-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, GIys/XsloeJ7I3fm7Muece2cUKeva+38OWWSg5df2VOvAyC4Sqfy2838TvfI3Cxz XKRkGlmqXoUVf9rFeIsmLA== 0000950123-10-053418.txt : 20100527 0000950123-10-053418.hdr.sgml : 20100527 20100526215557 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950123-10-053418 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SC 13D/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 4 FILED AS OF DATE: 20100527 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20100526 GROUP MEMBERS: JS ACQUISITION, INC. GROUP MEMBERS: JS ACQUISITION, LLC FILED BY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: SMULYAN JEFFREY H CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001001748 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13D/A SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: EMMIS COMMUNICATIONS CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000783005 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: RADIO BROADCASTING STATIONS [4832] IRS NUMBER: 351542018 STATE OF INCORPORATION: IN FISCAL YEAR END: 0228 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13D/A SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 005-43521 FILM NUMBER: 10860847 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE EMMIS PLAZA STREET 2: 40 MONUMENT CIRCLE SUITE 700 CITY: INDIANAPOLIS STATE: IN ZIP: 46204 BUSINESS PHONE: 3172660100 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE EMMIS PLAZA STREET 2: 40 MONUMENT CIRCLE #700 CITY: INDIANAPOLIS STATE: IN ZIP: 46204 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: EMMIS BROADCASTING CORPORATION DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 SC 13D/A 1 c58438a6sc13dza.htm SC 13D/A sc13dza
 
 
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 13D/A
Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No. 6)*
Emmis Communications Corporation
(Name of Issuer)
Class A Common Stock, Par Value $0.01 Per Share
(Title of Class of Securities)
291525103
(CUSIP Number)
Jeffrey H. Smulyan
c/o Emmis Communications Corporation
One Emmis Plaza
40 Monument Circle, Suite 700
Indianapolis, IN 46204
(317) 266-0100
with a copy to:
James M. Dubin, Esq.
c/o Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
1285 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10019-6064
(212) 373-3000
(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person
Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)
May 24, 2010
(Date of Event which Requires Filing of this Statement)
If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report the acquisition which is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of §§240.13d-1(e), 240.13d-1(f) or 240.13d-1(g), check the following box o.
NOTE: Schedules filed in paper format shall include a signed original and five copies of the schedule, including all exhibits. See Rule 13d-7 for other parties to whom copies are to be sent.
*   The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person’s initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter disclosures provided in a prior cover page.
 
 


 

The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Act”) or otherwise subject to the liability of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes).
                     
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1   NAME OF REPORTING PERSON:

Jeffrey H. Smulyan
     
     
2   CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP:

  (a)   o 
  (b)   þ 
     
3   SEC USE ONLY
   
   
     
4   SOURCE OF FUNDS:
   
  OO
     
5   CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) OR 2(e):
   
  o
     
6   CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION:
   
  United States of America
       
  7   SOLE VOTING POWER:
     
NUMBER OF   0
       
SHARES 8   SHARED VOTING POWER:
BENEFICIALLY    
OWNED BY   6,261,9821
       
EACH 9   SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER:
REPORTING    
PERSON   0
       
WITH 10   SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER:
     
    6,261,9821
     
11   AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON:
   
  12,219,9921,2
     
12   CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES:
   
  o
     
13   PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11):
   
  Approximately 29.14%3
     
14   TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON:
   
  IN
 
1   Consists of (i) 8,441.4075 shares of Class A Common Stock held in Mr. Smulyan’s 401(k) Plan, (ii) 9,755 shares of Class A Common Stock held by Mr. Smulyan individually, (iii) 4,930,680 shares of Class B Common Stock held by Mr. Smulyan individually, (iv) 11,120 shares of Class A Common Stock held by Mr. Smulyan as trustee for his children, (v) 3,000 shares of Class A Common Stock held by Mr. Smulyan as trustee for his niece, (vi) options to purchase 97,565 shares of Class A Common Stock that are exercisable currently or within 60 days of May 26, 2010, (vii) options to purchase 1,170,796 shares of Class B Common Stock that are exercisable currently or within 60 days of May 26, 2010 and (viii) 30,625 shares of Class A Common Stock held by The Smulyan Family Foundation, as to which Mr. Smulyan shares voting and dispositive control. Each share of Class B Common Stock is convertible at any time into one share of Class A Common Stock.
2   Includes: (i) 4,243,578.28 shares of Class A Common Stock beneficially owned by Alden Global Capital Limited, Alden Global Distressed Opportunities Master Fund, L.P., Smith Management LLC (collectively, “Alden”), as disclosed on Alden’s Schedule 13D, filed on May 26, 2010, which consists of: (x) 1,406,500 shares of Class A Common Stock that Alden holds and (y) 2,837,078.28 shares of Class A Common Stock into which the 1,162,737 shares of 6.25% Series A Preferred Stock, $0.01 par value, of the Issuer (the “Preferred Stock”) are convertible; and (ii) 1,714,431 shares of Class A Common Stock held by the shareholders of the Issuer set forth in the Rollover Agreement, dated May 24, 2010, by and among JS Acquisition, LLC and such shareholders.
3   The calculation of the foregoing percentage is based on (i) 32,905,904 shares of Class A Common Stock outstanding as of April 30, 2010, as disclosed in the Issuer’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended February 28, 2010, (ii) 2,837,078.28 shares of Class A Common Stock that would be issued upon conversion of the 1,162,737 shares of 6.25% Series A Preferred Stock, $0.01 par value, of the Issuer held by Alden, as disclosed on Alden’s Schedule 13D filed on May 26, 2010, (iii) 6,101,476 shares of Class A Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the shares of Class B Common Stock beneficially owned by Mr. Smulyan (including upon the exercise of options to purchase shares of Class B Common Stock held by Mr. Smulyan that are exercisable currently or within 60 days of May 26, 2010) and (iv) the 97,565 shares of Class A Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of options to purchase shares of Class A Common Stock held by Mr. Smulyan that are exercisable currently or within 60 days of May 26, 2010. Each share of Class B Common Stock is convertible at any time into one share of Class A Common Stock. Holders of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common stock vote as a single class in all matters submitted to a vote of the stockholders, with each share of Class A Common Stock entitled to one vote per share and each share of Class B Common Stock entitled to ten votes per share, except (a) with respect to any Going Private Transaction (as such term is defined in the Issuer’s articles of incorporation) between the Issuer and the Reporting Person, any affiliate of the Reporting Person and any group of which the Reporting Person or any affiliate of the Reporting Person is a member, in which case the holders of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock shall vote as a single class, with each share of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock entitled to one vote and (b) as otherwise provided in the Issuer’s articles of incorporation or as otherwise provided by law. The shares of Preferred Stock have no voting rights. The shares deemed to be beneficially owned by the Reporting Persons represent approximately 69.31% of the combined voting power of the outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock, voting together as a single class.


 

                     
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1   NAME OF REPORTING PERSON:

JS Acquisition, Inc.
     
     
2   CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP:

  (a)   o 
  (b)   þ 
     
3   SEC USE ONLY
   
   
     
4   SOURCE OF FUNDS:
   
  OO
     
5   CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) OR 2(e):
   
  o
     
6   CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION:
   
  United States of America
       
  7   SOLE VOTING POWER:
     
NUMBER OF   0
       
SHARES 8   SHARED VOTING POWER:
BENEFICIALLY    
OWNED BY   6,261,9821
       
EACH 9   SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER:
REPORTING    
PERSON   0
       
WITH 10   SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER:
     
    6,261,9821
     
11   AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON:
   
  12,219,9921,2
     
12   CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES:
   
  o
     
13   PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11):
   
  Approximately 29.14%3
     
14   TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON:
   
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1   NAME OF REPORTING PERSON:

JS Acquisition, LLC
     
     
2   CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP:

  (a)   o 
  (b)   þ 
     
3   SEC USE ONLY
   
   
     
4   SOURCE OF FUNDS:
   
  OO
     
5   CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) OR 2(e):
   
  o
     
6   CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION:
   
  United States of America
       
  7   SOLE VOTING POWER:
     
NUMBER OF   0
       
SHARES 8   SHARED VOTING POWER:
BENEFICIALLY    
OWNED BY   6,261,9821
       
EACH 9   SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER:
REPORTING    
PERSON   0
       
WITH 10   SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER:
     
    6,261,9821
     
11   AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON:
   
  12,219,9921, 2
     
12   CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES:
   
  o
     
13   PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11):
   
  Approximately 29.14%3
     
14   TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON:
   
  OO


 

                     
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Amendment No. 6 to Schedule 13D
     This Amendment No. 6 to Schedule 13D is being filed by (i) Jeffrey H. Smulyan, an individual, (ii) JS Acquisition, Inc., an Indiana corporation (“JS Acquisition, Inc.”), and (iii) JS Acquisition, LLC, an Indiana limited liability company (“JS Acquisition, LLC” and, together with Mr. Smulyan and JS Acquisition, Inc., the “Reporting Persons”) and relates to the Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Class A Common Stock”), of Emmis Communications Corporation, an Indiana corporation (the ”Issuer”). The Schedule 13D filed on October 3, 1995 by Mr. Smulyan, as amended and restated by Amendment No. 1 filed by Mr. Smulyan on May 10, 2006, as amended and supplemented by Amendment No. 2 filed by Mr. Smulyan on August 7, 2006 as amended and restated by Amendment No. 3 filed by Mr. Smulyan on September 18, 2006, as amended and supplemented by Amendment No. 4 filed by Mr. Smulyan on January 12, 2010, as amended and supplemented by Amendment No. 5 filed by Mr. Smulyan on April 27, 2010, is hereby amended and supplemented by the Reporting Persons as set forth below in this Amendment No. 6. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein have the meanings ascribed to them in the Schedule 13D, as amended and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Item 2. Identity and Background.
     The disclosure in Item 2 is hereby amended to add the following:
     “(a), (f) In connection with the transactions described in Item 4 and Item 5 below, this Amendment No. 6 to Schedule 13D includes the following new Reporting Persons: (i) JS Acquisition, Inc., an Indiana corporation, and (ii) JS Acquisition, LLC, an Indiana limited liability company.
     (b) The business addresses of JS Acquisition, Inc. and JS Acquisition, LLC is c/o James A. Strain, Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP, One Indiana Square, Suite 3500, Indianapolis, Indiana 46204
     (c) The principal business of JS Acquisition, Inc. and JS Acquisition, LLC will be the operation of the business of the Issuer upon the consummation of the transactions described in Item 4 and Item 5.
     (d) During the past five years, none of the Reporting Persons has been convicted in a criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations or similar misdemeanors).
     (e) During the past five years, none of the Reporting Persons has been a party to a civil proceeding of a judicial or administrative body of competent jurisdiction and as a result of such proceeding, was or is subject to a judgment, decree or final order enjoining future violations of, or prohibiting or mandating activities subject to, federal or state securities laws or finding any violation with respect to such laws.
     (f) Each of the Reporting Persons is a citizen of the United States of America.
     The Reporting Persons have entered into a joint filing agreement, dated as of May 26, 2010, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 1.”

 


 

                     
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Item 4. Purpose of Transaction.
     The disclosure in Item 4 is hereby amended and restated as follows:
     “On May 24, 2010, Mr. Smulyan, Alden Global Distressed Opportunities Master Fund, L.P., Alden Global Value Recovery Master Fund, L.P., Alden Media Holdings, LLC and JS Acquisition, LLC, entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Securities Purchase Agreement”) pursuant to which (i) JS Acquisition, Inc., a corporation owned by JS Acquisition, LLC and Mr. Smulyan, will commence a tender offer (the “Tender Offer”) to purchase all of the issued and outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock at a price of $2.40 per share in cash; (ii) it is expected that the Issuer will launch an exchange offer (the “Exchange Offer”), whereby it will offer to issue new 12% PIK Senior Subordinated Notes due 2017 (the “New Notes”) in exchange for the Issuer’s existing 6.25% Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Preferred Stock”) at a rate of $30.00 principal amount of New Notes for each $50.00 liquidation preferred of Preferred Stock; (iii) it is expected that the Issuer will solicit proxies for, and subsequently file, proposed amendments to its amended and restated articles of incorporation (the “Proposed Amendments”); and (iv) it is expected that following the consummation of the Tender Offer, JS Acquisition, Inc. will merge with and into the Issuer pursuant to the Merger Agreement (as described below).
     Pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement, Alden Media Holdings, LLC will provide all necessary funds for the Tender Offer and the other transactions contemplated under the Securities Purchase Agreement, and Alden Media Holdings, LLC will purchase for an aggregate $90 million in cash, subject to adjustment, certain interests in JS Acquisition, LLC.
     Mr. Smulyan, on behalf of himself and his affiliates, has agreed to vote, and has given a proxy to Alden Media Holdings, LLC to vote, his and their shares of stock of the Issuer in favor of the proposal to adopt the Proposed Amendments and for the merger of JS Acquisition, Inc. with and into the Issuer. Alden has also agreed to vote, and has given a proxy to JS Acquisition, LLC to vote, its shares of Class A Common Stock and Preferred Stock in favor of the proposal to adopt the Proposed Amendments and for the merger of JS Acquisition, Inc. with and into the Issuer.
     Pursuant to the Rollover Agreement (the “Rollover Agreement”), dated May 24, 2010, by and among JS Acquisition, LLC and the shareholders of the Issuer set forth in the Rollover Agreement (the “Rollover Shareholders”), each Rolling Shareholder will be issued certain interests in JS Acquisition, LLC in exchange for contributing its shares of Class A Common Stock to the Issuer for cancellation immediately prior to the Merger. The Rolling Shareholders consist of friends, family and other associates of Mr. Smulyan, including certain officers and employees of the Issuer. Each Rolling Shareholder has agreed to vote, and has given a proxy to JS Acquisition, LLC to vote, its shares of Class A Common Stock in favor of the proposal to adopt the Proposed Amendments and for the Merger.
     After giving effect to the issuance of interests in JS Acquisition, LLC to (i) Alden Media Holdings, LLC pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement and (ii) the Rollover Shareholders

 


 

                     
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pursuant to the Rollover Agreement, Mr. Smulyan shall retain the remaining interests in JS Acquisition, LLC.
     Pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, by and among the Issuer, JS Acquisition, LLC and JS Acquisition, Inc., dated as of May 25, 2010 (the “Merger Agreement”), (i) each share of Preferred Stock (other than the Preferred Stock held by Alden and its affiliates) not exchanged for the New Notes will be converted into the right to receive $5.856 per share in cash, (ii) each share of Preferred Stock held by Alden will be converted into New Notes at a rate of $30.00 principal amount of New Notes per $50.00 of liquidation preference of Preferred Stock and (iii) each share of Class A Common Stock (other than certain shares held by JS Acquisition, LLC, JS Acquisition, Inc., Mr. Smulyan and the Rollover Shareholders) will be converted into the right to receive $2.40 per share in cash. JS Acquisition, Inc. will merge with and into the Issuer, with the Issuer remaining as the surviving corporation, as a subsidiary of JS Acquisition, LLC (the “Merger”). The Merger is subject to the satisfaction or waiver of certain conditions, including the adoption of the Merger Agreement by the Issuer’s shareholders by the affirmative vote of a majority of all votes entitled to be cast. If the various minimum conditions in Tender Offer are satisfied, JS Acquisition, LLC, JS Acquisition, Inc., Mr. Smulyan, Alden and the Rollover Shareholders would have sufficient voting power to approve the Merger without the affirmative vote of any other shareholder of the Issuer. Upon the consummation of the Merger, Mr. Smulyan will hold all of the shares of a newly issued class of voting common stock of the Issuer, and JS Acquisition, LLC will hold all of the shares of a newly issued class of non-voting common stock of the Issuer.
     The Securities Purchase Agreement, the Rollover Agreement and the Merger Agreement have been attached hereto as Exhibit 2, Exhibit 3 and Exhibit 4, respectively. The foregoing description of the Securities Purchase Agreement, the Rollover Agreement and the Merger Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Securities Purchase Agreement, the Rollover Agreement and the Merger Agreement, respectively.”
Item 5. Interest in Securities of the Issuer.
     The disclosure in Item 5 is hereby amended and restated as follows:
     “(a)-(b) As of May 26, 2010, the Reporting Persons may be deemed to beneficially own 6,118,516 shares of Class A Common Stock and 6,101,476 shares of Class B Common Stock, which are convertible into shares of Class A Common Stock at any time on a share-for-share basis. The shares of Common Stock that the Reporting Person may be deemed to beneficially own consist of:
  (i)   8,441.4075 shares of Class A Common Stock held in the 401(k) Plan;
  (ii)   9,755 shares of Class A Common Stock held by Mr. Smulyan individually;
 
  (iii)   11,120 shares of Class A Common Stock held by Mr. Smulyan for his children over which Mr. Smulyan exercises or shares voting control;

 


 

                     
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  (iv)   3,000 shares of Class A Common Stock held by Mr. Smulyan as trustee for his niece over which Mr. Smulyan exercises or shares voting control;
 
  (v)   options to purchase 97,565 shares of Class A Common Stock that are exercisable currently or within 60 days of May 26, 2010;
 
  (vi)   30,625 shares of Class A Common Stock held by The Smulyan Family Foundation, as to which Mr. Smulyan shares voting control;
 
  (vii)   4,930,680 shares of Class B Common Stock held by Mr. Smulyan individually;
 
  (viii)   options to purchase 1,170,796 shares of Class B Common Stock that are exercisable currently or within 60 days of May 26, 2010
 
  (ix)   4,243,578.28 shares of Class A Common Stock beneficially owned by Alden, as disclosed on Alden’s Schedule 13D, filed on May 26, 2010, which consists of: (i) 1,406,500 shares of Class A Common Stock that Alden holds and (ii) 2,837,078.28 shares of Class A Common Stock into which the 1,162,737 shares of Preferred Stock are convertible; and
 
  (x)   1,714,431 shares of Class A Common Stock held by the Rollover Shareholders.
     The following is the information required by Item 2 of this Schedule with respect to each person with whom the Reporting Persons share the power to vote or to direct the vote or to dispose or direct the disposition:
          (a) RONALD E. ELBERGER
          (b) The business address of Mr. Elberger is 135 North Pennsylvania Street, Suite 2700, Indianapolis, IN 46204.
          (c) The present principal occupation of Mr. Elberger is Attorney/Partner with Bose, McKinney & Evans, LLP.
          (d) During the past five years, Mr. Elberger has not been convicted in a criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations or similar misdemeanors).
          (e) During the past five years, Mr. Elberger has not been a party to a civil proceeding of a judicial or administrative body of competent jurisdiction and as a result of such proceeding, was or is subject to a judgment, decree or final order enjoining future violations of, or prohibiting or mandating activities subject to, federal or state securities laws or finding any violation with respect to such laws.
          (f) Mr. Elberger is a citizen of the United States of America.
          (a) BRUCE JACOBSON

 


 

                     
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          (b) The business address of Mr. Jacobson is 800 East 96th Street, Suite 500, Indianapolis, IN 46240.
          (c) The present principal occupation of Mr. Jacobson is Senior Vice President of KSM Business Services; he is a retired partner of Katz, Sapper & Miller LLP.
          (d) During the past five years, Mr. Jacobson has not been convicted in a criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations or similar misdemeanors).
          (e) During the past five years, Mr. Jacobson has not been a party to a civil proceeding of a judicial or administrative body of competent jurisdiction and as a result of such proceeding, was or is subject to a judgment, decree or final order enjoining future violations of, or prohibiting or mandating activities subject to, federal or state securities laws or finding any violation with respect to such laws.
          (f) Mr. Jacobson is a citizen of the United States of America.
          (a) GARY KASEFF
          (b) The business address of Mr. Kaseff is 3500 W. Olive Avenue, Suite 1450, Burbank, CA 91505.
          (c) The present principal occupation of Mr. Kaseff is employee and director of the Issuer and certain of its subsidiaries.
          (d) During the past five years, Mr. Kaseff has not been convicted in a criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations or similar misdemeanors).
          (e) During the past five years, Mr. Kaseff has not been a party to a civil proceeding of a judicial or administrative body of competent jurisdiction and as a result of such proceeding, was or is subject to a judgment, decree or final order enjoining future violations of, or prohibiting or mandating activities subject to, federal or state securities laws or finding any violation with respect to such laws.
          (f) Mr. Kaseff is a citizen of the United States of America.
          The shares that the Reporting Persons may be deemed to beneficially own represent approximately 29.14% of the outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock and 69.31% of the combined voting power of the outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock, voting together as a single class. Holders of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common stock vote as a single class in all matters submitted to a vote of the stockholders, with each share of Class A Common Stock entitled to one vote per share and each share of Class B Common Stock entitled to ten votes per share, except (a) with respect to any Going Private Transaction (as such term is defined in the Issuer’s articles of incorporation) between the Issuer and Mr. Smulyan, any affiliate of Mr. Smulyan and any group of which Mr. Smulyan or any affiliate of Mr. Smulyan is a member, in which case the holders of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock shall vote as a single class, with each share of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock entitled to one vote and (b) as otherwise provided in the Issuer’s articles of incorporation or as otherwise provided by law. The shares of Preferred Stock have no

