ION Media Networks, Inc.
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 14C INFORMATION
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ION MEDIA NETWORKS, INC.
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This draft Information Statement has been prepared to inform our common stockholders in
the event that our presently pending Exchange Offer and actions by our preferred and common
stockholders result in the approval of the actions described in this draft. Consequently, the
matters described in this document have not yet occurred and may never occur. You should not rely
on the description included in this draft Information Statement until the document has been
finalized.
ION MEDIA NETWORKS, INC.
601 Clearwater Park Road
West Palm Beach, Florida 33401
July , 2007
NOTICE OF ACTION BY A MAJORITY OF THE STOCKHOLDERS
Dear Stockholder:
As we previously announced, on May 3, 2007 we entered into a Master Transaction Agreement with
NBC Universal, Inc., NBC Palm Beach Investment I, Inc., NBC Palm Beach Investment II, Inc. and CIG
Media LLC providing for a recapitalization of ION. The recapitalization includes an offer to
exchange all outstanding shares of each series of our senior preferred stock for newly issued
subordinated debt and preferred stock and certain other recapitalization transactions. As part of
the exchange offer, we are also soliciting consents from holders of each series of our senior
preferred stock to amend the applicable certificate of designation governing such series of senior
preferred stock and to approve the issuance of preferred stock in the exchange offer which would
rank senior to the senior preferred stock.
In connection with the exchange offer and the recapitalization transactions, we are required
to obtain the approval of the holders of a majority of the total voting power of our outstanding
voting stock, which includes our Class A Common Stock, Class B Common Stock and 93/4% Series A
Convertible Preferred Stock voting together as a class, of the following actions, which are
described in greater detail in the accompanying Information Statement:
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an amendment to our certificate of incorporation to amend the terms of the
certificates of designation governing the senior preferred stock; |
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an amendment to our certificate of incorporation to create a new non-voting
Class D Common Stock and increase the number of authorized shares of our
common stock, Class A Common Stock and Class C Common Stock; and |
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the issuances of securities convertible into, or exercisable for, shares of
our common stock in the recapitalization transactions. |
We are delivering this Notice and the accompanying Information Statement to inform our
stockholders that holders of a majority of the total voting power of our outstanding voting stock
have approved, by written consent, the above actions. As a result, the requirement that we obtain
stockholder approval of these actions has been satisfied, subject to (i) the requirement under the
Securities and Exchange Commissions rules that the actions so approved cannot become effective
until 20 calendar days after the Information Statement has been mailed to holders of our Class A
Common Stock and (ii) with respect to the amendments to the certificates of designation of each
series of senior preferred stock, obtaining the separate approval of the holders of a majority of
the outstanding shares of the applicable series of senior preferred stock.
WE ARE NOT ASKING YOU FOR A PROXY AND YOU
ARE REQUESTED NOT TO SEND US A PROXY.
We are mailing this Notice and the accompanying Information Statement on or about July ,
2007 to stockholders of record as of July , 2007.
Very Truly Yours,
R. Brandon Burgess
Chief Executive Officer and President
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Exhibit A Amended and Restated 93/4% Preferred Stock Certificate of Designation |
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Exhibit B Amended and Restated 141/4% Preferred Stock Certificate of Designation |
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FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This Information Statement contains forward-looking statements that reflect our current
views with respect to future events. All statements in this Information Statement, other than those
that are simply statements of historical facts, are generally forward-looking statements. These
statements are based on our current assumptions and analysis, which we believe to be reasonable,
but are subject to numerous risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ
materially from our expectations. All forward-looking statements in this Information Statement are
made only as of the date of this Information Statement, and we do not undertake to update these
forward-looking statements, even though circumstances may change in the future.
Among the significant risks and uncertainties which could cause actual results to differ from
those anticipated in our forward-looking statements or could otherwise adversely affect our
business or financial condition are those included in our annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal
year ended December 31, 2006 and the following:
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Risks associated with consummating the recapitalization transactions; |
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Our high level of debt and the restrictions imposed on us by the terms of our debt; |
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Our history of significant losses and negative cash flow; |
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Our failure to redeem our preferred stock at the scheduled redemption dates in the
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The risks associated with our new sales strategy, which includes a return to the general
network spot advertising market, or a decline in the rates at which we sell long form paid
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The risk of loss of a portion of our distribution platform; and |
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Changes in the legal and regulatory environment affecting broadcasters. |
All future written and oral forward-looking statements attributable to us or persons acting on
our behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by our cautionary statements. We do not intend
to release publicly any revisions to any forward-looking statements to reflect events or
circumstances in the future or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events, except as
required by law. See Where You Can Find More Information.
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WE ARE NOT ASKING YOU FOR A PROXY
AND YOU ARE REQUESTED NOT TO SEND US A PROXY.
ION MEDIA NETWORKS, INC.
601 Clearwater Park Road
West Palm Beach, Florida 33401
INFORMATION STATEMENT
General
All
references to ION, we, our, ours and us and similar terms are to ION Media
Networks, Inc. and its subsidiaries, unless the context otherwise requires.
This Information Statement is being sent to advise our stockholders that holders of a majority
of the total voting power of our outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock, Class B Common Stock
and 93/4% Series A Convertible Preferred Stock (collectively, the Voting Stock) have executed a
written consent approving the following matters:
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an amendment to our certificate of incorporation (the Preferred Stock
Amendment) to amend the certificates of designation of our 131/4% Cumulative
Junior Exchangeable Preferred Stock (currently accruing dividends at the rate
of 141/4%) (the 141/4% Preferred Stock) and our 93/4% Series A Convertible
Preferred Stock (the 93/4% Preferred Stock, and together with the 141/4%
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an amendment to our certificate of incorporation (the Common Stock
Amendment) to create a new class of non-voting common stock, the Class D
Common Stock, and provide for 1,000,000,000 authorized shares of Class D
Common Stock, and increase the number of authorized shares of common stock,
Class A Common Stock and Class C Common Stock to 3,035,000,000, 1,000,000,000
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the issuance of the convertible securities, option and warrant in the
recapitalization transactions and the issuance of the shares of Class A Common
Stock, Class B Common Stock or Class C Common Stock, as applicable, upon the
conversion or exercise of such convertible securities, option and warrant (the
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have mailed the enclosed Notice and this Information Statement to all
holders of record
of our Class A Common Stock on the record date, which is the close of business on July , 2007.
In accordance with Rule 14c-2 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange
Act), the actions approved by stockholder written consent will not become effective until at least
20 calendar days following the mailing of the enclosed Notice and this Information Statement. We
anticipate that the actions contemplated herein will be effected on
or about _________________, 2007.
The General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the DGCL) does not provide for
appraisal or similar statutory rights as a result of the actions being taken.
The date of this Information Statement is July , 2007.
We will pay the costs of preparing and sending out the enclosed Notice and this Information
Statement. This Information Statement is being sent to our stockholders on or about July , 2007.
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STOCKHOLDER APPROVAL REQUIREMENTS
Under Delaware law, in order to be approved, the Preferred Stock Amendment and the Common
Stock Amendment must receive the affirmative vote of holders of a majority of the total voting
power of our outstanding Voting Stock. Each share of Class A Common Stock is entitled to one vote,
each share of Class B Common Stock is entitled to ten votes and each share of 93/4% Preferred Stock
is entitled to 625 votes. As of the record date, there were 65,892,265 shares of Class A Common
Stock, 8,311,639 shares of Class B Common Stock and 16,695.9798 shares of 93/4% Preferred Stock
outstanding.
Approval of the Preferred Stock Amendment also requires, with respect to the certificate of
designation governing the 141/4% Preferred Stock, the separate approval of the holders of a majority
of the 141/4% Preferred Stock (voting separately as a class) and, with respect to the certificate of
designation governing the 93/4% Preferred Stock, the separate approval of the holders of a majority
the 93/4% Preferred Stock, voting separately as a class. If we receive the requisite approval of
holders of only one series of Senior Preferred Stock, the Preferred Stock Amendment will become
effective, but only with respect to such series of Senior Preferred Stock.
Because our Class A Common Stock is traded on the American Stock Exchange (the AMEX),
Section 713 of the AMEX Company Guide applies to our company. Under this section, stockholder
approval is required for any transaction involving the sale, issuance or potential issuance by an
issuer of common stock (or securities convertible into common stock) equal to 20% or more of
presently outstanding stock for less than the greater of book or market value of the stock. The
maximum number of shares of Class A Common Stock (including shares of Class B Common Stock and
Class C Common Stock, which are convertible into Class A Common Stock) issuable upon the conversion
or exercise of the securities to be issued in connection with the Issuances will be in excess of
20% of the presently outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock, and the conversion and exercise
price of these securities are less than the current market price of our Class A Common Stock. As a
result, we are also seeking stockholder approval of the Issuances.
On July , 2007, Lowell W. Paxson, Second Crystal Diamond Limited Partnership and Paxson
Enterprises, Inc. (collectively, the Paxson Stockholders) which, as of the record date, owned
15,455,062 shares of our Class A Common Stock and 8,311,639 shares of our Class B Common Stock,
representing approximately 61.82% of the total voting power of our outstanding Voting Stock,
delivered their written consent to the actions described above. As a result, the requirement to
obtain approval of the total voting power of our Voting Stock has been satisfied, subject to (i)
the requirement under the Securities and Exchange Commissions (the SEC) rules that the actions
so approved cannot become effective until 20 calendar days after the Information Statement has been
mailed to holders of our Class A Common Stock and (ii) with respect to the amendments to the
certificates of designation of each series of Senior Preferred Stock, obtaining the separate
approval of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of the applicable series of Senior
Preferred Stock.
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THE MASTER TRANSACTION AGREEMENT
As we previously announced, on May 3, 2007 we entered into a Master Transaction Agreement,
which was subsequently amended on June 8, 2007 (the Master Transaction Agreement), with NBC
Universal, Inc. (NBCU), NBC Palm Beach Investment I, Inc. (NBC Palm Beach I), NBC Palm Beach
Investment II, Inc. (NBC Palm Beach II, together with NBCU and NBC Palm Beach I, the NBCU
Entities) and CIG Media LLC (CIG) providing for a recapitalization of ION. The overall effect of
the Master Transaction Agreement is to recapitalize ION and effect a change of control. The
recapitalization includes an exchange offer that we launched on June 8, 2007 to exchange all of
our outstanding shares of Senior Preferred Stock for newly issued subordinated debt and preferred
stock and certain other transactions.
The Master Transaction Agreement requires that we seek the approval of the holders of a
majority of the total voting power of our outstanding Voting Stock of the Preferred Stock
Amendment, the Common Stock Amendment and the Issuances.
The following is a summary of the material provisions of the Master Transaction Agreement.
The summary does not purport to be complete. A copy of the Master Transaction Agreement is filed
as an exhibit to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on May 10, 2007 and the
amendment to the Master Transaction Agreement is filed as an exhibit to our Schedule TO-I filed
with the SEC on June 8, 2007. Each may be obtained in the manner set forth below under the
heading, Where You Can Find More Information. We encourage you to read the full text of the
Master Transaction Agreement, as amended, for a complete understanding of the matters summarized
below.
The Class A Common Stock Tender Offer
As required by the Master Transaction Agreement, on May 4, 2007 (the Commencement
Date), CIG commenced a cash tender offer to purchase any and all outstanding shares of our Class A
Common Stock at a price of $1.46 net per share (the Class A Common Stock Tender Offer). The Class
A Common Stock Tender Offer expired at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on June 15, 2007, at which
time approximately 42,041,309 shares representing approximately 63.8% of the Class A Common Stock
outstanding had been validly tendered and accepted. These shares represent approximately 88.1% of
the shares of our Class A Common Stock held by stockholders other than CIG and the Paxson
Stockholders, and, taken together with the 2,724,207 shares held by CIG prior to the Class A Common
Stock Tender Offer and the 15,455,062 shares held by the Paxson Stockholders that CIG is purchasing
pursuant to a Call Agreement, as defined below, represent approximately 91.4% of the outstanding
shares of our Class A Common Stock.
The Call Right
As required by the Master Transaction Agreement, on the Commencement Date, NBC Palm Beach
II assigned to CIG all of NBC Palm Beach IIs rights and obligations under a Call Agreement, dated
November 7, 2005 (the Call Agreement), among NBC Palm Beach II and the Paxson Stockholders,
including its right (the Call Right) to acquire 15,455,062 outstanding shares of Class A Common
Stock and 8,311,639 shares of Class B Common Stock (the Call Shares) held by the Paxson
Stockholders. Immediately following such assignment, CIG exercised the Call Right. Pursuant to the
Call Agreement, the obligation of the Paxson Stockholders to deliver the Call Shares (the Call
Closing) to CIG is conditioned on the completion of the Class A Common Stock Tender Offer, the
payment of the exercise price of $0.25 per share of Class A Common Stock and $0.29 per share of
Class B Common Stock, and the receipt of required regulatory approvals, including approval by the
Federal Communications Commission (the FCC).
Between the completion of the Class A Common Stock Tender Offer and the Call Closing, CIG
has the contractual right to designate two members of our Board of Directors (the Board). In
addition, in the event that any member of the Board (other than any member appointed by the holders
of Senior Preferred Stock) ceases for any reason to serve as a director, CIG will have the right to
designate a director to fill any such vacancy.
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Delisting and Deregistration
The Master Transaction Agreement provides that, following the completion of the Class A
Common Stock Tender Offer, we shall, to the extent permitted by law, delist the shares of Class A
Common Stock from the AMEX and deregister the shares of Class A Common Stock under the Exchange
Act.
Additional Investment by CIG
As required by the Master Transaction Agreement, on the Commencement Date, CIG purchased,
for cash, $100,000,000 of our 11% Series B Mandatorily Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes due
2013 (the Series B Notes). Upon the closing or expiration of the Exchange Offer, as defined
below, CIG will purchase, for cash, up to an additional $15,000,000 of the Series B Notes, not to
exceed the amount of expenses that we incurred in connection with the transactions contemplated by
the Master Transaction Agreement. The amount of Series B Notes we will issue to CIG is limited by
restrictions under the terms of our first priority term loan, the first priority notes and the
second priority notes (collectively the Senior Debt) that, depending upon the outcome of the
Exchange Offer and the Contingent Exchange, and whether the Termination Exchange occurs, as such
terms are defined below, could reduce the amount of additional Series B Notes that we could issue
to as little as approximately $3,000,000.
New Preferred Stock and Commencement Date Exchange
As required by the Master Transaction Agreement, we have authorized the following new
series of preferred stock:
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12% Series A-1 Mandatorily Convertible Preferred Stock |
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8% Series A-2 Non-Convertible Preferred Stock |
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12% Series A-3 Mandatorily Convertible Preferred Stock |
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8% Series B Mandatorily Convertible Preferred Stock |
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8% Series C Non-Convertible Preferred Stock |
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8% Series C Mandatorily Convertible Preferred Stock |
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8% Series D Mandatorily Convertible Preferred Stock |
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Series E-1 Mandatorily Convertible Preferred Stock |
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Series E-2 Mandatorily Convertible Preferred Stock |
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8% Series F Non-Convertible Preferred Stock |
On the Commencement Date, we exchanged $210 million aggregate stated liquidation
preference of newly-issued 8% Series F Non-Convertible Preferred Stock (the Series F
Non-Convertible Preferred Stock) for an equal aggregate stated liquidation preference of our 11%
Series B Convertible Exchangeable Preferred Stock (the 11%
Series B Preferred Stock) held by NBC Palm Beach I. On the same day, NBC Palm Beach I, in
turn, transferred the Series F Non-Convertible Preferred Stock to CIG.
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The Exchange Offer
As required by the Master Transaction Agreement, on June 8, 2007 we commenced an offer to the
holders of each series of our outstanding Senior Preferred Stock to exchange (the Exchange Offer) any and all
outstanding shares of each of these series for our newly issued 11% Series A Mandatorily Convertible Series
Subordinated Notes due 2013 (the Series A Notes) and, depending on the participation levels in
the Exchange Offer, either our newly issued 12% Series A-1 Mandatorily Convertible Preferred Stock
(the Series A-1 Convertible Preferred Stock) or our newly issued 12% Series B Mandatorily
Convertible Preferred Stock (the Series B Convertible Preferred Stock). The Exchange Offer is
scheduled to expire on July 10, 2007, unless extended or terminated by us.
As part of the Exchange Offer, we are soliciting consents (the Consent Solicitation) from
the holders of each series of Senior Preferred Stock to:
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amend the applicable certificate of designation governing
such series of Senior Preferred Stock to eliminate: |
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all voting rights, other than voting rights required by law; |
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our obligation to repurchase the Senior Preferred Stock upon a change of control; |
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all redemption rights; |
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in the case of 141/4% Preferred Stock, all exchange rights; and |
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substantially all of the restrictive covenants applicable to each series of Senior Preferred Stock. |
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approve the issuance of the following series of preferred
stock (the Senior Issuance), which would rank senior to
any unexchanged Senior Preferred Stock: |
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Series A-1 Convertible Preferred Stock to be issued in the Exchange Offer; and |
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8% Series A-2 Non-Convertible Preferred Stock (the Series A-2
Non-Convertible Preferred Stock) to be issued in the Exchange of Series F
Non-Convertible Preferred Stock (as more fully described in Other
Exchanges Exchange of Series F Non-Convertible Preferred Stock). |
In order to issue the Series A-1 Convertible Preferred Stock in the Exchange Offer, we
must receive the requisite approvals of the Preferred Stock Amendment and the Senior Issuance from
both series of Senior Preferred Stock. Under the certificates of designation governing each series
of the Senior Preferred Stock, subject to certain exceptions, we cannot issue any equity securities
that rank senior to such series of the Senior Preferred Stock without the approval of the holders
of at least a majority of the outstanding shares of such series. If we do not receive consents from
holders of more than 50% of each series of Senior Preferred Stock, we will instead issue the Series
B Convertible Preferred Stock in the Exchange Offer.
Holders of Senior Preferred Stock will not be paid any accrued and unpaid dividends for the
shares of Senior Preferred Stock that are tendered in the Exchange Offer. As of May 31, 2007,
accrued and unpaid dividends on the 141/4% Preferred Stock aggregated approximately $84.5 million, or
$1,484.38 per share, and accrued and unpaid dividends on the 93/4% Preferred Stock aggregated
approximately $10.9 million, or $650.00 per share. We have not
paid any dividends since May 15, 2006
and September 30, 2006 on the 141/4% Preferred Stock and 93/4% Preferred Stock, respectively.
Unexchanged shares will continue to accrue and accumulate dividends
at the applicable dividend rate.
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We did not redeem our outstanding shares of 141/4% Preferred Stock and 93/4% Preferred Stock by
their required redemption dates of November 15, 2006 and December 31, 2006, respectively. We do
not anticipate having sufficient financial resources to redeem these securities for cash at any
time in the foreseeable future. As a result of our failure to redeem these shares of Senior
Preferred Stock by their scheduled mandatory redemption dates, the holders of each series had the
right, voting separately as one class, to elect two additional directors to our Board. Effective
April 2, 2007, the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of the 141/4% Preferred Stock
elected Eugene I. Davis and Ted S. Lodge as directors, and the holders of a majority of the
outstanding shares of the 93/4% Preferred Stock elected Ronald W. Wuensch and Diane P. Baker as
directors. Holders of any series of Senior Preferred Stock as to which the Preferred Stock
Amendment is approved will no longer have the right to elect additional directors, and the term of
office of the directors elected on April 2, 2007 by the holders of such series will end on the
effective date of the Preferred Stock Amendment.
Exchange Offer Consideration
In the Exchange Offer:
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For each tendered share of 141/4% Preferred Stock, the holder
will receive $7,000 principal amount of Series A Notes and
$1,000 initial liquidation preference of the Series A-1
Convertible Preferred Stock, which would rank senior to any
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For each tendered share of 93/4% Preferred Stock, the holder
will receive $4,000 principal amount of Series A Notes and
$1,000 initial liquidation preference of Series A-1
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However, if holders of 50% or less of either series of Senior Preferred Stock tender in
the Exchange Offer and, as a result, we do not receive the requisite approvals of the Preferred
Stock Amendment and the Senior Issuance from both series of Senior Preferred Stock in the Consent
Solicitation, then:
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For each tendered share of 141/4% Preferred Stock, the holder
will receive $7,500 principal amount of Series A Notes and
$500 initial liquidation preference of Series B Convertible
Preferred Stock, which would rank junior to any unexchanged
Senior Preferred Stock; and |
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For each tendered share of 93/4% Preferred Stock, the holder
will receive $4,500 principal amount of Series A Notes and
$500 initial liquidation preference of Series B Convertible
Preferred Stock. |
If at the closing of the Exchange Offer we have accepted for exchange less than 90% of
the outstanding shares of each series of Senior Preferred Stock owned by holders other than CIG,
then, promptly following the closing of the Exchange Offer:
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We will exchange all Senior Preferred Stock that is validly tendered and not withdrawn; |
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NBC Palm Beach I, an affiliate of NBCU, will be entitled to
exchange up to $375 million aggregate stated liquidation
preference of 11% Series B Preferred Stock that it owns for
an equal principal amount of our Series B Notes; and |
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CIG will be entitled to exchange up to $95,584,689
aggregate stated liquidation preference of 8% Series C
Non-Convertible Preferred Stock (the Series C
Non-Convertible Preferred Stock) or Series A-2
Non-Convertible Preferred Stock, as applicable, for an
equal principal amount of our Series B Notes. |
We refer to this exchange as the Contingent Exchange.
The amount of Series B Notes we have agreed to issue to NBC Palm Beach I and CIG in the
Contingent Exchange will be equal to the percentage of the outstanding shares of Senior Preferred
Stock, other than those shares held by CIG, that is not exchanged in the Exchange Offer, multiplied
by $470,584,689, allocated between NBC Palm Beach I and CIG in proportion to the amounts described
in the two immediately preceding bullet points. Thus, the amount of Series B Notes that we will issue will decrease as the number of tendered and
accepted shares of Senior Preferred Stock increases.
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Termination Exchange
In addition, if the Exchange Offer expires or terminates without our exchanging any validly
tendered shares of Senior Preferred Stock by reason of our determination not to waive an Exchange
Offer condition, which condition CIG determines either does not exist or should be waived, we have
agreed to issue to CIG and NBC Palm Beach I $546,988,119 principal amount of our Series B Notes
that will rank senior in right of payment to the shares of Senior Preferred Stock as follows:
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CIG will be entitled to exchange its 9,386.46875 shares of
141/4% Preferred Stock and 262.33603 shares of
9 3 / 4 % Preferred Stock for $76,403,430
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NBC Palm Beach I will be entitled to exchange $375 million
aggregate stated liquidation preference of the 11% Series B
Preferred Stock that it currently holds for an equal
principal amount of our Series B Notes; and |
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CIG will be entitled to exchange $95,584,689 aggregate
stated liquidation preference of Series C Non-Convertible
Preferred Stock for an equal principal amount of our Series
B Notes. |
We refer to this exchange as the Termination Exchange. The existence of a condition
described in paragraph (b) or (c) below under Conditions of the Exchange Offer that cannot be
waived and that prevents the Exchange Offer from closing will not trigger the Termination Exchange.
Conditions of the Exchange Offer
We are not obligated to accept for exchange shares of Senior Preferred Stock tendered pursuant
to the Exchange Offer, if at any time on or after June 8, 2007 and prior to the expiration of the
Exchange Offer, any of the following conditions shall exist:
(a) there is any litigation (i) challenging or seeking to make illegal, materially delay,
restrain or prohibit the Exchange Offer, the acceptance for exchange of Senior Preferred Stock, or
the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Master Transaction Agreement; (ii) seeking
to prohibit or materially limit our ownership or operation of all or any of our material businesses
or assets, or requiring, as a result of the transactions contemplated by the Master Transaction
Agreement, that we dispose of or hold separate all or any portion of our material businesses or
assets, or (iii) which would have a material adverse effect;
(b) any governmental authority issues a final and nonappealable order or takes any action
permanently restraining, enjoining or prohibiting or materially delaying or preventing the
transactions contemplated by the Master Transaction Agreement;
(c) any law or governmental order becomes applicable to us or the transactions
contemplated by the Master Transaction Agreement that results, directly or indirectly, in the
consequences described within paragraph (a) above;
(d) any material adverse effect occurs;
(e) the
Class A Common Stock Tender Offer has not closed (the offer initially closed on
June 1, 2007 and a subsequent offering period closed on
June 15, 2007);
(f) the Master Transaction Agreement has terminated;
(g) we, CIG and the NBCU Entities have agreed that we should terminate the Exchange Offer
or postpone the acceptance for exchange of tendered Senior Preferred Stock;
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(h) our representations and warranties in the Master Transaction Agreement are not
accurate (to the extent failure to be accurate would reasonably be expected to have a material
adverse effect); and
(i) we breach any of our covenants or agreements in the Master Transaction Agreement in
any material respect.
We and CIG will, in our reasonable judgment, jointly determine whether any Exchange Offer
conditions exist and whether any such conditions should be waived. If we determine not to waive an
Exchange Offer condition, and CIG determines that no such condition exists or that such condition
should be waived, the Exchange Offer will expire without our
exchanging any validly tendered shares and we will be required to engage in the
Termination Exchange. If we determine to waive an Exchange Offer condition, and CIG determines not
to waive such condition, the Exchange Offer will expire without our
exchanging any validly tendered shares and the Termination Exchange will not
occur. The Exchange Offer conditions in paragraph (b) or (c) above cannot be waived and, if any
such condition exists, the Exchange Offer cannot close, the Exchange Offer will expire and no
shares of Senior Preferred Stock will be accepted for exchange, and the Termination Exchange will
not occur.
Extension, Termination and Amendment
The Master Transaction Agreement provides that we have the right to extend the Exchange
Offer for (i) any period required by any rule, regulation, interpretation or position of the SEC or
the staff thereof applicable to the Exchange Offer, (ii) any period required to obtain required
stockholder approval of the Preferred Stock Amendment, or (iii) any period required by applicable
law, regulation or other requirement of any governmental authority.
Subject to the SECs applicable rules and regulations, we also reserve the right, at any
time or from time to time, to:
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delay our acceptance for exchange or our exchange of any
Senior Preferred Stock pursuant to the Exchange Offer,
regardless of whether we previously accepted Senior
Preferred Stock for exchange, or to terminate the Exchange
Offer and not accept for exchange or exchange any Senior
Preferred Stock not previously accepted for exchange or
exchanged, upon the determination that any of the
conditions of the Exchange Offer or Consent Solicitation
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waive any condition subject to certain execeptions described under
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Accounting Treatment of the Exchange Offer
The difference between the fair value of the consideration transferred to holders of Senior
Preferred Stock and the carrying value of the Senior Preferred Stock at the time of the exchange
will be reflected in our net loss applicable to common stockholders, and will affect the
calculation of basic and diluted loss per common share in the period that the Exchange Offer
occurs. As of May 31, 2007, the carrying value of the Senior Preferred Stock was $831.6 million.
Certain U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences of the Exchange Offer
There are no material federal income tax consequences of the Exchange Offer and Consent
Solicitation to you as a holder of our Class A Common Stock or to us.
Stockholder Litigation
On June 13, 2007, a complaint was filed against us and seven of our directors in the Court of
Chancery of the State of Delaware in and for New Castle County by a group of plaintiffs purporting
to hold shares of our 141/4% Preferred Stock. On June 20, 2007, a second complaint was filed against us and seven of our directors in the same court by a group of plaintiffs purporting to hold shares
of our 93/4% Preferred Stock. Both complaints seek injunctive and other relief
relating to the Exchange Offer. NBCU, Citadel Investment Group LLC (Citadel) and Citadels affiliate CIG are also named as defendants in
the lawsuits. We believe that the complaints are without merit as to us and all of the director
defendants. We and the director defendants intend to vigorously defend against the complaints.
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The Recapitalization Transactions
Other Exchanges
Exchange of 11% Series B Preferred Stock. Promptly following the closing of the Exchange
Offer or immediately prior to the Termination Exchange, as applicable, NBC Palm Beach I will
exchange with us all the remaining 11% Series B Preferred Stock it holds, including its right to
all accrued and unpaid dividends thereon, for:
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$31,070,000 aggregate stated liquidation preference of
Series E-1 Mandatorily Convertible Preferred Stock (the
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NBCU Option II (as defined in Agreements and Additional
Transactions Contemplated by the Master Transaction
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8% Series D Mandatorily Convertible Preferred Stock (the
Series D Convertible Preferred Stock) with an aggregate
stated liquidation preference equal to $21,070,000 less
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Exchange of Series F Non-Convertible Preferred Stock. Promptly following the closing of
the Exchange Offer or immediately prior to the Termination Exchange, as applicable, CIG will
exchange:
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$95,584,689 aggregate stated liquidation preference of
Series F Non-Convertible Preferred Stock (transferred by
NBC Palm Beach I to CIG on the Commencement Date) with us
for $95,584,689 aggregate stated liquidation preference of
(a) Series A-2 Non-Convertible Preferred Stock or (b), if
50% or less of either series of Senior Preferred Stock
tender in the Exchange Offer and, as a result, we do not
receive the requisite approvals of the Preferred Stock
Amendment and Senior Issuance, Series C Non-Convertible
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$114,961,259 aggregate stated liquidation preference of
Series F Non-Convertible Preferred Stock for $200,000,000
aggregate stated liquidation preference of Series E-2
Mandatorily Convertible Preferred Stock (the Series E-2
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Exchange of Series A-2 Non-Convertible Preferred Stock or Series C Non-Convertible
Preferred Stock. Promptly following the Call Closing, CIG will be entitled to exchange the Series
C Non-Convertible Preferred Stock or Series A-2 Non-Convertible Preferred Stock, as the case may
be, received upon the exchange of the Series F Non-Convertible Preferred Stock described above, for
Series C Convertible Preferred Stock with an equal aggregate stated liquidation preference. If the
Call Closing does not occur before the deadline set forth in the Call Agreement or the FCC approval
for CIGs acquisition of the Call Shares is denied, NBC Palm Beach I will exchange its Series B
Notes, if any, received in the Contingent Exchange or the Termination Exchange, as applicable, with
CIG for an equal aggregate stated liquidation preference of Series A-2 Non-Convertible Preferred
Stock or Series C Non-Convertible Preferred Stock, as the case may be. To the extent either of CIG
or NBC Palm Beach I holds any Series A-2 Non-Convertible Preferred Stock or Series C
Non-Convertible Preferred Stock after such exchange, it will be entitled to exchange with us any
Series A-2 Non-Convertible Preferred Stock for an equal aggregate stated liquidation preference of
12% Series A-3 Mandatorily Convertible Preferred Stock (the Series A-3 Convertible Preferred
Stock) and any Series C Non-Convertible Preferred Stock for an equal aggregate stated liquidation
preference of 8% Series C Mandatorily Convertible Preferred Stock (the Series C Convertible
Preferred Stock).
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CIG Option to Purchase 11% Series B Preferred Stock. If for any reason (other than as a
result of CIGs breach of its obligations in connection with the Exchange Offer) neither the
closing of the Exchange Offer nor the Termination Exchange occurs, then (i) CIG shall transfer to
NBCU $210 million aggregate stated liquidation preference of Series F Non-Convertible Preferred Stock and (ii) NBCU shall grant to CIG an
option to purchase a number of shares of 11% Series B Preferred
Stock having an aggregate stated liquidation preference equal to $150 million multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the
number of shares acquired in the Class A Common Stock Tender Offer and the denominator of which is
the number of outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock on the
Commencement Date, less (i)
6,122,544 Shares, (ii) any shares of Class A Common Stock held by the Paxson Stockholders and (iii)
certain shares of Class A Common Stock issued after
November 7, 2005 pursuant to stock-based compensation awards or upon conversion of convertible
securities. The exercise price of the option will be equal to the number of shares of Class A
Common Stock acquired in the Class A Common Stock Tender Offer multiplied by $1.46. CIG is entitled
to pay the exercise price in either cash or shares of Class A Common Stock. If CIG elects to pay
the exercise price in shares, NBCU is entitled to elect to receive shares of Class C Common Stock
in lieu of shares of Class A Common Stock.
The Reverse Stock Split
The Master Transaction Agreement requires us to combine our outstanding shares of common stock
into a lesser number of shares (the Reverse Stock Split) promptly following the Call Closing. The
consummation of the Reverse Stock Split is conditioned, among other things, upon:
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the Class A Common Stock Tender Offer being completed
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the approval of the Reverse Stock Split by the requisite vote of
the holders of common stock outstanding and entitled to vote on
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receipt of FCC approval for CIGs acquisition of the Call Shares; |
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no law, regulation or other requirement of any governmental
authority making the Reverse Stock Split illegal being in
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the Call Closing having occurred. |
Assuming completion of the sale of the Paxson Stockholders shares to CIG, CIG will have
the voting power to approve the Reverse Stock Split.
In the Reverse Stock Split, each share of Class A Common Stock issued and outstanding shall be
converted into and become such fraction of a fully paid and nonassessable share of Class A Common
Stock as shall be determined by CIG, the NBCU Entities and us, such that each holder of shares of
Class A Common Stock, other than CIG, would be eligible to receive, in respect of all its shares of
Class A Common Stock, less than a whole share of Class A Common Stock upon completion of the
Reverse Stock Split. If, however, CIG does not own the greatest number of shares of Class A Common
Stock immediately prior to the Reverse Stock Split, the applicable ratio for converting the shares
of Class A Common Stock will be such that every holder of shares of Class A Common Stock (including
CIG) would be entitled to receive, in respect of all its shares of Class A Common Stock, less than
a whole share of Class A Common Stock upon completion of the Reverse Stock Split. No fractional
shares of our Class A Common Stock shall be issued in connection with the Reverse Stock Split, and
all holders who would otherwise be entitled to receive less than a whole share of Class A Common
Stock will receive an amount in cash equal to the number of shares of Class A Common Stock held
immediately prior to the Reverse Stock Split multiplied by the per-share price paid in the Class A
Common Stock Tender Offer. Immediately prior to the Reverse Stock Split, CIG shall make a capital
contribution to us in the amount necessary to make any payments required to be made to our security
holders in connection with the Reverse Stock Split.
Each share of Class B Common Stock issued and outstanding at the time of the Reverse
Stock Split will be converted into and become a fractional number of fully paid and nonassessable
shares of Class B Common Stock pursuant to the same ratio that is applied to the shares of Class A
Common Stock. Fractional shares of Class B Common Stock will remain outstanding after the Reverse
Stock Split and we will issue new stock certificates for such fractional shares.
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Stockholders Meetings
Under the Master Transaction Agreement, we must hold a stockholders meeting to approve
the Preferred Stock Amendment, the Common Stock Amendment and the Issuances. At the meeting, CIG
is required to vote (or cause to be voted) all shares of Class A Common Stock that it and its
subsidiaries have the power to vote in favor of these proposals. If the Paxson Stockholders consent
in writing to each of these matters, we are not required to hold the stockholders meeting, but can
take action by written consent. As discussed above, on July [ ], 2007, we received the written
consent of the Paxson Stockholders approving the Preferred Stock Amendment, the Common Stock
Amendment and the Issuances, and accordingly, will not be required to hold a stockholders meeting.
The Master Transaction Agreement requires that we hold an additional stockholders
meeting as promptly as practicable following the Call Closing to approve the Reverse Stock Split.
At this additional meeting, CIG is required to vote (or cause to be voted) all shares of Class A
Common Stock that it and its subsidiaries have the power to vote in favor of the Reverse Stock
Split.
Exclusivity
The Master Transaction Agreement provides that we, our subsidiaries, our directors,
officers, employees and representatives, and the directors, officers, employees and representatives
of our subsidiaries cannot:
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take any action to facilitate any inquiries or the making of any
proposal or offer that may reasonably be expected to lead to any
merger, consolidation, sale, lease, exchange, transfer or other
disposition of all or a substantial part of our assets, any sale,
exchange, transfer or other disposition of 15% or more of any class
of our equity securities or those of any subsidiary, any tender
offer or exchange offer that would result in any person owning 15%
or more of any class of our equity securities or those of any
subsidiary or similar transaction (other than the transactions
contemplated by the Master Transaction Agreement), or any
solicitation in opposition to approval and adoption of the
transactions contemplated by the Master Transaction Agreement, or
any other transaction the consummation of which would reasonably be
expected to prevent, materially delay or otherwise interfere with
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We have agreed to promptly notify CIG and the NBCU Entities of the existence of, material
terms of, and identity of any person making any proposal or contact regarding a Competing
Transaction. We have also undertaken to immediately cease any existing discussions or negotiations
regarding a Competing Transaction, and not to release any person from any confidentiality or
standstill agreement. Under certain conditions, however, on or prior to the closing or expiration
of the Exchange Offer, the Board may furnish information to, or enter into discussions with a
person who has made an unsolicited, written, bona fide proposal or offer regarding a Competing
Transaction and, at any time following the Commencement Date, the Board may withdraw or modify its
recommendation relating to the Class A Common Stock Tender Offer
(the offer initially closed on June 1, 2007 and a subsequent
offering period closed on
June 15, 2007) or
any actions to be taken at the two stockholders meetings if the Board determines that any such
action is required to comply with its fiduciary obligations under applicable law and may recommend
a Competing Transaction to comply with Rule 14d-9 of the Exchange Act.
Except as otherwise provided in the Master Transaction Agreement, the Board may not
withdraw or modify its approval or recommendation relating to the transactions contemplated by the
Master Transaction Agreement and the related documents or approve or recommend any Competing
Transaction.
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Waiver from Senior Lenders
The Master Transaction Agreement provides that, if we have not entered into arrangements
reasonably satisfactory to CIG providing for a third party to purchase any and all of our
outstanding Senior Debt as to which the holders thereof elect to exercise any right they may have
to require us to repurchase such Senior Debt as a result of the transactions contemplated by the
Master Transaction Agreement, we must use our reasonable best efforts to obtain a waiver of any
such right from the holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of each class of
the Senior Debt outstanding at the time of the waiver. If the waiver is not obtained prior to the
closing of the Exchange Offer or the closing of the Termination
Exchange as applicable, the transactions
contemplated by the Master Transaction Agreement shall, prior to the Call Closing, be amended and
restructured so that the NBCU Entities retain at least $250,000,000 aggregate liquidation
preference of 11% Series B Preferred Stock until the waiver is obtained or no longer required.
Non-Solicitation of R. Brandon Burgess
The Master Transaction Agreement provides that, for a period of five years from May 3,
2007, the NBCU Entities and their affiliates shall not, directly or indirectly, (i) induce or
attempt to induce R. Brandon Burgess (Mr. Burgess), our Chief Executive Officer and President, to
terminate his employment with us or in any way intentionally interfere with the relationship
between Mr. Burgess and us or (ii) to the extent such restriction does not violate applicable law,
engage Mr. Burgess for any purposes (e.g., as an employee, consultant or otherwise). Clause (ii)
shall not apply to any engagement by the NBCU Entities or their affiliates of Mr. Burgess that was
not a result of any inducement or attempted inducement of Mr. Burgess by any of the NBCU Entities
or their affiliates to terminate his employment by us or any interference with the relationship
between Mr. Burgess and us, if such engagement occurs no earlier than 12 months after the date Mr.
Burgess is no longer employed by us.
Agreements and Additional Transactions Contemplated by the Master Transaction Agreement
Pursuant to the Master Transaction Agreement, we entered into the following agreements
and documents on the Commencement Date:
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an Indenture between us and The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A. (the Series B
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the NBCU Option II (as defined in Agreements and Additional Transactions
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a Class A Common Stock Purchase Warrant issued by us to CIG (the Warrant); |
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a Stockholders Agreement between us, CIG and NBCU (the New Stockholders Agreement); |
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a Registration Rights Agreement between us, CIG and the NBCU Entities (the Series B
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a Registration Rights Agreement between us, CIG and NBCU (the New Registration Rights
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The following is a summary of the material provisions of the documents listed above. The
summary does not purport to be complete. Copies of these documents are filed as exhibits to the
Schedule TO filed with the SEC on June 8, 2007 and may be obtained in the manner set forth below
under the heading, Where You Can Find More Information.
Series B Notes Indenture. On the Commencement Date, we issued and sold to CIG $100.0 million
aggregate principal balance of Series B Notes under the Series B Notes Indenture for gross proceeds
to us of $100.0 million in cash. The Series B Notes are mandatorily convertible senior subordinated
notes bearing interest at an 11% annual simple interest rate. The Series B Notes require quarterly
interest payments in January, April, July, and October of each year, with the first interest
payment date being July 31, 2007. We have the option to pay interest on the Series B Notes either
(i) entirely in cash or (ii) by deferring the payment of all such interest to any subsequent
interest payment date. The Series B Notes Indenture contains customary covenants and includes a
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covenant restricting our ability to incur additional debt, other than specified types of permitted
debt, unless after giving effect
to the incurrence of such additional debt and the application of the proceeds thereof, our
ratio of total debt to consolidated EBITDA would be less than 8.5 to 1.0. Holders of Series B Notes
have the right to require us to repay these obligations following the occurrence of certain events
of default. We do not have the right to redeem the Series B Notes until the final maturity date of
July 31, 2013.
NBCU Option II. Pursuant to a call agreement between us and NBC Palm Beach I (the NBCU
Option II), we granted to NBC Palm Beach I, effective as of the Call Closing, an irrevocable right
to purchase 26,688,361 shares of Class B Common Stock. In exchange for the option, NBC Palm Beach I
will surrender and deliver on the Call Closing shares of 11% Series B Preferred Stock it owns, in
an amount representing aggregate accrued and unpaid dividends on the 11% Series B Preferred Stock
as determined in accordance with the Master Transaction Agreement. The exercise price of the option
is $0.50 per share of Class B Common Stock, payable in cash. The option is exercisable at any time
during the five-year period beginning on the Call Closing and will automatically renew for
additional five-year periods. The holder of NBCU Option II may exercise the option at any time
subject to FCC regulations and any other required governmental approvals. The NBCU Option II is
freely transferable, subject to compliance with the applicable rules and regulations of the FCC and
the SEC.
The Warrant. Under the Warrant, CIG will have the right to purchase up to 100,000,000
shares of Class A Common Stock at an exercise price of $0.75 per share, payable in cash. The term
of the Warrant is seven years beginning on the date of the closing of the Exchange Offer.
New Stockholders Agreement. The New Stockholders Agreement provides that, from and
after the Call Closing (the Effective Date), the Board shall be comprised of 13 directors or such
other number of directors as the Board may determine (subject to the approval rights described
below). For so long as CIG and its affiliates hold the majority of the outstanding voting power of
ION, CIG has the right to designate seven directors. If CIG and its affiliates hold less than 50%
but more than 20% of the outstanding voting power, CIG has the right to designate two directors. If
NBCU and its affiliates hold more than 20% of the outstanding voting power, they will be entitled
to designate two directors, and if they hold a majority of such voting power, they will have the
right to designate seven directors.
The New Stockholders Agreement also provides that, from and after the Effective Date, so
long as either NBCU (together with its affiliates) or CIG (together with its affiliates) holds at
least 25% of the voting power of ION, each such stockholder (an Approval Stockholder) is entitled
to approve certain actions involving us, including, among other actions:
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entering into a material agreement that would be adverse to either CIG or the NBCU Entities; |
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entering into any agreement regarding the digital spectrum of any of our television
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an action that would cause certain media assets to be attributable to CIG (or its
affiliates) or NBCU (or its affiliates) under FCC regulations; |
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the adoption of our annual operating budget; |
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material amendments to the certificate of incorporation; |
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a sale of the primary operating assets of, or a FCC license of, any of our television stations serving a
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The New Stockholders Agreement also provides that, from and after the Effective Date,
(a) NBCU will have a right of first offer on the sale of any of our television stations serving a
top 50 market and (b) the Approval Stockholders will have certain preemptive rights in respect of
sales of common stock or common stock equivalents by us.
We have certain other obligations to CIG and NBCU under the New Stockholders Agreement,
including various affirmative covenants and reporting obligations as more specifically described
therein.
Series B Subordinated Debt Registration Rights Agreement. The Series B Subordinated Debt
Registration Rights Agreement provides for certain registration rights for the benefit of CIG and
the NBCU Entities after an initial public offering of a class of our equity securities. We have
agreed that upon demand of CIG, the NBCU Entities or holders of a majority of the Series B Notes,
we will file a shelf registration statement with the SEC, under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the Securities Act), to cover resales of the Series B Notes.
The New Registration Rights Agreement. The New Registration Rights Agreement provides
for certain registration rights for the benefit of NBCU and CIG after an initial public offering of
a class of our equity securities. Upon the demand of NBCU or CIG, we will register (under the
Securities Act) shares of Class A Common Stock and Class D Common Stock that are outstanding or
issued on the basis of a conversion of the Series A Notes, the Series B Notes, the Series A-1
Convertible Preferred Stock, the Series A-3 Convertible Preferred Stock, the Series B Convertible
Preferred Stock, the Series C Convertible Preferred Stock or the Series D Convertible Preferred
Stock. In addition, NBCU and CIG have the right to piggy-back on our registration statement in
certain circumstances.
Board Representation
Pursuant to the Master Transaction Agreement, from and after the closing of the Class A
Common Stock Tender Offer, but prior to the Call Closing, CIG has the right to designate two
directors to our Board. In addition, in the event any member of the Board, other than any member
appointed by the holders of Senior Preferred Stock, ceases for any reason to serve as our director,
CIG has the contractual right to designate a director to fill such vacancy.
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THE PREFERRED STOCK AMENDMENT
In connection with the Exchange Offer, we are soliciting consents from the holders of our 141/4%
Preferred Stock and 93/4% Preferred Stock to amend the respective certificate of designation
governing each series of Senior Preferred Stock to eliminate (i) all voting rights, other than
voting rights required by law, (ii) our obligation to repurchase the Senior Preferred Stock upon a
change of control, (iii) all redemption rights, (iv) in the case of the 141/4% Preferred Stock, all
exchange rights, and (v) substantially all of the restrictive covenants applicable to such series
of Senior Preferred Stock, including the following:
With respect to the 141/4% Preferred Stock:
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The limitation on restricted payments; |
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In addition, in connection with the Exchange Offer, we are also soliciting consents from
the holders of our 141/4% Preferred Stock and 93/4% Preferred Stock to approve the Senior Issuance.
To approve the Preferred Stock Amendment with respect to either series of Senior Preferred
Stock, we must receive consents from holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of such series
of Senior Preferred Stock and approval of a majority of the total voting power of our outstanding
Voting Stock. On July ___, 2007, holders of 61.82% of the total voting power of our outstanding
Voting Stock approved the Preferred Stock Amendment. To approve the Senior Issuance, we must
receive consents from holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of each series of Senior
Preferred Stock. If we do not receive consents from holders of more than 50% of each series of
Senior Preferred Stock, we will issue the Series B Convertible Preferred Stock in the Exchange
Offer.
Our Board, following the recommendation of a special committee of the Board, has declared
advisable the Preferred Stock Amendment.
Copies of the proposed amended and restated certificate of designation for each series of
Senior Preferred Stock are attached to this Information Statement as Exhibit A and B.
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THE COMMON STOCK AMENDMENT
Our Certificate of Incorporation presently permits us to issue up to 857,000,000 shares of
common stock, consisting of 505,000,000 shares of Class A Common Stock, each entitled to one vote
per share, 35,000,000 shares of Class B Common Stock, each entitled to ten votes per share, and
317,000,000 shares of Class C Common Stock. We currently have 65,892,265 outstanding shares of
Class A Common Stock and an additional 36,824,170 shares of Class A Common Stock reserved for
issuance pursuant to outstanding stock-based compensation awards and upon conversion of our 93/4%
Preferred Stock and Class B Common Stock. We have 8,311,639 outstanding shares of Class B Common
Stock, all of which are held by the Paxson Stockholders and subject to the Call Right, which was
transferred to CIG on the Commencement Date. We currently have no outstanding shares of Class C
Common Stock. A description of our outstanding equity securities is included under the section
captioned Description of Capital Stock.
The
Series A-1 Convertible Preferred Stock, Series B Convertible Preferred Stock and Series A
Notes that are being offered in the Exchange Offer are convertible into shares of Class D Common
Stock. Accordingly, our Board has determined that we should create the Class D Common Stock,
authorize the issuance of 1,000,000,000 shares of our Class D Common Stock and reserve 700,000,000
shares of our Class D Common Stock to be issued upon the conversion of the Series A Notes and
either the Series A-1 Convertible Preferred Stock or the Series B Convertible Preferred Stock, as
applicable. We refer to the securities that are convertible into Class D Common Stock as the
Exchange Offer Convertible Securities.
In addition, pursuant to the various recapitalization transactions contemplated in the Master
Transaction Agreement, our Board has determined to reserve an additional 600,000,000 shares of our
Class A Common Stock and an additional 600,000,000 shares of our Class C Common Stock to be issued
upon the conversion of the Series A-3 Convertible Preferred Stock, Series C Convertible Preferred
Stock, Series D Convertible Preferred Stock, Series E-1 Convertible Preferred Stock, Series E-2
Convertible Preferred Stock and Series B Notes. We refer to the securities that are convertible
into Class A Common Stock or Class C Common Stock, as applicable, as the Other Recapitalization
Convertible Securities.
A description of the Exchange Offer Convertible Securities and the Other Recapitalization
Convertible Securities is included under the sections captioned Description of Capital Stock and
Description of Certain Indebtedness.
Since we presently do not have sufficient authorized but unissued shares of Class A Common
Stock or Class C Common Stock or, in the case of Class D Common Stock, such class of shares
authorized, to permit us to issue all of the shares of stock that are issuable upon conversion of
the Exchange Offer Convertible Securities or Other Recapitalization Convertible Securities, our
Board has determined to amend Article Fourth of our Certificate of Incorporation to (i) create a
new class of authorized common stock to be designated the Class D Common Stock and provide for
1,000,000,000 authorized shares of such stock and (ii) increase the number of authorized shares of
our Class A Common Stock from 505,000,000 to 1,000,000,000 and the number of authorized shares of
our Class C Common Stock from 317,000,000 to 1,000,000,000, with a corresponding increase in the
number of our total authorized shares of common stock from 857,000,000 to 3,035,000,000. The
Exchange Offer Convertible Securities and the Other Recapitalization Convertible Securities will
not be convertible until the effectiveness of the Common Stock Amendment. The Common Stock
Amendment would not increase the number of authorized shares of our Class B Common Stock or
increase the number of authorized shares of preferred stock.
