0001437749-13-014576.txt : 20131113 0001437749-13-014576.hdr.sgml : 20131113 20131113123646 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001437749-13-014576 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 4 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20131107 ITEM INFORMATION: Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement ITEM INFORMATION: Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets ITEM INFORMATION: Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant ITEM INFORMATION: Triggering Events That Accelerate or Increase a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement ITEM INFORMATION: Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities ITEM INFORMATION: Material Modifications to Rights of Security Holders ITEM INFORMATION: Changes in Control of Registrant ITEM INFORMATION: Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20131113 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20131113 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: MEDIA GENERAL INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000216539 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: TELEVISION BROADCASTING STATIONS [4833] IRS NUMBER: 540850433 STATE OF INCORPORATION: VA FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-06383 FILM NUMBER: 131213560 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 333 E FRANKLIN ST CITY: RICHMOND STATE: VA ZIP: 23219 BUSINESS PHONE: 8046496000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 333 E FRANKLIN ST CITY: RICHMOND STATE: VA ZIP: 23219 8-K 1 meg20131112_8k.htm FORM 8-K meg20131112_8k.htm

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549     

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

 

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) November 12, 2013

 

MEDIA GENERAL, INC.

 

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

Virginia

 

1-6383

 

54-0850433

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

333 E. Franklin Street

Richmond, Virginia

 

23219

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

(804) 887-5000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)  

 

None

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

 

 

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

 
 

 

 

Introductory Note

 

This Current Report on Form 8-K is one of two being filed in connection with the consummation on November 12, 2013 (the “Closing Date”) of the transactions contemplated by the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of June 5, 2013 (the “Merger Agreement”), by and among Media General, Inc. (“Media General”), New Young Broadcasting Holding Co., Inc. (“Young”), General Merger Sub 1, Inc., General Merger Sub 2, Inc. and General Merger Sub 3, LLC. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, on the Closing Date Media General and Young consummated an all-stock business combination transaction. The transaction will be accounted for as a reverse merger using the acquisition method of accounting. As such, Young is the acquirer solely for accounting purposes.

 

Item 1.02. Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

On the Closing Date, in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement (the “Closing”), the Company repaid in full all outstanding loans, under the Credit Agreement, dated as of May 17, 2012, by and among BH Finance LLC, an affiliate of Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. (“Berkshire”), as administrative agent, and the other lenders party thereto (the “Berkshire Credit Agreement”), and terminated all commitments under the Berkshire Credit Agreement. The outstanding loans consisted of $301.5 million in term loans and $30 million in revolving loans. The repayments also included accrued interest and all other amounts due in connection therewith, including approximately $43.7 million in prepayment premiums. Prior to the Closing Date, Berkshire owned approximately 17% of the outstanding Class A Common Stock, par value $5.00 per share, of Media General (the “Class A Common Stock”) and had the right to recommend an individual to serve as a director on Media General’s Board of Directors.

 

Also on the Closing Date, in connection with the Closing, a notice of redemption was issued to holders of Media General’s $299,800,000 aggregate principal amount of its 11.75% senior secured notes due 2017 that were issued pursuant to the Indenture, dated as of February 12, 2010, by and among Media General, the guarantors named therein, and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee (the “Indenture”). The notice of redemption provided for the redemption of all outstanding notes under the Indenture, with a redemption date of December 12, 2013. The redemption price for the notes will be approximately 105.875% of the outstanding principal amount of the notes, plus a “make-whole” of approximately $17.3 million which includes interest to February 15, 2014. On the Closing Date, Media General irrevocably deposited funds with The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee under the Indenture, in an amount equal to the aggregate redemption price for the notes and the Indenture was satisfied and discharged effective on the Closing Date.

 

The repayments of the amounts due under the Berkshire Credit Facility, and the redemption of the outstanding notes under the Indenture, were financed with proceeds drawn on the Closing Date under Media General’s Credit Agreement, dated as of July 31, 2013, by and among Media General, as borrower, Royal Bank of Canada, as administrative agent and a lender and the other lenders party thereto (the “New Credit Facility”).

 

Item 2.01. Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets.

 

On the Closing Date, Media General consummated the business combination transaction between Media General and Young contemplated by the Merger Agreement, which transaction was previously described in a Registration Statement on Form S-4, as amended (File No. 333-190051) filed by Media General (the “Registration Statement”).

 

 
 

 

 

Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, Media General reclassified all of its outstanding shares of Class A and Class B Common Stock, par value $5.00 per share (the “Class B Common Stock”), on a one-for-one basis into shares of a newly-created class of Voting Common Stock, no par value per share (the “Voting Common Stock”) (the “Reclassification”), except that the shares of Class A Common Stock held by Berkshire were reclassified, in part, into shares of a newly created class of Non-Voting Common Stock, no par value per share (the “Non-Voting Common Stock”).

 

The combination of Media General and Young was effected by means of a merger of a wholly owned subsidiary of Media General with and into Young (the “Combination Merger”). In connection with the Combination Merger, Media General issued to Young’s equityholders approximately 60.2 million shares of Voting Common Stock and Non-Voting Common Stock, and Young became a wholly owned subsidiary of Media General.

 

The foregoing description of the Merger Agreement and the business combination between Media General and Young is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to (i) the press release announcing the Closing, which is incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.2 to Media General's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on November 13, 2013, (ii) the full text of the Merger Agreement, which is incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to Media General’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on June 10, 2013 and (iii) the “The Agreements—Description of the Merger Agreement” in the Registration Statement.

 

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

 

As previously disclosed in Media General’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on August 5, 2013, Media General entered into the New Credit Facility, the availability of which was contingent upon certain conditions being met, including the successful completion of the Combination Merger. On the Closing Date, those conditions were satisfied, and Media General borrowed $885 million pursuant to the New Credit Facility. A $60 million revolving credit facility under the New Credit Facility remains undrawn. A portion of such borrowings was used to repay Media General’s debt obligations under the Berkshire Credit Agreement and to deposit with the trustee under the Indenture the aggregate redemption price for the notes thereunder in order satisfy and discharge the Indenture, and another portion of such borrowings was used to repay all indebtedness outstanding under and satisfy all other obligations of Young and its subsidiaries under Young’s existing credit facility. The term loan borrowings also funded fees and other expenses payable in connection with the Merger Agreement and the New Credit Facility. Further, $30 million of term loan borrowings under the New Credit Facility and other available cash will be used to fund a $50 million contribution to Media General’s qualified retirement plan. The New Credit Facility is guaranteed by the combined company and its subsidiaries and secured by liens on substantially all of the assets of the combined company.

 

As previously disclosed in Media General’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on August 5, 2013, Shield Media LLC and Shield Media Lansing LLC (“Shield Media”) entered into a new credit agreement with Royal Bank of Canada, as Administrative Agent and other lenders party thereto dated as July 31, 2013 (the
“Shield Media Facility”), the availability of which was contingent upon certain conditions being met, including the successful completion of the Combination Merger. On November 12, 2013, in connection with the Combination Merger, those conditions were satisfied and $32 million was drawn under the Shield Media Facility and used to refinance the amounts outstanding under existing term loans of Shield Media. The Shield Media Facility is guaranteed on a secured basis by the combined company and its subsidiaries. These guarantees will be secured by liens on substantially all of the assets of the combined company on a pari passu basis with the New Credit Facility.

 

 
 

 

 

The foregoing descriptions of the New Credit Facility and the Shield Media Facility are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of the New Credit Facility and the Shield Media Facility that are Exhibits 10.1 and 10.2 respectively.

 

Item 2.04. Triggering Events that Accelerate or Increase a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement.

 

The consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement triggered Media General’s obligation to repay all amounts outstanding under the Berkshire Credit Agreement at the Closing. The information contained in Item 1.02 above is hereby incorporated by reference into this Item 2.04.

 

Item 3.02. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.

 

The information contained in Item 2.01 above is hereby incorporated by reference into this Item 3.02.

 

The shares of Voting Common Stock and Non-Voting Common Stock that were issued to the equityholders of Young in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement were issued in reliance upon an exemption from registration under the federal securities laws provided by Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933 and Rule 506 of Regulation D promulgated thereunder and exemptions from registration under applicable state securities laws.

 

Item 3.03. Material Modifications to Rights of Security Holders.

 

Amendment of the Articles of Incorporation

 

On the Closing Date, Media General's articles of incorporation (the “Articles of Incorporation”) were amended and restated pursuant to the Reclassification. The amendment and restatement provided for the reclassification of Media General’s Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock into shares of Voting Common Stock and Non-Voting Common Stock, as described in Item 2.01 above. Such description in Item 2.01 is hereby incorporated by reference into this Item 3.03. In addition, such amendment and restatement provided for the governance arrangements described below.

 

During the time period beginning on the Closing Date through the 2014 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Media General, certain significant corporate actions will require the consent of at least 10 out of the 14 members of the Board of Directors of Media General (the “Board”), including (i) any change to the size of the Board (other than the reduction from 14 to 11 directors described below), (ii) any change to the composition, structure or authority of the Board’s committees, (iii) mergers, consolidations and similar transactions involving Media General, (iv) any amendments to Media General's Articles of Incorporation or Media General’s Bylaws and (v) the hiring or termination of executive officers of Media General.

 

 
 

 

 

At the 2014 annual meeting of stockholders of Media General, the size of the Board will be reduced to 11 members, and the Nominating & Governance Committee of the Board (the “Nominating Committee”) will nominate for election to the Board (i) five of the nine directors of Media General immediately prior to the transaction (the “Pre-Closing Media General Directors”) selected by the Nominating Committee (including the current Chairman, Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Media General), (ii) five former directors of Young (or any replacements designated by the former directors of Young) (the “Young Designees”), and (iii) one additional nominee selected by the Nominating Committee.

 

During the period from the Closing Date through the 2017 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Media General, the Nominating Committee by a majority vote of its members will have the exclusive right to nominate candidates on behalf of Media General for election to the Board and to appoint individuals to fill vacancies on the Board, subject to a right of a majority of the Board (including one affirmative vote of a Young Designee) to reject such nomination or appointment. During that period, the Nominating Committee will be comprised of five directors, including at least three Young Designees. During the period from the Closing Date through the 2014 annual meeting of stockholders of Media General, the Nominating Committee will include two Pre-Closing Media General Directors in addition to the three Young Designees.

 

In addition, Media General's amended and restated Articles of Incorporation authorize Media General to limit the ownership, conversion or transfer of Media General’s Voting Common Stock and Non-Voting Common Stock if such ownership, conversion or transfer (1) is inconsistent with, or in violation of, any provision of the U.S. federal communications laws, (2) materially limits or materially impairs any existing business activity of Media General or any of its subsidiaries under the U.S. federal communications laws, (3) materially limits or materially impairs under the U.S. federal communications laws the acquisition of an attributable interest in a full-power television station by Media General or any of its subsidiaries for which Media General or its subsidiary is considering entering into a definitive agreement with a third party, (4) subjects or could reasonably be expected to subject Media General or any of its subsidiaries to any rule, regulation, order or policy under the U.S. federal communications laws having or which could reasonably be expected to have a material effect on Media General or any subsidiary of Media General to which Media General or any subsidiary of Media General would not be subject but for such ownership, conversion or proposed ownership, or (5) requires the prior approval from the FCC for a change of control and such approval has not been obtained.

 

A copy of Media General’s Articles of Incorporation is filed as Exhibit 3.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K. The foregoing description of the Media General’s Articles of Incorporation is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Media General’s Articles of Incorporation attached hereto.

 

Amendment and Restatement of Bylaws

 

On the Closing Date, in accordance with the terms of the Merger Agreement, Media General amended and restated its Bylaws (the “Bylaws”). In addition to certain minor technical and administrative edits, the Bylaws were amended as follows:

 

 

Article I, Section 3 was amended to clarify that only the matters set forth in a notice of a special meeting of the stockholders can be transacted at such meeting

 

 
 

 

 

 

Article I, Section 4 was amended to provide that notice of stockholder meetings may be given by a form of electronic transmission.

 

 

Article I, Sections 7, 8 and 9 were amended to clarify the ability of stockholders to vote by proxy, including the ability to authorize an attorney-in-fact by electronic transmission.

 

 

Article I, Sections 10 and 11 were amended to address the timeliness of notices delivered by a stockholder for the election of directors or the transaction of business at a meeting and to provide that such notice must include a statement as to whether any person will deliver a proxy statement or form of proxy to other stockholders with respect to such matters.

 

 

Article II, Section 2 was amended to be consistent with the provisions of the amended and restated Articles of Incorporation regarding the election and number of directors (described above).

 

 

Articles IV and V were amended to remove provisions related to the executive committee of the Board (at the Closing, the executive committee was disbanded).

 

 

A copy of Media General’s Bylaws is filed as Exhibit 3.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K. The foregoing description of the Media General’s Bylaws is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full Media General Bylaws attached hereto.

 

Item 5.01. Change in Control of Registrant.

 

Pursuant to Media General's Articles of Incorporation as in effect immediately prior to the Closing, the holders of the Class A Common Stock voting separately and as a class elected 30% of the Company’s Board of Directors and the holders of the Class B Common Stock elected the balance. The holders of the Class B Common Stock also had the sole right to vote on all other matters submitted for a vote of stockholders, except as required by law and except with respect to limited matters specifically set forth in Media General's Articles of Incorporation as in effect immediately prior to the Closing. Immediately prior to the Closing, J. Stewart Bryan, III, Chairman of Media General's Board of Directors, controlled approximately 85% of the outstanding shares of Media General’s Class B Common Stock. Consequently, Mr. Bryan had the power to elect a majority of Media General’s Board of Directors and approve significant corporate transactions.

