge of such Stockholder, has not filed in the three (3) years immediately preceding the date of the proposed Transfer a Statement on Schedule 13D with respect to any Voting Securities; and (iv) Transfers pursuant to any merger, tender offer or exchange offer or other business combination, acquisition of assets or similar transaction or change of control pursuant to which voting securities would be acquired or received by the Company or any other Person; provided , however , that a majority of the disinterested members of the Board has approved such transaction or proposed transaction and recommended it to the stockholders of Company (and has not withdrawn such recommendation).

Existing Stockholder Agreements ” means, collectively, each of the Voting Agreement, dated as of June 30, 1998, among the Company, BA Capital Company, L.P., and the other stockholders of the Company party thereto; the Shareholder Agreement, dated as of March 28, 2002, between the Company and Banc of America Capital Investors SBIC, L.P.; the Voting Agreement, dated as of January 6, 2009, among the Company and the stockholders of the Company party thereto; the Voting Agreement, dated as of January 31, 2011, among Blackstone, as Sellers’ Representative thereunder, and the Dickey Group Stockholders; and the Voting Agreement and consent, dated as of January 31, 2011, among Blackstone, as Sellers’ Representative thereunder, and the BofA Stockholders.

FCC ” means the Federal Communications Commission.

FCC Regulations ” means the rules, regulations, published decisions, published orders, and policies promulgated by the FCC and in effect from time to time.

Going-Private Transaction ” means either (a) a Rule 13e-3 transaction, as such term is defined in Rule 13e-3 of the Exchange Act, or any successor to such rule, with respect to the Company to which such Rule 13e-3 applies or (b) regardless of whether Rule 13e-3 applies to a transaction, any transaction or series of transactions involving (i) a “purchase” (as such term is defined in Rule 13e-3 of the Exchange Act) of any Equity Security by a Significant Stockholder or a member of its Restricted Group, (ii) a tender offer for or request or invitation for tenders of an Equity Security by a Significant Stockholder or a member of its Restricted Group, or (iii) a solicitation subject to Regulation 14A of the Exchange Act by a Significant Stockholder or a member of its Restricted Group of any proxy, consent or authorization of, or a distribution

 

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subject to Regulation 14C of the Exchange Act of an information statement to, any Equity Security holder of the Company by a Significant Stockholder or a member of its Restricted Group in connection with (x) a merger, consolidation, reclassification, recapitalization, reorganization or similar corporate transaction of the Company or between the Company (or its Subsidiaries) and a Significant Stockholder or a member of its Restricted Group, (y) a sale of substantially all of the assets of the Company to a Significant Stockholder or a member of its Restricted Group, or (z) a reverse stock split of any class of Equity Securities involving the purchase of fractional interests, which in the case of such clause (i), (ii) or (iii), has either a reasonable likelihood or a purpose of the Significant Stockholder (together with any other member of its Restricted Group) obtaining beneficial ownership of 85% or more of the Voting Securities.

Group ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act.

Independent Director ” means a Director who would qualify as an “Independent Director” pursuant to the listing standards of the corporate governance rules for The NASDAQ Stock Market.

Information ” means all confidential information about the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that is or has been furnished to any Stockholder or any of its Representatives by or on behalf of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or any of their respective Representatives (whether written or oral or in electronic or other form and whether prepared by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or their respective Representatives), together with that portion of all written or electronically stored documentation prepared by such Stockholder or its Representatives based on or reflecting, in whole or in part, such information; provided , however , that the term “ Information ” shall not include any information that (i) is or becomes generally available to the public through no action or omission by such Stockholder or its Representatives in violation of this Agreement, (ii) is or becomes available to such Stockholder on a non-confidential basis from a source, other than the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or any of their respective Representatives, that to such Stockholder’s knowledge, after reasonable inquiry, is not prohibited from disclosing to such Stockholder by a contractual, legal or fiduciary obligation or (iii) is independently developed by a Stockholder or its Representatives or Affiliates without use of any Information.

Institutional Director ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.20(a) .

Institutional Stockholders ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.20(a) .

Investment Agreement ” means that certain Amended and Restated Investment Agreement, dated as of April 22, 2011, by and among the Company, the Crestview Stockholder, the Macquarie Stockholder and the UBS Stockholder

Law ” means the law of any jurisdiction, whether international, multilateral, multinational, national, federal, state, provincial, local or common law, or an order, act, statute, ordinance, regulation, rule, extension order or code promulgated by a governmental authority (including any department, court, agency or official, or non-governmental self-regulatory organization, agency or authority and any political subdivision or instrumentality thereof).

 

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Macquarie Stockholder ” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble.

Observer ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.3 .

Person ” means any individual, corporation, limited liability company, limited or general partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, government or any agency or political subdivisions thereof or any Group comprised of two or more of the foregoing.

Registration Rights Agreements ” means, together, the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, among the Company and the other Persons party thereto, and the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of August 1, 2011, among the Company, the Blackstone Group Stockholders, the BofA Stockholders, the Dickey Group Stockholders and the other Persons party thereto.

Representatives ” means with respect to any Person, any of such Person’s, or its Affiliates’, directors, officers, employees, general partners, Affiliates, direct or indirect shareholders, members or limited partners, attorneys, accountants, financial and other advisers, and other agents and representatives, including, in the case of any Stockholder, any designee nominated for election to the Board or a committee thereof by such Stockholder.

Restricted Group ” means, with respect to any Stockholder, (a) such Stockholder, (b) any Affiliate of such Stockholder (other than any portfolio company), and (c) any Group (that would be deemed to be a “person” under Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act with respect to securities of the Company) of which such Stockholder or its Affiliate (other than any portfolio company) is a member.

Sale of the Company ” means, in any one or more related transactions, a merger (other than a merger solely for the purpose of forming a holding company with no change in indirect ownership or to effect a change in the Company’s state of incorporation), business combination or sale of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets, in each case, as a result of which the Directors immediately prior to such transaction do not represent a majority of the Board immediately following the consummation of such transaction (or series of transactions), or the stockholders of the Company immediately prior to such transaction do not, immediately following the consummation of such transaction (or series of transactions), continue to own equity securities representing more than 50% of the vote and of the equity of the Company, of the ultimate controlling Person (in the case of a merger or business combination) or Person succeeding to ownership of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets (in the case of a sale of assets).

Secondary Indemnitors ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.19 .

Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933 and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

Significant Stockholders ” means each Stockholder who, together with its controlled Affiliates, beneficially owns fifteen percent (15%) or more of the Company’s outstanding

 

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Common Stock (including, for the avoidance of doubt, Common Stock for which any Class A Warrants held by it or its controlled Affiliates are exercisable).

Specified Indemnitee ” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.19 .

Stockholder ” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.

Subsidiary ” means, with respect to any Person, (i) any corporation of which a majority of the securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors thereof, at the time as of which any determination is being made, or a majority of the economic interests in such Person’s equity, are owned by such Person, either directly or indirectly, and (ii) any joint venture, general or limited partnership, limited liability company or other legal entity in which such Person is the record or beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of a majority of the voting or equity interests or of which such Person is the general partner or managing member.

Transfer ” means, directly or indirectly, to sell, transfer, assign, hypothecate or similarly dispose of (by merger, operation of law or otherwise), either voluntarily or involuntarily, or to enter into any contract, option or other arrangement or understanding with respect to, the sale, transfer, assignment, hypothecation or similar disposition of (by merger, operation of law or otherwise), any shares of Equity Securities beneficially owned by a Person.

Transferee ” means any Person to whom any Stockholder or any transferee thereof Transfers Equity Securities in accordance with the terms hereof.

UBS Class A Warrants ” has the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

UBS Stockholder ” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble.

Voting Securities ” means at any time the then-issued and outstanding Common Stock and any other securities of the Company of any kind or class having power generally to vote for the election of Directors.

SECTION 1.2. Other Definitional Provisions . Unless otherwise expressly provided, for the purposes of this Agreement, the following rules of interpretation shall apply:

(a) When a reference is made in this Agreement to an article or a section, paragraph, exhibit or schedule, such reference will be to an article or a section, paragraph, exhibit or schedule hereof unless otherwise clearly indicated to the contrary.

(b) Whenever the words “include,” “includes” or “including” are used in this Agreement, they will be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation.”

(c) The words “hereof,” “herein” and “herewith” and words of similar import will, unless otherwise stated, be construed to refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement.

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all genders. Where a word or phrase is defined herein, each of its other grammatical forms will have a corresponding meaning.

(e) A reference to any period of days will be deemed to be to the relevant number of calendar days, unless otherwise specified.

(f) The word “dollars” and symbol “$” mean U.S. dollars.

(g) References herein to any Person shall include such Person’s heirs, executors, personal representatives, administrators, successors and assigns; provided , however , that nothing contained in this Section 1.2(g) is intended to authorize any assignment or Transfer not otherwise permitted by this Agreement.

(h) The word “or” shall be disjunctive but not exclusive.

(i) The parties hereto have participated jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this Agreement. In the event an ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation arises, this Agreement will be construed as if drafted jointly by the parties, and no presumption or burden of proof will arise favoring or disfavoring any party by virtue of the authorship of any provisions hereof.

(j) Any statute or rule defined or referred to herein or in any agreement or instrument that is referred to herein means such statute or rule as from time to time amended, modified or supplemented, including by succession of comparable successor statutes or rules and references to all attachments thereto and instruments incorporated therein.

ARTICLE II

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

SECTION 2.1. Board of Directors Matters .

(a) Board Size . Effective as of the Closing, in accordance with Section 3.2 of the Bylaws, the size of the Board has been fixed at seven (7) Directors, and the two vacancies on the Board created thereby have been filled by the Board with Jeffrey Marcus and Arthur J. Reimers, each having been designated by the Crestview Stockholder.

(b) Nomination of Directors . Subject to Section 2.1(e) , each Stockholder agrees with the Company that it shall: (i) appear in person or by proxy at each annual meeting or special meeting of the stockholders of the Company at which Directors are to be elected for the purposes of obtaining a quorum; (ii) at each such stockholders’ meeting, vote, in person or by proxy, all of the Voting Securities now owned or hereafter acquired by it in favor of election of the following designees nominated for election to the Board pursuant to this Section 2.1(b) and in accordance with the Bylaws and the nomination procedures of the Company; and (iii) in any action by written consent of the holders of Voting Securities for the purpose of electing Directors, consent to election of the following designees nominated for election to the Board pursuant to this Section 2.1(b ) and in accordance with the Bylaws and the nomination procedures of the Company:

 

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(i) two (2) Persons designated as nominees for election to the Board by the Crestview Stockholder;

(ii) one (1) Person designated as nominee for election to the Board by the BofA Stockholders;

(iii) one (1) Person designated as nominee for election to the Board by Blackstone;

(iv) one (1) Person designated as nominee for election to the Board by the Dickey Group Stockholders; and

(v) two (2) other Persons nominated for election to the Board by the Board, each of whom shall qualify as an Independent Director (both with respect to the Company and each Stockholder).

The rights of the Stockholders to designate nominees for election to the Board as set forth in this Section 2.1(b) are personal to each Stockholder and may not be exercised by any Transferee, except that in the event a Stockholder no longer holds any Common Stock but its Affiliates continue to hold Common Stock transferred by such Stockholder to such Affiliates (whether directly or by Transfers through other Affiliates of such Stockholder), and such rights have not been terminated pursuant to Section 2.1(e) , the rights of such Stockholder may be exercised by the Affiliates of such Stockholder to which such Common Stock was Transferred.

(c) Lead Director . Effective as of the Closing, Jeffrey Marcus has been appointed by the Independent Directors of the Company to serve as the lead director of the Board. For so long as the Crestview Stockholder is the largest stockholder of the Company, the Crestview Stockholder will have the right to have one of its designees who is nominated and elected to the Board appointed by the Independent Directors to serve as the lead director of the Board. In the event that a vacancy is created at any time by the death, disability, resignation or removal of the Person serving as lead director of the Board, the Stockholders shall use their reasonable best efforts to cause the Independent Directors to approve any such other designee of the Crestview Stockholder who is nominated and elected to the Board to serve as the lead director of the Board. Any such designee must qualify as an Independent Director.

(d) Removal and Replacement; Vacancies .

(i) In the event that a vacancy is created at any time by the death, disability, retirement, resignation or removal of any Director nominated for election to the Board pursuant to Section 2.1(b) , the Company, by action of the remaining Directors, shall, and the Stockholders agree with the Company to use their reasonable best efforts to cause the remaining Directors, to fill the vacancy created thereby with a replacement nominee designated by the Stockholder who had designated such Director for nomination pursuant to Section 2.1(b) as promptly as practicable. If such vacant position had been held by a Person nominated under Section 2.1(b)(v) , then the vacancy shall be filled by action of the majority of the Board.

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to Section 2.1(b) and the remaining Directors have not caused the vacancy created thereby to be filled pursuant to Section 2.1(d)(i) by a new designee of the appropriate Person promptly after the Stockholders have been notified of such vacancy, then in such case the Company shall take all such actions as and when requested by the Stockholder who is entitled, pursuant to Section 2.1(b) to designate a Person to fill such vacancy (the “ Designating Stockholder ”), and each other Stockholder hereby agrees with the Company to vote, or act by written consent with respect to, all Voting Securities beneficially owned by it to act to fill the vacancy with a Person designated as a replacement by the Designating Stockholder in accordance with Section 2.1(b) . Upon the written request of any Person having rights under Section 2.1(b) , each other Stockholder agrees with the Company to vote, or act by written consent with respect to, all Voting Securities beneficially owned by it to, remove any Director nominated by such Person for election to the Board pursuant to Section 2.1(b) and to elect any replacement Director designated for nomination by such Person pursuant to this Section 2.1(d) .

(iii) Subject to Section 2.1(e) , unless otherwise requested in writing by the Person entitled to nominate such Person for election to the Board under Section 2.1(b) , no other Stockholder shall take any action to cause the removal of any Directors nominated by such Person for election to the Board pursuant to Section 2.1(b) .

(iv) Any vacancy on the Board that results from the termination of rights of nomination pursuant to Section 2.1(e) may be filled by action of a majority of the Board, in accordance with the Bylaws and applicable nomination procedures of the Company.

(e) Termination of Rights of Nomination . Notwithstanding anything in Section 2.1(b) to the contrary:

(i) in the case of the Dickey Group Stockholders, upon the earlier of (A) such time as the Dickey Group Stockholders and their Affiliates cease to beneficially own, collectively, at least fifty percent (50%) of the number of shares of Common Stock they collectively beneficially own immediately following the Closing; and (B) the date, if any, on which the Dickey Group Stockholders or their Affiliates acquire beneficial ownership of, collectively, more than ten percent (10%) of the outstanding equity of any Competing Entity, then the Dickey Group Stockholders shall cease to have the right to designate any nominee for election to the Board pursuant to Section 2.1(b) .

(ii) in the case of the BofA Stockholders, upon the earlier of (A) such time as the BofA Stockholders and their Affiliates, collectively, cease to beneficially own, collectively, at least fifty percent (50%) of the number of shares of Common Stock they beneficially own immediately following the Closing; and (B) the date, if any, on which the BofA Stockholders or their Affiliates acquire beneficial ownership of, collectively, more than ten percent (10%) of the outstanding equity of any Competing Entity, then the BofA Stockholders shall cease to have the right to designate any nominee for election to the Board pursuant to Section 2.1(b) .