Because substantially all of the authorized shares of Class D Common Stock, as well as the
additional authorized shares of Class A Common Stock and Class C Common Stock, would be reserved
for issuance upon conversion of the Exchange Offer Convertible Securities and Other
Recapitalization Convertible Securities, such authorized shares would not be available to us for
issuance or reservation for other purposes, unless and until the reservation of such shares for
conversion were no longer required. Authorized but unissued shares of our common stock, as to which
reservation for issuance upon conversion of the Exchange Offer Convertible Securities and Other
Recapitalization Convertible Securities or pursuant to stock-based compensation awards ceases to be
necessary, would be available for issuance, without further action by our stockholders (except as
may be required by law or the rules of any stock exchange on which our securities may then be
listed or as set forth in the New Stockholders Agreement), for such corporate purposes as the
Board may determine.
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None of our outstanding shares of common stock carry preemptive rights or cumulative voting
rights, except that CIG and NBCU have preemptive rights following the Effective Date under and
pursuant to the New Stockholders Agreement.
The additional shares of Class A Common Stock to be authorized by adoption of the Common Stock
Amendment would have rights identical to the currently outstanding Class A Common Stock.
The additional shares of Class C Common Stock to be authorized by adoption of the Common Stock
Amendment would have rights identical to the currently designated Class C Common Stock, except the
proposed Common Stock Amendment modifies the circumstances under which Class C Common Stock may be
converted. Under the proposed Common Stock Amendment, Class C Common Stock will automatically
convert into Class A Common Stock when (i) it is transferred to any person that the holder of such
Class C Common Stock determines is not prevented by the Communications Act of 1934, as amended
(including, without limitation, the Cable Communications Policy Act of 1984 and the Cable
Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992) and all rules and regulations of the
FCC (the Communications Act) from holding Class A Common Stock or (ii) the holder of such shares
determines that the Communications Act no longer prohibits such holder from holding shares of Class
A Common Stock, in either case, after consultation with outside legal counsel and, if required by
us, delivers to us an opinion of legal counsel reasonably acceptable to us to the effect that the
Communications Act no longer prohibits such holder from holding shares of Class A Common Stock.
The creation and issuance of Class D Common Stock, as well as the issuance of additional
shares of Class A Common Stock, Class C Common Stock and Class D Common Stock upon conversion of
the Exchange Offer Convertible Securities and the Other Recapitalization Convertible Securities
will have a dilutive effect on earnings per share and on stockholders equity. In addition, the
issuance of additional shares of Class A Common Stock or Class C Common Stock (which is convertible
into Class A Common Stock) will have a dilutive effect on voting rights. Furthermore, future sales
of substantial amounts of our common stock, or the perception that these sales might occur, could
adversely affect the prevailing market price of our common stock or limit our ability to raise
additional capital.
The proposed increase in our authorized capital stock could be construed as having
anti-takeover effects. The availability of a significant amount of authorized but unissued shares
of common stock could be used by our Board to make more difficult or discourage an attempt to
obtain control of us by means of a merger, tender offer, proxy contest or other means.
Consequently, subject to the limitations in the New Stockholders Agreement, our Board could use
these additional shares of common stock to create voting or other impediments or to discourage
persons seeking to gain control of us. Such shares of common stock also could be privately placed
with purchasers favorable to our Board in opposing such action. The existence of the additional
authorized shares could have the effect of discouraging unsolicited takeover attempts. The issuance
of new shares of common stock also could be used to dilute the stock ownership of a person or
entity seeking to obtain control of us should our Board consider the action of such entity or
person not to be in the best interest of our stockholders.
In addition to the proposed Common Stock Amendment, our certificate of incorporation currently
provides our Board with the authority to issue preferred stock and to determine the preferences,
limitations and relative rights of shares of preferred stock and to fix the number of shares
constituting any series and the designation of such series, without any further vote or action by
our stockholders. Subject to the limitations in the New Stockholders Agreement, the preferred
stock could be issued with voting, liquidation, dividend and other rights superior to the rights of
our common stock. The potential issuance of preferred stock may delay or prevent a change in
control of us, discourage bids for the common stock at a premium over the market price, and
adversely affect the market price and the voting and other rights of the holders of our common
stock.
Our Board, following the recommendation of a special committee of the Board, has declared
advisable the Common Stock Amendment. On July ___, 2007, the Common Stock Amendment was approved by
the affirmative vote of holders of a majority of the total voting power of our outstanding Voting
Stock.
A copy of the proposed Common Stock Amendment is attached to this Information Statement as
Exhibit C.
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THE ISSUANCES
As discussed above under the sections captioned The Master Transaction Agreement The
Exchange Offer Exchange Offer Consideration, The Master Transaction Agreement The Exchange
Offer Termination Exchange and The Master Transaction Agreement The Recapitalization
Transactions, the Master Transaction Agreement contemplates, either on the Commencement Date,
promptly following the closing of the Exchange Offer or immediately prior to the Termination
Exchange, several exchanges and agreements whereby we would issue certain series of our convertible
preferred stock in exchange for other series of our preferred stock, an option and a warrant. Each
of these series of convertible preferred stock, the option and the warrant is convertible or
exercisable into either Class A Common Stock, Class B Common Stock (which is convertible into Class
A Common Stock) or Class C Common Stock (which is convertible into Class A Common Stock). Under
the AMEX Company Guide, stockholder approval is required for these issuances of securities
convertible into Class A Common Stock because, on an as-converted basis, they represent 20% or more
of our presently outstanding Class A Common Stock and the initial conversion and exercise prices at
which the shares of Class A Common Stock may be issued are less than the current market price of
our Class A Common Stock. A description of the outstanding securities and the securities to be
issued in the Issuances is included under the sections captioned Description of Capital Stock and
Description of Certain Indebtedness.
Contingent Exchange
Pursuant to the Contingent Exchange (discussed above under the section captioned The Master
Transaction Agreement The Exchange Offer Exchange Offer Consideration), if less than 90% of
the shares of each series of Senior Preferred Stock owned by holders other than CIG are validly
tendered and accepted in the Exchange Offer, we have agreed to issue to CIG and NBC Palm Beach I up
to $470,584,689 aggregate principal amount of our Series B Notes in exchange for other securities
they currently hold. Based on the initial conversion price of $0.75 per share, if $470,584,689
aggregate principal amount of our Series B Notes were issued in the Contingent Exchange, such
Series B Notes would be convertible into a maximum of 627,446,252 shares of either Class A Common
Stock or Class C Common Stock (each share of which is convertible into one share of Class A Common
Stock).
Termination Exchange
Pursuant to the Termination Exchange (discussed above under the section captioned The Master
Termination Agreement The Exchange Offer Termination Exchange), if the Exchange Offer
terminates or expires without any shares of Senior Preferred Stock being accepted for exchange by
us, promptly following the termination or expiration of the Exchange Offer, we have agreed, under
certain circumstances, to issue to CIG and NBC Palm Beach I $546,988,119 principal amount of our
Series B Notes in exchange for other securities they currently hold. Based on the initial
conversion price of $0.75 per share, if $546,988,119 aggregate principal amount of our Series B
Notes were issued in the Termination Exchange, such Series B Notes would be convertible into a
maximum of 729,317,492 shares of either Class A Common Stock or Class C Common Stock (each share of
which is convertible into one share of Class A Common Stock).
Recapitalization Transactions
Exchange of 11% Series B Preferred Stock. In connection with the exchange of our 11% Series B
Preferred Stock (as discussed above under the section captioned The Master Transaction Agreement -
The Recapitalization Transactions Other Exchanges), we would issue Series D Convertible
Preferred Stock and Series E-1 Convertible Preferred Stock. Based on the initial conversion price
of $0.75 per share, the Series D Convertible Preferred Stock is convertible into a maximum of
520,000,000 shares of either Class A Common Stock or Class C Common Stock and the Series E-1
Convertible Preferred Stock is convertible into a maximum of 41,426,667 shares of either Class A
Common Stock or Class C Common Stock (each share of which is convertible into one share of Class A
Common Stock).
NBCU Option II. Also in exchange for our 11% Series B Preferred Stock, we would issue the
NBCU Option II (as discussed above under the section captioned The Master Transaction Agreement -
The Recapitalization Transactions -Agreements and Additional Transactions Contemplated by the
Master Transaction Agreement ). The NBCU Option II is an option to purchase 26,688,361 shares of Class B Common
Stock (each share of which is convertible into one share of Class A Common Stock).
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Exchange of Series F Non-Convertible Preferred Stock. In connection with the exchange of our
Series F Non-Convertible Preferred Stock (as discussed above under the section captioned The
Master Transaction Agreement The Recapitalization Transactions Other Exchanges), we would
issue, among other securities, Series E-2 Convertible Preferred Stock which, based on the initial
conversion price of $0.89 per share, would be convertible into a maximum of 224,719,101 shares of
Class C Common Stock (each share of which is convertible into one share of Class A Common Stock).
Exchange of Series A-2 Non-Convertible Preferred Stock or Series C Non-Convertible Preferred
Stock. In connection with the exchange of our Series A-2 Non-Convertible Preferred Stock or Series
C Non-Convertible Preferred Stock (as discussed above under the section captioned The Master
Transaction Agreement The Recapitalization Transactions Other Exchanges), we would issue,
under certain circumstances, Series A-3 Convertible Preferred Stock or Series C Convertible
Preferred Stock, as applicable. Each of the Series A-3 Convertible Preferred Stock and Series C
Convertible Preferred Stock is convertible, based on the initial conversion price of $0.75 per
share, into a maximum of 146,666,666 shares of either Class A Common Stock or Class C Common Stock
(each share of which is convertible into one share of Class A Common Stock).
Warrant. As part of the additional investment by CIG (as discussed above under the section
captioned The Master Transaction Agreement Additional Investment by CIG), on the Commencement
Date, we issued the Warrant giving CIG the right to purchase up to 100,000,000 shares of Class A
Common Stock at an exercise price of $0.75 per share, subject to adjustment, payable in cash (as
discussed above under the section captioned The Master Transaction Agreement Agreements and
Additional Transactions Contemplated by the Master Transaction Agreement ).
Our Board, following the recommendation of a special committee of the Board, has approved the
Issuances.
A copy of the NBCU II Option is attached to this Information Statement as Exhibit D. A copy
of the Warrant is attached to this Information Statement as Exhibit E.
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DESCRIPTION
OF CAPITAL STOCK
Currently, our authorized capital stock consists of 857,000,000
authorized shares of common stock, of which
65,892,265 shares of Class A Common Stock,
8,311,639 shares of Class B Common Stock, and no
shares of Class C Common Stock were outstanding as of
June 1, 2007; and 1,000,000 authorized shares of preferred
stock, 72,000 of which have been designated as
141/4%
Preferred Stock (of which 56,931.4905 shares were
outstanding as of June 1, 2007) 17,500 of which have
been designated as
93/4%
Preferred Stock (of which 16,695.9798 shares were
outstanding as of June 1, 2007) and 60,607 of which
have been designated as of 11% Series B Preferred Stock (of
which 39,607 shares were outstanding as of June 1,
2007). The following information relates to our certificate of
incorporation and by-laws, as currently in effect.
Common
Stock
Dividends. Subject to the preferred
stocks prior right to dividends, holders of record of
shares of Class A Common Stock, Class B Common Stock
and Class C Common Stock are entitled to receive such
dividends as may be declared by our Board. No dividends may be
declared or paid on any share of any class of our common stock
unless the same dividend is simultaneously declared or paid on
each share of the other classes of common stock. Likewise, in
the case of any stock dividend, holders of all classes of common
stock are entitled to receive the same percentage dividend,
payable in shares of their respective classes of common stock.
Holders of Class D Common Stock will be entitled to the
same rights with respect to dividends.
Voting Rights. Holders of shares of
Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock vote
with the holders of
93/4%
Preferred Stock on an as-converted basis as a single class on
all matters submitted to a vote of our stockholders. Except as
otherwise provided by law, each share of Class A Common
Stock is entitled to one vote, and each share of Class B
Common Stock is entitled to ten votes. Holders of Class C
Common Stock have no voting rights, and holders of Class D
Common Stock will have no voting rights, except (i) as
required under the DGCL, and (ii) as expressly provided in
the certificate of incorporation, including for certain rights
in connection with a merger, asset sale or recapitalization.
Liquidation Rights. Upon our liquidation,
dissolution, or
winding-up,
the holders of the common stock are entitled to share pro rata
in all assets available for distribution after payment in full
of any amounts due to creditors and to any holders of
outstanding preferred stock.
Other Provisions. Each share of Class B
Common Stock and Class C Common Stock is generally
convertible at the option of its holder into one share of
Class A Common Stock at any time, subject to certain
restrictions in the case of the conversion of Class C
Common Stock. Shares of Class D Common Stock will not be
convertible. Holders of common stock do not have preemptive
rights, except that CIG and NBCU have preemptive rights
following the Effective Date under and pursuant to the New
Stockholders Agreement.
Preferred
Stock
Our certificate of incorporation provides that
1,000,000 shares of preferred stock may be issued from time
to time in one or more classes or one or more series. Our Board
is expressly vested with authority to provide for voting powers,
full or limited, or no voting powers, and with such
designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional
and other special rights, and qualifications, limitations or
restrictions thereof, if any, as shall be stated and expressed
in the resolutions providing for such issue adopted by our Board
under the DGCL. Except as otherwise provided by law, the holders
of our preferred stock shall only have such voting rights as are
provided or expressed in the resolutions of our Board relating
to such preferred stock, adopted pursuant to the authority
contained in our certificate of incorporation.
141/4%
Preferred Stock
General. We have designated 72,000 shares
of our authorized preferred stock as our
141/4%
Preferred Stock, of which, as of May 31, 2007, there were
56,931.4905 shares issued and outstanding with an aggregate
accrued liquidation preference, including accrued and unpaid
dividends, of $653.8 million.
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Dividends. The certificate of designation for
the
141/4%
Preferred Stock provides that holders are entitled to receive
dividends on each share at an annual rate of
131/4%
of the liquidation preference per share. We may, at our option,
pay dividends either in cash or by the issuance of additional
shares of
141/4%
Preferred Stock having an aggregate liquidation preference equal
to the amount of such dividends. The certificate of designation
further provides that, if dividends for any period after
May 15, 2003 are not paid in cash, the dividend rate will
increase to
141/4%
per year for that dividend payment period. Because we elected to
continue to pay dividends in additional shares, the dividend
rate increased to
141/4%
after May 15, 2003 in accordance with the terms of the
security. All dividends shall be cumulative, whether or not
earned or declared, on a daily basis from the issuance date, and
shall be payable semi-annually in arrears on each dividend
payment date.
For the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004, we
paid dividends of approximately $37.9 million,
$68.3 million and $59.6 million, respectively, by the
issuance of additional shares of
141/4%
Preferred Stock. Accrued
141/4%
Preferred Stock dividends aggregated approximately
$50.7 million and $9.5 million at December 31,
2006 and 2005, respectively. No dividends have been declared on
the
141/4%
Preferred Stock since May 15, 2006, though dividends
continue to accrue at a rate of
141/4%
for purposes of the preferential amounts that holders would be
entitled to receive in a liquidation of our company.
Voting Rights. The
141/4%
Preferred Stock is non-voting, except as otherwise required by
law and except that the holders have the right to vote as a
class with respect to:
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materially and adversely amending certain rights of the holders
of the
141/4%
Preferred Stock;
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issuing any class of equity securities that ranks on a parity
with or senior to the
141/4%
Preferred Stock, other than the issuance of additional shares of
141/4%
Preferred Stock to pay dividends on the
141/4%
Preferred Stock in accordance with its terms; and
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any merger or consolidation involving us and any transfer of all
or substantially all of our assets (including our subsidiaries,
taken as a whole), unless certain conditions are met.
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In addition, the certificate of designation of the
141/4%
Preferred Stock provides that, upon our failure to
(1) satisfy redemption obligations, including the
redemption of the
141/4%
Preferred Stock by November 15, 2006, (2) make any
required offer to purchase the
141/4%
Preferred Stock following a change of control, (3) comply
with certain covenants or (4) make certain payments on our
indebtedness, as their sole and exclusive remedy under such
circumstances, holders of a majority of the outstanding shares
of the
141/4%
Preferred Stock, voting separately as one class, may elect the
lesser of two directors or that number of directors constituting
at least 25% of our Board. Following our failure to redeem the
141/4%
Preferred Stock on November 15, 2006, two directors were
elected to our Board by the holders of the
141/4%
Preferred Stock effective April 2, 2007.
Liquidation Rights. The liquidation preference
of the
141/4%
Preferred Stock is $10,000 per share. The certificate of
designation applicable to the
141/4%
Preferred Stock currently provides that the
141/4%
Preferred Stock is senior in right of payment to the
93/4%
Preferred Stock, the 11% Series B Preferred Stock and all
classes of common stock. If the Preferred Stock Amendment with respect
to the certificate of designation governing the
141/4%
Preferred Stock are adopted, the certificate of designation
governing the
141/4%
Preferred Stock will provide that the
141/4%
Preferred Stock will rank (i) junior in right of payment to
the 11% Series B Preferred Stock,
Series A-1
Convertible Preferred Stock,
Series A-2
Non-Convertible Preferred Stock and
Series A-3
Convertible Preferred Stock and (ii) equal in right of
payment to the Series C Convertible Preferred Stock.
Assuming the Preferred Stock Amendment with respect to the certificate
of designation governing the
141/4%
Preferred Stock are adopted, the ranking of the
141/4%
Preferred Stock in relation to the Senior Debt and
93/4%
Preferred Stock, as well as the Series A Notes,
Series B Notes and various series of preferred stock to be
issued in connection with the Exchange Offer and transactions
contemplated by the Master Transaction Agreement (the
Transactions),
as applicable.
Redemption. We may redeem all or a portion of
the
141/4%
Preferred Stock, at our option, at any time at a redemption
price equal to 100% of the liquidation preference thereof, plus,
without duplication, accumulated and unpaid dividends to the
date of redemption.
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We were required to redeem all of the
141/4%
Preferred Stock outstanding on November 15, 2006 at a
redemption price equal to 100% of the liquidation preference,
plus, without duplication, accumulated and unpaid dividends to
the date of redemption. We have not redeemed these shares and
dividends continue to accrue. As a result, the holders of the
141/4%
Preferred Stock exercised their right to elect two additional
directors to our Board effective April 2, 2007.
Upon a change of control (as defined in the certificate of
designation for the
141/4%
Preferred Stock), we are required to offer to purchase the
141/4%
Preferred Stock at a price equal to 101% of the liquidation
preference, plus, without duplication, accumulated and unpaid
dividends.
Exchange Provisions. The
141/4%
Preferred Stock is exchangeable into the
131/4%
exchange debentures, at our option, subject to certain
conditions in whole or in part, on a pro rata basis, on any
scheduled dividend payment date; provided that, in the case of
any partial exchange, immediately after giving effect to such
exchange, there must be outstanding shares of
141/4%
Preferred Stock (whether initially issued or issued in lieu of
cash dividends) with an aggregate liquidation preference of not
less than $75.0 million and not less than
$75.0 million of aggregate principal amount of
131/4%
exchange debentures.
Restrictive Covenants. The certificate of
designation for the
141/4%
Preferred Stock contains covenants for the benefit of the
holders of the
141/4%
Preferred Stock that, among other things, and subject to certain
exceptions, restrict our ability and the ability of our
restricted subsidiaries to:
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pay dividends and make other restricted payments;
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issue certain stock of subsidiaries; and
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enter into transactions with affiliates.
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In the event we breach any of these covenants, the holders of
the
141/4%
Preferred Stock have the right, voting separately and as one
class, to elect the lesser of two directors and that number of
directors constituting 25% of the members of the Board.
93/4%
Preferred Stock
General. We have designated 17,500 shares
of our authorized preferred stock as our
93/4%
Preferred Stock, of which, as of May 31, 2007, there were
16,695.9798 shares issued and outstanding with an aggregate
accrued liquidation preference, including accrued and unpaid
dividends, of $177.8 million.
Dividends. The certificate of designation for
the
93/4%
Preferred Stock provides that holders are entitled to receive
dividends on each share at an annual rate of
93/4%
of the liquidation preference per share. We may, at our option,
pay dividends on any dividend payment date either in cash or by
the issuance of additional shares of
93/4%
Preferred Stock having an aggregate liquidation preference equal
to the amount of such dividends or shares of Class A Common
Stock having a market value equal to the amount of such
dividends; provided that, if we elect to pay dividends in shares
of Class A Common Stock and those shares are not freely
tradable without volume or manner of sale limitations by any
holder of
93/4%
Preferred Stock which is not one of our affiliates, the dividend
rate per year for such payment will be increased to
121/4%.
All dividends shall be cumulative, whether or not earned or
declared, on a daily basis from the issuance date, and shall be
payable quarterly in arrears on each dividend payment date.
For the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004, we
paid dividends of approximately $11.6 million,
$14.3 million and $13.0 million, respectively, by the
issuance of additional shares of the
93/4%
Preferred Stock. At December 31, 2006, there were
$4.1 million of accrued and unpaid dividends on the
93/4%
Preferred Stock, and no accrued and unpaid dividends at
December 31, 2005. No dividends have been declared on the
93/4%
Preferred Stock since September 30, 2006, though dividends
continue to accrue at a rate of
93/4%
for purposes of the preferential amounts that holders would be
entitled a receive in a liquidation of our company.
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Voting Rights. Holders of the
93/4%
Preferred Stock have the right to vote generally with the
holders of our voting stock (voting as a class with the
Class A Common Stock) on all matters equivalent submitted
for a vote of such holders with one vote for each share of
Class A Common Stock into which their
93/4%
Preferred Stock is convertible. In addition, the holders of the
93/4%
Preferred Stock have the right to vote as a class with respect
to:
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materially and adversely amending certain rights of the holders
of the
93/4%
Preferred Stock;
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issuing any class of equity securities that ranks on a parity
with or senior to the
93/4%
Preferred Stock, other than the issuance of additional shares of
93/4%
Preferred Stock to pay dividends on the
93/4%
Preferred Stock in accordance with its terms; and
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any merger or consolidation involving us and any transfer of all
or substantially all of our assets (including our subsidiaries,
taken as a whole), unless certain conditions are met.
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In addition, the certificate of designation of the
93/4%
Preferred Stock provides that, upon our failure to
(1) satisfy our conversion and redemption obligations,
including the redemption of the
93/4%
Preferred Stock by December 31, 2006, (2) make any
required offer to purchase the
93/4%
Preferred Stock following a change of control, (3) comply
with certain covenants or (4) make certain payments on our
indebtedness, as their sole and exclusive remedy under such
circumstances, holders of a majority of the outstanding shares
of the
93/4%
Preferred Stock, voting separately as one class, will be
entitled to elect the lesser of two directors or that number of
directors constituting at least 25% of our Board. Following our
failure to redeem the
93/4%
Preferred Stock on December 31, 2006 two directors were
accordingly elected to our Board by the holders of the
93/4%
Preferred Stock effective April 2, 2007.
Liquidation Rights. The liquidation preference
of the
93/4%
Preferred Stock is $10,000 per share. The certificate of
designation applicable to the
93/4%
Preferred Stock currently provides that the
93/4%
Preferred Stock is (i) senior in right of payment to the
11% Series B Preferred Stock and all classes of common
stock and (ii) junior in right of payment to the
141/4%
Preferred Stock. If the Preferred Stock Amendment with respect to the
certificate of designation governing the
93/4%
Preferred Stock are adopted, the certificate of designation
governing the
93/4%
Preferred Stock will provide that the
93/4%
Preferred Stock will rank junior in right of payment to the 11%
Series B Preferred Stock,
141/4%
Preferred Stock,
Series A-1
Convertible Preferred Stock,
Series A-2
Non-Convertible Preferred Stock,
Series A-3
Convertible Preferred Stock and Series C Convertible
Preferred Stock. Assuming the Preferred Stock Amendment with respect
to the certificate of designation governing the
93/4%
Preferred Stock are adopted, the new ranking of the
93/4%
Preferred Stock in relation to the Senior Debt and
141/4%
Preferred Stock, as well as the Series A Notes,
Series B Notes and various series of preferred stock to be
issued in connection with the Exchange Offer and Transactions,
as applicable.
Redemption. We may redeem all or a portion of
the
93/4%
Preferred Stock, at our option, at any time at a redemption
price equal to 100% of the liquidation preference thereof, plus,
without duplication, accumulated and unpaid dividends to the
date of redemption.
We were required to redeem all of the
93/4%
Preferred Stock outstanding on December 31, 2006 at a
redemption price equal to 100% of its liquidation preference,
plus, without duplication, accumulated and unpaid dividends to
the date of redemption. We have not redeemed these shares and
dividends continue to accrue. As a result, the holders of the
93/4%
Preferred Stock exercised their right to elect two additional
directors to our Board effective April 2, 2007.
Upon a change of control (as defined in the certificate of
designation for the
93/4%
Preferred Stock), we are required to offer to purchase the
93/4%
Preferred Stock at a price equal to 100% of the liquidation
preference, plus, without duplication, accumulated and unpaid
dividends.
Conversion Rights. The
93/4%
Preferred Stock is convertible at any time at the option of its
holder into a number of shares of Class A Common Stock
equal to the aggregate liquidation preference of the shares of
93/4%
Preferred Stock surrendered for conversion divided by the
conversion price. The conversion price is currently based on an
initial conversion rate of 625 shares of Class A
Common Stock for each share of
93/4%
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Preferred Stock (equivalent to a conversion price of $16.00 per
share of Class A Common Stock), and is subject to
adjustment in certain events.
Restrictive Covenants. The certificate of
designation for the
93/4%
Preferred Stock contains covenants for the benefit of the
holders of the
93/4%
Preferred Stock that, among other things, and subject to certain
exceptions, restrict our ability and the ability of our
restricted subsidiaries to:
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pay dividends and make other restricted payments; and
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enter into transactions with affiliates.
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In the event we breach any of these covenants, the holders of
the
93/4%
Preferred Stock have the right, voting separately and as one
class, to elect the lesser of two directors and that number of
directors constituting 25% of the members of the Board.
11%
Series B Preferred Stock
General. We have designated 60,607 shares
of our authorized preferred stock as our 11% Series B
Preferred Stock, of which as of May 31, 2007, 39,607 are
issued and outstanding, and held by an affiliate of NBCU. As of
May 31, 2007, the aggregate liquidation preference of the
11% Series B Preferred Stock, including accrued and unpaid
dividends, was $468.7 million.
Dividends. The holders of the 11%
Series B Preferred Stock are entitled to receive dividends
on each share at the higher of (determined on a cumulative basis
from the issuance date to the date of such determination):
(i) an annual rate of 11% of the liquidation preference per
share, and (ii) the aggregate cash dividends per share paid
on the Class A Common Stock multiplied by the number of
shares of Class A Common Stock into which the 11%
Series B Preferred Stock is convertible, in each case
payable when, as and if declared by our Board and accumulating
from October 1, 2005.
Voting Rights. The 11% Series B Preferred
Stock is non-voting, except as otherwise required by law and
except in certain circumstances, including, among others things,
with respect to:
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materially and adversely amending certain rights of the holders
of the 11% Series B Preferred Stock;
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issuing additional shares of 11% Series B Preferred Stock
or any class of equity securities that ranks on a parity with or
senior to the 11% Series B Preferred Stock, other than
(i) a new class of securities senior to the 11%
Series B Preferred Stock at any time after the trading
price for the Class A Common Stock first exceeds 120% of
the then-applicable conversion price for 20 consecutive days,
(ii) additional shares of Senior Preferred Stock or any
securities that rank on a parity with or senior to the 11%
Series B Preferred Stock (and, in the case of securities
that are senior to the 11% Series B Preferred Stock, that
rank equally in right of payment with the Senior Preferred
Stock), where such securities that rank on parity with or senior
to the 11% Series B Preferred Stock do not require us to
pay dividends thereon on a current basis in cash, or require
cash dividends to be paid at a rate not to exceed one percentage
point greater than the dividend rate borne by either series of
the Senior Preferred Stock (as existing on October 1,
2005) and which do not prohibit the payment of dividends
other than in cash on the 11% Series B Preferred Stock or
prohibit or otherwise interfere with our ability to mandatorily
redeem the 11% Series B Preferred Stock in an amount
sufficient to refinance either series of the Senior Preferred
Stock, and (iii) additional shares of 11% Series B
Preferred Stock or a new class of preferred stock in accordance
with the terms of the Amended and Restated Stockholder
Agreement, dated as of November 7, 2005, between NBC Palm
Beach I, us and certain of our affiliates; and
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any merger or consolidation involving us and any transfer of all
or substantially all of our assets (including our subsidiaries,
taken as a whole), unless certain conditions are met.
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In addition, upon our failure to (1) satisfy our conversion
and redemption obligations, including the mandatory redemption
of the 11% Series B Preferred Stock on December 31,
2013, (2) make any required offer to purchase the 11%
Series B Preferred Stock following a change of control,
(3) comply with certain covenants or (4) make certain
payments on our indebtedness, holders of a majority of the
outstanding shares
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of the 11% Series B Preferred Stock, other than NBCU,
voting separately as one class, will be entitled to elect the
lesser of two directors or that number of directors constituting
at least 25% of our Board. The certificate of designation
provides that this is the sole and exclusive remedy of the
holders under these circumstances, except with respect to our
obligation to mandatorily redeem the 11% Series B Preferred
Stock on December 31, 2013.
Liquidation Rights. The liquidation preference
of the 11% Series B Preferred Stock is $10,000 per share.
Upon the voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or
winding up of our affairs, the holders of shares of 11%
Series B Preferred Stock shall be entitled to be paid an
amount in cash equal to the greater of (a) the liquidation
preference for each share outstanding, plus, without
duplication, an amount in cash equal to accumulated and unpaid
dividends thereon to the date fixed for liquidation, dissolution
or winding up, and (b) the amount per share payable upon
liquidation, dissolution or winding up to the holders of shares
of the Class A Common Stock (without deduction for the
liquidation preference otherwise payable), multiplied by the
number of such shares into which the shares of 11% Series B
Preferred Stock are then convertible.
The certificate of designation applicable to the 11%
Series B Preferred Stock provides that the 11%
Series B Preferred Stock is (i) junior in right of
payment to the
141/4%
Preferred Stock and
93/4%
Preferred Stock and (ii) senior in right of payment to all
classes of common stock.
Redemption. We may redeem all or a portion of
the 11% Series B Preferred Stock, at our option, at any
time after the earlier of (a) the Call Closing, and
(b) the date of the Investor Call Right Termination, as defined in the Call Agreement, at the
redemption price set forth in the 11% Series B Preferred
Stock certificate of designation. If the Call Closing fails to
occur, NBCU has the right (subject to applicable law) to require
us to redeem any 11% Series B Preferred Stock and
Class A Common Stock issued upon conversion of the 11%
Series B Preferred Stock then held by it upon the
occurrence of various events of default, including material
uncured breaches under the certificate of designation.
We are required to redeem all of the outstanding shares of 11%
Series B Preferred Stock for cash on December 31,
2013. If we fail to do so, the holders of 11% Series B
Preferred Stock shall be entitled to all remedies available at
law or equity, including the right to bring an action against us
to compel enforcement of the mandatory redemption or an action
for damages arising out of our failure to redeem.
Upon a change of control, we are required to make an offer to
purchase all then outstanding shares of 11% Series B
Preferred Stock at a purchase price of 101% of the liquidation
preference plus, without duplication, an amount in cash equal to
all of its accumulated and unpaid dividends.
Conversion Rights. Shares of the 11%
Series B Preferred Stock will be convertible at any time
after the Call Closing at the option of the holder into
(1) a number of shares of Class A Common Stock or
(2) in the case of NBCU only, if NBCU determines in its
sole discretion that it is prevented under applicable laws and
regulations of the FCC from holding shares of Class A
Common Stock issuable upon conversion of its shares of 11%
Series B Preferred Stock, into a number of shares of
non-voting common stock (which upon disposition by NBCU will
automatically be converted into shares of Class A Common
Stock), equal to the liquidation preference of the shares of 11%
Series B Preferred Stock surrendered for conversion, plus,
without duplication, an amount in cash equal to accumulated and
unpaid dividends, divided by the conversion price then in
effect. The conversion price of the 11% Series B Preferred
Stock was initially $2.00 per share, and increases at a rate
equal to the dividend rate on the 11% Series B Preferred
Stock. We are required to cause the shares of Class A
Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the 11% Series B
Preferred Stock (or, in the case of NBCUs election to
convert into non-voting common stock, upon conversion of such
non-voting common stock) to be approved for listing on
AMEX (or other principal securities exchange
on which the Class A Common Stock may at the time be listed
for trading), subject to official notification of issuance,
before the date of issuance.
Exchange Provisions. The shares of 11%
Series B Preferred Stock are exchangeable, in whole or in
part, at the option of the holders, into convertible
subordinated debentures that are due on December 31, 2013,
and are fully guaranteed on a senior subordinated unsecured
basis by all of our subsidiaries, provided that
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(i) each partial exchange shall be with respect to shares
of 11% Series B Preferred Stock outstanding with a
liquidation preference of not less than $50,000,000 in the case
of NBC Palm Beach I and $5,000,000 for all other holders or all
such shares remaining, if less, and (ii) any exchange prior
to April 16, 2013, may only be made if no default or event
of default would exist or be caused by such exchange under the
covenant limiting our ability to incur indebtedness under the
indentures governing our existing indebtedness, as in effect on
December 30, 2005, assuming that the debt incurrence
covenants within any indentures entered into after
December 30, 2005 are at least as permissive. Such
debentures are convertible into shares of Class A Common
Stock (or a corresponding number of shares of non-voting common
stock, in the case of conversion by NBC Palm Beach I) at a
price of $13.01 per share, and are redeemable by us for cash at
a price equal to 80% of the prevailing trading price of our
Class A Common Stock multiplied by the number of shares of
our Class A Common Stock into which such debentures are
convertible (based on the $13.01 per share conversion price).
Restrictive Covenants. The certificate of
designation for the 11% Series B Preferred Stock contains
covenants for the benefit of the holders of the 11%
Series B Preferred Stock that, among other things, and
subject to certain exceptions, restrict our ability and the
ability of our restricted subsidiaries to:
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incur additional indebtedness;
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pay dividends and make other restricted payments;
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issue certain stock of subsidiaries; and
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enter into transactions with affiliates.
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In the event we breach any of the these covenants, the holders
of the 11% Series B Preferred Stock have the right, voting
separately and as one class, to elect the lesser of two
directors and that number of directors constituting 25% of the
members of the Board. Our rights and obligations in respect of
the 11% Series B Preferred Stock are also subject to the
terms of our agreements with NBCU.
Series A-1
Convertible Preferred Stock
General. We have designated 8,500 shares
of our authorized preferred stock as our
Series A-1
Convertible Preferred Stock, none of which are currently
outstanding.
Dividends. We are not required to declare or
pay dividends on the
Series A-1
Convertible Preferred Stock. When dividends are declared by our
Board, holders of the
Series A-1
Convertible Preferred Stock will be entitled to receive
dividends on each share at the higher of: (i) an annual
rate of 12% of the liquidation preference per share, and
(ii) the aggregate cash dividends per share paid on
Class D Common Stock, from the later of (a) the date
of issuance and (b) the date of the last payment of a cash
dividend on the Class D Common Stock to the date of such
determination, multiplied by the number of shares of
Class D Common Stock into which each share of
Series A-1
Convertible Preferred Stock is convertible. All dividends shall
accrue and be cumulative, whether or not earned or declared, on
a quarterly basis, in arrears from the issuance date, but shall
be payable only at such time or times as may be fixed by our
Board or as otherwise provided and shall not compound.
Voting Rights. Holders of the
Series A-1
Convertible Preferred Stock will not be entitled to voting
rights, except as required under the DGCL and as expressly
provided in the certificate of designation, including, among
others things, with respect to:
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materially and adversely amending certain rights of the holders
of the
Series A-1
Convertible Preferred Stock;
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issuing additional shares of
Series A-1
Convertible Preferred Stock or any class of equity securities
that ranks on a parity with or senior to the
Series A-1
Convertible Preferred Stock, other than the issuance of such
parity or senior securities in an amount sufficient to refinance
any series of securities to which the
Series A-1
Convertible Preferred Stock is junior, so long as such parity or
senior securities (i) do not require us to pay dividends
thereon on a current basis in cash, or (ii) require cash
dividends to be paid at a rate not more than three percentage
points greater than the dividend rate borne by any series
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of securities to which the
Series A-1
Convertible Preferred Stock is junior, and do not prohibit the
payment of dividends other than in cash on the
Series A-1
Convertible Preferred Stock, or prohibit mandatory redemption of
the
Series A-1
Convertible Preferred Stock; and
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any merger or consolidation involving us and any transfer of all
or substantially all of our assets (including our subsidiaries,
taken as a whole), unless certain conditions are met.
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In addition, the certificate of designation of the
Series A-1 Convertible Preferred Stock provides that, upon
our failure to satisfy any redemption or conversion obligation
with respect to the
Series A-1
Convertible Preferred Stock, as their sole and exclusive remedy
under such circumstances, holders of a majority of the
outstanding shares of such stock shall have the right, voting
separately and as one class, to elect the lesser of two
directors or that number of directors constituting 25% of the
members of our Board.
Liquidation Rights. Upon our liquidation,
winding-up
and dissolution, holders of the
Series A-1
Convertible Preferred Stock will be entitled to an amount in
cash equal to the greater of: (i) $10,000 per share, plus
any accumulated and unpaid dividends, and (ii) the
aggregate amount per share payable upon liquidation, dissolution
or winding up to the holders of shares of Class A Common
Stock or such other class or series of stock into which the
Series A-1
Convertible Preferred Stock is then convertible (assuming the
conversion of all of the
Series A-1
Convertible Preferred Stock), multiplied by the number of shares
of Class A Common Stock into which such shares of
Series A-1
Convertible Preferred Stock are then convertible.
Ranking. The
Series A-1
Convertible Preferred Stock will rank (i) senior in right
of payment to any unexchanged shares of Senior Preferred Stock
(provided that the Preferred Stock Amendment and the Senior Issuance
are approved by both series of Senior Preferred Stock),
Series C Convertible Preferred Stock, Series D
Convertible Preferred Stock,
Series E-1
Convertible Preferred Stock,
Series E-2
Convertible Preferred Stock and Series F Non-Convertible
Preferred Stock and all classes of common stock,
(ii) equally in right of payment with the
Series A-2
Non-Convertible Preferred Stock and
Series A-3
Convertible Preferred Stock, and (iii) rank junior in right
of payment to our Senior Debt, Series A Notes and
Series B Notes.
Redemption. We are required to redeem all of
the outstanding shares of
Series A-1
Convertible Preferred Stock on August 31, 2013, for $10,000
(in cash) per share plus, as applicable, all accrued and unpaid
dividends through and including the date of redemption.
Conversion
Rights.
Optional Conversion. At the
holders option, the shares of
Series A-1
Convertible Preferred Stock will be convertible at any time into
(A) a number of shares of Class D Common Stock equal
to the number of shares of
Series A-1
Convertible Preferred Stock surrendered for conversion,
multiplied by $10,000, plus accrued and unpaid dividends
thereon, divided by (B) the conversion price then in
effect, except that if shares of
Series A-1
Convertible Preferred Stock are called for redemption the
conversion right will terminate at the close of business on the
redemption date. The conversion price is $0.90 per share of
Class D Common Stock, increasing at a rate per annum equal
to the dividend rate for the
Series A-1
Convertible Preferred Stock from the date of issuance through
the date of conversion, which we refer to as the
Series A-1
Convertible Preferred Stock Conversion Price. No
fractional shares or securities representing fractional shares
will be issued upon conversion; in lieu of fractional shares, we
will pay a cash adjustment based upon the common stock value as
of the close of business on the first business day preceding the
date of conversion.
Mandatory Conversion. At any time
following the first anniversary of the issuance date, the shares
of
Series A-1
Convertible Preferred Stock will be converted automatically,
without notice to holders, into (A) a number of shares of
Class D Common Stock equal to the liquidation preference of
the shares of
Series A-1
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Convertible Preferred Stock so converted, plus accrued and
unpaid dividends thereon, divided by (B) the
Series A-1
Convertible Preferred Stock Conversion Price, upon the earliest
to occur of the following events:
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the trading price for 15 consecutive trading days of our Class A
Common Stock or Class D Common Stock is equal to or greater
than:
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in the event the mandatory conversion occurs after the first
anniversary, but prior to the second anniversary of the issuance
date, 102% of the
Series A-1
Convertible Preferred Stock Conversion Price,
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in the event the mandatory conversion occurs on or after the
second anniversary, but prior to the third anniversary of the
issuance date, 101% of the
Series A-1
Convertible Preferred Stock Conversion Price, or
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in the event the mandatory conversion occurs on or after the
third anniversary of the issuance date, the
Series A-1
Convertible Preferred Stock Conversion Price
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(as the case may be, the
Series A-1
Convertible Preferred Stock Mandatory Conversion Trigger
Price); and
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we issue common stock at an issue price per share equal to or
greater than the
Series A-1
Convertible Preferred Stock Mandatory Conversion Trigger Price,
generating aggregate gross proceeds to us of at least
$75,000,000 (provided that, if the common stock is issued to
CIG, NBCU or their respective affiliates, an internationally
recognized investment bank selected by CIG from a list of three
banks provided by us shall have provided an opinion to the
effect that the issue price per share is at or higher than the
fair market value of a share of our common stock).
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The conversion prices shall be subject to customary adjustments
for stock splits, dividends, recapitalizations, below market
issues and similar events.
Series A-2
Non-Convertible Preferred Stock
General. We have designated 11,000 shares
of our authorized preferred stock as our
Series A-2
Non-Convertible Preferred Stock, none of which are currently
outstanding.
Dividends. We are not required to declare or
pay dividends on the
Series A-2
Non-Convertible Preferred Stock. However, when dividends are
declared by our Board, holders of the
Series A-2
Non-Convertible Preferred Stock will be entitled to receive
dividends on each share at 8% per year. All dividends shall
accrue and be cumulative, whether or not earned or declared, on
a quarterly basis, in arrears from the issuance date, but shall
be payable only at such time or times as may be fixed by our
Board or as otherwise provided and shall not compound.
Voting Rights. Holders of the
Series A-2
Non-Convertible Preferred Stock will not be entitled to voting
rights, except as required under the DGCL and as expressly
provided in the certificate of designation, including, among
others things, with respect to:
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materially and adversely amending certain rights of the holders
of the
Series A-2
Non-Convertible Preferred Stock;
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issuing additional shares of
Series A-2
Non-Convertible Preferred Stock or any class of equity
securities that ranks on a parity with or senior to the Series
A-2
Non-Convertible Preferred Stock, other than the issuance of such
parity or senior securities in an amount sufficient to refinance
any series of securities to which the
Series A-2
Non-Convertible Preferred Stock is junior, so long as such
parity or senior securities (i) do not require us to pay
dividends thereon on a current basis in cash, or
(ii) require cash dividends to be paid at a rate not more
than three percentage points greater than the dividend rate
borne by any series of securities to which the
Series A-2
Non-Convertible Preferred Stock is junior, and do not prohibit
the payment of dividends other than in cash on the
Series A-2
Non-Convertible Preferred Stock, or prohibit mandatory
redemption of the Series
A-2
Non-Convertible Preferred Stock; and
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any merger or consolidation involving us and any transfer of all
or substantially all of our assets (including our subsidiaries,
taken as a whole), unless certain conditions are met.
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In addition, the certificate of designation of the
Series A-2 Non-Convertible Preferred Stock provides that,
upon our failure to satisfy any redemption or conversion
obligation with respect to the
Series A-2
Non-Convertible Preferred Stock, as their sole and exclusive
remedy under such circumstances, holders of a majority of the
outstanding shares of such stock shall have the right, voting
separately and as one class, to elect the lesser of two
directors or that number of directors constituting 25% of the
members of our Board.
Liquidation Rights. Upon our liquidation,
winding-up
and dissolution, holders of the
Series A-2
Non-Convertible Preferred Stock will be entitled to $10,000 per
share, plus any accumulated and unpaid dividends.
Ranking. The
Series A-2
Non-Convertible Preferred Stock will rank (i) senior in
right of payment to any unexchanged shares of Senior Preferred
Stock (provided that the Preferred Stock Amendment and Senior Issuance
are approved by both series of Senior Preferred Stock),
Series C Convertible Preferred Stock, Series D
Convertible Preferred Stock,
Series E-1
Convertible Preferred Stock,
Series E-2
Convertible Preferred Stock and Series F Non-Convertible
Preferred Stock and all classes of common stock,
(ii) equally in right of payment with the
Series A-1
Convertible Preferred Stock and
Series A-3
Convertible Preferred Stock, and (iii) junior in right of
payment to our Senior Debt, Series A Notes and
Series B Notes.
Redemption. We are required to redeem all of
the outstanding shares of
Series A-2
Non-Convertible Preferred Stock on August 31, 2013, for
$10,000 (in cash) per share plus, as applicable, all accrued and
unpaid dividends through and including the date of redemption.
Conversion Rights. The
Series A-2
Non-Convertible Preferred Stock is not convertible.
Series A-3
Convertible Preferred Stock
General. We have designated 11,000 shares
of our authorized preferred stock as our
Series A-3
Convertible Preferred Stock, none of which are currently
outstanding.
Dividends. We are not required to declare or
pay dividends on the
Series A-3
Convertible Preferred Stock. However, when dividends are
declared by our Board, holders of the
Series A-3
Convertible Preferred Stock will be entitled to receive
dividends on each share at the higher of: (i) 12% per year,
and (ii) the aggregate cash dividends per share paid on
Class A Common Stock, from the later of (a) the date
of issuance or (b) the date of the last payment of a cash
dividend on the Class A Common Stock to the date of such
determination, multiplied by the number of shares of
Class A Common Stock into which each share of
Series A-3
Convertible Preferred Stock is convertible. All dividends shall
accrue and be cumulative, whether or not earned or declared, on
a quarterly basis, in arrears from the issuance date, but shall
be payable only at such time or times as may be fixed by our
Board or as otherwise provided and shall not compound.
Voting Rights. Holders of the
Series A-3
Convertible Preferred Stock will not be entitled to voting
rights, except as required under the DGCL and as expressly
provided in the certificate of designation, including, among
others things, with respect to:
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materially and adversely amending certain rights of the holders
of the
Series A-3
Convertible Preferred Stock;
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issuing additional shares of
Series A-3
Convertible Preferred Stock or any class of equity securities
that ranks on a parity with or senior to the
Series A-3
Convertible Preferred Stock, other than the issuance of such
parity or senior securities in an amount sufficient to refinance
any series of securities to which the
Series A-3
Convertible Preferred Stock is junior, so long as such parity or
senior securities (i) do not require us to pay dividends
thereon on a current basis in cash, or (ii) require cash
dividends to be paid at a rate not more than three percentage
points greater than the dividend rate borne by any series of
securities to which the
Series A-3
Convertible Preferred Stock is junior, and do not prohibit the
payment of dividends other than in cash on the
Series A-3
Convertible Preferred Stock or prohibit mandatory redemption of
the
Series A-3
Convertible Preferred Stock; and
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any merger or consolidation involving us and any transfer of all
or substantially all of our assets (including our subsidiaries,
taken as a whole), unless certain conditions are met.
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In addition, upon our failure to satisfy any redemption or
conversion obligation with respect to the
Series A-3
Convertible Preferred Stock, as their sole and exclusive remedy
under such circumstances, holders of a majority of the
outstanding shares of such stock shall have the right, voting
separately and as one class, to elect the lesser of two
directors or that number of directors constituting 25% of the
members of our Board.
Liquidation Rights. Upon our liquidation,
winding-up
and dissolution, holders of the
Series A-3
Convertible Preferred Stock will be entitled to an amount in
cash equal to the greater of: (i) $10,000 per share, plus
any accumulated and unpaid dividends, and (ii) the
aggregate amount per share payable upon liquidation, dissolution
or winding up to the holders of shares of Class A Common
Stock (or such other class or series of stock into which the
Series A-3
Convertible Preferred Stock is then convertible) multiplied by
the number of shares of Class A Common Stock into which
such shares of
Series A-3
Convertible Preferred Stock are then convertible.
Ranking. The
Series A-3
Convertible Preferred Stock will rank (i) senior in right
of payment to any unexchanged shares of Senior Preferred Stock
(provided that the Preferred Stock Amendment and the Senior Issuance
are approved by both series of Senior Preferred Stock),
Series C Convertible Preferred Stock, Series D
Convertible Preferred Stock,
Series E-1
Convertible Preferred Stock,
Series E-2
Convertible Preferred Stock and Series F Non-Convertible
Preferred Stock and all classes of common stock,
(ii) equally in right of payment with the
Series A-2
Non-Convertible Preferred Stock and
Series A-1
Convertible Preferred Stock, and (iii) junior in right of
payment to our Senior Debt, Series A Notes and
Series B Notes.
Redemption. We are required to redeem all of
the outstanding shares of
Series A-3
Convertible Preferred Stock on August 31, 2013, for $10,000
(in cash) per share plus, as applicable, all accrued and unpaid
dividends through and including the date of redemption.
Conversion
Rights.
Optional Conversion. At the
holders option, the shares of
Series A-3
Convertible Preferred Stock will be convertible at any time into
(A) a number of shares of Class A Common Stock (or,
under certain circumstances, Class C Common Stock) equal to
the number of shares of
Series A-3
Convertible Preferred Stock surrendered for conversion,
multiplied by $10,000, plus accrued and unpaid dividends
thereon, divided by (B) the conversion price then in
effect, except that if shares of
Series A-3
Convertible Preferred Stock are called for redemption that
conversion right will terminate at the close of business on the
redemption date. The conversion price is $0.75 per share of
Class A Common Stock (or Class C Common Stock, as
applicable), increasing at a rate per annum equal to the
dividend rate for the
Series A-3
Convertible Preferred Stock from the date of issuance through
the date of conversion (the
Series A-3
Convertible Preferred Stock Conversion Price). No
fractional shares or securities representing fractional shares
will be issued upon conversion; in lieu of fractional shares, we
will pay a cash adjustment based upon the common stock value as
of the close of business on the first day preceding the date of
conversion.