 


 

                     
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voting rights.
          The percentage of the Class A Common Stock that the Reporting Persons may be deemed to beneficially own as set forth in this Item 5 is calculated based on: (i) 32,905,904 shares of Class A Common Stock of the Issuer outstanding as of April 30, 2010, as disclosed in the Issuer’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended February 28, 2010; (ii) 2,837,078.28 shares of Class A Common Stock that would be issued upon conversion of the 1,162,737 shares of Preferred Stock held by Alden, as disclosed on Alden’s Schedule 13D filed on May 26, 2010; (iii) 6,101,476 shares of Class A Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the shares of Class B Common Stock beneficially owned by Mr. Smulyan (including upon the exercise of options to purchase shares of Class B Common Stock held by Mr. Smulyan that are exercisable currently or within 60 days of May 26, 2010); and (iv) the 97,565 shares of Class A Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of options to purchase shares of Class A Common Stock held by Mr. Smulyan that are exercisable currently or within 60 days of May 26, 2010.
          The percentage of the combined voting power of the outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock, voting together as a single class, that the Reporting Person may be deemed to beneficially own as set forth in this Item 5 is calculated based on: (i) the number of outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock set forth in clause (i) of the immediately preceding paragraph; (ii) the number of shares of Class A Common Stock that would be issuable upon conversion of the shares of Preferred Stock held by Alden set forth in clause (ii) of the immediately preceding paragraph; (iii) 4,930,680 shares of Class B Common Stock outstanding as of April 30, 2010; (iv) the number of shares of Class B Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of options to purchase shares of Class B Common Stock held by Mr. Smulyan that are exercisable currently or within 60 days of May 26, 2010, if any; and (v) the number of shares of Class A Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of options to purchase shares of Class A Common Stock held by Mr. Smulyan that are exercisable currently or within 60 days of May 26, 2010, if any.
          In addition, pursuant to Section 13(d)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Reporting Persons and entities controlled by the Reporting Persons may be considered to be a “group” with Alden and its affiliates and/or a “group” with the Rolling Shareholders. Therefore shares beneficially owned by Alden and its affiliates and/or the Rolling Shareholders may be attributed to the Reporting Persons. The Reporting Persons disclaim any membership or participation in a “group” with Alden and its affiliates or a “group” with the Rolling Shareholders.
          Except as otherwise provided in Item 2, Item 4 or this Item 5, no one other than the Reporting Persons has the power to vote or to direct the vote, and the power to dispose or to direct the disposition of, the shares of Class A Common Stock that the Reporting Persons may be deemed to beneficially own.
          (c) Except as otherwise provided in Item 2, Item 4 or this Item 5, the Reporting Persons have not effected any transactions in the Class A Common Stock or the Class B Common Stock during the past 60 days.
          (d) Except as otherwise described in Item 2, Item 4 or this Item 5, no one other than the Reporting Persons has the right to receive, or the power to direct the receipt of, dividends from, or the proceeds from the sale of, any of the securities of the Issuer beneficially

 


 

                     
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owned by the Reporting Persons as described in Item 5.
     (e) Not applicable.”
Item 6. Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or Relationship with Respect to Securities of the Issuer.
          The disclosure in Item 6 is hereby amended and supplemented by deleting the second paragraph thereof and replacing it with the following:
          “The information set forth in response to this Item 6 is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Securities Purchase Agreement, the Rollover Agreement and the Merger Agreement, which are incorporated herein by reference.”
Item 7. Material to be Filed as Exhibits
          Item 7 is hereby amended and restated as follows:
         
Exhibit No.   Description   Filed With
1
  Joint Filing Agreement dated as of May [26], 2010, by and among the Reporting Persons.   Filed with Amendment No. 6
 
       
2
  Securities Purchase Agreement, dated May 24, 2010, by and among Mr. Jeffrey H. Smulyan, Alden Global Distressed Opportunities Master Fund, L.P., Alden Global Value Recovery Master Fund, L.P., Alden Media Holdings, LLC and JS Acquisition, LLC.   Filed with Amendment No. 6
 
       
3
  Rollover Agreement, dated May 24, 2010, by and among JS Acquisition, LLC and the shareholders of the Issuer set forth in the Rollover Agreement.   Filed with Amendment No. 6
 
       
4
  Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as May 25, 2010, by and among the Emmis Communications Corporation, JS Acquisition, LLC and JS Acquisition, Inc. (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 2.1 of Emmis Communications Corporation’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed May 26, 2010).   Filed with Amendment No. 6

 


 

SIGNATURE
     After reasonable inquiry and to the best of its knowledge and belief, the undersigned certifies that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.
Dated: May 26, 2010
             
 
      /s/ Jeffery H. Smulyan    
         
 
      Jeffrey H. Smulyan    
 
           
    JS ACQUISITION, INC.    
 
           
 
  By:
Name:
  /s/ Jeffery H. Smulyan
 
Jeffery H. Smulyan
   
 
  Title:   President    
 
           
    JS ACQUISITION, LLC    
 
           
 
  By:
Name:
  /s/ Jeffery H. Smulyan
 
Jeffery H. Smulyan
   
 
  Title:   Manager    

 

EX-99.1 2 c58438a6exv99w1.htm EX-99.1 exv99w1
Exhibit 1
JOINT FILING AGREEMENT
     In accordance with Rule 13d-1(k) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the undersigned hereby agree to the joint filing on behalf of each of them of a statement on Schedule 13D (including amendments thereto) with respect to the Class A Common Stock, par value $.01 per share, of Emmis Communications Corporation, and that this Joint Filing Agreement be included as an Exhibit to such joint filing.
     This Joint Filing Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, and each such counterpart shall be an original but all of which, taken together, shall constitute but one and the same agreement.
     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned hereby execute this Joint Filing Agreement as of this 26th day of May, 2010.
             
 
      /s/ Jeffery H. Smulyan    
         
 
      Jeffrey H. Smulyan    
 
           
    JS ACQUISITION, INC.    
 
           
 
  By:
Name:
  /s/ Jeffery H. Smulyan
 
Jeffery H. Smulyan
   
 
  Title:   President    
 
           
    JS ACQUISITION, LLC    
 
           
 
  By:
Name:
  /s/ Jeffery H. Smulyan
 
Jeffery H. Smulyan
   
 
  Title:   Manager    

 

EX-99.2 3 c58438a6exv99w2.htm EX-99.2 exv99w2
Exhibit 2
EXECUTION COPY
 
 
 
SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
by and among
ALDEN GLOBAL DISTRESSED OPPORTUNITIES MASTER FUND, L.P.,
ALDEN GLOBAL VALUE RECOVERY MASTER FUND, L.P.,
ALDEN MEDIA HOLDINGS, LLC,
JS ACQUISITION, LLC
and
(solely with respect to
Sections 2.3, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5 and 5.8 and Article X)
JEFFREY H. SMULYAN
Dated as of May 24, 2010
 
 
 
IMPORTANT: The representations and warranties of each party set forth in this Agreement (i) have been qualified by confidential disclosures made to the other party in connection with this Agreement, (ii) are qualified in certain circumstances by a materiality standard which may differ from what may be viewed as material by investors, (iii) were made only as of the date of this Agreement or such other date as is specified in this Agreement, and (iv) may have been included in this Agreement for the purpose of allocating risk between the parties rather than establishing matters as facts.


 

 
TABLE OF CONTENTS
 
             
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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS
    II-2  
1.1
  Defined Terms     II-2  
         
ARTICLE II PURCHASE AND ISSUANCE OF SECURITIES; PURCHASE PRICE     II-7  
2.1
  Issuance and Purchase of Securities     II-7  
2.2
  Closing; Closing Date     II-7  
2.3
  Deliveries At Closing     II-7  
             
         
ARTICLE III REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY     II-7  
3.1
  Due Organization; Authority to Execute and Perform Agreement     II-7  
3.2
  No Defaults or Conflicts     II-8  
3.3
  No Governmental Authorization Required     II-8  
3.4
  Capitalization     II-8  
3.5
  Absence of Litigation     II-8  
3.6
  Newly-Formed Entities     II-8  
3.7
  Organization and Qualification; Subsidiaries     II-9  
3.8
  Capitalization; Existence; Articles of Incorporation and By-laws     II-9  
3.9
  Compliance with Laws; Governmental Permits; No Conflict     II-10  
3.10
  ECC SEC Documents     II-11  
3.11
  Related Party Transactions     II-11  
3.12
  Taxes     II-12  
3.13
  Controls and Procedures     II-12  
3.14
  Intellectual Property     II-13  
3.15
  Real Estate     II-13  
3.16
  Absence of Certain Changes or Events     II-14  
3.17
  No Undisclosed Liabilities     II-14  
3.18
  ECC Absence of Litigation     II-14  
3.19
  Brokers     II-14  
3.20
  Sufficiency of Assets     II-14  
3.21
  Adoption of Resolutions     II-14  
3.22
  Exclusivity of Representations     II-14  
             
         
ARTICLE IV REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE INVESTOR AND ALDEN     II-14  
4.1
  Due Organization; Authority to Execute and Perform Agreement     II-14  
4.2
  No Defaults or Conflicts     II-15  
4.3
  No Governmental Authorization Required     II-15  
4.4
  Absence of Litigation     II-15  
4.5
  Title to the Investor ECC Shares     II-15  
4.6
  Purchase for Investment     II-15  
4.7
  Financial Ability     II-15  
4.8
  Brokers     II-15  
4.9
  Ownership Requirements     II-15  
4.10
  Exclusivity of Representations     II-16  
             


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ARTICLE V COVENANTS AND AGREEMENTS     II-16  
5.1
  Conduct of the Business     II-16  
5.2
  Filings and Authorizations; Consummation     II-18  
5.3
  Efforts     II-18  
5.4
  ECC Capital Stock     II-18  
5.5
  Offer to Purchase     II-19  
5.6
  Confidentiality     II-19  
5.7
  Tender Offeror     II-19  
5.8
  Obligations of the Controlling Stockholder     II-20  
             
         
ARTICLE VI CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO THE OBLIGATION OF THE INVESTOR TO CLOSE     II-20  
6.1
  Representations and Covenants     II-20  
6.2
  No Orders     II-20  
6.3
  Tender Conditions     II-20  
6.4
  Employment Agreement     II-20  
6.5
  Articles Amendments     II-20  
6.6
  Opinion     II-20  
             
         
ARTICLE VII CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO THE OBLIGATION OF THE COMPANY TO CLOSE     II-21  
7.1
  Representations and Covenants     II-21  
7.2
  No Orders     II-21  
7.3
  Tender Conditions     II-21  
             
         
ARTICLE VIII TERMINATION OF AGREEMENT     II-21  
8.1
  Termination     II-21  
8.2
  Survival After Termination     II-22  
             
         
ARTICLE IX INDEMNIFICATION     II-22  
9.1
  Indemnification by the Company     II-22  
9.2
  Indemnification by the Investor     II-23  
9.3
  Termination of Indemnification     II-24  
9.4
  Procedures     II-24  
             
         
ARTICLE X MISCELLANEOUS     II-25  
10.1
  Expenses     II-25  
10.2
  Specific Performance     II-26  
10.3
  Notices     II-26  
10.4
  Entire Agreement     II-27  
10.5
  Waivers and Amendments     II-27  
10.6
  Governing Law     II-27  
10.7
  Binding Effect; Assignment     II-27  
10.8
  Usage     II-27  
10.9
  Articles and Sections     II-28  
10.10
  Interpretation     II-28  
10.11
  Severability of Provisions     II-28  

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10.12
  Counterparts     II-28  
10.13
  No Personal Liability     II-28  
10.14
  No Third Party Beneficiaries     II-28  
10.15
  Consent to Jurisdiction; Service of Process; Waiver of Jury Trial     II-28  
 
             
             
Annexes
           
Annex 5.4(a)
  Investor ECC Shares        
Annex 5.4(b)
  Controlling Stockholder ECC Shares        
Annex 10.1(b)
  Expenses        
             
Exhibits
           
Exhibit A
  Form of Amendments to Articles of Incorporation of ECC        
Exhibit B
  Form of Amended and Restated Operating Agreement        
Exhibit C
  Form of Registration Rights Agreement        
Exhibit D
  Rollover Agreement        
Exhibit E
  Distribution Letter        
Exhibit F
  Tender Conditions        
Exhibit G
  Opinion        
Exhibit H
  ECC Board Resolutions        
Exhibit I
  Merger Agreement        

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SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
 
Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of May 24, 2010 (this Agreement), by and among Alden Global Distressed Opportunities Master Fund, L.P., a Cayman Islands limited partnership, Alden Global Value Recovery Master Fund, L.P., a Cayman Islands limited partnership (collectively, Alden), in each case solely with respect to Sections 2.3, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5 and 5.8 and Article IV, Article IX and Article X, and Alden Media Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the Investor), JS Acquisition, LLC, an Indiana limited liability company (the Company and together with Alden and the Investor, the Parties) and, solely with respect to Sections 2.3, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5 and 5.8 and Article X insofar as the foregoing pertain to Jeffrey H. Smulyan (the Controlling Stockholder), the Controlling Stockholder.
 
WHEREAS, the Company desires to commence a tender offer (the Tender Offer) to purchase all shares of Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (ECC Class A Common Stock), of Emmis Communications Corporation, an Indiana corporation (ECC);
 
WHEREAS, in connection therewith, ECC shall commence an offer to exchange (the Exchange Offer) all of the outstanding shares of 6.25% Series A Preferred Stock, $0.01 par value per share (ECC Preferred Stock), of ECC for newly-issued 12% senior subordinated notes of ECC (the ECC Subordinated Notes) upon the satisfaction of the conditions thereof (the Exchange Closing) at a rate of $30 principal amount of ECC Subordinated Notes per $50 of liquidation preference of ECC Preferred Stock;
 
WHEREAS, it is expected that, following the consummation of the Tender Offer (the Tender Closing) upon the satisfaction of Tender Conditions (as defined below) and the Exchange Closing, (a) the remaining outstanding shares of ECC Class A Common Stock (including the shares thereof held by the Investor, and excluding certain shares thereof held by the Controlling Stockholder and his Affiliates (as defined below)) shall be converted into the right to receive $2.40 in cash per share (the Offer Price) in a merger (the Back-End Merger) of ECC and JS Acquisition, Inc., an Indiana corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (Mergerco), (b) the outstanding shares of ECC Preferred Stock beneficially owned by the Investor or its Affiliates will be converted into the right to receive ECC Subordinated Notes at a rate of $30 principal amount of ECC Subordinated Notes per $50 of liquidation preference of ECC Preferred Stock and (c) the outstanding shares of ECC Preferred Stock not beneficially owned by the Investor or its Affiliates or the Controlling Stockholder shall be converted into the right to receive the amount of consideration payable with respect to the number of shares of ECC Class A Common Stock into which such shares of ECC Preferred Stock would be convertible immediately prior to the Back-End Merger;
 
WHEREAS, the Company shall solicit proxies (i) from holders of ECC Preferred Stock and ECC Class A Common Stock to vote for certain amendments to the Articles of Incorporation of ECC substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A hereto (the Articles Amendments) and (ii) if the Tender Offer is successful, from holders of ECC Common Stock to approve the Back-End Merger (the Proxy Solicitations).
 
WHEREAS, in order to finance the Tender Offer, the Back-End Merger and to pay certain fees, expenses and other costs incurred in connection therewith, the Company wishes to issue to the Investor, and the Investor wishes to purchase from the Company, an interest in the Company, as described in Section 2.1 and in the Operating Agreement (as defined below) (the Securities), upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement (the Securities Purchase);
 
WHEREAS, (a) the Company (i) was formed as a limited liability company on May 3, 2010 pursuant to and in accordance with the laws of the State of Indiana pursuant to the filing of articles of organization (the Articles) in the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Indiana and (ii) adopted the Operating Agreement of the Company, dated as of May 6, 2010 (the Initial Operating Agreement and together with the Articles, the Initial Governing Documents); and (b) on May 6, 2010, (x) Mergerco was recapitalized such that Mergerco issued to the Controlling Stockholder (1) 10 shares of Class B Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of Mergerco (Mergerco Voting Shares) and (2) 1,000,000 shares of Class A Non-Voting Stock, par value $0.01 per share, (Mergerco Non-Voting Shares); and (y) the Controlling Stockholder contributed the Mergerco Non-Voting Shares to the Company;


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WHEREAS, concurrently with the Closing, the Controlling Stockholder, the Investor, the Company and the other parties designated as “Other Members” on the signature pages thereto (the Other Members) shall amend and restate in its entirety the Initial Operating Agreement by entering into the Amended and Restated Operating Agreement of the Company substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B (the Operating Agreement);
 
WHEREAS, concurrently with the Closing, the Company, the Investor and the Controlling Stockholder shall enter into the Registration Rights Agreement substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C (the Registration Rights Agreement);
 
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Rollover Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and among the Company and the Other Members, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit D (the Rollover Agreement), concurrently with the Closing, the Company shall issue to the Other Members, and the Other Members shall purchase from the Company, Common Interests (as defined below), upon the terms and subject to the conditions thereof (the Rollover and, together with the Tender Closing, the Back-End Merger, the Exchange Closing, the Proxy Solicitations and the Securities Purchase, the Transactions);
 
WHEREAS, the Parties desire to make certain representations, warranties and agreements in connection with the Securities Purchase and also to prescribe certain conditions to the Securities Purchase;
 
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants, representations, warranties and agreements entered into herein, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties agree as follows:
 
ARTICLE I
 
DEFINITIONS
 
1.1  Defined Terms.
 
(a) For all purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the respective meanings set forth in this Section 1.1 (such definitions to be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of the terms herein defined):
 
401(k) Plan means the 401(k) plan of ECC as in effect from time to time.
 
Affiliate means, with respect to any Person, (i) any other Person controlling, controlled by or under common control with such Person, (ii) any trust or other estate in which such Person has a beneficial interest or as to which such Person serves as a trustee or in a similar fiduciary capacity, or (ii) who is an individual, a member of such Person’s immediate family, including his or her spouse, parents, siblings, children or grandchildren. The term “control” (including, with correlative meaning, the terms “controlled by” and “under common control with”), as applied to any Person, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting or other securities, by contract or otherwise. For the purposes of this Agreement and in addition to the foregoing, (a) each of Global Distressed Opportunities Fund, LP, Alden Global Distressed Opportunities Fund GP, LLC and Randall D. Smith shall be deemed an Affiliate of the Investor and (b) ECC and its controlled Affiliates shall not be deemed an Affiliate of any of the Company, Alden, the Investor or the Controlling Stockholder.
 
Business means the business of ECC and its subsidiaries, as conducted as of the date of this Agreement.
 
Business Day means a day other than Saturday, Sunday or any day on which banks located in New York, New York are authorized or obligated by Law to close.
 
Common Interests means Common Interests of the Company having the terms and conditions set forth in the Operating Agreement.
 