(iii) in the case of the Crestview Stockholder:

(A) upon such time as the Crestview Stockholder and its Affiliates, collectively, cease to beneficially own 38,882,488 shares of Class A

 

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Common Stock, as such number may be proportionately adjusted for stock splits, reverse stock splits and the like after the date of this Agreement, the Crestview Stockholder shall cease to have the right to designate two individuals as nominees for election to the Board pursuant to Section 2.1(b)(i) and shall only have the right to designate one nominee for election to the Board pursuant to Section 2.1(b)(i) , subject to Section 2.1(e)(iii)(B) below; and

(B) upon the earlier of (x) such time as Crestview Stockholder and its Affiliates, collectively, ceases to beneficially own at least 25,921,659 shares of Class A Common Stock, as such number may be proportionately adjusted for stock splits, reverse stock splits and the like after the date of this Agreement, and (y) the date, if any, on which the Crestview Stockholder or its Affiliates acquire beneficial ownership of, collectively, more than ten percent (10%) of the outstanding equity of any Competing Entity, the Crestview Stockholder shall cease to have the right to designate any nominee for election to the Board pursuant to Section 2.1(b)(i) .

(iv) in the case of Blackstone, upon the earlier of (A) the day immediately prior to the date Directors who are to be elected at the fourth annual meeting of Company’s stockholders held following January 31, 2011 are nominated for such election and (B) such time as the Blackstone Group Stockholders or their respective Affiliates, collectively, cease to beneficially own at least fifty percent (50%) of the number of shares of Class A Common Stock received by the Blackstone Group Stockholders at the closing on August 1, 2011 of the acquisition provided for in the Exchange Agreement, Blackstone shall cease to have the right to designate any nominee for election to the Board pursuant to Section 2.1(b) .

(f) Compliance with the Communications Act and FCC Regulations . Notwithstanding any statement in this Section 2.1 to the contrary, all rights of nomination for Directors set forth in this Section 2.1 shall be subject to compliance with the Communications Act and FCC Regulations, including any restrictions or conditions that may be imposed by any decision or order of the FCC.

SECTION 2.2. Company Cooperation . The Company shall take such action as may be required under applicable Law and the Bylaws (subject to such vote of the Board as may be required) (i) to cause the Board to consist of the number of Directors specified in Section 2.1(a) and (ii) to cause one of the Directors designated by the Crestview Stockholder to be appointed and serve as the lead director of the Board in accordance with Section 2.1(c) . The Company agrees to include in the slate of nominees to be voted upon by stockholders of the Company the Persons designated for nomination to the Board in accordance with Section 2.1(b) .

SECTION 2.3. Board Observation Rights . So long as the Macquarie Stockholder and its Affiliates, collectively, continue to beneficially own at least $45.0 million of Company Straight Preferred (valued at liquidation value, without regard to the actual current market value thereof), the Macquarie Stockholder shall be entitled to designate one (1) individual as a non-voting Board observer (the “ Observer ”). The Company shall provide to the Observer, concurrently with the Directors and in the same manner, notice of such meetings and a copy of all materials provided

 

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to Directors generally; provided , however , that (i) the Observer shall not have the right to vote or participate in Board decisions and (ii) the Board, by majority vote, shall be entitled to exclude the Observer from portions of any Board meeting and to cause portions of any Board materials delivered to the Observer to be redacted where and to the extent that the Board determines that exclusion is reasonably necessary to preserve attorney-client privilege or otherwise comply with applicable Law; provided , further , that, for the avoidance of doubt, the Observer shall be subject to the confidentiality obligations set forth in Section 4.3 hereof and the Macquarie Stockholder shall be responsible for the Observer’s compliance therewith.

SECTION 2.4. Affiliate Transactions . Subject to Section 4.4 , and except for such transactions as are contemplated by agreements to which the Company is a party on the date hereof or to be entered into on the date hereof, any transaction between the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, on the one hand, and a Stockholder or any Affiliate of such Stockholder, on the other, shall require the approval of a majority of the disinterested members of the Board.

ARTICLE III

TRANSFERS; RESTRICTIONS

SECTION 3.1. Rights and Obligations of Transferees .

(a) No Stockholder shall Transfer any Equity Securities, except in compliance with the Securities Act, the Charter, any applicable state or foreign securities Laws, and this Agreement, or if such Transfer would violate the Communications Act or FCC Regulations and such Stockholder has been so advised by the Company. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, no such Transfer shall be made or recognized in the books and records of the Company if such Transfer would result in a violation of the Communications Act or FCC Regulations. If a Transfer requires approval of the FCC under the Communications Act or FCC Regulations, such Transfer will not be recognized until such approval is obtained. Any Transfers in violation of this Agreement shall be null and void and the Company shall not in any way give effect to any such impermissible Transfer. Prior to the consummation of a Transfer by any Stockholder (or any Blackstone Group Stockholder) described in clause (i) of the definition of Excluded Transfers, as a condition thereto, the applicable Transferee shall agree in writing to be bound by the terms of this Agreement (if not already bound hereby) to the same extent as the Transferring Stockholder (or Blackstone Group Stockholder) is bound hereunder prior to giving effect to such Transfer. Blackstone hereby covenants and agrees with the Company to cause the other Blackstone Group Stockholders to comply with the provisions of this Section 3.1(a) .

(b) For the avoidance of doubt, except as set forth in Section 4.7(b) , restrictions on Transfer of shares of Company Straight Preferred shall be solely as set forth in the Certificate of Designations therefor.

SECTION 3.2. Standstill Agreement .

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recapitalization, merger, consolidation or other like distributions made to holders of Equity Securities generally or (ii) pursuant to the terms of any stock option, stock purchase or other similar plans for Directors, if any, each Significant Stockholder (so long as it is a Significant Stockholder) covenants and agrees that such Significant Stockholder shall not, and shall not permit any other member of its Restricted Group to, directly or indirectly, acquire, agree to acquire or make a proposal to acquire (or publicly announce or otherwise disclose an intention to propose to acquire) or offer to acquire, by purchase or otherwise, beneficial ownership of any Equity Securities not beneficially owned by them immediately following the Closing.

(b) Notwithstanding anything in Section 3.2(a) to the contrary, the Crestview Stockholder will be permitted to (i) exercise the Crestview Class A Warrants and (ii) subject to the last sentence in this Section 3.2(b) , directly or indirectly, acquire, agree to acquire or make a proposal to acquire (or publicly announce or otherwise disclose an intention to propose to acquire) beneficial ownership of a number of shares that would not cause the Crestview Stockholder to beneficially own more than 64,804,148 shares of Common Stock, as such number may be proportionately adjusted for stock splits, reverse stock splits and the like after the date of this Agreement. With respect to any shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the Crestview Stockholder or its Affiliates in excess of 51,843,318 shares of Common Stock, such shares, in any matters submitted for the vote or consent of holders of the Company’s Common Stock, shall be voted (or consents executed in respect thereof) by the Crestview Stockholder and its Affiliates, as applicable, in accordance with the recommendation of, or at the direction of, the Board (with each Director who was nominated for election to the Board as a designee of the Crestview Stockholder recusing himself from such direction).

(c) Notwithstanding anything in this Section 3.2 to the contrary, a Significant Stockholder or any member of its Restricted Group shall not be prohibited from making a confidential proposal to the Board to acquire additional Equity Securities if the Board (i) determines to effect, or to solicit proposals to effect, a Sale of the Company, or (ii) causes the Company to enter into a definitive agreement providing for the Sale of the Company.

SECTION 3.3. Going Private Transactions . Prior to the seven (7) year anniversary of the Closing, without the prior written consent of the Company, no Significant Stockholder (so long as it is a Significant Stockholder) will, or will permit any other member of its Restricted Group to, make any public announcement with respect to, or submit a proposal for, or offer in respect of (with or without conditions) any transaction or series of transactions that would constitute or result in a Going-Private Transaction, unless such Going-Private Transaction: (a) which is not a tender or exchange offer made by any member of such Significant Stockholder’s Restricted Group, is (i) approved by the Board and determined by the Board to be fair to the stockholders of the Company who are not members of such Significant Stockholder’s Restricted Group, in each case with the approval of a majority of the disinterested members of the Board, and (ii) approved by a majority of the outstanding Voting Securities not beneficially owned by members of such Significant Stockholder’s Restricted Group; or (b) which is a tender or exchange offer made by a member of such Significant Stockholder’s Restricted Group and is contingent upon (i) the acquisition of a majority of the outstanding shares of Common Stock not beneficially owned by members of such Significant Stockholder’s Restricted Group, and accompanied by an undertaking that such member of such Significant Stockholder’s Restricted Group shall acquire all of the shares of Common Stock, if any, that remain outstanding after the

 

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completion of such tender or exchange offer in a merger at the same price per share paid in such tender or exchange offer and (ii) the disinterested members of the Board, being authorized on behalf of the full Board to take and disclose a position contemplated by Rules 14d-9 and 14e-2(a) promulgated under the Exchange Act with respect to such tender or exchange offer, not recommending that holders of shares of Common Stock refrain from tendering their shares of Common Stock in such tender or exchange offer. To the extent the Company releases any other stockholder of the Company (other than the Macquarie Stockholder or the UBS Stockholder, if they are Significant Stockholders) from restrictions of the type described in this Section 3.3 , then the Crestview Stockholder will also be released from the restrictions in this Section 3.3 .

SECTION 3.4. Lock-Up Agreement . During the eighteen (18) month period after the Closing, the Crestview Stockholder agrees that it will not Transfer any Equity Securities without the prior written consent of the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Crestview Stockholder shall be permitted to Transfer all or any portion of its Equity Securities at any time under the following circumstances: (a) Transfers to any Affiliate (including any Affiliate of the Crestview Stockholder’s ultimate parent entity), so long as such Affiliate agrees in writing to be bound by the provisions of this Section 3.4 ; (b) Transfers pursuant to a merger, tender offer or exchange offer, or other business combination, acquisition of assets or similar transaction or change of control, involving the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; provided , however , that the Board has approved such transaction or proposed transaction and has recommended it to the stockholders of Company (and has not withdrawn such recommendation); or (c) Transfers after the commencement of bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings of the Company and its Subsidiaries.

SECTION 3.5. Additional Stock Transfer Limitations . Without the prior written consent of the Company, no Significant Stockholder shall, and each Significant Stockholder shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause members of its Restricted Group not to, directly or indirectly, Transfer Equity Securities (other than Excluded Transfers) to any Person who, to the knowledge of such Significant Stockholder, (a) is a Competing Entity, other than with the prior approval of a majority of the disinterested members of the Board or (b) immediately following the consummation of such Transfer would have (together with its Affiliates and any member of a Group that includes such Person) beneficial ownership of ten percent (10%) or more of the outstanding shares of Common Stock. In connection with the consummation of a Transfer by any Significant Stockholder (x) described in clause (ii)(A) of the definition of Excluded Transfers, such transferring Stockholder agrees with the Company to use commercially reasonable efforts to effect as wide a distribution of such Equity Securities as is reasonably practicable, and in connection with the consummation of a Transfer by any Significant Stockholder (y) described in clause (ii)(B) of the definition of Excluded Transfers, the broker-dealer shall be instructed by such Significant Stockholder not to Transfer any Equity Securities to any Person who, to the knowledge of the transferring Significant Stockholder, is a Competing Entity, other than with the prior approval of a majority of the disinterested members of the Board. To the extent the Company releases any other stockholder of the Company from restrictions of the type described in this Section 3.5 , the Crestview Stockholder will also be released from the restrictions in this Section 3.5 .

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reasonable written notice to the Company and subject to compliance with the Communications Act and FCC Regulations, (a) to exchange all or any portion of the shares of Class A Common Stock held by it (including any shares issued to it upon exercise of the Crestview Class A Warrants) for the same number of shares of Class B Common Stock, (b) to exchange all or any portion of any shares of Class B Common Stock held by it for the same number of shares of Class A Common Stock, and (c) to exchange all or any portion of the shares of Class A Common Stock or any shares of Class B Common Stock held by it into Crestview Class A Warrants, or warrants to purchase shares of Class B Common Stock, to purchase the same number of shares of Class A Common Stock or Class B Common Stock (as the case may be). Any warrants to purchase shares of Class B Common Stock issued to the Crestview Stockholder pursuant to the preceding sentence will have a term of twenty (20) years from the date of issuance. The Company hereby agrees, promptly upon the request of the Crestview Stockholder and, subject to compliance with applicable federal and state securities Laws, the Communications Act and FCC Regulations, to give effect to the foregoing exchange rights of the Crestview Stockholder, subject to receipt by the Company from the Crestview Stockholder of such reasonable assurances as to ownership of the applicable shares and such other documentation (which shall be in customary form) as the Company may reasonably request.

SECTION 3.7. Reservation of Shares . The Company shall at all times reserve and keep available a sufficient number of its authorized but unissued shares of (i) Class A Common Stock for the purpose of issuing shares of Class A Common Stock upon exercise of the Class A Warrants and (ii) Company Straight Preferred for the purpose of issuing shares of Company Straight Preferred as pay-in-kind dividends. If at any time the number of authorized but unissued shares of Class A Common Stock shall not be sufficient to permit the exercise in full of such Class A Warrants, or the number of shares of Company Straight Preferred shall not be sufficient to permit the issuance of pay-in-kind dividends required by the terms of the Company Straight Preferred, the Company shall take such corporate action as may be necessary to increase its authorized but unissued shares of Class A Common Stock or Company Straight Preferred, as applicable, to such number of shares as shall be sufficient for such purpose (and the Stockholders shall in their capacity as stockholders vote in favor of or consent to any such increase). The Company covenants that all shares of Class A Common Stock issued and sold upon exercise of the Class A Warrants, and all shares of Company Straight Preferred issued as pay-in-kind dividends, shall be validly issued, fully paid, nonassessable and free and clear of all liens of any kind or nature whatsoever.

ARTICLE IV

MISCELLANEOUS

SECTION 4.1. Not A “Group” . The Stockholders and the Company acknowledge that the arrangements contemplated by this Agreement are not intended to constitute the formation of a Group. Each Stockholder agrees that, for purposes of determining beneficial ownership of such Stockholder, it shall disclaim any beneficial ownership by virtue of this Agreement of the Company’s securities owned by the other Stockholders (or, in the case of the BofA Stockholders, the other Stockholders other than the BofA Stockholders), and the Company agrees to recognize such disclaimer in its Exchange Act and Securities Act reports.

 

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SECTION 4.2. Termination . This Agreement shall terminate upon the earlier of (a) the fifteenth (15 th ) anniversary of the date of this Agreement, (b) a Sale of the Company, and (c) the date on which both (i) the rights of each Stockholder pursuant to Section 2.1(b) to nominate individuals for election to the Board, or to designate the Observer pursuant to Section 2.3 , have terminated in accordance with the terms of Section 2.1(e) or Section 2.3 , respectively, and (ii) no Stockholder that is a party to this Agreement continues to be a Significant Stockholder; provided , however , that, notwithstanding anything in this Section 4.2 to the contrary, the rights and obligations of each Stockholder under this Agreement shall terminate on the date on which such Stockholder no longer beneficially owns any Equity Securities or, in the case of the Macquarie Stockholder, the date on which the Macquarie Stockholder and its Affiliates, collectively, cease to beneficially own at least $45.0 million of Company Straight Preferred (valued at liquidation value, without regard to the actual current market value thereof) or, in the case of the UBS Stockholder, the date on which the UBS Stockholder and its Affiliates cease to beneficially own UBS Warrants and shares of Class A Common Stock in such amounts as to cause the UBS Stockholder and its Affiliates to beneficially own at least 10,368,665 shares of Common Stock.