 

At the Closing, all outstanding shares of Class A and Class B Common Stock were reclassified as shares of Voting Common Stock or Non-Voting Common Stock as described above. After the Closing, the holders of Voting Common Stock have the power to elect the Board of Directors of Media General and to vote on all other matters submitted for a vote of stockholders, subject to limited exceptions, and Mr. Bryan no longer has the power to elect a majority of Media General’s Board of Directors, or to approve significant corporate transactions.

  

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

 

The information contained in Item 3.03 above is hereby incorporated by reference into this Item 5.03.

 

 
 

 


Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(a)           Financial statements of business acquired.

 

The financial statements required by Item 9.01(a) of Form 8-K were included as pages F-1 through F-52 of the Registration Statement, filed with the SEC on October 2, 2013, and are incorporated herein by reference.

 

(b)           Pro forma financial information

 

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information was included as pages 124 through 128 of the Registration Statement, filed with the SEC on October 2, 2013 and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

 
 

 

 

(d)           Exhibits

 

Exhibit
Number

 

Description

     

2.1

 

Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of June 5, 2013, by and among Media General, Inc., New Young Broadcasting Holding Co., Inc., General Merger Sub 1, Inc., General Merger Sub 2, Inc., and General Merger Sub 3, LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 of Media General’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on June 10, 2013).

3.1

 

Articles of Incorporation of Media General, Inc., amended and restated as of November 12, 2013

3.2

 

Bylaws of Media General, Inc., amended and restated as of November 12, 2013.

10.1

 

Credit Agreement, dated as of July 31, 2013, by and among Media General, Inc., as Borrower, Royal Bank of Canada, as Administrative Agent and a Lender and the other lenders party thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of Media General, Inc.’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed August 5, 2013).

10.2

 

Credit Agreement, dated as of July 31, 2013, among Shield Media LLC and Shield Media Lansing LLC, as Holding Companies, WXXA-TV LLC, WLAJ-TV LLC, as the Borrowers, Royal Bank of Canada, as Administrative Agent and the other lenders party thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 of Media General, Inc.’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed August 5, 2013).

10.3

 

Technical Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of November 12, 2013, among Media General, Inc., as Borrower, and Royal Bank of Canada, as Administrative Agent.

 

 
 

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

Date:  November 13, 2013

MEDIA GENERAL, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ James F. Woodward

 

Name:

James F. Woodward

 

Title:

Vice President – Finance and Chief Financial Officer

  


 

 
 

 

  

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit
Number

 

Description

 

 

 

2.1

 

Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of June 5, 2013, by and among Media General, Inc., New Young Broadcasting Holding Co., Inc., General Merger Sub 1, Inc., General Merger Sub 2, Inc., and General Merger Sub 3, LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 of Media General’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on June 10, 2013).

3.1

 

Articles of Incorporation of Media General, Inc., amended and restated as of November 12, 2013

3.2

 

Bylaws of Media General, Inc., amended and restated as of November 12, 2013.

10.1

 

Credit Agreement, dated as of July 31, 2013, by and among Media General, Inc., as Borrower, Royal Bank of Canada, as Administrative Agent and a Lender and the other lenders party thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of Media General, Inc.’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed August 5, 2013).

10.2

 

Credit Agreement, dated as of July 31, 2013, among Shield Media LLC and Shield Media Lansing LLC, as Holding Companies, WXXA-TV LLC, WLAJ-TV LLC, as the Borrowers, Royal Bank of Canada, as Administrative Agent and the other lenders party thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 of Media General, Inc.’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed August 5, 2013).

10.3

 

Technical Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of November 12, 2013, among Media General, Inc., as Borrower, and Royal Bank of Canada, as Administrative Agent.

 

 

 

 

 

EX-3 2 ex3-1.htm EXHIBIT 3.1 ex3-1.htm

Exhibit 3.1

AMENDED AND RESTATED

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

OF

MEDIA GENERAL, INC.

 

ARTICLE I

 

The name of the Corporation is MEDIA GENERAL, INC.

 

ARTICLE II

 

A.            The aggregate number of shares which the Corporation shall have the authority to issue, each of which shall have no par value per share, are as follows:

 

Class

No. of Shares

Voting Common

400,000,000

Non-Voting Common

400,000,000

Preferred

50,000,000

 

B.            The preferences, limitations, and relative rights of the different classes of shares are as follows:

 

(1) Preferred Shares

 

(a) The Board of Directors is authorized, without shareholder action, to classify or reclassify any or all of the unissued Preferred Shares from time to time in one or more series and to provide for the designation, preferences, limitations and relative rights of the shares of each series by the adoption of Articles of Amendment to these Articles of Incorporation setting forth:

 

(i) The maximum number of shares in the series and the designation of the series, which designation shall distinguish the shares thereof from the shares of any other series or class;

 

(ii) Whether shares of the series shall have special, conditional or limited voting rights, or no right to vote, except to the extent prohibited by law;

 

(iii) Whether shares of the series are redeemable or convertible (x) at the option of the Corporation, a shareholder or another person or upon the occurrence of a designated event, (y) for cash, indebtedness, securities or other property, and (z) in a designated amount or in an amount determined in accordance with a designated formula or by reference to extrinsic data or

events;

 

(iv) Any right of holders of shares of the series to distributions, calculated in any manner, including the rate or rates of dividends, and whether dividends shall be cumulative, noncumulative or partially cumulative;

 

(v) The amount payable to holders of shares of the series in the event of voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation;

 

 
 

 

 

(vi) Any preference of the shares of the series over the shares of any other series or class with respect to distributions, including dividends, and with respect to distributions upon the liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation; and

 

(vii) Any other preferences, limitations or specified rights (including a right that no transaction of a specified nature shall be consummated while any shares of such series remain outstanding except upon the assent of all or a specified portion of such shares) now or hereafter permitted by the Virginia Stock Corporation Act (as it exists on the date hereof or as it may be amended from time to time, the “VSCA”).

 

(b) Before the issuance of any shares of a series of Preferred Shares, Articles of Amendment establishing such series shall be filed with and made effective by the State Corporation Commission of Virginia, as required by the VSCA.

 

(c) Each series of Preferred Shares shall be so designated as to distinguish the shares thereof from the shares of all other series. Different series of Preferred Shares shall not be considered to constitute different voting groups of shares for the purpose of voting by voting groups except as required by the VSCA or as otherwise specified by the Board of Directors with respect to any series at the time of the establishment thereof.

 

(2) Common Shares.

 

(a) Except as otherwise provided in the Articles of Amendment establishing any series of Preferred Shares, the holders of outstanding Voting Common Shares shall, to the exclusion of the holders of any other class of shares of the Corporation, have the sole power to vote for the election of directors and for all other purposes without limitation. Notwithstanding any provision in the VSCA to the contrary, the holders of the Non-Voting Common Shares shall not have any voting power with respect to the election of directors, the adoption of any amendment to or restatement of these Articles, the authorization of any plan of merger, share exchange or entity conversion or the authorization of any disposition of assets or dissolution or for any other purpose, and shall not have the right to participate in any meeting of shareholders, except as may be required by the VSCA. In the event that the approval of the holders of the Voting Common Shares shall be required by the VSCA for the adoption of an amendment to or restatement of these Articles, the authorization of any plan of merger, share exchange or entity conversion or the authorization of any disposition of assets or dissolution, then, unless the Board of Directors requires a greater vote, such approval shall require a majority of all votes cast in respect thereof by holders of the Voting Common Shares, in lieu of such vote as would otherwise be required by the VSCA at a meeting at which a quorum of the Voting Common Shares exists.

 

(b) Except as may be otherwise specifically provided in these Articles, in all other respects, including, but not by way of limitation, the right to receive the payment of cash dividends, the right to share in the property or business of the Corporation in event of its liquidation in whole or in part, and the right to share in the assets of the Corporation in event of its dissolution and the distribution of such assets by way of return of capital, each Voting Common Share and each Non-Voting Common Share shall rank equally and be identical.

 

 
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(3) Other Rights.

 

(a) The holders of the Voting Common Shares and Non-Voting Common Shares shall be treated equally, according to the number of Voting Common Shares or Non-Voting Common Shares they hold, as applicable, in the payment of any share dividend or other distribution of shares, but the holders of the Voting Common Shares shall be issued only Voting Common Shares in respect of their shares of Voting Common Shares in the payment of any such share dividend or distribution, while the holders of the Non-Voting Common Shares shall be issued only Non-Voting Common Shares in respect of their shares of Non-Voting Common Stock in the payment of any such share dividend or other distribution of shares.

 

(b) No holder of shares of any class of the Corporation shall, as such holder, have any right to subscribe for or purchase (i) any shares of any class of the Corporation, or any warrants, options or other instruments that shall confer upon the holder thereof the right to subscribe for or purchase or receive from the Corporation any shares of any class, whether or not such shares, warrants, options or other instruments are issued for cash or services or property or by way of dividend or otherwise, or (ii) any other security of the Corporation that shall be convertible into, or exchangeable for, any shares of the Corporation of any class or classes, or to which shall be attached or appurtenant any warrant, option or other instrument that shall confer upon the holder of such security the right to subscribe for or purchase or receive from the Corporation any shares of any class or classes, whether or not such securities are issued for cash or services or property or by way of dividend or otherwise, other than such right, if any, as the Board of Directors, in its sole discretion, may from time to time determine. If the Board of Directors shall offer to the holders of shares of any class of the Corporation, or any of them, any such shares, options, warrants, instruments or other securities of the Corporation, such offer shall not, in any way, constitute a waiver or release of the right of the Board of Directors subsequently to dispose of other securities of the Corporation without offering the same to said holders.

 

(c) (i) Subject to Section B(3)(c)(iii) of this Article II and Article III, each Voting Common Share shall be convertible, at the option of the holder thereof, at any time after the date of issuance of such share into one fully paid and nonassessable Non-Voting Common Share; provided, however, that such conversion shall not be permitted if, following and after giving effect to such conversion, no Voting Common Shares would remain issued and outstanding.

 

(ii) Subject to Section B(3)(c)(iii) of this Article II and Article III, each Non-Voting Common Share shall be convertible, at the option of the holder thereof, at any time after the date of issuance of such share into one fully paid and nonassessable Voting Common Share.

 

 
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(iii) To effect a conversion of Voting Common Shares or Non-Voting Common Shares permitted by this Section B(3)(c) of this Article II, a holder of Voting Common Shares or Non-Voting Common Shares shall deliver to the transfer agent for the Voting Common Shares or the Non-Voting Common Shares, as the case may be, the certificate or certificates representing the Voting Common Shares or Non-Voting Common Shares to be converted, duly endorsed in blank or accompanied by duly executed proper instruments of conversion and transfer, or, in the case of shares held in book-entry form, deliver written notice to the transfer agent for the Voting Common Shares or the Non-Voting Common Shares, as the case may be, with a copy to the Secretary of the Corporation at its principal corporate office, stating that such holder elects to convert such shares and stating the name or names of the person or persons in which the shares issued upon such conversion are to be issued (and setting forth the addresses of such persons), together with proper instruments of conversion and transfer in accordance with the procedures of the transfer agent and The Depository Trust Company or any successor depositary (“DTC”), as applicable. Subject to Article III, conversion shall be deemed to have been effected at the time and date when the conversion is reflected in the books of the transfer agent following compliance with the requirements described in the immediately preceding sentence, as applicable, with respect to the shares to be converted, and the person exercising such conversion (or, if the notice specifies another person to whom shares are to be issued upon conversion, such other person) shall be deemed to be the holder of record of the class and number of shares issuable upon such conversion at such time; provided, however, that, if any such conversion should require the prior approval from the Federal Communications Commission or any successor governmental agency (the “FCC”), such approval shall have been received prior to any such conversion; and provided further, that, if, as a result of such requested conversion, the holder seeking conversion or any holder of Voting Common Shares would acquire or be deemed to hold an interest subject to FCC media ownership and qualifications reporting requirements (including without limitation an “attributable interest” in the Corporation within the meaning of Federal Communications Laws (as hereinafter defined)), the conversion shall not become effective until the Corporation shall have requested and received, pursuant to Section B of Article III, information sufficient in the Corporation’s reasonable judgment to determine whether to exercise its rights under Section C of Article III with respect to the conversion and the Corporation in its reasonable judgment shall have determined not to exercise such rights. If a requested conversion would cause any holder other than the converting holder (“Other Holder”) to acquire or be deemed to hold an attributable interest in the Corporation under the Federal Communications Laws, the Corporation shall have the discretion to convert shares of Voting Common Shares held by such Other Holders to Non-Voting Common Shares but only to the extent reasonably necessary to ensure that such Other Holders will remain non-attributable in the Corporation, provided, however, that (1) each such Other Holder will be given prior written notice indicating the number of shares of such Other Holder’s Voting Common Shares that the Corporation proposes to convert to Non-Voting Common Shares, (2) each such Other Holder will be given a reasonable opportunity to make a showing that such Other Holder may hold an attributable interest in the Corporation consistent with the Federal Communications Laws, (3) at the request of any such Other Holder, the proposed conversion to Non-Voting Common Shares shall not be made with respect to such Other Holder if the showing required in the preceding clause (2) is made to the reasonable satisfaction of the Corporation and (4) the Corporation shall have no other authority in the circumstances set forth in this subsection (c) to alter the Voting Common Stock holdings of any such Other Holder without such Other Holder’s prior written consent. As promptly as practicable following any holder’s conversion of Voting Common Shares or Non-Voting Common Shares as aforesaid, the Corporation shall (1) in the case of conversions of certificated Voting Common Shares or Non-Voting Common Shares, issue and deliver to the converting holder, or to such holder’s transferee, as the case may be, one or more certificates (as such holder may request) evidencing the Voting Common Shares or Non-Voting Common Shares issuable upon such conversion and if the certificates surrendered by the converting holder evidence more Voting Common Shares or Non-Voting Common Shares than the holder has elected to convert, one or more certificates (as such holder may request) evidencing the Voting Common Shares or Non-Voting Common Shares, as applicable, which have not been converted and (2) in the case of conversions of book-entry Voting Common Shares or Non-Voting Common Shares, cause the transfer agent to effect (directly or through DTC) a book-entry deposit of Voting Common Shares or Non-Voting Common Shares issuable upon such conversion to the converting holder, or to such holder’s transferee, as the case may be. Subject to Article III, in the case of certificated Voting Common Shares or Non-Voting Common Shares, after the conversion is reflected in the books of the transfer agent and pending the issuance and delivery of such certificates, the certificate or certificates evidencing the Voting Common Shares or Non-Voting Common Shares that have been surrendered for conversion shall be deemed to evidence the Non-Voting Common Shares or Voting Common Shares, as applicable, issuable upon such conversion. Any dividends declared and not paid on Voting Common Shares or Non-Voting Common Shares prior to their conversion as provided above shall be paid, on the payment date, to the holder or holders entitled thereto on the record date for such dividend payment notwithstanding such conversion, and no holder of Voting Common Shares or Non-Voting Common Shares issued upon a conversion occurring after a record date for a declared and unpaid dividend shall be entitled to receive any payment of such dividend with respect to such Voting Common Shares or Non-Voting Common Shares, as applicable. The Corporation shall at all times reserve and keep available out of its authorized but unissued Voting Common Shares and Non-Voting Common Shares, solely for the purpose of effecting the conversions provided for in this Section B(3)(c) of this Article II, such number of Voting Common Shares and such number of Non-Voting Common Shares, respectively, as shall from time to time be sufficient to effect any conversion provided for in this Section B(3)(c) of this Article II and shall take all such corporate action as may be necessary to assure that such Voting Common Shares and such Non-Voting Common Shares shall be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable upon such conversion.

