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): January 1, 2021

 

MEDIACO HOLDING INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its

charter)

 

Indiana

 

001-39029

 

84-2427771

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

ONE EMMIS PLAZA

40 MONUMENT CIRCLE

SUITE 700

INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA 46204

(Address of principal executive offices and Zip Code)

 

(317) 266-0100

(Registrant’s telephone number,

including area code)

 

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:

 

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class

Trading symbol(s)

Name of each exchange on which registered

Class A common stock, $0.01 par value

MDIA

Nasdaq Capital Market

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.

 

 


 

Item 1.02

Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement.

On November 25, 2019, MediaCo Holding Inc. (the “Company”) entered into an Employee Leasing Agreement by and between Emmis Operating Company (“EOC”) and the Company (the “Employee Leasing Agreement”). Pursuant to the Employee Leasing Agreement, the Company leased from EOC personnel at radio stations WBLS-FM and WQHT-FM (the “Radio Stations) to perform services for the Company consistent with each leased employees’ past practices at the Radio Stations. Effective January 1, 2021, the Employee Leasing Agreement was terminated, and the Company hired all of the leased employees and assumed the employment and collective bargaining agreements related to leased employees. EOC serves as the manager of the Radio Stations and of the Company’s financial reporting, SEC compliance and similar obligations as a public company pursuant to a certain Management Agreement between the Company and EOC dated as of November 25, 2019. The Management Agreement remains in full force and effect. The Employee Leasing Agreement was terminated at the expiration of the initial term, so no early termination penalties were incurred.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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, thereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MEDIACO HOLDING INC.

Date: January 5, 2021

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ J. Scott Enright

 

 

 

  J. Scott Enright, Executive Vice President,

 

 

 

  General Counsel and Secretary