SECTION 4.3. Confidentiality . Each Stockholder agrees with the Company to, and agrees with the Company to use commercially reasonable efforts to cause its Representatives to, keep confidential and not divulge any Information; provided , however , that nothing herein shall prevent any Stockholder from disclosing such Information (a) upon the order of any court or administrative agency, (b) upon the request or demand of any regulatory agency or authority having jurisdiction over such Stockholder or Representative, (c) to the extent required by Law or legal process or required or requested pursuant to subpoena, interrogatories or other discovery requests, (d) to the extent necessary in connection with the exercise of any remedy hereunder, (e) to other Stockholders, (f) to such Stockholder’s Representatives that in the reasonable judgment of such Stockholder need to know such Information, or (g) to any bona fide proposed Transferee in accordance with this Agreement as long as such Transferee agrees to be bound by the provisions of this Section 4.3 as a Stockholder or the disclosing Stockholder agrees to be responsible for any breach of this Section 4.3 by such proposed Transferee; provided , further , that, in the case of clause (a), (b) or (c), such Stockholder shall notify the Company of the proposed disclosure as far in advance of such disclosure as reasonably practicable and, if requested by the Company, use commercially reasonable efforts (but at the sole expense of the Company) to ensure that any Information so disclosed is accorded confidential treatment, when and to the extent available.

SECTION 4.4. Other Activities of Certain Institutional Stockholders . Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, nothing in Article III of this Agreement (or any other agreement entered into in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement) shall restrict the activities of the Macquarie Stockholder, the UBS Stockholder, the BofA Stockholders, the Blackstone Group Stockholders, or their respective Affiliates, in any capacity other than as a Significant Stockholder, to the extent any of the Macquarie Stockholder, the UBS Stockholder, the BofA Stockholders or the Blackstone Group Stockholders is a Significant Stockholder. By way of example, notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, this Agreement shall not restrict the advisory or investment banking services offered by the Macquarie Stockholder, the UBS Stockholder, the BofA Stockholders, the Blackstone Group Stockholders, or their respective Affiliates, and shall not restrict the ability of the Macquarie Stockholder, the UBS Stockholder, the BofA Stockholders, the Blackstone Group Stockholders,

 

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or their respective Affiliates, to Transfer, pledge or encumber Equity Securities on behalf of their respective clients, or any Transfer, pledge or encumbrance made by any Affiliate of any of the Blackstone Group Stockholders, the Macquarie Stockholder, the UBS Stockholder or the BofA Stockholders to the extent the business of such Affiliate is to trade for its account or the account of others ( e.g. , an asset manager or equity fund) (an “ Equity Trading Business ”); provided , that, to the extent any of the Macquarie Stockholder, the UBS Stockholder, the BofA Stockholders or the Blackstone Group Stockholders is a Significant Stockholder, the Macquarie Stockholder, the UBS Stockholder, the BofA Stockholders or the Blackstone Group Stockholder, or a transferee of any of such Significant Stockholders that is an Affiliate, as applicable, maintains, in accordance with its customary internal and industry practice, an information wall between the Macquarie Stockholder, the UBS Stockholder, the BofA Stockholders or the Blackstone Group Stockholders, as applicable, and its Affiliate engaged in an Equity Trading Business.

SECTION 4.5. Amendments and Waivers . Except as otherwise provided herein, no modification, amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement shall be effective without the approval of the Company and Stockholders holding a majority of the outstanding Common Stock (on an as-exercised basis, in the case of Class A Warrants) held by all Stockholders; provided , however , that (i) Agreement may not be amended, modified or waived in any manner adversely affecting the rights or obligations of any Stockholder which does not, by its terms, adversely affect the rights or obligations of all similarly situated Stockholders in a substantially similar manner without the consent of such Stockholder; (ii) no amendment, modification or waiver to Section 2.1 (directly or by amendment of the definitions used therein) shall adversely affect the rights of a Stockholder to designate nominee(s) for election to the Board (and, in the case of the Crestview Stockholder, to have one of its Director nominees appointed as lead director) without the consent of such Stockholder; (iii) no amendment, modification or waiver to any of Article III , Section 4.4 or Section 4.20 (directly or by amendment, modification or waiver of the definitions used therein) shall seek to restrict, or further restrict, the activities of, or impose additional Transfer restrictions with respect to securities of the Company held by, any Stockholder or its Affiliates without the consent of such Stockholder; (iv) none of Section 2.3 , Section 3.1(b) or Section 4.20(d) may be amended (directly or by amendment, modification or waiver of the definitions used therein) without the consent of the Macquarie Stockholder; (v) amendment, modification or waiver of this Section 4.5 shall require the consent of each Stockholder; and (vi) any Stockholder may terminate or waive (in writing) the benefit of any provision of this Agreement with respect to itself for any purpose.

SECTION 4.6. Successors, Assigns and Transferees . Except as expressly set forth herein, this Agreement shall bind and inure to the benefit of, and be enforceable by, the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns.

SECTION 4.7. Legend .

(a) Restrictive Legend . All certificates representing Equity Securities held by each Significant Stockholder shall bear a legend substantially in the following form:

“THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE ARE SUBJECT TO TRANSFER AND OTHER RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN A STOCKHOLDERS’

 

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AGREEMENT, DATED AS OF SEPTEMBER 16, 2011, A COPY OF WHICH IS ON FILE WITH THE SECRETARY OF THE ISSUER.”

(b) Securities Act Legend . All certificates representing the Equity Securities or shares of Company Straight Preferred held by each Stockholder shall bear a legend substantially in the following form:

“THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS INSTRUMENT HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE AND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF EXCEPT WHILE A REGISTRATION STATEMENT RELATING THERETO IS IN EFFECT UNDER SUCH ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER SUCH ACT OR SUCH LAWS.”

(c) Upon request of any Stockholder and receipt by the Company of an opinion of counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Company, to the effect that the legend in clause (b) is no longer required under the Securities Act and applicable state securities Laws, the Company shall promptly cause such legend to be removed from any certificate for any securities to be Transferred in accordance with the terms of this Agreement; provided , however , that an opinion of counsel shall not be required for a Transfer by any Stockholder that is (i) a partnership Transferring all of the assets owned by it to its partners or former partners, pro rata in accordance with their respective partnership interests, (ii) a corporation Transferring to a wholly-owned Subsidiary or a parent corporation that owns all of the capital stock of such Stockholder, (iii) a limited liability company Transferring all of the assets owned by it to its members or former members, pro rata in accordance with their respective interests in the limited liability company, (iv) an individual Transferring to such Stockholder’s family member or trust for the benefit of such Stockholder, or (v) Transferring its securities to any Affiliate of such Stockholder, in the case of an institutional Stockholder, or other Person under common management with such Stockholder; provided , further , that the Transferee in each case agrees to be subject to the restrictions in this section. The legend set forth in Section 4.7(a) shall be automatically removed upon the expiration of the Transfer restrictions set forth in this Agreement or upon any Excluded Transfer (other than any Excluded Transfer pursuant to clause (i) of the definition thereof).

SECTION 4.8. Notices . All notices and other communications to be given to any party hereunder shall be sufficiently given for all purposes hereunder if in writing and delivered by hand, courier or overnight delivery service, or when received in the form of a facsimile or other electronic transmission (receipt confirmation requested), and shall be directed to the address set forth below (or at such other address or facsimile number as such party shall designate by like notice):

 

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if to the Company, to:

Cumulus Media Inc.

3280 Peachtree Road, N.W.

Suite 2300

Atlanta, Georgia 30305

Attention: Richard S. Denning, Esq.

Fax: (404) 949-0740

with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:

Jones Day

1420 Peachtree Street, N.E.

Suite 800

Atlanta, Georgia 30309-3053

Attention: John E. Zamer, Esq.

Fax: (404) 581-8330

if to any other Stockholder, to the address of such other Stockholder as shown in Schedule A attached to this Agreement.

SECTION 4.9. Further Assurances . At any time or from time to time after the date hereof, the parties agree to cooperate with each other, and at the request of any other party, to execute and deliver any further instruments or documents and to take all such further action as the other party may reasonably request in order to evidence or effectuate the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and to otherwise carry out the intent of the parties hereunder.

SECTION 4.10. Entire Agreement; Third Party Beneficiaries . Except as otherwise expressly set forth herein, this Agreement embodies the complete agreement and understanding among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes and preempts any prior understandings, agreements or representations by or among the parties, written or oral, that they may have related to the subject matter hereof in any way. This Agreement is not intended to confer in or on behalf of any Person not a party to this Agreement any rights, benefits, causes of action or remedies with respect to the subject matter or any provision thereof.

SECTION 4.11. Delays or Omissions . It is agreed that no delay or omission to exercise any right, power or remedy accruing to any party, upon any breach, default or noncompliance by another party under this Agreement, shall impair any such right, power or remedy, nor shall it be construed to be a waiver of any such breach, default or noncompliance, or any acquiescence therein, or of or in any similar breach, default or noncompliance thereafter occurring. It is further agreed that any waiver, permit, consent or approval of any kind or character on the part of any party hereto of any breach, default or noncompliance under this Agreement or any waiver on such party’s part of any provisions or conditions of this Agreement, must be in writing and shall be effective only to the extent specifically set forth in such writing. All remedies, either under this Agreement, by Law, or otherwise afforded to any party, shall be cumulative and not alternative.

 

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SECTION 4.12. Governing Law . This Agreement will be governed by and construed in accordance with the Laws of the State of Delaware applicable to contracts made and to be performed within the State of Delaware, without giving effect to conflicts of law rules that would require or permit the application of the Laws of another jurisdiction.

SECTION 4.13. Specific Performance; Jurisdiction .

(a) The parties agree that irreparable damage would occur for which money damages would not suffice in the event that any of the provisions of this Agreement were not performed in accordance with their specific terms or were otherwise breached and that the parties would not have any adequate remedy at law. It is accordingly agreed that any non-breaching party shall be entitled to an injunction, temporary restraining order or other equitable relief exclusively in the Delaware Court of Chancery enjoining any such breach and enforcing specifically the terms and provisions hereof, or in the event (but only in the event) that such court does not have subject matter jurisdiction over such action or proceeding, in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware or another court sitting in the state of Delaware. Each party agrees not to raise any objections to the availability of the equitable remedy of specific performance to prevent or restrain breaches or threatened breaches of, or to enforce compliance with, the covenants and obligations of such party under this Agreement. Any party seeking an injunction or injunctions to prevent breaches of this Agreement and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions of this Agreement shall not be required to post a bond or undertaking in connection with such order or injunction sought in accordance with the terms of this Section 4.13(a) . The provisions of this Section 4.13(a) are in addition to any other remedy to which any party is entitled at law, in equity or otherwise.

(b) Each of the parties hereto irrevocably agrees that any legal action or proceeding in connection with or with respect to this Agreement and the rights and obligations arising hereunder, or for recognition and enforcement of any judgment in respect of this Agreement and the rights and obligations arising hereunder brought by the other party hereto or its successors or assigns shall be brought and determined exclusively in the Delaware Court of Chancery, or in the event (but only in the event) that such court does not have subject matter jurisdiction over such action or proceeding, in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware or another court sitting in the state of Delaware. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably submits with regard to any such action or proceeding for itself and in respect of its property, generally and unconditionally, to the personal jurisdiction of the aforesaid courts and agrees that it will not bring any action in connection with or relating to this Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement in any court other than the aforesaid courts. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert, by way of motion, as a defense, counterclaim or otherwise, in any action or proceeding in connection with or with respect to this Agreement, (i) any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of the above-named courts for any reason other than the failure to serve in accordance with this Section 4.13 , (ii) any claim that it or its property is exempt or immune from jurisdiction of any such court or from any legal process commenced in such courts (whether through service of notice, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of execution of judgment, execution of judgment or otherwise) and (iii) to the fullest extent permitted by the applicable Law, any claim that (A) the suit, action or proceeding in such court is brought in an inconvenient forum, (B) the venue of such suit, action

 

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or proceeding is improper or (C) this Agreement, or the subject matter hereof, may not be enforced in or by such courts.

(c) Each of the parties hereto irrevocably consents to the service of any summons and complaint and any other process in any other action in connection with or relating to this Agreement, on behalf of itself or its property, by the personal delivery of copies of such process to such party or by sending or delivering a copy of the process to the party to be served at the address and in the manner provided for the giving of notices in Section 4.8 . Nothing in this Section 4.13 shall affect the right of any party hereto to serve legal process in any other manner permitted by Law.

SECTION 4.14. Waiver of Jury Trial . Each party hereby waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, any right it may have to a trial by jury in respect of any suit, action or other proceeding arising out of this Agreement or any transaction contemplated hereby. Each party (i) certifies and acknowledges that no representative, agent or attorney of any other party has represented, expressly or otherwise, that such other party would not, in the event of litigation, seek to enforce the foregoing waiver, and (ii) acknowledges that it understands and has considered the implications of this waiver and makes this waiver voluntarily, and that it and the other parties have been induced to enter into the Agreement by, among other things, the mutual waivers and certifications in this Section 4.14 .

SECTION 4.15. Termination of Existing Stockholder Agreements . Each of the Company and each Stockholder that is a party to any of the Existing Stockholder Agreements hereby consent to, and agree, that each of the Existing Stockholder Agreements shall be, and hereby is, terminated effective as of the date of this Agreement.

SECTION 4.16. Severability . If any term, provision, covenant or restriction of this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction or other authority to be invalid, void or unenforceable, the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated so long as the economic or legal substance of the transactions contemplated hereby is not affected in any manner materially adverse to any party hereto. Upon such a determination, the parties shall negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to effect the original intent of the parties as closely as possible in a mutually acceptable manner in order that the transactions contemplated hereby be consummated as originally contemplated to the fullest extent possible.

SECTION 4.17. Titles and Subtitles . The titles of the sections and subsections of this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and will not affect the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.

SECTION 4.18. Counterparts; Facsimile Signatures . This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall constitute one and the same instrument. Signatures provided by facsimile or electronic transmission in “pdf” or equivalent format will be deemed to be original signatures.

 

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SECTION 4.19. Certain Indemnification Matters . The Company hereby acknowledges that an Indemnitee (as defined in the Charter) who is an officer, director, partner, member, manager, employee, managing director or Affiliate of, or a Director nominee pursuant to Section 2.1 of, a Stockholder (each such Indemnitee, a “ Specified Indemnitee ”) may have certain rights to indemnification, advancement of expenses and/or insurance pursuant to charter documents, constitutive agreements or other agreements with such Stockholder or Affiliates of such Stockholder or other Person (other than the Company and its Affiliates) of which such Specified Indemnitee is an officer, director, partner, member, manager, employee, managing director or Affiliate (collectively, the “ Secondary Indemnitors ”). In furtherance of the foregoing, the Company hereby covenants and agrees as follows:

(a) The Company shall be the indemnitor of first resort for any claims or proceedings (collectively, “ Covered Claims ”) for which any Specified Indemnitee is entitled, under the Charter or otherwise, to indemnification by the Company ( i.e. , the Company’s obligations to each such Specified Indemnitee with respect to any Covered Claim are primary and any obligations of any Secondary Indemnitor to advance expenses or to provide indemnification for the same expenses or liabilities incurred by any such Specified Indemnitee with respect Covered Claims are secondary).

(b) Subject to paragraph (b) of Article XI of the Charter, the Company shall pay the expenses (including attorneys’ fees and expenses) incurred by any Specified Indemnitee in defending any Covered Claim in advance of such Covered Claim’s final disposition, without regard to any rights any such Specified Indemnitee may have against any Secondary Indemnitor.

(c) The Company hereby irrevocably waives, relinquishes and releases each Secondary Indemnitor from any and all claims against such Secondary Indemnitor for contribution, subrogation or any other recovery of any kind in respect of any Covered Claim.

The Company further agrees that no advancement or payment by any Secondary Indemnitor on behalf of any such Specified Indemnitee with respect to any Covered Claim for which any such Specified Indemnitee has sought indemnification from the Company shall affect the foregoing and any such Secondary Indemnitor shall have a right of contribution and/or subrogation to the extent of such advancement or payment to all of the rights of recovery of such Specified Indemnitee against the Company. Any amendment, repeal or modification of this Section 4.19 shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a Specified Indemnitee or Secondary Indemnitor existing prior to such repeal or modification.