Mandatory Conversion. At any time
following the first anniversary of the issuance date, the shares
of
Series A-3
Convertible Preferred Stock will be converted automatically,
without notice to holders, into (A) a number of shares of
Class A Common Stock (or, under certain circumstances,
Class C Common Stock) equal to the liquidation preference
of the shares of
A-3
Convertible Preferred Stock so converted, plus accrued and
unpaid dividends, divided by (B) the
Series A-3
Convertible Preferred Stock Conversion Price, upon the earliest
to occur of the following events:
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Common Stock or Class D Common Stock is equal to or greater
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in the event the mandatory conversion occurs after the first
anniversary, but prior to the second anniversary of the issuance
date, 102% of the
Series A-3
Convertible Preferred Stock Conversion Price,
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in the event the mandatory conversion occurs on or after the
second anniversary, but prior to the third anniversary of the
issuance date, 101% of the
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in the event the mandatory conversion occurs on or after the
third anniversary of the issuance date, the
Series A-3
Convertible Preferred Stock Conversion Price
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(as the case may be, the
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Convertible Preferred Stock Mandatory Conversion Trigger
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we issue common stock at an issue price per share equal to or
greater than the
Series A-3
Convertible Preferred Stock Mandatory Conversion Trigger Price,
generating aggregate gross proceeds to us of at least
$75,000,000 (provided that, if the common stock is issued to
CIG, NBCU or their respective affiliates, an internationally
recognized investment bank selected by CIG from a list of three
banks provided by us shall have provided an opinion to the
effect that the issue price per share is at or higher than the
fair market value of a share of our common stock).
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The conversion prices shall be subject to customary adjustments
for stock splits, dividends, recapitalizations, below market
issues and similar events.
Series B
Convertible Preferred Stock
General. We have designated 3,000 shares
of our authorized preferred stock as our Series B
Convertible Preferred Stock, none of which are currently
outstanding.
Dividends. We are not required to declare or
pay dividends on the Series B Convertible Preferred Stock.
However, when declared by our Board, the holders of the
Series B Convertible Preferred Stock will be entitled to
receive dividends on each share at the higher of: (i) 12%
per year, and (ii) the aggregate cash dividends per share
paid on Class D Common Stock, from the later of
(a) the date of issuance or (b) the date of the last
payment of a cash dividend on the Class D Common Stock to
the date of such determination, multiplied by the number of
shares of Class D Common Stock into which each share of
Series A-1
Convertible Preferred Stock is convertible. All dividends shall
accrue and be cumulative, whether or not earned or declared, on
a quarterly basis, in arrears from the issuance date, but shall
be payable only at such time or times as may be fixed by our
Board or as otherwise provided and shall not compound.
Voting Rights. Holders of the Series B
Convertible Preferred Stock will not be entitled to voting
rights, except as required under the DGCL and as expressly
provided in the certificate of designation, including, among
others things, with respect to:
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materially and adversely amending certain rights of the holders
of the Series B Convertible Preferred Stock;
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issuing additional shares of Series B Convertible Preferred
Stock or any class of equity securities that ranks on a parity
with or senior to the Series B Convertible Preferred Stock,
other than the issuance of such parity or senior securities in
an amount sufficient to refinance any series of securities to
which the Series B Convertible Preferred Stock is junior,
so long as such parity or senior securities (i) do not
require us to pay dividends thereon on a current basis in cash,
or (ii) require cash dividends to be paid at a rate no more
than three percentage points greater than the dividend rate
borne by any series of securities to which the Series B
Convertible Preferred Stock is junior, and do not prohibit the
payment of dividends other than in cash on the Series B
Convertible Preferred Stock or prohibit mandatory redemption of
the Series B Convertible Preferred Stock; and
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any merger or consolidation involving us and any transfer of all
or substantially all of our assets (including our subsidiaries,
taken as a whole), unless certain conditions are met.
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In addition, the certificate of designation of the Series B
Convertible Preferred Stock provides that, upon our failure to
satisfy any redemption or conversion obligation with respect to
the Series B Convertible Preferred Stock, as their sole and
exclusive remedy under such circumstances, holders of a majority
of the
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outstanding shares of such stock shall have the right, voting
separately and as one class, to elect the lesser of two
directors or that number of directors constituting 25% of the
members of our Board.
Liquidation Rights. Upon our liquidation,
winding-up
and dissolution, holders of the Series B Convertible
Preferred Stock will be entitled to the greater of:
(i) $10,000 per share, plus any accumulated and unpaid
dividends from the issue date through and including the date of
liquidation, and (ii) the aggregate amount per share
payable upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up to the
holders of shares of Class A Common Stock multiplied by the
number of shares of Class A Common Stock or such other
class or series of stock into which the Series B
Convertible Preferred Stock is then convertible (assuming the
conversion of all of the Series B Convertible Preferred
Stock) multiplied by the number of shares of Class A Common
Stock into which such shares of Series B Convertible
Preferred Stock are then convertible.
Ranking. The Series B Convertible
Preferred Stock will rank (i) senior in right of payment to
the Series D Convertible Preferred Stock,
Series E-1
Convertible Preferred Stock,
Series E-2
Convertible Preferred Stock, Series F Non-Convertible
Preferred Stock and all classes of common stock,
(ii) equally in right of payment with the Series C
Non-Convertible Preferred Stock and Series C Convertible
Preferred Stock, and (iii) junior in right of payment to
the Senior Debt, Series A Notes, Series B Notes, and
any unexchanged shares of Senior Preferred Stock.
Redemption. We shall redeem all of the
outstanding shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock
on August 31, 2013, for $10,000 (in cash) per share plus,
as applicable, all accrued and unpaid dividends through and
including the date of redemption.
Conversion
Rights.
Optional Conversion. At the
holders option, the shares of Series B Convertible
Preferred Stock will be convertible at any time into (A) a
number of shares of Class D Common Stock equal to the
number of shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock
surrendered for conversion, multiplied by $10,000, plus accrued
and unpaid dividends thereon, divided by (B) the conversion
price then in effect, except that if shares of Series B
Convertible Preferred Stock are called for redemption the
conversion right will terminate at the close of business on the
redemption date. The conversion price is $0.90 per share of
Class D Common Stock, increasing at a rate per annum equal
to the dividend rate for the Series B Convertible Preferred
Stock from the date of issuance through the date of conversion,
which we refer to as the Series B Convertible
Preferred Stock Conversion Price. No fractional shares or
securities representing fractional shares will be issued upon
conversion; in lieu of fractional shares, we will pay a cash
adjustment based upon the common stock value as of the close of
business on the first business day preceding the date of
conversion.
Mandatory Conversion. At any time
following the first anniversary of the issuance date, the shares
of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock will be converted
automatically, without notice to holders, into (A) a number
of shares of Class D Common Stock equal to the liquidation
preference of the shares of Series B Convertible Preferred
Stock so converted, plus accrued and unpaid dividends, divided
by (B) the Series B Convertible Preferred Stock
Conversion Price, upon the earliest to occur of the following
events:
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Common Stock or Class D Common Stock is equal to or greater
than:
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in the event the mandatory conversion occurs after the first
anniversary, but prior to the second anniversary of the issuance
date, 102% of the Series B Convertible Preferred Stock
Conversion Price,
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in the event the mandatory conversion occurs on or after the
second anniversary, but prior to the third anniversary of the
issuance date, 101% of the Series B Convertible Preferred
Stock Conversion Price, or
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in the event the mandatory conversion occurs on or after the
third anniversary of the issuance date, the Series B
Convertible Preferred Stock Conversion Price
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Preferred Stock Mandatory Conversion Trigger
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we issue common stock at an issue price per share equal to or
greater than the Series B Convertible Preferred Stock
Mandatory Conversion Trigger Price, generating aggregate gross
proceeds to us of at least $75,000,000 (provided that, if the
common stock is issued to CIG, NBCU or their respective
affiliates, an internationally recognized investment bank
selected by CIG from a list of three banks provided by us shall
have provided an opinion to the effect that the issue price per
share is at or higher than the fair market value of a share of
our common stock).
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The conversion prices shall be subject to customary adjustments
for stock splits, dividends, recapitalizations, below market
issues and similar events.
Series C
Convertible Preferred Stock
General. We have designated 11,000 shares
of our authorized preferred stock as our Series C
Convertible Preferred Stock, none of which are currently
outstanding.
Dividends. We are not required to declare or
pay dividends on the Series C Convertible Preferred Stock.
However, when declared by our Board, the holders of the
Series C Convertible Preferred Stock will be entitled to
receive dividends on each share at the higher of: (i) 8%
per year, and (ii) the aggregate cash dividends per share
paid on Class A Common Stock, from the later of
(a) the date of issuance or (b) the date of the last
payment of a cash dividend on the Class A Common Stock to
the date of such determination, multiplied by the number of
shares of Class A Common Stock into which each share of
Series C Convertible Preferred Stock is convertible. All
dividends shall accrue and be cumulative, whether or not earned
or declared, on a quarterly basis, in arrears from the issuance
date, but shall be payable only at such time or times as may be
fixed by our Board or as otherwise provided and shall not
compound.
Voting Rights. Holders of the Series C
Convertible Preferred Stock will not be entitled to voting
rights, except as required under the DGCL and as expressly
provided in the certificate of designation, including, among
others things, with respect to:
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materially and adversely amending certain rights of the holders
of the Series C Convertible Preferred Stock;
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issuing additional shares of Series C Convertible Preferred
Stock or any class of equity securities that ranks on a parity
with or senior to the Series C Convertible Preferred Stock,
other than the issuance of such parity or senior securities in
an amount sufficient to refinance any series of securities to
which the Series C Convertible Preferred Stock is junior,
so long as such parity or senior securities (i) do not
require us to pay dividends thereon on a current basis in cash,
or (ii) require cash dividends to be paid at a rate not
more than three percentage points greater than the dividend rate
borne by any series of securities to which the Series C
Convertible Preferred Stock is junior, and do not prohibit the
payment of dividends other than in cash on the Series C
Convertible Preferred Stock or prohibit mandatory redemption of
the Series C Convertible Preferred Stock; and.
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any merger or consolidation involving us and any transfer of all
or substantially all of our assets (including our subsidiaries,
taken as a whole), unless certain conditions are met.
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In addition, the certificate of designation of the Series C
Convertible Preferred Stock provides that, upon our failure to
satisfy any redemption or conversion obligation with respect to
the Series C Convertible Preferred Stock, as their sole and
exclusive remedy under such circumstances, holders of a majority
of the outstanding shares of such stock shall have the right,
voting separately and as one class, to elect the lesser of two
directors or that number of directors constituting 25% of the
members of our Board.
Liquidation Rights. Upon our liquidation,
winding-up
and dissolution, holders of the Series C Convertible
Preferred Stock will be entitled to receive dividends at the
greater of: (i) $10,000 per share, plus any accumulated and
unpaid dividends from the issue date through and including the
date of liquidation, and (ii) the aggregate amount per
share payable upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up to the
holders of shares of Class A Common Stock multiplied by the
number of shares of Class A Common Stock (or such other
class or series into which the Series C Convertible
Preferred Stock is then convertible), multiplied by the
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number of shares of Class A Common Stock into which such
shares of Series C Convertible Preferred Stock are then
convertible.
Ranking. The priority of the Series C
Convertible Preferred Stock will depend on the success of the
Exchange Offer. If 50% or less of either series of the Senior
Preferred Stock is validly tendered and accepted in the Exchange
Offer and, as a result, we do not receive the requisite
approvals of the Preferred Stock Amendment and the Senior Issuance in
the Consent Solicitation, the Series C Convertible
Preferred Stock will rank (i) senior in right of payment to
the Series D Convertible Preferred Stock,
Series E-1
Convertible Preferred Stock,
Series E-2
Convertible Preferred Stock, Series F Non-Convertible
Preferred Stock and all classes of common stock,
(ii) equally in right of payment with the Series C
Non-Convertible Preferred Stock and Series B Convertible
Preferred Stock, and (iii) junior in right of payment to
the Senior Debt, Series A Notes, Series B Notes, and
any unexchanged shares of Senior Preferred Stock.
If more than 50% of the Senior Preferred Stock is validly
tendered and accepted in the Exchange Offer and, as a result, we
receive the requisite approvals of the Preferred Stock Amendment and
the Senior Issuance in the Consent Solicitation, the
Series C Convertible Preferred Stock will rank
(i) senior in right of payment to the Series D
Convertible Preferred Stock,
Series E-1
Convertible Preferred Stock,
Series E-2
Convertible Preferred Stock, Series F Non-Convertible
Preferred Stock,
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Preferred Stock and all classes of common stock,
(ii) equally in right of payment with the
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Preferred Stock, and (iii) junior in right of payment to
the Senior Debt, Series A Notes, Series B Notes,
Series A-1 Convertible Preferred Stock, Series A-2
Non-Convertible
Preferred Stock and Series A-3 Convertible Preferred Stock.
Redemption. We are required to redeem all of
the outstanding shares of Series C Convertible Preferred
Stock on August 31, 2013, for $10,000 (in cash) per share
plus, as applicable, all accrued and unpaid dividends through
and including the date of redemption.
Conversion
Rights.
Optional Conversion. At the
holders option, the shares of Series C Convertible
Preferred Stock will be convertible at any time into (A) a
number of shares of Class A Common Stock (or, under certain
circumstances, Class C Common Stock) equal to the number of
shares of Series C Convertible Preferred Stock surrendered
for conversion, multiplied by $10,000, plus accrued and unpaid
dividends thereon, divided by (B) the conversion price then
in effect, except that if shares of Series C Convertible
Preferred Stock are called for redemption the conversion right
will terminate at the close of business on the redemption date.
The conversion price is $0.75 per share of Class A Common
Stock (or Class C Common Stock, as applicable), increasing
at a rate per annum equal to the dividend rate for the
Series C Convertible Preferred Stock from the date of
issuance through the date of conversion (the Series C
Convertible Preferred Stock Conversion Price). No
fractional shares or securities representing fractional shares
will be issued upon conversion; in lieu of fractional shares, we
will pay a cash adjustment based upon the common stock value as
of the close of business on the first day preceding the date of
conversion.
Mandatory Conversion. At any time
following the first anniversary of the issuance date, the shares
of Series C Convertible Preferred Stock will be converted
automatically, without notice to holders, into (A) a number
of shares of Class A Common Stock (or, under certain
circumstances, Class C Common Stock) equal to the
liquidation preference of the shares of Series C
Convertible Preferred Stock so converted, plus accrued and
unpaid dividends, divided by (B) the Series C
Convertible Preferred Stock Conversion Price, upon the earliest
to occur of the following events:
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the trading price for 15 consecutive trading days of our Class A
Common Stock or Class D Common Stock is equal to or greater
than:
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in the event the mandatory conversion occurs after the first
anniversary, but prior to the second anniversary of the issuance
date, 102% of the Series C Convertible Preferred Stock
Conversion Price,
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in the event the mandatory conversion occurs on or after the
second anniversary but prior to the third anniversary of the
issuance date, 101% of the Series C Convertible Preferred
Stock Conversion Price, or
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in the event the mandatory conversion occurs on or after the
third anniversary of the issuance date, the Series C
Convertible Preferred Stock Conversion Price
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Preferred Stock Mandatory Conversion Trigger
Price); and
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we issue common stock at an issue price per share equal to or
greater than the Series C Convertible Preferred Stock
Mandatory Conversion Trigger Price, generating aggregate gross
proceeds to us of at least $75,000,000 (provided that, if the
common stock is issued to CIG, NBCU or their respective
affiliates, an internationally recognized investment bank
selected by CIG from a list of three banks provided by us shall
have provided an opinion to the effect that the issue price per
share is at or higher than the fair market value of a share of
our common stock).
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The conversion prices shall be subject to customary adjustments
for stock splits, dividends, recapitalizations, below market
issues and similar events.
Series C
Non-Convertible Preferred Stock
General. We have designated 6,000 shares
of our authorized preferred stock as our Series C
Non-Convertible Preferred Stock, none of which are currently
outstanding.
Dividends. We are not required to declare or
pay dividends on the Series C Non-Convertible Preferred
Stock. However, when declared by our Board, the holders of the
Series C Non-Convertible Preferred Stock will be entitled
to receive dividends of 8% per year. All dividends shall accrue
and be cumulative, whether or not earned or declared, on a
quarterly basis, in arrears from the issuance date, but shall be
payable only at such time or times as may be fixed by our Board
or as otherwise provided and shall not compound.
Voting Rights. Holders of the Series C
Non-Convertible Preferred Stock will not be entitled to voting
rights, except as required under the DGCL and as expressly
provided in the certificate of designation, including, among
others things, with respect to:
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materially and adversely amending certain rights of the holders
of the Series C Non-Convertible Preferred Stock;
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issuing additional shares of Series C Non-Convertible
Preferred Stock or any class of equity securities that ranks on
a parity with or senior to the Series C Non-Convertible
Preferred Stock, other than the issuance of such parity or
senior securities in an amount sufficient to refinance any
series of securities to which the Series C Non-Convertible
Preferred Stock is junior, so long as such parity or senior
securities (i) do not require us to pay dividends thereon
on a current basis in cash, or (ii) require cash dividends
to be paid at a rate not more than three percentage points
greater than the dividend rate borne by any series of securities
to which the Series C Non-Convertible Preferred Stock is
junior, and do not prohibit the payment of dividends other than
in cash on the Series C Non-Convertible Preferred Stock or
prohibit mandatory redemption of the Series C
Non-Convertible Preferred Stock; and
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any merger or consolidation involving us and any transfer of all
or substantially all of our assets (including our subsidiaries,
taken as a whole), unless certain conditions are met.
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In addition, the certificate of designation of the Series C
Non-Convertible Preferred Stock provides that, upon our failure
to satisfy any redemption or conversion obligation with respect
to the Series C Non-Convertible Preferred Stock, as their
sole and exclusive remedy under such circumstances, holders of a
majority of the outstanding shares of such stock shall have the
right, voting separately and as one class, to elect the lesser
of two directors or that number of directors constituting 25% of
the members of our Board.
Liquidation Rights. Upon our liquidation,
dissolution or winding up, holders of the Series C
Non-Convertible Preferred Stock will be entitled to an amount in
cash equal to $10,000 per share, plus any accumulated and unpaid
dividends thereon to the date fixed for liquidation, dissolution
and winding up.
Ranking. The Series C Non-Convertible
Preferred Stock will rank (i) senior in right of payment to
the Series D Convertible Preferred Stock,
Series E-1
Convertible Preferred Stock,
Series E-2
Convertible Preferred
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Stock, Series F Non-Convertible Preferred Stock and all
classes of common stock, (ii) equally in right of payment
with the Series B Convertible Preferred Stock and
Series C Convertible Preferred Stock, and (iii) junior
in right of payment to the Senior Debt, Series A Notes,
Series B Notes, and any unexchanged shares of Senior
Preferred Stock.
Redemption. We shall redeem all of the
outstanding shares of Series C Non-Convertible Preferred
Stock on August 31, 2013, for $10,000 (in cash) per share
plus, as applicable, all accrued and unpaid dividends through
and including the date of redemption.
Conversion Rights. The shares of Series C
Non-Convertible Preferred Stock will not be convertible.
Series D
Convertible Preferred Stock
General. We have designated 39,000 shares
of our authorized preferred stock as our Series D
Convertible Preferred Stock, none of which are currently
outstanding.
Dividends. We are not required to declare or
pay dividends on the Series D Convertible Preferred Stock.
However, when declared by our Board, the holders of the
Series D Convertible Preferred Stock will be entitled to
receive dividends on each share at the higher of: (i) 8%
per year, payable quarterly in arrears, in cash, which amounts
shall accrue to the extent not paid in cash, and (ii) the
aggregate cash dividends per share paid on Class A Common
Stock, from the later of (a) the date of issuance or
(b) the date of the last payment of a cash dividend on the
Class A Common Stock to the date of such determination,
multiplied by the number of shares of Class A Common Stock
into which each share of Series D Convertible Preferred
Stock is convertible. All dividends shall accrue and be
cumulative, whether or not earned or declared, on a quarterly
basis, in arrears from the issuance date, but shall be payable
only at such time or times as may be fixed by our Board or as
otherwise provided and shall not compound.
Voting Rights. Holders of the Series D
Convertible Preferred Stock will not be entitled to voting
rights, except as required under the DGCL and as expressly
provided in the certificate of designation, including, among
others things, with respect to:
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materially and adversely amending certain rights of the holders
of the Series D Convertible Preferred Stock;
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issuing additional shares of Series D Convertible Preferred
Stock or any class of equity securities that ranks on a parity
with or senior to the Series D Convertible Preferred Stock,
other than the issuance of such parity or senior securities in
an amount sufficient to refinance any series of securities to
which the Series D Convertible Preferred Stock is junior,
so long as such parity or senior securities (i) do not
require us to pay dividends thereon on a current basis in cash,
or (ii) require cash dividends to be paid at a rate not
more than exceed three percentage points greater than the
dividend rate borne by any series of securities to which the
Series D Convertible Preferred Stock is junior, and do not
prohibit the payment of dividends other than in cash on the
Series D Convertible Preferred Stock or prohibit mandatory
redemption of the Series D Convertible Preferred
Stock; and
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any merger or consolidation involving us and any transfer of all
or substantially all of our assets (including our subsidiaries,
taken as a whole), unless certain conditions are met.
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In addition, the certificate of designation of the Series D
Convertible Preferred Stock provides that, upon our failure to
satisfy any redemption or conversion obligation with respect to
the Series D Convertible Preferred Stock, as their sole and
exclusive remedy under such circumstances, holders of a majority
of the outstanding shares of such stock shall have the right,
voting separately and as one class, to elect the lesser of two
directors or that number of directors constituting 25% of the
members of our Board.
Liquidation Rights. Upon our liquidation,
dissolution or winding up, holders of the Series D
Convertible Preferred Stock will be entitled to an amount in
cash equal to the greater of: (i) $10,000 per share, plus
any accumulated and unpaid dividends thereon to the date fixed
for liquidation, dissolution and winding up, and (ii) the
amount per share which would have been payable upon such
liquidation, dissolution or winding up to the holders of shares
of Class A Common Stock (or such other class or series of
stock into which Series D
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Convertible Preferred Stock is then convertible) multiplied by
the number of shares of Class A Common Stock into which
such shares of Series D Convertible Preferred Stock are
then convertible.
Ranking. The Series D Convertible
Preferred Stock will rank (i) senior in right of payment to
the
Series E-1
Convertible Preferred Stock,
Series E-2
Convertible Preferred Stock, Series F Non-Convertible
Preferred Stock and all classes of common stock and
(ii) junior in right of payment to the Senior Debt,
Series A Notes, Series B Notes,
Series A-1
Convertible Preferred Stock,
Series A-2
Non-Convertible Preferred Stock,
Series A-3
Convertible Preferred Stock, any unexchanged shares of Senior
Preferred Stock, Series B Convertible Preferred Stock,
Series C Convertible Preferred Stock and Series C
Non-Convertible Preferred Stock.
Redemption. We are required to redeem all of
the outstanding shares of Series D Convertible Preferred
Stock on August 31, 2013, for $10,000 (in cash) per share
plus, as applicable, all accrued and unpaid dividends through
and including the date of redemption.
Conversion
Rights.
Optional Conversion. At the
holders option, the shares of Series D Convertible
Preferred Stock will be convertible at any time into (A) a
number of shares of Class A Common Stock (or, under certain
circumstances, Class C Common Stock) equal to the number of
shares of Series C Convertible Preferred Stock surrender
for conversion, multiplied by $10,000, plus accrued and unpaid
dividends thereon, divided by (B) the conversion price then
in effect, except that if shares of Series D Convertible
Preferred Stock are called for redemption the conversion right
will terminate at the close of business on the redemption date.
The conversion price is $0.75 per share of Class A Common
Stock (or Class C Common Stock, as applicable), increasing
at a rate per annum equal to the dividend rate of the
Series D Convertible Preferred Stock from the date of
issuance through the date of conversion (the Series D
Convertible Preferred Stock Conversion Price). No
fractional shares or securities representing fractional shares
will be issued upon conversion; in lieu of fractional shares, we
will pay a cash adjustment based upon the common stock value as
of the close of business on the first day preceding the date of
conversion.
Mandatory Conversion. At any time
following the first anniversary of the issuance date, the shares
of Series D Convertible Preferred Stock will be converted
automatically, without notice to holders, into (A) a number
of shares of Class A Common Stock (or, under certain
circumstances, Class C Common Stock) equal to the
liquidation preference of the shares of Series D
Convertible Preferred Stock so converted, plus accrued and
unpaid dividends, divided by (B) the Series D
Convertible Preferred Stock Conversion Price, upon the earliest
to occur of the following events:
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the trading price for 15 consecutive trading days of our Class A
Common Stock or Class D Common Stock is equal to or greater
than:
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in the event the mandatory conversion occurs after the first
anniversary, but prior to the second anniversary of the issuance
date, 102% of the Series D Convertible Preferred Stock
Conversion Price,
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in the event the mandatory conversion occurs on or after the
second anniversary, but prior to the third anniversary of the
issuance date, 101% of the Series D Convertible Preferred
Stock Conversion Price, or
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in the event the mandatory conversion occurs on or after the
third anniversary of the issuance date, the Series D
Convertible Preferred Stock Conversion Price
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(as the case may be, the Series D Convertible
Preferred Stock Mandatory Conversion Trigger
Price); and
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we issue common stock at an issue price per share equal to or
greater than the Series D Convertible Preferred Stock
Mandatory Conversion Trigger Price, generating aggregate gross
proceeds to us of at least $75,000,000 (provided that, if the
common stock is issued to CIG, NBCU or their respective
affiliates, an internationally recognized investment bank
selected by CIG from a list of three banks
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provided by us shall have provided an opinion to the effect that
the issue price per share is at or higher than the fair market
value of a share of our common stock).
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The conversion prices shall be subject to customary adjustments
for stock splits, dividends, recapitalizations, below market
issues and similar events.
Series E-1
Convertible Preferred Stock
General. We have designated 4,500 shares
of our authorized preferred stock as our
Series E-1
Convertible Preferred Stock, none of which are currently
outstanding.
Dividends. We will not pay dividends on the
Series E-1
Convertible Preferred Stock.
Voting Rights. Holders of the
Series E-1
Convertible Preferred Stock will not be entitled to voting
rights, except as required under the DGCL and as expressly
provided in the certificate of designation, including, among
others things, with respect to:
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materially and adversely amending certain rights of the holders
of the
Series E-1
Convertible Preferred Stock;
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issuing additional shares of
Series E-1
Convertible Preferred Stock or any class of equity securities
that ranks on a parity with or senior to the
Series E-1
Convertible Preferred Stock, other than the issuance of such
parity or senior securities in an amount sufficient to refinance
any series of securities to which the
Series E-1
Convertible Preferred Stock is junior, so long as such parity or
senior securities (i) do not require us to pay dividends
thereon on a current basis in cash, or (ii) require cash
dividends to be paid at a rate not more than three percentage
points greater than the dividend rate borne by any series of
securities to which the
Series E-1
Convertible Preferred Stock is junior, and do not prohibit the
payment of dividends other than in cash on the
Series E-1
Convertible Preferred Stock or prohibit mandatory redemption of
the
Series E-1
Convertible Preferred Stock; and
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any merger or consolidation involving us and any transfer of all
or substantially all of our assets (including our subsidiaries,
taken as a whole), unless certain conditions are met.
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In addition, the certificate of designation of the
Series E-1 Convertible Preferred Stock provides that, upon
our failure to satisfy any redemption or conversion obligation
with respect to the
Series E-1
Convertible Preferred Stock, as their sole and exclusive remedy
under such circumstances, holders of a majority of the
outstanding shares of such stock shall have the right, voting
separately and as one class, to elect the lesser of two
directors or that number of directors constituting 25% of the
members of our Board.
Liquidation Rights. Upon our liquidation,
dissolution or winding up, holders of the
Series E-1
Convertible Preferred Stock will be entitled to an amount in
cash equal to the greater of: (i) $10,000 per share and
(ii) the amount per share which would have been payable
upon such liquidation, dissolution or winding up to the holders
of shares of Class A Common Stock (or such other class or
series of stock into which
Series E-1
Convertible Preferred Stock is then convertible) multiplied by
the number of shares of Class A Common Stock into which
such shares of
Series E-1
Convertible Preferred Stock are then convertible.
Ranking. The
Series E-1
Convertible Preferred Stock will rank (i) senior in right
of payment to the Series F Non-Convertible Preferred Stock
and all classes of common stock, (ii) equally in right of
payment with the
Series E-2
Convertible Preferred Stock, and (iii) junior in right of
payment to the Senior Debt, Series A Notes, Series B
Notes,
Series A-1
Convertible Preferred Stock,
Series A-2
Non-Convertible Preferred Stock,
Series A-3
Convertible Preferred Stock, any unexchanged shares of Senior
Preferred Stock, Series B Convertible Preferred Stock,
Series C Convertible Preferred Stock, Series C
Non-Convertible Preferred Stock and Series D Convertible
Preferred Stock.
Redemption. We are required to redeem all of
the outstanding shares of
Series E-1
Convertible Preferred Stock on August 31, 2013, for $10,000
(in cash) per share.
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Conversion
Rights.
Optional Conversion. At the
holders option, the shares of
Series E-1
Convertible Preferred Stock will be convertible at any time into
(A) a number of shares of Class A Common Stock (or,
under certain circumstances, Class C Common Stock) equal to
the number of shares of
Series E-1
Convertible Preferred Stock surrendered for conversion,
multiplied by $10,000, divided by (B) the conversion price
then in effect, except that if shares of
Series E-1
Convertible Preferred Stock are called for redemption the
conversion right will terminate at the close of business on the
redemption date. The conversion price is $0.75 per share of
Class A Common Stock (or, under certain circumstances,
Class C Common Stock), subject to adjustment, which we
refer to as the
Series E-1
Convertible Preferred Stock Conversion Price. No
fractional shares or securities representing fractional shares
will be issued upon conversion; in lieu of fractional shares, we
will pay a cash adjustment based upon the common stock value as
of the close of business on the first business day preceding the
date of conversion.
Mandatory Conversion. At any time
following the first anniversary of the issuance date, the shares
of
Series E-1
Convertible Preferred Stock will be converted automatically,
without notice to holders, into (A) a number of shares of
Class A Common Stock (or, under certain circumstances,
Class C Common Stock) equal to the liquidation preference
of the shares of
Series E-1
Convertible Preferred Stock so converted, divided by
(B) the
Series E-1
Convertible Preferred Stock Conversion Price, upon the earliest
to occur of the following events:
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the trading price for 15 consecutive trading days of our Class A
Common Stock or Class D Common Stock is equal to or greater
than:
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in the event the mandatory conversion occurs after the first
anniversary, but prior to the second anniversary of the issuance
date, 102% of the
Series E-1
Convertible Preferred Stock Conversion Price,
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in the event the mandatory conversion occurs on or after the
second anniversary, but prior to the third anniversary of the
issuance date, 101% of the
Series E-1
Convertible Preferred Stock Conversion Price, or
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in the event the mandatory conversion occurs on or after the
third anniversary of the issuance date, the
Series E-1
Convertible Preferred Stock Conversion Price
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(as the case may be, the
Series E-1
Convertible Preferred Stock Mandatory Conversion Trigger
Price); and
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we issue common stock at an issue price per share equal to or
greater than the
Series E-1
Convertible Preferred Stock Mandatory Conversion Trigger Price,
generating aggregate gross proceeds to us of at least
$75,000,000 (provided that, if the common stock is issued to
CIG, NBCU or their respective affiliates, an internationally
recognized investment bank selected by CIG from a list of three
banks provided by us shall have provided an opinion to the
effect that the issue price per share is at or higher than the
fair market value of a share of our common stock).
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The conversion prices shall be subject to customary adjustments
for stock splits, dividends, recapitalizations, below market
issues and similar events.
Series E-2
Convertible Preferred Stock
General. We have designated 21,000 shares
of our authorized preferred stock as our
Series E-2
Convertible Preferred Stock, none of which are currently
outstanding.
Dividends. We will not pay dividends on the
Series E-2
Convertible Preferred Stock.
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Voting Rights. Holders of the
Series E-2
Convertible Preferred Stock will not be entitled to voting
rights, except as required under the DGCL and as expressly
provided in the certificate of designation, including, among
others things, with respect to:
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materially and adversely amending certain rights of the holders
of the
Series E-2
Convertible Preferred Stock;
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issuing additional shares of
Series E-2
Convertible Preferred Stock or any class of equity securities
that ranks on a parity with or senior to the
Series E-2
Convertible Preferred Stock, other than the issuance of such
parity or senior securities in an amount sufficient to refinance
any series of securities to which the
Series E-2
Convertible Preferred Stock is junior, so long as such parity or
senior securities (i) do not require us to pay dividends
thereon on a current basis in cash, or (ii) require cash
dividends to be paid at a rate not more than three percentage
points greater than the dividend rate borne by any series of
securities to which the
Series E-2
Convertible Preferred Stock is junior, and do not prohibit the
payment of dividends other than in cash on the
Series E-2
Convertible Preferred Stock or prohibit mandatory redemption of
the
Series E-2
Convertible Preferred Stock; and
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any merger or consolidation involving us and any transfer of all
or substantially all of our assets (including our subsidiaries,
taken as a whole), unless certain conditions are met.
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In addition, the certificate of designation of the
Series E-2 Convertible Preferred Stock provides that, upon
our failure to satisfy any redemption or conversion obligation
with respect to the
Series E-2
Convertible Preferred Stock, as their sole and exclusive remedy
under such circumstances, holders of a majority of the
outstanding shares of such stock shall have the right, voting
separately and as one class, to elect the lesser of two
directors or that number of directors constituting 25% of the
members of our Board.
Liquidation Rights. Upon our liquidation,
dissolution or winding up, holders of the
Series E-2
Convertible Preferred Stock will be entitled to an amount in
cash equal to the greater of: (i) $10,000 per share and
(ii) the amount per share which would have been payable
upon such liquidation, dissolution or winding up to the holders
of shares of Class A Common Stock (or such other class or
series of stock into which
Series E-2
Convertible Preferred Stock is then convertible) multiplied by
the number of shares of Class A Common Stock into which
such shares of
Series E-2
Convertible Preferred Stock are then convertible.
Ranking. The
Series E-2
Convertible Preferred Stock will rank (i) senior in right
of payment to the Series F Non-Convertible Preferred Stock
and all classes of common stock, (ii) equally in right of
payment with the
Series E-1
Convertible Preferred Stock, and (iii) junior in right of
payment to the Senior Debt, Series A Notes, Series B
Notes,
Series A-1
Convertible Preferred Stock,
Series A-2
Non-Convertible Preferred Stock,
Series A-3
Convertible Preferred Stock, any unexchanged shares of Senior
Preferred Stock, Series B Convertible Preferred Stock,
Series C Convertible Preferred Stock, Series C
Non-Convertible Preferred Stock and Series D Convertible
Preferred Stock.
Redemption. We are required to redeem all of
the outstanding shares of
Series E-2
Convertible Preferred Stock on August 31, 2013, for $10,000
(in cash) per share.
Conversion
Rights.
Optional Conversion. At the
holders option, the shares of
Series E-2
Convertible Preferred Stock will be convertible at any time into
(A) a number of shares of Class A Common Stock (or,
under certain circumstances, Class C Common Stock) equal to
the number of shares of
Series E-2
Convertible Preferred Stock surrendered for conversion,
multiplied by $10,000, divided by (B) the conversion price
then in effect, except that if shares of
Series E-2
Convertible Preferred Stock are called for redemption the
conversion right will terminate at the close of business on the
redemption date. The conversion price is $0.89 per share of
Class A Common Stock (or, under certain circumstances,
Class C Common Stock), subject to adjustment, which we
refer to as the
Series E-2
Convertible Preferred Stock Conversion Price. No
fractional shares or securities representing fractional shares
will be issued upon conversion; in lieu of fractional shares, we
will pay a cash adjustment based upon the common stock value as
of the close of business on the first business day preceding the
date of conversion.
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Mandatory Conversion. At any time
following the first anniversary of the issuance date, the shares
of
Series E-2
Convertible Preferred Stock will be converted automatically,
without notice to holders, into (A) a number of shares of
Class A Common Stock (or, under certain circumstances,
Class C Common Stock) equal to the liquidation preference
of the shares of
Series E-1
Convertible Preferred Stock so converted, divided by
(B) the
Series E-2
Convertible Preferred Stock Conversion Price, upon the earliest
to occur of the following events:
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the trading price for 15 consecutive trading days of our Class A
Common Stock or Class D Common Stock is equal to or greater
than:
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in the event the mandatory conversion occurs after the first
anniversary, but prior to the second anniversary of the issuance
date, 102% of the
Series E-2
Convertible Preferred Stock Conversion Price,
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in the event the mandatory conversion occurs on or after the
second anniversary, but prior to the third anniversary of the
issuance date, 101% of the
Series E-2
Convertible Preferred Stock Conversion Price, or
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in the event the mandatory conversion occurs on or after the
third anniversary of the issuance date, the
Series E-2
Convertible Preferred Stock Conversion Price
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(as the case may be, the
Series E-2
Convertible Preferred Stock Mandatory Conversion Trigger
Price); and
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we issue common stock at an issue price per share equal to or
greater than the
Series E-2
Convertible Preferred Stock Mandatory Conversion Trigger Price,
generating aggregate gross proceeds to us of at least
$75,000,000 (provided that, if the common stock is issued to
CIG, NBCU or their respective affiliates, an internationally
recognized investment bank selected by CIG from a list of three
banks provided by us shall have provided an opinion to the
effect that the issue price per share is at or higher than the
fair market value of a share of our common stock).
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The conversion prices shall be subject to customary adjustments
for stock splits, dividends, recapitalizations, below market
issues and similar events.
Series F
Non-Convertible Preferred Stock
General. We have designated 22,000 shares
of our authorized preferred stock as our Series F
Non-Convertible Preferred Stock, 21,000 of which are currently
outstanding.
Dividends. We are not required to declare or
pay dividends on the Series F Non-Convertible Preferred
Stock. However, when dividends are declared by our Board,
holders of the Series F Non-Convertible Preferred Stock
will be entitled to receive dividends of 8% per year. All
dividends shall accrue and be cumulative, whether or not earned
or declared, on a quarterly basis, in arrears from the issuance
date, but shall be payable only at such time or times as may be
fixed by our Board or as otherwise provided and shall not
compound.
Voting Rights. Holders of the Series F
Non-Convertible Preferred Stock will not be entitled to voting
rights, except as required under the DGCL and as expressly
provided in the certificate of designation, including, among
others things, with respect to:
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materially and adversely amending certain rights of the holders
of the Series F Non-Convertible Preferred Stock;
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issuing additional shares of Series F Non-Convertible
Preferred Stock or any class of equity securities that ranks on
a parity with or senior to the Series F Non-Convertible
Preferred Stock, other than the issuance of such parity or
senior securities in an amount sufficient to refinance any
series of securities to which the Series F Non-Convertible
Preferred Stock is junior, so long as such parity or senior
securities (i) do not require us to pay dividends thereon
on a current basis in cash, or (ii) require cash dividends
to be paid at a rate not more than three percentage points
greater than the dividend rate borne by any series of securities
to which the Series F Non-Convertible Preferred Stock is
junior, and do not
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prohibit the payment of dividends other than in cash on the
Series F Non-Convertible Preferred Stock or prohibit
mandatory redemption of the Series F Non-Convertible
Preferred Stock; and
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any merger or consolidation involving us and any transfer of all
or substantially all of our assets (including our subsidiaries,
taken as a whole), unless certain conditions are met.
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In addition, the certificate of designation of the Series F
Non-Convertible Preferred Stock provides that, upon our failure
to satisfy any redemption or conversion obligation with respect
to the Series F Non-Convertible Preferred Stock, as their
sole and exclusive remedy under such circumstances, holders of a
majority of the outstanding shares of such stock shall have the
right, voting separately and as one class, to elect the lesser
of two directors or that number of directors constituting 25% of
the members of our Board.
Liquidation Rights. Upon our liquidation,
dissolution or winding up, holders of the Series F
Non-Convertible Preferred Stock will be entitled to an amount in
cash equal to $10,000 per share, plus any accumulated and unpaid
dividends thereon to the date fixed for such liquidation,
dissolution or winding up.
Ranking. The Series F Non-Convertible
Preferred Stock will rank (i) senior in right of payment to
all classes of common stock and (ii) rank junior in right
of payment to our Senior Debt, Series A Notes,
Series B Notes,
Series A-1
Convertible Preferred Stock,
Series A-2
Non-Convertible Preferred Stock,
Series A-3
Convertible Preferred Stock, any unexchanged shares of Senior
Preferred Stock, Series B Convertible Preferred Stock,
Series C Convertible Preferred Stock, Series C
Non-Convertible Preferred Stock, Series D Convertible
Preferred Stock,
Series E-1
Convertible Preferred Stock and
Series E-2
Convertible Preferred Stock.
Redemption. We are required to redeem all of
the outstanding shares of Series F Non-Convertible
Preferred Stock on August 31, 2013, for $10,000 (in cash)
per share plus, as applicable, all accrued and unpaid dividends
through and including the date of redemption.
Conversion Rights. The Series F
Non-Convertible Preferred Stock will not be convertible.
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DESCRIPTION OF CERTAIN INDEBTEDNESS
Series A Notes
We are offering up to $465.3 million aggregate principal amount of Series A Notes in the
Exchange Offer. The terms of the Series A Notes will be substantially similar to the terms of the
Series B Notes described below except that the initial conversion price of the Series A Notes will
be $0.90 per share (the initial conversion price of the Series B Notes is $0.75) and the Series A
Notes will be convertible into Class D Common Stock (the Series B Notes are convertible into either
Class A Common Stock or Class C Common Stock).
Series B Notes
On May 4, 2007, we issued $100.0 million of Series B Notes to CIG, which are mandatorily
convertible senior subordinated notes bearing interest at a rate of 11% per annum. The Series B
Notes require quarterly interest payments in January, April, July, and October of each year, with
the first interest payment date being on July 31, 2007. We have the option to pay interest on the
Series B Notes either (i) entirely in cash or (ii) by deferring the payment of all such interest to
any subsequent interest payment date.
The Series B Notes are convertible on both an optional and a mandatory basis. At the
holders option, the Series B Notes are convertible at any time into shares of Class A Common Stock
at a conversion price of $0.75 per share, increasing at a rate per annum of 11% from the issuance
of the Series B Notes through the date of conversion. At any time following the first anniversary
of the issuance date, the Series B Notes shall be mandatorily converted into shares of Class A
Common Stock, or, in the case of Series B Notes issued to the NBCU Entities, at NBCUs option, an
equal number of shares of Class C Common Stock, upon the earliest of: (i) if shares of Class A
Common Stock or Class D Common Stock are traded on a national securities exchange or in the
over-the-counter market, the trading price for 15 consecutive trading days is equal to or greater
than, (a) in the event the mandatory conversion occurs on or after the first anniversary but prior
to the second anniversary of the issuance date, 102% of the then-applicable conversion price, (b)
in the event the mandatory conversion occurs on or after the second anniversary but prior to the
third anniversary of the issuance date, 101% of the then-applicable conversion price, or (c) in the
event the mandatory conversion occurs on or after the third anniversary of the issuance date, the
then-applicable conversion price; or (ii) our issuance of common stock at an issue price per share
equal to or greater than the then-applicable mandatory conversion trigger price of the Series B
Notes, generating aggregate gross proceeds to us of at least $75,000,000 (provided that, if the
common stock is issued to CIG, NBCU or their respective affiliates, an internationally recognized
investment bank selected by CIG from a list of three banks provided by us shall have provided an
opinion to the effect that the issue price is at or higher than the fair market value of the common
stock so issued).
The Series B Notes Indenture contains customary covenants and includes a covenant
restricting our ability to incur additional debt, other than specified types of permitted debt,
unless after giving effect to the incurrence of such additional debt and the application of the
proceeds thereof, our ratio of total debt to consolidated EBITDA would be less than 8.5 to 1.0.
Events of default under this indebtedness include the failure to pay interest within 30
days of the due date, the failure to pay principal when due, the continued failure to perform any
covenant or warranty contained in the Series B Notes or the Series B Notes Indenture for 60 days
after we receive notice of default from the trustee or holders of at least 25% of the Series B
Notes (except, where such default pertains to the failure to deliver copies of SEC filings, the
default must continue for 90 days after such written notice), a default under any debt by us or any
subsidiary that results in acceleration of the maturity of such debt, or failure to pay any such
debt at maturity, in an aggregate amount of debt greater than $10,000,000 or its foreign currency
equivalent at the time, the entry of a monetary judgment against us in an aggregate amount greater
than $10.0 million, and the occurrence of certain bankruptcy events involving us or one of our
significant subsidiaries. As of May 31, 2007, we were in compliance with all of our covenants under
the Series B Notes Indenture.
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Upon the occurrence of an event of default, other than in connection with a bankruptcy
proceeding the trustee or the holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Series B
Notes then outstanding may declare the principal amount and accrued and unpaid interest, if any,
and any accrued and unpaid additional interest, through the date of declaration on all the Series B
Notes to be immediately due and payable. At that time, if there are any amounts outstanding under
any of the instruments constituting Senior Debt, such amounts shall become due and payable upon the
first to occur of an acceleration under any of the instruments constituting Senior Debt or five
business days after receipt by us and the representative under any Senior Debt of notice of the
acceleration of the instruments constituting Senior Debt, unless all events of default specified in
such notice of acceleration have been cured or waived.
Upon the occurrence of an event of default, in connection with a bankruptcy proceeding
involving us or one of our significant subsidiaries, the principal amount and accrued and unpaid
interest, if any, and any accrued and unpaid additional interest, on the Series B Notes shall
become immediately due and payable, without any declaration or other act on the part of the trustee
or any holders of Series B Notes.
Nevertheless, at any time after such a declaration of acceleration with respect to the
Series B Notes has been made and before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been
obtained by the Trustee, the holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Series
B Notes, by written notice to us and the trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its
consequences if certain conditions have been met.
We do not have the right to redeem the Series B Notes until the final maturity date of
July 31, 2013.
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PRINCIPAL STOCKHOLDERS
The following table sets forth information as to our equity securities beneficially owned on
June 18, 2007 by (i) each director, (ii) each person identified as a Named Executive Officer in
our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006, (iii) all of our directors and
executive officers as a group, and (iv) any person we know to be the beneficial owner of more than
five percent of any class of our voting securities. Beneficial ownership means sole or shared
voting power or investment power with respect to a security. We have been informed that all shares
shown are held of record with sole voting and investment power, except as otherwise indicated.
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Amount and |
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Aggregate |
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Nature |
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% of |
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Voting |
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of Beneficial |
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Class |
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Power |
Class of Stock |
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Name of Beneficial Owner(1) |
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Ownership |
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Owned(2) |
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(%)(3) |
Class A Common Stock
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NBC Universal, Inc.(4),(6) |
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198,035,000 |
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75.03 |
% |
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57.06 |
% |
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Citadel Investment Group,
L.L.C.(5),(7) |
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302,029,510 |
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98.16 |
% |
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95.94 |
% |
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Lowell W. Paxson(8) |
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23,766,701 |
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32.03 |
% |
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61.82 |
% |
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The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.(9) |
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4,509,196 |
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6.84 |
% |
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2.83 |
% |
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Steven Robert Zieger (10) |
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3,704,964 |
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5.62 |
% |
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2.32 |
% |
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Directors: |
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Henry J. Brandon(11) |
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74,333 |
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* |
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* |
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W. Lawrence Patrick(11) |
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74,333 |
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* |
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* |
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Raymond S. Rajewski(11) |
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74,333 |
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* |
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* |
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R. Brandon Burgess(12) |
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2,000,000 |
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3.04 |
% |
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1.25 |
% |
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Frederick M.R. Smith(11) |
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66,555 |
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* |
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* |
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William A. Roskin(11) |
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61,167 |
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* |
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* |
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Lucille S. Salhany(11) |
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61,167 |
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* |
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* |
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Diane Price Baker(11) |
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14,282 |
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* |
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* |
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Eugene I. Davis(11) |
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14,282 |
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* |
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* |
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Ted S. Lodge(11) |
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14,282 |
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* |
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* |
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Ronald W. Wuensch(11) |
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14,282 |
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* |
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* |
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Certain Executive Officers: |
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Stephen P. Appel |
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* |
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* |
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Richard Garcia |
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* |
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* |
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Adam K. Weinstein |
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* |
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* |
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Emma Cordoba |
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* |
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* |
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All directors and executive
officers as a group (15
persons)(13) |
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2,394,683 |
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3.63 |
% |
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1.51 |
% |
Class B Common Stock
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Lowell W. Paxson |
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8,311,639 |
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100 |
% |
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52.13 |
% |
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Citadel Investment Group,
L.L.C.(7) |
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8,311,639 |
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|
100 |
% |
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52.13 |
% |
93/4% Preferred Stock
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Citadel Investment Group,
L.L.C.(7) |
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262.33603 |
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1.57 |
% |
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* |
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* |
|
Less than 1% |
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(1) |
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Unless otherwise specified in the footnotes to this table, the
address of each person in this table is c/o ION Media Networks, Inc.,
601 Clearwater Park Road, West Palm Beach, Florida 33401-6233. |
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(2) |
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Computed in accordance with Rule 13d-3(d)(1). Assumes 65,892,265
shares outstanding of Class A Common Stock, 8,311,639 shares
outstanding of Class B Common Stock (which are convertible into Class
A Common Stock) and 16,695.9798 shares outstanding of 93/4 Preferred
Stock (which are convertible into 625 shares of Class A Common Stock
per share). |
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(3) |
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Each share of Class A Common Stock is entitled to one vote, each
share of Class B Common Stock is entitled to 10 votes, and each share
of 93/4% Preferred Stock is entitled to 625 votes. The outstanding
shares for purposes of calculating the aggregate voting power
includes 65,892,265 shares outstanding of Class A Common Stock,
8,311,639 shares outstanding of Class B Common Stock (which are
convertible into Class A Common Stock) and 16,695.9798 shares
outstanding of 93/4% Preferred Stock (which are convertible into 625
shares of Class A Common Stock per share). |
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(4) |
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The address of NBCU is 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, New York 10112. |
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(5) |
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The address of Citadel Investment Group, L.L.C. (Citadel) is 131
Dearborn Street, 32nd Floor, Chicago, Illinois 60603. |
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(6) |
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Based on the information in Amendment No. 10 to the Schedule 13D
filed with the SEC on May 8, 2007 by the NBCU Entities, National
Broadcasting Company Holding, Inc. and General Electric Company.