Company Material Adverse Effect means any effect that is, or is reasonably likely to be, materially adverse to the Business, financial condition or results of operations of the Company, ECC and ECC’s


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subsidiaries, taken as a whole; provided, however, that no fact, circumstance, event or change resulting from, attributable to or arising out of any of the following shall constitute, or be considered in determining whether there has occurred, a Company Material Adverse Effect: (a)(i) changes in general economic or political conditions or the securities, banking, credit, currency, commodities, capital or financial markets in general (including general changes to monetary policy, inflation, interest rates, exchange rates or stock, bond or debt prices) in the United States or in any other geographic market, (ii) changes that are generally applicable to the industries in which the Company, ECC and ECC’s subsidiaries operate (including any competitive and/or technological changes relevant to such industries), (iii) changes in general legal, regulatory or political conditions, including the adoption, implementation, promulgation, repeal, modification, reinterpretation or proposal of any Law after the date hereof, or changes in GAAP or in other applicable accounting standards (or in the interpretation thereof), (iv) the negotiation, execution, announcement or performance of this Agreement or the consummation of the Transactions, including the threatened or actual impact thereof on relationships, contractual or otherwise, with current or prospective customers, suppliers, vendors, distributors, partners, financing sources, employees or landlords, (v) the identity of the Investor as the purchaser of the Securities or any facts or circumstances concerning the Investor, Alden or any of their respective Affiliates, (vi) compliance with the terms of, or the taking of any action required or contemplated by, this Agreement or action or inaction consented to or requested by Alden of the Investor, (vii) changes in the trading volume or market price of ECC Common Stock on the NASDAQ Stock Market or the suspension of trading generally on the NASDAQ Stock Market (provided that the exception in this clause shall not in any way prevent or otherwise affect a determination that any change, event, circumstance, development or effect underlying such decrease has resulted in, or contributed to, a Company Material Adverse Effect), (viii) any litigation or investigation arising from allegations of a breach of fiduciary duty or other violation of applicable Law relating to this Agreement or the Transactions, other than litigation or investigations commenced or threatened in writing by any Governmental Body or (ix) any restatement of the consolidated financial statements of ECC and its subsidiaries contained in the ECC SEC Documents that results in an accounting charge thereto that does not require a cash settlement and would not otherwise constitute a Company Material Adverse Effect, except, in the case of the foregoing clauses (i), (ii) and (iii), for such changes or developments referred to therein have a materially disproportionate impact on the Company, ECC and ECC’s subsidiaries, taken as a whole, relative to other companies that operate in multiple geographic markets, including large markets, in the industries in which the Company, ECC and ECC’s subsidiaries operate or (b) any failure to meet internal or published projections, forecasts, estimates, performance measures, operating statistics or revenue or earnings predictions for any period or the issuance of revised projections that are not as optimistic as those in existence as of the date hereof.
 
Controlling Stockholder Options means options to purchase (i) 97,565 shares of ECC Class A Common Stock and (ii) 1,170,796 shares of ECC Class B Common Stock, in each case, held directly by the Controlling Stockholder.
 
Controlling Stockholder Retained Shares means (i) 5,877.0745 shares of ECC Class A Common Stock held in the 401(k) Plan, (ii) 30,625 shares of ECC Class A Common Stock held by The Smulyan Family Foundation and (iii) at the election of the Controlling Stockholder, up 200,000 shares of ECC Class A Common Stock held directly by the Controlling Stockholder (some of which may be converted into shares of ECC Class A Common Stock from ECC Class B Common Stock after the date hereof).
 
Credit Agreement means the Amended and Restated Revolving Credit and Term Loan Agreement, by and among Emmis Operating Company, ECC, the lending institutions party thereto and Bank of America as administrative agent, dated as of November 2, 2006, as amended.
 
Distribution Letter means that certain letter agreement, executed and delivered by the Company, the Controlling Stockholder and the Investor concurrently with the execution of this Agreement, as attached hereto as Exhibit E.
 
ECC Board means the board of directors of ECC.
 
ECC Capital Stock means ECC Common Stock and ECC Preferred Stock.


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ECC Class B Common Stock means Class B Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of ECC.
 
ECC Common Stock means (a) ECC Class A Common Stock and (b) ECC Class B Common Stock.
 
Exchange Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
 
FCC means the Federal Communications Commission.
 
FCC Licenses means all licenses, construction permits and authorizations issued by the FCC and used or usable for the operation of the Stations.
 
GAAP means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States.
 
Governmental Body means with respect to any nation or government, any state, province or other political subdivision thereof, and any entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administration functions of or pertaining to government.
 
IRS means the Internal Revenue Service.
 
Knowledge of Alden means the actual past or present knowledge of any of Heath Freeman, Jason Pecora, Jim Plohg or Bruce Schnelwar.
 
Knowledge of the Company means the actual past or present knowledge of any of Jeffrey H. Smulyan, Patrick M. Walsh, J. Scott Enright or Ryan A. Hornaday.
 
Law means any law, statute, ordinance, code, rule, regulation or other requirement of any Governmental Body.
 
Lien means any lien, pledge, mortgage, deed of trust, security interest, claim, lease, license, charge, option, right of first refusal, easement, servitude, transfer restriction, encumbrance, adverse claim or any other restriction or limitation whatsoever other than restrictions on sale imposed by the Securities Act and state securities laws.
 
Losses of any Person means any and all demands, claims, suits, actions, causes of action, Orders, proceedings, assessments, losses, fines, damages, liabilities, costs and expenses incurred by such Person, including interest, penalties and attorneys’ fees, third-party expert and consultant fees and expenses,.
 
Merger Agreement means the Agreement and Plan of Merger substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit I.
 
Offer to Purchase means the Offer to Purchase mailed to the holders of ECC Common Stock in connection with the Tender Offer.
 
Order means any order, judgment, injunction, award, decree or writ of any Governmental Body.
 
Person means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, firm, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, Governmental Body or any other entity.
 
Purchase Price means an amount equal to the sum of (a) $90 million, plus (b) an amount equal to the product of (x) (i) the number of outstanding shares of ECC Preferred Stock that, as of the time of the consummation of the Exchange Offer, have not been exchanged for ECC Subordinated Notes pursuant to the Exchange Offer; provided that if any ECC Preferred Stock is converted into ECC Class A Common Stock after the date hereof, then for purposes of the foregoing clause such ECC Preferred Stock shall be considered to remain outstanding and not so exchanged minus (ii) the number of shares of ECC Preferred Stock held by Alden and its Affiliates, multiplied by (y) the number of shares of ECC Class A Common Stock that each share of ECC Preferred Stock is convertible into pursuant to the terms thereof (as amended by the Articles Amendments), multiplied by (z) $2.40, plus (c) the amount (if any) by which the Transaction Expenses reimbursable by the Company pursuant to Section 10.1(a) exceeds $10.28 million.


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Representatives means, with respect to any Person, such Person’s directors, officers and employees and its and their respective advisors, agents and representatives.
 
Rules and Regulations means the rules of the FCC as set forth in Title 47 of the Code of Federal Regulations and all policies of the FCC.
 
Securities Act means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
 
Series A Preferred Interests means Series A Convertible Redeemable PIK Preferred Interests of the Company having the terms and conditions set forth in the Operating Agreement.
 
subsidiary means, with respect to any Person, any corporation, partnership, trust, limited liability company or other non-corporate business enterprise in which such Person (or another Subsidiary of such Person) holds stock or other ownership interests representing (A) more that 50% of the voting power of all outstanding stock or ownership interests of such entity, (B) the right to receive more than 50% of the net assets of such entity available for distribution to the holders of outstanding stock or ownership interests upon a liquidation or dissolution of such entity or (C) a general or managing partnership interest in such entity.
 
Tax includes all federal, state, local and foreign income, profits, franchise, gross receipts, capital stock, severances, stamp, payroll, sales, employment, unemployment, disability, use, property, withholding, excise, production, value added, occupancy and other taxes, duties or assessments of any nature whatsoever, together with all interest, penalties and additions imposed with respect to such amounts and any interest in respect of such penalties and additions imposed by a governmental entity (a Taxing Authority) responsible for the imposition of any such tax (domestic or foreign), and any liability for any of the foregoing as a transferee.
 
Tax Return includes all returns and reports (including elections, declarations, disclosures, schedules, estimates and information returns, as well as attachments thereto and amendments thereof) required to be supplied to a Taxing Authority or maintained relating to Taxes.
 
Tender Conditions means the conditions to the Tender Closing set forth in the Offer to Purchase, substantially in the form attached as Exhibit F hereto.
 
The following capitalized terms are defined in the following Sections of this Agreement:
 
     
Term
 
Section
 
Agreement
  Preamble
Alden
  Preamble
Articles
  Recitals
Articles Amendments
  Recitals
Back-End Merger
  Recitals
Closing
  2.1
Closing Date
  2.2
Company
  Preamble
Company Disclosure Schedule
  III
Controlling Stockholder
  Preamble
Controlling Stockholder ECC Shares
  5.4(b)
Deductible Amount
  9.1(b)(i)
Early Termination Date
  8.1(b)
ECC
  Recitals
ECC 10-K
  III
ECC Class A Common Stock
  Recitals
ECC Intellectual Property Rights
  3.14(a)
ECC Preferred Stock
  Recitals


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Term
 
Section
 
ECC SEC Documents
  3.10(a)
ECC Subordinated Notes
  Recitals
Exchange Closing
  Recitals
Exchange Offer
  Recitals
Governmental Permits
  3.9(a)
indemnified party
  9.4(a)
indemnifying party
  9.4(a)
Initial Governing Documents
  Recitals
Initial Operating Agreement
  Recitals
Intellectual Property Rights
  3.14(a)
Investor
  Preamble
Investor ECC Shares
  5.4(a)
Investor Indemnified Party
  9.1
Investor Specified Representations
  9.2(b)(i)
Lease
  3.15(b)
Leases
  3.15(b)
Merger Agreement
  6.06
Mergerco
  Recitals
Mergerco Non-Voting Shares
  Recitals
Mergerco Voting Shares
  Recitals
Offer Price
  Recitals
Operating Agreement
  Recitals
Opinion
  2.3(b)(ii)
Other Members
  Recitals
Outside Date
  8.1(c)
Owned Intellectual Property Rights
  3.14(a)
Parties
  Preamble
Permitted Liens
  3.7(b)
Proxy Solicitations
  Recitals
Recipient
  5.6
Registration Rights Agreement
  Recitals
Rollover
  Recitals
Rollover Agreement
  Recitals
Securities
  Recitals
Securities Purchase
  Recitals
Seller Specified Representations
  9.1(b)(i)
Senior Preferred Stock
  3.8(a)
Stations
  3.9(a)
Tender Closing
  Recitals
Tender Offer
  Recitals
Third Party Claim
  9.4(a)
Transaction Expenses
  10.1(b)
Transactions
  Recitals

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ARTICLE II
 
PURCHASE AND ISSUANCE OF SECURITIES; PURCHASE PRICE
 
2.1  Issuance and Purchase of Securities.  At the closing of the Securities Purchase (the Closing), upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, the Company shall issue to the Investor, and the Investor shall, and Alden shall provide sufficient funds to the Investor to, purchase from the Company, all of the Securities for the Purchase Price, to be paid in cash in accordance with Section 2.3.
 
2.2  Closing; Closing Date.  The Closing shall take place at the offices of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, at 1285 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York at 10:00 a.m. local time, on the first Business Day after the conditions to closing set forth in Article VI and Article VII have been satisfied (other than those conditions that by their nature are to be satisfied at the Closing, but subject to the satisfaction or waiver of those conditions), or such other time or date as the Parties may mutually agree in writing. The date upon which the Closing occurs is referred to herein as the Closing Date.”
 
2.3  Deliveries At Closing.
 
(a) At the Closing, the Investor shall, and Alden shall cause the Investor to:
 
(i) deliver, or cause to be delivered to, the Company the Purchase Price in cash by wire transfer of immediately available funds in United States dollars to the bank account or accounts designated by the Company in writing; and
 
(ii) execute and deliver the Operating Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement.
 
(b) At the Closing, the Company shall:
 
(i) issue the Securities to the Investor;
 
(ii) deliver to the Investor a legal opinion of Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP substantially in the form of Exhibit G (the Opinion); and
 
(iii) execute and deliver the Operating Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement.
 
(c) At the Closing, the Controlling Stockholder shall execute and deliver the Operating Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement.
 
ARTICLE III
 
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY
 
Except (a) as set forth in the Disclosure Schedule which is being delivered to the Investor concurrently herewith (the Company Disclosure Schedule) or (b) as disclosed in or incorporated by reference into (i) ECC’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended February 28, 2010 (the ECC 10-K) or (ii) any other ECC SEC Document (as defined below) filed with or furnished to the SEC on or after the date the ECC 10-K was filed but prior to the date hereof (excluding any disclosure set forth in any risk factor section or any section relating to or containing forward looking statements, in each case, to the extent not otherwise disclosed in any other section of the ECC 10-K or such other ECC SEC Documents) to the extent such disclosure is reasonably apparent on its face to relate to such section of Article III below, the Company represents and warrants to the Investor as follows
 
3.1  Due Organization; Authority to Execute and Perform Agreement.  The Company is an Indiana limited liability company duly organized and validly existing under the laws of the State of Indiana, and has all requisite organizational power and authority and has taken all organizational action required to execute and deliver this Agreement and to perform its obligations hereunder. Mergerco is an Indiana corporation duly incorporated and validly existing under the laws of Indiana. This Agreement constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws, laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights, and to general equity principles and public policy.


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3.2  No Defaults or Conflicts.  The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of the Transactions by the Company and Mergerco and performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder: (i) does not result in any violation of (x) the Initial Governing Documents or (y) the articles of incorporation and by-laws of Mergerco; (ii) does not conflict with, or result in a breach of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under any agreement or instrument to which the Company or Mergerco is a party or by which they are bound or to which their respective properties are subject; and (iii) assuming compliance with the matters addressed in Section 3.3, does not violate any existing applicable Law or Order of any Governmental Body having jurisdiction over the Company or Mergerco; provided, however, that no representation or warranty is made in the foregoing clause (iii) with respect to matters that would not impair the Company’s or Mergerco’s ability to consummate the Transactions.
 
3.3  No Governmental Authorization Required.  No authorization or approval by, and no notice to or filing with, any Governmental Body will be required to be obtained or made by the Company or Mergerco in connection with the due execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement and the consummation by the Company, Mergerco or ECC of the Transactions; provided, however, that no representation or warranty is made with respect to authorizations, approvals, notices or filings with any Governmental Body that, if not obtained or made, would not materially impair the Company’s or Mergerco’s ability to consummate the Transactions.
 
3.4  Capitalization.
 
(a) As of the date hereof and immediately prior to the Closing, (i) Common Interests representing 100% of the ownership interests of the Company are issued, outstanding and owned by the Controlling Stockholder, which Common Interests are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid, nonassessable and free and clear of any Liens, and (ii) no other class of capital stock or other ownership interests of the Company is issued or outstanding.
 
(b) Immediately after the Closing, the outstanding Common Interests and Series A Preferred Interests shall be as set forth in the Operating Agreement.
 
(c) As of the date hereof and as of the Closing, (i) 1,000,010 shares of common stock of Mergerco have been authorized, (ii) (x) 10 Mergerco Voting Shares are issued and outstanding and owned by the Controlling Stockholder and (y) 1,000,000 Mergerco Non-Voting Shares are issued and outstanding and owned by the Company, (iii) all of the shares described in clause (ii) are issued, fully paid, nonassessable and free and clear of any Liens and (iv) no other class of capital stock or other ownership interests of Mergerco is issued or outstanding.
 
(d) Except pursuant to the Securities Purchase or the Rollover, there are no outstanding subscriptions, options, warrants, calls, convertible securities or other similar rights, agreements, commitments or contracts of any kind to which the Company, Mergerco or any of their respective subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company, Mergerco or any of their respective subsidiaries is bound obligating the Company, Mergerco or any of their respective subsidiaries to (i) issue, transfer, deliver or sell, or cause to be issued, transferred, delivered or sold, additional shares of capital stock of, or other equity or voting interests in, or securities convertible into, or exchangeable or exercisable for, shares of capital stock of, or other equity or voting interests in, the Company, Mergerco or any of their respective subsidiaries; (ii) issue, grant, extend or enter into any such security, option, warrant, call, right or contract; (iii) redeem or otherwise acquire any such shares of capital stock or other equity or voting interests; or (iv) provide funds to, or make any investment (in the form of a loan, capital contribution or otherwise) in, any subsidiary.
 
3.5  Absence of Litigation.  As of the date hereof, there is no claim, action, proceeding or investigation pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened against any of the Controlling Stockholder, the Company or Mergerco or any of their respective properties or assets at law or in equity, except as would not materially impair the Company’s ability to consummate the Transactions or otherwise have a Company Material Adverse Effect.
 
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execution of this Agreement and the performance of their obligations under this Agreement and matters ancillary thereto (including discussions with prospective financing sources and other activities and agreements in connection with the Transactions and other alternative transactions); provided, that any liabilities therefrom are included on Annex 10.1(b). The Company, Mergerco and their respective subsidiaries have no indebtedness of any type and have not incurred or assumed any indebtedness or liabilities or provided any guarantee of any indebtedness or other liabilities or obligations, other than liabilities for reasonable expenses incurred in connection with the Transactions.
 
3.7  Organization and Qualification; Subsidiaries.
 
(a) Each of ECC and its subsidiaries is a corporation or legal entity duly organized or formed, validly existing and in good standing, under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization or formation and has the requisite corporate, partnership or limited liability company power and authority and all necessary governmental approvals to own, lease and operate its properties and to carry on the Business as it is now being conducted, except where the failure to have such power, authority and governmental approvals would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a material adverse effect on the Business. Each of ECC and its subsidiaries is duly qualified or licensed as a foreign corporation to do business, and is in good standing, in each jurisdiction in which the character of the properties owned, leased or operated by it or the nature of its Business makes such qualification or licensing necessary, except for such failures to be so qualified or licensed and in good standing as would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a material adverse effect on the Business.
 
(b) Section 3.7(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth a complete and correct structure chart of ECC and its subsidiaries (other than entities with no material liabilities and no material assets or operations), including the jurisdiction of organization and percentage of outstanding equity or voting interests (including partnership interests and limited liability company interests) owned by ECC or its subsidiaries of each of ECC’s subsidiaries, and the identity of such owners of outstanding equity or voting interests. All equity or voting interests (including partnership interests and limited liability company interests) of ECC’s subsidiaries held by ECC or any of its other subsidiaries have been duly and validly authorized and are validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable. All such equity or voting interests owned by ECC or its subsidiaries are free and clear of any Liens (other than Liens under the Credit Agreement and Liens permitted thereunder (Permitted Liens).
 
3.8  Capitalization; Existence; Articles of Incorporation and By-laws.
 
(a) The authorized capital stock of ECC consists of (i) 230,000,000 shares of common stock of ECC consisting of (A) 170,000,000 shares of ECC Class A Common Stock, (B) 30,000,000 shares of ECC Class B Common Stock and (C) 30,000,000 shares of Class C Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share and (ii) 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock consisting of (A) 250 shares of 12.50% Senior Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the Senior Preferred Stock) and (B) 2,875,000 shares of ECC Preferred Stock. As of May 17, 2010, (i) 32,910,753 shares of ECC Class A Common Stock were issued and outstanding, (ii) 4,930,680 shares of ECC Class B Common Stock were issued and outstanding, all of which shares were held by the Controlling Stockholder, (iii) no shares of Class C Common Stock of ECC were issued and outstanding, (iv) no shares of Senior Preferred Stock were issued and outstanding, (v) 2,809,170 shares of ECC Preferred Stock were issued and outstanding, (vi) there were outstanding restricted stock with respect to 144,040 shares of ECC Class A Common Stock, (vii) there were outstanding restricted stock unit awards with respect to 25,000 shares of ECC Class A Common Stock, (viii) there were stock options to purchase an aggregate of 8,663,038 shares of ECC Common Stock at a weighted average exercise price of $9.46 per share of ECC Common Stock (of which stock options to purchase an aggregate of 5,778,379 shares of ECC Common Stock were exercisable). No shares of ECC Class A Common Stock or ECC Class B Common Stock are held by any subsidiary of ECC. Since February 28, 2010, other than pursuant to the exercise of stock options outstanding on such date, the issuance of stock options under employment agreements in effect on such date, the issuance of ECC Class A Common Stock pursuant to the director compensation plan in effect on such date, the vesting of restricted stock and restricted stock unit awards outstanding on such date and pursuant to the 401(k) Plan and the conversion of up to 200,000 shares of ECC Class B Common Stock into a


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like amount of ECC Class A Common Stock, ECC has not issued any ECC Class A Common Stock has not granted any option, restricted stock, warrants or rights or entered into any other agreements or commitments to issue any ECC Class A Common Stock or ECC Class B Common Stock and has not split, combined or reclassified any of its shares of capital stock. Each of the outstanding shares of capital stock, voting securities or other equity interests of each subsidiary of ECC is duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid, nonassessable and free of any preemptive rights, and all such securities are owned by ECC or another wholly owned subsidiary of ECC free and clear of all Liens other than Permitted Liens.
 