 

 
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C.            Special Meetings. Special meetings of the shareholders of the Corporation may be called solely by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the President of the Corporation or the Board of Directors.

 

D.            Control Share Acquisitions. The provisions of Article 14.1 of the VSCA shall not apply to acquisitions of shares of any class of capital stock of the Company.

 

ARTICLE III

 

A.            Restrictions on Stock Ownership or Transfer. As contemplated by this Article III, the Corporation may restrict the ownership, conversion, or proposed ownership, of shares of the Corporation by any person if such ownership, conversion or proposed ownership, either alone or in combination with other actual or proposed ownership (including due to conversion) of shares of capital stock of any other person, would give rise to an FCC Regulatory Limitation (as hereinafter defined). Ownership, conversion, or proposed ownership shall be deemed to give rise to an “FCC Regulatory Limitation” if it (1) is inconsistent with, or in violation of, any provision of the Federal Communications Laws (as hereinafter defined), (2) materially limits or impairs or could reasonably be expected to materially limit or impair any existing business activity or proposed business activity of the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries under the Federal Communications Laws, (3) materially limits or impairs under the Federal Communications Laws the acquisition of an attributable interest in a full-power television station or a full-power radio station by the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries for which the Corporation or its subsidiary has entered into a definitive agreement with a third party, (4) subjects or could reasonably be expected to subject the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries to any rule, regulation, order or policy under the Federal Communications Laws having or which could reasonably be expected to have a material effect on the Corporation or any subsidiary of the Corporation to which the Corporation or any subsidiary of the Corporation would not be subject but for such ownership, conversion or proposed ownership, or (5) requires prior approval from the FCC and such approval has not been obtained. For purposes of Section B(3)(c)(iii) of Article II and this Article III, the term “Federal Communications Laws” shall mean any law administered or enforced by the FCC, including, without limitation, the Communications Act of 1934, as amended (the “Communications Act”), and the rules, regulations, orders and policies of the FCC. The Corporation may, but is not required to, take any action permitted under this Article III; and the grant of specific powers to the Corporation under this Article III shall not be deemed to restrict the Corporation from pursuing, alternatively or concurrently, any other remedy or alternative course of action available to the Corporation.

 

 
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B.            Requests for Information. If the Corporation believes that the ownership or proposed ownership of shares of the Corporation by any person (whether by reason of a change in such person’s ownership, a change in the number of shares outstanding overall or in any class, or for any other reason) may give rise to an FCC Regulatory Limitation or subject the Corporation to FCC reporting requirements, such person shall furnish promptly to the Corporation such information (including, without limitation, information with respect to its citizenship, ownership structure, and other ownership interests and affiliations) as the Corporation shall reasonably request.

 

C.            Denial of Rights, Refusal to Transfer. (1) If (a) any person from whom information is requested pursuant to Section B of this Article III does not provide all the information requested by the Corporation completely and accurately in a timely manner or (b) the Corporation shall conclude that a person’s ownership, conversion, or proposed ownership of, or that a person’s exercise of any rights of ownership with respect to, shares of the Corporation, either alone or in combination with other existing or proposed ownership of shares of any other person, would give rise to an FCC Regulatory Limitation, then in the case of either clause (a) or any provision of clause (b) of this Section C(1), the Corporation may (A) refuse to permit the transfer to such proposed share owner or conversion by such person of shares of the Corporation, (B) suspend those rights of share ownership the exercise of which causes or could cause any situation described in any provision of clause (b) of this Section C(1) to occur, (C) require the conversion of any or all shares held by such holder into shares of any other class of shares in the Corporation with equivalent economic value (it being understood that for such purposes a Voting Common Share and a Non-Voting Common Share are deemed to have an equivalent economic value), (D) require the exchange of any or all shares held by such holder for warrants to acquire, at a nominal exercise price, the same number and class of shares of the Corporation, (E) condition the acquisition (including due to conversion) of such shares on the prior consent of the FCC, to the extent such consent is required, (F) to the extent that the remedies in the foregoing clauses (A) through (E) are not reasonably feasible, redeem any or all such shares of the Corporation held by such holder in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in Section C(2) of this Article III, and/or (G) exercise any and all appropriate remedies, at law or in equity, in any court of competent jurisdiction, against any such holder or proposed holder, with a view towards obtaining such information or preventing or curing any situation described in clause (a) or in any provision of clause (b) of this Section C(1); provided, however, that to the extent reasonably feasible without materially adversely affecting the ability of the Corporation to prevent or cure the situation described in clause (a) and/or (b) of this Section C(1), the Corporation shall use its good faith efforts (x) to cause any of the remedies listed in the preceding clauses (A) through (G) to be imposed in a substantially similar manner when imposed on similarly situated persons or stockholders at substantialy the same timeand (y) to minimize the impact of the exercise of any such remedy on the interests in the Corporation of the subject holders or persons or other shareholders of the Corporation or other persons with an interest in the Corporation, subject in all cases to the primary goal of preventing or curing any situation described in clause (a) or any provision of clause (b) of this Section C(1); provided, further, that in the circumstances set forth in Section B(3)(c)(iii) of Article II, the only remedy available to the Corporation with respect to Other Holders will be the remedy set forth therein. Any such refusal of transfer or suspension of rights pursuant to clause (A) or (B) of the immediately preceding sentence shall remain in effect until the requested information has been received and the Corporation has determined that such transfer, or the exercise of such suspended rights, as the case may be, will not result in any of the situations described in clause (b) of this Section C(1).

 

 
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(2) Without limiting the foregoing, the terms and conditions of redemption pursuant to Section C (1)(F) of this Article III shall be as follows:

 

(a) the redemption price of any shares of the Corporation to be redeemed pursuant to Section C(1)(F) of this Article III shall be equal to the Fair Market Value (as hereinafter defined) of such shares;

 

(b) the redemption price of such shares will be paid in cash;

 

(c) if less than all such shares are to be redeemed, the shares to be redeemed shall be selected in such manner as shall be determined by the Board of Directors in good faith, which may include selection first of the most recently purchased shares thereof, selection by lot or selection in any other manner determined by the Board of Directors in good faith;

 

(d)      at least 15 days’ prior written notice of the Redemption Date (as hereinafter defined) shall be given to the record holders of the shares selected to be redeemed (unless waived in writing by any such holder); provided that the Redemption Date shall be the date on which written notice shall be given to record holders if the cash necessary to effect the redemption shall have been indefeasibly deposited in trust for the benefit of such record holders and is then subject to immediate payment to them upon surrender of the share certificates or compliance with DTC policies and procedures for the redemption of book-entry securities for their redeemed shares;

 

(e)      from and after the Redemption Date, any and all rights of whatever nature in respect of the shares selected for redemption (including, without limitation, any rights to vote or participate in dividends declared on shares (including declared and unpaid dividends) of the same class or series as such shares), shall cease and terminate and the holders of such shares shall thenceforth be entitled only to receive the cash payable upon redemption; and

 

(f)      such other terms and conditions as the Board of Directors shall determine in good faith.

 

 
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(3) For purposes of this Section C:

 

(a) “Fair Market Value” shall mean, with respect to a share of the Corporation of any class or series, the volume weighted average sales price for such a share on the national securities exchange (if any) on which such capital stock is then listed during the 20 most recent days on which shares of stock of such class or series shall have been traded preceding the day on which notice of redemption shall be given pursuant to Section C(2)(d) of this Article III; provided, however, that if such shares are not traded on any national securities exchange, Fair Market Value shall mean the average of the reported bid and asked prices in any over-the-counter quotation system selected by the Corporation during the 20 most recent days during which such shares were traded immediately preceding the day on which notice of redemption shall be given pursuant to Section C(2)(d) of this Article III, or if trading of such shares is not reported in any over-the-counter quotation system, Fair Market Value shall be determined by the Board of Directors in good faith. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Non-Voting Common Share shall be deemed to have a Fair Market Value equal to the Fair Market Value of a Voting Common Share determined in accordance with the foregoing sentence.

 

(b) “person” shall mean an individual, a corporation, a general or limited partnership, an association, a limited liability company, a governmental entity, a trust or other entity or organization.

 

(c) “Redemption Date” shall mean the date fixed by the Board of Directors for the redemption of any shares of the Corporation pursuant to or on the date specified in Section C(2)(d) of this Article III, as the case may be.

 

(4) The Corporation shall instruct the Corporation’s transfer agent that the shares of the Corporation are subject to the restrictions set forth in this Article III and such restrictions shall be noted conspicuously on the certificate or certificates representing such shares or, in the case of uncertificated securities, contained in the notice or notices sent as required by law or pursuant to the policies and procedures of DTC in the case of book-entry securities.

 

D.            Authority of Board of Directors. In the case of an ambiguity in the application of any of the provisions of Section B(3)(c)(iii) of Article II or this Article III, including any definition used herein, the Board of Directors shall have the power to determine the application of such provisions with respect to any situation based on its reasonable belief, understanding or knowledge of the circumstances. In the event Section B(3)(c)(iii) of Article II or this Article III permits any action by the Corporation but fails to provide specific guidance with respect to such action, the Board of Directors shall have the power to determine whether to take any action and the action to be taken (if any) so long as such action is not contrary to the provisions of Section B(3)(c)(iii) of Article II or this Article III. All such actions, calculations, interpretations and determinations which are done or made by the Board of Directors in good faith shall be conclusive and binding on the Corporation and all other persons for all other purposes of Section B(3)(c)(iii) of Article II and this Article III. The Board of Directors may delegate all or any portion of its powers under Section B(3)(c)(iii) of Article II and this Article III to a committee of the Board of Directors as it deems necessary or advisable and, to the fullest extent permitted by the VSCA, may exercise the authority granted by Section B(3)(c)(iii) of Article II and this Article III through duly authorized officers or agents of the Corporation. Nothing in Section B(3)(c)(iii) of Article II or this Article III shall be construed to limit or restrict the Board of Directors in the exercise of its fiduciary duties under the VSCA.

 

 
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E.            Reliance. To the fullest extent permitted by the VSCA, the Corporation and the members of the Board of Directors shall be fully protected in relying in good faith upon any information provided by any person pursuant to Section B(3)(c)(iii) of Article II or this Article III (including, without limitation, Section B of this Article III) and the information, opinions, reports or statements prepared or presented by (1) one or more officers or employees of the Corporation whom the Director believes, in good faith, to be reliable and competent in the matters presented, (2) legal counsel, public accountants, or other persons as to matters the director believes, in good faith, are within the person's professional or expert competence, or (3) a committee of the Board of Directors of which he is not a member if the Director believes, in good faith, that the committee merits confidence. The members of the Board of Directors shall not be responsible for any good faith errors made in connection therewith. For purposes of determining the existence and identity of, and the amount of any shares of the Corporation owned by any holder, the Corporation is entitled to rely on the existence or absence of filings of Schedule 13D or 13G or Form 13F under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (or similar filings), as of any date, subject to its actual knowledge of the ownership of shares of the Corporation.

 

F.            Severability. If any provision of Section B(3)(c)(iii) of Article II or this Article III or the application of any such provision to any person under any circumstance shall be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect by a court of competent jurisdiction, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect any other provision of this Section B(3)(c)(iii) of Article II or Article III or the application of such provision to any other person.

 

ARTICLE IV

 

A.            Number of Directors. From the period beginning on the Combination Merger Effective Time (as hereinafter defined) until the election of Directors at the 2014 annual meeting of shareholders of the Corporation (the “2014 Annual Meeting”), the number of Directors constituting the Board of Directors shall be 14, unless otherwise determined by the Board of Directors in accordance with Section D of this Article IV. As of the election of Directors at the 2014 Annual Meeting, the number of Directors constituting the Board of Directors shall be reduced to 11. After the election of Directors at the 2014 Annual Meeting, the number of Directors constituting the Board of Directors shall be such number as may be fixed from time to time in the bylaws or by resolution adopted by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Board of Directors, but shall not be fewer than three (3); provided, that during the Nominating Committee Designation Period the number of Directors constituting the Board of Directors shall continue to be 11 unless such change is approved by a majority of the Phoenix Designees serving as Directors.

 

B.            Vacancies. If a vacancy occurs on the Board of Directors, including a vacancy resulting from an increase in the number of Directors constituting the Board of Directors, the Board of Directors shall have the sole authority to fill such vacancy, subject to Section C(2) of this Article IV.