According to Amendment No. 10 to the Schedule 13D, the number
represents 198,035,000 shares of Class A Common Stock issuable upon
conversion of 39,607 shares of 11% Series B Preferred Stock held by
NBC Palm Beach Investment I, Inc. |
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(7) |
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Based on the information in an amendment to Schedule 13D filed with
the SEC on June 18, 2007 (the Schedule 13D) as part of a group
along with CIG, Citadel Limited Partnership, Kenneth Griffin, Citadel
Wellington LLC (Wellington), and Citadel Kensington Global
Strategies Fund Ltd. (Kensington). According to the Schedule 13D,
the number includes (i) 44,765,516 shares of Class A Common Stock
beneficially owned by CIG; (ii) 15,455,062 shares of Class A Common
Stock that would be beneficially owned by CIG upon the Call Closing;
(iii) 8,311,639 shares of Class A Common Stock would be issued to CIG
upon conversion of the 8,311,639 shares of Class B Common Stock that
would be beneficially owned by CIG upon the Call Closing; (iv)
163,960 shares of Class A Common Stock that would be issued to CIG
upon conversion of 262.33603 shares of our 93/4% Preferred Stock
beneficially owned by CIG; (v) 133,333,333 shares of Class A Common
Stock that would be issued to CIG upon conversion of $100 million of
our Series B Notes beneficially owned by CIG; and (vi) 100,000,000
shares of Class A Common Stock that would be issued to CIG upon
exercise of the Warrant. According to the Schedule 13D, Wellington
and Kensington expressly disclaim beneficial ownership of such
shares. |
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(8) |
|
Includes 8,311,639 shares of Class A Common Stock that may be
acquired upon conversion of an equal number of shares of Class B
Common Stock. Mr. Paxson is the beneficial owner of all reported
shares, other than 100 shares of Class A Common Stock, through his
control of Second Crystal Diamond Limited Partnership and Paxson
Enterprises, Inc. |
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(9) |
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According to a Schedule 13G filed with the SEC on February 12, 2007,
and dated as of December 31, 2006, the address of The Goldman Sachs
Group, Inc. is 85 Broad Street, New York, New York 10004. |
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(10) |
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This number is based solely on the Schedule 13D filed with the SEC on
April 19, 2007 by Steven Robert Zeiger and Nancy Ann Zeiger. Steven
Robert Zeiger shares voting and investment power with respect to the
shares of Class A Common Stock with Nancy Ann Zeiger, his spouse.
The address of Steven R. and Nancy Ann Zeiger is 14898 Palmwood Road,
Palm Beach Gardens, Florida 33401. |
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(11) |
|
Includes, with respect to Mr. Brandon, 46,555 shares of restricted
stock which vest on January 1, 2008; with respect to Mr. Patrick,
46,555 shares of restricted stock which vest on January 1, 2008; with
respect to Mr. Rajewski, 46,555 shares of restricted stock which vest
on January 1, 2008; with respect to Ms. Salhany, 14,612 shares of
restricted stock which vest on June 23, 2007, and 46,555 shares of
restricted stock which vest on January 1, 2008; with respect to Mr.
Smith, 20,000 shares of restricted stock which vest on April 14,
2007, and 46,555 shares of restricted stock which vest on January 1,
2008; with respect to Mr. Roskin, 14,612 shares of restricted stock
which vest on June 23, 2007, and 46,555 shares which vest on January
1, 2008; and with respect to each of Ms. Baker, Mr. Wuensch, Mr.
Davis and Mr. Lodge 14,282 shares of restricted stock which vest on
April 2, 2008. |
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(12) |
|
Consists of 2,000,000 vested restricted stock units representing the
right to receive one share of our Class A Common Stock that are to be
settled on the earlier of November 7, 2009 or Mr. Burgess
termination of employment. Does not include (i) 6,000,000 restricted
stock units, each representing the contingent right to receive one
share of our Class A Common Stock, vesting in three equal
installments 24, 36 and 48 months after the November 7, 2005 grant
date, subject to termination and acceleration of vesting under
specified circumstances and to Mr. Burgesss continued employment
with us; or (ii) 16,000,000 shares of our Class A Common Stock
issuable upon the exercise of options that are not presently
exercisable. |
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(13) |
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Includes the shares described in note 11 above. |
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WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION
This
document incorporates by reference our Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006 and
our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended
March 31, 2007, each of which will be delivered with the
Information Statement.
We file annual, quarterly and current reports, proxy statements and other information with the
SEC. Our SEC filings are available over the Internet at the SECs web site at http://www.sec.gov.
You may also read and copy any document we file at the SECs Public Reference Room at 100 F Street,
N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549. Please call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 for more information on the
Public Reference Room and its copy charges.
You may request a copy of each of our filings at no cost, by writing or telephoning us at the
following address, telephone or facsimile number:
ION Media Networks, Inc.
601 Clearwater Park Road
West Palm Beach, Florida 33401
Phone: (561) 659-4122
Fax: (561) 659-4754
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By Order of the Board of Directors
_____________________________________
Adam K. Weinstein
Secretary
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West Palm Beach, Florida
___________________, 2007
48
EXHIBIT
A
THE
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE
93/4%
PREFERRED STOCK CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATION
The following sets forth the Proposed Amendments with respect to
the existing
93/4%
Preferred Stock certificate of designation. Deleted text is
shown in strike through format and new text is
presented with an underline. The Proposed Amendments also delete
those definitions from the existing certificate of designation
that are used only in provisions that would be eliminated as a
result of the Proposed Amendments, and cross-references to
provisions in the existing certificate of designation that have
been deleted as a result of the Proposed Amendments will be
revised to reflect such deletion.
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AMENDED
CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATION OF THE POWERS,
PREFERENCES AND RELATIVE, PARTICIPATING,
OPTIONAL AND OTHER SPECIAL RIGHTS OF
93/4%
SERIES A
CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK AND QUALIFICATIONS,
LIMITATIONS AND RESTRICTIONS THEREOF
Pursuant to Section 151 of the
General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware
Paxson Communications Corporation (the
Corporation), a corporation organized and existing
under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, does
hereby certify that, pursuant to authority conferred upon the
board of directors of the Corporation (the Board of
Directors) by its Certificate of Incorporation, as amended
(hereinafter referred to as the Certificate of
Incorporation), and pursuant to the provisions of
Section 151 of the General Corporation Law of the State of
Delaware, said Board of Directors, on June 9, 1998 duly
approved and adopted the following resolution (the
Resolution):
RESOLVED, that, pursuant to the authority vested in the
Board of Directors by its Certificate of Incorporation, the
Board of Directors does hereby create, authorize and provide for
the issuance of
93/4%
Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $.001 per
share, with a stated value of $10,000.00 per share, consisting
of 17,500 shares, having the designations, preferences,
relative, participating, optional and other special rights and
the qualifications, limitations and restrictions thereof that
are set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation and in this
Resolution as follows:
(a) Designation. There is hereby created
out of the authorized and unissued shares of Preferred Stock of
the Corporation a class of Preferred Stock designated as the
93/4%
Series A Convertible Preferred Stock. The number of
shares constituting such class shall be 17,500 and are referred
to as the Convertible Preferred Stock.
7,500 shares of Convertible Preferred Stock shall
be initially issued with an additional 10,000 shares
reserved for issuance in accordance with paragraph (c)(i)
hereof. The liquidation preference of the Convertible
Preferred Stock shall be $10,000.00 per share.
(b) Rank. The Convertible Preferred Stock
shall, with respect to dividends and distributions upon
liquidation,
winding-up
or dissolution of the Corporation, rank (i) senior to all
classes of Common Stock of the Corporation and to each other
class of Capital Stock of the Corporation or series of Preferred
Stock of the Corporation hereafter created the terms of which do
not expressly provide that it ranks senior to, or on a parity
with, the Convertible Preferred Stock as to dividends and
distributions upon liquidation,
winding-up
or dissolution of the Corporation, including the Junior
Preferred Stock (collectively referred to, together with all
classes of Common Stock of the Corporation, as Junior
Securities); (ii) on a parity with any class of
Capital Stock of the Corporation or series of Preferred Stock of
the Corporation hereafter created the terms of which expressly
provide that such class or series will rank on a parity with the
Convertible Preferred Stock as to dividends and distributions
upon liquidation,
winding-up
or dissolution (collectively referred to as Parity
Securities); and (iii) junior to the
ExistingNBCU Series B Preferred Stock and
to the
Junior131/4%
Cumulative Junior Preferred Stock, with a liquidation value of
$10,000 per share, to the Senior Preferred Stock and to each
other class of Capital Stock of the Corporation or series of
Preferred Stock of the Corporation hereafter created the terms
of which expressly provide that such class or series will rank
senior to the Convertible Preferred Stock as to dividends and
distributions upon liquidation,
winding-up
or dissolution of the Corporation (collectively referred to as
Senior Securities); provided that any such
Senior Securities that were not approved by the Holders in
accordance with paragraph (f)(ii)(A) hereof shall be deemed to
be Junior Securities and not Senior Securities.
(c) Dividends.
(i) Beginning on the Issue Date, the Holders of the
outstanding shares of Convertible Preferred Stock shall be
entitled to receive, when, as and if declared by the Board of
Directors, out of funds legally available therefor, dividends on
each share of Convertible Preferred Stock, at a rate per annum
equal to
93/4%
of the liquidation preference per share of the Convertible
Preferred Stock, payable quarterly. All dividends shall be
cumulative, whether or not earned or declared, on a daily basis
from the Issue Date and shall be payable
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quarterly in arrears on each Dividend Payment Date, commencing
September 30, 1998. Dividends may be paid, at the
Corporations option, on any Dividend Payment Date either
in cash or by the issuance of additional shares of Convertible
Preferred Stock (including fractional shares) having an
aggregate liquidation preference equal to the amount of such
dividends or by the issuance of shares of Class A Common
Stock (and payment of cash in lieu of fractional shares) having
a value, based upon the average Common Stock Trading Price as of
the consecutive five trading days ending two Business Days prior
to the Dividend Payment Date equal to the amount of such
dividends. In the event that dividends are declared and paid
through the issuance of additional shares of Convertible
Preferred Stock or Class A Common Stock, as herein
provided, such dividends shall be deemed paid in full and will
not accumulate. Each dividend shall be payable to the Holders of
record as they appear on the stock books of the Corporation on
the Dividend Record Date immediately preceding the related
Dividend Payment Date. Dividends shall cease to accumulate in
respect of shares of the Convertible Preferred Stock on the date
of the redemption of such shares unless the Corporation shall
have failed to pay the relevant redemption
priceRedemption Price on the date fixed for
redemption.
(ii) All dividends paid with respect to shares of the
Convertible Preferred Stock pursuant to paragraph (c)(i) shall
be paid pro rata to the Holders entitled thereto.
(iii) Unpaid dividends accumulating on the Convertible
Preferred Stock for any past dividend period and dividends in
connection with any optional
redemptionRedemption may be declared and paid at any
time, without references to any regular Dividend Payment Date,
to holders of record on such date, not more than forty-five
(45) days prior to the payment thereof, as may be fixed by
the Board of Directors.
(iv) Dividends payable on the Convertible Preferred Stock
for any period less than a year shall be computed on the basis
of a 360-day
year of twelve
30-day
months and the actual number of days elapsed in the period for
which payable.
(v) Notwithstanding paragraph (c)(i) above, if the Company
elects to pay dividends on any Dividend Payment Date in shares
of Class A Common Stock and such shares are not freely
tradable without volume or manner of sale limitations under the
Securities Act by any Holder which is not an Affiliate of the
Corporation, the dividend rate for the Quarterly Period for
which the dividend is being paid shall be increased to
121/4%
per annum. For purposes of the prior sentence, the shares of
Class A Common Stock shall be deemed not freely tradable,
unless the certificates evidencing such shares are delivered to
the Holders without any restrictive legend appearing thereon and
are accompanied by a copy of an Opinion of Counsel addressed to
the Corporation to the effect that such shares of Class A
Common Stock are freely tradable without volume or manner of
sale limitations under the Securities Act by a Holder who is not
an Affiliate of the Corporation.
(d) Liquidation Preference.
(i) In the event of any voluntary or involuntary
liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the
Corporation, the Holders of shares of Convertible Preferred
Stock then outstanding shall be entitled to be paid, out of the
assets of the Corporation available for distribution to its
stockholders, an amount in cash equal to the liquidation
preference for each share outstanding, plus without duplication,
an amount in cash equal to accumulated and unpaid dividends
thereon to the date fixed for liquidation, dissolution or
winding up (including an amount equal to a prorated dividend for
the period from the last Dividend Payment Date to the date fixed
for liquidation, dissolution or winding up) before any
distribution shall be made or any assets distributed to the
holders of any of the Junior Securities including, without
limitation, the Common Stock of the Corporation. Except as
provided in the preceding sentence, Holders of Convertible
Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to any distribution in the
event of any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the
affairs of the Corporation. If the assets of the Corporation are
not sufficient to pay in full the liquidation payments payable
to the Holders of outstanding shares of the Convertible
Preferred Stock and all Parity Securities, then the holders of
all such shares shall share equally and ratably in such
distribution of assets first in proportion to the full
liquidation preference to which each is entitled until such
preferences are paid in full, and then in proportion to their
respective amounts of accumulated but unpaid dividends.
(ii) For the purposes of this paragraph (d), neither the
sale, conveyance, exchange or transfer (for cash, shares of
stock, securities or other consideration) of all or
substantially all of the property or assets of the
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Corporation nor the consolidation or merger of the Corporation
with or into one or more entities shall be deemed to be a
liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the
Corporation.
(e) Redemption.
(i)
Optional Redemption. (A) The
Corporation may, at the option of the Board of Directors, redeem
at any time on or after June 30, 2003,, in
whole or in part, in the manner provided for in paragraph
(e)(iiiii) hereof, any or all of the shares of
the Convertible Preferred Stock, at the redemption
prices (expressed an a percentage of the liquidation
preference) set forth below, plus, without duplication, an
amount in cashprice per share equal to the sum of
(x) $10,000 and (y) an amount equal to all accumulated
and unpaid dividends per share (including an amount in cash
equal to a prorated dividend for the period from the Dividend
Payment Date immediately prior to the Redemption Date to
the Redemption Date) (the Optional
Redemption Price) if redeemed during
the 12-month
period beginning June 30 of each of the years set forth below:
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2003
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104.00
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%
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2004
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102.00
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%
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2005 and
thereafter
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100.00
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%
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(B) In the event of a redemption pursuant to paragraph
(e)(i)(A) hereof of only a portion of the then outstanding
shares of the Convertible Preferred Stock, the Corporation shall
effect such redemption on a pro rata basis according to the
number of shares held by each Holder of the Convertible
Preferred Stock, except that the Corporation may redeem all
shares held by any Holders of fewer than one share (or shares
held by Holders who would hold less than one share as a result
of such redemption), as may be determined by the Corporation,
provided, that no optional redemptionRedemption
shall be authorized or made unless prior thereto full
accumulated and unpaid dividends are declared and paid in full
in cash, or declared and a sum in cash set apart sufficient for
such payment, on the Convertible Preferred Stock for all
Dividend Periods terminating on or prior to the Redemption Date.
(ii) Mandatory Redemption. On December 31, 2006,
the Corporation shall redeem, to the extent of funds legally
available therefor, in the manner provided for in paragraph
(e)(iii) hereof, all of the shares of the Convertible Preferred
Stock then outstanding at a redemption price equal to the
liquidation preference per share, plus, without duplication, an
amount in cash equal to all accumulated and unpaid dividends per
share to the Redemption Date (the Mandatory
Redemption Price). (iii) Procedures for
Redemption. (A) At least thirty (30) days and not more
than sixty (60) days prior to the date fixed for
any redemption of the Convertible Preferred Stock,
written notice (the Redemption Notice) shall be
given by first class mail, postage prepaid, to each Holder of
record on the record date fixed for such redemption of the
Convertible Preferred Stock at such Holders address as it
appears on the stock books of the Corporation, provided that no
failure to give such notice nor any deficiency therein shall
affect the validity of the procedure for the redemption of any
shares of Convertible Preferred Stock to be redeemed except as
to the Holder or Holders to whom the Corporation has failed to
give said notice or to whom such notice was defective. The
Redemption Notice shall state:
(1) whether that the redemption is pursuant to
paragraph (e)(i)(A) or (e)(ii)hereof;
(2) the Optional
Redemption Price or the Mandatory
Redemption Price, as the case may be;
(3) whether all or less than all the outstanding shares of
the Convertible Preferred Stock are to be redeemed and the total
number of shares of the Convertible Preferred Stock being
redeemed;
(4) the date fixed for redemption;
(5) that the Holder is to surrender to the Corporation, in
the manner, at the place or places and at the price designated,
his certificate or certificates representing the shares of
Convertible Preferred Stock to be redeemed; and
(6) that dividends on the shares of the Convertible
Preferred Stock to be redeemed shall cease to accumulate on such
Redemption Date unless the Corporation defaults in the payment
of the Optional Redemption Price
or the Mandatory Redemption Price, as the case way be. .
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(B) Each Holder of Convertible Preferred Stock shall
surrender the certificate or certificates representing such
shares of Convertible Preferred Stock to the Corporation, duly
endorsed (or otherwise in proper form for transfer, as
determined by the Corporation), in the manner and at the place
designated in the Redemption Notice, and on the Redemption
Date the full Optional
Redemption Price or Mandatory
Redemption Price, as the case may be, for such
shares shall be payable in cash to the Person whose name appears
on such certificate or certificates as the owner thereof, and
each surrendered certificate shall be canceled and retired. In
the event that less than all of the shares represented by any
such certificate are redeemed, a new certificate shall be issued
representing the unredeemed shares.
(C) On and after the Redemption Date, unless the
Corporation defaults in the payment in full of the applicable
redemption priceRedemption Price,
dividends on the Convertible Preferred Stock called for
redemption shall cease to accumulate on the Redemption Date, and
all rights of the Holders of redeemed shares shall terminate
with respect thereto on the Redemption Date, other than the
right to receive the Optional
Redemption Price or the Mandatory
Redemption Price, as the case may be, without
interest; provided, however, that if a notice of redemption
shall have been given as provided in paragraph
(iiiii)(A) above and the funds necessary for
redemption (including an amount in respect of all dividends that
will accrue to the Redemption Date) shall have been
segregated and irrevocably deposited in trust for the equal and
ratable benefit of the Holders of the shares to be redeemed,
then, at the close of business on the day on which such funds
are segregated and set aside, the Holders of the shares to be
redeemed shall cease to be stockholders of the Corporation and
shall be entitled only to receive the Optional
Redemption Price or the Mandatory Redemption Price, as
the case may be. Redemption Price.
(f) Voting Rights.
(i) The Holders of Convertible Preferred Stock are
entitled to vote on all matters submitted for a vote to the
holders of the Corporations common stock generally voting
as a class with the Class A Common Stock and are entitled
to one vote for each share of Class A Common Stock into
which their shares of Convertible Preferred Stock is convertible
in accordance with paragraph (g) below. The Holders will
vote on all such matters as a class with the holders of the
Class A Common Stock. In addition, Holders have the voting
rights required under Delaware law and as set forth in
paragraphs (ii), (iii) and (iv) below. Except
as otherwise provided by law, the Holders of Convertible
Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to vote on any matters
submitted for a vote to the holders of the Corporations
common stock. Upon the filing of the Certificate of Amendment of
the Certificate of Incorporation containing this sentence (the
Amendment), the term of any director elected by the
Holders of Convertible Preferred Stock prior to the filing of
such Certificate of Amendment of the Certificate of
Incorporation shall automatically end and such director shall
immediately cease to be a member of the Board of Directors.
(ii) (A) So long as any shares of the Convertible
Preferred Stock are outstanding, the Corporation may not issue
any new class of Senior Securities (or amend the provisions of
any existing class of capital stock to make such class of
capital stock Senior Securities) without the approval of the
holders of at least a majority of the shares of Convertible
Preferred Stock then outstanding, voting or consenting, as the
case may be, together as one class; provided, however, that the
Corporation may issue a new class of Senior Securities (or amend
the provisions of any existing class of capital stock to make
such class of capital stock Senior Securities) without the
approval of the holders of at least a majority of the shares of
Convertible Preferred Stock then outstanding, voting or
consenting, as the case may be, together as one class at any
time after the Common Stock Trading Price first exceeds 120% of
the Conversion Price (as then in effect) for twenty consecutive
trading days. Notwithstanding the prior sentence, the
Corporation may: (I) issue additional shares of Senior
Securities which Senior Securities require cash dividends at a
time and in an amount not in excess of one percentage point
greater than the dividend rate borne by the Private Preferred
Stock (as existing on the Issue Date) and which does not prevent
either the payment or cash dividends on the Convertible
Preferred Stock, in an amount sufficient to acquire the Private
Preferred Stock in accordance with its terms on the Issue Date
(including any premium required to be paid), plus the amount of
reasonable expenses incurred by the Corporation in acquiring
such Private Preferred Stock and issuing such additional Senior
Securities; with such shares being issued no sooner than the
date the Corporation repurchases, redeems or otherwise retires
the Private Preferred Stock, (II) issue additional shares
of Public Preferred Stock as dividends on the Public Preferred
Stock in
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accordance with the certificate of designation
of the Public Preferred Stock, as in existence on the Issue
Date, (III) issue additional shares of Junior Preferred
Stock as dividends on the Junior Preferred Stock in accordance
with the certificate of designation of the Junior
Preferred Stock, as in existence on the Issue Date; or
(IV) issue shares of Senior Securities with an aggregate
liquidation preference not in excess of $75,000,000.
(B) So long as any shares of the Convertible Preferred
Stock are outstanding, the Corporation shall not amend this
Resolution so as to affect materially and adversely the
specified rights, preferences, privileges or voting rights of
Holders of shares of Convertible Preferred Stock without the
affirmative vote or consent of Holders of at least a majority of
the issued and outstanding shares of Convertible Preferred
Stock, voting or consenting, as the case may be, as one class,
given in person or by proxy, either in writing or by resolution
adopted at an annual or special meeting.
(C) Except as set forth in paragraphs (f)(ii)(A) above,
(x) the creation, authorization or issuance of any shares
of any Junior Securities, Parity Securities or Senior Securities
or (y) the increase or decrease in the amount of authorized
Capital Stock of any class, including Preferred Stock, shall not
require the consent of Holders of Convertible Preferred Stock
and shall not be deemed to affect adversely the rights,
preferences, privileges or voting rights of Holders of
Convertible Preferred Stock.
(iii) Without the affirmative vote or consent of Holders
of a majority of the issued and outstanding shares of
Convertible Preferred Stock, voting or consenting, as the case
may be, as a separate class, given in person or by proxy, either
in writing or by resolution adopted at an annual or special
meeting, the Corporation shall not, in a single transaction or
series of related transactions, consolidate or merge with or
into, or sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise
dispose of all or substantially all of the Companys assets
(as entirely or substantially as an entirety in one transaction
or series of related transactions) to, another Person (other
than a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary with, into or to another
Wholly-Owned Subsidiary) or adopt a plan of liquidation unless
(A) either (I) the Corporation is the surviving or
continuing Person or (II) the Person (if other than the
Corporation) formed by such consolidation or into which the
Corporation is merged or the Person that acquires by conveyance,
transfer or lease the properties and assets of the Corporation
substantially as an entirety or, in the case of a plan
liquidation, the Person to which assets of the Corporation have
been transferred shall be a corporation, partnership or trust
organized and existing under the laws of the United States or
any State thereof or the District of Columbia; (B) the
Convertible Preferred Stock shall be converted into or exchanged
for and shall become shares of such successor, transferee or
resulting Person the same powers, preferences and relative,
participating, optional or other special rights and the
qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereon, that the
Convertible Preferred Stock had immediately prior to such
transaction; (C) immediately after giving effect to such
transaction, no Voting Rights Triggering Event shall have
occurred or be continuing; and (D) the Corporation has
delivered to the transfer agent for the Convertible Preferred
Stock prior to the consummation of the proposed transaction an
Officers Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each
stating that such consolidation, merger or transfer complies
with the terms hereof and that all conditions precedent herein
relating to such transaction have been satisfied.
For purposes of the foregoing, the transfer (by lease,
assignment, sale or otherwise, in a single transaction or series
of related transactions) of all or substantially all of the
properties and assets of one or more Subsidiaries of the
Corporation, the Capital Stock of which constitutes all or
substantially all of the properties and assets of the
Corporation shall be deemed to be the transfer of all or
substantially all of the properties and assets of the
Corporation.
(iv) (A) If (I) the Corporation fails to
redeem all of the then outstanding shares of Convertible
Preferred Stock on or before December 31, 2006 or otherwise
fails to discharge any redemption obligation with respect to the
Convertible Preferred Stock; (II) the Corporation fails to
make a Change of Control Offer (whether pursuant to the terms of
paragraph (h)(v) or otherwise) following a Change of Control if
such Change of Control Offer is required by paragraph
(h) hereof or fails to purchase shares of Convertible
Preferred Stock from Holders who elect to have such shares
purchased pursuant to the Change of Control Offer;
(III) the Corporation breaches or violates one of the
provisions set forth in any of paragraphs (1)(i) or (1)(ii)
hereof and the breach or violation continues for a period of
60 days or more after the Corporation receives notice
thereof specifying the default from the holders of at least 25%
of the shares of Convertible Preferred Stock then outstanding;
(IV) the
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Corporation fails to pay at the final stated maturity
(giving effect to any extensions thereof) the principal amount
of any Indebtedness of the Corporation or any Restricted
Subsidiary of the Corporation, or the final stated maturity of
any such Indebtedness is accelerated, if the aggregate principal
amount of such Indebtedness, together with the aggregate
principal amount of any other such Indebtedness in default for
failure to pay principal at the final stated maturity (giving
effect to any extensions thereof) or which has been accelerated,
aggregates $10,000,000 or more at any time, in each case, after
a 20-day
period during which such default shall not have been cured or
such acceleration rescinded; or (V) any event occurs or
condition exists which results in an increase in the dividend
rate borne by the Private Preferred Stock in accordance with the
terms thereof, then in the case of any of clauses
(I)-(V) the number of directors constituting the Board of
Directors shall be adjusted by the number, if any, necessary to
permit the Holders of Convertible Preferred Stock, voting
separately and as one class, to elect the lesser of two
directors and that number of directors constituting 25% of the
members of the Board of Directors. Each such event described in
clauses (I), (II), (III), (IV), and (V) is a Voting
Rights Triggering Event. Holders of a majority of the
issued and outstanding shares of Convertible Preferred Stock,
voting separately and as one class, shall have the exclusive
right to elect the lesser of two directors and that number of
directors constituting 25% of the members of the Board of
Directors at a meeting therefor called upon occurrence of such
Voting Rights Triggering Event, and at every subsequent meeting
at which the terms of office of the directors so elected by the
Holders of the Convertible Preferred Stock expire (other than as
described in (f)(iv)(B) below). The voting rights provided
herein shall be the exclusive remedy at law or in equity of the
holders of the Convertible Preferred Stock for any Voting Rights
Triggering Event.
(B) The right of the Holders of Convertible Preferred
Stock voting together as a separate class to elect members of
the Board of Directors as set forth in subparagraph (f)(iv)(A)
above shall continue until such time as in all other cases, the
failure, breach or default giving rise to such Voting Rights
Triggering Event is remedied, cured (including, but not limited
to, in the case of clause (IV) of subparagraph (f)(iv)(A)
above through the issuance of Refinancing Indebtedness or the
waiver of any breach or default by the holder of such
Indebtedness) or waived by the holders of at least a majority of
the shares of Convertible Preferred Stock then outstanding and
entitled to vote thereon, at which time (I) the special
right of the Holders of Convertible Preferred Stock so to vote
as a class for the election of directors and (II) the term
of office of the directors elected by the Holders of the
Convertible Preferred Stock shall each terminate and the
directors elected by the holders of Common Stock or Capital
Stock (other than the Convertible Preferred Stock), if
applicable, shall constitute the entire Board of Directors. At
any time after voting power to elect directors shall have become
vested and be continuing in the Holders of Convertible Preferred
Stock pursuant to paragraph (f)(iv) hereof, or if vacancies
shall exist in the offices of directors elected by the Holders
of Convertible Preferred Stock, a proper officer of the
Corporation may, and upon the written request of the Holders of
record of at least twenty-five percent (25%) of the shares of
Convertible Preferred Stock then outstanding addressed to the
secretary of the Corporation shall, call a special meeting of
the Holders of Convertible Preferred Stock, for the purpose of
electing the directors which such Holders are entitled to elect.
If such meeting shall not be called by a proper officer of the
Corporation within twenty (20) days after personal service
of said written request upon the secretary of the Corporation,
or within twenty (20) days after mailing the same within
the United States by certified mail, addressed to the secretary
of the Corporation at its principal executive offices, then the
Holders of record of at least twenty-five percent (25%) of the
outstanding shares of Convertible Preferred Stock may designate
in writing one of their number to call such meeting at the
reasonable expense of the Corporation, and such meeting may be
called by the Person so designated upon the notice required for
the annual meetings of stockholders of the Corporation and shall
be held at the place for holding the annual meetings of
stockholders. Any Holder of Convertible Preferred Stock so
designated shall have, and the Corporation shall provide, access
to the lists of stockholders to be called pursuant to the
provisions hereof.
(C) At any meeting held for the purpose of electing
directors at which the Holders of Convertible Preferred Stock
shall have the right, voting together as a separate class, to
elect directors an aforesaid, the presence in person or by proxy
of the Holders of at least a majority of the outstanding shares
of Convertible Preferred Stock shall be required to constitute a
quorum of such Convertible Preferred Stock.
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(D) Any vacancy occurring in the office of a director
elected by the Holders of Convertible Preferred Stock may be
filled by the remaining directors elected by the Holders of
Convertible Preferred Stock unless and until such vacancy shall
be filled by the Holders of Convertible Preferred Stock.
(v) In any case in which the Holders of Convertible
Preferred Stock shall be entitled to vote pursuant to this
paragraph (f) or pursuant to Delaware law, each Holder of
Convertible Preferred Stock entitled to vote with respect to
such matter shall be entitled to one vote for each share of
Class A Common Stock into which the Convertible Preferred
Stock held by such Holder is convertible.
(g) Conversion.
(i) Shares of the Convertible Preferred Stock will be
convertible at the option of the Holder thereof, at any time and
from time to time (A) on or after June 30,
1999, (B) immediately in the event of a Change of Control
or Major Asset Sale, or (C) in the event that the Common
Stock Trading Price equals or exceeds $25.00 per share for five
consecutive trading days, in each case, into a number
of shares of Class A Common Stock equal to the aggregate
liquidation preference amount of the shares of Convertible
Preferred Stock surrendered for conversion divided by the
Conversion Price as then in effect, except that, if shares of
Convertible Preferred Stock are called for redemption, the
conversion right will terminate at the close of business on the
Redemption Date. No fractional shares or securities
representing fractional shares of Class A Common Stock will
be issued upon conversion; in lieu of fractional shares of
Class A Common Stock, the Company will, at its option,
either round up the number of shares to be issued to the nearest
whole share or pay a cash adjustment based upon the current
market price of the Class A Common Stock at the close of
business on the first Business Day preceding the date of
conversion. The Convertible Preferred Stock shall be converted
by the holder thereof by surrendering the certificate or
certificates representing the shares of Convertible Preferred
Stock to be converted, appropriately completed, to the transfer
agent for the Class A Common Stock. The transfer agent
shall issue one or more certificates representing the
Class A Common Stock to be issued in the conversion in the
name of names requested by the Holder. The transfer agent will
deliver to the Holder a new certificate representing the shares
of Convertible Preferred Stock in excess of those being
surrendered for conversion. Effective as of the filing of the
Amendment, the Conversion Price shall be $16.00 (the
Conversion Price). Such Conversion Price shall be
adjusted as hereinafter provided.
(ii) (A) In case the Company shall (I) pay a
dividend or distribution in shares of its Class A Common
Stock on its shares of Class A Common Stock,
(II) subdivide its outstanding shares of Class A
Common Stock into a greater number of shares, (III) combine
its outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock into a
smaller number of shares, or (IV) issue, by
reclassification of its shares of Class A Common Stock, any
shares of its capital stock (each such transaction being called
a Stock Transaction), then and in each such case,
(x) the Conversion Price in effect immediately
prior thereto shall be adjusted so that the Holder of a share of
Convertible Preferred Stock surrendered for conversion after the
record date fixing stockholders to be affected by such Stock
Transaction shall be entitled to receive upon conversion the
number of such shares of Class A Common Stock which such
Holder would have been entitled to receive after the happening
of such event had such share of Convertible Preferred Stock been
converted immediately prior to such record date, and
(y) the Company shall simultaneously effect such
transaction to the Convertible Preferred Stock (i.e., dividend,
subdivision, combination, etc.) so that the Holder of a share of
Convertible Preferred Stock after such Stock Transaction shall
be entitled to the same percentage voting power which such
holder was entitled to for such share before such Stock
Transaction.. Such adjustment shall be made whenever
any of such events shall happen, but shall also be effective
retroactively as to shares of Convertible Preferred Stock
converted between such record date and the date of the happening
of any such event.
(B) In the event the Company shall, at any time or from
time to time while any shares of Convertible Preferred Stock are
outstanding, issue, sell or distribute any right or warrant to
purchase, acquire or subscribe for shares of Class A Common
Stock (including a right or warrant with respect to any security
convertible into or exchangeable for shares of Class A
Common Stock) generally to holders of Common Stock (including by
way of a reclassification of shares or a recapitalization of the
Company), for a consideration on the date of such issuance, sale
or exchange less than the Common Stock Trading Price of the
shares of Class A Common Stock underlying such rights or
warrants on the date of such issuance, sale or distribution,
then and in each
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case, the Conversion Price shall be adjusted by multiplying such
Conversion Price by a fraction the numerator of which shall be
the sum of (I) the Common Stock Trading Price per share of
Common Stock on the first trading date after the date of the
public announcement of the actual terms (including the price
terms) of such issuance, sale or distribution multiplied by the
number of shares of Class A Common Stock outstanding
immediately prior to such issuance, sale or exchange plus
(II) the aggregate Fair Market Value of the consideration
to be received by the Company in respect of such issuance, sale
or distribution of the shares of Class A Common Stock
underlying such right or warrant, and the denominator of which
shall be the Common Stock Trading Price per share of
Class A Common Stock on the trading day immediately
preceding the public announcement of the actual terms (including
the pricing terms) of such issuance, sale or exchange multiplied
by the aggregate number of shares of Class A Common Stock
(I) outstanding immediately prior to such issuance, sale or
distribution plus (II) underlying such rights or warrants
at the time of such issuance. For the purposes of the preceding
sentence, the aggregate consideration receivable by the Company
in connection with the issuance, sale or exchange of any such
right or warrant shall be deemed to be equal to the sum of the
aggregate offering price (before deduction of reasonable
underwriting discounts or commissions and expenses) of all such
rights or warrants.
(C) In the event the Company shall, at any time or from
time to time while any shares of Convertible Preferred Stock are
outstanding, repurchase or redeem any portion of the
Class A Common Stock from holders generally at a premium
over the Common Stock Trading Price thereof on the next trading
day immediately preceding the consummation of such repurchase or
redemption (a Repurchase), then and in the case of
each Repurchase the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior
thereto shall be adjusted by multiplying such conversion price
by the fraction the numerator of which is (I) the product
of (x) the number of shares of Class A Common Stock
outstanding immediately before such repurchase or redemption
multiplied by (y) the Common Stock Trading Price per share
of Class A Common Stock on the next trading day immediately
following the consummation of such Repurchase minus
(II) the aggregate purchase price of the Repurchase and the
denominator of which shall be the product of (x) the number
of shares of Class A Common Stock outstanding immediately
before such Repurchase minus the number of shares of
Class A Common Stock repurchased or redeemed by the Company
multiplied by (y) the Common Stock Trading Price per share
of Class A Common Stock on the next trading day immediately
following the consummation of such Repurchase. Such adjustment
shall be made whenever any such events shall happen, but shall
also be effective retroactively as to shares of Convertible
Preferred Stock converted between such record date and the date
of the happening of any such event.
(D) In the event the Company shall at any time or from time
to time while any shares of Convertible Preferred Stock are
outstanding declare, order, pay or make a dividend or other
distribution generally to holders of Common Stock in stock or
other securities or rights or warrants to subscribe for
securities of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or
evidences of indebtedness of the Company or any other person on
its Class A Common Stock or pay any Extraordinary
CashDividedDividend, (other than any dividend
or distribution on the Class A Common Stock
(I) referred to in paragraphs (A), (B) or
(C) above or (II) if in conjunction therewith the
Company declares and pays or makes a dividend or distribution on
each share of Convertible Preferred Stock which is the same as
the dividend or distribution that would have been made or paid
with respect to such share of Convertible Preferred Stock had
such share been converted into shares of Class A Common
Stock immediately prior to the record date for any such dividend
or distribution on the Class A Common Stock), then, and in
each such case, an appropriate adjustment to the Conversion
Price shall be made so that the Holder of each share of
Convertible Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive, upon
the conversion thereof, the number of shares of Class A
Common Stock determined by multiplying (x) the number of
shares of Class A Common Stock into which such share was
convertible on the day immediately prior to the record date
fixed for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive
such dividend or distribution by (y) a fraction, the
numerator of which shall be the Common Stock Trading Price per
share of Class A Common Stock as of such record date, and
the denominator of which shall be such Common Stock Trading
Price per share of Class A Common Stock less the Fair
Market Value per share of Class A Common Stock of such
dividend or distribution (as determined in good faith by the
Board of Directors, as evidenced by a Board Resolution mailed to
each holder of shares of Convertible Preferred Stock). An
adjustment made pursuant to this paragraph (D) shall be
made upon the opening of business on the next business day
following the date on
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which any such dividend or distribution is made and shall be
effective retroactively immediately after the close of business
on the record date fixed for the determination of stockholders
entitled to receive such dividend or distribution.
(iii) No adjustment in the Conversion Price will be
required to be made in any case until cumulative adjustments
amount to 1% or more of the Conversion Price, but any such
adjustment that would otherwise be required to be made shall be
carried forward and taken into account in any subsequent
adjustment. The Company may, to the extent permitted by law,
make such reductions in the Conversion Price in addition to
those described in paragraph (ii) above as it, in its sole
discretion, shall determine to be advisable in order that
certain stock related distributions hereafter made by the
Company to its stockholders shall not be taxable to such
stockholders.
(iv) Holders of shares of Convertible Preferred Stock at
the close of business on a Dividend Record Date shall be
entitled to receive the dividend payable on such shares on the
corresponding Dividend Payment Date notwithstanding the
conversion thereof following such Dividend Record Date and on or
prior to such Dividend Payment Date. However, shares of
Convertible Preferred Stock surrendered for conversion during
the period between the opening of business on any Dividend
Record Date and the close of business on the corresponding
Dividend Payment Date (except shares of Convertible Preferred
Stock called for redemption on a Redemption Date during
such period) must be accompanied by payment of an amount equal
to the dividend payment with respect to such shares of
Convertible Preferred Stock presented for conversion on such
Dividend Payment Date; provided, however, that no such payment
need be made if, at the time of conversion, dividends payable on
the shares of Convertible Preferred Stock outstanding are in
arrears for more than 30 days beyond the previous Dividend
Payment Date. The dividend payment with respect to shares of
Convertible Preferred Stock called for redemption on a
Redemption Date during the period between the opening of
business on a Dividend Record Date and the close of business on
the corresponding Dividend Payment Date shall be payable on that
Dividend Payment Date to the Holder of such shares at the close
of business on the Dividend Record Date notwithstanding the
conversion of such shares after the opening of business on such
Dividend Record Date and on or prior to the close of business on
such Dividend Payment Date, and the holder of such shares need
not make a payment equal to the dividend payment amount upon
surrender of such shares for conversion. A holder of shares of
Convertible Preferred Stock on a Dividend Record Date who
converts such shares on or after the corresponding Dividend
Payment Date will receive the dividend payable by the Company on
such shares of Convertible Preferred Stock on such date and need
not include payment in the amount of such dividend upon
surrender of such shares of Convertible Preferred Stock for
conversion. Except as provided above, the Company shall make no
payments or allowance for unpaid dividends, whether or not in
arrears, on converted shares or for dividends on the shares of
Class A Common Stock issued upon such conversion. The
Company will not issue fractional shares of Class A Common
Stock upon conversion of shares of Convertible Preferred Stock
and, in lieu thereof, will at its option, either round up the
number of shares to be issued to the nearest whole share or pay
a cash adjustment based upon the Common Stock Trading Price of
the Class A Common Stock (determined as set forth in the
Certificate of Designation) on the last business day prior to
the date of conversion.
(v) In the event of any capital reorganization (other than
a capital reorganization covered by paragraph (ii)
(D) above) or reclassification of outstanding shares of
Class A Common Stock (other than a reclassification covered
by paragraph (ii) (A) above), or in case of any merger,
consolidation or other corporate combination of the Company with
or into another corporation, or in case of any sale or
conveyance to another corporation of the property of the Company
as an entirety or substantially as an entirety (each of the
foregoing being referred to as a Transaction), each
share of Convertible Preferred Stock shall continue to remain
outstanding if the Company is the Surviving Person (as defined
below) of such Transaction, and shall be subject to all the
provisions, as in effect prior to such Transaction, or if the
Company is not the Surviving Person, each share of Convertible
Preferred Stock shall be exchanged for a new series of
convertible preferred stock of the Surviving Person, or in the
case of a Surviving Person other than a corporation, comparable
securities of such Surviving Person, in either case having
economic terms as nearly equivalent as possible to, and with the
same voting and other rights as, the Convertible Preferred Stock
including entitling the holder thereof to receive, upon
presentation of the certificate therefor to the Surviving Person
subsequent to the
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consummation of such Transaction, the kind and amount of shares
of stock and other securities and property receivable (including
cash) upon the consummation of such Transaction by a holder of
that number of shares of Class A Common Stock into which
one share of Convertible Preferred Stock was convertible
immediately prior to such Transaction. In case securities or
property other than Common stock shall be issuable or
deliverable upon conversion as aforesaid, then all references in
this paragraph (v) shall be deemed to apply, so far as
appropriate and as nearly as may be, to such other securities or
property.
Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, the
Company will not effect any Transaction unless, prior to the
consummation thereof, (A) proper provision is made to
ensure that the holders of shares of Convertible Preferred Stock
will be entitled to receive the benefits afforded by this
paragraph (v), and (B) if, following the Change in Control,
one or more entitles other than the Company shall be required to
deliver securities or other property upon the conversion of the
Convertible Preferred Stock, such entity or entities shall
assume, by written instrument delivered to each holder of shares
of Convertible Preferred Stock the obligation to deliver to such
holder the amount in cash to which, in accordance with the
foregoing provisions, such holder is entitled.
For purposes of this paragraph (v), the following terms shall
have the meanings ascribed to them below:
Surviving Person shall mean the continuing or
surviving Person of a merger, consolidation or other corporate
combination, the Person receiving a transfer of all or a
substantial part of the properties and assets of the Company, or
the Person consolidating with or merging into the Company in a
merger, consolidation or other corporate combination in which
the Company is the continuing or surviving Person, but in
connection with which the Convertible Preferred Stock or Common
Stock of the Company is exchanged, converted or reclassified
into the securities of any other Person or cash or any other
property.
(A) At the time of the Exchange, the Corporation shall
deliver Debentures which may be resold by the holder thereof to
the public without delivering a prospectus under the
Securities Act.
(h) Change of Control.
(i) In the event of a Change of Control (the date of
such occurrence being the Change of Control Date),
the Corporation shall notify the Holders of the Convertible
Preferred Stock in writing of such occurrence and shall make an
offer to purchase (the Change of Control Offer) all
then outstanding shares of Convertible Preferred Stock at a
purchase price of 100% of the liquidation preference thereof
plus, without duplication, an amount in cash equal to all
accumulated and unpaid dividends thereon (including an amount in
cash equal to a prorated dividend for the period from the
immediately preceding Dividend Payment Date to the Change of
Control Payment Date) (such applicable purchase price being
hereinafter referred to as the Change of Control Purchase
Price).
(ii) Within 30 days following the Change of Control
Date, the Corporation shall (i) cause a notice of the
Change of Control to be sent at least once to the Dow Jones News
Service or similar business news service in the United States
and (ii) send by first class mail, postage prepaid, a
notice to each Holder of Convertible Preferred Stock at such
Holders address as it appears in the register maintained
by the Transfer Agent, which notice shall govern the terms of
the Change of Control Offer. The notice to the Holders shall
contain all instructions and materials necessary to enable such
Holders to tender Convertible Preferred Stock pursuant to the
Change of Control Offer. Such notice shall state:
(A) that a Change of Control has occurred, that the
Change of Control Offer is being made pursuant to this paragraph
(h) and that all Convertible Preferred Stock validly
tendered and not withdrawn will be accepted for payment;
(B) the Change of Control Purchase Price and the
purchase date (which shall be a Business Day no earlier than 30
Business Days nor later than 60 Business Days from the date such
notice is mailed, other than as may be required by law) (the
Change of Control Payment Date);
(C) that any shares of Convertible Preferred Stock not
tendered will continue to accumulate dividends;
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(D) that, unless the Corporation defaults in making
payment of the Change of Control Purchase Price any share of
Convertible Preferred Stock accepted for payment pursuant to the
Change of Control Offer shall cease to accumulate dividends
after the Change of Control Payment Date;
(E) that Holders accepting the offer to have any shares
of Convertible Preferred Stock purchased pursuant to a Change of
Control Offer will be required to surrender their certificate or
certificates representing such shares, properly endorsed for
transfer together with such customary documents
as the Corporation and the transfer agent may reasonably
require, in the manner and at the place specified in the notice
prior to the close of business on the Business Day preceding to
the Change of Control Payment Date;
(F) that Holders will be entitled to withdraw their
acceptance if the Corporation receives, not later than the close
of business on the third Business Day preceding the Change of
Control Payment Date, a telegram, telex, facsimile transmission
or letter setting forth the name of the Holder, the number of
shares of Convertible Preferred Stock the Holder delivered for
purchase and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing his
election to have such shares of Convertible Preferred Stock
purchased;
(G) that Holders whose shares of Convertible Preferred
Stock are purchased only in part will be issued a new
certificate representing the number of shares of Convertible
Preferred Stock equal to the unpurchased portion of the
certificate surrendered; and
(H) the circumstances and relevant facts regarding such
Change of Control.
(iii) The Corporation will comply with any securities
laws and regulations, to the extent such laws and regulations
are applicable to the repurchase of the Convertible Preferred
Stock in connection with a Change of Control Offer.
(iv) On the Change of Control Payment Date, the
Corporation shall (A) accept for payment the shares of
Convertible Preferred Stock tendered pursuant to the Change of
Control Offer, (B) promptly mail to each Holder of shares
so accepted payment in an amount in cash equal to the Change of
Control Purchase Price for such Convertible Preferred Stock,
(C) execute and issue a new Convertible Preferred Stock
certificate equal to any unpurchased shares of Convertible
Preferred Stock represented by certificates surrendered and
(D) cancel and retire each surrendered certificate. Unless
the Corporation defaults in the payment for the shares of
Convertible Preferred Stock tendered pursuant to the Change of
Control Offer, dividends will cease to accumulate with respect
to the shares of Convertible Preferred Stock tendered and all
rights of Holders of such tendered shares will terminate, except
for the right to receive payment therefor, on the Change of
Control Payment Date.
(v) If the purchase of the Convertible Preferred Stock
would violate or constitute a default or be prohibited under the
Credit Facility, any then outstanding Senior Debt, the Existing
Debt Indentures, the New Exchange Indenture, the Existing
Preferred Stock or the Junior Preferred Stock, then,
notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained above, prior
to complying with the foregoing provisions, but in any event
within 45 days following the Change of Control Date, the
Corporation shall, to the extent required to permit such
purchase of the Convertible Preferred Stock, either
(A) repay in full all Indebtedness under the Credit
Facility, such Senior Debt, the Existing Notes, the Existing
Exchange Debentures and the New Exchange Debentures and, in the
case of the Credit Facility or such other Senior Debt, terminate
all commitments outstanding thereunder and effect the
termination of any such prohibition under the Existing Preferred
Stock and Junior Preferred Stock or (B) obtain the
requisite consents, if any, under the Credit Facility, the
instruments governing such Senior Debt, the Existing Debt
Indentures, the New Exchange Indenture and the certificates of
designation governing the Existing Preferred Stock and Junior
Preferred Stock required to permit redemption of the Convertible
Preferred Stock required by this paragraph (h). Until the
requirements of the immediately preceding sentence are
satisfied, the Corporation shall not make, and shall not be
obligated to make, any Change of Control Offer; provided that
the Corporations failure to comply with the provision of
this paragraph (h)(v) shall constitute a Voting Rights
Triggering Event.