(b) Except as set forth above, there are no outstanding subscriptions, options, warrants, calls, convertible securities or other similar rights, agreements, commitments or contracts of any kind to which ECC or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which ECC or any of its subsidiaries is bound obligating ECC or any of its subsidiaries to (i) issue, transfer, deliver or sell, or cause to be issued, transferred, delivered or sold, additional shares of capital stock of, or other equity or voting interests in, or securities convertible into, or exchangeable or exercisable for, shares of capital stock of, or other equity or voting interests in, ECC or any of its subsidiaries; (ii) issue, grant, extend or enter into any such security, option, warrant, call, right or contract; (iii) redeem or otherwise acquire any such shares of capital stock or other equity or voting interests; or (iv) provide a material amount of funds to, or make any material investment (in the form of a loan, capital contribution or otherwise) in, any subsidiary. From February 28, 2010 to the date hereof, ECC has not declared or paid any dividend or distribution in respect of the ECC Capital Stock, and has not repurchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired any ECC Capital Stock, and the ECC Board has not authorized any of the foregoing.
 
(c) Neither ECC nor any of its subsidiaries has outstanding material bonds, debentures, notes or other securities, the holders of which have the right to vote (or which are convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for securities having the right to vote) with the stockholders of ECC or any of its subsidiaries on any matter.
 
(d) There are no stockholder agreements, voting trusts or other agreements or understandings to which ECC or any of its subsidiaries is a party with respect to the voting of the capital stock or other equity interests of ECC or any of its subsidiaries.
 
(e) The Company has made available to the Investor a complete and correct copy of the Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation and the By-Laws, each as amended to date, of ECC and the equivalent organization documents for each of its subsidiaries. The Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation and By-laws (or equivalent organization documents) of ECC and each of its subsidiaries are in full force and effect. None of ECC or any of its subsidiaries is in material violation of any provision of the Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation or the By-Laws (or its equivalent organization documents).
 
3.9  Compliance with Laws; Governmental Permits; No Conflict.
 
(a) Each of ECC and its subsidiaries is in possession of all FCC Licenses required to operate the radio stations owned or operated by them (the Stations), and all other material franchises, grants, authorizations, licenses, permits, easements, variances, exceptions, consents, certificates, approvals and orders necessary for ECC or any of its subsidiaries to own, lease and operate the properties of ECC and its subsidiaries or to carry on its business as it is now being conducted and contemplated to be conducted (the Governmental Permits). All of the Governmental Permits are in full force and effect, and no suspension or cancellation of any of the Governmental Permits is pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened, except where the failure to have in full force and effect, or the suspension or cancellation of, any of the Governmental Permits would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, Company Material Adverse Effect. None of the Governmental Permits are subject to any conditions, other than as may be generally applicable to the industry in which ECC operates except as would not be reasonably expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect. None of ECC or any of its subsidiaries is, or during the past two years has been, in conflict with, or in default or violation of, nor will the transactions result in any conflict with, or default or violation of, (i) any Laws applicable to ECC or any of its subsidiaries or by which any property or asset of ECC or any of its subsidiaries is bound or affected, (ii) any of the Governmental Permits or (iii) any loan, guarantee of indebtedness or credit agreement, note, bond, mortgage, indenture, contract, agreement, lease, license, permit, franchise or other instrument or obligation to which ECC or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which ECC or any of its subsidiaries or any


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property, asset or right of ECC or any of its subsidiaries is bound or affected, except for any such conflicts, defaults or violations that would not have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect. None of ECC or any of its subsidiaries has received written or, to the Knowledge of the Company, oral (or otherwise has any knowledge of any) notice during the past three years, of any material violation of or noncompliance with any Law applicable to ECC or any of its subsidiaries, or directing ECC or any of its subsidiaries to take any remedial action with respect to such applicable Law or otherwise, and no material deficiencies of ECC or any of its subsidiaries have been asserted to ECC or any of its subsidiaries in writing or, to the Knowledge of the Company, orally, by any Governmental Body.
 
(b) The Business is being operated in compliance with Law and in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Governmental Permits applicable to it, in each case except as would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect. No proceedings or investigations are pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, are threatened which may result in the revocation, cancellation, suspension, rescission, modification or non-renewal of any of the Governmental Permits, the denial of any pending application, the issuance of any cease and desist order or the imposition of any fines, forfeitures or other administrative actions by the FCC with respect to the Business or its operation, other than proceedings that are not likely to have a Company Material Adverse Effect. There is not on the date of this Agreement pending before the FCC any issued or outstanding, nor to the Knowledge of the Company is there on the date of this Agreement threatened, any application, complaint, petition or proceeding with respect to any station owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by ECC. ECC and its subsidiaries have complied in all material respects with all requirements to file reports, applications and other documents with the FCC. The Company has no knowledge of any matters which would result in the revocation of or the refusal to renew any of the Governmental Permits.
 
3.10  ECC SEC Documents.
 
(a) ECC has filed with the SEC all material reports, schedules, forms, registration statements and other documents required to be filed or furnished with the SEC since February 29, 2008, together with any amendments, restatements or supplements thereto and those filed subsequent to the date of this Agreement (collectively, the ECC SEC Documents) and as of their respective dates or, if amended or restated prior to the date of this Agreement, as of the date of the last such amendment or applicable subsequent filing, the ECC SEC Documents complied, and each of the ECC SEC Documents to be filed subsequent to the date hereof will comply, in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, as the case may be, and the applicable rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and none of the ECC SEC Documents at the time they were filed, or will be filed, as the case may be, or, if amended or restated prior to the date of this Agreement, as of the date of the last such amendment or applicable subsequent filing, contained, or will contain, any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted, or will omit, to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, or are to be made, not misleading.
 
(b) The consolidated financial statements (giving effect to any amendments, restatements or supplements thereto filed prior to the date of this Agreement, and including all related notes and schedules) of ECC and its subsidiaries included in the ECC SEC Documents fairly present in all material respects the consolidated financial position of ECC and its consolidated subsidiaries as at the respective dates thereof and their consolidated results of operations and consolidated cash flows for the respective periods then ended (subject, in the case of the unaudited statements, to normal year-end audit adjustments and to any other adjustments described therein including the notes thereto) in conformity with GAAP (except, in the case of the unaudited statements, as permitted by Form 10-Q of the SEC) applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (except as may be indicated therein or in the notes thereto).
 
3.11  Related Party Transactions.  There are no contracts or arrangements that are in existence as of the date of this Agreement under which there are any existing or future liabilities between ECC or any of its subsidiaries, on the one hand, and, on the other hand, any (i) present executive officer or director of ECC or (ii) record or beneficial owner of more than 5% of the shares of ECC Common Stock as of the date hereof except as set forth in the ECC SEC Documents on the date hereof.


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3.12  Taxes.  Except as would not be reasonably expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect:
 
(a) All Tax Returns required by applicable Law to be filed with any Taxing Authority by, or on behalf of, ECC or any subsidiary have been filed when due unless extended in accordance with all applicable laws and all such Tax Returns are true and complete in all respects;
 
(b) ECC and each subsidiary has paid (or has had paid on its behalf) to the appropriate Taxing Authority all Taxes due and payable, or, where payment is not yet due, has established (or has had established on its behalf and for its sole benefit and recourse) in accordance with GAAP an adequate accrual for all Taxes through the end of the last period for which ECC and its subsidiaries ordinarily record items on their respective books;
 
(c) Neither ECC nor any subsidiary has waived any statute of limitations with respect to Taxes or requested or agreed to any extension of time with respect to a Tax assessment or deficiency;
 
(d) There is no claim, audit, action, suit, proceeding or investigation (whether judicial, administrative or otherwise) now pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened against or with respect to ECC or any subsidiary in respect of any Tax or Tax asset;
 
(e) Each of ECC and its subsidiaries has withheld and paid to the appropriate Taxing authority all Taxes required to have been withheld and paid in connection with amounts paid or owing to any current or former insured, reinsured, insurer or reinsurer, employee, independent contractor, creditor, member or other third party;
 
(f) Neither ECC nor any subsidiary is a party to, is bound by or has an obligation under any Tax sharing agreement, Tax indemnification agreement, Tax allocation agreement or similar contract or arrangement (including any agreement, contract or arrangement providing for the sharing or ceding of credits or losses) or has a potential liability or obligation to any person as a result of or pursuant to any such agreement, contract, arrangement or commitment;
 
(g) Neither ECC nor any subsidiary has participated in a “reportable transaction” within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.6011-4(b)(1); and
 
(h) There are no liens or security interests on the assets of ECC or any subsidiary that arose in connection with any failure (or alleged failure) to pay any Tax.
 
3.13  Controls and Procedures.
 
(a) ECC has established and maintains disclosure controls and procedures and internal controls over financial reporting as required by Rule 13a-15 under the Exchange Act. ECC’s disclosure controls and procedures are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in ECC’s periodic reports filed or submitted under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the required time periods and that all such information is accumulated and communicated to ECC’s management as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure and to make the certifications required pursuant to Sections 302 and 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. ECC’s management has completed an assessment of the effectiveness of ECC’s internal controls over financial reporting in compliance with the requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act for the fiscal year ended February 28, 2010, and a description of such assessment is set forth in the ECC 10-K. To the Knowledge of the Company, ECC has disclosed, based on its most recent evaluation of internal controls over financial reporting, to ECC’s outside auditors and the audit committee of the ECC Board (i) all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal controls over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) of the Exchange Act) which are reasonably likely to adversely affect in any material respect ECC’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial data and (ii) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in ECC’s internal controls over financial reporting.
 
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its subsidiaries whose position includes monitoring ECC’s audit committee complaint reporting procedures has received any material complaint, allegation, assertion or claim, in writing, regarding the accounting or auditing practices, procedures, methodologies or methods of ECC or any of its subsidiaries or their respective internal accounting controls, including any material complaint, allegation, assertion or claim that ECC or any of its subsidiaries has engaged in questionable accounting or auditing practices, and (ii) no attorney representing ECC or any of its subsidiaries, whether or not employed by ECC or any of its subsidiaries, has reported evidence of a material violation of securities Laws, breach of fiduciary duty or similar violation by ECC or any of its officers, directors, employees or agents to the ECC Board or any committee thereof or to any director or executive officer of ECC.
 
3.14  Intellectual Property.
 
(a) Except as would not be reasonably expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect, ECC and its subsidiaries own or possess valid licenses or other rights to use in the manner currently used, all patents, copyrights, trademarks, service marks, brand names, logos, domain names, certification marks, trade names, trade dress and other indications of origin and the goodwill associated with the foregoing (the Intellectual Property Rights) used in or necessary for the conduct of the Business as currently conducted (the ECC Intellectual Property Rights). Neither ECC nor any of its subsidiaries has received, in the past two (2) years, any written charge, complaint, claim, demand or notice challenging the validity or enforceability of any of the ECC Intellectual Property Rights owned by ECC or any of its subsidiaries (the Owned Intellectual Property Rights) that has not been settled or otherwise resolved, or that would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect, and no legal proceeding relating to the foregoing is pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, has been threatened.
 
(b) To the Knowledge of the Company, (i) the conduct of the Business as currently conducted does not infringe upon, misappropriate or otherwise violate any Intellectual Property Rights of any other person in any material respect and (ii) except as would not be material to ECC and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, none of ECC or any of its subsidiaries has received, in the past two (2) years, any written charge, complaint, claim, demand or notice alleging any such infringement, misappropriation or other violation (including any claim that ECC or any of its subsidiaries must license or refrain from using any Intellectual Property Rights of any other person) that has not been settled or otherwise fully and finally resolved, and no legal proceeding relating to the foregoing has been initiated.
 
(c) Except as would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect, each of ECC and its subsidiaries has taken reasonable steps in accordance with normal industry practice to maintain the confidentiality of its trade secrets and other confidential Owned Intellectual Property Rights and any other Intellectual Property Rights obtained from third parties under the obligation of confidentiality.
 
3.15  Real Estate.
 
(a) Except as would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect, (i) each of ECC and its subsidiaries has good and valid fee simple title to its owned properties, assets and rights or good and valid leasehold or licensed interests in all of its leasehold or licensed properties, assets and rights. Section 3.15(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth a list of all of the real property owned by ECC or any of its subsidiaries and (ii) all such owned properties, assets and rights, and all such leasehold, subleasehold or licensed interests in leased, subleased or licensed properties, assets and rights, are free and clear of all Liens except for Permitted Liens.
 
(b) Except as would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect, each of ECC and its subsidiaries has complied with the terms of all leases, subleases and occupancy agreements (each a Lease and collectively, the Leases) to which it is a party and all such Leases are legal, valid, binding and enforceable in accordance with their terms by ECC or its subsidiaries party thereto and are in full force and effect. Since February 28, 2008, to the Knowledge of the Company, except as would not be material to ECC and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, neither ECC not any of its subsidiaries has received notice of any default, delinquency or breach on the part of ECC or any of its


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subsidiaries, and there are no existing defaults (with or without notice or lapse of time or both) by ECC or any of its subsidiaries or any other party thereto, beyond any applicable grace periods under Leases.
 
3.16  Absence of Certain Changes or Events.  Since February 28, 2010, except as otherwise permitted by this Agreement or in connection with the Transactions, (a) the Business of ECC and its subsidiaries has been conducted in all material respects in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, and (b) there has not been any fact, change, effect, occurrence, event, development or state of circumstances that would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect.
 
3.17  No Undisclosed Liabilities.  Except (a) as adequately reflected or reserved against in ECC’s consolidated balance sheet as at February 28, 2010, included in the ECC SEC Documents or (b) for liabilities or obligations incurred since the date of such balance sheet in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, which have not had, and would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has any liabilities or obligations of any nature, whether or not accrued, contingent or otherwise, that are required by GAAP to be reflected on a consolidated balance sheet (or the notes thereto) of ECC and its subsidiaries.
 
3.18  ECC Absence of Litigation.  As of the date hereof, there is no material claim, action, proceeding or investigation pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened against ECC or any of its subsidiaries, or any of their respective properties, assets or rights, or against any employees of ECC or any of its subsidiaries, at law or in equity, and there are no material Orders, before any arbitrator or Governmental Body in each except as set forth in Section 3.18 of the Company Disclosure Schedule.
 
3.19  Brokers.  The Company has not paid or agreed to pay, or received any claim with respect to, any brokerage commissions, finders’ fees or similar compensation in connection with the Transactions, except as set forth in Section 3.19 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, the fees and expenses of which shall be paid by the Company.
 
3.20  Sufficiency of Assets.  Except as would not be reasonably expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect, (a) the assets of ECC and its subsidiaries comprise all the material assets used or held for use in connection with the Business and (b) the assets of ECC and its subsidiaries are sufficient for the operation and conduct of the Business by ECC and its subsidiaries immediately following the Closing in substantially the same manner as currently conducted.
 
3.21  Adoption of Resolutions.  The resolutions set forth on Exhibit H were duly adopted by the ECC Board and have not been withdrawn or revoked.
 
3.22  Exclusivity of Representations.  The representations and warranties made by the Company in this Agreement are in lieu of and are exclusive of all other representations and warranties, including any implied warranties. The Company hereby disclaims any such other or implied representations or warranties, notwithstanding the delivery or disclosure to the Investor or its officers, directors, employees, agents or representatives of any documentation or other information (including any pro forma financial information, supplemental data or financial projections or other forward-looking statements).
 
ARTICLE IV
 
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE INVESTOR AND ALDEN
 
The Investor and Alden, jointly and severally, represent and warrant to the Company as follows:
 
4.1  Due Organization; Authority to Execute and Perform Agreement.  The Investor and Alden are duly organized, validly existing and, to the extent applicable, in good standing under the laws of the respective jurisdictions of their formation, and have all requisite organizational power and authority and have taken all organizational action required to execute and deliver this Agreement and to perform their obligations hereunder. This Agreement constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Investor and Alden, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization,


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moratorium or similar laws, laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights, and to general equity principles and public policy.
 
4.2  No Defaults or Conflicts.  The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of the Transactions by the Investor and Alden and performance by the Investor or Alden and their Affiliates of their respective obligations hereunder: (i) does not result in any violation of the organizational documents of the Investor or Alden or any of their applicable Affiliates; (ii) does not conflict with, or result in a breach of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under any agreement or instrument to which the Investor or Alden or any of their Affiliates is a party or by which it is bound or to which the its properties are subject; and (iii) assuming compliance with the matters addressed in Section 4.3, does not violate any existing applicable Law or Order of any Governmental Body having jurisdiction over the Investor or Alden; provided, however, that no representation or warranty is made in the foregoing clause (iii) with respect to matters that would not impair the Investor’s or Alden’s ability to consummate the Transactions.
 
4.3  No Governmental Authorization Required.  No authorization or approval by, and no notice to or filing with, any Governmental Body will be required to be obtained or made by the Investor or Alden or any of their Affiliates in connection with the due execution, delivery and performance by the Investor or Alden of this Agreement and the consummation by the Investor or Alden of the Transactions; provided, however, that no representation or warranty is made with respect to authorizations, approvals, notices or filings with any Governmental Body that, if not obtained or made, would not materially impair the Investor’s or Alden’s ability to consummate the Transactions.
 
4.4  Absence of Litigation.  As of the date hereof, there is no claim, action, proceeding or investigation pending or, to the Knowledge of Alden, threatened against Alden, the Investor or any of their respective properties or assets at law or in equity, except (a) litigation set forth in the Company Disclosure Schedule and (b) other litigation which would not materially impair their respective ability to consummate the Transactions or otherwise have an material adverse effect on any of Alden or the Investor.
 
4.5  Title to the Investor ECC Shares.  The Investor and its Affiliates own beneficially and of record, free and clear of any Liens, and have full power and authority to vote and convey free and clear of any Liens, the Investor ECC Shares (as defined below).
 
4.6  Purchase for Investment.  The Investor is purchasing the Securities for its own account for investment and not for resale or distribution in any transaction that would be in violation of the securities laws of the United States of America or any state thereof. The Investor is an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501 of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act.
 
4.7  Financial Ability.  The Investor has, or Alden has and will make available to the Investor, cash on hand and/or unexpired and unconditioned capital commitments from its investors that are sufficient to enable the Investor to pay the Purchase Price in cash at the Closing and consummate the Transactions.
 
4.8  Brokers.  Except for fees and commissions that will be paid by the Investor or Alden, no Person retained by or on behalf of the Investor or any of their Affiliates is entitled to any brokerage commissions, finders’ fees or similar compensation in connection with the Transactions.
 
4.9  Ownership Requirements.
 
(a) Neither (i) the Investor, (ii) any shareholder, partner, member or owner of the Investor, nor (iii) any indirect owner of the Investor, is (w) a person who is a not a citizen of the United States, (x) an entity organized under the laws of a government other than the government of the United States or any state, territory, or possession of the United States, (y) a government other than the government of the United States or of any state, territory or possession of the United States, or (z) a representative of, or an individual or entity controlled by, any of the foregoing, except that certain indirect owners of the Investor may be (w)-(z) and therefore qualify as “foreign” for purposes of the application of 47 U.S.C. § 310(b) and the rules, regulations, and published policies of the FCC implementing such statute (collectively “Foreign Ownership Rules”), provided that such indirect owners do not increase the foreign ownership of ECC by more than 1% for purposes of determining ECC’s compliance with the Foreign Ownership Rules.