SECTION 4.20. Certain Corporate Matters .

(a) The parties hereby acknowledge and agree that (i) any Director who is also an officer, director, partner, member, manager, employee, managing director or Affiliate of, or a director nominee pursuant to Section 2.1 of, any of the BofA Stockholders, the Blackstone Group Stockholders or the Crestview Stockholder (any such Director, an “ Institutional Director ” and such Stockholders, together with the UBS Stockholder, collectively, the “ Institutional Stockholders ”) and (ii) each Institutional Stockholder and its Affiliates, may, and shall have no duty not to, whether directly, or as a partner in any partnership, or as a joint venturer in any joint venture, or as an officer, director, manager, member or stockholder of any corporation or limited

 

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liability company, or as an agent of or participant in any syndicate, pool, trust or association, (A) carry on and conduct, any business of any kind, nature or description, whether or not such business is competitive with or in the same or similar lines of business as the Company, (B) do business with any client, customer, vendor or lessor of any of the Company or its Affiliates, and (C) make investments in any kind of property or business in which the Company may make investments.

(b) The parties acknowledge and agree that, if any Institutional Director acquires knowledge of a potential transaction or matter which may constitute a corporate opportunity for both (i) such Institutional Director or an Institutional Stockholder or its Affiliates, on the one hand, and the Company, on the other hand, then, unless such opportunity is offered to such Institutional Director solely in such individual’s capacity as a Director, such Institutional Director shall not have any duty to offer or communicate information regarding such corporate opportunity to the Company. To the fullest extent permitted by Section 122(17) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, the Company hereby renounces any interest or expectancy of the Company in any such corporate opportunity and waives any claim against any Institutional Director, and shall indemnify each Institutional Director against any claim, that such Institutional Director is liable to the Company or its stockholders for breach of any fiduciary duty solely by reason of the fact that such Institutional Director (A) pursues or acquires any corporate opportunity for his own account or the account of any Institutional Stockholder, Affiliate, or other Person with which such Institutional Director is associated or employed, (B) directs, recommends, sells, assigns, or otherwise transfers such corporate opportunity to another Person or (C) does not communicate information regarding such corporate opportunity to the Company; provided , however , in each case, that any corporate opportunity that is offered to any Institutional Director solely in such individual’s capacity as a Director shall belong to the Corporation. Each Stockholder (for itself and on behalf of the Company) hereby acknowledges and consents to the foregoing.

(c) The Company and each Stockholder who is entitled, pursuant to Section 2.1(b) , to designate a nominee for election to the Board shall, as promptly as reasonably practicable following the date hereof, take all actions necessary or appropriate to cause the Board to adopt and approve the provisions of this Section 4.20 .

(d) Nothing herein creates a fiduciary duty of the Observer to the Company, and the Company acknowledges that the Observer does not owe fiduciary duties to the Company under applicable Law.

SECTION 4.21. Blackstone Group Stockholders . Blackstone hereby covenants and agrees with the Company to, cause each other Blackstone Group Stockholder to comply with the provisions of this Agreement as though such other Blackstone Group Stockholder were a Stockholder party to this Agreement, including voting and executing written consents in respect of, and causing to be counted as present at stockholder meetings of the Company for purposes of obtaining a quorum, the shares of Common Stock owned by each other Blackstone Group Stockholder.

 

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ARTICLE V

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

SECTION 5.1. Representations and Warranties of the Company . The Company represents and warrants to each Stockholder as follows:

(a) the Company has all requisite corporate power and authority to enter into this Agreement and to perform its obligations hereunder, and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except to the extent that the enforcement hereof may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar Laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and general equitable principles, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding at law or in equity; and

(b) the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Company, the performance of its obligations hereunder, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will not violate, conflict with or result in a breach, or constitute a default (with or without notice or lapse of time or both) under any provision of the Charter or Bylaws.

SECTION 5.2. Representations and Warranties of the Stockholders . Each Stockholder, severally and not jointly, represents and warrants, solely with respect to itself, to each other Stockholder and to the Company as follows:

(a) such Stockholder has all requisite power and authority to enter into this Agreement and to perform its obligations hereunder, and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by such Stockholder and constitutes a valid and binding obligation of such Stockholder enforceable against such Stockholder in accordance with its terms, except to the extent that the enforcement thereof may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar Laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and general equitable principles, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding at law or in equity; and

(b) the execution and delivery of this Agreement by such Stockholder, the performance of its obligations hereunder, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will not violate, conflict with or result in a breach, or constitute a default (with or without notice or lapse of time or both) under any provision of its charter, bylaws or other similar organizational documents.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Stockholders’ Agreement to be executed effective as of the date set forth in the first paragraph hereof.

 

CUMULUS MEDIA INC.
By:  

/s/ Lewis W. Dickey, Jr.

  Name: Lewis W. Dickey, Jr.
 

Title:   Chairman, President and

            Chief Executive Officer

Stockholders’ Agreement


CRESTVIEW RADIO INVESTORS, LLC
By:   Crestview Partners II, L.P., its managing member
By:   Crestview Partners II GP, L.P., its general partner
By:   Crestview, L.L.C., its general partner
By:  

/s/ Thomas S. Murphy, Jr.

  Name: Thomas S. Murphy, Jr.
  Title: Managing Director

Stockholders’ Agreement


MIHI LLC
By:  

/s/ Tobias Bachteler

  Name: Tobias Bachteler
  Title: Authorized Signatory
By:  

/s/ Andrew Underwood

  Name: Andrew Underwood
  Title: Authorized Signatory

Stockholders’ Agreement


UBS SECURITIES LLC
By:  

/s/ Craig Klien

  Name: Craig Klien
  Title:   UBS Securities LLC Executive Director
By:  

/s/ Marybeth Ross

  Name: Marybeth Ross
  Title:   Executive Director

Stockholders’ Agreement


BLACKSTONE FC COMMUNICATIONS PARTNERS L.P.
By:   BCMA FCC L.L.C., its general partner
By:  

/s/ Stephen A. Schwarzman

  Name:   Stephen A. Schwarzman
  Title:   Founding Member

Stockholders’ Agreement


DICKEY GROUP STOCKHOLDERS:

/s/ Lewis W. Dickey, Jr.

Lewis W. Dickey, Jr.

/s/ John W. Dickey

John W. Dickey

/s/ David W. Dickey

David W. Dickey

/s/ Michael W. Dickey

Michael W. Dickey

/s/ Lewis W. Dickey, Sr.

Lewis W. Dickey, Sr.
DBBC, L.L.C.
By:  

/s/ Lewis W. Dickey, Jr.

  Name: Lewis W. Dickey, Jr.
  Title: Manager

Stockholders’ Agreement


BOFA STOCKHOLDERS:
BA CAPITAL COMPANY, L.P.
By:   RE SBIC Management, LLC, its general partner
By:   RE Equity Management, L.P., its sole member
By:   RE Equity Management GP, LLC, its general partner
By:  

/s/ Robert H. Sheridan III

  Name: Robert H. Sheridan III
  Title:   Member and Authorized Signatory
BANC OF AMERICA CAPITAL INVESTORS SBIC, L.P.
By:   Ridgemont Capital Management SBIC, LLC, its general partner
By:   Ridgemont Capital Management, L.P., its sole member
By:   REP I GP, LLC, its general partner
By:  

/s/ Robert H. Sheridan III

  Name: Robert H. Sheridan III
  Title:   Member and Authorized Signatory

Stockholders’ Agreement

Exhibit 10.7

CUMULUS MEDIA INC.

2011 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN

1.  Purpose. The purpose of this Cumulus Media Inc. 2011 Equity Incentive Plan is to attract and retain non-employee Directors, consultants, officers and other employees of Cumulus Media Inc., a Delaware corporation, and its Subsidiaries and to provide to such persons incentives and rewards for performance.

2.  Definitions. As used in this Plan,

(a) “Appreciation Right” means a right granted pursuant to Section 5 or Section 9 of this Plan, and will include both Free-Standing Appreciation Rights and Tandem Appreciation Rights.

(b) “Base Price” means the price to be used as the basis for determining the Spread upon the exercise of a Free-Standing Appreciation Right or a Tandem Appreciation Right.

(c) “Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company.

(d) “Committee” means a committee of the Board designated by the Board to administer this Plan pursuant to Section 11 of this Plan consisting solely of not less than two Non-Employee Directors.

(e) “Change in Control” has the meaning set forth in Section 13 of this Plan.

(f) “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.

(g) “Common Stock” means the Class A Common Stock of the Company, $0.01 par value per share, or any security into which such Class A Common Stock may be changed by reason of any transaction or event of the type referred to in Section 12 of this Plan.

(h) “Company” means Cumulus Media Inc., a Delaware corporation.

(i) “Covered Employee” means a Participant who is, or is determined by the Committee to be likely to become, a “covered employee” within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code (or any successor provision).

(j) “Date of Grant” means the date specified by the Committee on which a grant of Option Rights, Appreciation Rights, Performance Shares, Performance Units or other awards contemplated by Section 10 of this Plan, or a grant or sale of Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units, or other awards contemplated by Section 10 of this Plan will become effective (which date will not be earlier than the date on which the Committee takes action with respect thereto).

(k) “Detrimental Activity” means:

(i) Engaging in any activity as an employee, principal, agent, or consultant for another entity that competes, directly or indirectly, with the Company in any actual, researched, or prospective product, service, system, or business activity for which the Participant has had any direct or indirect responsibility during the last two years of his or her employment with, or having acted as a consultant to, the Company or a Subsidiary (or such other period specified in an Evidence of Award), in any territory in which the Company or a Subsidiary manufactures, sells, markets, services, or utilizes such product, service, or system, or engages in such business activity (or any portion of such territory or such other territory specified in the Evidence of Award).

(ii) Soliciting any employee of the Company or a Subsidiary to terminate his or her employment with the Company or a Subsidiary.

(iii) The disclosure to anyone outside the Company or a Subsidiary, or the use in other than the Company’s or a Subsidiary’s business, without prior written authorization from the Company, of any confidential, proprietary or trade secret information or material relating to the business of the Company or its Subsidiaries, acquired by the Participant during his or her employment with the

 

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Company or its Subsidiaries or while acting as a director of or consultant for the Company or its Subsidiaries.

(iv) The failure or refusal to disclose promptly and to assign to the Company upon request all right, title and interest in any invention or idea, patentable or not, made or conceived by the Participant during employment by, or while consulting with, the Company or any Subsidiary, relating in any manner to the actual or anticipated business, research or development work of the Company or any Subsidiary or the failure or refusal to do anything reasonably necessary to enable the Company or any Subsidiary to secure a patent where appropriate in the United States and in other countries.

(v) Activity that results in Termination for Cause. For the purposes of this Section, “Termination for Cause” will mean a termination:

(A) due to the Participant’s willful and continuous gross neglect of his or her duties for which he or she is employed; or

(B) due to an act of dishonesty on the part of the Participant resulting or intended to result, directly or indirectly, in his or her gain for personal enrichment at the expense of the Company or a Subsidiary.

(vi) Any other conduct or act determined to be injurious, detrimental or prejudicial to any significant interest of the Company or any Subsidiary unless the Participant acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company.

(l) “Director” means a member of the Board.

(m) “Effective Date” means the date this Plan is approved by the stockholders of the Company.

(n) “Evidence of Award” means an agreement, certificate, resolution or other type or form of writing or other evidence approved by the Committee that sets forth the terms and conditions of the awards granted under the Plan. An Evidence of Award may be in an electronic medium, may be limited to notation on the books and records of the Company and, unless otherwise determined by the Committee, need not be signed by a representative of the Company or a Participant.

(o) “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder, as such law, rules and regulations may be amended from time to time.

(p) “Existing Plans” means the Company’s 2008 Equity Incentive Plan, Amended and Restated 2004 Equity Incentive Plan, 2002 Stock Incentive Plan, 2000 Stock Incentive Plan, 1999 Executive Stock Incentive Plan, 1999 Stock Incentive Plan and 1998 Stock Incentive Plan.

(q) “Free-Standing Appreciation Right” means an Appreciation Right granted pursuant to Section 5 or Section 9 of this Plan that is not granted in tandem with an Option Right.

(r) “Incentive Stock Options” means Option Rights that are intended to qualify as “incentive stock options” under Section 422 of the Code or any successor provision.

(s) “Management Objectives” means the measurable performance objective or objectives established pursuant to this Plan for Participants who have received grants of Performance Shares or Performance Units or, when so determined by the Committee, Option Rights, Appreciation Rights, Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units, dividend credits or other awards pursuant to this Plan. Management Objectives may be described in terms of Company-wide objectives or objectives that are related to the performance of the individual Participant or of the Subsidiary, division, department, region, function or other organizational unit within the Company or Subsidiary in which the Participant is employed. The Management Objectives may be made relative to the performance of other companies or subsidiaries, divisions, departments, regions, functions or other organizational units within such other companies, and may be made relative to an index or one or more of the performance criteria themselves.

 

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The Committee may grant awards subject to Management Objectives that are either Qualified Performance-Based Awards or are not Qualified Performance-Based Awards. The Management Objectives applicable to any Qualified Performance-Based Award to a Covered Employee will be based on one or more, or a combination, of the following metrics:

(i) Profits ( e.g. , operating income, EBIT, EBT, net income, “station operating income,” earnings per share, residual or economic earnings, economic profit — these profitability metrics could be measured or subject to GAAP definition);

(ii) Cash Flow ( e.g. , EBITDA, free cash flow, “broadcast cash flow,” free cash flow with or without specific capital expenditure target or range, including or excluding divestments and/or acquisitions, total cash flow, cash flow in excess of cost of capital or residual cash flow or cash flow return on investment);

(iii) Returns ( e.g. , Profits or Cash Flow returns on: assets, invested capital, net capital employed, and equity);

(iv) Working Capital ( e.g. , working capital divided by sales, days’ sales outstanding, days’ sales inventory, and days’ sales in payables);

(v) Profit Margins ( e.g. , Profits divided by revenues, gross margins and material margins divided by revenues, and material margin divided by sales pounds);

(vi) Liquidity Measures ( e.g. , debt-to-capital, debt-to-EBITDA, total debt ratio);

(vii) Sales Growth, Gross Margin Growth, Cost Initiative and Stock Price Metrics ( e.g. , revenues, revenue growth, revenue growth outside the United States, gross margin and gross margin growth, material margin and material margin growth, stock price appreciation, total return to shareholders, sales and administrative costs divided by sales, and sales and administrative costs divided by profits); and

(viii) Strategic Initiative Key Deliverable Metrics consisting of one or more of the following: product development, strategic partnering, research and development, vitality index, market penetration, geographic business expansion goals, cost targets, customer satisfaction, employee satisfaction, management of employment practices and employee benefits, supervision of litigation and information technology, and goals relating to acquisitions or divestitures of subsidiaries, affiliates and joint ventures.

If the Committee determines that a change in the business, operations, corporate structure or capital structure of the Company, or the manner in which it conducts its business, or other events or circumstances render the Management Objectives unsuitable, the Committee may in its discretion modify such Management Objectives or the related minimum acceptable level of achievement, in whole or in part, as the Committee deems appropriate and equitable, except in the case of a Qualified Performance-Based Award (other than in connection with a Change in Control) where such action would result in the loss of the otherwise available exemption of the award under Section 162(m) of the Code. In such case, the Committee will not make any modification of the Management Objectives or minimum acceptable level of achievement with respect to such Covered Employee.