 

 
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C.            The Nominating Committee Designation Period.

 

(1) During the period beginning on the Combination Merger Effective Time through the 2017 annual meeting of shareholders of the Corporation (such period, the “Nominating Committee Designation Period”), the Board of Directors shall maintain a Nominating and Governance Committee (the “Nominating Committee”). The Nominating Committee shall be comprised of five Directors, three of whom shall initially be Phoenix Designees (as hereinafter defined) who are Independent Directors (as hereinafter defined) and two of whom shall initially be General Designees (as hereinafter defined) who are Independent Directors, each appointed by the Board of Directors in accordance with Section 1.2(e) of the Merger Agreement. In the event that at any time during the Nominating Committee Designation Period, the Nominating Committee shall be comprised of fewer than three Phoenix Designees, the remaining Phoenix Designees who are members of the Nominating Committee (and, in the absence of any Phoenix Designees then serving on the Nominating Committee, the Directors who are Phoenix Designees), acting by a majority vote of such members or Directors, shall have the power and authority to recommend to the Board of Directors an Independent Director to fill such vacancy on the Nominating Committee who shall be a Phoenix Designee, and such recommended Independent Director shall thereafter be a member of the Nominating Committee upon the commencement of the next meeting of the Board of Directors, unless the first agenda item of such meeting relates to the ratification or rejection of such nominee (which agenda item may cover any other matter contemplated by this Section C to be the first agenda item), in which case such Independent Director shall become a member of the Nominating Committee immediately after the consideration of such agenda item (unless such nomination is rejected by vote of a majority of the Board of Directors that includes the affirmative vote of at least one Phoenix Designee). In the event that at any time during the period beginning on the Combination Merger Effective Time through the 2014 annual meeting of shareholders of the Corporation, the Nominating Committee shall be comprised of fewer than two General Designees, the remaining General Designees who are members of the Nominating Committee (and, in the absence of any General Designees then serving on the Nominating Committee, the Directors who are General Designees), acting by a majority vote of such members or Directors, shall have the power and authority to recommend to the Board of Directors an Independent Director to fill such vacancy on the Nominating Committee who shall be a General Designee, and such recommended Independent Director shall thereafter be a member of the Nominating Committee upon the commencement of the next meeting of the Board of Directors, unless the first agenda item of such meeting relates to the ratification or rejection of such nominee (which agenda item may cover any other matter contemplated by this Section C to be the first agenda item), in which case such Independent Director shall become a member of the Nominating Committee immediately after the consideration of such agenda item (unless such nomination is rejected by vote of a majority of the Board of Directors that includes the affirmative vote of at least one Phoenix Designee). During the Nominating Committee Designation Period, (i) the Board of Directors shall not have authority to fill any vacancy on the Nominating Committee that is contemplated to be filled in accordance with this Section C(1) other than with an Independent Director recommended in accordance with the foregoing, and such appointment shall require a vote of a majority of the Board of Directors that includes the affirmative vote of at least one Phoenix Designee or a deemed appointment in accordance with this Section C(1) and (ii) no member of the Nominating Committee shall be removed without the vote of a majority of the Board of Directors that includes the affirmative vote of at least one Phoenix Designee.

 

 
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(2) At all times during the Nominating Committee Designation Period, but subject to Section C(3) of this Article IV, (x) the Nominating Committee, acting by a majority vote of its members, shall have the power and authority to recommend to the Board of Directors (i) the persons to be nominated by the Board of Directors for election as Directors in connection with each meeting of shareholders of the Corporation at which the election of Directors will occur (but no greater number of persons than the number of Directors that will comprise the Board of Directors as of such meeting of shareholders) and (ii) persons to be appointed to fill vacancies occurring on the Board of Directors, and (y) such nominated persons and appointees shall thereafter become the Board of Director’s nominees or appointees upon the commencement of the next meeting of the Board of Directors, unless the first agenda item of such meeting relates to the ratification or rejection of such nominee or appointment (which agenda item may cover any other matter contemplated by this Section C to be the first agenda item), in which case such nominated persons or appointees shall become the Board of Director’s nominees or appointees immediately after the consideration of such agenda item (unless such nomination or appointment is rejected by a vote of a majority of the Board of Directors that includes the affirmative vote of at least one Phoenix Designee). During the Nominating Committee Designation Period, the Board of Directors shall not have the authority to nominate persons for election as Directors in connection with a meeting of shareholders of the Corporation or to appoint persons to fill vacancies on the Board of Directors, unless such persons are recommended by the Nominating Committee in accordance with the foregoing, and such persons are nominated or appointed by the Board of Directors by vote of a majority of the Board of Directors that includes the affirmative vote of at least one Phoenix Designee or deemed nominated or appointed in accordance with this Section C(2). Furthermore, during the Nominating Committee Designation Period, at least two Phoenix Designees must be in attendance at any meeting of the Nominating Committee in order for a quorum to be present for the conduct of business.

 

(3) The Nominating Committee shall recommend to the Board of Directors eleven (11) persons as nominees for election as Directors at the 2014 Annual Meeting (a majority of which must be Independent Directors or persons who would be Independent Directors if elected), including (i) five Phoenix Designees selected by the Nominating Committee, (ii) five General Designees selected by the Nominating Committee, who shall include the Chairman of the Board of Directors at the time of such nomination (if the Chairman of the Board of Directors is a General Designee), the Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors at the time of such nomination (if the Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors is a General Designee), and the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation at the time of such nomination (if the Chief Executive Officer is a General Designee), and (iii) one additional person (as determined by the Nominating Committee in its discretion).

 

 
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D.            Approval of Certain Matters.

 

(1) Prior to the election of Directors at the 2014 Annual Meeting, the approval of any of the following matters shall require, in addition to any approval required by the VSCA, the affirmative vote of at least 10 Directors:

 

(a) any change in the size of the Board of Directors, except for the reduction in the size of the Board of Directors in connection with the 2014 Annual Meeting as expressly contemplated by Section A of this Article IV;

 

(b) any merger or consolidation of the Corporation with any other Person, or sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation;

 

(c) any change to the composition, structure or authority of any committee of the Board of Directors;

 

(d) any amendment of, or modification to, these Articles of Incorporation or the bylaws of the Corporation; and

 

(e) the hiring of, or termination of employment by the Corporation of, any “executive officer” of the Corporation (as such term is defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended).

 

(2) During the Nominating Committee Designation Period, (i) the Board of Directors may not take any action pursuant to the first sentence of Section 13.1-689.F of the VSCA with respect to the Nominating Committee without the vote of a majority of the Board of Directors that includes a majority of the Phoenix Designees serving as Directors and (ii) the members of the Nominating Committee may not take any action pursuant to the second sentence of Section 13.1-689.F of the VSCA.

 

E.            Definitions. For purposes of this Article IV:

 

(1)Combination Merger Effective Time” has the meaning given to such term in the Merger Agreement.

 

(2)General Designees” means the nine (9) initial Directors serving on the Board of Directors immediately following the Reclassification Merger Effective Time who also served on the Board of Directors immediately prior to the Reclassification Merger Effective Time, and (ii) any other Director designated in writing as a General Designee by (x) a majority of the General Designees serving on the Nominating Committee, or (y) in the absence of any General Designees serving on the Nominating Committee, a majority of the General Designees serving as Directors.

 

(3)Independent Director” means a Director who qualifies as “independent” under Rule 303A.02 of the New York Stock Exchange Listed Company Manual.

 

(4) Merger Agreement” means that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of June 5, 2013, by and among the Corporation, General Merger Sub 1, Inc., a Virginia corporation, General Merger Sub 2, Inc., a Delaware corporation, General Merger Sub 3, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and Phoenix, as such agreement may be amended from time to time, to which these Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation are attached.

 

 
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(5)Person” means an individual, a corporation, a general or limited partnership, an association, a limited liability company, a governmental entity, a trust or other entity or organization.

 

(6)Phoenix” means New Young Broadcasting Holding Co., Inc., a Delaware corporation.

 

(7)Phoenix Designees” means (i) the five (5) initial Directors serving on the Board of Directors immediately following the Combination Merger Effective Time who were designated in writing by Phoenix to serve on the Board of Directors pursuant to Section 1.2(e) of the Merger Agreement, and (ii) any other Director designated in writing as a Phoenix Designee by (x) a majority of the Phoenix Designees serving on the Nominating Committee, or (y) in the absence of any Phoenix Designees serving on the Nominating Committee, a majority of the Phoenix Designees serving as Directors.

 

(8) Combination Merger Effective Time” has the meaning given to such term in the Merger Agreement.

 

ARTICLE V

 

A.            Every reference in this Article V to a Director or Officer shall include every Director or Officer or former Director or Officer of the Corporation and every person who served at the request of the Corporation or one of its subsidiaries as a Director, Officer, partner or trustee of any corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise, and, in all of such cases, his or her heirs, executors and administrators. In addition, in this Article V, the terms “applicant”, “expenses”, “liability”, “party”, and “proceeding” shall have the respective meanings set forth in Section 13.1-696 of the VSCA.

 

B.            In any proceeding brought by or in the right of the Corporation or brought by or on behalf of shareholders of the Corporation, no Director or Officer of the Corporation shall be liable to the Corporation or its shareholders for monetary damages with respect to any transaction, occurrence or course of conduct, whether prior or subsequent to the effective date of this Article V, except for liability resulting from such person’s having engaged in willful misconduct or a knowing violation of the criminal law or any federal or state securities law.

 

C.            The Corporation shall indemnify (a) any person who was or is a party to any proceeding, including a proceeding brought by a shareholder in the right of the Corporation or brought by or on behalf of shareholders of the Corporation, by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a Director or Officer of the Corporation, or (b) any Director or Officer who is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a Director, trustee, partner or Officer of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise, against any liability incurred by him in connection with such proceeding unless he or she engaged in willful misconduct or a knowing violation of the criminal law. A person is considered to be serving an employee benefit plan at the Corporation’s request if his duties to the Corporation also impose duties on, or otherwise involve services by, him to the plan or to participants in or beneficiaries of the plan. The Board of Directors is hereby empowered, by a majority vote of a quorum of disinterested Directors, to enter into a contract to indemnify any Director or Officer in respect of any proceedings arising from any act or omission, whether occurring before or after the execution of such contract.

 

 
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D.            The provisions of this Article V shall be applicable to all proceedings commenced after the adoption hereof by the shareholders of the Corporation, arising from any act or omission, whether occurring before or after such adoption. No amendment or repeal of this Article V shall have any effect on the rights provided under this Article V with respect to any act or omission occurring prior to such amendment or repeal. The Corporation shall promptly take all such actions, and make all such determinations, as shall be necessary or appropriate to comply with its obligation to provide any indemnity under this Article V and shall promptly pay or reimburse all reasonable expenses, including attorneys’ fees, incurred by any such Director or Officer in connection with such actions and determinations or proceedings of any kind arising therefrom.

 

E.            The termination of any proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not of itself create a presumption that the applicant did not meet the standard of conduct described in Section B or C of this Article V.

 

F.            Any indemnification under Section C of this Article V (unless ordered by a court) shall be made by the Corporation only as authorized in the specific case upon a determination that indemnification of the applicant is proper in the circumstances because he or she has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in Section C of this Article V.

 

The determination shall be made:

 

(1) if there are two or more disinterested directors, by the Board of Directors by a majority vote of disinterested directors, a majority of whom shall constitute a quorum, or by a majority of the members of a committee of two or more disinterested directors appointed by such a vote;

 

(2) by special legal counsel:

 

(a) selected by the Board of Directors or its committee in the manner prescribed in Section F(1) of this Article V; or

 

(b) if there are fewer than two disinterested directors, selected by the Board of Directors, in which selection Directors who do not qualify as disinterested directors may participate; or

 

(3) by the shareholders, but shares owned by or voted under the control of a Director who at the time does not qualify as a disinterested director may not be voted on the determination.

 

Any evaluation as to reasonableness of expenses shall be made in the same manner as the determination that indemnification is appropriate, except that if the determination is made by special legal counsel, such evaluation as to reasonableness of expenses shall be made by those entitled under Section F(2) of this Article V to select counsel.

 

 
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event there has been a change in the composition of a majority of the Board of Directors after the date of the alleged act or omission with respect to which indemnification is claimed, any determination as to indemnification and advancement of expenses with respect to any claim for indemnification made pursuant to this Article V shall be made by special legal counsel agreed upon by the Board of Directors and the applicant. If the Board of Directors and the applicant are unable to agree upon such special legal counsel the Board of Directors and the applicant each shall select a nominee, and the nominees shall select such special legal counsel. If the nominees are unable to agree upon such special legal counsel, such special legal counsel shall be selected upon application to a court of competent jurisdiction.

 

G.            (1) The Corporation shall pay for or reimburse the reasonable expenses incurred by any applicant who is a party to a proceeding in advance of final disposition of the proceeding or the making of any determination under Section C of this Article V if the applicant furnishes the Corporation:

 

(a) a written statement of his or her good faith belief that he or she has met the standard of conduct described in Section C of this Article V; and

 

(b) a written undertaking, executed personally or on his or her behalf, to repay the advance if it is ultimately determined that he or she did not meet such standard of conduct.

 

(2) The undertaking required by Section G(1)(b) of this Article V shall be an unlimited general obligation of the applicant but need not be secured and may be accepted without reference to financial ability to make repayment.

 

(3) Authorizations of payments under this section shall be made by the persons specified in Section F of this Article V.

 

H.            The Corporation may indemnify or contract to indemnify any person not specified in Section B or C of this Article V who was, is or may become a party to any proceeding, by reason of the fact that he or she is or was an employee or agent of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise, to the same extent as if such person were specified as one to whom indemnification is granted in Section C of this Article V.