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(b) Based on information in the ECC 10-K, neither (i) the Investor, (ii) any officer, director, manager, shareholder, partner, member or owner of the Investor, nor (iii) any indirect owner of the Investor, holds any interest in any Media Company that (x) is cognizable under the provisions of 47 C.F.R. § 73.3555 or (y) will become cognizable under such provisions upon consummation of the Securities Purchase, which interest will cause (A) the Investor, (B) any officer, director, manager, shareholder, partner, member or owner of the Investor, (C) any indirect owner of the Investor, (D) the Company, or (E) ECC to be in violation of the provisions of the Communications Act or 47 C.F.R. § 73.3555 when considered in conjunction with the interest of the Investor in the Company and ECC that will be obtained hereunder on the Closing Date. The term “Media Company” shall mean any privately or publicly held businesses or parts thereof which, directly or indirectly, owns, controls or operates a broadcast radio or television station licensed by the FCC, a U.S. cable television system, a “daily newspaper” (as such term is defined in 47 C.F.R. § 73.3555), a multipoint multichannel distribution system licensed by the FCC, a commercial mobile radio service licensed by the FCC or any other communications facility the ownership or operation of which is subject to regulation by the FCC under the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
 
4.10  Exclusivity of Representations.  The representations and warranties made by the Investor and Alden in this Agreement are in lieu of and are exclusive of all other representations and warranties, including any implied warranties. The Investor and Alden hereby disclaim any such other or implied representations or warranties, notwithstanding the delivery or disclosure to the Company or its officers, directors, employees, agents or representatives of any documentation or other information (including any pro forma financial information, supplemental data or financial projections or other forward-looking statements).
 
ARTICLE V
 
COVENANTS AND AGREEMENTS
 
5.1  Conduct of the Business.  During the period from the date of this Agreement until the Closing, except as specifically required by this Agreement or the Transactions or as set forth on Section 5.1 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, the Company shall, and the Controlling Stockholder, for so long as he believes in good faith that such action would not constitute a breach of his fiduciary duties, shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause ECC and Emmis Operating Company to, (a) conduct their respective businesses in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and to use their reasonable best efforts to preserve intact their respective businesses and relationships with customers, regulators, suppliers, lessors, licensors, distributors, creditors, employees and agents, and (b) not, without the Investor’s prior written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned:
 
(a) amend, waive or otherwise change, in any material respect, the Initial Governing Documents, the Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of ECC (other than the Articles Amendments), the By-Laws of ECC, or such equivalent organizational documents of any of ECC’s subsidiaries;
 
(b) except for (i) the Securities Purchase and Rollover and (ii) as required by the Credit Agreement, capital stock or restricted stock units of ECC issued pursuant to the 401(k) Plan, the exercise of stock options, the vesting of restricted stock or pursuant to the terms of existing employment agreements or the director compensation plan, all as included in Section 3.8(a)(vi) and (vii), issue, sell, pledge, dispose, encumber or grant any shares of its or its subsidiaries’ capital stock or other ownership or voting interests, or any options, warrants, convertible securities, restricted stock or restricted stock units or other rights of any kind to acquire any shares of its or its subsidiaries’ capital stock or other ownership or voting interests;
 
(c) except for dividends and distributions to or among ECC and its wholly owned subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, declare, set aside, make or pay any dividend or other distribution, payable in cash, stock, property or otherwise, with respect to, or directly or indirectly redeem, purchase or repurchase any shares of its or any of its subsidiaries’ capital stock or other securities or obligations convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for any shares of its or its subsidiaries’ capital stock or any rights, warrants or options to acquire any such shares;


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(d) make any change to, or permit to lapse without filing for renewal, any material Government Permits currently held, except in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice;
 
(e) except as required by Law or pursuant to plans, agreements and other arrangements in effect on February 28, 2010, (i) increase the compensation or other benefits payable or to become payable to directors or executive officers, (ii) grant any severance or termination pay to, or enter into any severance agreement with any director or executive officer of the Company, ECC or any of their respective subsidiaries, except in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice or (iii) enter into, amend in any material respect or terminate (without cause) any employment agreement with any executive officer of the Company or ECC (except for entering into or terminating employment agreements terminable on less than 30 days’ notice without penalty, and except for extension of employment agreements without material modification in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice);
 
(f) acquire, including by merger, consolidation, any other form of business combination, acquisition of stock or assets, any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, other business organization or any division thereof, or any material amount of assets in connection with acquisitions or investments with a purchase price in excess of $10 million individually or $20 million in the aggregate;
 
(g) incur, create, assume or otherwise become liable for any indebtedness for borrowed money (directly, contingently or otherwise) or guarantee any such indebtedness for any person except for indebtedness incurred or permitted by the Credit Agreement (excluding Sections 10.1(e), (f) and (k) thereof) and intercompany indebtedness;
 
(h) make any material change to its methods, policies or procedures of accounting in effect at February 28, 2010, except (i) as required by GAAP or as required by a Governmental Body, or (ii) as required by a change in applicable Law;
 
(i) adjust, split, combine, redeem, recapitalize or reclassify any of its capital stock or issue any other securities in respect of, in lieu of or in substitution for shares of its capital stock other than with respect to the vesting of restricted stock and restricted stock units;
 
(j) make any capital expenditures having an aggregate value in excess of $5 million;
 
(k) waive, release, assign, settle or compromise any claim, action or proceeding (other than waivers, releases, assignments, settlements or compromises that (i) involve the payment of monetary damages not in excess of $2 million in the aggregate not otherwise recoverable under insurance and (ii) do not otherwise materially restrict the conduct of the Business) or otherwise pay, discharge or satisfy any claims, liabilities or obligations in excess of $2 million not recoverable by insurance;
 
(l) adopt a plan of complete or partial liquidation, dissolution, merger, consolidation, restructuring, recapitalization or other reorganization or commence any proceedings in bankruptcy (including with respect to any subsidiary of ECC);
 
(m) other than as required or permitted by the Credit Agreement (excluding Sections 10.1(e), (f) and (k) and 10.2.1(xii) thereof), sell, lease, license, transfer, exchange or swap, mortgage or otherwise encumber (including securitizations), or subject to any lien or otherwise dispose of any material portion of its properties, assets or rights;
 
(n) enter into any transaction with an Affiliate of the Company, ECC or any subsidiary of ECC (other than existing arrangements set forth on Schedule 5.1(n), amendments and replacements of those arrangements);
 
(o) engage in any activity which would pose a material risk that the Company may be treated, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, as engaged in a trade or business; or
 
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5.2  Filings and Authorizations; Consummation.
 
(a) Each of the Parties and the Controlling Stockholder, as promptly as practicable, shall make, or cause to be made, all filings and submissions under laws, rules and regulations applicable to it, or to its Affiliates, as may be required for it to consummate the Transactions and use its reasonable best efforts in good faith (which shall not require any Party to make any payment (other than filing fees or other non-punitive fees required to be paid to any Governmental Body) or concession to any Person in connection with obtaining such Person’s consent) to obtain, or cause to be obtained, all other authorizations, approvals, consents and waivers from all Governmental Bodies and other Persons necessary to be obtained by it, or its Affiliates, in order for it to consummate the Transactions.
 
(b) Each of the Parties and the Controlling Stockholder shall coordinate and cooperate with one another in exchanging and providing such information to each other and in making the filings and requests referred to in Section 5.2(a). The Parties and the Controlling Stockholder shall supply such reasonable assistance as may be reasonably requested by any other Party in connection with the foregoing.
 
(c) Each of the Parties and the Controlling Stockholder shall promptly inform the other of any material communication from any Governmental Body regarding any of the Transactions and, if in writing, to furnish a copy thereof to the others. If the Parties or any of their respective Affiliates receives a request for additional information or documentary material from any such Governmental Body with respect to the Transactions, then such Party will endeavor in good faith to make, or cause to be made, as soon as reasonably practicable and after consultation with the other parties, an appropriate response in compliance with such request. Each Party and the Controlling Stockholder will advise the other Parties and the Controlling Stockholder promptly in respect of any understandings, undertakings or agreements (oral or written) which such Person proposes to make or enter into with any Governmental Body in connection with Transactions.
 
5.3  Efforts.  Subject to the other terms and conditions provided herein and in addition to the obligations of the Parties pursuant to Section 5.2, each of the Parties and the Controlling Stockholder agrees to use its reasonable best efforts and to act in good faith to take or cause to be taken all actions and to do or cause to be done all things reasonably necessary, proper or advisable under applicable Law to consummate and make effective the Transactions as promptly as possible, including using reasonable best efforts to (i) obtain all necessary consents, approvals or waivers from third parties, (ii) contest any legal proceeding challenging the Agreement or relating to the Transactions and (iii) execute any additional instruments necessary to consummate the Transactions. Alden and the Investor shall not, and shall cause their respective Affiliates not to, directly or indirectly, make (or enter into any contract, letter of intent or other agreement with respect to, or otherwise commit or agree, whether or not in writing, to make) any acquisition of or investment in any broadcasting or publishing businesses or assets where such acquisition or investment would reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to delay or impair in any material respect the consummation of the Transactions.
 
5.4  ECC Capital Stock.
 
(a) Alden and the Investor shall, and shall cause each of their respective Affiliates to, vote or provide a consent or proxy with respect to the shares of ECC Capital Stock beneficially owned or of record by such Person, as set forth opposite such Person’s name on Annex 5.4(a) (Investor ECC Shares), in favor of the Articles Amendments and the Back-End Merger, in each case to the extent any such class of ECC Capital Stock is eligible to vote on such matter. Alden and the Investor hereby irrevocably grants and appoints, and shall cause its Affiliates that beneficially own or own of record any Investor ECC Shares to grant and appoint, the Company as such Person’s proxy and attorney-in-fact (with full power of substitution), for and in the name, place and stead of such Person, to vote or provide a consent or proxy with respect to the Investor ECC Shares in accordance with the preceding sentence.
 
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set forth opposite such Person’s name on Annex 5.4(b) (Controlling Stockholder ECC Shares) except for the Controlling Stockholder Options, in favor of the Articles Amendments and the Back-End Merger, in each case to the extent any such class of ECC Capital Stock is eligible to vote on such matter. The Controlling Stockholder hereby irrevocably grants and appoints, and shall cause its Affiliates that beneficially own or own of record any Investor ECC Shares to grant and appoint, the Investor as such Person’s proxy or proxy and attorney-in-fact (with full power of substitution), for and in the name, place and stead of such Person, to vote or provide a consent with respect to the Controlling Stockholder ECC Shares in accordance with the preceding sentence.
 
(c) Upon the satisfaction of all other conditions to the Back-End Merger and immediately prior to consummation thereof, the Controlling Stockholder shall, and shall cause each of his Affiliates to, for no additional consideration and free and clear of any Liens, contribute to ECC for cancellation in accordance with the Merger Agreement all of the Controlling Stockholder’s and his Affiliates’ right, title and interest in and to the Controlling Stockholder ECC Shares (other than the Controlling Stockholder Retained Shares, all of which shall be converted into the right to receive the Offer Price in cash in the Back-End Merger).
 
(d) Prior to the Closing, except as explicitly contemplated by this Agreement or other agreements entered into in connection with the Transactions, (a) the Controlling Stockholder and the Company shall not, without the prior written approval of the Investor, and (b) Alden and the Investor shall not, and Alden shall cause the Investor not to, without the prior written approval of the Company, directly or indirectly, whether as an advisor or principal, acquire or sell (or seek permission to acquire or sell), of record or beneficially, by purchase, sale or otherwise, any shares of ECC Capital Stock or other securities, properties or indebtedness of the ECC or its subsidiaries, other than “swap” contracts terminated pursuant to the terms thereof by the counterparty thereto.
 
5.5  Offer to Purchase.  Subject to Section 5.7, the Company shall not, without the prior written approval of the Investor, (a) amend or waive any of the Tender Conditions or (b) otherwise amend any of the material terms and conditions contained in the Offer to Purchase. The Controlling Shareholder shall cause ECC not to, without the prior written approval of the Investor, amend or waive any of the material terms and conditions contained in the Exchange Offer.
 
5.6  Confidentiality.  The Parties shall, and shall cause their respective Affiliates and their respective Affiliates’ directors, officers, employees and agents (each, a Recipient) to, maintain in confidence the terms of this Agreement, the Transactions and the other agreements contemplated thereby and all information furnished to each such Recipient in connection with or relating thereto or otherwise make any publicity release, announcement or other communication, of any kind and by any means, concerning the foregoing without advance written approval of the other Party. The preceding sentence shall not apply to information that (i) becomes generally available to the public other than as a result of disclosure by such Recipient contrary to this Agreement; (ii) was available to such Recipient on a non-confidential basis prior to its disclosure to such Recipient by the Company or any other Party; (iii) becomes available to such Recipient on a non-confidential basis from a source other than the Company or any other Recipient unless such Recipient knows that such source is bound by a confidentiality agreement or is otherwise prohibited from transmitting the information to such Recipient by a contractual obligation; (iv) is independently developed by such Recipient without reference to confidential information received from the Company or any other Party; (v) is required to be disclosed by applicable Law or legal process, provided that any Recipient disclosing pursuant to this clause (v) shall use commercially reasonable efforts to notify the other Party at least five days prior to such disclosure (other than with respect to disclosure on Schedule 13D) so as to allow such other Party an opportunity to protect such information through protective order or otherwise; (vi) is required to be disclosed by any listing agreement with, or the rules or regulations of, any securities exchange on which securities of such Recipient or any of its Affiliates are listed or traded; (vii) is required to be disclosed in connection with the receipt of the rating of any securities (including debt securities) from a ratings agency; or (viii) is disclosed by a Party to such Party’s legal, accounting and other professional representatives.
 
5.7  Tender Offeror.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Agreement, the Parties acknowledge and agree that, at the election of the Company, the Offer to Purchase may be made by Mergerco rather than the Company or the Company can assign to Mergerco its rights to purchase under the Offer to Purchase;


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provided that no such assignment shall relieve the Company of its obligations hereunder. In such event, the Tender Conditions shall reflect that MergerCo is the Offeror or purchaser, as applicable. Alternatively, if the Company is the Offeror and does not so assign its rights to purchase, then immediately prior to the Back-End Merger, the Company shall contribute to Mergerco all shares of ECC Common Stock purchased by it in the Tender Closing.
 
5.8  Obligations of the Controlling Stockholder.  The parties acknowledge and agree that the Controlling Stockholder is executing this Agreement solely in his capacity as a holder of ECC Common Stock. Nothing in this Agreement shall limit or affect any actions taken or not taken by the Controlling Stockholder in his capacity as a director or officer of ECC or any of its subsidiaries, or in any way to diminish or restrict his ability to exercise his fiduciary duties with respect thereto in any such capacity.
 
ARTICLE VI
 
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO THE OBLIGATION OF THE INVESTOR TO CLOSE
 
The obligation of the Investor to enter into and complete the Closing is subject to the fulfillment on the Closing Date of the following conditions, any one or more of which may be waived by the Investor:
 
6.1  Representations and Covenants.  (a) The representations and warranties of the Company contained in Sections 3.1, 3.4, 3.16(b) and 3.19 shall be true and correct in all respects; and (b) all remaining representations and warranties of the Company contained in Article III shall be true and correct except for such failures to be true and correct as would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect, in the case of both clauses (a) and (b), on and as of the Closing Date with the same force and effect as though made on and as of the Closing Date, except for those representations and warranties that are expressly limited by their terms to dates or times other than the Closing Date, which representations and warranties need only be true and correct as aforesaid as of such other dates or times; provided, however, that for purposes of determining the satisfaction on the Closing Date of clause (b), no effect shall be given to any exception or qualification in such representations and warranties relating to materiality, material adverse effect or knowledge. The Company shall have performed and complied in all material respects with all covenants and agreements required by this Agreement to be performed or complied with by the Company on or prior to the Closing Date. The Company shall have delivered to the Investor a certificate, dated the date of the Closing and signed by an officer of the Company, to the foregoing effect.
 
6.2  No Orders.  No Order issued by any Governmental Body preventing, enjoining, restraining or prohibiting the consummation of the Transactions shall be in effect. No litigation shall have been commenced or, to the Knowledge of the Company or the Knowledge of Alden threatened by any Governmental Body seeking to enjoin, delay or impede the Transactions or any of the benefits thereof. No Law shall have been enacted, entered, promulgated or enforced by any Governmental Body that prohibits or makes illegal consummation of the Transactions.
 
6.3  Tender Conditions.  All of Tender Conditions (other than the condition in clause (vi) thereof that Alden delivers the amounts due hereunder) shall have been satisfied or waived by the Person or Persons entitled to waive the same, with the consent of the Investor, and the Company shall have accepted all shares tendered therein.
 
6.4  Employment Agreement.  The Controlling Stockholder continues to work as Chief Executive Officer of ECC.
 
6.5  Articles Amendments.  The Articles Amendments shall have been approved by the holders of 662/3% of the outstanding ECC Preferred Stock, and ECC shall have filed such Articles Amendments with the Secretary of State of the State of Indiana.
 
6.6  Opinion.  The Company shall have delivered the Opinion to the Investor.
 
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ARTICLE VII
 
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO THE OBLIGATION OF THE COMPANY TO CLOSE
 
The obligation of the Company to enter into and complete the Closing is subject to the fulfillment on or prior to the Closing Date of the following conditions, any one or more of which may be waived by the Company:
 
7.1  Representations and Covenants.  (a) The representations and warranties of the Investor and Alden contained in Sections 4.1, 4.5 and 4.8 shall be true and correct in all respects; and (b) all remaining representations and warranties of the Investor and Alden contained in Article IV shall be true and correct in all material respects, in the case of both clauses (a) and (b), on and as of the Closing Date with the same force and effect as though made on and as of the Closing Date, except for those representations and warranties that are expressly limited by their terms to dates or times other than the Closing Date, which representations and warranties need only be true and correct as aforesaid as of such other dates or times provided, however, that for purposes of determining the satisfaction on the Closing Date of clause (b), no effect shall be given to any exception or qualification in such representations and warranties relating to materiality; and provided, further, that for purposes of determining the satisfaction on the Closing Date of clause (b), such representations and warranties shall be deemed to be true and correct in all respects unless the failure or failures of any such representations and warranties to be so true and correct would reasonably be likely to have a materially impair the Investor’s ability to consummate the Transactions. The Investor shall have performed and complied in all material respects with all covenants and agreements required by this Agreement to be performed or complied with by the Investor on or prior to the Closing Date. The Investor shall have delivered to the Company a certificate, dated the date of the Closing and signed by an officer of the Investor, to the foregoing effect.
 
7.2  No Orders.  No Order issued by any Governmental Body preventing, enjoining, restraining or prohibiting the consummation of the Transactions shall be pending, threatened or in effect. No litigation shall have been commenced or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened by any Governmental Body seeking to enjoin, delay or impede the Transactions or any of the benefits thereof. No Law shall have been enacted, entered, promulgated or enforced by any Governmental Body that prohibits or makes illegal consummation of the Transactions.
 
7.3  Tender Conditions.  All of the Tender Conditions shall have been satisfied or waived by the Person or Persons entitled to waive the same.
 
ARTICLE VIII
 
TERMINATION OF AGREEMENT
 
8.1  Termination.  This Agreement may not be terminated prior to the Closing, except as follows:
 
(a) by mutual agreement of the Investor and the Company;
 
(b) at the election of the Investor or the Company upon prior written notice, if (i) the Company has not commenced the Tender Offer or (ii) ECC has not commenced the Exchange Offer, in each case as of the close of business on the date which is ten (10) Business Days after the date hereof (the Early Termination Date);
 
(c) at the election of the Investor or the Company upon prior written notice, if any one or more of the conditions set forth in Article VI or Article VII respectively (other than those that by their nature are to be satisfied at the Closing) has not been fulfilled as of the close of business on September 24, 2010 (the Outside Date); provided, however, that the Party whose conduct substantially results in the failure of such condition to be fulfilled may not be the terminating Party;
 
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the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and such order, decree, ruling or other action is or shall have become non-appealable;
 
(e) at the election of the Company or the Investor, upon prior written notice, if there has been a material inaccuracy in or material breach by the other Party of any representation or warranty, or material breach or failure to perform of any covenant or agreement contained in this Agreement or any other agreement, document or certificate delivered pursuant hereto (i) that would result in a failure of the conditions set forth in Section 6.1 or 7.1, as applicable, and is incapable of being cured by the Outside Date or (ii) in the case of any other breach or failure to perform, is not cured by the earlier to occur of the Outside Date and within 30 days following written notice thereof (which notice shall include such Party’s intention to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 8.1(f) and the basis for such termination); provided, however, that the breaching Party may not be the terminating Party; or
 
(f) at the election of the Company if, as a result of the action or inaction by the Investor, the Closing shall not have occurred on or prior to the date that is two (2) Business Days following the date on which all of the conditions to Closing set forth in Articles VI and VII have been satisfied or, in the case of Article VII, waived by the Company.
 