(i) Conversion or
Exchange. Other than as set forth in paragraph
(g) above, the Holders of shares of Convertible Preferred
Stock shall not have any rights hereunder to convert such shares
into or exchange such
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shares for shares of any other class or classes or of any other
series of any class or classes of Capital Stock of the
Corporation.
(ji) Reissuance of Convertible Preferred
Stock. Shares of Convertible Preferred Stock that
have been issued and reacquired in any manner, including shares
purchased or redeemed or exchanged, shall (upon
compliance with any applicable provisions of the laws of
Delaware) have the status of authorized and unissued shares of
Preferred Stock undesignated as to series and may be
redesignated and reissued as part of any series of Preferred
Stock; provided that any issuance of such shares as Convertible
Preferred Stock must be in compliance with the terms hereof.
(kj) Business Day. If any
payment or redemption shall be required by the terms hereof to
be made on a day that is not a Business Day, such payment or
redemption shall be made on the immediately succeeding
Business Day.
(l) Certain Additional Provisions.
(i) Limitation on Restricted
Payments. (A) The Corporation shall not, and
shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly
or indirectly, make any Restricted Payment if at the time of
such Restricted Payment and immediately after giving effect
thereto:
(I) any Voting Rights Triggering Event shall have
occurred and be continuing; or
(II) the aggregate amount of Restricted Payments
declared or made after the Issue Date (the amount expended for
such purposes, if other than in cash, being the fair market
value of such property as determined by the Board of Directors
in good faith) exceeds the sum of (x) 100% of the
Corporations Cumulative EBITDA minus 1.4 times the
Corporations Cumulative Consolidated Interest Expense,
plus (y) 100% of the aggregate Net Proceeds and the fair
market value of securities or other property received by the
Corporation from the issue or sale, after the Issue Date, of
Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Capital Stock of the
Corporation or Capital Stock of the Corporation issued to any
Restricted Subsidiary) of the Corporation or any Indebtedness or
other securities of the Corporation convertible into or
exercisable or exchangeable for Capital Stock (other than
Disqualified Capital Stock) of the Corporation which have been
so converted or exercised or exchanged, an the case may be, plus
(c) $10,000,000.
(B) Notwithstanding the foregoing, these provisions will
not prohibit: (I) the payment of any dividend or the making
of any distribution within 60 days after the date of its
declaration if such dividend or distribution would have been
permitted on the date of declaration; or (II) the purchase,
redemption or other acquisition or retirement of any Capital
Stock of the Corporation or any warrants, options or other
rights to acquire shares of any class of such Capital Stock
(x) solely in exchange for shares of Qualified Capital
Stock or other rights to acquire Qualified Capital Stock,
(y) through the application of the Net Proceeds of a
substantially concurrent sale for cash (other than to a
Restricted Subsidiary) of shares of Qualified Capital Stock or
warrants, options or other rights to acquire Qualified Capital
Stock or (z) in the case of Disqualified Capital Stock,
solely in exchange for, or through the application of the Net
Proceeds of a substantially concurrent sale for cash (other than
to a Restricted Subsidiary) of, Disqualified Capital Stock that
has a redemption date no earlier than, is issued by the
Corporation or the same Person as and requires the payment of
current dividends or distributions in cash no
earlier than, in each case, the Disqualified Capital Stock being
purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired or retired and which
Disqualified Capital Stock does not prohibit cash dividends on
the Convertible Preferred Stock.
(ii) Limitations on Transactions with
Affiliates. (A) The Corporation shall not, and
shall not cause or permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to,
directly or indirectly, enter into or suffer to exist any
transaction or series of related transactions (including,
without limitation, the sale, purchase, exchange or lease of
assets, property or services) with any Affiliate or holder of
10% or more of the Corporations Common Stock (an
Affiliate Transaction) or extend, renew, waive or
otherwise modify the terms of any Affiliate Transaction entered
into prior to the Issue Date unless (I) such Affiliate
Transaction is between or among the Corporation and its
Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries; or (II) the terms of such
Affiliate Transaction are fair and reasonable to the Corporation
or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, and the terms
of such Affiliate Transaction are at least as favorable as the
terms which could be obtained by the Corporation or such
Restricted Subsidiary, as
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the case may be, in a comparable transaction made on an
arms-length basis between unaffiliated parties. In any
Affiliate Transaction involving an amount or having a value in
excess of $1,000,000 which is not permitted under
clause (I) above the Corporation must obtain a Board
Resolution certifying that such Affiliate Transaction complies
with clause (II) above. In any Affiliate Transaction
involving an amount or having a value in excess of $5,000,000
which is not permitted under clause (I) above, unless such
transaction is with a Subsidiary in which no Affiliate has a
minority interest therein, the Corporation must obtain a
valuation of the assets subject to such transaction by an
Independent Appraiser or a written opinion as to the fairness of
such a transaction from an independent investment banking firm
or an Independent Appraiser.
(B) The foregoing provisions shall not apply to
(I) any Restricted Payment that is not prohibited by the
provisions described in paragraph (1) (i) above,
(II) any transaction approved by the Board of Directors
with an officer or director of the Corporation or of any
Subsidiary in his or her capacity as officer or director entered
into in the ordinary course of business, including compensation
and employee benefit arrangements with any officer or director
of the Corporation or of any Subsidiary that are customary for
public companies in the broadcasting industry, or
(III) modifications of the Existing Preferred
Stock.
(iii) Reports. The Corporation shall
provide to the holders of Convertible Preferred Stock, within
15 days after it files them with the Commission, copies of
the annual reports and of the information, documents and other
reports (or copies of such portions of any of the foregoing as
the Commission may by rules and regulations prescribe) which the
Corporation files with the Commission pursuant to
Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act. In the event that
the Corporation is no longer required to furnish such reports to
its securityholders pursuant to the Exchange Act, the
Corporation will provide to the Holders copies of all annual and
quarterly reports and other information which the Corporation
would have been required to file with the Commission pursuant to
Sections 13 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act had it been so
subject without cost to the Holders. (m) k)
Definitions. As used in this Certificate of Designation, 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:
Adjusted EBITDA means, for any Person, prior
to the date specified by the Corporation in a written notice
delivered to the transfer agent for the Convertible Preferred
Stock of the Corporations election of its one time right
to change the calculation of Adjusted EBITDA (the
Calculation Change Notice), the sum of
(a) Consolidated EBITDA of such Person and its Restricted
Subsidiaries for the four most recent fiscal quarters for which
internal financial statements are available, minus inTV EBITDA
for the most recent four fiscal quarter period and (b) inTV
EBITDA for the most recent quarterly period, multiplied by four
and, subsequent to the effective date specified by the
Corporation in its Calculation Change Notice, the Consolidated
EBITDA of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for the
four most recent fiscal quarters for which internal financial
statements are available.
Affiliate means, for any Person, a Person who,
directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries
controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with,
such other Person. The term control means the
possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or
cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person,
whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract
or otherwise. With respect to the Corporation, Affiliate
will also include any Permitted Holders or Persons controlled by
the Permitted Holders.
Affiliate Transaction shall have the meaning
ascribed to it in paragraph (1)(ii) hereof. Board of
Directors means the Board of Directors of the Corporation.
Asset Sale means the sale, transfer or other
disposition (other than to the Corporation or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries) in any single transaction or series of
related transactions involving assets with a fair market value
in excess of $2,000,000 of (a) any Capital Stock of or
other equity interest in any Restricted Subsidiary of the
Corporation other than in a transaction where the Corporation or
a Restricted Subsidiary receives therefor one or more media
properties with a fair market value equal to the fair market
value of the Capital Stock issued, transferred or disposed of by
the Corporation or the Restricted Subsidiary (with such fair
market values being determined by the Board of Directors),
(b) all or substantially all of the assets of the
Corporation or of any Restricted Subsidiary thereof,
(c) real property or (d) all or substantially all of
the assets of any media
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property, or part thereof, owned by the Corporation or
any Restricted Subsidiary thereof, or a division, line of
business or comparable business segment of the Corporation or
any Restricted Subsidiary thereof; provided that Asset Sales
shall not include sales, leases, conveyances, transfers or other
dispositions to the Corporation or to a Restricted Subsidiary or
to any other Person if after giving effect to such sale, lease,
conveyance, transfer or other disposition such other Person
becomes a Restricted Subsidiary, or the sale of all or
substantially all of the assets of the Corporation or a
Restricted Subsidiary in a transaction complying with f(iii), in
which case only the assets not so sold shall be deemed an Asset
Sale.
Board of Directors shall have the meaning
ascribed to it in the first paragraph of this
Resolution.
Board Resolution means a copy of a resolution
certified pursuant to an Officers Certificate to have been
duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the Corporation and to
be in full force and effect, and delivered to the Holders.
Business Day means any day except a Saturday, a
Sunday, or any day on which banking institutions in New York,
New York are required or authorized by law or other governmental
action to be closed.
Capital Stock means (i) with respect to any
Person that is a corporation, any and all shares, interests,
participations or other equivalents (however designated) of
capital stock, including each class of common stock and
preferred stock of such Person and (ii) with respect to any
Person that is not a corporation, any and all partnership or
other equity interests of such Person.
Capitalized Lease Obligation means, as to
any Person, the obligation of such Person to pay rent or other
amounts under a lease to which such Person is a party that is
required to be classified and accounted for as capital lease
obligations under GAAP and, for purposes of this definition, the
amount of such obligations at any date shall be the capitalized
amount of such obligations at such date, determined in
accordance with GAAP.
Cash Equivalents means (i) marketable
direct obligations issued by, or unconditionally guaranteed by,
the United States Government or issued by any agency thereof and
backed by the full faith and credit of the United States, in
each case maturing within one year from the date of acquisition
thereof; (ii) marketable direct obligations issued by any
state of the United States of America or any political
subdivision of any such state or any public instrumentality
thereof maturing within one year from the date of acquisition
thereof and, at the time of acquisition, having one of the two
highest ratings obtainable from either Standard &
Poors Corporation (S&P) or Moodys
Investors Service, Inc. (Moodys);
(iii) commercial paper maturing no more than one year from
the date of creation thereof and, at the time of acquisition,
having a rating of at least
A-1 from
S&P or at least
P-1 from
Moodys; (iv) certificates of deposit or bankers
acceptances maturing within one year from the date of
acquisition thereof issued by any commercial bank organized
under the laws of the United States of America or any state
thereof or the District of Columbia or any U.S. branch of a
foreign bank having at the date of acquisition thereof combined
capital and surplus of not less than $250,000,000;
(v) repurchase obligations with a term of not more than
seven days for underlying securities of the types described in
clause (i) above entered into with any bank meeting the
qualifications specified in clause (iv) above; and
(vi) investments in money market funds which invest
substantially all their assets in securities of the types
described in clauses (i) through (v) above.
Certificate of Incorporation shall have the
meaning ascribed to it in the first paragraph of this
Resolution. means the Certificate of Incorporation of
the Corporation as filed with the Secretary of State of the
State of Delaware, as amended.
A Change of Control of the Corporation will
be deemed to have occurred at such time as (i) any Person
(including a Persons Affiliates), other than a Permitted
Holder, becomes the beneficial owner (as defined under
Rule 13d-3
or any successor rule or regulation promulgated under the
Exchange Act) of 50% or more of the total voting power of the
Corporations Common Stock, (ii) any Person (including
a Persons Affiliates), other than a Permitted Holder,
becomes the beneficial owner of more than
331/3%
of the total voting power of the Corporations Common
Stock, and the Permitted Holders beneficially own, in the
aggregate, a lesser percentage of the total voting power of the
Common Stock of the Corporation than such other Person and do
not have the right or ability by voting power, contract or
otherwise to elect or designate for election a majority
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of the Board of Directors, (iii) there shall be
consummated any consolidation or merger of the Corporation in
which the Corporation is not the continuing or surviving
corporation or pursuant to which the Common Stock of the
Corporation would be converted into cash, securities or other
property, other than a merger or consolidation of the
Corporation in which the holders of the Common Stock of the
Corporation outstanding immediately prior to the consolidation
or merger hold, directly or indirectly, at least a majority of
the voting power of the Common Stock of the surviving
corporation immediately after such consolidation or merger,
(iv) during any period of two consecutive years,
individuals who at the beginning of such period constituted the
Board of Directors (together with any new directors whose
election by such Board of Directors or whose nomination for
election by the shareholders of the Corporation has been
approved by a majority of the directors then still in office who
either were directors at the beginning of such period or whose
election or recommendation for election was previously so
approved) cease to constitute a majority of the Board of
Directors or (v) any change in control occurs
(as defined at such time) with respect to the Existing Preferred
Stock or any issue of Disqualified Capital Stock.
Change of Control Date shall have the
meaning ascribed to it in paragraph (h)(i) hereof.
Change of Control Offer shall have the
meaning ascribed to it in paragraph (h)(i) hereof.
Change of Control Payment Date shall have
the meaning ascribed to it in paragraph (h)(ii) hereof.
Change of Control Purchase Price shall have
the meaning ascribed to it in paragraph (h)
(i) hereof.
Class A Common Stock means the Class A
Common Stock, par value $.001 per share, of the Corporation.
Commission means the Securities and Exchange
Commission.
Common Stock of any Person means any and all shares,
interests or other participations in, and other equivalents
(however designated and whether voting or non-voting) of, such
Persons common stock, whether outstanding on the Issue
Date or issued after the Issue Date, and includes, without
limitation, all series and classes of such common stock.
Common Stock Trading Price on any date means, with
respect to the Class A Common Stock, the Closing Price for
the Class A Common Stock on such date. The Closing
Price on any date shall mean the last sale price for the
Class A Common Stock, regular way, or, in case no such sale
takes place on such date, the average of the closing bid and
asked prices, regular way, for the Class A Common Stock in
either case as reported in the principal consolidated
transaction reporting system with respect to the principal
national securities exchange on which the Class A Common
Stock is listed or admitted to trading or, if the Class A
Common Stock is not listed or admitted to trading on any
national securities exchange, the last quoted price, or, if not
so quoted, the average of the high bid and low asked prices in
the over-the-counter market, as reported by the principal
automated quotation system that may then be in use or, if the
Class A Common Stock is not quoted by any such
organization, the average of the closing bid and asked prices as
furnished by a professional market maker making a market in the
Class A Common Stock selected by the Board of Directors or,
in the event that no trading price is available for the
Class A Common Stock, the fair market value of the
Class A Common Stock, as determined in good faith by the
Board of Directors.
Consolidated EBITDA means, for any Person,
for any period, an amount equal to (a) the sum of
Consolidated Net Income for such period, plus, to the extent
deducted from the revenues of such Person in determining
Consolidated Net Income, (i) the provision for taxes for
such period based on income or profits and any provision for
taxes utilized in computing a loss in Consolidated Net Income
above, plus (ii) Consolidated Interest Expense, net of
interest income earned on cash or cash equivalents for such
period (including, for this purpose, dividends on the Existing
Preferred Stock the Junior Preferred Stock and the Convertible
Preferred Stock and any Redeemable Dividends in each case only
to the extent that such dividends were deducted in determining
Consolidated Net Income), plus (iii) depreciation for such
period on a consolidated basis, plus (iv) amortization of
intangibles and broadcast program licenses for such period on a
consolidated basis, minus (b) scheduled payments relating
to broadcast program license liabilities, except that with
respect to the Corporation each of the foregoing items shall be
determined on a consolidated basis with
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respect to the Corporation and its Restricted
Subsidiaries only; provided, however, that, for purposes of
calculating Consolidated EBITDA during any fiscal quarter, cash
income from a particular Investment of such Person shall be
included only if cash income has been received by such Person as
a result of the operation of the business
Conversion Price shall have the meaning
ascribed to it in paragraph (g) (i) hereof. in which such
Investment has been made in the ordinary course without giving
effect to any extraordinary unusual and non-recurring
gains.
Consolidated Interest Expense means, with
respect to any Person, for any period, the aggregate amount of
interest which, in conformity with GAAP, would be set forth
opposite the caption interest expense or any like
caption on an income statement for such Person and its
Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, including, but not limited
to, Redeemable Dividends, whether paid or accrued, on Subsidiary
Preferred Stock, imputed interest included in Capitalized Lease
Obligations, all commissions, discounts and other fees and
charges owed with respect to letters of credit and bankers
acceptance financing, the net costs associated with hedging
obligations, amortization of other financing fees and expenses,
the interest portion of any deferred payment obligation,
amortization of discount or premium, if any, and all other
non-cash interest expense (other than interest amortized to cost
of sales) plus, without duplication, all net capitalized
interest for such period and all interest incurred or paid under
any guarantee of Indebtedness (including a guarantee of
principal, interest or any combination thereof) of any Person,
all time brokerage fees relating to financing of radio or
television stations which the Corporation has an agreement or
option to acquire, plus the amount of all dividends or
distributions paid on Disqualified Capital Stock (other than
dividends paid or payable in shares of Capital Stock of the
Corporation).
Consolidated Net Income means, with respect
to any Person, for any period, the aggregate of the net income
(or loss) of such Person and its Subsidiaries for such period,
on a consolidated basis, determined in accordance with GAAP;
provided, however, that (a) the net income of any Person
(the other Person) in which the Person in question
or any of its Subsidiaries has less than a 100% interest (which
interest does not cause the net income of such other Person to
be consolidated into the net income of the Person in question in
accordance with GAAP) shall be included only to the extent of
the amount of dividends or distributions paid to the Person in
question or to the Subsidiary, (b) the net income of any
Subsidiary of the Person in question that is subject to any
restriction or limitation on the payment of dividends or the
making of other distributions (other than pursuant to the New
Exchange Debentures, the Existing Exchange Debentures or the
Existing Notes) shall be excluded to the extent of such
restriction or limitation, (c) (i) the net income of any
Person acquired in a pooling of interests transaction for any
period prior to the date of such acquisition and (ii) any
net gain (but not loss) resulting from an Asset Sale by the
Person in question or any of its Subsidiaries other than in the
ordinary course of business shall be excluded,
(d) extraordinary, unusual and non-recurring gains and
losses shall be excluded, (e) losses associated with
discontinued and terminated operations in an amount not to
exceed $1,000,000 per annum shall be excluded and (f) all
non-cash items (including, without limitation, cumulative
effects of changes in GAAP and equity entitlements granted to
employees of the Corporation and its Restricted Subsidiaries)
increasing and decreasing Consolidated Net Income and not
otherwise included in the definition of Consolidated EBITDA
shall be excluded.
Convertible Preferred Stock shall have the meaning
ascribed to it in paragraph (a) hereof.
Corporation shall have the meaning ascribed
to it in the first paragraph of this Resolution.
Credit Facility means the Credit Agreement
dated as of December 19, 1995, and amended and restated as
of April 30, 1998, among the Corporation, the financial
institutions party thereto in their capacities as lenders
thereunder and Union Bank, as agent, as the same may be amended
from time to time, and any one or more agreements evidencing the
refinancing, modification, replacement, renewal, restatement,
refunding, deferral, extension, substitution, supplement,
reissuance or resale thereof.
Corporation means ION Media Networks, Inc. a
Delaware corporation.
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Cumulative Consolidated EBITDA means, with
respect to any Person, as of any date of determination,
Consolidated EBITDA from June 10, 1998 to the end of the
Corporations most recently ended full fiscal quarter prior
to such date, taken as a single accounting period.
Cumulative Consolidated Interest Expense
means, with respect to any Person, as of any date of
determination, Consolidated Interest Expense plus any cash
dividends paid on Senior Securities or Parity Securities not
already reflected in Consolidated Interest Expense that do not
require the approval of the holders of a majority of the shares
of Convertible Preferred Stock outstanding to be issued, in each
case from June 10, 1998 to the end of such Persons
most recently ended full fiscal quarter prior to such date,
taken as a single accounting period.
Disqualified Capital Stock means any Capital
Stock which, by its terms (or by the terms of any security into
which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable), or
upon the happening of any event, matures (excluding any maturity
as the result of an optional redemption by the issuer thereof)
or is mandatorily redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund
obligation or otherwise, or is redeemable at the sole option of
the holder thereof, in whole or in part, on or prior to the
mandatory redemption date of the Convertible Preferred Stock.
Without limitation of the foregoing, Disqualified Capital Stock
shall be deemed to include (i) any Preferred Stock of a
Restricted Subsidiary of the Corporation, (ii) any
Preferred Stock of the Corporation, with respect to either of
which, under the terms of such Preferred Stock, by agreement or
otherwise, such Restricted Subsidiary or the Corporation is
obligated to pay current dividends or distributions in cash
during the period prior to the redemption date of the
Convertible Preferred Stock; and (iii) as long as the
Convertible Preferred Stock remains outstanding, Senior
Securities and Parity Securities; provided, however, that
(i) Preferred Stock of the Corporation or any Restricted
Subsidiary thereof that is issued with the benefit of provisions
requiring a change of control offer to be made for such
Preferred Stock in the event of a change of control of the
Corporation or Restricted Subsidiary, which provisions have
substantially the same effect as the provisions described under
paragraph (h), shall not be deemed to be Disqualified Capital
Stock solely by virtue of such provisions; (ii) the Junior
Preferred Stock, the Existing Preferred Stock and the
Convertible Preferred Stock, as in effect on the Issue Date,
shall not be considered Disqualified Capital Stock;
(iii) Disqualified Capital Stock paid as dividends on
Preferred Stock existing on the date hereof or subsequently
issued, in each case in accordance with the terms of such
Preferred Stock at the time it was issued, shall not be
considered Disqualified Capital Stock; and (iv) issuances
of Junior Preferred Stock, Senior Securities and Parity
Securities that the Corporation is permitted to issue, as
described under paragraph (b), without the approval of the
holders of at least a majority of the shares of the Convertible
Preferred Stock then outstanding shall not be considered
Disqualified Capital Stock.
Dividend Payment Date means March 31,
June 30, September 30 and December 31 of each year.
Dividend Period means the Initial Dividend Period
and, thereafter, each Quarterly Dividend Period.
Dividend Record Date means March 15,
June 15, September 15 and December 15 of each year.
Exchange Act means the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder.
Existing Debt Indentures means the Existing
Indenture and the Existing Exchange Indenture.
Existing Exchange Debentures means the
121/2%
Exchange Debentures due 2006 (if issued) issued under the
Existing Exchange Indenture.
Existing Exchange Indenture means the
indenture dated October 4, 1996 between the Corporation,
the guarantors thereto and The Bank of New York, as trustee,
which governs the Existing Exchange Debentures.
Existing Indenture means the indenture dated
as of September 28, 1995 among the Corporation and The Bank
of New York, as trustee which governs the Existing
Notes.
Existing Notes means the
115/8% Senior
Subordinated Notes due 2002 issued under the Existing
Indenture.
Existing Preferred Stock means the Private
Preferred Stock and the Public Preferred Stock,
collectively.
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Extraordinary Cash Dividend means cash dividends
with respect to the Class A Common Stock the aggregate
amount of which in any fiscal year exceeds 10% of Adjusted
EBITDA of the Company and its subsidiaries for the fiscal year
immediately preceding the payment of such dividend.
Fair Market Value of any consideration other than
cash or of any securities shall mean the amount which a willing
buyer would pay to a willing seller in an arms length
transaction as determined by an independent investment banking
or appraisal firm experienced in the valuation of such
securities or property selected in good faith by the Board of
Directors or a committee thereof.
GAAP means generally accepted accounting
principles consistently applied as in effect in the United
States from time to time.
Holder means a holder of shares of Convertible
Preferred Stock as reflected in the stock books of the
Corporation.
incur means, with respect to any
Indebtedness or other obligation of any Person, to create,
issue, incur (by conversion, exchange or otherwise), assume,
guarantee or otherwise become liable in respect of such
Indebtedness or other obligation or the recording, as required
pursuant to GAAP or otherwise, of any such Indebtedness or other
obligation on the balance sheet of such Person (and
incurrence, incurred,
incurrable and incurring shall have
meanings correlative to the foregoing); provided that a change
in GAAP that results in an obligation of such Person that exists
at such time becoming Indebtedness shall not be deemed an
incurrence of such Indebtedness.
Indebtedness means (without duplication),
with respect to any Person, any indebtedness at any time
outstanding, secured or unsecured, contingent or otherwise,
which is for borrowed money (whether or not the recourse of the
lender is to the whole of the assets of such Person or only to a
portion thereof) or evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or
similar instruments or representing the balance deferred and
unpaid of the purchase price of any property (excluding, without
limitation, any balances that constitute accounts payable or
trade payables and other accrued liabilities arising in the
ordinary course of business, including, without limitation, any
and all programming broadcast obligations) if and to the extent
any of the foregoing indebtedness would appear as a liability
upon a balance sheet of such Person prepared in accordance with
GAAP, and shall also include, to the extent not otherwise
included, (i) any Capitalized Lease Obligations,
(ii) obligations secured by a Lien to which the property or
assets owned or held by such Person are subject, whether or not
the obligation or obligations secured thereby shall have been
assumed (provided, however, that if such obligation or
obligations shall not have been assumed, the amount of such
Indebtedness shall be deemed to be the lesser of the principal
amount of the obligation or the fair market value of the pledged
property or assets), (iii) guarantees of items of other
Persons which would be included within this definition for such
other Persons (whether or not such items would appear upon the
balance sheet of the guarantor), (iv) all obligations for
the reimbursement of any obligor on any letter of credit,
bankers acceptance or similar credit transaction,
(v) in the case of the Corporation, Disqualified Capital
Stock of the Corporation or any Restricted Subsidiary thereof
and (vi) obligations of any such Person under any Interest
Rate Agreement applicable to any of the foregoing (if and to the
extent such Interest Rate Agreement obligations would appear as
a liability upon a balance sheet of such Person prepared in
accordance with GAAP). The amount of Indebtedness of any Person
at any date shall be the outstanding balance at such date of all
unconditional obligations as described above and, with respect
to contingent obligations, the maximum liability upon the
occurrence of the contingency giving rise to the obligation,
provided that (i) the amount outstanding at any time of any
Indebtedness issued with original issue discount is the
principal amount of such Indebtedness less the remaining
unamortized portion of the original issue discount of such
Indebtedness at such time as determined in conformity with GAAP
and (ii) Indebtedness shall not include any liability for
federal, state, local or other taxes. Notwithstanding any other
provision of the foregoing definition, any trade payable arising
from the purchase of goods or materials or for services obtained
in the ordinary course of business or contingent obligations
arising out of customary indemnification agreements with respect
to the sale of assets or securities shall not be deemed to be
Indebtedness of the Corporation or any Restricted
Subsidiaries for purposes of this definition. Furthermore,
guarantees of (or obligations with respect to letters of credit
supporting) Indebtedness otherwise included in the determination
of such amount shall not also be included.
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Independent Appraiser means an appraiser of
national reputation in the United States (i) which does
not, and whose directors, executive officers and Affiliates do
not, have a direct or indirect financial interest in excess of
5% of fully diluted outstanding voting securities of the
Corporation at the time of determination and (ii) which, in
the judgment of the Corporation, is independent from the
Corporation as evidenced by an Officers
Certificate.
Initial Dividend Period means the dividend period
commencing on the Issue Date and ending on September 30,
1998.
Interest Rate Agreement means, for any
Person, any interest rate swap agreement, interest rate cap
agreement, interest rate collar agreement or other similar
agreement designed to protect the party indicated therein
against fluctuations in interest rates.
inTV means the Corporations network of
owned, operated or affiliated television stations dedicated to
Infomercial programming.
inTV EBITDA means Consolidated EBITDA for
the Infomall TV Network determined on a basis consistent with
the Corporations internal financial statements, generated
by stations declared by the Board of Directors as inTV
properties.
Investment means, directly or indirectly,
any advance, account receivable (other than an account
receivable arising in the ordinary course of business), loan or
capital contribution to (by means of transfers of property to
others, payments for property or services for the account or use
of others or otherwise), the purchase of any stock, bonds,
notes, debentures, partnership or joint venture interests or
other securities of, the acquisition, by purchase or otherwise,
of all or substantially all of the business or assets or stock
or other evidence of beneficial ownership of, any Person or the
making of any investment in any Person. Investments shall
exclude extensions of trade credit on commercially reasonable
terms in accordance with normal trade practices and repurchases
or redemptions of the Existing Notes, the New Exchange
Debentures, the Existing Exchange Debentures, the Existing
Preferred Stock, the Junior Preferred Stock or the Convertible
Preferred Stock by the Corporation.
Issue Date means the date of original issuance of
the Convertible Preferred Stock.
Junior Preferred Stock means the Cumulative
Junior Exchangeable Preferred Stock, par value $.001 per share,
131/4%
dividend rate per annum, of which 20,000 shares are
outstanding with a liquidation preference of $10,000.
Junior Preferred Stock means, collectively,
(i) Series B Convertible Preferred,
(ii) Series C Preferred Stock,
(iii) Series D Convertible Preferred,
(iv) Series E-1
Convertible Preferred,
(v) Series E-2
Convertible Preferred, and (vi) Series F
Non-Convertible Preferred, in each case as defined in the Master
Transaction Agreement.
Junior Securities shall have the meaning ascribed to
it in paragraph (b) hereof.
Lien means any lien, mortgage, deed of
trust, pledge, security interest, charge or encumbrance of any
kind (including any conditional sale or other title retention
agreement, any lease in the nature thereof and any agreement to
give any security interest).
Mandatory Redemption Price shall have
the meaning ascribed to it in paragraph (e)(ii) hereof.
Major Asset Sale means on Asset Sale or
series of related Asset Sales involving assets with a fair
market value in excess of $25,000,000.
Net Proceeds means (a) in the case of
any sale of Capital Stock by the Corporation, an Asset Sale or a
Major Asset Sale, the aggregate net proceeds received by the
Corporation, after payment of expenses, commissions and the like
incurred in connection therewith, whether such proceeds are in
cash or in property (valued at the fair market value thereof, as
determined in good faith by the Board of Directors, at the time
of receipt) and (b) in the case of any exchange, exercise,
conversion or surrender of outstanding securities of any kind
for or into shares of Capital Stock of the Corporation which is
not Disqualified Capital Stock, the net
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book value of such outstanding securities on the date of
such exchange, exercise, conversion or surrender (plus any
additional amount required to be paid by the holder to the
Corporation upon such exchange, exercise, conversion or
surrender, less any and all payments made to the holders, e.g.,
on account of fractional shares and less all expenses incurred
by the Corporation in connection therewith).
New Exchange Debentures shall mean the
131/4%
Exchange Debentures due 2006 (if issued) issued under the New
Exchange Indenture.
New Exchange Indenture means the indenture
dated as of June 10, 1998 among the Corporation and The
Bank of New York, as Trustee which governs the New Exchange
Debentures.
Master Transaction Agreement means the Master
Transaction Agreement dated as of May 3, 2007 among the
Corporation, NBC Universal, Inc., NBC Palm Beach
Investment I, Inc., NBC Palm Beach Investment II, Inc., and
CIG Media LLC, as may be amended, modified or restated from time
to time.
Obligations means all obligations for
principal, premium, interest, penalties, fees, indemnifications,
reimbursements, damages and other liabilities payable under the
documentation governing, or otherwise relating to, any
Indebtedness.
NBCU Series B Preferred means 11% Series B
Convertible Exchangeable Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per
share, of the Corporation, with a liquidation preference of
$10,000 per share, as it may be modified or amended from time to
time.
Officers Certificate means a certificate
signed by two officers or by an officer and either an Assistant
Treasurer or an Assistant Secretary of the Corporation which
certificate shall include a statement that, in the opinion of
such signers all conditions precedent to be performed by the
Corporation prior to the taking of any proposed action have been
taken. In addition, such certificate shall include (i) a
statement that the signatories have read the relevant covenant
or condition, (ii) a brief statement of the nature and
scope of such examination or investigation upon which the
statements are based, (iii) a statement that, in the
opinion of such signatories, they have made such examination or
investigation as is reasonably necessary to express an informed
opinion and (iv) a statement as to whether or not, in the
opinion of the signatories, such relevant conditions or
covenants have been complied with.
Opinion of Counsel means an opinion of counsel that,
in such counsels opinion, all conditions precedent to be
performed by the Corporation prior to the taking of any proposed
action have been taken. Such opinion shall also include the
statements called for in the second sentence under
Officers Certificate.
Optional Redemption Price shall have
the meaning ascribed to it in paragraph (e)(i) hereof.
Parity Securities shall have the meaning ascribed to
it in paragraph (b) hereof.
Permitted Holders means collectively Lowell
W. Paxson, his spouse, children or other lineal descendants
(whether adoptive or biological) and any revocable or
irrevocable inter vivos or testamentary trust or the probate
estate of any such individual, so long as one or more of the
foregoing individuals is the principal beneficiary of such trust
or probate estate.
Permitted Investments means, for any Person,
Investments made on or after the Issue Date consisting
of:
(i) Investments by the Corporation, or by a Restricted
Subsidiary thereof, in the Corporation or a Restricted
Subsidiary;
(ii) Cash Equivalents;
(iii) Investments by the Corporation, or by a Restricted
Subsidiary thereof, in a Person (or in all or substantially all
of the business or assets of a Person) if as a result of such
Investment (a) such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary
of the Corporation, (b) such Person is merged, consolidated
or amalgamated with or into, or transfers or conveys
substantially all of its assets to, or is liquidated into, the
Corporation or a Restricted Subsidiary thereof or (c) such
business or assets are owned by the Corporation or a Restricted
Subsidiary;
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(iv) reasonable and customary loans made to employees
not to exceed $5,000,000 in the aggregate at any one time
outstanding;
(v) an Investment that is made by the Corporation or a
Restricted Subsidiary thereof in the form of any stock, bonds,
notes, debentures, partnership or joint venture interests or
other securities that are issued by a third party to the
Corporation or a Restricted Subsidiary solely as partial
consideration for the consummation of an Asset Sale;
(vi) time brokerage and other similar agreements under
which separately owned and licensed broadcast properties enter
into cooperative arrangements and which may include an option to
acquire the broadcast property at a future date;
(vii) accounts receivable of the Corporation and its
Restricted Subsidiaries generated in the ordinary course of
business;
(viii) loans and guarantees of loans by third-party
lenders to third parties in connection with the acquisition of
media properties, secured by substantially all of such
Persons assets (to the extent permitted by the rules of
the Federal Communications Commission), which are made in
conjunction with the execution of a time brokerage
agreement;
(ix) options on media properties having an exercise
price of an amount not in excess of $100,000 plus the
forgiveness of any loan referred to in clause (viii) above
entered into in connection with the execution of time brokerage
agreements; and
(x) additional Investments of the Corporation and its
Restricted Subsidiaries from time to time of an amount not to
exceed $75,000,000.
Person means an individual, partnership,
corporation, unincorporated organization, trust or joint
venture, or a governmental agency or political subdivision
thereof.
Preferred Stock of any Person means any Capital
Stock of such Person that has preferential rights to any other
Capital Stock of such Person with respect to dividends or
redemption or upon liquidation.
Private Preferred Stock means the Junior
Cumulative Compounding Redeemable Preferred Stock,
$.001 par value, 12% dividend rate per annum, of which
33,000 shares are outstanding with a liquidation preference
of $1,000 per share.
Public Preferred Stock means the Cumulative
Exchangeable Preferred Stock, $.001 par value,
121/2%
dividend rate per annum, of which 170,782 shares are
currently outstanding with a liquidation preference of $1,000
per share.
Purchase Money Indebtedness means any
Indebtedness incurred in the ordinary course of business by a
Person to finance the cost (including the cost of construction)
of an item of property, the principal amount of which
Indebtedness does not exceed the sum of (i) 100% of such
cost and (ii) reasonable fees and expenses of such Person
incurred in connection therewith.
Qualified Capital Stock means any Capital
Stock that is not Disqualified Capital Stock.
Quarterly Dividend Period shall mean the quarterly
period commencing on each March 31, June 30, September
30 and December 31 and ending on the next succeeding Dividend
Payment Date, respectively.
Redemption Date, with respect to any shares of
Convertible Preferred Stock, means the date on which such shares
of Convertible Preferred Stock are redeemed by the Corporation.
Redemption Notice shall have the meaning
ascribed to it in paragraph (e)(iii) hereof.
Redeemable Dividend means, for any dividend
or distribution with regard to Disqualified Capital Stock, the
quotient of the dividend or distribution divided by the
difference between one and the maximum statutory federal income
tax rate (expressed as a decimal number between 1 and
0) then applicable to the issuer of such Disqualified
Capital Stock.
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Refinancing Indebtedness means any
Refinancing by the Corporation or any Restricted Subsidiary of
the Corporation of Indebtedness that does not (i) result in
an increase in the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness of
such Person as of the date of such proposed Refinancing (plus
the amount of any premium required to be paid under the terms of
the instrument governing such Indebtedness and plus the amount
of reasonable expenses incurred by the Corporation in connection
with such Refinancing) or (ii) create Indebtedness with
(a) a Weighted Average Life to Maturity that is less than
the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Indebtedness being
Refinanced or (b) a final maturity earlier than the final
maturity of the Indebtedness being Refinanced; provided that
(x) if such Indebtedness being Refinanced is Indebtedness
of the Corporation, then such Refinancing Indebtedness shall be
Indebtedness solely of the Corporation and (y) if such
Indebtedness being Refinanced is subordinate or junior to the
New Exchange Debentures, then such Refinancing Indebtedness
shall be subordinate to the New Exchange Debentures at least to
the same extent and in the same manner as the Indebtedness being
Refinanced.
Restricted Payment means (i) the
declaration or payment of any dividend or the making of any
other distribution (other than dividends or distributions
payable in Qualified Capital Stock) on shares of Parity
Securities or Junior Securities, (ii) any purchase,
redemption, retirement or other acquisition for value of any
Junior Securities, or any warrants, rights or options to acquire
shares of Junior Securities, other than through the exchange of
such Junior Securities or any warrants, rights or options to
acquire shares of any class of such Junior Securities for
Qualified Capital Stock or warrants, rights or options to
acquire Qualified Capital Stock, (iii) the making of any
Investment (other than a Permitted Investment), (iv) any
designation of a Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted
Subsidiary on the basis of the fair market value of such
Subsidiary utilizing standard valuation methodologies and
approved by the Board of Directors, excluding any such
Subsidiary with a fair market value equal to or less than $500,
or (v) forgiveness of any Indebtedness of an Affiliate of
the Corporation to the Corporation or a Restricted
Subsidiary.
Restricted Subsidiary means a Subsidiary of
the Corporation other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary and
includes all of the Subsidiaries of the Corporation existing as
of the Issue Date. The Board of Directors of the Corporation may
designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary or any Person that is to
become a Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary.
Redemption Price shall have the meaning
ascribed to it in paragraph (e)(i) hereof.
Securities Act means the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
Senior Preferred Stock means collectively,
(i) 14.75% Preferred,
(ii) Series A-1
Convertible Preferred,
(iii) Series A-2
Preferred Stock,
(iv) Series A-3
Convertible Preferred, and (v) Series C Convertible
Preferred, in each case as defined in the Master Transaction
Agreement.
Senior Debt means, the principal of and
premium, if any, and interest (including, without limitation,
interest accruing or that would have accrued but for the filing
of a bankruptcy, reorganization or other insolvency proceeding
whether or not such interest constitutes an allowed claim in
such proceeding) on, and any and all other fees, expense
reimbursement obligations, indemnities and other amounts due
pursuant to their terms of all agreements, documents and
instruments providing for, creating, securing or evidencing or
otherwise entered into in connection with (a) all
Indebtedness of the Corporation owed under the Credit Facility,
(b) all obligations of the Corporation with respect to any
Interest Rate Agreement, (c) all obligations of the
Corporation to reimburse any bank or other person in respect of
amounts paid under letters of credit, acceptances or other
similar instruments, (d) all other Indebtedness of the
Corporation which does not provide that it is to rank pari passu
with or subordinate to the New Exchange Debentures and
(e) all deferrals, renewals, extensions and refundings of,
and amendments, modifications and supplements to, any of the
Senior Debt described above. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary in the foregoing, Senior Debt will not include
(i) Indebtedness of the Corporation to any of its
Subsidiaries, (ii) Indebtedness represented by the New
Exchange Debentures, (iii) any Indebtedness which by the
express terms of the agreement or instrument creating,
evidencing or governing the same is junior or subordinate in
right of payment to any item of Senior Debt or (iv) any
trade payable arising from the purchase of goods or materials or
for services obtained in the ordinary course of
business.
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Senior Securities shall have the meaning ascribed to
it in paragraph (b) hereof.
Subsidiary, with respect to any Person,
means (i) any corporation of which the outstanding Capital
Stock having at least a majority of the votes entitled to be
cast in the election of directors under ordinary circumstances
shall at the time be owned, directly or indirectly, by such
Person or (ii) any other Person of which at least a
majority of the voting interest under ordinary circumstances is
at the time, directly or indirectly, owned by such
Person.
Unrestricted Subsidiary means (a) any
Subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary and (b) any
Subsidiary of the Corporation which is classified after the
Issue Date as an Unrestricted Subsidiary by a resolution adopted
by the Board of Directors; provided that a Subsidiary organized
or acquired after the Issue Date may be so classified as an
Unrestricted Subsidiary only if such classification is not in
violation of the covenant set forth under paragraph (l)(i)
above. The transfer agent for the Convertible Preferred Stock
shall be given prompt notice by the Corporation of each
resolution adopted by the Board of Directors under this
provision, together with a copy of each such resolution
adopted.
Voting Rights Triggering Event shall have
the meaning ascribed to it in paragraph (f)(iv) hereof.
Weighted Average Life to Maturity means,
when applied to any Indebtedness at any date, the number of
years obtained by dividing (a) the then outstanding
aggregate principal amount of such Indebtedness into
(b) the total of the product obtained by multiplying
(i) the amount of each then remaining installment, sinking
fund, serial maturity or other required payment of principal,
including payment at final maturity, in respect thereof, by
(ii) the number of years (calculated to the nearest
one-twelfth) which will elapse between such date and the making
of such payment.
Wholly-Owned Subsidiary means any Restricted
Subsidiary all of the outstanding voting securities (other than
directors qualifying shares) of which are owned, directly
or indirectly, by the Corporation.
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EXHIBIT B
THE
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE
141/4%
PREFERRED STOCK CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATION
The following sets forth the Proposed Amendments with respect to
the existing
141/4%
Preferred Stock certificate of designation. Deleted text is
shown in strike through format and new text is
presented with an underline. The Proposed Amendments also delete
those definitions from the existing certificate of designation
that are used only in provisions that would be eliminated as a
result of the Proposed Amendments, and cross-references to
provisions in the existing certificate of designation that have
been deleted as a result of the Proposed Amendments will be
revised to reflect such deletion.
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AMENDED
CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATION OF THE POWERS,
PREFERENCES AND RELATIVE, PARTICIPATING,
OPTIONAL AND OTHER SPECIAL RIGHTS OF
131/4%
CUMULATIVE
JUNIOR EXCHANGEABLE PREFERRED STOCK AND QUALIFICATIONS,
LIMITATIONS AND RESTRICTIONS THEREOF
Pursuant
to Section 151 of the
General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware
Paxson Communications Corporation (the
Corporation), a corporation organized and existing
under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, does
hereby certify that, pursuant to authority conferred upon the
board of directors of the Corporation (the Board of
Directors) by its Certificate of Incorporation, as amended
(hereinafter referred to as the Certificate of
Incorporation), and pursuant to the provisions of Section
151 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware,
said Board of Directors, effective July 30, 1998, duly approved
and adopted the following resolution (the
Resolution):
RESOLVED, that, pursuant to the authority vested in the
Board of Directors by its Certificate of Incorporation, the
Board of Directors does hereby create, authorize and provide for
the issuance of
131/4%
Cumulative Junior Exchangeable Preferred Stock, par value $.001
per share, with a stated value of $10,000.00 per share,
consisting of 72,000 shares, having the designations,
preferences, relative, participating, optional and other special
rights and the qualifications, limitations and restrictions
thereof that are set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation
and in this Resolution as follows:
(a) DESIGNATION. There is hereby created out
of the authorized and unissued shares of Preferred Stock of the
Corporation a class of Preferred Stock designated as the
131/4%
Cumulative Junior Exchangeable Preferred
Stock. The number of shares constituting such class shall
be 72,000 and are referred to as the Junior Preferred
Stock. 20,000 shares of Junior Preferred Stock
shall be initially issuable in exchange for shares of the
Corporations outstanding
131/4%
Cumulative Junior Exchangeable Preferred Stock, with an
additional 52,000 shares reserved for issuance in accordance
with paragraph (c)(i) hereof. The liquidation
preference of the Junior Preferred Stock shall be $10,000.00 per
share.
(b) RANK. The Junior Preferred Stock shall,
with respect to dividends and distributions upon liquidation,
winding-up
or dissolution of the Corporation, rank (i) senior to the
93/4%
Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, par value
$.001 per share (the Convertible Preferred
Stock), to all classes of Common Stock of the
Corporation and to each other class of Capital Stock of the
Corporation or series of Preferred Stock of the Corporation
hereafter created the terms of which do not expressly provide
that it ranks senior to, or on a parity with, the Junior
Preferred Stock as to dividends and distributions upon
liquidation,
winding-up
or dissolution of the Corporation (collectively referred to,
together with all classes of Common Stock of the Corporation and
the Convertible Preferred Stock, as Junior
Securities); (ii) on a parity with any class of Capital
Stock of the Corporation or series of Preferred Stock of the
Corporation hereafter created the terms of which expressly
provide that such class or series will rank on a parity with the
Junior Preferred Stock as to dividends and distributions upon
liquidation,
winding-up
or dissolution, including the Series C Convertible Preferred
Stock (collectively referred to as Parity
Securities); PROVIDED that any such Parity
Securities not issued in accordance with the requirements of
paragraph (f)(ii)(A) hereof shall be deemed to be Junior
Securities and not Parity Securities; and (iii) junior
to the ExistingNBCU Series B Preferred, the
Senior Preferred Stock and to each other class of Capital Stock
of the Corporation or series of Preferred Stock of the
Corporation hereafter created the terms of which expressly
provide that such class or series will rank senior to the Junior
Preferred Stock as to dividends and distributions upon
liquidation,
winding-up
or dissolution of the Corporation (collectively referred to as
Senior Securities); PROVIDED that any such
Senior Securities that were not approved by the Holders in
accordance with paragraph (f)(ii)(A) hereof shall be deemed to
be Junior Securities and not Senior Securities. .
(c) DIVIDENDS. (i) Beginning on the Issue
Date, the Holders of the outstanding shares of Junior Preferred
Stock shall be entitled to receive, when, as and if declared by
the Board of Directors, out of funds legally available therefor,
dividends on each share of Junior Preferred Stock, at a rate per
annum equal to
131/4%
of the liquidation preference per share of the Junior Preferred
Stock, payable semi-annually. All
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dividends shall be cumulative, whether or not earned or
declared, on a daily basis from the Issue Date and shall be
payable semi-annually in arrears on each Dividend Payment Date,
commencing November 15, 1998. Dividends may be paid, at the
Corporations option, on any Dividend Payment Date either
in cash or by the issuance of additional shares of Junior
Preferred Stock (including fractional shares) having an
aggregate liquidation preference equal to the amount of such
dividends. In the event that dividends are declared and paid
through the issuance of additional shares of Junior Preferred
Stock, as herein provided, such dividends shall be deemed paid
in full and will not accumulate. If any dividend payable on any
Dividend Payment Date subsequent to May 15, 2003 is not paid in
full in cash, the per annum dividend rate will be increased by
1.00% per annum for such dividend payment period. After the date
of which such dividend is paid in cash, the dividend rate will
revert to the rate originally borne by the Junior Preferred
Stock. Each dividend shall be payable to the Holders of record
as they appear on the stock books of the Corporation on the
Dividend Record Date immediately preceding the related Dividend
Payment Date. Dividends shall cease to accumulate in respect of
shares of the Junior Preferred Stock on the Exchange
Date with respect to such shares or on the date of the
earlier redemption of such shares unless the Corporation shall
have failed to issue the appropriate aggregate principal
amount of New Exchange Debentures in respect of such shares of
the Junior Preferred Stock on such Exchange Date or shall have
failed to pay the relevant redemption price on the date
fixed for redemption.
(ii) All dividends paid with respect to shares of the Junior
Preferred Stock pursuant to paragraph (c)(i) shall be paid PRO
RATA to the Holders entitled thereto.
(iii) Unpaid dividends accumulating on the Junior Preferred
Stock for any past dividend periodDividend
Period and dividends in connection with any optional redemption
may be declared and paid at any time, without references to any
regular Dividend Payment Date, to holders of record on such
date, not more than forty-five (45) days prior to the payment
thereof, as may be fixed by the Board of Directors.
(iv) Dividends payable on the Junior Preferred Stock for any
period less than a year shall be computed on the basis of a
360-day year
of twelve
30-day
months and the actual number of days elapsed in the period for
which payable.
(d) LIQUIDATION PREFERENCE. (i) In the event
of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or
winding up of the affairs of the Corporation, the Holders of
shares of Junior Preferred Stock then outstanding shall
initially be entitled to be paid, out of the assets of the
Corporation available for distribution to its stockholders, an
amount in cash equal to the liquidation preference for each
share outstanding, plus without duplication, an amount in cash
equal to accumulated and unpaid dividends thereon to the date
fixed for liquidation, dissolution or winding up (including an
amount equal to a prorated dividend for the period from the last
Dividend Payment Date to the date fixed for liquidation,
dissolution or winding up) before any distribution shall be made
or any assets distributed to the holders of any of the Junior
Securities including, without limitation, the Convertible
Preferred Stock and Common Stock of the Corporation. Except as
provided in the preceding sentence, Holders of Junior Preferred
Stock shall not be entitled to any distribution in the event of
any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the
Corporation. If the assets of the Corporation are not sufficient
to pay in full the liquidation payments payable to the Holders
of outstanding shares of the Junior Preferred Stock and all
Parity Securities, then the holders of all such shares shall
share equally and ratably in such distribution of assets first
in proportion to the full liquidation preference to which each
is entitled until such preferences are paid in full, and then in
proportion to their respective amounts of accumulated but unpaid
dividends.