(t) “Market Value per Share” means, as of any particular date, the closing price of a share of Common Stock as reported for that date on the NASDAQ Stock Market or, if the Common Stock is not then listed on the NASDAQ Stock Market, on any other national securities exchange on which the Common Stock is listed, or if there are no sales on such date, on the next preceding trading day during which a sale occurred. If there is no regular public trading market for the Common Stock, then the Market Value per Share shall be the fair market value as determined in good faith by the Committee. The Committee is authorized to adopt another fair market value pricing method provided such method is stated in the Evidence of Award and is in compliance with the fair market value pricing rules set forth in Section 409A of the Code.

 

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(u) “Non-Employee Director” means a person who is a “Non-Employee Director” of the Company within the meaning of Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act and an “outside director” within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder by the U.S. Department of the Treasury.

(v) “Optionee” means the optionee named in an Evidence of Award evidencing an outstanding Option Right.

(w) “Option Price” means the purchase price payable on exercise of an Option Right.

(x) “Option Right” means the right to purchase shares of Common Stock upon exercise of an option granted pursuant to Section 4 or Section 9 of this Plan.

(y) “Participant” means a person who is selected by the Committee to receive benefits under this Plan and who is at the time a consultant, an officer, or other employee of the Company or any Subsidiary or who has agreed to commence serving in any of such capacities within 90 days of the Date of Grant, and will also include each non-employee Director who receives an award under this Plan. The term “Participant” will also include any person who provides services to the Company or a Subsidiary that are equivalent to those typically provided by an employee.

(z) “Performance Period” means, in respect of a Performance Share or Performance Unit, a period of time established pursuant to Section 8 of this Plan within which the Management Objectives relating to such Performance Share or Performance Unit are to be achieved.

(aa) “Performance Share” means a bookkeeping entry that records the equivalent of one share of Common Stock awarded pursuant to Section 8 of this Plan.

(bb) “Performance Unit” means a bookkeeping entry awarded pursuant to Section 8 of this Plan that records a unit equivalent to $1.00 or such other value as is determined by the Committee.

(cc) “Plan” means this Cumulus Media Inc. 2011 Equity Incentive Plan, as may be amended from time to time.

(dd) “Qualified Performance-Based Award” means any award of Performance Shares, Performance Units, Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units or other awards contemplated under Section 10 of this Plan, or portion of such award, to a Covered Employee that is intended to satisfy the requirements for “qualified performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m) of the Code.

(ee) “Restricted Stock” means shares of Common Stock granted or sold pursuant to Section 6 or Section 9 of this Plan as to which neither the substantial risk of forfeiture nor the prohibition on transfers has expired.

(ff) “Restriction Period” means the period of time during which Restricted Stock Units are subject to restrictions, as provided in Section 7 or Section 9 of this Plan.

(gg) “Restricted Stock Unit” means an award made pursuant to Section 7 or Section 9 of this Plan of the right to receive shares of Common Stock or cash at the end of a specified period.

(hh) “Spread” means the excess of the Market Value per Share on the date when an Appreciation Right is exercised, or on the date when Option Rights are surrendered in payment of the Option Price of other Option Rights, over the Option Price or Base Price provided for in the related Option Right or Free-Standing Appreciation Right, respectively.

(ii) “Subsidiary” means a corporation, company or other entity (i) more than 50 percent of whose outstanding shares or securities (representing the right to vote for the election of directors or other managing authority) are, or (ii) which does not have outstanding shares or securities (as may be the case in a partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, or unincorporated association), but more than 50 percent of whose ownership interest representing the right generally to make decisions for such other entity is, now or hereafter, owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by the Company; provided, however, that for purposes of determining whether any person may be a Participant for purposes of any

 

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grant of Incentive Stock Options, “Subsidiary” means any corporation in which at the time the Company owns or controls, directly or indirectly, more than 50 percent of the total combined voting power represented by all classes of stock issued by such corporation.

(jj) “Tandem Appreciation Right” means an Appreciation Right granted pursuant to Section 5 or Section 9 of this Plan that is granted in tandem with an Option Right.

3.  Shares Available Under the Plan.

(a)  Maximum Shares Available Under Plan.

(i) Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 12 of this Plan, the number of shares of Common Stock that may be issued or transferred (A) upon the exercise of Option Rights or Appreciation Rights, (B) as Restricted Stock and released from substantial risks of forfeiture thereof, (C) in payment of Restricted Stock Units, (D) in payment of Performance Shares or Performance Units that have been earned, (E) as awards to non-employee Directors, (F) as awards contemplated by Section 10 of this Plan, or (G) in payment of dividend equivalents paid with respect to awards made under the Plan will not exceed in the aggregate 35,000,000. Such shares may be shares of original issuance or treasury shares or a combination of the foregoing.

(ii) Shares of Common Stock covered by an award granted under this Plan will not be counted as used unless and until they are actually issued and delivered to a Participant and, therefore, the total number of shares available under this Plan as of a given date will not be reduced by any shares relating to prior awards that have expired or have been forfeited or cancelled. Upon payment in cash of the benefit provided by any award granted under the Plan, any shares of Common Stock that were covered by that award will again be available for issue or transfer hereunder. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein: (A) if shares of Common Stock are tendered or otherwise used in payment of the Option Price of an Option Right, the total number of shares covered by the Option Right being exercised will reduce the aggregate plan limit described above; (B) shares of Common Stock withheld by the Company to satisfy the tax withholding obligation will reduce the aggregate plan limit described above; and (C) the number of shares of Common Stock covered by an Appreciation Right, to the extent that it is exercised and settled in shares of Common Stock, and whether or not all shares of Common Stock covered by the Appreciation Right are actually issued to the Participant upon exercise of the Appreciation Right, will be considered issued or transferred pursuant to this Plan. In the event that the Company repurchases shares with Option Right proceeds, those shares will not be added to the aggregate plan limit described above. If, under this Plan, a Participant has elected to give up the right to receive compensation otherwise payable in cash in exchange for shares of Common Stock based on fair market value, such shares of Common Stock will not count against the aggregate plan share limit described above or any of the share limits described below.

(b)  Life of Plan Limits. Notwithstanding anything in this Section 3, or elsewhere in this Plan, to the contrary and subject to adjustment as provided in Section 12 of this Plan,

(i) the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock actually issued or transferred by the Company upon the exercise of Incentive Stock Options will not exceed the 17,500,000 shares of Common Stock.

(ii) the number of shares issued as Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units, Performance Shares and Performance Units and other awards under Section 10 of this Plan (after taking into account any forfeitures and cancellations) will not during the life of the Plan in the aggregate exceed 12,000,000 shares of Common Stock.

(c)  Individual Participant Limits; Other Limits. Notwithstanding anything in this Section 3, or elsewhere in this Plan to the contrary, and subject to adjustment as provided in Section 12 of this Plan:

(i) No Participant will be granted Option Rights or Appreciation Rights, in the aggregate, for more than 11,500,000 shares of Common Stock during any calendar year.

 

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(ii) No Participant will be granted Qualified Performance-Based Awards of Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units, Performance Shares or other awards under Section 10 of this Plan, in the aggregate, for more than 3,000,000 shares of Common Stock during any calendar year.

(iii) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan to the contrary, in no event will any Participant in any calendar year receive a Qualified Performance Based Award of Performance Units having an aggregate maximum value as of their respective Date of Grants in excess of $5,000,000.

(d) Notwithstanding anything in this Plan to the contrary, up to 10% of the maximum number of shares of Common Stock that may be issued or transferred under this Plan as provided for in Section 3(a) of this Plan, as may be adjusted under Section 12 of this Plan, may be used for (i) awards granted under Sections 6 through 8 and Section 10 of this Plan that do not comply with the three-year or one-year vesting requirements set forth in such Sections of this Plan plus (ii) awards granted to non-employee Directors under Section 9 of this Plan.

4.  Option Rights. The Committee may, from time to time and upon such terms and conditions as it may determine, authorize the granting to Participants of Option Rights. Each such grant may utilize any or all of the authorizations, and will be subject to all of the requirements, contained in the following provisions:

(a) Each grant will specify the number of shares of Common Stock to which it pertains subject to the limitations set forth in Section 3 of this Plan.

(b) Each grant will specify an Option Price per share, which may not be less than the Market Value per Share on the Date of Grant.

(c) Each grant will specify whether the Option Price will be payable (i) in cash or by check acceptable to the Company or by wire transfer of immediately available funds, (ii) by the actual or constructive transfer to the Company of shares of Common Stock owned by the Optionee (or other consideration authorized pursuant to Section 4(d) of this Plan) having a value at the time of exercise equal to the total Option Price, (iii) by a combination of such methods of payment, or (iv) by such other methods as may be approved by the Committee.

(d) To the extent permitted by law, any grant may provide for deferred payment of the Option Price from the proceeds of sale through a bank or broker on a date satisfactory to the Company of some or all of the shares to which such exercise relates.

(e) Successive grants may be made to the same Participant whether or not any Option Rights previously granted to such Participant remain unexercised.

(f) Each grant will specify the period or periods of continuous service by the Optionee with the Company or any Subsidiary that is necessary before the Option Rights or installments thereof will become exercisable; provided, however, that Option Rights may not become exercisable by the passage of time sooner than one-third per year over three years. A grant of Option Rights may provide for the earlier exercise of such Option Rights in the event of the retirement, death or disability of a Participant, or in the event of a Change in Control.

(g) Any grant of Option Rights may specify Management Objectives that must be achieved as a condition to the exercise of such rights; provided, however, that Option Rights that become exercisable upon the achievement of Management Objectives may not become exercisable sooner than one-year from the Date of Grant.

(h) Option Rights granted under this Plan may be (i) options, including, without limitation, Incentive Stock Options, that are intended to qualify under particular provisions of the Code, (ii) options that are not intended so to qualify, or (iii) combinations of the foregoing. Incentive Stock Options may only be granted to Participants who meet the definition of “employees” under Section 3401(c) of the Code.

(i) Option Rights granted under this Plan shall not provide for any dividends or dividend equivalents thereon.

 

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(j) The exercise of an Option Right will result in the cancellation on a share- for-share basis of any Tandem Appreciation Right authorized under Section 5 of this Plan.

(k) No Option Right will be exercisable more than 10 years from the Date of Grant.

(l) Each grant of Option Rights will be evidenced by an Evidence of Award. Each Evidence of Award will be subject to this Plan and will contain such terms and provisions, consistent with this Plan, as the Committee may approve.

5.  Appreciation Rights.

(a) The Committee may, from time to time and upon such terms and conditions as it may determine, authorize the granting (i) to any Optionee, of Tandem Appreciation Rights in respect of Option Rights granted hereunder, and (ii) to any Participant, of Free-Standing Appreciation Rights. A Tandem Appreciation Right will be a right of the Optionee, exercisable by surrender of the related Option Right, to receive from the Company an amount determined by the Committee, which will be expressed as a percentage of the Spread (not exceeding 100 percent) at the time of exercise. Tandem Appreciation Rights may be granted at any time prior to the exercise or termination of the related Option Rights; provided , however , that a Tandem Appreciation Right awarded in relation to an Incentive Stock Option must be granted concurrently with such Incentive Stock Option. A Free-Standing Appreciation Right will be a right of the Participant to receive from the Company an amount determined by the Committee, which will be expressed as a percentage of the Spread (not exceeding 100 percent) at the time of exercise.

(b) Each grant of Appreciation Rights may utilize any or all of the authorizations contained in the following provisions:

(i) Each grant will specify that the amount payable on exercise of an Appreciation Right will be paid by the Company in cash, shares of Common Stock or in any combination thereof.

(ii) Any grant may specify that the amount payable on exercise of an Appreciation Right may not exceed a maximum specified by the Committee at the Date of Grant.

(iii) Any grant may specify waiting periods before exercise and permissible exercise dates or periods; provided, however, that Appreciation Rights may not become exercisable by the passage of time sooner than one-third per year over three years.

(iv) Each grant may specify the period or periods of continuous service by the Participant with the Company or any Subsidiary that is necessary before the Appreciation Rights or installments thereof will become exercisable. A grant of Appreciation Rights may provide for the earlier exercise of such Appreciation Rights in the event of the retirement, death or disability of a Participant, or in the event of a Change in Control.

(v) Appreciation Rights granted under this Plan shall not provide for any dividends or dividend equivalents thereon.

(vi) Any grant of Appreciation Rights may specify Management Objectives that must be achieved as a condition of the exercise of such Appreciation Rights; provided, however, that Appreciation Rights that become exercisable upon the achievement of Management Objectives may not become exercisable sooner than one year from the Date of Grant.

(vii) Each grant of Appreciation Rights will be evidenced by an Evidence of Award, which Evidence of Award will describe such Appreciation Rights, identify the related Option Rights (if applicable), and contain such other terms and provisions, consistent with this Plan, as the Committee may approve.

(c) Any grant of Tandem Appreciation Rights will provide that such Tandem Appreciation Rights may be exercised only at a time when the related Option Right is also exercisable and at a time when the Spread is positive, and by surrender of the related Option Right for cancellation. Successive grants of

 

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Tandem Appreciation Rights may be made to the same Participant regardless of whether any Tandem Appreciation Rights previously granted to the Participant remain unexercised.

(d) Regarding Free-Standing Appreciation Rights only:

(i) Each grant will specify in respect of each Free-Standing Appreciation Right a Base Price, which may not be less than the Market Value per Share on the Date of Grant;

(ii) Successive grants may be made to the same Participant regardless of whether any Free-Standing Appreciation Rights previously granted to the Participant remain unexercised; and

(iii) No Free-Standing Appreciation Right granted under this Plan may be exercised more than 10 years from the Date of Grant.

6.  Restricted Stock. The Committee may, from time to time and upon such terms and conditions as it may determine, authorize the grant or sale of Restricted Stock to Participants. Each such grant or sale may utilize any or all of the authorizations, and will be subject to all of the requirements, contained in the following provisions:

(a) Each such grant or sale will constitute an immediate transfer of the ownership of shares of Common Stock to the Participant in consideration of the performance of services, entitling such Participant to voting, dividend and other ownership rights, but subject to the substantial risk of forfeiture and restrictions on transfer hereinafter referred to.

(b) Each such grant or sale may be made without additional consideration or in consideration of a payment by such Participant that is less than the Market Value per Share at the Date of Grant.

(c) Each such grant or sale will provide that the Restricted Stock covered by such grant or sale that vests upon the passage of time will be subject to a “substantial risk of forfeiture” within the meaning of Section 83 of the Code for a period to be determined by the Committee at the Date of Grant or upon achievement of Management Objectives referred to in subparagraph (e) below. If the elimination of restrictions is based only on the passage of time rather than the achievement of Management Objectives, the period of time will be no shorter than three years, except that the restrictions may be removed ratably during the three-year period, on at least an annual basis, as determined by the Committee.

(d) Each such grant or sale will provide that during or after the period for which such substantial risk of forfeiture is to continue, the transferability of the Restricted Stock will be prohibited or restricted in the manner and to the extent prescribed by the Committee at the Date of Grant (which restrictions may include, without limitation, rights of repurchase or first refusal in the Company or provisions subjecting the Restricted Stock to a continuing substantial risk of forfeiture in the hands of any transferee).

(e) Any grant of Restricted Stock may specify Management Objectives that, if achieved, will result in termination or early termination of the restrictions applicable to such Restricted Stock; provided , however , that, notwithstanding subparagraph (c) above, restrictions relating to Restricted Stock that vests upon the achievement of Management Objectives may not terminate sooner than one year from the Date of Grant. Each grant may specify in respect of such Management Objectives a minimum acceptable level of achievement and may set forth a formula for determining the number of shares of Restricted Stock on which restrictions will terminate if performance is at or above the minimum or threshold level or levels, or is at or above the target level or levels, but falls short of maximum achievement of the specified Management Objectives. The grant of a Qualified Performance-Based Award of Restricted Stock will specify that, before the termination or early termination of restrictions applicable to such Restricted Stock, the Committee must determine that the Management Objectives have been satisfied.