8.2  Survival After Termination.  If this Agreement terminates pursuant to Section 8.1 and the transactions contemplated hereby are not consummated,
 
(a) this Agreement shall become null and void and have no further force or effect, except that any such termination shall be without prejudice to the rights of any Party on account of the nonsatisfaction of the conditions set forth in Article VI or Article VII resulting from the intentional or willful breach or violation of the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements of another Party under this Agreement; and
 
(b) notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the provisions of Section 5.6, this Section 8.2 and Article X shall survive any termination of this Agreement.
 
ARTICLE IX
 
INDEMNIFICATION
 
9.1  Indemnification by the Company.  (a) The Company shall indemnify the Investor, its Affiliates and each of their respective Representatives and ultimate beneficial owners (each, an Investor Indemnified Party) against, and hold them harmless from, any Losses, as incurred (payable promptly upon written request, but subject to an undertaking to repay any Losses if it is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction that such Investor Indemnified Party is not entitled to such indemnification), arising from, in connection with or otherwise with respect to:
 
(i) any inaccuracy in, or breach of, any representation or warranty of the Company contained in this Agreement or any document delivered in connection herewith or therewith;
 
(ii) any failure by the Company or the Controlling Stockholder to perform any covenant, agreement, obligation or undertaking contained in this Agreement; and
 
(iii) any and all actions, suits, proceedings, demands, assessments, judgments, damages, awards, costs and expenses (including third-party fees and expenses) incident to any of the foregoing or incurred in connection with the enforcement of the rights of any such indemnified party with respect to the foregoing.
 
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article IX, the Company shall not have any liability:
 
(i) under clause (i) and, as it relates to clause (i), clause (iii) of Section 9.1(a) for any Loss unless the aggregate amount of such Losses for which indemnification would otherwise be available exceeds $7,500,000 (the Deductible Amount), in which case the entire amount of such Losses shall be indemnifiable hereunder; provided, however, that the Deductible Amount shall not apply to any claim for indemnification to the extent arising out of an inaccuracy or breach of any representation or warranty


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contained in Sections 3.1, 3.4 and 3.19 (the Seller Specified Representations) or to any Loss incurred due to fraud, intentional misrepresentation, intentional misconduct or intentional concealment by or on behalf of the Company or the Controlling Stockholder;
 
(ii) under clause (i) and, as it relates to clause (i), clause (iii) of Section 9.1(a) for any Loss with respect to any individual item or series of related items of Loss that is of an amount less than $25,000 (which amount shall be an aggregate amount in the case of any series of related items of Loss) and no such item or series of related items, as the case may be, shall be applied toward the calculation of whether the aggregate of all Losses incurred by such Investor Indemnified Party exceeds the Deductible Amount; or
 
(iii) after Closing under Section 9.1(a) for any Loss arising from, in connection with or otherwise with respect to any breach of any representation, warranty or covenant that would have resulted (or would have been deemed to have resulted as agreed by the other parties in a notice delivered at or prior to Closing, provided the Company gives Alden notice of such breach at least two (2) Business Days prior to Closing) in non-satisfaction of a condition to Closing contained in Section 6.1.
 
(c) For purposes of this Article IX and for purposes of determining whether an Investor Indemnified Party is entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Section 9.1, any inaccuracy in or breach of any representation or warranty made by the Company contained in this Agreement or in any document delivered herewith shall be determined without regard to any materiality qualifications set forth in such representation or warranty or in any document delivered in connection herewith, and all references to the terms “material”, “materially”, “materiality” “Company Material Adverse Effect” or any similar terms shall be ignored for purposes of determining whether such representation or warranty was true and correct when made.
 
9.2  Indemnification by the Investor.  (a) The Investor shall, and Alden shall provide sufficient funds to the Investor to, indemnify the Company against, and agree to hold it harmless from, any Losses, as incurred (payable promptly upon written request, but subject to an undertaking to repay any Losses if it is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction that such indemnified party is not entitled to such indemnification), for or on account of or arising from or in connection with or otherwise with respect to:
 
(i) any inaccuracy in, or breach of, any representation or warranty of the Investor contained in this Agreement or any document delivered in connection herewith or therewith;
 
(ii) any failure by the Investor to perform any covenant, agreement, obligation or undertaking contained in this Agreement; and
 
(iii) any and all actions, suits, proceedings, demands, assessments, judgments, damages, awards, costs and expenses (including third-party fees and expenses) incident to any of the foregoing or incurred in connection with the enforcement of the rights of any such indemnified party with respect to the foregoing.
 
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article IX, the Investor shall not have any liability:
 
(i) under clause (i) and, as it relates to clause (i), clause (iii) of Section 9.2(a) for any Loss unless the aggregate amount of such Losses for which indemnification would otherwise be available exceeds the Deductible Amount, in which case the entire amount of such Losses shall be indemnifiable hereunder; provided, however, that the Deductible Amount shall not apply to any claim for indemnification to the extent arising out of an inaccuracy or breach of any representation or warranty contained in Sections 4.1, 4.5, 4.7 and 4.8 (the Investor Specified Representations) or to any Loss incurred due to fraud, intentional misrepresentation, intentional misconduct or intentional concealment by or on behalf of the Investor;
 
(ii) under clause (i) and, as it relates to clause (i), clause (iii) of Section 9.2(a) for any Loss with respect to any individual item or series of related items of Loss that is of an amount less than $25,000 (which amount shall be an aggregate amount in the case of any series of related items of Loss) and no such item or series of related items, as the case may be, shall be applied toward the calculation of whether the aggregate of all Losses incurred by the Company exceeds the Deductible Amount; or


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(iii) after Closing under Section 9.2(a) for any Loss arising from, in connection with or otherwise with respect to any breach of any representation, warranty or covenant that would have resulted (or would have been deemed to have resulted as agreed by the other parties in a notice delivered at or prior to Closing, provided Alden gives the Company notice of such breach at least two (2) Business Days prior to Closing), in non-satisfaction of a condition to Closing contained in Section 7.1.
 
(c) For purposes of this Article IX and for purposes of determining whether the Company is entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Section 9.2, any inaccuracy in or breach of any representation or warranty made by the Investor contained in this Agreement or in any document delivered herewith, other than the representation and warranty contained in Section 3.16(b), shall be determined without regard to any materiality qualifications set forth in such representation or warranty or in any document delivered in connection herewith, and all references to the terms “material”, “materially”, “materiality” “material adverse effect” or any similar terms shall be ignored for purposes of determining whether such representation or warranty was true and correct when made.
 
9.3  Termination of Indemnification.  Except with respect to any fraud, intentional misrepresentation, intentional misconduct or intentional concealment by or on behalf of any Party, such Party’s obligations to indemnify and hold harmless any other Party pursuant to Section 9.1(a)(i) and, as it relates thereto, Section 9.1(a)(iii) (other than with respect to the Seller Specified Representations) or 9.2(a)(i) and, as it relates thereto, Section 9.2(a)(iii) (other than with respect to the Investor Specified Representations) shall terminate on June 30, 2011; provided, however, that such obligations to indemnify and hold harmless shall not terminate with respect to any item as to which the applicable indemnified party shall have, before the expiration of such period, previously made a claim by delivering a notice of such claim pursuant to Section 9.4 to the applicable indemnifying party. Any other obligation to indemnify and hold harmless any party shall terminate upon the expiration of the relevant statute of limitations, taking into account extensions thereof; provided, however, that such obligations shall not terminate with respect to any item as to which the applicable indemnified party has, as of the expiration of the relevant period, taking into account extensions thereof, a pending suit against the applicable indemnifying party.
 
9.4  Procedures.
 
(a)  Third Party Claims.  If a claim by a third party is made against a party hereto or any of its Affiliates (the indemnified party) in respect of, arising out of or involving a matter for which the indemnified party is entitled to be indemnified by another Party (the indemnifying party) pursuant to this Article IX (a Third Party Claim), such indemnified party must notify the indemnifying party in writing of the Third Party Claim within 10 Business Days following receipt by such indemnified party of written notice of the Third Party Claim; provided, however, that failure to give such notification shall not affect the indemnification provided hereunder except to the extent (and only to the extent) the indemnifying party shall have been actually and materially prejudiced as a result of such failure. Thereafter, the indemnified party shall deliver to the indemnifying party, promptly following the indemnified party’s receipt thereof, copies of all notices and documents (including court papers) received by the indemnified party relating to the Third Party Claim.
 
(b)  Assumption.  If a Third Party Claim is made against an indemnified party, the indemnifying party shall be entitled to participate in the defense thereof and, if it so chooses, to assume the defense thereof with counsel selected by the indemnifying party; provided, however, that such counsel is not reasonably objected to by the indemnified party. Should the indemnifying party so elect to assume the defense of a Third Party Claim, the indemnifying party shall not be liable to the indemnified party for any legal expenses subsequently incurred by the indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the indemnifying party shall bear the reasonable fees, costs and expenses of one such separate counsel to the indemnified party in each jurisdiction (and shall pay such fees, costs and expenses as incurred), if the defendants in, or targets of, any such action or proceeding include both the indemnified party and the indemnifying party, and the indemnified party shall have reasonably concluded that there may be legal defenses available to it which are different from or additional to those available to the indemnifying party or that representation by the same counsel may be a conflict of interest (in which case the indemnifying party shall not have the right to direct the defense of such action or


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proceeding on behalf of the indemnified party). If the indemnifying party assumes such defense, the indemnified party shall have the right to participate in the defense thereof and to employ counsel, at its own expense, separate from the counsel employed by the indemnifying party, it being understood that the indemnifying party shall control such defense. The indemnifying party shall be liable for the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel employed by the indemnified party for any period during which the indemnifying party has not assumed the defense thereof. If the indemnifying party chooses to defend or prosecute a Third Party Claim, all the indemnified parties shall cooperate in the defense or prosecution thereof. Such cooperation shall include the retention and (upon the indemnifying party’s request) the provision to the indemnifying party of records and information that are reasonably relevant to such Third Party Claim, and making employees available on a mutually convenient basis to provide additional information and explanation of any material provided hereunder. The indemnified party (A) shall agree to any settlement, compromise or discharge of a Third Party Claim that the indemnifying party may recommend and that by its terms obligates the indemnifying party to pay the full amount of the liability in connection with such Third Party Claim, which releases the indemnified party completely in connection with such Third Party Claim and that would not otherwise adversely affect the indemnified party, and (B) shall not enter into any settlement, compromise or discharge of a Third Party Claim without the prior written consent of the indemnifying party (which shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the indemnifying party shall not be entitled to assume the defense of any Third Party Claim (and shall be liable for the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel incurred by the indemnified party in defending such Third Party Claim) if the Third Party Claim seeks an order, injunction or other equitable relief or relief for other than money damages against the indemnified party that the indemnified party reasonably determines, after conferring with its outside counsel, cannot be separated from any related claim for money damages. In the case of any Third Party Claim referred to in the immediately preceding sentence, if such equitable relief or other relief portion of such Third Party Claim can be so separated from that for money damages, the indemnifying party shall be entitled to assume the defense of the portion of such Third Party Claim relating to money damages.
 
(c)  Other Claims.  In the event any indemnified party should have a claim against any indemnifying party under Section 9.1 or 9.2 that does not involve a Third Party Claim being asserted against or sought to be collected from such indemnified party, the indemnified party shall deliver notice of such claim with reasonable promptness to the indemnifying party. Subject to Section 9.3, the failure by any indemnified party so to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve the indemnifying party from any liability that it may have to such indemnified party under Section 9.1 or 9.2, except to the extent that the indemnifying party has been actually and materially prejudiced by such failure.
 
ARTICLE X
 
MISCELLANEOUS
 
10.1  Expenses.
 
(a) Transaction Expenses shall be reimbursable as follows:
 
(i) Upon the Closing, the Company shall promptly reimburse the Investor and the Controlling Stockholder for their Transaction Expenses incurred prior to the Closing; provided that the Company shall not be required to reimburse Investor’s Transaction Expenses for any amount in excess of $1,000,000;
 
(ii) If this Agreement is terminated by the Investor in accordance with Section 8.1(e), the Company shall, and the Controlling Stockholder shall cause the Company to, reimburse the Investor for the Investor’s Transaction Expenses, in amount not to exceed $1,000,000, in the aggregate; or
 
(iii) If this Agreement is terminated in accordance with Section 8.1 for any reason other than as described in Section 10.1(a)(ii), the Transaction Expenses shall be borne by the Party incurring such fees or expenses.
 
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including reasonable and documented fees and expenses of counsel and, with respect to the Controlling Stockholder, the expenses set forth on Annex 10.1(b); provided that Transaction Expenses shall not include any commitment, arrangement, finder or similar financing fees or expenses, which shall be borne by the party incurring such fees or expenses (other than the expenses set forth on Annex 10.1(b)).
 
10.2  Specific Performance.  The Parties each acknowledge that, in view of the uniqueness of the Transactions, each Party would not have an adequate remedy at law for money damages in the event that the covenants to be performed after the Closing have not been performed in accordance with their terms, and therefore agree that the other Parties shall be entitled to specific enforcement of the terms hereof and any other equitable remedy to which such parties may be entitled. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in no event shall, (a) the Investor be liable for damages in connection with any breach or violation of this Agreement in excess of an amount equal to the difference of the Purchase Price and the amount actually funded by the Investor pursuant to this Agreement or (b) other than amounts payable pursuant to Section 10.1(a)(ii), the Company be liable for damages in connection with any breach or violation of this Agreement in excess of the amount actually funded by the Investor pursuant to this Agreement.
 
10.3  Notices.  Any notice or other communication required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given (a) on the day of delivery if delivered in person, or if delivered by facsimile upon confirmation of receipt (except if such facsimile is not received during regular business hours, then the Business Day following the date of receipt), (b) on the first Business Day following the date of dispatch if sent for overnight delivery via a nationally recognized express courier service or (c) on the date actually received if delivered by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid. All notices hereunder shall be delivered as set forth below, or pursuant to such other instructions as may be designated by notice given in accordance with this Section 10.3 by the Party to receive such notice:
 
(a) if to Alden or the Investor, to:
 
c/o Alden Global Capital
885 Third Avenue
New York, NY 10022
Attention: Jim Plohg
Facsimile: (212) 702-0145
 
with a copy to:
 
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Four Times Square
New York, New York 10036
Attention: Stephen M. Banker
Facsimile: (917) 777-2760
 
(b) if to the Company, to:
 
JS Acquisition, LLC
c/o James A. Strain
Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP
One Indiana Square, Suite 3500
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204
Facsimile: (317) 713-3699
 
with a copy to:
 
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
1285 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10019-6064
  Attention:  James M. Dubin
Kelley D. Parker
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(c) if to the Controlling Stockholder, to:
 
Jeffrey H. Smulyan
c/o James A. Strain
Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP
One Indiana Square, Suite 3500
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204
Facsimile: (317) 713-3699
 
with a copy to:
 
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
1285 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10019-6064
  Attention:  James M. Dubin
Kelley D. Parker
Facsimile: (212) 757-3990
 
10.4  Entire Agreement.  This Agreement, together with the Confidentiality Agreement, the Operating Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement, the Rollover Agreement and the Distribution Letter and any other collateral agreements executed in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, contains the entire agreement among the Parties with respect to Securities Purchase and supersedes all prior agreements, written or oral, with respect thereto.
 
10.5  Waivers and Amendments.  This Agreement may be amended, superseded, canceled, renewed or extended, and the terms hereof may be waived, only by a written instrument signed by the Investor and the Company or, in the case of a waiver, by the Party waiving compliance. No delay on the part of any Party in exercising any right, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any waiver on the part of any Party of any such right, power or privilege, nor any single or partial exercise of any such right, power or privilege, preclude any further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other such right, power or privilege.
 
10.6  Governing Law.  This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Indiana without regard to any conflict of laws rules thereof that might indicate the application of the laws of any other jurisdiction.
 
10.7  Binding Effect; Assignment.  This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Parties and their respective successors and assigns. This Agreement is not assignable by any party without the prior written consent of the other parties, except that Alden and the Investor shall be permitted to assign, in their sole discretion, any or all of their respective rights, interests or obligations under this Agreement to any Affiliate thereof, but no such assignment shall relieve Alden or the Investor of its obligations hereunder.
 
10.8  Usage.  All pronouns and any variations thereof refer to the masculine, feminine or neuter, singular or plural, as the context may require. All terms defined in this Agreement in their singular or plural forms have correlative meanings when used herein in their plural or singular forms, respectively. Unless otherwise expressly provided, the words “include,” “includes” and “including” do not limit the preceding words or terms and shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation.” Any capitalized term used in any Exhibit or Annex but not otherwise defined therein shall have the meaning assigned to such term in this Agreement. The word “extent” in the phrase “to the extent” shall mean the degree to which a subject or other thing extends, and the phrase shall not mean simply “if”. Any agreement, instrument or Law defined or referred to herein means such agreement, instrument or Law as from time to time amended, modified or supplemented, unless otherwise specifically indicated.


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10.9  Articles and Sections.  All references herein to Articles and Sections shall be deemed references to such parts of this Agreement, unless the context shall otherwise require. The table of contents, index of defined terms and Article and Section headings in this Agreement are for reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Agreement.
 
10.10  Interpretation.  The Parties acknowledge and agree that (a) each party and its counsel reviewed and negotiated the terms and provisions of this Agreement and have contributed to its revision, (b) the rule of construction to the effect that any ambiguities are resolved against the drafting Party shall not be employed in the interpretation of this Agreement and (c) the terms and provisions of this Agreement shall be construed fairly as to all Parties, regardless of which Party was generally responsible for the preparation of this Agreement. Any statute, regulation, or other law defined or referred to herein (or in any agreement or instrument that is referred to herein) means such statute, regulation or other law as, from time to time, may be amended, modified or supplemented, including (in the case of statutes) by succession of comparable successor statutes. References to a person also refer to its predecessors and permitted successors and assigns.
 
10.11  Severability of Provisions.  If any provision or any portion of any provision of this Agreement shall be held invalid or unenforceable, the remaining portion of such provision and the remaining provisions of this Agreement shall not be affected thereby. If the application of any provision or any portion of any provision of this Agreement to any Person or circumstance shall be held invalid or unenforceable (a) the application of such provision or portion of such provision to Persons or circumstances other than those as to which it is held invalid or unenforceable shall not be affected thereby and (b) the Parties shall negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to effect the original intent of the Parties as closely as possible to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law in an acceptable manner to the end that the Transactions are fulfilled to the fullest extent possible.
 
10.12  Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed by the Parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be an original, but all such counterparts together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Each counterpart may consist of a number of copies hereof each signed by less than all, but together signed by all, of the Parties hereto.
 
10.13  No Personal Liability.  This Agreement (and each agreement, certificate and instrument delivered pursuant hereto) shall not create or be deemed to create or permit any personal liability or obligation on the part of any officer, director, employee, agent, representative or investor of any Party.
 
10.14  No Third Party Beneficiaries.  No provision of this Agreement is intended to, or shall, confer any third party beneficiary or other rights or remedies upon any Person other than the Parties.
 
10.15  Consent to Jurisdiction; Service of Process; Waiver of Jury Trial.
 
(a) Any claim arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby may be instituted in any Federal court in the State of New York or if jurisdiction is not available in such court, any court sitting in New York County, New York, and each Party agrees not to assert, by way of motion, as a defense or otherwise, in any such claim, that it is not subject personally to the jurisdiction of such court, that the claim is brought in an inconvenient forum, that the venue of the claim is improper or that this Agreement or the subject matter hereof may not be enforced in or by such court. Each party further irrevocably submits to the jurisdiction of such court in any such claim.
 
Any and all service of process and any other notice in any such claim shall be effective against any Party if given personally or by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, or by any other means of mail that requires a signed receipt, postage prepaid, mailed to such Party as herein provided. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to affect the right of any Party to serve process in any manner permitted by law or to commence legal proceedings or otherwise proceed against any other Party in any other jurisdiction.