 

I.              The Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance to indemnify it against the whole or any portion of the liability assumed by it in accordance with this Article V and may also procure insurance, in such amounts as the Board of Directors may determine, on behalf of any person who is or was a Director, Officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a Director, Officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise, against any liability asserted against or incurred by him in any such capacity or arising from his or her status as such, whether or not the Corporation would have power to indemnify him against such liability under the provisions of this Article V.

 

 
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J.              The indemnification hereby provided and provided hereafter pursuant to the power hereby conferred by this Article V on the Board of Directors shall not be exclusive of any other rights to which any person may be entitled, including any right under policies of insurance that may be purchased and maintained by the Corporation or others, with respect to claims, issues or matters in relation to which the Corporation would not have the power to indemnify such person under the provisions of this Article V. Such rights shall not prevent or restrict the power of the Corporation to make or provide for any further indemnity, or provisions for determining entitlement to indemnity, pursuant to one or more indemnification agreements, bylaws, or other arrangements (including, without limitation, creation of trust funds or security interests funded by letters of credit or other means) approved by the Board of Directors (whether or not any of the Directors of the Corporation shall be a party to or beneficiary of any such agreements, bylaws or arrangements); provided, however, that any provision of such agreements, bylaws or other arrangements shall not be effective if and to the extent that it is determined to be contrary to this Article V or applicable laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia.

 

K.            Each provision of this Article V shall be severable, and an adverse determination as to any such provision shall in no way affect the validity of any other provision.

 

 

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EX-3 3 ex3-2.htm EXHIBIT 3.2 ex3-2.htm

Exhibit 3.2

 

MEDIA GENERAL, INC.

 

Bylaws

 

Amended and Restated as of November 12, 2013

 

 
 

 

 

Table of Contents

 

    Page

Article I

Meetings of Shareholders

1

Section 1.

Place of Meetings

1

Section 2.

Annual Meetings

1

Section 3.

Special Meetings

1

Section 4.

Notice of Meetings

1

Section 5.

Quorum

2

Section 6.

Organization and Order of Business

2

Section 7.

Voting

2

Section 8.

Written Authorization

3

Section 9.

Electronic Authorization

3

Section 10.

Advance Notice Provisions for Election of Directors

3

Section 11.

Advance Notice Provisions for Business to be Transacted at Annual Meeting

5

Section 12.

Inspectors

7

Article II

Directors

7

Section 1.

General Powers

7

Section 2.

Number, Election, Term and Qualification

7

Section 3.

Vacancies

7

Section 4.

Removal

7

Section 5.

Compensation

8

Article III

Directors’ Meetings

8

Section 1.

Annual Meeting

8

Section 2.

Regular Meetings

8

Section 3.

Special Meetings

8

Section 4.

Notice

8

Section 5.

Quorum

8

Section 6.

Waiver of Notice

8

Section 7.

Action Without A Meeting

8

Article IV

Directors’ Committees

9

Section 1.

Committees

9

Article V

Officers; Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Board

9

Section 1.

Officers

9

Section 2.

Election, Term

9

Section 3.

Removal

9

Section 4.

Duties of Chairman of the Board

9

Section 5.

Duties of Vice Chairmen of the Board

10

Section 6.

Duties of President

10

Section 7.

Duties of Vice Presidents

10

Section 8.

Duties of General Counsel

10

 

 
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Section 9.

Duties of Secretary

10

Section 10.

Duties of Treasurer

10

Section 11.

Duties of Controller

10

Section 12.

Duties of Assistant Secretaries

11

Section 13.

Duties of Assistant Treasurers

11

Section 14.

Duties of Assistant Controllers

11

Section 15.

Compensation

11

Section 16.

Bonds

11

Article VI

Certificates of Stock

11

Section 1.

Form

11

Section 2.

Transfer Agents and Registrars

12

Section 3.

Lost, Destroyed and Mutilated Certificates

12

Section 4.

Transfer of Stock

12

Section 5.

Closing of Transfer Books and Fixing Record Date

12

Article VII

Voting of Stock Held

13

Article VIII

Miscellaneous

13

Section 1.

Checks, Notes, Etc

13

Section 2.

Fiscal Year

13

Section 3.

Corporate Seal

13

Article IX

Amendments

13

Section 1.

New Bylaws and Alterations

13

Section 2.

Legislative Amendments

13

 

 
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Article I
Meetings of Shareholders

 

Section 1.     Place of Meetings. Meetings of Shareholders shall be held at the principal office of the Corporation in Richmond, Virginia or at such other place, either within or without the Commonwealth of Virginia, as from time to time may be fixed by the Board of Directors. The Board may, in its sole discretion, permit Shareholders to participate in any meeting of Shareholders by means of remote communication as authorized by the Virginia Stock Corporation Act (as it exists on the date hereof or as it may be amended from time to time, the “VSCA”) and subject to any guidelines and procedures as may be adopted by the Board.

 

Section 2.     Annual Meetings. The Annual Meetings of Shareholders shall be held on a date fixed by the Board of Directors.

 

Section 3.     Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Shareholders may be called solely by the Chairman of the Board, the President or the Board of Directors. At a special meeting of Shareholders, no business shall be transacted and no corporate action taken other than that stated in the notice of the special meeting.

 

Section 4.     Notice of Meetings. Written notice stating the place, day and hour of the meeting and, in case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be given not less than ten nor more than 60 days before the date of the meeting (except as a different time is specified in these Bylaws or by the VSCA) either personally or by mail, by or at the direction of the Chairman of the Board, a Vice Chairman, the Secretary, or the Officer or persons calling the meeting, to each Shareholder of record entitled to vote at such meeting. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be given when deposited in the United States mail addressed to the Shareholder at his address as it appears on the stock transfer books of the Corporation, with postage thereon prepaid. Without limiting the manner by which notice otherwise may be given effectively to Shareholders, any notice to a Shareholder given by the Corporation may be given by a form of electronic transmission consented to by the Shareholder to whom the notice is given. Any such consent shall be revocable by the Shareholder by written or electronic notice to the Corporation. Any such consent shall be deemed revoked (a) if the Corporation is unable to deliver by electronic transmission two consecutive notices given by the Corporation in accordance with such consent and (b) such inability becomes known to the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of the Corporation or to the transfer agent or other person responsible for the giving of notice, provided, however, the inadvertent failure to treat such inability as a revocation shall not invalidate any meeting or other action. For purposes of these Bylaws, “electronic transmission” means any form or process of communication, not directly involving the physical transfer of paper or other tangible medium that (i) is suitable for the retention, retrieval and reproduction of information by the recipient, and (ii) is either (A) retrievable in paper form by the recipient through an automated process used in conventional commercial practice or (B) retrievable in perceivable form and the sender and the recipient have consented in writing to the use of such form of electronic transmission.

 

Notice of a Shareholders’ meeting to act on an amendment of the Articles of Incorporation, on a plan of merger or exchange of shares, on a sale of assets of the Corporation that requires shareholder approval, a plan of redomestication or conversion or the dissolution of the Corporation shall be given, in the manner provided above, not less than 25 nor more than 60 days before the date of the meeting. Any such notice shall be accompanied, as appropriate, by such additional documents as may be required by law.

 

 
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, a written waiver of notice signed by the person or persons entitled to such notice, either before or after the time stated therein, shall be equivalent to the giving of such notice. A Shareholder who attends a meeting shall be deemed to have (A) waived objection to lack of notice or defective notice of the meeting, unless at the beginning of the meeting he or she objects to holding the meeting or transacting business at the meeting, and (B) waived objection to consideration of a particular matter at the meeting that is not within the purpose or purposes described in the meeting notice, unless he or she objects to considering the matter when it is presented.

 

Section 5.     Quorum. A majority of the shares entitled to vote, represented in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at a meeting of Shareholders; provided however, that when any specified action is required to be voted upon by a class of stock voting as a class or series, holders of a majority of the shares of such class or series shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of such specified action. If a quorum is present, action on a matter is approved if the votes cast in favor of the action exceed the votes cast opposing the action, except when a larger vote or a vote by class or series is required by the VSCA and except that in elections of Directors those receiving the greatest number of votes shall be deemed elected even though not receiving a majority. Less than a quorum may adjourn, without notice other than by announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall attend.

 

Section 6.     Organization and Order of Business. At all meetings of the Shareholders, the Chairman of the Board or, in the Chairman’s absence, the Vice Chairman (if any), the President (if one shall have been elected by the Board) or, in the absence of all of the foregoing, the most senior Executive Vice President, shall act as chairman of the meeting. In the absence of all of the foregoing officers or, if present, with their consent, a majority of the shares entitled to vote at such meeting, may appoint any person to act as chairman. The Secretary of the Corporation or, in the Secretary’s absence, an Assistant Secretary, shall act as secretary at all meetings of the Shareholders. In the event that neither the Secretary nor any Assistant Secretary is present, the chairman of the meeting may appoint any person to act as secretary of the meeting.

 

The chairman of the meeting shall have the right and authority to prescribe such rules, regulations and procedures and to do all such acts and things as are necessary or desirable for the proper conduct of the meeting, including, without limitation, the establishment of procedures for the dismissal of business not properly presented, the maintenance of order and safety, limitations on the time allotted to questions or comments on the affairs of the Corporation, restrictions on entry to such meeting after the time prescribed for the commencement thereof, the opening and closing of the voting polls and any recess or adjournment of the meeting.

 

Section 7.     Voting. A Shareholder may vote his or her shares in person or by proxy. Any proxy shall be delivered to the secretary of the meeting at or prior to the time designated by the chairman of the meeting or in the order of business for so delivering such proxies. No proxy shall be valid after eleven months from its date, unless otherwise provided in the proxy. Each holder of record of stock of any class or series shall, as to all matters in respect of which stock of such class or series has voting power, be entitled to such vote as is provided in the Articles of Incorporation for each share of stock of such class or series standing in the holder’s name on the books of the Corporation. Unless required by the VSCA or determined by the chairman of the meeting to be advisable, the vote on any question need not be by ballot. On a vote by ballot, each ballot shall be signed by the Shareholder voting or by such Shareholder’s proxy, if there be such proxy.

 

 
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Section 8.     Written Authorization. A Shareholder or a Shareholder’s duly authorized attorney-in-fact may execute a writing authorizing another person or persons to act for him or her as proxy. Execution may be accomplished by the Shareholder or such Shareholder’s duly authorized attorney-in-fact or authorized officer, director, employee or agent signing such writing or causing such Shareholder’s signature to be affixed to such writing by any reasonable means including, but not limited to, by facsimile signature.

 

Section 9.     Electronic Authorization. The President or the Secretary may approve procedures to enable a Shareholder or a Shareholder’s duly authorized attorney-in-fact to authorize another person or persons to act for him or her as proxy by transmitting or authorizing the transmission of a telegram, cablegram, internet transmission, telephone transmission or other means of electronic transmission to the person who will be the holder of the proxy or to a proxy solicitation firm, proxy support service organization or like agent duly authorized by the person who will be the holder of the proxy to receive such transmission, provided that any such transmission must either be set forth or submitted with information from which the inspectors of elections can determine that the transmission was authorized by the Shareholder or the Shareholder’s duly authorized attorney-in-fact. If it is determined that such transmissions are valid, the inspectors shall specify the information upon which they relied. Any copy, facsimile telecommunication or other reliable reproduction of the writing or transmission created pursuant to this may be substituted or used in lieu of the original writing or transmission for any and all purposes for which the original writing or transmission could be used, provided that such copy, facsimile telecommunication or other reproduction shall be a complete reproduction of the entire original writing or transmission.

 

Section 10.     Advance Notice Provisions for Election of Directors. Only persons who are nominated in accordance with the following procedures shall be eligible for election as Directors of the Corporation. Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors may be made at any Annual Meeting of Shareholders, or at any special meeting of Shareholders called for the purpose of electing Directors, (a) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or (b) by any Shareholder of the Corporation (i) who is a Shareholder of record of Voting Common Shares in respect of which such nomination is made, and is entitled to vote such shares, on the date of the giving of the notice provided for in this of and on the record date for the determination of Shareholders entitled to vote at such meeting and (ii) who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this of .

 

In addition to any other applicable requirements, for a nomination to be made by a Shareholder such Shareholder must have given timely notice thereof in proper written form to the Secretary of the Corporation.

 

To be timely, a Shareholder’s notice to the Secretary must be delivered to or mailed and received at the principal executive offices of the Corporation (a) in the case of an Annual Meeting, not earlier than the close of business on the 120th and not later than the close of business on the 90th day prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year’s Annual Meeting; provided, however, that in the event that the date of the Annual Meeting is more than 30 days before or more than 60 days after such anniversary date, notice by the Shareholder in order to be timely must be delivered not earlier than the close of business on the 120th day prior to such Annual Meeting and not later than the close of business on the 90th day prior to such Annual Meeting or, if the first public announcement or notice of the date of such Annual Meeting is made or given to Shareholders less than 100 days prior to the date of such Annual Meeting, the close of business on the 10th day following the day on which public announcement was made or notice of the date of such meeting is mailed, whichever first occurs and (b) in the case of a special meeting of Shareholders called for the purpose of electing Directors, not later than the close of business on the 10th day following the day on which notice of the date of the special meeting was mailed or public disclosure of the date of the special meeting was made, whichever first occurs. In no event shall any adjournment or postponement of an annual meeting or the announcement thereof commence a new time period for the giving of a Shareholder’s notice as described above.