(f) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Plan, any grant or sale of Restricted Stock may provide for the earlier termination of restrictions on such Restricted Stock in the event of the retirement, death or disability of a Participant, or in the event of a Change in Control.

(g) Any such grant or sale of Restricted Stock may require that any or all dividends or other distributions paid thereon during the period of such restrictions be automatically deferred and reinvested

 

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in additional shares of Restricted Stock, which may be subject to the same restrictions as the underlying award; provided , however , that dividends or other distributions on Restricted Stock with restrictions that lapse as a result of the achievement of Management Objectives will be deferred until and paid contingent upon the achievement of the applicable Management Objectives.

(h) Each grant or sale of Restricted Stock will be evidenced by an Evidence of Award and will contain such terms and provisions, consistent with this Plan, as the Committee may approve. Unless otherwise directed by the Committee, (i) all certificates representing shares of Restricted Stock will be held in custody by the Company until all restrictions thereon will have lapsed, together with a stock power or powers executed by the Participant in whose name such certificates are registered, endorsed in blank and covering such shares, or (ii) all shares of Restricted Stock will be held at the Company’s transfer agent in book entry form with appropriate restrictions relating to the transfer of such shares of Restricted Stock.

7.  Restricted Stock Units. The Committee may, from time to time and upon such terms and conditions as it may determine, authorize the granting or sale of Restricted Stock Units to Participants. Each such grant or sale may utilize any or all of the authorizations, and will be subject to all of the requirements, contained in the following provisions:

(a) Each such grant or sale will constitute the agreement by the Company to deliver shares of Common Stock or cash to the Participant in the future in consideration of the performance of services, but subject to the fulfillment of such conditions (which may include the achievement of Management Objectives) during the Restriction Period as the Committee may specify. If a grant of Restricted Stock Units specifies that the Restriction Period will terminate only upon the achievement of Management Objectives or that the Restricted Stock Units will be earned based on the achievement of Management Objectives, then, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in subparagraph (c) below, the applicable Restriction Period may not be a period of less than one year from the Date of Grant. Each grant may specify in respect of such Management Objectives a minimum acceptable level of achievement and may set forth a formula for determining the number of Restricted Stock Units on which restrictions will terminate if performance is at or above the minimum or threshold level or levels, or is at or above the target level or levels, but falls short of maximum achievement of the specified Management Objectives. The grant of Qualified Performance-Based Awards of Restricted Stock Units will specify that, before the termination or early termination of restrictions applicable to such Restricted Stock Units or the earning of such Restricted Stock Units, the Committee must determine that the Management Objectives have been satisfied.

(b) Each such grant or sale may be made without additional consideration or in consideration of a payment by such Participant that is less than the Market Value per Share at the Date of Grant.

(c) If the Restriction Period lapses only by the passage of time rather than the achievement of Management Objectives as provided in subparagraph (a) above, each such grant or sale will be subject to a Restriction Period of not less than three years, except that a grant or sale may provide that the Restriction Period will expire ratably during the three-year period, on at least an annual basis, as determined by the Committee.

(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Plan, any grant or sale of Restricted Stock Units may provide for the earlier lapse or other modification of the Restriction Period in the event of the retirement, death or disability of a Participant, or in the event of a Change in Control.

(e) During the Restriction Period, the Participant will have no right to transfer any rights under his or her award and will have no rights of ownership in the shares of Common Stock deliverable upon payment of the Restricted Stock Units and will have no right to vote them, but the Committee may, at the Date of Grant, authorize the payment of dividend equivalents on such Restricted Stock Units on either a current or deferred or contingent basis, either in cash or in additional shares of Common Stock; provided , however , that dividends or other distributions on shares of Common Stock underlying Restricted Stock

 

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Units with restrictions that lapse as a result of the achievement of Management Objectives will be deferred until and paid contingent upon the achievement of the applicable Management Objectives.

(f) Each grant or sale will specify the time and manner of payment of the Restricted Stock Units that have been earned. Each grant or sale will specify that the amount payable with respect thereto will be paid by the Company in shares of Common Stock or cash, or a combination thereof.

(g) Each grant or sale of Restricted Stock Units will be evidenced by an Evidence of Award and will contain such terms and provisions, consistent with this Plan, as the Committee may approve.

8.  Performance Shares and Performance Units. The Committee may, from time to time and upon such terms and conditions as it may determine, authorize the granting of Performance Shares and Performance Units that will become payable to a Participant upon achievement of specified Management Objectives during the Performance Period. Each such grant may utilize any or all of the authorizations, and will be subject to all of the requirements, contained in the following provisions:

(a) Each grant will specify the number of Performance Shares or Performance Units to which it pertains, which number or amount may be subject to adjustment to reflect changes in compensation or other factors; provided , however , that no such adjustment will be made in the case of a Qualified Performance-Based Award (other than in connection with the death or disability of the Participant or a Change in Control) where such action would result in the loss of the otherwise available exemption of the award under Section 162(m) of the Code.

(b) The Performance Period with respect to each Performance Share or Performance Unit will be such period of time (not less than one year) as will be determined by the Committee at the time of grant, which may be subject to earlier lapse or other modification in the event of the retirement, death or disability of a Participant, or in the event of a Change in Control; provided , however , that no such adjustment will be made in the case of a Qualified Performance-Based Award (other than in connection with the death or disability of the Participant or a Change in Control) where such action would result in the loss of the otherwise available exemption of the award under Section 162(m) of the Code. In such event, the Evidence of Award will specify the time and terms of delivery.

(c) Any grant of Performance Shares or Performance Units will specify Management Objectives which, if achieved, will result in payment or early payment of the award, and each grant may specify in respect of such specified Management Objectives a minimum acceptable level or levels of achievement and will set forth a formula for determining the number of Performance Shares or Performance Units that will be earned if performance is at or above the minimum or threshold level or levels, or is at or above the target level or levels, but falls short of maximum achievement of the specified Management Objectives. The grant of a Qualified Performance-Based Award of Performance Shares or Performance Units will specify that, before the Performance Shares or Performance Units will be earned and paid, the Committee must determine that the Management Objectives have been satisfied.

(d) Each grant will specify the time and manner of payment of Performance Shares or Performance Units that have been earned. Any grant may specify that the amount payable with respect thereto may be paid by the Company in cash, in shares of Common Stock, in Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units or in any combination thereof.

(e) Any grant of Performance Shares or Performance Units may specify that the amount payable or the number of shares of Common Stock, shares of Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units with respect thereto may not exceed a maximum specified by the Committee at the Date of Grant.

(f) The Committee may, at the Date of Grant of Performance Shares, provide for the payment of dividend equivalents to the holder thereof, either in cash or in additional shares of Common Stock, subject in all cases to deferral and payment on a contingent basis based on the Participant’s earning of the Performance Shares with respect to which such dividend equivalents are paid.

 

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(g) Each grant of Performance Shares or Performance Units will be evidenced by an Evidence of Award and will contain such other terms and provisions, consistent with this Plan, as the Committee may approve.

9.  Awards to Non-Employee Directors. Subject to the limits set forth in Section 3 of this Plan, the Committee may, from time to time and upon such terms and conditions as it may determine, authorize the granting to non-employee Directors of Option Rights, Appreciation Rights or other awards contemplated by Section 10 of this Plan and may also authorize the grant or sale of shares of Common Stock, Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units to non-employee Directors. Each grant of an award to a non-employee Director will be upon such terms and conditions as approved by the Committee, will not be required to be subject to any minimum vesting period, and will be evidenced by an Evidence of Award in such form as will be approved by the Committee. Each grant will specify in the case of an Option Right an Option Price per share, and in the case of a Free-Standing Appreciation Right, a Base Price per share, which will not be less than the Market Value per Share on the Date of Grant. Each Option Right and Free-Standing Appreciation Right granted under the Plan to a non-employee Director will expire not more than 10 years from the Date of Grant and will be subject to earlier termination as hereinafter provided. If a non-employee Director subsequently becomes an employee of the Company or a Subsidiary while remaining a member of the Board, any award held under this Plan by such individual at the time of such commencement of employment will not be affected thereby. Non-employee Directors, pursuant to this Section 9, may be awarded, or may be permitted to elect to receive, pursuant to procedures established by the Board, all or any portion of their annual retainer, meeting fees or other fees in shares of Common Stock, Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units or other awards under the Plan in lieu of cash.

10.  Other Awards.

(a) Subject to applicable law and the limits set forth in Section 3 of this Plan, the Committee may grant to any Participant such other awards that may be denominated or payable in, valued in whole or in part by reference to, or otherwise based on, or related to, shares of Common Stock or factors that may influence the value of such shares, including, without limitation, convertible or exchangeable debt securities, other rights convertible or exchangeable into shares of Common Stock, purchase rights for shares of Common Stock, awards with value and payment contingent upon performance of the Company or specified Subsidiaries, affiliates or other business units thereof or any other factors designated by the Committee, and awards valued by reference to the book value of shares of Common Stock or the value of securities of, or the performance of specified Subsidiaries or affiliates or other business units of the Company. The Committee will determine the terms and conditions of such awards. Shares of Common Stock delivered pursuant to an award in the nature of a purchase right granted under this Section 10 will be purchased for such consideration, paid for at such time, by such methods, and in such forms, including, without limitation, shares of Common Stock, other awards, notes or other property, as the Committee determines.

(b) The Committee may grant shares of Common Stock as a bonus, or may grant other awards in lieu of obligations of the Company or a Subsidiary to pay cash or deliver other property under this Plan or under other plans or compensatory arrangements, subject to such terms as will be determined by the Committee in a manner that complies with Section 409A of the Code.

(c) If the earning or vesting of, or elimination of restrictions applicable to, an award granted under this Section 10 is based only on the passage of time rather than the achievement of Management Objectives, the period of time shall be no shorter than three years, except that the restrictions may be removed no sooner than ratably on an annual basis during the three-year period as determined by the Committee. If the earning or vesting of, or elimination of restrictions applicable to, awards granted under this Section 10 is based on the achievement of Management Objectives, the earning, vesting or restriction period may not terminate sooner than one year from the Date of Grant.

(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Plan, any grant of an award under this Section 10 may provide for the earning or vesting of, or earlier elimination of restrictions applicable

 

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to, such award in the event of the retirement, death or disability of the Participant, or in the event of a Change in Control.

11.  Administration of the Plan.

(a) This Plan will be administered by the Committee. The Committee may from time to time delegate all or any part of its authority under this Plan to a subcommittee thereof. To the extent of any such delegation, references in this Plan to the Committee will be deemed to be references to such subcommittee.

(b) The interpretation and construction by the Committee of any provision of this Plan or of any agreement, notification or document evidencing the grant of awards under this Plan and any determination by the Committee pursuant to any provision of this Plan or of any such agreement, notification or document will be final and conclusive. No member of the Committee shall be liable for any such action or determination made in good faith.

(c) The Committee may delegate to one or more of its members or to one or more officers of the Company, or to one or more agents or advisors, such administrative duties or powers as it may deem advisable, and the Committee, the subcommittee, or any person to whom duties or powers have been delegated as aforesaid, may employ one or more persons to render advice with respect to any responsibility the Committee, the subcommittee or such person may have under the Plan. The Committee may, by resolution, authorize one or more officers of the Company to do one or both of the following on the same basis as the Committee: (i) designate employees to be recipients of awards under this Plan; (ii) determine the size of any such awards; provided , however , that (A) the Committee will not delegate such responsibilities to any such officer for awards granted to an employee who is an officer, Director, or more than 10% beneficial owner of any class of the Company’s equity securities that is registered pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act, as determined by the Committee in accordance with Section 16 of the Exchange Act, or any Covered Employee; (B) the resolution providing for such authorization sets forth the total number of shares of Common Stock such officer(s) may grant; and (C) the officer(s) will report periodically to the Committee regarding the nature and scope of the awards granted pursuant to the authority delegated.

12.  Adjustments. The Committee will make or provide for such adjustments in the numbers of shares of Common Stock covered by outstanding Option Rights, Appreciation Rights, Restricted Stock Units, Performance Shares and Performance Units granted hereunder and, if applicable, in the number of shares of Common Stock covered by other awards granted pursuant to Section 10 hereof, in the Option Price and Base Price provided in outstanding Option Rights and Appreciation Rights, and in the kind of shares covered thereby, as the Committee, in its sole discretion, may determine is equitably required to prevent dilution or enlargement of the rights of Participants or Optionees that otherwise would result from (a) any stock dividend, stock split, combination of shares, recapitalization or other change in the capital structure of the Company, (b) any merger, consolidation, spin-off, split- off, spin-out, split-up, reorganization, partial or complete liquidation or other distribution of assets, issuance of rights or warrants to purchase securities, or (c) any other corporate transaction or event having an effect similar to any of the foregoing. Moreover, in the event of any such transaction or event or in the event of a Change in Control, the Committee, in its discretion, may provide in substitution for any or all outstanding awards under this Plan such alternative consideration (including cash), if any, as it, in good faith, may determine to be equitable in the circumstances and may require in connection therewith the surrender of all awards so replaced in a manner that complies with Section 409A of the Code. In addition, for each Option Right or Appreciation Right with an Option Price or Base Price greater than the consideration offered in connection with any such transaction or event or Change in Control, the Committee may in its sole discretion elect to cancel such Option Right or Appreciation Right without any payment to the person holding such Option Right or Appreciation Right. The Committee will also make or provide for such adjustments in the numbers of shares specified in Section 3 of this Plan as the Committee in its sole discretion, exercised in good faith, may determine is appropriate to reflect any transaction or event described in this Section 12; provided , however , that any such adjustment to the number specified in Section 3(b) will be made

 

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only if and to the extent that such adjustment would not cause any Option Right intended to qualify as an Incentive Stock Option to fail to so qualify.

13.  Change in Control. For purposes of this Plan, except as may be otherwise prescribed by the Committee in an Evidence of Award made under this Plan, a “Change in Control” will be deemed to have occurred upon the occurrence of any of the following events:

(a) the consummation of any sale, lease, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (other than by way of merger or consolidation), in one or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole to any “Person” or “Group” of related persons (as such terms are used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934),

(b) the adoption of a plan relating to the liquidation or dissolution of the Company,

(c) the consummation of any transaction (including, without limitation, any purchase, sale, acquisition, disposition, merger or consolidation) the result of which is that any Person or Group becomes the “beneficial owner” (as such term is defined in Rule 13d-3 and Rule 13d-5 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, but excluding, for this purpose, any options to purchase equity securities of the Company held by such Person or Group) of more than 50% of the aggregate voting power of all classes of capital stock of the Company having the right to elect directors under ordinary circumstances,

(d) the first day on which a majority of the members of the Board are not Continuing Directors.

“Continuing Directors” means, as of any date of determination, any member of the Board who (i) was a member of the Board on the date this plan is approved by the Company’s stockholders or (ii) was nominated for election or elected to the Board with the approval of (A) two-thirds of the Continuing Directors who were members of the Board at the time of such nomination or election or (B) two-thirds of those Directors who were previously approved by Continuing Directors.

14.  Detrimental Activity and Recapture Provisions . Any Evidence of Award may provide for the cancellation or forfeiture of an award or the forfeiture and repayment to the Company of any gain related to an award, or other provisions intended to have a similar effect, upon such terms and conditions as may be determined by the Committee from time to time, if a Participant, either during employment by the Company or a Subsidiary or within a specified period after termination of such employment, shall engage in any Detrimental Activity. In addition, notwithstanding anything in this Plan to the contrary, any Evidence of Award may also provide for the cancellation or forfeiture of an award or the forfeiture and repayment to the Company of any gain related to an award, or other provisions intended to have a similar effect, upon such terms and conditions as may be required by the Committee or under Section 10D of the Exchange Act and any applicable rules or regulations promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission or any national securities exchange or national securities association on which the Common Stock may be traded.