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(b) EACH PARTY ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT ANY CONTROVERSY THAT MAY ARISE UNDER THIS AGREEMENT IS LIKELY TO INVOLVE COMPLICATED AND DIFFICULT ISSUES, AND THEREFORE EACH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT SUCH PARTY MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY.
 
(c) EACH PARTY CERTIFIES AND ACKNOWLEDGES THAT (i) NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE WAIVER IN SECTION 10.15(b), (ii) SUCH PARTY UNDERSTANDS AND HAS CONSIDERED THE IMPLICATIONS OF SUCH WAIVER, (iii) SUCH PARTY MAKES SUCH WAIVER VOLUNTARILY AND (iv) SUCH PARTY HAS BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS, AGREEMENTS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN SECTION 10.15(b) AND THIS SECTION 10.15(c).
 
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.
 
ALDEN GLOBAL DISTRESSED OPPORTUNITIES MASTER FUND, L.P.
(solely with respect to Sections 2.3, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4,
5.5 and 5.8, and Article IV, Article IX and Article X)
 
  By:  /s/  Jim Plohg
  Name:  Jim Plohg
  Title:   Authorized Signatory
 
ALDEN GLOBAL VALUE RECOVERY MASTER FUND, L.P. (solely with respect to Sections 2.3, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5 and 5.8 and Article IV, Article IX and Article X)
 
  By:  /s/  Jim Plohg
  Name:  Jim Plohg
  Title:  Authorized Signatory
 
ALDEN MEDIA HOLDINGS, LLC
 
  By:  /s/  Jim Plohg
Name:  Jim Plohg
  Title:  Vice President
 
JS ACQUISITION, LLC
 
  By:  /s/  Jeffrey H. Smulyan
  Name:  Jeffrey H. Smulyan
  Title:   Manager
 
JEFFREY M. SMULYAN
(solely with respect to Sections 2.3, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3,
5.4, 5.5 and 5.8 and Article X)
 
/s/  Jeffrey H. Smulyan
 
[Signature Page to the Securities Purchase Agreement]


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ANNEX 5.4(a)
 
INVESTOR ECC SHARES
 
                 
    ECC Class A
  ECC Preferred
    Common Stock   Stock
 
Alden Global Distressed Opportunities Master Fund, L.P.
    1,406,500       1,162,737  
 
 
(1) Alden and its Affiliates disclaim any beneficial ownership in securities that may be referenced in cash-settled equity swap contracts or that may be held from time to time by any counterparties to the contracts.
 
‘‘Investor ECC Sharesshall not include any Controlling Stockholder ECC Shares as set forth on Annex 5.4(b), which Alden and its Affiliates may be deemed to beneficially own
 
 
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ANNEX 5.4(b)
 
CONTROLLING STOCKHOLDER ECC SHARES
 
                 
    ECC Class A
  ECC Class B
    Common Stock   Common Stock
 
Jeffrey H. Smulyan
    29,752.0745(1 )     4,930,680(2 )
The Smulyan Family Foundation
    30,625(3 )     0  
Controlling Stockholder Options
    97,565(4 )     1,170,796(5 )
 
 
(1) Consists of (i) 5,877.0745 shares of ECC Class A Common Stock held in the Controlling Stockholder’s 401(k) Plan, (ii) 9,755 shares of ECC Class A Common Stock held by the Controlling Stockholder individually, (iii) 11,120 shares of ECC Class A Common Stock held by the Controlling Stockholder as trustee for his children and (iv) 3,000 shares of ECC Class A Common Stock held by the Controlling Stockholder as trustee for his niece.
 
(2) Consists of 4,930,680 shares of ECC Class B Common Stock held by the Controlling Stockholder individually.
 
(3) Consists of 30,625 shares of ECC Class A Common Stock held by The Smulyan Family Foundation, as to which the Controlling Stockholder shares voting and dispositive control.
 
(4) Consists of options to purchase 97,565 shares of Class A Common Stock held by the Controlling Stockholder directly.
 
(5) Consists of options to purchase 1,170,796 shares of Class B Common Stock held by the Controlling Stockholder directly.
 
‘‘Controlling Stockholder ECC Sharesshall not include any Investor ECC Shares as set forth on Annex 5.4(a), which the Controlling Stockholder and its Affiliates may be deemed to beneficially own.
 
 
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EX-99.3 4 c58438a6exv99w3.htm EX-99.3 exv99w3
Exhibit 3
EXECUTION COPY
 
ROLLOVER AGREEMENT
by and among
JS ACQUISITION, LLC
and
THE ROLLING SHAREHOLDERS
(as defined herein)
Dated as of May 24, 2010
 


 

 

ROLLOVER AGREEMENT
          ROLLOVER AGREEMENT, dated as of May 24, 2010 (this “Agreement”), by and among JS Acquisition, LLC, an Indiana limited liability company (“Parent”), each of the Persons set forth on Schedule I hereto and each of the Persons who execute a Joinder hereto pursuant to Section 5.15 (collectively, the “Rolling Shareholders” and each individually, a “Rolling Shareholder”).
          WHEREAS, as soon as reasonably practicable following the execution and delivery of this Agreement, Parent or JS Acquisition, Inc., an Indiana corporation (“Merger Sub”) and subsidiary owned by JS Acquisition shall commence a tender offer to purchase all of the outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Shares”), of Emmis Communications Corporation, an Indiana corporation (the “Company”), not beneficially owned by Parent, Merger Sub and Mr. Jeffrey H. Smulyan, the Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President of the Company, (“Smulyan”) and that do not constitute Rolling Shareholders Contributed Shares (as defined below) of the Rolling Shareholders (collectively with Parent, Merger Sub and Smulyan, the “Purchaser Group”), Alden Media Holdings, LLC or its Affiliates (“Alden”), at an offer price of $2.40 per Share in cash, without interest and less any applicable withholding taxes pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase under cover of the Schedule TO and in the related Letter of Transmittal to be filed with the SEC (which, together with any amendments or supplements thereto, collectively constitute the “Offer” and such documents collectively, the “Offer Documents”);
          WHEREAS, the Offer is being made in connection with a proposed merger (the “Merger”) pursuant to that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger to be entered into by and among Parent, Merger Sub and the Company (the “Merger Agreement”), pursuant to which, upon the successful completion of the Offer, Merger Sub would merge with and into the Company with the Company remaining as the surviving corporation and following the completion of the Merger, Smulyan will hold all of the shares of a newly issued class of voting common stock of the Company and Parent will hold all of the shares of a newly issued class of non-voting common stock of the Company;
          WHEREAS, in accordance with that the Securities Purchase Agreement (as defined below) the Shares held by Parent or Merger Sub will cancelled in the Merger;
          WHEREAS, the Rolling Shareholders are willing to commit herein to contribute their Shares to the Company for cancellation prior to the Merger as provided herein in satisfaction of their obligations hereunder;
          WHEREAS, Parent is willing to issue Rolling Shareholder Parent Interests (as defined below) to the Rolling Shareholders in exchange for such commitment; and
          WHEREAS, the parties hereto desire to make certain other agreements in connection with the Offer, the Merger and the transactions contemplated thereby (collectively, the “Transactions”).


 

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          NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and conditions as hereinafter set forth, the parties hereto do hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
CONTRIBUTIONS
          1.1 Rolling Shareholder Contributed Shares.
          (a) Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, each of the Rolling Shareholders hereby agrees to contribute to the Company, immediately prior to the effective time of the Merger (the “Effective Time”), the number of Shares set forth opposite its name on Schedule I hereto (the “Rolling Shareholder Contributed Shares”). In exchange for the agreement of each Rolling Shareholder to contribute such Rolling Shareholder Contributed Shares, each Rolling Shareholder shall be entitled to receive from Parent, and Parent shall issue to each Rolling Shareholder at the closing of the transaction contemplated by the Securities Purchase Agreement an initial number of Common Interests of Parent (“Parent Common Interests”) equal to the product of (i) the quotient of (x) the number of Rolling Shareholder Contributed Shares to be contributed by such Rolling Shareholder divided by (y) the sum of (I) the product of (a) the aggregate number of Shares and Class B Shares to be contributed to Parent by Smulyan pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement (as defined below) multiplied by (b) three (3) plus (II) the aggregate number of Rolling Shareholder Contributed Shares to be contributed by all Rolling Shareholders and (ii) the difference of (x) all of the Parent Common Interests outstanding on the date of, and after giving effect to, the Closing (as defined below) minus (y) the number of Parent Common Interests initially issued to Alden at the Closing (the “Rolling Shareholder Parent Interests”). The Parent Common Interests shall have the rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions set forth in the Operating Agreement (as defined below). Each of the Rolling Shareholder Contributed Shares shall be cancelled immediately prior to, the Merger.
          (b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if any Rolling Shareholder shall fail to contribute any Rolling Shareholder Contributed Shares prior to the Effective Time of the Merger, the Rolling Shareholder Parent Interests issued to such Rolling Shareholder shall be cancelled and become null and void ab initio, and Parent may take any and all necessary and appropriate actions to reallocate such cancelled Rolling Shareholder Parent Interests pro-rata in accordance with paragraph (a) above among Smulyan and the other Rolling Shareholders.
          1.2 Closing.
          (a) The issuance of the Rolling Shareholder Parent Interests contemplated hereby (the “Closing”) will take place at the offices of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, 1285 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10019, at 10:00 a.m. local time, on the Closing Date (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement).


 

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          (b) At the Closing, each of the parties hereto shall enter into the Amended and Restated Operating Agreement of Parent in substantially the form attached as Exhibit A (the “Operating Agreement”) and the Registration Rights Agreement in substantially the form of Exhibit B (the “Registration Rights Agreement”).
ARTICLE II

GRANT OF PROXY; VOTING AGREEMENT
          2.1 Voting Agreement. Until the termination of this Agreement in accordance with Section 5.3:
          (a) Each Rolling Shareholder hereby agrees that at any meeting (whether annual or special and whether or not adjourned or postponed) of the holders of Shares, however called, or in connection with any written consent of the holders of Shares, such Rolling Shareholder shall vote (or cause to be voted) or deliver a consent (or cause a consent to be delivered) with respect to its Rolling Shareholders Contributed Shares to the fullest extent that such Rolling Shareholder Contributed Shares are entitled to be voted at the time of any vote or action by written consent:
     (i) in favor of the approval and adoption of the Merger Agreement;
     (ii) without limiting the preceding clause (i), in favor of any proposal to adjourn or postpone any meeting of the shareholders of the Company at which the matters described in the preceding clause (i) are submitted for the consideration and vote of the shareholders of the Company to a later date if there are not sufficient votes for approval of such matters on the date on which the meeting is held; and
     (iii) against any (A) inquiry, offer or proposal by any Person other than Parent, Smulyan or his Affiliates to acquire the Company through a business combination, merger, amalgamation, purchase of all or substantially all of the capital stock, assets or business of the Company or other transactions or series of transactions that would result in a change of control of the Company (a “Company Acquisition Proposal”), (B) reorganization, recapitalization, liquidation or winding-up of the Company or any other extraordinary transaction involving the Company or (C) corporate action requiring the approval of the Company’s shareholders the consummation of which would frustrate the purposes, or prevent or delay the consummation, of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement.
          (b) Each Rolling Shareholder agrees to take all steps reasonably necessary such that all of its Rolling Shareholder Contributed Shares are counted as present for purposes of any quorum requirement at any duly called meeting of the shareholders of the Company (or any adjournment or postponement thereof).


 

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          (c) Subject to Section 5.2, for so long as this Agreement is in effect the obligations of each Rolling Shareholder contained in this Article II shall not be affected by any Adverse Recommendation Change.
          (d) Notwithstanding the foregoing, each Rolling Shareholder shall remain free to vote (or execute consents or proxies with respect to) its Rolling Shareholder Contributed Shares with respect to any matter not covered by this Section 2.1 in any manner such Rolling Shareholder deems appropriate, provided that such vote (or execution of consents or proxies with respect thereto) would not reasonably be expected to adversely affect, or prevent or delay the consummation of, the Merger.
          2.2 Irrevocable Proxy. Each Rolling Shareholder hereby revokes (or causes to be revoked) any and all previous voting proxies granted with respect to the voting of any of its Rolling Shareholder Contributed Shares. By entering into this Agreement, each Rolling Shareholder hereby grants a proxy appointing Parent as its attorney-in-fact and proxy, with full power of substitution, for and in such Rolling Shareholder’s name, to vote, express consent or dissent, or otherwise to utilize such voting power in the manner expressly provided in Section 2.1 above. The proxy granted by each Rolling Shareholder pursuant to this Article II is coupled with an interest, shall be irrevocable, shall survive the incapacity or bankruptcy, insolvency, dissolution or winding up of such Rolling Shareholder, as applicable, and is granted in consideration of Parent entering into this Agreement and incurring certain related fees and expenses. The proxy granted by each Rolling Shareholder shall automatically be revoked upon termination of this Agreement in accordance with Section 5.3. Without limiting the foregoing and for the avoidance of doubt, the voting proxy granted pursuant hereto shall not be deemed to be revoked by any power of attorney or voting proxy that may be granted by the undersigned to any other Person after the date hereof, unless any such subsequent power of attorney specifically refers to this power of attorney by the date of execution of this power of attorney by the undersigned.
ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
          3.1 Acknowledgements. Each Rolling Shareholder acknowledges that it has been furnished with and has carefully read the proposed form of Merger Agreement, and the form of Operating Agreement, and form of Registration Rights Agreement attached hereto. Such Rolling Shareholder is aware and acknowledges that:
          (a) Parent has only recently been formed and has no financial or operating history.
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          (c) No federal or state agency has passed upon the Rolling Shareholder Parent Interests or made any finding or determination as to the fairness of an investment in the Rolling Shareholder Parent Interests.
          (d) Such Rolling Shareholder should consult with its own tax advisor regarding all United States federal, state, local and foreign tax considerations applicable to the Rolling Shareholder Parent Interests. Neither Parent, nor any of its Affiliates, employees, agents, members, directors, officers, representatives or consultants, assume any responsibility for the tax consequences to such Rolling Shareholder of the acquisition or ownership of the Rolling Shareholder Parent Interests.
          (e) Effective as of the Closing Date, such Rolling Shareholder will become obligated to acquire the Rolling Shareholder Parent Interests.
          (f) Such Rolling Shareholder must bear the economic risk of the Rolling Shareholder Parent Interests for an indefinite period of time because the Rolling Shareholder Parent Interests have not been registered for sale under the 1933 Act, and therefore cannot be sold or otherwise transferred unless either the Rolling Shareholder Parent Interests are subsequently registered under the 1933 Act, or an exemption from such registration is available, and the Rolling Shareholder Parent Interests cannot be sold or otherwise transferred unless they are registered under applicable state securities or an exemption from such registration is available.
          (g) Such Rolling Shareholder’s right to transfer the Rolling Shareholder Parent Interests is or will be restricted by the terms of the Operating Agreement. Such Rolling Shareholder may be required to transfer the Rolling Shareholder Parent Interests under certain circumstances, as provided in the Operating Agreement.
          (h) Such Rolling Shareholder (i) has read the Rollover Disclosure Letter, including the exhibits and annexes thereto and the full text of the agreements and other documents described therein and attached thereto in their entirety and is thoroughly familiar with their terms, (ii) is aware of and understands the nature of the risks involved in investing in the Parent Common Interests and (iii) has had ample opportunity to ask questions relating to the Parent Common Interests, the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Transactions.
          3.2 Representations and Warranties of the Rolling Shareholders. Each Rolling Shareholder represents, warrants and covenants to Parent and its Affiliates that:
          (a) Such Rolling Shareholder, if it is a corporation, partnership, limited liability company, trust or other entity, is duly organized and validly existing and in good standing (where applicable) under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its organization.
          (b) If such Rolling Shareholder is not an individual, the execution, delivery and performance by such Rolling Shareholder of this Agreement, the Operating Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement (the “Rollover Agreements”) and the


 

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consummation by such Rolling Shareholder of the transactions contemplated thereby are within the powers of such Rolling Shareholder and have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other action. If such Rolling Shareholder is an individual, he has full legal capacity, right and authority to execute and deliver the Rollover Agreements and to perform his obligations thereunder. Each of the Rollover Agreements has been, or as of the Closing will be, duly executed and delivered by such Rolling Shareholder and each constitutes, or as of the Closing will constitute, the valid and binding agreement of such Rolling Shareholder enforceable against such Rolling Shareholder in accordance with its terms (subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and other Laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and general principles of equity).
          (c) The execution, delivery and performance of the Rollover Agreements by such Rolling Shareholder does not and will not (i) if such Rolling Shareholder is not an individual, violate the certificate of formation, agreement of limited partnership, certificate of incorporation or similar organizational documents of such Rolling Shareholder, (ii) violate any applicable Law to which such Rolling Shareholder is subject, (iii) require any authorization, approval, consent or other action by any Person under, result in a breach of any of the terms of, or constitute a default under, or give rise to any right of termination, cancellation or acceleration or to a loss of any benefit to which such Rolling Shareholder is entitled under any provision of any agreement or other instrument to which such Rolling Shareholder is a party or by which such Rolling Shareholders is bound or violate in any material respect any Law or Order to which such Rolling Shareholder is subject, or (iv) result in the imposition of any Lien on any Rolling Shareholder Contributed Shares.
          (d) As of the date hereof, such Rolling Shareholder is the beneficial owner of its Rolling Shareholder Contributed Shares, free and clear of any Liens and any other limitation or restriction (including any restriction on the right to vote or otherwise dispose of any such Rolling Shareholder Contributed Shares) other than those created by this Agreement. Except as set forth on Schedule I, none of such Rolling Shareholder Contributed Shares is, and at no time during the term of this Agreement will such Rolling Shareholder Contributed Shares be subject to any voting trust or other agreement or arrangement with respect to the voting of such Shares. Such Rolling Shareholder has, and at all times during the term of this Agreement will have, with respect to its Rolling Shareholder Contributed Shares, except as set forth on Schedule I, either (i) the sole power, directly or indirectly, to vote such Rolling Shareholder Contributed Shares or (ii) the shared power, directly or indirectly, to vote such Rolling Shareholder Contributed Shares together with (but only with) one or more other Rolling Shareholders, and as such has, and at all times during the term of this Agreement will have, the complete and exclusive power, individually or together with one or more other Rolling Shareholders, to, directly or indirectly, issue (or cause the issuance of) instructions with respect to the matters set forth in Articles I and II and agree to all matters set forth in this Agreement.
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television or radio, any seminar or meeting, or any solicitation of a subscription by a person not previously known to such Rolling Shareholder in connection with Rolling Shareholder Parent Interests in securities generally.
          (f) Such Rolling Shareholder has been furnished all materials relating to Parent and the Rolling Shareholder Parent Interests that such Rolling Shareholder has requested and has been afforded the opportunity to ask questions and receive answers concerning the terms and conditions of the offering and obtain any additional information which Parent possesses or can acquire without unreasonable effort or expense.
          (g) Representatives of Parent have answered all inquiries that such Rolling Shareholder has made of them concerning Parent and its Affiliates, or any other matters relating to the formation and proposed operation of Parent and the offering and sale of the Rolling Shareholder Parent Interests. Such Rolling Shareholder acknowledges that neither Parent nor any Affiliate of Parent has rendered or will render any Rolling Shareholder Parent Interests advice or securities valuation advice to such Rolling Shareholder, and that such Rolling Shareholder is neither subscribing for nor acquiring the Rolling Shareholder Parent Interests in reliance upon, or with the expectation of, any such advice.
          (h) Such Rolling Shareholder has not been furnished any offering literature with respect to the Rolling Shareholder Parent Interests or Parent. In addition, except as set forth in Section 3.3, no representations or warranties have been made to such Rolling Shareholder with respect to the Rolling Shareholder Parent Interests or Parent, and such Rolling Shareholder has not relied upon any representation or warranty in making this subscription.
          (i) Such Rolling Shareholder has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters that such Rolling Shareholder is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the Rolling Shareholder Parent Interests and of making an informed Rolling Shareholder Parent Interests decision with respect thereto. Such Rolling Shareholder is an “accredited investor” within the meaning of Regulation D promulgated under the 1933 Act, the text of which is attached hereto as Annex A.
          (j) Such Rolling Shareholder has adequate means of providing for its current needs and possible future contingencies, and has no need, and anticipates no need in the foreseeable future, to sell the Rolling Shareholder Parent Interests for which such Rolling Shareholder subscribes. Such Rolling Shareholder is able to bear the economic risks of the Rolling Shareholder Parent Interests and consequently, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, is able to hold the Rolling Shareholder Parent Interests for an indefinite period of time and has sufficient net worth to sustain a loss of the entire Rolling Shareholder Parent Interests in the event such loss should occur.
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thereof, subject to any requirement of law that its property at all times be within his, her or its control.
          3.3 Representations and Warranties of Parent. Parent represents, warrants and covenants to each of the Rolling Shareholders that:
          (a) Parent is a limited liability company duly formed and validly existing under the laws of the State of Indiana.
          (b) The execution, delivery and performance by Parent of the Rollover Agreements and the consummation by Parent of the transactions contemplated thereby are within the powers of Parent and have been duly authorized by all necessary limited liability company action. Each of the Rollover Agreements has been, or as of the Closing will be, duly executed and delivered by Parent and each constitutes, or as of the Closing will constitute, the valid and binding agreement of such Parent enforceable against Parent in accordance with its terms (subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and other Laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and general principles of equity).
          (c) The execution, delivery and performance of the Rollover Agreements by Parent does not and will not (i) violate the certificate of formation and the initial operating agreement of Parent, dated as of May 6, 2010, (ii) violate any applicable Law to which Parent is subject or (iii) require any authorization, approval, consent or other action by any Person under, result in a breach of any of the terms of, or constitute a default under, or give rise to any right of termination, cancellation or acceleration or to a loss of any benefit to which Parent is entitled under any provision of any agreement or other instrument to which Parent is a party or by which Parent is bound or violate in any material respect any Law or Order to which Parent is subject.
ARTICLE IV
COVENANTS
          4.1 No Proxies for or Encumbrances on Rolling Shareholder Contributed Shares. Except pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or the Merger Agreement, each Rolling Shareholder shall not, without the prior written consent of Parent, directly or indirectly (except, if such Rolling Shareholder is an individual, as a result of the death of such Rolling Shareholder), (a) grant any proxies or enter into any voting trust or other agreement or arrangement with respect to the voting of any Rolling Shareholder Contributed Shares or (b) except as set forth on Schedule I, sell, assign, transfer, encumber or otherwise dispose of, or enter into any contract, option or other arrangement or understanding with respect to the direct or indirect sale, assignment, transfer, encumbrance or other disposition of, any Rolling Shareholder Contributed Shares during the term of this Agreement. Such Rolling Shareholder shall not seek or solicit any such sale, assignment, transfer, encumbrance or other disposition or any such contract, option or other arrangement or understanding.