(ii) For the purposes of this paragraph (d), neither the sale,
conveyance, exchange or transfer (for cash, shares of stock,
securities or other consideration) of all or substantially all
of the property or assets of the Corporation nor the
consolidation or merger of the Corporation with or into one or
more entities shall be deemed to be a liquidation, dissolution
or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation.
(e) REDEMPTION. (i) OPTIONAL
REDEMPTION. (A) The Corporation may, at the
option of the Board of Directors, redeem at any time on
or after May 15, 2003,, in whole or in part, in the
manner provided for in paragraph (e)(iii) hereof, any or all of
the shares of the Junior Preferred Stock, at the redemption
prices (expressed an a percentage of the liquidation
preference) set forth below, plus, without duplication, an
amount
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in cash equal to all accumulated and unpaid dividends
per share (including an amount in cash equal to a prorated
dividend for the period from the Dividend Payment Date
immediately prior to the Redemption Date to the Redemption Date)
(the Optional Redemption Price) if redeemed during
the 12-month
period beginning May 15 of each of the years set forth below:
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2003
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106.625
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2004
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103.313
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2005 and
thereafter.
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(B) In addition to the foregoing paragraph (e)(i)(A), on
or prior to May 15, 2001, the Corporation may, at its option,
use the Net Proceeds of either or both of one or more Public
Equity Offerings or Major Asset Sales to redeem for cash up to
an aggregate of 35% of the shares of Junior Preferred Stock
(whether initially issued or issued as a dividend payment) at a
redemption price equal to 113.25% of the liquidation preference
thereof, plus, without duplication, an amount in
cashprice per share equal to the sum of (x) $10,000 and
(y) an amount equal to all accumulated and unpaid dividends per
share (including an amount in cash equal to a prorated dividend
for the period from the Dividend Payment Date immediately prior
to the redemption date to the redemption date) (the
Net Proceeds Redemption Price); PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
that after any such redemption, there is at least (i)
$75,000,000 aggregate liquidation preference of the Junior
Preferred Stock or (ii) $130,000,000 of combined aggregate
liquidation preference of the Junior Preferred Stock and
aggregate principal amount of the New Exchange Debentures
remaining outstanding. Any such redemption pursuant to this
paragraph (e)(i)(B) will be required to occur on or prior to 90
days after the receipt by the Corporation of the proceeds of
each Public Equity Offering or Major Asset
Sale.Redemption Date to the Redemption Date) (the
Redemption Price).
(B) [Intentionally Omitted]
(C) In the event of a redemption pursuant to paragraph
(e)(i)(A) or (e)(i)(B) hereof of only a portion
of the then outstanding shares of the Junior Preferred Stock,
the Corporation shall effect such redemption on a PRO RATA basis
according to the number of shares held by each Holder of the
Junior Preferred Stock, except that the Corporation may redeem
all shares held by any Holders of fewer than one share (or
shares held by Holders who would hold less than one share as a
result of such redemption), as may be determined by the
Corporation, PROVIDED that no optional
redemption shall be authorized or made unless prior
thereto full accumulated and unpaid dividends are declared and
paid in full, or declared and a sum in cash set apart sufficient
for such payment, on the Junior Preferred Stock for all Dividend
Periods terminating on or prior to the Redemption Date.
(ii) MANDATORY REDEMPTION. On November 15, 2006, the
Corporation shall redeem, to the extent of funds legally
available therefor, in the manner provided for in paragraph
(e)(iii) hereof, all of the shares of the Junior Preferred Stock
then outstanding at a redemption price equal to 100% of the
liquidation preference per share, plus, without duplication, an
amount in cash equal to all accumulated and unpaid dividends per
share (including an amount equal to a prorated dividend for the
period from the Dividend Payment Date immediately prior to the
Redemption Date to the Redemption Date) (the Mandatory
Redemption Price).
(ii) [Intentionally Omitted]
(iii) PROCEDURES FOR REDEMPTION. (A) At least
thirty (30) days and not more than sixty (60) days prior to the
date fixed for any redemption of the Junior Preferred Stock,
written notice (the Redemption Notice) shall be
given by first class mail, postage prepaid, to each Holder of
record on the record date fixed for such redemption of the
Junior Preferred Stock at such Holders address as it
appears on the stock books of the Corporation, PROVIDED that no
failure to give such notice nor any deficiency therein shall
affect the validity of the procedure for the redemption of any
shares of Junior Preferred Stock to be redeemed except as to the
Holder or Holders to whom the Corporation has failed to give
said notice or to whom such notice was defective. The Redemption
Notice shall state:
(1) whetherthat the redemption is pursuant to
paragraph (e)(i)(A), (e)(i)(B) or (e)(ii)
hereof;
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(2) the Optional Redemption Price, the
Mandatory Redemption Price or the Net Proceeds Redemption Price,
as the case may be; ;
(3) whether all or less than all the outstanding shares of the
Junior Preferred Stock are to be redeemed and the total number
of shares of the Junior Preferred Stock being redeemed;
(4) the date fixed for redemption;
(5) that the Holder is to surrender to the Corporation, in the
manner, at the place or places and at the price designated, his
certificate or certificates representing the shares of Junior
Preferred Stock to be redeemed; and
(6) that dividends on the shares of the Junior Preferred Stock
to be redeemed shall cease to accumulate on such Redemption Date
unless the Corporation defaults in the payment of the
Optional Redemption Price, the
Mandatory Redemption Price or the Net Proceeds Redemption Price,
as the case may be. .
(B) Each Holder of Junior Preferred Stock shall surrender the
certificate or certificates representing such shares of Junior
Preferred Stock to the Corporation, duly endorsed (or otherwise
in proper form for transfer, as determined by the Corporation),
in the manner and at the place designated in the Redemption
Notice, and on the Redemption Date the fullOptional
Redemption Price, Mandatory Redemption Price or
Net Proceeds Redemption Price, as the case may be, for
such shares shall be payable in cash to the Person whose name
appears on such certificate or certificates as the owner
thereof, and each surrendered certificate shall be canceled and
retired. In the event that less than all of the shares
represented by any such certificate are redeemed, a new
certificate shall be issued representing the unredeemed shares.
(C) On and after the Redemption Date, unless the Corporation
defaults in the payment in full of the applicable redemption
price, dividends on the Junior Preferred Stock called for
redemption shall cease to accumulate on the Redemption Date, and
all rights of the Holders of redeemed shares shall terminate
with respect thereto on the Redemption Date, other than the
right to receive the Optional Redemption
Price, the Mandatory Redemption Price or the Net
Proceeds Redemption Price, as the case may be, without
interest; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if a notice of redemption
shall have been given as provided in paragraph (iii)(A) above
and the funds necessary for redemption (including an amount in
respect of all dividends that will accrue to the Redemption
Date) shall have been segregated and irrevocably deposited in
trust for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the
shares to be redeemed, then, at the close of business on the day
on which such funds are segregated and set aside, the Holders of
the shares to be redeemed shall cease to be stockholders of the
Corporation and shall be entitled only to receive the Optional
Redemption Price, the Mandatory Redemption Price or the
Net Proceeds Redemption Price, as the case may be,
without interest.
(f) VOTING RIGHTS.
(i) The
VOTING RIGHTS. Except as otherwise provided by
law, the Holders of Junior Preferred Stock, except as
otherwise required under Delaware law or as set forth in
paragraphs (ii), (iii) and (iv) below, shall not be entitled or
permitted to vote on any matter required or permitted to be
voted upon by the stockholders of the Corporation.
(ii) (A) So long as any shares of the Junior Preferred
Stock are outstanding, the Corporation may not issue any
additional shares of Junior Preferred Stock, any new class of
Parity Securities or Senior Securities (or amend the provisions
of any existing class of capital stock to make such class of
capital stock Parity Securities or Senior Securities) without
the approval of the holders of at least a majority of the shares
of Junior Preferred Stock then outstanding, voting or
consenting, as the case may be, together as one class; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that the Corporation may: (I) issue additional shares
of Junior Preferred Stock to pay dividends on the Junior
Preferred Stock in accordance with its terms on the Issue Date,
(II) issue additional shares of (x) Public Preferred Stock or
Senior Securities, which Senior Securities are PARI PASSU with
the Public Preferred Stock, or (y) Junior Preferred Stock or
Parity Securities, and which Senior Securities or Parity
Securities require cash dividends at a time and in an amount not
in excess of one percentage point greater than
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the dividend rate borne by the Private Preferred Stock
(as existing on the Issue Date) and which does not prevent
either the payment or cash dividends on the Junior Preferred
Stock or the exchange of the Junior Preferred Stock for the New
Exchange Debentures, in an amount sufficient to acquire the
Private Preferred Stock in accordance with its terms on the
Issue Date (including any premium required to be paid), plus the
amount of reasonable expenses incurred by the Corporation in
acquiring such Private Preferred Stock and issuing such
additional Junior Preferred Stock, Public Preferred Stock,
Parity Securities or Senior Securities (as the case may be);
with such shares being issued no sooner than the date the
Corporation repurchases, redeems or otherwise retires the
Private Preferred Stock and (III) issue additional shares of
Public Preferred Stock as dividends on the Public Preferred
Stock in accordance with the certificate of
designation of the Public Preferred Stock, as in
existence on the Issue Date.
(B) So long as any shares of the Junior Preferred Stock
are outstanding, the Corporation shall not amend this Resolution
so as to affect materially and adversely the specified rights,
preferences, privileges or voting rights of holders of shares of
Junior Preferred Stock without the affirmative vote or consent
of Holders of at least a majority of the issued and outstanding
shares of Junior Preferred Stock, voting or consenting, as the
case may be, as one class, given in person or by proxy, either
in writing or by resolution adopted at an annual or special
meeting.
(C) While any of the Junior Preferred Stock is
outstanding, the Corporation shall not amend or modify the
Indenture for the New Exchange Debentures (the New
Exchange Indenture) in the form as executed on the Issue
Date (except as expressly provided therein in respect of
amendments without the consent of Holders of New Exchange
Debentures) as permitted by Section 8.02 of the New Exchange
Indenture to be amended or modified by (I) a majority vote (x)
without the affirmative vote or consent of Holders of at least a
majority of the shares of Junior Preferred Stock then
outstanding or, (y) if any New Exchange Debentures are then
outstanding, without the affirmative vote or consent of, in the
aggregate, Holders of at least a majority in liquidation
preference of the Junior Preferred Stock and holders of at least
a majority in principal amount of the New Exchange Debentures or
(II) unanimous consent without the consent of each Holder of
Junior Preferred Stock and each holder of New Exchange
Debentures in the case of each of clauses (I)(x) and (y) and
(II), voting or consenting, as the case may be, as one class,
and given in person or by proxy, either in writing or by
resolution adopted at an annual or special meeting (in the case
of Holders of Junior Preferred Stock and, in accordance with the
terms of the New Exchange Indenture, in the case of holders of
New Exchange Debentures).
(D) Except as set forth in paragraphs (f)(ii)(A) above,
(x) the creation, authorization or issuance of any shares of any
Junior Securities, Parity Securities or Senior Securities or (y)
the increase or decrease in the amount of authorized Capital
Stock of any class, including Preferred Stock, shall not require
the consent of Holders of Junior Preferred Stock and shall not
be deemed to affect adversely the rights, preferences,
privileges or voting rights of Holders of Junior Preferred
Stock.
(iii) Without the affirmative vote or consent of Holders
of a majority of the issued and outstanding shares of Junior
Preferred Stock, voting or consenting, as the case may be, as a
separate class, given in person or by proxy, either in writing
or by resolution adopted at an annual or special meeting, the
Corporation shall not, in a single transaction or series of
related transactions, consolidate or merge with or into, or
sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of
all or substantially all of its assets (as entirely or
substantially as an entirety in one transaction or series of
related transactions) to, another Person (other than a
Wholly-Owned Subsidiary with, into or to another Wholly-Owned
Subsidiary) or adopt a plan of liquidation unless (A) either (I)
the Corporation is the surviving or continuing Person or (II)
the Person (if other than the Corporation) formed by such
consolidation or into which the Corporation is merged or the
Person that acquires by conveyance, transfer or lease the
properties and assets of the Corporation substantially as an
entirety or, in the case of a plan liquidation, the Person to
which assets of the Corporation have been transferred shall be a
corporation, partnership or trust organized and existing under
the laws of the United States or any State thereof or the
District of Columbia; (B) the Junior Preferred Stock shall be
converted into or exchanged for and shall become shares of such
successor, transferee or resulting Person the same powers,
preferences and relative, participating, optional or other
special rights and the qualifications, limitations or
restrictions thereon, that the Junior Preferred Stock had
immediately prior to such transaction; (C) immediately after
giving effect
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to such transaction and the use of the proceeds
therefrom (on a pro forma basis, including giving effect to any
Indebtedness incurred or anticipated to be incurred in
connection with such transaction), the Corporation (in the case
of clause (I) of the foregoing clause (A) or such Person (in the
case of clause (II) of the foregoing clause (A) shall be able to
incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness (other than
Permitted Indebtedness) under paragraph (1)(i) hereof; (D)
immediately after giving effect to such transactions, no Voting
Rights Triggering Event shall have occurred or be continuing;
and (E) the Corporation has delivered to the transfer agent for
the Junior Preferred Stock prior to the consummation of the
proposed transaction an Officers Certificate and an
Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger
or transfer complies with the terms hereof and that all
conditions precedent herein relating to such transaction have
been satisfied.
For purposes of the foregoing, the transfer (by lease,
assignment, sale or otherwise, in a single transaction or series
of related transactions) of all or substantially all of the
properties or assets of one or more Subsidiaries of the
Corporation, the Capital Stock of which constitutes all or
substantially all of the properties and assets of the
Corporation shall be deemed to be the transfer of all or
substantially all of the properties and assets of the
Corporation.
(iv) (A) If (I) the Corporation fails to redeem all of
the then outstanding shares of Junior Preferred Stock on or
before November 15, 2006 or otherwise fails to discharge any
redemption obligation with respect to the Junior Preferred
Stock; (II) the Corporation fails to make a Change of Control
Offer (whether pursuant to the terms of paragraph (h)(v) or
otherwise) following a Change of Control if such Change of
Control Offer is required by paragraph (h) hereof or fails to
purchase shares of Junior Preferred Stock from Holders who elect
to have such shares purchased pursuant to the Change of Control
Offer; (III) the Corporation breaches or violates one of the
provisions set forth in any of paragraphs (1)(i), (1)(ii),
(1)(iii) or (1)(iv) hereof and the breach or violation continues
for a period of 60 days or more after the Corporation receives
notice thereof specifying the default from the holders of at
least 25% of the shares of Junior Preferred Stock then
outstanding, (IV) the Corporation fails to pay at the final
stated maturity (giving effect to any extensions thereof) the
principal amount of any Indebtedness of the Corporation or any
Restricted Subsidiary of the Corporation, or the final stated
maturity of any such Indebtedness is accelerated, if the
aggregate principal amount of such Indebtedness, together with
the aggregate principal amount of any other such Indebtedness in
default for failure to pay principal at the final stated
maturity (giving effect to any extensions thereof) or which has
been accelerated, aggregates $10,000,000 or more at any time, in
each case, after a
20-day
period during which such default shall not have been cured or
such acceleration rescinded or (V) any event occurs or condition
exists which results in an increase in the dividend rate borne
by the Private Preferred Stock in accordance with the terms
thereof, then in the case of any of clauses (I) (V),
the number of directors constituting the Board of Directors
shall be adjusted by the number, if any, necessary to permit the
Holders of the then outstanding shares of Junior Preferred
Stock, voting separately and as one class, to elect the lesser
of two directors and that number of directors constituting 25%
of the members of the Board of Directors. Each such event
described in clauses (I), (II), (III), (IV), and (V) is a
Voting Rights Triggering Event. Holders of a
majority of the issued and outstanding shares of Junior
Preferred Stock, voting separately and as one class, shall have
the exclusive right to elect the lesser of two directors and
that number of directors constituting 25% of the members of the
Board of Directors at a meeting therefor called upon occurrence
of such Voting Rights Triggering Event, and at every subsequent
meeting at which the terms of office of the directors so elected
by the Holders of the Junior Preferred Stock expire (other than
as described in (f)(iv)(B) below). The voting rights provided
herein shall be the exclusive remedy at law or in equity of the
holders of the Junior Preferred Stock for any Voting Rights
Triggering Event.
(B) The right of the Holders of Junior Preferred Stock
voting together as a separate class to elect members of the
Board of Directors as set forth in subparagraph (f)(iv)(A) above
shall continue until such time as in all other cases, the
failure, breach or default giving rise to such Voting Rights
Triggering Event is remedied, cured (including, but not limited
to, in the case of clause (IV) of subparagraph (f)(iv)(A) above
through the issuance of Refinancing Indebtedness or the waiver
of any breach or default by the holder of such Indebtedness) or
waived by the holders of at least a majority of the shares of
Junior Preferred Stock then outstanding and entitled to vote
thereon, at which time (I) the special right of the Holders of
Junior Preferred Stock so to vote as a class for the election of
directors and (II) the term of office of the directors elected
by
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the Holders of the Junior Preferred Stock shall each
terminate and the directors elected by the holders of Common
Stock or Capital Stock (other than the Junior Preferred Stock),
if applicable, shall constitute the entire Board of Directors.
At any time after voting power to elect directors shall have
become vested and be continuing in the Holders of Junior
Preferred Stock pursuant to paragraph (f)(iv) hereof, or if
vacancies shall exist in the offices of directors elected by the
Holders of Junior Preferred Stock, a proper officer of the
Corporation may, and upon the written request of the Holders of
record of at least twenty-five percent (25%) of the shares of
Junior Preferred Stock then outstanding addressed to the
secretary of the Corporation shall, call a special meeting of
the Holders of Junior Preferred Stock, for the purpose of
electing the directors which such Holders are entitled to elect.
If such meeting shall not be called by a proper officer of the
Corporation within twenty (20) days after personal service of
said written request upon the secretary of the Corporation, or
within twenty (20) days after mailing the same within the United
States by certified mail, addressed to the secretary of the
Corporation at its principal executive offices, then the Holders
of record of at least twenty-five percent (25%) of the
outstanding shares of Junior Preferred Stock may designate in
writing one of their number to call such meeting at the
reasonable expense of the Corporation, and such meeting may be
called by the Person so designated upon the notice required for
the annual meetings of stockholders of the Corporation and shall
be held at the place for holding the annual meetings of
stockholders. Any Holder of Junior Preferred Stock so designated
shall have, and the Corporation shall provide, access to the
lists of stockholders to be called pursuant to the provisions
hereof.
(C) At any meeting held for the purpose of electing
directors at which the Holders of Junior Preferred Stock shall
have the right, voting together as a separate class, to elect
directors an aforesaid, the presence in person or by proxy of
the Holders of at least a majority of the outstanding shares of
Junior Preferred Stock shall be required to constitute a quorum
of such Junior Preferred Stock.
(D) Any vacancy occurring in the office of a director
elected by the Holders of Junior Preferred Stock may be filled
by the remaining directors elected by the Holders of Junior
Preferred Stock unless and until such vacancy shall be filled by
the Holders of Junior Preferred Stock.
(v) In any case in which the Holders of Junior Preferred
Stock shall be entitled to vote pursuant to this paragraph (f)
or pursuant to Delaware law, each Holder of Junior Preferred
Stock entitled to vote with respect to such matter shall be
entitled to one vote for each share of Junior Preferred Stock
held.
(g) EXCHANGE.
(i) REQUIREMENTS.(A) Subject to subparagraph (B)
below, the outstanding shares of Junior Preferred Stock are
exchangeable, in whole or in part, on a PRO RATA basis, at the
option of the Corporation, at any time on any Dividend Payment
Date for the New Exchange Debentures to be substantially in the
form of Exhibit A to the form of New Exchange Indenture, a copy
of which is on file with the secretary of the Corporation;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that immediately after giving effect to any
partial exchange, there shall be shares of Junior Preferred
Stock outstanding with an aggregate liquidation preference of
not less than $75,000,000 and not less than $75,000,000
aggregate principal amount of New Exchange Debentures are then
outstanding; and PROVIDED, FURTHER, that any such exchange may
only be made if on or prior to the date of such exchange (A) the
Corporation has paid (or is deemed to have paid) all accumulated
dividends on the Junior Preferred Stock (including the dividends
payable on the date of exchange) and there shall be no
contractual impediment to such exchange; (B) there shall be
funds legally available sufficient therefor; (C) such exchange
would be permitted under the terms of the Existing Preferred
Stock, to the extent then outstanding, and immediately after
giving effect to such exchange, no Default or Event of Default
(as defined in the New Exchange Indenture) would exist under the
New Exchange Indenture and no default or event of default would
exist under the Credit Facility or the Existing Debt Indentures
and no default or event of default under any other material
instrument governing Indebtedness outstanding at the time would
be caused thereby; (D) that New Exchange Indenture has been
qualified under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, if
such qualification is required at the time of such exchange; and
(E) the Corporation shall have delivered a written opinion to
the effect that all conditions to be satisfied prior to such
exchange have been satisfied. The exchange rate shall be $1.00
principal amount of New Exchange Debentures for each $1.00 of
liquidation preference of Junior Preferred Stock, including, to
the extent necessary, New Exchange Debentures in
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principal amounts less than $1,000, PROVIDED that the
Corporation shall have the right, at its option, to pay cash in
an amount equal to the principal amount of that portion of any
New Exchange Debenture that is not an integral multiple of
$1,000 instead of delivering an New Exchange Debenture in a
denomination of less than $1,000.
(B) At the time of the Exchange, the Corporation shall
deliver Debentures which may be resold by the holder thereof to
the public without delivering a prospectus under the Securities
Act.
(ii) PROCEDURE FOR EXCHANGE. (A) At least thirty
(30) days and not more than sixty (60) days prior to the date
fixed for exchange, written notice (the Exchange
Notice) shall be given by first-class mail, postage
prepaid, to each Holder of record on the record date fixed for
such exchange of the Junior Preferred Stock at such
Holders address as the same appears on the stock books of
the Corporation; PROVIDED that no failure to give such notice
nor any deficiency therein shall affect the validity of the
procedure for the exchange of any shares of Junior Preferred
Stock to be exchanged except as to the Holder or Holders to whom
the Corporation has failed to give said notice or to whom such
notice was defective. The Exchange Notice shall state:
(1) the date fixed for exchange;
(2) that the Holder is to surrender to the Corporation,
in the manner and at the place or places designated, his
certificate or certificates representing the shares of Junior
Preferred Stock to be exchanged;
(3) that dividends on the shares of Junior Preferred
Stock to be exchanged shall cease to accrue on such Exchange
Date whether or not certificates for shares of Junior Preferred
Stock are surrendered for exchange on such Exchange Date unless
the Corporation shall default in the delivery of New Exchange
Debentures; and
(4) that interest on the New Exchange Debentures shall
accrue from the Exchange Date whether or not certificates for
shares of Junior Preferred Stock are surrendered for exchange on
such Exchange Date.
(B) On or before the Exchange Date, each Holder of
Junior Preferred Stock shall surrender the certificate or
certificates representing such shares of Junior Preferred Stock,
in the manner and at the place designated in the Exchange
Notice. The Corporation shall cause the New Exchange Debentures
to be executed on the Exchange Date and, upon surrender in
accordance with the Exchange Notice of the certificates for any
shares of Junior Preferred Stock so exchanged, duly endorsed (or
otherwise in proper form for transfer, as determined by the
Corporation), such shares shall be exchanged by the Corporation
into New Exchange Debentures. In the event that any certificate
surrendered pursuant to this paragraph (g) represents shares in
excess of those being surrendered pursuant to the Exchange
Notice, the Corporation shall issue a new certificate
representing the unexchanged portion of shares of Junior
Preferred Stock. The Corporation shall pay interest on the New
Exchange Debentures at the rate and on the dates specified
therein from the Exchange Date.
(C) If notice has been mailed as aforesaid, and if
before the Exchange Date specified in such notice (I) the New
Exchange Indenture shall have been duly executed and delivered
by the Corporation and the trustee thereunder and (II) all New
Exchange Debentures necessary for such exchange shall have been
duly executed by the Corporation and delivered to the trustee
under the New Exchange Indenture with irrevocable instructions
to authenticate the New Exchange Debentures necessary for such
exchange, then the rights of the Holders of Junior Preferred
Stock so exchanged as stockholders of the Corporation shall
cease (except the right to receive New Exchange Debentures, an
amount in cash equal to the amount of accrued and unpaid
dividends to the Exchange Date and, if the Corporation so
elects, cash in lieu of any New Exchange Debenture not an
integral multiple of $1,000), and the Person or Persons entitled
to receive the New Exchange Debentures issuable upon exchange
shall be treated for all purposes as the registered Holder or
Holders of such New Exchange Debentures as of the Exchange
Date.
(iii) NO EXCHANGE IN CERTAIN CASES.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this paragraph
(g), the Corporation shall not be entitled to exchange the
Junior Preferred Stock for New Exchange Debentures if such
exchange, or any term or provision of the New Exchange Indenture
or the New Exchange Debentures, or the performance of the
Corporations obligations under the New Exchange Indenture
or the New Exchange Debentures, shall materially violate any
applicable law or if, at the time of such exchange, the
Corporation is insolvent or if it would be rendered insolvent by
such exchange.
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(h) CHANGE OF CONTROL.
(i) In the event of a Change of Control (the date of
such occurrence being the Change of Control Date),
the Corporation shall notify the Holders of the Junior Preferred
Stock in writing of such occurrence and shall make an offer to
purchase (the Change of Control Offer) all then
outstanding shares of Junior Preferred Stock at a purchase price
of 101% of the liquidation preference thereof plus, without
duplication, an amount in cash equal to all accumulated and
unpaid dividends thereon (including an amount in cash equal to a
prorated dividend for the period from the immediately preceding
Dividend Payment Date to the Change of Control Payment Date)
(such applicable purchase price being hereinafter referred to as
the Change of Control Purchase Price).
(ii) Within 30 days following the Change of Control
Date, the Corporation shall (i) cause a notice of the Change of
Control to be sent at least once to the Dow Jones News Service
or similar business news service in the United States and (ii)
send by first class mail, postage prepaid, a notice to each
Holder of Junior Preferred Stock at such Holders address
as it appears in the register maintained by the Transfer Agent,
which notice shall govern the terms of the Change of Control
Offer. The notice to the Holders shall contain all instructions
and materials necessary to enable such Holders to tender Junior
Preferred Stock pursuant to the Change of Control Offer. Such
notice shall state:
(A) that a Change of Control has occurred, that the
Change of Control Offer is being made pursuant to this paragraph
(h) and that all Junior Preferred Stock validly tendered and not
withdrawn will be accepted for payment;
(B) the Change of Control Purchase Price and the
purchase date (which shall be a Business Day no earlier than 30
Business Days nor later than 60 Business Days from the date such
notice is mailed, other than as may be required by law) (the
Change of Control Payment Date);
(C) that any shares of Junior Preferred Stock not
tendered will continue to accumulate dividends;
(D) that, unless the Corporation defaults in making
payment of the Change of Control Purchase Price, any share of
Junior Preferred Stock accepted for payment pursuant to the
Change of Control Offer shall cease to accumulate dividends
after the Change of Control Payment Date;
(E) that Holders accepting the offer to have any shares
of Junior Preferred Stock purchased pursuant to a Change of
Control Offer will be required to surrender their certificate or
certificates representing such shares, properly endorsed for
transfer together with such customary documents as the
Corporation and the transfer agent may reasonably require, in
the manner and at the place specified in the notice prior to the
close of business on the Business Day preceding to the Change of
Control Payment Date;
(F) that Holders will be entitled to withdraw their
acceptance if the Corporation receives, not later than the close
of business on the third Business Day preceding the Change of
Control Payment Date, a telegram, telex, facsimile transmission
or letter setting forth the name of the Holder, the number of
shares of Junior Preferred Stock the Holder delivered for
purchase and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing his
election to have such shares of Junior Preferred Stock
purchased;
(G) that Holders whose shares of Junior Preferred Stock
are purchased only in part will be issued a new certificate
representing the number of shares of Junior Preferred Stock
equal to the unpurchased portion of the certificate surrendered;
and
(H) the circumstances and relevant facts regarding such
Change of Control.
(iii) The Corporation will comply with any securities
laws and regulations, to the extent such laws and regulations
are applicable to the repurchase of the Junior Preferred Stock
in connection with a Change of Control Offer.
(iv) On the Change of Control Payment Date, the
Corporation shall (A) accept for payment the shares of Junior
Preferred Stock tendered pursuant to the Change of Control
Offer, (B) promptly mail to each Holder of shares so accepted
payment in an amount in cash equal to the Change of Control
Purchase Price for such Junior Preferred Stock, (C) execute and
issue a new Junior Preferred Stock certificate equal to any
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unpurchased shares of Junior Preferred Stock represented
by certificates surrendered and (D) cancel and retire each
surrendered certificate. Unless the Corporation defaults in the
payment for the shares of Junior Preferred Stock tendered
pursuant to the Change of Control Offer, dividends will cease to
accumulate with respect to the shares of Junior Preferred Stock
tendered and all rights of Holders of such tendered shares will
terminate, except for the right to receive payment therefor, on
the Change of Control Payment Date.
(v) If the purchase of the Junior Preferred Stock would
violate or constitute a default or be prohibited under the
Credit Facility, any then outstanding Senior Debt, the Existing
Debt Indentures or the Existing Preferred Stock, then,
notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained above, prior
to complying with the foregoing provisions, but in any event
within 30 days following the Change of Control Date, the
Corporation shall, to the extent needed to permit such purchase
of the Junior Preferred Stock, either (A) repay in full all
Indebtedness under the Credit Facility, such Senior Debt, the
Existing Notes and the Existing Exchange Debentures and, in the
case of the Credit Facility or such other Senior Debt, terminate
all commitments outstanding thereunder and effect the
termination of any such prohibition under the Existing Preferred
Stock or (B) obtain the requisite consents, if any, under the
Credit Facility, the instruments governing such Senior Debt, the
Existing Debt Indentures and the certificate of
designation governing the Existing Preferred Stock
required to permit the repurchase of the Junior Preferred Stock
required by this paragraph (h). Until the requirements of the
immediately preceding sentence are satisfied, the Corporation
shall not make, and shall not be obligated to make, any Change
of Control Offer; PROVIDED that the Corporations failure
to comply with the provision of this paragraph (h)(v) shall
constitute a Voting Rights Triggering Event. shall not
be entitled to vote on any matters submitted for a vote to the
holders of the Corporations common stock. Upon the filing
of the Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of
Incorporation adding this sentence, the term of any director
elected by the Holders of Junior Preferred Stock prior to the
filing of such Certificate of Amendment of the Certificate of
Incorporation shall automatically end and such director shall
immediately cease to be a member of the Board of Directors.
(g) [INTENTIONALLY OMITTED].
(h) CONVERSION OR EXCHANGE. The Holders of shares of Junior
Preferred Stock shall not have any rights hereunder to convert
such shares into or exchange such shares for shares of any other
class or classes or of any other series of any class or classes
of Capital Stock of the Corporation.
(i) REISSUANCE OF JUNIOR PREFERRED STOCK. Shares of Junior
Preferred Stock that have been issued and reacquired in any
manner, including shares purchased or redeemed or
exchanged, shall (upon compliance with any applicable
provisions of the laws of Delaware) have the status of
authorized and unissued shares of Preferred Stock undesignated
as to series and may be redesignated and reissued as part of any
series of Preferred Stock; PROVIDED that any issuance of such
shares as Junior Preferred Stock must be in compliance with the
terms hereof.
(j) BUSINESS DAY. If any payment, or
redemption or exchange shall be required by the
terms hereof to be made on a day that is not a Business Day,
such payment, or redemption or
exchange shall be made on the immediately succeeding
Business Day.
(l) CERTAIN ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS.
(i) LIMITATION ON INCURRENCE OF ADDITIONAL INDEBTEDNESS.
The Corporation shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted
Subsidiary of the Corporation to, directly or indirectly, incur
any Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness) other than
Permitted Indebtedness. Notwithstanding the foregoing
limitation, the Corporation and its Restricted Subsidiaries may
incur Indebtedness if on the date of the incurrence of such
Indebtedness (i) no Voting Rights Triggering Event shall have
occurred and be continuing or shall occur as a consequence
thereof and (ii) after giving effect to the incurrence of such
Indebtedness and the receipt and application of the proceeds
thereof, the ratio of the Corporations total Indebtedness
to the Corporations Adjusted EBITDA (determined on a pro
forma basis for the last four full fiscal quarters of the
Corporation for which financial statements are available at the
date of determination) is less than 7.0 to 1; PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
that if the Indebtedness which is the subject of a determination
under this provision is Acquired Indebtedness, or Indebtedness
incurred in connection with the simultaneous acquisition of any
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Person, business, property or assets, then such ratio
shall be determined by giving effect (on a pro forma basis, as
if the transaction had occurred at the beginning of the four
quarter period) to both the incurrence or assumption of such
Acquired Indebtedness or such other Indebtedness by the
Corporation and the inclusion in the Corporations Adjusted
EBITDA of the Consolidated EBITDA of the acquired Person,
business, property or assets; and PROVIDED, FURTHER, that in the
event that the Consolidated EBITDA of the acquired Person,
business, property or assets reflects an operating loss, no
amounts shall be deducted from the Corporations Adjusted
EBITDA in making the determinations described above.
(ii) LIMITATION ON RESTRICTED PAYMENTS. (A) The
Corporation shall not, and shall not permit any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, make any
Restricted Payment if at the time of such Restricted Payment and
immediately after giving effect thereto:
(I) any Voting Rights Triggering Event shall have
occurred and be continuing; or
(II) the Corporation could not incur $1.00 of additional
Indebtedness (other than Permitted Indebtedness) in compliance
with paragraph (1)(i) above; or
(III) the aggregate amount of Restricted Payments
declared or made after the Issue Date (the amount expended for
such purposes, if other than in cash, being the fair market
value of such property as determined by the Board of Directors
in good faith) exceeds the sum of (x) 100% of the
Corporations Cumulative EBITDA minus 1.4 times the
Corporations Cumulative Consolidated Interest Expense,
plus (y) 100% of the aggregate Net Proceeds and the fair market
value of securities or other property received by the
Corporation from the issue or sale, after the Issue Date, of
Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Capital Stock of the
Corporation or Capital Stock of the Corporation issued to any
Restricted Subsidiary of the Corporation) of the Corporation or
any Indebtedness or other securities of the Corporation
convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Capital
Stock (other than Disqualified Capital Stock) of the Corporation
which have been so converted or exercised or exchanged, an the
case may be, plus (c) $10,000,000.
(B) Notwithstanding the foregoing, these provisions will
not prohibit: (I) the payment of any dividend or the making of
any distribution within 60 days after the date of its
declaration if such dividend or distribution would have been
permitted on the date of declaration; or (II) the purchase,
redemption or other acquisition or retirement of any Capital
Stock of the Corporation or any warrants, options or other
rights to acquire shares of any class of such Capital Stock (x)
solely in exchange for shares of Qualified Capital Stock or
other rights to acquire Qualified Capital Stock, (y) through the
application of the Net Proceeds of a substantially concurrent
sale for cash (other than to a Restricted Subsidiary) of shares
of Qualified Capital Stock or warrants, options or other rights
to acquire Qualified Capital Stock or (z) in the case of
Disqualified Capital Stock, solely in exchange for, or through
the application of the Net Proceeds of a substantially
concurrent sale for cash (other than to a Restricted Subsidiary)
of, Disqualified Capital Stock that has a redemption date no
earlier than, is issued by the Corporation or the same Person as
and requires the payment of current dividends or distributions
in cash no earlier than, in each case, the Disqualified Capital
Stock being purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired or retired
and which Disqualified Capital Stock does not prohibit cash
dividends on the Junior Preferred Stock or the exchange thereof
for New Exchange Debentures.
(iii) LIMITATIONS ON TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES. (A)
The Corporation shall not, and shall not cause or permit any of
its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, enter
into or suffer to exist any transaction or series of related
transactions (including, without limitation, the sale, purchase,
exchange or lease of assets, property or services) with any
Affiliate or holder of 10% or more of the Corporations
Common Stock (an Affiliate Transaction) or extend,
renew, waive or otherwise modify the terms of any Affiliate
Transaction entered into prior to the Issue Date unless (I) such
Affiliate Transaction is between or among the Corporation and
its Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries; or (II) the terms of such
Affiliate Transaction are fair and reasonable to the Corporation
or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, and the terms
of such Affiliate Transaction are at least as favorable as the
terms which could be obtained by the Corporation or such
Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, in a comparable
transaction made on an arms-length basis between
unaffiliated parties. In any Affiliate Transaction involving an
amount or having a value in excess of $1,000,000 which is not
permitted under clause (I) above the Corporation must obtain a
Board Resolution certifying that such Affiliate Transaction
complies with clause (II) above. In transactions with a value in
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excess of $5,000,000 which are not permitted under
clause (I) above, unless such transaction is with a Subsidiary
in which no Affiliate has a minority interest therein, the
Corporation must obtain a valuation of the assets subject to
such transaction by an Independent Appraiser or a written
opinion as to the fairness of such a transaction from an
independent investment banking firm or an Independent
Appraiser.
(B) The foregoing provisions shall not apply to (I) any
Restricted Payment that is not prohibited by the provisions
described in paragraph (1) (ii) above, (II) any transaction
approved by the Board of Directors with an officer or director
of the Corporation or of any Subsidiary in his or her capacity
as officer or director entered into in the ordinary course of
business, including compensation and employee benefit
arrangements with any officer or director of the Corporation or
of any Subsidiary that are customary for public companies in the
broadcasting industry, or (III) modifications of the Existing
Preferred Stock.
(iv) LIMITATION ON PREFERRED STOCK OF SUBSIDIARIES. The
Corporation shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to issue
any Preferred Stock (except to the Corporation or to a
Restricted Subsidiary) or permit any Person (other than the
Corporation or a Restricted Subsidiary) to hold any such
Preferred Stock unless the Corporation or such Restricted
Subsidiary would be entitled to incur or assume Indebtedness in
compliance with paragraph (1)(i) above in an aggregate principal
amount equal to the aggregate liquidation value of the Preferred
Stock to be issued.
(v) REPORTS. The Corporation shall provide to the
holders of Junior Preferred Stock, within 15 days after it files
them with the Commission, copies of the annual reports and of
the information, documents and other reports (or copies of such
portions of any of the foregoing as the Commission may by rules
and regulations prescribe) which the Corporation files with the
Commission pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act.
In the event that the Corporation is no longer required to
furnish such reports to its securityholders pursuant to the
Exchange Act, the Corporation will provide to the Holders copies
of all annual and quarterly reports and other information which
the Corporation would have been required to file with the
Commission pursuant to Sections 13 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act
had it been so subject without cost to the Holders.
(k) DEFINITIONS. As used in this Certificate
of Designation, 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:
ACQUIRED INDEBTEDNESS means Indebtedness of
a Person (including an Unrestricted Subsidiary) existing at the
time such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary or assumed in
connection with the acquisition of assets from such
Person.
ADJUSTED EBITDA means, for any Person, prior
to the date specified by the Corporation in a written notice
delivered to the Trustee of the Corporations election of
its one time right to change the calculation of Adjusted EBITDA
(the Calculation Change Notice), the sum of (a)
Consolidated EBITDA of such Person and its Restricted
Subsidiaries for the four most recent fiscal quarters for which
internal financial statements are available, minus inTV EBITDA
for the most recent four fiscal quarter period and (b) inTV
EBITDA for the most recent quarterly period, multiplied by four
and, subsequent to the effective date specified by the
Corporation in its Calculation Change Notice, the Consolidated
EBITDA of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for the
four most recent fiscal quarters for which internal financial
statements are available.
AFFILIATE means, for any Person, a Person
who, directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries
controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with,
such other Person. The term control means the
possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or
cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person,
whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract
or otherwise. With respect to the Corporation, Affiliate will
also include any Permitted Holders or Persons controlled by the
Permitted Holders.
AFFILIATE TRANSACTION shall have the meaning
ascribed to it in paragraph (1)(iii) hereof.
ASSET SALE means the sale, transfer or other
disposition (other than to the Corporation or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries) in any single transaction or series of
related transactions involving assets with a fair market value
in excess of $2,000,000 of (a) any Capital Stock of or other
equity interest in any Restricted
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Subsidiary of the Corporation other than in a
transaction where the Corporation or a Restricted Subsidiary
receives therefor one or more media properties with a fair
market value equal to the fair market value of the Capital Stock
issued, transferred or disposed of by the Corporation or the
Restricted Subsidiary (with such fair market values being
determined by the Board of Directors), (b) all or substantially
all of the assets of the Corporation or of any Restricted
Subsidiary thereof, (c) real property or (d) all or
substantially all of the assets of any media property, or part
thereof, owned by the Corporation or any Restricted Subsidiary
thereof, or a division, line of business or comparable business
segment of the Corporation or any Restricted Subsidiary thereof;
PROVIDED that Asset Sales shall not include sales, leases,
conveyances, transfers or other dispositions to the Corporation
or to a Restricted Subsidiary or to any other Person if after
giving effect to such sale, lease, conveyance, transfer or other
disposition such other Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary,
or the sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the
Corporation or a Restricted Subsidiary in a transaction
complying with f(iii), in which case only the assets not so sold
shall be deemed an Asset Sale.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS shall have the meaning
ascribed to it in the first paragraph of this Resolution.
BOARD RESOLUTION means a copy of a resolution
certified pursuant to an Officers Certificate to have been
duly adopted bymeans the Board of Directors of the
Corporation and to be in full force and effect, and
delivered to the Holders.
BUSINESS DAY means any day except a Saturday, a
Sunday, or any day on which banking institutions in New York,
New York are required or authorized by law or other governmental
action to be closed.
CAPITAL STOCK means (i) with respect to any Person
that is a corporation, any and all shares, interests,
participations or other equivalents (however designated) of
capital stock, including each class of common stock and
preferred stock of such Person and (ii) with respect to any
Person that is not a corporation, any and all partnership or
other equity interests of such Person.
CAPITALIZED LEASE OBLIGATION means, as to
any Person, the obligation of such Person to pay rent or other
amounts under a lease to which such Person is a party that is
required to be classified and accounted for as capital lease
obligations under GAAP and, for purposes of this definition, the
amount of such obligations at any date shall be the capitalized
amount of such obligations at such date, determined in
accordance with GAAP.
CASH EQUIVALENTS means (i) marketable direct
obligations issued by, or unconditionally guaranteed by, the
United States Government or issued by any agency thereof and
backed by the full faith and credit of the United States, in
each case maturing within one year from the date of acquisition
thereof; (ii) marketable direct obligations issued by any state
of the United States of America or any political subdivision of
any such state or any public instrumentality thereof maturing
within one year from the date of acquisition thereof and, at the
time of acquisition, having one of the two highest ratings
obtainable from either Standard & Poors Corporation
(S&P) or Moodys Investors Service, Inc.
(Moodys); (iii) commercial paper maturing no
more than one year from the date of creation thereof and, at the
time of acquisition, having a rating of at least
A-1 from
S&P or at least
P-1 from
Moodys; (iv) certificates of deposit or bankers
acceptances maturing within one year from the date of
acquisition thereof issued by any commercial bank organized
under the laws of the United States of America or any state
thereof or the District of Columbia or any U.S. branch of a
foreign bank having at the date of acquisition thereof combined
capital and surplus of not less than $250,000,000; (v)
repurchase obligations with a term of not more than seven days
for underlying securities of the types described in clause (i)
above entered into with any bank meeting the qualifications
specified in clause (iv) above; and (vi) investments in money
market funds which invest substantially all their assets in
securities of the types described in clauses (i) through (v)
above.
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION shall have the
meaning ascribed to it in the first paragraph of this
Resolution.
A CHANGE OF CONTROL of the Corporation will
be deemed to have occurred at such time as (i) any Person
(including a Persons Affiliates), other than a Permitted
Holder, becomes the beneficial owner (as defined under Rule
13d-3 or any
successor rule or regulation promulgated under the Exchange Act)
of 50% or more of the total voting power of the
Corporations Common Stock, (ii) any Person (including a
Persons
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Affiliates), other than a Permitted Holder, becomes the
beneficial owner of more than
331/3%
of the total voting power of the Corporations Common
Stock, and the Permitted Holders beneficially own, in the
aggregate, a lesser percentage of the total voting power of the
Common Stock of the Corporation than such other Person and do
not have the right or ability by voting power, contract or
otherwise to elect or designate for election a majority of the
Board of Directors of the Corporation, (iii) there shall be
consummated any consolidation or merger of the Corporation in
which the Corporation is not the continuing or surviving
corporation or pursuant to which the Common Stock of the
Corporation would be converted into cash, securities or other
property, other than a merger or consolidation of the
Corporation in which the holders of the Common Stock of the
Corporation outstanding immediately prior to the consolidation
or merger hold, directly or indirectly, at least a majority of
the voting power of the Common Stock of the surviving
corporation immediately after such consolidation or merger, (iv)
during any period of two consecutive years, individuals who at
the beginning of such period constituted the Board of Directors
of the Corporation (together with any new directors whose
election by such Board of Directors or whose nomination for
election by the shareholders of the Corporation has been
approved by a majority of the directors then still in office who
either were directors at the beginning of such period or whose
election or recommendation for election was previously so
approved) cease to constitute a majority of the Board of
Directors of the Corporation or (v) any change in
control occurs (as defined at such time) with respect to
the Existing Preferred Stock or any issue of Disqualified
Capital Stock.
CHANGE OF CONTROL DATE shall have the
meaning ascribed to it in paragraph (h)(i) hereof.
CHANGE OF CONTROL OFFER shall have the
meaning ascribed to it in paragraph (h)(i) hereof.
CHANGE OF CONTROL PAYMENT DATE shall have
the meaning ascribed to it in paragraph (h)(ii) hereof.
CHANGE OF CONTROL PURCHASE PRICE shall have
the meaning ascribed to it in paragraph (h)(i) hereof.
COMMISSION means the Securities and Exchange
Commission.
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION means the Certificate
of Incorporation of the Corporation as filed with the Secretary
of State of the State of Delaware, as amended.
COMMON STOCK of any Person means any and all shares,
interests or other participations in, and other equivalents
(however designated and whether voting or non-voting) of, such
Persons common stock, whether outstanding on the Issue
Date or issued after the Issue Date, and includes, without
limitation, all series and classes of such common stock.
CONSOLIDATED EBITDA means, for any Person,
for any period, an amount equal to (a) the sum of Consolidated
Net Income for such period, plus, to the extent deducted from
the revenues of such Person in determining Consolidated Net
Income, (i) the provision for taxes for such period based on
income or profits and any provision for taxes utilized in
computing a loss in Consolidated Net Income above, plus (ii)
Consolidated Interest Expense, net of interest income earned on
cash or cash equivalents for such period (including, for this
purpose, dividends on the Existing Preferred Stock and the
Junior Preferred Stock and the Convertible Preferred Stock and
any Redeemable Dividends in each case only to the extent that
such dividends were deducted in determining Consolidated Net
Income), plus (iii) depreciation for such period on a
consolidated basis, plus (iv) amortization of intangibles and
broadcast program licenses for such period on a consolidated
basis, minus (b) scheduled payments relating to broadcast
program license liabilities, except that with respect to the
Corporation each of the foregoing items shall be determined on a
consolidated basis with respect to the Corporation and its
Restricted Subsidiaries only; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that, for
purposes of calculating Consolidated EBITDA during any fiscal
quarter, cash income from a particular Investment of such Person
shall be included only if cash income has been received by such
Person as a result of the operation of the business in which
such Investment has been made in the ordinary course without
giving effect to any extraordinary unusual and non-recurring
gains.
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CONSOLIDATED INTEREST EXPENSE means, with
respect to any Person, for any period, the aggregate amount of
interest which, in conformity with GAAP, would be set forth
opposite the caption interest expense or any like
caption on an income statement for such Person and its
Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, including, but not limited
to, Redeemable Dividends, whether paid or accrued, on Subsidiary
Preferred Stock, imputed interest included in Capitalized Lease
Obligations, all commissions, discounts and other fees and
charges owed with respect to letters of credit and bankers
acceptance financing, the net costs associated with hedging
obligations, amortization of other financing fees and expenses,
the interest portion of any deferred payment obligation,
amortization of discount or premium, if any, and all other
non-cash interest expense (other than interest amortized to cost
of sales) plus, without duplication, all net capitalized
interest for such period and all interest incurred or paid under
any guarantee of Indebtedness (including a guarantee of
principal, interest or any combination thereof) of any Person,
all time brokerage fees relating to financing of radio or
television stations which the Corporation has an agreement or
option to acquire, plus the amount of all dividends or
distributions paid on Disqualified Capital Stock (other than
dividends paid or payable in shares of Capital Stock of the
Corporation).
CONSOLIDATED NET INCOME means, with respect
to any Person, for any period, the aggregate of the net income
(or loss) of such Person and its Subsidiaries for such period,
on a consolidated basis, determined in accordance with GAAP;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that (a) the net income of any Person (the
other Person) in which the Person in question or any
of its Subsidiaries has less than a 100% interest (which
interest does not cause the net income of such other Person to
be consolidated into the net income of the Person in question in
accordance with GAAP) shall be included only to the extent of
the amount of dividends or distributions paid to the Person in
question or to the Subsidiary, (b) the net income of any
Subsidiary of the Person in question that is subject to any
restriction or limitation on the payment of dividends or the
making of other distributions (other than pursuant to the New
Exchange Debentures, the Existing Exchange Debentures or the
Existing Notes) shall be excluded to the extent of such
restriction or limitation, (c) (i) the net income of any Person
acquired in a pooling of interests transaction for any period
prior to the date of such acquisition and (ii) any net gain (but
not loss) resulting from an Asset Sale by the Person in question
or any of its Subsidiaries other than in the ordinary course of
business shall be excluded, (d) extraordinary, unusual and
non-recurring gains and losses shall be excluded, (e) losses
associated with discontinued and terminated operations in an
amount not to exceed $1,000,000 per annum shall be excluded and
(f) all non-cash items (including, without limitation,
cumulative effects of changes in GAAP and equity entitlements
granted to employees of the Corporation and its Restricted
Subsidiaries) increasing and decreasing Consolidated Net Income
and not otherwise included in the definition of Consolidated
EBITDA shall be excluded.
CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK shall have the
meaning ascribed to it in paragraph (b) hereof.
CORPORATION shall have the meaning ascribed
to it in the first paragraph of this Resolution.
CREDIT FACILITY means the Credit Agreement
dated as of December 19, 1995, and amended and restated as of
April 30, 1998, among the Corporation, the financial
institutions party thereto in their capacities as lenders
thereunder and Union Bank, as agent, as the same may be amended
from time to time, and any one or more agreements evidencing the
refinancing, modification, replacement, renewal, restatement,
refunding, deferral, extension, substitution, supplement,
reissuance or resale thereof.
CUMULATIVE CONSOLIDATED EBITDA means, with
respect to any Person, as of any date of determination,
Consolidated EBITDA from June 10, 1998 to the end of the
Corporations most recently ended full fiscal quarter prior
to such date, taken as a single accounting period.
CUMULATIVE CONSOLIDATED INTEREST EXPENSE
means, with respect to any Person, as of any date of
determination, Consolidated Interest Expense plus any cash
dividends paid on Senior Securities or Parity Securities not
already reflected in Consolidated Interest Expense that do not
require the approval of the holders of a majority of the shares
of Junior Preferred Stock outstanding to be issued, in each case
from June 10, 1998 to the end of such Persons most
recently ended full fiscal quarter prior to such date, taken as
a single accounting period.
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DISQUALIFIED CAPITAL STOCK means any Capital
Stock which, by its terms (or by the terms of any security into
which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable), or
upon the happening of any event, matures (excluding any maturity
as the result of an optional redemption by the issuer thereof)
or is mandatorily redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund
obligation or otherwise, or is redeemable at the sole option of
the holder thereof, in whole or in part, on or prior to the
mandatory redemption date of the Junior Preferred Stock. Without
limitation of the foregoing, Disqualified Capital Stock shall be
deemed to include (i) any Preferred Stock of a Restricted
Subsidiary, (ii) any Preferred Stock of the Corporation, with
respect to either of which, under the terms of such Preferred
Stock, by agreement or otherwise, such Restricted Subsidiary or
the Company is obligated to pay current dividends or
distributions in cash during the period prior to the redemption
date of the Junior Preferred Stock; and (iii) as long as the
Junior Preferred Stock remains outstanding, Senior Securities
and Parity Securities; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that (i) Preferred
Stock of the Corporation or any Restricted Subsidiary that is
issued with the benefit of provisions requiring a change of
control offer to be made for such Preferred Stock in the event
of a change of control of the Corporation or Restricted
Subsidiary, which provisions have substantially the same effect
as the provisions described under paragraph (h), shall not be
deemed to be Disqualified Capital Stock solely by virtue of such
provisions; (ii) the Junior Preferred Stock, the Existing
Preferred Stock and the Convertible Preferred Stock, as in
effect on the Issue Date, shall not be considered Disqualified
Capital Stock; (iii) Disqualified Capital Stock paid as
dividends on Preferred Stock existing on the date hereof or
subsequently issued, in each case in accordance with the terms
of such Preferred Stock at the time it was issued, shall not be
considered Disqualified Capital Stock; and (iv) issuances of
Junior Preferred Stock, Senior Securities and Parity Securities
that the Corporation is permitted to issue, as described under
paragraph (b), without the approval of the holders of at least a
majority of the shares of Junior Preferred Stock then
outstanding.mean, collectively, (i) Series B
Convertible Preferred, (ii) Series C Preferred Stock, (iii)
Series D Convertible Preferred, (iv) Series
E-1
Convertible Preferred, (v) Series
E-2
Convertible Preferred, (vi) Series F Non-Convertible Preferred,
and (vii) 9.75% Preferred in each case as defined in the Master
Transaction Agreement.
CORPORATION means ION Media Networks, Inc., a
Delaware corporation.
DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE means May 15 and November 15
of each year commencing November 15, 1998.
DIVIDEND PERIOD means the Initial Dividend Period
and, thereafter, each Semi-annual Dividend Period.
DIVIDEND RECORD DATE means May 1 and November 1 of
each year.
EXCHANGE ACT means the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder.
EXCHANGE DATE means the date of original
issuance of the New Exchange Debentures.
EXCHANGE NOTICE shall have the meaning
ascribed to it in paragraph (g)(ii) hereof.
EXISTING DEBT INDENTURES means the Existing
Indenture and the Existing Exchange Indenture.
EXISTING EXCHANGE DEBENTURES means the
121/2%
Exchange Debentures due 2006 (if issued) issued under the
Existing Exchange Indenture.
EXISTING EXCHANGE INDENTURE means the
indenture dated October 4, 1996 between the Corporation, the
guarantors thereto and The Bank of New York, as trustee, which
governs the Existing Exchange Debentures.
EXISTING INDENTURE means the indenture dated
as of September 28, 1995 among the Corporation and The Bank of
New York, as trustee which governs the Existing Notes.
EXISTING NOTES means the
115/8%
Senior Subordinated Notes due 2002 issued under the Existing
Indenture.
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EXISTING PREFERRED STOCK means the Private
Preferred Stock and the Public Preferred Stock,
collectively.
GAAP means generally accepted accounting
principles consistently applied as in effect in the United
States from time to time.
HOLDER means a holder of shares of Junior Preferred
Stock as reflected in the stock books of the Corporation.
INCUR means, with respect to any
Indebtedness or other obligation of any Person, to create,
issue, incur (by conversion, exchange or otherwise), assume,
guarantee or otherwise become liable in respect of such
Indebtedness or other obligation or the recording, as required
pursuant to GAAP or otherwise, of any such Indebtedness or other
obligation on the balance sheet of such Person (and
incurrence, incurred,
incurrable and incurring shall have
meanings correlative to the foregoing); PROVIDED that a change
in GAAP that results in an obligation of such Person that exists
at such time becoming Indebtedness shall not be deemed an
incurrence of such Indebtedness.
INDEBTEDNESS means (without duplication),
with respect to any Person, any indebtedness at any time
outstanding, secured or unsecured, contingent or otherwise,
which is for borrowed money (whether or not the recourse of the
lender is to the whole of the assets of such Person or only to a
portion thereof) or evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or
similar instruments or representing the balance deferred and
unpaid of the purchase price of any property (excluding, without
limitation, any balances that constitute accounts payable or
trade payables and other accrued liabilities arising in the
ordinary course of business, including, without limitation, any
and all programming broadcast obligations) if and to the extent
any of the foregoing indebtedness would appear as a liability
upon a balance sheet of such Person prepared in accordance with
GAAP, and shall also include, to the extent not otherwise
included, (i) any Capitalized Lease Obligations,
(ii) obligations secured by a Lien to which the property or
assets owned or held by such Person are subject, whether or not
the obligation or obligations secured thereby shall have been
assumed (PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if such obligation or
obligations shall not have been assumed, the amount of such
Indebtedness shall be deemed to be the lesser of the principal
amount of the obligation or the fair market value of the pledged
property or assets), (iii) guarantees of items of other Persons
which would be included within this definition for such other
Persons (whether or not such items would appear upon the balance
sheet of the guarantor), (iv) all obligations for the
reimbursement of any obligor on any letter of credit,
bankers acceptance or similar credit transaction, (v) in
the case of the Corporation, Disqualified Capital Stock of the
Corporation or any Restricted Subsidiary thereof and (vi)
obligations of any such Person under any Interest Rate Agreement
applicable to any of the foregoing (if and to the extent such
Interest Rate Agreement obligations would appear as a liability
upon a balance sheet of such Person prepared in accordance with
GAAP). The amount of Indebtedness of any Person at any date
shall be the outstanding balance at such date of all
unconditional obligations as described above and, with respect
to contingent obligations, the maximum liability upon the
occurrence of the contingency giving rise to the obligation,
provided that (i) the amount outstanding at any time of any
Indebtedness issued with original issue discount is the
principal amount of such Indebtedness less the remaining
unamortized portion of the original issue discount of such
Indebtedness at such time as determined in conformity with GAAP
and (ii) Indebtedness shall not include any liability for
federal, state, local or other taxes. Notwithstanding any other
provision of the foregoing definition, any trade payable arising
from the purchase of goods or materials or for services obtained
in the ordinary course of business or contingent obligations
arising out of customary indemnification agreements with respect
to the sale of assets or securities shall not be deemed to be
Indebtedness of the Corporation or any Restricted
Subsidiaries for purposes of this definition. Furthermore,
guarantees of (or obligations with respect to letters of credit
supporting) Indebtedness otherwise included in the determination
of such amount shall not also be included.
INDEPENDENT APPRAISER means an appraiser of
national reputation in the United States (i) which does not, and
whose directors, executive officers and Affiliates do not, have
a direct or indirect financial interest in excess of 5% of fully
diluted outstanding voting securities of the Corporation at the
time of determination and
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(ii) which, in the judgment of the Corporation, is
independent from the Corporation as evidenced by an
Officers Certificate.
INITIAL DIVIDEND PERIOD means the dividend
period commencing on the Issue Date and ending on November 15,
1998.
INTEREST RATE AGREEMENT means, for any
Person, any interest rate swap agreement, interest rate cap
agreement, interest rate collar agreement or other similar
agreement designed to protect the party indicated therein
against fluctuations in interest rates.
INTV means the Corporations network of
owned, operated or affiliated television stations dedicated to
Infomercial programming.
inTV EBITDA means Consolidated EBITDA for
the Infomall TV Network determined on a basis consistent with
the Corporations internal financial statements, generated
by stations declared by the Board of Directors as inTV
properties.
INVESTMENT means, directly or indirectly,
any advance, account receivable (other than an account
receivable arising in the ordinary course of business), loan or
capital contribution to (by means of transfers of property to
others, payments for property or services for the account or use
of others or otherwise), the purchase of any stock, bonds,
notes, debentures, partnership or joint venture interests or
other securities of, the acquisition, by purchase or otherwise,
of all or substantially all of the business or assets or stock
or other evidence of beneficial ownership of, any Person or the
making of any investment in any Person. Investments shall
exclude extensions of trade credit on commercially reasonable
terms in accordance with normal trade practices and repurchases
or redemptions of the Existing Notes, the New Exchange
Debentures, the Existing Exchange Debentures, the Existing
Preferred Stock, the Junior Preferred Stock or the Convertible
Preferred Stock by the Corporation.
ISSUE DATE means the date of the original issuance
of the Junior Preferred Stock.
JUNIOR PREFERRED STOCK shall have the meaning
ascribed to it in paragraph (a) hereof.
JUNIOR SECURITIES shall have the meaning ascribed to
it in paragraph (b) hereof.
LIEN means any lien, mortgage, deed of
trust, pledge, security interest, charge or encumbrance of any
kind (including any conditional sale or other title retention
agreement, any lease in the nature thereof and any agreement to
give any security interest).
MAJOR ASSET SALE means an Asset Sale or
series of related Asset Sales involving assets with a fair
market value in excess of $25,000,000.
MANDATORY REDEMPTION PRICE shall have the
meaning ascribed to it in paragraph (e)(ii) hereof.
NET PROCEEDS means (a) in the case of any
sale of Capital Stock by the Corporation, an Asset Sale or a
Major Asset Sale, the aggregate net proceeds received by the
Corporation, after payment of expenses, commissions and the like
incurred in connection therewith, whether such proceeds are in
cash or in property (valued at the fair market value thereof, as
determined in good faith by the Board of Directors, at the
MASTER TRANSACTION AGREEMENT shall mean the Master
Transaction Agreement dated as of May 3, 2007 among the
Corporation, NBC Universal, Inc., NBC Palm Beach Investment I,
Inc., NBC Palm Beach Investment II, Inc., and CIG Media LLC, as
may be amended, modified or restated from time to time.
time of receipt) and (b) in the case of any exchange,
exercise, conversion or surrender of outstanding securities of
any kind for or into shares of Capital Stock of the Corporation
which is not Disqualified Capital Stock, the net book value of
such outstanding securities on the date of such exchange,
exercise, conversion or surrender (plus any additional amount
required to be paid by the holder to the Corporation upon such
exchange, exercise, conversion or surrender, less any and all
payments made to the holders, E.G., on account of fractional
shares and less all expenses incurred by the Corporation in
connection therewith).
NET PROCEEDS REDEMPTION PRICE shall have the
meaning ascribed to it in paragraph (e)(i) hereof.
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NEW EXCHANGE DEBENTURES shall mean the
131/4%
Exchange Debentures due 2006 (if issued) issued under the New
Exchange Indenture.
NEW EXCHANGE INDENTURE shall have the
meaning ascribed to it in paragraph (f)(ii)(C) hereof.
OBLIGATIONS means all obligations for
principal, premium, interest, penalties, fees, indemnifications,
reimbursements, damages and other liabilities payable under the
documentation governing, or otherwise relating to, any
Indebtedness.
OFFICERS CERTIFICATE means a
certificate signed by two officers or by an officer and either
an Assistant Treasurer or an Assistant Secretary of the
Corporation which certificate shall include a statement that, in
the opinion of such signers all conditions precedent to be
performed by the Corporation prior to the taking of any proposed
action have been taken. In addition, such certificate shall
include (i) a statement that the signatories have read the
relevant covenant or condition, (ii) a brief statement of the
nature and scope of such examination or investigation upon which
the statements are based, (iii) a statement that, in the opinion
of such signatories, they have made such examination or
investigation as is reasonably necessary to express an informed
opinion and (iv) a statement as to whether or not, in the
opinion of the signatories, such relevant conditions or
covenants have been complied with.
OPINION OF COUNSEL means an opinion of
counsel that, in such counsels opinion, all conditions
precedent to be performed by the Corporation prior to the taking
of any proposed action have been taken. Such opinion shall also
include the statements called for in the second sentence under
Officers Certificate.
OPTIONAL REDEMPTION PRICE shall have the
meaning ascribed to it in paragraph (e)(i) hereof.
NBCU SERIES B PREFERRED means 11% Series B
Convertible Exchangeable Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per
share, of the Corporation, with a liquidation preference of
$10,000 per share, as it may be modified or amended from time to
time.
PARITY SECURITIES shall have the meaning ascribed to
it in paragraph (b) hereof.
PERMITTED HOLDERS means collectively Lowell
W. Paxson, his spouse, children or other lineal descendants
(whether adoptive or biological) and any revocable or
irrevocable INTER VIVOS or testamentary trust or the probate
estate of any such individual, so long as one or more of the
foregoing individuals is the principal beneficiary of such trust
or probate estate.
PERMITTED INDEBTEDNESS means, without
duplication, each of the following:
(i) Indebtedness under the New Exchange Debentures and
the guarantees related thereto, including any New Exchange
Debentures issued in accordance with the New Exchange Indenture
as payment of interest on the New Exchange Debentures;
(ii) Indebtedness under the Existing Exchange
Debentures, and the guarantees related thereto, including any
Existing Exchange Debentures issued in accordance with the
Existing Exchange Indenture as payment of interest on the
Existing Exchange Debentures;
(iii) Indebtedness incurred pursuant to any Credit
Facility in an aggregate principal amount at any time
outstanding not to exceed $25,000,000;
(iv) all other Indebtedness of the Corporation and its
Restricted Subsidiaries outstanding on the Issue Date,
including, without limitation, the Existing Notes, reduced by
the amount of any scheduled amortization payments or mandatory
prepayments when actually paid or permanent reductions
thereon;
(v) Obligations under Interest Rate Agreements of the
Corporation covering Indebtedness of the Corporation or any of
its Restricted Subsidiaries; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that such
Interest Rate Agreements are entered into to protect the
Corporation and its Restricted Subsidiaries from fluctuations in
interest rates on Indebtedness incurred in accordance with
paragraph (1)(i) hereof to the extent the notional principal
amount of such Interest Rate Agreement does not exceed the
principal amount of the Indebtedness to which such Interest Rate
Agreement relates;
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(vi) Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary of the
Corporation to the Corporation or to a Restricted Subsidiary of
the Corporation for so long as such Indebtedness is held by the
Corporation or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Corporation, in
each case subject to no Lien held by a Person other than the
Corporation or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Corporation;
PROVIDED that if as of any date any Person other than the
Corporation or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Corporation owns
or holds any such Indebtedness or holds a Lien in respect of
such Indebtedness, such date shall be deemed the incurrence of
Indebtedness not constituting Permitted Indebtedness by the
issuer of such Indebtedness;
(vii) Indebtedness of the Corporation to a Restricted
Subsidiary of the Corporation for so long as such Indebtedness
is held by a Restricted Subsidiary of the Corporation, in each
case subject to no Lien; PROVIDED that (a) any Indebtedness of
the Corporation to any Restricted Subsidiary of the Corporation
is unsecured and subordinated, pursuant to a written agreement,
to the Corporations Obligations under the New Exchange
Indenture and the New Exchange Debentures and (b) if as of any
date any Person other than a Restricted Subsidiary of the
Corporation owns or holds any such Indebtedness or any Person
holds a Lien in respect of such Indebtedness, such date shall be
deemed the incurrence of Indebtedness not constituting Permitted
Indebtedness by the Corporation;
(viii) Purchase Money Indebtedness and Capitalized Lease
Obligations incurred to acquire property in the ordinary course
of business which Indebtedness and Capitalized Lease Obligations
do not in the aggregate exceed 5% of the Corporations
consolidated total assets at any one time;
(ix) Refinancing Indebtedness; and
(x) additional Indebtedness of the Corporation in an
aggregate principal amount not to exceed $10,000,000 at any one
time outstanding.
PERMITTED INVESTMENTS means, for any Person,
Investments made on or after the Issue Date consisting
of:
(i) Investments by the Corporation, or by a Restricted
Subsidiary thereof, in the Corporation or a Restricted
Subsidiary;
(ii) Cash Equivalents;
(iii) Investments by the Corporation, or by a Restricted
Subsidiary thereof, in a Person (or in all or substantially all
of the business or assets of a Person) if as a result of such
Investment (a) such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of
the Corporation, (b) such Person is merged, consolidated or
amalgamated with or into, or transfers or conveys substantially
all of its assets to, or is liquidated into, the Corporation or
a Restricted Subsidiary thereof or (c) such business or assets
are owned by the Corporation or a Restricted Subsidiary;
(iv) reasonable and customary loans made to employees
not to exceed $5,000,000 in the aggregate at any one time
outstanding;
(v) an Investment that is made by the Corporation or a
Restricted Subsidiary thereof in the form of any stock, bonds,
notes, debentures, partnership or joint venture interests or
other securities that are issued by a third party to the
Corporation or a Restricted Subsidiary solely as partial
consideration for the consummation of an Asset Sale;
(vi) time brokerage and other similar agreements under
which separately owned and licensed broadcast properties enter
into cooperative arrangements and which may include an option to
acquire the broadcast property at a future date;
(vii) accounts receivable of the Corporation and its
Restricted Subsidiaries generated in the ordinary course of
business;
(viii) loans and guarantees of loans by third-party
lenders to third parties in connection with the acquisition of
media properties, secured by substantially all of such
Persons assets (to the extent permitted by the rules of
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the Federal Communications Commission), which are made
in conjunction with the execution of a time brokerage
agreement;
(ix) options on media properties having an exercise
price of an amount not in excess of $100,000 plus the
forgiveness of any loan referred to in clause (viii) above
entered into in connection with the execution of time brokerage
agreements; and
(x) additional Investments of the Corporation and its
Restricted Subsidiaries from time to time of an amount not to
exceed $75,000,000.
PERSON means an individual, partnership,
corporation, unincorporated organization, trust or joint
venture, or a governmental agency or political subdivision
thereof.
PREFERRED STOCK of any Person means any Capital
Stock of such Person that has preferential rights to any other
Capital Stock of such Person with respect to dividends or
redemption or upon liquidation.
PRIVATE PREFERRED STOCK means the Junior
Cumulative Compounding Redeemable Preferred Stock, $.001 par
value, 12% dividend rate per annum, of which 33,000 shares are
outstanding with a liquidation preference of $1,000 per
share.
PUBLIC EQUITY OFFERING means a public
offering by the Corporation of shares of its Common Stock
(however designated and whether voting or non-voting) and any
and all rights, warrants or options to acquire such Common
Stock.
PUBLIC PREFERRED STOCK means the Cumulative
Exchangeable Preferred Stock, $.001 par value,
121/2%
dividend rate per annum, of which 170,782 shares are currently
outstanding with a liquidation preference of $1,000 per
share.
PURCHASE MONEY INDEBTEDNESS means any
Indebtedness incurred in the ordinary course of business by a
Person to finance the cost (including the cost of construction)
of an item of property, the principal amount of which
Indebtedness does not exceed the sum of (i) 100% of such cost
and (ii) reasonable fees and expenses of such Person incurred in
connection therewith.
QUALIFIED CAPITAL STOCK means any Capital
Stock that is not Disqualified Capital Stock.
REDEMPTION NOTICE shall have the meaning
ascribed to it in paragraph (e)(iii) hereof.
REDEMPTION DATE, with respect to any shares of
Junior Preferred Stock, means the date on which such shares of
Junior Preferred Stock are redeemed by the Corporation.
REDEEMABLE DIVIDEND means, for any dividend
or distribution with regard to Disqualified Capital Stock, the
quotient of the dividend or distribution divided by the
difference between one and the maximum statutory federal income
tax rate (expressed as a decimal number between 1 and 0) then
applicable to the issuer of such Disqualified Capital
Stock.
REFINANCE means, in respect of any security
or Indebtedness, to refinance, extend, renew, refund, repay,
prepay, redeem, defease or retire, or to issue a security or
Indebtedness in exchange or replacement for, such security or
Indebtedness in whole or in part. Refinanced and
Refinancing shall have correlative meanings.
REFINANCING INDEBTEDNESS means any
Refinancing by the Corporation or any Restricted Subsidiary of
the Corporation of Indebtedness incurred in accordance with
paragraph (l)(i) above, in each case that does not (i) result in
an increase in the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness of
such Person as of the date of such proposed Refinancing (plus
the amount of any premium required to be paid under the terms of
the instrument governing such Indebtedness and plus the amount
of reasonable expenses incurred by the Corporation in connection
with such Refinancing) or (ii) create Indebtedness with (a) a
Weighted Average Life to Maturity that is less than the Weighted
Average Life to Maturity of the Indebtedness being Refinanced or
(b) a final maturity earlier than the final maturity of the
Indebtedness being Refinanced; PROVIDED that (x) if such
Indebtedness being Refinanced is Indebtedness of the
Corporation, then such Refinancing Indebtedness shall be
Indebtedness solely of the Corporation and (y) if such
Indebtedness being Refinanced is subordinate or junior to the
New Exchange Debentures, then such Refinancing Indebtedness
shall be subordinate to the
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New Exchange Debentures at least to the same extent and
in the same manner as the Indebtedness being Refinanced.
RESTRICTED PAYMENT means (i) the declaration
or payment of any dividend or the making of any other
distribution (other than dividends or distributions payable in
Qualified Capital Stock) on shares of Parity Securities or
Junior Securities, (ii) any purchase, redemption, retirement or
other acquisition for value of any Parity Securities or Junior
Securities, or any warrants, rights or options to acquire shares
of Parity Securities or Junior Securities, other than through
the exchange of such Parity Securities or Junior Securities or
any warrants, rights or options to acquire shares of any class
of such Parity Securities or Junior Securities for Qualified
Capital Stock or warrants, rights or options to acquire
Qualified Capital Stock, (iii) the making of any Investment
(other than a Permitted Investment), (iv) any designation of a
Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary on the basis
of the fair market value of such Subsidiary utilizing standard
valuation methodologies and approved by the Board of Directors,
excluding any such Subsidiary with a fair market value equal to
or less than $500, or (v) forgiveness of any Indebtedness of an
Affiliate of the Corporation to the Corporation or a Restricted
Subsidiary.
RESTRICTED SUBSIDIARY means a Subsidiary of
the Corporation other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary and
includes all of the Subsidiaries of the Corporation existing as
of the Issue Date. The Board of Directors of the Corporation may
designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary or any Person that is to
become a Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary if immediately
after giving effect to such action (and treating any Acquired
Indebtedness as having been incurred at the time of such
action), the Corporation could have incurred at least $1.00 of
additional Indebtedness (other than Permitted Indebtedness)
pursuant to paragraph (l)(i) above.
SECURITIES ACT means the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder.
REDEMPTION NOTICE shall have the meaning ascribed to
it in paragraph (e)(iii) hereof.
REDEMPTION PRICE shall have the meaning ascribed to
it in paragraph (e)(i) hereof.
SEMI-ANNUAL DIVIDEND PERIOD shall mean the
semi-annual period commencing on each May 15 and
November 15 and ending on the next succeeding Dividend
Payment Date, respectively.
SENIOR DEBT means, the principal of and
premium, if any, and interest (including, without limitation,
interest accruing or that would have accrued but for the filing
of a bankruptcy, reorganization or other insolvency proceeding
whether or not such interest constitutes an allowed claim in
such proceeding) on, and any and all other fees, expense
reimbursement obligations, indemnities and other amounts due
pursuant to their terms of all agreements, documents and
instruments providing for, creating, securing or evidencing or
otherwise entered into in connection with (a) all Indebtedness
of the Corporation owed under the Credit Facility, (b) all
obligations of the Corporation with respect to any Interest Rate
Agreement, (c) all obligations of the Corporation to reimburse
any bank or other person in respect of amounts paid under
letters of credit, acceptances or other similar instruments, (d)
all other Indebtedness of the Corporation which does not provide
that it is to rank PARI PASSU with or subordinate to the New
Exchange Debentures and (e) all deferrals, renewals, extensions
and refundings of, and amendments, modifications and supplements
to, any of the Senior Debt described above. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in the foregoing, Senior Debt will not
include (i) Indebtedness of the Corporation to any of its
Subsidiaries, (ii) Indebtedness represented by the New Exchange
Debentures, (iii) any Indebtedness which by the express terms of
the agreement or instrument creating, evidencing or governing
the same is junior or subordinate in right of payment to any
item of Senior Debt, (iv) any trade payable arising from the
purchase of goods or materials or for services obtained in the
ordinary course of business or (v) Indebtedness incurred in
violation of paragraph (1)(i) hereof.
SENIOR PREFERRED STOCK shall mean collectively, (i)
Series A-1
Convertible Preferred,
(ii) Series A-2
Preferred Stock, and (iii) Series
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Convertible Preferred, in each case as defined in the Master
Transaction Agreement.
SENIOR SECURITIES shall have the meaning ascribed to
it in paragraph (b) hereof.
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SHELF REGISTRATION STATEMENT means a
registration statement filed by the Corporation with the
Commission for an offering to be made on a continuous basis
pursuant to Rule 415 promulgated under the Securities Act
covering all of the Junior Preferred Stock or the Private
Exchange Preferred Stock.
SUBSIDIARY, with respect to any Person,
means (i) any corporation of which the outstanding Capital Stock
having at least a majority of the votes entitled to be cast in
the election of directors under ordinary circumstances shall at
the time be owned, directly or indirectly, by such Person or
(ii) any other Person of which at least a majority of the voting
interest under ordinary circumstances is at the time, directly
or indirectly, owned by such Person.
UNRESTRICTED SUBSIDIARY means (a) any
Subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary and (b) any Subsidiary
of the Corporation which is classified after the Issue Date as
an Unrestricted Subsidiary by a resolution adopted by the Board
of Directors; PROVIDED that a Subsidiary organized or acquired
after the Issue Date may be so classified as an Unrestricted
Subsidiary only if such classification is not in violation of
the covenant set forth under paragraph (l)(ii) above. The
transfer agent for the Junior Preferred Stock shall be given
prompt notice by the Corporation of each resolution adopted by
the Board of Directors under this provision, together with a
copy of each such resolution adopted.
VOTING RIGHTS TRIGGERING EVENT shall have
the meaning ascribed to it in paragraph (f)(iv) hereof.
WEIGHTED AVERAGE LIFE TO MATURITY means,
when applied to any Indebtedness at any date, the number of
years obtained by dividing (a) the then outstanding aggregate
principal amount of such Indebtedness into (b) the total of the
product obtained by multiplying (i) the amount of each then
remaining installment, sinking fund, serial maturity or other
required payment of principal, including payment at final
maturity, in respect thereof, by (ii) the number of years
(calculated to the nearest one-twelfth) which will elapse
between such date and the making of such payment.
WHOLLY-OWNED SUBSIDIARY means any Restricted
Subsidiary all of the outstanding voting securities (other than
directors qualifying shares) of which are owned, directly
or indirectly, by the Corporation.
SERIES C CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK shall mean the
Series C Convertible Preferred Stock, as such term is defined in
the Master Transaction Agreement.
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Exhibit C
Form of Certificate of Amendment
STATE OF DELAWARE
CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT
TO THE CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF ION MEDIA NETWORKS, INC.
Pursuant to Section 242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, ION Media
Networks, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Corporation), hereby amends its Certificate of
Incorporation as follows:
1. The Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation is hereby amended by deleting Article
Fourth in its entirety and inserting the following in lieu thereof:
FOURTH. The total authorized capital stock of this Corporation shall be 3,035,000,000
shares of Common Stock, with a par value of $0.001 per share, and 1,000,000 shares of preferred
stock, with a par value of $0.001 per share.
Of the 3,035,000,000 hares of Common Stock which the Corporation is authorized to issue:
(a) 1,000,000,000 shares (Class A Common) will be designated Class A Common Stock,
(b) 35,000,000 shares (Class B Common and, together with the Class A Common, the Voting
Common) will be designated Class B Common Stock,
(c) 1,000,000,000 shares (Class C Common) will be designated Class C Non-Voting Common
Stock, and
(d) 1,000,000,000 shares (Class D Common) will be designated Class D Non-Voting Common
Stock. The Class A Common, Class B Common, Class C Common and Class D Common, are
collectively referred to herein as the Common Stock.
Except as otherwise provided in this Article Fourth or as otherwise required by applicable law, all
shares of Class A Common, Class B Common, Class C Common and Class D Common shall be identical in
all respects and shall entitle the holders thereof to the same rights and privileges subject to the
same qualifications, limitations and restrictions.
1. Voting Rights. Except as otherwise provided in this Article Fourth or as otherwise
required by applicable law, (a) holders of Class A Common shall be entitled to one vote per share
on all matters to be voted on by the stockholders of the Corporation and shall vote together with
the holders of Class B Common as a single class on all such matters, (b) holders of Class B Common
shall be entitled to ten votes per share on all matters to be voted on by the stockholders of the
Corporation and shall vote together with the holders of Class A Common as a single class on all
such matters, (c) holders of Class C Common shall have no right to vote on
any matter to be voted
on by the stockholders of the Corporation; provided, however, that the approval of
the holders of a majority of the outstanding Class C Common, voting as a separate class, shall be
required for any merger or consolidation of the Corporation with or into another entity or
entities, any sale of all or substantially all the Corporations assets, or any recapitalization or
reorganization, if as a result of any of the foregoing the shares of Class C Common would be
converted into the right to receive or would be exchanged for consideration different on a per
share basis than the consideration received with respect to or in exchange for shares of Voting
Common or would otherwise be treated differently from shares of Voting Common in connection with
such transaction, except that shares of Class C Common may, without such a separate class vote, be
converted into the right to receive or be exchanged for non-voting securities which are otherwise
identical on a per share basis in amount and form to the voting securities received with respect to
or in exchange for Voting Common so long as (i) such non-voting securities are convertible into
such voting securities on the same terms as Class C Common is convertible into Class A Common and
(ii) all
other consideration is equal on a per share basis, and (d) holders of Class D Common shall
have no right to vote on
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any matter to be voted on by the stockholders of the Corporation;
provided, however, that the approval of the holders of a majority of the
outstanding Class D Common, voting as a separate class, shall be required for any merger or
consolidation of the Corporation with or into another entity or entities, any sale of all or
substantially all the Corporations assets, or any recapitalization or reorganization, if as a
result of any of the foregoing the shares of Class D Common would be converted into the right to
receive or would be exchanged for consideration different on a per share basis than the
consideration received with respect to or in exchange for shares of Voting Common or would
otherwise be treated differently from shares of Voting Common in connection with such transaction,
except that shares of Class D Common may, without such a separate class vote, be converted into the
right to receive or be exchanged for non-voting securities which are otherwise identical on a per
share basis in amount and form to the voting securities received with respect to or in exchange for
Voting Common so long as all other consideration is equal on a per share basis.
2. Dividends. As and when dividends are declared or paid thereon, whether in cash,
property or securities of the Corporation, the holders of Class A Common, the holders of Class B
Common, the holders of Class C Common and the holders of Class D Common shall be entitled to
participate in such dividends ratably on a per share basis; provided, however, that
(i) if dividends are declared which are payable in shares of Class A Common, Class B Common, Class
C Common or Class D Common, then dividends shall be declared which are payable at the same rate on
all four classes of Common Stock and the dividends payable in shares of Class A Common shall be
payable to holders of Class A Common, dividends payable in shares of Class B Common shall be
payable to holders of Class B Common, dividends payable in shares of Class C Common shall be
payable to holders of Class C Common and dividends payable in shares of Class D Common shall be
payable to holders of Class D Common and (ii) if the dividends consist of other voting securities
of the Corporation, then the Corporation shall pay (A) to each holder of Class C Common, dividends
consisting of non-voting securities of the Corporation which are otherwise identical to such other
voting securities and which are convertible into or exchangeable for such voting securities on the
same terms as Class C Common is convertible into Class A Common, and (B) to each holder of Class D
Common, dividends consisting of non-voting securities of the Corporation which are otherwise
identical to such other voting securities and which are non-convertible.
3. Liquidation. The holders of Class A Common, Class B Common, Class C Common and
Class D Common shall be entitled to participate ratably on a per share basis in all distributions
to the holders of Common Stock in any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation.
4. Conversion.
4A. Conversion of Class B Common. At any time, each holder of Class B Common shall be
entitled to convert any or all shares of Class B Common then held by such holder into the same
number of shares of Class A Common.
4B. Conversion of Class C Common. Upon the occurrence of any Class C Conversion Event,
each share of Class C Common that is (x) disposed of by a holder of Class C Common in the case of
paragraph 4B(i)(a) or (y) held by a holder of Class C Common in the case of paragraph 4B(i)(b),
shall be automatically converted into the same number of shares of Class A Common.
(i) For purposes of this paragraph 4B, a Class C Conversion Event shall mean either
of the following: (a) the disposition of shares of Class C Common to any person that the holder of
Class C Common determines is not prevented under the Communications Act from holding shares of
Class A Common or (b) the holder of shares of Class C Common determines that the Communications Act
no longer prohibit such holder from holding shares of Class A Common, in either case, after
consultation by such Person with outside legal counsel and, if required by the Corporation,
delivery by such Person to the Corporation an opinion of legal counsel reasonably acceptable to the
Corporation to the effect that the Conversion of such Class C Common Stock to Class A Common Stock
will not violate or conflict with the Communications Act.
(ii) For purposes of this paragraph 4B, person shall include any natural person and
any corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, unincorporated organization and any other
entity or organization.
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4C. Conversion Procedure.
(i) Each conversion of shares of one series of Common Stock into shares of another series of
Common Stock shall be effected by the surrender of the certificate or certificates representing the
shares to be converted at the principal office of the Corporation at any time during normal
business hours, together with a written notice, if applicable, by the holder of such series of
Common Stock stating that such holder desires to convert the shares, or a stated number of the
shares, of such series of Common Stock represented by such certificate or certificates into shares
of the other series of Common Stock into which such series is to be converted pursuant to the terms
hereof. Each conversion shall be deemed to have been effected as of the close of business on the
date on which such certificate or certificates have been surrendered and such notice has been
received, if applicable, and at such time the rights of the holder of the converted Class B Common
or Class C Common, as the case may be, as such holder shall cease and the person or persons in
whose name or names the certificate or certificates for shares of Class A Common are to be issued
upon such conversion shall be deemed to have become the holder or holders of record of the shares
of Class A Common represented thereby.
(ii) Promptly after the surrender of certificates representing the shares to be converted,
duly executed or otherwise in proper form for transfer, and the receipt of written notice, if
applicable, the Corporation shall issue and deliver in accordance with the surrendering holders
instructions (a) the certificate or certificates for the Class A Common issuable upon such
conversion and (b) a certificate representing any Class B Common or Class C Common which was
represented by the certificate or certificates delivered to the Corporation in connection with such
conversion but which was not converted.
(iii) The issuance of certificates for Class A Common upon conversion of Class B Common or
Class C Common will be made without charge to the holders of such shares for any issuance tax in
respect thereof or other cost incurred by the Corporation in connection with such conversion and
the related issuance of Class A Common.
(iv) All shares of Class A Common which are issuable upon the conversion of the other series
of Common Stock shall, when issued, be duly and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and
free from all taxes, liens (other than any lien which existed in respect of the shares which were
converted, immediately prior to such conversion) and charges. The Corporation shall take all such
actions as may be necessary to assure that all such shares of Class A Common may be so issued
without violation of any applicable law or governmental regulation or any requirements of any
domestic securities exchange upon which shares of Class A Common may be listed (except for official
notice of issuance, which will be immediately transmitted by the Corporation upon issuance).
(v) The Corporation shall not close its books against the transfer of shares of Common Stock
in any manner which would interfere with the timely conversion of any shares of Common Stock.
4D. Stock Splits. If the Corporation in any manner subdivides or combines the
outstanding shares of one series of Common Stock, the outstanding shares of each other series of
Common Stock shall be proportionately subdivided or combined in a similar manner.
5. Registration of Transfer. The Corporation shall keep at its principal office (or
such other place as the Corporation reasonably designates) a register for the registration of
shares of Common Stock. Upon the surrender of any certificate representing shares of any series of
Common Stock at such place, the Corporation shall, at the request of the registered holder of such
certificate, execute and deliver a new certificate or certificates in exchange therefor
representing in the aggregate the number of shares of such series represented by the surrendered
certificate, and the Corporation forthwith shall cancel such surrendered certificate. Each such new
certificate will be registered in such name and will represent such number of shares of such series
as is requested by the holder of the surrendered certificate and will be substantially identical in
form to the surrendered certificate. The issuance of new certificates shall be made without charge
to the holders of the surrendered certificates for any issuance tax in respect thereof or other
cost incurred by the Corporation in connection with such issuance.
6. Replacement. Upon receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Corporation
(an affidavit of the registered holder will be satisfactory) of the ownership and the loss, theft,
destruction or mutilation of any certificate evidencing one or more shares of any series of Common
Stock, and in the case of any such loss, theft or destruction, upon receipt of indemnity reasonably
satisfactory to the Corporation (provided, however, that if the holder is a
financial institution or other institutional investor its own agreement will be satisfactory), or,
in the case of any such
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mutilation upon surrender of such certificate, the Corporation shall (at
its expense) execute and deliver in lieu of such certificate a new certificate of like kind
representing the number of shares of such series represented by such lost, stolen, destroyed or
mutilated certificate and dated the date of such lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated certificate.
7. Notices. All notices referred to herein shall be in writing, shall be delivered
personally or by first class mail, postage prepaid, and shall be deemed to have been given when so
delivered or mailed to the Corporation at its principal executive offices and to any stockholder at
such holders address as it appears in the stock records of the Corporation (unless otherwise
specified in a written notice to the Corporation by such holder).
8. Amendment and Waiver. In addition to any vote required by law, no amendment or
waiver of any provision of this Article Fourth shall be effective without the prior approval of the
holders of a majority of the then outstanding Class C Common voting as a separate class.
2. Said amendments were adopted by resolution of the Board of Directors and approved by a majority
vote of the outstanding stock entitled to vote thereon, and a majority of each class entitled to
vote thereon as a class, pursuant to Section 228 and Section 242 of the Delaware General
Corporation Law.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Corporation has caused this Certificate to be signed by R. Brandon
Burgess, its Chief Executive Officer, this ___day of ___, 2007.
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Exhibit D
CALL AGREEMENT
CALL AGREEMENT, dated as of May 4, 2007 (this Agreement), by and among ION Media
Networks, Inc., a Delaware corporation (ION), and NBC PALM BEACH INVESTMENT I, INC., a
California corporation (Palm Beach I).
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, on May 3, 2007, ION, NBC Universal, Inc., Palm Beach I, NBC Palm Beach Investment II,
Inc., a California corporation (Palm Beach II), and CIG Media LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company (CM), entered into the Master Transaction Agreement (the Master
Transaction Agreement) which provides for a restructuring of the Companys ownership and
capital structure (the Transaction); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 11.01 of the Master Transaction Agreement, the execution and
delivery of this Agreement is a condition to the commencement of the transactions contemplated by
the Master Transaction Agreement; and
WHEREAS, on the date hereof, CM and Palm Beach II entered into a Call Agreement (the NBCU
Option I Agreement) pursuant to which, effective as of the Effective Date, CM granted to Palm
Beach II an irrevocable right to purchase from CM 8,311,639 shares of Class B Common Stock (as
defined below) and 15,455,062 shares of Class A Common Stock (as defined below), both as adjusted
for stock dividends and distributions, stock splits, reverse stock splits, or similar events, owned
by CM, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the NBCU Option I Agreement; and
WHEREAS, ION wishes to grant Palm Beach I the right to purchase the Call Shares (as defined
below), subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements herein contained and other good and
valuable consideration, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as
follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINED TERMS
Section 1.1 Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:
Action means any claim, demand, action, suit, arbitration, proceeding or
investigation by or before any Governmental Authority.
Affiliate means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that controls,
is controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person. As used in this definition,
control (including its correlative meanings, controlled by and under common
control with) means the possession, directly or indirectly, of power to direct or cause the
direction of management or policies (whether through ownership of securities or partnership
or other ownership interests, by contract or otherwise).
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Business Day means any day, other than a Saturday, Sunday or a day on which
commercial banks in New York, New York are authorized or obligated by Law or executive order
to close.
Call Closing has the meaning assigned to it in Section 2.4.
Call Notice has the meaning assigned to it in Section 2.3.
Call Period means the five-year period commencing on the Effective Date,
provided that the Call Period shall be automatically extended for successive five-year
periods commencing upon each successive five-year anniversary of the Effective Date.
Call Price has the meaning assigned to it in Section 2.2.
Call Right has the meaning assigned to it in Section 2.2.
Call Shares means 26,688,361 shares of Class B Common Stock, as such amount
may be adjusted (x) as a result of a stock dividend or distribution on, stock split or
reverse stock split of, or similar event with respect to, Call Shares or (y) in a merger,
consolidation, combination, reclassification, recapitalization or similar transaction
involving the Company.
Class A Common Stock means the shares of Class A Common Stock, par value
$0.001 per share, of ION.
Class B Common Stock means the shares of Class B Common Stock, par value
$0.001 per share, of ION.
CLP has the meaning assigned to it in the Recitals.
CM has the meaning assigned to it in the Recitals.
Communications Act means the Communications Act of 1934, as amended
(including, without limitation, the Cable Communications Policy Act of 1984, the Cable
Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992 and the Telecommunications Act of
1996) and all rules and regulations of the FCC, in each case as from time to time in effect.
Company has the meaning assigned to it in the Recitals.
Effective Date means the date of the closing of the transactions contemplated
by the Original Call Agreement.
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FCC means the Federal Communications Commission and any successor
governmental entity performing functions similar to those performed by the Federal
Communications Commission on the date hereof.
FCC Application means the application to be filed with the FCC, if such
application is required to be filed under the Communications Act, in connection with the
exercise of the Call Right by the Investor requesting that the FCC consent to the Transfer
of the Call Shares pursuant to this Agreement.
Final Order means an action or actions by the FCC that have not been
reversed, stayed, enjoined, set aside, annulled, or suspended, and with respect to which no
requests are pending for administrative or judicial review, reconsideration, appeal, or
stay, and the time for filing any such requests and the time for the FCC to set aside the
action on its own motion have expired.
Governmental Authority means any federal, national, supranational, state,
provincial, local, or other government, governmental, regulatory or administrative
authority, agency or commission or any court, tribunal, or judicial or arbitral body.
Governmental Order means any order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree,
stipulation, determination or award issued or entered by or with any Governmental Authority.
HSR Act means the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as
amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
ION has the meaning assigned to it in the Preamble.
Law means any provision of any (i) federal, state, provincial, local, foreign
or similar statute, law, ordinance, regulation, rule, code, administrative interpretation,
regulation or other requirement of any Governmental Authority or (ii) Governmental Order.
Lien means any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, encumbrance, lien
(statutory or other) or security agreement of any kind or nature whatsoever (including,
without limitation, any conditional sale or other title retention agreement or any financing
lease having substantially the same effect as any of the foregoing).
Master Transaction Agreement has the meaning assigned to it in the Recitals.
Original Call Agreement means the Call Agreement, dated as of November 7,
2005, among Mr. Lowell W. Paxson, certain of his Affiliates and Palm Beach II, as such
agreement may be amended from time to time.
Palm Beach I has the meaning assigned to it in the Preamble.
Palm Beach II has the meaning assigned to it in the Recitals.
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Person means an individual, corporation, unincorporated association,
partnership, group (as defined in subsection 13(d)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder), trust, joint stock
company, joint venture, business trust or unincorporated organization, limited liability
company, any governmental entity or any other entity of whatever nature.
Put/Call Agreement means the Put/Call Agreement, dated as of the date hereof,
between NBC Universal, Inc. and CM.
Securities Act means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules
and regulations promulgated thereunder.
Series B Convertible Preferred means the 11% Series B Convertible Preferred
Stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company, with a liquidation preference of $10,000
per share, as it may be modified from time to time.
Subsidiary means, with respect to the Company, a corporation, partnership,
limited liability company, joint venture or other entity of which shares of stock or other
ownership interests having ordinary voting power (other than stock or such other ownership
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, through one or more
intermediaries (including, without limitation, other Subsidiaries), or both, by the Company.
Transaction has the meaning assigned to it in the Recitals.
Transaction Agreements has the meaning assigned to it in the Master
Transaction Agreement.
Transfer means, with respect to the Call Shares or the Call Right, any sale,
assignment, pledge, offer or other transfer or disposal of any interest in such shares or
right.
ARTICLE II
CALL RIGHT
Section 2.1 Effectiveness. The Call Right granted pursuant to Section 2.2(a) shall be effective as of the date of the
closing of the transactions contemplated by the Original Call Agreement.
Section 2.2 Call Right. (a) ION hereby grants to Palm Beach I, effective as of the Effective Date, an irrevocable
right to purchase from ION during the Call Period all of the Call Shares on the terms
and conditions set forth herein (the Call Right). In consideration for the grant of
the Call Right, Palm Beach I hereby surrenders and delivers, effective as of, and subject to the
occurrence of, the Effective Date, an amount of shares of Series B Convertible Preferred it owns,
determined in accordance with Section 10.10 of the Master Agreement.
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(b) At any time during the Call Period, Palm Beach I may exercise the Call Right, in whole or
in part, and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, purchase from ION the Call
Shares for a purchase price (the Call Price) equal to the sum of $0.50 multiplied by the
number of Call Shares specified in the Call Notice (as defined below). The price per Call Share
specified in the previous sentence and the Call Price shall be equitably adjusted to reflect any
conversions, reclassifications, reorganizations, stock dividends, stock splits, reverse splits and
similar events which occur with respect to the Class B Common Stock after the date hereof and on or
prior to a Call Closing.
Section 2.3 Exercise of Call Right; Call Notice. (a) Exercise of the Call Right shall be accomplished by Palm Beach I sending notice of
such exercise (the Call Notice) to ION at the address provided for in Section 5.1 of this
Agreement at any time during the Call Period. The Call Notice shall state the total number of Call
Shares Palm Beach I wishes to purchase, the denominations of the certificate or certificates
evidencing such Call Shares Palm Beach I wishes to receive, the Call Price and the place such Call
Closing will be conducted.
(b) As promptly as practicable, but in no event later than 20 Business Days after the giving
of a Call Notice, to the extent required by applicable Law, the parties shall make any filings
required under the Communications Act and/or HSR Act.
Section 2.4 Call Closing. (a) Each closing (a Call Closing) of the exercise of the Call Right and the
purchase and sale of the Call Shares included in a Call Notice shall occur as promptly as
practicable following, but in no event less than five Business Days following, the receipt of any
required consent, approval, authorization or other order of, action by, or any required filing with
or notification to, any Governmental Authority or any required third party consent referred to in
Section 4.1(b) below, including, without limitation, (i) the expiration or termination of any
waiting period (and any extension thereof) under the HSR Act applicable to the purchase of the Call
Shares and (ii) approval by the FCC of the FCC Application, which approval shall have become a
Final Order, provided that requirement for a Final Order may be waived by Palm Beach I in its sole
discretion. If the Call Closing shall not have occurred on or before the 18-month anniversary of
the date of the Exercise Notice, then such Exercise Notice shall be of no further force and effect
and neither ION nor Palm Beach I shall be obligated to consummate the Call Closing with respect to
such Exercise Notice; provided that following such date, this Agreement and the Call Right shall
continue in full force and effect and Palm Beach I shall retain all rights hereunder subject to the
terms and conditions contained herein. The Call Closing shall occur at the place designated in the
Call Notice.
(b) At a Call Closing, (i) ION shall deliver to Palm Beach I certificates representing the
applicable number of Call Shares free and clear of all Liens (in the denominations specified in the
Call Notice) and shall record Palm Beach I as the holder of record of the Call Shares purchased at
the Call Closing in the stock transfer books of ION and (ii) Palm Beach I shall pay the Call Price
by wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account or accounts specified by ION. ION
shall furnish necessary account information at least two Business Days prior to such Call Closing.
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Section 2.5 Reservation for Issuance. At all times following the Effective Date and until the earlier of the (i) the expiration
of the Call Period prior to the delivery by Palm Beach I of a Call Notice and (ii) a Call Closing
with respect to all of the remaining Call Shares, ION shall keep reserved for issuance (a) the
number of shares of Class B Common Stock equal to the Call Shares subject to the Call Right and (b)
the number of shares of Class A Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Call Shares subject to
the Call Right.