15.  Non U.S. Participants. In order to facilitate the making of any grant or combination of grants under this Plan, the Committee may provide for such special terms for awards to Participants who are foreign nationals or who are employed by the Company or any Subsidiary outside of the United States of America or who provide services to the Company under an agreement with a foreign nation or agency, as the Committee may consider necessary or appropriate to accommodate differences in local law, tax policy or custom. Moreover, the Committee may approve such supplements to or amendments, restatements or alternative versions of this Plan (including, without limitation, sub-plans) as it may consider necessary or appropriate for such purposes, without thereby affecting the terms of this Plan as in effect for any other purpose, and the Secretary or other appropriate officer of the Company may certify any such document as having been approved and adopted in the same manner as this Plan. No such special terms, supplements, amendments or restatements, however, will include any provisions that are inconsistent with the terms of this Plan as then in effect unless this Plan could have been amended to eliminate such inconsistency without further approval by the stockholders of the Company.

 

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16.  Transferability.

(a) Except as otherwise determined by the Committee, no Option Right, Appreciation Right, Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Unit, Performance Share, Performance Unit, award contemplated by Section 9 or 10 of this Plan or dividend equivalents paid with respect to awards made under this Plan will be transferable by the Participant except by will or the laws of descent and distribution, and in no event will any such award granted under the Plan be transferred for value . Except as otherwise determined by the Committee, Option Rights and Appreciation Rights will be exercisable during the Participant’s lifetime only by him or her or, in the event of the Participant’s legal incapacity to do so, by his or her guardian or legal representative acting on behalf of the Participant in a fiduciary capacity under state law or court supervision.

(b) The Committee may specify at the Date of Grant that part or all of the shares of Common Stock that are (i) to be issued or transferred by the Company upon the exercise of Option Rights or Appreciation Rights, upon the termination of the Restriction Period applicable to Restricted Stock Units or upon payment under any grant of Performance Shares or Performance Units or (ii) no longer subject to the substantial risk of forfeiture and restrictions on transfer referred to in Section 6 of this Plan, will be subject to further restrictions on transfer.

17.  Withholding Taxes. To the extent that the Company is required to withhold federal, state, local or foreign taxes in connection with any payment made or benefit realized by a Participant or other person under this Plan, and the amounts available to the Company for such withholding are insufficient, it will be a condition to the receipt of such payment or the realization of such benefit that the Participant or such other person make arrangements satisfactory to the Company for payment of the balance of such taxes required to be withheld, which arrangements (in the discretion of the Committee) may include relinquishment of a portion of such benefit. If a Participant’s benefit is to be received in the form of shares of Common Stock, and such Participant fails to make arrangements for the payment of tax, the Company will withhold such shares of Common Stock having a value equal to the amount required to be withheld. Notwithstanding the foregoing, when a Participant is required to pay the Company an amount required to be withheld under applicable income and employment tax laws, the Participant may elect to satisfy the obligation, in whole or in part, by electing to have withheld, from the shares required to be delivered to the Participant, shares of Common Stock having a value equal to the amount required to be withheld (except in the case of Restricted Stock where an election under Section 83(b) of the Code has been made), or by delivering to the Company other shares of Common Stock held by such Participant. The shares used for tax withholding will be valued at an amount equal to the Market Value per Share of such shares of Common Stock on the date the benefit is to be included in Participant’s income. In no event will the Market Value per Share of the shares of Common Stock to be withheld and delivered pursuant to this Section to satisfy applicable withholding taxes in connection with the benefit exceed the minimum amount of taxes required to be withheld. Participants will also make such arrangements as the Company may require for the payment of any withholding tax obligation that may arise in connection with the disposition of shares of Common Stock acquired upon the exercise of Option Rights.

18.  Compliance with Section 409A of the Code.

(a) To the extent applicable, it is intended that this Plan and any grants made hereunder comply with the provisions of Section 409A of the Code, so that the income inclusion provisions of Section 409A(a)(1) of the Code do not apply to the Participants. This Plan and any grants made hereunder will be administered in a manner consistent with this intent. Any reference in this Plan to Section 409A of the Code will also include any regulations or any other formal guidance promulgated with respect to such Section by the U.S. Department of the Treasury or the Internal Revenue Service.

(b) Neither a Participant nor any of a Participant’s creditors or beneficiaries will have the right to subject any deferred compensation (within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code) payable under this Plan and grants hereunder to any anticipation, alienation, sale, transfer, assignment, pledge, encumbrance, attachment or garnishment. Except as permitted under Section 409A of the Code, any deferred compensation (within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code) payable to a Participant or for a Participant’s

 

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benefit under this Plan and grants hereunder may not be reduced by, or offset against, any amount owing by a Participant to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

(c) If, at the time of a Participant’s separation from service (within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code), (i) the Participant will be a specified employee (within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code and using the identification methodology selected by the Company from time to time) and (ii) the Company makes a good faith determination that an amount payable hereunder constitutes deferred compensation (within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code) the payment of which is required to be delayed pursuant to the six-month delay rule set forth in Section 409A of the Code in order to avoid taxes or penalties under Section 409A of the Code, then the Company will not pay such amount on the otherwise scheduled payment date but will instead pay it, without interest, on the tenth business day of the seventh month after such separation from service.

(d) Notwithstanding any provision of this Plan and grants hereunder to the contrary, in light of the uncertainty with respect to the proper application of Section 409A of the Code, the Company reserves the right to make amendments to this Plan and grants hereunder as the Company deems necessary or desirable to avoid the imposition of taxes or penalties under Section 409A of the Code. In any case, a Participant will be solely responsible and liable for the satisfaction of all taxes and penalties that may be imposed on a Participant or for a Participant’s account in connection with this Plan and grants hereunder (including any taxes and penalties under Section 409A of the Code), and neither the Company nor any of its affiliates will have any obligation to indemnify or otherwise hold a Participant harmless from any or all of such taxes or penalties.

19.  Amendments.

(a) The Board may at any time and from time to time amend this Plan in whole or in part; provided , however , that if an amendment to this Plan (i) would materially increase the benefits accruing to participants under this Plan, (ii) would materially increase the number of shares of Common Stock which may be issued under this Plan, (iii) would materially modify the requirements for participation in this Plan, or (iv) must otherwise be approved by the stockholders of the Company in order to comply with applicable law or the rules of the NASDAQ Stock Market or, if the shares of Common Stock are not traded on the NASDAQ Stock Market, the principal national securities exchange upon which the shares of Common Stock are traded or quoted, then, such amendment will be subject to stockholder approval and will not be effective unless and until such approval has been obtained.

(b) Except in connection with a corporate transaction or event described in Section 12 of this Plan, the terms of outstanding awards may not be amended to reduce the Option Price of outstanding Option Rights or the Base Price of outstanding Appreciation Rights, or cancel outstanding Option Rights or Appreciation Rights in exchange for cash, other awards or Option Rights or Appreciation Rights with an Option Price or Base Price, as applicable, that is less than the Option Price of the original Option Rights or Base Price of the original Appreciation Rights, as applicable, without stockholder approval. This Section 19(b) is intended to prohibit the repricing of “underwater” Option Rights and Appreciation Rights and will not be construed to prohibit the adjustments provided for in Section 12 of this Plan.

(c) If permitted by Section 409A of the Code and Section 162(m) of the Code, but subject to the paragraph that follows, in the case of termination of employment by reason of death, disability or retirement, or in the event of a Change in Control, to the extent a Participant holds an Option Right or Appreciation Right not immediately exercisable in full, or any shares of Restricted Stock as to which the substantial risk of forfeiture or the prohibition or restriction on transfer has not lapsed, or any Restricted Stock Units as to which the Restriction Period has not been completed, or any Performance Shares or Performance Units which have not been fully earned, or any other awards made pursuant to Section 9 or 10 subject to any vesting schedule or transfer restriction, or who holds shares of Common Stock subject to any transfer restriction imposed pursuant to Section 16(b) of this Plan, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, accelerate the time at which such Option Right, Appreciation Right or other award may be exercised or the time at which such substantial risk of forfeiture or prohibition or restriction on transfer will lapse or the time when such Restriction Period will end or the time at which such Performance

 

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Shares or Performance Units will be deemed to have been fully earned or the time when such transfer restriction will terminate or may waive any other limitation or requirement under any such award, except in the case of a Qualified Performance-Based Award where such action would result in the loss of the otherwise available exemption of the award under Section 162(m) of the Code.

Subject to Section 19(b) hereof, the Committee may amend the terms of any award theretofore granted under this Plan prospectively or retroactively, except in the case of a Qualified Performance-Based Award (other than in connection with the Participant’s death or disability, or a Change in Control) where such action would result in the loss of the otherwise available exemption of the award under Section 162(m) of the Code. In such case, the Committee will not make any modification of the Management Objectives or the level or levels of achievement with respect to such Qualified Performance-Based Award. Subject to Section 12 above, no such amendment will impair the rights of any Participant without his or her consent. The Board may, in its discretion, terminate this Plan at any time. Termination of this Plan will not affect the rights of Participants or their successors under any awards outstanding hereunder and not exercised in full on the date of termination.

20.  Governing Law. This Plan and all grants and awards and actions taken hereunder will be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal substantive laws of the State of Georgia.

21.  Effective Date/Termination. This Plan will be effective as of the Effective Date. No grants will be made on or after the Effective Date under the Existing Plans, except that outstanding awards granted under the Existing Plans will continue unaffected following the Effective Date. No grant will be made under this Plan more than 10 years after the date on which this Plan is first approved by the stockholders of the Company, but all grants made on or prior to such date will continue in effect thereafter subject to the terms thereof and of this Plan.

22.  Miscellaneous Provisions.

(a) The Company will not be required to issue any fractional shares of Common Stock pursuant to this Plan. The Committee may provide for the elimination of fractions or for the settlement of fractions in cash.

(b) This Plan will not confer upon any Participant any right with respect to continuance of employment or other service with the Company or any Subsidiary, nor will it interfere in any way with any right the Company or any Subsidiary would otherwise have to terminate such Participant’s employment or other service at any time.

(c) To the extent that any provision of this Plan would prevent any Option Right that was intended to qualify as an Incentive Stock Option from qualifying as such, that provision will be null and void with respect to such Option Right. Such provision, however, will remain in effect for other Option Rights and there will be no further effect on any provision of this Plan.

(d) No award under this Plan may be exercised by the holder thereof if such exercise, and the receipt of stock thereunder, would be, in the opinion of counsel selected by the Company, contrary to law or the regulations of any duly constituted authority having jurisdiction over this Plan.

(e) Absence on leave approved by a duly constituted officer of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries will not be considered interruption or termination of service of any employee for any purposes of this Plan or awards granted hereunder.

(f) No Participant will have any rights as a stockholder with respect to any shares subject to awards granted to him or her under this Plan prior to the date as of which he or she is actually recorded as the holder of such shares upon the stock records of the Company.

(g) The Committee may condition the grant of any award or combination of awards authorized under this Plan on the surrender or deferral by the Participant of his or her right to receive a cash bonus or other compensation otherwise payable by the Company or a Subsidiary to the Participant.

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rules, procedures or programs as it may establish for purposes of this Plan and which are intended to comply with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code. The Committee also may provide that deferred issuances and settlements include the payment or crediting of dividend equivalents or interest on the deferral amounts.

(i) If any provision of this Plan is or becomes invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, or would disqualify this Plan or any award under any law deemed applicable by the Committee, such provision will be construed or deemed amended or limited in scope to conform to applicable laws or, in the discretion of the Committee, it will be stricken and the remainder of this Plan will remain in full force and effect.

 

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Exhibit 10.8

CUMULUS MEDIA INC.

2011 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN

NONQUALIFIED STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT

This AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is made as of                ,     (the “Date of Grant”) by and between Cumulus Media Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and                     (the “Optionee”).

1. Certain Definitions . Capitalized terms used, but not otherwise defined, in this Agreement will have the meanings given to such terms in the Company’s 2011 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”).

2. Grant of Stock Option . Subject to and upon the terms, conditions, and restrictions set forth in this Agreement and in the Plan, the Company hereby grants to the Optionee an option (the “Option”) to purchase shares of Common Stock (the “Option Shares”). The Option may be exercised from time to time in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. The Option Shares may be purchased pursuant to this Option at a price of $ per share of Common Stock, subject to adjustment as hereinafter provided (the “Option Price”). The Option is intended to be a nonqualified stock option and shall not be treated as an “incentive stock option” within the meaning of that term under Section 422 of the Code, or any successor provision thereto.

3. Term of Option . The term of the Option shall commence on the Date of Grant and, unless earlier terminated in accordance with Section 8 hereof, shall expire ten (10) years from the Date of Grant.

4. Right to Exercise . Subject to the terms of Section 6 hereof, the Option shall be exercisable with respect to:

 

of the Option Shares on      
of the Option Shares on      
of the Option Shares on    and   
of the Option Shares on    ,   

if on each respective date the Optionee remains in the continuous employ of the Company or any Subsidiary as of each such date. The Optionee shall not be entitled to acquire a fraction of an Option Share pursuant to this Option. The Optionee shall be entitled to the privileges of ownership with respect to Option Shares purchased and delivered to the Optionee upon the exercise of all or part of this Option.

For purposes of this Agreement, the continuous employment of the Optionee with the Company or a Subsidiary shall not be deemed to have been interrupted, and the Optionee shall not be deemed to have ceased to be an employee of the Company or any Subsidiary, by reason of (i) the transfer of his employment among the Company and any of its Subsidiaries or (ii) his absence or leave approved by a duly constituted officer of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.


5. Option Nontransferable . The Optionee may not transfer or assign all or any part of the Option other than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution. This Option may be exercised, during the lifetime of the Optionee, only by the Optionee, or in the event of the Optionee’s legal incapacity, by the Optionee’s guardian or legal representative acting on behalf of the Optionee in a fiduciary capacity under state law and court supervision.

6. Accelerated Vesting of Option . Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 4 hereof, the Optionee’s right to exercise the Options covered by this Agreement will become immediately vested earlier than the time provided in such section upon the Optionee’s death or Disability that shall occur while the Optionee is an employee of the Company or a Subsidiary. For purposes of this Agreement, “Disability” shall mean (A) the Optionee’s incapacity due to physical or mental illness to substantially perform the Optionee’s duties and the essential functions of the Optionee’s position, with or without reasonable accommodation, on a full-time basis for six (6) months as determined by the Board in its reasonable discretion, and within thirty (30) days after a notice of termination is thereafter given by the Company or a Subsidiary, the Optionee shall not have returned to the full-time performance of the Optionee’s duties; or (B) the Optionee becomes eligible to receive benefits under the long-term disability plan of the Company or any Subsidiary; provided , however , if the Optionee shall not agree with a determination to terminate his employment because of Disability, the question of the Optionee’s disability shall be subject to the certification of a qualified medical doctor agreed to by the Company and the Optionee. The costs of such qualified medical doctor shall be paid for by the Company.

7. Notice of Exercise; Payment .

(a) To the extent then exercisable, the Option may be exercised in whole or in part by written notice to the Company stating the number of Option Shares for which the Option is being exercised and the intended manner of payment. The date of such notice shall be the exercise date.