 

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          4.2 Other Offers. Each Rolling Shareholder shall not knowingly (i) take any action to solicit or initiate any Company Acquisition Proposal or (ii) engage in negotiations with, or disclose any non-public information relating to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or afford access to the properties, books or records of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to, any Person that such Rolling Shareholder knows is considering making, or has made, a Company Acquisition Proposal or has agreed to endorse a Company Acquisition Proposal.
          4.3 Further Assurances. Each party hereto shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all action and to do, or cause to be done, all things necessary, proper or advisable to satisfy its obligations hereunder.
          4.4 U.S. Tax Treatment.
          (a) Parent agrees to take no action inconsistent with the federal income tax treatment of the contribution by the Rolling Shareholders of the Rolling Shareholder Contributed Shares in exchange for the Rolling Shareholder Parent Interests pursuant to this Agreement as a transaction described in Section 351 of the Code.
          (b) Prior to the Closing, each Rolling Shareholder shall provide Parent with a statement setting forth such Rolling Shareholder’s tax basis in its Rolling Shareholder Contributed Shares.
          4.5 Acknowledgment and Waiver of Rights Under Company Stock Options. For the avoidance of doubt, each Rolling Shareholder hereby acknowledges and agrees that, following the cancellation of each option to purchase Shares outstanding under any stock option or compensation plan or arrangement of the Company (each, a “Company Stock Option”) of such Rolling Shareholder at or immediately prior to the Effective Time, such Rolling Shareholder shall not have any further rights in respect of such cancelled Company Stock Options, other than the right to receive the payment, if any, in the amount specified pursuant to Section 2.05(a) of the Merger Agreement in respect of such cancelled Company Stock Options (it being understood that such Rolling Shareholder shall not be entitled to any payments or other consideration in respect of the cancellation of each Company Stock Option that has an exercise price per Share equal to or in excess of the Common Merger Consideration (as defined in the Merger Agreement).
          4.6 Spousal Consent. Upon request, each Rolling Shareholder shall provide Parent with a customary form of spousal consent to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby.
ARTICLE V
MISCELLANEOUS
          5.1 Notices. All notices, requests and demands to or upon the respective parties hereto to be effective shall be in writing (including by telecopy, telegraph or telex), and, unless otherwise expressly provided herein, shall be deemed to


 

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have been duly given or made when delivered by hand, or three days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, or, in the case of telecopy notice, when received, or, in the case of telegraphic notice, when delivered to the telegraph company, or, in the case of telex notice, when sent, answerback received, addressed as follows to Parent and the Rolling Shareholders, or to such other address as may be hereafter notified by the parties hereto:
          (a) if to Parent, to:
JS Acquisition, LLC
c/o James A. Strain, Esq.
Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP
One Indiana Square
Suite 3500
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204
Telephone: (317) 713-3500
Facsimile: (317) 713-3669
          with a copy to:
James M. Dubin, Esq.
Kelley D. Parker, Esq.
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
1285 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10019-6064
Telephone: (212) 373-3000
Facsimile: (212) 757-3990
          (b) If to a Rolling Shareholder, to:
Emmis Communications Corporation
c/o J. Scott Enright
One Emmis Plaza
40 Monument Circle, Suite 700
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204
Telephone: (317) 684-6565
Facsimile: (317) 684-5583
          5.2 Shareholder Capacity. No Person executing this Agreement who is or becomes during the term hereof a director or officer of the Company makes any agreement or understanding herein in his or her capacity as a director or officer. Each Rolling Shareholder signs solely in its capacity as the beneficial owner of the Rolling Shareholder Contributed Shares and nothing in this Agreement shall limit or affect any actions taken by such individual solely in his or her capacity as an officer of director of the Company, including any vote that such individual may make as a director of the Company with respect to any matter presented to the board of directors of the Company (the “Board of Directors”). Parent agrees that no such action taken in such individual’s


 

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capacity as an officer of the Company or as a member of the Board of Directors of the Company will be deemed a violation of this Agreement. This Section 5.2 shall survive any termination of this Agreement.
          5.3 Termination. Except as set forth in Section 5.2, this Agreement shall automatically terminate and be of no further force or effect whatsoever upon the termination of the Securities Purchase Agreement. Upon such termination, this Agreement shall immediately become void and there shall be no liability or obligation on the part of Parent or any of the Rolling Shareholders under this Agreement.
          5.4 Successors. All of the terms, agreements, covenants, representations, warranties, and conditions of this Agreement are binding upon, and inure to the benefit of and are enforceable by, the parties and their respective successors.
          5.5 Assignment. Neither this Agreement nor any of the rights, interests or obligations under this Agreement may be assigned or delegated, in whole or in part, by operation of law or otherwise by any of the parties hereto without the prior written consent of the other parties, and any such assignment without such prior written consent shall be null and void; provided, that notwithstanding the foregoing, after consummation of the transactions contemplated at the Closing Date, Parent may assign its rights and obligations hereunder to any Affiliate without the prior written consent of the other parties hereto. This Agreement shall be binding upon, inure to the benefit of, and be enforceable by, the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns.
          5.6 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, by different parties on separate counterparts or by confirmation by electronic mail from a party, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
          5.7 Interpretation.
          (a) The article and section headings contained in this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and will not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement. The parties hereto have participated jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this Agreement. If an ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation arises, this Agreement will be construed as if drafted jointly by the parties and no presumption or burden of proof will arise favoring or disfavoring any party because of the authorship of any provision of this Agreement.
          (b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the obligations, representations, warranties and covenants of any party hereto are several (with respect to itself) and not joint and several, and in no event shall any party hereto have any liability for the obligations, representations, warranties or covenants of any other party hereto. The words “hereof”, “herein” and “hereunder” and words of like import used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement. References to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and


 

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Schedules are to Articles, Sections, Exhibits, Annexes and Schedules of this Agreement unless otherwise specified. All Exhibits, Annexes and Schedules annexed hereto or referred to herein are hereby incorporated in and made a part of this Agreement as if set forth in full herein. Any singular term in this Agreement shall be deemed to include the plural, and any plural term the singular. Whenever the words “include”, “includes” or “including” are used in this Agreement, they shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation”, whether or not they are in fact followed by those words or words of like import. “Writing”, “written” and comparable terms refer to printing, typing and other means of reproducing words (including electronic media) in a visible form. References to any agreement or contract are to that agreement or contract and the exhibits, schedules and annexes thereto, as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof. References to any Person include the successors and permitted assigns of that Person. References from or through any date mean, unless otherwise specified, from and including or through and including, respectively.
          (c) In this Agreement, the Rolling Shareholder of any Rolling Shareholders Contributed Shares held in trust shall be deemed to be the relevant trust and/or the trustees thereof acting in their capacities as such trustees, in each case as the context may require to be most protective of Parent, including for purposes of such trustees’ representations and warranties as to the proper organization of the trust, their power and authority as trustees and the non-contravention of the trust’s governing instruments.
          5.8 Documentation and Information. Each Rolling Shareholder (a) consents to and authorizes the publication and disclosure by Parent of such Rolling Shareholder’s identity and holding of Rolling Shareholder Contributed Shares, the nature of such Rolling Shareholder’s commitments, arrangements and understandings under this Agreement (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the disclosure of this Agreement) and any other information, in each case, that Parent reasonably determines is required to be disclosed by applicable Law in any press release, any Current Report on Form 8-K, any Statement on Schedule 13D, the Proxy Statement, the Offer Documents, any other disclosure document in connection with the Exchange Offer and the Merger Agreement and any filings with or notices to Governmental Authorities in connection with the foregoing documents and (b) agrees promptly to give to Parent any information it may reasonably request for the preparation of any such documents. Parent (i) consents to and authorizes the publication and disclosure by any Rolling Shareholder of Parent’s identity, the nature of Parent’s and such Rolling Shareholder’s commitments, arrangements and understandings under this Agreement (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the disclosure of this Agreement) and any other information, in each case, that such Rolling Shareholder determines is required to be disclosed by applicable Law in any Statement on Schedule 13D or 13G (or amendments thereto) and any other filings with or notices to Governmental Authorities and (ii) agrees promptly to give to such Rolling Shareholder any information it may reasonably request for the preparation of any such documents. Each party hereto agrees to promptly notify the other parties of any required corrections with respect to any information supplied by such party specifically for use in any such


 

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document, if and to the extent that any such information shall have become false or misleading in any material respect.
          5.9 Survival. The representations, warranties, and other agreements contained herein will survive the Closing.
          5.10 Amendments and Waivers. No amendment, modification or supplement to the Agreement shall be enforced against any party unless such amendment, modification or supplement is in writing and signed by Parent and each of the Rolling Shareholders. Any waiver by any party of any term of this Agreement shall not operate as or be construed to be a waiver of any other term of this Agreement. Any waiver must be in writing and signed by the Party charged therewith.
          5.11 Integration. This Agreement and the documents referred to herein and therein contain the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof. There are no agreements, representations, warranties, covenants or undertakings with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof other than those expressly set forth herein and therein. This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings between the parties with respect to this subject matter. There are no third party beneficiaries having rights under or with respect to this Agreement.
          5.12 Severability. The provisions of this Agreement will be deemed severable and the invalidity or unenforceability of any provision will not affect the validity or enforceability of the other provisions hereof.
          5.13 Specific Performance. 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.
          5.14 No Ownership Interest. All rights, ownership and economic benefits of and relating to the Rolling Shareholder Contributed Shares shall remain vested in and belong to such Rolling Shareholder, and Parent shall have no authority to exercise any power or authority to direct such Rolling Shareholder in the voting of any of the Rolling Shareholder Contributed Shares, except as otherwise specifically provided herein, or in the performance of such Rolling Shareholder’s duties or responsibilities as a shareholder of the Company.
          5.15 Joinder. Each other Person that is not a party to this Agreement as of the date hereof, but after the date hereof agrees, at the request of Parent, to contribute its Shares in exchange for Parent Common Interests shall execute a Joinder, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C (each, a “Joinder”) and shall agree to be bound by this Agreement as if such Person had executed this Agreement on the date hereof.


 

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Upon the execution of any such Joinder, Parent shall appropriately revise Schedule I hereto.
          5.16 Governing Law; Consent to Jurisdiction. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Indiana, regardless of the laws that might otherwise govern under applicable principles of conflicts of laws thereof. Each of the parties hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits to the personal jurisdiction of any Federal court in the State of New York or if jurisdiction is not available in such court, any court sitting in New York County, New York, over any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement and each and every agreement and instrument contemplated hereby or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby. Each of the parties agrees that any notice provided to a party in accordance with Section 5.1 shall be effective service of process for any action, suit or proceeding brought against it in any such court with respect to any such proceeding. Each of the parties irrevocably and unconditionally waives any objection to the laying of venue of any such suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court and any claim that any such suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum. Each of the parties agrees that a final judgment in any such suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court shall be conclusive and binding upon the parties and may be enforced in any other courts to whose jurisdiction a party is or may be subject, by suit upon such judgment.
          5.17 Waiver of Jury Trial.
          (a) EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.
          (b) EACH PARTY CERTIFIES AND ACKNOWLEDGES THAT (i) NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE WAIVER IN SECTION 5.16(a), (ii) SUCH PARTY UNDERSTANDS AND HAS CONSIDERED THE IMPLICATIONS OF SUCH WAIVER, (iii) SUCH PARTY MAKES SUCH WAIVER VOLUNTARILY AND (iv) SUCH PARTY HAS BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS, AGREEMENTS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN SECTION 5.16(a) AND THIS SECTION 5.16(b).
ARTICLE VI
DEFINITIONS
          As used herein, the following terms have the following meanings:
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          “1934 Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
          “Adverse Recommendation Change” has the meaning set forth in the Merger Agreement.
          “Affiliate” means, when used with reference to a specified Person, any other Person that directly or indirectly controls or is controlled by or is under common control with the specified Person. The term “control” (including, with correlative meaning, the terms “controlled by” and “under common control with”), as applied to any Person, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting or other securities, by contract or otherwise.
          “beneficial ownership” means “beneficial ownership” of such security as determined pursuant to Rule 13d-3 under the 1934 Act, including all securities as to which such Person has the right to acquire, without regard to the 60-day period set forth in such rule.
          “Class B Shares” means shares of Class B Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company.
          “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
          “Company Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company.
          “Credit Agreement” means the Amended and Restated Revolving Credit and Term Loan Agreement, by and among Emmis Operating Company, the Company, the lending institutions party thereto and Bank of America as administrative agent, dated as of November 2, 2006, as amended.
          “Governmental Authority” means any government, court, regulatory or administrative agency, commission or authority or other governmental instrumentality, whether domestic or foreign, federal, state or local, multinational or supranational.
          “IBCL” or “Indiana Law” means Indiana Business Corporation Law.
          “Law” means all laws (including common law), statutes, ordinances, codes, rules and regulations of any Governmental Authorities.
          “Lien” means any lien, pledge, mortgage, deed of trust, security interest, claim, lease, license, charge, option, right of first refusal, easement, servitude, transfer restriction, encumbrance, adverse claim or any other restriction or limitation whatsoever other than restrictions on sale imposed by the 1933 Act and state securities laws.
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          “Person” means an individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, firm, joint venture, association, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, Governmental Authority or any other entity.
          “Rollover Disclosure Letter” means the disclosure letter describing the Rolling Shareholder Parent Interests that are being offered the Rolling Shareholders in exchange for the Rolling Shareholder Contributed Shares pursuant to this Agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit D.
          “SEC” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
          “Securities Purchase Agreement” means that certain Securities Purchase Agreement, of even date herewith, by and among Alden Global Distressed Opportunities Master Fund, L.P., Alden Global Value Recovery Master Fund, L.P., Alden Media Holdings, LLC, Parent and Jeffrey H. Smulyan.
          “Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any corporation, partnership, trust, limited liability company or other non-corporate business enterprise in which such Person (or another Subsidiary of such Person) holds stock or other ownership interests representing (A) more that 50% of the voting power of all outstanding stock or ownership interests of such entity, (B) the right to receive more than 50% of the net assets of such entity available for distribution to the holders of outstanding stock or ownership interests upon a liquidation or dissolution of such entity or (C) a general or managing partnership interest in such entity.
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          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Parent and the Rolling Shareholders have executed this Agreement as of the day and year first above written.
         
  JS ACQUISITION, LLC
 
 
  By:    /s/ Jeffrey H. Smulyan  
    Name:   Jeffrey H. Smulyan   
    Title:   President, Treasurer and Secretary   
 
[Signature Page to Rollover Agreement]


 

 
GREG NATHANSON AND TERESA
NATHANSON TTEES THE NATHANSON
FAMILY TRUST TR DTD 12/23/05
 
By:  
/s/  Greg Nathanson
Name:  Greg Nathanson
 
By:  
/s/  Teresa Nathanson
Name:  Teresa Nathanson
 
     
/s/  Greg Nathanson

Greg A. Nathanson
 
/s/  Dale M. Friedlander

Dale M. Friedlander
     
/s/  Richard A. Leventhal

Richard A. Leventhal
 
/s/  Barbara Leventhal

Barbara Leventhal
     
/s/  John F. Dille III

John F. Dille III
 
/s/  Richard F. Cummings

Richard F. Cummings
     
/s/  Janine J. Smulyan

Janine J. Smulyan
 
/s/  Gary L. Kaseff

Gary L. Kaseff
     
/s/  Vicky Myers-Kaseff

Vicky Myers-Kaseff
 
/s/  Randall D. Bongarten

Randall D. Bongarten
     
/s/  James R. Riggs

James R. Riggs
 
/s/  Patrick M. Walsh

Patrick M. Walsh
     
/s/  Natalie J. Smulyan

Natalie J. Smulyan
 
/s/  Paul W. Fiddick

Paul W. Fiddick
     
/s/  Robin L. Rene

Robin L. Rene
 
/s/  Gregory T. Loewen

Gregory T. Loewen
     
/s/  Deborah D. Paul

Deborah D. Paul
 
/s/  Michael Levitan

Michael Levitan
     
/s/  Valerie C. Maki

Valerie C. Maki
 
/s/  David R. Newcomer

David R. Newcomer
     
/s/  John R. Beck

John R. Beck
 
/s/  J. Scott Enright

J. Scott Enright
     
/s/  Ryan A. Hornaday

Ryan A. Hornaday
 
/s/  Norman H. Gurwitz

Norman H. Gurwitz


[Signature Page to Rollover Agreement]


 

 

Schedule I
Rolling Shareholder Contributed Shares
         
Rolling Shareholder   Contributed Shares
Greg Nathanson and Teresa Nathanson TTEES the Nathanson Family TR DTD 12/23/05
    256,312  
Greg A. Nathanson
    76,276  
Dale M. Friedlander
    312,461  
Richard A. Leventhal
    191,925  
Barbara Leventhal
    3,000  
John F. Dille III
    178,800  
Richard F. Cummings
    142,669  
Janine J. Smulyan
    150,000  
Gary L. Kaseff
    123,911  
Vicky Myers-Kaseff
    3,411  
Randall D. Bongarten
    44,117  
James R. Riggs
    33,608  
Patrick M. Walsh
    30,828  
Natalie J. Smulyan
    30,350  
Paul W. Fiddick
    29,547  
Robin L. Rene
    20,933  
Gregory T. Loewen
    20,427  
Deborah D. Paul
    19,982  
Michael Levitan
    18,511  
Valerie C. Maki
    8,041  
David R. Newcomer
    7,294  
John R. Beck
    4,045  
J. Scott Enright
    3,807  
Ryan A. Hornaday
    2,613  
Norman H. Gurwitz
    1,563  
Total
    1,714,431  
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