 

 
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To be in proper written form, a Shareholder’s notice to the Secretary must set forth (a) as to each person whom the Shareholder proposes to nominate for election as a Director (i) the name, age, business address and residence address of the person, (ii) the employer and principal occupation of the person, (iii) a biographical profile of the person, including educational background and business and professional experience, (iv) the class or series and number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation which are owned beneficially or of record by the person and (v) any other information relating to the person that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies for the election of Directors in a contested election pursuant to Section 14 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; and (b) as to the Shareholder giving the notice and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination is proposed to be made (i) the name and address of such Shareholder, as they appear on the Corporation’s books, of such beneficial owner, if any, and of each Associated Person (as defined below) referred to in clause (iii), (ii) the employer and principal occupation of such Shareholder, of such beneficial owner, if any, and of each Associated Person referred to in clause (iii), (iii) (A) the class or series and number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation which are, directly or indirectly, owned beneficially, or of record, by such Shareholder, by such beneficial owner, if any, or by any Associated Person of such Shareholder or beneficial owner, (B) any option, warrant, convertible security, stock appreciation right, or similar right with an exercise or conversion privilege or a settlement payment or mechanism at a price related to any class or series of shares of capital stock of the Corporation or with a value derived in whole or in part from the value of any shares of capital stock of the Corporation, whether or not such instrument or right shall be subject to settlement in the underlying class or series of capital stock of the Corporation or otherwise, or any other direct or indirect opportunity to profit or share in any profit derived from any increase or decrease in the value of shares of capital stock the Corporation (each of the foregoing, a “Derivative Instrument”), in each case that is, directly or indirectly, owned beneficially by such Shareholder, by such beneficial owner, if any, or by any Associated Person of such Shareholder or beneficial owner, (C) any short interest in any shares of capital stock of the Corporation held by such Shareholder, by such beneficial owner, if any, or any Associated Person of such Shareholder or beneficial owner (for purposes of this Bylaw a person shall be deemed to have a short interest in a security if such person directly or indirectly, through any contract, arrangement, understanding, relationship or otherwise, has the opportunity to profit or share in any profit derived from any decrease in the value of the subject security), (D) any rights to dividends on the shares of capital stock of the Corporation owned beneficially by such Shareholder, by such beneficial owner, if any, or by any Associated Person of such Shareholder or beneficial owner, in each case that are separated or separable from the underlying shares of capital stock of the Corporation, (E) any proportionate interest in shares of capital stock of the Corporation or Derivative Instruments held, directly or indirectly, by a general or limited partnership or limited liability company in which such Shareholder, such beneficial owner if any, or any Associated Person of such Shareholder or beneficial owner is a general partner or manager or, directly or indirectly, beneficially owns an interest, and (F) any performance related fees (other than an asset-based fee) that such Shareholder, such beneficial owner, if any, or any Associated Person of such Shareholder or beneficial owner is entitled to based on any increase or decrease in the value of shares of capital stock of the Corporation or Derivative Instruments, (iv) a description of all arrangements or understandings between such Shareholder, beneficial owner, if any, or any Associated Person of such Shareholder or beneficial owner, on the one hand, and each proposed nominee and any other person or persons (including their names), on the other hand, relating to the Corporation or any of the shares of its capital stock, including any arrangements or understandings pursuant to which the nomination(s) are to be made by such Shareholder or beneficial owner, (v) a representation that such Shareholder is a Shareholder of record and intends to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to nominate the person or persons named as nominees in the notice, (vi) a statement whether such Shareholder or any other person known to the Shareholder will deliver a proxy statement and form of proxy to holders of at least the percentage of the Corporation’s voting shares required under applicable law to carry the proposal and (vii) any other information relating to such Shareholder and beneficial owner, if any, that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies for the election of Directors in a contested election pursuant to Section 14 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. Such notice must be accompanied by a written consent of each proposed nominee to be named as a nominee and to serve as a Director if elected. Any such notice shall be supplemented not later than five business days after the record date for the applicable meeting to disclose the information referred to in clause (b) as of the record date.

 

 
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No person shall be eligible for election as a Director of the Corporation unless nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in this of . If the chairman of the meeting determines that a nomination was not made in accordance with the foregoing procedures, the chairman of the meeting shall declare to the meeting that the nomination was defective, and such defective nomination shall be disregarded. If the nominating Shareholder does not appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to present a nominee, such nominee shall be disregarded, notwithstanding that proxies with respect to such vote may have been received by the Corporation.

 

An “Associated Person” of any Shareholder or beneficial owner means (i) any affiliate or person acting in concert with such Shareholder or beneficial owner and (ii) each director, officer, employee, general partner or manager of such Shareholder or beneficial owner or any such affiliate or person with which such Shareholder or beneficial owner is acting in concert.

 

Section 11.     Advance Notice Provisions for Business to be Transacted at Annual Meeting. No business may be transacted at an Annual Meeting of Shareholders, other than business that is either (a) specified in the notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto) given by or at the direction of the Board of Directors (or any duly authorized committee thereof), (b) otherwise properly brought before the Annual Meeting by or at the direction of the Board of Directors (or any duly authorized committee thereof) or (c) otherwise properly brought before the Annual Meeting by any Shareholder of the Corporation (i) who is a Shareholder of record of any class entitled to vote on such business on the date of the giving of the notice provided for in this of and on the record date for the determination of Shareholders entitled to vote at such Annual Meeting and (ii) who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this of .For the avoidance of doubt, the foregoing clause (c) shall be the exclusive means for a Shareholder to present proposals (except proposals submitted in accordance with the eligibility and procedural requirements of Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act and included in the Corporation’s proxy statement) for consideration by the Shareholders at any Annual Meeting of Shareholders.

 

In addition to any other applicable requirements, for business to be properly brought before an Annual Meeting by a Shareholder, such Shareholder must have given timely notice thereof in proper written form to the Secretary of the Corporation.

 

To be timely, a Shareholder’s notice to the Secretary must be delivered to or mailed and received at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not earlier than the close of business on the 120th and not later than the close of business on the 90th day prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year’s Annual Meeting; provided, however, that in the event that the date of the Annual Meeting is more than 30 days before or more than 60 days after such anniversary date, notice by the Shareholder in order to be timely must be delivered not earlier than the close of business on the 120th day prior to such Annual Meeting and not later than the close of business on the 90th day prior to such Annual Meeting or, if the first public announcement or notice of the date of such Annual Meeting is made or given to Shareholders less than 100 days prior to the date of such Annual Meeting, the close of business on the 10th day following the day on which public announcement was made or notice of the date of such meeting is mailed, whichever first occurs.

 

 
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To be in proper written form a Shareholder’s notice to the Secretary must set forth as to each matter such Shareholder proposes to bring before the Annual Meeting (A) a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the Annual Meeting and the reasons for conducting such business at the Annual Meeting, and (B) as to the Shareholder giving the notice and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the business is proposed to be brought (i) the name and address of such Shareholder, as they appear on the Corporation’s books, of such beneficial owner, if any, and of each Associated Person referred to in clause (iii), (ii) the employer and principal occupation of such Shareholder, of such beneficial owner, if any, and of each Associated Person referred to in clause (iii), (iii) (A) the class or series and number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation which are, directly or indirectly, owned beneficially, or of record, by such Shareholder, by such beneficial owner, if any, or by any Associated Person of such Shareholder or beneficial owner, (B) any Derivative Instrument that is, directly or indirectly, owned beneficially by such Shareholder, by such beneficial owner, if any, or by any Associated Person of such Shareholder or beneficial owner, (C) any short interest in any shares of capital stock of the Corporation held by such Shareholder, by such beneficial owner, if any, or any Associated Person of such Shareholder or beneficial owner (for purposes of this Bylaw a person shall be deemed to have a short interest in a security if such person directly or indirectly, through any contract, arrangement, understanding, relationship or otherwise, has the opportunity to profit or share in any profit derived from any decrease in the value of the subject security), (D) any rights to dividends on the shares of capital stock of the Corporation owned beneficially by such Shareholder, by such beneficial owner, if any, or by any Associated Person of such Shareholder or beneficial owner, in each case that are separated or separable from the underlying shares of capital stock of the Corporation, (E) any proportionate interest in shares of capital stock of the Corporation or Derivative Instruments held, directly or indirectly, by a general or limited partnership or limited liability company in which such Shareholder, such beneficial owner if any, or any Associated Person of such Shareholder or beneficial owner is a general partner or manager or, directly or indirectly, beneficially owns an interest, and (F) any performance related fees (other than an asset-based fee) that such Shareholder, such beneficial owner, if any, or any Associated Person of such Shareholder or beneficial owner is entitled to based on any increase or decrease in the value of shares of capital stock of the Corporation or Derivative Instruments, (iv) a description of all arrangements or understandings between such Shareholder, beneficial owner, if any, or any Associated Person of such Shareholder or beneficial owner, on the one hand, and any person or persons (including their names), on the other hand, in connection with the proposal of such business by such Shareholder and any material interest of such Shareholder, beneficial owner or any Associated Person of such Shareholder or beneficial owner in such business, (v) a representation that such Shareholder is a Shareholder of record and intends to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to bring such business before the meeting, (vi) a statement whether such Shareholder or any other person known to the Shareholder will deliver a proxy statement and form of proxy to holders of at least the percentage of the Corporation’s voting shares required under applicable law to carry the proposal and (vii) any other information relating to such Shareholder and beneficial owner, if any, that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies for such business in a contested solicitation pursuant to Section 14 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. Any such notice shall be supplemented not later than five business days after the record date for the applicable meeting to disclose the information referred to in clause (b) as of the record date.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, no disclosure shall be required with respect to ordinary course business activities of any broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee who is proposing business solely as a result of being the Shareholder of record or nominee holder that is directed to prepare and submit the Shareholder’s notice required by these Bylaws on behalf of a beneficial owner.

 

The foregoing notice requirements shall be deemed satisfied by a Shareholder if the Shareholder has notified the Corporation of such Shareholder’s intention to present a proposal at an Annual Meeting in compliance with Rule 14a-8 (or any successor thereof) promulgated under the Exchange Act and such Shareholder’s proposal has been included in a proxy statement that has been prepared by the Corporation to solicit proxies for such Annual Meeting.

 

 
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No business shall be conducted at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders except business brought before the Annual Meeting in accordance with the procedures set forth in this of ; provided, however, that once business has been properly brought before the Annual Meeting in accordance with such procedures, nothing in this of shall be deemed to preclude discussion by any Shareholder of any such business. If the Chairman of an Annual Meeting determines that business was not properly brought before the Annual Meeting in accordance with the foregoing procedures, the Chairman shall declare to the meeting that the business was not properly brought before the meeting, and such business shall not be transacted. If the Shareholder or its proxy does not appear at the meeting to present its proposed business, such proposed business shall not be transacted, notwithstanding that proxies with respect to such vote may have been received by the Corporation.

 

Section 12.     Inspectors. The Corporation shall appoint one or more inspectors to act at a meeting of Shareholders and make a written report of the inspector’s determinations. The Corporation may designate one or more persons as alternate inspector to replace any inspector who fails to act. If no inspector or alternate is able to act at any meeting of Shareholders, the chairman of such meeting shall appoint one or more inspectors to act at the meeting. Each inspector shall take and sign an oath faithfully to execute the duties of inspector with strict impartiality and according to the best of such inspector’s ability. The inspectors shall (a) ascertain the number of shares outstanding and the voting power of each, (b) determine the shares represented at the meeting and the validity of proxies and ballots, (c) count all votes, (d) determine and retain for a reasonable period a record of the disposition of any challenges made to any determination by the inspectors, and (e) certify their determination of the number of shares represented at the meeting and their count of all votes. The inspectors may appoint or retain other persons or entities to assist the inspectors in the performance of the duties of the inspectors.

 

Article II
Directors

 

Section 1.     General Powers. All corporate powers shall be exercised by or under the authority of, and the business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed under the direction of, the Board of Directors, subject to any requirement of Shareholder action.

 

Section 2.     Number, Election, Term and Qualification. The number of Directors of the Corporation shall be determined in the manner set forth in the Articles of Incorporation. Directors shall be elected each year at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders. Directors shall hold their offices until the next annual meeting of the Shareholders and until their successors are elected and qualified or until there is a decrease in the number of Directors.

 

Section 3.     Vacancies. Except as limited by the VSCA and except as otherwise provided in the Articles of Incorporation, any vacancy occurring in the Board of Directors may be filled by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining Directors though less than a quorum of the Board of Directors.

 

Section 4.     Removal. At a meeting called expressly for that purpose, any Director may be removed from office, with or without cause, by a vote of the Shareholders holding a majority of the shares of the class of stock which elected such Director. If any Directors are so removed, new Directors may be elected at the same meeting.

 

 
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Section 5.     Compensation. The Board of Directors may compensate Directors for their services as such and may provide for the payment of all expenses incurred by Directors in attending regular and special meetings of the Board of Directors.

 

Article III
Directors’ Meetings

 

Section 1.     Annual Meeting. The Annual Meeting of the Board of Directors (which meeting shall be considered a regular meeting for the purposes of notice) shall be held on the same day as the Annual Meeting of Shareholders for the purpose of electing Officers, unless the Board shall determine otherwise, and carrying on such other business as properly may come before such meeting.

 

Section 2.     Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held for the purpose of carrying on such business as may properly come before the meeting at such times and at such places, within or without the Commonwealth of Virginia, as may be designated by the Chairman and specified in the notice of the meeting. Furthermore, regular meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held immediately following each special meeting of Shareholders to act upon any matter considered by the Shareholders and to consider such other business as may properly come before the meeting. Any such meeting shall be held at the place where the Shareholders’ meeting was held.

 

Section 3.     Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held on the call of the Chairman of the Board, a Vice Chairman, or any three members of the Board of Directors, at the principal office of the Corporation or at such other place as the Chairman may direct.

 

Section 4.     Notice. Notice of regular and special meetings of the Board of Directors shall be (i) mailed to each Director addressed to him or her at his or her usual place of business or other designated address at least five days prior to the time of the meeting, or (ii) given by telegraph, telephone or any form of electronic transmission previously approved by a Director, which approval has not been revoked, to each Director or delivered to him or her personally at least 48 hours prior to the time of the meeting; provided that notice of a special meeting must set forth the purpose for which the meeting is called; and provided, further, that notice need not be given of regular meetings held at times and places fixed by resolution of the Board of Directors.