Section 2.6 Legends. Palm Beach I agrees to the imprinting, for so long as appropriate, of substantially the
following legends on certificates representing any of the Call Shares:
THE SHARES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE ARE SUBJECT TO THE TERMS OF A
STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT, DATED AS OF MAY 4, 2007, AMONG ION MEDIA NETWORKS, INC.,
CIG MEDIA LLC AND NBC UNIVERSAL, INC., AND THE CALL AGREEMENT DATED AS OF MAY 4
2007, BETWEEN ION MEDIA NETWORKS, INC. AND NBC PALM BEACH INVESTMENT I, INC.
THE SHARES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 AND MAY NOT BE SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 OR AN
EXEMPTION THEREFROM AND, IN EACH CASE, IN COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE
SECURITIES LAWS.
Section 2.7 Termination of the Call Right. The right of Palm Beach I to purchase the Call Shares pursuant to this Agreement shall
terminate upon the earliest to occur of the (i) expiration of the Call Period prior to the delivery
of a Call Notice by Palm Beach I to ION and (ii) written consent of the parties hereto.
ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
Section 3.1 Representations and Warranties of ION. ION represents and warrants to Palm Beach I as follows:
(a)
Existence; Compliance with Law. ION is duly organized, validly existing and in
good standing under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its organization and has all necessary power
and authority to enter into this Agreement, to carry out its obligations and to consummate the
transactions contemplated hereby. ION is duly licensed or qualified to do business and is in good
standing in each jurisdiction in which the properties owned or leased by it or the operation of its
business makes such licensing or qualification necessary, except to the extent that the failure to
be so licensed or qualified and in good standing would not adversely affect the ability of ION to
carry out its obligations under, and to consummate the transactions contemplated by,
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Agreement. The execution and delivery by ION of this Agreement, the performance by ION of its
obligations hereunder and the consummation by ION of the transactions contemplated hereby have been
duly authorized by all requisite action on the part of ION and its stockholders. This Agreement
has been duly executed and delivered by ION, and (assuming due authorization, execution and
delivery by the other parties) this Agreement constitutes legal, valid and binding obligations of
ION, enforceable against ION in accordance with its terms, subject to the effect of any applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency (including all Laws relating to fraudulent transfers), reorganization,
moratorium or similar Laws affecting creditors rights generally and subject to the effect of
general principles of equity (regardless of whether considered in a proceeding at law or in
equity).
(b) Authorization; Enforceable Obligations. Assuming that all consents, approvals,
authorizations and other actions described in Section 3.1(c) have been obtained or have occurred
and any applicable waiting period has expired or been terminated, and except as may result from any
facts or circumstances relating solely to Palm Beach I, the execution, delivery and performance of
this Agreement does not and will not (i) violate, conflict with or result in the breach of the
limited liability company agreement (or similar organizational documents) of ION, (ii) conflict
with or violate any Law or Governmental Order applicable to ION or (iii) conflict with, result in
any breach of, constitute a default (or event which with the giving of notice or lapse of time, or
both, would become a default) under, require any consent under, or give to others any rights of
termination, acceleration or cancellation of, any note, bond, mortgage or indenture, contract,
agreement, lease, sublease, license, permit, franchise or other instrument or arrangement to which
ION or any of its subsidiaries is a party, except, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii), as would
not materially and adversely affect the ability of ION to carry out its obligations under, and to
consummate the transactions contemplated by, this Agreement.
(c) Governmental Consents. The execution, delivery and performance by ION of this
Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby do not and will not require any consent,
approval, authorization or other order of, action by, filing with or notification to, any
Governmental Authority, except (i) the pre-merger notification and waiting period requirements of
the HSR Act and the approval by the FCC pursuant to Section 310(d) of the Communications
Act in connection with the exercise of the Call Right, (ii) where failure to obtain such
consent, approval, authorization or action, or to make such filing or notification, would not
prevent or materially delay the consummation by ION of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement or (iii) as may be necessary as a result of any facts or circumstances relating solely to
Palm Beach I.
(d) Capitalization. As of the Effective Date, ION will have taken all necessary
corporate action to authorize, reserve and permit it to issue, and at all times from the date
hereof until such time as the obligation to deliver Call Shares upon the exercise of the Call Right
terminates, will have reserved, all the Call Shares issuable pursuant to this Agreement and shares
of Class A Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Call Shares, and ION will take all
necessary corporate action to authorize and reserve and permit it to issue all additional shares of
Class B Common Stock or other securities that may be issued pursuant this Agreement, all of which,
upon their issuance and delivery in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, will be duly
authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, and shall be delivered free and clear of
all Liens and not subject to any preemptive rights.
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Section 3.2 Representations and Warranties of Palm Beach I. Palm Beach I represents and warrants to ION as follows:
(a) Existence; Compliance with Law. Palm Beach I is duly organized, validly existing
and in good standing under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its organization and has all necessary
power and authority to enter into this Agreement, to carry out its obligations and to consummate
the transactions contemplated hereby. Palm Beach I is duly licensed or qualified to do business
and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the properties owned or leased by it or the
operation of its business makes such licensing or qualification necessary, except to the extent
that the failure to be so licensed or qualified and in good standing would not adversely affect the
ability of Palm Beach I to carry out its obligations under, and to consummate the transactions
contemplated by, this Agreement. The execution and delivery by Palm Beach I of this Agreement, the
performance by Palm Beach I of its obligations hereunder and the consummation by Palm Beach I of
the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly authorized by all requisite action on the part
of Palm Beach I and its stockholders. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by Palm
Beach I, and (assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the other parties) this
Agreement constitutes legal, valid and binding obligations of Palm Beach I, enforceable against
Palm Beach I in accordance with its terms, subject to the effect of any applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency (including all Laws relating to fraudulent transfers), reorganization, moratorium or
similar Laws affecting creditors rights generally and subject to the effect of general principles
of equity (regardless of whether considered in a proceeding at law or in equity).
(b) Authorization; Enforceable Obligations. Assuming that all consents, approvals,
authorizations and other actions described in Section 3.2(c) have been obtained and any applicable
waiting period has expired or been terminated, and except as may result from any facts or
circumstances relating solely to ION, the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement
does not and will not (i) violate, conflict with or result in the breach of the certificate of
incorporation or bylaws (or similar organizational documents) of Palm Beach I, (ii) conflict
with or violate any Law or Governmental Order applicable to Palm Beach I or (iii) conflict
with, result in any breach of, constitute a default (or event which with the giving of notice or
lapse of time, or both, would become a default) under, require any consent under, or give to others
any rights of termination, acceleration or cancellation of, any note, bond, mortgage or indenture,
contract, agreement, lease, sublease, license, permit, franchise or other instrument or arrangement
to which Palm Beach I or any of its subsidiaries is a party, except, in the case of clauses (ii)
and (iii), as would not materially and adversely affect the ability of Palm Beach I to carry out
its obligations under, and to consummate the transactions contemplated by, this Agreement.
(c) Accredited Investor. Upon exercise of the Call Right, Palm Beach I shall acquire
the shares of Class A Common Stock to be issued upon exercise thereof solely for the account of
Palm Beach I and not as a nominee for any other party, and for investment, and Palm Beach I shall
not offer, sell or otherwise dispose of any such shares of Class A Common Stock except under
circumstances that will not result in a violation of the Securities Act or any applicable state
securities laws. Palm Beach I is an institutional accredited investor (within the meaning of
subparagraphs (a)(1), ((2), (3) or (7) of Rule 501 under the Securities Act).
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(d) Governmental Consents. The execution, delivery and performance by Palm Beach I of
this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby do not and will not require any consent,
approval, authorization or other order of, action by, filing with or notification to, any
Governmental Authority, except (i) the pre-merger notification and waiting period requirements of
the HSR Act and the approval by the FCC pursuant to Section 310(d) of the Communications Act in
connection with the exercise of the Call Right, (ii) where failure to obtain such consent,
approval, authorization or action, or to make such filing or notification, would not prevent or
materially delay the consummation by Palm Beach I of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement or (iii) as may be necessary as a result of any facts or circumstances relating solely to
the other party hereto.
ARTICLE IV
OTHER AGREEMENTS
Section 4.1 Governmental Filings; Consents. (a) Each of the parties to this Agreement shall use its commercially reasonable best
efforts to obtain (and ION shall cause the Subsidiaries to obtain) all authorizations, consents,
orders and approvals of all Governmental Authorities and officials that may be or become necessary
for its execution and delivery of, and the performance of its obligations pursuant to, this
Agreement, including approval by the FCC of the FCC Application pursuant to Section 310(d) of the
Communications Act and any approvals required under the HSR Act, and will cooperate fully with the
other party in promptly seeking to obtain all such authorizations, consents, orders and approvals.
Each party hereto agrees to use its commercially reasonable best efforts to supply as promptly as
practicable to the appropriate Governmental Authorities any additional information and documentary
material that may be requested in connection with
obtaining such authorizations, consents, orders and approvals, including the FCC Application
or pursuant to the HSR Act.
(b) Following receipt of the Call Notice, ION shall, or shall cause the Subsidiaries to, give
promptly such notices to third parties and use its or their reasonable best efforts to obtain such
third party consents and estoppel certificates as Palm Beach I and ION may in their reasonable
discretion deem necessary in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Palm
Beach I shall cooperate and use all reasonable efforts to assist ION in giving such notices and
obtaining such consents and estoppel certificates; provided, however, that neither Palm Beach I nor
ION shall have any obligation to give any guarantee or other consideration of any nature in
connection with any such notice, consent or estoppel certificate or to consent to any change in the
terms of any agreement or arrangement which Palm Beach I or the Company in its reasonable
discretion may deem adverse to the interests of Palm Beach I, ION or any Subsidiary.
Section 4.2 Inconsistent Actions. Once the FCC Application has been filed and for so long as it is pending, neither Palm
Beach I nor ION shall take any action that could reasonably be expected to delay or hinder the
grant of the FCC Application.
Section 4.3 Distribution. Investor shall acquire the Call Shares for investment purposes only and not with a view to
any distribution thereof in violation of the Securities Act, and shall not sell any Call Shares
purchased pursuant to this Agreement except in compliance with the Securities Act and applicable
state securities or blue sky laws.
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ARTICLE V
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 5.1 Notices. All notices, requests, claims, demands and other communications hereunder shall be in
writing and shall be given (and shall be deemed to have been duly given upon receipt) by delivery
in person, by overnight courier, by facsimile or by registered or certified mail (postage prepaid,
return receipt requested) to the respective parties at the following addresses (or at such other
address for a party as shall be specified in a notice given in accordance with this Section 5.1):
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Section 5.2 Entire Agreement; Amendment; Waiver. The Transaction Agreements and the documents described therein or attached or delivered
pursuant thereto set forth the entire agreement between the parties thereto with respect to the
transactions contemplated by such agreements. Any provision of this Agreement may be amended or
modified in whole or in part at any time only by an agreement in writing signed by all of the
parties. No failure on the part of any party to exercise, and no delay in exercising, any right
shall operate as a waiver thereof nor shall any single or partial exercise by any party of any
right preclude any other or future exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right.
Section 5.3 Severability. If any term or other provision of this Agreement is invalid, illegal or incapable of being
enforced by Law or public policy, all other conditions and provisions of this Agreement shall
nevertheless remain in full force and effect so long as the economic or legal substance of the
Transaction is not affected in any manner materially adverse to any party. Upon such determination
that any term or other provision is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced, the parties
hereto 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 Transaction
be consummated as originally contemplated to the fullest extent possible.
Section 5.4 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed and delivered (including by facsimile transmission) in one
or more counterparts, and by the different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which
when executed shall be deemed to be an original but all of which taken together shall constitute
one and the same agreement.
Section 5.5 Governing Law; Jurisdiction. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the Laws of the
State of New York applicable to contracts executed in and to be performed in that State. All
actions and proceedings arising out of or relating to this Agreement shall be heard and determined
exclusively in any New York state or federal court sitting in the Borough of Manhattan of The City
of New York. The parties hereto hereby (a) submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of any state or
federal court sitting in the Borough of Manhattan of The City of New York for the purpose of any
Action arising out of or relating to this Agreement brought by any party hereto, and (b)
irrevocably waive, and agree not to assert by way of motion, defense, or otherwise, in any such
Action, any claim that it is not subject personally to the jurisdiction of the above-named courts,
that its property is exempt or immune from attachment or execution, that the Action is brought in
an inconvenient forum, that the venue of the Action is improper, or that this Agreement may not be
enforced in or by any of the above-named courts.
Section 5.6 Waiver of Jury Trial. Each of the parties hereto hereby waives to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law
any right it may have to a trial by jury with respect to any litigation directly or indirectly
arising out of, under or in connection with this Agreement. Each of the parties hereto (a)
certifies 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 that
foregoing waiver and (b) acknowledges that it and the other hereto have been induced to enter into
this Agreement, as applicable, by, among other things, the mutual waivers and certifications in
this Section 5.6.
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Section 5.7 Successors and Assigns; Third Party Beneficiaries. ION may not assign this Agreement or assign any of its rights or delegate any of its duties
under this Agreement without the prior written consent of Palm Beach I. Palm Beach I may freely
assign this Agreement or assign any of its rights or delegate any of its duties under this
Agreement without the prior written consent of ION, provided, however, that in the
event of
an assignment or delegation to an Affiliate, no such assignment or delegation shall relieve
Palm Beach I of any of its obligations hereunder and; provided, further,
however, that any such assignment by Palm Beach I shall be made in compliance with the
applicable rules and regulations of the FCC and the Securities and Exchange Commission. Any
assignee of Palm Beach I shall be deemed to be Palm Beach I for all purposes under this Agreement.
Any purported assignment in violation of this Section 5.7 shall be null and void. Nothing
expressed or mentioned in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any Person,
other than the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assignees, any legal or
equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement or any provision herein
contained. This Agreement and all conditions and provisions hereof are intended to be for the sole
and exclusive benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted
assignees, and for the benefit of no other Person.
Section 5.8 Remedies. No right, power or remedy conferred upon any party in this Agreement shall be exclusive,
and each such right, power or remedy shall be cumulative and in addition to every other right,
power or remedy whether conferred in this Agreement or now or hereafter available at law or in
equity or by statute or otherwise. No course of dealing among Palm Beach I and ION and no delay in
exercising any right, power or remedy conferred in this Agreement or now or hereafter existing at
law or in equity or by statute or otherwise shall operate as a waiver or otherwise prejudice any
such right, power or remedy. The parties hereto agree that irreparable damage would occur in the
event any provision of this Agreement was not performed in accordance with the terms hereof and
that the parties shall be entitled to an injunction or injunctions to prevent breaches of this
Agreement and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions of this Agreement in addition to any
other remedy to which they are entitled at law or in equity.
Section 5.9 Further Assurances. Each party shall execute and deliver such additional instruments and other documents and
shall take such further actions as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate, carry out and
comply with all of the terms of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby.
Section 5.10 Headings, Captions and Table of Contents. The section headings, captions and table of contents contained in this Agreement are for
reference purposes only, are not part of this Agreement and shall not affect the meaning or
interpretation of this Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been executed by the parties hereto or by their
respective duly authorized representative all as of the date first above stated.
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Exhibit E
WARRANT
THIS WARRANT AND THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK TO BE ISSUED UPON EXERCISE HEREOF HAVE NOT BEEN
REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE SECURITIES ACT), OR ANY STATE
SECURITIES LAWS. NO SALE, ASSIGNMENT, TRANSFER OR OTHER DISPOSITION MAY BE EFFECTED EXCEPT
PURSUANT TO (1) AN EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT, PROVIDED
THAT THE COMPANY RECEIVES AN OPINION OF COUNSEL OR OTHER EVIDENCE, REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE
COMPANY, THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED, OR (2) AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT.
THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE ARE SUBJECT TO THE TERMS OF A STOCKHOLDERS
AGREEMENT, DATED AS OF May 4, 2007 (THE STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT), AMONG ION MEDIA NETWORKS, INC.,
CIG MEDIA LLC AND NBC UNIVERSAL, INC., AS THE SAME MAY BE AMENDED, RESTATED, SUPPLEMENTED OR
MODIFIED FROM TIME TO TIME. UPON WRITTEN REQUEST, A COPY OF THE STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT SHALL BE
FURNISHED WITHOUT CHARGE BY THE COMPANY TO THE HOLDER HEREOF.
Class A Common Stock Purchase Warrant
Date of Issuance: May 4, 2007
Warrant No. 2007-1
ION MEDIA NETWORKS, INC.
Warrant Certificate
ION Media Networks, Inc. (the Company), for value received, hereby certifies that
CIG Media LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (CIG Media), or registered assigns
(the Holder), is entitled, subject to the terms of this Warrant (the Warrant)
as set forth below, to purchase from the Company, during the Exercise Period (as defined in Section
1(a)), a maximum of 100,000,000 shares (the Warrant Shares) of Class A Common Stock of
the Company, par value $0.001 per share (the Class A Common Stock) at a price per share
equal to the Exercise Price (as defined in Section 1(c)). The number of Warrant Shares and the
Exercise Price are subject to adjustment from time to time as hereinafter provided.
The Warrant is issued under and in accordance with that certain Master Transaction Agreement
(as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the Master
Agreement) made and entered into as of May 3, 2007, by and among the Company, NBC Universal,
Inc., a Delaware corporation (NBCU), NBC Palm Beach Investment I, Inc., a California
corporation, NBC Palm Beach Investment II, Inc., a California corporation, and CIG Media. The
Warrant and the Warrant Shares are entitled to the benefits of that certain Registration Rights
Agreement, dated May 4, 2007, among the Company, CIG Media and NBCU (as amended, restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time,
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the Registration Rights Agreement). Copies of the Master Agreement, the
Stockholders Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement may be obtained for inspection by the
Holder at the principal office of the Company upon prior written request to the Company.
Section 1. Exercise.
(a) Subject to the terms hereof, the Holder shall have the right, which may be exercised at
any time and from time to time during the period (the Exercise Period) commencing as of
the Exchange Offer Closing (as defined in the Master Agreement) and continuing until 5:00 p.m., New
York City time, on the seventh anniversary of the Exchange Offer Closing (the Expiration
Date), to purchase from the Company the number of fully paid and nonassessable Warrant Shares
which the Holder may at the time be entitled to receive on exercise of the Warrant and payment of
the Exercise Price then in effect for such Warrant Shares. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if in
the written opinion of counsel to the Company reasonably acceptable to the Holder approval of the
Federal Communications Commission (the FCC) is required before the Company may issue
Warrant Shares upon the exercise of the Warrant, the Company may defer the issuance of such Warrant
Shares until such time as approval of the FCC is obtained or is no longer required. The Company
shall promptly notify the Holder in writing of any event which requires it to suspend exercise of
the Warrant pursuant to the preceding sentence and of the termination of any such suspension. To
the extent the Warrant is not exercised prior to the Expiration Date, it shall become void and all
rights hereunder shall cease as of such time.
(b) Procedures; Limitations on Exercise.
(i) The Warrant may be exercised, in whole or in part, at the election of the
Holder, upon surrender at the principal office of the Company of the certificate or
certificates evidencing the Warrant with the form of election to purchase attached
as Exhibit A duly completed and signed (Purchase Form), and upon
payment to the Company of the Exercise Price, as it may be adjusted as herein
provided, for the number of Warrant Shares in respect of which the Warrant is then
exercised; provided that this Warrant shall be exercisable in part only for a
minimum of 5,000,000 Warrant Shares per exercise, or if less, the entire number of
Warrant Shares which the Holder is entitled to purchase hereunder. Payment of the
aggregate Exercise Price shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available
funds to such account as the Company may specify.
(ii) Subject to the provisions of Section 4 hereof, upon surrender of the
Warrant and payment of the Exercise Price, the Company shall issue and cause to be
delivered with all reasonable dispatch to or upon the written order of the Holder a
certificate or certificates for the number of Warrant Shares issuable upon the
exercise of the Warrant together with cash as provided in Section 10. Such
certificate or certificates shall be deemed to have been issued and the Holder shall
be deemed to have become a holder of record of such Warrant Shares as of the date of
the surrender of the Warrant and payment of the Exercise Price.
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(iii) In the event that this Warrant is exercised in respect of fewer than all
of the Warrant Shares issuable on such exercise at any time prior to the Expiration
Date, a new certificate evidencing the remaining Warrant or Warrants will be issued,
and the Company shall countersign and deliver the required new Warrant Certificate
or Certificates. When surrendered upon exercise of the Warrant, this Warrant
Certificate shall be cancelled and disposed of by the Company.
(c) Exercise Price. The Exercise Price on any date means the price of $0.75
per share (as such price may be adjusted from time to time hereunder). The Exercise Price shall be
subject to adjustment as provided in Section 9.
Section 2. Registration. The Company shall number and register the Warrant
Certificate on the books of the Company maintained at its principal office. Warrant Certificates
shall be manually countersigned by the Company by a duly authorized officer and shall not be valid
for any purpose unless so countersigned.
Section 3. Transfer and Exchange of Warrants.
(a) THIS WARRANT IS SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFERABILITY SET FORTH IN SECTION 4 OF THE
STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT, AND MAY BE TRANSFERRED ONLY IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS THEREOF.
Subject to the foregoing and the limitations of Section 4 hereof, the Company shall from time to
time register the transfer of the Warrant upon the records to be maintained by it for that purpose,
upon surrender of this Warrant Certificate duly endorsed or accompanied (if so required by it) by a
written instrument or instruments of transfer in form satisfactory to it, duly executed by the
registered Holder or by the duly appointed legal representative thereof or by a duly authorized
attorney; provided that this Warrant may be transferred in part only for a minimum of 5,000,000
Warrant Shares per transfer, or if less, the entire number of Warrant Shares which the Holder is
entitled to purchase hereunder. Subject to the terms hereof, this Certificate may be exchanged for
another certificate or certificates entitling the Holder to purchase a like aggregate number of
Warrant Shares as the Certificate surrendered then entitles the Holder to purchase; provided that
each such new Certificate shall be in minimum denominations of 5,000,000 Warrant Shares. A Holder
desiring to exchange this Certificate shall make such request in writing delivered to the Company,
and shall surrender, duly endorsed or accompanied (if so required by the Company) by a written
instrument or instruments of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company, this Warrant Certificate
to be so exchanged.
(b) Upon registration of transfer, the Company shall issue to the transferees and countersign
a new Warrant Certificate or Certificates and deliver by certified mail such new Warrant
Certificate or Certificates to the persons entitled thereto. No service charge shall be made for
any exchange or registration of transfer of Warrant Certificates, but the Company may require
payment of a sum sufficient to cover any stamp or other tax or other governmental charge that is
imposed in connection with any such exchange or registration of transfer.
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Section 4. Registration of Transfers and Exchanges. Subject to Section 3
hereof, when Warrants represented by this Certificate are presented to the Company with a
request to register the transfer of the Warrants, or to exchange such Warrants for an equal number
of Warrants, the Company shall register the transfer or make the exchange as requested if the
requirements set forth in Section 3 and the following requirements are satisfied:
(a) the Certificate shall be duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer
in form satisfactory to the Company, duly executed by the Holder or his attorney duly authorized in
writing; and
(b) if the offer and sale of the Warrants have not been registered pursuant to an effective
Registration Statement under the Securities Act of 1933, the Certificate shall be accompanied by
the following additional information and documents, as applicable:
(i) if such Warrants are being delivered to the Company by a Holder for
registration in the name of such Holder, without transfer, a certification from such
Holder to that effect (in substantially the form of Exhibit B hereto); or
(ii) if such Warrants are being transferred pursuant to an exemption from
registration in accordance with Rule 144 or Regulation S, in each case, under the
Securities Act, a certification to that effect (in substantially the form of
Exhibit B hereto); or
(iii) if such Warrants are being transferred to an institutional accredited
investor (as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) of Regulation D under the
Securities Act (an Institutional Accredited Investor)), delivery of a
certification to that effect (in substantially the form of Exhibit B hereto)
and a Transferee Certificate for Institutional Accredited Investors in substantially
the form of Exhibit C hereto and an opinion of counsel and/or other
information satisfactory to the Company to the effect that such transfer is in
compliance with the Securities Act; or
(iv) if such Warrants are being transferred in reliance on another exemption
from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, a certification to that
effect (in substantially the form of Exhibit B hereto) and an opinion of
counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Company to the effect that such transfer is
in compliance with the Securities Act.
Section 5. Payment of Taxes. The Company will pay all documentary stamp taxes
attributable to the initial issuance of Warrant Shares upon the exercise of the 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 issuance of any Warrant
Certificates or any certificates for Warrant Shares in a name other than that of the registered
holder of a Warrant Certificate surrendered upon the exercise of a Warrant, and the Company shall
not be required to issue or deliver such Warrant Certificates unless or until the person or persons
requesting the issuance thereof shall have paid to the Company the amount of such tax or shall have
established to the satisfaction of the Company that such tax has been paid.
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Section 6. Mutilated or Missing Warrant Certificate. In case this Warrant Certificate
shall be mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Company will issue and countersign, in exchange
and substitution for and upon cancellation of the mutilated Warrant Certificate, or in lieu of and
substitution for the Warrant Certificate lost, stolen or destroyed, a new Warrant Certificate of
like tenor and representing an equivalent number of Warrants, but only upon receipt of evidence
satisfactory to the Company of such loss, theft or destruction of the Warrant Certificate and an
indemnification agreement satisfactory to the Company with respect to such loss, theft or
destruction. Applicants for such substitute Warrant Certificate(s) shall also comply with such
other reasonable regulations and pay such other reasonable charges as the Company may prescribe.
Section 7. Reservation of Warrant Shares.
(a) The Company will at all times reserve and keep available, free from preemptive rights, out
of the aggregate of its authorized but unissued Class A Common Stock or its authorized and issued
Class A Common Stock held in its treasury, for the purpose of enabling it to satisfy any obligation
to issue Warrant Shares upon exercise of the Warrant, the maximum number of shares of Class A
Common Stock which may then be deliverable upon the exercise of the Warrant.
(b) The Company or, if appointed, the transfer agent for the Class A Common Stock (the
Transfer Agent) and every subsequent transfer agent for any shares of the Companys
capital stock issuable upon the exercise of the Warrant will be irrevocably authorized and directed
at all times to reserve such number of authorized shares as shall be required for such purpose.
The Company will keep a copy of this Warrant Certificate on file with the Transfer Agent and with
every subsequent transfer agent for any shares of the Companys capital stock issuable upon the
exercise of the Warrant. The Company will supply such Transfer Agent with duly executed
certificates for such purposes and will provide or otherwise make available any cash which may be
payable as provided in Section 10. The Company will furnish such Transfer Agent a copy of all
notices of adjustments and certificates related thereto transmitted to each holder pursuant to
Section 11 hereof.
(c) The Company covenants that all Warrant Shares which may be issued upon exercise of the
Warrant in accordance with the terms of the Warrant Certificate will, upon payment of the Exercise
Price therefor and issuance, be validly authorized and issued, fully paid, nonassessable, free of
preemptive rights and free from all taxes, liens, charges and security interests with respect to
the issuance thereof. The Company will take no action to increase the par value of the Class A
Common Stock to an amount in excess of the Exercise Price, and the Company will not enter into any
agreements inconsistent with the rights of the Holder hereunder. The Company will use its
reasonable best efforts to obtain all such authorizations, exemptions or consents from any public
regulatory body having jurisdiction thereof as may be necessary to enable the Company to perform
its obligations hereunder. The Company shall not take any action reasonably within its control,
including the hiring of a broker to solicit exercises, which would render unavailable an exemption
from registration under the Securities Act which might otherwise be available with respect to the
issuance of Warrant Shares upon exercise of the Warrant.
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Section 8. Obtaining Stock Exchange Listings. The Company will from time to time take
all action which may be necessary so that the Warrant Shares, immediately upon their issuance upon
the exercise of the Warrant, will be listed on the principal securities exchanges and markets
within the United States of America on which other shares of Class A Common Stock are then listed.
In the event that, at any time during the period in which the Warrant is exercisable, the Class A
Common Stock is not listed on any principal securities exchanges or markets within the United
States of America, the Company will use its reasonable best efforts to permit the Warrant Shares to
be designated PORTAL securities in accordance with the rules and regulations adopted by the
National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. relating to trading in the Private Offering,
Resales and Trading through Automated Linkages market.
Section 9. Adjustment of Number of Warrant Shares Issuable and Exercise Price. The
number of shares of Class A Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of the Warrant (the
Exercise Rate) and the Exercise Price are subject to adjustment from time to time upon
the occurrence of the events enumerated in this Section 9.
(a) Adjustment for Change in Capital Stock. If the Company (i) pays a dividend or
makes a distribution on its Class A Common Stock in shares of its Class A Common Stock; (ii)
subdivides its outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock into a greater number of shares; (iii)
combines its outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock into a smaller number of shares; or (iv)
issues, by reclassification of its shares of Class A Common Stock, any shares of its capital stock;
then and in each such case the Exercise Rate in effect immediately prior to such action shall be
adjusted so that the holder of any Warrant thereafter exercised shall be entitled to receive, upon
exercise of the Warrant, the number of shares of Class A Common Stock or other securities of the
Company which such holder would have owned immediately following such action if the Warrant had
been exercised immediately prior to such action; provided, however, that notwithstanding the
foregoing, upon the occurrence of an event described in clause (i) above which otherwise would have
given rise to an adjustment, no adjustment shall be made if the Company includes the Holder in such
distribution pro rata according to the number of shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding as
if the Warrant Shares were issued and outstanding at the time of the occurrence of an event
described in clause (i) above. Any adjustment hereunder shall become effective immediately after
the record date in the case of a dividend or distribution and immediately after the effective date
in the case of a subdivision, combination or reclassification. Such adjustment shall be made
successively whenever any event listed above shall occur. If after an adjustment, the Holder upon
exercise of the Warrant may receive shares of two or more classes or series of capital stock of the
Company, the Board of Directors of the Company shall determine the allocation of the adjusted
Exercise Price and Exercise Rate between the classes or series of capital stock. After such
allocation, the Exercise Price and Exercise Rate of each class or series of capital stock shall
thereafter be subject to adjustment on terms comparable to those applicable to the Class A Common
Stock in this Section.
(b) Adjustment for Certain Issuances of Class A Common Stock. If the Company shall,
at any time or from time to time while any shares of Class A Common Stock are outstanding, issue or
sell any shares of Class A Common Stock or any right or warrant to purchase, acquire or subscribe
for shares of Class A Common Stock (including a right or warrant with respect to any security
convertible into or exchangeable for shares of Class A Common Stock) generally to holders of its
Class A Common Stock (including by way of a reclassification
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of shares or a recapitalization of the Company), for a consideration payable on the date of
such issuance or sale less than the Common Stock Trading Price of the shares of Class A Common
Stock on the date of such issuance or sale, then and in each such case, the Exercise Rate shall be
adjusted by multiplying such Exercise Rate by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the sum
of (i) the Common Stock Trading Price per share of Class A Common Stock on the first Business Day
after the date of the public announcement of the actual terms (including the price terms) of such
issuance or sale multiplied by the number of shares of Class A Common Stock outstanding immediately
prior to such issuance or sale plus (ii) the aggregate Fair Market Value of the consideration to be
received by the Company in connection with the issuance or sale of Class A Common Stock or the
rights or warrants, as the case may be, plus the aggregate consideration to be received on exercise
of the right to purchase the shares of Class A Common Stock underlying such rights or warrants, and
the denominator of which shall be the Common Stock Trading Price per share of Class A Common Stock
on the Business Day immediately preceding the public announcement of the actual terms (including
the price terms) of such issuance or sale multiplied by the aggregate number of shares of Class A
Common Stock (A) outstanding immediately prior to such issuance or sale plus (B) underlying such
rights or warrants at the time of such issuance. For the purposes of the preceding sentence, the
aggregate consideration receivable by the Company in connection with the issuance or sale of any
such right or warrant shall be deemed to be equal to the sum of the aggregate offering price
(before deduction of reasonable underwriting discounts or commissions and expenses) of all such
rights or warrants. If such rights or warrants expire unexercised, the adjustment provided in this
Section 9 (b) shall be recomputed without the inclusion of the aggregate consideration that would
have been received by the Company on the exercise of any such right or warrant.
(c) Adjustment for Distributions. If the Company distributes to all holders of its
Class A Common Stock (i) any securities of the Company or rights, options or warrants to purchase
or subscribe for securities of the Company, (ii) any evidences of indebtedness of the Company or
any other person, or (iii) any Extraordinary Cash Dividend, the Exercise Rate shall be adjusted in
accordance with the formula:
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The adjustment shall be made successively whenever any such distribution is made and shall
become effective immediately after the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled
to receive the distribution. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 9(c), an
event which would otherwise give rise to an adjustment pursuant to this Section 9(c) shall not give
rise to such an adjustment if the Company includes the Holder in such distribution pro rata to the
number of shares of Class A Common Stock issued and outstanding after giving effect to the Warrant
Shares as if they were issued and outstanding.
(d) Adjustment of Exercise Price. Whenever the number of Warrant Shares purchasable
upon the exercise of the Warrant is adjusted, as herein provided, the Exercise Price per Warrant
Share payable upon exercise of the Warrant shall be adjusted (calculated to the nearest $.0001) so
that it shall equal the price determined by multiplying the Exercise Price immediately prior to
such adjustment by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of Warrant Shares
purchasable upon the exercise of the Warrant immediately prior to such adjustment, and the
denominator of which shall be the number of Warrant Shares so purchasable immediately thereafter.
(e) Definitions.
The Closing Price on any date shall mean the last sale price for the Class A Common
Stock, regular way, or, in case no such sale takes place on such date, the average of the closing
bid and asked prices, regular way, for the Class A Common Stock in either case as reported in the
principal consolidated transaction reporting system with respect to the principal securities
exchange on which the Class A Common Stock is listed or admitted to trading or, if the Class A
Common Stock is not listed or admitted to trading on any securities exchange, the last quoted
price, or, if not so quoted, the average of the high bid and low asked prices in the
over-the-counter market, as reported by the principal automated quotation system that may then be
in use or, if the Class A Common Stock is not quoted by any such organization, the average of the
closing bid and asked prices as furnished by a professional market maker making a market in the
Class A Common Stock selected by the Board of Directors of the Company or, in the event that no
trading price is available for the Class A Common Stock, the Fair Market Value of the Class A
Common Stock.
Common Stock Trading Price on any date means, with respect to the Class A Common
Stock, the Closing Price for the Class A Common Stock on such date.
Extraordinary Cash Dividend means cash dividends with respect to the Class A Common
Stock the aggregate amount of which in any fiscal year exceeds 10% of Adjusted EBITDA (as defined
in the certificate of designation for the Companys 93/4% Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, par
value $0.001 per share, as in existence on May 4, 2007) of the Company and its subsidiaries for the
fiscal year immediately preceding the payment of such dividend.
Fair Market Value of any consideration other than cash or of any securities shall
mean the amount which a willing buyer would pay to a willing seller in an arms length transaction
as determined by an independent investment banking or appraisal firm experienced in the valuation
of such securities or property selected in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company or a committee thereof.
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(f) When De Minimis Adjustment May Be Deferred. No adjustment in the Exercise Rate
need be made unless the adjustment would require an increase or decrease of at least 1.0% in the
Exercise Rate. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any adjustments that are not made shall be carried
forward and taken into account in any subsequent adjustment, provided that no such adjustment shall
be deferred beyond the date on which a Warrant is exercised. All calculations under this Section 9
shall be made to the nearest cent or to the nearest 1/100th of a share, as the case may be.
(g) When No Adjustment Required. If an adjustment is made upon the establishment of a
record date for a distribution subject to subsections (a), (b) or (c) hereof and such distribution
is subsequently cancelled, the Exercise Rate then in effect shall be readjusted, effective as of
the date when the Board of Directors determines to cancel such distribution, to that which would
have been in effect if such record date had not been fixed.
(h) Notice of Adjustment. Whenever the Exercise Rate or Exercise Price is adjusted,
the Company shall provide the notices required by Section 11 hereof.
(i) When Issuance or Payment May Be Deferred. In any case in which this Section 9
shall require that an adjustment in the Exercise Rate be made effective as of a record date for a
specified event, the Company may elect to defer until the occurrence of such event (i) issuing to
the Holder of any Warrant exercised after such record date the Warrant Shares and other capital
stock of the Company, if any, issuable upon such exercise over and above the Warrant Shares and
other capital stock of the Company, if any, issuable upon such exercise on the basis of the
Exercise Rate prior to such adjustment, and (ii) paying to such Holder any amount in cash in lieu
of a fractional share pursuant to Section 10; provided, however, that the Company
shall deliver to the Holder a due bill or other appropriate instrument evidencing such Holders
right to receive such additional Warrant Shares, other capital stock and cash upon the occurrence
of the event requiring such adjustment.
(j) Reorganizations. In the event of any capital reorganization or reclassification
of outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock (other than in the cases referred to in Section 9(a)
hereof), or in case of any merger, consolidation or other corporate combination of the Company with
or into another corporation (other than a merger or consolidation in which the Company is the
continuing corporation and which does not result in any reclassification of the outstanding shares
of Class A Common Stock into shares of stock or other securities or property), or in case of any
sale, lease, exchange or conveyance to another corporation of the property of the Company as an
entirety or substantially as an entirety (each of the foregoing being referred to as a
Reorganization), there shall thereafter be deliverable upon exercise of the Warrants (in lieu of
the number of shares of Class A Common Stock theretofore deliverable) the number of shares of stock
or other securities or property to which a holder of the number of shares of Class A Common Stock
that would otherwise have been deliverable upon the exercise of the Warrants would have been
entitled upon such Reorganization if the Warrants had been exercised in full immediately prior to
such Reorganization. In case of any Reorganization, appropriate adjustment, as determined in good
faith by the Board of Directors of the Company, whose determination shall be described in a duly
adopted resolution certified by the Companys
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Secretary or Assistant Secretary, shall be made in the application of the provisions herein
set forth with respect to the rights and interests of the Holder so that the provisions set forth
herein shall thereafter be applicable, as nearly as possible, in relation to any shares or other
property thereafter deliverable upon exercise of the Warrants. The Company shall not effect any
such Reorganization unless prior to or simultaneously with the consummation thereof the successor
corporation (if other than the Company) resulting from such Reorganization or the corporation
purchasing or leasing such assets or other appropriate corporation or entity shall expressly assume
the obligation to deliver to the Holder such shares of stock, securities or assets as, in
accordance with the foregoing provisions, the Holder may be entitled to purchase, and all other
obligations and liabilities under the Warrant. The foregoing provisions of this Section 9(j) shall
apply to successive Reorganization transactions.
(k) Form of Warrants. Irrespective of any adjustments in the number or kind of shares
purchasable upon the exercise of the Warrant, Warrants theretofore or thereafter issued may
continue to express the same price and number and kind of shares as are stated in this Warrant as
initially issued.
(l) Miscellaneous. For purposes of this Section 9 the term Class A Common
Stock shall mean (i) the shares of stock designated as the Class A Common Stock, par value
$.001 per share, of the Company as of the date of this Warrant, and (ii) shares of any other class
or series of stock resulting from successive changes or reclassification of such shares consisting
solely of changes in par value, or from par value to no par value, or from no par value to par
value. In the event that at any time, as a result of an adjustment made pursuant to this Section
9, the Holder shall become entitled to purchase any securities of the Company other than, or in
addition to, shares of Class A Common Stock, thereafter the number or amount of such other
securities so purchasable upon exercise of the Warrants shall be subject to adjustment from time to
time in a manner and on terms as nearly equivalent as practicable to the provisions with respect to
the Warrant Shares contained in this Section 9 and the provisions of Sections 1, 5, 7 and 10 with
respect to the Warrant Shares or the Class A Common Stock shall apply on like terms to any such
other securities.
(n) Certain Events. If any change in the outstanding Common Stock of the Company or
any other event occurs as to which the provisions of this Section 9 are not strictly applicable or,
if strictly applicable, would not fairly protect the purchase rights of the Holder in accordance
with such provisions, then the Board of Directors of the Company shall make such adjustments to the
Exercise Rate, the Exercise Price or the application of such provisions as may be necessary to
protect such purchase rights as aforesaid and to assure that the Holder, upon exercise for the same
aggregate Exercise Price, shall receive the total number, class and kind of shares as it would have
owned had the Warrant been exercised prior to the event and had the Holder continued to hold such
shares until after the event requiring adjustment.
Section 10. Fractional Interests. The Company shall not be required to issue
fractional Warrant Shares on the exercise of the Warrant. If more than one Warrant Certificate
shall be presented for exercise in full at the same time by the same Holder, the number of full
Warrant Shares which shall be issuable upon the exercise thereof shall be computed on the basis of
the aggregate number of Warrant Shares purchasable on exercise of the Warrant so presented. If any
fraction of a Warrant Share would, except for the provisions of this Section 10, be issuable
on the exercise of any Warrants (or specified portion thereof), the Company shall pay an
amount in cash equal to the Common Stock Trading Price on the trading day immediately preceding the
date the Warrant is presented for exercise, multiplied by such fraction.
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Section 11. Notices to Holder.
(a) Upon any adjustment pursuant to Section 9 hereof, the Company shall give prompt written
notice of such adjustment to the Holder at its address appearing on the records of the Company
within ten days after such adjustment, by first class mail, postage prepaid, and shall deliver to
the Holder a certificate of the Chief Financial Officer of the Company, accompanied by the report
thereon by a firm of independent public accountants selected by the Board of Directors of the
Company (who may be the regular accountants for the Company), setting forth in reasonable detail
(i) the number of Warrant Shares purchasable upon the exercise of the Warrant and the Exercise
Price of the Warrant after such adjustment(s), (ii) a brief statement of the facts requiring such
adjustment(s) and (iii) the computation by which such adjustment(s) was made. Where appropriate,
such notice may be given in advance and included as a part of the notice required under the other
provisions of this Section 11.
(b) In case:
(i) the Company proposes to take any action that would require an adjustment to
the Exercise Rate or the Exercise Price pursuant to Section 9 hereof; or
(ii) of any consolidation or merger to which the Company is a party and for
which approval of any stockholders of the Company is required, or of the sale,
lease, exchange, conveyance or transfer of the properties and assets of the Company
substantially as an entirety, or of any reclassification or change of Class A Common
Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants (other than a change in par value, or
from par value to no par value, or from no par value to par value, or as a result of
a subdivision or combination), or a tender offer or exchange offer for shares of
Class A Common Stock; or
(iii) of the voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of
the Company;
then the Company shall give prompt written notice to the Holder at its address appearing on the
records of the Company, at least 20 days (or 10 days in any case specified in clause (a) above)
prior to the applicable record date hereinafter specified, or the date of the event in the case of
events for which there is no record date, by first-class mail, postage prepaid, stating (i) the
date as of which the holders of record of shares of Class A Common Stock to be entitled to receive
any such rights, options, warrants or distribution are to be determined, or (ii) the initial
expiration date set forth in any tender offer or exchange offer for shares of Class A Common Stock,
or (iii) the date on which any such consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer, dissolution,
liquidation or winding up is expected to become effective or be consummated, and the date as of
which it is expected that holders of record of shares of Class A Common Stock shall be entitled to
exchange such shares for securities or other property, if any, deliverable upon such
reclassification,
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consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer, dissolution, liquidation or winding up. The failure by
the Company to give such notice or any defect therein shall not affect the legality or validity of
any distribution, right, option, warrant, consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer, dissolution,
liquidation or winding up, or the vote upon any action.
(c) The Company shall give prompt written notice to the Holder of any determination to make a
distribution or dividend to the holders of its Class A Common Stock of any assets (including cash),
debt securities, preferred stock, or any rights or warrants to purchase debt securities, preferred
stock, assets or other securities (other than Class A Common Stock, or rights, options, or warrants
to purchase Class A Common Stock) of the Company, which notice shall state the nature and amount of
such planned dividend or distribution and the record date therefor, such written notice to be
delivered at least 20 days prior to such record date therefor.
(d) Nothing contained in this Warrant Certificate shall be construed as conferring upon the
Holder the right to vote or to consent or to receive notice as shareholders in respect of the
meetings of shareholders or the election of Directors of the Company or any other matter, or any
rights whatsoever as shareholders of the Company.
Section 12. Notices to the Company. Any notice or demand to be given or made by the
Holder to or on the Company shall be sufficiently given or made when received at the office of the
Company expressly designated by the Company as its office for purposes of this Certificate, as
follows:
ION Media Networks, Inc.
601 Clearwater Park Road
West Palm Beach, Florida 33401-6233
Attention: General Counsel
Section 13. Supplements and Amendments. The Warrant may not be supplemented or
amended without the written approval of both the Holder and the Company.
Section 14. Successors. All the covenants and provisions of this Certificate by or
for the benefit of the Company or the Holder shall bind and inure to the benefit of their
respective successors and assigns hereunder.
Section 15. Termination. This Warrant Certificate and the Warrants represented hereby
shall terminate on the Expiration Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Certificate will
terminate on any earlier date if all Warrants have been exercised pursuant hereto.
Section 16. Governing Law. This Warrant Certificate shall be deemed to be a contract
made under the laws of the State of Delaware.
Section 17. Benefits of This Certificate. Nothing in this Certificate shall be
construed to give to any person or corporation other than the Company and the registered Holder any
legal or equitable right, remedy or claim hereunder; but this Certificate shall be for the sole and
exclusive benefit of the Company and the registered Holder.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, ION Media Networks, Inc. has caused this Warrant Certificate to be duly
executed by the undersigned.
Dated: May 4, 2007
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EXHIBIT A
[Form of Election to Purchase]
(To Be Executed upon Exercise of Warrant)
The undersigned hereby irrevocably elects to exercise the right, represented by this Warrant
Certificate, to purchase ______________ shares of Class A Common Stock and herewith tenders payment for such
shares to the order of ION Media Networks, Inc. in the amount of
$______________ in accordance with the
terms hereof. The undersigned requests that a certificate for such shares be registered in the name
of ______________, whose address is ______________ and that such
shares be delivered to ______________ whose
address is ______________. If said number of shares is less than all of the shares of Class A Common
Stock purchasable hereunder, the undersigned requests that a new Warrant Certificate representing
the remaining balance of such shares be registered in the name of ______________, whose address is
______________, and that such Warrant Certificate be delivered to ______________, whose address is
______________.
In exercising this Warrant, the undersigned hereby confirms and acknowledges that the shares
of Class A Common Stock to be issued upon exercise thereof are being acquired solely for the
account of the undersigned and not as a nominee for any other party, and for investment, and that
the undersigned will not offer, sell or otherwise dispose of any such shares of Class A Common
Stock except under circumstances that will not result in a violation of the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended, or any applicable state securities laws.
Signature:
Date:
Signature Guaranteed:
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EXHIBIT B
CERTIFICATE TO BE DELIVERED UPON EXCHANGE
OR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER OF WARRANTS
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Common Stock (the Securities)
of ION Media Networks, Inc. |
This
Certificate relates to __________________ Securities held by
_______________ (the Transferor).
The Transferor has requested that the Company by written order exchange or register the
transfer of Warrants.
In connection with such request and in respect of each such Security, the Transferor does
hereby certify that the Transferor is familiar with the Warrant Certificate relating to the above
captioned Securities and the restrictions on transfers thereof as provided in Sections 3 and 4 of
such Warrant Certificate, and that the transfer of these Securities does not require registration
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act) because*:
o Such Securities are being acquired for the Transferors own account, without transfer.
o Such Securities are being transferred pursuant to an exemption from registration under
the Securities Act in accordance with Rule 144 or Regulation S promulgated under the Securities
Act.
o Such Securities are being transferred to an institutional accredited investor (within
the meaning of subparagraphs (a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) of Rule 501 under the Securities Act).
o Such Securities are being transferred in reliance on and in compliance with an exemption
from the registration requirements of the Securities Act other than Rule 144 or Regulation S under
the Securities Act. An opinion of counsel to the effect that such transfer does not require
registration under the Securities Act accompanies this certificate.
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EXHIBIT C
Form of Certificate To Be
Delivered in Connection with
Transfers to Institutional Accredited Investors
___________, ____
[First Union National Bank,
Charlotte, North Carolina
1525 West W.T. Harris Blvd.
Building 3C3
Charlotte, North Carolina 28288-1153
Attention: Corporate Trust Administration]
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
In connection with our proposed purchase of the Securities, we confirm that:
1. We understand that the Securities have not been registered under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the Securities Act) and, unless so registered, may not be sold except
as permitted in the following sentence. We agree to offer, sell or otherwise transfer such
Securities while the offer and sale thereof have not been registered under the Securities Act only
(a) to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, (b) pursuant to a registration statement which has
been declared effective under the Securities Act, (c) pursuant to an exemption from registration
under Rule 144 under the Securities Act; (d) pursuant to offers and sales that occur outside the
United States within the meaning of Regulation S under the Securities Act, (e) to an institutional
accredited investor (as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) of Regulation D under the
Securities Act) that is purchasing for his own account or for the account of such an institutional
accredited investor, or (f) pursuant to any other available exemption from the registration
requirements of the Securities Act. The foregoing restrictions on resale shall apply so long as
transfer of a Security is not permitted without registration under the Securities Act. We
understand that the Securities purchased by us will bear a legend to the foregoing effect.
2. We are an institutional accredited investor (as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or
(7) of Regulation D under the Securities Act) and we are acquiring the Securities for investment
purposes and not with a view to, or for offer or sale in connection with, any distribution in
violation of the Securities Act and we have such knowledge and experience in financial and business
matters as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of our investment in the Securities,
and we and any accounts for which we are acting are each able to bear the economic risk of our or
its investment for an indefinite period.
3. We are acquiring the Securities purchased by us for our own account.
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4. You and your counsel are entitled to rely upon this letter and you are irrevocably
authorized to produce this letter or a copy hereof to any interested party in any administrative or
legal proceeding or official inquiry with respect to the matters covered hereby.
Very truly yours,
(Name of Purchaser)
By:
Date:
Upon transfer the Securities would be registered in the name of the new beneficial owner as
follows:
Name:
Address:
Taxpayer ID Number:
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