(b) Payment equal to the aggregate Option Price of the Option Shares being purchased pursuant to an exercise of the Option must be tendered in full with the notice of exercise to the Company in one or a combination of the following methods as specified by the Optionee in the notice of exercise: (i) cash in the form of currency or check or by wire transfer as directed by the Company; (ii) through the surrender to the Company of shares of Common Stock owned by the Optionee for at least six months having a value at the time of exercise equal to the aggregate Option Price; (iii) by a combination of such methods of payment; or (iv) in such other form of consideration as is deemed acceptable by the Board.

(c) As soon as practicable upon the Company’s receipt of the Optionee’s notice of exercise and payment, the Company shall direct the due issuance of the Option Shares so purchased.

8. Termination of Agreement . This Agreement and the Option granted hereby shall terminate automatically and without further notice on the earliest of the following dates:

 

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(a) one (1) year following the Optionee’s termination of employment due to the Optionee’s death;

(b) one (1) year following the Optionee’s termination of employment due to Disability;

(c) ninety (90) calendar days following Optionee’s termination of employment other than due to death or Disability;

(d) the date of Optionee’s Termination for Cause; or

(e) ten (10) years from the Date of Grant.

For purposes of this Agreement, “Termination for Cause” shall mean the termination by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Optionee’s employment with the Company or any Subsidiary or the Optionee’s removal from office by the Company as a result of (A) the conviction (or plea of no contest) of the Optionee for any felony or the indictment of the Optionee for any felony including, but not limited to, any felony involving fraud, moral turpitude, embezzlement or theft in connection with the Optionee’s duties or in the course of the Optionee’s employment with the Company or any Subsidiary; (B) the misappropriation, conversion, embezzlement or fraud in connection with the Optionee’s duties or in the course of the Optionee’s employment with the Company or any Subsidiary; (C) conduct by the Optionee that brings the Company or any Subsidiary or affiliate of the Company into substantial public disgrace or disrepute; (D) gross negligence or gross misconduct by the Optionee with respect to the Company or any Subsidiary or affiliate of the Company; (E) the Optionee’s abandonment of the Optionee’s employment with the Company or any Subsidiary; (F) the willful failure by the Optionee to perform the Optionee’s duties under any employment agreement entered into by and between the Optionee and the Company or any Subsidiary (other than any such failure resulting from the Optionee’s Disability), after demand for performance is delivered by the Company that identifies the manner in which the Company believes the Optionee has not performed the Optionee’s duties, if, within three (3) days of such demand, the Optionee fails to cure any such failure capable of being cured; (G) the Optionee’s violation of any restrictive covenant to which the Optionee is bound; (H) the Optionee’s breach of a material employment policy of the Company, which is not cured within three (3) days after written notice thereof to the Optionee; or (I) any other material breach by the Optionee of any employment or other agreement with or policy of the Company or any Subsidiary which is material and which is not cured within thirty (30) days after written notice thereof to the Optionee. In the event that the Optionee’s Termination for Cause, this Agreement shall terminate at the time of such termination notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement and the Optionee’s entire Option will cease to be exercisable to the extent exercisable as of such termination and will not be or become exercisable after such termination. The Optionee shall be deemed to be an employee of the Company or any Subsidiary if the Optionee is on a leave of absence approved by the Company or any Subsidiary.

9. Adjustments . The Board shall make or provide for such adjustments in the numbers of shares of Common Stock covered by the Option, in the Option Price, and in the kind of securities covered thereby, as the Board, in its sole discretion, exercised in good faith, may

 

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determine is equitably required to prevent dilution or enlargement of the Optionee’s rights that otherwise would result from (a) any stock dividend, stock split, combination of shares, recapitalization or other change in the capital structure of the Company, (b) any merger, consolidation, spin-off, split- off, spin-out, split-up, reorganization, partial or complete liquidation or other distribution of assets, issuance of rights or warrants to purchase securities, or (c) any other corporate transaction or event having an effect similar to any of the foregoing. Moreover, in the event of any such transaction or event or in the event of a Change of Control, the Board, in its discretion, may provide in substitution for any or all the Optionee’s rights under this Agreement such alternative consideration (including cash), if any, as it, in good faith, may determine to be equitable in the circumstances and may require in connection therewith the surrender of all awards so replaced.

10. No Employment Contract . Nothing contained in this Agreement shall confer upon the Optionee any right to be employed or remain employed by the Company or any Subsidiary, or limit or affect in any manner the right of the Company or any Subsidiary to terminate the employment or adjust the compensation of the Optionee.

11. Compliance with Law . The Company shall make reasonable efforts to comply with all applicable federal and state securities laws; provided , however , that notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan and this Agreement, the Option shall not be exercisable if the exercise thereof would result in a violation of any such law.

12. Relation to Other Benefits . Any economic or other benefit to the Optionee under this Agreement or the Plan shall not be taken into account in determining any benefits to which the Optionee may be entitled under any profit-sharing, retirement or other benefit or compensation plan maintained by the Company or any Subsidiary and shall not affect the amount of any life insurance coverage available to any beneficiary under any life insurance plan covering employees of the Company or any Subsidiary.

13. Amendments . Any amendment to the Plan shall be deemed to be an amendment to this Agreement to the extent that the amendment is applicable hereto; provided , however , that (a) no amendment shall adversely affect the rights of the Optionee under this Agreement without the Optionee’s written consent, and (b) the Optionee’s consent shall not be required to an amendment that is deemed necessary by the Company to ensure compliance with Section 409A of the Code or the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 (the “Dodd-Frank Act”) or any regulations promulgated thereunder, including as a result of the implementation of any recoupment policy the Company adopts to comply with the requirements set forth in the Dodd-Frank Act.

14. Severability . In the event that one or more of the provisions of this Agreement shall be invalidated for any reason by a court of competent jurisdiction, any provision so invalidated shall be deemed to be separable from the other provisions hereof, and the remaining provisions hereof shall continue to be valid and fully enforceable.

15. Relation to Plan . This Agreement is subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan. In the event of any inconsistency between the provisions of this Agreement and the Plan, the Plan shall govern. The Board acting pursuant to the Plan, as constituted from time to time,

 

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shall, except as expressly provided otherwise herein or in the Plan, have the right to determine any questions which arise in connection with the grant of the Option or its exercise.

16. Successors and Assigns . Without limiting Section 5 hereof, the provisions of this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, the successors, administrators, heirs, legal representatives and assigns of the Optionee, and the successors and assigns of the Company.

17. Governing Law . The interpretation, performance, and enforcement of this Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of Georgia, without giving effect to the principles of conflict of laws thereof.

18. Withholding Taxes . To the extent that the Company or any Subsidiary is required to withhold any federal, state, local or foreign taxes in connection with any payment made to or benefit realized by the Optionee or other person under this Agreement, and the amounts available to the Company or any Subsidiary for such withholding are insufficient, it shall be a condition to the receipt of such payment or the realization of such benefit that the Optionee or such other person make arrangements satisfactory to the Company or any Subsidiary for payment of the balance of such taxes required to be withheld, which arrangements (in the discretion of the Board) may include relinquishment of a portion of such benefit. If the Optionee’s benefit is to be received in the form of shares of Common Stock, and the Optionee fails to make arrangements for the payment of tax, the Company or any Subsidiary shall withhold such shares of Common Stock having a value equal to the amount required to be withheld. Notwithstanding the foregoing, when the Optionee is required to pay the Company or any Subsidiary an amount required to be withheld under applicable income and employment tax laws, the Optionee may elect to satisfy the obligation, in whole or in part, by electing to have withheld, from the shares of Common Stock required to be delivered to the Optionee, shares of Common Stock having a value equal to the amount required to be withheld, or by delivering to the Company or any Subsidiary other shares of Common Stock held by the Optionee. In no event shall the Market Value per Share of the shares of Common Stock to be withheld pursuant to this section to satisfy applicable withholding taxes in connection with the benefit exceed the minimum amount of taxes required to be withheld or such other amount that will not result in a negative accounting impact. The Optionee shall also make such arrangements as the Company or any Subsidiary may require for the payment of any withholding tax obligation that may arise in connection with the disposition of shares of Common Stock acquired upon the exercise of any portion of the Option.

19. Notices . Any notice provided for in this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be either personally delivered, sent by reputable overnight carrier or mailed by first class mail, return receipt requested, and will be duly given when hand delivered or dispatched by electronic facsimile transmission (with receipt thereof confirmed), or five (5) business days after having been mailed or three (3) business days after having been sent by a nationally recognized overnight courier service such as Federal Express or UPS, addressed to the Company (to the attention of the General Counsel of the Company) at 3280 Peachtree Road, N.W., Suite 2300, Atlanta, Georgia 30308 and to the Option at the Optionee’s principal residence, or to such other

 

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address as any party may have furnished to the other in writing and in accordance herewith, except that notices of changes of address shall be effective only upon receipt or such other address or to the attention of such other person as the recipient party shall have specified by prior written notice to the sending party. Any notice under this Agreement will be deemed to have been given when so delivered.

20. Compliance with Section 409A of the Code . To the extent applicable, it is intended that any amounts payable under this Agreement and the Plan and the Company’s and the Optionee’s exercise of authority or discretion hereunder comply with the provisions of Section 409A of the Code and the Treasury regulations relating thereto so as not to subject the Optionee to the payment of the additional tax, interest and any tax penalty which may be imposed under Section 409A of the Code. In furtherance of this intent, to the extent that any provision hereof would result in the Optionee being subject to payment of the additional tax, interest and tax penalty under Section 409A of the Code, the parties agree to amend this Agreement in order to bring this Agreement into compliance with Section 409A of the Code; and thereafter interpret its provisions in a manner that complies with Section 409A of the Code. Each payment under this Agreement shall be considered a separate payment and not one of a series of payments for purposes of Section 409A of the Code. Reference to Section 409A of the Code is to Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and will also include any proposed, temporary or final regulations, or any other guidance promulgated with respect to such Section by the U.S. Department of the Treasury or the Internal Revenue Service. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no particular tax result for the Optionee with respect to any income recognized by the Optionee in connection with this Agreement is guaranteed, and the Optionee shall be responsible for any taxes, penalties and interest imposed on the Optionee under or as a result of Section 409A of the Code in connection with this Agreement.

21. Acknowledgement . The Optionee acknowledges that the Optionee (a) has received a copy of the Plan, (b) has had an opportunity to review the terms of this Agreement and the Plan, (c) understands the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the Plan and (d) agrees to such terms and conditions.

22. Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original but all of which together will constitute one and the same agreement.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Agreement to be executed on its behalf by its duly authorized officer and the Optionee has executed this Agreement, as of the day and year first above written.

 

  CUMULUS MEDIA INC.
  By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:
 

 

  OPTIONEE
  Name:

 

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Exhibit 99.1

Cumulus Media Inc. Announces Completion of the

Acquisition of Citadel Broadcasting Corporation and Related Global Refinancing

ATLANTA – September 16, 2011 – (BUSINESS WIRE) – Cumulus Media Inc. (“Cumulus Media”) (NASDAQ: CMLS) today announced that it has completed its previously announced acquisition of Citadel Broadcasting Corporation (“Citadel”), and as a result Citadel is now an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Cumulus. With the completion of the Citadel acquisition, Cumulus Media is the largest pure-play radio broadcaster in the United States, and owns or operates more than 570 radio stations in 120 markets and a nationwide radio network serving over 4000 stations.

Based on preliminary results of the elections by Citadel stockholders and warrant holders, and the application of the proration procedures provided for in the merger agreement with Citadel, Cumulus Media expects to pay a total of approximately $1.418 billion in cash and issue approximately 26,229,056 shares of its Class A common stock and warrants to purchase 71,683,741 shares of its Class A common stock to Citadel securityholders in connection with the Citadel acquisition. As a result of the application of those proration procedures, Citadel stockholders and warrant holders who elected to receive cash in the Citadel acquisition (or who did not make an election) will receive, per Citadel share or warrant, as applicable, $30.40 in cash and 1.521 shares of (or warrants exercisable for) Cumulus Media common stock. Citadel stockholders and warrant holders who elected to receive stock in the Citadel acquisition will receive, per Citadel share or warrant, as applicable, 8.525 shares of (or warrants exercisable for) Cumulus Media Class A common stock. Cumulus Media will pay cash in lieu of issuing fractional shares of its Class A common stock as provided for, and pursuant to the procedures set forth in, the merger agreement.

In connection with the closing of the Citadel acquisition and the completion of Cumulus Media’s previously announced global refinancing related thereto, Cumulus Media also repaid approximately $1.4 billion in outstanding senior or subordinated indebtedness and other obligations of Cumulus Media and certain of its other wholly-owned subsidiaries, and of Citadel. Cumulus Media’s $610.0 million of 7.75% senior notes due 2019, issued in May 2011, remain outstanding. This global refinancing, and the cash portion of the purchase price payable in the Citadel acquisition, is being funded with (i) $1.325 billion in borrowings under a new first lien term loan, $200.0 million in borrowings under a new first lien revolving credit facility and $790.0 million in borrowings under a new second lien term loan, and (ii) proceeds from the sale of $475.0 million in shares of Cumulus Media’s common stock, preferred stock and warrants to purchase common stock to certain investors (the “Equity Investment”) in a private placement exempt from the registration requirements under the Securities Act of 1933.

Pursuant to the Equity Investment, Cumulus Media issued and sold (i) 51,843,318 shares of its Class A common stock to an affiliate of Crestview Partners II, L.P. (“Crestview”); (ii) $125 million of a newly-created class of perpetual redeemable non-convertible preferred stock, on which dividends are payable in cash or through the issuance of additional shares of preferred stock and accrue at an initial rate of 10% per annum for the first six months from issuance, with increases in such rate every two years thereafter, to an affiliate of Macquarie Capital (USA) Inc.; and (iii) 2,445,392 shares of its Class A common stock and warrants to purchase 26,356,449 shares of its Class A common stock to UBS Securities LLC and certain other investors to whom UBS Securities syndicated a portion of its investment commitment. In addition and also as a part of the agreement governing the Equity Investment, Cumulus Media issued to Crestview warrants to purchase 7,776,498 shares of Cumulus Media Class A common stock, with an exercise price of $4.34 per share.

Effective upon the completion of the Citadel acquisition, Cumulus Media appointed Arthur J. Reimers, an independent investor and consultant, and Jeff Marcus, a partner of Crestview, to its Board of Directors, and named Mr. Marcus as the Lead Director of the Board.


After giving effect to the issuance of shares of Class A common stock and warrants exercisable for shares of Class A common stock in the Citadel acquisition and pursuant to the Equity Investment, Cumulus Media would have had approximately 238,839,650 shares of Class A common stock outstanding on a fully-converted to Class A common stock basis.

About Cumulus Media

With the completion of the Citadel acquisition, Cumulus Media is the largest pure-play radio broadcaster in the United States, and owns or operates more than 570 radio stations in 120 markets and a nationwide radio network serving over 4000 stations. Cumulus Media’s headquarters are in Atlanta, Georgia, and its web site is www.cumulus.com.

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Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains “forward-looking” statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements are statements other than historical fact, and include statements relating to, among other things, Cumulus Media’s intent, belief or current expectations primarily with respect to its future operating, financial or strategic performance. Actual results could differ materially from those predicted in any such forward-looking statements if one or more of the underlying assumptions or expectations prove to be inaccurate or are unrealized. Such factors, include, but are not limited to, general economic and business conditions that may affect Cumulus Media, or the failure to realize the expected benefits of the Citadel acquisition. For additional information regarding risks and uncertainties associated with Cumulus Media, see Cumulus Media’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), including its annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010 and subsequently filed periodic and other reports. Cumulus Media assumes no responsibility to update the forward-looking statements contained in this release as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

Contact:

Cumulus Media Inc.

J.P. Hannan 404-260-6671

Senior Vice President, Treasurer & Chief Financial Officer

jp.hannan@cumulus.com

 

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