 

Section 5.     Quorum. A majority of the Directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Except as otherwise provided in the Articles of Incorporation, the act of the majority of the Directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board of Directors.

 

Section 6.     Waiver of Notice. Notwithstanding any other provisions of these Bylaws, whenever notice of any meeting for any purpose is required to be given to any Director a waiver thereof in writing signed by the person or persons entitled to said notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be the equivalent to the giving of such notice.

 

 
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A Director who attends a meeting shall be deemed to have had timely and proper notice thereof unless, at the beginning of the meeting or promptly upon his or her arrival, the Director objects to the transaction of any business at the meeting and does not thereafter vote or assent to action taken at the meeting.

 

Section 7.     Action Without A Meeting. Any action which is required to be taken at a meeting of the Directors or by a Directors’ Committee may be taken without a meeting if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so to be taken, shall be signed before such action by all of the Directors or all of the members of the Committee, as the case may be. Such consent shall have the same force and effect as a unanimous vote.

 

Article IV
Directors’ Committees

 

Section 1.     Committees. Committees with limited authority may be designated by a resolution adopted by a majority of the full number of Directors or as set forth in the Articles of Incorporation.

 

Article V
Officers; Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Board

 

Section 1.     Officers. The Officers of the Corporation shall be a President, one or more Vice Presidents (any one or more of whom may be designated as an Executive Vice President or a Senior Vice President), a General Counsel, a Secretary, a Treasurer, a Controller and, in the discretion of the Board of Directors, one or more Assistant Secretaries, Assistant Treasurers and Assistant Controllers. The Chairman of the Board and any Vice Chairmen of the Board may, but need not be, Officers of the Corporation.

 

Section 2.     Election, Term. Officers shall be elected at the regular Annual Meeting of the Board of Directors or at such other time as the Board of Directors may determine and shall hold office, unless removed, until the next Annual Meeting of the Board of Directors and until their successors are elected and qualified. The Chairman of the Board and any Vice Chairmen of the Board shall be elected at the regular Annual Meeting of the Board of Directors or at such other time as the Board of Directors may determine and shall hold office, unless removed, until the next Annual Meeting of the Board of Directors and until their successors are elected and qualified. The Chairman of the Board and any Vice Chairmen of the Board shall be chosen from the members of the Board of Directors.

 

Section 3.     Removal. Any Officer may be removed with or without cause at any time by the Board of Directors at any duly called meeting. The Chairman of the Board and any Vice Chairmen of the Board may be removed from such office with or without cause at any time by the Board of Directors at any duly called meeting.

 

Section 4.     Duties of Chairman of the Board. The Chairman of the Board shall preside at all meetings of the Shareholders and Directors, and shall see that all the orders and resolutions of the Board of Directors are carried into effect, subject, however, to the rights of the Directors to delegate any specific powers. He shall, in addition, have such powers and duties as may be specifically assigned by the Board of Directors.

 

 
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Section 5.     Duties of Vice Chairmen of the Board. Subject to the control of the Board of Directors and the Chairman of the Board and to the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws, the Vice Chairmen shall severally perform such duties as may, from time to time, be assigned to each by the Chairman of the Board or the Board of Directors.

 

Section 6.     Duties of President. Subject to the control of the Board of Directors and the Chairman of the Board and to the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws, the President shall perform such duties as may, from time to time, be assigned to him by the Chairman of the Board or the Board of Directors.

 

Section 7.     Duties of Vice Presidents. The Vice Presidents shall severally perform such duties as may, from time to time, be assigned to each by the Chairman of the Board, the Vice Chairmen, the President or the Board of Directors.

 

Section 8.     Duties of General Counsel. The General Counsel shall be the chief legal officer of the Corporation. The General Counsel shall, with the help of those whom he or she may employ (including any firm of which he may be a member) supervise the handling of all claims made by or against the Corporation, the filing of such statements, reports or other documents as may be required by state and federal agencies controlling corporations and their securities, render legal advice to the Officers and Directors and generally manage all matters of a legal nature for the Corporation.

 

Section 9.     Duties of Secretary. The Secretary shall keep a record in proper books for the purpose of all meetings and proceedings of the Board of Directors and also the minutes of the Shareholders’ meetings, and record all the votes of the Corporation. The Secretary shall attend to the giving and serving of all notices of the Corporation and shall notify the Directors and Shareholders of their respective meetings. The Secretary shall have custody of the seal of the Corporation and shall affix the seal or cause it to be affixed to all documents which are authorized to be executed on behalf of the Corporation under its corporate seal. The Secretary shall have custody of all deeds, leases, and contracts and shall have charge of the books, records and papers of the Corporation relating to its organization and management. In addition, the Secretary shall perform such other duties as may from time to time be delegated to him by the Chairman of the Board, the Vice Chairmen, the President or the Board of Directors.

 

Section 10.     Duties of Treasurer. The Treasurer shall have custody of all the funds and securities of the Corporation and shall dispose of the same as provided in these Bylaws, or as directed by the Board of Directors. The Treasurer shall have the care and custody of all securities, books of account, documents and papers of the Corporation except such as are kept by the Secretary. The Treasurer shall keep regular and full accounts showing receipts and disbursements. The Treasurer shall at all times submit to the Board of Directors such statements as to the financial condition of this Corporation as they may require and shall perform such other duties as may from time to time be delegated to the Treasurer by the Chairman of the Board, the Vice Chairmen, the President or the Board of Directors.

 

Section 11.     Duties of Controller. The Controller shall be responsible for all accounting, budgeting, and internal auditing functions of the Corporation, subject to the direction of the Chairman of the Board, the Vice Chairmen, the President, the Vice President designated as Principal Accounting Officer, or the Board of Directors. In addition, the Controller shall perform such other duties as may from time to time be delegated to him by the Chairman of the Board, the Vice Chairmen, the President or the Board of Directors.

 

 
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Section 12.     Duties of Assistant Secretaries. The Assistant Secretaries shall, jointly or severally, in the absence or incapacity of the Secretary or vacancy in the office of Secretary, perform the duties of the Secretary. They shall also perform such other duties as may from time to time be delegated to them by the Chairman of the Board, the Vice Chairmen, the President, the Board of Directors or the Secretary.

 

Section 13.     Duties of Assistant Treasurers. The Assistant Treasurers shall, jointly and severally, in the absence or incapacity of the Treasurer or vacancy in the office of Treasurer, perform the duties of the Treasurer. They shall also perform such other duties as may from time to time be delegated to them by the Chairman of the Board, the Vice Chairmen, the President, the Board of Directors or the Treasurer.

 

Section 14.     Duties of Assistant Controllers. The Assistant Controllers shall, jointly and severally, in the absence or incapacity of the Controller or vacancy in the office of Controller, perform the duties of the Controller, and shall in general assist the Controller in the performance of his duties. They shall also perform such other duties as may from time to time be delegated to them by the Chairman of the Board, the Vice Chairmen, the President, the Board of Directors or the Controller.

 

Section 15.     Compensation. The Board of Directors shall fix the compensation of all of the Officers of the Corporation and the Chairman of the Board and any Vice Chairmen of the Board.

 

Section 16.     Bonds. The Board of Directors may by resolution require that any or all Officers, agents and employees of the Corporation give bond to the Corporation, with sufficient sureties, conditioned on the faithful performance of the duties of their respective offices or positions, and comply with such other conditions as may from time to time be required by the Board of Directors.

 

Article VI
Certificates of Stock

 

Section 1.     Form. The shares of capital stock of the Corporation may be certificated or uncertificated as provided under the VSCA. Certificates representing shares of the capital stock of the Corporation shall be in such form as is permitted by law and prescribed by the Board of Directors and shall be signed by the President or a Vice President and the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary or any other Officer authorized by a resolution of the Board of Directors. Transfer agents and/or registrars for one or more classes of the stock of the Company may be appointed by the Board and may be required to countersign certificates representing stock of such class or classes. Certificates may, but need not, be sealed with the seal of the Corporation or a facsimile thereof. The signatures of the Officers upon such certificates may be facsimiles if the certificate is countersigned by a Transfer Agent or registered by a Registrar other than the Corporation itself or an employee of the Corporation. In the event that any officer, transfer agent or registrar whose signature or facsimile thereof shall have been used on a stock certificate shall for any reason cease to be such officer, transfer agent or registrar of the Corporation before such certificate is issued, such certificate may be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if such person was such officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of issuance. Within a reasonable time after the issuance or transfer of uncertificated shares of the Corporation, the Corporation shall send, or cause to be sent, to the holder a written statement that shall include the information required by the VSCA to be set forth on certificates for shares of capital stock.

 

 
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In case any Officer who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a stock certificate shall have ceased to be such Officer before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if he were such Officer at the date of its issue.

 

Section 2.     Transfer Agents and Registrars. Transfer Agents and/or Registrars for the stock of the Corporation may be appointed by the Board of Directors and may be required to countersign stock certificates.

 

Section 3.     Lost, Destroyed and Mutilated Certificates. Holders of the stock of the Corporation shall immediately notify the Corporation of any loss, destruction or mutilation of the certificate therefor, and the Board of Directors may in its discretion, or any Officer of the Corporation appointed by the Board of Directors for that purpose may in his discretion, cause one or more new certificates for the same number of shares in the aggregate to be issued to such Shareholder upon the surrender of the mutilated certificate or upon satisfactory proof of such loss or destruction and the deposit of a bond in such form and amount and with such surety as the Board of Directors may require.

 

Section 4.     Transfer of Stock. The stock of the Corporation shall be transferable or assignable only on the books of the Corporation by the holders in person or by attorney, and in the case of shares of stock of the Corporation represented by certificates, on surrender of the certificates for such shares duly endorsed and, if sought to be transferred by attorney, accompanied by a written power of attorney to have the same transferred on the books of the Corporation. Uncertificated shares shall be transferable or assignable only on the books of the Corporation upon proper instruction from the holder of such shares. The Corporation will recognize the right of the person registered on its books as the owner of shares to receive dividends and to vote as such owner.

 

Section 5.     Closing of Transfer Books and Fixing Record Date. For the purposes of determining Shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of Shareholders or any adjournment thereof, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend, or in order to make a determination of Shareholders for any other proper purpose, the Board of Directors of this Corporation may fix in advance a date as the record date for any such determination of Shareholders, such date in any case to be not more than 70 days prior to the date on which the particular action requiring such determination of Shareholders is to be taken. If no record date is fixed for the determination of Shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of Shareholders, or Shareholders entitled to receive payment of a dividend, the date on which the notice of the meeting is mailed or the date on which the resolution of the Board of Directors declaring such dividend is adopted, as the case may be, shall be the record date for such determination of Shareholders. When a determination of Shareholders has been made as provided in this section with respect to any meeting, such determination shall apply to any adjournment thereof.

 

 
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Article VII
Voting of Stock Held

 

Unless otherwise provided by the vote of the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board, a Vice Chairman, the President, or the Secretary may from time to time appoint an attorney or attorneys or agent or agents of this Corporation to cast the votes which this Corporation may be entitled to cast as a shareholder or otherwise in any other corporation, any of whose stock or securities may be held by this Corporation, at meetings of the holders of the stock or other securities of such other corporation, or to consent in writing to any action by any other such corporation, and may instruct the person or persons so appointed as to the manner of casting such votes or giving such consent, and may execute or cause to be executed on behalf of this Corporation such written proxies, consents, waivers or other instruments as he may deem necessary or proper in the premises; or the Chairman of the Board, a Vice Chairman, the President, or the Secretary may attend any meeting of the holders of stock or other securities of such other corporation and thereat vote or exercise any powers of this Corporation as the holder of such stock or other securities of such other corporation.

 

Article VIII
Miscellaneous

 

Section 1.     Checks, Notes, Etc. All checks and drafts on the Corporation’s bank accounts and all bills of exchange, promissory notes, acceptances and other instruments of a similar character shall be signed by such Officer or Officers or agent or agents of the Corporation as shall be thereunto authorized from time to time by the Board of Directors.

 

Section 2.     Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be determined in the discretion of the Board of Directors, but in the absence of any such determination it shall be the calendar year.

 

Section 3.     Corporate Seal. The Corporate Seal shall be circular and shall have inscribed thereon, within and around the circumference, the words “Media General, Inc., Richmond, VA.” In the center shall be the word “Seal.”

 

Article IX
Amendments

 

Section 1.     New Bylaws and Alterations. Except as otherwise provided for in the Articles of Incorporation, these Bylaws may be amended or repealed and new Bylaws may be made at any regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors by a majority of the Board. However, Bylaws made by the Board of Directors may be repealed or changed and new Bylaws may be made by the Shareholders and the Shareholders may prescribe that any Bylaw made by them shall not be altered, amended, or repealed by the Directors.

 

Section 2.     Legislative Amendments. In event any portion of these Bylaws is subsequently altered by act of the General Assembly of Virginia those portions thereof which are not affected by such legislation shall remain in full force and effect until and unless altered or repealed in accordance with the other terms hereof.

 

 

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EX-10 4 ex10-3.htm EXHIBIT 10.3 ex10-3.htm

Exhibit 10.3

 

Technical Amendment TO CREDIT AGREEMENT

 

This Technical Amendment TO CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “Amendment”), dated as of November 12, 2013, is made and entered into by Media General, Inc. (the “Borrower”) and Royal Bank of Canada, as administrative agent (the “Administrative Agent”) for the Lenders. Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Credit Agreement (as defined below).

 

W I T N E S S E T H:

 

WHEREAS, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the other parties named therein are party to that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of July 31, 2013 (as may be further amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”);

 

WHEREAS, Section 10.01 of the Credit Agreement permits any Loan Document to be amended with the consent of the Administrative Agent and the Borrower but without the consent of any Lender in order to cure any obvious error or any error or omission; and

 

WHEREAS, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent have agreed to amend the Credit Agreement on the terms set forth herein;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

 

Section 1. Amendments. The Credit Agreement is amended as set forth in Exhibit A hereto to delete the stricken text therein (indicated textually in the same manner as the following example: stricken text) and to add the double-underlined text therein (indicated textually in the same manner as the following example: double-underlined text);

 

Section 2. Conditions to Effectiveness. This Amendment shall become effective when the Administrative Agent shall have received a counterpart of this Amendment executed by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower (such date, the “Amendment Effective Date”).

 

Section 3. Reference to and Effect on the Loan Documents. On and after the Amendment Effective Date, each reference in the Credit Agreement to “this Agreement,” “hereunder,” “hereof” or words of like import referring to the Credit Agreement and each reference in the Loan Documents to “the Credit Agreement,” “thereunder,” “thereof” or words of like import referring to the Credit Agreement, shall mean and be a reference to the Credit Agreement, as amended by this Amendment. The Credit Agreement, and each of the other Loan Documents, as specifically amended by this Amendment, are and shall continue to be in full force and effect. The execution, delivery and effectiveness of this Amendment shall not, except as expressly provided herein, operate as a waiver of any right, power or remedy of any Lender or any Agent under any of the Loan Documents, nor constitute a waiver of any provision of any of the Loan Documents. This Amendment shall constitute a Loan Document. The Borrower, for themselves and on behalf of each of the Guarantors, hereby ratify and reaffirm, as of the Amendment Effective Date, after giving effect to this Amendment, each of their respective obligations under the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

 

Section 4. Execution in Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute but one and the same agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Amendment by telecopier or other electronic transmission (such as “.pdf” or “.tif”) shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Amendment.

 

Section 5. Governing Law. This Amendment shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the law of the State of New York (without regard to the conflict of law principles thereof to the extent that the application of the laws of another jurisdiction would be required thereby).

 

[Signature Pages Follow]

 

 

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly executed by their respective authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.

 

 

 

MEDIA GENERAL, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

By: /s/ James F. Woodward 

 

Name: James F. Woodward 

 

Title:   Vice President, Finance and Chief 

            Financial Officer

 

[Signature Page to Technical Amendment]

 

 
 

 

 

 

Royal Bank of Canada,

 

as Administrative Agent 

 

 

 

By:      /s/ Yvonne Brazier

 

   Name: Yvonne Brazier 

 

   Title:     Manager, Agency

 

[Signature Page to Technical Amendment]

 

 
 

 

 

EXHIBIT A TO

TECHNICAL AMENDMENT TO

CREDIT AGREEMENT



 

 

CREDIT AGREEMENT

 

Dated as of July 31, 2013

 

as amended November 12, 2013 by
Technical Amendment to Credit Agreement

 

among

 

MEDIA GENERAL, INC.,
as the Borrower,

 

Royal Bank of Canada,
as Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent,
Swing Line Lender and L/C Issuer,

 

 

JPMorgan CHase Bank, N.A.
and
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association,
as Co-Syndication Agent

 

 

SunTrust Bank
and
U.S. Bank National Association,
as Co-Documentation Agents

 

and

 

The Other Lenders Party Hereto

 

 

RBC CAPITAL MARKETS*1,
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
and
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC
as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Book Managers

 

 



 

 


* RBC Capital Markets is a brand name for the capital markets activities of Royal Bank of Canada and its affiliates.


 
 

 

 

such security interest becomes effective with respect to such Swap Obligation. If a Swap Obligation arises under a master agreement governing more than one swap, such exclusion shall apply only to the portion of such Swap Obligation that is attributable to swaps for which such Guarantee or security interest is or becomes illegal.

 

Excluded Taxes” means any of the following Taxes imposed on or with respect to any Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to a Recipient: (a) Taxes imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated), franchise Taxes, and branch profits Taxes, in each case, (i) imposed as a result of such Recipient being organized under the Laws of, or having its principal office or, in the case of any Lender, its Lending Office located in, the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (or any political subdivision thereof) or (ii) that are Other Connection Taxes, (b) in the case of a Lender, U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed on amounts payable to or for the account of such Lender with respect to an applicable interest in a Loan or Commitment pursuant to a law in effect on the date on which (i) such Lender acquires such interest in the Loan or Commitment (other than pursuant to an assignment request by the Borrower under Section 10.13) or (ii) such Lender changes its Lending Office, except in each case to the extent that, pursuant to Section 3.01, amounts with respect to such Taxes were payable either to such Lender’s assignor immediately before such Lender became a party hereto or to such Lender immediately before it changed its Lending Office, (c) Taxes attributable to such Recipient’s failure to comply with Section 3.01(e) and (d) any U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed pursuant to FATCA.

 

Existing Indebtedness” means Indebtedness for borrowed money of each of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries outstanding immediately prior to the Initial Draw Date.

 

Existing Credit Agreement” means that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of May 17, 2012, among the Borrower, BH Finance LLC as administrative agent and a lender and the other lenders party thereto.

 

Existing Credit Agreement Refinancing” means the repayment in full of all indebtedness, premiums, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest outstanding under the Existing Credit Agreement.

 

“Existing Letters of Credit” shall mean each letter of credit existing on the Initial Draw Date and identified on Schedule 1.01(f).

 

Existing Young Credit Agreement” means that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of December 13, 2011, among New Young Broadcasting Holding Co., Inc., Young Broadcasting, LLC, the guarantors party thereto, the lenders party thereto from time to time and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association as administrative agent, as amended to the Signing Date.

 

Existing Mortgaged Properties” has the meaning specified in Section 5.07(b).

 

Existing Mortgage Policies” means the Mortgage Policies issued in connection with the Existing Credit Agreement with respect to the Existing Mortgages.

 

Existing Mortgages” means the Mortgages executed and delivered in connection with the Existing Credit Agreement.

 

Extended Revolving Credit Commitment” has the meaning specified in Section 2.15(a).

 

Extended Term Loans” has the meaning specified in Section 2.15(a).

 

Extending Revolving Credit Lender” has the meaning specified in Section 2.15(a).

 

 
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L/C Issuer” means (a) Royal Bank or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates, and (b) any other Lender (or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates) that becomes an L/C Issuer in accordance with Section 2.03(k) or Section 10.06(f), in the case of each of clause (a) and (b) above, in its capacity as issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder, or any successor issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder.

 

L/C Obligations” means, as of any date of determination, the aggregate amount available to be drawn under all outstanding Letters of Credit plus the aggregate of all Unreimbursed Amounts in respect of Letters of Credit, including all L/C Borrowings. For purposes of computing the amount available to be drawn under any Letter of Credit, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be determined in accordance with Section 1.07.

 

Leasehold” of any Person means all of the right, title and interest of such Person as lessee or licensee in, to and under leases or licenses of land, improvements and/or fixtures.

 

Lender” has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph to this Agreement and, as the context requires, includes the L/C Issuers and the Swing Line Lender, and their respective successors and assigns as permitted hereunder, each of which is referred to herein as a “Lender.”

 

Lender Participation Notice” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(e)(iii).

 

Lending Office” means, as to any Lender, the office or offices of such Lender described as such in such Lender’s Administrative Questionnaire, or such other office or offices as a Lender may from time to time notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.

 

Letter of Credit” means any standby letter of credit issued hereunder (including each Existing Letter of Credit) providing for the payment of cash upon the honoring of a presentation thereunder.

 

Letter of Credit Application” means an application and agreement for the issuance or amendment of a Letter of Credit in the form from time to time in use by the relevant L/C Issuer.

 

Letter of Credit Expiration Date” means the day that is five Business Days prior to the scheduled Maturity Date then in effect for the Revolving Credit Facility (or, if such day is not a Business Day, the next preceding Business Day).

 

Letter of Credit Fee” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(h).

 

Letter of Credit Sublimit” means an amount equal to the lesser of (a) $10,000,000 and (b) the aggregate amount of the Revolving Credit Commitments.

 

License” means any authorization, permit, consent, special temporary authorization, franchise, ordinance, registration, certificate, license, agreement or other right filed with, granted by or entered into with a Governmental Authority which permits or authorizes the acquisition, construction, ownership or operation of a television broadcast station or any part thereof.

 

Lien” means any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement, encumbrance, lien (statutory or other), charge, deemed trust, or preference, priority or other security interest or preferential arrangement in the nature of a security interest of any kind or nature whatsoever (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any easement, right of way or other encumbrance on title to real property, and any Capitalized Lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing).

 

 
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complies with the conditions set forth in the proviso to the preceding sentence. Within the foregoing limits, and subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Borrower’s ability to obtain Letters of Credit shall be fully revolving, and accordingly the Borrower may, during the foregoing period, obtain Letters of Credit to replace Letters of Credit that have expired or that have been drawn upon and reimbursed. The Existing Letters of Credit shall be deemed to be Letters of Credit for all purposes under this Agreement, without any further action by the Borrower, any L/C Issuer or any other Person.

 

(ii)     An L/C Issuer shall not issue any Letter of Credit if:

 

(A)     subject to Section 2.03(b)(iii), the expiry date of the requested Letter of Credit would occur more than twelve months after the date of issuance or last renewal, unless the Required Revolving Credit Lenders have approved such expiry date; or

 

(B)     subject to Section 2.03(b)(iii), the expiry date of the requested Letter of Credit would occur after the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, unless (x) all the Revolving Credit Lenders and such L/C Issuer have approved such expiry date or (y) the Borrower has entered into arrangements reasonably satisfactory to the relevant L/C Issuer to Cash Collateralize the Outstanding Amount of such L/C Obligations or backstop such Letter of Credit on the later of (I) the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit and (II) the 30th day prior to the Letter of Credit Expiration Date.

 

(iii)     An L/C Issuer shall not be under any obligation to issue any Letter of Credit if:

 

(A)     any order, judgment or decree of any Governmental Authority or arbitrator shall by its terms purport to enjoin or restrain such L/C Issuer from issuing the Letter of Credit, or any Law applicable to such L/C Issuer or any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) from any Governmental Authority with jurisdiction over such L/C Issuer shall prohibit, or request that such L/C Issuer refrain from, the issuance of letters of credit generally or the Letter of Credit in particular or shall impose upon such L/C Issuer with respect to the Letter of Credit any restriction, reserve or capital requirement (for which such L/C Issuer is not otherwise compensated for hereunder) not in effect on the Initial Draw Date, or shall impose upon such L/C Issuer any unreimbursed loss, cost or expense which was not applicable on the Initial Draw Date and which such L/C Issuer is not otherwise compensated for hereunder and in good faith deems material to it;

 

(B)     the issuance of the Letter of Credit would violate one or more policies of such L/C Issuer applicable to letters of credit generally;

 

(C)     except as otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent and such L/C Issuer, the Letter of Credit is in an initial stated amount less than $5,000;

 

(D)     the Letter of Credit is to be denominated in a currency other than Dollars;

 

(E)     any Revolving Credit Lender is at that time a Defaulting Lender, unless such L/C Issuer has entered into arrangements, including the delivery of Cash Collateral, satisfactory to such L/C Issuer (in its sole discretion) with the Borrower or such Lender to eliminate such L/C Issuer’s Fronting Exposure (after giving effect to Section 2.16(a)(iv)) with respect to the Defaulting Lender arising from either the Letter of Credit then quarter after the Initial Draw Date), a duly completed Compliance Certificate signed by the chief executive officer, president, chief financial officer, or vice president of the Borrower (which delivery may, unless the Administrative Agent, or a Lender requests executed originals, be by electronic communication including fax or email and shall be deemed to be an original authentic counterpart thereof for all purposes;

 

 
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(b)     promptly after the same are publicly available, copies of all annual, regular, periodic and special reports and registration statements which the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary may file or be required to file with the SEC or with any Governmental Authority that may be substituted therefor (other than amendments to any registration statement (to the extent such registration statement, in the form it became effective, is delivered), exhibits to any registration statement and, if applicable, any registration statement on Form S-8) and in any case not otherwise required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant hereto;

 

(c)     promptly after any reasonable request by the Administrative Agent, copies of any detailed audit reports and final management letters submitted to the board of directors (or the audit committee of the board of directors) of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary by independent accountants in connection with the accounts or books of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, or any audit of any of them;

 

(d)     promptly after the furnishing thereof, copies of any material requests or material notices received by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;

 

(e)     together with the delivery of each Compliance Certificate pursuant to Section 6.02(a) (commencing with the financial statements for the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2013), a report showing in reasonable detail (i) any new Material Real Property, (ii) any new registered Marks, Copyrights, and Patents (as each is defined in the Security Documents), that, in each case, are required by the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement to secure the Obligations, (iii) any new Equity Interests of any JV Entity that are required by the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement to secure the Obligations, (iv) any new investment property and letter of credit rights that, in each case, are required by the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement to secure the Obligations, (v) any new Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower the Equity Interests of which are required by the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement to be pledged to secure the Obligations,(vi) any additions or removals of any Immaterial Subsidiaries and/or Unrestricted Subsidiaries and (vii) any new Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower that is required by the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement to Guarantee the Obligations, in each case since the Initial Draw Date and that have not been previously disclosed in writing;

 

(f)     promptly, such additional information regarding the Collateral or the business, legal, financial or corporate affairs of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, or compliance with the terms of the Loan Documents, as the Administrative Agent or any Lender through the Administrative Agent may from time to time reasonably request;

 

(g)     promptly following their submission with the FCC or any other Federal, state or local Governmental Authority, copies of any and all periodic or special reports filed by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, if such reports are publicly available and indicate a material adverse change in the business, operations or financial condition of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole (but only to the extent such reports are publicly available); and

 

(h)     promptly after the occurrence of any other event that has had a Material Adverse Effect not otherwise described in this Section 6.02, notice of the nature of such event in reasonable detail which

 

 

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